>> THAT DOES IT FOR US ON THIS THURSDAY MORNING.
THURSDAY MORNING. "MORNING JOE" STARTS RIGHT NOW.
>>> IN 2019 IN AMERICA, FOR A
DEMOCRAT TO BE RUNNING FOR
PRESIDENT WITH A PLAN THAT DOES
NOT COVER EVERYONE, I THINK IS
WITHOUT EXCUSE.
WITHOUT EXCUSE. >> VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN, I
DIDN’T HEAR YOUR RESPONSE WHEN
THE ISSUE CAME UP OF ALL THOSE
DEPORTATIONS.
DEPORTATIONS. YOU WERE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
UNITED STATES. >> MR. VICE PRESIDENT IT LOOKS
LIKE ONE OF US LEARNED THE
LESSONS OF THE PAST AND ONE
HASN’T.
HASN’T. >> YOU CAN’T INVOKE PRESIDENT
OBAMA IN THE CAMPAIGN, DO IT
WHEN IT’S CONVENIENT AND DODGE
IT WHEN IT’S NOT.
>> SO APPARENTLY BARACK OBAMA IS
RUNNING FOR A THIRD TERM IN
2020.
2020. >> GOT TO BE A SURPRISE FOR HIM.
>> BARACK OBAMA IS ON THE LIST.
>> AND HE’S LIKE WHAT?
>> SEVERAL CONTENDERS ATTACKED
THE PRESIDENT’S RECORD LAST
NIGHT VIS-A-VIS JOE BIDEN WHILE
DONALD TRUMP WATCHES FROM THE
WHITE HOUSE.
WHITE HOUSE. ERIC HOLDER TWEETED THIS, QUOTE,
TO MY FELLOW DEMOCRATS BE WARY
OF ATTACKING THE OBAMA RECORD,
BUILD ON IT, EXPAND IT, BUT
THERE’S LITTLE TO BE GAINED FOR
YOU OR THE PARTY BY ATTACKING A
VERY SUCCESSFUL AND STILL
POPULAR DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT.
>> BARACK OBAMA, THOUGH, YOU GOT
TO THINK THESE CAMPAIGN
MANAGERS, HEY, ATTACK BARACK
OBAMA AND OBAMACARE, MAKE HIM
SEEM MORE HEARTLESS THAN DONALD
TRUMP ON IMMIGRATION.
I’M SURE POLLS WILL SHOW HE’S
NOT THAT POPULAR RIGHT WITH
DEMOCRATS ANYMORE.
DEMOCRATS ANYMORE. >> TO THAT POINT A CNN POLL LAST
YEAR SHOWED 97% OF DEMOCRATS,
9-7 HAD A FAVORABLE OPINION OF
BARACK OBAMA.
BARACK OBAMA. >> OKAY.
>> OKAY. >> AND LAST YEAR 82% OF
DEMOCRATS SUPPORTED HIS
SIGNATURE HEALTH CARE LAW --
>> YOU’RE SAYING 97% OF
DEMOCRATS --
DEMOCRATS -- >> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> -- SUPPORT BARACK OBAMA?
>> OBAMA.
>> OBAMA. CORRECT.
CORRECT. >> AND 82% OF DEMOCRATS SUPPORT
OBAMACARE.
OBAMACARE. >> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> I’M WONDERING WHY PEOPLE WHO
WANT VOTES FROM DEMOCRATS SPENT
ALL LAST NIGHT TRASHING BARACK
OBAMA SAYING SUPPORT OF BARACK
OBAMA’S SIGNATURE PLAN, THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, THE
GREATEST STEP FORWARD TOWARD
UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE IN THE
HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN
REPUBLIC, I’M WONDERING WHY THEY
WERE TRASHING THAT AND THE
DEFENSE OF THAT IS REPUBLICAN
TALKING POINTS.
TALKING POINTS. IT IS INSANITY, MY FRIENDS.
>> I KNOW.
ESPECIALLY SINCE OVERALL SUPPORT
OF OBAMACARE, REMEMBER THIS,
IT’S HARD TO FORGET --
>> IT WAS A YEAR AGO, THOUGH.
>> IT WAS A YEAR AGO, HELPED
DRIVE DEMOCRATS TO RECORD
MIDTERM VICTORIES.
MIDTERM VICTORIES. >> THOSE PEOPLE TALKING AT YOU
ALL THE TIME.
>> THIS WAS TOO EASY FOR BIDEN.
>> REALLY, IT’S KIND OF -- I’M
SO CONFUSED.
SO CONFUSED. I’M SO CONFUSED.
YOU HAVE BARACK OBAMA, BY THE
WAY, FOR THE RECORD, THE MOST
POPULAR DEMOCRAT ALIVE, THE
FIRST DEMOCRAT SINCE FRANKLIN
ROOSEVELT DID IT IN 1932 AND
1936 AND AGAIN IN ’42 AND ’44,
TO WIN THE MAJORITY OF THE
VOTES, THE FIRST TO DO THAT, AND
YOU HAVE PEOPLE TRASHING
OBAMACARE AND THE SPORT OF IT IS
REPUBLICAN TALKING POINTS.
AND THEN THEY’RE TRASHING HIS
IMMIGRATION POLICIES WHICH
DONALD TRUMP AND THE REPUBLICANS
ATTACKED AND USED TO ELECT
DONALD TRUMP AS BEING TOO
CONSERVATIVE.
CONSERVATIVE. THIS WAS SORT OF -- WE WERE SORT
OF IN A NEVER NEVER LAND LAST
NIGHT IN THAT DEBATE.
IT WAS BIZARRE.
JUST JUDGING FROM WHAT I’VE SEEN
AND WHAT I’VE HEARD SINCE THAT
DEBATE, A LOT OF THE DEMOCRATS
ARE PRETTY PISSED OFF SAYING IF
YOU’RE THINKING YOU’RE GETTING
MY VOTE BY TRASHING BARACK
OBAMA’S LEGACY, YOU HAVE ANOTHER
THING COMING.
THING COMING. >> PLAYING TO THAT 3% THAT DON’T
LIKE BARACK OBAMA SOMEHOW.
THE SUPPORT AS YOU POINTED OUT
FOR THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
ITSELF IS SOMETHING AT LIKE 83
OR 84%.
OR 84%. SO THE PRESIDENT, OBAMA IS
POPULAR, HIS POLICY IS POPULAR.
THEY WERE GETTING AT JOE BIDEN.
THEY KNEW THIS MAN, DESPITE WHAT
HAPPENED IN THE LAST DEBATE WHEN
HE TOOK A HIT AND KAMALA HARRIS
ROSE IN THE POLES, HE SETTLED
BACK IN.
BACK IN. THEY KNEW THE ONLY WAY WAS TO GO
AT JOE BIDEN.
THEY CLIMBED HARD LAST NIGHT, UP
TO BARACK OBAMA.
THE OTHER SIDE IS THEY HAVE TO
DO SOMETHING.
DO SOMETHING. IT’S NOT -- HE’S NOT ABOVE
CRITICISM, JOE BIDEN, BUT YOU
HAVE TO BE CAREFUL HOW YOU DO IT
SO YOU DON’T THROW OUT THE BABY
WITH THE BATH WATER WHO HE
SERVED UNDER FOR EIGHT YEARS.
>> YOU HAVE TO ATTACK DONALD
TRUMP.
TRUMP. THE LUNACY OF THIS EXERCISE LAST
NIGHT WAS THAT DONALD TRUMP’S
POLICY POSITIONS WERE ATTACKED
LESS THAN BARACK OBAMA’S
POLICY -- LET’S THINK ABOUT THIS
AGAIN.
AGAIN. YOU HAVE, OVER THE PAST TWO
WEEKS, A MAN WHO HAS DONE MORE
TO TRY TO START A RACIAL DIVIDE
IN AMERICA.
IN AMERICA. HE HAS MADE BIGOTED REMARKS
AGAINST WOMEN IN THE UNITED
STATES CONGRESS, AGAINST ELIJAH
CUMMINGS, HE HAS TIME AND AGAIN
DONE THINGS UNSPEAKABLE, THINGS
AN OP-ED SAID THIS WEEK EVEN
GORGEOUS
GORGEOUS GEORGE WALLACE WOULDN’T SAY.
AND DEMOCRATS LAST NIGHT ON THE
STAGE DECIDED THEIR TARGET WOULD
BE BARACK OBAMA NOT DONALD
TRUMP.
TRUMP. IF I’M ON THE STAGE, I’M SAYING
WE DEMOCRATS SUPPORT UNIVERSAL
HEALTH CARE, REPUBLICANS ARE
AGAINST IT.
AGAINST IT. WE’LL FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET
THERE, IT’S JUST A DEBATE.
WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH CONGRESS,
THE COURTS, THE ADMINISTRATION.
SO LET’S JUST AGREE WE’RE ON THE
SIDE OF THE ANGELS AND THEY’RE
ON THE SIDE OF CORPORATIONS.
>> WELL, JOE --
>> LET’S TALK ABOUT DONALD
TRUMP.
TRUMP. THAT’S WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE
DONE LAST NIGHT, AND THEY JUST
DON’T GET THE MESSAGE.
>> IT WAS A UNIQUE STRATEGY WE
SAW UNFOLD LAST NIGHT GOING
AFTER BARACK OBAMA.
AND IT OPENED MY EYES.
I HAD ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT
COVERAGE OF PREEXISTING
CONDITIONS WAS PRETTY GOOD.
I THOUGHT TAKING CARE OF
CATASTROPHIC ILLNESSES WAS GOOD.
I THOUGHT TAKING CARE OF YOUR
KIDS ON YOUR HEALTHCARE PLAN
UNTIL THEY WERE 25 OR 26 YEARS
OF AGE WAS PRETTY GOOD.
I LIKED THAT.
I WAS WRONG.
BARACK OBAMA IS A VILLAIN HERE.
AND THE ONLY THING I CAN
CONCLUDE AFTER WATCHING THEM
LAST NIGHT IS IF HILLARY CLINTON
AND THE DEMOCRATS HAD GIVEN THE
SAME VOLUME OF ATTACK, THE SAME
ARTILLERY BROUGHT TO A
CANDIDATE, AS THEY BROUGHT TO
JOE BIDEN LAST NIGHT.
IF THEY BROUGHT THAT TO DONALD
TRUMP IN 2016 DURING DEBATES
THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO
DEMOCRATIC DEBATE LAST NIGHT,
HILLARY CLINTON WOULD HAVE BEEN
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. INSTEAD, I WATCH ALL NIGHT LONG
IN DISBELIEF.
IN DISBELIEF. >> DISBELIEF.
>> DISBELIEF. >> DISBELIEF AS NEARLY EVERY ONE
OF THEM ON THAT STAGE WENT AFTER
JOE BIDEN/BARACK OBAMA.
>> BARACK OBAMA GOT HAMMERED.
I’M HEARING MIKE TALKING ABOUT
PROTECTING PRE-EXISTING
PROTECTING PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS.
CONDITIONS. I’M HEARING MIKE TALK ABOUT
LETTING YOUR KIDS STAY ON YOUR
HEALTH CARE INSURANCE UNTIL
THEY’RE 25 OR 26 BECAUSE SOME
MAY NOT HAVE A JOB AND YOU WANT
TO PROTECT THEM.
I’M HEARING ABOUT EXPANDING
HEALTH CARE COVERAGE FOR
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS UNDER
OBAMACARE.
OBAMACARE. AND YOU KNOW WHAT I’M THINKING?
I’M THINKING IT’S SAD THAT MIKE
BARNICLE IS LEADING OUR SHOW OFF
WITH A LOT OF REPUBLICAN TALKING
POINTS.
POINTS. >> IT’S NOT REPUBLICAN TALKING
POINTS.
POINTS. >> THE REPUBLICAN TALKING POINTS
SUPPORTING BARACK OBAMA, IT
MAKES ME SAD.
>> SEE I --
>> GIVE ME A BREAK!
WHAT’S WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?
YOU’RE GOING UP AGAINST DONALD
TRUMP, AND YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT
DEFENDING OBAMACARE AS
REPUBLICAN TALKING POINTS?
WHO IS ADVISING YOU?
>> THERE’S NOTHING TO GAIN BY
GOING AFTER JOE BIDEN WHO MOST
PEOPLE THINK IS A NICE GUY,
DOING WELL IN THE POLLS, HAS A
HISTORY WITH BARACK OBAMA WHO
EVERYONE LIKES A LOT.