THERE, THANK YOU.
>> John: A LOT OF TIME THERE, IT
NEVER ENDS, THAT’S FOR SURE.
VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS,
THE LATEST DEMOCRAT TAKING HEAT
FOR CONTROVERSIAL MIDTERM
STRATEGY, AFTER CLAIMING FAR
RIGHT CANDIDATES ARE A THREAT TO
DEMOCRACY, SHE REFUSED FOR
CALLING OUT HER PARTY TO PROP
THEM UP IN REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES.
DAN HENNINGER, FOX NEWS
CONTRIBUTOR, DAN, SET THE TABLE
HERE.
PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS BEEN MAKING
SPEECH AFTER SPEECH DECLARING
SO-CALLED ULTRA MAGA REPUBLICANS
ARE A THREAT TO THIS COUNTRY.
A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY.
YET THE SAME TIME, DEMOCRATS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN PRIMARY
RACES HAVE SPENT MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS TRYING TO GET THE
SO-CALLED ULTRA MAGA REPUBLICANS
ON THE ROAD TO VICTORY IN THE
PRIMARIES.
MIGHT BE A STRATEGY FOR WINNING
THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS BUT IS IT
CYNICAL OR HYPOTHETICAL AT BEST?
>> Dan: WELL, TO SAY THE LEAST,
JOHN, AND LET ME SIMPLY SAY IT
IS STRIKING TO GO FROM THE
SUBLIME IMAGES OUT OF SCOTLAND,
ENGLAND TO ASCEND TO THE
RIDICULOUS HYPOCRISY OF THE
STRATEGY OF THE MIDTERM
ELECTIONS.
AND ESSENTIALLY HERE, THEY HAVE
BEEN RUNNING ADS IN SOME
MIDTERMS SUPPORTING
TRUMP-SUPPORTED CANDIDATES, THEY
THINK THEY WOULD BE EASIER TO
DEFEAT THEM IN THE GENERAL
ELECTION.
SO, YEAH, WE UNDERSTAND THAT’S
POLITICS.
WHAT’S GALLING ABOUT THIS, YOU
HAVE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES ALMOST EVERY OTHER DAY OF
THE WEEK GIVING A SPEECH
ATTACKING MAGA REPUBLICANS AS A
THREAT TO OUR DEMOCRACY.
IDEA BEING THAT HE’S CONCERNED
ABOUT THE FUNCTIONING OF OUR
DEMOCRACY.
AND YET YOU HAVE HIS PARTY
RUNNING THESE ADS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY PROMOTING ESSENTIALLY
THE SAME PEOPLE THAT THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
HAS BEEN ATTACKING.
SO, THE CYNICISM AND HYPOCRISY
OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY STARTING
FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES ON DOWN IS QUITE A
SPECTACLE IN THIS MIDTERM
ELECTION.
>> John: A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE
NOTICED WHAT YOU ARE TALKING
ABOUT HERE, DAN, ONE OF THEM
CHUCK TODD, MODERATOR OF "MEET
THE PRESS," HAD HARRIS ON AND
CONFRONTED HER ABOUT IT.
>> THERE ARE THOSE WHO RIGHT NOW
ARE VIVIDLY NOT DEFENDING OUR
DEMOCRACY.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES WILL SPEAK UP AND RAISE
THE ALARM ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS
TO OUR STRENGTH AND OUR FUTURE.
MUCH LESS OUR INTEGRITY.
>> SHOULD YOU LEAVE THE GOOD
REPUBLICANS ALONE IN A PRIMARY?
IS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY MAKING A
MISTAKE HERE?
>> LISTEN, I’M NOT GOING TO TELL
PEOPLE HOW TO RUN THEIR
CAMPAIGNS.
>> WOULD YOU HAVE DONE THIS?
IS THIS SOMETHING YOU WOULD BE
COMFORTABLE WITH?
>> I’M NOT GOING TO TELL PEOPLE
HOW TO RUN THE CAMPAIGNS, CHUCK.
>> John: HE ASKED IT THREE
DIFFERENT WAYS, EVERY TIME SHE
DUCKED IT.
WHAT DO YOU SAY?
>> I SAY KAMALA HARRIS IS GOOD
IF NOTHING ELSE AT DUCKING HARD
QUESTIONS.
THE FACT IS, THIS TACTIC IS
DIVIDING THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
THERE ARE DEMOCRATS OUT THERE
WHO ARE VERY UPSET AT THE IDEA
THAT THE PARTY WOULD BE
SUPPORTING PRO TRUMP CANDIDATES,
MANY OF THEM DENYING THE RESULTS
OF THE LAST ELECTION BECAUSE
THEY ARE AFRAID THEY MIGHT WIN.
SO, IT HAS BEEN HUGELY DIVISIVE
INSIDE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, BUT
LET’S BE HONEST ABOUT THIS,
JOHN, THEY WOULD NOT ADOPT IT IF
THEY DIDN’T THINK THERE WAS A
RATIONALE BEHIND IT, THE IDEA
SOME OF THE PRO TRUMP CANDIDATES
HAVE BEEN RUNNING NOT SO MUCH ON
FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S
POLICIES, THE TAX REDUCTIONS,
REGULATION, THE STRONG ECONOMY,
THEY HAVE BEEN ATTACHING
THEMSELVES TO HIS BELIEFS THAT
THE LAST ELECTION WAS RIGGED,
THAT’S THE WAY THEY GET TRUMP’S
ENDORSEMENTS.
AND SO THE QUESTION IS WHETHER
IN THE GENERAL -- HE COULD WIN
PRIMARIES THAT WAY AS WE KNOW,
YOU JUST TURN OUT ANGRY VOTERS,
BUT THE QUESTION IS IN THE
QUESTION ELECTION, WILL SOME
REPUBLICANS WHO MAYBE ON THE ONE
HAND SUPPORTED TRUMP’S POLICIES
BUT COULD NO LONGER SUPPORT
THESE THEORIES ABOUT THE LAST
ELECTION, WILL THEY STAY HOME
AND END UP ELECTING THE
DEMOCRATS?
>> John: A LOT TO CHEW OVER IN