Liberty, Liberty ♪ >>> TODAY DEMOCRATIC
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SENATOR
AMY KLOBUCHAR TWEETED THIS IS
NOT WHAT GREAT DEMOCRACIES DO.
VOCIFEROUS DISAGREEMENT ON
ISSUES, YES.
ISSUES, YES. DENYING CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS
ENTRY, NO.
ENTRY, NO. EXPORTING INTOLERANCE IS THE
TRUE SIGN OF WEAKNESS.
JOINING OUR DISCUSSION NOW FROM
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, IS
SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR FROM THE
GREAT STATE OF MINNESOTA AND A
MEMBER OF THE SENATE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE.
COMMITTEE. SHE’S A 2020 PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE.
CANDIDATE. SENATOR KLOBUCHAR, I’D LIKE TO
HEAR MORE OF YOUR REACTION TO
THIS THING WE’VE NEVER SEEN IN
OUR HISTORY BEFORE, THE
PRESIDENT URGING A FOREIGN
COUNTRY TO BAN TWO MEMBER OF
CONGRESS FROM ENTERING AND
ISRAEL BANNED THEM.
>> I COULD NOT BELIEVE THIS
TODAY.
TODAY. JUST WHEN YOU SUSPEND BELIEF AND
YOU THINK THINGS CAN’T GET
WORSE, THIS HAPPENED.
AND THAT IS BECAUSE I HAVE
ALWAYS SEEN ISRAEL AS OUR BEACON
OF DEMOCRACY IN THE MIDEAST.
AND LIKE YOUR PREVIOUS GUEST, I
THINK THAT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR
THOSE OF US THAT SUPPORT ISRAEL.
AND I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. I DON’T AGREE WITH EVERYTHING
THESE TWO CONGRESSWOMEN HAVE
SAID, AND I HAVE MADE THAT VERY
CLEAR AS HAVE OTHERS.
BUT IT IS A MUCH BIGGER STEP TO
SUDDENLY SAY YOU ARE NOT GOING
TO ALLOW THESE ELECTED MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS TO VISIT YOUR
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. AND THE FACT THAT THE PRIME
MINISTER DID IT IMMEDIATELY
AFTER OUR PRESIDENT SENT OUT HIS
HATEFUL TWEET AND THEN JUST
REACTED, I DON’T SEE THIS AS A
SIGN OF STRENGTH ON EITHER OF
THEIR PART.
THEIR PART. AND AS FAR AS PRESIDENT TRUMP,
YOU KNOW, I STILL REMEMBER WHEN
JOHN McCAIN WAS BANNED BY
VLADIMIR PUTIN TO GO TO RUSSIA.
THAT HAPPENED.
THAT HAPPENED. OR SENATOR MARY LANDREW OF
LOUISIANA, THAT HAPPENED.
AND SO WHY HE WOULD ENCOURAGE AN
ALLY, A FRIEND IN ISRAEL TO DO
THE SAME IS JUST BEYOND BELIEF.
AND AS I SAID EARLIER THIS
AFTERNOON, IT IS NOT A SIGN OF
STRENGTH.
STRENGTH. EXPORTING INTOLERANCE THAT IS A
SIGN OF WEAKNESS AND OUR COUNTRY
IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN THAT.
DEMOCRACY THRIVES ON A VIGOROUS
DISCUSSION OF THE ISSUES, AND
YOU CAN HAVE BIG DISAGREEMENT
BUT YOU DON’T BAN PEOPLE FROM
GOING TO ANOTHER NATION.
>> I WANT TO GET TO A
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN ISSUE THAT
HAS BEEN LOW VOLUME UP UNTIL
NOW, BUT AS THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
STARTS TO STAGGER INCLUDING IT’S
FOR REASONS BEYOND JUST THE
TRUMP TARIFFS BUT VERY MUCH
INCLUDING THE TRUMP TARIFFS.
I WANT TO LISTEN TO SOMETHING
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID TODAY ABOUT
THE TRUMP TARIFFS.
I DON’T NORMALLY SHOW VIDEO OF
DONALD TRUMP ON THIS PROGRAM
BECAUSE IT’S SUCH A WASTE OF
TIME.
TIME. >> SPECIAL TREAT BECAUSE I’M ON,
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. >> I’M DOING IT JUST FOR YOU AS
A PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE REHEARSAL
BECAUSE THERE WILL COME A TIME
WHEN ONE OF YOU DEMOCRATS IS ON
THE STAGE WITH THIS PERSON
LISTENING TO THESE THINGS IN THE
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE.
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. SO LET’S START WITH WHAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID AND HEAR
YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT.
WE’LL BEGIN WITH WHAT THE
PRESIDENT SAID ABOUT TARIFFS
TODAY.
TODAY. >> THE TARIFFS, WE’VE TAKEN IN
CLOSE TO $60 BILLION IN TARIFF
MONEY.
MONEY. AND THE CONSUMER HAS NOT PAID
FOR IT.
FOR IT. NOW, AT SOME POINT THEY MAY HAVE
TO PAY SOMETHING, BUT THEY
UNDERSTAND THAT.
UNDERSTAND THAT. AND WHO REALLY UNDERSTANDS THAT
IS OUR GREAT FARMER.
THE FARMERS OF THIS COUNTRY
REALLY UNDERSTAND --
>> SENATOR KLOBUCHAR, YOUR
60-SECOND RESPONSE.
60-SECOND RESPONSE. ACTUALLY, TAKE AS MANY SECONDS
AS YOU WANT.
>> THANK YOU.
I GUESS HE HAS NOT TALKED TO THE
FARMERS THAT I HAVE SPOKEN WITH
IN MY OWN STATE AND IN IOWA AND
HERE IN ARKANSAS WHERE THEY HAVE
A LOT OF SOYBEAN FARMERS.
WHAT’S HAPPENED IS HE IS
BASICALLY DESTROYING THEIR WAY
OF LIFE.
OF LIFE. YEAH, SMERZ SOME MONEY THAT
COMES OVER FROM THE DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE BUT AS ONE FARMER
TOLD ME AS HE CLOSED THE DOOR
SOBBING, HE SAID, LOOK, I’LL
TAKE THE HAND OUT BUT IT’S NOT
WHAT I WANT.
THIS FARM HAS BEEN IN MY FAMILY
FOR GENERATIONS AND I WANT TO
GIVE IT TO MY KIDS.
INSTEAD OF GOING BACK TO THE
NEGOTIATING TABLE, HE HAS BEEN
TREATING THOSE FARMERS AND A LOT
OF WORKERS IN THE COUNTRY LIKE
POKER CHIPS AT ONE OF HIS
BANKRUPT CASINOS.
BANKRUPT CASINOS. I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS WHEN I
WAS AT THE CLINTON LIBRARY TODAY
IN LITTLE ROCK, AND YOU REMEMBER
WHEN JAMES SAID IT’S THE ECONOMY
STUPID, REMEMBER BACK THEN?
WHAT THIS PRESIDENT IS DOING IS
DOING STUPID THINGS TO OUR
ECONOMY, AN ECONOMY HE INHERITED
WHERE WORKERS AND BUSINESSES HAD
GOTTEN US OUT OF THAT RUT AND
PUT US IN A STRONGER PLACE.
AND INSTEAD OF DEALING WITH
ISSUES FACING US LIKE WORK FORCE
AND IMMIGRATION REFORM AND DOING
SOMETHING WHEN IT COMES TO THE
DEBT, WHAT IS HE DOING?
HE’S MAKING IT HARDER AND HARDER
AND HARDER.
AND HARDER. AND SO, NO, THAT IS WHAT WHAT
I’M HEARING FROM THE FARMERS.
I KNOW A BUNCH OF THEM VOTED FOR
HIM, BUT I KNOW THEY’RE STEPPING
BACK AND SAYING HAS THIS BEEN
BETTER FOR ME AND HOW IS THIS
WORKING FOR OUR RURAL KMUNLTS?
THAT’S WHY IT’S IMPORTANT YOU
HAVE A LEADER OF A TICKET IN
PLACES NOT JUST WHERE IT’S
COMFORTABLE BUT UNCOMFORTABLE TO
MAKE SURE WE CAN WIN IN RED
STATES.
STATES. WE CAN WIN IN RED STATES LIKE WE
WON THE GOVERNORSHIP OF KANSAS.