THE TEST BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE TEACHER IS LEARNING STUFF
TOO. >> THANK YOU, RACHEL.
WELL, ON THIS 210th DAY OF THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY, NO ONE IN THE
UNITED STATES AND POSSIBLY NO ONE IN THE WORLD WAS SURPRISED
WHEN THE PRESIDENT'S RESPONSE TO AN APPARENT TERRORIST ATTACK IN
BARCELONA WAS TO LIE. THE PRESIDENT IS NOT
PRESIDENTIAL ENOUGH TO STEP UP TO A MICROPHONE AND SAY
SOMETHING ARTICULATE AND SUPPORTIVE TO AND ABOUT THE
PEOPLE OF SPAIN AND BARCELONA, AND SO THE PRESIDENT DID WHAT
ANY CHILD COULD DO. HE TWEETED.
TWITTER IS THE LEAST DIGNIFIED FORM OF PRESIDENTIAL
COMMUNICATION, AND IT IS THEREFORE THIS PRESIDENT'S
FAVORITE FORM OF COMMUNICATION. NOTHING SAYS, I DON'T REALLY
CARE ABOUT YOU ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY INTERRUPT MY VACATION
MORE CLEARLY THAN A TWEET. THE PRESIDENT'S FIRST TWEET WAS
THE LAZIEST POSSIBLE STRING OF WORDS AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT
COULD EVER COME UP WITH IN REACTION TO SUCH AN EVENT.
HE SAID, THE UNITED STATES CONDEMNS THE TERROR ATTACK IN
BARCELONA, SPAIN, AND WILL DO WHATEVER IS NECESSARY TO HEL.
BE TOUGH AND STRONG. WE LOVE YOU.
HIS NEXT TWEET WAS A PATHOLOGICAL LIE.
IT WAS A LIE HE HAS BEEN CAUGHT TELLING BEFORE.
HE WAS TOLD PUBLICLY THAT IT WAS A LIE THE FIRST TIME HE TOLD
THIS LIE. BUT BECAUSE HIS LYING IS
PATHOLOGICAL, BECAUSE IT CANNOT BE CONTROLLED, HE HAD THE URGE
TO TELL THIS LIE AGAIN TODAY AND SO HE DID, AND NO ONE COULD STOP
HIM. STUDY WHAT GENERAL PERSHING OF
THE UNITED STATES DID TO TERRORISTS WHEN CAUGHT.
THERE WAS NO MORE RADICAL ISLAMIC TERROR FOR 35 YEARS.
NUMBER ONE, GENERAL PERSHING WAS NEVER IN A WAR WITH ISLAMIC
TERRORISM. HE WAS IN A WAR IN THE
PHILIPPINES WHERE SOME OF THE PEOPLE HE WAS FIGHTING AGAINST
WERE MUSLIM. MOST SOLDIERS IN EVERY 20th
CENTURY WAR HAVE BEEN MEMBERS OF A RELIGION.
MOST OF THE WARS THAT THEY FOUGHT IN HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH
THEIR RELIGIONS. HERE IS DONALD TRUMP IN THE FULL
GRIP OF HIS PATHOLOGY, DURING THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN,
TELLING HIS BIG LIE ABOUT GENERAL PERSHING.
THE LIE THAT HE KNOWS IS A LIE BUT THAT HIS PATHOLOGY DEMANDS
THAT HE TELL. NOW, AS YOU WATCH HIM, AS YOU
WATCH HIM TELLING THIS LIE DURING THE CAMPAIGN, YOU CAN SEE
THAT HE HAS NO CONTROL OVER HIMSELF, THAT THIS LIE HAS
CONTROL OVER DONALD TRUMP. THE LIE CONTROLS HIM.
HE DOESN'T CONTROL THE LIES. THAT IS THE SICKNESS THAT YOU'RE
WATCHING. THAT IS THE PATHOLOGICAL
CONDITION THAT DONALD TRUMP SUFFERS FROM EVERY DAY.
>> AND HE CAUGHT 50 TERRORISTS WHO DID TREMENDOUS DAMAGE AND
KILLED MANY PEOPLE. AND HE TOOK THE 50 TERRORISTS,
AND HE TOOK 50 MEN, AND HE DIPPED 50 BULLETS IN PIG'S
BLOOD. AND HE HAD HIS MEN LOAD HIS
RIFLES, AND HE LINED UP THE 50 PEOPLE, AND THEY SHOT 49 OF
THOSE PEOPLE. AND THE 50th PERSON, HE SAID,
YOU GO BACK TO YOUR PEOPLE, AND YOU TELL THEM WHAT HAPPENED.
AND FOR 25 YEARS, THERE WASN'T A PROBLEM, OKAY?
>> GENERAL KELLY, THE NEW WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF, KNOWS THAT
EVERY WORD OF THAT IS A LIE, BUT THAT NEW WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF
STAFF COULD NOT STOP THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
FROM TWEETING ABOUT THAT TODAY. GENERAL PERSHING NEVER DID
ANYTHING WITH PIG'S BLOOD. THE IDEA THAT THE ONLY THING YOU
WOULD HAVE TO DO TO STOP MUSLIM COMBATANTS IN THEIR TRACKS IS
EXPOSE THEM TO PIG'S BLOOD IS THE KIND OF INFANTILE IDEA THAT
TAKES UP THE SPACE IN DON DONAL TRUMP'S BRAIN WHERE FACTS ARE
SUPPOSED TO LIVE. GENERAL PERSHING WAS FIGHTING
AGAINST PEOPLE IN THE PHILIPPINES WHO DID NOT WANT THE
UNITED STATES TO RULE THE PHILIPPINES, AND THEY WERE
WILLING TO DIE IN THAT FIGHT AGAINST THE UNITED STATES.
ONLY THE CHILDISH MIND OF DONALD TRUMP COULD BELIEVE THAT THOSE
FIGHTERS WHO WERE WILLING TO DIE FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVED IN COULD
HAVE BEEN STOPPED BY PIG'S BLOOD.
WE KNOW DONALD TRUMP IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO LIES LIKE THAT
THAT SWIRL AROUND THE INTERNET. HIS WEAKNESS OF MIND LEAVES HIM
OPEN TO THAT. IT IS IDENTICAL TO THE WEAKNESS
OF MIND THAT LEAVES PEOPLE OPEN TO NAZI LIES ON THE INTERNET AND
WHITE SUPREMACIST LIES ON THE INTERNET.
13 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN THAT ATTACK TODAY IN BARCELONA WHEN A
VAN RAN OVER PEOPLE. TONIGHT, SPANISH AUTHORITIES
REPORT THAT FOUR SUSPECTS WERE KILLED IN A RAID, AND ONE
SUSPECT WAS INJURED. EARLIER TODAY, TWO SUSPECTS WERE
ARRESTED. SO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES' ADVICE TO SPAIN, HIS OFFICIAL PRESIDENTIAL ADVICE TO
SPAIN TODAY, WAS TO USE PIG'S BLOOD ON THE SUSPECTS WHO HAVE
BEEN APPREHENDED BY THE AUTHORITIES IN SPAIN, AND THAT
WILL STOP ALL TERRORIST ATTACKS IN SPAIN FOR 25 YEARS.
THAT IS WHAT CAME OUT OF THE SICK MIND OF THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES TODAY. THE WORLD KNOWS THAT WE HAVE A
VERY SICK MAN IN THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY.
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO HIDE THAT. THE WORLD KNOWS IT.
MOST PEOPLE IN AMERICA KNOW IT. MOST REPUBLICANS DON'T ADMIT IT.
AND BECAUSE REPUBLICANS CONTROL THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE, WE ALL
KNOW THAT ONLY REPUBLICANS HAVE THE POWER TO TAKE THE STEPS
NECESSARY TO LIMIT AND CONTROL THIS PRESIDENT AND, IF
NECESSARY, REMOVE HIM. AND THEY HAVE ALREADY DONE SOME
OF THAT LIMITING AND CONTROLLING.
MITCH McCONNELL MADE SURE THAT THIS PRESIDENT WOULD NOT BE
ALLOWED TO DO ANY RECESS APPOINTMENTS DURING THE SENATE'S
AUGUST RECESS. THE HOUSE AND SENATE HAVE PASSED
A SANCTIONS BILL THAT THEY FORCED THE PRESIDENT TO SIGN
THAT LIMITS THE PRESIDENT'S ABILITY TO REMOVE SANCTIONS ON
RUSSIA. THE REPUBLICAN SENATE REFUSED TO
PASS THE HEALTH CARE BILL THAT DONALD TRUMP SUPPORTED NO MATTER
WHAT DONALD TRUMP SAID ABOUT IT. AND NO MATTER WHAT HE SAID ABOUT
THE REPUBLICAN SENATORS WHO OPPOSED THAT BILL.
REPUBLICAN SENATOR JEFF FLAKE HAS NOT JUST SAID THAT HIS
PARTY'S EMBRACE OF TRUMPISM WAS A MISTAKE, HE HAS WRITTEN A BOOK
ABOUT IT. AND TODAY THE REPUBLICAN
CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE SAID THIS.
>> THE PRESIDENT HAS NOT YET -- HAS NOT YET BEEN ABLE TO
DEMONSTRATE THE STABILITY NOR SOME OF THE COMPETENCE THAT HE
NEEDS TO DEMONSTRATE IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
AND WE NEED FOR HIM TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
OUR NATION NEEDS FOR HIM TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
>> FORGET ABOUT THE LAST LINE THERE ABOUT WE NEED THE
PRESIDENT TO BE SUCCESSFUL. THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT
POLITICIANS LIKE SENATOR CORKER SAY SO THAT THE TRUMP VOTERS
WON'T THINK HE'S ATTACKING THE PRESIDENT TOO HARSHLY.
THERE WAS NO REPUBLICAN SENATOR WHO THOUGHT THAT THEY NEEDED
BARACK OBAMA TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE PRESIDENCY.
THEY NEVER SAID THAT. THIS COUNTRY DOESN'T NEED DONALD
TRUMP TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE PRESIDENCY.
THIS COUNTRY NEEDS DONALD TRUMP TO BE CONTAINED IN THE
PRESIDENCY, TO BE RESTRICTED IN THE PRESIDENCY.
THAT IS WHAT THE SANCTIONS BILL DID, AND THAT IS WHAT MITCH
McCONNELL DID WHEN HE MADE SURE THAT HE LEFT THE SENATE
TECHNICALLY IN SESSION DURING THE AUGUST RECESS SO THERE COULD
BE NO RECESS APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT, WHO THE REPUBLICAN
MAJORITY LEADER CLEARLY DOES NOT TRUST OR RESPECT.
AND WHY SHOULD HE? HE IS THE ONLY REPUBLICAN
MAJORITY LEADER WHO HAS BEEN ATTACKED BY A NEW REPUBLICAN
PRESIDENT IN THAT PRESIDENT'S FIRST SIX MONTHS.
THE IMPORTANT THING THAT SENATOR CORKER SAID TODAY IS THAT THIS
PRESIDENT DOES NOT HAVE THE STABILITY TO BE PRESIDENT.
SENATOR CORKER SAID IT IN THE MOST POLITE WAY HE POSSIBLY
COULD, BUT HE EDGED THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ONE TINY STEP
CLOSER TO THE 25th AMENDMENT, WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE REMOVAL
OF AN UNSTABLE PRESIDENT. THE HARDEST THING ABOUT WORKING
IN GOVERNMENT IN WASHINGTON IS HOW MUCH PATIENCE IT TAKES.
IT TOOK 45 YEARS OF PATIENCE TO SIGNIFICANTLY EXPAND GOVERNMENT
SUBSIDIZED HEALTH INSURANCE BEYOND MEDICARE AND MEDICAID,
AND IT TAKES JUST A HUGE AMOUNT OF PATIENCE TO WAIT AND WAIT FOR
THE POLITICAL PARTY IN POWER IN CONGRESS TO RECOGNIZE WHAT'S
WRONG WITH THE PRESIDENT WHO IS IN THAT SAME POLITICAL PARTY.
THAT TAKES SO MUCH PATIENCE. SO WHAT SENATOR CORKER SAID
TODAY IS A BREAKTHROUGH. IT IS A MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH.
DONALD TRUMP DOESN'T HAVE THE STABILITY OR THE COMPETENCE TO
BE PRESIDENT. SENATOR CORKER SAID THAT SEVEN
MONTHS INTO THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY.
HE COULD HAVE EASILY SAID IT SEVEN MONTHS INTO THE TRUMP
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OR SEVEN WEEKS INTO THAT CAMPAIGN OR
SEVEN DAYS INTO THE TRUMP PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.
HE COULD HAVE SAID IT SEVEN MINUTES INTO THE TRUMP
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. HERE'S DONALD TRUMP IN MINUTE
TWO OF HIS CAMPAIGN. >> WHEN MEXICO SENDS ITS PEOPLE,
THEY'RE NOT SENDING THEIR BEST. THEY'RE NOT SENDING YOU.
THEY'RE NOT SENDING YOU. THEY'RE SENDING PEOPLE THAT HAVE
LOTS OF PROBLEMS, AND THEY'RE BRINGING THOSE PROBLEMS WITH US.
THEY'RE BRINGING DRUGS. THEY'RE BRINGING CRIME.
THEY'RE RAPISTS. >> SENATOR CORKER VOTED FOR
TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT. HE VOTED FOR A MAN WHO HE NOW
ADMITS DOES NOT HAVE THE STABILITY OR COMPETENCE TO BE
PRESIDENT. IF YOU ARE WAITING TO HEAR BOB
CORKER SAY THAT ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S STABILITY, IF YOU
WERE WAITING FOR THAT, YOU NEEDED AN AWFUL LOT OF PATIENCE
TO GET TO THIS POINT WHERE A SUPPOSEDLY REASONABLE MAN LIKE
BOB CORKER FINALLY STATED THE OBVIOUS.
AND THE ONLY REASON IT TOOK THIS LONG IS THAT BOB CORKER IS A
REPUBLICAN. THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT HELD
HIM BACK FROM TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT REPUBLICAN DONALD TRUMP'S
INSTABILITY AND INCOMPETENCE. WHEN REPUBLICAN SENATORS TAKE A
STEP LIKE THIS, IT MAY BE THAT THE BEST THING TO DO, THE MOST
ENCOURAGING THING TO DO IS TO JUST PRAISE THEM FOR SPEAKING
THE TRUTH AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO CONTINUE TO TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT
THIS PRESIDENT. BUT SOME OF US ALWAYS HAVE TO
WONDER WOULD WE BE HERE TONIGHT, WOULD DONALD TRUMP BE PRESIDENT
IF OTHERWISE REASONABLE PEOPLE LIKE BOB CORKER HAD NOT ENABLED
THE TRUMP CANDIDACY, THE TRUMP NOMINATION?
WOULD WE BE HERE TONIGHT IF REPUBLICANS LIKE SENATOR BOB
CORKER HAD NOT ALLOWED THEIR PARTY'S APPARATUS TO DELIVER
DONALD TRUMP TO THE WHITE HOUSE? POLITICALLY THE SMARTEST THING
FOR DEMOCRATS TO DO WHEN BOB CORKER SAYS SOMETHING L LIKE TH
IS TO JUST PRIVATELY THANK HIM FOR SPEAKING HIS MIND AND
ENCOURAGE HIM TO CONTINUE TO DO SO AND NEVER, EVER REMIND HIM
THAT HE WAS PART OF THE PARTY THAT ALLOWED THIS TO HAPPEN TO
THIS COUNTRY AND TO THE WORLD. SENATOR CORKER IS A SOUTHERN
REPUBLICAN SENATOR FROM TENNESSEE WHO IS TROUBLED BY
DONALD TRUMP'S REACTION TO THE MURDER OF HEATHER HEYER IN
CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT WAS ENCOURAGED BY A WHITE
SUPREMACIST MOB. >> HE ALSO RECENTLY HAS NOT
DEMONSTRATED THAT HE UNDERSTANDS THE CHARACTER OF THIS NATION.
HE HAS NOT DEMONSTRATED THAT HE UNDERSTANDS WHAT HAS MADE THIS
NATION GREAT AND WHAT IT IS TODAY, AND HE'S GOT TO
DEMONSTRATE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A PRESIDENT WHO UNDERSTANDS
THAT. AND WITHOUT THE THINGS THAT I
JUST MENTIONED HAPPENING, OUR NATION IS GOING TO GO THROUGH
GREAT PERIL. >> SENATOR CORKER IS A WISE
MASTER OF DIPLOMATIC LC LANGUAG. HE CHOOSES HIS WORDS MORE
CAREFULLY THAN DONALD TRUMP WOULD EVER BE ABLE TO DO.
HE JUST ASSIGNED TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
GREAT PERIL. THIS PRESIDENCY IS A GREAT PERIL
TO THE UNITED STATES, AND AT LEAST ONE REPUBLICAN SENATOR IS
NOW WILLING TO SAY THAT PUBLICLY.
AND THAT IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT MOMENT IN THE TIMELINE
OF THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY. WE GOT HERE BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP
TOLD THE TRUTH. WE GOT HERE BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP
SPOKE FROM HIS POISONED HEART AND TOLD THE WORLD THAT HE
REALLY DOES THINK THAT NAZI WHITE SUPREMACISTS AND PEOPLE
PROTESTING NAZI WHITE SUPREMACISTS ARE EQUALLY TO
BLAME FOR EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED IN CHARLOTTESVILLE.
WHEN DONALD TRUMP LIES, AS HE DOES EVERY DAY ABOUT PIG'S BLOOD
OR WHATEVER HE'S LYING ABOUT THAT DAY, HE HUMILIATES HIMSELF.
HE HUMILIATES HIS FAMILY. HE HUMILIATES EVERYONE WORKING
IN HIS WHITE HOUSE AND IN HIS ADMINISTRATION.
AND WHEN HE TELLS THE TRUTH, HE DOES EVEN MORE DAMAGE TO HIMSELF
AND HIS PRESIDENCY BECAUSE THE MORE DONALD TRUMP REVEALS ABOUT
THE TRUTH OF WHO HE REALLY IS AND WHAT HE REALLY THINKS, THE
MORE REPUBLICANS LIKE SENATOR BOB CORKER JUST CAN'T STAND HIM.
AND SO WE'RE NOW AT THE POINT WHERE EVERY TIME DONALD TRUMP
OPENS HIS MOUTH, HE MOVES ONE STEP CLOSER TO HIS OWN
DESTRUCTION EITHER BY