THERE’S NOTHING WE CANNOT DO IF
WE DO IT TOGETHER.
WE CAN TAKE THIS ON AND WE CAN
DEFEAT RACISM IN AMERICA.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP.
>> DURING THE OBAMA/BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION THERE WAS
TREMENDOUS DIVISION.
THERE WAS HATERED.
YOU LOOK AT, UH, FERGUSON, MANY
PLACES, OAKLAND, LOOK WHAT
HAPPENED IN OAKLAND, LOOK WHAT
HAPPENED IN BALTIMORE.
FRANKLY IT WAS MORE VIOLENT THAN
WHAT I’M SEEING NOW.
>> OH, MY LORD.
THIS IS RIDICULOUS.
ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS.
>> -- DON’T WANT TO TALK ABOUT
LAW AND ORDER.
ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF LAW AND
ORDER?
>> I’M IN FAVOR OF LAW.
>> YOU’VE ASKED HIM A QUESTION.
LET HIM FINISH.
>> LAW AND ORDER WITH JUSTICE
WHERE PEOPLE GET TREATED FAIRLY.
AND THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS
VIOLENT CRIME WENT DOWN 17%, 15%
IN OUR ADMINISTRATION.
IT’S GONE UP ON HIS WATCH.
>> IT WENT DOWN MUCH MORE IN
OURS.
>> MR. PRESIDENT, YOU’RE --
>> EVERY RECORD IN THE BOOK.
>> MR. PRESIDENT, YOU’RE GOING
TO BE VERY HAPPY BECAUSE WE’RE
NOW GOING TO TALK ABOUT LAW AND
ORDER.
>> DEMOCRAT-RUN CITIES.
>> THERE HAS BEEN A DRAMATIC
INCREASE IN HOMICIDE IN AMERICA
THIS SUMMER PARTICULARLY AND YOU
OFTEN BLAME THAT ON DEMOCRATIC
MAYORS AND DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS
BUT IN FACT THERE HAVE BEEN
EQUIVALENT SPIKES IN
REPUBLICAN-LED CITIES LIKE TULSA
AND FT. WORTH.
SO THE QUESTION IS, IS THIS
REALLY A PARTY ISSUE?
>> I THINK IT’S A PARTY ISSUE.
YOU CAN BRING IN A COUPLE OF
EXAMPLES.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT CHICAGO,
WHAT’S GOING ON IN CHICAGO,
WHERE 53 PEOPLE WERE SHOT AND
EIGHT DIED.
SHOT.
IF YOU LOOK AT NEW YORK, WHERE
IT’S GOING UP LIKE NOBODY’S EVER
SEEN ANYTHING, THE NUMBERS ARE
GOING UP 100, 150, 200% CRIME.
>> REPUBLICAN CITIES.
>> AND HE DOESN’T WANT TO SAY
LAW AND ORDER BECAUSE HE CAN’T
BECAUSE HE’LL LOSE HIS RADICAL
LEFT SUPPORTERS AND ONCE HE DOES
THAT IT’S OVER WITH.
BUT IF HE EVER GOT TO RUN THIS
COUNTRY AND THEY RAN IT THE WAY
HE WOULD WANT TO RUN IT --
>> WE WOULD RUN IT IN A WAY --
>> BY THE WAY, OUR SUBURBS WOULD
BE GONNA AND YOU WOULD SEE --
>> HE WOULDN’T KNOW A SUBURB
UNLESS HE TOOK A WRONG TURN.
>> OH, I KNOW SUBURBS.
>> I WAS RAISED IN THE SUBURBS.
THIS IS NOT 1950.
ALL THESE DOG WHISTLES AND
RACISM DOESN’T WORK ANYMORE.
SUBURBS ARE BY AND LARGE
INTEGRATED.
THERE’S MANY PEOPLE TODAY
DRIVING THEIR KIDS TO SOCCER
PRACTICE AND/OR TO -- BLACK AND
WHITE AND HISPANIC IN THE SAME
CAR AS THERE HAVE BEEN AT ANY
TIME IN THE PAST.
WHAT REALLY IS A THREAT TO THE
SUBURBS AND THEIR SAFETY IS HIS
FAILURE TO DEAL WITH COVID.
THEY’RE DYING IN THE SUBURBS.
HIS FAILURE TO DEAL WITH THE
ENVIRONMENT.
THEY’RE BEING FLOODED, THEY’RE
BEING BURNED OUT BECAUSE OF HIS
REFUSAL TO DO ANYTHING.
THAT’S WHY THE SUBURBS ARE IN
TROUBLE.
>> I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS
ISSUE OF LAW AND ORDER, THOUGH.
IN THE JOINT RECOMMENDATION THAT
CAME FROM THE BIDEN/BERNIE
SANDERS TASK FORCE, YOU TALKED
ABOUT, QUOTE, REIMAGINING
POLICING.
FIRST OF ALL, WHAT IS
REIMAGINING POLICING MEAN AND DO
YOU SUPPORT --
>> IT MEANS --
>> IF I MIGHT FINISH THE
QUESTION -- WHAT DOES
REIMAGINING POLICING MEAN AND DO
YOU SUPPORT THE BLACK LIVES
MATTER CALL FOR COMMUNITY
CONTROL OF POLICING?
>> LOOK, WHAT I SUPPORT IS THE
POLICE HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO
DEAL WITH THE PROBLEMS THEY
FACE.
AND I’M TOTALLY OPPOSED TO
DEFUNDING THE POLICE OFFICERS.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, POLICE --
LOCAL POLICE, THE ONLY ONE
DEFUNDING, AND HIS BUDGET CALLS
FOR $400 MILLION CUT IN LOCAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE.
THEY NEED MORE ASSISTANCE.
WHEN THEY SHOW UP FOR A 911
CALL, THEY NEED SOMEONE WITH
THEM AS A PSYCHOLOGIST OR
PSYCHIATRIST TO KEEP THEM FROM
USING FORCE AND HELP THEM TALK
IT DOWN.
THEY ARE NEEDED TO HELP OFFICERS
KNOWN IN THE COMMUNITY.
CRIME DIDN’T GO UP, IT WENT
DOWN.
>> THAT’S NOT WHAT HE’S TALKING
ABOUT, CHRIS.
HE’S TALKING ABOUT DEFUNDING THE
POLICE.
>> THAT IS NOT TRUE.
>> HE HAS NO LAW ENFORCEMENT
SUPPORT.
>> THAT’S NOT TRUE.
LOOK --
>> WHO DO YOU HAVE?
NAME ONE GROUP THAT SUPPORTS
YOU.
NAME ONE GROUP THAT CAME OUT AND
SUPPORTED YOU.
GO AHEAD.
THINK.
WE HAVE TIME.
>> WE DON’T HAVE TIME TO DO