>>> HILLARY CLINTON AND THE DNC, THE INSURANCE POLICY JUST IN
CASE HILLARY CLINTON LOST.
REMEMBER DURING ONE OF THE
DEBATES WHEN CROOKED HELDRY SAID
SAID THE FREE PASS THEY GAVE TO
HILLARY AND HER AIDES.
HILLARY USED THE WORD
DEPLORABLES.
DEPLORABLES. HILLARY CLINTON MADE A BIG
MISTAKE WITH THAT SPEECH.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY. LEAN IN.
LEAN IN. DON’T TELL TRUMP BUT IT’S ABOUT
953 DAYS SINCE HILLARY CLINTON
WAS A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, SHE’S NOT
RUNNING IN 2020.
THAT DIDN’T STOP TRUMP THOUGH
FROM MENTIONING HER NAME MORE
THAN HALF A DOZEN TIMES BEFORE
ACKNOWLEDGING A SINGLE DEMOCRAT
WHO IS ACTUALLY RUNNING IN 2020.
THAT’S LAST NIGHT’S RALLY IN A
NUTSHELL FOR YOU.
NO NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS, NO SHIFT
IN RHETORIC.
IN RHETORIC. MORE LOOK BACK THAN LOOK FORWARD
AND AT TIMES IT WAS HARD TO
REMEMBER WHAT YEAR IT IS.
>> DRAIN THE SWAMP.
DRAIN THE SWAMP.
THE SYSTEM IS RIGGED.
THE SYSTEM IS RIGGED.
CROOKED HILLARY CLINTON.
CROOKED HILLARY CLINTON.
CROOKERY, BROKEN HILLARY
CLINTON.
CLINTON. >> LAST NIGHT’S RALLY IN ORLANDO
WAS TRUMP’S 16th CAMPAIGN STYLE
ARENA EVENT, HIS SEVENTH IN
FLORIDA WHERE HE’S BEHIND IN THE
POLLS AND SECOND ONE HE’S DONE
IN THAT CITY.
IT WAS NEARLY INDISCERNIBLE THAN
ANY OF THE ONES THAT CAME BEFORE
IT.
IT. "THE NEW YORK TIMES" PUT IT’S,
QUOTE, BY THE END OF TRUMP’S
76-MINUTE SPEECH, THERE WERE
PATCHES OF BLUE SEATS VISIBLE
ACROSS THE ARENA.
SOME SUPPORTERS LEFT THE RALLY
EARLY, MAYBE BECAUSE THEY HAD
SEEN IT BEFORE.
JOINING THE CONSCIOUS, JUST BACK
FROM ORLANDO, WHITE HOUSE BUREAU
CHIEF OF THE "THE WASHINGTON
POST" PHIL RUCKER, SENIOR
ADVISER TO MOVE ON.ORG, CORINNE
JEAN-PIERRE.
JEAN-PIERRE. PHIL, WHAT DID YOU SEE?
>> IT FELT LIKE DEJA VU FOR BOTH
OF US WHO COVERED THE 2016
CAMPAIGN BECAUSE IT WAS THE SAME
POPULOUS MESSAGES, SAME
GRIEVANCES, SAME LINES EVEN AND
SAME RESPONSE WITH THE CROWD S.
AND THE SAME LOGO.
IT WAS 2016 ALL GOENKOVER AGAIN
IT WAS THE KICKOFF FOR HIS
ELECTION.
ELECTION. IT’S BEEN A NONSTOP FOUR-YEAR
POLITICAL CAMPAIGN FOR DONALD
TRUMP AND I THINK IT WILL
CONTINUE THAT WAY UNTIL ELECTION
DAY IN 2020.
>> CORINNE, READING THEIR OWN
REVIEWS AFTER A RESTAURANT
OPENING, HERE’S ONE FROM "NEW
YORK" MAGAZINE -- OBVIOUSLY
TALKING ABOUT EVERYTHING HE
TALKS ABOUT TRUMP GOT MOST OF IT
WRONG IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER,
INTENTIONALLY OR ACCIDENTLY OR
WHATEVER THE WORD IS FOR DOING
SOMETHING ACCIDENTALLY AND NOT
CARING ABOUT THE ACCIDENT.
HE LIED, EXAGGERATED AND
MISINTERPRETED.
MISINTERPRETED. HE SPOKE IN A PARTICULARLY
BOUNTIFUL HYPER SPECIFIC AND YET
SOMEHOW MEANINGLESS STYLE IN THE
SPEECH.
SPEECH. I THINK THAT’S ONE OF THE BEST
DESCRIPTIONS I HAVE EVER READ OF
TRUMP, BUT HOW DO YOU CONFRONT
THAT?
THAT? >> THAT’S A GOOD QUESTION.
I WATCHED IT LAST NIGHT.
I DIDN’T WANT TO BUT I DO.
>> LIKE THAT RUN YOU DON’T WANT
TO GO ON BUT YOU DO.
>> THAT’S RIGHT.
IT WAS JUST A REMINDER OF 2016
AS OTHERS SAID BUT IT HAS ALSO
BASICALLY LAID OUT HOW AWFUL IT
WOULD BE IN 2020?
IT WAS 2016 TIMES 10.
THAT WAS THE FEAR AND UGLINESS
YOU SAW THERE.
I WOULD SAY IN 2016 -- AND
PEOPLE HAVE SAID THIS, I’M NOT
THE FIRST TO SAY IT, HE DIDN’T
KNOW HE WAS GOING TO WIN.
HE WAS DOING IT AND IT WAS FUN
AND THERE WAS NOTHING ATTACHED
TO T HE WAS JUST OUT THERE.
THIS TIME AROUND HE’S A
DESPERATE MAN.
DESPERATE MAN. HE NEEDS TO GET RE-ELECTED.
WHEN YOU HAVE A DESPERATE MAN, A
DESPERATE PERSON, IT IS GOING TO
BE A WILD, DISGUSTING, UGLY
RIDE.
RIDE. HE KNOWS IF HE CANNOT GET
RE-ELECTED HE CAN BE INDICTED,
HE CAN BE ARRESTED.
THERE’S SO MUCH MORE AT STAKE
FOR HIM.
FOR HIM. THAT IS WHAT YOU SAW LAST NIGHT.
>> CAN I JUST SAY I THINK WE IN
THE MEDIA NEED TO RE-EXAMINE
USING THE WORD POPULIST AT THIS
POINT JUST BECAUSE IN 2016 THERE
WERE ARGUABLY SOME POLICIES THAT
HE PUT OUT THERE THAT WERE
POPULOUS SUCH AS GRAND INFROM
STRUCTURE PLAN.
STRUCTURE PLAN. HE TALKED ABOUT THE FORGOTTEN
MAN.
MAN. THESE THINGS HAVE NOT
MATERIALIZED.
MATERIALIZED. WHEN YOU BOIL IT DOWN TO ITS
ESSENCE, WHAT WE ARE SEEING, IT
WAS NOT ABOUT POPULISM.
>> IT WAS FAUX POPULISM.
>> YES.
>> YES. EVEN THE WALL, HE CAN’T SAY HE
DID THAT.
DID THAT. HE CAN’T EVEN SAY BUILD THE WALL
ANYMORE.
ANYMORE. HE CAN’T TALK ABOUT THE
FORGOTTEN MAN BECAUSE WE’RE
GOING TO INTERVIEW THE FARMERS
WHO ARE IN DESTITUTE STRAITS.
WE’RE GOING TO TALK TO THE COAL
MINERS.
MINERS. BY THE WAY, THERE ARE FEWER COAL
MINE WORKERS TODAY THAN THERE
WERE UNDER OBAMA.
IT JUST DOESN’T WORK.
WE’RE ALL REFLECTIVELY GOING
BACK TO LOSING THAT LABEL TO
DESCRIBE THIS.
DESCRIBE THIS. THIS WAS WHY JOE BIDEN, OTHER
DEMS ARE SAYING THIS IS A TEST
OF US AS A NATION, BECAUSE IF HE
WINS AGAIN, IT REALLY ISN’T
ABOUT POPULISM.
ABOUT POPULISM. IT’S ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE ZPLXT
IT’S ABOUT RESENTMENT AND HOW
WELL HE CAN GET PEOPLE TO
RESPOND TO I’M A VICTIM AND
YOU’RE A VICTIM, WE’RE ALL
VICTIMS.
VICTIMS. BY THE WAY, WE’VE GOT TO SCREW
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HURTING US.
IT’S ALL ABOUT RESENTMENT.
IT’S US AGAINST THEM.
AND WHAT THEY’RE GOING TO TRY TO
DO, AND I KNOW AS SOMEBODY WHO
HAS A DEEP RESPECT, SOMEBODY WHO
WORKS EVERY DAY WITH A LARGE
GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE -- YOU
KNOW, ARE NOT IN BOARDROOMS,
THIS IS ABOUT GROWING HIS BASE.
WHAT THEY’RE CAMPAIGN IS DOING,
NICOLLE, THEY ARE NOT COUNTING
ON GETTING THE OBAMA/TRUMP VOTER
BACK.
BACK. THEY’RE COUNTING ON VOTING THE
TRUMP VOTERS, FINDING MORE OF
THOSE PEOPLE THAT NEVER
REGISTERED TO VOTE, MORE OF
THOSE 3E78 WHO ARE JUST AS ANGRY
AND JUST AS RESENTFUL AS THE
PEOPLE IN THAT ARENA LAST NIGHT
AND THAT’S THEIR STRATEGY, IS TO
GROW.
GROW. THAT’S WHY IT’S SO IMPORTANT OUR
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY DOESN’T GET
INTO A MUD BATH BECAUSE WE HAVE
GOT TO KEEP EVERYBODY UNITED AND
KEEP THEM ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT
TURNING OUT.
TURNING OUT. BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE A
BATTLE OF TURNOUT.
BETWEEN THOSE ON BASE AND THOSE
WHO WANT TO GO BACK.
>> SPEAKING TO CAMPAIGN OFFICIAL
AS HEAD OF THIS RALLY, THAT’S
EXACTLY WHAT THEY’RE TRYING TO
DO.
DO. TRYING TO TURN OUT MORE TRUMP
VOTERS.
VOTERS. THEY UNDERSTAND THERE WILL NOT
BE MANY TO PERSUADE FROM THE
OTHER SIDE.
OTHER SIDE. MAYBE A FEW WHO LIKE THE WAY THE
ECONOMY IS GOING.
BUT OTHERWISE FINDING MORE
PEOPLE WHO DIDN’T TURN OUT NEXT
TIME OR HAVEN’T VOTED IN DECADES
OR NEVER VOTED, OR PICKED UP BY
A POLLSTER, AND WHO ARE GOING TO
IDENTIFY WITH A MESSAGE OF ANGER
AND GRIEVANCE.
AND GRIEVANCE. THAT’S WHAT THE MESSAGE IS
TRYING TO PUSH.
EVEN THOSE HE’S AN INCUMBENT AND
WILL USE THE TRAPPINGS OF
PRESIDENCY WHEN THEY CAN, THEY
WILL USE HIM AS THE OUTSIDER.
HE’S RUNNING UP AGAINST CAREER
POLITICIANS, WHETHER IT’S PELOSI
OR SCHUMER OR JOE BIDEN IN THE
GENERAL ELECTION.
GENERAL ELECTION. HE STILL HAS THAT ROLE AND
PEOPLE IDENTIFY WITH HIM.
HE SPEAKS FOR ANGER.
WHETHER THAT WILL BE EFFECTIVE
OR NOT REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
IT WAS THE GREATEST HITS TYPE OF
RALLY BUT THEY FEEL LIKE THIS IS
STILL THEIR BEST APPROACH.
AS THE FINAL THING, THAT RALLY
WAS DEVASTATING FOR HILLARY
CLINTON’S 2020 CHANCES.
>> LET SHOW YOU ONE THING THAT
HAS CHANGED, MARCO RUBIO AND
LINDSEY GRAHAM SWINGING THEIR
HANDS AND CLAPPING AT A MANAGIAG
RALLY.
RALLY. >> IT’S RUBIO!
>> HE’S ALWAYS CALLING ME LITTLE
MARCO.
MARCO. HE’S TALLER THAN ME, LIKE 6’2",
WHICH IS WHY I DON’T UNDERSTAND
HIS HANDS ARE THE SIZE OF
SOMEONE WHO’S 5’2".
DID YOU SEE HIS HANDS?
HE SAID I’M SWEATING ALL THE
TIME.
TIME. IT’S HOT IN HERE.
AM I SWEATING NOW?
HE DOESN’T SWEAT BECAUSE HIS
PORES ARE CLOGGED FROM THE
SPRAIN TAN THAT HE USES.
>> THIS GUY LINDSEY GRAHAM.
HE’S ONE OF THE DUMBEST HUMAN
BEINGS I HAVE EVER SEEN.
I THINK LINDSEY GRAHAM IS A
DISGRACE AND YOU HAVE ONE OF THE
WORST REPRESENTATIVES OF ANY
REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED
STATES.
STATES. >> STAY IN THE RACE.
JUST STOP BEING A JACKASS.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO RUN FOR
PRESIDENT AND BE THE WORLD’S
BIGGEST JACKASS.
BIGGEST JACKASS. >> HE RAN FOR PRESIDENT AND I
GAVE HIM THE CARD.
I DON’T KNOW IF HE WROTE THE
NUMBER DOWN OF THE LET’S TRY IT.
>> YOU KNOW HOW YOU MAKE AMERICA
GREAT AGAIN?
GREAT AGAIN? TELL DONALD TRUMP TO GO TO HELL.
>> AND THERE THEY ARE SMILING,
NODDING.
NODDING. I DIDN’T KNOW YOU COULD SAY
JACKASS ON TV BUT THAT WAS
NETWORK TV.
NETWORK TV. PHIL?
PHIL? >> IT WAS QUITE A SIGHT TO SEE
MARCO
MARCO MARCO AND LINDSEY GRAHAM GETTING
OUGHT SHOUT OUT AND CLAPPING AND
ALONG FOR THE RIDE.
IN A SENSE THEY’RE OPPORTUNISTS
BUT ALSO SURVIVALISTS.
THESE SENATORS HAVE MADE A
CALCULATION THERE’S NO A PLACE
FOR THEM ON THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
TODAY UNLESS THEY GET ON BOARD
THE TRUMP TRAIN SO THAT’S WHAT
THEY’VE DONE.
THEY’VE DONE. THEY HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE
FORMER COLLEAGUES WHO CHALLENGED
HIM.
HIM. BOB CORKER, JEFF FLAKE, THEY’RE
NOT IN THE SENATE ANYMORE.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT
THEIR FUTURES IN THE PARTY,