STATE OF NEW JERSEY, THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH ME.
>>> I WANT TO BRING IN FORMER
AIDE TO MIKE PENCE SAYING SHE’S
VOTING FOR JOE BIDEN AFTER WHAT
SHE SAW FROM THE PRESIDENT.
ALSO WITH ME, PATRICK, AS WELL
AS WHITE HOUSE DIRECTOR OF
POLITICAL AFFAIRS, AMBASSADOR TO
SOUTH AMP KA.
NOW PRESIDENT OF THE OPEN
SOCIETY OF FOUNDATIONS.
OLIVIA, LET ME START WITH YOU AS
SOMEONE ON THAT TASK FORCE.
WHAT WE HAVE SEEN THE TASK FORCE
HAS BEEN SIDELINED.
THE PRESIDENT DOESN’T MEET WITH
THEM.
SCOTT ATLAS, WHO IS A RIGHT WING
RADIOLOGIST, IS NOW RUNNING
ESSENTIALLY PANDEMIC RESPONSE
FOR THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
AND THE PRESIDENT IS CLOSING
THIS CAMPAIGN AS CASES HIT
80,000, AS HOSPITALIZATIONS, AS
WE’RE ENTERING THE WORST PART
SAYING FORGET ABOUT IT, DON’T
BELIEVE YOUR EYES, IT’S FINE,
IT’S GONE.
WHAT IS IT LIKE TO WATCH THIS?
>> IT’S ANGERING, AND IT
CONTINUES TO BE VERY FRUSTRATING
FOR ME.
IT IS INCREDIBLY APPALLING TO
WATCH THESE PEOPLE PARADE LIKE
THEY’RE INVINCIBLE AND CONTINUE
TO HOST THESE RALLIES, WHICH WE
KNOW ARE PUTTING COMMUNITIES AT
RISK.
AND PEOPLE ATTEND THE RALLIES
AND GO BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY
AND SPREAD THE VIRUS.
THAT’S WHAT’S HAPPENING EVERY
SINGLE DAY.
THERE ARE NO CONSEQUENCES FOR
THE PRESIDENT AND THE VICE
PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW.
THEY ARE PARADING AROUND LIKE
THEY’RE INVINCIBLE, BUT WHAT
THEY’RE DOING IS THEY’RE
CONTRIBUTING TO THE OVERWHELMING
OF HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOMS.
AND THESE HEALTH CARE WORKERS
AND ALL OF THESE PEOPLE DESERVE
WAY BETTER THAN THIS.
>> YOU KNOW, PATRICK, THERE WAS
A MOMENT TODAY ON STAGE WHERE
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND SENATOR RAND
PAUL GAVE EACH OTHER KIND OF A
FIST BUMP AND SAID, IMMUNITY.
I DON’T KNOW IF THAT’S THE GOAL
OR IF THEY ARE JUST CELEBRATING
THE FACT EACH OF THEM HAS HAD
THE VIRUS AND THEY’RE FINE.
I JUST THOUGHT TO MYSELF, I’M
GLAD FOR YOU GUYS, GLAD YOU GOT
WELL, BUT THERE’S 45,000 PEOPLE
IN THE HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANY POLL
SITUATION EVER GO THROUGH A
CRISIS LIKE THIS INDIVIDUAL IS
AT THIS MOMENT WITH SIX DAYS
BEFORE AN ELECTION.
>> IT’S THE MOST ASTONISHING
THING THAT ANY OF US HAVE EVER,
EVER EXPERIENCED IN OUR
LIFETIME.
THIS IS A MOMENT WE NEED
PROFOUND COMPASSION.
INSTEAD THESE GUYS ARE HOLDING
DRUNKEN POLITICAL FRAT PARTIES.
THAT’S WHAT’S GOING ON RIGHT
NOW.
TRUMP, THIS IS A METAPHOR FOR
THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY.
HE SWOOPS IN, GETS HIS PHOTO OP,
MAKES THE MOST ASTONISHING
PROMISES AND DELIVERS NOTHING
FOR WORKING FAMILIES, AND LEAVES
CHAOS BEHIND IN HIS WAKE.
LET’S COMPARE THIS FIRST TO WHEN
I WORKED IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND
I WORKED FOR THE OBAMA-BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION.
IN 2014, I WAS SERVING AS THE
OBAMA-BIDEN AMBASSADOR TO SOUTH
AFRICA.
WE OF COURSE HAD THE EBOLA
CRISIS, THE EBOLA OUTBREAK.
WHAT DID PRESIDENT OBAMA AND JOE
BIDEN DO AT THAT MOMENT, THEY
CALLED FOR A MULTINATIONAL
RESPONSE.
THEY COMMISSIONED THE BEST AND
THE BRIGHTEST FROM NIH, CDC
WORKED WITH 60 COUNTRIES AROUND
THE WORLD AND THEY MOVED
THOUSANDS OF HEALTH CARE WORKERS
INTO POSITION NOT JUST IN THE
U.S. BUT INTO OTHER PLACES
ABROAD TO STEM THE TIDE OF THE
CRISIS.
RIGHT NOW, CHRIS, WE ARE WEEKS
BEHIND THE LOCKDOWN IN EUROPE
THAT’S SURELY ON ITS WAY HERE
AND THESE GUYS CAN’T GET THEIR
ACT TOGETHER.
THE COMPARISON IS ASTONISHING,
BUT I THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
KNOW WHAT CLEAR CHOICE EXISTS
RIGHT IN FRONT OF IT.
>> ONE THING THAT’S BIZARRE TO
ME ABOUT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, I
THINK THE PRESIDENT -- YOU SAID
THIS IN THE FIRST VIDEO WHERE
YOU SAID FROM THE BEGINNING THIS
WAS VIEWED FROM THE PRESIDENT’S
SELF-INTEREST POLITICALLY.
AND I THINK THAT’S BEEN VERY
CLEAR.
BUT AT THIS POINT IT JUST SEEMS
CATASTROPHIC TO GO AROUND
TELLING PEOPLE EVERYTHING’S FINE
WHEN IT’S NOT FINE.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, GREEN BAY
HOSPITALS ARE CAPACITY.
EL PASO IS AIR LIFTING PEOPLE
OUT OF EL PASO.
UTAH IS AT 100% OF ICU BEDS
OCCUPIED THE LAST I CHECKED OR
PARTS OF THAT STATE.
YOU’VE GOT THE TASK FORCE
SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
DEFEATED COVID.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE THINKING
IS RIGHT NOW INSIDE THAT PLACE?
IS IT JUST THAT THEIR REALITY
BENDING IS STRONG ENOUGH THAT
THEY CAN OVERCOME WHAT IS
HAPPENING?
>> IT’S PURE GASLIGHTING.
THAT’S BEEN THEIR TACTIC FROM
DAY ONE.
THAT IS EVERYTHING THIS TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION STANDS FOR.
SO, THE LONGER THEY PLAY THIS
OUT, THE LONGER THEY TELL THEIR
UNWAIVERING BASE AND SUPPORTERS
THIS ISN’T REAL AND THEY PARADE
AROUND LIKE IT’S NON-EXISTENT.
THEY’RE DELUSIONAL.
THEY THINK THIS IS A STRATEGY
THAT WILL WORK AND THEY’LL MAKE
EVERYONE FOCUS AND TALK ABOUT
THE JUDGES AND TALK ABOUT SCOTUS
AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
BUT IT’S NOT GOING AWAY.
PEOPLE ARE DYING.
I MEAN, MY HOMETOWN IS EL PASO.
THEY ARE IN A HORRIBLE SITUATION
DOWN THERE.
AND THEY JUST DON’T CARE.
YOU’VE GOT IT RUNNING A MUCK
RIGHT NOW.
I AM APPALLED AT THIS BEHAVIOR.
HE KNOWS BETTER.
AND THIS IS JUST SO ANGERING TO
ME NOW.
I JUST HAVE NO EXCUSES FOR THESE
PEOPLE, AND I HONESTLY I HOPE
THEY PAY FOR THIS ON ELECTION
DAY.
>> OLIVIA AND CHRIS, WE DON’T
HAVE TO GUESS WHAT THESE PEOPLE
THINK RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE THE RECORDINGS FROM
JARED KUSHNER IN "PEOPLE" WHERE
HE TELLS BOB WOODWARD THAT
DONALD TRUMP IS RUSHING THE
CRISIS FROM THE DOCTOR.
SO, THIS IS MAGICAL THINKING