WEBVTT - Steve Schmidt explains the 1 thing that would allow Trump get away with January 6th

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<v Speaker 1>The situation we find ourselves in as a country didn't

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<v Speaker 1>happen overnight. It is the accumulation of events over decades.

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<v Speaker 1>The American people have looked, They've seen, They've seen the

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<v Speaker 1>greed of the elites in American society. They've come to

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<v Speaker 1>the conclusion that there's one set of rules for people

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<v Speaker 1>at the top and a different set for everybody else.

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<v Speaker 1>Citicism replaced faith in belief in the majesty of the

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<v Speaker 1>American system of government. We have lost sight in this

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<v Speaker 1>country as a general proposition around the meaning of patriotism

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<v Speaker 1>what it is. We have adopted instead a type of

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<v Speaker 1>performative jingoism, the type that we see at NFL games.

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<v Speaker 1>A few minutes of loud, cheering, giant flags, expensive military

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<v Speaker 1>hardware flying overhead, people screaming, chanting USA, USA, USA, mindlessly

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<v Speaker 1>over and over again. That's not patriotism. Patriotism is a

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<v Speaker 1>deep faith in the idea that animated the United States

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<v Speaker 1>of America and brought it to life. The right to vote,

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<v Speaker 1>to choose is elemental to being an American and towards

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<v Speaker 1>the foundation of the United States. This country rejected the

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<v Speaker 1>idea of a king. It eradicated the notion that there

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<v Speaker 1>are some people born above others, in a higher station

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<v Speaker 1>of life, who have titles and land in perpetuity. They

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<v Speaker 1>are above. They are the dukes and the earls, and

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<v Speaker 1>the king in America said no. George Washington was a

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<v Speaker 1>man who could have been king, could have been emperor,

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<v Speaker 1>could have been a military dictator. And each time when

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<v Speaker 1>he stood at the edge of maximum power, he walked

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<v Speaker 1>away from it, and by doing so, he set in

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<v Speaker 1>motion the most important tradition in American life. That tradition

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<v Speaker 1>is the peaceful transfer of power between chief executives between presidents,

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<v Speaker 1>and it had gone on uninterrupted in America since George

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<v Speaker 1>Washington turned over the presidency to his successor, John Adams.

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<v Speaker 1>All that had to happen for that to occur was

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<v Speaker 1>for John Adams to raise his hand and swear a

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<v Speaker 1>thirty five word oath, and in that instant he became

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<v Speaker 1>the second President of the United States, and every president

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<v Speaker 1>since has sworn the identical oath. But there is only

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<v Speaker 1>one president who has breached that oath, who desecrated it,

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<v Speaker 1>who tried to burn it to the ground. Not through misconduct,

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<v Speaker 1>though he engaged in more misconduct than any president in

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<v Speaker 1>American history. Not through corruption, though he engaged in more

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<v Speaker 1>corruption than any president in American history, but through a

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<v Speaker 1>declaration of repudiation against the American Revolution. That declaration of

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<v Speaker 1>repudiation were the speeches that Donald Trump gave between his

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<v Speaker 1>loss of the election and January sixth. They are the

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<v Speaker 1>speeches that antagonized and incited a mob to march on

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<v Speaker 1>the capital of the United States of America in twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty one, on a mission to hang the vice president

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<v Speaker 1>and stop the certification of a presidential election, where Joe Biden,

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<v Speaker 1>who had been duly elected, would take the final steps

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<v Speaker 1>in preparation to his inaugural as the forty sixth President

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<v Speaker 1>of the United States, the forty fifth man, to raise

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<v Speaker 1>his hand and swear Washington's Oh, that is what Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump desecrated, ruined, and bloodied every person in this country.

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<v Speaker 2>All of us are part of a great inheritance passed

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<v Speaker 2>on to us our ancestors. Whether they'd be black, women, white, Latino, gay,

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<v Speaker 2>It doesn't matter. All played a part, all struggled for freedom,

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<v Speaker 2>all endured, and they handed to us a better, freer

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<v Speaker 2>country than the one they were born into.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you for listening to my political commentary. If you

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<v Speaker 1>the balance. The twenty twenty four presidential election is the

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<v Speaker 1>most consequential in America's history. It's not hyperbole, it's a fact.

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<v Speaker 1>That is why the mission of the Warning with Steve

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<v Speaker 1>Schmidt is to help readers orient to the currents that

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<v Speaker 1>are shaping our times and the unseen forces driving politics

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<v Speaker 1>that are very rarely discussed on cable news. Please sign

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<v Speaker 1>up at Steve Schmidt st e ve E, S, C, H, M, I,

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<v Speaker 1>d T dot substack dot com again Steve Schmidt dot

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<v Speaker 1>substack dot com, or at link in the show notes

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<v Speaker 1>section below. Thank you to each and every one of

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<v Speaker 1>you for listening and watching. We stand at an hour

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<v Speaker 1>where we are poised to be the first generation of

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<v Speaker 1>Americans to betray that trust, to hand our country to

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<v Speaker 1>a next generation, more divided, weaker, catering, decay, rotting from within,

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<v Speaker 1>And what is the evidence of that, the broad national

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<v Speaker 1>indifference towards the ambitions of a man who tried to

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<v Speaker 1>burn it all down, who wants power again. In this moment,

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<v Speaker 1>indicted on charges that could bring him six hundred years

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<v Speaker 1>in prison, the former president of the United States remains

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<v Speaker 1>in a competitive race against Joe Biden. What Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 1>did is unpardonable, It is unforgivable. The issue is that

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump wants political power outside an election process. It

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<v Speaker 1>says something remarkable in the indictment, something declarative, simple. He

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<v Speaker 1>lost the election. In our corrupt media at Fox News,

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<v Speaker 1>at Newsmax, at an across the board let donald Trump's

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<v Speaker 1>poisoned fantasy run wild. Fox News for stoking the conspiracies,

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<v Speaker 1>was forced to pay a settlement of almost one billion dollars,

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<v Speaker 1>yet they are undeterred. On the night of his indictment,

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump was having dinner with the chairman and the

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<v Speaker 1>president of Fox News, Suzanne Scott. Donald Trump didn't try

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<v Speaker 1>to tear down American democracy alone. He did it with

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<v Speaker 1>a phalanx of propagandas in front of him collaborators, people

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<v Speaker 1>like Suzanne Scott, who have contempt for their country, who

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<v Speaker 1>have no affection, save for money, save for power, save

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<v Speaker 1>for the perception of their own influence. Think about the

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<v Speaker 1>sacrifices that have guaranteed American freedom. Think about Gettysburg. Think

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<v Speaker 1>about the crossing of the Delaware, the Normandy Landings, think

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<v Speaker 1>about the Edmund Pettis Bridge, Think about the blows coming

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<v Speaker 1>down on John Lewis's head, the blood, the murder, the sacrifice.

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<v Speaker 1>And we are prepared as a nation, as a society,

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<v Speaker 1>to lay it all down, to end it all, to say,

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<v Speaker 1>the insatiable narcissism and appetite of Donald Trump. How is

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<v Speaker 1>it that our society, our country could have become so sick?

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<v Speaker 1>What is it about freedom and liberty that the American

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<v Speaker 1>people and mass have become so detached from. Here's the deal.

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<v Speaker 1>We must say no to this. There are more of

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<v Speaker 1>us than there are of them. And by them, what

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<v Speaker 1>I mean is this the people who want power without

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<v Speaker 1>us giving it to them. It's unacceptable, It's un American.

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<v Speaker 1>But that is exactly what Donald Trump stands for. Make

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<v Speaker 1>no mistake about it. It's what this election is about.

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<v Speaker 1>He's running on a platform of revenge and retribution and

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<v Speaker 1>he means it. He is hostile to this country's creed,

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<v Speaker 1>it's traditions, its ideas, its ideals, and most importantly, it's people. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>the American people. We are more than a name, more

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<v Speaker 1>than a tribe. We are a great civilization, a society,

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<v Speaker 1>a nation. Trump tried to rip it up. Are we

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<v Speaker 1>really going to let him. It's time as a civilization,

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<v Speaker 1>as a society, as a people to bring this madness

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<v Speaker 1>to its end. It is time to repudiate this insanity.

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<v Speaker 1>It is time to remind the queen's hustler, the developer,

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<v Speaker 1>the reality show host who improbably was given the greatest

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<v Speaker 1>honor that any American can be, that he is not

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<v Speaker 1>bigger than the country, that he is not above the law,

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<v Speaker 1>and that this country chooses its leaders, not the other

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<v Speaker 1>way around.