KIND, WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU EVER GO TO SWEDEN IF THEY DON’T
RELEASE THIS GUY IMMEDIATELY?
>> WE WILL BE FOLLOWING THIS.
>>> LAST HOUR, WE HAD MONTANA’S
SENIOR SENATOR, JOHN TESTER, ON
THE SHOW WHO ADDRESSED THE
PRESIDENT’S RACIST RHETORIC
ABOUT SEVERAL DEMOCRATIC
CONGRESSMEN.
CONGRESSMEN. >> IS IT OKAY TO SAY NOTHING?
IS THAT -- IS THAT ENOUGH?
AT THIS POINT, SHOULD YOUR
REPUBLICAN COUNTERPART AND ALL
REPUBLICANS STAND UP AND SAY
SOMETHING TODAY?
SOMETHING TODAY? >> WELL, I MEAN, LOOK, UNLESS
YOU LIKE RACISM, ABSOLUTELY YOU
SHOULD STAND UP.
>> HELENA.
>> HELENA. JOINING US NOW, THE MAYOR OF
HELENA, MONTANA, DEMOCRAT
WILMOT, A FORMER WAR REFUGEE, A
NAVY RETIREE.
NAVY RETIREE. ALSO WITH US WALTER ISAACSON IS
WITH US, AS WELL.
>> MAYOR, TELL US WHY ARE YOU
RUNNING FOR THE SENATE AND WHAT
SHOULD YOUR OPPONENT HE BE
SAYING RIGHT NOW ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT’S CHANCE OF SENDING A
UNITED STATES CONGRESSWOMAN,
QUOTE, BACK TO WHERE SHE CAME
FROM?
FROM? >> WELL, GOOD MORNING.
AND THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
IT’S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
I AM RUNNING BECAUSE RIGHT NOW
MONTANA HAS ONE SENATOR
REPRESENTING MONTANA.
REPRESENTING MONTANA. THE OTHER SENATOR IS PART OF THE
EXECUTIVE BRANCH.
EXECUTIVE BRANCH. I’M RINING BECAUSE THE PEOPLE --
THE SENATOR THAT’S SUPPOSED TO
BE REPRESENTING US IS NOT
REPRESENTING US.
REPRESENTING US. HE DOES NOT KNOW THE PEOPLE OF
MONTANA.
MONTANA. I’VE BEEN TRAVELING THE STATE
AND THAT IS THE ONE CONSTANT I
HEAR.
HEAR. WE HAVE NOT INTERACTED WITH OUR
SENATOR IN TWO YEARS.
THE ONLY TIME WE SEE HIM, WHEN
WE GO ON FACEBOOK.
AND THAT’S NOT HOW YOU SHOULD
GOVERN.
GOVERN. AND, OF COURSE, RIGHT NOW, I’M
CALLING ON SENATOR DANES TO
APOLOGIZE FOR JUST
WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREEING TO WHAT
THE PRESIDENT SAID.
I THINK THAT IS WAY BELOW THE
PEEL WHEN -- THAT’S NOT WHAT THE
PEOPLE OF MONTANA ARE LOOKING
FOR.
FOR. THEY’RE LOOKING FOR A
REPRESENTATIVE, THEY’RE LOOKING
FOR A SENATOR WHO WILL REPRESENT
THEM AND HAVE AN INDEPENDENT
MIND.
MIND. THAT’S WHAT THEY’RE LOOKING FOR.
AND THAT’S WHY I THINK I CAN
RUN -- I’M RUNNING AND THAT’S
WHY I’M GOING ON WIN.
>> MR. MAYOR, IT’S JONATHAN
LAMERE.
LAMERE. YOU HAVE A REMARKABLE PERSONAL
STORY.
STORY. YOU’RE A REFUGEE OF THE LIBERIAN
CIVIL WAR AND NOW A NAVAL
RESERVIST HERE IN THE UNITED
STATES.
STATES. TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT YOU SEE
WITH THIS ADMINISTRATION AND HOW
THEY’RE TREATING REFUGEES AND
THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM.
THERE’S MOVEMENT TO TOUGHEN THE
REGULATIONS AT THE SOUTHERN
BORDER AND ELSEWHERE.
HOW MUCH OF THAT IS GOING TO
INFORM WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WERE
YOU TO BE ELECTED?
>> YOU SEE, THE THING HERE IS,
PEOPLE THAT ARE SEEKING ASYLUM,
WE HAVE TO GET IT STRAIGHT.
THEY’RE NOT BREAKING THE LAW.
OUR LAW SAYS COME TO A PORT OF
ENTRY.
ENTRY. SO WHEN THEY’RE COMING TO THE
PORT OF ENTRY, THEY’RE SEEKING
ASYLUM.
ASYLUM. DON’T GET ME WRONG.
NO DEMOCRAT WANTS AN OPEN BORDER
LIKE THE TALKING POINTS THAT ARE
BEING PUT OUT THERE.
IT’S IMPORTANT THAT WE
ACKNOWLEDGE OUR RULES AND
REGULATIONS AND LAWS AND ABIDE
BY THEM.
BY THEM. WE’RE A LAW-ABIDING COUNTRY.
AND WHEN I GET TO THE SENATE,
THE FIRST THING I WILL TRY TO DO
IS TRY TO BRING CIVILITY BECAUSE
I’M NOT FOOL’S HEARTED TO THINK
THAT WE’RE GOING BE ABLE TO WORK
WITH EACH OTHER WITHOUT BEING
CIVIL TO EACH OTHER.
SO CIVILITY IS PRIMARY BECAUSE
IF YOU’RE TO DO THE PEOPLE’S
JOB, IF YOU WANT TO WORK FORT
PEOPLE OF MONTANA, YOU HAVE TO
CROSS THE PARTY LINE AND WORK
FOR THE PEOPLE OF MONTANA.
THAT WOULD BE MY FIRST ACT AND
THAT’S WHAT I’M GOING TO TRY TO
DO.
DO. I WON’T BE ABLE TO PASS ANYTHING
IF I DON’T WORK WITH THE OTHER
SIDE.
SIDE. >> MR. MAYOR, IT’S WILLIE GEIST.
IT’S GREAT TO HAVE YOU ON THE
SHOW THIS MORNING.
YOU’RE A REFUGEE FROM THE
LIBERIAN CIVIL WAR WHO CAME TO
HELENA, MONTANA, FOR YOUR SAFETY
AND FOR YOUR FAMILY’S SAFETY.
CONGRESSWOMAN ILHAR OMAR OF
MINNESOTA.
MINNESOTA. LAST NIGHT, THE PRESIDENT LED
CHANTS OF SEND HER BACK.
WHAT DID YOU HEAR IN THOSE
CHANTS LAST NIGHT?
>> YOU KNOW, IT WAS SAD THAT WE
ARE AT THAT LEVEL.
LIKE OUR FORMER FIRST LADY SAID,
WHEN THEY GO LOW, WE GO HIGH.
BUT IT WAS SAD TO START TELLING
AMERICANS TO GO BACK.
IF THAT’S THE CASE, THIS COUNTRY
WILL BE EMPTY.
BECAUSE -- AND FOR OUR -- FOR
SENATOR DANES TO PICK THAT UP
AND RE-ECHO AND KNOWING THAT I
AM HIS PONT AND GOING TO BE
TAKING HIS SEAT, IT SAYS A LOT.
THE DOG WHISTLE CONTINUES.
IT’S SAD.
IT’S SAD. WE SHOULD BE TRYING TO GET THE
COUNTRY TOGETHER.
COUNTRY TOGETHER. THIS COUNTRY HAS NEVER BEEN THIS
DIVIDED.
DIVIDED. >> MAYOR WILMOT COLLINS, THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING ON THE
SHOW THIS MORNING AND GOOD LUCK