>>> WELCOME BACK TO A SPECIAL EDITION OF "MEET THE PRESS
DAILY" LIVE FROM THE SPIN ROOM
HERE IN MIAMI.
WE SET UP FOREIGN POLITICS.
SOMETIMES IT’S ALL ABOUT THAT
BASE.
BASE. SO WHAT ARE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS
GOING TO DIVE INTO TONIGHT.
TERESA KUMAR IS AN MSNBC
CONTRIBUTOR AND CORINNE
JEAN-PIERRE IS THE CHIEF PUBLIC
AFFAIRS OFFICER WITH MOVE ON.
A COUPLE, BOTH VERY
KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT DIFFERENT
PARTS OF THE DEMOCRATIC VOTING
BASE.
BASE. SO.
SO. >> THE AMERICAN BASE.
>> THE AMERICAN BASE.
RIGHT.
RIGHT. >> THE PARTY OF THE COUNTRY.
>> I’M CURIOUS WHAT THE OTHER
SIDE IS THINKING, TOO, SO WE CAN
BRING THE COUNTRY TOGETHER.
>> BOY, LET’S TRY TO SOLVE ONE
PROBLEM AT A TIME.
FIGURE OUT THIS DEMOCRATIC
PRIMARY PROBLEM.
PRIMARY PROBLEM. ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. MARIA.
MARIA. I THINK IT IS, THERE IS ALWAYS
ONE STORY THAT SORT OF INFUSES
OR INFORMS THE DEBATE.
THE PICTURE THIS MORNING OF THIS
MIGRANT FATHER AND HIS DAUGHTER
AND THEIR, IT IS, IT IS, YOU
DON’T NEED WORDS, YOU KNOW
EXACTLY THE STORY.
IT MAY HAVE DONE MORE THAN ANY
PRESS RELEASE OR SOUND BYTE
COULD HAVE COME.
IT, THERE IS SNOW WAY TO
DISTINGUISH YOURSELF AS A
CANDIDATE ON THIS ISSUE THAT’S
KIND OF A SHRILLY WAY TO LOOK AT
IT.
IT. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HEAR?
WHAT DO DEMOCRATIC VOTERS WANT
TO HEAR TONIGHT ABOUT HOW TO
SOLVE THIS?
SOLVE THIS? >> TO BE QUITE FRANK,
PATRIOTISM.
PATRIOTISM. >> YEAH.
>> YEAH. AN INTERESTING WAY.
>> THE THING I SAY PATRIOTISM IS
WE CRAFTED ASYLUM LAWS AND THE
FATHER TOOK THE JOURNEY FROM
GUATEMALA TO OUR BORDER BECAUSE
WE PROMISED HIM, IF HE CAN TOUCH
FOOT ON AMERICAN SOIL, HE CAN
SEEK ASYLUM.
SEEK ASYLUM. >> HE’D HAVE A CHANCE.
MAYBE HE DOESN’T GET IT.
BUT HE’D HAVE A CHANCE.
>> BUT OUNDZ UNDER OUR LAWS, HE
HAD A CHANCE TO BASICALLY STAY,
THAT’S WHAT THAT FATHER DID.
THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THIS
FATHER BASICALLY WAS BORN IN
UNDUE CIRCUMSTANCES.
UNDUE CIRCUMSTANCES. NONE OF US KNOW WHERE WE’RE
BEING TO BE BORN.
>> THAT’S RIGHT.
>> HE SAID I’M GOING TO AMERICA
BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT MY CHILD
TO BE TRAFFICKED.
I DON’T WANT THEM TO BE INVOLVED
IN GANGS.
IN GANGS. I’M TRYING TO GIVE HER A CHANCE.
I HAVE TO TELL YOU, THE REASON
THIS IS IMPORTANT, HE HAD TO
TAKE THAT JOURNEY THE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES IS GOING TO
THWART OUR ASYLUM LAWS, JUDGES
ACTUALLY SAID WHAT HE IS DOING
IS WRONG.
IS WRONG. >> LET ME PLAY THE PRESIDENT’S
SOUND TODAY WHEN HE WAS ASKED TO
REACT TO THE PHOTO.
TAKE A LISTEN, GUYS.
PHOTO TAKE A LISTEN, GUYS.
.
. >> WELL, THAT’S LIKE I HAVE BEEN
SAYING, IF THEY FIX THE LAWS,
YOU WOULDN’T HAVE THAT.
BUT IT COULD STOP IMMEDIATELY IF
THE DEMOCRATS CHANGE THE LAW.
THEY HAVE TO CHANGE THE LAWS.
THEN THAT FATHER WHO PROBABLY
WAS THIS WONDERFUL GUY WITH HIS
DAUGHTER THINGS LIKE THAT
WOULDN’T HAPPEN.
WOULDN’T HAPPEN. >> THE ASYLUM POLICY OF THE
DEMOCRATS IS RESPONSIBLE BECAUSE
THEY WILL NOT CHANGE THE ASYLUM
POLICY.
POLICY. BUT NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME,
THEY’RE STARTING TO TALK ABOUT
IT.
IT. >> ALL RIGHT.
CORINNE, LOOK.
CORINNE, LOOK. WE CAN SET THAT ASIDE.
THIS IS ALWAYS THIS PRESIDENT
PRESENTED WITH A MOMENT THAT THE
FAILURE OF PAIN, WHATEVER YOU
WANT TO CALL IT.
IT’S NOT IN HIS DNA.
>> THAT WE HAVE LEARNED.
BUT WE ARE HAVING, HE SAYS THE
DEMOCRATS NEED TO CHANGE THIS
ASYLUM LAW.
ASYLUM LAW. I THIS I WE DON’T FRAME THIS
DEBATE ESSENTIALLY.
DEBATE ESSENTIALLY. WE ARE ESSENTIALLY HAVING A
DEBATE ABOUT HOW DO YOU DEFINE
AMERICA.
AMERICA. >> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. >> IF YOU CLA THING ASYLUM LAWS,
IT’S CHANGING OUR PLACE IN THE
WORLD.
WORLD. MAYBE THAT’S POLITICALLY WHAT
THE COUNTRY WANTS TO HAVE A
DEBATE ABOUT.
DEBATE ABOUT. >> WHAT DONALD TRUMP IS DOCK,
SHE BASIC ALLY SAYING IF YOU ARE
BROWN OR BLACK OR COMING
CERTAINLY FROM THE SOUTHERN
BORDER, THE COUNTRY IS CLOSED
AND ARE YOU NOT WELCOME.
>> THAT IS WHAT HE IS SAYING.
LOOK, I CAME INTO THIS COUNTRY
WITH MY PARENTS, WE WERE LUCKY
WE LANDED IN JFK.
AND THESE FOLKS ARE COMING FROM
A SITUATION THAT IS CLEARLY
REALLY TOUGH FOR THEM AND
THEY’RE TAKING SOME OF THE
WORDS, WALKING A THOUSAND MILES
TO GET TO THE BORDER.
HE DID AT THIS TIME RIGHT WAY.
THE FATHER, HIS DAUGHTER AND HIS
WIFE, THEY DID IT THE RIGHT WAY,
THEY CLOSED THE BRIDGE, THEY
SAID, YOU CAN’T COME IN.
THEN THEY GOT DESPERATE, LIKE SO
MANY OTHERS, THEY GOT DESPERATE
AND WENT THAT WAY.
LOOK, DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN VERY
CLEAR ON HIS IMMIGRATION POLICY.
>> THAT IS HOW HE GOT INTO THE
WHITE HOUSE.
WHITE HOUSE. >> THAT IS ALL ABOUT WHAT HE
DID.
DID. HE WENT INTO, HE USED THE
ECONOMY TO PUT PEOPLE, GIVE
PEOPLE FEAR BY USING OTHERS.
AND IT IS JUST INFURIATING TO
SEE.
SEE. >> MARIA, WHENEVER, BUT HERE’S,
LET’S BE REALISTIC.
WHEN EMOTION IS INVOLVED IN THE
IMMIGRATION DEBATE, IT BECOMES
IMPOSSIBLE TO SOLVE.
THE PRESIDENT HAS DRIVEN ONE
KIND OF EMOTION.
THIS OBVIOUSLY DRIVES ANOTHER.
>> HE KEEPS SAYING THAT THE
DEMOCRATS ARE THE ONES THAT RUN.
THESE ARE LAWS THAT WERE
BIPARTISAN.
BIPARTISAN. >> FOR YEARS.
>> ON THE BOOKS.
HE ACTUALLY EXPORTED THEM TO THE
REST OF THE WORLD.
THE OTHER THING IS THAT WHEN HE
SAYS HE WANTS TO FIX IT, HE HAS
NO INTENTION WHEN HE ZEROS OUT
AID TO ACTUALLY ADDRESS THE
ISSUES AT THE ROOT CAUSE OF
THESE COUNTRIES AND SAYS,
CONTINUES TO GO.
WHEN HE ACTUALLY CLOSES TOUT
SHOP AND SAYS, YOU KNOW WHAT, I
DON’T WANT THE KIDS TO GO TO
THEIR COUNTRY OF OR BEGIN P GIN
TO SEEK ASYLUM.
HE IS TRYING TO FOOL THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
AMERICAN PEOPLE. KI TELL YOU IT’S BEEN A YEAR AGO
TODAY WHEN WE MARCHED WITH OVER
500 PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE
COUNTRY AND YOU KNOW WHAT WAS
MOST INTERESTING AND REALLY
FILLED MANY I HEART THAT IT WAS
NON-PARTISAN.
NON-PARTISAN. REBLICANS FROM THE MID-WEST
SHOWED UP BECAUSE THEY SAID THIS
IS ABHORRING TO US.
>> THAT IS WHAT, WHEN I TALK
ABOUT PATRIOTISM.
ABOUT PATRIOTISM. WE ACTUALLY KNOW BETTER.
WE KNOW WHAT WE WERE BUILT ON
AND WHAT HE IS TRYING TO DO.
>> I WANT TO MOVE TO THE DEBATE
OVERALL.
OVERALL. CORINNE, MOVE ON, YOU GUYS DID
YOUR STRAW POLL.
VIRTUAL STRAW POLL.
>> NOT SCIENTIFIC.
>> I UNDERSTAND THAT.
WHAT IS YOUR EXPLANATION FOR WHY
ELIZABETH WARREN HAS SORT OF
PULLED AHEAD OF BERNIE SANDERS?
>> I WANT TO GO BACK TO 2015 FOR
A SECOND.
A SECOND. WE HAD A RUN WARREN RUN CAMPAIGN
IN 2015.
IN 2015. MOVE ON DID.
SHE WAS KIND OF THE PROGRESSIVE
VOICE FOR OUR MEMBERS AT THE
TIME.
TIME. SHE DIDN’T RUN AND BERNIE
SANDERS STEPPED IN THAT SPACE.
BERNIE SANDERS RAN IF 2016.
IT WAS A BINARY CHOICE.
IT WAS VERY CLEAR ON WHAT YOU
CAN GET FROM ONE CANDIDATE
VERSUS THE OTHER CANDIDATE.
NOW YOU HAVE MULTIPLE CHOICES.
THERE ARE MULTIPLE ALTERNATIVES.
THAT’S THE BEAUTY OF HAVING SUCH
A LARGE AND DIVERSE PRIMARY.
>> VERY QUICKLY, WHAT WOULD BE A
MISTAKE FOR THESE CANDIDATES
TONIGHT?
TONIGHT? >> CHARACTER ASSASSINATION.
>> INTERESTING.
>> INTERESTING. >> I SEE WITH THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE, THEY ALREADY HAVE A
PRESIDENT IN THE WHITE HOUSE
THAT DOES THAT VERY BELL.
>> DON’T BE A BARBER.
>> DON’T BE A BARBER.
>> WHOEVER IT IS.
>> KNOW YOUR POLICY.
PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR
AUDACIOUS, BROAD POLLS.
THEY WANT TO SEE HOW DO YOU GIVE
US HOPE AND HOW DO YOU TAKE ME
TO THE FUTURE?
ALSO KNOWING THAT, AS THEY’RE
TALKING FOR THOSE SEVEN GREAT
MINUTES OF FAME, THEY WILL SAY
CAN YOU GO TOE-TO-TOE WITH
DONALD TRUMP AND BUILD YOUR OWN
RING?
RING? >> THE NATION DOESN’T WANT TO