# Steve Schmidt: The Problem Isn't the Ballroom

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Podcast: [The Warning with Steve Schmidt](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-warning-with-steve-schmidt-6301038)
Published: 2026-04-27T18:18:02+00:00
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## Resource

Violence is never the answer but neither are the crocodile tears shed by MAGA republicans after Saturday's White House Correspondents' Dinner security failure and shooting. Steve Schmidt explains why the whole thing is an obscenity. Today's Merch: Four Freedoms https://thewarningwithsteveschmidt.com/products/the-four-freedoms-tee 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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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