DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN. IS VLADIMIR PUTIN MOST AFRAID OF
PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS?
BUT FIRST RED FLAGS FOR
REPUBLICANS.
REPUBLICANS. A GROWING NUMBER OF REPUBLICAN
CONGRESSIONAL RETIRE MTS STOKING
CONCERNS PARTICULARLY THE
LATEST.
LATEST. A SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM
RISING STAR CONGRESSMAN WILL
HURD WHO SAID THAT HE WOULD NOT
SEEK RE-ELECTION IN HIS HIGHLY
COMPETITIVE TEXAS DISTRICT.
CONGRESSMAN HURD WHO HAD LONG
BEEN CONSIDERED PART OF THE
FUTURE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
IS THE LONE BLACK REPUBLICAN IN
THE HOUSE.
THE HOUSE. THE CONGRESSMAN REPRESENTS A NEW
SWING DISTRICT IN TEXAS.
HILLARY CLINTON WON THE DISTRICT
IN 2016.
IN 2016. HURD WAS BURRLY RE-ELECTED IN
2018.
2018. HIS SEAT MIGHT BE HARD FOR
REPUBLICANS TO HANG ONTO.
HURD IS JUST ONE OF SIX HOUSE
REPUBLICANS WHO ANNOUNCED
IMMINENT DEPARTURE FROM CAPITOL
HILL IN TWO WOKS.
TWO MORE REPUBLICANS ANNOUNCED
EARLIER IN THE CYCLE INCLUDING
SUSAN BROOKS PARTY OFFICIAL HAD
CHOSEN TO LEAD RECRUITMENT
EFFORTS IN THEIR ATTEMPT TO CLAW
BACK THE MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE.
BROOKS IS ONE OF TWO REPUBLICAN
WOMEN LEEFRPG THE HOUSE, MEANING
JUST 11 REPUBLICAN WOMEN ARE NOW
SEEKING RE-ELECTION.
SEEKING RE-ELECTION. POLITICAL REPORTS A FUN STAT
THAT’S MAKING ITS WAY AROUND GOP
CIRCLES.
CIRCLES. THERE ARE MORE MEN NAMED JIM IN
THE HOUSE THAN REPUBLICAN WOMEN
RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION.
IT’S CLEAR THAT THERE ARE AT
LEAST TWO REASONS FOR MANY OF
THE RETIRE MTS.
THE FIRST IS CHANGING
DEMOGRAPHICS.
DEMOGRAPHICS. BOTH CONGRESSMAN HURD AND PETE
OLSON OF TEXAS NARROWLY WON
RE-ELECTION IN 2018 AND MANY
ANALYSTS PREDICT THEIR RACES
WILL BE TOUGH TO WIN ANOTHER
TIME.
TIME. BUT IT’S ALSO OBVIOUS THE
PRESIDENT HAS BEEN A BIG FACTOR
IN THE EXITS
HURD WAS ONE OF ONLY FOUR
REPUBLICANS ALONG WITH THE ALSO
RETIRING SUSAN BROOKS WHO VOTED
CONDEMN TRUMP’S RACIST TWEETS
AGAINST FOUR DEMOCRATIC MINORITY
CONGRESSWOMAN.
CONGRESSWOMAN. TWEETS HURD CONDEMNED IN A NEW
INTERVIEW TO THE “WASHINGTON
POST”.
POST”. WHEN YOU IMPLY THAT BECAUSE
SOMEONE DOESN’T LOOK LIKE YOU
AND TELLING THEM TO GO BACK TO
AFRICA OR WHEREVER, YOU ARE
IMPLYING THAT THEY ARE NOT AN
AMERICAN.
AMERICAN. AND YOU’RE IMPLYING THAT THEY
HAVE LESS WORTH THAN YOU.
THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY TO THE PARTY OF
TRUMP HAS NOT BEEN PRETTY FOR
MANY REPUBLICANS AND OF THE
RETIREMENTS NONE HIGHLIGHTS THAT
MORE THAN WILL HURDS.
HERE IS THE FORMER REPUBLICAN
CONGRESSMAN MARK SANFORD ON
MSNBC.
MSNBC. >> TO STATE THE OBVIOUS, SOME OF
THE PRESIDENT PEACE RHETORIC IS
DESTRUCTIVE, HARMFUL NOT ONLY IN
SELLING A MESSAGE BUT FRANKLY IN
BUILDING A PARTY.
AND IF WE INCREASINGLY DWINDLE
TO BEING A PARTY OF WHITE MEN WE
GOT A REAL PROBLEM GIVEN THE --
THE TREND LINES WITHIN OUR
COUNTRY IN TERMS OF DEMOGRAPHIC
DIVERSITY.
DIVERSITY. >> NOW, IF PAST IS PRECEDENT,
EXPECT IN TREND TO CONTINUE FOR
REPUBLICANS.
REPUBLICANS. IF YOU ARE NOT FULLY ONBOARD THE
TRUMP TRAIN IT MIGHT BE YOUR
TIME TO GET OFF.
AND THERE IS ONE VERY BIG
PROBLEM WITH THAT.
ACCORDING TO FORMER BUSH
SPEECHWRITER MICHAEL GEARSEN.
HE WRITES IN THE “WASHINGTON
POST” TRUFR’S ADVICIVENESS IS
GETTING WORSE NOT PORT.
MAKES RACIST COMMENTS APPEALS TO
RACIST SENTIMENTS A IMINFLAMES
RACIST PASSIONS THE RAELSIZATION
HE IS NOT A RACIST IS
MEANINGLESS.
MEANINGLESS. IT MEANS A LARGE PORTION OF HIS
POLITICAL BASE IS ENERGIZED BY
RACIST TROPES AND THE LANGUAGE
OF WHITE GRIEVANCE.
AND IT MEANS WHATEVER THEIR
INTENT THAT THOSE WHO PLAY DOWN
OR EXCUSE OR TRY TO WALK PAST
THESE OFFENSES ARE ENABLERS.
LEADING OFF THE DISCUSSION
TONIGHT BOB INGLI.
S IS REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN FROM
SOUTH CAROLINA AND DANIELA GIBBS
LEJAY FORMER SPECIAL ASSIST TO
PRESIDENT OBAMA AND WORKS FOR
CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS
OPINION.
OPINION. AND DAVE KORN AND MSNBC
POLITICAL ANALYST.
POLITICAL ANALYST. WELCOME TO ALL THREE.
THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME
KICK-OFF THE SHOW ON FRIDAY
NIGHT.
NIGHT. DANIELA LET ME BEGIN WITH YOU.
THE DEPARTURE OF WILL HURD IS A
BIG DEAL FOR A LOT OF
REPUBLICANS.
REPUBLICANS. WHO FELT THAT THERE WERE STILL
PEOPLE IN THE PARTY WHO COULD
SORT OF HELP CARRY IT FORWARD IN
AN ERA AFTER DONALD TRUMP.
>> YEAH, THIS IS A VERY BIG LOSS
FOR THEM.
FOR THEM. HONESTLY IT’S A LITTLE UNFAIR TO
CONGRESSMAN HURD TO EXPECT HIM
TO CARRY THE WEIGHT OF ALL THE
REPUBLICANS WHO DON’T ABIDE BY
DONALD TRUMP’S RACISM.
AND HONESTLY I FEEL LIKE IT’S
ALMOST TOO LATE FOR THE PARTY
NOW.
NOW. IF YOU ARE GOING TO REMAIN A
REPUBLICAN LIKE YOU SAID IT IS
DONALD TRUMP’S REPUBLICAN PARTY.
IF YOU REMAIN A PART OF THE
PARTY THEN, YEAH YOU ARE SIGNING
ON, COSIGNING WHETHER YOU LIKE
IT OR NOT TO HESS RACISM.
I GUESS WILLIAM HURD WAS LIKE
I’M NOT GOING TO DO THIS
ANYMORE.
ANYMORE. >> BOB THERE WAS A TWEET FROM
THE TEXAS TRIBUNE ABBEY
LIVINGSTON ABOUT REACTION TO
WILL PURD HURD’S RETIREMENT.
IT READS MY PHONE IS ABSOLUTELY
EXPLODING WITH TEXTS FROM
REPUBLICAN OPERATIVES REACTING
TO THE RETIREMENT ALL HAVE A
WORD I DON’T NORMALLY USE ON THE
FORUM.
FORUM. AND MY MOTHER HIALEAH
DISAPPROVES OF BUT IT RHYMES
WITH DUCK.
WITH DUCK. >> OKAY I THINK I GOT IT.
I THINK THAT IT’S A REAL PROBLEM
OF COURSE FOR THE GOP TO HAVE --
TO HAVE WILL HURD RETIRING BUS
THAT DISTRICT IS HARD TO HOLD.
THAT’S WHAT THE TWEETS ARE ABOUT
OF COURSE IS THE DIFFICULTY OF
HOLDING THAT DISTRICT IN
REPUBLICAN HANDS.
REPUBLICAN HANDS. BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT MY
PARTY, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS
TO RE-EXAMINE WHERE WE ARE.
AND IT’S TIME FOR REPUBLICANS TO
STAND AGAINST WHAT THE PRESIDENT
IS DOING HERE WITH THE RACIST
TWEETS AND THE -- AND THE
DISPUTATION OF CLIMATE SCIENCE.
HE SOUNDS A LITTLE BIT LIKE
BOLSINARO OF BRAZIL NOT WHERE WE
WEKT EXPECT THE UNITED STATES TO
BE.
BE. >> SOME MEMBERS OF CONGRESS RUN
ON THEIR RECORD.
SOME RUN ON POLICIES AND SOME
RUN ON MOMENTUM.
AND.
AND. THE PROBLEM HERE IS THE
MOMENTUM, DAVID KORN, SEEMS TO
BE WITH THE PRESIDENT TLIEFT
AMONG THE VOTERS CASTING THE
BALLOT FOR REPUBLICAN.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAD ANOTHER
INTERVIEW WITH A REPUBLICAN
RETIREE PAUL MITCHELL.
HE SAYS THERE IS A LACK OF MOOD
OF FRUSTRATION WITH THE LACK OF
ACCOMPLISHMENT HE SAID IN THE
INTERVIEW DAYS AFTER STUNNING
COLLEAGUES WHEN HE SAID HE WAS
LEAVING AFTER TWO HOUSE TERMS
WHY RUN AROUND LIKE A CRAZY MAN
WHEN THE BEST YOU CAN HOPE IS
THAT MAYBE YOU’LL SEE SOME
CHANGE AT THE MARGINS.
HOW DOES THIS STOP FROM BECOMING
A MASS MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE WHO
ARE JUST FRUSTRATED WITH DONALD
TRUMP HAVING TAKEN OVER THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY?
REPUBLICAN PARTY? >> I DON’T THINK THAT THERE WILL
BE A MASS MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE
FRUSTRATED WITH TRUMP BECAUSE
THE BASE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
IS WITH HIM.
WE’RE TWO AND A HALF YEARS INTO
THE TRUMP EXPERIMENT, THE TRUMP
DISASTER DEPENDING ON YOUR
PERSPECTIVE.
PERSPECTIVE. AND IT’S TAKEN THIS LONG FOR
SOME REPUBLICANS TO START
BAILING.
BAILING. ONLY A HANDFUL OF NUMBERS.
I MEAN, THE PARTY IN THE HOUSE,
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN THE
HOUSE WAS 99.95% WHITE BEFORE
WILL HURD ANNOUNCED HE WAS
LEAVING.
LEAVING. AND WE’VE HAD THE RACIST TWEETS.
WE HAVE SEEN NO ONE IN THE --
REALLY IN THE LEADERSHIP
POSITION OF THE HOUSE OR THE
SENATE, KEVIN McCARTHY OR MITCH
McCONNELL COME OUT AND DISTANCE
THEMSELVES FROM THIS.
I MEAN, TRUMP HAS TAKEN THE
PARTY OUT OF THE CLOSET.
IN TERMS OF THE RACISM.
I THINK THE REPUBLICANS HAVE
ALWAYS HAD A PROBLEM GOING BAB
TO THE SOUTHERN STRATEGY WITH
RICHARD NIXON, RONALD REAGAN
DECRYING WELFARE QUEENS TALKING
ABOUT STATE’S RIGHTS.
YOU HAD THE WILLY HORTON AD FOR
THE GEORGE H. W. BUSH CAMPAIGN.
AND THERE’S ALWAYS BEEN THE
FLIRTATION IF NOT MORE SO WITH
RACIST TROPES AS I LIKE TO SAY.
TRUMP HAS TAKEN THE PARTY FULLY
OUT OF THE CLOSET.
TAKEN OFF THE HOOD IF YOU WANT
TO SAY IT THAT WAY.
MOST OF THE WHO PARTY AT LEAST
THE PEOPLE IN CONTROL SAY NOT A
BIG PROBLEM.
BIG PROBLEM. YET PEOPLE STILL COMING TO THE
RALLIES.
RALLIES. CHEERING HIM ON.
SO I THINK I REALLY RESPECT
CONGRESSMAN INGLISS HE KNOW THAT
IS.
IS. I THINK THE TIME TO STAND UP IS
ALMOST TOO LATE.
YOU GUYS GOT TO START A NEW
PARTY OR BURN THIS ONE DOWN
BECAUSE YOU’RE NOT GETTING IT
BACK.
BACK. >> BOB WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT?
>> WELL, THERE IS ANOTHER
NARRATIVE, YOU KNOW, THE JACK
KEMP REPUBLICANS LIKE ME PEOPLE
THAT BELIEVE THAT CONSERVATIVISM
WORKS IF IT WORKS FOR EVERYONE,
IF IT DOES AND IT’S GOOD
PHILOSOPHY.
PHILOSOPHY. IF IT DOESN’T THEN IT’S NOT VERY
GOOD.
GOOD. THERE ARE THOSE OF US WHO ARE
JACK KEMP REPUBLICANS KNICK
HAYLEY TOOK DOWN THE CONFEDERATE
FLAG IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT FOLKS OUT
THERE READY TO LEAD A GRAND
OPPORTUNITY PARTY IF WE COULD
GET AWAY AND BREAK AWAY FROM THE
GRUMPY OLD PARTY WHICH I GROW IT
HAS BECOME.
HAS BECOME. SO THAT IS GRUMPY OLD PARTY WILL
NOT SURVIVE.
NOT SURVIVE. BUT I HOPE THAT OUT OF THE ASHES
CAN COME A FREE ENTERPRISE PARTY
THAT BELIEVES IN THE SANGTTY OF
LIFE, THAT BELIEVES IN A SMALLER
GOVERNMENT AND AN EFFICIENT
GOVERNMENT, THAT BELIEVES THE
GOVERNMENT CAN DO THINGS.
BELIEVES AMERICA SHOULD LEAD THE
WORLD.
WORLD. AND THE BELIEVES THAT FREE
ENTERPRISE CAN SOLVE THINGS LIKE
CLIMATE CHANGE IF WE GET THE
RIGHT POLICIES IN PLACE.
THAT PARTY CAN EXIST.
BUT I AGREE WE HAVE TO JETTISON
THIS GRUMPY OLD PARTY, WHICH
REALLY IS HEADED TO THE ASH HEAP
OF HISTORY.
OF HISTORY. >> THE PROBLEM DANIELA IS THAT
IT’S SEEMING IN THE LAST FEW
WEEKS SOMETHING MORE THAN GRUMPY
STARTING WITH THE PRESIDENT’S
ATTACKS ON THE -- THE REPUBLICAN
CONGRESSMAN -- DEMOCRATIC
CONGRESS WOMEN AND THEN
COMPENSATES ABOUT ELIJAH
CUMMINGS AND BALTIMORE AND THEN
LAST NIGHT HE WAS CARRYING ON
ABOUT INNER CITIES.
AND IT’S MORE -- SEEMS MORE THAN
A FLIRTATION WITH RACISM.
IT SEEMS LIKE ALL OUT DATING.
>> YES, IT IS, IT’S MARRIAGE
BASICALLY.
BASICALLY. AND I JUST HAVE TO PUSH BACK A
LITTLE BIT.
LITTLE BIT. IN DID NOT START WITH DONALD
TRUMP, OKAY.
TRUMP, OKAY. LET’S NOT FORGET THAT SARAH
PALIN WAS OUT THERE WHIPPING UP
THOSE CROWDS AND TALKING ABOUT
PRESIDENT OBAMA AND HIGHLIGHTING
HIS QUOTE UNQUOTE OTHERNESS.
AND ALL THE UGLINESS THAT WE SAW
THAT CAME WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA’S
ELECTION AND THE RICE OF THE TEA
PARTY AND THE RACIST STUFF WE
SAW THEN.
SAW THEN. TO DAVID’S POINT, I THINK TRUMP
BOUGHT BROUGHT OUT THE RACISM
THAT’S BEEN DORMANT AND BEHIND
THE SCENES.
THE SCENES. WE HEARD THE RECENT REAGAN NIXON
TAPES ANWAR PRESIDENT REAGAN
EVERYONE’S FAVORITE LAUDED
REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT WAS CALLING
BLACK PEOPLE MONKEYS AND
EVERYBODY LAUGHED.
EVERYBODY LAUGHED. IT’S BEEN PART OF THE FOR
DECADES.
DECADES. AND DONALD TRUMP EMBRACED IT.
AND NOW PEOPLE FEEL EMBOLDENED
IN THE COUNTRY TO TALK ABOUT IT
FREELY.
FREELY. >> THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY FIGHTING BACK
AGAINST THE IDEA THAT LOSING
WILL HURD IN CONGRESS IS AN
ACTUAL LOSS FOR THE PARTY,
DAVID.
DAVID. TEXAS PRECINCT CHAIR SAYS GOOD
RIDENS TO WILL HURD.
LET’S LISTEN TO WHAT SHE SAYS.
>> I AM HE CAN STATIC AND HAPPY
THAT WILL HURD WILL NO LONGER BE
SEEKING RE-ELECTION FOR HIS
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. HE IS NOT A REPUBLICAN VALUES.
HE IS A RINO.
TEXAS NEEDS TO START STANDING
WITH TRUE CONSERVATIVES.
>> RINO REPUBLICAN IN NAME ONLY.
THAT’S THE ACCUSATION IF YOU ARE
A REPUBLICAN THESE DAYS WHO
DOESN’T AGREE WITH PRESIDENT
TRUMP.
TRUMP. >> HE WAS THE ONE BLACK
REPUBLICAN AND HE IS NOT EVEN A
REPUBLICAN.
REPUBLICAN. I DON’T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.
BUT I OEM EXPAND THIS OUT ONE
BIT TO WILL HURD NOT ONLY WAS
THE ONE AFRICAN-AMERICAN IN THE
HOUSE ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE
ALSO ONE OF THE- MAYBE THE ONLY
REPUBLICAN MEMBER OF CONGRESS
WHO SEEMED TO GIVE A DAMN ABOUT
RUSSIA’S ATTACK ON THE 2016
ELECTION INSTEAD OF THE GUYS ON
THE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE WHO
RAN AROUND TRYING TOS DISTRACT
AND SAY IT DIDN’T HAPPEN OR THAT
A FISA WARRANT IS MORE IMPORTANT
THAN THE ATTACK ON AN AMERICAN
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND DONALD
TRUMP’S INVOLVEMENT WITH THAT.
HE WAS OUT THERE SAYING THIS IS
BAD.
BAD. WE NEED TO INVESTIGATE THIS.
WE NEED TO BE HONEST AND WAS A
COUNTERPOINT TO DEVIN NUNES AND
NOW THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS FR
ON THE SIDE OF HEY NOTHING
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. AND THAT AGAIN IS BAD FOR THE
REPUBLICAN -- ANOTHER REASON TO
QUOTE CONGRESSMAN INGLISS, THE
PARTY COULD HEND UP UP ON THE
ASH HEAP OF HISTORY.
>> BOB INGLESS A INTELLIGENCE
GUY.
GUY. WILL HURD CAME FROM THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. HE HAD A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF
THIS.
THIS. JUSTIN AMASH TWEETED TO THIS
TODAY TO A POINT YOU MAKE A
WHILE AGO.
WHILE AGO. THERE WAS A TIME THE GOP HATED
DONALD TRUMP THEN THEY REALIZED
THEY COULD USE IN MAN LIKE IN
UNPRINCIPLED TRANSACTIONAL
UNPRINCIPLED TRANSACTIONAL SHAMELESS TO PUSH THE AGENDA.
McCONNELL AND McCARTHY ARE GIDDY
ABOUT TRUMP’S CONSERVATIVES IN
CONGRESS ARE THE ONES PRIVATELY
HORRIFIES.
HORRIFIES. TELL ME ABOUT THIS WHY ARE
CONSERVATIVES IN CONGRESS
OPERATIVELY HORRIFIED IF YOU
LISTEN TO WHAT JUSTIN AMASH SAYS
BUT THE LEADERSHIP IS NOT?
>> I DON’T KNOW.
THAT DON’T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE
TO ME.
TO ME. I THINK EVERYBODY IS PRETTY MUCH
HORRIFIED.
HORRIFIED. BUT -- AND TERRIFIED OF ACTIVIST
IN THE PARTY.
THAT’S TRUE BY THE WAY OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY TOO IT’S WHY
THE DEMOCRATS ARE DOING SUCH A
GOOD JOB RIGHT NOW IN THE
DEBATES OF SEEING THAT DONALD
TRUMP GETS A SECOND TERM.
BECAUSE THEY’RE TERRIFIED OF THE
ACTIVISTS IN THE PARTY.
AND THAT’S OUR CHALLENGE IN
AMERICA IT’S IS NOT JUST THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY BUT THE FACT
GNAT DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS PEOPLE
WITH SOME REALLY WILD IDEAS THAT
DRAW THE PARTY TOO FAR AND OUT
OF THE MARITIME.
>> I WOULD HEAR THAT.
>> THE WILD IDEA BASE GETTING
EVERYBODY HEALTH CARE ARE
DIFFERENT FROM WILD IDEAS ABOUT
BEING RACIST WOULDN’T YOU ARGUE.
>> THAT’S TRUE EXCEPT THIS ONE,
THE BIG ONE THAT -- THE
DEMOCRATS REALLY DOESN’T
UNDERSTAND IS IF YOU -- IF YOU
TREAT ABORTION AS A SACRAMENT OF
SOME SORT AND YOU RUN A HIGH
PRIEST OR HIGH PRIESTESS OF
ABORTION IN IN AMERICA YOU
CANNOT WIN THE SOUTH.
YOU CANNOT WIN TEXAS AND YOU
CANNOT WIN THE PRESIDENCY.
AND SO AS LONG AS THAT CULTURAL
DIVIDE REMAINS WITH THE
DEMOCRATS CHOOSING BASICALLY
TELLING JOE BIDEN THAT HE HAS TO
ABANDON 20 YEARS, 30 YEARS OF A
POLICY POSITION ON NO PUBLIC
FUNDING OF ABORTION YOU MUST
ACCEPT IT, JOE.
HE ACQUIESCES, HE HANDS THE
WHITE HOUSE BACK TO DONALD TRUMP
BECAUSE YOU CAN’T WIN THE SOUTH
OR TEXAS WITH THAT POSITION.
>> INTERESTING THOUGH BECAUSE
TED CRUZ OF TEXAS DANIELA HAS
WARNED THAT -- THERE IS TROUBLE
FOR REPUBLICANS IN TEXAS.
HE TOLD THE “WASHINGTON POST”,
THE PRESIDENT’S RE-ELECTION
CAMPAIGN NEEDS TO TAKE TEXAS
SERIOUSLY ADDING WHILE HE
REMAINS APARTMENT MINSK ABOUT
THE GOP CHANCES IT’S BY NO MEANS
A GIVEN THAT TRUMP WILL CARRY
TEXAS.
TEXAS. IF IT’S NO MEANS A GIVEN THAT
TRUMP CARRIES TEXAS IT’S BY NO
MEANS A GIVEN THAT TRUMP CARRIES
THE POPULAR VOTE OR THE ELECTION
AURL COLLEGE.
AURL COLLEGE. >> THAT’S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, HE WILL PROBABLY AGAIN
HAVE A LOT OF HELP FROM HIS
FRIENDS IN RUSSIA.
BUT TED CRUZ IS ONTO SOMETHING.
HE SAW WHAT HAPPENED IN THE
SENATE RACE AND HOW CLOSE
CONGRESSMAN O’ROURKE CAME TO
BEATING HIM.
BEATING HIM. THE VOTER RENTAL STRAGS DRIVES
HAPPENING ON THE PROGRESSIVE
SIDE.
SIDE. ABSOLUTELY TEXAS COULD WELL BE
IN PLAY.
IN PLAY. AND YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU LOOK
AT SOMEBODY LIKE WILL HURD AND I
DON’T KNOW THAT WOMAN WHO SEEMS
TO BE SO HAPPY.
>> CATHIY PONS, THE PRECINCT
CHAIR.
CHAIR. >> YOU KEEP THINKING THAT IF YOU
THAT HELPS YOU SLEP AT NIGHT.
BUT HE IS THE CANARY IN THE COAL
MINE.
MINE. ABSOLUTELY FORCING REPUBLICANS
TO SPEND MORE MONEY IN TEXAS IS
ONLY GOOD FOR DEMOCRATS.
CAN I JUST PUSH BACK ON ONE
THING?
THING? NO EXACT IS RUNNING TO BE THE
HIGH PRIEST OR HIGH PRIESTESS OF
THE ABORTION I DON’T KNOW WHAT
THAT MEANS.
THAT MEANS. >> REALLY THEY ARE DANIELA.
THEY ARE.
THEY ARE. YOU KNOW THEY ARE.
>> NO, THEY’RE NOT.
>> NO, LOOK AT -- LOOK AT THE
BILL CLINTON CALLED IT SAFE
LEGAL AND RARE BUT HILLARY
CLINTON SAID BASICALLY WE GOT TO
HAVE IT.
HAVE IT. BILL SAID SAFE LEGAL AND RARE.
YOU MAY BE ABLE TO WIN.
>> IT WAS QUITE DIFFERENT
BECAUSE SHE NEEDED TO RAMP UP
THE BASE.
THE BASE. SHE NEEDED TO GET THEM ALL
EXCITED.
EXCITED. THAT’S OUR PROBLEM IN AMERICA
TODAY.
TODAY. IS TOO MUCH ACQUIESCENCE TO THE
WHICH IS BASE ON THE DEMOCRATIC
SIDE WITH JERRY NADLER OF ALL
PEOPLE HAVING A PRIMARY OPPONENT
IN MANHATTAN AND THEN YOU HAVE
ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE THE SAME
FEAR.
FEAR. THERE ARE A LOT OF REASONABLY
PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON BUT THEY’RE
SCARED OF THE ACTIVISTS IN THEIR
OWN PARTY.
OWN PARTY. >> YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN -- BUT
CONGRESSMAN YOU’RE TALKING THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A POLICY
FIGHT WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE
AND ON THE -- AS ALI MENTIONED
WHETHER TRUMP IS A RACIST, A
BIGOT MISOGYNISTIC, IGNORANT,
INCOMPETENT.
INCOMPETENT. I MEAN KNOWS ARE THE THINGS THAT
THE BASE ACTIVISTS OF THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY ARE CHEERING
ON.
ON. RATHER THAN HAVING A LEGITIMATE
FIGHT OVER POLICY.
>> WELL, DAVID, I THINK THEY’RE
NOT -- THEY’RE NOT EXACTLY
CHEERING HIM ON I THINK WHAT IT
IS IS THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE --
THE PEOPLE AT THE RALLIES BUT I
THINK THERE ARE MANY REPUBLICANS
WHO CRINGE AT WHAT HE SAYS AND
DOES AND WISH HE WOULD JUST GO
AWAY.
AWAY. BUT THEY DON’T KNOW HOW TO GET
RID OF HIM.
I TELL YOU.
>> LET ME TELL YOU I JUDGE JUST
GOT BACK FROM A VACATION HAVE A
LITTLE JET LAG I WOULD TAKE