THEORY ABOUT PRESIDENT OBAMA AND ALSO A VOCAL SUPPORTER OF
CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS.
CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS.
WHAT A SWEETHEART HE IS.
IM JOINED BY JOHN FEEHERY AND
CORNELL BELCHER, AN MSNBC
POLITICAL ANALYST.
CORK SER NOT EXACTLY A BOMB
THROWER AND NOT COMPARING THIS GUY TO JAMES JONES AND DRINKING
THE KOOL-AID AND CULTS.
THATS PRETTY DEEP.
>> LISTEN, UPSETTING THE RUCH VOTER NOT NECESSARILY THERUCH
VOTER NOT NECESSARILY THE PRESIDENT BUT THE TRUMP VOTE SER
BAD POLITICS.
BAD POLITICS. >> HES TALKING ABOUT THE BEAR.
>> THE BEAR IS THE TRUMP VOTER.
SANFORD, ITS EASY TO COMPLAIN
WHEN YOURE LEAVING.
GET ON YOUR SOAPBOX.
THATS THE EASIEST THING TO DO. THE HARDEST THING IS RUN AGAIN
AND COMPETE AND WIN THESE VOTERS
AND APPEAL TO THEM ON THE ISSUES
THEY CARE ABOUT.
THEY CARE ABOUT JOBS, NATIONAL
SECURITY, THEY CARE ABOUT RISING WAGES AND THEY CARE ABOUT RISING
WAGES AND THEY CARE ABOUT IMMIGRATION AND YOU KNOW,
MR. CORKER IS LEAVING AND YOU
KNOW, NO ONE CARES.
>> YOURE MAKING HIS POINT, JOHN JUST MADE THE POINT.POINT, JOHN
JUST MADE THE POINT. THE ONLY GUYS FREE TO SPEAK
THEIR MINDS ARE THE ONES
LEAVING.
LEAVING.
> CERTAINLY BUSH DIDNT HOLD THE BASE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTYTHE
BASE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY THIS WAY AND AS SOMEONE WHO
WORKED FOR OBAMA, HE DIDNT HOLD
THE BASE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
THIS WAY.
THERE IS SOMETHING VERY
DIFFERENT GOING ON HERE.
I SAID IT HIMSELF, TRUMP SAID I COULD SHOOT SOMEONE AND ISAID I
COULD SHOOT SOMEONE AND I WOULDNT LOSE ANY SUPPORT.
THERE IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT
WITH TRUMP THAN EVERYONE BUSH
AND OBAMA.
AND OBAMA.
THE QUESTION FOR ME BECOMES CAN YOU BE THE PARTY OF TRUMP.S CAN
YOU BE THE PARTY OF TRUMP. SPEAKER BOEHNER HAS IT RIGHT,
THIS IS TRUMPS PARTY NOW.
CAN YOU BE THE PARTY OF TRUMP
AND THE PARTY OF MIDDLE AMERICA?
YES YOU CAN DO WELL EMPTY
PRIMARIES.
PRIMARIES.
THE REPUBLICAN THEY NOMINATED TO TAKE ON VIRGINIA IS WAY OUT OFTO
TAKE ON VIRGINIA IS WAY OUT OF LINE WITH VIRGINIA.
I THINK.
I THINK. >> IS HE STILL A BIRTHER?
>> ONCE A BIRTHER, ARENT YOU
ALWAYS?
ALWAYS?
>> TRUMP SWITCHED.
>> IF YOU LOOK AT CORY STEWART,
HE HAD PRETTY BIG NAME I.D.
THE GUYS HE RAN AGAINST NO ONE HERD OF BEFORE. AGAINST NO ONE
HERD OF BEFORE.
>> CAN YOU RUN IN THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY THIS NOVEMBER WITHOUT
TRUMPS BLESSING.
> ITS AWFULLY DIFFICULT TO RUN AGAINST TRUMP IN ANY WAY AND WIN
ANYTHING.
ANYTHING.
>> ARE YOU PROUD OF THIS PARTY? ARE YOU PROUD OF THIS PARTY.TY?
ARE YOU PROUD OF THIS PARTY. >> IM PROUD OF VERY LOW
UNEMPLOYMENT.
UNEMPLOYMENT.
>> ARE YOU PROUD OF YOUR PARTY.
>> IM ALWAYS PROUD OF MY PARTY.
>> MY PARTY RIGHT OR WRONG. >> ITS REPRESENTING VOTERS VERY
EFFECTIVELY.
EFFECTIVELY.
>> WHATS THE PARTY?
IS THIS PARTY OF BUSH AND REAGAN
OR IS THIS NOW THE PARTY OF
TRUMP?
LISTEN, I DONT HAVE A. >> IVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE
THIS.
THIS.
YOUR PARTY WAS A FREE TRADE
PARTY.
IT WAS GOOD ON DEFICITS AND
FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.
TRUMP COMES IN AND CHANGES ALL
THE RULES AND YOU GUYS SAY YES,
SIR.
>> AND LAW AND ORDER.
>> YOU SAY YES, SIR, ARE YOU
PROUD OF THAT?
ITS A HEEL CLICKING PARTY. >> THE EVOLUTION OF TRADE HAS
BEEN SUBSTANTIAL OVER THE LAST
20 YEARS.
20 YEARS. LOOK WHAT ROB PORTER DID, TRADE
AMBASSADOR.
AMBASSADOR.
WHETHER HE RAN FOR RE-ELECTION
BEFORE TRUMP, HE TALKED ABOUT
STEEL.
>> YOU JUST TOLD ME ANYTHING
TRUMP WANTS HE GETS.
>> RIGHT NOW, IS HE EXTREMELY POPULAR. NOW, IS HE EXTREMELY
POPULAR.
HES EXTREMELY POPULAR.
>> WHERE IS THE PRINCIPLE AND ILL DO ANYTHING THE BOSS TELLS
ME TO DO.
ME TO DO. THERES NO PRINCIPAL THERE.
DURING HIS CONCESSION SPEECH,
CONGRESSMAN SANFORD WHO IS
LOOKING PRETTY GOOD DEFENDED HIS
PAST POSITIONS LIKE DOWN IN
BUENOS AIRES.
BUENOS AIRES. LETS WATCH.
LETS WATCH. >> THERES BEEN TOO MUCH MADE OF
ARE YOU FOR ONE PERSONALITY OR
AGAINST IT.
AGAINST IT. WHAT WERE ABOUT AS A NATION IS
NOT BEING FOR OR AGAINST ONE
PERSONALITY.
PERSONALITY.
AGAIN, WERE A NATION OF LAWS
AND NOT MENACE THE FOUNDING FATHERS SAID.E THE FOUNDING
FATHERS SAID. I STAND BY THAT BELIEF THOUGH IN
THIS CASE IT MAY HAVE HAD HAD
SIGNIFICANT ELECTORAL
SIGNIFICANT ELECTORAL CONSEQUENCE.
CONSEQUENCE.
>> LOST THE PRIMARIES. SANFORDS OPPONENT KATE
ARRINGTON BACKED RUBIO DURING
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
LAST NIGHT SHE DECLARED THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY OF TRUMP WHILE
ATTACKING DEMOCRATS WHO STAND IN
THE PRESIDENTS WAY.
SHEER SHEAF IS.
>> THEY BELIEVE IN HIGHER TAXES,
BIGGER GOVERNMENT, FEWER JOBS
AND THATS THE PROBLEM.
ITS NOT -- ITS THE JOB OF
WASHINGTON TO FIX IT.
WE ARE THE PARTY OF PRESIDENT
DNLD JUMP TRUMP.
>> THERE IT IS.
>> NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
IF YOU LOOK THE PRIMARIES, BUT
ALSO THE POPULARITY RATINGS,
TRUMP HAS ABOUT 90% APPROVAL
RATING WITH THE REPUBLICANS.
PRETTY HIGH.
PRETTY HIGH.
>> THE ONLY GUYS TAKING ON THE PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW ARE MICHAEL
FLYNN, PROBABLY MANAFORT AND
PROBABLY COHEN.
PROBABLY COHEN. >> THING THEY WILL.
>> THANK YOU FEEHERY FOR BEING
IN THE BARREL ONE MORE TIME.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, VIRGINIA
IS ONE OF THE FIVE STATES TO
HOLD A PRIMARY LAST NIGHT.
THE STATE IS EXPECTED TO HOST
ONE OF THE MOST CLOSELY WATCHED
CONGRESSIONAL RACES IN THE
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY.
LAST NITROGEN FER WEXTON BEAT
OUT FIVE OTHER CANDIDATES FOR
THE RIGHT TO TAKE ON BARBARA COMSTOCK. TO TAKE ON BARBARA
COMSTOCK.
COMSTOCK IS VIEWED AS ONE OF THE COUNTRYS MOST VULNERABLE HOUSEHE
COUNTRYS MOST VULNERABLE HOUSE REPUBLICANS AND TOUGHEST
INCUMBENT.
INCUMBENT.
HILLARY CLINTON WON THAT
DISTRICT BY TEN POINTS DURING
THE 2016 ELECTION.
IF DEMOCRATS HAVE ANY HOPE TO TAKE BACK THE HOUSE, THE PATH
GOES DIRECTLY THROUGH THE 10th
DISTRICT IN VIRGINIA.
42% VERY POWERFUL, THANK YOU FOR
COMING ON TONIGHT.
LETS TALK ABOUT YOU AND BARBARA
COMSTOCK.
COMSTOCK.
COMSTOCK IS ONE OF THESE TOUGH INCUMBENTS THAT THEYRESE TOUGH
INCUMBENTS THAT THEYRE SURVIVORS.
SURVIVORS. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO KNOCK HER
OUT?
OUT?
>> WELL, I HAVE DEEP ROOTS IN THE DISTRICT AND A RECORD OFN
THE DISTRICT AND A RECORD OF WINNING TOUGH ELECTIONS AND THEN
DELIVERING FOR MY CONSTITUENTS
ONCE IM ELECTED.
I THINK THOSE THINGS RESONATE IN
THE DISTRICT.
THE DISTRICT. BARBARA IS OUT OF TOUCH.
SHE SAYS ONE THING AND DOES
ANOTHER.
ANOTHER.
SHE.
>> HOW ABOUT GUNS?
TALK ABOUT YOUR GUNS DIFFERENCE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I MEAN, THATS A BIG AREA OF
CONTRAST.
BARBARA COMSTOCK HAS AS A RATING FROM THE NRA, ONE OF THE TOPTING
FROM THE NRA, ONE OF THE TOP RECIPIENTS OF MONEY FROM THEM
DESPITE HAVING BEEN IN CONGRESS
FOR ONLY A SHORT TIME.
I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR GUN
SAFETY IN RICHMOND FOR YEARS AND
ILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT ON THE
TRAIL AND IN CONGRESS.
>> WHATS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
YOU AND THE INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN
YOU HAVE TO BEAT THIS NOVEMBER
ON IMMIGRATION?
ON IMMIGRATION?
WHATS THE DIFFERENCE? >> WE LIVE HERE IN VIRGINIA 10
IN A DIVERSE DISTRICT.
WE HAVE A BIG MUSLIM POPULATION.
COMSTOCK WAS SILENT WHEN DONALD
TRUMP STARTED THE MUSLIM BAN.
WE HAVE A BIG INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT IN OUR DISTRICT.
I WAS THERE WITH OTHER ELECTED
OFFICIALS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
FROM THE DISTRICT PROTESTING AND
LAWYERS AND BARBARA NOT A PEEP.
>> WHAT ABOUT THIS MS-13 TRUMP
KEEPS TALKING, THE GANG FROM
LATIN MIRK IS ITTING IS THAT A
DANGER YOURE NOT FAYING UP TO?
TALK ABOUT IT.
>> REPUBLICANS WANT TO EQUATE MS-13 AND IMMIGRATION ANDUATE
MS-13 AND IMMIGRATION AND CONFLATE THOSE ISSUES.
THEY DID IT IN 2017 IN OUR
STATEWIDE ELECTIONS AND IT
FAILED MISERABLY.
FAILED MISERABLY. VOTERS ARE SMARTER THAN THAT AND
DONT RESPOND WELL TO THE RACE
BAIT ACHK FEAR MONGERING.
WHATS REALLY IMPORTANT ARE THE
FACT THAT COMSTOCK IS REFUSING
TO SIGN ON TO THE DISCHARGE