WE’LL TALK TO ONE OF THE SENATE >>> WELCOME BACK.
>> YEAH ARE.
JONATHAN LEMIRE, LET ME GO TO
YOU REALLY QUICKLY.
AS WE SAID THE PRESIDENT IS WHO
THE PRESIDENT IS.
A TWEET THREE MINUTES AGO FROM
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES IN THE MIDDLE OF A
PANDEMIC THAT IS, AGAIN, IT’S A
WHITE HOUSE HAS ACKNOWLEDGED MAY
KILL 2 MILLION AMERICANS, THE
PRESIDENT DECIDES TO USE HIS
TIME AND HIS PLATFORM THIS
MORNING BY TWEETING THIS ABOUT
MITT ROMNEY.
MITT ROMNEY. FIRST OF ALL, MITT ROMNEY TESTS
NEGATIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS,
BREITBART NEWS REPORTS.
THE PRESIDENT SAYS THIS IS
REALLY GREAT NEWS, I AM SO HAPPY
I CAN BARELY SPEAK.
SARCASM, OF COURSE.
HE MAY HAVE BEEN A TERRIBLE
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AND AN
EVEN WORSE U.S. SENATOR, BUT HE
IS A RHINO AND I LIKE HIM A LOT
WITH AN EXCLAMATION POINT.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES --
STATES -- >> DON’T YOU JUST ASK YOURSELF
THE QUESTION RIGHT NOW ABOUT HIS
STABILITY?
STABILITY? >> WELL, OF COURSE, MIKA, WE DO
EVERY DAY.
EVERY DAY. >> I WONDER WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE IN
THE WHITE HOUSE RIGHT NOW
WATCHING THIS.
WATCHING THIS. >> BUT, YOU KNOW, THE THING IS
IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS CRISES,
FIRST OF ALL, MITT ROMNEY IS OF
THE AGE THAT --
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A DEATH
SENTENCE FOR HIM.
>> HIS WIFE.
>> HIS WIFE HAS UNDERLYING
CONDITIONS.
CONDITIONS. SO IF HE WERE POSITIVE IT COULD
HAVE BEEN A DEATH SENTENCE FOR
HER.
HER. AND DONALD TRUMP CANNOT EVEN IN
THESE TIMES REFRAIN FROM
ATTACKING SOMEBODY WHO IS PART
OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE.
WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.
THE PRESIDENT SAID, AND I AGREED
WITH HIM, WE’RE ALL IN THIS
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER. AND YOU JUST -- LIKE WHAT IF
MITT ROMNEY HAD TWEETED
SOMETHING LIKE THAT ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT THIS TIME, IF HE HAD
TESTED -- OR ANYBODY ELSE, I
MEAN, THE OUTRAGE FROM DONALD
TRUMP AND HIS CAMPAIGN AND
FROM -- FROM WEBSITES WOULD HAVE
JUST -- WOULD HAVE BEEN
OVERWHELMING.
OVERWHELMING. BUT HE IS HELD TO SUCH A LOWER
STANDARD.
STANDARD. AND BY EVERYBODY THAT HE DOES
THIS AGAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
PANDEMIC WHEN HE SHOULD BE
TELLING US WHAT HE’S DOING TO
GET MORE MASKS, MORE
VENTILATORS, MORE TESTS.
GOD, MORE TESTS FOR AMERICANS.
SO WE -- WE DON’T HAVE 2 MILLION
PEOPLE DIE.
PEOPLE DIE. AS, AGAIN, THE WHITE HOUSE
CONCERNED ABOUT THAT STUDY,
THAT’S NOT ME, THAT’S NOT THE
MEDIA, THAT’S NOT FAKE NEWS,
THAT’S NOT THE HOAX THAT PEOPLE
WERE TALKING ABOUT A COUPLE
WEEKS AGO.
WEEKS AGO. THE WHITE HOUSE BELIEVES THAT.
AND, YET, JONATHAN LEMIRE, HE’S
MOCKING MITT ROMNEY THIS MORNING
AFTER MITT ROMNEY FINDS OUT THAT
HE DOESN’T HAVE THE CORONAVIRUS.
>> YOU ASKED WHAT THE
PRESIDENT’S RESPONSE WOULD BE IF
SOMEONE ELSE TWEETED THAT ABOUT
HIM OR HIS FAMILY, NO ONE ELSE
WOULD TWEET THAT ABOUT HIS OR
HIS FAMILY.
HIS FAMILY. LET’S FLASHBACK A COUPLE DAYS
AGO, THE PRESIDENT WAS IN THE
WHITE HOUSE BRIEFING ROOM WHEN A
REPORTER INFORMED HIM THAT
SENATOR ROMNEY WAS MOVING INTO
ISOLATION BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN
EXPOSED TO SENATOR RAND PAUL WHO
DID TEST POSITIVE FOR THE
CORONAVIRUS.
CORONAVIRUS. AND THE PRESIDENT SAID ROMNEY,
OH, GEE, TOO BAD AND THEN WAS
ASKED IF HE WAS BEING SARCASTIC
AND HE SAID HE WASN’T.
I’M SURE WHEN HE’S ASKED ABOUT
THIS TWEET HE WILL SAY HE WASN’T
SARCASTIC.
SARCASTIC. HE IS BEING SARCASTIC.
AND IT IS, TO YOUR POINT, IT IS
TO YOUR POINT THAT THAT IS WHAT
HE IS DOING RIGHT NOW AT
7:FORTYISH IN THE MORNING DURING
THE HEIGHT OF THIS PANDEMIC WHEN
HE IS CLAIMING THAT THE AMERICAN
PUBLIC CAN LARGELY RETURN TO
THEIR NORMAL LIVES IN 2 1/2
WEEKS FOR EASTER SUNDAY AND PACK
THE PEWS, EVEN THOUGH THAT GOES
AGAINST WHAT EVERY HEALTH EXPERT
AND MOST GOVERNORS ARE SAYING
WHAT THEY NEED TO HAVE HAPPEN.
THIS IS A PRESIDENT WHO YOU
POINT OUT MIGHT BE MOTIVATED BY
FINANCIAL CONCERNS ABOUT HIS
BUSINESSES, BUT IS ALSO MORE
THAN ANYTHING IS CONCERNED ABOUT
HIS RE-ELECTION.
HIS RE-ELECTION. AND THAT IS INFORMING EVERY
DECISION HE IS MAKING.
HE WANTS THINGS, AND THAT
INCLUDES THE ECONOMY, TO, QUOTE,
GO BACK TO NORMAL TO HE CAN GO
BACK TO RUNNING THE CAMPAIGN HE
WANTS TO RUN AGAINST JOE BIDEN,
TO BE OUT THERE HOLDING HIS
RALLIES TO SECURE ANOTHER FOUR
YEARS IN OFFICE.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. >> THAT IS FUELING EVERYTHING HE
IS DOING.
IS DOING. >> THIS IS -- THERE IS NO DOUBT
THAT IF A CEO PUT OUT A TWEET
LIKE THAT THIS MORNING THEY
WOULD BE CONSIDERED UNFIT TO RUN
A CORPORATION.
A CORPORATION. IF A SCHOOL TEACHER PUT OUT A
TWEET LIKE THAT THIS MORNING,
THEY WOULD BE CONSIDERED UNFIT
TO RUN A CLASSROOM.
IN FACT, IF ANY AMERICAN PUT OUT
A TWEET LIKE THAT WITH THIS TYPE
OF CRISIS WEIGHING DOWN ON THEM,
THEY WOULD CONSIDER -- BE
CONSIDERED TO BE UNFIT.
AND SO, AGAIN, I DON’T -- I
DON’T UNDERSTAND WITH THE
RESPONSIBILITY, SUSAN DEL
PERCIO, THAT THIS PRESIDENT HAS
UPON HIS SHOULDERS WITH HIS PLEA
AS HE WAS READING THE
TELEPROMPTER THAT WITH THIS
PANDEMIC WE ARE ALL IN THIS
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER. WITH HIS WHITE HOUSE
ACKNOWLEDGING THE POSSIBILITY
THAT UP TO 2 MILLION PEOPLE
COULD DIE FROM THE CORONAVIRUS,
MOST OF THEM SENIOR CITIZENS.
>> THAT’S RIGHT.
AND --
AND -- >> IF HE THINKS THIS IS -- IF HE
THINKS THIS IS GOING TO DISTRACT
US FROM THE FACT THAT HE SCREED
UP ON
UP ON SCREWED UP ON MASKS,
VENTILATORS, HE SCREWED UP ON
PREPARATION, IT’S NOT GOING TO
DISTRACT US, IT’S JUST GOING TO
DRAW ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT
WHETHER HE DOES THINGS LIKE THIS
HE LOOKS UNFIT FOR THE JOB.
I’M SORRY, SUSAN, GO AHEAD.
>> HE WAS JUST GOING TO RESPOND.
YOU SAID A KEY THING THERE, WHEN
HE WAS READING FROM THE
TELEPROMPTER.
TELEPROMPTER. THAT’S WHAT HIS PEOPLE ARE
TELLING HIM TO READ.
AND WHEN HE’S ON HIS OWN, THIS
ASK WHAT HE THINKS AND HOW HE
PROCESSES THINGS.
PROCESSES THINGS. AND IT’S ALL ABOUT HIM AND
PEOPLE HE DEEMS HIS ENEMIES.
I’D JUST LIKE TO SAY, I’M
PARAPHRASING, MITT ROMNEY WENT
OUT ON HIS TREAT NOT ONLY SAYING
I’M NEGATIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS,
BUT I’M STAYING IN A
SELF-QUARANTINE IN AN ABUNDANCE
OF CAUTION, WHICH IS EXACTLY THE
RESPONSIBLE THING WE SHOULD BE
TALKING ABOUT.
TALKING ABOUT. THAT’S WHAT LEADERSHIP IS.
AND I JUST KEEP GOING BACK TO
IT.
IT. DONALD TRUMP IS NOT OFFERING