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IT IS OCTOBER, IT IS MINNESOTA,
THE ELECTION IS COMING.
IT IS ALL GOOD.
ABSOLUTELY.
DISORDERS RACE FOR ATTORNEY
GENERAL ALREADY GOT MORE
TESTING THIS WEEK.
JUDD SAID DEMOCRAT KEITH
ELLISON'S DIVORCE RECORDS CAN
BE UNSEALED.
AFTER MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS WENT
TO MAKE THEM PUBLIC.
CRITICS SAY THOSE RECORDS COULD
REVEAL INCIDENTS OF DOMESTIC
ABUSE.
WHICH ELLISON DENIES.
MEANWHILE, THE DFL PARTY
RELEASED A SECRET RECORDING OF
REPUBLICAN, DOUG WARDLOW AT A
PRIVATE FUNDRAISER HE SAID HE
WOULD FIRE ALL OF THE
DEMOCRATIC LAWYERS IN THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE IF HE
IS ELECTED.
I'M IN THE POSITION NOW --
WERE GOING TO FIRE 42 DEMOCRATIC
ATTORNEYS RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
AND GET REPUBLICAN ATTORNEYS IN
IT.
A LOT TO TALK ABOUT THERE.
A LOT TO UNPACK.
HE SAID HE WOULD NOT BE
POLITICAL.
MY QUESTION IS, HOW DO YOU FIND
OUT 42 DEMOCRATS, HOW DO YOU
FIND OUT WHO IS AND WHO IS NOT?
HE SAID HE WON'T HAVE AN
ACTUAL TEST TO DETERMINE THAT,
BUT AS YOU SAID, HE HAD SAID
THIS AGAIN AND AGAIN, THIS IS A
DIRECT QUOTE, I AM RUNNING TO
TAKE THE POLITICS OUT OF THE
OFFICE, I CAN'T THINK OF
ANYTHING MORE POLITICAL THAN
FIRING 42 SUPPOSE THE
DEMOCRATIC ATTORNEYS.
IF YOU CAN FIGURE OUT WHO THE
DEMOCRATS ARE, AND WHO THE
REPUBLICANS ARE.
THE REPUBLICANS POINT OUT
THAT LORI SWANSON, THE CURRENT
GENERAL FIRED OR FORCED OUT 50
ATTORNEYS BACK IN 2006 FOR
UNION ORGANIZING.
SO AS MAY, ORGANIZING FOR A
UNION IS WORSE THAN BEING A
DEMOCRAT.
LORI SWANSON GOT CRITICIZED
FOR POLITICIZING THE OFFICE.
ONE REASON I THINK SHE LOST.
THAT DEVELOPMENT LAST WEEK,
WITH THE COURT ACTION AND WITH
THIS FIRING TALK, THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY
GENERATING A LOT OF CONTROVERSY
IN THIS CAMPAIGN.
BUT, ALSO LAST WEEK, BOTH
CANDIDATES RELEASED NEGATIVE
ADS ATTACKING EACH OTHER.
THEY SUPPORT EFFORTS BY THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO OVERTURN
THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND PRE-
EXISTING CONDITIONS.
OPEN BORDERS, AND WORSE YET,
KEITH ELLISON HAS BEEN ACCUSED
OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BY
MULTIPLE WOMEN.
FIRST OF ALL, ON THE LAST
AD, HE HAS BEEN ACCUSED BY TWO
WOMEN IN THE FIRST CASE, A
JUDGE SIDED WITH THE CANDIDATE,
ALLISON AND HAD A RESTRAINING
ORDER PUT OUT AGAINST THE WOMAN
TO PROTECT KEITH ELLISON.
SO I AM NOT SURE THAT COUNTS.
BUT ALLEGATIONS ARE
DOMINATING THIS RACE, IN FACT,
KEITH ELLISON IS IN TROUBLE.
DEMOCRATS HAVE CONTROLLED THIS
OFFICE FOR 48 YEARS.
THIS MIGHT BE THE FIRST TIME
THAT A REPUBLICAN WINS.
BUT BOY, THESE ADS ARE REALLY
UGLY.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE NOT
SEEN THIS KIND OF VISIBILITY ON
THIS.
THESE ADS ARE NOT GETTING
THE RUNNING TIME SO MANY OTHERS
ARE.
I WONDER HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE
ACTUALLY SEEING THEM.
YOU ARE RIGHT, BUT UNDER THE
RADAR, I THINK THIS RACE IS ONE
THAT IS GOING TO BE REALLY
CLOSE AND THE REPUBLICANS COULD
WIN THIS.
ABSOLUTELY.
REPRESENTATIVE ERIK PAULSEN
IS DOUBLING DOWN WHERE HE
ATTACKS ONE OF THE STATES
LARGEST HELP CARE PROVIDERS, HE
CLAIMS THEY IGNORED SEXUAL
HARASSMENT ALLEGATIONS WHEN HIS
DEMOCRATIC OPPONENT, DEAN
PHILLIPS WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
SEVEN NURSES SAY THEY WERE
SUBJECTED TO LEWD COMMENTS,
GROPING AND EVEN ASSAULT.
A DOCTOR EVEN ACCUSED PHILIP'S
BOARD OF COVERING UP AS
HARASSMENT CHARGES. PHILIP
SAYS THE CLAIM IS A LIE IS
BASED ON AN 11-YEAR-OLD LAWSUIT
THAT WAS SETTLED OUT OF COURT.
LAST NIGHT ON WCCO RADIO,
CONGRESS AND ERIK PAULSEN TOLD
ME THIS.
THIS GOES BACK TO DEAN
JOHNSON ITSELF, BRAGGING ABOUT
THAT MIKE HIMSELF BRAGGING ABOUT
BEING CHAIR OF THE BOARD.
YOU MENTIONED, IN THE VERTEBRATE
-- FIRST DEBATE, USING THAT AS
A QUALIFICATION FOR HIS
CANDIDACY.
SO I THINK HIS RECORD SHOULD BE
EXAMINED AND HELD TO ACCOUNT.
WHAT YOU HAVE WITH THIS AD
IS SOMETHING VERY UNUSUAL.
LET'S TAKE OUT WHAT DEAN
PHILLIPS IS SAYING ABOUT IT.
HE IS DENYING IT.
WHAT YOU HAVE IS THE ATTORNEY
FOR THE WOMEN WHO SUED ALINA,
ACCUSING CONGRESSMAN PAULSON OF
USING HER CLIENTS AS PROPS.
LORI PETERSON, THE ATTORNEY
HERE HAS BEEN SHARPLY CRITICAL
OF THIS AD.
SHE SAYS DEAN PHILLIPS HAD
NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
I THINK THIS AD WILL BE MORE
CONTROVERSIAL IN THE COMING
WEEK OR SO, BEFORE THE ELECTION.
AND IS NOT JUST THE LAWYER FOR
THE WOMEN WHO ARE SPEAKING OUT,
ALSO THE FORMER BOARD MEMBERS
AND ALIGN ITSELF.
SO, ALL OF THESE GROUPS NOW
SPEAKING OUT AGAINST THIS AD.
THIS IS A CONGRESSMAN PAULSON
WHO HAS BUILT A REPUTATION OVER
THE LAST 10 YEARS AS SOMEONE
WHO WAS A NICE GUY, WHO IS
STILL -- CIVIL.
BUT HE HAD GONE NEGATIVE IN
THIS CAMPAIGN.
THIS IS ALSO HIS AD, NOT A
THIRD-PARTY AD.
THIS IS HIS CAMPAIGN THAT HAS
PUT TOGETHER THIS AD.
THIS IS A VERY TIGHT RACE
THOUGH.
THE LATEST POLL SHOWS A FIVE
POINT DIFFERENTIAL, EARLIER NEW
YORK TIMES -- EARLIER LAST
MONTH, THEY SHOWED A LARDER
LARGER DIFFERENTIAL, ABOUT NINE
POINT.
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BEING
SPENT, WALKS ALL AROUND THE
COUNTRY.
BECAUSE HILLARY CLINTON WON
THIS DISTRICT AND THERE IS A
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN, ERIK
PAULSEN WHO HAS BEEN ELECTED
OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN THIS
DEMOCRATIC LEANING DISTRICT.
THAT IS WHY EVERYONE IS
FOCUSING SO MUCH ON THIS, THAT
IS WHY THIS IS GOING TO GO
RIGHT DOWN TO THE WIRE.
ABSOLUTELY.
THE VICE PRESIDENT AND
PRESIDENT HAVE BEEN FREQUENT
FLYERS TO WISCONSIN THIS
CAMPING SEASON.
THEY ARE BANKING ON THEIR
POLITICAL SOLAR POWER -- STAR
POWER.
MOST NOTABLY, WISCONSIN
GOVERNOR SCOTT WALKER ON
WEDNESDAY, THE VICE PRESIDENT
MADE TWO STOPS IN THE BADGER
STATE.
HE VISITED GREEN BAY AND EAU
CLAIRE.
I KNOW WISCONSIN IS GOING TO
MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE.
WISCONSIN, I BELIEVE WITH ALL
MY HEART IS GOING TO SAY YES TO
FOUR MORE YEARS OF GOVERNOR
SCOTT WALKER AND GREAT
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP.
AT EVERY LEVEL.
RIGHT NOW, THAT IS A BIG
LIFT.
WALKER'S DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER,
TONY SAYS THE GOVERNOR'S JOB
PLAN FOCUSES TOO MUCH ON BIG
COMPANIES, NOT ENOUGH ON
PEOPLE.
HE IS ALSO SAYING, WALKER'S
AGENDA IS DIVISIVE, FROM
WASHINGTON HE SAYS IT IS COMING
FROM, HE SAYS IT'S NOT WORKING.
SEVERAL POLE DO SHOW WALKER IS
TRAILING IN THIS RACE.
FEVERS IS A LONGTIME EDUCATOR.
LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS.
THAT IS SIGNIFICANT.
A 10 POINT DIFFERENTIAL.
I DO WANT TO POINT OUT, AROUND
THE SAME TIME, A POLL DID SHOW
JUST A ONE POINT DIFFERENTIAL.
SO THE POLLS ARE VERY DIFFERENT
HERE.
BUT, SCOTT WALKER MAY BE IN
TROUBLE.
HE HAD A REMARKABLE RUN.
IN 2010, HE WILL NOT RECALL
ELECTION.
-- HE WON THAT RECALL ELECTION.
NOW, HE SAYS THIS IS THE
TOUGHEST BATTLE OF HIS
POLITICAL CAREER.
THINK ABOUT THIS, THIS IS A
GOVERNOR, I'VE NEVER HEARD OF
ANYBODY LIKE THIS BEFORE, HE
HAS ONE THREE GOVERNORS RACES
INTO TERMS, IN EIGHT YEARS.
SO, HE IS A VERY STRONG
CANDIDATE.
HE DOES HAVE HIS EYES ON THE
PRESIDENCY, RAN ONCE BEFORE,
MAYBE AGAIN.
BUT, THIS COULD BE A MOVEMENT,
DEPENDING ON HOW WELL DONALD
TRUMP IS DOING IN WISCONSIN.
OF COURSE, HE WON WISCONSIN.
I THINK ONE OF THE PROBLEMS
FOR THE GOVERNOR IS, A LOT OF
VOTERS ARE THINKING, HE DOES
HAVE HIS EYE ON NOT MEDICINE,
BUT THE WHITE HOUSE.
AND I THINK THAT IS A PROBLEM.
I THINK YOU HAVE TONY DEVERS --
EVERS, IF IN FACT HE LOSES,
THIS COULD BE REVENGE OF THE
UNIONS AND PUBLIC SCHOOL
TEACHERS.
AS THEY TRIED TO DO FOUR OR
FIVE YEARS AGO, NOW PRESIDENT
TRUMP IS UNDERWATER, HE STILL
HAS PRETTY GOOD APPROVAL
RATINGS BUT STILL, HE WON THIS
STATE AND NOW HE IS BELOW.
LOOK AT THIS, THE NUMBERS 53%
DISAPPROVE.
I AM SURPRISED HIS NUMBERS ARE
ACTUALLY GOING UP AFTER BRETT
KAVANAUGH. HE IS DOING BETTER.
BUT IS IT ENOUGH?
THAT'S THE QUESTION.
YOU ARE WATCHING THE POLITICS
SHOW ON WCCO WITH PAT KESSLER
AND ESME MURPHY. MINNESOTA'S
RANGE HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST
CONSISTENT DEMOCRATIC AREAS IN
THE COUNTRY, FOR DECADES.
BUT, REPUBLICANS HAVE A VERY
BIG OPPORTUNITY TO FLIP
MINNESOTA'S EIGHTH
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IN THESE
MIDTERM ELECTIONS COMING UP.
THE IRON RANGE AND BOUNDARY
WATERS, TO CANADA.
A PULL OUT LAST MONTH SHOWED A
DEAD HEAT BETWEEN PETE AND -- I
SPOKE WITH THE CANDIDATES FOR
CONGRESS AND VOTERS.
AT AN ASSISTED LIVING HOME
IN TAYLORS FALLS, RESIDENTS
TALK TO PETE YORK --. NEED
TO ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE.
THOSE ARE BENEFITS THAT I WANT
TO PROTECT AND STRENGTHEN FOR
YOU.
130 MILES AWAY, JOE WOULD
BENEFIT -- RADINOVICH TALKS TO
UNION MEMBERS.
RADINOVICH WARRANT REPUBLICANS
WILL CUT SENIOR ENTITLEMENTS.
TO ME, IT IS NOT ONLY WRONG,
BUT IT IS IMMORAL THAT WE WOULD
FINANCE TAX GIVEAWAYS TO THE
WEALTHIEST PEOPLE IN THIS
COUNTRY AT EXPENSE TO PROGRAMS
LIKE SOCIAL SECURITY AND
MEDICARE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBT ABOUT
HOW THE -- HOW IMPORTANT THIS
IS NATIONALLY, WHEN WE WENT TO
TAYLORS FALLS AND DULUTH
EARLIER THIS WEEK, WE FOUND
NUMBERS OF THE LEADERSHIP
CAMPAIGNING FOR BOTH CANDIDATES.
WISCONSIN CANDIDATE WAS WITH
RADINOVICH, GEORGIA WITH
STOPPER.
IN JUNE, THE PRESIDENT CAME FOR
THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE.
IF THIS IS A REFERENDUM ON
THE CANDIDATE, ARE YOU GOING TO
WIN?
LOOK AT THE DOGS IN THE
ECONOMY.
HE SAID THAT RESIDENT
RESPONDED TO REVERSE THE OBAMA
ON THE MINING THAN.
HE'S GOT TO ADD UP LIKE --
RIGHT NOW.
HE COMES BACK TO THE
PRESIDENT TAX BILL WHICH HE
SAID CUT WORK-RELATED TRAVEL
DEDUCTIONS USED BY UNION AND
TRADE WORKERS.
THOSE DEDUCTIONS ARE ALL
GOING AWAY AND THIS BILL.
PEOPLE WANT TO DO -- TO DEDUCT
COSTS.
THEY WILL DO THAT.
AGAIN, THIS RACE, A DEAD
HEAT, 44 SPUR -- 44 FOR THE
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE, 43 FOR
THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE.
THIS IS VERY SIGNIFICANT, A
SIGNIFICANT PICKUP FOR
REPUBLICAN I CAN TELL YOU THAT
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY FIRMLY
BELIEVES THIS IS ONE OF THEIR
BEST CHANCES TO A SEAT THAT IS
CURRENTLY IN DEMOCRATIC HANDS
WITH RICK NOLAN.
ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY,
THEY THINK THIS WILL BE ONE OF
THE BIG ONES.
IS WHY PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS
THERE OF COURSE AND THE VICE
PRESIDENT AS YOU POINTED OUT.
REMEMBER, THIS IS A FEAT THAT
HAS HAD A REPUBLICAN IN THEIR
FOR ONLY TWO YEARS, OUT OF LAST
60.
REPUBLICANS THINK THEY CAN WIN
IT.
BUT DEMOCRATS, THIS IS STILL A
STRONGHOLD, EVEN THOUGH DONALD
TRUMP IS VERY STRONG IN THE
DISTRICT.
THEY THINK THEY HAVE A SHOT.
YOU HEARD RADINOVICH SAYING
HE THINKS HE IS BEING OUTSPENT.
HE IS AN OUTSIDE MONEY AND THE
AMOUNT OF MONEY HE HAS RAISED.
HE HAS RAISED ABOUT HALF OF
WHAT PETE HAS RAISED.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS RACE,
THIS IS GOING TO BE SO CLOSE.
IN THREE OF THE LAST FOUR
ELECTIONS, THE WINNER HAS ONE
BY LESS THAN 4000 VOTES, TWO
YEARS AGO WITH 2000 VOTES.
THIS WILL BE A GREAT ONE TO
WATCH, NOT JUST HERE BUT ALL
THE WAY AROUND THE COUNTRY.
ABSOLUTELY.
22 DAYS AWAY FROM MIDTERM
ELECTION.
IN MINNESOTA, YOU DON'T HAVE TO
PREREGISTER.
YOU CAN REGISTER IN PERSON AT
THE POLLING PLACE.
ELSEWHERE IN THE COUNTRY,
THE DEADLINE HAS PASSED AND
VOTERS WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE.
THAT IS WHY THERE HAS BEEN A
BIG REGISTRATION BUSH
NATIONALLY, ACCORDING TO THE
NONPROFIT GROUP VOTE.ORG, THERE
WAS A HUGE INCREASE AFTER
POPSTAR, TAYLOR SWIFT SPOKE OUT
ON THE ELECTION.
SHE ENDORSED TWO CANDIDATES IN
HER HOME STATE OF TENNESSEE,
ALSO ON HER INSTAGRAM PAGE LAST
WEEK.
ACCORDING TO VOTE.ORG, IN 24
HOURS AFTER TAYLOR SWIFT'S
POST, 65,000 POTENTIAL VOTERS
REGISTERED, TO COMPARE THAT IS
MORE THAN THE ENTIRE MONTH OF
AUGUST WHICH BROUGHT IN 56,000
REGISTRATIONS. 42% OF THOSE
PEOPLE WHO REGISTERED TO VOTE
WERE BETWEEN AGES OF 18 AND 24.
THE GROUP THAT NORMALLY DOES
NOT VOTE IN VERY HIGH NUMBERS,
NORMALLY IT IS SENIORS.
THAT IS A VERY BIG NUMBER.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A REALLY
BIG STORYLINE TO WATCH DURING
THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS.
WHO CAN VOTE IN DIFFERENT
STATES, WHEN THEY CAN GO, AND
WHETHER THEY GET OUT TO VOTE,
ALL OF THOSE WILL BE REALLY
IMPORTANT.
TAYLOR SWIFT PITCH CAME
AGAIN, THE EVENING BEFORE VOTER
REGISTRATION CLOSE, ABSOLUTELY
FOR GOOD IN 18 STATES.
THAT DIFFER DRAMATICALLY FROM
WHAT IS HERE IN MINNESOTA,
WHERE YOU CAN VOTE OR REGISTER
TO VOTE, SAME DAY.
MINNESOTA IS ONE OF 11 STATES
THAT HAS THAT.
YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, IT
IS REALLY REMARKABLE HOW MANY
PEOPLE HAVE REGISTERED ON
ELECTION DAY.
LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT NUMBERS.
THIS WOULD BE COMPARABLE TO
2012, YOU HAVE HALF 1 MILLION
PEOPLE VOTING, 2016 IN THE
ELECTION, 350, THAT IS 12%.
REGISTERING ON ELECTION DAY.
WHAT I FOUND FASCINATING,
DIVING DEEP INTO THE 2016
NUMBERS, WHAT I FOUND IS THAT
INDIVIDUAL COUNTIES THAT HAD
HIRED ON THE AVERAGE, 17%, CLAY
18%, WYNONNA 15.4%, BLOOMERS,
THESE WERE ALL COUNTIES THAT
WENT FOR DONALD TRUMP, BIG
TIME.
WILL THERE BE THAT SURGE FOR
THE TRUMP CANDIDATES THIS TIME
AROUND?
MEMBER, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
ELECTION DAY REGISTRATION HERE
BUT WE HAVE A NEW LAW IN
MINNESOTA WHERE YOU CAN VOTE
EARLY, VOTE EARLY WITH NO
EXCUSES THOSE NUMBERS ARE GOING
THROUGH THE ROOF.
THERE ARE SO MANY MORE EARLY
VOTERS RIGHT NOW. LOOK HOW
MANY.
223,000 ABSENTEE BALLOTS HAVE
BEEN REQUESTED.
85,000 HAVE ALREADY BEEN
RETURNED.
THURSDAY MARKED A STAR-STUDDED
DAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HOSTED
MUSICIANS LIKE MIKE LOVE OF THE
BEACH BOYS AND KID ROCK.
HE SIGNED A MUSIC MODERNIZATION
ACT, THAT IS A BILL THAT
UPDATES ALL OF THE ROYALTIES AND
COPYRIGHT RULES FOR THE MUSIC
INDUSTRY.
BUT, IT WAS THE PRESIDENT OVAL
OFFICE SIT DOWN WITH KANYE WEST
THAT STOLE ALL THE HEADLINES.
THERE IS JUST A LITTLE PART OF
HIS 10 MINUTE MONOLOGUE.
I LOVE THIS GUY RIGHT HERE,
LET ME LET ME GET THIS GUY A
HUG.
I LOVE THIS GUY RIGHT HERE.
LET ME ASK YOU THIS
QUESTION, YOU ARE IN THE OVAL
OFFICE, HOW DOES IT FEEL?
OH, IT IS GOOD ENERGY.
WE FEEL STOP AND FRISK DOES NOT
HELP THE RELATIONSHIP IN THE
CITY.
WE HAVE TO TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT WE ARE
DOING.
WE KILLED EACH OTHER MORE THAN
POLICE OFFICERS.
BUT WE HAVE TO BRING JOBS INTO
AMERICA BECAUSE OUR BEST EXPORT
IS ENTERTAINMENT IDEAS, BUT
WHEN WE MAKE EVERYTHING IN
CHINA AND NOT IN AMERICA, WE
ARE CHEATING OUR COUNTRY.
SOMETHING ABOUT WHEN I PUT THIS
HAT ON, IT MADE ME FEEL LIKE
SUPERMAN.
YOU MADE SUPERMAN, THAT IS MY
FAVORITE SUPERHERO, YOU MADE A
SUPERMAN CAPE FOR ME.
IF HE DOES NOT LOOK GOOD, WE DO
NOT LOOK GOOD.
THIS IS OUR PRESIDENT.
HE HAS TO BE THE FRESHEST, THE
FLY IS, --
HE CAN SPEAK FOR ME ANYTIME
HE WANTS, GREAT GUY, SMART
COOKIE.
HE GETS IT.
MAN, THAT WAS SURREAL AND
FASCINATING AT THE SAME TIME.
THIS WAS KANYE'S SECOND MEETING
WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP SINCE
2016.
HE WAS THERE TO DISCUSS ISSUES
AFFECTING AFRICAN-AMERICAN
COMMUNITY.
THE PRESIDENT IS OUT ON THE
CAMPAIGN TALKING ABOUT THIS
MEETING WITH KANYE WEST,
SUGGESTING THIS IS GOING TO
HELP HIM WITH AFRICAN-AMERICAN
VOTERS.
YOU HEARD MISTER WEST SAY, IF
YOU ARE BLACK, THEY ASSUME YOU
ARE DEMOCRAT.
LET'S LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, IN
2016, 89% OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS
VOTED FOR HILLARY CLINTON.
THE PRESIDENT IS ON THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL, WAS USING KANYE
WEST?
WAS THIS A PROP FOR PRESIDENT
TRUMP IN THE ELECTION?
I THINK WE WILL SEE A LOT OF
PEOPLE TALKING.
OR WAS KANYE WEST USING HIM?
IT COULD BE BOTH.
KANYE HAS ENDORSED THE PRESIDENT
AND WE DO SEE THIS EVERY
ELECTION CYCLE OF COURSE.
CELEBRITIES AND BIG NAMES
COMING OUT OF THE WOODWORK TO
SUPPORT THEIR CANDIDATES.
THIS ISSUE OF THE AFRICAN
AMERICAN VOTE IS REALLY
CRITICAL HERE.
BECAUSE NOT ONLY DID 89% OF
AFRICAN-AMERICANS SUPPORT
HILLARY CLINTON, THE AFRICAN-
AMERICAN VOTE OVERALL IN 2016
WAS DOWN, 7% OVER THE YEAR
BEFORE.
THE BIGGEST DROP IN 20 YEARS.
HAVE THE 7% VOTERS OF VOTERS
VOTED STATISTICALLY, WE WOULD
BE TALKING DIFFERENTLY.
SO WE WILL TALK ABOUT HOW
THE MOTIVATION -- THE
MOTIVATION IS TO GET THEM OUT.
WHICH IS WHY I AM HERE,
SCOOPING OUT BITS OF KITTY
TREASURE FOR HER.
IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT
ANGIE WINS SO THE DEMOCRATS CAN
TAKE BACK THE HOUSE, AND I
WOULD DO ANYTHING TO HELP HER.
ANYTHING.
DURING CAMPAIGN STOPS, WE
MENTIONED PRESIDENT DONALD
TRUMP ENDORSED AS A CANDIDATE
LIKE JASON LEWIS THAT
CANDIDATES LIKE DACIAN -- JASON
LEWIS.
DO ENDORSEMENTS -- CELEBRITY
ENDORSEMENTS MATTER?
I LOVE SAMUEL L JACKSON.
BUT IT WILL NOT HELP.
IT WAS REALLY ENTERTAINING TO
WATCH.
JUST LIKE ENDORSING DEAN
PHILLIPS, DOES THAT HELP?
NO.
WHEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES ENDORSES SUMMARY,
I DO THINK, I REALLY DO THINK
THAT HELPS.
I COULD NOT AGREE MORE.
I THINK HAVING PRESIDENT TRUMP
COME TO DULUTH AND STAND WITH
STAUBER, HAVING HIM COME TO
ROCHESTER AND STAND WITH JASON
LEWIS AND JIM HAGEDORN, THAT
IS A BIG HELP.
BUT I DO THINK BIG POLITICAL
ENDORSEMENTS FROM STARS CAN
MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
LET'S GO BACK TO 2008 AND THE
IOWA CAUCUSES, OPRAH CAME IN
AND ENDORSED A LITTLE-KNOWN
STATE SENATOR, U.S. SENATOR,
BARACK OBAMA.
AND HE WON IOWA.
THAT IS OPRAH.
OPRAH CAN DO WHATEVER SHE
WANTS.
BUT, IF IT IS A LABOR UNION,
THAT PROBABLY HELPS.
IF IT'S THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES OR OPRAH, THAT
HELPS.
BUT, IN GENERAL, HOLLYWOOD
CELEBRITIES MAY NOT HELP.
THAT IS MY EXPERIENCE.
ALL RIGHT, BUT THE THING IS,
SOME OF THE ELECTIONS WE HAVE
HAD IN MINNESOTA ARE SO CLOSE.
GOING BACK TO THE FRANKEN RACE,
307 VOTES, 2000 AND THE FIRST
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT LAST
TIME, 2000 AND EIGHTH, LOOKING
AHEAD TO A BIG POLITICAL STORY.
TONIGHT IN THE FIRST SIX
MINUTES INTERVIEW SINCE TAKING
OFFICE, PRESIDENT TRUMP TALKS
ABOUT MISSING JOURNALISTS,
JAMAAL.
THAT IS AT 6:30 PM HERE ON
CHANNEL 4.
ON TUESDAY, ELLISON DIVORCE
FILES THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO BE
RELEASED, HIS ATTORNEY SAYS SHE
WILL APPEAL THAT.
ON FRIDAY, SECOND
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
CANDIDATES, JASON LEWIS AND
ANGIE CRAIG FACE-OFF FOR A LIVE
DEBATE ON TWIN CITIES PUBLIC
TELEVISION.
AND OF COURSE PAT, THERE IS THE
UNKNOWN.