LEMIRE, WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT FOR PBS NEWS HOUR
YAMICHE ALCINDOR.
YAMICHE ALCINDOR. HARD NEWS TO COVER FOR SURE.
AT A CAMPAIGN RALLY IN
GREENVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, LAST
NIGHT PRESIDENT TRUMP LAUNCHED
INTO A FIVE-MINUTE BROADSIDE
AGAINST CONGRESSWOMAN ILHAN OMAR
OF MINNESOTA WHO AS A CHILD
REFUGEE FLED WAR TORN SOMALIA
AND BECAME AN AMERICAN CITIZEN
AND IS ONE OF THE FOUR HOUSE
DEMOCRATS OF COLOR WHO THE
PRESIDENT SAID SHOULD GO BACK TO
THEIR COUNTRIES EVEN THOUGH THE
OTHER THREE WERE BORN IN THE
UNITED STATES.
UNITED STATES. AS THE PRESIDENT WENT ON ABOUT
OMAR THE CROWD’S FURY INCREASED
LEADING TO A NEW AND ALARMING
RALLY CHANT.
RALLY CHANT. >> REPRESENTATIVE ILHAN OMAR.
OMAR LAUGHED THAT AMERICANS
SPEAK OF AL QAEDA IN A MENACING
TONE AND REMARKED THAT YOU DON’T
SAY AMERICA WITH THIS INTENSITY.
YOU SAY AL QAEDA, IT MAKES YOU
PROUD.
PROUD. AL QAEDA MAKES YOU PROUD.
YOU DON’T SPEAK THAT WAY ABOUT
AMERICA.
AMERICA. SHE LOOKS DOWN WITH CONTEMPT ON
THE HARD-WORKING AMERICANS
SAYING THAT IGNORANCE IS
PERVASIVE IN MANY PARTS OF THIS
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. AND OBVIOUSLY AND IMPORTANTLY
OMAR HAS A HISTORY OF LAUNCHING
VICIOUS ANTI-SEMITIC SCREEDS.
[ CROWD CHANTING SEND HER BACK ]
>> CONGRESSWOMAN OMAR RESPONDED
ON SOCIAL MEDIA WITH THE WORDS
OF THE POET MAYA ANGELOU, QUOTE,
YOU MAY SHOOT ME WITH YOUR
WORDS, YOU MAY CUT ME WITH YOUR
EYES, YOU MAY KILL ME WITH YOUR
HATEFULNESS BUT STILL LIKE AIR I
WILL RISE.
WILL RISE. >> SO, JOHN HEILEMANN, IT’S HARD
TO SAY ACTUALLY THAT THIS IS
SHOCKING GIVEN EVERYTHING THAT
HAS PRECEDED THIS MOMENT,
PERHAPS EVERYTHING HAS LED UP TO
THIS, BUT THIS IS THE LOW POINT
OF -- I THINK IT’S THE LOW POINT
OF THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY AND I
WOULD HOPE AFTER LAST NIGHT’S
SHOCKING DISPLAY IN ANY OTHER
CONTEXT, UNDER ANY OTHER
PRESIDENT, AT ANY OTHER TIME IN
AMERICAN HISTORY THAT WE CAN GO
AHEAD AND JUST BE DONE WITH THE
FICTION THAT DONALD TRUMP IS A
BAD GUY RUNNING THE COUNTRY, BUT
THOSE AT THE RALLY, WE NEED TO
TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
UNDERSTAND THEM A BIT MORE.
THEY ONCE AGAIN MADE THEMSELVES
PERFECTLY CLEAR LAST NIGHT.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. YOU KNOW, WE’VE ALL BEEN
WATCHING THIS WHOLE INCREDIBLY
SAD DISGUSTING SPECTACLE UNFOLD
SINCE SUNDAY AND WE MOVE TO
POLITICAL ANALYSIS AND RIGHTLY
HE IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES, BUT I HAVE TO
SAY, YOU KNOW, THE PRESIDENT --
I HAVE NOT HAD MUCH DOUBT ABOUT
THE FACT THAT THE PRESIDENT WAS
A BIGOT AND A RACIST AND HAD A
LOT OF HATE IN HIS HEART FOR A
LONG TIME.
LONG TIME. I THINK WHAT WE’RE WITNESSING
NOW IS SOMETHING -- IF YOU CAN
IMAGINE WORSE THAN THAT, THE
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA IS PUTTING A
TARGET ON THE BACK OF AN
INDIVIDUAL AMERICAN CITIZEN.
THE PRESIDENT IS INCITING
VIOLENCE AGAINST AN INDIVIDUAL
AMERICAN.
AMERICAN. DONALD TRUMP HAS DONE SOME
PRETTY HORRIFIC THINGS IN THE
COURSE OF HIS TIME IN THE OVAL
OFFICE, BUT THIS IS UNDOUBTEDLY,
AS YOU SAY, JOE, NOT JUST THE
LOW POINT BUT THE WORST, THE
MOST DEPRAVED, DISGUSTING AND
TOTALLY ODIOUS THING THAT THE
PRESIDENT HAS EVER DONE AND I
THINK, YOU KNOW --
>> THAT’S SAYING A LOT.
>> WE’RE HEADING -- WE ARE
ALREADY IN A REALLY BAD PLACE
AND WE’RE HEADED SOMEPLACE
WORSE.
WORSE. >> REALLY BAD.
DANGEROUS.
DANGEROUS. >> YOU KNOW, I ACTUALLY TALKED
ABOUT YESTERDAY ABOUT HOW
REPUBLICANS SHAMED THEMSELVES BY
NOT CALLING RACISM RACISM.
I SAW SOME PEOPLE ACTUALLY WRITE
COLUMNS THAT USED TO BE
RESPECTED TRYING TO EXCUSE THE
PRESIDENT’S LANGUAGE AND SAYING
IT’S NOT RACIST, BUT THE U.S.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
COMMISSION, THE FEDERAL AGENCY
THAT DONALD TRUMP OVERSEES THAT
ENFORCES LAWS AGAINST
DISCRIMINATION, SPECIFICALLY
DISCRIMINATION, SPECIFICALLY OUTLINED SUCH LANGUAGE THAT THE
PRESIDENT USED LAST NIGHT AND
THAT HIS CROWD USED LAST NIGHT
AS AN EXAMPLE OF BIAS.
IN A SECTION ON NATIONAL ORIGIN
AND ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAWS,
THEIR WEBSITE, THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT’S WEBSITE, PRESIDENT
TRUMP’S WEBSITE, SAYS ETHNIC
SLURS AND OTHER VERBAL AND
PHYSICAL CONDUCT BECAUSE OF
NATIONALITY ARE ILLEGAL.
THEY ARE ILLEGAL IF THEY’RE
SEVERE AND PERVASIVE AND CREATE
AN INTIMIDATING, HOSTILE OR
OFFENSIVE WORKING ENVIRONMENT
THAT INTERFERE WITH WORK
PERFORMANCE OR NEGATIVELY AFFECT
JOB OPPORTUNITIES.
JOB OPPORTUNITIES. WILLIE, IT GOES ON TO SAY IN
DONALD TRUMP’S GOVERNMENT
EXAMPLES OF POTENTIALLY UNLAWFUL
CONDUCT INCLUDE INSULTS,
TAUNTING OR ETHNIC EPITAPHS SUCH
AS MAKING FUN OF A PERSON’S
FOREIGN ACCENTS OR -- WAIT FOR
IT -- COMMENTS LIKE, GO BACK TO
WHERE YOU CAME FROM.
WILLIE, THIS IS NOT A
THEORETICAL DISCUSSION ABOUT
WHETHER WHAT DONALD TRUMP SAID
WAS ILLEGAL OR NOT.
THIS IS THE LAW OF THE LAND AND
IF DONALD TRUMP HAD SAID GO BACK
TO WHERE YOU CAME FROM IN ANY --
ANY PRIVATE COMPANY OR IF ALL OF
THOSE PEOPLE CHANTING THAT LAST
NIGHT SAY IT IN THEIR WORK
TODAY, THEY WILL BE SUED.
COULD BE SUED.
AND GUESS WHAT, THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT WINS THOSE SUITS.
IT’S UNBELIEVABLE.
IT’S UNBELIEVABLE. >> YEAH, THAT’S THE LEGAL
EXPLANATION, I SUSPECT THE
PRESIDENT DID NOT CONSULT THE
EEOC BEFORE HE MADE HIS COMMENTS
LAST NIGHT.
LAST NIGHT. THIS IS A GAME TO HIM.
THIS IS A POLITICAL GAME THAT
HE’S PLAYING.
HE’S PLAYING. HE BELIEVES IT HELPS HIM IN
2020.
2020. I AGREE WITH JOHN, I THINK
WE’RE, WHAT, 15 MONTHS AWAY FROM
AN ELECTION.
AN ELECTION. THERE IS MUCH WORSE AHEAD OF US
RIGHT NOW AFTER WHAT WE SAW LAST
NIGHT.
NIGHT. YAMICHE ALCINDOR, YOU KNOW, OVER
THE LAST FOUR YEARS, LET’S CALL
IT, THERE’S BEEN HYPERBOLE,
THERE’S BEEN OVERREACTION IN
SOME CASES TO PRESIDENT TRUMP,
BUT WHAT WE SAW LAST NIGHT WAS,
IN FACT, UNAMERICAN AND BY THAT
I MEAN WHEN YOU DISAGREE WITH
SOMEBODY IN THIS COUNTRY, EVEN
VEHEMENTLY, THE CALL IS NOT TO
SEND THEM BACK TO WHATEVER
COUNTRY THEY CAME FROM.
ILHAN OMAR IS AN AMERICAN
CITIZEN, SHE IS AN ELECTED
MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES
CONGRESS.
CONGRESS. THERE ARE MANY POINTS ON WHICH
WE ALL COULD DISAGREE WITH HER,
THE PRESIDENT COULD DISAGREE
WITH HER, BUT ON AMERICA YOU PUT
SOMEBODY UP AGAINST HER TO RUN
AGAINST HER IN AN ELECTION.
YOU DON’T SEND HER BACK TO THE
COUNTRY SHE CAME FROM AND YOU
CERTAINLY DON’T SELL BACK FROM A
PODIUM AND ALLOW A FROTHY CROWD
ON A HOT SUMMER NIGHT TO CHANT
"SEND HER BACK."
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS
ABSOLUTELY AND CLEARLY SETTLED
ON A STRATEGY OF FEAR, FOCUSED
ON IDENTITY, FOCUSED ON THESE
FOUR WOMEN OF COLOR AND
SPECIFICALLY REPRESENTATIVE
SPECIFICALLY REPRESENTATIVE OMAR.
OMAR. HE IS NOT SAYING THAT HE
DISAGREES JUST WITH DEMOCRATS’
POLICIES, HE’S SAYING THAT THEY
WILL DESTROY YOUR WAY OF LIFE
AND HE’S SEEING THAT AS THE WAY
TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR HOMES
TO GO VOTE FOR HIM.
I THINK YESTERDAY WHAT WE SAW
WAS THE CRYSTALLIZATION OF
PRESIDENT TRUMP GOING FROM LOCK
HER UP TO SEND HER BACK AS A
STRATEGY TO GET PEOPLE RILED UP.
AND I WILL SAY AS I WAS WATCHING
THAT THIS MORNING I WAS REALLY
STRUCK BY -- THERE WAS A LITTLE
GIRL SITTING IN THE CROWD AND
THE CROWD STARTED CHANTING SEND
HER BACK AND SHE KIND OF STARTED
LOOKING AROUND AND EVENTUALLY
SHE STARTED -- SHE STARTED
JOINING IN, AND I THOUGHT FOR A
MOMENT TAKING AWAY THE POLITICS
WHAT WE’RE SEEING IS THE NEXT
GENERATION OF AMERICANS LEARNING
HOW TO TREAT A REPRESENTATIVE OF
CONGRESS WHO WAS BORN IN A
DIFFERENT COUNTRY BUT IS NOW AN
AMERICAN CITIZEN.
AMERICAN CITIZEN. THEN I THINK WHAT MIGHT BE THE
SADDEST PART OF ALL OF THIS.
>> THAT IS.
AND, YAMICHE, YOU BRING UP THE
LITTLE GIRL.
LITTLE GIRL. HOW ABOUT ALL THE CHILDREN OF
THE PEOPLE IN THIS AUDIENCE, THE
BROTHERS, THE SISTERS, THE
FAMILY MEMBERS, THE PEOPLE
WATCHING.
WATCHING. YOU KNOW, MANY ARE VERY
CONCERNED, MANY KNOW A LOT MORE
ABOUT THE RISE OF FASCISM AND
DICTATORSHIPS AND THE
PRECIOUS -- THE PRECIOUSNESS OF
DEMOCRACY AND THEY BELIEVE THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS LET US DOWN
THIS PATH AND HE HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO LEAD US DOWN THIS
PATH AND HAS DESENSITIZED US TO
RACISM EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
EVERY TIME -- EVERY TIME HE DID
IT AND THERE WAS NO RECOURSE, HE
CREATED MORE DANGER FOR THIS
COUNTRY AND I REALLY -- I TRY
NOT TO INVOKE MY FATHER BECAUSE
I COULD NEVER LIVE UP TO EVEN BE
HALF WHO HE WAS, BUT PEOPLE LIKE
MY FATHER AND PEOPLE LIKE
MADELINE ALL BRIGHT WHO CAME
HERE AND MADE THIS COUNTRY
GREATER, COULD COIN THE
PRESIDENT’S TERM, THEY WILL TELL
YOU THAT THIS IS PURE AND SIMPLE
EVIL AND THAT SOMEONE IS GOING
TO GET HURT, WHETHER IT BE
SOMEONE IN AN OFFICE TODAY OR IN
A SCHOOL OR ANYWHERE IN AMERICA,
SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET HURT,
WHETHER THEY ARE HURT
PERSONALLY, EMOTIONALLY,
PERSONALLY, EMOTIONALLY, PSYCHOLOGICALLY OR PHYSICALLY.
LET ME JUST TELL YOU WE ARE NOT
IN A DANGEROUS PLACE, WE ARE AT
A PLACE WHERE THINGS ARE BOILING
OVER AND THIS PRESIDENT IS
PROMULGATING RACISM AND
VIOLENCE.
VIOLENCE. THERE’S NO TWO WAYS ABOUT IT AND
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO KNOW A LOT
MORE ABOUT THIS THAN ME WHO WILL
SAY WE ARE IN NOT JUST A
DANGEROUS PLACE, WE’VE GONE OVER
THE LINE.
THE LINE. >> WE’VE GONE FAR OVER THE LINE.
LAST NIGHT WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE
OF THAT.
OF THAT. THE PRESIDENT, AGAIN, DOING
SOMETHING THAT HIS OWN
GOVERNMENT SAYS IS ILLEGAL,
SOMETHING THAT COULD GET A
PERSON OR A COMPANY SUED BECAUSE
IT’S RACIST.
IT’S RACIST. CALL RACISM BY ITS NAME.
IT’S RACISM.
IT’S RACISM. THE UNITED STATES --
>> IT’S LAW BROKEN.
>> -- GOVERNMENT CALLS IT
RACISM.
RACISM. SO I’M NOT SURE WHY JOURNALISTS
AND COLUMNISTS ALL CAN’T JUST
CALL RACISM BY ITS NAME.
>> JOE, ALSO SEVERAL WEEKS AGO
HE SAID HE WOULD TAKE AID FROM A
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT ON A
OPPONENT.
OPPONENT. THAT IS A CLEAR DEFINITION OF
BEING A NATIONAL SECURITY
THREAT.
THREAT. I DON’T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS,
BUT STANDING BY IDLY AND LETTING
THESE MESSAGES THAT HE’S SENDING
TO THE WORLD PASS BY IS NOT
OKAY.
OKAY. >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I DON’T
THINK PEOPLE ARE STANDING BY
IDLY.
IDLY. >> REPUBLICANS ARE.
>> YEAH, REPUBLICANS ARE, BUT
REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO PAY THE
ULTIMATE PRICE.
ULTIMATE PRICE. I DON’T MEAN TO BE POLLYANNISH
HERE BUT FOR TWO YEARS PEOPLE
SAID HOW CAN DONALD TRUMP DO
WHAT HE CAN DO.
FOR TWO YEARS PEOPLE HAVE SAID
THE INSTITUTIONS WON’T HOLD UP.
FOR TWO YEARS PEOPLE HAVE SAID
THIS MAN IS A DICTATOR AND FOR
TWO YEARS I SAID WE GET TO VOTE
EVERY TWO YEARS.
AND WHAT HAPPENED AT THE END OF
DONALD TRUMP’S FIRST TWO YEARS,
AFTER DOING EVERYTHING THAT
SHOCKED AND STUNNED AND DEEPLY
SADDENED US, DO YOU KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED, REPUBLICANS WHO WENT
ALONG WITH DONALD TRUMP HAD THE
GREATEST LANDSLIDE DEFEAT IN THE
HISTORY OF AMERICAN CONGRESS.
IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN
CONGRESS.
CONGRESS. THEY LOST BY MORE VOTES THAN ANY
POLITICAL PARTY HAD EVER LOST.
JONATHAN LEMIRE, WE WERE TALKING
ABOUT THIS LAST NIGHT DURING THE
RALLY, THIS IS DAY TRADING OF
THE WORST SORT FOR DONALD TRUMP.
NOT ONLY IS IT INCREDIBLY
DAMAGING TO THE FABRIC OF
AMERICA, IT IS SHORT-SIGHTED FOR
DONALD TRUMP.
DONALD TRUMP. I CAN TELL YOU AS ONE OF 435
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WHEN THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY NOMINATES ITS
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS ARE LIKE ANTS ON AN
ANT HILL AND IT IS AT THAT POINT
THE PERSON WHO WINS THAT
NOMINATION, WHO IS THE FACE OF
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, AND THERE
AIN’T NOTHING THAT EITHER THE
PRESIDENT NOR ANY MEMBER OF
CONGRESS CAN DO TO CHANGE THAT
FACT, BUT ALL OF THIS WILL BE
FORGOTTEN BY VOTERS.
THEY WILL NOT GO INTO A VOTING
BOOTH GOING, OH, I’M GOING TO
VOTE AGAINST A CONGRESSWOMAN
FROM SOME DISTRICT IN MINNESOTA.
THEY DON’T DO THAT.
BUT WHAT WILL LINGER, WHAT WILL
REMAIN, WILL BE THE SUBURBAN
VOTERS, THE EDUCATED VOTERS, THE
WOMEN, THE BLACKS, THE
HISPANICS, LATINOS, THE ASIAN
AMERICANS, THE OTHERS, THE
MUSLIM AMERICANS WHO WILL BE SO
OFFENDED BY THIS THAT THEY WILL
GO OUT AND THEY WILL STAND IN
LINE FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES TO
CAST THEIR VOTE TO DRIVE DONALD
TRUMP OUT OF OFFICE.
THIS IS DAY TRADING OF THE WORST
SORT.
SORT. IT IS IMMORAL AND MORE THAN THAT
FOR DONALD TRUMP HE NEEDS TO
UNDERSTAND THIS IS JUST STUPID.
THIS, THE ONLY THING THAT WILL
REMAIN FROM THIS, WILL BE THE
RAGE THAT HE STIRS UP IN HIS
OPPONENTS’ HEARTS WHICH WILL
MAKE THEM GO OUT AND VOTE HIM
OUT OF OFFICE.
>> LET’S REMEMBER THAT THIS
RALLY LAST NIGHT IN NORTH
CAROLINA WAS ORIGINALLY
SCHEDULED TO BE A REBUTTAL TO
ROBERT MUELLER’S TESTIMONY.
THE SPECIAL COUNSEL WAS SUPPOSED
TO BE IN FRONT OF CONGRESS
YESTERDAY AND THIS WAS GOING TO
BE THE PRESIDENT’S CHANCE TO
RESPOND TO THAT.
THAT TESTIMONY HAS BEEN
POSTPONED BY A WEEK, SO THE
PRESIDENT SETTLED ON A NEW STORY
LINE IN THE LAST FEW DAYS ABOUT
THESE FOUR CONGRESS WOMEN OF
COLOR AND SUGGEST THAT THEY GO
BACK TO WHERE THEY CAME.
YOU ARE RIGHT, THIS IS THE FIGHT
HE WANTS, IT’S THE ARGUMENT HE
WANTS.
WANTS. IT DOESN’T MEAN IT’S THE
ARGUMENT HE IS GOING TO WIN.
HE IS GAMBLING THAT THIS IS
GOING TO FIRE UP HIS BASE, IT’S
GOING TO GENERATE ENTHUSIASM ON
HIS SUPPORTERS, THE PEOPLE WHO
RALLIED AROUND HIM IN 2016,
THOSE WHO THE POLLS MISSED THE
TRUMP CAMPAIGN BELIEVES WHO
COULD BE THERE AGAIN BUT THERE
IS NO QUESTION THAT IT COMES AT
A COST.
A COST. IT WILL BE REMEMBERED BY AS YOU
SAID SUBURBAN NIGHTS, REMEMBERED
BY VOTERS OF COLOR, REMEMBERED
BY WOMEN AND THE REPUBLICANS
HAVE REALLY STUMBLED INTO A REAL
WOMAN PROBLEM IN RECENT YEARS,
BUT THIS IS WHAT THIS PRESIDENT
WANTS TO DO FOR NOW REGARDLESS
OF THE COST.
HE THINKS THIS IS THE WAY TO
CONTROL THE NARRATIVE, HE SEES
THE HOUSE DEMOCRATS RESPONDING
TO HIS EVERY MOVE, WE SAW SOME
FAILED IMPEACHMENT TALK LAST
NIGHT WHICH I’M SURE GET GET TO
LATER IN THIS SHOW AND MORE THAN
ANYTHING IT DOESN’T MATTER TO
HIM, THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM, THE
CONSEQUENCE TO AMERICAN SOCIETY
IN OUR POLITICS.
HE HAS MADE THIS CLEAR THAT HE
IS WILLING TO BE THE CANDIDATE
WHO MAKES RACE A STORY MORE THAN
ANY OTHER PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDER
SINCE GEORGE WALLACE IN 1968.
>> AGAIN, WILLIE, THOUGH, IN
POLITICS A WEEK IS A LIFETIME,
WE’RE STILL, YOU KNOW, 12, 13,
14, 15 MONTHS AWAY FROM THE
ELECTION.
ELECTION. AGAIN, THIS WILL NOT BE
REMEMBERED BY ANYBODY BUT
TRUMP’S OPPONENTS AND, I MEAN,
YOU LOOK AT THE PEOPLE THAT HE’S
DRIVING AWAY.
DRIVING AWAY. HERE IS A PRESIDENT THAT IF HE
JUST CAMPAIGNED ON THE ECONOMY
HE WOULD PROBABLY BE SITTING AT
50%, BUT HE DOES THESE THINGS
AND HE THINKS HE’S CEMENTING HIS
OWN SUPPORT.
OWN SUPPORT. HE’S GOT WHO HE’S GOT, HE’S NOT
GOING TO GET ANYBODY NEW, BUT HE
IS DRIVING AWAY NOT ONLY WOMEN,
NOT ONLY SUBURBAN VOTERS, NOT
ONLY EVERYBODY ELSE -- I MEAN,
HE’S ALSO DEPRESSING A PART OF
HIS OWN VOTE WHO AT THE END OF
THE DAY WILL SAY, DO YOU KNOW
WHAT, I VOTED FOR THIS GUY
BECAUSE I THOUGHT HE’D SHAKE
THINGS UP.
THINGS UP. I DON’T LIKE THE DEMOCRATS.
I’M JUST GOING TO STAY HOME.
THERE IS NO POLITICAL WIN TO
THIS AND THE MOST DAMNING THING,
THE BIGGEST MESSAGE OF THE WEEK
IS THIS IS THE WEEK THAT THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY CODIFIED THEIR
SUPPORT OF DONALD TRUMP’S
RACISM.
RACISM. SO NEXT YEAR IS JUST LIKE LAST
YEAR IS GOING TO BE POLITICALLY
DISASTROUS FOR THEM.
>> LAST NIGHT IF YOU WATCH THAT
LENDS CREDENCE TO THE ARGUMENT
THAT JOE BIDEN HAS MADE AND
OTHER DEMOCRATS HAVE MADE AS
WELL WHICH IS A VISCERAL ONE.
THERE IS THE POLICY ARGUMENT AND
THEN THERE IS THE VISCERAL
ARGUMENT WHICH IS DO YOU WANT
FOUR MORE YEARS OF THIS?
YOU KNOW THE WAY YOU FEEL
WATCHING THAT RALLY LAST NIGHT,
JOE BIDEN MIGHT ASK DO YOU WANT
TO CONTINUE TO FEEL THAT WAY FOR
FOUR MORE YEARS?
DO YOU WANT TO FEEL DIVIDED?
DO YOU WANT TO FEEL LIKE WE ARE
AT EACH OTHER’S THROATS?
DO YOU WANT A CHANCE OF SENDING
BACK AN AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO IS
A DUALLY ELECTED MEMBER OF THE
UNITED STATES CONGRESS.
IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT?
DONALD TRUMP HAS MADE HIS
DECISION, HE HAS CAST THE DIE,
HE WANTS TO SOLIDIFY PEOPLE WHO
ARE ALREADY WITH HIM WHO AREN’T
GOING TO LEAVE HIS SIDE.
REMEMBER IT’S A TINY SLIVER IN A
FEW STATES, 77,000, 78,000
PEOPLE WHO WON HIM THE ELECTION
IN 2016, WILL THEY WATCH WHAT
HAPPENED LAST NIGHT AND SAY, I
CAN’T TAKE FOUR MORE YEARS OF
THIS AND GO OUT AND VOTE, WILL
THEY STAY HOME OR ARE THEY OKAY
WITH WHAT THEY SAW LAST NIGHT?
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. AND POLITICALLY, JOE AND WILLIE,
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU, THIS
IS DAY TRADING, I GET IT,
POLITICALLY FOR SURE.
I JUST -- WE ALL AGREE, I’M
SURE, THAT WHAT WE SAW LAST
NIGHT INSIGHTS VIOLENCE,
INSIGHTS HATRED.
INSIGHTS HATRED. YOU HAVE A PRESIDENT HAVING AN
ENTIRE AUDIENCE BREAKING FEDERAL