>>> WITH A DEADLY HURRICANE RAMPAGING THROUGH FLORIDA
TONIGHT THE PRESIDENT DECIDED
NOT TO CANCEL A POLITICAL RALLY
IN PENNSYLVANIA WHERE HE COULD
BASK IN THE A DORATION OF HIS
FANS.
FANS. AFTER A MANDATORY OPENING LINE
ABOUT THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS FOR
FLORIDA, WHICH THE PRESIDENT
READ IN HIS TELEPROMPTER AT THE
BEGINNING OF HIS SPEECH, HE
LATER SPOKE FROM THE HEART ABOUT
WHAT REALLY MATTERS TO HIM ABOUT
FLORIDA.
FLORIDA. >> REMEMBER WE WON FLORIDA?
REMEMBER AURALLY -- IT WAS EARLY
AND WE WON FLORIDA BY A LOT.
REMEMBER THE RED, RIGHT?
BEAUTIFUL RED.
BEAUTIFUL RED. I NEVER LIKED RED SO MUCH.
>> WHEN PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
HELD A CAMPAIGN ONLY SIX DAYS
AFTER A HURRICANE HIT THE EAST
COAST DONALD TRUMP THEN TWEETED
YESTERDAY OBAMA CAMPAIGNED WITH
JAY-Z AND SPRING AT THE SCENE
WHILE HURRICANE SANDY VICTIMS
ACROSS NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY
ARE STILL DECIMATED BY SANDY.
WRONG, EXCLAMATION POINT.
AMERICAN CITIZENS LIVING IN
PUERTO RICO ARE STILL DECIMATED
BY LAST YEAR’S HURRICANES BUT
TONIGHT THE PRESIDENT PRETEND
SAID HIS GOVERNMENT FAITHFULLY
TAKES CARE OF ALL AMERICANS
AFTER HURRICANE DAMAGE.
>> WE KNOW WHEN AMERICANS FACE
HARDSHIP WE SUPPORT EACH OTHER.
WE STAND WITH EACH OTHER, WE
CARE FOR EACH OTHER, AND WE WILL
ALWAYS PULL THROUGH.
IT WILL BE SUCCESSFUL.
>> JOINING OUR DISCUSSION NOW,
WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT FOR
PBS NEWS HOUR AND MSNBC
POLITICAL ANALYST.
POLITICAL ANALYST. AND THONJONATHAN CAPEHART IS BAC
WITH US, ALSO AN MSNBC
CONTRIBUTOR.
CONTRIBUTOR. ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY REPORTING
FROM THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY
INDICATING THAT ANYONE
CONSIDERED CANCELING THE RALLY
IN PENNSYLVANIA?
IN PENNSYLVANIA? >> NO, IN FACT, THE PRESIDENT
SAID BECAUSE THERE WERE PEOPLE
LINING UP AND WAITING FOR HIM AT
THIS RALLY HE FELT HE HAD TO GO
DO THIS.
DO THIS. WHEN REALLY IN FACT THE
PRESIDENT LOVES RALLIES BECAUSE
THIS IS PLACE HE CAN FEEL SAFE,
THIS IS PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN
SHOUT HIS FAME.NAME.
AND HE’S NOT ALWAYS SAYING THAT
MUCH NEWS.
MUCH NEWS. IN FACT, FOX NEWS WHICH HAS
LIVE AND SAID THEY’D RATHER HAVE
REGULAR PROGRAMMING AND COME
BACK TO THE NEWS, WHICH THEY
DIDN’T.
DIDN’T. ALSO TO TELL PEOPLE HE WON THE
WOMENS VOTE, WHICH IN FACT HE
DID NOT.
DID NOT. HE WON THE WHITE WOMEN VOTE.
>> HE SAID PEOPLE WERE LINING UP
24 HOURS IN ADVANCE.
THERE WERE NO PEOPLE DOING THAT.
LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE SENATE
RACE IN PENNSYLVANIA, THE RACE
DONALD TRUMP DECIDED TO GO TO
TONIGHT TO CAMPAIGN.
AND WE SAW THE DEMOCRAT BOB
CASEY AT 50% IN PENNSYLVANIA.
AND THE REPUBLICAN LOU BARLETTA
WHO PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS
CAMPAIGNED FOR REPEATEDLY IS ALL
THE WAY UP TO 33% IN THE LATEST
POLL.
POLL. AND SO IT’S NOT EASY TO COME UP
WITH A JUSTIFICATION FOR BEING
IN PENNSYLVANIA TONIGHT.
>> WELL, I THINK, IT’S
RECHARGING HIS BATTERIES, THE
APPLAUSE AND THE CHEERING.
HE TROTS OUT HIS GREATEST HITS.
GETS THE CROWD TO CHANT ABOUT
THE WALL, AND LOCK HER UP, STILL
TWO YEARS AFTER THE ELECTION.
ALTHOUGH LAST NIGHT THEY CHANTED
LOCK HER UP OVER SENATOR DIANE
FEINSTEIN.
FEINSTEIN. BUT, ANYWAY, THIS IS I THINK
LESS TO DO WITH THE RACE IN
PENNSYLVANIA THAN IT HAS TO DO
WITH THE OVERALL EFFORT OF THE
PRESIDENT TRYING TO GIN UP --
KEEP THE BASE WOUND UP, KEEP THE
BASE ENERGIZED AFTER THE
KAVANAUGH CONFIRMATION FIGHT AND
TO REMIND THEM THAT HE’S OUT
THERE, HE’S FIGHTING FOR THEM.
HE’S THROWING SO MUCH RED MEAT
OUT THERE.
OUT THERE. IT’S NOT JUST KAVANAUGH.
’S TROTTED BACK OUT DEMOCRATS
ARE THE PARTY OF CRIME.
TELLING THE PEOPLE IN THE ARENA
AND WHOEVER MIGHT BE WATCHING
EITHER ONLINE OR ON TELEVISION
THAT THE DEMOCRATS, IF YOU ELECT
THEM, THEY’RE GOING TO OPEN UP
THE BORDERS, THEY’RE GOING TO
BLOW UP THE DEFICITS, THEY’RE
GOING TO LET CRIMINALS INTO THE
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. AND THAT PLAYS WELL TO THE FEAR
AND LOATHING CROWD.
BUT FOR A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE IN
THE COUNTRY THIS GREATEST HITS
MANTRA OF THE PRESIDENT I THINK
IS BECOMING TIRESOME.
WE’LL KNOW FOR SURE COME
ELECTION NIGHT.
ELECTION NIGHT. >> AND ARE REPUBLICANS ON
CAPITOL HILL IN LEADERSHIP
POSITIONS WHO ARE REALLY TRYING
TO CALCULATE HOW TO HOLD ONTO
THE SENATE OR POSSIBLY HOW TO
HOLD ONTO THE HOUSE, WOULD THEY
PREFER THAT DONALD TRUMP STAY
HOME ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS OR
STAY HOME GENERALLY?
>> WELL, REALLY IT COMES DOWN TO
WHERE HE’S GOING TO GO.
IF YOU’RE IN A PLACE WHERE A
REPUBLICAN NEEDS A BOOST, THERE
ARE -- THERE IS SOME THINKING
THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP’S
ENDORSEMENT HELPS REPUBLICANS
AND HELP PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE
HE DOES HAVE A LOT OF POPULARITY
WITH HIS BASE.
BUT IF YOU’RE LOOKING AT A PLACE
LET’S SAY NEVADA WHERE THERE’S A
VERY CLEAR LINE AND HILLARY
CLINTON WON THAT STATE, YOU
DON’T WANT DONALD TRUMP ANYWHERE
NEAR THERE.
NEAR THERE. YOU DON’T WANT HIM TALKING ABOUT
THE WALL, OTHER ISSUES.
THE GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE
WOULD NOT SAY PRESIDENT TRUMP’S
NAME BECAUSE HE DIDN’T WANT TO
BE ASSOCIATED WITH HIM, AND IT
TOOK 47 MINUTES FOR PRESIDENT
TRUMP’S NAME TO EVEN BE
MENTIONED IN THE DEBATE AND IT
WAS A DEMOCRAT DOING IT.
SO THERE YOU HAVE A REPUBLICAN
SAYING I DON’T WANT ANY PARTS OF
THAT.
THAT. >> BUT THE PROBLEM FOR THESE
CANDIDATES WHO PREFER DONALD
TRUMP NOT COME TO THEIR STATE OR
NOT TO COME TIRE DISTRICT,
REPUBLICANS, IS THIS THING
CALLED TELEVISION.
CALLED TELEVISION. WHEN DONALD TRUMP IS ON
TELEVISION WITH HIS COMPLETELY
OUT OF CONTROL FANS AND THEIR
SCREAMING LOCK HER UP ABOUT
SOMEONE NEW, LOCK HER UP ABOUT
SENATOR DIANE FEINSTEIN, YOU
CAN’T KEEP THAT TELEVISION OUT
OF YOUR STATE WHERE YOU’RE
HOPING DONALD TRUMP DOESN’T
COME.
COME. >> NO, YOU CAN’T.
THE PRESIDENT NO MATTER WHERE HE
IS IS A CONSTANT REMINDER OF TO
YAMISHE’S POINT, IF YOU’RE IN A
DISTRICT WHERE YOU LOVE THE
PRESIDENT AND HE WON IT BY A
LOT, GREAT.
LOT, GREAT. THEY LOVE TO HEAR IT.
BUT A VAST SWATH OF THE COUNTRY
CONSTANTLY BEING REMINDED IN
TONE IN TEMPERAMENT IS CONTRARY
TO EVERYTHING YOU STAND FOR AND
BELIEVE IN, IF YOU’RE RUNNING
FOR CONGRESS, IF YOU ARE A
REPUBLICAN IN A PURPLE STATE OR
A PURPLE DISTRICT, YOU MIGHT
WANT TO RUN AROUND YOUR DISTRICT
AND LIKE DO SOMETHING TO THE
POWER GRID SO THAT PEOPLE DON’T
HEAR ANYTHING FROM THIS GUY
UNTIL NOVEMBER 6th.
OR THROUGH NOVEMBER 6th.
>> YEAH, BECAUSE YAMISHE, THERE
IS THAT QUESTION WAS DONALD
TRUMP STIMULATING HIS BASE FOR
TURN OUT OR STIMULATING THE
OPPOSITION FOR EVEN GREATER TURN
OUT EVERY TIME HE HAS ONE OF
THESE RALLIES.
THESE RALLIES. >> WELL, I’LL SAY THIS HAVING
GONE TO SEVERAL TRUMP RALLIES IN
THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
THERE’S AN INTERESTING THING
WHEN YOU ASK TRUMP SUPPORTERS
WHO ARE WOMEN WHETHER OR NOT
THEY ACTUALLY SUPPORT THE
PRESIDENT, THEY AGREE WITH SOME
OF THE STUFF HE’S BEEN SAYING
ABOUT THE ME TOO MOVEMENT OR
MOCK DR. FORD, THERE ARE SOME
REPUBLICANS WHO GO TO TRUMP
RALLIES AND CRINGE.
I’VE SEEN REPORTING TODAY THAT
NBC INTERVIEWED PEOPLE WHO SAY
THEY’RE NOT SURE THEY WOULD VOTE
FOR TRUMP IN 2020, AND AGAIN
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO GO TO A
TRUMP RALLY.
TRUMP RALLY. AND THAT’S NOT GOOD FOR THE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. >> THE TRUMP RALLY IN A LOT OF
THESE TOWNS IS THE BIGGEST SHOW