>> HELLO. HEY, HOW ARE WE DOING?
GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL.
GREAT TO BE HERE IN MANCHESTER,
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
NEW HAMPSHIRE. WE ARE LIVE WITH A STUDIO
AUDIENCE AS YOU PROBABLY
INTUITED.
INTUITED. IT IS A CRAZY NIGHT IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE.
HAMPSHIRE. WE HAVE THE BIG PRIMARY CONTEST
OF 2020 HAPPENING IN JUST ABOUT
FOUR HOURS, WHICH IS THE FIRST
VOTES BEING CAST JUST AFTER
MIDNIGHT.
MIDNIGHT. AND THEN RIGHT NOW AS I’M
SPEAKING TO YOU, ON TOP OF THAT
LITERALLY JUST ACROSS THE STREET
THE PRESIDENT IS DOING WHAT THE
PRESIDENT DOES, WHICH IS
RALLYING HIS FOLLOWERS AND
ATTACKING AND INSULTING HIS
CRITICS AND WISHING THEY ALL GET
LOCKED UP.
LOCKED UP. I HAVE NOTICED AND I THINK THIS
HAS BEEN SOMETHING I’VE NOTICED
IN CONVERSATIONS WITH A LOT OF
PEOPLE HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND
OUTSIDE THERE IS THIS KIND OF
REAL UNMISTAKABLE SENSE OF FEAR
AMONG DEMOCRATS, PARTICULARLY
COMING OFF OF LAST WEEK, FEAR OF
THE PRESIDENT BEING
RE-ELECTED -- EVERYONE HERE IS
NODDING THEIR HEAD.
AND I THINK THAT’S BEEN AIDED BY
A LOT OF HIGH-PROFILE NATIONAL
COMMENTARY THAT’S PROMPTED THIS
KIND OF HOPELESSNESS, EVEN
DREAD.
DREAD. SOME OF WHICH I DO COMPLETELY
GET.
GET. I MEAN, THE PRESIDENT WAS, OF
COURSE, ACQUITTED LAST WEEK IN
THE THIRD-EVER IMPEACHMENT TRIAL
IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
HE IS NOW FIRING HIS PERCEIVED
ENEMIES INSIDE THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT.
GOVERNMENT. THEY ARE BEING MARCHED OUT OF
THE WHITE HOUSE.
WE LEARNED TODAY HIS ATTORNEY
GENERAL WILLIAM BARR IS HELPING
RUDY GIULIANI FUNNEL DIRT IN THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WHICH
DOESN’T QUITE SEEM KOSHER TO ME.
AND THERE IS ALSO THE FACT
TRUMP’S APPROVAL RATING HAS
UNMISTAKELY TICKED UP A LITTLE
BIT IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS.
THERE IS A REAL SIGNAL THERE.
HE’S SITTING AT JUST UNDER 44%
IN THE 538 POLLING AVERAGE WHICH
IS AS HIGH AS HE HAS BEEN SINCE
HIS FIRST FEW MONTHS IN OFFICE.
NOW, ADD TO THAT THE FACT THE
IOWA CAUCUSES WERE AN ABSOLUTE
MESS AND THAT PEOPLE ARE UNCLEAR
ABOUT WHO CAN UNITE THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
DEMOCRATIC PARTY. PEOPLE ARE WALKING AROUND SAYING
OH, GOD, OH, GOD HE’S GOING TO
WIN, HE’S GOING TO WIN.
I THINK THE MILLION OR SO
STORIES I READ ABOUT TRUMP BEING
ASCEND ANT WERE VERY MUCH
OVERSTATING THE CASE.
THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN WOULD BE MORE
THAN HAPPY TO HAVE YOU BELIEVE
THAT THE PRESIDENT, AGAIN RIGHT
ACROSS THE STREET RIGHT NOW, IS
SOME KIND OF CLOSS US AND THAT,
BY THE WAY IS HOW HE’S PLANNING
TO WIN, BY PROJECTING THAT VERY
IDEA.
IDEA. BUT HE IS HERE -- IT’S WHY HE’S
HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE TONIGHT.
THERE IS NO CONTESTED REPUBLICAN
PRIMARY.
PRIMARY. THE REASON HE IS HERE IS TO
INTIMIDATE DEMOCRATS, TO SCARE
THEY HAVE.
THEY HAVE. HE IS A BIGOT, HE IS A LIAR,
HE’S A NARCISSIST, BUT ABOVE ALL
ELSE FROM THE DAY THAT HE
INHERITED HIS DADDIES BUSINESS
AND MUCH OF HIS FORTUNATE, HE
HAS BEEN A CON MAN.
YOU CAN ASK NEARLY ANYONE WHO
HAS EVER DONE BUSINESS WITH THE
GUY.
GUY. THAT’S FUND AMOUNT ATLY WHAT HE
IS.
IS. HE’S A CON MAN.
AND THE WORD CON MAN IS ACTUALLY
SHORT FOR CONFIDENCE MAN BECAUSE
THE WAY THAT A CON MAN PULLS OFF
THE CON IS BY GAINING PEOPLE’S
CONFIDENCE AND GETTING PEOPLE TO
DO WHAT HE WANTS THEM TO DO.
RIGHT?
RIGHT? HE GAINS YOUR TRUST.
HE FOOLS YOU INTO THINKING HE’S
SOMEONE YOU CAN SAY, TRUST WITH
YOUR MONEY, OR YOUR WELL-BEING,
OR YOUR COUNTRY.
BY THE WAY, THE ORIGINAL
CONFIDENCE MAN WAS THIS NEW
YORKER.
YORKER. HE WAS A GUY THAT WOULD GO UP TO
STRANGERS ON THE STREET
PRETENDING THAT HE KNEW THEM,
STRIKE UP A CONVERSATION AND ASK
IF THEY HAD THE TRUST OR
CONFIDENCE IF THEY WOULD LET HIM
HOLD THEIR WATCH AND THEY WOULD.
HE WOULD WALK AWAY WITH THEIR
WATCH.
WATCH. THAT IS THE WAY DONALD TRUMP
OPERATES.
OPERATES. TRUMP IS TRYING TO DO THAT NOW.
BUT THE KEY MESSAGE FOR
DEMOCRATS COMING OFF LAST WEEK
AND AS HE’S THERE ACROSS THE
STREET AT THE RALLY IS DO NOT
FALL FOR THE CON.
REMEMBER, A MAJORITY OF THE
COUNTRY STILL OPPOSES THIS MAN.
THEY HAVE OPPOSED HIM FOR ALL OF
HIS TENURE.
HIS TENURE. IT’S ALMOST UNPRECEDENTED IN THE
HISTORY OF MODERN POLLING.
HE LOST THE POPULAR VOTE BY 3
MILLION VOTES.
MILLION VOTES. HE WAS THE BENEFICIARY OF NOT
ONE, BUT TWO COMPLETELY ILLEGAL
CONSPIRACIES TO HELP HIM QUIT
ELECTED.
ELECTED. ONE BY THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT,
THE OTHER TO COVER UP HIS
MULTIPLE A PAIRS PULLED OFF BY
HIS ATTORNEY.
HIS ATTORNEY. WITH ALL THE THUMBS PRESSING
DOWN ON THE SCALE HE EKES OUT A
77,000 VOTE MARGIN TO GIVE HIM
AN ELECTORAL COLLEGE VICTORY.
EVEN NOW AFTER ONE OF HIS BEST
WEEKS OF POLLING, HE IS POLLING
PROBABLY WHERE A PRESIDENT
SHOULD BE HIGHER THAN TO WIN
REELECTION.
REELECTION. HE’S ONLY AT 44%.
I MEAN, A MAJORITY OF THE
COUNTRY NOT ONLY DISAPPROVES OF
HIM.
HIM. A MAJORITY WANTED THE UNITED
STATES SENATE TO KICK THE GUY
OUT OF OFFICE.
THAT’S NOT TO SAY HE’S GOING TO
BE DEFEATED.
BE DEFEATED. NOT MAKING A PREDICTION.
BUT THE IDEA THIS IS A
TERRIFYINGLY JUGGERNAUT IS NOT
BORNE OUT BY THE FACTS.
THE PROBLEM, OF COURSE S
EVERYONE IS SO TRAUMATIZED BY
2016 -- I MEAN, I REMEMBER BEING
HERE FOUR YEARS AGO.
I SOMETIMES THINK OF THE
CONVERSATION I WOULD HAVE WITH
MY 2016-YEAR-OLD SELF IN
MANCHESTER ABOUT WHAT WAS TO
COME.
COME. AND NOBODY OR A LOT OF PEOPLE
THOUGHT THAT HE COULD NOT WIN.
BUT YOU HAVE TO BE REALLY CLEAR
EYED ABOUT WHAT THE PRESIDENT’S
SITUATION IS.
SITUATION IS. THE PRESIDENT, OF COURSE, DOES
HAVE A CHANCE TO BE RE-ELECTED.
HE IS THE INCUMBENT PRESIDENT.
SO, OF COURSE, HE CAN WIN.
WE KNOW THAT, OF COURSE, HE CAN
WIN.
WIN. HE CAN ALSO BE BEAT.
AND I GET THE FRUSTRATION AND
THE HOPELESSNESS AMONG SOME
DEMOCRATS.
DEMOCRATS. THEY LOOK AT THE PRESIDENT AND
THINK, HOW DOES ANYONE STILL
SUPPORT THIS GUY?
AFTER ALL THIS?
HOW DOES ANYONE STILL SUPPORT
THIS GUY?
THIS GUY? AND THEY SEE AND HEAR HIS
SPEECHES.
SPEECHES. WE’LL GET LOW LIGHTS LATER ON
AND HIS INSULTS AND VENALITY AND
CORRUPTION AND THEY WONDER HOW
COULD ANYONE POSSIBLY WANT FOUR
MORE YEARS OF THIS.
JUST THE OTHER DAY THERE WAS A
STORY ABOUT HOW HE’S BILKING THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO THE TUNE
OF $216 MILLION THAT HAS TO
FOLLOW HIM WHEN HE GOES TO HIS
PROPERTIES.
PROPERTIES. PUBLIC MONEY.
PUBLIC MONEY. THAT WAS A ONE-DAY STORY.
AND I GET IT THAT DRIVES PEOPLE
NUTS.
NUTS. WHAT WILL BRING HIM DOWN?
BUT PUT ALL THAT ASIDE FOR THE
MOMENT BECAUSE IT IS ALSO TRUE
THAT DONALD TRUMP AGENDA AT ITS
CORE IS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY’S
AGENDA, AND THAT THAT AGENDA IS
REALLY UNPOPULAR.
REALLY UNPOPULAR. TODAY GAVE US AN AMAZING
FANTASTIC EXAMPLE OF THIS CORE
TRUTH.
TRUTH. SO HE’S RIDING HIGH ON HIS BEST
WEEK EVER, 44%, RIGHT?
AND WHAT DOES HE DO?
HE PUTS OUT A BUDGET WITH MORE
THAN A TRILLION DOLLARS IN CUT
TO MEDICARE, MEDICAID CAN,
SOCIAL SECURITY AND AFFORDABLE
CARE ACT.
CARE ACT. AND THE BUDGET ALSO SERVES AS A
REMINDER, OH, YEAH, BY THE WAY,
THE ADMINISTRATION IS IN COURT
AS I SPEAK TO YOU TRYING TO
DESTROY THE ACA ROOT AND BRANCH.
JUST UPEND EVERYONE’S HEALTH
INSURANCE IN ONE FELL SWOOP.
THE ACA IS TEN POINTS MORE
POPULAR THAN THE PRESIDENT
HIMSELF.
HIMSELF. [ LAUGHTER ]
HIS ADMINISTRATION HAS GUTTED
THE CLEAN WATER ACT WHICH, GUESS
WHAT, PEOPLE LOVE CLEAN WATER.
THIS IS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE, THE
POLITICS OF IT.
THEY’VE LAID WASTE TO
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS AND
ARE NOW PROPOSING TO CUT THE
BUDGET OF THE EPA AS OF TODAY BY
26%.
26%. THEY ALSO CUT TAXES WORTH
TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR RICH
PEOPLE AND FOR CORPORATIONS.
AND WHEN HE SIGNED THAT BILL --
I THINK THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT
TO REMEMBER.
TO REMEMBER. IT WAS BASICALLY THE LOWEST EBB
OF HIS POPULARITY.
SIGNING HIS BIG LEGISLATIVE
ACHIEVEMENT.
ACHIEVEMENT. THAT WAS THE LOWEST, LEAST
POPULAR HE EVER GOT.
TRUMP IS VULNERABLE ON ALL THIS
STUFF.
STUFF. HE’S VULNERABLE ON MEDICARE CUTS
AND TAX CUTS TO THE RICH AND
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND
DEREGULATION, HE’S VULNERABLE ON
THAT BECAUSE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
ARE ON THE DEMOCRATS’ SIDE ON
THIS WHOLE RANGE OF ISSUES.
ALMOST ALL OVER THE PRESIDENT IS
DOING AND HAS DONE INDEPENDENT
OF THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY,
WHICH IS A BIG IF, RIGHT, THE
STUFF HE’S ACTUALLY DOING ALMOST
ALL OF IT IS WILDLY UNPOPULAR.
JUST TODAY, IN FACT, QUINNIPIAC
RELEASED A NEW GENERAL ELECTION
POLL.
POLL. DID YOU SEE THIS?
SIX DIFFERENT HEAD TO HEAD MATCH
UPS, SIX DIFFERENT DEMOCRATS
BEATING TRUMP IN HEAD TO HEAD
BATTLES.
BATTLES. PETE BUTTIEGIEG.
PETE BUTTIEGIEG. [ APPLAUSE ]
AND ELIZABETH WARREN BOTH BEAT
HIM BY FOUR POINTS.
AMY KLOBUCHAR BEATS HIM BY SIX.
JOE BIDEN BEATS HIM BY SEVEN.
BERNIE SANDERS BEATS DONALD
TRUMP BY EIGHT POINTS.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
AND MIKE BLOOMBERG RIGHT NOW IS
BEATING HIM BY NINE POINTS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
THE LESSON OF THAT IS HE IS
WEAK.
WEAK. HE IS VULNERABLE POLITICALLY
HE’S BEATABLE.
HE’S BEATABLE. HE WANTS YOU TO BELIEVE THAT
HE’S STRONG, BUT HE’S NOT.
HE IS NOT A COLOSSUS.
HE’S A CON MAN.
DEMOCRATS DON’T HAVE TO BE
AFRAID OF THE GUY ACROSS THE
STREET.
STREET. THEY JUST HAVE TO GET OUT THERE
AND DO THE WORK TO BEAT HIM.