RUHLE. >>> DEADLINE WHITE HOUSE WITH
NICOLLE WALLACE STARTS RIGHT
NOW.
NOW. >> IT’S 4:00 IN NEW YORK.
SO IT DIDN’T TAKE DONALD TRUMP
24 HOURS AFTER ONE OF THE
LARGEST NEWS ORGANIZATIONS IN
THIS COUNTRY WAS TARGETED WITH A
PIPE BOMB TO ATTACK THE MEDIA.
DONALD TRUMP NOW PLAYING THE
BLAME GAME TARGETING THE PRESS
FOR GENERATING, QUOTE, A VERY
BIG PART OF THE ANGER WE SEE
TODAY IN OUR SOCIETY.
THIS IS THE PRESIDENT’S RESPONSE
TO A POTENTIAL SERIAL MAIL
BOMBER WHO MAY NOW BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR SENDING TEN
SUSPICIOUS PACKAGES.
SUSPICIOUS PACKAGES. THE TARGETS NOW INCLUDE BOTH
VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN, TWO
DEVICES ADDRESSED TO HIM WERE
INTERCEPTED IN DELAWARE THIS
MORNING.
MORNING. AND ACTOR ROBERT DE NIRO, A
FREQUENT CRITIC OF THE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. AS WE SIT HERE, THERE’S STILL NO
SUSPECT AND NO MOTIVE, BUT
INVESTIGATORS MIGHT HAVE A LEAD.
TWO SENIOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIALS TELL NBC NEWS THEY ARE
LOOKING INTO WHETHER SOME OF THE
PACKAGES WERE MAILED FROM
FLORIDA.
FLORIDA. HERE WAS DONALD TRUMP LESS THAN
12 HOURS AFTER CNN’S NEW YORK
HEADQUARTERS WERE EVACUATED.
>> AS PART OF A LARGER NATIONAL
EFFORT TO BRIDGE OUR DIVIDES AND
BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER, THE MEDIA
ALSO HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO SET
A CIVIL TONE AND TO STOP THE IND
ENDLESS HOSTILITY AND CONSTANT
NEGATIVE AND OFTENTIMES FALSE
ATTACKS AND STORIES.
HAVE TO DO IT.
AND BY THE WAY, DO YOU SEE HOW
NICE I’M BEHAVING TONIGHT?
THIS IS LIKE -- HAVE YOU EVER
SEEN THIS?
SEEN THIS? WE’RE ALL BEHAVING VERY WELL.
AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN KEEP IT
THAT WAY, RIGHT?
WE’RE GOING TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.
TRYING TO SAY THAT VERY NICELY.
I’M TRYING TO -- SEE, NORMALLY
I’D SCREAM, THEY WANT A SOCIAL
TAKEOVER.
TAKEOVER. NOW I SAY WANTS A SOCIALIST
TAKEOVER.
TAKEOVER. I’M TRYING TO BE NICE.
>> IRONY IS DEAD WHEN THE
AMERICAN PRESIDENT HAS TO PAT
HIMSELF ON THE BACK FOR
BEHAVING.
BEHAVING. "THE WASHINGTON POST" RESPONDED
TO TRUMP’S EFFORT TO SHIFT BLAME
FROM HIS OWN VITRIOLIC LANGUAGE
TO THE MEDIA THAT COVERS HIM.
TRUMP AGAIN SHIRKED
RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIS OWN
INFLAMMATORY CONTRIBUTIONS TO
THE POLITICAL DISCOURSE AND
INSTEAD ASSIGNED BLAME TO
OTHERS.
OTHERS. THE PRESIDENT WHO HAS MADE A
SPORT OUT OF MOCKING HIS
POLITICAL RIVALS WITH NICKNAMES
LIKE CROOKED HILLARY, ALSO
EXHORTED OTHERS IN THE POLITICAL
ARENA TO STOP TREATING THEIR
OPPONENTS AS MORALLY DEFECTIVE.
HERE’S DONALD TRUMP JUST THIS
MONTH, JUST THIS MONTH ON HIS
POLITICAL ENEMIES, ALL OF THEM,
TARGETED WITH BOMBS THIS WEEK.
>> CROOKED HILLARY SAY GREAT
UNIFIER.
UNIFIER. MAXINE WATERS.
MAXINE WATERS. GOOD OLD MAXINE.
LOW IQ INDIVIDUAL.
LOW IQ.
LOW IQ. DO YOU EVER SEE WHEN THE FAKE
NEWS INTERVIEWS THEM AND THEN
THEY TRY TO CUT IT.
THEY’LL GO TO A PERSON HOLDING A
SIGN WHO GETS PAID BY SOROS OR
SOMEBODY, RIGHT?
SOMEBODY, RIGHT? THAT’S WHAT HAPPENS.
BY THE WAY, BY THE WAY, --
>> CNN SUCKS!
CNN SUCKS!
CNN SUCKS! >> DON’T WORRY.
I DON’T LIKE THEM EITHER.
WE CALL THEM 1% BIDEN UNTIL
OBAMA TOOK HIM OFF THE TRASH
HEAP.
HEAP. TOUGH GUY.
TOUGH GUY. >> MORALLY DEFECTIVE, I’LL SAY.
HERE TO DISCUSS TODAY’S
DEVELOPMENTS, SOME OF OUR
FAVORITE REPORTERS AND FRIENDS.
FORMER U.S. ATTORNEY JOYCE
VANCE, POWER UP ANCHOR JACKIE
ALAMANI.
ALAMANI. SHE ALSO COVERED TRUMP’S
CAMPAIGN.
CAMPAIGN. NICK CONFESSORE AND RICK
STENGEL, FORMER UNDER SECRETARY
OF STATE FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY,
STEVE SCHMIDT JOINS US AS WELL.
STEVE, LET ME START WITH YOU.
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN AMERICA
RIGHT NOW?
RIGHT NOW? >> AN HISTORIC EVENT.
WE HAVEN’T SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT
SINCE THE NIGHT ABRAHAM LINCOLN
WAS ASSASSINATED.
WAS ASSASSINATED. THIS WAS A MASS ASSASSINATION
ATTEMPT, INCLUDING TWO FORMER
PRESIDENTS, A FORMER VICE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
A FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE
UNITED STATES, A FORMER
CHAIRWOMAN OF THE DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL COMMITTEE.
NATIONAL COMMITTEE. THE PERSON WHO IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR SENDING BOMBS TO ALL OF
THOSE PEOPLE IS THE PERSON WHO
MAILED THE BOMBS.
DONALD TRUMP DID NOT MAIL THE
BOMBS, BUT HE CREATED THE
ATMOSPHERE WHERE A SICK PERSON
WOULD LOOK AT THOSE INDIVIDUALS
AND SEE AN ENEMY.
TRUMP MAKES NO PRETENSE ABOUT
BEING THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF
ALL OF THE COUNTRY, BEING
PRESIDENT OF ALL OF THE PEOPLE,
INCLUDING THE PEOPLE THAT VOTED
AGAINST HIM.
AGAINST HIM. HE IS IN EFFECT A TRIBAL
CHIEFTON WHO HAS DECLARED WAR ON
HALF OF THE COUNTRY.
WHEN HE INCITES BY ATTACKING AND
STIGMATIZING VULNERABLE MINORITY
POPULATIONS, ALLEGING
POPULATIONS, ALLEGING CONSPIRACY, CALLING HIS
OPPONENTS ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE,
CALLING JOURNALISTS ENEMIES OF
THE PEOPLE, WHAT IS IT THAT WE
DO TO ENEMIES?
HOW DO WE DEAL WITH AN ENEMY
WHEN WE INVOKE MARTIAL
ANALOGIES?
ANALOGIES? WE KILL ENEMIES.
AND SOMEONE OUT THERE TOOK HIM
BOTH LITERALLY AND SERIOUSLY.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT A TRUMP RALLY,
THE VENOM SPEWED AT THE
JOURNALISTS, THE LEVEL OF
MENACE, THE EDGE OF VIOLENCE,
HIS CELEBRATING BODY-SLAMS BY A
CONGRESSMAN WHO PHYSICALLY
ASSAULTED A REPORTER.
HIS CELEBRATING SUPPORTERS WHO
PUNCH OPPONENTS IN THE FACE.
EVERY DAY, DONALD TRUMP DOES
EVERYTHING HE CAN FOR HIS OWN
SELFISH POLITICAL PURPOSES TO
INFLAME AND INCITE.
AND WE SIT AROUND NOW AND WE
WONDER, IS THERE ANY CAUSATION?
OF COURSE THERE IS.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT HE HAS
DONE THAT WOULD CREATE AN
ATMOSPHERE THAT WOULD INSTIGATE
OR TRIGGER A SICK PERSON?
OF COURSE THERE IS.
AND SO THIS IDEA THAT DONALD
TRUMP IS HELD HARMLESS AND NOT
RESPONSIBLE IS ABSURD.
HE HAS DEGRADED THE CIVILITY.
HE HAS EXACERBATED THE DIVISIONS
MORE QUICKLY, MORE PROFOUNDLY
THAN ANY LEADER OF THIS COUNTRY
IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
AND NOW WE STAND AT THE EDGE
OF -- WE STAND ON A RAGGED EDGE
LOOKING INTO AN ABYSS.
THIS IS PARTISAN VIOLENCE.
THIS IS SECTARIAN VIOLENCE.
THIS IS ONE OF THE TWO POLITICAL
TRIBES TARGETED BY A SICK
PERSON.
PERSON. BUT A SICK PERSON PERHAPS
INSTIGATED BY A RHETORIC THAT
TRUMP REVELS IN ALL DAY, EVERY
DAY.
DAY. >> STEVE, LET ME READ YOU
SOMETHING THAT "THE NEW YORK
TIMES" CHARLES BLOW WRITES ABOUT
ON THESE LINES.
HE WRITES, RHETORIC, MOBS AND
TERROR.
TERROR. TRUMP SAID THAT THEIR ENEMIES
WERE HIS ENEMIES.
EVERYONE THEY SAW AS A THREAT TO
THEIR CULTURAL HERITAGE,
SOCIETAL DOMINANCE.
SOCIETAL DOMINANCE. HE WOULD ATTACK ON THEIR BEHALF.
NEVER PROJECTIONIST, TRUMP
REPEATEDLY ENCOURAGED VIOLENCE
AT HIS CAMPAIGN RALLIES AND HAS
RECENTLY TAKEN TO CASTING
DEMOCRATS AS A MOB.
IN FACT, HIS SUPPORTERS ARE THE
MOB.
MOB. STEVE?
STEVE? >> HE’S 100% CORRECT.
LET’S LOOK AT THE CARAVAN SUCH
THAT IT IS.
NOW WHETHER YOU THINK THAT
CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO
ALLOW SOME OF THEM INTO THE
COUNTRY AS REFUGEES OR WHETHER
YOU BELIEVE THAT NONE OF THEM
SHOULD BE ALLOWED INTO THE
COUNTRY, THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER
IS, THIS IS NOT A PANSER
DIVISION ADVANCING ON THE
SOUTHERN BORDER THAT’S A
NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT TO THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
BUT DONALD TRUMP HAS INSTIGATED
HATRED.
HATRED. STOKED IT BY SAYING THAT THEY
ARE.
ARE. AND SO IF YOU ARE AN UNBALANCED
PERSON OUT THERE, WHAT IS IT
THAT YOU HEAR?
YOU HEAR THAT ALL OF THESE
PEOPLE ARE ENEMIES.
THEY’RE ENEMIES OF TRUMP.
THEY’RE ENEMIES OF THE STATE.
THEY’RE ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE.
AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS
ALLOWING THE COUNTRY TO BE
INVADED BY A DANGEROUS HOARD
COMING FROM THE SOUTH, MADE UP
OF BROWN PEOPLE.
AND SO THE CONSEQUENCES OF ALL
OF THIS AFTER TWO YEARS SHOULD
NOT BE A SURPRISE TO ANYBODY.
IF YOU INCITE AND THEN YOU
INCITE AGAIN, IF YOU REVEL IN
MENACE, IF YOU STIGMATIZE AND
DECLARE YOUR OPPONENTS AS
ENEMIES FROM THE HIGHEST OFFICE
IN THE LAND, THE REALITY IS
THIS -- WHEN THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES, PEOPLE
LISTEN.
LISTEN. WHEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES SPEAKS, PEOPLE LISTEN.
AND SOMEONE OUT THERE TOOK HIM
LITERALLY.
LITERALLY. TOOK HIM SERIOUSLY, MAYBE, AND
THE RESULT IS THAT WE ALSO --
THAT WE ALMOST SAW A COUPLE OF
PRESIDENTS, A VICE PRESIDENT,
ASSASSINATED.
ASSASSINATED. IMAGINE IF THE SECURITY
SCREENINGS DID NOT WORK AND
YESTERDAY WAS A DAY OF BLOODSHED
AS OPPOSED TO A DAY WHERE THESE
TERROR ATTACKS AND
ASSASSINATIONS FAILED.
ASSASSINATIONS FAILED. THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN AMONGST THE
MOST SIGNIFICANT DAYS IN THE
HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.
AND BUT FOR PROPER SECURITY
SCREENINGS AND THE COMPETENCE OF
LAW ENFORCEMENT, THERE WAS NO
DISASTER.
DISASTER. BUT THAT DOESN’T MEAN THERE
WON’T BE NEXT TIME.
AND THE PERSON WHO IS MOST
SINGULARLY RESPONSIBLE FOR
EDGING THIS COUNTRY INTO A COLD
CIVIL WAR IS DONALD J. TRUMP.