>>AFTER MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE RISE OF
ANTI-SEMITIC THREATS OF VIOLENCE, WIDESPREAD BOMBS BEING
REPORTED THAT THEY WILL GO OFF AT JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS,
MANY OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THAT AND DOING A HORRIBLE JOB OF IT,
DONALD TRUMP DID ACTUALLY ADDRESS ANTI-SEMITISM TODAY, AND
I THINK HE DID AN OKAY JOB, BUT WE WILL WATCH THE VIDEO AND
BREAK IT DOWN.
>>THIS IS A MEANINGFUL REMINDER OF WHY WE HAVE TO FIGHT BIGOTRY,
INTOLERANCE, AND HATRED IN ALL OF ITS VERY UGLY FORMS.
THE
ANTI-SEMITIC THREATS TARGETING OUR JEWISH COMMUNITY, AND
COMMUNITY CENTERS, ARE HORRIBLE, AND ARE PAINFUL, AND A VERY SAD
REMINDER OF THE WORK THAT STILL MUST BE DONE TO ROOT OUT HATE
AND PREJUDICE AND EVIL.
>>THERE WAS OBVIOUSLY A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT, BUT IF WE
TAKE THAT CORE PART OF HIS STATEMENT, I COULD HAVE ADDED
THINGS, I'M SURE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY KNOW HOW TO SPEAK AND
WRITE COULD HAVE ADDED EVEN MORE, BUT THAT SEEMS PRETTY
GOOD.
I WOULD'VE LIKED HIM TO HAVE SAID THAT LAST WEEK,
PERHAPS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK, BEN?
>>I THINK HE'S A GAME SHOW HOST AND A GIANT FRAUD THAT HAS DUPED
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE INTO PERMITTING A HIDEOUS BUNCH OF
THUGS INTO RUNNING THE COUNTRY FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
YES,
THAT WAS OKAY.
IT'S WEIRD THAT A GUY WHO SPEAKS OFF THE CUFF
CAN'T SPEAK THAT OFF-THE-CUFF, ANTI-SEMITISM IS BAD AND THERE'S
A LOT OF WORK TO BE...
DONE.
>>MAYBE THEY TRIED IT OFF-THE-CUFF, AND HE COULDN'T
GET IT RIGHT.
IS IT BAD OR GOOD?
>>I HAVE A REPUBLICAN FRIEND WHO VOTED FOR HILLARY BY THE WAY,
BUT HE'S IRRITATED AT US FOR RENTING TOO MUCH AND TOO MUCH
ANGER ON THE LEFT -- THERE IS A LOT OF RANTING, I GOT IT.
>>TOO MUCH RANTING.
>>AND HE WOULD SAY NOW PROBABLY CORRECTLY, HE SAID THE RIGHT
THING, NOW YOU AREN'T GOING TO GIVE HIM CREDIT.
I DON'T KNOW
WHY IT MATTERS WHETHER OR NOT I OR YOU OR CENK GIVE SOME CREDIT
--
>>I HOPE PERHAPS HE WILL SEE THIS AND THINK, HEY, MAYBE
I SHOULD DO THE RIGHT THING ONE ADDITIONAL TIME IN THE NEXT
FOUR YEARS.
>>I GOT IT, YES, I GUESS THIS COUNTS AS A WIN, ALTHOUGH THE
ANNE FRANK MUSEUM DOESN'T THINK SO, WE'LL GET TO THAT.
AND WE
KNOW THAT IVANKA, AS HE SAID, I DON'T BELIEVE HER NORDSTROM
TREATED HER, SHE'S ALWAYS TELLING ME TO DO THE RIGHT THING
-- AND EVERYONE REACTED LIKE, TELL HARDER.
THIS SEEMS LIKE A
SITUATION WHERE HIS DAUGHTER WAS LIKE, THERE ARE ATTACKS ON
COMMUNITY CENTERS AND THREATS, JUST SAY SOMETHING.
BUT IT'S NOT
EASY FOR HIM TO.
HE IS A FRAUD, HE'S UNINTERESTED IN THE WORLD
AROUND THEM, HE IS MENDACIOUS AND HE'S MORE NARCISSISTIC THAN
THE WORST HOLLYWOOD STAR.
THAT DONALD TRUMP.
I GUESS I GIVE HIM
CREDIT, THIS CHANGES NOTHING.
HE IS A HUMAN BEING, AND HE
STUMBLED INTO A GOOD DAY.
>>THAT ANY OTHER PERSON WOULD HAVE JUST DONE IMMEDIATELY.
>>SOME TIME AGO.
THE PRESIDENT CONDEMNING STUFF IS ONE OF THE
THINGS WE GET OUTRAGED IN THIS COUNTRY -- I'M NOT --
>>HERE'S WHY I THINK IT MATTERS IN THIS CASE.
IT MATTERS IN THIS
CASE BECAUSE IT'S NOT LIKE, OH, WE HAVE THESE FOREIGN FOES THAT
NEED TO KNOW OUR PRESIDENT IS STANDING STRONG -- HIS WHITE
HOUSE IS FILLED WITH ANTI-SEMITES, HIS SUPPORTERS,
THERE IS A LOT OF ANTI-SEMITISM OUT THERE.
SO BECAUSE HE DRAWS
ON THEM FOR SUPPORT, I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT HE DOESN'T SUPPORT
IT.
EVEN THOUGH IT SEEMS LIKE HE LARGELY DOES.
AND ALSO COVERING
THIS AT ALL, I HAVE THIS STUPID THING THAT I WAS NO OTHER PERSON
WHO DOES THE NEWS, REGARDLESS OF IF THEY ARE LIBERAL OR
CONSERVATIVE HOUSE, WHERE I LIKE IT WHEN I'M WRONG AND I LIKE
POINTING OUT WHEN I'M WRONG, AND I'VE CRITICIZED HIM MULTIPLE
TIMES OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS IN TWEET FORM AND VIDEOS FOR NOT
SPEAKING OUT IN CLEAR TERMS AGAINST ANTI-SEMITISM.
I WOULD
HAVE WANTED HIM TO DO WHAT HE DID, SO I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT
THANKFULLY HE DID THAT.
COULD HAVE SAID MORE, HE COULD'VE
ACKNOWLEDGED THAT ANTI-SEMITISM RUN THROUGH HIS SUPPORTERS,
BREITBART HAS DABBLED IN IT, HIS RIGHT-HAND MAN STEVE BANNON IS
STEEPED IN ANTI-SEMITISM, HE COULD HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THE
QU…BEC MOSQUE SHOOTING, ALL THOSE THINGS ARE TRUE, BUT AT
LEAST HE DID SOMETHING.
THAT WE CAN ATTACK HIM FOR A VARIETY OF OTHER REASONS.
>>I JUST DON'T WANT TO LOSE FOCUS, AND THE FOCUS IS THAT
HE'S A FRAUD AND UNINTERESTED IN THE WORLD, AND A LIAR OF
EPIC PROPORTIONS.
>>IF YOU HAD TO GUESS, DO YOU THINK I WOULD'VE EVENTUALLY
RETURNED TO THAT?
>>I DON'T WANT ALL OF US TO LOSE FOCUS, AND I MEAN, LIKE, I DON'T
WANT TO LOSE FOCUS WHEN HE DOESN'T CONDEMN SOMETHING WE
THINK ARE TO BE -- THIS IS A MEANINGLESS DAY -- YEAH, IT'S
LIKE HE GOT AN EIGHT OUT OF 10 TODAY BUT IT'S THE FIRST LEVEL
OF A VIDEOGAME.
LIKE, IT'S LEVEL ONE -- THIS IS MAKE ANY SENSE TO
YOU?
>>IT'S BEEN 20 YEARS SINCE THEY HAD A LEVEL ONE OR LEVEL TWO.
IT'S LIKE THE FIRST BATTER OF THE FIRST INNING.
IT'S THE FIRST PERIOD.
>>OF THE --
>>MONTH.
>>NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT HOCKEY.
YOU WOULDN'T KNOW IT, BUT I READ A LOT OF SPORTS NOVELS GOING UP.
>>SPORTS NOVELS?
>>I DID.
>>PERSON CLAIMS TO BE A SPORTS FAN -- I READ A BUNCH OF SPORTS
NOVELS.
REALLY THEY WERE NOVELLAS, SHORT NOVELS --
>>WORD COUNT WISE, TO BE FAIR.
BUT THERE WERE A LOT OF GREAT AUTHORS WHO WROTE SPORTS
FICTION FOR KIDS.
AND I WON'T HAVE YOU BESMIRCH THEIR FINE WORK OVER
LITERALLY DECADES.
>>I'M NOT BESMIRCHING THEM, JOHN.
>>HERE IS THE PROBLEM IN OUR COUNTRY.
WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH
ANTI-SEMITISM AND SOME PEOPLE WANT TO DISTRACT BY CRITICIZING
KIDS LITERATURE.
ANYWAY, YEAH, NO -- WE DO WANT TO TURN TO THE
ANNE FRANK CENTER FOR MUTUAL RESPECT, THEY DID NOT ACCEPT THE
STATEMENT, BUT THIS WAS BROUGHT UP IN A PRESS BRIEFING THAT
HAPPENED TODAY.
>>THIS MUSEUM IS A BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE TO SO MANY AMERICAN
HEROES.
HEROES LIKE --
>>AFTER THAT STATEMENT WAS MADE BY THE PRESIDENT, THE ANNE FRANK
CENTER RELEASED A PRETTY STRONGLY WORDED ONE SAYING THAT
THESE REMARKS, WHILE WELL RECEIVED, OR A BAND-AID ON THE
CANCER WITHIN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, SAYING THAT
THERE IS, WHETHER BLESSED OR OTHERWISE, A SENSE OF
XENOPHOBIA WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATION.
>>THE PRESIDENT HAS MADE CLEAR THAT HE IS SOMEONE WHO SEEKS TO
UNITE THIS COUNTRY.
I THINK IT'S IRONIC THAT NO MATTER HOW MANY
TIMES HE TALKS ABOUT THIS, IT'S NEVER GOOD ENOUGH.
TODAY I THINK
WAS AN UNBELIEVABLY FORCEFUL COMMENT BY THE PRESIDENT AS FAR
AS HIS DENUNCIATION OF THE ACTIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY
TARGETED TOWARD JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS, BUT I THINK THAT HE'S
BEEN VERY CLEAR PREVIOUS TO THIS THAT HE WANTS TO BE SOMEONE WHO
BRINGS THIS COUNTRY TOGETHER AND NOT DIVIDE PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY IN
THOSE AREAS.
I SAW THAT STATEMENT, I WISH THAT THEY HAD PRAISED THE
PRESIDENT FOR HIS LEADERSHIP IN THIS AREA.
>>OKAY, SO THERE HE SAYS WHY IS THIS NOT ENOUGH FOR YOU PEOPLE,
ANNE FRANK CENTER?
YOU HAVE SUCH HIGH STANDARDS.
THEY ALSO SAID
--
>>GEORGE WASHINGTON WAS MORE SENSITIVE TO ANTI-SEMITISM IN
1790 THAN PRESIDENT TRUMP IN 2017.
>>I WILL HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT, I HAVEN'T DONE THE RESEARCH.
IT'S POSSIBLE.
>>I LOVE SEAN SPICER.
WE ARE LIVING IN STRANGE TIMES, SOME
DAYS IT'S HIDEOUS, SOME DAYS IT'S FUNNY.
AND TODAY, I THOUGHT
THE PRESIDENT TODAY WAS UNBELIEVABLY FORCEFUL.
THAT MET
YOUR STANDARD OF UNBELIEVABLY FORCEFUL QUEST LOVE HE COULDN'T
OTHER TWO WORDS WITHOUT LOOKING DOWN.
BUT THERE IS SOMETHING TO
AN ARGUMENT IT'S LIKE, REALLY, THIS IS THE DAY THE ANNE FRANK
CENTER DECIDES TO CONDEMN US?
THE DAY WE DO WHAT YOU ASKED US
TO DO?
THIS ONLY FEEDS WHAT I WOULD SAY IS TRUE ABOUT TODAY,
AND THERE WILL BE MANY DAYS WHERE WE CONVINCE SOME OF THE
44% THAT'S WITH HIM -- OR I GUESS NOW 38% -- THAT IS WITH
TRUMP THAT THEY ARE SEEING THINGS WRONGLY, THAT WE DROP
THOSE NUMBERS DOWN, AND TODAY WILL BE ONE OF THOSE DAYS
BECAUSE THERE IS A VERY EASY ARGUMENT TO MAKE, AND IT'S THE
ONE SPICER MADE, IN ARTFULLY BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY WAY HE
KNOWS HOW TO MAKE SOMETHING -- HEY MAN, HE DID IT, AND YOU ARE
CRITICIZING HIM ON THE DAY HE DOES IT FOR NOT DOING IT.
WHAT
YOU WANT?
THAT JUST FEEDS THEIR IDEA OF, HEY, WE CANNOT WIN WITH
THESE LEFTISTS WHETHER IT IS THE MEDIA OR THE ANNE FRANK CENTER,
OR TYT, FOR ANYBODY ELSE.
IT IS AN UNWINNABLE SITUATION.