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>>> WELCOME BACK.
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN
TOOK A HIT IN THE POLLS THIS
WEEK.
WEEK. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR OTHER
MODERATE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
RUNNING IN THAT SO-CALLED
MODERATE LANE?
MODERATE LANE? JOINING ME FROM THE CAMPAIGN
TRAIL WHERE HE JUST FINISHED UP
AN EVENT IN OHIO.
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TIM RYAN.
CONGRESSMAN, THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US.
JOINING US. WE JUST WENT THROUGH THESE
POLLS.
POLLS. WE HAVE SEEN A NUMBER OF THEM
NOW SINCE THE DEBATE, AND IT
LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF DEMOCRATIC
VOTERS WATCHING THAT DEBATE
PROMISED HE WOULD REDUCE THE
ANXIETY IN THE COUNTRY AND HE’S
MADE MATTERS WORSE.
HE’S NOT DELIVERED ON THE
ECONOMY, AND I THINK THE BEST
PERSON TO DO THAT IS SOMEONE
LIKE ME THAT’S FROM THOSE AREAS.
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MOVEMENT
THAT KAMALA HARRIS HAS GOTTEN IN
THE POLLS SINCE THAT DEBATE.
THE POSITIVE MOVEMENT FOR HER,
AND THE NEGATIVE MOVEMENT FOR
JOE BIDEN, DO YOU ATTRIBUTE THAT
TO THE ISSUES, THE ISSUES THAT
SHE STRESSED THERE?
THERE ARE SOME FOLKS THAT ARE
SAYING, IT WOULD PUSH THE PARTY
TO THE LEFT.
DO YOU THINK THAT’S WHERE
DEMOCRATIC VOTERS ARE RESPONDING
TO?
TO? OR THE STAGE CRAFT OF IT?
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS THE STAGE
CRAFT OF IT, AND I THINK AGAIN,
VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN DIDN’T HAVE
GOOD RESPONSES TO THAT.
I DON’T THINK HE WAS AS SHARP
AND POINTED IN HIS RESPONSES AS
HE NEEDED TO BE.
THAT’S WHY YOU SAW THE SHIFT,
AND THAT’S WHY YOU SAW THE SHIFT
IN POLLING, AND THE REALITY OF
IT IS, WE HAVE TO BEAT DONALD
TRUMP, AND PEOPLE WANT SOMEONE
THAT CAN TAKE HIM ON, AND
THAT’S -- I THINK IN LARGE
MEASURE WHAT YOU’RE STARTING TO
SEE NOW, THE FIELD IS NOW WIDE
OPEN, AND THEY’RE GOING TO BE
LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY WHO CAN I
THINK NOT JUST BEAT DONALD
TRUMP, WHAT I’VE BEEN SAYING
TOO, THIS IS ABOUT WINNING THE
SENATE, THIS IS ABOUT MAKING
SURE MITCH McCONNELL IS NOT THE
SENATOR FROM KENTUCKY AND NOT
THE MAJORITY LEADER.
SO OUR NOMINEE HAS GOT TO BE
ABLE TO GO TO THOSE SENATE
STATES, NORTH CAROLINA, BEAT
LINDSEY GRAHAM IN SOUTH
CAROLINA, TAKE ON McCONNELL IN
KENTUCKY, WE HAVE TO PLAY IN
IOWA AND KANSAS.
THESE ARE STATES THAT LOOK A LOT
LIKE THE STATE I’M FROM.
I BELIEVE I’M THE BEST PERSON TO
BE ABLE TO BUILD THIS MOVEMENT
AND TAKE McCONNELL OUT.
WE GOT SOME OF OUR FOLKS BACK
HERE TOO SUPPORTING US HERE IN
IOWA.
IOWA. I THINK WE CAN WIN THE SENATE
BACK WITH A NOMINEE FROM A PLACE
LIKE THE RUST BELTING.
>> YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT YOU
SEE AS THE STRATEGIC IMPERATIVE.
I KNOW THIS CAME UP IN THE FIRST
DEBATE THAT YOU WERE IN.
JULIAN CASTRO WAS ON THE STAGE.
HE CALLED FOR DECRIMINALIZING
BORDER CROSSINGS.
BORDER CROSSINGS. THE SECOND NIGHT, IT LOOKED LIKE
THE FIELD WAS BEHIND THAT.
WHERE ARE YOU ON THAT?
>> AS LONG AS WE HAVE PROVISIONS
THAT SAY, IF YOU’RE COMING HERE
TO SELL DRUGS, TO COMMIT CRIME,
THOSE ARE CRIMINAL ACTS AND THEY
SHOULD BE TREATED AS CRIMINAL
ACTS, I THINK THAT’S A SEPARATE
ISSUE.
ISSUE. THE REALITY OF IT IS, WE HAVE TO
MAKE SURE THE IMMIGRATION ISSUE
IS NOT AN ISSUE LIKE IT IS TODAY
THAT TRUMP THINKS HE CAN WIN ON
THE SEPARATION ISSUE.
TRUMP THINKS HE CAN WIN ON THE
BORDER SECURITY ISSUE.
WE HAVE TO BE FIRM THAT WE ARE
NOT FOR DRUGS COMING INTO THE
COUNTRY WE HAVE TO BE FIRM ON
THE BORDER, WE HAVE TO BE FIRM
ON COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION
REFORM, SO WE CAN HAVE A
ECONOMICALLY VIABLE SYSTEM.
I WANT OUR COUNTRY --
>> TO BE CLEAR -- WHEN YOU SAY
BE FIRM, DOES THAT MEAN YOU’RE
AGAINST THE IDEA OF
DECRIMINALIZING IT, AND SHIFTING
TO A CIVIL PENALTY FOR BORDER
CROSSINGS?
CROSSINGS? ARE YOU AGAINST THAT, IS THAT
WHAT YOU’RE SAYING BY FIRM?
IF YOU ARE A CRIMINAL, IF YOU’RE
TRYING TO COME TO THIS COUNTRY
AND SELL DRUGS, IF YOU’RE HERE
FOR SOME NEFARIOUS PURPOSE,
THOSE SHOULD BE TRIED AS
CRIMINAL ACTS THROUGH THE
IMMIGRATION LAWS, PERIOD END OF
STORY.
STORY. >> FOLKS WHO -- THAT’S NOT THE
CASE FOR, FOLKS WHO JUST CROSSED
THE BORDER ILLEGALLY, WHO RIGHT
NOW WOULD BE CHARGED CRIMINALLY
OR COULD BE CHARGED CRIMINALLY
FOR THAT, ARE YOU SAYING CHANGE
THAT?
THAT? >> I’M OPEN TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT.
I THINK THAT’S A PERFECTLY
HONEST CONVERSATION THAT WE NEED
TO HAVE.
TO HAVE. THE ISSUE AT THE BORDER TODAY IS
ABOUT HOW WE’RE TREATING THESE
KIDS, THE ISSUE AT THE BORDER
TODAY IS HOW WE’RE TREATING
HUMAN BEINGS, AND WE’RE TREATING
THEM LIKE THEY’RE INHUMAN.
LIKE THEY’RE NOT HUMAN, AND
THAT’S THE MAIN ISSUE WE NEED TO
ADDRESS, WE CAN HAVE STRONG
BORDER SECURITY AND BE
COMPASSIONATE WITH THESE
FAMILIES THAT ARE COMING OVER,
FLEEING VIOLENCE.
FLEEING VIOLENCE. WE ALL NEED TO ASK OURSELVES,
WHERE ARE THESE FOLKS COMING
FROM, AND WHY ARE THEY COMING
HERE.
HERE. THEY’RE COMING HERE, BECAUSE
THEY’RE FLEEING VIOLENCE.
WE SHOULD BE A STRONG ENOUGH
COUNTRY TO BE ABLE TO ACCEPT
THEM INTO OUR SOCIETY AND
PROVIDE THEM ASYLUM, SO THE KIDS
DON’T GET KILLED AND THE GIRLS
DON’T GET PUT IN THE SEX TRADE.
>> THE KIND OF CONVERSATION
YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT, THOUGH,
POTENTIALLY DECRIMINALIZING
POTENTIALLY DECRIMINALIZING SOME, AND MAYBE A SIGNIFICANT
NUMBER OF BORDER CROSSINGS.
TALKING ABOUT BEATING TRUMP IN
THOSE PLACES, WISCONSIN, THE
MAHONING VALLEY, IS THAT GOING
TO GO OVER WELL THERE?
>> I THINK OUR POSITION SHOULD
BE VERY CLEAR THAT PEOPLE WHO
ARE TRYING TO DO WRONG IN THE
UNITED STATES.
UNITED STATES. IF THEY’RE TRYING TO COME HERE
FOR NEFARIOUS PURPOSES.
THEY SHOULD BE TREATED LIKE
CRIMINALS.
CRIMINALS. AND THEY SHOULD BE PROSECUTED.
WHAT PEOPLE IN OHIO ARE GOING TO
WORRY ABOUT IS THE ECONOMIC
ISSUE, AND THAT TRUMP HASN’T
DELIVERED.
DELIVERED. THIS WOULD BE THE POINT I’M
MAKING NOW AND I’M GOING TO
CONTINUE TO MAKE AS TRUMP IS THE
DISTRACTER IN CHIEF.
HE DOESN’T WANT TO FACE THE
REALITY THAT 75% OF AMERICANS
ARE LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK.
EVERYONE IS DOING SO GREAT,
EVERYONESS DOING SO GREAT, WHY
DOES EVERYONE FEEL SO BAD.
WE HAVE TO GET THIS MIDDLE CLASS
BUILT UP AGAIN, STEVE, AND THAT
MEANS GETTING A CANDIDATE THAT
WILL FOCUS ON THE ECONOMY.
HOW DO WE LIFT UP THE MIDDLE
CLASS.
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