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Democrats Abroad rallying support for Harris-Walz ticket · Kvetch & Release

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  Speaker 1: Democrats have been inspired by Michelle Obama's call at the
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty four Democratic National Convention to do something, and
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  Speaker 1: Democrats Abroad is working in partnership with others to bring
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  Speaker 1: that momentum that was seen at the DNC to millions
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  Speaker 1: of US citizens around the world who are eligible to
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  Speaker 1: vote from abroad. And there is a global event that's
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  Speaker 1: going to be featuring celebrities and politicians to rally Americans
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  Speaker 1: abroad to vote in this upcoming election. Joining me right
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  Speaker 1: now is the former US Ambassador to Canada, Ambassador Bruce
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  Speaker 1: Hayman joins me right now. How are you doing, sir?
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  Speaker 2: I'm doing awesome. How are you?
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  Speaker 1: I'm doing great? Thank you so much. I noticed on
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  Speaker 1: my street the other day a lawn sign that was
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  Speaker 1: put up for a vote from abroad, and the conversations
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  Speaker 1: are already happening here in Windsor, Ontario, even so tell
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  Speaker 1: us about this event.
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  Speaker 2: So the event is a rallying call to get all
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  Speaker 2: Americans living abroad to get registered, to go to vote
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  Speaker 2: from Abroad dot org and vote. But to do that,
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  Speaker 2: we're actually bringing together politicians of notes Nancy Pelosi, Senators
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  Speaker 2: Corey Booker. We're having senatorial candidates and congressmen and women.
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  Speaker 2: But we're also having great celebrities you know that are
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  Speaker 2: coming in John Hamm and Jane Fonda and Alfrey Woodward
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  Speaker 2: and wonder Woman Linda Carter and all of these folks
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  Speaker 2: who are supporting Cars for president. Trying to tell Americans
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  Speaker 2: living everywhere in the world, please, please, you got to
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  Speaker 2: register and vote, and we'd love for you to participate
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  Speaker 2: in this call. It's easy to do. Just go to
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  Speaker 2: Democrats Abroad dot org register for the call. You don't
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  Speaker 2: need to donate to get on the call, although it
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  Speaker 2: would be nice to take a donation only Americans, by
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  Speaker 2: only Americans, by the way, But no, this is exciting
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  Speaker 2: because Americans living abroad were the difference in several of
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  Speaker 2: the battleground states in twenty twenty, and we believe this
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  Speaker 2: election is going to be very close this time again,
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  Speaker 2: and so this is an opportunity to engage Americans living
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  Speaker 2: outside of United States, especially Canada and those of you
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  Speaker 2: over the bridge there and Windsor and elsewhere. We need
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  Speaker 2: your vote this election.
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  Speaker 1: So you really think that it could be Americans living
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  Speaker 1: abroad that could tip this thing?
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  Speaker 2: Oh totally. You know, Hillary lost Michigan by less than
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  Speaker 2: eleven thousand votes. And I'll bet there are eleven thousand
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  Speaker 2: Americans living in Ontario that call Michigan their home for
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  Speaker 2: a voting purposes, and they didn't vote in twenty sixteen.
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  Speaker 2: And in twenty twenty, Joe Biden won the election. Although
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  Speaker 2: we talk about millions, the reality is he won these
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  Speaker 2: battleground states by forty five thousand votes, and a large
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  Speaker 2: number of those votes men from abroad. So yeah, definitely
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  Speaker 2: Americans living outside of the United States, they could be
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  Speaker 2: the difference.
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  Speaker 1: Well, that is a call has taking place September the
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  Speaker 1: fifth at noon. As you said, people can head to
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  Speaker 1: the Democrats Abroad dot org and register for the event. There,
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  Speaker 1: could we talk a little bit about the significance of
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  Speaker 1: this upcoming election and what the outcomes could be depending
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  Speaker 1: on who wins.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's you know, sometimes you have these moments and
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  Speaker 2: elections where Gosh, I can't tell the difference between the candidates,
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  Speaker 2: I can't tell the difference in policy and philosophy, et cetera.
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  Speaker 2: They seem pretty much the same. Well, this case is
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  Speaker 2: not that at all. The difference is quite stark. We
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  Speaker 2: have one president who's the oldest man ever to be
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  Speaker 2: nominated to run for president of the United States, who
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  Speaker 2: has some thirty four convicted counts and many other counts
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  Speaker 2: against him. He tried to run an insurrection, impeached twice.
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  Speaker 2: This is the guy who actually wants to really get
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  Speaker 2: rid of democracy as we know it, and versus someone
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  Speaker 2: who is an entirely new generation enthusiastic, someone who I've
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  Speaker 2: gotten to know over the years, who I can carry
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  Speaker 2: the torch for the next generation and lead us in
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  Speaker 2: a way that is important for Canada in particular, as
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  Speaker 2: she spent some of her formative years growing up in
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  Speaker 2: Montreal and really likes Canada and appreciates the relationship in
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  Speaker 2: a way maybe no other president has in the past.
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  Speaker 1: I can't believe I'm about to ask you this question
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  Speaker 1: to the former US ambassador to Canada, Ambassador Bruce Haymen
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  Speaker 1: is joining me right now for those tuning in. But
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  Speaker 1: Donald Trump did say that he would be a dictator
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  Speaker 1: just on day one. I wonder if we could, if
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  Speaker 1: you could comment about the threat of not only comments
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  Speaker 1: like that, but the actual reality if that did take place.
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  Speaker 2: That should just scare everybody. I mean, you know, just
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  Speaker 2: using that type of language should just give everybody a
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  Speaker 2: moment of pause and say, something's way off here. And
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  Speaker 2: that's not the America we know, and that's not the
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  Speaker 2: America we've come to value through thick and thin yes
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  Speaker 2: in all of our trials and triviaations, that we really
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  Speaker 2: held onto our constitution and held on to our democracy.
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  Speaker 2: And he threatened that. And why should we take him seriously? Well,
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  Speaker 2: you should just see January sixth, what he did after
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  Speaker 2: the election that he lost, that he claimed he didn't lose,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, so many challenges here, so many challenges.
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  Speaker 1: There was a dust up that happened at Arlington National
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  Speaker 1: Cemetery last week, and it looks like there was. We've
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  Speaker 1: had the Army confirmed that there was a little bit
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  Speaker 1: of a tuffle between a Trump staffer and with a
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  Speaker 1: aid at Arlington National Cemetery who was informing them like, look,
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  Speaker 1: you can't do politics in here. This is hallowed grounds.
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  Speaker 1: Of course, former President Trump put out a tweet today
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  Speaker 1: or a truth I guess, saying there was no conflict
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  Speaker 1: or fighting at Arlington National Cemetery last week. It was
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  Speaker 1: a made up story by Comrade Kamala. And you can
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  Speaker 1: imagine where it goes from. There have you ever seen
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  Speaker 1: a candidate that just does not live in objective reality
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  Speaker 1: with the rest of us before.
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  Speaker 2: I really haven't. I mean, you know, and honestly everybody,
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  Speaker 2: I've voted Republican and Democrat in my life, and I
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  Speaker 2: swore an oath when I became ambassador to preserve and
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  Speaker 2: protect the Constitution of the United States against enemies foreign
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  Speaker 2: and domestic. And I truly believe she's a threat to
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  Speaker 2: our constitution in our way of life. And wow, this
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  Speaker 2: service to the fallen. He did it at the CIA headquarters,
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  Speaker 2: if you remember, while he was president, and really disrespected
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  Speaker 2: the fallen people who serve in a country, who remain
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  Speaker 2: nameless but honored in the Wall of Service at the
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  Speaker 2: CIA headquarters. He did it when he went to Normandy
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  Speaker 2: and he made comments and refused to get out of
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  Speaker 2: the car because it was reigning to go to the cemeteries.
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  Speaker 2: And he's done it at Arlington. So it's not like
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  Speaker 2: one unique event. It's a series of events. So there
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  Speaker 2: you go.
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  Speaker 1: So when you say that when you took your oath
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  Speaker 1: and the responsibility to protect and defend the Constitution of
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  Speaker 1: the United States, is that something that you still are
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  Speaker 1: duty bound to or is it just something that you
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  Speaker 1: are morally bound to. Now, I wonder how that process
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  Speaker 1: works when you stop being ambassador.
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  Speaker 2: Perfect question, actually, because I have told people that I
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  Speaker 2: remember so clearly by the way I took the oath
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  Speaker 2: of office by then Vice President Joe Biden swore me in.
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  Speaker 2: And there isn't a case that happens when you're done
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  Speaker 2: serving as the official US ambassador that you swear out
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  Speaker 2: like you're no longer obligated to that oath of office.
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  Speaker 2: So you know, so, I believe that I'm still duty
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  Speaker 2: bound to my oath of office, even though I don't
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  Speaker 2: officially serve in an official capacity. Unofficially, I do continue
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  Speaker 2: to believe that I'm duty bound by my oath of office.
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  Speaker 1: Well, hey, I want to thank you so much for
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  Speaker 1: joining me to break this down. The event that you
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  Speaker 1: have coming up at noon on September the fifth, A
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  Speaker 1: gun people are able to check that out at Democrats
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  Speaker 1: Abroad dot org. Ambassador Bruce Hayman, former US Ambassador to Canada,
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  Speaker 1: thank you so much for your
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  Speaker 2: Time pleasure to be with you.