EVER BEEN. IT HAS BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL
SUMMIT WITH GREAT SPIRIT.
SO THE PRESIDENT IS DETERMINED
EVEN IF HE IS BEING MOCKED BY
WORLD LEADERS ON CAMERA IS
DETERMINED TO GO HOME AND
DECLARE THIS NATO SUMMIT A
SUCCESS.
SUCCESS. >> BECAUSE PRESIDENT MACRON
CRITICIZED IT AND YESTERDAY
DONALD TRUMP BECAME THE GREAT
DEFENDER OF NATO WHICH SPUN A
LOT OF HEADS.
SENATOR BOOKER, I WOULD ASK YOU
ABOUT THIS VIEW OF THE WORLD
FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP AND
SPECIFICALLY THE VIEW OF NATO AS
SORT OF A FINANCIAL TRANSACTION.
WE KEEP HEARING ABOUT THE 2%
THRESHOLD THAT WAS AGREED TO,
AND THAT SEEMS TO BE THE LITMUS
TEST.
TEST. ARE YOU PAYING ENOUGH TO BE A
PART OF THIS ORGANIZATION THAT
HAS BEEN A SAFE GUARD IN THE
WORLD FOR GENERATIONS.
>> FIRST OF ALL, HE RADICALLY
MISCONCEIVES EXACTLY WHAT THAT
IS.
IS. THIS IS NOT PAYING TO A COMMON
PIGGYBANK.
PIGGYBANK. BUT MORE THAN THAT, AND WE ARE
LITERALLY -- I TRAVEL A LOT AND
MEET WITH WORLD LEADERS.
AND TO SEE THEIR FEVERS AND
THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT HE CALLS
AMERICA FIRST, THIS IS REALLY
AMERICA ISOLATED, AMERICA ALONE,
AMERICA PULLING AWAY FROM
ALLIANCES, INTERNATIONAL
ALLIANCES, INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS, PARIS CLIMATE
ACCORD, UNDERSTANDING THAT WE
ARE THE DISPENSABLE NATURE AND
TO HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO DISTORTS
WHO OUR FRIENDS ARE AND OUR
ENEMIES, HAS A BETTER
RELATIONSHIP WITH PUTIN THAN HE
DOES WITH MACRON OR MERKEL, IS
PROBLEMATIC.
PROBLEMATIC. AND LOOK, BEFORE AMBASSADOR JO
WAS A
WAS A YOVANOVITCH WAS A HOLD HOUSE
NAME, I WAS SITTING WITH HER IN
A BASEMENT BUNKER MEETING WITH
UKRANIAN MILITARY.
UKRANIAN MILITARY. AND WHEN OUR MILITARY LEADERS
AND SENATOR McCASKILL --
>> CLAIRE.
>> CLAIRE. >> I FEEL LIKE I’M AT THE CAUCUS
LUNCH AND SHE’S MAKING FUN OF MY
VEGAN FOOD.
VEGAN FOOD. >> ALL TRUE.
WHERE’S THE MEAT.
>> BUT YOU LITERALLY HAVE OUR
MILITARY LEADERS CALLING ON WHAT
IS GOING ON WITH RUSSIA A HYBRID
WAR.
WAR. THIS IS THE TERMINOLOGY WHEN I
WAS FIRST TRAVELING ON THE
FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE,
THAT NATO’S URGENCY RIGHT NOW
WITH THE RUSSIANS NOW
INTERVENING LATVIA, THERE WAS A
GREAT EXPO SAY ABOUT HOW THEY
ARE PERFECTING THIS IN PLACES
LIKE MADAGASCAR, HOW TO
UNDERMINE FREE OWESOCIETIES, NAT
URGENCY AT THIS MOMENT ON THE
WORLD STAGE WITH A CLIMATE
CRISES COMING, WITH THINGS LIKE
SYRIA, WITH RUSSIAN AGGRESSION
IN UKRAINE AND THE CHALLENGES OF
WESTERN DEMOCRACY IN HUNGARY OR
TURKEY, THIS IS A PROBLEMATIC
THING THAT YOU HAVE A PRESIDENT
THAT NOT ONLY DOESN’T SEEM TO
UNDERSTAND NATO’S CRITICAL ROLE,
BUT ON THE WORLD STAGE JUST
INSULTED, CALLED THE LEADER OF
CANADA OUR MOST ESSENTIAL ALLY
WHO HAS BEEN THERE WITH US IN
EVERY CONFLICT SINCE 9/11,
STANDING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH US
IN SO MANY WAYS, TO JUST THROW
OUT A SCHOOL YARD TAUNT OUR
PUNCH LIKE THAT WAS A MOMENT
THAT IT STILL STUNS ME WHEN I
HER
HER HEAR OUR PRESIDENT DO THAT.
>> AND THAT WAS IN RESPONSE TO A
QUESTION ABOUT VIDEO THAT HAS
BEEN OUT THERE ABOUT WORLD
LEADERS AND INCLUDING PRIME
MINISTER TRUDEAU AND BORIS
JOHNSON AND PRESIDENT MACRON OF
FRANCE CIRCLED UP AND IT APPEARS
THAT THEY ARE MAKING FUN OF
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
PRESIDENT TRUMP. PUT THAT TOGETHER WITH THE WAY
WE’VE SEEN SOME OF THESE LEADERS
PUSH BACK ON PRESIDENT TRUMP AT
THIS NATO SUMMIT.
WHAT PICTURE DOES IT PAINT OF
WHERE WE ARE IN THE WORLD RIGHT
NOW?
NOW? >> AMERICA RIGHT NOW CANNOT BE
TRUSTED.
TRUSTED. OUR ALLIES NO LONGER TRUST US.
IT IS WEAKENING THE FABRIC OF
DEMOCRACIES AT A TIME WHEN THE
PLANET EARTH IS SEEING THE RIDES
OF OUR AUTHORITARIAN
GOVERNMENTS.
GOVERNMENTS. WHEN I WENT DOWN TO MEET WITH
JEFF FLAKE AND WE FLEW TO MEET
WITH THE NEW LEADER OF ZIMBABWE,
TO TALK ABOUT AMERICAN
SANCTIONS, HE WAS LANDING FROM
CHINA AT A TIME WHERE HE WAS
SAYING THAT THE CHINESE DON’T
CARE WHAT I DO ABOUT HUGH
HUMANITARIAN RIGHTS.
HUMANITARIAN RIGHTS. THERE WAS A GLOBAL CONFLICT THAT
WENT ON BETWEEN OUR FORM OF
GOVERNMENT AND THE AUTHORITARIAN
GOVERNMENT AND THIS PRESIDENT
SEEMS TO BE WEAKENING DEMOCRATIC
ALLIANCES AND PLAYING INTO THE
VERY PLAYBOOK THAT THE RUSSIANS
ARE TRYING TO USE.
AND THIS IS PROBLEMATIC.
AND BY THE WAY, SENATOR, YOU
KNOW THIS, REPUBLICANS KNOW
THIS, WHEN I’M SITTING DOWN
WHERE MY REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES,
THEY KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON.
AND THIS IS WHAT FRUSTRATES ME
EVEN ABOUT THIS IMPEACHMENT
PROCEEDINGS RIGHT NOW.
ARGUE WITH ME THAT THIS IS NOT
IMPEACHABLE BEHAVIOR, BUT DON’T
TELL ME THAT THIS IS NOT MORAL
VANDALISM GOING ON FROM THE
WHITE HOUSE WHERE A PRESIDENT IS
USING TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO HOLD
HOSTAGE A COUNTRY UNTIL THEY DO
WHAT HIS POLITICAL BIDDING IS.
NOBODY CAN DEFEND THE BEHAVIOR.
YOU CAN ARGUE WHETHER IT IS
IMPEACHABLE OR NOT, BUT WE ARE
IN A CRISIS WHERE WE’RE PULLING
BACK FROM THE WORLD STAGE AND
VIOLATING OUR VALUES.
>> SENATOR, SO I’M GOING TO
GET -- LET’S GET BACK TO WHAT WE
JUST SAW IN A MINUTE, BUT I WANT
TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE BIG NEWS
FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
YESTERDAY THAT KAMALA HARRIS,
YOUR COLLEAGUE, GETTING OUT OF
THE RACE.
THE RACE. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?
>> WELL, IT IS PROBLEMATIC TO
ME.
ME. AND FRANKLY, IT JUST WASN’T --
WHEN I’M HEARING FROM MY OWN
FAMILY MEMBERS, BLACK WOMEN IN
MY FAMILY, THAT WAIT, I DON’T
UNDERSTAND THIS, SHE STILL HAD A
PATHWAY TO COMPETE IN IOWA, THAT
SHE IS EXITING THE RACE AND
WE’LL SEE POTENTIALLY A DEBATE
STAGE RIGHT NOW WITH ONLY SIX
HAVE QUALIFIED AND ALL OF THEM
ARE WHITE.
ARE WHITE. WHEN WE WON OUR LAST ELECTION,
THE LAST BIG PRESIDENTIAL RECORD
TURNOUT, MASSIVE OBAMA COALITION
CAME BECAUSE THE FULLNESS OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY CAME OUT
INCLUDING ALMOST A MILLION MORE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTES IN 2012
THAN IN 2016.
WE LOST MICHIGAN, WE LOST
WISCONSIN, WE LOST PENNSYLVANIA.
IF AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTE HAD
BEEN NEARLY WHAT IT WAS IN 2012,
WE’D BE TALKING ABOUT PRESIDENT
HILLARY CLINTON RIGHT NOW.
AND SO TO BE IN THIS RACE RIGHT
NOW, I TELL YOU, IF ANYTHING, I
GOT CALLS FROM CIVIL RIGHTS
LEADERS, CONGRESSIONAL BLACK
CAUCUS LEADERS YESTERDAY,
TELLING ME TO FIGHT ON BECAUSE
WE KNOW THAT THE DEBATE STAGE,
THE RULES THAT THEY ARE USING
WHEN I’M NUMBER THREE IN NET
FAVOR AND IN IOWA, WHEN I LEAD
IN LOCAL ENDORSEMENTS, WHEN WE
HAVE THE "DES MOINES REGISTER"
AND TO HAVEVHAVE OFFICIAL NEEDAR
NEEDS TO KEEP PEOPLE OUT OF THE
RACE, NO WAY.
I THINK THAT I HAVE THE BEST
CHANCE OF RESURRECTING THAT
COALITION.
COALITION. >> AND SO TALK ABOUT YOUR
FRUSTRATION.
FRUSTRATION. AND BY THE WAY, WE’VE MENTIONED
IT ALREADY, IT IS A FRUSTRATION
THAT BARACK AND MICHELLE OBAMA
FELT IN EARLY FALL OF 2007, THAT
YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW
NO BLACK LEADERS ON THE STAGE
FOR THE NEXT DEBATE.
OF COURSE THAT IS DECIDED IN
PART BY POLLS.
AND POLLS THAT ARE SHOWING THAT
RIGHT NOW FOR WHATEVER REASON,
BLACK VOTERS ESPECIALLY OLDER
BLACK VOTERS ARE GRAVITATING TO
JOE BIDEN PREDOMINANTLY.
KAMALA WAS NEVER ABLE TO BREAK
THROUGH THAT SUPPORT.
OF COURSE PRESIDENT OBAMA DID
LATER IN 2007.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO?
HOW FRUSTRATING IS IT FOR YOU
FIRST OF ALL, BUT SECONDLY, WHAT
DO YOU HAVE TO DO TO BREAK
THROUGH AND GET THE SORT OF
SUPPORT THAT YOU NEED FROM NOT
ONLY BLACK LEADERS, BUT OLDER
BLACK VOTERS, YOUNGER BLACK
VOTERS THAT WILL GET YOU ON THAT
NEXT DEBATE STAGE?
>> SO TWO QUICK ANSWERS.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, IF WE WERE
ALLOWING THE PAST TO INFLUENCE
WHAT OUR DECISIONS ARE NOW, WE
WOULD NOT BE PUTTING SO MUCH
STOCK IN POLLS BECAUSE NEVER IN
THE LIFETIME OF ANY OF US HERE
HAS THERE EVER BEEN SOMEONE
LEADING IN THE POLLS IN DECEMBER
THAT HAS GONE ON TO THE WHITE
HOUSE IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
NEVER.
NEVER. CLINTON AROUND 4%, BARACK OBAMA
20 POINTS BEHIND SECRETARY
CLINTON AT THIS POINT IN THE
CAMPAIGN.
CAMPAIGN. AND LOSING TO HER IN SOUTH
CAROLINA UNTIL HE SHOWED.
SO FOR US, IT IS VERY SIMPLE.
WE ARE RUNNING THE KIND OF RACE
WITH THE INGREDIENTS OF HOW
PEOPLE LIKE KERRY GO ON FROM 4%
IN DECEMBER TO WINNING IN IOWA.
WE HAVE WHAT IT TAKE, BUT WE
NEED HELP.
NEED HELP. IF THIS IS GOING TO BE A NEW
BARRIER THAT THE DNC WILL PUT
UP, WE NEED PEOPLE TO GO OUT
THERE AND GO TO CORY BOOKER.COM
AND CONTRIBUTE SO WE CAN RUN THE
KIND OF ADS THAT YOU ARE SEEING
FROM THE BILLIONAIRES THAT ARE
BUMPING UP THEIR NUMBERS.
WE NEED FOLKS TO KEEP MY VOICE
IN THIS RACE.
AND HERE IS THE INTERESTING
THING --
THING -- >> HOLD ON.
I WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT ABOUT
THIS.
THIS. >> I THINK THAT HE SAID CORY
BOOKER.COM.
BOOKER.COM. IS THAT IT?
>> IT WAS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO WE GOT THAT OUT OF THE WAY.
SO YOU BROUGHT UP BILLIONAIRES.
TALK ABOUT YOUR EMOTIONS, TALK
ABOUT THE EMOTIONS OF YOUR
SUPPORTERS, THE FEELINGS OF YOUR
SUPPORTER, CONCERNS OF YOUR
SUPPORTERS, THAT UYOU HAVE BEEN
WORKING SO HARD AROUND THE
CLOCK, YOUR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
WORKING SO HARD, YOU ARE DOING
THE BLOCKING AND TACKLING RIGHT,
YOU ARE BUILDING ORGANIZATIONS
CORRECTLY, AND MIKE BLOOMBERG
COMES IN AT THE LAST MINUTE AND
I KNOW THAT HAD TO PLAY INTO
KAMALA HARRIS’S DECISION BECAUSE
HERE IS A GUY THAT CAN JUST
BLANKET CALIFORNIA ON SUPER
TUESDAY WITH ADS.
DOES SOMETHING NEED TO BE DONE
TO STOP BILLIONAIRES FROM BEING
ABLE TO COME INTO A RACE AND
JUST BASICALLY HELICOPTER INTO A
RACE AFTER EVERYBODY ELSE HAS
BEEN FIGHTING FOR A YEAR AND
WRITE A $40 MILLION CHECK AND
START MOVING UP IN THE POLLS?
>> I HAVE VERY STRONG FEELINGS
ON CAMPAIGN FINANCE.
WHAT I’VE SEEN IN WASHINGTON, I
WOULD INVITE CLAIRE TO COMMENT
ON THIS, THE MONEY IN POLITICS
RIGHT NOW IS SO CORROSIVE.
PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
AISLE UNDERSTAND THIS.
WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM OR
ELSE WE’LL BE MOVING WORKING
CLASS PEOPLE OUT OF THE AREA ALL
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER. BUT YOU DON’T NEED TO GO TO MY
SUPPORTERS.
SUPPORTERS. GO TO IOWA AND SEE FROM THE
MEDIA, HEAD OF THE IOWA STARTING
LINE JUST WROTE OUT A MESSAGE
SAYING IF YOU ARE CALLED BY A
POLLSTER, NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE
SUPPORTING, CHOOSE CORY BOOKER
BECAUSE HE DESERVES TO BE ON
THAT STAGE AS MUCH OR MORE THAN
PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THAT STAGE
WHO DON’T HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF
A CAMPAIGN THAT I HAVE IN THAT
STATE.
STATE. SO IF YOU ARE STARTING TO SEE
THE BACKLASH FROM IOWA MEDIA AND
IOWANS THEMSELVES, HEY, THIS IS
GETTING KIND OF RIDICULOUS, WE
SHOULD BE CHOOSING WHO GOES ON
OUT OF THE IOWA PRIMARY, NOT
ARTIFICIAL BARRIERS OR HOW MANY
MILLIONS YOU HAVE IN YOUR
PERSONAL BANK ACCOUNT.
AND SO THAT IS A LITTLE
FRUSTRATING.
FRUSTRATING. THIS WAS A POINT THAT JOHN CARE
ARY LENTE RY
KERRY LENT HIS CAMPAIGN $5
MILLION AND THEN WENT ON TO WIN.
I DO NOT HAVE $5 MILLION.
I MADE THE DECISION TO BE A
NONPROFIT LAWYER AS I STARTED MY
CAREER.
CAREER. SO I DON’T HAVE THOSE PERSONAL
MILLIONS TO SUSTAIN.
AND BY THE WAY, IF KAMALA DID,
SHE SAID SHE WAS ABOUT $5
MILLION SHORT IF I HAVE THAT
CORRECT, SHE WOULD STILL BE
COMPETING IN IOWA RIGHT NOW.
AND BY THE WAY HER VOICE,
WHATEVER YOU THINK, I’M IN THIS
RACE BECAUSE I THINK I’M A
BETTER CHOICE THAN HER, BUT SHE
WAS BRINGING THINGS TO THE
TABLE, BRINGING UP ISSUES THAT
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WILL BE
WOEFULLY LACKING.
WOEFULLY LACKING. HUALIENJULIAN CASTRO BRINGING TH
THE DEBATE IN A PART 2I THAT
DESPERATELY NEEDS BLACK AND
LATINO VOTERS PPD.
AND I WAS HEARING FROM MY FEMALE
FAMILY MEMBERS.
FAMILY MEMBERS. SO WE HAVE A PROBLEM IN THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
DEMOCRATIC PARTY. AND I’M IN THIS TO BEAT
TOUCHDOWN DONALD
TOUCHDOWN DONALD TRUMP AND CLAIRE REPRESENTS
WHERE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS.
WE WON BACK THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES BECAUSE OF THE
BROADNESS OF OUR PARTY.
BECAUSE WE HAD PEOPLE WHO COULD
APPEAL TO THE MODERATES IN THIS
RACE.
RACE. IF WE DON’T HAVE VOICES THAT CAN
UNITE THE WHOLENESS OF OUR
PARTY, MAKE US A BIGGER TENT --
AND THIS IS WHY I HAVE A LOT OF
LOVE FOR CLAIRE BECAUSE I’VE
HEARD HER GO OFF IN PRIVATE.
THE DEMOCRATIC END SHOULD NOT BE
TO BEAT REPUBLICANS, IT SHOULD
BE TO UNITE AMERICANS IN COMMON
CAUSE.
CAUSE. THAT IS THE NEXT LEADER THAT WE
NEED FOR THIS COUNTRY, SOMEBODY
WHO BEGINS TO HEAL THIS NATION.
AND I WORRY THAT THE WAY
POLITICS RUNS RIGHT NOW, THAT
PEOPLE LIKE CLAIRE AND OTHERS
THAT I KNOW ARE NOT FINDING A
WAY TO GET TO THE TABLE.
SO YESTERDAY WAS NOT A HAPPY DAY
FOR ME.
FOR ME. WE NEED LEADERS IN THIS COUNTRY
THAT CAN CALL TO ALL OF US IN A
COMMON SPIRIT.
COMMON SPIRIT. BECAUSE WE HAVE COMMON PAIN
RIGHT NOW, BUT WE HAVE TO GET
BLACK TO A COMMON PURPOSE.
>> YOU HAVE BEEN PREACHING
UNIFICATION, COMING TOGETHER,
GETTING THE UGLY OUT, RUNNING A
WHITE HOUSE WITH CHARACTER, AND
THAT PART TO ME IS WHAT IS
FRUSTRATING.
FRUSTRATING. THAT TO ME SEEMS LIKE THE
MESSAGE THAT MOST FOLKS I TALK
WITH AT THE GROCERY STORE ARE
SICK OF THE POLARIZATION, THEY
ARE SICK OF, YOU KNOW, IT IS MY
WAY OR THE HIGHWAY.
AND TALK ABOUT YOUR FRUSTRATION
ABOUT THAT MESSAGE NOT
RESONATING -- LIKE FRANKLY, I
THOUGHT IT WOULD AT THIS POINT.
IS IT BECAUSE YOU DON’T HAVE THE
RESOURCES TO REALLY BREAK
THROUGH?
THROUGH? AND BY THE WAY, THE DEBATE
REQUIREMENT THAT YOU HAVE
SUPPORTERS IN 20 STATES AND
200,000 SUPPORTERS, THAT WAS
DESIGNED TO GET AROUND THE
BILLIONAIRES.
BILLIONAIRES. CLEARLY THAT IS NOT WORKING
BECAUSE STEYER MADE THE STAGE
AND HE’S ONLY THERE BECAUSE HE
IS A BILLIONAIRE AND HE’S BEEN
ABLE TO WRITE THESE BIG CHECKS
FOR ADVERTISING.
FOR ADVERTISING. ARE WE FAILING AT TRYING TO KEEP
BILLIONAIRES FROM BUYING THE
SPOT?
SPOT? >> I WANT TO GO TO THE FIRST
PART OF YOUR QUESTION.
I LIVE IN AN INNERCITY AND HEAR
IT IN MINE.
I GREW UP WITH TWO CIVIL RIGHTS
LEADERS WHO TALKED ABOUT THE
NOBILITY.
NOBILITY. THEY WERE IN THEIR SUITS AND
TIES AND THEY WOULD BE YELLED AT
BUT YET THEY STILL MET IT WITH A
DIGNITY AND GRAVITY THAT WAS
ABLE TO CALL TO ALL OF AMERICA.
WHEN THEY HAVE WATCHED WHAT WAS
HAPPENING ON THE PETTIS BRIDGE
OR IN BIRMINGHAM, THEY SAID WE
WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT.
AND SO THIS COUNTRY DOESN’T NEED
MORE TRUMPISM.
MORE TRUMPISM. IT NEEDS PEOPLE THAT SAY
WHATEVER YOUR PARTY IS, LET’S
GET BACK TO THE HONOR AND
DIGNITY BECAUSE THAT IS WHO WE
ARE.
ARE. AND BY THE WAY, THE JOY WITH
WHICH THE RUSSIANS AND OTHERS,
OUR ENEMIES, ARE SEEING EACH
OTHER DOWN, THAT IS OUR
WEAKNESS.
WEAKNESS. OUR FOUNDERS KNEW THAT.
THEY PUT FORT THE DECLARATION OF
IN-
IN- INTER-DEFEND INSIDE.
INTER-DEFEND INSIDE. AND SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE
HONOR, I APPRECIATE IT.
AND FOR US, I’M IN THIS TO
FIGHT.
FIGHT. THIS IS A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT ME
CALLED STREET FIGHTER.
I’M NOT GOING TO CHANGE MY
MESSAGE RIGHT NOW.
THE FIGHT YOU WANT IS TO BRING
PEOPLE TOGETHER.
PEOPLE TOGETHER. THAT IS WHERE OUR STRENGTH COMES
FROM.
FROM. AND SO FOR ME, IT IS RIGHT NOW
DOING THE BEST WE CAN IN
FUNDRAISING BECAUSE I DON’T WANT
TO DROP OUT, MAKE THAT STAGE.
I’M MORE DETERMINED NOW THAN
EVER AND I’M HAPPY THAT WE’RE
TRENDING ON TWITTER THIS
MORNING, WE HAD ONE OF OUR
BETTER FUND RAISING DAYS
YESTERDAY BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE
STARTING TO WAKE UP THIS IS THE
MESSAGE WE WANT.
>> AND SENATOR HARRIS DROPPED
OUT IN PART BECAUSE OF
FUNDRAISING ISSUES.
FUNDRAISING ISSUES. AND SO MANY OF THAT IS BECAUSE
OF THE FOCUS ON THE EARLY
STATES.
STATES. THERE COULD BE THIS NEXT DEBATE
WITHOUT A CANDIDATE OF COLOR ON
THE STAGE.
THE STAGE. IS THAT BECAUSE THESE EARLY
STATES, IOWA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, ARE
NEARLY ALL WHITE IN TERMS OF
RESIDENTS AND SHOULD DIFFERENT
STATES BE AT THE TOP OF THE
CALENDAR?
CALENDAR? >> I WANT TO DISCONNECT THOSE
THINGS.
THINGS. IOWA CHOSE THE FIRST BLACK
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
I’M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE LACK
OF DIVERSITY OF -- I’M REALLY
NOT.
NOT. BECAUSE WE HAVE IS FOUR STATES
THAT HAVE GEOGRAPHICAL AND
RACIAL DIVERSITY.
RACIAL DIVERSITY. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF THE
RULES ALLOWS A BILLIONAIRE --
AND IF THE STAGE STAYS WHAT IT
IS RIGHT NOW, IT WILL HAVE MORE
BILLIONAIRES THAN BLACK PEOPLE.
IT ALLOWS BILLIONAIRES TO BE UP
ON THAT STAGE AND NOT PEOPLE WHO
HAVE LEGITIMATE CHANCES TO WIN
THE NOMINATION.
THE NOMINATION. MY CAMPAIGN IS EVOLVING THE SAME
WAY PRESIDENT OBAMA’S DID, THE
SAME WAY THAT JIMMY CARTER AND
OTHERS WHO TALKED TO THE LARGER
ASPIRATIONAL GOALS.
ASPIRATIONAL GOALS. DIDN’T BREAK THROUGH RIGHT AWAY,
BUT WHEN OUR TEAM IS AT NUMBER
THREE IN NET FAVOR ABILITY IN
IOWA AND CLIMBING, THEY HAVEN’T
CHOSEN YOU YET, BUT 80% OF THE
PEOPLE HAVE NOT SET ON THEIR
FINAL CHOICE.
FINAL CHOICE. SO WE’RE CONFIDENT IN IOWA.
LOCAL NEWS WRITES ABOUT THE FACT
THAT WE HAVE THE MAKINGS 6 SS OF
UPSET.
UPSET. BUT I THINK THAT THE
CONSEQUENCES IS THAT THE MINE
OTHERITY VOICES ARE BEING
EXCLUDED
EXCLUDED EXCLUDED.
EXCLUDED. AND THAT IS PROBLEMATIC FOR THE
PARTY WHO WILL RELY ON BLACK AND
BROWN TURNING OUT IN RECORD
NUMBERS TO WIN BACK THE
PRESIDENCY AND CRITICAL SEATS.
>> AND YOU ARE TRENDING BECAUSE
YOU ARE SITTING NEXT TO CLAIRE.
>> I LOVE THIS.
YOU ARE DOING MORE THAN YOU
KNOW.
KNOW. >> GREAT TO SEE YOU.
>> CORY BOOKER.COM.
>> THANK YOU.
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