>>> AND WITH EACH NEW STEP WE TAKE IN THE DIRECTION OF
FAIRNESS AND JUSTICE, EQUALITY
AND OPPORTUNITY THAT HOPE
SPRINGS.
SPRINGS. IT STARTS RIPPLING.
IT ENTERS INTO EACH OF US.
WE GET A SENSE OF WHAT IS
POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE. AND WE REMIND OURSELVES OF THOSE
BETTER ANGELS OF OUR NATURE.
IT’S UP TO YOU.
LET’S MAKE HISTORY HAPPEN RIGHT
HERE IN FLORIDA.
>> IT’S SO POSITIVE, IT’S
JARRING.
JARRING. THAT WAS THE OBAMA SHOW IN MIAMI
TODAY.
TODAY. NO DEMOCRAT DOES IT QUITE LIKE
THE 44th PRESIDENT.
HE WAS STUMPING FOR BILL NELSON
AND ANDREW GILLUM NOW AHEAD OF
HIS REPUBLICAN OPPONENT IN THE
RACE FOR GOVERNOR.
BUT IF YOU WERE WATCHING THAT
RALLY THIS AFTERNOON, YOU
PROBABLY NOTICED THE REGULAR
INTERRUPTIONS BY PROTESTERS.
INSTEAD OF USING THE CLASSIC
TRUMP RHETORIC, I’D LIKE TO
PUNCH HIM IN THE FAIRXCE, HERE’S
HOW OBAMA HANDLED IT.
>> THIS IS WHAT I LOOK FORWARD
TO, HAVING A FEW HECKLERS TO GET
ME BACK INTO THE MOOD.
IT’S LIKE I ENJOY THAT.
YOU ALWAYS GOT TO HAVE A FEW IN
ORDER TO KNOW THAT YOU’RE ON THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
CAMPAIGN TRAIL. IT TELLS YOU SOMETHING
INTERESTING.
INTERESTING. THAT EVEN THE FOLKS WHO ARE IN
CHARGE ARE STILL MAD.
BECAUSE THEY’RE GETTING GINNED
UP TO BE MAD.
THAT’S THE -- THAT’S THE
MIND-SET.
MIND-SET. SO YOU WANT SOMEBODY WHO IS
ACTUALLY GOING TO WORK FOR
WORKING PEOPLE?
WORKING PEOPLE? ANDREW GILLUM IS SOMEBODY.
WHO IS GOING TO WORK FOR WORKING
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. >> ELISE JORDAN, FORMER AIDE IN
THE GEORGE W. BUSH WHITE HOUSE,
NOW AN MSNBC ANALYST AND HOST OF
"WORDS MATTER," THE BEST POD
CAST IN AMERICA.
SO, FIRST OF ALL, I WATCHED ALL
OF OPRAH’S EVENTS YESTERDAY.
OPRAH HAS BECOME OBAMA AND OBAMA
HAS BECOME OPRAH.
BUT THEY ARE REALLY UNDETERRED
BY TRUMP’S -- THEY ARE EMBODYING
MICHELLE OBAMA’S WHEN THEY GO
LOW, WE GO HIGH.
THE DIFFERENCE IS THEY WANT THAT
TO TRANSLATE TO BIG VICTORIES.
>> OPRAH YESTERDAY JUST REALLY
BLEW MY MIND IN HOW SHE WAS SO
INSPIRATIONAL.
INSPIRATIONAL. AND SHE WAS URGING EVERYONE TO
BE PART OF SOMETHING THAT’S
BIGGER THAN THEMSELVES AND IT’S
BIGGER THAN THEIR DAY-TO-DAY
SACRIFICE THAT’S ABOUT OUR
ANCESTORS’ SACRIFICE, ABOUT
THEIR ANCESTORS’ SACRIFICE.
AND THAT’S SOMETHING YOU JUST
NEVER SEE IN DONALD TRUMP’S
RHETORIC.
RHETORIC. IT’S NOT EVER ABOUT SERVING YOUR
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. >> IT’S NOT ABOUT ANYBODY BUT
HIM.
HIM. >> IT’S ALWAYS ABOUT HIM.
SO THAT’S WHY IT’S REFRESHING TO
HEAR A MESSAGE THAT’S ABOUT WHAT
YOU CAN DO FOR OTHER PEOPLE.
WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR COUNTRY
AND MAKE YOURSELF BETTER IN THE
PROCESS, TOO.
PROCESS, TOO. >> THE OTHER THING THAT’S
REMARKABLE ABOUT OBAMA.
SEEING SORT OF EACH PARTY’S BEST
SURROGATES ON THE STUMP IS, IF
YOU’VE WON TWICE, LIKE OBAMA
HAS, YOU ARE REALLY GOOD AT
THIS.
THIS. AND YOU ARE MADE BETTER BY THE
HECKLERS.
HECKLERS. I WATCHED THAT SPEECH AND HIS
WHOLE VIBE CHANGED.
YOU WANT TO FIGHT?
I’VE STILL GOT FIGHT IN ME.
>> HE’S A GAME NIGHT PLAYER.
HE WAITED FOR THE LIGHTS TO GO
ON FOR HIM TO STEP INTO HIS
GAME.
GAME. IN THIS CASE IT WAS THE
HECKLERS.
HECKLERS. AND SO DISSIDENT, HIS TONE, HIS
ENERGY VERSUS WHAT WE’RE SEEING
FROM THE CURRENT PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ALL ABOUT
GRIEVANCE AND ANGER AND TRUMP --
AND OBAMA IS MUCH MORE ABOUT
HOPE AND TRYING TO UPLIFT THE
PEOPLE HE’S TALKING TO.
THE CYNICAL TAKE OF THE
DEMOCRATS WOULD BE PRESIDENT
OBAMA NOT RUNNING AGAIN.
OPRAH WINFREY, AT LEAST NOT NOW
IS NOT A CANDIDATE.
THEY DON’T SEEM TO HAVE A
CURRENT POLITICAL FIGURE WHO
PERHAPS CAN RUN FOR OFFICE, RUN
FOR PRESIDENT IN A COUPLE YEARS
WHO POESPOSSESSES THAT SAME
CHARISMA AND ENERGY.
>> YOU LAUGH OUT LOUD WHEN WE
WERE PLAYING THAT CLIP.
>> IT’S NOT ONLY ABERRATION FROM
WHAT WE’RE SEEING FROM THIS
PRESIDENT BUT IT’S ALSO NOT
REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT WE’RE
SEEING ON THE STUMP FROM
DEMOCRATS.
DEMOCRATS. IT’S A REALLY DIFFERENT TONE.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, AVENATTI IS
NOT GIVING THAT SPEECH.
HE’S SAYING, NOT ONLY WILL I
LOCK UP TRUMP.
I’LL BRING MY OWN HANDCUFFS.
SO WE’RE SEEING ON THE LEFT,
ERIC HOLDER, WHEN THEY GO LOW,
WE’LL KICK THEM.
HILLARY, WE CAN’T BE CIVIL.
THERE’S AN ENERGY ON THE LEFT
FOR, WE’RE SICK OF THIS UNITY
CRAP.
CRAP. WE’RE SICK OF THE HOPE AND
CHANGE.
CHANGE. WE WANT BLOOD.
>> BUT THE BRIGHTEST STARS IN
THIS CYCLE ARE GILLUM, WHO, I
THINK, HAS EMBODIED A LOT OF
OBAMA’S VIBE.
OBAMA’S VIBE. BETO.
BETO. AND STACEY ABRAMS.
SO I WOULDN’T PUT AVENATTI IN A
FRONT-RUNNER CATEGORY.
FRONT-RUNNER CATEGORY. >> NO, THAT’S TOTALLY FAIR.
I GUESS I JUST SEE SOME OF THE
OTHER FIGURES WHO ARE SORT OF
EMERGING.
EMERGING. >> THERE’S THAT TEPSNSION.
>> WE’RE SEEING A BREAKTHROUGH.
THE DEMOCRATS I’VE SPOKEN TO ARE
SAYING, LOOK.
SAYING, LOOK. IN THE -- THREE MONTHS AGO, SIX
MONTHS AGO WE WOULD HAVE SAID
DON’T TALK ABOUT TRUMP.
TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMY.
TALK ABOUT HEALTH CARE, THE
PLANS THAT WE HAVE.
NOW THEY SAID NOW WE HAVE TO SAY
THAT THIS IS A VOTE AGAINST
BIGOTRY.
BIGOTRY. WE HAVE TO SAY THAT THIS IS A
VOTE AGAINST -- THIS IS A VOTE
FOR A BETTER VIEW OF OUR NATION
THAN WHAT REPUBLICANS ARE
PUTTING FORWARD.
PUTTING FORWARD. THE MESSAGE KEEPS CHANGING, BUT
THEY ARE ADAPTING TO WHAT THE
PRESIDENT IS DOING.
>> I THINK THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT.
AND I GUESS MY POINT WAS NOT TO
PAPER OVER THE TENSION ON THE
LEFT, WHICH IS -- I THINK WE’D
SPEND MORE TIME TALKING ABOUT IT
IF THE RIGHT WASN’T HIJACKED BY
TRUMP AND TRUMPISM TO THE POINT
YOU HAVE PROMINENT REPUBLICANS
WRITING, VOTE DEMOCRAT FOR THE
FUTURE OF THIS COUNTRY.
RICK WILSON AND MIKE GERSTON AND
OTHERS.
OTHERS. THEY’VE FIGURED OUT HOW TO MARRY
SOME OF THE BEST THINGS ABOUT
PRESIDENT OBAMA WITH A TOUGHER
MESSAGE.
MESSAGE. GILLUM’S BEST LINE OF THE CYCLE
WAS NOT, I’M NOT SAYING YOU’RE A
RACIST.
RACIST. I’M JUST SAYING THE RACISTS SAY
YOU’RE A RACIST.
>> THAT’S ESSENTIALLY WHAT OBAMA
DID AT THE WHITE HOUSE
CORRESPONDENTS DINNER THAT
NOTORIOUSLY MIGHT HAVE HELPED
PROPEL US TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY
BUT USING -- MAKING FUN OF THE
IGNORANCE.
IGNORANCE. MAKING FUN OF THE BIGOTRY.
NOT LETTING THEM SOME UP TO YOUR
LEVEL AND LOOKING DOWN ON THEM.
AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS WHAT
ANDREW GILLUM DID IN THAT DEBATE
BECAUSE HE WASN’T DIGNIFYING RON
DeSANTIS’ BIGOTRY.
DeSANTIS’ BIGOTRY. >> AND THERE’S NO ONE THAT
EMBODIES TRUMP THAT’S RUNNING, I
DON’T THINK IN A HOUSE RACE OR
SENATE RACE OR GUBERNATORIAL
RACE MORE THAN DeSANTIS.
LET ME READ SOMETHING THAT
EUGENE SCOTT WROTE ABOUT GILLUM.
GILL SUM VIEWED AS A SUCCESSOR
OF FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA’S
LEGACY.
LEGACY. AND OBAMA’S VISIT SEEMS TO SHOW
THAT.
THAT. IT IS CLEAR, PERHAPS OBVIOUS TO
TRUMP THAT GILLUM COULD DO GREAT
HARM TO TRUMP’S AJEPDA AAGENDA I
FLORIDA.
FLORIDA. IF HE LOSES THOSE INDEPENDENTS
WHO VOTED FOR HIM, HE MAY NOT
GET THAT BACK IN 2020.
GILLUM COULD BE A LEADER IN THE
REGION’S REJECTION OF TRUMPISM
IN FAVOR OF A WORLD VIEW THAT
AFEARS INCLUDE MANY OF THE
PEOPLE TRUMP WANTS TO EXCLUDE.
JEB AND RICK SCOTT THE LAST TIME
A REPUBLICAN WAS ELECTED.
>> HE REFERS TO HIMSELF AS A
FLORIDA RESIDENT.
FLORIDA RESIDENT. HE SPENDS PART OF THE YEAR THERE
BECAUSE OF MAR-A-LAGO.
HE KNOWS HOW ESSENTIAL FLORIDA
WAS TO HIS 2016 VICTORY.
AND THAT WAS THE PLACE WHERE
THOSE OF US ON THE CAMPAIGN
TRAIL WOULD SEE SOME OF THAT
ENERGY AND THOSE LAST WEEKS
WHERE YOU SORT OF THINK, WAIT A
MINUTE, HE’S GOT A REAL SHOT.
THE RED HATS COMING OUT TO THE
RALLIES.
RALLIES. AND, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER LAST
WEEK OR SO OF THE CAMPAIGN, A
COLLEAGUE OF MINE WAS WITH
HILLARY IN MIAMI AND I WAS WITH
TRUMP IN TAMPA AND THERE WAS
15,000.
15,000. THAT WAS ONE OF THE PLACES YOU
COULD SEE THE GROUND SWELL OF
ENERGY.
ENERGY. PARTICULARLY WITH POLLS
SUGGESTING HE’S SLIPPING IN THE
MIDWEST, FLORIDA BECOMES THAT
MUCH MORE IMPORTANT FOR HIS
ELECTION CAMPAIGN.
ELECTION CAMPAIGN. DeSANTIS IS A TRUMP LIGHT.
THAT HE’D TAKE THIS LOSS
PERSONALLY IF THAT WERE TO
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN. HE’S BEEN THERE CAMPAIGNING AND
HE’S GOING TO CAMPAIGN IN THE
GEORGIA GUB TORERALERNATORIAL RA
HOW MUCH SKIN IN THE GAME DOES
TRUMP THINK HE HAS IN THE
RESULTS TUESDAY NIGHT?
>> A LOT.
>> A LOT. AND PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE
CANDIDATES, AS JONATHAN
MENTIONED, HE’S INVESTED HIMSELF
IN AND BOASTED ABOUT HAVING
BOOSTED THEM UP.
DeSANTIS, CAMP.
DeSANTIS, CAMP. >> CALL HIM A LOSER WEDNESDAY
IF --
IF -- >> HE’LL FIND SOMETHING.
BUT WHAT HE’S DOING ALREADY IS
SORT OF PICKING HIS TARGETS AND
DISTANCE -- HE’S KIND OF ALREADY
DOING THAT.
DOING THAT. >> HEDGING.
>> HEDGING. >> I DON’T THINK YOU’LL SEE
TRUMP WRAP HIS ARMS AROUND
MORRISEY IN THE LAST FEW DAYS.
THAT’S SORT OF -- HE’S CUT HIM
LOOSE.
LOOSE. OHIO, THEY’RE NOT THERE FOR THE
SENATE RACE.
SENATE RACE. THAT’S A GUBERNATORIAL VISIT.
THAT’S SO THEY CAN LOCK THAT IN
AS A POLITICAL OPERATION FOR