ANYWHERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT, I
REALLY -- I DON’T KNOW HOW YOU
TIPTOE AROUND SOMETHING LIKE
THAT.
LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED TO
REPUBLICAN SENATOR MITT ROMNEY
OF UTAH, WHO WAS BOOED BY
DELEGATES AT A GOP, A REPUBLICAN
CONVENTION IN HIS OWN STATE ON
SATURDAY.
>> THERE’S A PERSON HERE WHO
SAYS WHAT HE THINKS AND I DON’T
HIDE THE FACT THAT I WASN’T A
FAN OF OUR LAST PRESIDENT’S CHARACTER ISSUES.
CHARACTER ISSUES.
AND I’M ALSO NO FAN --
[ AUDIENCE BOO ]
>> AREN’T YOU EMBARRASSED?
>> SENATOR ROMNEY WAS THE ONLY
REPUBLICAN WHO VISITED TO
CONVICT TRUMP IN BOTH OF HIS
IMPEACHMENT TRIALS.
DESPITE THE REACTION ON
SATURDAY, A VOTE TO CENSURE
ROMNEY FAILED SHORTLY AFTER THAT
SPEECH.
JOE, I MEAN, MITT ROMNEY WAS
DEALING WITH IT WELL ENOUGH, AS
BEST AS HE COULD, BUT THESE
PEOPLE ARE LEERING AND BOOING AT
IS WHAT SHOULD BE DISTURBING ALL
AMERICANS.
>> WELL, HE ASKED THE RIGHT
QUESTION.
"AREN’T YOU EMBARRASSED?" YOU
KNOW
KNOW, THIS IS A GUY WHOSE FATHER
WAS A REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR.
THIS IS A GUY WHO WAS A SENATOR.
THIS IS A GUY WHO WAS THE
REPUBLICAN NOMINEE IN 2012.
I REMEMBER A LOT OF THOSE SAME
PEOPLE BOOING THOSE TYPE OF
PEOPLE, EVISCERATED ME IN 2012
WHEREVER I CRITICIZED MITT
ROMNEY’S CAMPAIGN STYLE AND
TALKED ABOUT HOW HE WAS
CAMPAIGNING POORLY AND WAS GOING
TO PROBABLY LOSE THE 2012
ELECTION.
IT WAS SOME OF THE MOST HATEFUL,
THE MOST HATEFUL SCREEDS THAT
I’VE EVER SEEN, BUT THEY’RE JUST
TRIBAL -- YOU KNOW, THEY’RE JUST
A TRIBE.
BECAUSE NOW THEY’RE TURNING ON
MITT ROMNEY BECAUSE HE’S
ACTUALLY DONE THE RIGHT THING.
HE ACTUALLY VOTED TO IMPEACH A
GUY WHO LED AN INSURRECTION.
BUT HE ASKS, AGAIN, HE ASKS THE
RIGHT QUESTION, "AREN’T YOU
EMBARRASSED?"
BECAUSE MAYBE 25 YEARS AGO WHEN
I WATCHED THIS TAPE, I WOULD
HAVE FELT REALLY BAD FOR MITT
ROMNEY.
BUT I KNOW MITT ROMNEY AND MITT
ROMNEY DOESN’T CARE.
>> HE DOESN’T NEED TO BE DOING
THIS.
>> HE’S GOING HOME TO A WIFE WHO
LOVES HIM, HE’S GOING HOME TO
CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN WHO
LOVE AND RESPECT HIM.
HE KNOWS WHO HE IS.
AND SO WHEN THEY BOO, THEY DON’T
BOO -- THEY DON’T REVEAL THE
CHARACTER OF MITT ROMNEY, THEY
REVEAL THE CHARACTER OF
THEMSELVES.
AND YOU HEAR.
AND HEAR PEOPLE ACTING THAT WAY.
AND THE QUESTION FROM ANYBODY
THAT’S RAISED IN A HALF-DECENT
FAMILY IS, LIKE, WHAT WERE THESE
PEOPLE’S MOM AND DAD THINK OF
THEM?
WERE THEY NOT RAISED ANY BETTER
THAN THAT?
IF THEY HAVE FAITH IN GOD, I’M
SURE MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE THERE
WOULD CLAIM TO BE CHRISTIANS,
DOES JESUS NOT TEACH THEM BETTER
THAN TO ACT THAT WAY?
TO BE THAT RUDE TO A MAN FOR
DOING SOMETHING THAT THEY KNOW
THEY SHOULD ALL DO, AND THAT IS,
CONDEMN WHAT’S GONE ON OVER THE
PAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS.
MITT ROMNEY, WHEN YOU WATCH THIS
TAPE, DON’T FEEL SORRY FOR MITT.
MID
MITT’S FINE.
MITT KNOWS WHO HE IS.
THE PROBLEM, EDDIE GLAUDE IS,
THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE BOOING IN
THE AUDIENCE AND BEING
EXTRAORDINARILY DISRESPECTFUL TO
A MAN WHO HAS GIVEN HIS LIFE TO
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, THESE ARE
THE SAME PEOPLE WHO BOOED A
DYING JOHN McCAIN.
THESE ARE THE SAME PEOPLE WHO
BOOED A DYING JOHN McCAIN.
AND AGAIN, I ASK THE QUESTION,
WOULD THEIR PARENTS BE PROUD OF
THEM?
ARE THEIR PARENTS PROUD OF THEM?
LISTEN, MY PARENTS WERE VERY
CONSERVATIVE.
OH, MY GOD.
ANY ACTED THAT WAY IN PUBLIC,
WAS THAT DISRESPECTFUL TO A MAN
OR A WOMAN WHO DEDICATED THEIR
LIVES TO PUBLIC SERVICE, I WILL
TELL YOU, GOING HOME TO
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, THAT WOULD
BE AN UGLY SCENE WHEN I WALKED
THROUGH THAT DOOR.
MY GRANDMOM, WHOO!
IF SHE WERE STILL ALIVE, SHE
WOULD TAKE OUT A SWITCH.
I MEAN, IT REALLY, THE LACK OF
BASIC VALUES AND DECENCY IS
REALLY SAD AND SHOCKING
CONSIDERING THAT THIS IS MY
TRIBE THAT IS BAFEHAVING THIS WA
AND THERE HAPPENS TO BE THE
ADDED ELEMENT, AS MIKA JUST
SAID, FOR IT BEING DANGEROUS,
DANGEROUS FOR THE REPUBLIC AND
SEEING THAT THEY’RE PAYING
FEALTY TO A MAN THAT UTTERLY
LACKS CHARACTER, UTTERLY LACKS
COMPASSION, LAXCKS DECENCY, AND
IS THE ANTITHESIS OF EVERY ONE
OF THE ATTITUDES.
>> I THINK THAT’S AN
EXTRAORDINARY POINT ON EVERY
LEVEL.
THE QUESTION, "AREN’T YOU
EMBARRASSED?" PRESUPPOSES THAT
THE FOLKS WHO ARE BOOING
ACTUALLY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO BE
SHAME.
BUT THE THING ABOUT OUR CURRENT
POLITICAL MOMENT IS THE ABSENCE
OF SHAME.
PEOPLE ARE DOING THINGS,
GASLIGHT, THEY DO WHATEVER THEY
WANT TO DO.
THEY WILL HOLD ONE POSITION ONE
POSITION AND THE NEXT MINUTE,
THEY HOLD ANOTHER POSITION.
THE ABSENCE OF SHAME HAS A
DIRECT IMPACT, I BELIEVE, ON THE
FUNCTIONING OF OUR DEMOCRACY.
AND IN SO MANY WAYS, DONALD
TRUMP IS AN AVATAR OF THAT
ABSENCE.
HE HAS NO SENSE OF SHAME.
HE’S NEVER EMBARRASSED BY HIS
BEHAVIOR.
AND TO ECHO MIKA’S POINT THAT
YOU JUST REFERENCED AGAIN IS WE
CAN TALK ABOUT TRUMP.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT HIS IMPACT ON
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
BUT THE BROADER QUESTION IS WHAT
ARE THE IMPACTS ON OUR
DEMOCRACY?
HOW IS HE IN SOME WAYS EXTENDING
WHAT HE’S DONE SINCE HIS
CAMPAIGN, SINCE HIS PRESIDENCY?
AND THAT IS UNDERMINE THE DEEP