>>> WELCOME BACK TO "HARDBALL." WHILE THEY TALK ABOUT HOARDS AND
GRIEVANCES OVER KAVANAUGH,
THEY’RE HARDLY TALKING ABOUT
THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS OR LACK
THEREOF.
THEREOF. THERE’S NOT MUCH TALK ABOUT THE
DECEMBER 2017 TAX BILL THAT
OVERWHELMINGLY BENEFITED KORPGS
AND THE VERY WEALTHY.
SHORTLY AFTER IT PASSED, BY THE
WAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP EVEN TOLD
HIS PALS AT MAR-A-LAGO HE JUST
MADE THEM ALL, QUOTE, A LOT
RICHER.
RICHER. HE WAS OPEN ABOUT IT.
THE BILL THAT THE MAJORITY OF
AMERICANS DOES NOT SUPPORT COSTS
$1.5 TRILLION.
$1.5 TRILLION. ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY BY
DEMOCRATS, AN ESTIMATED $2
TRILLION COST OF REPUBLICANS
OVERALL TAX CUTS AND NEARLY
DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR.
THE SAME THAT THEY’LL CUT FROM
MEDICARE, MEDICAID AND SOCIAL
SECURITY.
SECURITY. MITCH McCONNELL BLAMED SAFETY
NETS WITH EXPLODING THE DEFICIT,
THAT THEY’RE RESPONSIBLE.
>> IT’S VERY DISTURBING AND IT’S
DRIVEN BY THE THREE BIG
ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS THAT ARE
VERY POPULAR, MEDICARE, SOCIAL
SECURITY AND MEDICAID.
>> WHILE CAMPAIGNING FOR BILL
NELSON, JOE BIDEN SEIZED ON THE
NEWS TO MOTIVATE VOTERS.
LET’S WATCH JOE BIDEN.
>> NOW McCONNELL, SENATOR FROM
KENTUCKY TURNS AROUND AND SAYS,
STRAIGHTFORWARD, WE’VE GOT THIS
GIGANTIC DEBT NOW.
WE HAVE TO CUT SOCIAL SECURITY,
MEDICARE AND MEDICAID.
FOLKS, FOLKS, THEY’RE BEING
STRAIGHT UP ABOUT IT.
THEY’RE COMING AT IT.
THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE DESPERATELY
NEED AND THEY’VE NEVER BEEN ABLE
TO TAKE AWAY FROM US BEFORE.
AND I’M GOING TO TELL YOU
SOMETHING.
SOMETHING. IF BILL DOES NOT WIN AND WE
DON’T TAKE BACK THE HOUSE AND
SENATE, THEY WILL TAKE IT AWAY.
>> THAT GUY KNOWS HOW TO TALK
LIKE A REGULAR GUY IN THE
CORNER.
CORNER. HE TURNS AROUND AND DOES THIS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, STATE
REPRESENTATIVE FROM MONTGOMERY
COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, FOURTH
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. YOU’RE RUNNING THERE.
LET ME TALK ABOUT THIS AMAZING
MOVE.
MOVE. THEY CUT TAXES FOR THE VERY
WEALTHY AND SAY WE’VE GOT THIS
BIG DEFICIT PROBLEM WE DIDN’T
NOTICE BEFORE.
NOTICE BEFORE. WE HAVE TO FEKS THIS DEFICIT
PROBLEM WHICH WAS CAUSED BY THE
TAX CUTS BY CUTTING SOCIAL
SECURITY AND MEDICARE.
>> THIS IS NOT MY GRANDFATHER’S
REPUBLICAN PARTY, I’LL TELL YOU
THAT.
THAT. IT IS A PRETTY DESPICABLE
PLAYBOOK.
PLAYBOOK. GIVE AWAY MORE THAN $1 TRILLION.
EXPLODE THE DEFICIT, THEN
PRETEND THEY DIDN’T DO THAT AND
SAY OH, MY GOODNESS, THE ONLY
THING WE CAN DO THEN IS TO CUT
MEDICARE
MEDICARE MEDICARE, MEDICAID, SOCIAL
SECURITY.
SECURITY. YOUR HEALTH CARE UNDER THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
IT’S A VERY DESPICABLE PLAY.
IT’S TRANSPARENT LYLY WRONG TORE
AMERICA AND THAT’S ONE OF THE
REASONS I’M RUNNING FOR
CONGRESS.
CONGRESS. >> THE LATEST NUMBERS, YOU KNOW
THEM, REPRESENTATIVE, WHAT
HAPPENED IN 2016, PEOPLE WHO
WENT TO COLLEGE WERE AGAINST
TRUMP, THOSE WHO DIDN’T GO TO
COLLEGE ARE FOR HIM.
WHY WOULD A REGULAR PERSON WHO
DIDN’T GET A COLLEGE BREAK IN
THEIR LIFE, WHY WOULD THEY BE
FOR TRUMP?
FOR TRUMP? WHAT’S THE BREAK THEY GET OUT OF
IT?
IT? TELL ME HOW THEY EXPLAIN IT TO
YOU, IF THEY DO.
>> WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS WHAT I
SEE AT THE DOORS.
WITH MIDDLE CLASS WORKING
PEOPLE, THEY’RE CARING ABOUT
THEIR FAMILIES, WORRIED ABOUT
HEALTH CARE.
HEALTH CARE. NUMBER ONE BREAD AND BUTTER
ISSUE AS I KNOCK ON DOORS,
THEY’RE WORRIED ABOUT HEALTH
CARE.
CARE. DON’T TEAR DOWN THE AFFORDABLE
CARE ACT.
CARE ACT. DON’T REPEAL IT.
MAKE SURE YOU PROTECT
PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS.
PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS. CAN MY KIDS STAY ON MY POLICY
UNTIL THEY’RE 26?
CAN YOU DO SOMETHING TO REDUCE
THE PRICE OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
AND MAKE HEALTH CARE AFFORDABLE
TO ALL.
TO ALL. WORKING FAMILIES, THAT’S WHAT
THEY CARE ABOUT.
>> YOUR REPORTING IS VERY
IMPORTANT TO ME.
YOU’RE REALLY REPORTING THIS TO
ME.
ME. WHEN YOU KNOCK ON DOORS -- I
LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU’RE DOING
THAT
THAT THAT.
THAT. LISTEN, MADELINE, THIS IS WHAT I
CARE ABOUT.
CARE ABOUT. THAT’S WHAT THEY SAY?
>> THAT’S WHAT THEY SAY.
THEY’RE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR
KIDS, THEIR PARENTS, WORRIED
ABOUT AFFORDABILITY AND ACCESS
TO EXCELLENT HEALTH CARE.
THEY KNOW HOW WELL THEY’RE ABLE
TO KEEP THEIR FAMILY HEALTHY
WILL DETERMINE THEIR FUTURE,
THEIR ECONOMIC STATUS THE SECOND
ISSUE AT THE DOOR, I WAS
KNOCKING ON DOORS AND GOT CAUGHT
IN THE RAIN AND I SAID TO A
GENTLEMAN, HERE IS WHY I’M
RUNNING AND WHAT DO YOU CARE
ABOUT?
ABOUT? THE MAN SAID TO ME A SINGLE
WORD, DECENCY.
WORD, DECENCY. BRING BACK DECENCY TO PUBLIC
SERVICE.
SERVICE. >> I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL IN YOUR
DISTRICT.
DISTRICT. LA SALLE HIGH SCHOOL IS RIGHT IN
YOUR DISTRICT.
YOUR DISTRICT. >> TWO OF MY KIDS WENT THERE.
>> HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS I SPOKE
WITH ON SATURDAY.
THEY SAID THEY CAN’T GET THEIR
KIDS TO BEHAVE BECAUSE THE KIDS
SAY THE PRESIDENT DOES IT.
HE MAKES FUN OF PEOPLE, THEIR
LOOKS.
LOOKS. HE CALLS PEOPLE NAMES.
IT’S HORRIBLE.
IT’S HORRIBLE. IT’S PERMEATING RIGHT DOWN TO
THE REALITY THAT OUR KIDS WE’RE
RAISING.
RAISING. HE IS A BAD EXAMPLE.
THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT.
FOR MORE RIGHT NOW, I’M GOING TO
BRING IN --
>> THANK YOU.
>> I HAVE TO SAY THE GREAT
ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI, "TRUMP: THE
BLUE COLLAR PRESIDENT."
DAVID BROOKS IN HIS COLUMN SAY
THAT CULTURE IS MORE IMPORTANT
THAN ECONOMICS.
THAN ECONOMICS. IS THAT WHY THIS NATIONALISM OF
TRUMP’S, THE CONCERN ABOUT THE
CARAVAN, ALL THAT STUFF, IS THAT
OUTSELLING PEOPLE’S BASIC
CONCERNS ABOUT THEIR SOCIAL
SECURITY WHEN THEY RETIRE, THEIR
MEDICARE, OBAMACARE EVERY DAY OF
THEIR LIVES?
THEIR LIVES? >> YEAH, THAT’S A GOOD PART OF
IT.
IT. I ALSO THINK THERE’S AN ECONOMIC
DISCUSSION.
DISCUSSION. "THE WALL STREET JOURNAL" TWO
SATURDAYS AGO, CHRIS, REPORTED
THAT THE LOWER 10% OF THE
COUNTRY IS EXPERIENCING SOME
WAGE GROWTH, SOMETHING THAT IS
ALSO HAPPENING IS BY CUTTING THE
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AT THE
BORDER, HE’S TAKING THE SLACK
OUT OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND
HISPANIC-AMERICAN LABOR MARKETS
AND THOSE MARKETS HAVE TIGHTENED
AND ALSO ALLOWED FOR INCREASE IN
WAGES.
WAGES. >> WHY NOT TRICKLE DOWN?
YOU’RE ARGUING BASICALLY
SCARAMUCCI, YOU’RE SELLING
TRICKLE DOWN.
TRICKLE DOWN. THAT MEANS IF HE GIVES HUGE TAX
CUTS TO THE MAR-A-LAGO CROWD, IT
WILL TRICKLE DOWN TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
AMERICAN PEOPLE. >> MY PEACE ON THE INCREASE OF
WAGES IS FROM THE IMMIGRATION.
I’M NOT SELLING TRICKLE DOWN.
I’M NOT ONE OF THOSE TRICKLE
DOWN SORT OF PEOPLE, FRANKLY.
I WAS MORE IN THE CAMP OF PAY AS
YOU GO.
YOU GO. YOU’RE OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER
THE PAY AS YOU GO LEGISLATION
THAT DICK DURBIN PUT IN PLACE
FOR GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH.
>> I’M OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER
1990.
1990. IT’S NOT LIKE 100 YEARS AGO.
I THINK YOU’RE OLD ENOUGH TO
REMEMBER, TOO.
REMEMBER, TOO. >> I AM OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> YOU TALK ABOUT -- LATE DICK
DORMAN, GREAT PERSON.
YOU’RE PUTTING GUARDRAILS ON THE
CONGRESS SO WE DIDN’T HAVE THIS
EXCESSIVE DEFICIT SPENDING.
I DON’T LIKE THE SPENDING AT
ALL.
ALL. REPUBLICANS HAVE CONSISTENT LYLY
SAID THEY WANT TO TIGHTEN UP ON
THE BUDGET AND THEN THEY SPEND
LIKE DRUNKEN SAILORS.
I’M NOT A BIG FAN OF THAT.
I DON’T LIKE IT.
>> MITCH McCONNELL, WHO I THINK
IS A SMART POLITICIAN WHEN IT
COMES TO SAVING HIS OWN REAR
END, HE’S GOOD AT SURVIVAL.
HE’S COMING OUT TWO WEEKS BEFORE
THE ELECTION AND SAYING WE’VE
GOT TO CUT SOCIAL SECURITY,
MEDICARE
MEDICARE MEDICARE, MEDICAID.
MEDICARE, MEDICAID. THEY JUST WANT WHAT THEY HAVE.
SOCIAL SECURITY, MEDICARE,
MEDICAID.
MEDICAID. IF THEY GET ALZHEIMER’S, SOME
JOB SOMEWHERE NEARBY THEIR KIDS
CAN GET.
CAN GET. THAT’S ALL THEY WANT.
WHY WOULD MITCH McCONNELL BE SO
STUPID, EVEN HAVE A LICENSE TO
SAY ABOUT SOCIAL SECURITY AND
MEDICARE?
MEDICARE? >> IF YOU ASK THE PRESIDENT
DIRECTLY HE’S PROBABLY NOT FOR T
HE ALWAYS TALKS ABOUT TRYING TO
TAKE CARE OF EVERYBODY.
I THINK MITCH IS TRYING TO
GALVANIZE HIS BASE.
I THINK THE NONSENSE WITH THE
CARAVAN IS BASE GALVANNIZING.
I DON’T LIKE THE TRANSGENDER
THING.
THING. THEY FLOAT THE TRANSGENDER THING
TO GALVANIZE THE BASE.
THOSE THINGS I’M NOT IN LOVE
WITH.
WITH. WHAT I TRY TO DESCRIBE IN THE
BOOK -- YOU GREW UP IN A MIDDLE
CLASS FAMILY, I GREW UP IN A
MIDDLE CLASS FAMILY.
MY DAD, FOR THE GOOD PART OF HIS
LIFE WAS AN HOURLY WORKER.
I TALK ABOUT HOW WE GREW UP AND
HOW MY COUSINS, ONE IS A CLAMOR,
ONE IS IN AUTO GLASS
INSTALLATION.
INSTALLATION. THEY LOVE THE PRESIDENT.
>> TRUMP, WHO GREW UP WITH
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS --
>> GOLDEN TOILET SEAT.
>> A SINATRA FIGURE.
WHY DO PEOPLE LOOK AT HIM LIKE
THE OLD DAYS OF SINATRA?
WHY IS TRUMP ONE OF THEM?
>> SINATRA GREW UP IN HOBOKEN.
HE STILL TALKED LIKE THEM.
IT’S DIFFERENT WITH THE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. FOR WHATEVER REASON IN HIS EARLY
LIFE, WORKING WITH HIS DAD, HE
DEVELOPED A KNACK FOR THESE
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. I TELL A GREAT STORY IN THE BOOK
WHERE THEY FORGAVE SOME RENTAL
SITUATIONS ON PEOPLE THAT WERE
LAID OFF, SHOWS A LOT OF
COMPASSION.
COMPASSION. AGAIN, YOU DON’T HAVE TO LIKE
THE PRESIDENT AND YOU CAN
DISPUTE THE PRESIDENT’S FACTS
AND WE CAN SEE 5,000 DIFFERENT
FACTS, INCONSISTENCIES, BUT HIS
BASE DOESN’T CARE, CHRIS.
MY MESSAGE TO PEOPLE THAT DON’T
LIKE THE PRESIDENT IS HIS BASE
LIKES HIM.
LIKES HIM. READ MY BOOK.
AT LEAST YOU’LL UNDERSTAND FROM
MY BOOK.
MY BOOK. >> WHY DIDN’T GU TO THE
PRESIDENT WHEN KELLY SACKED YOU?
WHY DIDN’T YOU GO OVER HIS HEAD
AND SAY MY LOYALTIES ARE TO THE
PRESIDENT, NOT TO YOU, KELLY?
WHY DID YOU DO THAT?
>> NOT THE RIGHT THING TO DO IN
THAT SITUATION.
THAT SITUATION. HE WAS THE WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF
STAFF.
STAFF. THE PRESIDENT EMPOWERED HIM AS
THE CHIEF OF STAFF.
LET’S SAY I DID THAT AND I’VE
GOT A LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE PRESIDENT AND HE KEPT
ME ON THE JOB.
THEN JOHN KELLY AND I WOULD HAVE
BEEN WARRING.
BEEN WARRING. THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN ALL THAT
NONSENSICAL LEAKING THAT GOES ON
THAT I CAN’T STAND.
I DIDN’T WANT TO CREATE MORE
DISSENGS FOR THE PRESIDENT.
HE MADE THE DECISION TO GO WITH
JOHN KELLY.
JOHN KELLY. THAT WAS HIS STARTING PITCHER.
IT WAS TIME FOR ME TO GO ON
WAIVERS AS A RESULT OF THAT.
I DON’T LIKE THE WAY KELLY FIRED
ME, BY THE WAY.
I THINK THAT WAS VERY --
>> I AGREE WITH YOU.
BY THE WAY, WHO IS GOING TO WIN
THE SERIES?
THE SERIES? YOU’RE A SMART GUY.
>> RED SOX IN FIVE.
BOY, I TELL YOU, REPUBLICANS ARE
CLOSE ON THE MIDTERMS.
IT’S A LOT CLOSER THAN PEOPLE
THINK.
THINK. JUST ASK BERNIE SANDERS.
HE WAS COMMENTING ON IT.
>> I DISAGREE.
I THINK THE DEMOCRATS WILL HAND
THE HOUSE HANDILY.
>> WHO IS GOING TO WIN THE