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WATCH: RFK Jr and Kristi Noem Put On Blast During Hearings
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May 16, 2025
While Trump's cabinet is made up of conspiracists and sycophants, Democratic leadership in the Senate is finally taking a stand against their actions. Steve Schmidt looks at RFK Jr and Kristi Noem's hearings and commends those holding them accountable. Subscribe for more and follow me here: Substack: https://steveschmidt.substack.com/subscribe Store: https://thewarningwithsteveschmidt.com/ 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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It is Thursday, the 15th of May. This is The Warning
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Donald Trump is whoring his way across the Middle East, creating images that are unprecedented
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and unimaginable for an American president. I remember reading somewhere that in America
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we care about human dignity. We care about human rights. We care about the rule of law
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We care about fundamental values. Alas, not anymore. Now, Trump, surrounded by Arab thugs
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desecrated, denigrated, and slandered the United States. You see, it was a miserable hellhole
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for 249 years until Trump became our king. Look at these pictures of the oligarchs gathered
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Look at the corruption. Look at the grift. Contemplate the greed. It is otherworldly
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to say the least. Now, under the Capitol Dome, attacked by Trump's mob of rioters
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his seditionists on the 6th of January, a very different type of contest, a type of battle
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is unfolding between the worst of the worst and the best of the best. There are two types
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of Democrats that exist together under the Capitol dome. There are Schumercrats, appeasers
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and there are fighting Democrats like Dan Goldman, like Senator Chris Murphy. And it's
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these fighting Democrats like Congressman Eric Swalwell that are the salvation to this crisis
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The fight is necessary. And let's talk about what it is that we're witnessing when we see this exchange, incredible exchange between Senator Murphy and Robert Kennedy
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And said that the measles vaccine was never fully tested for safety. You said there's fetal debris in the measles vaccine
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And this morning, all true, all true. This morning in front of me to lie to the public
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That's not none of that. Of course it's true. Of course it's true, Senator
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You've got your senator begging your pardon. You do not know what you're talking about
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Let's have a little bit of order so that you can get your question. I didn't ask for a response yet
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I understand that. I'd like to lay out the predicate of my question before I'm interrupted by the witness. He should have some respect for this committee
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Or, incredibly, between Eric Swalwell and Kristi Nub. You agree, though, that this is doctrine. Is that right
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The same protocols that are applied to every individual law enforcement. Madam Secretary, I want you to have credibility and I want you to be taken seriously
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Is this doctored or is it not doctored? I am taken quite seriously. Is it doctored or not doctored
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Because I approach the job with the importance that the President has given me to do my job. I understand. Is it doctored or not doctored
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One thing that important to remember is that every single time a case is built Madam Secretary I have a seven a six and a three I have a bullshit detector I just asking you is this doctored or not doctored The U Constitution establishes three branches of government There is the Article I branch
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the Congress. There is the Article II branch, the Executive. And there is the Article III branch
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the judiciary. All three of these branches check and balance the other. They create a constitutional
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harmony, and this balance is what keeps the citizen safe from the state, because it holds
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that no branch is dominant over the other. Each branch is co-equal. Each is separate. Each has
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its mission. And so one of the vital constitutional missions of the Congress is to perform oversight
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on the executive, the president, who administers but does not make the laws, does not point a finger
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and accuse, does not have the power to convict. That rests with the judiciary. It is the Congress
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that spends the taxpayers' money. It is the Congress that has powers that are not granted
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to the president. And so when a cabinet secretary comes to the United States Congress
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they come not as a guest, but because they are required under American law, under the Constitution
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The Congress on the matters that you're watching is supreme. And what we see, whether it's from Robert Kennedy, his evasiveness, his insanity, his delusions, epic dishonesty
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or Kristi Noem, her unbridled contempt is disdain for the concept that the United States is a constitutional republic
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What Christy Noem is saying is, go f*** yourself. And so an incredible drama is playing out moment by moment by moment every day as two forces collide, shaped by a third
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The shaping force is the appeasement, which puts a magnifying lens on the conflict when it comes
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because it's so striking to see the duplicity, the mendacity, the utter indecency fully exposed
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So Eric Swalwell, in this moment, will not let it go. And he only has five minutes
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My question is, and I want Democrats to seriously consider this, what do they think might happen
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if the next Democratic member after Eric Swalwell picks up exactly where he left off and let it go all day long She not there to give a campaign speech and the United States Congress is not the Fox News set Let the confrontation go on The weak spot
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of the attack is all that matters. Getting in more questions is irrelevant because in this moment
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Kristi Noem is being fundamentally exposed as a liar, as a cheap hustler, as a vapid, delusional, power-mad abuser of the Constitution of the United States
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The worst of the worst. And this is an appropriate use of power
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And it sets up the most fundamental of questions. And that is the one that has to be put to the American people by the Democratic Party
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which is in a bad state right now. The party doesn't speak monolithically. So the party won't
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be asking the question. Candidates across America will be saying, send me to Washington and give me
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the power to fight and stand up for you against all of this. And all of this means standing up
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not just against Trump, but against the appeasement and the appeasers that have let
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Trump run effing wild for 150 days and have created a scenario where contempt is the currency
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of the Trump administration in its dealings with the representatives of the American people who
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were elected, just like Trump. Should Trump have a mandate, then so do the people like Eric Swalwell
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Dan Goldman, and Chris Murphy who are asking the essential questions. And this is all that matters
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in these exchanges. Christine Ome, Kash Patel, and all of the rest of Trump's contemptuous
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handmaids do not have the standing, do not have the right to tell a member of Congress who works
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for us, elected by us, to go F themselves in the name of Donald Trump. These confrontations
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must increase. They must build. Chris Murphy is putting on a master class clinic of how to conduct
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U.S. Senate oversight. It is phenomenal. And Chris Murphy, whether he has the title or not
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so far as I'm concerned, that guy is the leader of the Senate Democrats because that guy is the
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leader of the fight. He is tough. He is smart. He is focused. He is committed. He is an American
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patriot on top of his game. And what Chris Murphy cares about isn't a title, isn't a job. It's his
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actual public service He is the best of the best Watch Dan Goldman give Christy Noem the business here Why is your opinion better and have more authority than the Supreme Court
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Investigators, two judges, an immigration court that all said he was MS-13 and was removed from this country
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But you understand that is you saying that. That is you saying that
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That is them saying that. No, no, no, no. That is you making that determination
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The court has considered all that. The judge has considered all that, Madam Secretary
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And if you would be quiet because I'm reclaiming my time. Dan Goldman is not backing down
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Dan Goldman has righteous anger. Dan Goldman understands that at the core what's happening is deeply wrong
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And he puts it to Christy Noem right here and explains to her, her opinion doesn't matter
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It's her compliance with the order of the Supreme Court that's at stake and at hand
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She has no right to plunge this country into a constitutional crisis by betraying her oath
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And what can be said about Eric Swalwell? The demand, at long last, after 10 years of insanity
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to make one of these people look at a doctored image in front of their faces and to confront the lie
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This is the Orwellian moment we've been waiting for. The truth is not what's real. It's what Kristi Noem and Donald Trump declare it to be
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just like O'Brien prophesied in 1984 while torturing Winston. It doesn't matter, he said
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to Winston, how many fingers you see. What matters is how many the party tells you you see
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And so what Murphy, what Goldman, what Swalwell are doing is shining a light into the abyss, into the darkness, while we still have that opportunity as a nation, as a people
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And they're showing us the contempt, the depravity, the indecency, and the injustice that is gathering and coming for every one of us if we don't stop it right now
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That's what's happening in America today. Some members are better than others
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And when we see the best, we ought to celebrate it and we ought to spread it to model the type of stamina, the type of courage that all of us expect from the people in the United States Congress who must defend the Constitution against the daily assault and vandalism it faces at the hands of the MAGA regime and its contemptuous leadership
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This is The Warning. I'm Steve Schmidt. This is The Warning. I invite you to join this community where I promise to be
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