What the hell are you worried about?
I mean, you're not a Democrat anymore, but I, I am, and as a guy who loves Joe Biden,
that's fine.
He'll steam roll any potential Democrat and then go on and beat Trump.
>> That was ex-Clinton strategist, Paul Begala mainstay over
at CNN reaffirming his faith that Joe Biden will surely win
the 2024 election if he plans to run for reelection.
Now, in case you missed it, here's what he said.
So bring it on, what the hell are you worried about,
you're not a Democrat anymore.
He's speaking to Andrew Yang there who just started a new party.
You're not a Democrat anymore, but I am, and
as a guy who loves Joe Biden, that's fine.
He'll steamroll any potential Democrat and then go on and beat Trump.
Now, obviously, what they're talking about here is whether or
not Joe Biden should run for re election in 2024, and
Paul Begala's statement is questionable at best.
Especially if you look at the polling,
here's some polling data showing just how dangerously close he is to Donald Trump
if he really does go head to head with Donald Trump in a general election.
Some of the polls show Biden up by four points,
others show Trump up by three points or.
>> It's tight >> I mean when you consider
the margin of error, it's uncomfortable to say the least.
But nonetheless, before we get to Begala underlying faith in Biden,
let's also look at some context, okay.
So again, the conversation was sparked by 2020 Democratic presidential
candidate Andrew Yang who suggested hey Biden's getting up there in age,
maybe he shouldn't run for re election.
Yang suggested that Biden may face a primary challenge from someone who's
not part of the establishment, a Democrat who's anti establishment,
someone like Nina Turner.
And that's when things got heated.
Let's watch.
>> The fact is no incumbent president has had a significant primary challenges
won reelection, everyone knows that.
So [CROSSTALK] Democrat will say look and
they'll be leaned on they'll say cannot run against Joe.
So who might run if they actually have an open process,
people are all ready outside of the establishment.
Someone like Nina Turner, someone like Marianne Williamson, and
if you have a just a Nina turner versus Joe Biden, Nina Turner ends up gathering
a significant amount of support just ideologically.
And the last thing the DNC is gonna want is for
Joe Biden to have to debate Nina Turner six times.
So they'll shut that thing down.
>> I mean, that final point that Yang made I think is indisputable.
The idea that the Establishment Democratic Party or the DNC would allow for
a situation in which Nina Turner gets to debate Joe Biden is just,
that would never happen.
They would never allow that to happen, I think he's right about that.
Now that probably didn't sit quite well with Paul Begala, so he's about to rage.
But before he does, let me just note, you wanna stick around for
Jake's reaction because once I'm done presenting this story,
I probably won't even get a word in edgewise.
[LAUGH] He's probably gonna rip Paul Begala himself.
But nonetheless let's go to the next clip.
>> She was Bernie's co chair, she's a former state senator.
[CROSSTALK] >> Bernie won nine, count them nine,
you were there Andrew, nine contest, Joe won 44.
And I think Bernie baby has more support than Nina, so bring it on.
What the hell are you worried about?
I mean you're a Democrat anymore but I a, and as a guy who loves Joe Biden,
that's fine, he'll steamroll any potential Democrat and then go on and beat Trump.
>> Now at that point Yang brought up Biden's debate performances from the last
cycle and Begala cooked up excuses for his poor performance in those debates.
So, let's take a look at that clip.
Fact is Joe Biden performed worse in the early states where voters saw a lot of him
and that's just a fact, Iowa [INAUDIBLE] >> Why is that?
>> Look I spoke before or after Joe Biden half a dozen times, and
the fact is when he came off that stage, what people were not saying that guy has
the energy the vigor the [CROSSTALK] >> And
then all of a sudden he developed it, you're missing the most important thing
Andrew, the early states are full of white liberals, they don't like Joe.
Then when we moved to real Democrats African-Americans in the South, they loved
him and he steamrolled everybody because in my party, the heart and
soul of the party are people of color not pain in the ass white liberals on Twitter.
Okay, just real quick.
I'm gonna partly agree with one tiny part of what Paul Begala said, which is,
yeah, white liberal twitter is not representative of the Democratic
electorate.
And I think that there's a mistake made when the really loud individuals on
twitter are taken to be the representatives of a larger group of
individuals.
With that said though, I love when Democratic strategists,
people like Paul Begala bring up the black vote or the Latino vote,
people of color who yes, have loyalty, voted for
the Democratic Party an election cycle after election cycle.
And have then been neglected by the Democratic Party after the fact,
I don't know how much longer Democrats can get away with doing that.
I specifically remember the rage black voters in states like Georgia were feeling
toward the Democratic Party after they failed to do something basic,
something they can't paint on, which is to pass a voting rights bill.
So again, we're seeing the Latino vote in particular start to shift slowly but
surely to the Republican party, Democrats should be alarmed by that.
I don't feel like they're alarmed by that.
I don't think Paul Begala is even really fully aware of that.
But with that said, Jenk take it away.
>> So before I rip into Begala, yeah,
I appreciate that on CNN they're talking about how Nina Turner could be president.
Well, in the meanwhile she's starting a show right here on Monday.
Okay so go to YouTube.com/unbossedTYT, she's gonna be part of the TYT network.
Every day at four o'clock Eastern,
Nina Turner her new show unbossed with Nina Turner.
Check it out, subscribe now and we'll put the link below Youtube.com/unbossedtyt..
Okay, so thank you for the plug Andrew Yang randomly on CNN., So
now to Begala, look guys I used to be angry about this because this is
mainstream media brainwashing and it works exceedingly well.
And in fact that's why they won 2016 and
that's definitely why they won 2020 and that's part of Begala leaves out.
I'm a little less angry about it these days because the power
of mainstream media every year gets smaller and smaller and smaller.
They're still relatively in charge, why?
Because unfortunately a lot of Democratic primary voters are they're older and
they watch television and when they watch television they get nothing but
corporate propaganda and
propaganda on behalf of corporate Democrats from people like Paul Begala.
And so CNN will bring him on endlessly to tell you pretty little lies about,
My god, Biden got this man.
Now I would have first of all what Paul Begala tell you about the 2016 election.
Hillary Clinton is definitely gonna beat Trump oops.
Did they ever have Paul Begala on CNN back after the election and to apologize and
say, I'm sorry It turns out I'm a moron.
It turns out Donald Trump who's barely in the double digits in IQ Beat the legendary
Hillary Clinton who I told you I was definitely gonna win and
then you should definitely vote against Bernie because Bernie couldn't beat Trump.
So google is a proven loser, he doesn't know anything.
Then Biden they had a ow did he win?
Because all of a sudden because of the energy that he picked up.
What energy are you talking about?
He wasn't 44 and Bernie only one night look, how misleading all of this is.
Bernie won the first three, why?
Because it was only white people voting?
No that's an excuse and propaganda that google is doing.
Remember black people we didn't deliver anything for you?
We told you the bare minimum was voting rights and
then we pulled the rock out [INAUDIBLE] voting rights/,but I'm I'm telling you.
Yeah black people like Joe Biden.
Black people love corporate Democrats who love corruption,
that's what black people love.
Thank you for speaking for black people Paul Begala, he's like the white liberals,
nobody cares about them dude, you're the white liberal,
you're the white liberal okay.
I mean look at the propaganda that they do so brazenly out in the open,
[LAUGH] it's amazing.
So what actually happened, it was the famous Obama panic.
Bernie wins the first three primaries, Biden gets humiliated,
finishes 5th and 4th in the first two, right?
And then the corporate Democrats panic Clyburn and Obama stepping to go,
everybody booted his club which are all of you get on your knees,
it's gonna be Biden, right?
And then all of them go, yes sir bsolutely sorry, Biden, we all endorse Biden,
we're out of Biden, Biden.
>> That all Biden endose Biden.
>> All of them, right, and then what did MSNBC and CNN do they just bidens,
bidens ,, bidens?
Definitely not Bernie.
And then they had Chris Matthews come out and say,, if guys like Bernie had won,,
we'd all be executed in central Park, you want to get executed?
You want to get murdered?
Older Democratic voters, you'll get murdered.
If it's Bernie right, then they had Vhuck Todd come out and go, well,,
brown shirt supporters of Bernie Sanders.
Bernie Sanders family was killed in the holocaust and
he called Bernie Sanders followers Brownshirts, because they panicked.
Corporate media and corporate Democrats panicked.
They're like it can't be Bernie, he actually would represent the people
are not our beloved corporations, abd that's exactly what Paul Begala is,
he's just a sad, sad toady for corporate America.
And what do you think he does after CNN,
he goes to the corporations he represents, he goes, I did my job.
Can I get my money, I want my money, okay, that's who Paul Begala is.
It turns out I am actually angry.
>> No, I was gonna say I mean the good news is he doesn't get you angry anymore.
>> Yeah, no no, I said he doesn't get me as angry and
before I would have been more angry.
Okay. >> No, you look pretty angry.
No because guys like Paul Begala have been lying to you your whole life.
So finally we get back to, well, guys, we have to beat Trump right?
And we have to beat the Republicans because if Trump was the presidency
Democracy might literally end right now.
They will then the cable news, you will hear that 24 07, you heard it in 2020 but
you will hear 10 times more than 2024.
And they will complete that sentence with that's why you have to elect Joe Biden.
But wait a minute, wait a minute, okay, Biden beat Trump, that's fair, Right?
And by the way, the popular vote, he did great, he got seven million more votes.
See unlike the goddamn liars like Paul Begala, you're right, I am still angry.
Okay, we tell you the truth, yeah, he won the popular vote by a lot, right?
He won the electoral college which is the only thing that matters unfortunately,
only 43,000 votes in three swing states.
They lost to them once and
they almost lost him a second time because they suck at this.
>> Okay. >> They go and they go,
yeah, corporations are awesome, nothing will change, nothing will change.
You will like the status quo, you'll suck on the status quo, okay?
And then they they almost lose the goddamn Trump.
They'll do it again, Begala will sink this country, him and
his stupid corporate buddies, you are totally right, I'm just as angry as ever.
Stupid stinking corporate buddies will hand the country over the fascist.
>> What was missing from that conversation, and
I think that it's definitely relevant in the context of that discussion.
Is to bring up how there was a pretty dire moment in the Biden administration
when his approval ratings were just abysmal, terrible.
>> Yeah, they fell below Trump that's record breaking.
>> Yes, yes, exactly, okay.
But he's doing better now and he's doing better because of what?
Because of this alter ego that he's actually seeming to lean into,
which is the dark Brandon stuff.
Actually forgiving a modest portion of student loan debt.
Actually pushing for policies that help make Americans
a little more economically stable, right?
I wish they leaned into that discussion a little more because all they're talking
about here is personality, right?
Yeah, Biden's gonna cry, but like,
do you not understand that Americans, it's the economy stupid, right?
Americans care about whether or not their personal lives have
improved under the leadership of this particular president.
And he has been doing better in the polls as a result of the policies that he has
succeeded in accomplishing.
>> Progressive policy.
>> The progressive policies, exactly.
But I mean that conversation isn't being had on CNN because God forbid they promote
the progressive policies that voters across the aisle actually do support.
>> 100%, and finally Andrew Yang is so right.
There's two issues that are progressive faces in order to mount a challenge to
Joe Biden so that we can actually win the presidency in 2024.
The second one is well how do you beat him against the wall of propaganda and
all the things that corporate media will do, etc.
Okay, and Bernie lost in that scenario,
he couldn't beat all the corporate propaganda, okay.
But that's not the main issue,
the number one issue is will the corporate Democrats in the form of the DNC.
And the corporate media like CNN and
MSNBC even allow a challenge to Biden, and my guess is they won't.
So if Nina Turner or anyone else runs and God I hope that there's
a strong progressive who makes a case against Biden and runs,
I guarantee they're the two giant problems is [INAUDIBLE] the debates.
We don't need debates debates.
No we're gonna let somebody smart and aggressive and tough and there's somebody
who wants to fight Republicans against Joe Biden, no way, no way.
Six debates, there's 0% chance of that happening and then rigged,
I don't know what you mean by rigged.
It's not rigged at all, okay.
And corporate media was not legitimate, not credible, not credible,
no chance of winning, no way.
No way, don't you dare thinking about somebody voting for
someone who would actually help you.
So I'm sick of all of their corruption.