>> MEDIA PRESSURE IN JOE BIDEN
WAS UNRELENTING AFTER MSNBC
REPORTED THAT HE STILL SUPPORTS
THE HYDE AMENDMENT.
THE FORMER VP WAS SHREWDLY
CRITICIZING CABLE SEGMENTS AND
NEW STORIES AND OP-ED PIECES
WITH ONE "WASHINGTON POST"
CONTRIBUTOR BRANDING HIM UNFIT
TO LEAD.
THEN LESS THAN 24 HOURS AFTER
RACHEL MADDOW SAID HIS POSITION
WOULD NOT STAND, HE CAVED, THE
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT CHANGE
THE STANCE THAT HIS CAMPAIGN
HAD PORTRAYED AS A MATTER OF
PRINCIPLE.
SOME OF HIS FELLOW LIBERALS
WERE KIND OF SYMPATHETIC.
>> IF I BELIEVE HEALTHCARE IS A
RIGHT AS I DO, I CAN NO LONGER
SUPPORT AN AMENDMENT THAT MAKES
THE RIGHT DEPENDENT ON SOMEONE
--
>> IS CLEARLY THE RIGHT MOVE.
HE SHOULD'VE TAKEN THE POSITION
ALL ALONG.
>> I WAS SO THAT WE ARE MORE
INTERESTED IN FLIP-FLOPS, WE IN
THE NEWS MEDIA THAN VOTERS ARE.
PEOPLE CHANGE OUR MINDS, IT IS
KIND OF EMBARRASSING.
>> OTHERS MAINLY PUNDITS IN THE
PRO-LIFE CAMP WERE SHARPLY
CRITICAL OF HIS SUDDEN SHIFT.
>> THIS IS A CLEAR CAVE TO THE
PRESSURE HE WAS GETTING BECAUSE
IT'S NOT LIKE HE GOT NEW
INFORMATION.
>> MAKES HIM LOOK WEAK AND
MAKES THEM LOOK INAUTHENTIC.
ALL IT TOOK WAS A DAY OF
BASHING FROM THE LEFT FOR HIM
TO CAPITULATE AND GIVE UP ONE
OF HIS ALLEGEDLY CORE BELIEFS.
QUESTION IS NOT TO ANALYZE THE
COVERAGE IN WASHINGTON BUCK
SEXTON, TALKSHOW HOST AND --
JESSICA TARLOV.
VIRTUALLY NO PRO-LIFE VOICES,
VIRTUALLY NO ONE SAYING THIS IS
H PRINCIPLED POSITION BY JOE
BIDEN AS A CATHOLIC DEMOCRAT.
CHRIS I THINK THE MEDIA WAS
TRYING TO DIRECT HIM SO THAT
THE BASE WOULD BE WILLING TO GO
ALONG WITH HIM.
I THINK THE MEDIA IS MUCH MORE
INVESTED IN KNOWING THE POLLS
THAN THE GENERAL LEFT-WING BASE
HAS BEEN TO THIS POINT.
AND THEY WILL HURT THEIR BACKS
CARRYING SO MUCH WATER FROM
BECAUSE THEY'RE DIRECTING HIM
TO THIS NOW THEY ALSO HAVE TO
DO THE AFTER ACTION REPAIR
HERE.
YOU HAVE TO SAY WHAT HE
BELIEVED FOR 40 SOME ODD YEARS
TERMS THAT HE DID NOT REALLY
BELIEVE THAT.
BUT HE'S MAKING THE RIGHT MOVE
AND NOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO PUSH
HIM IN THE PRIMARY.
>> JESSICA, EVEN IF YOU'RE
PRO-CHOICE THERE'S AN ARGUMENT
THAT FOR THE MINDS OF PEOPLE
STRONGLY PRO-LIFE THEY SHOULD
NOT HAVE THE TAX DOLLARS SPENT
DIRECTLY ON ABORTION BUT AS WE
SAW, RACHEL MADDOW SAID THIS IS
NOT GOING TO STAND, JOE BIDEN
WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HOLD THIS
AND BOOM, SHE WAS RIGHT AND HE
BACKS OFF.
>> ACTUALLY PAID WE LOOK AT THE
POLLING THE GENERAL ELECTION
WHICH THE CONVERSATION WE BEEN
HAVING ABOUT JOE BIDEN, 50
PERCENT OF AMERICANS DO NOT
FEEL LIKE OUR TAX DOLLARS
SHOULD GO TOWARD FUNDING
ABORTION.JOE BIDEN WAS
RUNNING AN ELECTABILITY
CATEGORY.
HE WAS RUNNING A GENERAL
ELECTION RACE THE DEMOCRATIC
PRIMARY WHICH IS WHY HE WAS
TAKING THE MORE
MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD POSITIONS,
NOT MEDI-CAL FOR ALL BUT FIXING
OBAMACARE.
NOT THE GREEN NEW DEAL SO
WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE BECAUSE
OF THE LIBERAL MEDIA, RACHEL
MADDOW AN ACTIVIST IN THE PARTY
AS WELL AS THE FORMER
COLLEAGUES IN THE SENATE, AND A
GOVERNMENT IS PUSH THEM INTO
THE REGULAR DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
RACE AND OF THE GENERAL
ELECTION.
I THINK IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS
AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE RUNNING FOR
PRESIDENT WHO HAVE VOTED FOR
THE HYDE AMENDMENT THAT HAVE
NOT BEEN PUSHED TO ADJUST THAT.
WHY YOU ASKING BERNIE SANDERS,
ELIZABETH WARREN, KAMALA
HARRIS, WHY THEY SIGNED THE
SPENDING BILLS.
>> THEY FOUGHT OVER A LOT OF
THOSE.
THE NATIONAL COCHAIRMAN GOES ON
CHRIS COMEAU CNN SHOW WHEN JOE
BIDEN WAS STILL WITH AMENDMENTS
AS A MATTER OF FAITH.
NEXT HE CALLS THE FLIP A
PROFILE IN COURAGE.
VERY FEW COMMENTATORS SAY YOU
KNOW PEOPLE EVOLVE, THEY CHANGE
YOUR MIND, WE HEAR THAT HE IS
WEAK AND HE CANNOT STAND UP TO
THE PRESSURE.
NOW THEY'RE SAYING WE'RE GLAD
HE CHANGE HIS MIND.
>> FAR BE IT FOR ME TO SAY WHAT
THEY SHOULD DO IN HER PRIMARY.
BUT I HAVE TO SAY I THINK THAT
ELECTABILITY, THEY HAVE NOT
LEARNED THE LESSON OF 2016
HERE.
I THINK THAT JOE BIDEN HAS A
LOT OF OBAMA NOSTALGIA FOR HIS
AND HAVE HIS COATTAILS TO RIDE
ANYMORE.
THERE MEDIA RECOGNIZE IT IS NOT
A FRONT RUNNER GUY.
THEY JUST DON'T HAVE ANYBODY
YET THAT THE ESTABLISHMENT HAS
BEEN ABLE TO GET BEHIND.
SO THEY TRY TO HELP HIM
NAVIGATE.
I THINK ACTUALLY WHAT WAS JUST
SAID A MOMENT AGO I THINK IS
CORRECT, THEY ARE TRYING TO
HELP THEM NAVIGATE THE PRIMARY,
THE FIGHT HE'S ACTUALLY IN.
WHICH IS MUCH MORE LEFT-WING
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WANTS TO
ADMIT.
>> WHICH IS NOT OUR JOB.
AND FINALLY, BIDEN SEES A LIGHT
ON HYDE.
JUST TELL BOTH SIDES.
>> THERE IS THE OTHER SIDE OF
THIS, THE MEDIA WHICH IS ALWAYS
IN THE POCKET OF LIBERALS, WHEN
AFTER JOE BIDEN, VORACIOUSLY
HERE.
WHICH IS WHAT THEY DID TO THE
FRONT RUNNERS.
WITH HILLARY CLINTON.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE INTERVIEW
FOR INSTANCE, CHRIS JENSEN
GOING AFTER SIMONE SANDERS, A
SENIOR ADVISOR TO THE BIDEN
CAMPAIGN, EC AGGRESSION THAT
HAVE NOT SEEN WITH ANY OTHER
CANDIDATE.
IT IS NOT ABOUT ANOINTING HIM
OR TRYING TO GET ACROSS THE
FINISH LINE.
IT ACTUALLY SEEMS TO ME LIKE
THEY'RE TRYING TO
SYSTEMATICALLY DISMANTLE HIM.
WHICH IS THE OPPOSITE OF THE
NARRATIVE.
>> UNDERSTAND THEY ARE TRYING
TO GET HIM, THERE TRYING TO BE
HELPFUL TO GET HIM BACK ON
TRACK BECAUSE IT'S ALMOST LIKE
HE DIDN'T GET THE MEMO ABOUT
THE D&C PLATFORM CHANGE FROM
2016.
QUICKLY JUMP IN HERE BECAUSE
THEY'LL HAVE ABOUT A MINUTE
LEFT.
I WANT TO GET TO THE PLAGIARISM
STORY WHICH I THOUGHT JOE BIDEN
GOT A BUM RAP YOUR STAFFERS IN
THE CAMPAIGN LOOK FOR LANGUAGE
FROM ADVOCACY GROUPS DRAWING UP
THE POLICY PLATFORMS.
THIS NOT THE AWFUL EMBARRASSING
JOE BIDEN PLAGIARISM SCANDAL OF
1987 WHEN HE STOLEN FROM OTHER
POLITICIANS COULD HE DIDN'T
EVEN KNOW ABOUT THIS AND LET'S
START WITH YOU.
YET IT WAS LIKE YOU KNOW, JOE
BIDEN COMMITTED THIS AWFUL
EPISODE OF PLAGIARISM.
>> IF YOU WANT TO IMPOSE JOE
BIDEN, POSTED BECAUSE IS WRONG
IN EVERY FOREIGN POLICY ISSUE
FOR 40 YEARS, A POST BECAUSE
HE'S A PURE DEMAGOGUE, NO
PARTICULAR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND
AT THIS POINT THIS IS A STAFFER
POSTER FROM ONLINE.
IT DOES HEARKEN BACK TO BIGGER
PLAGIARISM ISSUE FOR HIM.
I THINK IS WHERE THE MEDIA
JUMPED ON HIM A LITTLE BIT BUT
IT WILL NOT STOP HIM.
JUST LIKE JOE BIDEN GETTING
CREEPY AND SNIFFING PEOPLE FROM
BEHIND IT DID NOT STOP HIM.
>> YOU SNUCK THAT IN!
BUT THEY HAVE A FRONT-PAGE
STORY WHERE THE PLAGIARISM WALK
AWAY.
THEN OTHER DEMOCRATS HAVE
LIFTED INFORMATION CLINIC
KAMALA HARRIS AND BERNIE
SANDERS SO IT IS TOTALLY A
NONSTORY.
>> IT TOTALLY IS.
THIS WILL HELP US TO BE RUNNING
A FRIEND OR MAYBE SOME THAT
ISN'T ADEQUATELY LIBERAL FOR
PEOPLE WRITING BY HIM EVEN
THOUGH HIS GENERAL ELECTION
CAMPAIGN IS A SMART PLACE TO
BE.
HE'S ONLY ONLY CANDIDATE
PULLING SUCCESSFULLY WITH
AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTERS.
WHICH IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT
DOES RELATE DIRECTLY TO THE
DISCUSSION ABOUT THE HYDE
AMENDMENT WHICH WE SHOULD
HIGHLIGHT.
THIS IS AN ISSUE.
THE HYDE AMENDMENT PENALIZES
PEOPLE, WOMEN OF COLOR AND
LOWER INCOME PEOPLE IN THE
COUNTRY.
WHICH IS THE CORE BASE FOR THE
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT.