>> HE COULDN’T BREAK FREE. >> A LOT OF PEOPLE SHOWED UP.
>> I LOVE HIM.
>> HE’S AMAZING.
>> YOU KNOW WHO I LOVE?
?
? WHO?
WHO? >> BILL DE BLASIO.
>> HE’S WITH US IN IOWA.
>> I HAVE THE FIRST QUESTION.
>> I HAVE THE FIRST QUESTION.
>> DON’T FIGHT OVER THE
QUESTION, GUYS.
QUESTION, GUYS. >> I JUST WANT TO SAY, I WANT TO
SET THIS UP BECAUSE THE NEW YORK
POST HAS BEEN MOCKING YOU, LATE
NIGHT COMEDIANS HAVE BEEN
MOCKING YOU.
MOCKING YOU. EVERYBODY’S BEEN MOCKING YOU.
MY QUESTION IS, AND THE NEW YORK
POST EVERYBODY HATES DEBILL.
AND THE DAILY NEWS ESCAPED FROM
NEW YORK YOU’VE GOT A PATCH OVER
YOUR EYE.
YOUR EYE. HI QUESTION IS, HOW MUCH DID YOU
PAY EVERYBODY TO LOWER
EXPECTATIONS TO SUCH A POINT
THAT THEY’RE SAYING THE SAME
THING ABOUT YOU THIS YEAR THAT
THEY WERE SAYING ABOUT DONALD
TRUMP FOUR YEARS AGO?
>> JOE, LOOK, I YOUER OO EAR SAY
VERY IMPORTANT POINT HERE
BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHO
ATTACKS IT TELLS YOU SO MUCH.
SO WHAT’S HAPPENED THE LAST 24
HOURS?
HOURS? THE NEW YORK POST HAS BEEN
ATTACKING ME AND CON DON NOT
ONLY TWEETED AT ME, HE CREATED
HIS OWN VIDEO.
>> JUST STOP RIGHT THERE.
WHAT DID I SAY YESTERDAY?
AFTER WE RAN HIS TAPE, I SAID DE
BLASIO KNOWS HOW TO FIGHT.
WE’VE ALREADY GOT THE NICKNAME
AND I LIKE IT, EVERYBODY
#CONDON.
#CONDON. >> LISTEN, JOE, WHY DO I CALL
HIM CON DON IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE
AS A NEW YORKER I’VE WATCHED
THIS GUY FOR DECADES.
HE’S A CON MAN.
WE’VE ALL WATCHED WHAT HE’S UP
TO AND HE TOLD WORKING PEOPLE IN
THIS COUNTRY IN 2016 HE WAS
GOING ON ON THEIR SIDE AND HE
WAS GOING TO BE THERE TO MAKE
THEIR LIVES BETTER.
HE CONNED EVERYONE.
HE HAS BEEN THE BEST PRESIDENT
FOR THE WEALTHY, FOR THE
CORPORATIONS WE’VE EVER SEEN.
BIGGEST TAX GIVE AWAY TO THE
WEALTHEST CORPORATIONS IN A
GENERATION.
GENERATION. HE’S HURTING FARMERS HERE IN
IOWA.
IOWA. HE’S A CON MAN.
SO I’M GOING TO TAKE IT TO HIM.
I’M A NEW YORKER.
I KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH THIS GUY
AND I TAKE IT RIGHT TO HIM AND
BECAUSE I SAID CON DON, HERE HE
COMES AND HE MAKES HIS OWN
CUSTOM VIDEO TO ATTACK ME.
IT’S MUSIC TO MY EARS.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY. >> LET’S SHOW THAT RIGHT NOW.
>> AND THEN MIKA HAS A QUESTION.
>> TAKE A LOOK.
>> I CAN’T BELIEVE IT.
I JUST HEARD THAT THE WORST MAN
IN THE HISTORY OF NEW YORK CITY
AND WITHOUT QUESTION THE WORST
MAYOR IN THE UNITED STATES IS
NOW RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.
IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN.
I’M PRETTY GOOD AT PREDICTING
THINGS LIKE THAT.
I WOULD BE VERY SURPRISED TO SEE
HIM IN THERE FOR A LONG PERIOD
BUT IT’S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
IF YOU LIKE HIGH TAXES AND YOU
LIKE CRIME, YOU CAN VOTE FOR HIM
BUT MOST PEOPLE AREN’T INTO
THAT.
THAT. SO I WISH HIM LUCK BUT REALLY IT
WOULD BE BETTER OFF IF YOU GOT
BACK TO NEW YORK CITY AND DID
YOUR JOB FOR THE LITTLE TIME YOU
HAVE LEFT.
HAVE LEFT. >> THAT PLANE THAT THE PRESIDENT
WAS FLYING IN, DO YOU KNOW WHAT
MAYOR DE BLASIO CALLS IT?
>> WHAT DOES HE CALL IT?
>> CON AIR.
>> THERE YOU GO.
>> YOU CAN ACTUALLY --
>> YOU BEAT ME TO IT.
>> YOU CAN USE THAT.
>> SO TWOFOLD, FIRST IS NICE,
THEN NOT SO NICE.
OKAY.
OKAY. SO MY BROTHER JUST TEXTED ME AND
SAID LIKE A YEAR BEFORE MY
FATHER PASSED AWAY HE SAID BILL
DE BLASIO WILL RUN FOR PRESIDENT
AND HE WILL BE A REMARKABLE
CANDIDATE.
CANDIDATE. THOSE WERE MY FATHER’S WORDS MY
BROTHER MARK JUST TOLD ME BUT
NOW I ASK YOU, WHAT MAKES YOU
REMARKABLE.
REMARKABLE. I WANT TO KNOW BESIDES BEING
REALLY TALL, WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL
LIKE -- HOLD ON.
WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE YOU
HAVE TO JUMP INTO THIS MASSIVE
POOL OF CANDIDATES THAT YOU ARE
SO SPECIAL THAT YOU MUST BRING
TO THE TABLE.
>> LA GUARDIA, WE’VE GOT LANDING
QUESTIONS.
QUESTIONS. >> THAT’S IT.
>> LISTEN, FIRST OF ALL I’M VERY
MOVED BY THAT KIND SEGMENT YOU
JUST -- THAT KIND PASSAGE YOU
JUST READ AND THANK YOU FOR THAT
AND I APPRECIATE YOUR WHOLE
FAMILY.
FAMILY. THE FACT IS THAT WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT CHANGING WORKING PEOPLE’S
LIVES AND THIS IS WHAT THIS
WHOLE ELECTION SHOULD BE ABOUT,
WORKING CLASS PEOPLE, MIDDLE
CLASS PEOPLE STRUGGLING LIKE
NEVER BEFORE, I’M CLEAR ABOUT
THE FACT THAT I PUT WORKING
PEOPLE FIRST IN NEW YORK CITY
AND THE WORK I’VE DONE, ALL THE
THINGS THAT I’VE BEEN SUGGESTING
NEED TO BE DIFFERENT IN THIS
WHOLE COUNTRY.
WHOLE COUNTRY. WE’VE DONE THEM IN NEW YORK
CITY.
CITY. GUARANTEED HEALTH CARE FOR ALL
NEW YORKERS INCLUDING MENTAL
HEALTH CARE.
HEALTH CARE. PREK FOR ALL CHILDREN FOR FREE,
PAID SICK LEAVE, THESE ARE THE
KIND OF THINGS THAT CHANGE
WORKING PEOPLE’S LIVES.
I HAVE A SET OF PROGRESSIVE
IDEAS THAT HELP WORKING PEOPLE,
THAT PROVE IT CAN BE DONE AND
I’VE ACTUALLY DONE IT.
THAT’S THE DIFFERENCE HERE.
WE HAVE TO TAKE ON DONALD TRUMP
AND IF YOU’RE GOING TO TAKE ON
DONALD TRUMP IT SURE HELPS TO BE
ABLE TO FIGHT BACK AND
UNDERSTAND HOW TO DEAL WITH HIM.
THERE’S NOTHING ABOUT DONALD
TRUMP THAT INTIMIDATES ME.
I LOOK FORWARD TO FIGHTING HIM
HEAD ON AND YOU SAW IN THAT
VIDEO, I’M ALREADY UNDER HIS
SKIN.
SKIN. AND YOU NEED A CANDIDATE TO TAKE
HIM ON WHO KNOWS HIS TRICKS AND
KNOWS HOW TO DEAL WITH THEM.
I TOLD YOU, I DID A COUNTER
VIDEO BY THE WAY AND I NOTED
THAT HIS VIDEO WAS VERY LOW
ENERGY.
ENERGY. I DON’T KNOW IF YOU SAW THAT.
VERY LOW ENERGY.
>> IT WAS.
>> AND HE’S A LITTLE SCARED
BECAUSE IF HE WANTS ME TO GO
BACK TO NEW YORK HE DOESN’T WANT
TO HAVE ME COMPETING WITH HIM SO
I THINK IT’S ABOUT KNOWING HOW
TO TAKE ON THE BULLY AND TAKE
HIM DOWN.
HIM DOWN. >> SO WE’RE EVOLVING NOW.
NOW IT’S LOW ENERGY CON.
>> LOW ENERGY CON AIR.
>> CON AIR.
>> HE’S TOO LOW ENERGY TO EVEN
BREAK OUT OF PRISON.
>> YOU HAVE SAID THAT YOU WERE
UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO CHALLENGE
DONALD TRUMP BECAUSE YOU
REPRESENT THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW
HIM BEST, NEW YORKERS AND YOU
SAY THOSE NEW YORKERS KNOW HIM
TO BE A CON MAN, BUT THAT SAME
RATIONALE, THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW
YOU BEST, 73% OF THEM IN A
RECENT POLL DON’T WANT YOU TO
RUN IF FOR PRESIDENT.
EXPLAIN THAT.
EXPLAIN THAT. >> YEAH, IT’S VERY
STRAIGHTFORWARD TO ME.
NEW YORKERS OVERWHELMINGLY
REJECTED DONALD TRUMP IN THE
2016 ELECTION.
2016 ELECTION. 80% OF NEW YORK CITY VOTED
AGAINST HIM.
AGAINST HIM. SO THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW HIM BEST
DIDN’T WANT HIM.
THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW ME BEST MADE
ME MAYOR TWICE AND I’VE BEEN
ABLE TO MAKE A LOT OF CHANGE IN
NEW YORK CITY.
HIGHEST GRADUATION RATE WE’VE
EVER HAD.
EVER HAD. SOMETHINGS ARE MOVING FORWARD
FOR WORKING PEOPLE IN THE NEW
YORK CITY AND THAT’S WHAT WE
NEED IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY.
POLL SG NOT THE SAME AS
ELECTIONS.
ELECTIONS. IT DOESN’T MATTER WHERE YOU
START AND I’VE BEEN THE UNDERDOG
IN EVERY ELECTION.
I’VE BEEN IN TEN ELECTIONS, I’VE
WON THEM ALL BUT I WAS ALWAYS AN
UNDERDOG AT THE START.
I’M VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THAT
SITUATION.
SITUATION. THE THE BOTTOM LINE IS I’M GOING
TO SHOW PEOPLE ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY THAT I HAVE PROVEN THAT
THESE PROGRESSIVE SOLUTIONS FOR
WORKING PEOPLE ACTUALLY WORK,
THAT THEY CAN BE DONE.
THAT WE DON’T NEED TO HAVE A
COUNTRY WHERE THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IS ONLY ON THE SIDE
OF THE 1%.
I SAY THERE’S PLENTY OF MONEY IN
THIS WORLD AND THERE’S PLENTY OF
MONEY IN THIS COUNTRY.
IT’S JUST IN THE WRONG HANDS.
THAT MONEY NEEDS TO GO BACK TO
THE HANDS OF WORKING PEOPLE.
I’VE PROVEN IT CAN BE DONE AND I
THINK WHEN PEOPLE SEE THAT
THEY’RE GOING TO FEEL THERE’S
SOMETHING IMPORTANT THERE.
>> CONGRATULATIONS ON ENTERING
THE RACE.
THE RACE. YOU’RE GOING GOING TO CAMPAIGN
ON THIS QUESTION OF INCOME AND
EQUALITY.
EQUALITY. IT’S A MESSAGE BERNIE SANDERS,
ELIZABETH WARREN AND OTHERS HAVE
BEEN PUSHING ON THE CAMPAIGN
TRAIL, BUT AS YOU KNOW WELL IN
NEW YORK CITY, INCOME AND
EQUALITY IS A HUGE PROBLEM.
THERE ARE A LOT OF REALLY,
REALLY RICH PEOPLE AND NOT
ENOUGH IN THE MIDDLE.
SO DO YOU AGREE IT’S A PROBLEM
HERE IN NEW YORK CITY AND IF
YOU’RE PRESIDENT WHY WOULD IT BE
DIFFERENT FOR THE COUNTRY IF WE
HAVEN’T GOTTEN IT DONE IN NEW
YORK.
YORK. >> WE’VE MADE A HUGE AMOUNT OF
PROGRESS IN NEW YORK.
WE’VE LICHTFTED HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OUT OF
POVERTY.
POVERTY. WE’RE GIVING FAMILIES FREE
AFTERSCHOOL, FOLKS ARE A HIGHER
WAGE BECAUSE OF OUR CITY WORKING
TO GET THAT WAGE UP TO $15 AN
HOUR.
HOUR. THERE’S A LOT THAT’S CHANGING, A
LOT MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
GUARANTEED HEALTH CARE IN NEW
YORK CITY.
YORK CITY. 600,000 PEOPLE UNINSURED WE’RE
GUARANTEEING THEM DIRECT ACCESS
TO HEALTH CARE INCLUDING MENTAL
SERVICES SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT
THOSE THINGS, IT’S NOT PERFECT.
THERE SURE ARE SOME REALLY RICH
PEOPLE ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY.
I WANT TO SEE THEM GET THEIR
FAIR SHARE OF TAXES.
I WANT TO SEE TRUMP’S TAX BREAKS
REPEALED.
REPEALED. I WANT TO SEE MONEY PUT BACK IN
THE HANDS OF WORKING PEOPLE AND
WE’VE MADE SERIOUS PROGRESS IN
THE LAST HALF DECADE IN NEW YORK
CITY AND WHAT I’M SAYING TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE IS, THESE THINGS
CAN HAPPEN AND IT’S NOT A POLICY
PAPER WITH ME.
IT’S THINGS WE’VE ACTUALLY DONE.
FOR 8.6 MILLION PEOPLE AND I
WANT TO DO IT FOR ALL AMERICANS.
>> YOU SAID BEFORE AND YOU JUST
SAID IT A MOMENT AGO THAT YOU
BELIEVE THE MONEY IS IN THE
WRONG HANDS.
WRONG HANDS. THAT RAISED SOME RED FLAGS FOR
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU MEAN BY
THAT?
THAT? YOU WANT TO REDISTRIBUTE WEALTH.
HOW WOULD YOU DO IT
SPECIFICALLY?
SPECIFICALLY? >> WELL, IT’S BEEN FOR TOO MANY
YEARS GOVERNMENT OF AND BY
BEFORE THE 1%.
GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE
BEGINNING WITH RONALD REAGAN AND
AN UNBROKEN CHAIN FOR THE TAX
CUTS AND MORE AND MORE MONEY IN
POWER, CONCENTRATED IN THE HANDS
OF VERY FEW.
WHAT’S HAPPENING TO WORKING
AMERICANS?
AMERICANS? THEY ARE STUCK ECONOMICALLY.
THEY FEEL A LOT OF CASES ARE
GOING BACKWARDS.
GOING BACKWARDS. THEY DON’T FEEL LIKE THE NEXT
GENERATION IS GOING TO BE
BETTER.
BETTER. WE SIGNED UP FOR A COUNTRY THAT
WAS FAIR.
WAS FAIR. AND I’M PROVING IN MY CITY.
>> SO HOW DO YOU ACHIEVE THAT?
HOW DO YOU REDISTRIBUTE THAT
WEALTH?
WEALTH? >> FIRST OF ALL THE MONEY IS IN
THE WRONG HANDS BECAUSE THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT POLICIES
FAVOR THE RICH.
LET’S REPEAL THOSE TAX BREAKS
THAT TRUMP GAVE TO THE WEALTHY
AND THE COMPRPORATIONS.
BY THE WAY, WHEN WAS THE FAIREST
MOST EQUAL TIME IN THE COUNTRY’S
HISTORY FROM THE 1940s UP TO THE
1960s INCLUDING DURING THE
EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION WHEN
YOU HAD A MUCH MORE FAIR HIGHER
TAX LEVEL FOR THE WEALTHY.
WHERE YOU HAD A HUGE AMOUNT OF
FEDERAL INVESTMENT IN HIGHER
EDUCATION, INFRASTRUCTURE ROADS,
THE THINGS THAT WOULD MOVE US
FORWARD, SCIENCE, RESEARCH, ALL
OF THE THINGS THAT HELPED MAKE
AMERICA GREAT CAME FROM THAT
KIND OF INVESTMENT BECAUSE WE
SAID TO THOSE WHO ARE WEALTHY,
CONGRATULATIONS YOU’VE DONE WELL
BUT YOU NEED TO PAY YOUR FAIR
SHARE.
SHARE. IT’S BEEN THE OTHER WAY RARND.
WE CAN CHANGE THAT.
>> YOU’VE MADE SOME BIG
PROGRESSIVE CHANGES IN NEW YORK
CITY BUT WASHINGTON, D.C. HAS A
LOT OF THINGS THAT NEW YORK CITY
DOESN’T INCLUDING MITCH
McCONNELL SO HOW WOULD YOU GET
PROFOUND PROGRESSIVE CHANGE
WORKING WITH MITCH McCONNELL.
HOW WOULD YOU WORK WITH MITCH
McCONNELL ON BIG BOLD PROGRSZIVE
CHANGE?
CHANGE? >> THANKS FOR THE QUESTION.
FIRST OF ALL, WHEN I WENT WITH
MY NUMBER ONE INITIATIVE WAS
FREE PREK FOR ALL THE CHILDREN.
I HAD TO GET BY OUR REPUBLICAN
STATE SENATE IN NEW YORK.
THEY HAD TO APPROVE THAT TOO AND
IT TOOK A LOT OF WORK BUT WE
CREATED A GROUND SWELL THAT MADE
IT SO IRRESISTIBLE.
THERE’S SO MUCH PUBLIC SUPPORT,
I THINK THAT’S PART OF THE KEY
HERE.
HERE. THE THINGS I’M TALKING ABOUT,
WE’RE GOING TO BUILD SUPPORT ALL
OVER THIS COUNTRY SO THAT WE
HAVE A GOVERNMENT THAT’S ON THE
SIDE OF WORKING PEOPLE AND THAT
WORKING PEOPLE ARE DEMANDING THE
CHANGES AND SO MANY RED STATES,
SO MANY PURPLE STATES, YOU SEE
WORKING PEOPLE DEMANDING HIGHER
MINIMUM WAGE, MEDICAID
EXPANSION, SO MANY THINGS THAT
ARE NECESSARY SO THAT PEOPLE CAN
LIVE DECENT LIVES.
THERE IS A HUGE NUMBER -- A HUGE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY
THAT IF THEY HEARD REAL IDEAS
THAT WOULD CHANGE THEIR LIVES,
KITCHEN TABLE THINGS, THIS IS
WHERE DEMOCRATS REALLY NEED TO
FOCUS ON ECONOMIC ISSUE, KITCHEN
TABLE ISSUES THAT PEOPLE CARE
ABOUT.
ABOUT. IF AMERICANS KNEW THEIR KIDS
COULD GET FREE PREK, IF
AMERICANS KNEW THEY WOULD HAVE
JUNE VERSE ALHEALTH CARE THEY
COULD DEPEND ON, IF THEY GOT
SICK THEY COULD STILL GET THE
DAY’S PAY AND NOT HAVE TO CHOOSE
BETWEEN GOING TO WORK AND VERSUS
TAKING CARE OF THEMSELVES OR
THEIR FAMILY, A DECENT STANDARD
OF LIVING AGAIN.
THAT’S WHAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
WANT.
WANT. IF WE CAN RALLY PEOPLE AROUND
THAT IDEA, IT DOESN’T MATTER,
THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE TO RESPOND
TO THAT TOO AND THAT’S HOW YOU
MAKE CHANGE.
MAKE CHANGE. >> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND THANK YOU.
WE HAVE A HASHTAG WITH CON DON
AND ALSO HE FLIES AROUND CON
AIR.
AIR. >> CON DON IS GOING TO BE
REACHING -- LE’S GOING TO BE
TWEETING AT YOU NOW TOO, BECAUSE
YOU SAID CON DON.
>> HE TWEETS AT ME EVERY DAY.
WHETHER HE SAYS MY NAME OR NOT.
>> COMING UP, THANK YOU, MAYOR
BILL DE BLASIO.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY. >> COMING UP --
>> HE DID SAY SOMETHING ABOUT
THE RED SOX.
>>.
>>. >> WILLIE’S INTERVIEW
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