>>> YESTERDAY PRESIDENT TRUMP WADED IN VIRGINIA'S GOVERNOR'S
TWEET TWEETING ED GILLESPIE LAB GREAT GOVERNOR OF V.A.
HIS OPPONENT DOESN'T EVEN SHOW UP FOR MEETINGS/WORK AND WILL BE
WEAK ON CRIME. NORTHAM TWEETED I SERVED EIGHT
YEARS IN THE ARMY, TOOK CARE OF SICK KIDS AND ARE RUNNING TO
BUILD MORE INCLUSIVE VIRGINIA. DON'T TALK TO ME ABOUT SHOWING
UP. TRUMP'S TWEET HAS LOOMED LARGE.
HE REFUSED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM THE WASHINGTON POST ABOUT
TRUMP'S ENDORSEMENT OF HIM ON TWITTER EARLIER THIS MONTH
ASKING THE POST TO IF HE COULD, QUOTE, GO OFF THE RECORD.
AND RALPH NORTHAM JOINS US NOW. THANK YOU FOR BEING ANT SHOW.
GOOD MORNING. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING
ME. IT'S GOOD TO BE WITH YOU.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS.
DONALD TRUMP SAYS YOU DON'T SHOW UP TO WORK.
RESPOND TO THAT. >> WELL, AS I RESPONDED
YESTERDAY, I SERVED FOR EIGHT YEARS IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY.
I HAVE TAKEN CARE OF SICK CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES FOR
OVER 25 YEARS. I SERVED FOR SIX YEARS IN THE
VIRGINIA SENATE, AND THEN FOUR YEARS AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
I DIDN'T MISS A DAY IN THE LAST FOUR DAYS.
THERE'S A CONTRAST BETWEEN MY RECORD AND MY OPPONENT'S RECORD.
MY OPPONENT, AS YOU KNOW, IS A WASHINGTON LOBBYIST.
THE ONLY TIME HE SHOWED UP IS WHEN HE GETS PAID.
I SHOW UP FOR MY WORK. VIRGINIANS KNOW THAT.
WE'RE GETTING GOOD THINGS DONE IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.
>> LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, ED GILLESPIE SEEMS TO BE ENDING HIS
CAMPAIGN TALKING ABOUT HOW HE'S GOING TO PROTECT CONFEDERATE
MONUMENTS. DONALD TRUMP TWEETED OUT ED
GILLESPIE WAS GOING TO PROTECT, QUOTE, OUR HERITAGE.
FIRST OF ALL, WHAT IS -- DO YOU THINK THE PRESIDENT IS TALKING
ABOUT, AND SECONDLY, WHAT'S YOUR STANCE ON THE CONFEDERATE
MONUMENTS THAT ED GILLESPIE IS PROMISING TO KEEP UP?
>> WE HAD A HORRIFIC TRAGEDY BACK IN AUGUST IN
CHARLOTTESVILLE. A BEAUTIFUL CITY.
A WUFRL WONDERFUL UNIVERSITY WHEN THE KKK MARCHED IN SPEWING
THEIR HATRED AND BIGOTRY. I WAS PROUD TO STAND UP WITH OUR
GOVERNOR AND OUR ATTORNEY GENERAL AND CALL THESE
INDIVIDUALS OUT FOR WHO THEY ARE.
THAT IS A BUNCH OF WHITE SUPREMACISTS, TOLD THEM TO GO
BACK WHERE THEY CAME FROM, AND NEVER COME BACK TO THE
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. AND WE REGRET THAT OUR PRESIDENT
DID NOT DO THE SAME THING. I HAVE ASKED ED GILLESPIE.
HE'S HAD OVER 70 DAYS TO DENOUNCE THE PRESIDENT FOR NOT
STANDING UP AND MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T CONTINUE TO PROMOTE
HATRED AND BIGOTRY. THERE'S A TREMENDOUS DI DIFFERE.
HIS ADVERTISEMENTS THAT CONTINUE TO JUST PROMOTE HATRED AND
BIGOTRY. THAT'S NOT THE VIRGINIA WAY.
>> LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, LET ME ASK YOU.
AGAIN, WE'VE SAID TODAY THAT WE THOUGHT IT WAS UNFORTUNATE THAT
ED GILLESPIE, I THINK A TALENTED AND GIFTED GUY I'VE KNOWN FOR A
LONG TIME IS REDUCING THIS CAMPAIGN, THE FINAL STRETCH TO
CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS. SO HE'S SAYING HE'S GOING TO
PROTECT AND DEFEND CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS.
I'M ASKING YOU YOUR POSITION ON THE CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS, THE
DEFENSE OF WHICH ED GILLESPIE IS BASING HIS CAMPAIGN.
>> IF THERE'S A MONUMENT IN CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT GAVE THE
WHITE SUPREMACISTS AN EXCUSE TO COME INTO CHARLOTTESVILLE, THEN
WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT DECISION. THESE MONUMENTS THAT ARE
DIVISIVE NEED TO BE IN MUSEUMS WITH HISTORICAL CONTEXTS.
I HAVE LEFT THAT UP TO LOCALITIES.
THEY'LL MAKE THE DECISION. THE IMPORTANT THING FOR
VIRGINIANS IS OUR CAMPAIGN IS BASED ON JOBS.
VIRGINIANS WANT A JOB THEY CAN SUPPORT THEMSELVES AND THEIR
FAMILIES WITH. THEY WANT TO KNOW THAT THEIR
CHILDREN HAVE ACCESS TO A WORLD CLASS EDUCATION.
AND THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE AND
QUALITY HEALTH CARE. THAT'S WHAT I STAND FOR IN
VIRGINIA, AND MY CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN POSITIVE.
THAT'S WHY IT'S RESONATING WITH THE VIRGINIANS AND THAT'S WHY WE
PLAN TO WIN ON NOVEMBER 7TH. >> IT IS INTERESTING BACK IN
2009, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BOB McDONALD'S CAMPAIGN AND HOW
UNBELIEVABLY EFFECTIVE IT WAS, BECAUSE IT WAS BOB'S FOR JOBS.
HE WENT AROUND THE STATE, ALL HE TALKED ABOUT WAS JOBS.
HE DIDN'T GET DISTRACTED BY SOCIAL ISSUES OR DISTRACTED BY
MONUMENTS. JOBS, JOBS, JOBS.
2017, ED'S FOR CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS.
IT DOESN'T FLOW OFF THE TONGUE AS MUCH.
DOES IT? >> NO.
>> ISN'T IT, FOR YOU, KNOWING ED GILLESPIE, ISN'T IT
DISAPPOINTING AND SURPRISING THAT HE WOULD END HIS CAMPAIGN
BEING THE GREAT DEFENDER OF CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS INSTEAD OF
BRINGING JOBS TO VIRGINIA? >> I UNDERSTAND THE TUG AND PULL
OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN 2017 AND
HARD IT IS TO NAVIGATE BEING THE REAGAN-LIKE POLICY GUY THAT
GILLESPIE IS WITH THE SOCIAL ISSUES AND IMMIGRATION ISSUES
THAT ANIMATES THE TRUMP BASE. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, I WANTED TO
ASK YOU, I KNOW THE SANCTUARY CITY ISSUE HAS COME UP.
YOU SAID WE'RE NOT A SANCTUARY CITY.
THIS IS A FEDERAL ISSUE, IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IS A
FEDERAL ISSUE. DO YOU BELIEVE YOU'RE
COMFORTABLE WITH THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S APPROACH TO
IMMIGRATION, HOW I.C.E. HAS HANDLED IMMIGRATIOGRATION?
>> WE DON'T HAVE SANCTUARY CITIES.
IT WAS NOTHING MORE THAN A POLITICAL PLOY TO SAY WE DO.
I WANT TO COMMENT ON THE ECONOMY.
WE BROUGHT IN OVER 215,000 NEW JOBS TO VIRGINIA OVER 18 1/2
BILLION DOLLARS OF CAPITAL INVEST.
AND OUR UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN VIRGINIA HAS GONE FROM 5.4 TO
3.7%. IT'S THE LOWEST IN NINE YEARS
AND THE SECOND LOWEST IN THE COUNTRY.
WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR ECONOMY. THE DIRECTION WE'RE HEADED IN,
AND AGAIN, THIS IS ABOUT THE VIRGINIA WAY.
THAT'S WHAT THIS ELECTION REPRESENTS, AND THAT'S WHAT
VIRGINIANS ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO.
THEY'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THE STATUES AS MR. GILLESPIE
WANTS TO CONTINUE TO SPEW HATRED AND BIGOTRY.
AND WE DON'T HAVE SANCTUARY CITIES IN VIRGINIA.
I HAVE ALWAYS STOOD UP AND SAID ANYBODY THAT COMMITS A CRIME IN
VIRGINIA WILL BE PUNISHED, AND IF APPROPRIATE, THEY WILL BE PUT
IN JAIL. WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN TOUGHER ON
CRIME IN VIRGINIA AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE.
>> BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S RIGHT THAT PEOPLE IN VIRGINIA
AREN'T PAYING ATTENTION TO THE MONUMENTS, BECAUSE PRESUMABLY ED
GILLESPIE IS NO DUMMY, AND HE'S TALKING ABOUT THIS.
THIS IS IN HIS CLOSING ARGUMENT TO VIRGINIA VOTERS.
I'M JUST CURIOUS WHETHER YOU THINK THERE IS A CORRELATION
BETWEEN SOME OF THE TIGHTENING IN THE POLLS AND THE RISE OF
THIS ISSUE. AND THE FACT THAT GILLESPIE IS
USING IT. >> WELL, WHAT VIRGINIANS CARE
ABOUT, AND CERTAINLY MONUMENTS HAS BEEN A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION,
BUT WHAT VIRGINIANS CARE ABOUT IS JOBS.
THEY WANT A JOB THEY CAN SUPPORT THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES.
THEY WANT TO LIVE IN SAFE COMMUNITIES WHERE THERE ARE NOT
GUNS ON EVERY STREET CORNER. ENVIRONMENTS WHERE THE AIR AND
WATER ARE CLEAN. THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE
IMPORTANT TO VIRGINIA. WE HAVE A WEEK LEFT, A LITTLE
OVER A WEEK IN THIS CAMPAIGN. WE'LL CONTINUE TO TRAVEL AROUND
VIRGINIA, LISTEN TO VIRGINIANS AND MAKE SURE WE'RE TAKING CARE
OF THEIR NEEDS. >> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA, RALPH
NORTHAM. THE POLLS -- THE ONE LAST WEEK,
DIDN'T IT HAVE ED UP BY -- >> FIVE OR SIX POINTS?
>> SOMETHING LIKE THAT. >> BUT IT'S AN INTERESTING RACE.
LISTEN, AS YOU GUYS DON'T KNOW, WHILE WE'RE WORKING HERE --
>> ALWAYS WORKING HARD. >> WE'VE GOT A CONTROL ROOM, AND
THEY'RE DIGGING REALLY, REALLY DEEP INTO POLICY AND, OF COURSE,
THE LATEST POLLS YOU WANT TO SEE, AND THEY'RE BASICALLY
WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK -- >> LOOK AT ALEX.
HE'S EXHAUSTED. >> GETTING THE MOST RELEVANT
INFORMATION TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
WHILE THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WAS ON, IT SEEMS THAT JACK, JACK
CAME UP WITH A VERY FASCINATING FACT.
>> THIS COULD SWING THE RACE. ROTHMAN IS ONLY A COUPLE LETTERS
FROM A PERFECT ANAGRAM OF RALPH NORTH M.
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