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>> THANKS FOR HAVING US.
>> Stephen: I WAS GOING TO SAY, "WELCOME BACK TO
TELEVISION," BUT YOU GUYS ARE ON TELEVISION NOW.
>> BIG TV STARS NOW.
>> Stephen: OH, NOT TELEVISION.
IT'S HBO.
I FORGOT.
HOW SCARED SHOULD I BE OF THE CARAVAN?
>> BE AFRAID.
NO, I MEAN-- >> THIS CARAVAN IS 1100 MILES
AWAY.
IT'S PEOPLE WHO ARE FLEEING DESPERATE SITUATIONS, POLITICAL
UNREST, VIOLENCE, UNEMPLOYMENT.
IT'S WOMEN, IT'S CHILDREN.
IT'S PEOPLE THAT NEED OUR HELP, AND WE'RE CUTTING ASSISTANCE TO
THEM WHILE DEMAGOGUING THEM.
IT'S A COMPLETE SCARE TACTIC TO WINNING ELECTIONS.
IT'S DISGUSTING.
>> IT'S HAPPENED BEFORE.
MOST OF THESE PEOPLE STOP IN MEXICO, AND THE MEXICAN
AUTHORITIES SEND THEM BACK.
OR THEY ORDERLY COME TO THE UNITED STATES BORDER AND THEY'RE
EITHER GRANTED ASYLUM OR THEY'RE TURNED AWAY.
>> WRONG, JON.
THEY'RE COMING HERE TO VOTE AND DO TERRORISM, BOTH.
>> THIS IS A LOT.
IT'S A LOT ON THEIR PLATE.
>> AND THEY'VE BEEN ORGANIZED BY GEORGE SOROS AND PLOET, AND
HILLARY CLINTON, AND I BELIEVE MICHAEL AVENATTI.
>> Stephen: I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE MADE UP ANY OF THOSE
ACCUSATIONS.
I THINK I HAVE HEARD MOST OF THOSE ALREADY.
>> I LIKE THE IDEA THAT DEMOCRATS ARE ORGANIZING VOTERS
IN HONDURAS WHEN WE CAN'T EVEN ORGANIZE VOTERS IN PENNSYLVANIA.
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THAT BRINGS ME TO THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION HERE.
THE MIDTERMS ARE TWO WEEKS AWAY.
HOW-- HOW IS IT LOOKING?
>> IT'S GOING TO BE TIGHT.
IT'S GOING TO BE A CLOSE RACE.
IT'S BEEN LIKE THAT SINCE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT AFTER TRUMP BECAME
PRESIDENT.
>> Stephen: I HEARD A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE BLUE WAVE.
I HEARD A LOT OF TALK ABOUT BLUE WAVE.
>> NOT FROM US.
>> THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN 50-50.
AND THE ONLY WAY WE WIN IS IF EVERYBODY GETS OFF THEIR COUCH,
KNOCKS ON DOORS AND MAKES PHONE CALLS AND GETS THREE FRIENDS TO
VOTE.
>> MAYBE FIVE.
>> IF YOU DON'T HAVE FIVE FRIENDS, THAT'S FINE.
YOU CAN HAVE A FULL LIFE WITH THREE FRIENDS.
>> Stephen: WELL, OF THE EARLY TURNOUT-- YOU HAVE TWO AT LEAST.
>> I HAVE AT LEAST TWO FRIENDS.
>> Stephen: EARLY-- EARLY VOTER-- EARLY VOTING, THE
TURNOUT FOR EARLY VOTING LOOKS GOOD SO FAR, DOESN'T IT?
>> YOU CAN'T-- YOU CAN'T LOOK AT EARLY VOTE FOR --
>> Stephen: WHY CAN'T I LOOK AT IT?
>> YOU CAN.
>> HOW MANY TIMESES ARE WE GOING TO DO THIS?
ALL RIGHT.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE EARLY VOTES LOOK LIKE.
IT DOESN'T PLAERT WHAT THE POLLS LOOK LIKE.
WE CAN LOSE EVERYTHING.
WE LOST EVERYTHING TWO YEARS AGO!
WE CAN LOSE EVERYTHING AGAIN!
OH, MY GOD!
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NONE OF YOU PEOPLE-- NONE OF YOU PEOPLE ARE STRATEGISTED.
>> Stephen: IS THAT A MESSAGE OF HOPE OR A MESSAGE OF FEAR?
>> HE DOES THE HOPE.
>> Stephen: YOU DO THE HOPE?
>> THE STRATEGISTUE DON'T NEED POLLS.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH A POLL?
ARE YOU GOING TO DECIDE WHERE TO PUT RESOURCES?
THESE PEOPLE-- THESE PEOPLE FROM--
>> THEY'RE SO NICE THEY DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO LOOK AT THE POLLS.
>> Stephen: DO YOU LOOK AT POLLS?
DO YOU LOOK AT POLLS?
>> OH, I'M ADDICTED.
THIS IS THE LONGEST I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT A POLL SITTING ON THIS
COUCH.
>> Stephen: WHAT SURPRISES YOU ABOUT THIS ELECTION?
IS IT VOTER SUPPRESSION?
ARE YOU SURPRISED BY THE SCALE OF THAT?
BECAUSE IT'S HAPPENING ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY.
THE REPUBLICANS SEEM TO BE PLAYING DEFENSE WITH VOTER
SUPPRESSION.
ARE YOU SURPRISED BY THE SCALE OF IT, SAY, WE HEARD ABOUT A
BUNCH IN INDIANA RECENTLY.
OBVIOUSLY, GEORGIA.
KANSAS HAS CLOSED DOWN THE ONLY POLLING STATION IN DODGE CITY.
>> WHOSE SURPRISING IS HOW BRAZEN IT IS.
IN GEORGIA OTHER GENTLEMAN RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR IS THE
SECRETARY OF STATE-- >> GENTLEMAN?
>> IT'S SOUTHERN.
HE'S DOING EVERYTHING HE CAN TO PREVENT AFRICAN AMERICANS FROM
VOTING.
AND SURPRISE, SURPRISE, HIS OPPONENT, STACY ABRAMS-- WHO
AMAZING, GOOGLE HER, SUPPORT HER-- IS AFRICAN AMERICAN.
IT'S IN YOUR FACE BUT IT'S OBVIOUS.
THESE VOTER SUPPRESSION TACTICS ARE NOT NEW BY ANY MEANS.
>> IT'S A LOT LIKE WORST INSTINCTS OF REPUBLICAN POLITICS
HAVE METASTASIZED UNDER TRUMP.
WE HAVE ALWAYS SEEN EFFORTS TO REPRESS THE VOTE, BUT THEY'RE
GOING HOG WILD.
WE'VE ALWAYS SEEN DISINFORMATION AND PROPAGANDA IN THE LAST DAYS
OF THE CAMPAIGN BUT NOW IT'S THE CORE OF THE STRATEGY.
WE'RE SEEING WHAT WE'VE SEEN BEFORE BUT IT'S JUST ELEVATED
BECAUSE TRUMP TAKES EVERYTHING TO A 10.
>> THE REALLY IMPORTANT THING ABOUT THIS IS BECAUSE THERE'S
BEEN SO MUCH NEWS ABOUT THIS AND BECAUSE VOTER SUPPRESSION IS
REAL, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE, REPORTEDLY, WHO ARE THINKING
THEIR VOTE IS NOT GOING TO COUNT BECAUSE THEIR VOTE IS GOING TO
BE SUPPRESS.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE, STAY IN LINE, GET A BALLOT AND IF THEY
WON'T GIVE YOU A BALLOT, DEMAND A PROVISIONAL BALLOT.
>> ALWAYS GO VOTE.
>> ALWAYS GO VOLT.
>> YOU CAN DEMAND A PROVISIONAL BALLOT.
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STARTING REALLY INTENSELY BTWO WEEKS AGO AND I'M SURE IT'S
GOING TO RAMP UP EVEN MORE IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, THAT ON THE
REPUBLICAN SIDE THERE'S A LOT OF FEAR MONGERING GOING ON, THINGS
LIKE THE CARAVAN.
WHAT IS-- IS THAT A GOOD SIGN OR A BAD SIGN?
IS THAT DESPERATION OR IS IT JUST SAVVY?
BECAUSE FEAR CAN BE A GREAT MOTIVATOR.
>> IT'S A GREAT MOTIVATOR FOR THEIR BASE.
I MEAN, TRUMP HAS DONE THIS BEFORE.
HE TENDS TO-- HE TRIES TO DIVIDE PEOPLE, HE TRIES TO GET PEOPLE
AFRAID, HE TRIES TO GET THEM ANGRY.
FOR SOME PEOPLE IN THE REPUBLICAN BASE, THAT WORKS.
"THE NEW YORK TIMES" HAD A STORY ABOUT A WOMAN IN MINNESOTA WHO
THOUGHT THE CARAVAN WAS GOING TO COME AND INHABIT HER LAKE HOUSE
IN MINNESOTA.
>> Stephen: IT'S POSSIBLE, IT'S POSSIBLE.
>> IT DOES WORKS.
>> SHE WAS GETTING SUPPLIES-- SHEETS, TOWELS.
SHE WAS JUST TRYING TO BE PREPARED.
>> FOR FOX NEWS THIS IS GOOD BUSINESS.
THEIR STRATEGY IS TO SCARE OLD, WHITE PEOPLE WHO HAPPEN TO BE
TRUMP'S BASE.
IT'S SIMPATICO WITH TRUMP'S CLOSING MESSAGE AND WHAT YOU SEE
ON THE NEWS.
WE NEED TO GET OUR PEOPLE OUT AND GET THEM TO VOTE.
>> Stephen: DON'T TH DEMOCRATS HAVE THEIR OWN VERSION OF FEAR
MONGERING.
THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE AWAY YOUR HEALTH CARE, THEY'RE GOING TO
TAKE AWAY PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS.
THAT IS FEAR.
THEY'RE USING FEAR AS A TACTIC.
>> THERE IS A CARAVAN OF REPUBLICANS HEADING TO
WASHINGTON TO TAKE AWAY YOUR HEALTH CARE.
>> Stephen: HOLD THAT THOUGHT.