>>> WHEN WE FINISH THIS LUNCHEON I HOPE YOU’LL STICK AROUND A
LITTLE WHILE.
LITTLE WHILE. WE’RE HAVING A TAG SALE UPSTAIRS
AND EVERYTHING MUST GO.
>> THAT WAS PRESIDENT RONALD
REAGAN’S LAST SPEECH AS
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. THE DAY BEFORE THE NEXT
PRESIDENT TOOK THE OATH OF
OFFICE.
OFFICE. ON THE EVE OF DONALD TRUMP’S
CAMPAIGN RALLY IN WASHINGTON,
PAID FOR BY THE AMERICAN
TAXPAYER WITH THE RELUCTANT
INVOLVEMENT OF THE U.S.
MILITARY, IT’S WORTH REMEMBERING
ONCE AGAIN THAT IT WAS NOT
ALWAYS THIS WAY.
BEFORE WASHINGTON REPUBLICANS
BECAME TRUMPISTS, THE POLITICAL
FIGURE THEY CLAIMED TO LOVE THE
MOST IN AMERICAN HISTORY WAS
RONALD REAGAN.
RONALD REAGAN. YOU NEVER HEAR REPUBLICANS
MENTIONING RONALD REAGAN NOW,
THE WAY THEY CONSTANTLY DID
BEFORE DONALD TRUMP BECAME THEIR
OBJECT OF ADORATION.
RONALD REAGAN WAS A CONSERVATIVE
REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT WHO WAS
OPPOSED EVERY DAY BY EVERYONE
WHO YOU WOULD EXPECT TO OPPOSE A
CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN
CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. BUT HE DID EARN VARYING DEGREES
OF RESPECT WITH DEMOCRATS AND
GREAT RESPECT WITH SOME
DEMOCRATS WHO SOMETIMES WORKED
WITH HIM BUT MOST OFTEN OPPOSED
HIM.
HIM. ON HIS FINAL DAY IN OFFICE
PRESIDENT REAGAN GAVE THE
PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM TO
ONE OF THOSE DEMOCRATS, MIKE
MANSFIELD, WHO SERVED AS THE
SENATE MAJORITY LEADER LONGER
THAN ANYONE IN HISTORY.
RONALD REAGAN KNEW WHAT ALMOST
EVERY POLITICIAN IN THOSE DAYS
KNEW, WHICH WAS WHEN TO DROP
PARTISAN RHETORIC, SOMETHING
DONALD TRUMP WILL NEVER LEARN,
WHICH HE WILL ONCE AGAIN
DEMONSTRATE TOMORROW.
DEMONSTRATE TOMORROW. HERE IS MORE OF PRESIDENT
REAGAN’S SPEECH ON HIS FINAL DAY
AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES.
STATES. >> NOW, TOMORROW IS A SPECIAL
DAY FOR ME.
I’M GOING TO RECEIVE MY GOLD
WATCH.
WATCH. AND SINCE THIS IS THE LAST
SPEECH THAT I WILL GIVE AS
PRESIDENT, I THINK IT’S FITTING
TO LEAVE ONE FINAL THOUGHT.
AN OBSERVATION ABOUT A COUNTRY
WHICH I LOVE.
IT WAS STATED BEST IN A LETTER I
RECEIVED NOT LONG AGO.
A MAN WROTE ME AND SAID, YOU CAN
GO TO LIVE IN FRANCE BUT YOU
CANNOT BECOME A FRENCHMAN.
YOU CAN GO TO LIVE IN GERMANY OR
TURKEY OR JAPAN BUT YOU CANNOT
BECOME A GERMAN, A TURK, OR
JAPANESE.
JAPANESE. BUT ANYONE FROM ANY CORNER OF
THE EARTH CAN COME TO LIVE IN
AMERICA AND BECOME AN AMERICAN.
THIS I BELIEVE IS ONE OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT SOURCES OF
AMERICA’S GREATNESS.
AMERICA’S GREATNESS. WE LEAD THE WORLD BECAUSE UNIQUE
AMONG NATIONS, WE DRAW OUR
PEOPLE, OUR STRENGTH, FROM EVERY
COUNTRY AND EVERY CORNER OF THE
WORLD.
WORLD. AND BY DOING SO WE CONTINUOUSLY
RENEW AND ENRICH OUR NATION.
WHILE OTHER COUNTRIES CLING TO
THE STALE PAST, HERE IN AMERICA
WE BREATHE LIFE INTO DREAMS, WE
CREATE THE FUTURE, AND THE WORLD
FOLLOWS US INTO TOMORROW.
THANKS TO EACH WAVE OF NEW
ARRIVALS TO THIS LAND OF
OPPORTUNITY WE’RE A NATION FOR
EVERY YOUNG FOREVER BURSTING
WITH ENERGY AND NEW IDEAS, AND
ALWAYS ON THE CUTTING EDGE,
ALWAYS LEADING THE WORLD TO THE
NEXT FRONTIER.
NEXT FRONTIER. >> FOR OUR FINAL ROUND OF
DISCUSSION WE TURN TO BILL WELD,
THE FORMER REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR
OF MASSACHUSETTS.
OF MASSACHUSETTS. HE IS RUNNING FOR THE REPUBLICAN
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION AGAINST
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
PRESIDENT TRUMP. AND GOVERNOR WELD, YOU WORKED IN
THE REAGAN JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.
WE ARE NOW ON THE EVE OF A
REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT USING
TAXPAYER MONEY FOR BASICALLY A
CAMPAIGN RALLY.
CAMPAIGN RALLY. WE HAVE TRAVELED A GREAT
DISTANCE IN REPUBLICAN WORLD IN
WASHINGTON FROM THAT FINAL DAY
OF THE REAGAN PRESIDENCY TO WHAT
WE’RE GOING TO SEE TOMORROW.
>> A WORD ABOUT THE LAST POINT
THAT PRESIDENT REAGAN MADE
THERE, LAWRENCE.
THERE, LAWRENCE. I THINK OF THAT WHENEVER I SEE
THE OLYMPICS.
THE OLYMPICS. THE ITALIANS LOOK LIKE THE
ITALIANS.
ITALIANS. THE ETHIOPIANS LOOK LIKE THE
ETHIOPIANS.
ETHIOPIANS. THE AMERICANS LOOK LIKE
EVERYBODY.
EVERYBODY. SAME POINT.
SAME POINT. SAME POINT.
SAME POINT. YEAH, I SERVED AS ASSISTANT
ATTORNEY GENERAL WITH GREAT
PLEASURE UNDER PRESIDENT REAGAN.
I SERVED HIM FOR SEVEN YEARS.
NOW TODAY HE’S SAYING THAT WHAT
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
COMMITTED TO YESTERDAY BASED ON
A SUPREME COURT RULING HAS NO
EFFECT BECAUSE HE’S TWEETING
OTHERWISE.
OTHERWISE. HE’S BASICALLY SAYING THERE IS
NO LAW.
NO LAW. HE’S LEFT ANY PRETENSE OF
OBSERVING THE RULE OF LAW.
HE’S SAYING I THE PRESIDENT AM
THE LAW.
THE LAW. AND WE’RE GETTING PRETTY FAR
DOWN THAT ROAD OF WHAT I WOULD
CALL THE DEATH THROES OF
DEMOCRACY.
DEMOCRACY. IF YOU LOOK AT ANCIENT ROME, YOU
KNOW, THE GENERALS WOULD GO HAVE
A TRIUMPH IN BRITAINIA, IN
GERMANIA.
GERMANIA. THEY’D COME BACK AND HAVE A
PARADE CALLED THE TRIUMPH IN
ROME.
ROME. AT LEAST THEY PAID FOR THEM
THEMSELVES.
THEMSELVES. EVEN JULIUS CAESAR DID THAT.
HE MIGHT HAVE HAD TO BORROW THE
MONEY FROM CRASSUS BUT HE PAID
FOR IT.
FOR IT. THAT’S BREAD AND CIRCUSES.
THAT’S THE ROAD THE PRESIDENT
SEEMS TO WANT TO TAKE US DOWN.
>> GOVERNOR, YOU JUST MADE A
BUNCH OF REFERENCES THAT DONALD
TRUMP’S NOT GOING TO UNDERSTAND.
SO I HAVE TO BRING IT DOWN FOR
HIM IF YOU’RE TRYING TO GET
THROUGH TO HIM.
BUT I DO WANT TO GET YOUR
REACTION TO WHAT WE SAW IN THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TODAY.
THIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARY MOMENT
WHERE A FEDERAL JUDGE IS SAYING
TO JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ATTORNEYS
WHAT DID THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES SAY TODAY, AND
NONE OF THE LEGAL MINDS INVOLVED
COULD EXPLAIN TO THE JUDGE WHAT
THE PRESIDENT MEANT BY WHAT HE
SAID.
SAID. >> WELL, OF COURSE THEY DIDN’T
WANT TO EVEN TRY TO DO THAT
BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT SAID WHAT
HAPPENED IN THE SUPREME COURT
AND WHAT HIS JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
HAD REPRESENTED TO THE COURT WAS
FAKE.
FAKE. F-A-K-E.
F-A-K-E. IF YOU READ THE TWEET, IT’S IN
CAPITAL LETTERS.
CAPITAL LETTERS. THE REASON IT’S FAKE IS BECAUSE
IT’S NOT WHAT DONALD TRUMP WANTS
TO HAVE HAM.
TO HAVE HAPPEN.
BECAUSE HE WANTS THE WORLD TO
CONFORM WA W. WHAT’S GOING ON IN
HIS HEAD.
HIS HEAD. AND THAT HAS VERY LITTLE TO DO
WITH THE REALITY OF WHAT’S GOING
ON IN THE WORLD WITH
INSTITUTIONS LIKE THE SUPREME
COURT OF THE UNITED STATES.
THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE.
JUSTICE. THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE OF THE
BORDER WHO ARE HOLDING CHILDREN
IN CAGES SMELLING OF FECES AND
URINE.
URINE. DOES THE PRESIDENT REALLY THINK
THAT’S GOING TO IMPROVE HIS
IMAGE IN THE MIND’S EYE OF THE
COUNTRY?
COUNTRY? I THINK HE’S SO MIXED UP IN HIS
OWN HEAD THAT HE REALLY DOESN’T
EVEN KNOW.
EVEN KNOW. >> WHAT HAPPENS IF THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION DEFIES WHAT IS
THE CURRENTLY STANDING SUPREME
COURT ORDER ON THE CENSUS?
>> WELL, IF THEY DEFY A SUPREME
COURT ORDER, THEY’RE NOT GOING
TO DO WELL IN THE JUSTICE
SYSTEM.
SYSTEM. >> BUT WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO GO
FORWARD IN SOME WAY WITH A
CENSUS EVEN WHEN THE SUPREME
COURT IS SAYING NO, YOU CAN’T DO
IT THAT WAY?
>> NO.
>> NO. THEY’D RUN BACK TO THE SUPREME
COURT AND SAY WE WANT A
CLARIFICATION AND WE WANT TO TRY
TO OVERRULE THIS, OVERSTUBBORN
IT,
IT, IT,
IT, OVERTURN THIS, PETITION FOR A
REHEARING.
REHEARING. BUT THE DEPARTMENT AND ALL ITS
REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTED IN
COURT THAT THEY WERE NOT GOING
TO HAVE A CENSUS QUESTION, THAT
IT WAS PART OF THE EFFORT TO
SUPPRESS VOTING.
SUPPRESS VOTING. THIS ADMINISTRATION SEEMS
INTERESTED IN SUPPRESSING VOTING