>> AND THAT WAS OF COURSE JOE
BIDEN ON "THE REIDOUT" LAST
NIGHT, THE PREMIERE OF "THE
REIDOUT" WITH JOY REID
JOINING US IS KAREN BASS, CHAIR
OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK
CAUCUS
THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT
DESCRIBED THE VETTING PROCESS AS
GETTING A PUBLIC MEDICAL EXAM.
HOW DIFFICULT HAS IT BEEN FOR
YOU?
>> THOSE QUESTIONS HAVE TO GO TO
THE CAMPAIGN BUT I DO BELIEVE
THE VICE PRESIDENT WILL PICK THE
PERSON WHO CAN BEST BE A PARTNER
WITH HIM AND TO HELP IN THE
HEALING OF THIS COUNTRY, BECAUSE
SO MUCH NEEDS TO BE DONE
YOU JUST THINK ABOUT 141,000
AMERICANS THAT ARE DEAD BECAUSE
OF THE PROBLEM YOU WERE TALKING
ABOUT IN THE LAST SEGMENT.
IT’S JUST UNACCEPTABLE
>> AND WOULD THAT BEST PERSON BE
A BLACK WOMAN BECAUSE OF ALL THE
OTHER -- YOU KNOW, THE RECKONING
OVER RACE, THE PRESIDENT
PRAISING THE CONFEDERATE FLAG
AGAIN, SAYING HE’S GOING TO VETO
THE DEFENSE BILL BECAUSE OF
RENAMING BASES
ISN’T IT TIME, NOT JUST TO MAKE
THE ADMINISTRATION LOOK LIKE
AMERICA AS HE INDICATED IN THAT
ANSWER TO JOY REID, MEANING A
BLACK WOMAN ON THE SUPREME
COURT, PEOPLE IN HIS CABINET,
BUT A BLACK RUNNING MATE, AND
THAT WOULD BE A BLACK WOMAN?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, I DO THINK
THAT WITH ALL THAT THE PRESIDENT
HAS DONE, EVERY TIME HE’S IN A
TIGHT POT, HE ALWAYS GOES TO
RACE
HE ALWAYS GOES TO DIVISION
AND SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT’S
HAPPENING IN THE COUNTRY,
WHETHER YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT
POLICING OR NOW PEOPLE ARE
LOOKING AT SYSTEMIC RACISM, HIM
SENDING THE TROOPS OUT TO
CITIES, THERE IS SO MUCH
DIVISION GOING ON, OF COURSE I
WOULD LOVE TO SEE HIM APPOINT A
WOMAN OF COLOR AS HIS RUNNING
MATE
BUT LIKE HE SAID, HE IS GOING TO
MAKE SURE THAT HIS
ADMINISTRATION ON EVERY LEVEL
LOOKS LIKE AMERICA
AND I THINK THAT THAT IS
ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT AND
SUFFICIENT AT THIS TIME,
WHEREVER THOSE PEOPLE MIGHT BE
PLACED
>> ARE YOU AT ALL OPTIMISTIC
ABOUT THE FUNDING BATTLE RIGHT
NOW WHERE SENATE REPUBLICANS AND
DEMOCRATS ARE GETTING TOGETHER
TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THE
NEXT MONEY FOR COVID RELIEF AND
THEY’RE ABOUT $2 TRILLION APART,
SO THE GAP IS HUGE, $1 TRILLION
VERSUS $3 TRILLION, FROM WHAT
THE DEMOCRATS ARE WANTING.
BUT THE SENATE REPUBLICANS ARE
NOT ON THE SAME PAGE AS THE
WHITE HOUSE.
DOES THIS MAKE IT BETTER OR
WORSE FOR GETTING A RESULT
>> YOU KNOW, I DO THINK IT’S
DIFFICULT.
WHAT I THINK IS SO SHAMEFUL,
THOUGH, ON THE SENATE SIDE, IS
TO LET PEOPLE SUFFER FIRST
YOU KNOW WHAT WE PASSED THE
HEROES ACT MORE THAN A MONTH
AGO.
THEY HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO ACT
AND IT’S LIKE THEY WAIT UNTIL
THE CAR IS GOING OVER THE CLIFF
TO PULL IT BACK.
AND I JUST THINK THAT’S SO
UNACCEPTABLE
DO I BELIEVE WE’LL REACH
RESOLUTION
I DO BELIEVE IT WILL HAPPEN.
BUT I THINK THAT IT’S JUST WITH
ALL OF THE ANXIETY AND STRESS
THAT PEOPLE ARE FEELING NOW
BECAUSE OF HOW OUR LIVES HAVE SO
DRAMATICALLY CHANGED WITH THE
VIRUS, TO ADD UNNECESSARY STRESS
I JUST THINK IS CRUEL.
>> GIVEN WHAT’S HAPPENING IN
YOUR HOME STATE, YOUR HOME
DISTRICT IN L.A. COUNTY, DO YOU
NEED A STAY-AT-HOME ORDER NOW IN
L.A. BECAUSE OF THE SURGE?
>> WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT.
AND I THINK THAT THAT’S
ESPECIALLY FRUSTRATING, BECAUSE
IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THE
CITY AND THE COUNTY, THE
LEADERSHIP DID EVERYTHING THEY
WERE SUPPOSED TO DO.
YOU KNOW, WE WERE ONE OF THE
FIRST STATES TO DO THAT.
SO IT IS VERY FRUSTRATING THAT
WE’VE HAD THE SPIKE AGAIN.
AND I DO BELIEVE THAT WE MIGHT
GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE
TO SHUT DOWN
I KNOW THEY’RE THINKING NOW THAT
MAYBE WE OPENED UP TOO SOON.
THAT’S HARD FOR ME TO IMAGINE, I
MEAN, YOU DON’T GO ANYWHERE IN
LOS ANGELES WITHOUT SEEING
PEOPLE WITH MASKS ON, AND YOU
CAN’T GET ANYWHERE, YOU CAN’T GO
TO A STORE, YOU BASICALLY CAN’T
DO ANYTHING UNLESS YOU ARE
PROTECTING OTHERS AND YOURSELF
SO I THINK IT JUST SHOWS HOW
DIFFICULT THE COVID VIRUS IS,
HOW DIFFICULT IT IS.
AND THEN YOU HAVE STATES, OF
COURSE, I MEAN, LOOK AT GEORGIA,
WHERE THE GOVERNOR IS GOING TO
SUE THE MAYOR BECAUSE SHE’S
TRYING TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE IN
HER CITY
IT’S JUST CRAZINESS.
BUT IT’S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU
DON’T HAVE --
>> SPEAKING OF -- WELL, SPEAKING
OF CRAZINESS OF A DIFFERENT
SORT, ACCORDING TO CONGRESSWOMAN
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ, AFTER
VOTES YESTERDAY, SHE WAS REALLY
ATTACKED BY A COLLEAGUE,
REPRESENTATIVE TED YOHO OF
FLORIDA, WHO CALLED HER A
TERRIBLE NAME, A REALLY
OUTRAGEOUS ATTACK ON HER USING
THE "F" WORD
HE’S DENYING IT NOW TO US.
BUT APPARENTLY THERE WERE SOME
WITNESSES TO IT, IT WAS
OVERHEARD BY A REPORTER.
ARE WOMEN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
BEING ATTACKED THIS WAY FROM
COLLEAGUES
>> WELL, I HAVE NEVER SEEN OR
HEARD OF ANYTHING LIKE THAT
BEFORE
AND I’M SO DISAPPOINTED IN
REPRESENTATIVE YOHO.
I WORK WITH HIM, WE’RE ON THE
FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
TOGETHER
I’M GLAD YOU’RE RAISING IT
JUST 15 MINUTES AGO I SPOKE TO
ALEXANDRIA AND I TOLD HER THAT I
HEARD WHAT HAD HAPPENED, THAT
ITALY IT WAS COMPLETELY
UNACCEPTABLE AND I THINK WE NEED
TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT
AFTER I SPOKE TO HER I SPOKE TO
BRENDA LAWRENCE, WHO IS CHAIR OF
THE WOMEN’S CAUCUS
I SAID, WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER
BECAUSE AS FAR AS I WAS
CONCERNED IT WAS A VERBAL
ASSAULT.
SOMETHING LIKE THAT SHOULD NEVER
HAPPEN
I DOENED ENEDUNDERSTAND HE’S NOT
FOR REELECTION, BUT HE CANNOT
GET AWAY WITH BEHAVIOR LIKE
THAT
SHE TOLD ME A FEW MINUTES AGO
THAT THAT WASN’T THE FIRST TIME,
HE’S DONE THIS NOW A COUPLE OF
TIMES.
RIGHT AFTER THE FIRST BLOW-UP, A
FEW HOURS LATER HE DID IT AGAIN.
AND SO WE JUST CAN’T HAVE THIS
AND I KNOW WE’RE GOING TO BE
PUTTING OUR HEADS TOGETHER AND
FIGURING OUT HOW WE RESPOND BUT
THERE WILL BE A RESPONSE
>> AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO
CONFIRM THIS YET, BUT THERE IS
WORD THAT’S COMING OUT OF THE
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS THAT SOME OF
HER COLLEAGUES, I THINK KASIE
HUNT HAS JUST CONFIRMED THIS,
I’M NOW BEING TOLD, THAT SOME OF
THE REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES WENT
AFTER LIZ CHENEY FOR CRITICIZING
THE PRESIDENT AND DEFENDING DR.
FAUCI.
>> I DON’T KNOW WHAT’S THE
MATTER, THESE BOYS, TALK ABOUT
CRAZINESS, THEY SEEM TO BE
LOSING IT OVER THERE
WE’RE JUST NOT GOING TO STAND
FOR THAT
WE HAVE A WOMAN SPEAKER.
THERE IS A WOMAN THAT RUNS THIS
HOUSE.
AND WE’RE JUST NOT GOING TO
STAND FOR THAT
SO IF THEY ARE TREATING THEIR
OWN THAT WAY, I GUESS IT
SHOULDN’T BE SHOCKING, BUT I DO
THINK WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING.
I ALSO JUST FINISHED --
>> LIZ CHENEY IS THE THIRD
RANKING MEMBER OF THE REPUBLICAN
CAUCUS, I JUST WANT TO POINT
OUT, SHE HAS A LEADERSHIP ROLE
>> RIGHT
I MEAN, THEY ONLY HAVE A HANDFUL
OF WOMEN OVER THERE TO BEGIN
WITH, YOU WOULD THINK THEY WOULD