To surrender to bullies, to bow down the dictators is simply unthinkable. Were ready to do that, it means we'd be forgetting what happened here in these hollow beaches. Make no mistake, we will not bow down. We will not forget. Let me end with this history tells us freedom is not free. If you want to know the price of freedom, come here to Normandy. Come to Normandy, and look.
We have been here before. Appeasement, denihialism, a fifth column at home that, for whatever reason, denigrates our freedoms, denigrates Americanism, and warships far and fascists, whether they be Outolf Hitler in the nineteen thirties or Vladimir Putin or Victor Orbon in the twenty twenties, we are not faded. To live in freedom permanent. We cannot give up what these men paid their lives for. Americans cannot lay down their freedoms to a demagogue and a corrupted party of fascists who
want power at all costs. Is it possible that the American people will decide to replace this man, the President of the United States of America, with this man, an orange tinged fascist, a convicted felon, a man found liable for rape and then for defaming the woman he raped, a serial liar, a man who ripped off every small contractor whoever had the misfortune to work for him, a conspiracy theorist, and somebody utterly incoherent on even his best days.
One hundred and fifty two days remain until the American people will make the decision. This is the warning. Jute sixth, twenty twenty four. Eighty years have passed since the commencement of what is remembered by history as the Day of Days. These four beats on a kevel drum, three dots and
a dash were Morse code. It stood for victory. It was the preface of every BBC broadcast, and eighty years ago, on June fifth, the BBC broadcast a message for our French friends, John has a long mustache, and with that
the resistance went into action and struck. A few minutes past midnight, the first gliders carrying Major John Howard and his men of the British sixth Airborne landed to seize the bridges over the Orne River to make certain that the British troops landing on Sward Beach could make it inland, establishing a beachhead. The British landed near the bridge and
secured it. They liberated the first home in France. On the west side, Americans of the eighty second Airborne in the one hundred and first Airborne began falling from the sky over Saint mary Lees, the first town to be liberated by the American Army. One hundred and twenty thousand soldiers of eleven nations stormed the beaches Utah Beach, Sword, Juno, Gold, and Omaha, the deadliest of them all. It is above that beach where the American Cemetery lies. There are nearly
ten thousand graves in it. All of them face west, back towards home, back towards America, back across the ocean from which these young men crossed, but did not return home, to their wives, to their mothers, to their sisters and brothers and girlfriends. They lie there an American Army in formation, at permanent rest, in silent judgment of their sacrifice for freedom and liberty. There is a thing about remembrance that
should be noted. Had there been a war that was greater, that was deadlier, survived, that the world survived, then there would not have been a commemoration at Normandy. Today, we remember the Second World War in the sacrifices and the commencement of the Battle of Normandy and the liberation of Europe, because it was history's climactic event. So far as killing goes, it has not been repeated, It has not been succeeded
for almost one hundred years minus a score. The question at hand in Ukraine and Europe around the world, when we look as free people at the growing menace of the access of Iran and North Korea and Russia and China, is the confrontation one nearly a lifetime ago to be re fought in a new century. And if it is to be re fought in a new century, is it survivable?
The Polish President Donald Tusk has already warned young Poles people who fought heroically and valorously during the Second World War like no other captive people, people who never gave up, who never stopped fighting. President Tusk told his nation and its young people to be ready to fight for existence, for freedom. Back in nineteen forty, when Britain was under siege, many Americans said, that wasn't our fight, it wasn't our problem.
Who cares. In fact, there were scores of thousands of Americans who filled up Madison Square Garden to give the Hitler salute fascists. There were many Americans in open support of the fascist cause. There were many more indifferent to the plight of freedom. The Draft, which was necessary for the survival of the United States in nineteen forty, was sustained by the Congress by just one vote. We have
been here before. Appeasement, denialism, a fifth column at home that but for whatever reason, denigrates our freedoms, denigrates Americanism, and warships foreign fascists, whether they be Outolf Hitler in the nineteen thirties or Vladimir Putin or Victor Orban in the twenty twenties. We are not faded to live in freedom permanently. That is what President Biden talked about today, and he said something that almost precisely echoed what President
Reagan said forty years ago. Now, when you put President Reagan and President Biden next to each other, some people will say these two men don't belong next to each other because they were in different political parties. And that is nonsense. Both of these men, forty years apart, have delivered a seminal message, a meaningful warning. They have reminded us that there are causes greater than life itself. They
reminded us that there are causes worth dying for. We remember today, on this day of freedom that we celebrate, that we thank with great gratitude did that so that we may live in freedom, and we owe them a great debt. Listen to Ronald Dragon.
You were here to liberate, not to conquer, and so you and those others did not doubt your cause, and you were right not to. Don't doubt. You all knew that some things are worth dying for. One's country is worth dying for, and democracy is worth dying for because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man. All of you loved liberty, all of you were willing to fight tyranny, and you knew the people of your countries were behind you.
Listen to Joe Biden.
Everyone then knew the probability of dying was real, but they did it anyway. They knew and beyond any doubt, there are things that are worth fighting and dying for. Freedom is worth it, Democracy is worth it, America is worth it. The world is worth it, then, now and always.
This is not a democratic message, It is not a republican message. It is a message of the leader of a free people. Forty years ago freedom was threatened. President Wagan talked about it.
We've learned that isolationism never was and never will be an acceptable response to tyrannical governments with expansionist intent. But we try always to be prepared for peace, prepared to deter aggression, prepared to negotiate the reduction of arms, and yes, prepared to reach out again in the spirit of reconciliation. In truth, there is no reconciliation. We would will more than a reconciliation with the Soviet Union. So together we can listen lessen the risk of war now and forever.
And today his successor talked about the threats to our world. Today he named the tyrant. Vladimir Putin called him out directly, forcefully, clearly. He drew the.
Line, Ukraine has been invaded by a tyrant, been on domination. Ukrainians are fighting with extraordinary courage, suffering great losses, but never backing down.
President Biden made clear and reminded everyone what keeps us safe, what keeps us free? Is overwhelming strength. We must remember what President Biden tried to help the country remember today, which at its core is this today was not a speech about the past. It was a speech about gratitude for our freedom and an urgent warning about the danger. We should heed it because let us do whatever we can to make sure there is no need ever for
the creation of an American cemetery in Europe. Ever, again, Colon Powell beautifully pointed this out once he said, America is not a conquering nation. We came to Europe as an army of liberation, and when that war was over, the only land we asked for was enough to bury our dead. And make no mistake, it doesn't matter if you are alive when the events occurred. It doesn't matter
that they occurred before your existence. This American sacrifice and achievement belongs to all Americans for all time through the ages. But that achievement occurs an obligation, and that obligation, when it comes to the memory of this day, requires deep respect and gratitude. We cannot give up what these men paid their lives for. Americans cannot lay down their freedoms to a demagogue and a corrupted party of factious who want power at all costs, including at the expense of
the ideals of the nation. That's what today is about, and we should remember the lessons of history because when they are ignored, there is a fearsome price that is paid. I'm Steve Schmidt. This is the warning and I invite you to join. Subscribe on our substack, on our YouTube channel, follow us. Welcome to the community.