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The Warning with Steve Schmidt

On Flag Day (and Trump's Birthday) Let's Remember that it's AMERICA's Flag, Not His or MAGA's

The Warning with Steve Schmidt

iHeartPodcasts

Politics, Government, News

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Happy Flag Day! Ironically, it’s also Donald Trump’s birthday. On this day, let’s remember that he does not own the flag. Though he and MAGA have co-opted some of these flags, and turned them into weapons of violence, they belong to us. The American Flag is a unifying symbol that stands opposite the MAGA flag. Steve Schmidt explains. Happy Flag Day. *** To become a The Warning Premium Member and listen to the show 48 hours early with access to premium content visit: https://thewarning.supercast.com/ Subscribe for more and follow me here: Substack: https://steveschmidt.substack.com/subscribe Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveSchmidtSES Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SteveSchmidtSES/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thewarningses Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewarningses/

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0:00.0

It is the 14th of June and 144 days remain until the very last votes will be counted on election day for the presidency of the United States.

0:10.6

It's Flag Day and Donald Trump's birthday. What an irony. This is the warning.

0:19.0

The worst president in American history, the only president to incite an insurrection

0:25.2

against the government he swore to be faithful to when he raised his hand and swore the 35

0:30.9

word oath to the Constitution of the United States who betrayed it, desecrated it, who refused to leave when the American people fired him.

0:40.6

He calls the criminals of January 6th Patriots, watch them desecrate the flag, turning it into a bludgeon

0:48.0

and a weapon. And by the way, this political party calls itself the law and order party.

0:54.0

It calls itself the law and order party.

0:58.0

It calls itself the friend of police officers' party.

0:59.0

It's all a lie.

1:04.5

During the Second World War, one of the greatest Americans in our history, General George C. Marshall,

1:09.9

man who would go on to become the Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, but at that time was the chief of staff of the United States Army.

1:13.6

And he said during the war that before it was won, the American flag would be known around the

1:21.0

world as a symbol of freedom, but also overwhelming force and power, because that's what's required to protect freedom.

1:30.4

The American flag has changed many, many times. Each new state changed the flag, adding a star.

1:38.2

Before 1912, the arrangements of the stars could be laid out in a hundred different ways.

1:46.2

There was no standardized code.

1:48.6

There was no symmetry.

1:50.2

One of my favorite patterns of stars is the medallion wreath pattern, the circular constellation.

1:56.0

But the stars on the flag were laid out in hundreds of ways.

2:00.9

The constellations, oftentimes delivering political messages,

2:05.3

during the Civil War, pro-union, and pro-Confederate,

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