UNHINGED AND LAST NIGHT, THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY DEFIED HISTORY FOR THE
MIDTOWN AND MID THE TERM YEAR.
WE ALSO HAD A STAGGERING NUMBER
OF HOUSE RETIREMENTS.
YOU HAD SOME THAT DECIDED TO --
LET’S STAY AWAY, LET’S STAY
AWAY.
AWAY. I’M NOT SURE THAT I SHOULD BE
HAPPY OR SAD, BUT I FEEL JUST
FINE ABOUT IT.
CARLOS CABELLA.
CARLOS CABELLA. MIKE KAUFMAN.
MIKE KAUFMAN. TOO BAD MIKE.
MIA LOVE GAVE ME NO LOVE AND SHE
LOST.
LOST. BARBARA COMSTOCK WAS ANOTHER
ONE.
ONE. I THINK SHE COULD HAVE LOST THAT
RACE.
RACE. ERIC DIDN’T WANT THE TO EMBRACE.
>> WHOSE FAULT WAS IT THAT THERE
WERE SO MANY RETIREMENTS?
>> IT’S ME.
I RETIRED HIM.
I’M VERY PROUD OF IT.
IF THE REPUBLICANS WON AND LET’S
SAY WE HELD ON BY ONE OR TWO OR
THREE.
THREE. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY HARD
HAVING THAT MANY REPUBLICANS TO
EVER EVEN GET -- AND THE CLOSER
IT IS, THE WORSE IT IS.
I’LL BE HONEST, I THOUGHT IT WAS
A VERY CLOSE TO COMPLETE
VICTORY.
VICTORY. FROM A DEAL MAKING STANDPOINT,
WE ARE ALL MUCH BETTER OFF THE
WAY IT TURNED OUT.
>> DELUSIONAL.
>> DELUSIONAL. THEY LOSE A THIRD OF THE SEATS
IN TWO YEARS NATIONWIDE, 333.
THE WORST DEFEAT FOR REPUBLICANS
SINCE WATERGATE.
SINCE WATERGATE. THIS GUY WAS SO BAD, HE WAS SO
HORRIBLE, SO TOXIC THAT YOU
WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO RICHARD
NIXON COMMITTING CRIMES AND
REPUBLICANING HAVING TO RUN
UNDER THAT SCENARIO.
>> THIS TOOK WORK.
>> HE HAD TO WORK HARD TO
OFFENSE AS MANY VOTERS AS HE
DID.
DID. HE’S NOT WELL.
I JUST -- I WAS WORRIED ABOUT
HIM YESTERDAY.
HIM YESTERDAY. WHAT?
WHAT? WILLIE, IT WAS DELUSIONAL TO SAY
HE DID PRETTY WELL.
LATER, HE SAID I’M KIND OF GLAD
WE LOST.
WE LOST. >> EVEN CONSERVATIVES I SAW
YESTERDAY WERE OUTRAGED BY THE
FACT THAT HE’S DUMPING ON
REPUBLICANS WHO LOST.
LIKE THAT WAS HIS FOCUS, WAS
POINTING OUT THE ONES WHO LOST
FOR DISTANCING NEMZ FROM HIM.
AND,
AND, HE LOOKED LIKE HE WAS BACKED
INTO A CORNER.
HE LOOKED UNCOMFORTABLE.
HE WAS PACING AROUND THE STAGE
AT TIMES.
AT TIMES. AND HE WOULDN’T STOP.
>> THE PARTY IS DEAD IN THE
NORTHEAST.
NORTHEAST. YOU LOSE 333 SEATS NATIONWIDE,
YOU LOSE THE GOVERNORSHIPS THAT
ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT TO TRUMP
FOR HIS RE-ELECTION.
THAT IS JUST NOT GOOD.
WE NOW HAVE THE TRUMPAN PARTY.
THERE IS NO REALIGNMENT GOING
ON.
ON. PARTIES OFTEN DON’T DO WELL, THE
PARTY OF WHO HAS THE WHITE
HOUSE.
HOUSE. THAT’S TYPICAL.
THAT’S TYPICAL. BUT LET’S JUST FACE IT ABOUT THE
SENATE.
SENATE. THE REPUBLICANS WON THE LOTTERY
MAP, RIGHT, IN THE SENATE.
THEY GOT A GREAT HAND DEALT TO
THEM.
THEM. >> AND WE KNEW THIS TWO YEARS
AGO.
AGO. >> THAT WAS ALWAYS GOING TO
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN. IF YOU LOOK AT THE JOBS NUMBERS,
THE STOCK MARKET WENT CRAZY
YESTERDAY.
YESTERDAY. EXPLAIN THAT QUICKLY.
>> 543 POINTS.
2.153%.
2.153%. >> THE MARKETS WERE THRILLED
THAT DONALD TRUMP --
>> THE DIVIDED GOVERNMENT.
>> HAS A DIVIDING GOVERNMENT
NOW.
NOW. >> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. WHY DID THE DEMOCRATS WIN AND
REPUBLICANS LOST SO BADLY?
WHAT WAS THE REASON?
JOBS GROWTH?
JOBS GROWTH? NO.
NO. WAGE GROWTH?
WAGE GROWTH? NO.
NO. STOCK MARKET?
STOCK MARKET? NO.
NO. >> THERE WAS NO REASON OTHER
THAN DONALD TRUMP AND THE KIND
OF PRESS CONFERENCES THAT HE
HELD YESTERDAY.
HELD YESTERDAY. >> SO WHAT YOU JUST SAW WAS
DILUTION AND HE WAS COMBATIVE
YESTERDAY.
YESTERDAY. HERE IS COMBATIVE.
>> YOU KNOW, I KEEP HEARING
ABOUT INVESTIGATIONS, FATIGUE,
LIKE FROM THE TIME -- ALMOST
FROM THE TIME I ANNOUNCED I WAS
GOING TO RUN.
THEY GOT NOTHING, ZERO.
YOU KNOW WHY?
BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING.
THEY CAN PLAY THAT GAME, BUT WE
CAN PLAY IT BETTER BECAUSE WE
HAVE A THING CALLED THE UNITED
STATES SENATE.
STATES SENATE. IF THAT HAPPENS, WE’RE GOING TO
DO THE SAME THING AND GOVERNMENT
COMES TO A HALT AND I WOULD
BLAME THEM.
BLAME THEM. IF THEY DO THAT, THEN ALL OF
THIS IS A WAR-LIKE POSTURE.
>> WOULD YOU CONSIDER REMOVING
MR. MUELLER FROM HIS POSITION?
>> I COULD HAVE ENDED IT ANYTIME
I WANTED.
I WANTED. I DIDN’T.
I DIDN’T. I COULD FIRE EVERYBODY RIGHT
NOW, BUT I DON’T WANT TO STOP IT
BECAUSE POLITICALLY I DON’T LIKE
STOPPING IT.
STOPPING IT. >> YOUR CAMPAIGN HAD AN AD
SHOWING MIGRANTS CLIMBING OVER
WALLS AND --
>> WELL, THAT’S TRUE.
THEY WEREN’T ACTORS.
>> THEY’RE NOT GOING TO BE DOING
THAT.
THAT. >> THEY WEREN’T ACTORS.
DO YOU THINK THEY WERE ACTORS?
THEY WEREN’T ACTORS.
>> THEY’RE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS
OF MILES AWAY.
THAT’S NOT AN INVASION.
>> ON HONESTLY, I THINK YOU
SHOULD LET ME RUN THE COUNTRY.
YOU RUN CNN.
IF YOU DID IT WELL, HE WOULD BE
DOING BETTER.
DOING BETTER. >> THAT’S ENOUGH.
PUT DOWN THE MIKE.
CNN SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF ITSELF
HAVING YOU YOU WORKING FOR THEM.
YOU ARE A RUDE, TERRIBLE PERSON.
YOU SHOULDN’T BE WORKING FOR
CNN.
CNN. >> IN JIM’S DEFENSE, I’VE
TRAVELED WITH HIM.
HE’S A DILIGENT REPORTER WHO
BUSTS HIS BUTT.
>> WELL, I’M NOT A BIG FAN OF
YOURS, EITHER.
YOURS, EITHER. >> THE RAPPER LITTLE JOHN SAID
YOU CALLED HIM --
>> HE WAS ON THE APPRENTICE.
>> I DON’T KNOW.
OH, HE WAS?
OKAY.
OKAY. OH, I SEE.
QUIET.
QUIET. QUIET.
QUIET. GO AHEAD.
GO AHEAD. >> IT’S JUST 8%, SIR, SINGLE
DIGITS.
DIGITS. >> SEE, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT
DIVISION, IT’S PEOPLE LIKE THIS
THAT CAUSE DIVISION.
>> YOU CALLED YOURSELF A
NATIONALIST.
NATIONALIST. SOME PEOPLE SAW THAT AS
EMBOLDENING WHITE NATIONALISTS.
--
-- >> I DON’T KNOW WHY YOU WOULD
SAY THAT.
SAY THAT. WHY DO I HAVE MY HIGHEST POLL
NUMBERS EVER WITH
AFRICAN-AMERICANS?
AFRICAN-AMERICANS? WHY DO I HAVE AMONG THE HIGHEST
POLL NUMBERS WITH
AFRICAN-AMERICANS?
AFRICAN-AMERICANS? WHY DO I HAVE ANY HIGHEST POLL
NUMBERS?
NUMBERS? THAT’S SUCH A RACIST QUESTION.
HONESTLY, I MEAN, I KNOW YOU
HAVE IT WRITTEN DOWN AND YOU’RE
GOING TO TELL ME.
LET ME TELL YOU, THAT’S A RACIST
QUESTION.
QUESTION. >> SO YAMISH, THIS GUY, HIS
PARTY GETS DESTROYED, WIPED OUT
IN THE SUBURBS.
BECAUSE OF BEHAVIOR JUST LIKE
THIS.
THIS. BECAUSE OF HIS ATTACKS AGAINST
YOU AND ATTACKS AGAINST OTHER
MEMBERS OF THE PRESS.
BUT HE KEEPS DOUBLING DOWN ON
THIS LOSING STRATEGY THAT GUTTED
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ON TUESDAY.
AND DID YOU FEEL WHEN YOU WERE
IN THERE THAT DONALD TRUMP WAS
TALKING TO HIS HARD CORE 33%?
>> I THINK HE WAS FEELING
FRUSTRATED AND ANGRY AT THE FACT
THAT REPUBLICANS LOST THE HOUSE.
THIS PRESIDENT, AS MUCH AS HE
CAMPAIGNED FOR SENATE
REPUBLICANS AND WAS TRAVELING
AND TALKING ABOUT THAT, HE WAS
PULLING UP ON STAGE HOUSE
REPUBLICANS.
REPUBLICANS. HE WAS TWEETING ABOUT HOUSE
REPUBLICANS THE DAY OF THE
ELECTION.
ELECTION. SO HE WAS ALSO VERY INVESTED IN
THE HOUSE.
THE HOUSE. SO I THINK THAT HE FELT THAT
LOSS VERY DEEPLY AND AS A RESULT
HE WAS ANGRY ABOUT THAT.
I ALSO THINK HE’S ALMOST SAYING
TRUMP WON, BUT THE REPUBLICANS
LOST.
LOST. THE WAY THAT HE WAS TALKING
ABOUT THOSE REPUBLICANS SAYING,
MIA LOVE, YOU DIDN’T GIVE ME ANY
LOVE, HE WAS ALMOST LAUGHING AT
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY SAYING HE
WILL BE OKAY EVEN IF THIS PARTY
IS GOING DOWN IN FLAMES.
>> HE’S NOT EVEN GOOD AT THIS
ANY MORE.
ANY MORE. HE’S JUST EMBARRASSING HIMSELF
NOT ONLY ON THE NATIONAL STAGE,
BUT ON THE INTERPRET STAGE.
THANK GOD THERE ARE CHECKS AND
BALANCES IN WASHINGTON.
>> IT MADE ME A LITTLE
UNCOMFORTABLE, I WILL SAY.
THERE WAS AN INTERESTING TELL IN
ALL THIS.
ALL THIS. CLEARLY HE WAS BUILDING A -- NOT
A POLITICAL PARTY, BUT A CULT.
AND THE REAL TELL, I THOUGHT,
WAS WHAT THEY ARE INVESTIGATING.
HE ASSUMES EVERY REPUBLICAN WILL
DO HIS BIDDING AND RUN
COUNTERINVESTIGATIONS AGAINST
COUNTERINVESTIGATIONS AGAINST THE DEMOCRAT.
THE DEMOCRAT. >> IT’S HIS SENATE, HIS SUPREME
COURT, HIS WHITE HOUSE, HIS
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. I DON’T KNOW IF IT CONTINUES
AFTER THE MIDTERMS.
BUT HE HAS BUILT -- NOT A
POLITICAL PARTY, HE HAS BUILT A
POLITICAL MACHINE CIRCULATING
AROUND HIS OWN PARTY.
>> IF YOU LOOK AT THE STATEMENTS
AFTER WHITACRE WAS MADE ATTORNEY
GENERAL, THEY WERE NOT CRITICAL
OF PRESIDENT TRUMP.
>> IN THEIR HEADS, THEY THINK
THE ONLY CHANCE TO SURVIVAL --
AND MAYBE IT’S BECAUSE TRUMP HAS
TOLD THEM THIS.
THEY THINK THE ONLY CHANCE FOR
SURVIVAL IS IF HE GETS HIS BASE
OUT.
OUT. BECAUSE THEN YOU DON’T HAVE A
PARTY.
PARTY. >> HE SAID IF HE SELL YOUR SOUL
TO DONALD TRUMP IN THE PRIMARY,
IFFER YOU’RE THESE SUBURBAN
DISTRICTS, YOU’RE GOING TO LOSE
THE GENERAL ELECTION.
WE SAID THAT TWO YEARS AGO.
COREY GARDNER HAS TO UNDERSTAND
TODAY THAT ALL THE OTHER
REPUBLICANS RUNNING TWO YEARS
FROM NOW HAVE TO KNOW TODAY.
SOMETIMES THAT’S NOT A
GUARANTEE.
GUARANTEE. IF YOU SELL YOUR SOUL TO DONALD
TRUMP, YOU’RE GOING TO LOSE THE
GENERAL ELECTION.
GENERAL ELECTION. >> GUESS WHAT?
THEY’RE GOING BACK TO SWEEPING
STREETS.
STREETS. >> IN THE RABBIT HOLE, THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
TOOK AWAY A PRESS CRITICAL
YESTERDAY, A KRN REPORTER FOR
ASKING QUESTIONS.
ASKING QUESTIONS. THERE WAS NO ASSAULT THERE AS
THE WHITE HOUSE ALLEGES TOOK
PLACE.
PLACE. TO THEIR CREDIT, CNN DIDN’T GET
MIRED IN IT.
THEY DID ONE REPORT AND FOCUSED
ON WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT IN
THE CONTEXT WHERE WE’RE TALKING
ABOUT FOX IS GOING WITH IT.
IT’S NEAR THE TOP OF THEIR
WEBSITE.
WEBSITE. I’M SURE THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT
IT ON THEIR MORNING SHOW TODAY.
THEY’RE ALONG FOR THE RIDE.
>> PROBABLY SAY JIM ACOSTA HAS
LEPROSY AND SMALL POX.
>> HE’S A CANNY BALANCE.
>> AND ALSO, HE’S IN A GANG AND
HE’S FROM THE MIDDLE EAST.
>> WELL, HE COULD BE FROM THE
MIDDLE EAST.
MIDDLE EAST. >> I CAN’T SAY HE’S NOT FROM THE
MIDDLE EAST.
MIDDLE EAST. >> THIS IS VERY SIMPLE ON THE
ACOSTA THING, ALL RIGHT?
AND IF I’M A NEWS EXECUTIVE, IF
ACOSTA IS NOT ALLOWED IN THE
ROOM, MY REPORTER DOESN’T GO IN
THE ROOM.
THE ROOM. WE TRY TO OVERTHINK THESE
THINGS.
THINGS. >> THERE’S SOME HISTORY HERE.
FOX NEWS, DURING THE OBAMA ERA,
WAS BLACK LISTED FROM ASKING
QUESTIONS.
QUESTIONS. THEY WERE ALLOWED IN THE ROOM,
BUT THEY NEVER CALLED FOX NEWS.
WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT MOMENT WAS
THE OTHER ANCHORS COMPLAINED TO
THE OBAMA PRESS OFFICE.
THEY SAID FOX NEWS IS PART OF
THE WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT
ASSOCIATION.
ASSOCIATION. YOU NEED TO LET THEM ASK
QUESTIONS.
QUESTIONS. REVERSE IT.
REVERSE IT. THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
REVERSED COURSE.
REVERSED COURSE. FOX NEWS IS NOW IN THE OPPOSITE
POSITION.
POSITION. >> YOU KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO BE
INTERESTING IS ONCE FOX POST
ELECTION VERSUS PRE-ELECTION, I
SUSPECT THAT WE’RE GOING TO SEE
A DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT THE FOX