TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU, MY FRIEND.
HAVE A WONDERFUL SHOW AND
WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING.
WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING. >>> THE BLUE WAVE IS GETTING
BIGGER AND PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
FACING MORE RESISTANCE THAN HE
HAS EVER FACED BEFORE.
TODAY EVEN THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF
THE SUPREME COURT, JOHN ROBERTS,
PUSHED BACK AGAINST THE
PRESIDENT, AFTER TRUMP TRIED TO
BLAME, QUOTE, AN OBAMA JUDGE FOR
HIS ADMINISTRATION’S LATEST
COURT LOSS.
COURT LOSS. WE’RE GOING TO HAVE MORE ON
CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERT’S DEFENSE
OF THE FEDERAL COURTS AGAINST
THE PRESIDENT, AND THE
UNPRECEDENTED WAR OF WORDS THAT
FOLLOWED LATER IN THE HOUR.
>>> BUT THERE’S RESISTANCE
OUTSIDE THE COURTROOM THAT MIGHT
HAVE EVEN MORE LONG LASTING
CONSEQUENCES FOR PRESIDENT
TRUMP.
TRUMP. MICHAEL MOORE JOINS ME IN JUST A
MOMENT WITH A FRESH PERSPECTIVE
OF WHAT COMES AFTER AMERICA’S
HISTORIC REBUKE OF PRESIDENT
TRUMP IN THE MID-TERMS, AND YES,
IT WAS HISTORIC.
THE COOK POLITICAL REPORTS DAVID
WASSERMANN NOW SAYS THAT THE
DEMOCRAT’S MARGIN IN RAW HOUSE
VOTES BREAKS THE RECORD FOR THE
BIGGEST WIN BY EITHER PARTY IN
THE HISTORY OF MID-TERM
ELECTIONS.
ELECTIONS. THE VOTE TOTAL FROM COOK SHOWS
DEMOCRATS WON 8.9 MILLION MORE
HOUSE VOTES THAN REPUBLICANS
DID.
DID. WITH 59.3 MILLION VOTES, TO
REPUBLICANS 54.4 MILLION VOTES.
THAT DEMOCRATIC LEAD IN RAW
VOTES IS EVEN BIGGER THAN THE
PREVIOUS RECORD IN THE 1974
MID-TERMS THAT HAPPENED JUST A
FEW MONTHS AFTER PRESIDENT
RICHARD NIXON RESIGNED IN
DISGRACE FOLLOWING WATERGATE.
LET THAT SINK IN FOR A MOMENT.
VOTERS CHOSE DEMOCRATS BY MORE
VOTES UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP THAN
THEY CHOSE DEMOCRATS AFTER
WATERGATE.
WATERGATE. THAT’S NOT JUST EMBARRASSING,
IT’S HARD TO IMAGINE A MORE
WORRYING STATISTIC FOR PRESIDENT
TRUMP AS HE FACES HIS OWN
RE-ELECTION PROCESS IN 2020,
EXCEPT MAYBE THIS.
DEMOCRATIC POLLSTER STAN
GREENBERG HAS A PIECE IN "THE
NEW YORK TIMES" "THE NEW YORK
TIMES" WHERE HE SAYS TRUMP IS
BEGINNING TO LOSE HIS GRIP WITH
THE VOTERS WHO ELECTED HIM.
GREENBERG SAYS IT WASN’T JUST
THE DEMOCRATIC COALITION THAT
DROVE THE BLUE WAVE, QUOTE, THE
2018 MID-TERMS WAS MUCH BIGGER
THAN THAT.
THAN THAT. DEMOCRATS GOT THEIR WAVE IN PART
BECAUSE A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF
MALE AND FEMALE WHITE WORKING
CLASS VOTERS ABANDONED MR. TRUMP
AND HIS REPUBLICAN ALLIES.
DEMOCRATS MADE THEIR BIGGEST
GAINS IN THE RURAL PARTS OF THE
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. THAT WAS THE SHOCKER.
THE DEMOCRATIC WAVE EXPOSED MR.
TRUMP’S VULNERABILITY AND
SUGGESTS A LESS POLARIZED
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. I THOUGHT IT WOULD TAKE MR.
TRUMP’S DEFEAT IN 2020 FOR
AMERICA TO BE LIBERATED FROM
THIS SUFFOCATING POLARIZATION,
BUT IT MAY HAVE ALREADY BEGUN,
END QUOTE.
END QUOTE. AND THE LOSSES MIGHT GET BIGGER
FOR DONALD TRUMP.
NEXT TUESDAY MISSISSIPPI WHICH
HASN’T HAD A DEMOCRATIC SENATOR
SINCE 1982, A SENATE RUNOFF THAT
SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN EASY
REPUBLICAN WIN IS NOW LOOKING
UNCERTAIN.
UNCERTAIN. REPUBLICAN CINDY HYDE-SMITH HAS
MADE GAFF AFTER GAFF STARTING
WITH SAYING SHE’D LIKE TO ATTEND
A PUBLIC HANGING, WHICH SOME
PEOPLE IN MISSISSIPPI ARE OLD
ENOUGH TO REMEMBER AS A
LYNCHING.
LYNCHING. THAT’S GIVING DEMOCRAT MIKE ESPY
A CHANCE.
A CHANCE. HE IS STILL A LONG SHOT, BUT
REPUBLICANS ARE WORRIED ENOUGH
THE PRESIDENT WILL TRAVEL TO
MISSISSIPPI NEXT WEEK TO
CAMPAIGN FOR CINDY HYDE-SMITH.
BUT EVEN IF THE PRESIDENT HOLDS
ONTO MISSISSIPPI FOR
REPUBLICANS, IS THERE ANY DOUBT
THAT AS STAN GREENBERG WRITES,
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS BEGINNING TO
LOSE HIS GRIP?
JOINING ME NOW ACADEMY AWARD
WINNING DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER
MICHAEL MOORE.
MICHAEL MOORE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> YOU CAN SAY THAT LAST
SENTENCE AGAIN, HE’S LOSING HIS
GRIP.
GRIP. >> WHAT GREENBERG IS WRITING IS
THAT SOME OF DONALD TRUMP’S VERY
FAITHFUL BASE AS WE LIKE TO CALL
IT IN RURAL AMERICA IS TURNING
ON HIM.
ON HIM. WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS?
>> THE THREE STATES THAT GAVE
TRUMP THE PRESIDENCY, MICHIGAN,
WISCONSIN AND PENNSYLVANIA ALL
WENT BLUE TWO WEEKS AGO.
DEMOCRAT GOVERNORS, DEMOCRAT
SENATORS IN MICHIGAN.
WE HAVE A MAJORITY NOW IN
MICHIGAN SENATE.
MICHIGAN SENATE. FOUR WOMEN AT THE TOP RUN THE
STATE.
STATE. TWO WOMEN, DEMOCRATS TURNED OVER
TWO REPUBLICAN SEATS IN THE
DETROIT AREA.
DETROIT AREA. SO ALL OF THIS IS NOT SURPRISING
WHAT YOU JUST SAID OR WHAT STAN
GREENBERG WROTE IN "THE TIMES."
IF I’M ANYTHING TONIGHT IT’S I’M
OF A BELIEF THAT WE CAN TAKE
WHAT WE LEARNED IN A PLACE LIKE
MICHIGAN.
MICHIGAN. >> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. >> AND REALLY, REALLY CRUSH IT
IN 2020.
IN 2020. BUT IT WILL TAKE SOME WORK, AND
IT’LL TAKE THE DEMOCRATS WHO GOT
ELECTED TWO WEEKS AGO TO REALLY
SHOW THE VOTERS THAT THEY ARE
GOING TO DO SOMETHING, THAT
THEY’RE GOING TO STAND FOR
SOMETHING.
SOMETHING. SO THEIR PERFORMANCE IN THESE
TWO YEARS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
IT’S GOING TO TAKE A RECRUITING
TEAM TO GET BELOVED AMERICANS
RUNNING FOR OFFICE IN 2020.
>> BUT WE SAW SOME OF THAT.
WE’VE SEEN A CONGRESS NOW THAT
LOOKS MORE LIKE THE FACE OF
AMERICA THAN WE’VE SEEN IN A
LONG TIME.
LONG TIME. >> MORE OF THAT, AND I THINK IT
WAS IN "THE TIMES" WHERE THEY
SHOWED THAT THOSE WHO RAN OUT OF
THE CENTER AND TOWARDS THE LEFT
HAD A BETTER CHANCE OF WINNING
TWO WEEKS AGO THAN THOSE WHO
THOUGHT I BETTER PLAY THIS MORE
CONSERVATIVELY AS A DEMOCRAT.
THOSE PEOPLE LOST.
THE PEOPLE WHO RAN MORE
LIBERALLY WON, AND WE NEED TO
AGAIN BUILD ON THAT.
HERE’S THE LESSON I LEARNED IN
MICHIGAN IS THAT BALLOT
PROPOSALS ARE THE ANSWER.
GEORGE BUSH AND REPUBLICANS KNEW
THIS IN 2004.
THEY PUT 14 BALLOT TO MAKE IT
ILLEGAL.
ILLEGAL. >> THAT MOTIVATED PEOPLE TO THE
POLLS THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE
OTHERWISE GONE.
OTHERWISE GONE. >> THIS IS WHAT WE DID IN
MICHIGAN TWO WEEKS AGO.
WE HAD A BALLOT PROPOSAL TO
LEGALIZE MARIJUANA.
LEGALIZE MARIJUANA. LARGEST TURNOUT OF YOUNG PEOPLE
IN WE DON’T KNOW WHEN CAME OUT
TO THE POLLS.
WE HAD A BALLOT PROPOSAL TO
OUTLAW GERRYMANDERING, MAKE THAT
PART OF THE CONSTITUTION AND
FORM A CITIZENS BIPARTISAN
NONPARTISAN COMMISSION, NO
POLITICIANS CAN BE ON THE
COMMISSION, THAT WILL DRAW THE
MAP.
MAP. >> LEGALIZING MARIJUANA, THAT
WAS GOING TO HAPPEN IF THE VOTE
WENT THROUGH.
WENT THROUGH. WITH THE GERRYMANDERING, IT
WASN’T GOING TO CHANGE ANY OF
THE DISTRICTS IN MICHIGAN
OBVIOUSLY IN THAT ELECTION, BUT
IT BROUGHT PEOPLE OUT WHO ARE
SICK AND TIRED OF THESE STUPID
SHAPED CONSTITUENCIES ACROSS
AMERICA.
AMERICA. IT’S A LAUGHINGSTOCK OF THE
DEMOCRATIC WORLD WE’VE GOT THESE
CONSTITUENCIES, THESE DISTRICTS
LONG AND SKINNY AND TAKE TURNS
AND LOOK LIKE A SALAMANDER HENCE
THE NAME GERRYMANDERING.
>> SO BY TAKING A STAND AND
PUTTING THAT ON THE BALLOT
AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTE -- SO MANY
CAME OUT THAT DIDN’T VOTE IN
2016, AND THEY CAME OUT.
THIS IS THE WAY YOU BRING PEOPLE
OUT THAT DON’T VOTE THAT MUCH OR
DON’T LIKE THE POLITICIANS OR
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS NOT
BEEN RESPONSIVE TO THEM.
THEY CAN VOTE ON THE ISSUES.
WE NEED FOR 2020 TO HAVE BALLOT
PROPOSALS FOR LEGALIZING
MARIJUANA, FREE COLLEGE, EQUAL
RIGHTS FOR WOMEN, AND OUTLAW
GERRYMANDERING.
GERRYMANDERING. PEOPLE RIGHT NOW THEY SHOULD
TALK ABOUT THIS TOMORROW AT
DINNER.
DINNER. BY THE WAY, AT DINNER TOMORROW
YOUR CONSERVATIVE
YOUR CONSERVATIVE BROTHER-IN-LAW, THIS YEAR DON’T
MAKE HIM SIT AT THE KIDS TABLE.
WE SHOULD BE GENEROUS IN
VICTORY, BE KIND TO HIM AND LET
HIM KNOW THAT THE THINGS THAT
WE’RE GOING TO PUSH FOR HE’S
GOING TO BENEFIT --
>> SO COMPLAIN THAT.
TELL ME WHY MY CONSERVATIVE
BROTHER-IN-LAW SHOULD THINK THAT
FIGURING OUT A WAY TO FIX
GERRYMANDERED DISTRICTS IS GOOD
FOR HIM?
FOR HIM? >> THIS IS WHY UTAH PASSED AN
ANTI-JERRY MANDERING THING, THEY
KNOW WE’RE COMING.
THEY KNOW THE DEMOCRATS, WE’RE
THE MAJORITY OF THE KUNLCOUNTRY.
THEY KNOW WE’RE COMING, AND
WE’RE BACK IN POWER AND WE’VE
GOT THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE AND
THE WHITE HOUSE.
THEY DON’T WANT THOSE
GERRYMANDERING LAWS THAT THEY’VE
BEEN BENEFITTING FROM, THEY WANT
TO FIX THAT NOW.
YOU ACTUALLY FOUND THAT SMART
REPUBLICANS ARE VOTING FOR THIS
BECAUSE THEY’RE GOING TO BE THE
NEGATIVE BENEFICIARY --
>> THEY’LL BE ON THE WRONG SIDE.
>> SO BASICALLY IT’S IN THEIR
BEST INTEREST FOR ALL OF US TO
GET RID OF GERRYMANDERING AND
ANY KIND OF VOTER SUPPRESSION.
>> THE DEGREE TO WHICH VOTER
SUPPRESSION IS ALIVE AND WELL IN
AMERICA IN KANSAS, IN GEORGIA, I
MEAN THIS IS -- IT’S KIND OF
REMARKABLE THAT IT’S GETTING
WORSE.
WORSE. WE SHOULD BE TRYING TO GET
PEOPLE OUT TO VOTE ANY WAY
POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE. FORTUNATELY, LOTS OF PEOPLE DID
COME OUT AND VOTE THIS TIME.
BUT WHY WE ARE PUTTING
IMPEDIMENTS TO PEOPLE VOTING,
THE SIGNATURE MATCH LAW IN
GEORGIA IS JUST STUPID.
CINDY McCAIN SAID SOMETIMES SHE
SIGNS CINDY McCAIN, SOMETIMES
SHE SIGNS C-McCAIN.
>> IT’S ANTI-AMERICAN, AND TO
THE TROOPS HE DOES NOT RESPECT,
HE HE USES AS A PHOTO-UP AND
NEVER BOTHERS TO VISIT, NEVER
SAYS A GOOD WORD ABOUT THEM,
THEY VOLUNTEER TO RISK THEIR
LIVES SO WE GET TO HAVE CERTAIN
BASIC DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS.
THE MOST DEMOCRATIC BASIC RIGHT
IS THE RIGHT TO VOTE, FOR RIGHT
FOR YOU AND I TO HAVE A SAY.
IF THAT IS DENIED TO ANY
AMERICAN, ALL OF US SHOULD BE
ASHAMED BY THIS.
IT’S THE ABSOLUTELY WORST THING
TO DO.
TO DO. PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN MANY OF OUR
FAMILIES IN PAST WARS OR
WHATEVER, AND TO DISHONOR THEIR
DEATH SO WE CAN HAVE THIS, BY
TRYING TO RIG THE SYSTEM SO THAT
THOSE WHO DON’T HAVE THE MOST
VOTES CAN END UP WITH THE MOST
SEATS, IT’S LIKE --
>> WHICH HAS HAPPENED A LOT IN
THIS COUNTRY.
THIS COUNTRY. THE NUMBER OF VOTERS
DISENFRANCHISED BY THESE LAWS IN
GEORGIA AS AN EXAMPLE, WE’RE NOT
TALK ABOUT TENS OF THOUSANDS.
WE’RE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
>> RIGHT, BUT WHAT I SAY TO
REPUBLICANS, YOU KNOW YOU WON IT
BECAUSE IT WAS RIGGED OR THE
TABLE SHIFTED OR YOU ONLY HAD TO
RUN THE BALL BACK 80 YARDS
INSTEAD OF 100 YARDS, HOW DO YOU
FEEL ABOUT THAT?
DO YOU FEEL YOU’RE THE WINNER?
I WOULDN’T FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT.
WHEN I WAS IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
I WAS PLAYING BASKETBALL AND I
WAS ROLLING A FAR CORNER AND I
DID A HOOK SHOT IN THE FAR
CORNER WHERE THE TWO OUT OF
BOUNDS LINES MEET AND I SAW MY
BALL OUT OF BOUNDS AND IT MADE A
SWISH IN THE BASKET, AND THE REF
DIDN’T SEE IT.
AND I SAID TO THE REF, I SAID IT
WAS OUT OF BOUNDS.
AND THE COACH WAS LIKE WHAT ARE
YOU DOING, I WAS LIKE IT WASN’T
A FAIR BASKET.
HOW WOULD I FEEL IF WE WON AND
IT WAS BECAUSE OF THAT BASKET
WHICH I KNOW WASN’T RIGHT
BECAUSE I STEPPED OUT OF BOUNDS.
>> I’M NOT SURE EVERYBODY IN THE
COUNTRY IS BURDENED WITH THAT
MORALITY.
MORALITY. >> AREN’T WE RAISED TO KNOW
WHAT’S RIGHT AND WRONG?
>> YOU AND I WERE RAISED ON TWO
SIDES OF ANOTHER BORD.
YOU’RE FROM MICHIGAN, I’M FROM
TORONTO, COLD PLACES.
TONIGHT PRESIDENT TRUMP TWEETED
ABOUT THE COLD.
HE SAID BRUTAL AND EXTENDED COLD
BLAST COULD SHATTER ALL RECORDS.
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO GLOBAL
WARMING?
WARMING? WHAT DOES THIS GET PEOPLE WHO
DENY CLIMATE CHANGE OTHER THAN
IF YOU HAVE STOCK IN A COAL
COMPANY OR OIL COMPANY, WHAT
DOES IT GET YOU TO BE ON THE
WRONG SIDE OF THIS THING?
>> WE HAVE A BILLIONAIRE FOR
PRESIDENT, AND HE’S FOR ANYTHING
THAT BENEFITS THE WEALTHY.
THAT’S HIS JOB.
THAT’S WHAT HE’S SUPPOSED TO
ADVOCATE FOR.
ADVOCATE FOR. BUT TO YOUR-CURVE BROTHER-IN-LAW
WHO’S SITTING AT THE TABLE
TOMORROW AND THANKSGIVING, SAY
TO HIM, LOOK, CLIMATE CHANGE.
WHEN WE’RE IN OFFICE WE’RE GOING
TO FIX THAT.
WE’RE GOING TO REALLY DO OUR
BEST.
BEST. IT MAY BE TOO LATE, BUT WE’RE
GOING TO DO OUR BEST TO FIX
THIS, AND YOU’RE GOING TO
BENEFIT FROM IT.
WE’RE NOT JUST DOING IT FOR OUR
PEOPLE, FOR THE DEMOCRATS.
YOU’RE NOT UNDER WATER, YOU’RE
GOING TO BENEFIT FROM THIS, TOO.
YOU SHOULD COME ALONG WITH THIS
BECAUSE IT BENEFITS YOU.
I THINK THAT’S THE WAY YOU HAVE
TO -- WITH TRUMP, LOOK, YOU GUYS
SHOW THESE TWEETS ALL DAY LONG
ON THIS NETWORK, ON THE OTHER
NETWORK.
NETWORK. IT’S NONSTOP.
IT’S NONSTOP. AND IT WAS I GUESS FUNNY TO SOME
PEOPLE AT FIRST, AND THEN IT
WENT TO SHAKING OUR HEADS LIKE
CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS.
AND NOW IT’S LIKE, WOW, I THINK
EVERYBODY’S REALIZED WITH HIM
ESSENTIALLY SANCTIONING THE
MURDER OF "THE WASHINGTON POST"
JOURNALIST, SAYING THAT, SAYING
THAT ABOUT THE TROOPS THIS WEEK,
SAYING THAT ABOUT ADMIRAL
McRAVEN, ALL OF THIS I THINK IS
STARTING TO DAWN ON PEOPLE.
AND SO THAT REPORT THAT YOU READ
FROM "THE NEW YORK TIMES"
THEY’RE NOT SURPRISED.
THE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO LIVE IN
RURAL AMERICA THEY DON’T LIKE
HEARING THAT.
HEARING THAT. THEY THOUGHT HE’D BE LIKE A MALL
TAV THEY CAN THROW IN A SYSTEM
THAT HAVEN’T BENEFITTED THEM.
>> AND ONE CAN UNDERSTAND WHY
THEY WANTED THAT.
YOU KNOW THAT.
YOU COME FROM RURAL AMERICA.
>> I SAID BEFORE THE ELECTION
BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE ANGRY.
WELL, HE’S HELPED TO BLOW UP
PIECES OF OUR DEM ROCKOCRACY, AN
HASN’T BENEFITTED ANYBODY.
AND NOBODY’S MADE ANY MONEY OFF
HIS TAX CUT.
HE CAN POINT OTO THE STOCK
MARKET ALL EHE WANTS BUT --
THINK ABOUT THIS, PEOPLE IN
KANSAS SAID TO THEMSELVES WHAT
CAN I DO NOW TO SEND A MESSAGE?
I KNOW, I’M GOING TO SEND A
CONGRESSWOMAN WHO’S LESBIAN,
NATIVE-AMERICAN, MIXED MARTIAL
ARTS FIGHTER FROM KANSAS.
>> AND THAT HAPPENED IN A LOT OF
PLACES IN AMERICA.
>> OKLAHOMA CITY, DEMOCRAT.
>> A MUSLIM REFUGEE.
>> THE COUNTRY HAS CHANGE.
AND THIS IS WHY I SAY THE
LEADERSHIP OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY.
PARTY. COME ALONG WITH THE CHANGE HERE.
DON’T HOLD BACK.
DON’T THING ANYMORE, WELL, WE
CAN HAVE HALF HEALTH CARE.
NO, WE NEED FULL, FULL UNIVERSAL
HEALTH CARE FOR EVERYONE.
>> LIKE EVERY OTHER COUNTRY IN
THE WORLD.
THE WORLD. >> JUST LOOK AT WHAT CANADA
DOES.
DOES. CANADA HAS STOLEN ENOUGH FROM
THIS COUNTRY, YOU TAKE
EVERYTHING WE DO, YOU GO TO
CANADA, WE SEE YOU DOING
EVERYTHING WE DO, IT’S TIME WE
TAKE SOMETHING FROM YOU,
UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE.
AND THE OTHER THING, TOO,
HUNTING IS THE NUMBER ONE SPORT
IN CANADA MORE SO THAN HOCKEY.
THERE’S 700 MILLION REGISTERED
GUNS IN THE NATION OF CANADA,
AND HOW MANY GUN MURDERS LAST
YEAR, 100, 200, NOTHING,
NOTHING.
NOTHING. SO CLEARLY YOU FIGURED OUT HOW
TO DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE.
WE NEED TO SHOW SOME HUMILITY
AND SAY WE’RE SO CONFIDENT ABOUT
OUR GOODNESS HERE AT THIS
THANKSGIVING, THAT WE NEED TO
REACH OUT TO OTHERS AND SAY HOW
HAD YOU DO THIS?
HOW DO YOU DO THAT WITHOUT MASS
SHOOTINGS IN CANADA?
HOW DO YOU PAY FOR IT?
EVERYBODY GETS TO SEE A DOCTOR
AND THAT ENDS WITH YOU CANADIANS
LIVING -- PLAN B, ALI, JUST
SAYING.
SAYING. BUT YOU LIVE THREE TO FOUR YEARS
LONGER THAN WE DO AVERAGE.
>> ALMOST EVERY OUTCOME IN
HEALTH IS BETTER THAN LESS THAN
HALF THE COST FOR AMERICANS.
>> IF YOU’RE CONSERVATIVE, WHY
WOULDN’T YOU BE FOR THAT?
>> LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION, A
THIRD OF THE COUNTRY, ANGRY,
INTOLERANT, HARD TO RECONCILE.
BUT WHAT DO THE REST OF US HAVE
TO DO?
TO DO? HOW MUCH INTOLERANCE DO WE
TOLERATE IN ORDER TO BUILD
BRIDGES OF EMPATHY, TO TALK TO
PEOPLE WHO ARE LEGITIMATELY
ANGRY?
ANGRY? MAYBE NOT FOR THE REASONS WE
BELIEVE BUT THEY REALLY ARE
ANGRY.
ANGRY. THEY’VE NOT SEEN THEIR WAGES GO
UP AND STOCK PRICES GO UP AND
THE RICH GET RICHER, THEY’VE
SEEN THEIR INCOMES.
YOU’VE STUDIED THIS.
>> FIRST OF ALL, YOU CAN’T BUILD
A BRIDGE TO A RACIST OR
MISOGYNIST, THEY HAVE TO BE
SHUNNED AND TREATED LIKE WE
TREATED SMOKERS 20 YEARS AGO,
TEN YEARS AGO.
I WALKED DOWN THE STREET WITH MY
SISTER AND I SAID LET’S SEE HOW
LONG WE CAN GO BEFORE WE SEE
PEOPLE SMOKING.
PEOPLE SMOKING. WE WALKED 10, 20 MINUTES AND NOT
A SMOKER.
A SMOKER. RACIST AND MISOGYNISTS SHUNNED,
BUT THE CONSERVATIVES,
REPUBLICANS WHATEVER WHO DO DARE
ABOUT THIS COUNTRY, THEY’RE JUST
RIGHTFULLY ANGRY, WE CAN REACH
OUT TO THEM AND SAY COME ON,
IT’S -- WE CAN CREATE -- GIVE US
A CHANCE, WE’LL CREATE THIS GOOD
AMERICA, AND IT’LL LOOK LIKE A
REAL AMERICA.
REAL AMERICA. WE’LL BUILD A BETTER COUNTRY.
AND WHEN WE HAVE THANKSGIVING
TOGETHER IN YEARS IN THE FUTURE,
YOU KNOW, WE CAN HAVE OUR
DISAGREEMENTS.
DISAGREEMENTS. WE CAN HAVE A GREAT DEBATE.
BUT IN THE END WE ALL LOVE THIS
COUNTRY, AND WE’RE GOING TO SINK
OR SWIM TOGETHER, I DON’T THINK
ANY OF US WANT TO SINK.
SO WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER ON
THIS.
THIS. AND MY REQUEST TO THE
CONSERVATIVES WHO MIGHT BE
WATCHING IS GIVE THIS A SHOT.
GIVE THESE DEMOCRATS WHO JUST
GOT ELECTED A SHOT, AND WE’LL
GET BACK IN THE WHITE HOUSE IN
THE SENATE IN 2020, AND WE WILL
BUILD A COUNTRY WHERE YOUR HOUSE
IS ON FIRE.
>> HAPPY THANKSGIVING.
>> CANADIAN THANKSGIVING IS IN
OCTOBER.
OCTOBER. JUST SAYING.
JUST SAYING. >> I’VE STILL GOT THE PASSPORT,