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The Warning with Steve Schmidt

Trump Uses New Orleans & Vegas Attacks To Attack Immigrants

The Warning with Steve Schmidt

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News, Government, Politics

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

After the horrible attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas, Donald Trump and his MAGA base used the events to further their anti-immigrant agenda. Steve Schmidt looks at the reaction on the right and explains why their immigrant narrative doesn't work for these attacks. Subscribe for more and follow me here: Substack: https://steveschmidt.substack.com/subscribe Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thewarningses.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SteveSchmidtSES/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thewarningses Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewarningses/ X: https://x.com/SteveSchmidtSES

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0:00.0

It is the 3rd of January and there are 17 days left until Donald Trump will raise his hand

0:07.0

and take the oath, the same one taken by Washington and Jefferson, Lincoln, and FDR.

0:14.0

And once again, he will be restored to power.

0:17.0

He will become in an instant the 47th president of the United States. And when he

0:23.7

become so, the words that are ringing out on Fox News and across Twitter will have more meaning

0:31.0

than they do today. They're just hollow, empty, and meaningless. But soon, they will ring out with all the authority of the state.

0:41.2

And it should make us afraid for a very simple reason.

0:44.8

Donald Trump and his acolytes are looking for any excuse, for any crime, any terrible

0:51.9

event to make it fit inside their narrative, their narrative of extremism

0:58.3

and bigotry and jingoistic intolerance for the immigrant. This is the warning. January has begun

1:07.9

with two terror attacks against the American people, in New Orleans

1:12.5

and in Las Vegas.

1:14.4

The image of a cyber truck exploded and burning outside of the Trump Hotel isn't just an

1:21.4

offense, but perhaps a metaphor for what is to come, what is arriving, what is bearing down. Here is the reaction from the

1:30.0

maga chieftains about these events. Donald Trump Jr., borders are Tom Homan. This country is in

1:37.1

grave danger. We need to secure that border. And despite what's happened the last two days in

1:41.4

Las Vegas and in New Orleans. This administration

1:44.1

is not stopping. There are still

1:45.9

releasing thousands of people every week through the

1:48.0

CBP-1 app, the HCHMB

1:50.3

program, and Border Patrol continues

1:52.0

to release people in this country without proper vetting.

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