>>> I THINK THAT WHAT WE SEE HERE ONCE AGAIN IS THIS
PRESIDENT ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE
THE NARRATIVE OF USING WHAT I
CONSIDER THE REAL CAUSTIC TERMS
IN ORDER TO CHANGE THE
CONVERSATION TO COMPARE THE
CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS TOIS FAR
BENEATH THE OFFICE OF THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
>> WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH,
YOU CAN ALMOST COUNT DOWN THE
AMOUNT OF TIME IT TOOK DONALD
TRUMP TO TURN TO RACE BAITING.
PERHAPS THE CLEAREST SIGN YET
THAT IMPEACHMENT AND THE SWELL
OF SUPPORT IS BUGGING HIM,
DONALD TRUMP TWEETED THAT HIS
IMPEACHMENT AMOUNTED TO A
LYNCHING.
LYNCHING. WE JUST SHOWED YOU HOUSE
MAJORITY WHIP CALLING HIM OUT
FOR IT.
FOR IT. OUR FRIEND, MICHAEL STEEL,
FORMER HEAD OF THE RNC OUT WITH
A GRAPHIC REMINDER OF THE REAL
HORROR OF LYNCHING.
HE TWEETED THIS.
QUOTE, THIS IS A LYNCHING.
TRUMP, THIS IS NOT HAPPENING TO
YOU AND IT’S PATHETIC THAT YOU
ACT LIKE YOU ARE SUCH A VICTIM.
IT DID HAPPEN TO 147 PEOPLE.
A LYNCHING IN EVERY SENSE, YOU
SHOULD KNOW BETTER.
JASON AND FRANK ARE BACK AT THE
TABLE.
TABLE. JASON, I’LL START WITH YOU.
>> I’M NOT SURPRISED.
THIS IS WHAT THE PRESIDENT DOES.
I THINK IN THE GRANDER SCHEME OF
THINGS I’M OLD ENOUGH TO
REMEMBER WHEN WE HAD A SUPREME
COURT JUSTICE WHO REFERRED TO
HIM BEING ASKED QUESTIONS,
CLARENCE THOMAS AS THE HIGH TECH
LYNCHING OF AN UPPITY BLACK MAN.
IT IS ALWAYS FASCINATING TO ME
THAT REPUBLICAN PARTIES WHO ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR MASSIVE DOMESTIC
TERRORISM PURELY FOR THE FACT
THAT WE WERE TRYING TO VOTE ARE
ALWAYS THE FIRST PEOPLE TO
INVOKE THAT IMAGERY.
I WANT TO ADD SOMEBODY TO THE
LIST OF PEOPLE WHO SHOULD BE
ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES.
JIM SCOTT SAID MAYBE NOT
LYNCHING, BUT IT’S A DEATH ROW.
NO.
NO. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
DEATH.
DEATH. THE ONLY PEOPLE DYING ARE KIDS
ON THE BORDER AND KURDS BECAUSE
OF THE PRESIDENT.
THIS PRESIDENT IS BEING HELD
ACCOUNTABLE.
ACCOUNTABLE. AND USING THE RED HERRING OF
RACIAL ANIMUS IN ORDER TO
ACTIVATE HIS SIDE, IT’S
DISGUSTING AND TYPICAL.
WE’RE NOT GOING TO FALL FOR IT
IN THE MEDIA OR AMERICAN
CITIZENS THIS TIME.
>> DO YOU THINK IT’S A MISTAKE
TO COVER IT AT ALL?
>> I DON’T THINK IT’S A MISTAKE
TO COVER IT AT ALL BUT I THINK
IT HAS TO BE COVERED IN THE
CONTEXT OF WHAT WE DID TODAY.
I THINK THE PRESIDENT DISTRACTED
US FROM TALKING ABOUT WILLIAM
TAYLOR.
TAYLOR. WE CAN IDENTIFY WHAT HE’S
ATTEMPTING TO DO AND COUNTER IT.
>> AND KNOW THAT IF YOU
DISAGREE, NEXT TIME YOU BETTER
GIVE IT TO ME.
WE’VE COME TO EXPECT THIS OF
DONALD TRUMP.
DONALD TRUMP. I WAS ACTUALLY GALLED TO SEE
LINDSEY GRAHAM CO-SIGN THIS
THING.
THING. >> LINDSEY GRAHAM SHOULD BE
ASHAMED TO HAVE FAILED TO CALL
THE PRESIDENT OUT OVER SOMETHING
THAT IS JUST COMPLETELY
REPREHENSIBLE.
REPREHENSIBLE. I DON’T KNOW HOW LINDSEY GRAHAM
MANAGES TO LOOK HIS
AFRICAN-AMERICAN CONSTITUENTS IN
THE EYE THE NEXT TIME HE’S DOWN
IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
HE PROBABLY JUST DOESN’T CARE.
THE WAY THAT HE RESPONDED, IT
SHOWS THAT HE REALLY DIDN’T
THINK THAT IT WAS THAT BIG OF A
DEAL WHEN I HATE TO SAY IF YOU
ARE NOT COGNIZANT OF THAT
HISTORY.
HISTORY. >> YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE
DANGER OF DONALD TRUMP’S
RHETORIC TO REAL DANGER IN THIS
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. >> MY FIRST ASSIGNMENT IN THE
FBI WAS TO THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
I HAVE WORKED CLAN RALLIES,
CROSS BURNINGS AND VIOLENT
BEATINGS OF BLACKS BY CORRUPT
POLICE OFFICERS.
POLICE OFFICERS. I FIND MYSELF AT TIMES TRYING TO
EXPLAIN THE PRESIDENT’S BEHAVIOR
BY EITHER SAYING IT’S IGNORANCE.
THIS IS A DELIBERATE STRATEGY.
HE KNOWS WHAT A LYNCHING IS.
HE HAS CHOSEN TO DO THIS.