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The Warning with Steve Schmidt

Why Former Republicans Are Turning on Trump

The Warning with Steve Schmidt

iHeartPodcasts

News, Politics, Government

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

With more than 200 former Republican staffers endorsing Kamala Harris and Trump's former National Security Advisor criticizing him, the Republican party has become even more divided. Steve Schmidt breaks down the reasons why his own party is deserting him and what that means for the future of this election. 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's 69 days to go, and we are in the dog days of summer.

0:04.9

The conventions are passed.

0:06.6

Labor Day is ahead.

0:08.3

The debate will be upon us soon.

0:11.3

Who knows if Donald Trump will show up?

0:13.8

This is the warning.

0:16.4

More than 230 Republican staffers, AIDS who worked for President Bush, Senator McCain, and

0:23.4

Senator Romney have endorsed the Democratic nominee Kamala Harris.

0:29.0

Why would so many Republicans do such a thing?

0:34.2

And the answer is two parts.

0:36.4

The first is these people have all worked in government,

0:40.5

in the executive branch, and around the political campaigns that sought to elect the Republican

0:47.5

candidate to the presidency. They have some comprehension about what is entailed in the job, the duties.

0:56.3

They are offended by Trump's obscenities.

1:00.1

They are deeply worried about the country's future.

1:04.1

There has never been hundreds of people from the opposing party who worked in politics at the highest level of the campaigns

1:14.7

on behalf of their party who have crossed over en masse to endorse the other party's nominee

1:22.1

ever, except for four years ago. Donald Trump is the most unfit man to ever be president of the United States.

1:30.6

And he is the most unfit candidate in 2024, now that Robert Kennedy has dropped out and joined

1:37.9

the cause. What a strange and very bizarre man. And one of the most overlooked stories about the entire Kennedy

1:46.9

endorsement is Kennedy's claim that Trump called him asking to form a unity government.

1:54.8

Unity with what? What great cause does Robert Kennedy supposedly represent?

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