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Unexpected Ally
00:05:18
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| Brett Stevens and Gail Collins, Kamala Harris has an unexpected ally. | |
| That's the title of the piece. | |
| So, I want you to listen so you'll understand how the never-Trump conservative mind works. | |
| So, he is speaking about how he will vote for Kamala Harris. | |
| And I read to you excerpts from the banter between the two of them, published in the New York Times. | |
| Brett Stevens, kicking and screaming, I'll cast my ballot for Harris. | |
| I really would rather have just sat out Election Day, but January 6th and election denialism are unforgivable. | |
| And as my friend Richard North Patterson likes to say, Donald Trump is literally bleeping crazy. | |
| Did you happen to see this? | |
| Yeah, so this is fascinating. | |
| So why is this otherwise conservative and the only one really? | |
| Well, Ross Douthat is conservative too. | |
| Of their 50 columnists, there are two that lean conservative. | |
| So why is he going to vote for Kamala Harris? | |
| Which is very sad to me because I respect Brett Stephens. | |
| It's very sad. | |
| But it gives you an insight into the mindset. | |
| So two unforgivable sins. | |
| Denialism, which is really fascinating because what he did, Brett Stevens, is adopt the left-wing rhetoric. | |
| The left always has an ism. | |
| It's like climate denialism. | |
| It's like a doctrine. | |
| If I don't agree with you, you have a doctrine. | |
| So, the mere statement that I, Donald Trump, don't believe it was a fair election in 2020, that invalidates him. | |
| Hillary Clinton said that her defeat was not valid, but that apparently doesn't matter to people on the left. | |
| I don't quite understand why you are disqualified no matter what the Democrats put up, no matter what type of candidate. | |
| Donald Trump is disqualified because he doesn't believe that he lost the last election. | |
| The whole Russia hoax was denialism. | |
| The Russia hoax was denialism? | |
| Is that what you're saying? | |
| Well, on whose part? | |
| I don't quite follow. | |
| The Democrats. | |
| They created it. | |
| Oh, well, yeah, all right. | |
| So, yeah, so they, that was a, his newspaper led the way in lying about the Russia hoax. | |
| It is not clear to me why Brett Stevens feels this way. | |
| He knows how bad Kamala Harris is. | |
| But he's going to vote for her anyway. | |
| Because of January 6th. | |
| What is Donald Trump's role in January 6th when he said, go peacefully? | |
| And was anything done after January 6th? | |
| Which was not an insurrection, by the way. | |
| It's a lie of the grandiosus proportions to argue it was an insurrection. | |
| You're telling me that these people... | |
| These unarmed people, 90% of whom, 95% of whom walked in peacefully, when the doors were open for them from inside, they were trying to overthrow the American government? | |
| Isn't that a lie? | |
| Like Trump said, there are fine people on both sides. | |
| They're all lies. | |
| But anyway, this is enough for Brett Stephens not to vote for Donald Trump. | |
| January 6th and election denialism. | |
| So he continues. | |
| It's a 99.999% vote against Trump and 0.0001% vote for Harris. | |
| I'm reading you this so you'll understand the never-Trump mind. | |
| I know Harris will ruin my country, but I can't vote for Donald Trump. | |
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Voting For Kamala Harris
00:04:18
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| That's what he's saying. | |
| So her response, Gail Collins, the left-wing of the two, the leftist of the two. | |
| And to bolster the argument, how about a short list of the things that bother you most about your new choice for President of the United States? | |
| Okay, so here is his response. | |
| Ready? | |
| And he's going to vote. | |
| Despite what he's about to say, he will vote for Kamala Harris. | |
| If the GOP had nominated Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, or Doug Burgum, I'd be voting Republican. | |
| Probably even Tim Scott. | |
| That's how reluctant I was to vote for her. | |
| So he would vote for any Republican except Donald Trump. | |
| I fear that Harris is every bit as vacuous behind the scenes as she seems to be on the public stage. | |
| I fear she will be tested early by a foreign adversary and stumble badly, whether it's in stopping Iran from building a nuclear weapon, or China from blockading Taiwan or Russia from seizing a portion of a Baltic country. | |
| I fear she will capitulate too easily to her party's left flank, especially when it comes to identity politics, economic policy, or polarizing cultural issues. | |
| I fear she'll have no domestic policy ideas that don't involve mindlessly expanding the role of government. | |
| I fear she'll surround herself with mediocre advisors like her embarrassingly bad Veep pick. | |
| I fear she won't muster the political will to curb mass migration. | |
| That's all? | |
| That's the only objections he has to her? | |
| Yeah, I knew it would blow your mind. | |
| It's breathtaking. | |
| It is breathtaking. | |
| He is certain she will be a calamity for Western civilization, and he will vote for her. | |
| That is why it is called Trump derangement syndrome. | |
| It is. | |
| When one abandons rational, moral thought on one issue, it is a syndrome. | |
| It is. | |
| It's correct. | |
| It's a syndrome. | |
| A man I respect, Brett Stephens. | |
| I mean, this is a horror list. | |
| The world will enter chaos if Kamala Harris wins and he's voting for her. | |
| Yeah. | |
| By the way, he does not have a list of equally awful things that will happen if Donald Trump is elected. | |
| He just thinks he's nuts. | |
| He's denialism. | |
| My two reasons, January 6th and election denialism. | |
| So here's the summary of Trump Derangement Syndrome. | |
| Ready? | |
| The next line. | |
| I'd rather take my chances with a president whose competence I doubt and whose policies I dislike than one whose character I detest. | |
| That's it. | |
| I will take policies I know will hurt America and the world. | |
| I know it. | |
| The bad actors on Earth, China, Iran, Russia, will be emboldened by a Kamala Harris victory, but I hate Donald Trump's character. | |
| That is a syndrome. | |
| That is not rational. | |
| It is not moral. | |
| That's all that matters. | |
| That's why I've said this is a form, and again, I am not just saying this. | |
| I have great respect for Brett Stephens. | |
| But this is a narcissistic view. | |
| I don't like Trump's character, therefore screw America and screw the world. | |
| That's what the never-Trumper is saying. | |
| He knows how bad Kamala Harris is. | |