STRONG MOMENTS.
HE SAID WE’RE DYING WITH COVID
AND THERE WAS AN EXCHANGE ON
HEALTH CARE.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS WILL
ALWAYS STAY.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS A
MUCH BETTER HEALTH CARE.
MUCH BETTER.
WE’LL ALWAYS PROTECT PEOPLE WITH
PRE-EXISTING SO I’D LIKE TO
TERMINATE OBAMACARE AND COME ONE
A BRAND-NEW BEAUTIFUL HEALTH
CARE.
>> WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE’RE IN
THE SITUATION THAT WE PROTECT
PRE-EXISTING.
NO WAY HE CAN PROTECT
PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS.
NONE, ZERO.
YOU CAN’T DO IT IN THE ETHER.
HE’S BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR
A LONG TIME.
THERE IS NO -- HE’S NEVER COME
UP WITH A PLAN.
I GUESS WE’LL GUESS THE
PRE-EXISTING PLAN THE SAME DAY
WE GET THE INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN
THE WAY WE’VE BEEN WAITING IN
’16, ’19, ’20.
HE HADN’T DONE A THING FOR
ANYBODY ON HEALTH CARE.
>> KRISTEN -- WHEN HE SAYS
OPTION, HE’S TALKING ABOUT
SOCIALED MEDICINE AND WHEN HE
TALKS ABOUT THE PUBLIC OPTION
HE’S TALKING ABOUT DESTROYING
YOUR MEDICARE AND SOCIAL
SECURITY AND BERNIE SANDERS
TRIED IT IN HIS STATE.
HIS GOVERNOR WAS A VERY LIBERAL
GOVERNOR.
THEY WANTED TO MAKE IT WORK.
>> OKAY.
LET’S HEAR FROM --
>> IT DOESN’T WORK.
VICE PRESIDENT?
>> HE’S RUNNING AGAINST JOE
BIDEN.
I BEAT ALL OF THOSE OTHER PEOPLE
BECAUSE I DISAGREED WITH THEM.
JOE BIDEN HE’S RUNNING AGAINST.
>> IF YOU LISTENED TO THAT
ENTIRE CLIP, MIKA, I MEAN,
DONALD TRUMP WASN’T EVEN
COMPLETING SENTENCES.
I SAID BOTH MEN SEEMED TO BE
WRESTLING WITH THE ENGLISH
LANGUAGE.
AGAIN, FOLLOWING UP ON A POINT
THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE MADE THIS
MORNING, I DON’T KNOW THAT
DONALD TRUMP’S WASN’T -- HIS
HEART WASN’T IN IT, BUT FOR A
LOT OF THE NIGHT HE WAS -- HE
WASN’T SPEAKING IN COMPLETE
SENTENCES.
HE WAS BLURTING OUT PHRASING.
HIS ANSWER TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL
QUESTION WAS JUST ABS
GOBBLEDYGOOK.
>> AND THE LIES HE THREW OUT
WERE GOBBLEDYGOOK.
>> AGAIN, HE WASN’T FINISHING
SENTENCES.
HE WASN’T FINISHING THOUGHTS.
THERE WERE STRETCHES WHERE JOE
BIDEN WAS ALSO STRUGGLING.
I DON’T THINK -- I DON’T THINK
LAST NIGHT WAS A GREAT NIGHT FOR
RHETORIC IN AMERICAN POLITICS.
BUT IT PROBABLY WAS A GOOD
ENOUGH NIGHT FOR JOE BIDEN GIVEN
THE FACT THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE
ACTUALLY CLAIMING DONALD TRUMP
WON HANDILY LAST NIGHT.
THAT IS A GRADING CURVE.
I WISH I HAD HAD THROUGHOUT HIGH
SCHOOL, BECAUSE I WOULDN’T HAVE
GOTTEN AS MANY Ds IN CALCULUS
AND PHYSICS AS I DID.
>> YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN
THINKING ABOUT THIS ALL NIGHT
AND I THINK IT WAS A GREAT NIGHT
FOR JOE BIDEN ESPECIALLY AS YOU
CUT IT DOWN TO CLIPS AND SHARE
MOMENTS OF THE DEBATE FOR DAYS
TO COME.
HE STARTS OFF A LITTLE SLOW, BUT
HE CAUGHT ON TO DONALD TRUMP
VERY QUICKLY AND SAID WE’RE NOT
LIVING WITH COVID, WE’RE DYING
WITH IT.
224,000 PEOPLE, A THOUSAND
PEOPLE A DAY.
THERE WAS THIS MOMENT WHEN THEY
WERE TALKING ABOUT RACE AND
DONALD TRUMP SAID SOMETHING LIKE
I’M THE LEAST RACIST PERSON OR
SOMETHING, AND THERE WAS THIS
MOMENT WHERE JOE BIDEN JUST
LOOKED DOWN AND SAID, OH, GOD.
IT WAS GOOD, IT JUST SORT OF
SEPARATED HIM FROM THE WHOLE
SITUATION BECAUSE IT WAS JUST
INSANITY AND STUPIDITY COMING
OUT OF DONALD TRUMP’S MOUTH IN
THE MOMENT ABOUT SEPARATED KIDS.
DONALD TRUMP SAYING THAT THEY’RE
WELL TAKEN CARE OF WAS AS CRINGE
WORTHY AS IT COMES, BUT BIDEN IN
THAT MOMENT YOU COULD SEE HIM
TRULY IN PAIN FOR THOSE CHILDREN
WHICH WE’LL GET TO IN A MOMENT.
AND WHEN HE SAID THAT DONALD
TRUMP MAKES A DOG WHISTLE SOUND
LIKE A FOGHORN THAT WAS A GOOD
LINE AND IT HAPPENS TO BE TRUE.
THESE ARE ONE OF MANY THAT CAME
THROUGH DURING THE NIGHT.
WHILE DONALD TRUMP, KASIE HUNT,
HE PLAYED UGLY AND HE PLAYED
UGLY REALLY BADLY.
IT SEEMED TO ME LIKE, YOU KNOW,
HE DIDN’T HAVE ENOUGH
INFORMATION TO REALLY MAKE
ANYTHING STICK TO JOE BIDEN.
IF HE WAS GOING TO PLAY UGLY.
SO IT WAS LIKE PLAYING UGLY
WITHOUT THE RIGHT TOOLS AND IT
SEEMED TO FALL FLAT.
BUT IF YOU LIKED DONALD TRUMP’S
PERFORMANCE, IF YOU LOVED
TRUMP’S PERFORMANCE, IS THIS
WHAT REPUBLICANS WANT TO STAND
BY, THE CLIPS THAT ARE COMING
OUT OF THIS DEBATE?
>> WELL, CERTAINLY, MIKA, AS JOE
POINTED OUT THERE WERE
DEFINITELY TIMES WHEN DONALD
TRUMP WAS HARD TO FOLLOW.
I THINK THERE WAS A MENTION OF
SHEETS AND PILLOWS AT ONE TIME
THAT LED US TO SCRATCH OUR HEADS
AND KIND OF WONDER WHERE THE
ENTIRE CONVERSATION WAS GOING.
HOWEVER, I DO THINK -- DON’T ASK
ME, JOE.
I DON’T KNOW.
THE REPUBLICANS I WOULD SAY
THOUGH ARE BREATHING A SIGH OF
RELIEF ONLY BECAUSE THEY FEEL
LIKE AT LEAST HE DIDN’T MAKE IT
DRAMATICALLY WORSE.
IN THE FIRST DEBATE, THAT WAS
CERTAINLY HOW EVERYBODY FELT.
THE MORNING AFTER, THAT THIS WAS
A TRAIN THAT DONALD TRUMP DROVE
ABSOLUTELY OFF THE RAILS AND NOT
ONLY IS IT GOING TO BE BAD FOR
HIM BUT EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY WHO IS ON THE
BALLOT COMING UP IN NOVEMBER.
THIS TIME, HE DIDN’T DO ANYTHING
NECESSARILY THAT MADE THEM FEEL
LIKE, OKAY, I HAVE TO COME OUT
AND PUT OUT A STATEMENT THIS
MORNING.
I HAVE TO LEAK AUDIO OF ME
TALKING TO MY CONSTITUENTS ABOUT
HOW AWFUL DONALD TRUMP IS
BECAUSE WE’RE MAINTAINING THE
STATUS QUO HERE AND THE STATUS
QUO IS GOOD FOR JOE BIDEN.
I MEAN, THAT’S WHAT JOE BIDEN
NEEDED LAST NIGHT.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, YOU ALWAYS
WANT TO TRY TO MAKE THINGS
BETTER FOR YOURSELF AND IMPROVE
YOUR STANDING, BUT AT THE END OF
THE DAY, THE POLLING IS IN A
STRONG SPOT RIGHT NOW FOR
DEMOCRATS, FOR JOE BIDEN, FOR
DEMOCRATS WHO ARE RUNNING IN THE
SENATE.
SO THAT SEEMS TO BE WHERE WE
CAME OUT ON THIS AND REALLY I
THINK THERE WERE JUST SO MANY
NERVES AMONG REPUBLICANS
WATCHING THIS, BECAUSE NOBODY
REALLY HAD ANY IDEA WHAT TO
EXPECT AND AT THE END OF THE
DAY, THEY GOT THE DONALD TRUMP
THAT THEY’RE USED TO DEALING
WITH.
IT WASN’T ANY WORSE, BUT MIKA,
TO PICK UP ON THAT MOMENT THAT
YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE
CHILDREN, I THINK THAT THE
PRESIDENT DEFENDING THAT POLICY
TO THE BIGGEST AUDIENCE THAT
HE’S HAD LIKELY, YOU KNOW, IN
YEARS, REALLY IS THE KIND OF
THING THAT WOMEN IN PARTICULAR
AND THE GROUPS OF PEOPLE THAT
HAVE BEEN REALLY TURNED OFF BY
DONALD TRUMP ARE LIKELY TO HEAR
VERY LOUD AND CLEAR.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT POLICY,
WHEN WE FIRST LEARNED ABOUT IT
WAS AS I THINK BACK IN TERMS OF
COVERING THIS ADMINISTRATION AND
FROM CAPITOL HILL, BUT ALSO
LOOKING AT WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE
WAS DOING, THAT WAS A MOMENT
WHEN PEOPLE STARTED TO TURN
AGAINST THE PRESIDENT.
AND WE SAW A MASSIVE REPUDIATION
OF HIM ACROSS THE MAP IN 2018
THAT WAS LARGELY DRIVEN BY THE
SUBURBS AND BY THE GENDER GAP
AND THAT POLICY WAS A BIG REASON
WHY THAT STARTED TO HAPPEN.
SUBURBAN WOMEN LOOKED AT THAT
AND SAID, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
THIS IS HORRIBLE.
TO ACTUALLY STAND ON THE STAGE