Steve Schmidt Tears Trump and the Republican Party A New One

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4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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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.

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0:08.7	Hi, I'm Lindsey Graham, host of Wondery's Podcast American Scandal.
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0:31.0	Hey, everybody.
0:34.6	We got a great one today, and this time I mean it, and this time I mean that, because Steve
0:41.4	Schmidt is an interviewing him, and it's a great interview.
0:45.7	I just, we've done it.
0:46.7	So this is going to be fairly short.
0:48.8	My introductory remarks, a couple of things.
0:53.8	Trump somehow is getting worse and worse.
0:58.0	He is invested in not learning from his mistakes, because if he weren't from his mistakes,
1:06.1	that would mean he made some mistakes.
1:10.8	And since he's incapable of making mistakes, he didn't make any, and therefore he can't
1:17.0	learn from them.
1:19.2	That's a good human being.
1:21.9	Another thing, Obamagate.
1:27.0	You said it, I know.
1:28.5	I put Obama on gate.
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