Senators react to Trump claiming Ukraine started the war with Russia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgOhu9bNulg

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt sounds alarm on China tech competition

…China has already become a peer of the U.S. and has a clear plan for how it wants to dominate critical fields, from semiconductors to AI, and clean energy to biotech. The U.S., meanwhile, has been slow to formulate a response and even slower to take action...

https://www.axios.com/eric-schmidt-china-alarm-tech-competition-f74f896c-9024-4463-b912-5d316022dd1b.html

Lincoln Project’s Steve Schmidt: American Democracy Was Deliberately Poisoned | Amanpour and Company - YouTube

President Trump's impact on the Republican Party will be studied for decades to come. History will look not only at who joined the GOP in the Trump era, but also who left it. Steve Schmidt is among the latter. For decades a communications strategist working for President George W. Bush and Senator John McCain, Schmidt now denounces the party he once loved. He's a co-founder of The Lincoln Project, a political action committee formed in 2019 by a group of Republicans determined to defeat Trump in the 2020 election. He joins Michel Martin to explain what's next for the project and for the Party -- and to discuss the struggle to preserve American democracy....

Interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjaygqD3m1I&feature=youtu.be

‘The America that was will be no more’: Former Republican operative issues dire warning if Trump is reelected – Raw Story

Former Republican operative Steve Schmidt issued a dire warning during an interview with MSNBC Thursday. And the failed leadership of President Donald Trump is to blame. Schmidt maintained that no “shakeup” is going to save Trump from losing in November. If he wants to win he’ll have to change, and after four years, he doesn’t expect that to happen. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/07/the-america-that-was-will-be-no-more-former-republican-operative-issues-dire-warning-if-trump-is-reelected/

Trump destroyed by ex-GOP consultant for his COVID-19 ‘incompetence’: ‘His ignorance has turned deadly’ – Raw Story

Appearing on MSNBC late Friday night former Republican strategist Steve Schmidt claimed that Donald Trump is possibly the worst possible president to have in office during the coronavirus pandemic — and that his incompetence has led to deadly results. Speaking with host Joy Reid, Schmidt tore into the president in no uncertain terms.
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/trump-destroyed-by-ex-gop-consultant-for-his-covid-19-incompetence-his-ignorance-has-turned-deadly/

We Are Republicans, and We Want Trump Defeated - NYTimes

Patriotism and the survival of our nation in the face of the crimes, corruption and corrosive nature of Donald Trump are a higher calling than mere politics. As Americans, we must stem the damage he and his followers are doing to the rule of law, the Constitution and the American character...
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/17/opinion/lincoln-project.html

'An abuse beyond description': Steve Schmidt drops the hammer on Trump for concocting fake caravan crisis - Raw Story

Former Republican strategist Steve Schmidt furiously railed against President Donald Trump for concocting the migrant caravan "crisis" out of thin air -- and wasting the time of military service members who now have to spend time away from their families for what he described as a political stunt. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/11/abuse-beyond-description-steve-schmidt-drops-hammer-trump-concocting-fake-caravan-crisis/

'Trump's Reichstag Fire': Ex-GOP operative Steve Schmidt explains why Republicans have 'blood on their hands' - Raw Story

In a fiery interview with MSNBC's Chris Hayes, former GOP operative Steve Schmidt compared last week's right-wing terror attacks to the rise of Adolf Hitler and explained the Republicans' role in the rising tide of white supremacist violence. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/10/trumps-reichstag-fire-ex-gop-operative-steve-schmidt-explains-republicans-blood-hands/

A GOP strategist abandons his party and calls for the election of Democrats - The Washington Post

Steve Schmidt, long a vocal critic of Trump, sees his party as cowardly and 'irredeemable' for not standing up against the president. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-gop-strategist-abandons-his-party-and-calls-for-the-election-of-democrats/2018/06/20/b3f9fbd4-74c3-11e8-b4b7-308400242c2e_story.html

GOP strategist: Trump 'beclowned himself' at G7 summit - The Hill

Republican strategist Steve Schmidt said Sunday that President Trump "beclowned himself" and disgraced the United States at the G7 summit. ....
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/391554-gop-strategist-trump-beclowned-himself-at-g7-summit

Republican strategist goes on epic rant about ‘assemblage of crooks’ and ‘outright weirdos’ working for Trump - Raw Story

GOP strategist Steve Schmidt slammed Republicans who work for President Donald Trump in an epic rant on MSNBC's Deadline: White House on Friday. ...
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/republican-strategist-goes-epic-rant-assemblage-crooks-outright-weirdos-working-trump/

'Across all democracies, you don’t see lying like this': GOP's Schmidt demolishes White House Porter cover-up -- Raw Story

Long-time GOP strategist Steve Schmidt analyzed the Rob Portman scandal during a Tuesday interview on "Deadline: White House" with MSNBC anchor Nicolle Wallace. ...
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/02/across-democracies-dont-see-lying-like-gops-schmidt-demolishes-white-house-porter-cover/

Steve Schmidt bulldozes Trump's fantastical policy promises: 'Just words coming out and floating into the air' -- Raw Story

MSNBC Republican analyst Steve Schmidt on Wednesday suggested that President Donald Trump's promises laid out during the State of the Union address were complete fantasies. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/steve-schmidt-bulldozes-trumps-fantastical-policy-promises-just-words-coming-floating-air/

GOP strategist Steve Schmidt blasts 'Banana Republicans' like Devin Nunes who have 'aligned' with Russia -- Raw Story

Republican strategist Steve Schmidt blasted Intelligence Committee Chair Devin Nunes (R-CA) for pushing conspiracy theories against the Federal Bureau of Investigation, during a Tuesday appearance on MSNBC's "Deadline: White House" with anchor Nicolle Wallace. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/gop-strategist-steve-schmidt-blasts-banana-republicans-like-devin-nunes-aligned-russia/

GOP strategist Steve Schmidt: Trump's defense of Roy Moore 'exposes a profound moral rot in the Republican Party' -- Raw Story

President Donald Trump's public denial of accusations of sexual misconduct levied against Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore represent a turning point for the party, one GOP strategist said Tuesday evening. "Tragic day for the Republican Party," Republican strategist Steve Schmidt told MSNBC's Chris Hayes. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/gop-strategist-steve-schmidt-trumps-defense-of-roy-moore-exposes-a-profound-moral-rot-in-the-republican-party/

In Real Bowling Green Massacre, a White Supremacist Planned Attack Against African Americans & Jews

As the nonexistent terrorist attack manufactured by Donald Trump’s counselor Kellyanne Conway makes headlines, we look at an actual threat by an extremist in Bowling Green, Ohio. In 2012, an FBI raid uncovered a full arsenal of assault rifles, firearms, body armor and ammunition amassed by the suspect, who prosecutors later determined was planning to carry out mass killings. But the suspect is not a radical Muslim. He is white supremacist Richard Schmidt, who federal authorities say was planning targeted attacks on African Americans and Jews...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUBgRh7ZF-8&feature=youtu.be