>>> SO, LOOK, I DON’T HAVE A PROBLEM STANDING UP TO SOMEBODY
WHO WAS, YOU KNOW, WORKING ON
SEASON 7 OF CELEBRITY APPRENTICE
WHEN I WAS PACKING MY BAGS FOR
AFGHANISTAN, BUT AT THE END OF
THE DAY IT WAS NOT ABOUT HIM.
>> DO YOU THINK HE SHOULD HAVE
SERVED IN VIETNAM.
>> I HAVE A DIM VIEW OF HIS
DECISION TO USE HIS PRIVILEGE
STATUS TO FAKE A DISABILITY IN
ORDER TO AVOID SERVING IN
VIETNAM.
VIETNAM. >> YOU BELIEVE HE FAKED A
DISABILITY.
DISABILITY. >> DO YOU BELIEVE HE HAS A
DISABILITY?
DISABILITY? YEAH.
YEAH. AT LEAST NOT NATHAT ONE.
HE -- NO, I DON’T MEAN A -- NO,
I -- THIS IS ACTUALLY REALLY
IMPORTANT BECAUSE I DON’T MEAN
TO TRIVIALIZE DISABILITY BUT I
THINK THAT’S WHAT HE DID.
>> A STINGING REBUKE OF THE
PRESIDENT BY MAYOR PETE
BUTTIGIEG.
BUTTIGIEG. THE LATEST POLL OUT TODAY HAS
HIM IN FIFTH PLACE BEHIND BIDEN
AND SANDERS AND A PAIR OF
SURGING DEMOCRATS, KAMALA HARRIS
AND ELIZABETH WARREN WHO ARE NOW
IN DOUBLE DIGITS.
THAT WAS YOUR COLLEAGUE, ROBERT
COSTA WHO DID A TREMENDOUS JOB.
THAT WAS A TREMENDOUS EVENT,
TONS OF NEWS, BUT THERE RIGHT
THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SORT OF
THAT HOW HARD CAN HE GO IF
DEMOCRATS WANT TO KNOW HOW HARD
THEIR CHOICES CAN GO WITH DONALD
TRUMP, THAT’S AS HARD AS YOU CAN
GO AT DONALD TRUMP.
>> THAT WAS HARD.
THAT WAS AFGHANISTAN HARD.
>> THAT WAS DISABILITY, NOT THAT
DISABILITY.
DISABILITY. >> HE CONNECTED THOSE DOTS.
THOSETHERE,
THOSETHERE, RIGHT.
RIGHT. AND EVERYBODY’S WRITTEN ABOUT
THEM AND THAT’S WHAT YOU TAKE
AWAY FROM WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED
WITH TRUMP.
WITH TRUMP. BUT THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT
COMING OUT AND SAYING IT, SAYING
IT FORCEFULLY, YEAH, HE FAKED
BONE SPURS AND THAT’S HOW HE GOT
OUT SERVING IN VIETNAM.
>> I HAD SAID THIS BEFORE, I
THINK THAT ALL OF THE DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATES ARE GETTING BETTER
WEEK AFTER WEEK AFTER WEEK AFTER
WEEK.
WEEK. BUTTIGIEG IS THE MOST GIFTED
POLITICAL COMMUNICATOR ON THE
FIELD.
FIELD. >> KNEW RIGHT WHERE TO GO TO
HURT TRUMP THE MOST.
I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS.
HE’S NOT THE FIRST PERSON TO GO
THERE ON VIETNAM WITH TRUMP, IT
WAS BOB KERREY, THE FORMER
SENATOR WHO SAID YOU HAD BONE
SPURS?
SPURS? LET’S SEE THE MRI.
TRUMP’S WHOLE IMAGE IS FIGHTING
THE ELITE.
THE ELITE. AND WE THE MEDIA, WHO COME FROM
NORMAL, MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES,
HAVE BECOME THE ELITE.
THAT ASIDE, THIS IS THE ULTIMATE
BETRAYAL OF THAT.
THAT HE USED HIS PRIVILEGED
STATUS AS AN OFFICIAL, AS THE
FAVORITE SON OF THE NEW YORK
ELITE TO AVOID THE DRAFT, IF HE
REALLY DIDN’T HAVE A DISABILITY
AND TRIVIALIZED IT AND GAINED A
SYSTEM LIKE THAT.
WHO ARE THE GUY HOZ DIDS WHO DID
GO?
GO? A LOT OF THE GUYS WHO SUPPORTED
HIM, WORKING CLASS GUY WHO TODAY
LIVE OFF SOCIAL SECURITY AND
PENSIONS THEY HAD TO WORK HARD
FOR AFTER THEY CAME BACK
POSSIBLY WITH REAL DISABILITIES
FROM SERVING.
FROM SERVING. >> IT’S AN EMOTIONAL AND
GUT-WRENCHING MESSAGE.
GUT-WRENCHING MESSAGE. HERE HE IS ON RACE.
>> IS PRESIDENT TRUMP A RACIST?
>> I THINK SO.
IF YOU DO RACIST THINGS AND SAY
RACIST THINGS, THE QUESTION OF
WHETHER THAT MAKES YOU A RACIST
IS ALMOST ACADEMIC.
THE PROBLEM WITH THE PRESIDENT
IS THAT HE DOES AND SAYS RACIST
THINGS AND GIVES COVER TO OTHER
RACISTS, AND IT’S NOT AN
ACCIDENT THAT HATE CRIMES ROSE
DISPROPORTIONATELY IN PLACES HIS
CAMPAIGN VISITED.
CAMPAIGN VISITED. WHICH BY THE WAY, IS ANOTHER
REMINDER WHY IT IS THE CONDUCT
OF OUR CAMPAIGN, NOT JUST OUR
OUTCOME, THAT COULD AFFECT WHAT
HAPPENS IN THIS COUNTRY.
AND THERE’S NO -- I MEAN,
WITHOUT HAVING TO EXAMINE HIS
HEART, THERE’S NO QUESTION WE
HAVE TO RESPOND TO THE RACISM
THAT IS EMANATING FROM HIS WHITE
HOUSE.
HOUSE. >> AND IT REMINDS ME OF A MOMENT
TODD GILLHAM HAD, ANDREW GILLUM
HAD, WHO RAN FOR GOVERNOR OF
FLORIDA.
FLORIDA. WHERE HE SAID I’M NOT SAYING
THAT YOU’RE RACIST.
>> THE RACIST ARE SAYING YOU’RE
RACIST.
RACIST. >> YEAH, THAT WAS THE GOVERNOR
OF FLORIDA.
OF FLORIDA. I DON’T HAVE TO SETTLE OUT FOR
YOU WHETHER I THINK TRUMP IS A
RACIST.
RACIST. THE RACIST THINKING IS IT.
>> IT SHOWS ALL OF THE
CANDIDATES, NOT JUST THE
CANDIDATES OF COLOR, HAVE TO
ADDRESS THE FACT THAT THIS IS
OFTEN AN ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
WHEN WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE
LANDSCAPE FOR 2020.
THERE IS THIS PERSISTENT FOCUS,
AND EVEN MORE SO NOW, THAT JOE
BIDEN IS IN THE RACE ON THESE
WHITE WORKING CLASS, MIDWESTERN
STATE FOLKS AND AT THE SAME TIME
HATE CRIMES ARE RISING, THE
DISPARITY DESPITE WHAT THE
PRESIDENT SAYS, THE DISPARITY,
ECONOMIC DISPARITIES BETWEEN
BLACKS AND OTHER MINORITIES IS
STILL PERSISTENT.
STILL PERSISTENT. THERE ARE A LOT OF PROBLEMS AND
ALL OF THE CANDIDATES WILL HAVE
TO SPEAK TO THAT.
THE MAJORITY OF THE DEMOCRATIC
ELECTORATE ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR
AND PEOPLE IN MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITIES AND THEY HAVE TO SAY
SPECIFICALLY HOW THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION HAS AFFECTED THEM
AND WHY THAT IS A REASON FOR
VOTERS TO VOTE FOR THEM.
PETE BUTTIGIEG HAS BEEN LAGGING
WHEN IT COMES TO MINORITY SPORT,
AND I THINK HE REALIZES THAT AND
HE KNOWS HOW TO JUST AS DIRECTLY
AS A VETERAN, TALKED ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT’S PAST MILITARY RECORD
OR LACK THEREOF, HE HAS TO JUST
AS DIRECTLY GET TO THE NUB WHEN
HE’S TALKING ABOUT ISSUES OF
RACE IN THIS COUNTRY.
>> THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT.
I DO THINK THE PRESIDENT HAS
NOWHERE TO GO.
THE FACTS ARE NOW ESTABLISHED.
JOE BIDEN RAISED THIS IN HIS
OPENING ANNOUNCEMENT VIDEO.
THE PRESIDENT’S INSTINCT, HIS
IMPULSE WAS TO RELITIGATE
CHARLOTTESVILLE FOR TEN DAYS.
>> HE DEFENDED HIS REMARKS,
BLAMING BOTH SIDES FOR THE
VIOLENCE, INCLUDING THE LIFE OF
A PERSON WHO WAS THERE TO
PROTEST WHITE NATIONALISTS.
I WAS ALSO STRUCK BY THE COMMENT
FROM MAYOR PETE BUTTIGIEG, THE
SAME STRUCTURE HE USED WHEN HE
WAS ASKED BY MIKE PENCE WHETHER
HE’S HOMOPHOBIC, HE SAID I DON’T
KNOW IF HE IS BUT THE POLICIES
HE ADVOCATES FOR ARE.
I THINK IT SHOWS AN ADEPT WAY OF
ATTACKING THE ADMINISTRATION,
YOU RAISED THE POINT IT WAS JOE
BIDEN WHOSE OPENING WORDS WERE
CHARLOTTESVILLE, SEEMED TO LIGHT
A FIRE UNDER DEMOCRATS WHO WERE
NOT GOING RIGHT AFTER TRUMP,
THEY WERE CAMPAIGNING AGAINST
HIS POLICIES BUT NOT HIS
CHARACTER.
CHARACTER. WHAT WE ARE SEEING HERE IS LET’S
CHANGE NOW.
CHANGE NOW. DEMOCRATS, THEY SEEM FAR LESS
RELUCTANT TO GO AFTER DONALD
TRUMP THE MAN, NOT JUST DONALD
TRUMP THE PRESIDENT.
>> WOMEN SURGING IN THIS POLL.
KAMALA HARRIS UP 3, ELIZABETH
WARREN UP 4, AMY KLOBUCHAR UP 2.
I THINK THIS IS BECAUSE THEY’RE
RUNNING REALLY GOOD CAMPAIGNS.
I THINK HARRIS HAD A MOMENT WITH
BARR.
BARR. SHE RODE IT.
SHE’S TAKING IT TO THE CAMPAIGN
TRAIL.
TRAIL. SHE’S PUTTING DOWN SOME OF THE
BRICKS FOR A CAMPAIGN.
SHE’S NOW TURNED ON A MORE
PUBLIC-FACING FACE OF HER
CAMPAIGN.
CAMPAIGN. I SAID IT BEFORE, ELIZABETH
WARREN IS AS EFFECTIVE AS ANYONE
IN THIS FIELD AS COMMUNICATOR
AND MESSENGER THAT THE BASE IS
STARVING FOR.
STARVING FOR. >> SHE’S BEEN GRINDING IT OUT,
DISTINGUISHING HERSELF AND
INVESTING IN MAJOR FIELD
OPERATIONS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, IN
IOWA.
IOWA. AND I THINK NOW THAT THEY ARE
GETTING MORE TIME WITH THE NEWS
STATIONS AND COVERAGE IN A LOT
OF THESE COMMUNITIES, THE POLLS
ARE SHOWING THAT THIS IS A
REALLY COMPETITIVE RACE.
AND THEY ARE IN THAT SECOND TIER
NOW SOLIDLY.
NOW SOLIDLY. THEY WILL MAKE THE DEBATE STAGE.
AND I DON’T THINK WE’RE GOING TO
SEE MUCH MORE MOVEMENT -- I MAY
BE WRONG, BUT I DON’T THINK
WE’RE GOING TO SEE A TON OF
MOVEMENT UNTIL AFTER THAT FIRST
DEBATE.
DEBATE. I WOULDN’T SAY THIS IS ANYTHING
TO DO WITH THEIR GENDER BUT JUST