FOR >>> JOINING US NOW, DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATE GOVERNOR STEVE BULLOCK
OF MONTANA, WHO WAS JUST
ENDORSED BY AYE I CAN’T STATE’S
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
ATTORNEY GENERAL. >> THAT’S BIG.
>> THE FIRST MAYOR STATEWIDE
IOWA ENDORSEMENT IN THE RACE.
GREAT TO YOU HAVE ON THE SHOW.
>> GOOD MORNING, MIKA.
>> GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING.
I’M GOING TO START ASKING ALL
THE CANDIDATES WHO JUMP IN AT
THIS POINT THIS QUESTION --
THERE ARE SO MANY OF YOU RUNNING
SO WHAT IS SO UNIQUE, SO
UNUSUAL, SO IMPORTANT ABOUT YOU
THAT YOU HAVE TO JUMP IN, YOU
HAVE TO JOIN THIS HUGE, HUGE
RANGE OF CANDIDATES BECAUSE YOU
MAKE THE DIFFERENCE.
>> EAR THAN YOUR WINNING SMILE.
>> WHAT IS IT?
>> WHAT IS IT?
>> I THINK WE’RE AT A DANGEROUS
POINT IN IT 243-YEAR EXPERIENCE
CALLED FUNDAMENTAL DEMOCRACY.
I WANT TO MAKE OUR POLITICAL
SYSTEM WORK SO EVERYONE GETS A
FAIR SHOT.
FAIR SHOT. I’VE ACTUALLY -- MY LEGISLATURE
IS 60% REPUBLICAN.
MOST OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE
IN THE FIELD ARE TALKING ABOUT,
WE’VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IN
MONTANA.
MONTANA. >> HMM.
>> HMM. >> WE’VE ALSO LED EVEN BEFORE I
WAS GOVERNOR, I WAS ATTORNEY
GENERAL, FIGHTING AGAINST THE
CORRUPTING INFLUENCE OF OUTSIDE
DOLLARS IN THE POST-CITIZENS
UNITED WORLD.
UNITED WORLD. FUNDAMENTALLY IF WE DON’T
ADDRESS THAT, WE’RE NEVER GOING
A
A TO ADDRESS THE OTHER BIG
PROBLEMS WE FACE.
>> WE QUOTED KEDJOHN KENNEDY SR.
WHO SAID HE’S GOING TO SELL SO
FLAKESSOAP
FLAKESSOAP FLAKES.
FLAKES. HOW DO YOU GET IN A POSITION
WHERE YOU CAN WIN?
>> GREAT QUESTION.
I’M LATE INTO THIS AND I SIGNED
MY LAST BILL ON MONDAY AND
ANNOUNCED ON TUESDAY.
FUNDAMENTALLY WITH THAT
LEGISLATURE, I HAD TO GET THINGS
DONE, GOT MEDICARE EXPANSION
REOKAYRE
REOKAYRE REOCCUPIED, I HAD TO GET MY JOB
DONE BACK AT HOME.
WEEP NEED TO WIN BACK PLACES
THAT WE LOST IN 2016.
HAVE I A
HAVE I A I HAVE A PROVEN RECORD OF DOING
THAT, BRIDGE THE DIVIDES THAT
MAKES POLITICS WORK.
THE AVERAGE AMERICAN REALLY
HASN’T HAD A PAY INCREASE.
WHEN LINDSEY GRAHAM SAYS WE HAVE
TO GET THIS TAX CUT THROUGH TO
MAKE OUR DONORS HAPPY, IT’S NOT
SPACK BEING TO MOST PEOPLE
OUTSIDE OF WASHINGTON, D.C. AND
THE COAST.
THE COAST. IF WE’RE NOT GIVING THEM A
REASON TO VOTE FOR US WE’RE NOT
GOING TO WIN.
I SELL BY SHOWING UP, BY
BASICALLY TALKING ABOUT THE
SHARED VALUES WE HAVE NO MATTER
WHERE WE LIVE AND BY GIVING
PEOPLE A REASON TO BELIEVE THAT
BOTH THE GOVERNMENT AND THE
ECONOMY IT WORK FOR THEM.
>> GOVERNOR, I SUSPECT AS YOU
GET INTO THIS RACE, A LOT OF
PEOPLE WILL LOOK AT YOU AND SAY
I LIKE THIS GUY, SEEMS LIKE A
GOOD GUY BUT THEN THEY’LL ASK
THEMSELVES ABOUT MAYOR PETE
BUTTIGIEG.
BUTTIGIEG. YES, HE GOT THINGS DONE BUT IT’S
A STATE OF 1 MILLION PEOPLE.
WHAT MAKES YOU THINK CAN YOU RUN
A COUNTRY OF 330 MILLION?
>> WHAT A TIME FOR AMERICAN
POLITICS WHEN YOU HAVE THE MAYOR
OF A CITY AND A MAYOR OF 2000.
NOW ONLY HAVE I BEEN ABLE TO GET
SOME OF THIS WORK DONE IN
MONTANA, BUT WE’VE LED THE
COUNTRY WHEN IT COMES TO NET
NEUTRALITY, MAKING A FUNDAMENTAL
DIFFERENCE MAKING THE INTERNET
FOR EVERYONE.
FOR EVERYONE. WE’VE LED IN AREAS LIKE CAMPAIGN
FINANCE FAR BEYOND MONTANA.
I THINK FUNDAMENTALLY WHEN YOU
LOOK AT WHAT I’VE BEEN ABLE TO
DO AND THE WAY THAT I’VE BEEN
ABLE TO DO IT, I SURROUND MYSELF
WITH BOOD SO I THINK FROM THAT
PERSPECTIVE YOU BRING THAT EXCAN
I HAVE EXPERIENCE AND IT CAN
CERTAINLY TRANSLATE INTO NO JUST
IN A SMALL ARE STATE ABOUT
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
>> AS YOU GO FROM RUNNING
MONTANA TO COMMANDING THE
WORLD’S MOST POWERFUL ARMY,
SOMETHING LIKE IRAN, HOW WOULD
YOU BE HANDLING IRAN RIGHT NOW?
THAT’S WHAT PEOPLE WILL WONDER.
AND PROMOTE AMERICAN VALUES.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHERE WE’VE
BEEN WITH IRAN, WHEN THIS
ADMINISTRATION CAME IN, WE WERE
ACTUALLY WITH OUR ALLIES ALONG
THE WAY AND SAYING LET’S HOLD
IRAN ACCOUNTABLE.
IRAN ACCOUNTABLE. THIS IDEA OF AMERICA FIRST
BECOMING A SO WHERE YOU’D BEGIN
IS SAYING WE NEED NOT TO BE
DOING THIS ALONE BUT WE NEED TO
BRING IN ALLIES AND SOME OF OUR
ADVERSARYIES TO THE TABLE.
>> SO YOU WOULD STAY WITH THE
IRAN DEAL?
IRAN DEAL? >> I THINK WE COULD IMPROVE THE
IRAN DEAL.
IRAN DEAL. UNTIL RECENTLY, WE KNEW THERE
WERE INSPEBORS HERE THAT THEY.
I FUNDAMENTALLY PEOPLE ARE
STARTING TO BELIEVE THAT
GOVERNMENT DOESN’T WORK FOR
THEM.
THEM. WHEN THE ECONOMY DOESN’T WORK
FOR THEM AND THE GOVERNMENT
DOESN’T WORK FOR THEM, IT’S NO
SURPRISE THAT PEOPLE ARE
FRUSTRATED, THEY’RE ANGRY,
THEY’RE ANXIOUS.
THEY’RE ANXIOUS. AND WHAT WE’VE HAD IS A
PRESIDENT WHO HAS POURED
GASOLINE ON THAT FIRE AS OPPOSED
TO TRYING TO BRING US TO THE IN
YOUR STATE IF YOU GO TO MEET
YOUR NEIGHBORS, OTS THIS IS A
GREAT AND DIVERSE COUNTRY, THE
TAP INDUSTRY OF THIS NATION IS
MULTI-COLORED.
MULTI-COLORED. WHAT DO YOU TELL SOMEONE, A
PARENT, A SINGLE PARENT OF A
CHILD KWHOS MOST DANGEROUS PART
OF THE DAY IS MAYBE THE TO
SCHOOL?
SCHOOL? WHAT DO YOU TALK ABOUT TO THOSE
PEOPLE?
PEOPLE? >> AND I REALLY LOOK TOO,
THOUGH, THERE ARE DIFFERENT
CHALLENGES BASED ON DIFFERENT
COMMUNITIES AND I WOULD NEVER
EQUATE THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES
BUT I’VE HAD SOME OF THOSE SAME
CONVERSATIONS WITH NATIVE
AMERICAN S
AMERICAN S AMERICANS AND IF YOU LOOKED AT
MESSING AND MURDERED, INDIGENOUS
WAIT A MINUTE.
FRRM SO WHAT I WILL DO CERTAINLY
IS I’LL SHOW UP, I’LL LISTEN
MORE THAN I TALK, UNDERSTAND
THAT PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT
CHALLENGES AND DIFFERENT
HISTORICAL CHALLENGES AND I WANT
THEM TOE SABLE TO I WAS IN
NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THERE WAS 130
SHOOTINGS IN ONE WEEKEND.
A MALL ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF
CHICAGO WANTS THE SAME THING AS
A MOM IN RURAL MONTANA WANTS.
YOU WANT A SAFE COMMUNITY, YOU
WANT A ROOF OVER YOUR HEAD, YOU
WANT A DECENT JOB, YOU WANT GOOD
SCHOOLS, WANT TO BELIEVE YOU CAN
DO BETTER FOR YOUR KIDS AND
GRANDKIDS AND EVEN YOURSELF.
SO THE VALUES THE SAME.
THE CHALLENGES ARE DIFFERENT
ALONG THE WAY.
I THINK WE’RE FINALLY AT A PLACE
IN THIS COUNTRY WHERE WE HAVE TO
ADDRESS THOSE UNIQUE CHALLENGES
AND I’LL BRING PEOPLE TO THE
TABLE TO HELP ME.
>> GOVERNOR, LET’S DO A QUICK
LIGHTNING ROUND HERE.
>> WHAT CAN GO WRONG?
>> THINGS HAVE GONE TERRIBLY
WRONG ON THIS SHOW BEFORE, THE S
BEFORE.
BEFORE. ARE YOU A CAPITALIST?
>> I AM A CAPITALIST AND I THINK
THERE ARE PARTS OF CAPITALISM
THAT’S BROKEN.
THAT’S BROKEN. THE FACT THAT A SECRETARY OR A
LEGAL ASSISTANT IS PAYING MORE
TAXES THAN AM YVONNE WHICH HAS
$10 BILLION IN PROFITS IS A
PROBLEM.
PROBLEM. THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE TRILLION
DOLLARS OF STOCK BUYBACKS WHEN
80% OF THE STOCKS ARE OWNED BY
10% OF THE PEOPLE ARE A PROBLEM
BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BE
IMPROVING THAT.
IMPROVING THAT. >> OKAY.
>> OKAY. MEDICARE FOR ALL.
DO YOU SUPPORT MEDICARE FOR ALL
OR NOT.
OR NOT. >> THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN
DOING EVERYTHING IT CAN DESTROY
AND RIP KELT CARE FROM PEOPLE
THE LAST TWOFOUR YEARS.
THERE’S WAY TO GET TO
ACCESSIBILITY WITHOUT DISRUPTING
OR TAKING ABOUT 70% OF THE
PRIVATE MARKET, PRIVATE
INSURANCE AND MAKING THEM HAVE
TO CHANGE.
TO CHANGE. >> SO YOU WOULD OPPOSE MEDICARE
FOR ALL THEN?
>> I THINK THERE’S OTHER WAYS TO
GET TO THE SAME GOAL SO I WOULD
OPPOSE MEDICARE FOR ALL.
>> WHAT ABOUT FREE COLLEGE?
BERNIE SANDERS IS TALKING ABOUT
FREE COLLEGE FOR ALL.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?
>> MONTANA HAS THE FOURTH LOWEST
TUITION FEES IN THE NATION.
THAT’S BY DESIGN.
I HAD $175,000 WORTH OF LOANS.
WE NEED TO ADDRESS COLLEGE
AFFORDABILITY AND WE CAN, BUT
ULTIMATELY I’LL NEVER FORGET
THAT DAY THAT I WROTE MY LAST --
MY WIFE AND I WROTE THAT LAST
CHECK TO PAY OFF OUR LOANS.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT’S
AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE BUT
NOT NECESSARILY FREE FOR
EVERYONE.
EVERYONE. >> SO HOW DO YOU DO THAT?
I CAME FROM A MIDDLE CLASS
FAMILY.
FAMILY. I CANNOT RELATE UNFORTUNATELY TO
STORIES OF CRIPPLING LOAN DEBT
BECAUSE I WENT TO THE UNIVERSITY
OF ALABAMA AND IT WASN’T THAT
LONG AGO AND I THINK MY -- AS AN
OUT OF STATE STUDENT, MY TUITION
WAS LIKE $750 A SEMESTER.
I THEN WENT TO FLORIDA LAW
SCHOOL WHICH, YOU KNOW, IT WAS
ONE OF THE BETTER STATE LAW
SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY.
MY TUITION WAS $1,000 PER
SEMESTER.
SEMESTER. WHY SHOULDN’T THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT BE ABLE TO FORCE
STATE SCHOOLS TO SAY IF YOU WANT
OUR MONEY, IF YOU WANT TO ENGAGE
IN OUR LOAN SYSTEM, YOU HAVE TO
MAKE COLLEGE MORE AFFORDABLE FOR
IN-STATE STUDENTS.
IN-STATE STUDENTS. >> I THINK YOU COULD DO.
YOU COULD MAKE IT SO THEY’RE
MAKING IT MORE AFFORDABLE AND
THEN FROM THE STATE AND THE
FEDERAL SIDE WE COULD BE PAYING
FOR THIS.
FOR THIS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST DECADE,
YOU KNOW, REAL SPENDING PER
STUDENT HAS DROPPED BY ABOUT
16%.
16%. AT THE SAME TIME THE COLLEGE
LOANS HAVE DOUBLED OVER THE LAST
DECADE.
DECADE. WE’RE NOW $1.4 TRILLION OF DEBT
FOR 44 MILLION PEOPLE WHERE THE
AVERAGE STUDENT IS WALKING OUT
WITH $28,000 IN LOANS.
BUT I THINK THEN HOW YOU DO IT
IS YOU ACTUALLY ADDRESS AND USE
THAT 120 SOME BILLION DOLLARS A
YEAR THAT WE SPEND ON HIGHER
EDUCATION, YOU CAN INCENT VISE
STATES TO DO BETTER.
BUT NOT EVERYBODY IS GOING TO GO
TO COLLEGE.
TO COLLEGE. I SPENT A LOT OF TIME OVER THE
LAST FEW YEARS, SEVEN OF MY TEN
TWO-YEAR COLLEGES.
TWO-YEAR COLLEGES. IT’S NOT ABOUT ASSOCIATE’S
DEGREE ANYMORE.
DEGREE ANYMORE. IT’S ABOUT A PROFESSIONALLY
RECOGNIZED CERTIFICATE OR
APPRENTICESHIP TO GIVE SOMEBODY
THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET A DECENT
JOB.
JOB. >> SII’VE DONE A TERRIBLE JOB ON
LIGHTNING ROUND.
LIGHTNING ROUND. FINAL LIGHTNING ROUND QUESTION.
SHOULD THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY
FOR ISRAEL BE IN JERUSALEM OR
TEL AVIV.
TEL AVIV. >> I THINK IT’S NOW BEEN MOVED
TO JERUSALEM AND I DON’T THINK
THE UNITED STATES GOT MUCH OUT
OF IT.
OF IT. BUT WE’VE GOT TO GET BACK TO
WORKING TOWARD A TWO-STATE
SOLUTION.
SOLUTION. >> WILLIE GEIST WILL NOW ASK YOU
LIGHTNING ROUND QUESTIONS ABOUT
80S POP SONGS.
>> EDDIE’S GOT ONE AND SUSAN’S
GOT ONE AS WELL.
>> I WANT TO RETURN TO SOMETHING
THAT MIKE ASKED YOU.
WHEN I HEAR THE LANGUAGE I WANT
TO WIN THE STATES THAT WE LOST,
I CAN SPEAK TO THAT PART OF
AMERICA THAT THE PARTY HASN’T
SPOKEN TO, IT -- HEAR IT SOUNDS
TO ME AS IF YOU’RE NOT GOING TO
SPEAK TO BLACK AND BROWN
CONSTITUENTS AND MANY PEOPLE
ARGUE THAT THE PATH WAY TO THE
NOMINATION WILL BE THROUGH BLACK
COMMUNITIES AND PARTICULARLY
THROUGH BLACK WOMEN.
>> AND IT WILL BE.
>> AS YOU PIVOT TO SOUTH
CAROLINA, WHAT SPECIFICALLY --
SPECIFICALLY WILL YOU SAY TO
BLACK VOTERS AS WE -- YOU KNOW,
SOME WAYS WE’RE LIVING IN A
MOMENT THAT’S BEEN DEFINED IN
SOME WAYS BY CHARLOTTESVILLE,
DEFINED BY A DIVISIVE RHETORIC,
BUT WHAT WOULD YOU SAY
SPECIFICALLY IN TERMS OF POLICY
TO SAY THAT YOU SHOULD BE THEIR
CHOICE TO BLACK VOTERS.
>> I WOULD SHOW UP AND LISTEN
BUT I WOULD ALSO TURN AROUND AND
SAY YOU KNOW WHAT, I WAS RAISED
MORE OR LESS WITH A SINGLE MOM,
DELIVERED NEWSPAPERS TO THE
GOVERNOR’S HOUSE.
GOVERNOR’S HOUSE. I WENT TO DOING THAT AND RAISING
MY FAMILY.
MY FAMILY. I HAD A SHOT AT THE AMERICAN
DREAM AND I KNOW BECAUSE OF
HISTORICAL AND SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS
SO MANY PEOPLE HAVEN’T HAD A
SHOT AT THE AMERICAN DREAM AND
WE NEED TO ACTUALLY DIRECTLY
ADDRESS THAT.
ADDRESS THAT. THE IDEA THAT IF YOU’RE AN
AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN, FOUR
TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DIE DURING
CHILDBIRTH THAN A WHITE
INDIVIDUAL IF -- MUCH LESS
LIKELY TO ATTEND COLLEGE SO WHAT
I WOULD SPECIFICALLY SAY IS
LET’S LOOK AT WHERE WE’VE GONE
WRONG IN THE PAST.
LET’S RECOGNIZE THAT YOU HAVEN’T
HAD A SHOT, A FAIR SHOT AT WHAT
I’VE HAD AND OTHERS HAVE HAD AND
HOW CAN WE SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS
THAT.
THAT. >> HOW WOULD YOU GO ABOUT
HEALING THE RIFT THAT HAS BEEN
LEFT BY THE DIVISIVE RHETORIC?
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. I MEAN, THE DIVISIVE RHETORIC
AND THE RIFT WAS CAUSED IN THE
LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS MORE
THAN ANYTHING.
THAN ANYTHING. I MEAN, HE’S RIPPED BAND AIDS
OFF OF WHERE WE’VE HAD
CHALLENGES IN THIS COUNTRY FOR
DECADES AND I WOULD WANT, YOU
KNOW, MY CABINET AND THE PEOPLE
AROUND ME TO LOOK LIKE AMERICA.
THAT’S WHAT I’VE TRIED TO DO --
I’VE TRIED TO MAKE MY CABINET
AND FOLKS AROUND ME LOOK LIKE
MONTANA.
MONTANA. AND I’D SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, NO
MATTER WHERE WE’RE FROM, WE WANT
THAT SHOT FOR OUR KIDS AND GRAND
KIDS AND IF WE DON’T RECOGNIZE
THAT -- LIKE THIS WASN’T JUST
SLAVERY.
SLAVERY. THIS WASN’T JUST SEGREGATION.
THIS IS RED LINING, THIS IS
THINGS THAT ARE OCCURRING EVEN
TO THIS VERY DAY.
THERE’S A REASON WHY IF YOU’RE
IN THE LOWEST ECONOMY THAT YOU
KNOW, LESS THAN 30% OF KIDS GO
TO COLLEGE, 9% COMPLETE IN
COLLEGE.
COLLEGE. YOU HAVE BEEN DEPRIVED OF
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, MANY
PEOPLE HAVE, FOR A LOT LONGER
THAN THE LAST TWO AND A HALF
YEARS AND WE’VE GOT TO ADDRESS
THAT.
THAT. >> GOVERNOR, SWITCHING TO THE
ECONOMY, TARIFFS, HITTING THIS
COUNTRY VERY HARD.
PARTICULARLY MONTANA.
PARTICULARLY MONTANA. BUT IT’S MORE THAN JUST THE
FARMERS AND AGRICULTURE, IT’S
EVERYDAY AMERICANS TOO.
IT’S THE WASHER AND DRYERS HAVE
GONE UP IN COSTS ET CETERA.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WERE IN
A POSITION RIGHT NOW TO
NEGOTIATE WITH CHINA, WHAT DO
YOU WANT TO SEE HAPPEN WITH THE
TARIFFS?
TARIFFS? WOULD YOU REMOVE THEM
IMMEDIATELY IF I GAVE YOU THAT
POWER?
POWER? WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
>> YEAH, IN A PLACE LIKE
MONTANA, OUR PRODUCERS ARE
GETTING HIT ON BOTH SIDES.
THEY’RE LOSING THEIR MARKETS AND
ANY PAYMENT FROM THE DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE ISN’T GOING TO
REPLACE THE MARKET WHEN BRAZIL
TAKES OVER AND THEY’RE INPUTS.
STEEL AND ALUMINUM IS MUCH
HIGHER.
HIGHER. EVERY AMERICAN AT A 25% TARIFF
TO CHINA, A FAMILY WOULD BE
PAYING ABOUT $2,000 FOR GOODS A
YEAR.
YEAR. SO FUNDAMENTALLY, I MEAN, AND
AGAIN, THIS -- IT’S SORT OF JUST
THIS KNEE JERK RESPONSE THAT A
TARIFF IS SORT OF A INSTRUMENT
AND IT’S TOMB TO MAKE IT FAIR T.
WE HAVEN’T REALLY BEEN ABLE TO
OPEN UP THEIR MARKETS SINCE THEY
GOT MFN STATUS IN 2000.
SO FUNDAMENTALLY, I WOULD
ADDRESS, TRY TO BRING OPENING,
RECOGNIZE OPENING TO THEIR
MARKETS.
MARKETS. I DON’T THINK JUST TARIFFS ALONE
DOES IT.
DOES IT. I THINK WE HAVE TO WORK WITH THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. >> BUT WHAT ABOUT SPECIFICALLY
WITH CHINA?
WITH CHINA? WHAT DEAL WOULD YOU WANT TO
REACH WITH THEM?
WE POINT A LOT OF FINGERS AT
DONALD TRUMP SAYING HE’S PLAYING
THE WRONG HAND.
WHAT’S THE RIGHT HAND.
>> WHERE I THINK THAT TRUMP IS
RIGHT IS THAT CHINA IS A THREAT
AND A THREAT TO OUR ECONOMY.
AND FROM THE LONG-TERM
PERSPECTIVE -- AND THEY’RE
LOOKING AT THIS LONG-TERM, NOT
JUST SHORT TERM.
I THINK THAT WHAT I WOULD END UP
DOING IS SAYING LET’S TALK ABOUT
EACH OF THE SECTORS THAT WE’RE
REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT.
25 YEARS AGO CHINA DID THIS IN
STEEL.
STEEL. SO IN SOME WAYS WE’RE FIGHTING A
BATTLE FROM 25 YEARS AGO.
RIGHT NOW THEY’RE DOING IT IN
TECH AND NEGOTIATE NOT TO SAY
WE’RE GOING TO HAVE BLANKET
TARIFFS AND AN ESCALATING TRADE
WAR BUT LET’S COME TO THE TABLE
AND SAY THAT AMERICAN GOODS HAVE
ACCESSED THE CHINESE MARKET.
WHEN WE DO WE DON’T HAVE TO GIVE
AWAY ALL OF OUR AMERICAN
TECHNOLOGY AND IT’S NOT JUST
ACCESS FOR OUR AG PRODUCTS.
IT’S ACCESS FOR EVERYTHING IN
OUR ECONOMY.
OUR ECONOMY. >> FINAL QUESTION FOR YOU.
PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT OF
THE MORNING.
THE MORNING. I NOTICE IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF
DAYS OF THE CAMPAIGN YOU RAISED
$1 MILLION IN THE FIRST 24
HOURS.
HOURS. YOU GOT THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE
IOWA ATTORNEY GENERAL BUT YOU
ALSO GOT THE BACKING OF JEFF
BRIDGES.
BRIDGES. >> THAT’S TRUE.
>> WILL YOU PLEDGE HERE AND NOW,
GOVERNOR, TO GIVE THE DUDE A
PLACE IN YOUR ADMINISTRATION IF
YOU ARE ELECTED?
>> YOU KNOW, JEFF BRIDGES AND I
WORKED ON CHILDHOOD HUNGER,
OTHER THINGS.
OTHER THINGS. I WAS EXCITED WHEN HE CAME OUT
AND CONSIDER HIM A GOOD FRIEND
BUT A GOOD ADVOCATE FOR ENDING