1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: The United States stands on this Friday, January the sixteenth, 2 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:05,680 Speaker 1: and an hour of crisis. 3 00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:08,920 Speaker 2: But the leader of the Senate Democrats. 4 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:12,240 Speaker 1: Who wishes to be the majority leader, Chuck Schumer, doesn't 5 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:17,880 Speaker 1: say it. This is the warning. Does anybody believe that 6 00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:22,440 Speaker 1: fifteen years from now, twenty years from now, thirty years 7 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 1: from now, in these crowded hours, that this will be 8 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 1: remembered as the decisive issue. 9 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:32,800 Speaker 3: In the weeks and months to come. The American people 10 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:37,159 Speaker 3: will also hear from Democrats on other areas where we're 11 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:44,480 Speaker 3: fighting to lower costs. As I mentioned, food costs, energy costs, groceries, healthcare, childcare, 12 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:47,320 Speaker 3: and so many other things Americans pay for every day. 13 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:51,000 Speaker 3: Democrats are ready to get to work. 14 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:54,320 Speaker 2: The answer is, of course not. 15 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 1: In order to appreciate how it is that there is 16 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:06,840 Speaker 1: stoppa on the street, shooting people, abducting people, harassing people, 17 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:13,760 Speaker 1: demanding of American citizens papers please, you have to recognize 18 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:18,119 Speaker 1: that none of it would have happened but for the 19 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:22,880 Speaker 1: appeasement and fecklessness of Chuck Schumer, who. 20 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 3: Said this, and as I said, costs, the high cost 21 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 3: of living, the affordability crisis will be our focus throughout 22 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:34,840 Speaker 3: twenty twenty six, because that's what the American people are demanding, 23 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:39,119 Speaker 3: and we will show how the Trump administration and Republicans 24 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 3: have made costs even worse and what Democrats will do 25 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 3: when we get power to reduce those costs in a 26 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 3: very significant way that will affect every single American. 27 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 1: When he could have used his leverage, held the Democrats 28 00:01:57,440 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 1: together and said no, why this is a moral abomination, 29 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:07,680 Speaker 1: he did not do that, and history will judge him 30 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:13,320 Speaker 1: brutally for it. But he is sinking further because in this. 31 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 2: Moment, we are in our. 32 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 1: Last moment for one year to be able to stop 33 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 1: this insanity. And instead of making a demand that says 34 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 1: we are going to ask as Democrats for the American 35 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 1: people to stand up for their liberty and insist that 36 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 1: these ice masks come off, that the abuses of the 37 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:43,920 Speaker 1: First Amendment, the abuses of the Fourth Amendment, the unreasonable searches, 38 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 1: the kicking in. 39 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:46,560 Speaker 2: Of doors stop. 40 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 1: Chuck Schumer has the power to demand the release of 41 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:55,240 Speaker 1: the Epstein files. All he has to do is look 42 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:58,359 Speaker 1: into a camera and say we will hold the line. 43 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 1: All he has to do is say, Donald, you don't 44 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:05,840 Speaker 1: have the votes. Congress controls the funding and yet Chuck 45 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 1: Schumer thinks the issue is affordability. 46 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 2: Here's the deal. 47 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:17,079 Speaker 1: Yes, everybody knows everything in America is more expensive than 48 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 1: it used to be because of Donald Trump. Let's watch 49 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:25,960 Speaker 1: the MAGA moron of the day explain the cost of chicken. 50 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:29,400 Speaker 4: The question you're asking, and it's a really important one, 51 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:33,440 Speaker 4: is while we're asking Americans to reconsider what they're eating, 52 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:36,280 Speaker 4: are we actually asking Americans, especially those who are living 53 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 4: on the margins, are we asking them to spend more 54 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:40,440 Speaker 4: on their diet? And the answer to that is no. 55 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 4: We've run over one thousand simulations. It can cost around 56 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 4: three dollars a meal for a piece of chicken, a 57 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 4: piece of broccoli, corn, tortilla, and one other thing. And 58 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 4: so there is a way to do this that actually 59 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 4: will save the average American consumer money. 60 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 1: Normal people not blame Trump for this. The polling suggests 61 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 1: they blame him completely. The question is do they trust 62 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 1: the Democrats to make anything more affordable? 63 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 2: And the evidence would suggest not. 64 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 1: The only institution in the country that is less popular 65 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:23,680 Speaker 1: then MAGA is the Schumer led Democratic Party. It is 66 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 1: an incredible achievement. The road to victory requires Democrats to 67 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:33,920 Speaker 1: stand for things that must be stood up for. This 68 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 1: is not a moment for dial tests, for polling. 69 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:39,719 Speaker 2: It is a. 70 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 1: Moment to plant a stake in the ground about right 71 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:47,119 Speaker 1: and wrong. All of us are created equal and doubt 72 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:50,719 Speaker 1: by a creator, with inalienable rights, among them life, liberty, 73 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 1: and the pursuit of happiness. I'm sure I read that 74 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 1: somewhere the freedom of speech is under assault, the freedom 75 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:01,600 Speaker 1: of religion is under assault. The prosperity of the American 76 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:03,599 Speaker 1: people is under assault. 77 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:05,359 Speaker 2: By a titanic. 78 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 1: Crook who sits in the White House running wild. And 79 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:12,640 Speaker 1: yet Chuck Schumer does not even have the guts to 80 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 1: do a daily news conference to illuminate the wrongs. Feckless 81 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:23,039 Speaker 1: does not begin to describe it, and it is not new. 82 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:26,160 Speaker 1: Here is what Winston Churchill said, And this is a 83 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:30,520 Speaker 1: photograph of Neville Chamberlain with Hitler, and he came back 84 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:33,599 Speaker 1: and he said, we shall have peace in our time. 85 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:35,920 Speaker 2: His appeasements and. 86 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 1: Naivete before it was overkilled one one hundred million people 87 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:46,600 Speaker 1: around the world. Chuck Schumer is setting in motion through 88 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:52,279 Speaker 1: this foolishness, horror in our country, in our world because 89 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:56,400 Speaker 1: he won't take a stand. Here is Senator Chris van 90 00:05:56,480 --> 00:05:57,920 Speaker 1: Holland from Maryland. 91 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:02,520 Speaker 5: This is off on so many levels. First, we have 92 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 5: the unnecessary shooting death of a thirty seven year old mom, unjustified, 93 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 5: and then we have the Trump administration from the Secretary 94 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:19,159 Speaker 5: of Homeland Security Christinome to the President of the United 95 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:23,239 Speaker 5: States lying about it, Christinome saying this was an act 96 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 5: of domestic terrorism, calling this thirty seven year old mom 97 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:29,200 Speaker 5: essentially a terrorist. 98 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 1: Here is Senator Alissa Slockin from Michigan. 99 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:39,719 Speaker 6: To be clear, this is the President's playbook. Truth doesn't matter, 100 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:43,200 Speaker 6: facts don't matter, and anyone who disagrees with him becomes 101 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 6: an enemy, and he then weaponizes the federal government against them. 102 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 6: It's legal intimidation and physical intimidation meant to get you 103 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:56,799 Speaker 6: to shut up. He's used it with our universities, our corporations, 104 00:06:57,279 --> 00:07:01,720 Speaker 6: our legal community, and with politicians falsely believe that doing 105 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 6: his bidding and staying quiet will keep them safe. No, 106 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:10,080 Speaker 6: I'm not going to do that because this president does 107 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 6: not represent the views of a majority of Americans. Even 108 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 6: if you voted for him, I do not believe that 109 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:19,320 Speaker 6: his vision of America is shared by a majority of Americans. 110 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:23,720 Speaker 6: Because this country is worth fighting for. Our freedom of 111 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:27,200 Speaker 6: speech is worth fighting for. Our values, our core values 112 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:30,920 Speaker 6: are worth fighting for, and right now, speaking out against 113 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 6: the abuse of power is the most patriotic thing we 114 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:34,640 Speaker 6: can do. 115 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:39,120 Speaker 1: They are right and he is wrong, and the life 116 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 1: of the American Republic hangs in the balance. My friends, 117 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:47,880 Speaker 1: we can defeat MAGA, but we may not be able 118 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:53,560 Speaker 1: to escape the appeasement of Hakim Jeffries and Chuck Schumer, 119 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:58,440 Speaker 1: the feckless boys of Brooklyn. We have become their hostages. 120 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:02,720 Speaker 1: And for some reason, Democrats in the Senate do not 121 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:08,000 Speaker 1: have the integrity, the guts, the character to get into 122 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 1: a room, talk honestly with each other about what is happening, 123 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 1: and do something about it. Let me close today with 124 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:19,040 Speaker 1: these words of warning from Governor Tim Wallas on the 125 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:22,600 Speaker 1: front line of a battle for freedom. They should matter 126 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 1: a great deal to every American because first they came 127 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:28,680 Speaker 1: from Minnesota. 128 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:31,240 Speaker 2: But Minnesota will not be lost. 129 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:36,400 Speaker 7: My fellow Minnesotans, what's happening in Minnesota right now defies belief. 130 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:39,920 Speaker 7: News reports simply don't do justice to the level of 131 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:44,560 Speaker 7: chaos and disruption and trauma. The federal government is raining 132 00:08:44,559 --> 00:08:48,360 Speaker 7: down upon our communities. Two to three thousand armed agents 133 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:53,080 Speaker 7: of the federal government have been deployed to Minnesota. Armed, masked, 134 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 7: undertrained ice agents are going door to door ordering people 135 00:08:57,840 --> 00:09:00,200 Speaker 7: to point out where their neighbors of color life of 136 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:06,720 Speaker 7: They're pulling over people indiscriminately, including US citizens, and demanding 137 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:10,360 Speaker 7: to see their papers, and at grocery stores, at bus stops, 138 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 7: even at our schools. They're breaking windows, dragging pregnant women 139 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:18,040 Speaker 7: down the street, just playing grabbing Minnesotans and shoving them 140 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 7: into unmarked vans, kidnapping innocent people with no warning and 141 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:26,160 Speaker 7: no due process. Let's be very very clear, this long 142 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:30,160 Speaker 7: ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead it's 143 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:33,679 Speaker 7: a campaign of organized brutality against the people of Minnesota 144 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:35,160 Speaker 7: by our own federal government. 145 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:40,920 Speaker 1: And this is the warning. I'm Steve Schmidt. This is 146 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 1: the warning. I invite you to join this community where 147 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:47,960 Speaker 1: I promise to be honest, blunt, and direct about what 148 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:52,080 Speaker 1: is happening in this country. America is in crisis. Follow 149 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:55,119 Speaker 1: and subscribe to this channel and on substack. 150 00:09:55,320 --> 00:10:00,120 Speaker 2: Thank you.