GIVING TRUMP RED MEAT. THEY DON’T WANT TO PROSECUTE
THOSE COMING IN ILLEGALLY
ANYMORE.
ANYMORE. PROBABLY NOT THE WAY TO GO IN
THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY AND JOE
BIDEN WAS OUT YESTERDAY TALKING
ABOUT THE DEBATE.
EVEN HE WAS SURPRISED BY THE WAY
SOME OF HIS COMPETITORS WENT
AFTER THE OBAMA LEGACY.
CHECK IT OUT.
>> I MUST TELL YOU I WAS A
LITTLE SURPRISED AT HOW MUCH
THERE WAS ABOUT BARACK, ABOUT
THE PRESIDENT.
THE PRESIDENT. I MEAN, I -- I’M PROUD OF HAVING
SERVED WITH HIM.
I’M PROUD OF THE JOB HE DID.
I DON’T THINK THERE’S ANYTHING
HE HAS TO APOLOGIZE FOR.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT KIND
OF SURPRISED ME THE DEGREE OF
THE CRITICISM.
THE CRITICISM. HE FOCUSED ON IMMIGRATION AND
WHAT HE DID WAS SERIOUS.
THE IDEA THAT IT’S COMPARABLE TO
WHAT GUY IS DOING IS ABSOLUTELY
BIZARRE.
BIZARRE. THERE’S NOTHING MODERATE ABOUT
WHAT BARACK DID IN OBAMACARE.
NOTHING.
NOTHING. HE COVERED 100 MILLION PEOPLE
WHO HAD PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS.
HE ALLOWED KIDS TO STAY ON THEIR
PARENT’S POLICY UNTIL THEY’RE 26
YEARS OLD.
YEARS OLD. I HOPE THE NEXT DEBATE, WE CAN
TALK ABOUT TO FIX THE THINGS
THAT TRUMP HAS BROKEN NOT HOW
BARACK OBAMA MADE ALL THE
MISTAKES.
MISTAKES. HE DIDN’T.
HE DIDN’T. >> I WAS WATCHING THE SO-CALLED
DEBATE LAST NIGHT.
AND I ALSO WATCHED THE NIGHT
BEFORE.
BEFORE. THAT WAS LONG, LONG TELEVISION.
AND THE DEMOCRATS SPENT MORE
TIME ATTACKING BARACK OBAMA THAN
THEY DID ATTACKING ME,
PRACTICALLY.
PRACTICALLY. >> SO JONATHAN LEMIRE, THAT’S
DONALD TRUMP AT THE RALLY WHERE
YOU WERE LAST NIGHT TALKING
ABOUT THE DEBATE WHICH HE OF
COURSE WATCHED.
COURSE WATCHED. WHAT WAS HIS BIG PICTURE
TAKEAWAY FROM THAT DEBATE
BESIDES WHAT HE SAID RIGHT
THERE?
THERE? >> WELL, DESPITE BEING OUR
NUMBER -- NATION’S NUMBER ONE TV
CRITIC, AND SUGGESTING THAT IT
WAS LONG TELEVISION HE MADE THAT
TWO KEY POINTS.
ONE, YOU PLAYED ABOUT THE
ATTACKS ON BARACK OBAMA AND THEN
A FEW MOMENTS LATER HE SAID THE
DEMOCRATS HAVE NEVER BEEN OUT OF
STEP WITH THE MAINSTREAM.
I THINK THAT’S THE POINT THAT
JOE WAS SAYING.
THE IDEA -- IN THOSE DEBATES IT
SEEMED LIKE THE DEMOCRATS WERE
BOGGED DOWN ON SOME ISSUES THAT
ARE NOT NECESSARILY THAT POPULAR
AMONG THE WIDE SWATH OF THE
ELECTORATE, LIKE THE BORDERS AND
HOW TO PAY FOR HEALTH CARE AND
OF COURSE THE PRESIDENT WILL USE
THIS AS A DIVIDE.
HE’LL DO WHAT ANY OPPOSING
POLITICIAN WILL DO.
BUT HE MAKES A POINT THAT’S
UNNERVED SOME DEMOCRATS, THE
IDEA THEY CAN BE SEEN AS PLAYING
TOO MUCH PERHAPS TO CERTAIN
QUARTERS OF THEIR LIBERAL BASE.
AND MAYBE ARE MISSING WHAT A
WIDE SWATH OF THE MIDDLE OF
AMERICA MIGHT WANT.
THERE ARE ARGUMENTS EITHER WAY,
THERE’S A LOT OF LIBERAL ENERGY
AND DEMOCRATS HAVE TO BE MINDFUL
OF THAT BUT THAT’S WHERE THE
PRESIDENT IS GOING.
AS MITCH AS WE DON’T WANT TO
OVERPRAISE HIM BECAUSE OF HIS
DISCIPLINE.
DISCIPLINE. AT ANY MOMENT OF COURSE HE CAN
WAKE UP AND GO ON TWITTER AND
REVIVE HIS SEND HER BACK ATTACKS
BUT LAST NIGHT AS HE DID STICK
TO THE SCRIPT OUTSIDE OF HE DID
MAKE FUN OF ROBERT MUELLER’S
APPEARANCE AT THE HEARINGS
SUGGESTED HE WAS -- HE
SARCASTICALLY SAID HE WAS SHARP
AS A TACK.
BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT LONG RIFF
ABOUT THE AMERICAN URBAN CENTERS
THOSE ARE PEOPLE HE REPRESENTS
AS WELL AND SEEMS TO IGNORE.
HE LARGELY STAYED ON HIS POINTS
ABOUT TALKING ABOUT HIS
ADMINISTRATION’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS
ADMINISTRATION’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND MORE THAN THAT, HOW WELL THE
ECONOMY IS DOING.
AND THAT IS WHAT HIS ADVISERS
HAVE BEEN URGING HIM FOR MONTHS
AND MONTHS TO BE DISCIPLINED, TO
STAY ON THAT.
IT’S ANYBODY’S GUESS HOW LONG
THAT LASTS.
THAT LASTS. >> SPEAKING OF THE LACK OF
DISCIPLINE, THE DEMOCRATS HAD
DECIDED TO ATTACK BARACK OBAMA’S
IMMIGRATION PLAN.
IMMIGRATION PLAN. AND BE REALLY PUSHY ABOUT IT,
SUGGESTING HE WAS HEARTLESS LIKE
DONALD TRUMP ON IMMIGRATION.
THE ONES THAT KEPT TRYING TO SAY
THAT THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT WAS
MODERATE AND CAME UP FAR TOO
SHORT AND WAS A DISGRACE AND
PART OF THE REPUBLICAN TALKING
POINTS, THOSE PEOPLE PLAYED
RIGHT INTO JOE BIDEN’S HANDS.
YOU SAW JOE BIDEN AS THE LONE
DEFENDER OF BARACK OBAMA --
>> GOOD LORD.
>> AND OBAMACARE.
THAT’S WORTH TEN POINTS FOR HIM.
BY THE WAY, IF I’M A DEMOCRAT
AND I’M NOT, SO DEMOCRATS, YOU
DON’T HAVE TO TELL ME ON TWITTER
I’M NOT, I’M NOT.
BUT IF I’M A DEMOCRAT AND I HAVE
HEARD DONALD TRUMP RIDING BARACK
OBAMA INTO THE GROUND SINCE HE’S
BEEN PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES AND I HEAR DEMOCRATS ON
STAGE DOING THE SAME THING,
THOSE PEOPLE NEVER GET MY VOTE.
NEVER.
NEVER. NEVER GET MY VOTE.
IT WAS A STUPID MOVE ON THEIR
PART.
PART. AND THEY BETTER RECALIBRATE
BECAUSE THIS IS A BIG, BIG PLUS
FOR JOE BIDEN.
>> YEAH, I TALKED TO SOME
DEMOCRATS THAT NIGHT WHO SAID IT
FELT LIKE WE WERE LIVING IN A
PARALLEL UNIVERSE.
PARALLEL UNIVERSE. ARE WE REALLY GOING AFTER THE
LEGACY OF THE MAN WE LOVE, THIS
HISTORIC FIGURE IN OUR PARTY AND
IN THE COUNTRY?
IT FELT WILD TO A LOT OF PEOPLE,
RICHARD HAASS AND ALLOWED JOE
BIDEN TO GO OUT YESTERDAY AND HE
SAID WITHOUT THE SUBTEXT OF WHAT
HE WAS SAYING, DID YOU HEAR ALL
THOSE GUYS LAST NIGHT, DID YOU
HEAR ALL THOSE WOMEN WHAT THEY
WERE TALKING ABOUT?
I’M THE GUY STILL WHO IS GOING
TO WIN YOU MICHIGAN.
I’M GOING TO WIN WISCONSIN AND
WIN PENNSYLVANIA.
WIN PENNSYLVANIA. I’M GOING TO GET BACK ALL OF THE
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. THERE’S SOME WILD LIBERAL IDEAS
AND YOU HEARD THEM LAST YEAR.
I’M GOING TO TAKE BACK THE
STATES THAT COST YOU THE LAST
ELECTION.
ELECTION. >> AND LET ME SAY ANOTHER POINT.
HOW LITTLE I THAT TALKED ABOUT
NATIONAL POLICY AND WHO DO THEY
SOUND LIKE?
SOUND LIKE? THEY SOUND LIKE DONALD TRUMP.
LET’S GET OUT OF AFGHANISTAN
WITHIN OUR FIRST YEAR.
WE’RE AGAINST ALL TRADE
AGREEMENTS SO I THINK FOREIGN
POLICY IS ONE OF THE GREAT
VULNERABILITIES OF THIS
PRESIDENT AND RATHER THAN
ATTACKING HIM ON IT THEY’RE
IGNORING HIM OR ACTUALLY SAYING
WHERE THEY AGREE.
THEY’RE ISOLATIONIST AND
PROTECTIONIST IN HOW THEY’RE
COMING OFF.
COMING OFF. AGAIN I DON’T SEE HOW THAT HELPS
THEM.
THEM. >> WELL, RICHARD TO YOUR POINT,
I WISH EVERY DEMOCRAT RUNNING
FOR PRESIDENT AND EVERY CHIEF OF
STAFF AND STAFF MEMBER FOR ALL
THOSE DEMOCRATS WOULD WATCH THE
FIRST BLOCK OF THIS SHOW THIS
MORNING.
MORNING. AND REALLY THINK ABOUT THE STATE
OF THIS ELECTION BECAUSE IT’S
BAD FOR DEMOCRATS.
IT’S REALLY BAD.
LOOK AT THAT RALLY LAST NIGHT
AND THEN THINK ABOUT HOW YOU’RE
GOING TO PRESENT YOURSELF TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
AMERICAN PEOPLE. WHEN YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT OUR
FOREIGN POLICY, TALK ABOUT THE
DANGERS OF TRUMP’S FOREIGN
POLICY, OKAY?
POLICY, OKAY? WHEN YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT
MEDICARE FOR ALL, IF THAT’S
GOING TO BE YOUR PLATFORM, HAVE
THEM GO TO YOUR WEBSITE AND TALK
ABOUT HOW ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE
ON TRUMP.
ON TRUMP. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT ANYTHING
ELSE, FOCUS ON TRUMP.
AND TRUMP’S RACISM.
AND -- YOU’RE MISSING LIKE A
NATIONAL EMERGENCY HAPPENING
RIGHT NOW BECAUSE YOU’RE GOING
AFTER OBAMA WHO JOE AND I CAN
HAVE A LONG CONVERSATION ABOUT
HERE ON THIS SHOW AND SAY, YOU
KNOW WHAT, THERE ARE SOME ISSUES
WITH THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
WHICH WAS THE PRESIDENCY THAT
HANDED OFF TO TRUMP THERE ARE
DEFINITELY SOME PROBLEMS.
BUT WE’RE LIKE MISSING A HUGE
MOMENT RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM AND HOW
THEY’RE PRESENTING THEMSELVES TO
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND GETTING
MORE VOTES AGAINST TRUMP.
YOU’RE GOING TO LET HIM WIN
AGAIN AND IT’S A FRIGHTENING
MOMENT, IN MY OPINION.
>> IF YOU TAKE THE DEMOCRATIC
DEBATE AND YOU PLAYED THAT TWO
OR THREE YEARS FROM NOW, YOU
WOULD HAVE NO IDEA THAT THAT
DEMOCRATIC DEBATE WAS SET RIGHT
IN THE MIDDLE OF DONALD TRUMP’S
AMPING UP OF RACIAL HOSTILITIES,
ATTACKING ELIJAH CUMMINGS.
>> THE HEAD OF OVERSIGHT.
>> CALLING HIM A RACIST.
ATTACKING THE CITY OF BALTIMORE.
ATTACKING BLACK LEADERS ACROSS
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
ATTACKING URBAN CENTERS WHERE
THERE ARE A MAJORITY PEOPLE OF
COLOR.
COLOR. ATTACKING WOMEN OF COLOR WHO ARE
IN CONGRESS, LEADING CHANTS --
>> YOU’RE GOING AFTER OBAMA?
>> LEADING CHANTS IN NORTH
CAROLINA TO SEND HER BACK.
THIS AGAIN, THIS IS STRAIGHT OUT
OF A FASCIST PLAYBOOK AND YET,
THEY’RE SITTING THERE QUIBBLING
OVER WHAT BARACK OBAMA DID
WRONG?
WRONG? THEY NEED TO WAKE UP.
BECAUSE THEY JUST -- YOU KNOW
WHAT?
WHAT? THEY JUST HANDED JOE BIDEN AN
ADVANTAGE BETWEEN NOW AND THE
NEXT DEBATE.
NEXT DEBATE. THEY NEED TO WAKE UP AND I SAID
IT BEFORE.
IT BEFORE. THEY DIDN’T LISTEN.
THAT’S FINE.
THAT’S FINE. NOBODY LISTENED WHEN WE SAID
THAT TRUMP COULD WIN.
EVERYBODY MOCKED US AND
RIDICULED US, WE GOT THIS IN THE
BAG.
BAG. SO A LOT OF PEOPLE STAYED HOME.
SO I’LL SAY TO THE DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATES AGAIN, FOCUS ON
DONALD TRUMP.
DONALD TRUMP. OKAY?
OKAY? REPEAT AFTER ME.
I WILL NOT ATTACK BARACK OBAMA.
I WILL FOCUS ON DONALD TRUMP.
AND THE DANGERS HIS PRESIDENCY
BRINGS.
BRINGS. IT’S REALLY EASY.
YOU CAN READ IT SLOWLY FIVE
TIMES BEFORE YOU GO TO BED AT
NIGHT.
NIGHT. WE’LL GET THE SOUND OF BUBBLING
BROOKS IN THE BACKGROUND AND I
WILL WHISPER.
WILL WHISPER. LIKE, FOCUS, YOU’RE FOCUSED,
YOU’RE FOCUSSED.
YOU’RE FOCUSSED. >> BE PRESENT.
SEE WHAT’S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
>> THAT’S WHAT I’LL DO FOR YOU
BECAUSE I CARE ABOUT YOU SO MUCH
MUCH.
MUCH. BUT REALLY, YOU’RE LETTING
YOURSELF DOWN YOU’RE LETTING THE
COUNTRY DOWN.
COUNTRY DOWN. YOUR FOCUS SHOULD BE ON DONALD
TRUMP.
TRUMP. >> DO YOUR DEEP BREATHING SO I
CAN GO TO BREAK.
>>> ANOTHER SHAKEUP IN CONGRESS.
A SURPRISE RETIREMENT FROM WILL
HURD LEAVES THE GOP WITHOUT A
CANDIDATE IN A PIVOTAL SWING
DISTRICT AND SINCE JOE MADE THE
REFERENCE OUR PRODUCERS HAD TO
DO THE FACT CHECK.
HERE’S THE AUSTIN POWERS
CHARACTER ON THE LEFT AND THE
PRESIDENT ON THE RIGHT.
>> OH, THEY DON’T LOOK ANYTHING
ALIKE, BUT THEY’RE BOTH
SCOTTISH.
SCOTTISH. >> WELL -- I KIND OF SEE --