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The Al Franken Podcast

8: Steve Schmidt Tears Trump and the Republican Party A New One

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4.67.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

The former GOP strategist trashes Trump and his enablers. And gives a surprisingly personal explanation of why it took him so long to leave his old party.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey everybody, we've got a great one today. And this time I mean it. And this time I mean that.

0:12.3

Because Steve Schmidt is, I'm interviewing him, and it's a great interview. I just, we've done it.

0:19.4

So this is going to be fairly short, my introductory remarks.

0:24.6

A couple things.

0:26.0

Trump somehow is getting worse and worse.

0:30.2

He is invested in not learning from his mistakes.

0:35.1

Because if he learned from his mistakes mistakes that would mean he made some

0:40.8

mistakes and since he's incapable of making mistakes he didn't make any and therefore

0:48.9

he can't learn from them that's a good human being another thing uh obama gate he decided i know i put obama on gate

1:03.1

that's what i'll do not everyone who supports me will think it's a huge thing but most of them

1:10.6

most of them and most of them.

1:12.9

And you heard Phil Rucker ask him about this.

1:17.3

This is perfect.

1:18.1

Mr. President, in one of your Mother's Day tweets, you appear to accuse President

1:21.8

Obama of the biggest political crime in American history by far.

1:25.8

Those were your words.

1:27.1

What crime exactly are you accusing President Obama of committing and do you believe the Justice

1:31.4

Department should prosecute him?

1:33.3

Obama game.

1:35.3

It's been going on for a long time.

1:37.3

It's been going on from before I even got elected and it's a disgrace that it happened.

1:42.3

And if you look at what's gone on and if you look at now,

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