AINSLEY: OUR NEXT GUEST IS
CALLING OUT DEMOCRATS FOR
DISMISSING THE GOOD NEWS
ABOUT THE ECONOMY UNDER
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
LARRY ELDER TWEETED A QUOTE
FROM CONGRESSMAN CLEAVER IN
2011 WHEN HE AS THE CHAIR OF
THE BLACK CAUCUS I HAVE GOT
PRESIDENT WITH 14% BLACK
UNEMPLOYMENT, IF WE HAD A
WHITE PRESIDENT, WEED BE
MARCHING AROUND THE WHITE
HOUSE.
THEN HE SAID IT'S NOW 6.8%,
TRUMP GETS ZERO CREDITED.
PETE: LARRY ELDER JOINS US.
NOW, LARRY, WHY NO MARCHING
AROUND THE WHITE HOUSE WITH
THAT NUMBER NOT AT 14% BUT
AT 6.8%?
>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
IT'S BECAUSE THE TRUMP GETS
NO LOVE.
I'M SURE YOU HEARD THE JOKE,
TRUMP IS ON HIS JOB
ENTERTAINING A BUNCH OF
REPORTER.
A WIND GOES BY.
A HAT GETS SWEPT INTO THE
THE HAT AND RETURNS IT TO
THE REPORTER NEXT DAY
HEADLINE IN "NEW YORK TIMES"
FOR ANYTHING.
LOOK, OBAMA WALKED AROUND
FOR 8 YEARS AND TALKED ABOUT
HOW HE RESCUED THE ECONOMY
WHEN, IN FACT, HE GAVE US
THE WORSE ECONOMIC RECOVERY
SINCE 1949.
THE FIRST PRESIDENT EVER TO
RESIGN OVER RECOVERY.
WE DID NOT HAVE A SINGLE
YEAR OVER 3 G.D.P. GROWTH.
EVERY 1 MILLION JOBS TIME
LINKED TO THE RECOVERY.
OBAMA HAD DONE NOTHING AND
JUST PRACTICED HIS PUTTING.
WE HAD HAD A 3% RECOVERY.
THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN 7 OR
BOATS.
REGULATIONS, LOWERED TAXES,
AND BROUGHT IN A BUSINESS,
FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT.
OBAMA WAS THE MOST
AIN'T AIN'T ALL RIGHT,
LARRY, LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF
THE NUMBERS.
UNDER PRESIDENT OBAMA BLACK
UNEMPLOYMENT HAS PEEKED AT
EVEN LOWER THAN THAT RIGHT
BUT PRESIDENT OBAMA IS
TAKING CREDIT FOR IT LISTEN
TO THIS.
>> WE SAW THE LONGEST STREAK
OF JOB CREATION IN AMERICAN
HISTORY BY FAR.
A STREAK THAT STILL
CONTINUES BY THE WAY.
THANKS, OBAMA.
[APPLAUSE]
AINSLEY: IS HE RIGHT IN PART
AT LEAST.
>> NO, HE IS NOT.
THE REASON THE AMERICAN
ECONOMY IMPROVED BECAUSE THE
RECESSION.
THE DEEPER THE RECESSION,
THE HIGHER THE BOUNCE BACK.
WE DID NOT HAVE A HIGH
BOUNCE BACK.
THIS IS A PRESIDENT, WHERE
BLACK UNEMPLOYMENT GOT WORSE
WIDE IN 25 YEARS.
NO MATTER HOW YOU SLICE IT
EVEN TAVIS SMILEY THE LEFT
WING COMMENTATOR ON PBS THAT
BY EVERY MAJOR ECONOMIC
MEASURE THE BUMP, THE OBAMA
YEARS, BLACK PEOPLE SUFFERED
SO WRITE AN ANGRY LETTER TO
HIM.
PETE: IS THERE A CHANCE
THOUGH THAT THESE
DEVELOPMENTS COULD LEAD TO A
FISHER, A FRACTION BETWEEN
THE MERITS BETWEEN DEMOCRATS
AND THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
COMMUNITY THAT HAS EXISTED
FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
THE DEMOCRATS CATER TO THAT
ELECTORAL BASE.
COULD THAT CHANGE AT ALL?
>> I THINK SO.
BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT EXIT
POLLING IN 2008, THE NUMBER
ONE REASON THAT PEOPLE VOTED
FOR OBAMA WAS THAT THEY WERE
FAR AND AWAY THE SECOND
REASON WAS THE IRAQ WAR AT
ABOUT 10%.
DID HE NOT DELIVER.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE
ELECTION RETURNS IN 2015,
TRUMP GOT A HIGHER
PERCENTAGE OF THE BLACK
VOTE, HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF
THE PRIMARY REASON BECAUSE
IT IS STILL THE ECONOMY,
STUPID.
AINSLEY: DO YOU THINK HE
WILL GET MORE VOTES FROM THE
BLACK COMMUNITY WHEN YOU
LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS IN
THREE YEARS WHEN WE HEAD
BACK TO THE POLLS?
>> I DO.
IT'S NOT JUST THE ECONOMY,
IT'S ALSO VOUCHERS.
THE INNER CITY PARENTS BLACK
AND BROWN WANT THE ABILITY
TO TAKE THEIR KID OUT OF
UNDER PERFORMING BAD PUBLIC
SCHOOL AND GIVE THEIR KID A
BETTER SHOT.
THIS ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO
ARE WEDDED TO THE TEACHER'S
UNION.
SO HERE YOU HAVE A PRESIDENT
WHO WANTS BLACK PEOPLE,
BETTER SHOT GETTING MIDDLE
EDUCATION.
STILL HE GETS NO LOVE FROM
BLACK PEOPLE.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT I
THINK IN 2020 A LOT OF
BLACKS HAVING BEEN BETTER
OFF ECONOMICALLY AND A LOT
OF MOTHERS AND FATHERS
KNOWING THAT THEIR KIDS ARE
GOING TO HAVE A BETTER SHOT
AT AN EDUCATION WILL TAKE A
SECOND LOOK AT DONALD TRUMP
AND I BELIEVE HIS NUMBERS IN
THE BLACK COMMUNITY ARE
GOING TO GO UP.