MARIA: IT WAS JUST A DISASTER.
JOINING US NOW TO TALK MORE
ABOUT THAT IS
ABOUT THAT KS
ABOUT THAT KARL ROVE.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MARIA: YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE
CEREMONY LAST NIGHT.
>> A FITTING ENTRANCE TO -- FOR
BRETT KAVANAUGH INTO THE SUPREME
COURT.
MATT AND I SERVED WITH BRETT IN
THE WHITE HOUSE.
HE WAS OUR COLLEAGUE AND OUR
FRIEND AND MY HEART ACHED FOR HE
AND ASHLEY AND THEIR DAUGHTERS
AS THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH THIS
HORRIFIC AND CHAOTIC PROCESS.
AT THE EASTBOUND
AT EHE EASTBOUND
AT END EASTBOUND
AT END OASTBOUND
AT END OFSTBOUND
AT END OF TBOUND
AT END OF THEUND
AT END OF THE DD
AT END OF THE DAY, IT CAME OUT
THE RIGHT WAY AND HE WILL SERVE
WITH DISTINCTION AND HONOR AND
WE WILL LOOK BACK IN THE YEARS
AHEAD AT HIS SERVICE AND FIND A
HUGE DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
REALITY OF HIS SERVICE AND ALL
OF THOSE UGLY THINGS THAT WERE
SAID ABOUT HIM BY DEMOCRATS ON
FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY
MORNING AS THEY LECTURED US
ABOUT THIS NOMINATION.
DAGEN: LET'S NOT FORGET THE USA
TODAY OP ED THAT WAS PRINTED
THAT HE SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO
COACH HIS DAUGHTER'S BASKETBALL
TEAM BECAUSE HE WAS -- I DON'T
WANT TO USE THE LANGUAGE BUT
THAT'S HOW FAR THE LEFT WENT,
KARL.
THE PROBLEM IS, IT'S NOT GOING
TO STOP.
THERE'S A CALL TO ARMS.
IT'S VERY QUIET AND VERY SUBTLE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
WERE MAINSTREAM DEMOCRATS, LEFT
WING NUTS, CALLING FOR VIOLENCE
AGAINST CONSERVATIVES AND WE SEE
IT JUST IN PEOPLE BEING ATTACKED
IN RESTAURANTS, WHEREVER YOU GO.
MARIA: THEY'RE LISTENING.
MAXINE WATERS SAID IT.
GET IN THEIR FACES.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID,
GETTING IN THE SENATORIAL
ELEVATORS.
>> IT'S IMPORTANT WE RECOGNIZE
THIS ARGUMENT IS NOT OVER.
THE DEMOCRATS BETWEEN NOW AND
THE ELECTION WILL MAKE THE
ARGUMENT THAT THERE WAS A
WHITEWASH, THAT NOT EVERYBODY
WAS TALKED TO BY THE FBI THAT
SHOULD HAVE BEEN TALKED TO AND
IT IS VITAL THAT REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATES ENGAGE ON THIS ISSUE
BETWEEN NOW AND THE ELECTION.
MARIA: YEAH.
>> THERE WERE TWO INTERESTING
POLLS, BOTH OF THEM CAME OUT
LATE LAST WEEK.
ONE OF THEM WAS BY NPR AND IT
SAID IF THERE ARE ANY DOUBTS
ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THESE
CHARGES ARE TRUE, SHOULD
KAVANAUGH BE CONFIRMED?
AND 40% SAID YES, 52% SAID NO.
THEN THE HARVARD HARRIS POLL
SAID IF THE FBI CONDUCTS AN
INVESTIGATION AND FINDS NO
CORROBORATION, SHOULD KAVANAUGH
BE CONFIRMED AND IT WAS 60 YES,
40 NO, INCLUDING 58% OF
INDEPENDENTS SAYING YES AND 40%
OF DEMOCRATS SAYING YES.
SO THE REPUBLICANS HAVE GOT TO
GO OUT THERE AND MAKE THE CASE
THAT THIS WAYS A CHAOTIC,
INAPPROPRIATE, NASTY PROCESS BUT
AT THE END OF THE DAY THE FBI
LOOKED INTO THESE CHARGES,
INTERVIEWED ALL THE PEOPLE THAT
WERE RAISED BY DR. FORD AS
WITNESSES, ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO
WERE SUGGESTED BY DEBORAH
RAMIREZ, PLUS OTHERS, AND FOUND
NO CORROBORATION FOR THESE
CHARGES AND FUNDAMENTAL FAIRNESS
IN OUR SOCIETY DICTATES THAT WE
HAVE TO TAKE THAT INTO
CONSIDERATION.
AND GOD BLESS THE SENATE AND
SUSAN COLLINS FOR DOING SO.
MARIA: AND YET THE EXTREME LEFT
SOMEHOW, I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT
THEY THINK EVERYONE AGREES WITH
THEM.
HOW ABOUT THIS GOOGLE EXECUTIVE,
SLAMMING REPUBLICANS IN A
TWITTER RANT.
>> HOW ABOUT THE SIGNS IN FRONT
OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT
CALLING BRETT KAVANAUGH A GANG
RAPIST.
THAT WAS SO OVER-THE-TOP.
MARIA: IT WAS SO OVER-THE-TOP
AND THAT WAS OF COURSE FROM
JULIE SWETNICK WHERE SHE KEPT
CHANGING HER STORY, MICHAEL
AVENATTI'S CLIENT.
BUT I MEAN --
>> SHE WENT TO 10 PARTIES, SHE
WENT TO 10 GANG RAPE PARTIES AND
NEVER MENTIONED IT TO ANYBODY.
MARIA: SHE KEPT GOING BACK AND
SHE WAS OLDER THAN HIM.
BY THE WAY, THE TWITTER RANT
THAT I REFERRED TO, HE DELETED
THE TWEET BUT THIS IS A SENIOR
GUY AT GOOGLE, HERE'S WHAT HE
WRITES.
YOU ARE FINISHED.
GOP, YOU POLISHED THE YOU FINAL
NAIL FOR YOUR OWN COFFINS.
F YOU ALL TO HELL.
I HOPE THE IMAGE IS MILLIONS OF
WOMEN LAUGHING AND SELL BRATTING
AS YOUR -- CELEBRATING AS YOUR
SOULS BURST INTO FLAMES.
THIS IS FROM A SENIOR EXECUTIVE
AT GOOGLE.
>> WHAT IF RATHER THAN
REPUBLICANS, HE HAD BEEN SAYING
THAT ABOUT DEMOCRATS.
WHAT WOULD SILICON VALLEY BE
SAYING TODAY?
LET ME TELL YOU, ANOTHER ONE OF
OUR COLLEAGUES, JOEL KAPLAN, IS
AN EXECUTIVE WITH FACEBOOK IN
WASHINGTON DC.
HE ATTENDED SOME OF THE EVENTS
IN SUPPORT OF BRETT KAVANAUGH
AND WAS FORCED TO GO ALMOST LIKE
IT WAS A MAUIST HEARING IN FRONT
OF A FACEBOOK OPEN TOWN HALL
MEETING IN ORDER TO APOLOGIZE
FOR HAVING BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF
HIS FRIEND.
WHAT IF HE HAD BEEN A DEMOCRAT
AND BEEN AT DEMOCRAT
CONFIRMATION HEARING AND THEN
HAD BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF A
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE, WOULD HE
HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO THE SAME
SEMI-MAUIST TREATMENT THAT
SILICON VALLEY TREATS
CONSERVATIVES.
MARIA: YOU CAN GO OVER AND OVER
WITH THAT ANALOGY.
LOOK AT THE HEAD THE OTHER
MANIAC WAS HOLDING, THE BLOODIED
HEAD.
THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THEY'VE
DONE THAT YOU CAN SAY WHAT IF
THE LEFT SAID THAT.
WHAT ABOUT THE ATTACKS LINDSEY
GRAHAM GOT.
I WON'T EVEN GO THERE.
>> LET ME JUMP IN HERE REAL
FAST.
HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS.
BOTH IN THE ROOM LAST NIGHT WITH
A LOT OF YOUR FRIENDS, THERE'S A
LOT OF HEALING THAT HAS GONE ON
IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, IN THE
CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT WITH TRUMP
SUPPORTERS AS WELL WHICH ARE
THREE DISTINCT GROUPS.
THEY'VE COME TOGETHER THROUGHOUT
THE CONFIRMATION PROCESS.
MITCH McCONNELL GOT A STANDING
OVATION TWICE IN THAT ROOM LAST
NIGHT.
REPUBLICANS REALIZE THE BATTLE.
THE BATTLE IS AGAINST THE
EXTREMEISTS WHO ARE CRAWLING ON
TOP OF THE SUPREME COURT ON
THOSE STATUES, TRYING TO GET IN
THE DOORS.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE NOT
SEEN.
MARIA: FOR THE REPUBLICANS,
THIS IS ONE OF THE POSITIVE THAT
CAME OUT OF THIS.
EVEN THE NEVER TRUMPERS HAVE
COME TOGETHER WITH THIS
PRESIDENT TO SAY WE'RE ON THE
SAME TEAM HERE.
>> THEY HAVE TO KEEP THE
ARGUMENT UP BETWEEN NOW AND THE
ELECTION.
IT HAS TO BE CARRIED BY
INDIVIDUAL CANDIDATES SAYING I
BELIEVE IN FUNDAMENTAL FAIRNESS.
THIS WAS AN UGLY PROCESS.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY THE
FBI LOOKED INTO EACH -- REOPENED
THE INVESTIGATION AFTER SEVEN
PREVIOUS INVESTIGATIONS OF BRETT
KAVANAUGH, THEY REOPENED IT,
INTERVIEWED ALL THE WITNESSES
THAT WERE SUGGESTED BY DR. FORD,
INTERVIEWED ALL THE WITNESSES
SUGGESTED BY DEBORAH RAMIREZ AND
FOUND NOT ONE SINGLE BIT OF
CONFIRMATION.
MARIA: BEFORE YOU GO, I'VE GOT
TO GET YOUR TAKE ON ROSENSTEIN,
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL ROD
ROSENSTEIN FLEW WITH THE
PRESIDENT TO FLORIDA YESTERDAY
AHEAD OF HIS MEETING WITH HOUSE
REPUBLICANS ON THURSDAY.
THE PRESIDENT PUT TO REST ANY
SPECULATION THAT HE'S GOING TO
FIRE ROSENSTEIN BEFORE THE
MIDTERM ELECTIONS SAYING THEY
HAD A GREAT MEETING ON-BOARD AIR
FORCE 1.
WHAT SHOULD WE EXPECT FROM ROD
ROSENSTEIN WHEN HE MEETS WITH
LAWMAKERS NEXT WEEK -- THIS
WEEK, SORRY, THURSDAY.
>> I HOPE HE IS CANDID, ANSWERS
THEIR QUESTIONS.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT SIGN.
THE PRESIDENT DOESN'T NEED
ANOTHER CONFIRMATION,
UNNECESSARY CONFIRMATION BATTLE
OVER ROD ROSENSTEIN.
IT'S HELPFUL TO KEEP ROSENSTEIN
THERE, FINISH THE MUELLER
INVESTIGATION, LET IT BE
RELEASED AND MOVE ON.
SPEAKING OF MOVING ON, YOU HAVE
MY FORMER COLLEAGUE SITTING
THERE WITH YOU IF ANY OF YOU
NEED LEVERAGE OVER MATT SHLAPP,
TALK TO ME IN THE BREAK AND I'LL
GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND STORIES
PARTICULARLY ABOUT HIS WEDDING
THAT YOU WILL USE TO KEEP HIM
UNDER CONTROL WHENEVER HE GETS
CHOSE TO THE EDGE.
>> HASHTAG TRUTH.
DAGEN: WE KNOW WHO TO CALL TO
KEEP HIM UNDER CONTROL.