>>> THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S CRUEL DECISION TO SEPARATE
CHILDREN FROM THEIR PARENTS AT
THE BORDER PROMPTED A BACKLASH
AGAINST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
OFFICIALS AND ALLIES, AND NOT
JUST ONLINE.
JUST ONLINE. IN VIRGINIA, PROTESTERS PLAYED A
RECORDING OF CRYING DETAINED
MIGRANT KIDS OUTSIDE THE HOME OF
KERSTIN NIELSEN WHILE SHE
APPEARED TO BE HOME BOTH WERE
CONFRONTED WHILE TRYING TO EAT
IN MEXICAN RESTAURANTS.
BAM BIONDI LEFT A MOVIE THEATER
AS CITIZENS HECKLED HER AND
YELLED SHAME ON YOU AND ASKED IF
MR. ROGERS WOULD CHILDREN AWAY
FROM THEIR PARENTS.
SARAH SANDERS WAS ASKED TO LEAVE
A VIRGINIA RESTAURANT OVER THE
WEEKEND WHEN THE OWNER OBJECTED
TO HER ROLE IN PUSHING DEFENDING
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION POLICY,
PROMPTING A DEBATE OVER WHETHER
MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION
SHOULD BE ABLE TO LEAD A PUBLIC
LIFE WITHOUT FACING PUBLIC
CONSEQUENCES.
CONSEQUENCES. MY NEXT GUEST, REPRESENTATIVE
MAXINE WATERS, MADE HER FEELINGS
CLEAR.
CLEAR. >> IF YOU SEE ANYBODY FROM THAT
CABINET IN A RESTAURANT, IN A
DEPARTMENT STORE, AT A GASOLINE
STATION, YOU GET OUT AND YOU
CREATE A CROWD AND YOU PUSH BACK
ON THEM AND YOU TELL THEM
THEY’RE NOT WELCOME ANYMORE
ANYWHERE.
ANYWHERE. >> THOSE COMMENTS PRECIPITATED A
SIGNIFICANT BACKLASH FROM
MEMBERS OF BOTH PARTIES AND FROM
THE PRESIDENT WHO LIED WHAT
WATERS SAID AND THEN APPEARED TO
THREATEN HER WITH VIOLENCE.
CONGRESSWOMAN MAXINE WATERS, AN
EXTREMELY LOW IQ PERSON HAS
BECOME TOGETHER WITH NANCY
PELOSI THE FACE OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
DEMOCRATIC PARTY. SHE HAS JUST CALLED FOR HARM TO
SUPPORTERS OF WHICH THERE ARE
MANY OF THE MAKE BANK OF AMERICA
GREAT AGAIN MOVE.
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH, MAX.
TO BE CLEAR, MAXINE WATERS DID
NOT CALL FOR HARM AS THE
PRESIDENT REPLIED.
PRESIDENT REPLIED. CONGRESSWOMAN, LET ME START WITH
THIS.
THIS. YOU DID NOT CALL FOR PHYSICAL
HARM OR ATTACKS ON PEOPLE, BUT
YOU DID SAY CREATE A CROWD AND
PUSH BACK ON THEM.
I WONDER, DO YOU WORRY THE
PEOPLE THERAPY AS A CALL TO
ESSENTIALLY MOB INTIMIDATION, TO
USE A SORT OF MASS OF PEOPLE TO
PHYSICALLY THREATEN PEOPLE IN
PUBLIC SPACE.
PUBLIC SPACE. THAT WHAT YOU’RE CALLING FOR AND
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. NO AS A MATTER OF FACT, YOU’RE
ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. I DID NOT CALL FOR HARM FOR
ANYBODY.
ANYBODY. THE PRESIDENT LIED AGAIN.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, I BELIEVE
IN PEACEFUL PROTESTS.
I BELIEVE THAT PROTEST IS AT THE
CENTERPIECE OF OUR DEMOCRACY.
THEY BELIEVE THE CONSTITUTION
GUARANTEES US FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
AND I THINK THAT PROTEST IS
CIVIL PROTEST.
CIVIL PROTEST. AND SO I DON’T KNOW WHY THE
PRESIDENT CHOSE TO STRETCH THAT
OUT AND TRY TO IMPLY THAT I WAS
CAUSING HARM.
CAUSING HARM. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE
PRESIDENT CALLS FOR MORE
VIOLENCE THAN ANYBODY ELSE.
BUT LET’S NOT TALK ABOUT THAT.
LET’S FOCUS ON THE CHILDREN.
THAT’S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
IT IS ABOUT THE FACT THAT
CHILDREN HAVE BEEN SNATCHED FROM
THEIR PARENTS’ ARMS.
THEY’RE IN CAGES.
THEY’RE IN JAILS.
THEY’RE IN PRISONS.
YOU NAME IT.
THE PARENTS DON’T KNOW WHERE
THEY ARE.
THEY ARE. AND THIS ADMINISTRATION CAN’T
TELL US WHERE THEY ARE.
THESE PARENTS WANT TO KNOW WHERE
THEIR CHILDREN ARE.
ANY PARENT WOULD WANT TO KNOW
WHERE THEIR CHILDREN ARE.
MOST PARENTS IN THIS COUNTRY
SEEING WHAT IS GOING ON WHERE
CHILDREN HAVE BEEN SEPARATED
FROM THEIR MOTHERS AND THEIR
FATHERS WOULD FEEL ABSOLUTELY
OUTRAGED ABOUT THE FACT THAT
THAT IS HAPPENING.
THAT’S WHAT WE’VE GOT TO FOCUS
ON.
ON. THIS ADMINISTRATION HAD BETTER
COME UP WITH A PLAN BY WHICH TO
CONNECT THESE CHILDREN AND THEIR
PARENTS.
PARENTS. THAT’S WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT.
>> SO I HEAR YOU ON THAT, AND I
WANT TO SORT OF FOLLOW UP THE
QUESTION THAT WAS POSED BY "THE
WASHINGTON POST" EDITORIAL
BOARD.
BOARD. BUT FIRST, I ALSO WANT YOU TO
RESPOND TO YOUR DEMOCRATIC
COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE SORT OF
DISTANCED THEMSELVES FROM YOUR
COMMENTS.
COMMENTS. THESE ARE PEOPLE I THINK THAT
AGREE WITH YOU FUNDAMENTALLY ON
THE POLICY.
THE POLICY. THEY’RE AGAINST THE FAMILY
SEPARATION POLICY.
SEPARATION POLICY. THEY THINK IT’S OUTRAGEOUS AND
MORALLY ABOMINABLE.
MORALLY ABOMINABLE. BUT WE HAD NANCY PELOSI WHO SAID
STRIVE TO MAKE AMERICA BEAUTIFUL
AGAIN AND CALLING FOR UNITY.
CHUCK SCHUMER WHO HAS NOT BEEN
PARTICULARLY VOCAL BUT SAYS I
STRONGLY DISAGREE WITH FOLKS WHO
ADVOCATE HARASSING FOLKS IF THEY
DISAGREE WITH YOU.
WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO YOUR
DEMOCRATIC COLLEAGUES WHO SAY
YOU ARE OUT OF LINE AND WHY ARE
THEY TELLING YOU THAT?
>> THEY DON’T REALLY SAY WHAT
I’M OUT OF LINE.
WHAT THEY DO IS TRY TO FIND A
WAY TALK THAT ABOUT CIVILITY
WITHOUT ATTACKING ME OR ANYBODY
ELSE AS THE LEADER OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY, I EXPECT THAT
SHE WOULD DO EVERYTHING THAT SHE
COULD TO MAKE SURE NOBODY
BELIEVES THAT DEMOCRATS ARE OUT
HERE HARASSING ANYBODY OR
CAUSING ANY VIOLENCE.
AND I THINK THAT SHE WAS VERY
RESPONSIBLE IN THE WAY SHE SAID
THAT THEY’RE NOT ATTACKING ME.
THEY’RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT
PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT WE’RE
FOCUSED ON THE CHILDREN AND THAT
WE’RE NOT FOCUSED ON THIS
DIVERSION, PARTICULARLY THE WAY
THE PRESIDENT WOULD HAVE IT
SOUND AND MAKE IT OUT TO BE.
AND AGAIN, LET ME JUST TELL YOU
THIS.
THIS. I AM FOCUSED ON THE CHILDREN.
I’VE HAD SLEEPLESS NIGHTS ABOUT
THE FACT THAT THESE CHILDREN DO
NOT -- WE DO NOT KNOW WHERE THEY
ARE.
ARE. THE PARENTS DON’T KNOW WHERE
THEY ARE.
THEY ARE. WHY CAN’T THE ADMINISTRATION
COME UP WITH A PLAN TO CONNECT
THEM AND MAKE IT PUBLIC SO THAT
WE CAN ALL GET MORE COMFORTABLE
WITH THE FACT THAT THEY ARE
GOING TO BE RECONNECTED.
THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN
SEPARATED IN THE WAY THAT IT WAS
DONE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
THIS PRESIDENT WILL TRY TO DO
EVERYTHING TO DIVERT ATTENTION.
HE CALLS ME NAMES.
HE CALLS EVERYBODY NAMES.
AS A MATTER OF FACT WE EXPECT
THAT FROM HIM.
BUT WE EXPECT -- WE HAVE COME
TOO CLOSE TO NORMALIZING THIS
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. LISTEN TO SOME OF HIS STATEMENTS
DURING HIS CAMPAIGN AND SINCE HE
HAS BEEN PRESIDENT.
HIS VIOLENCE STATEMENTS ARE, I
QUOTE, I’D LIKE TO PUNCH HIM IN
THE FACE.
THE FACE. ANOTHER VIOLENT STATEMENT, KNOCK
THE CRAP OUT OF THEM.
ANOTHER ONE, MAYBE HE SHOULD
HAVE BEEN ROUGHED UP.
AND THEN HE GOES ON TO SAY, TRY
NOT TO HURT HIM, BUT IF YOU DO,
I’LL DEFEND YOU IN COURT.
DON’T WORRY ABOUT IT.
NOW, IF THAT’S NOT CREATING
VIOLENCE AND SUPPORTING
VIOLENCE, WHAT IS?
I’VE SAID NOTHING ABOUT THAT.
I’VE TALKED ABOUT PEACEFUL
PROTESTS.
PROTESTS. >> YOU DON’T THINK THAT’S A GOOD
IDEA.
IDEA. YOU DON’T APPROVE THE
PRESIDENT’S LANGUAGE THERE.
YOU WOULDN’T CALL FOR PEOPLE TO
PHYSICALLY THREATEN OR TO
INTIMIDATE OR ATTACK ANYONE?
I WANT TO BE CRYSTAL CLEAR ON
THAT.
THAT. >> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
I WOULD NOT IN ANY WAY SUPPORT
ANY VIOLENCE, ANYBODY BEING HIT
OR BEATEN OR THEN SAY TO THEM
I’LL HAVE TO GET YOU OUT OF
JAIL.
JAIL. THIS PRESIDENT IS GUILTY OF ALL
OF THAT.
OF THAT. DON’T FORGET THAT THEY CREATED
SOME OF THE MOST VIOLENT
PROTESTS THAT WE’VE EVER SEEN
LED BY A PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA.
I’M FOR THE CHILDREN.
I’M FOR THE PARENTS.
I WANT THOSE CHILDREN CONNECTED
BACK TO THEIR PARENTS.
I WANT THIS PRESIDENT TO COME UP
WITH A PLAN WHERE HE CAN MAKE US
ALL COMFORTABLE THAT THIS IS
GOING TO BE DONE.
NOW ON THE ENTIRE QUESTION OF
IMMIGRATION, HE IS COMING OFF
EVEN IN ANOTHER PLACE.
HE HAS CONFUSED PEOPLE.
BUT HE HAS NOT GUARANTEED US
THAT HE IS GOING TO GET THESE
CHILDREN BACK TO THEIR PARENT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
REPRESENTATIVE MAXINE WATERS,
THE PRESIDENT ADDRESSING A CROWD
TONIGHT APPARENTLY TALKING ABOUT
YOU.
YOU. HE SEEMS TO TALK ABOUT YOU A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT.
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT. I THANK YOU FOR TAKE TIMING TO
WITH ME TONIGHT.
>> I EXPECT DON THE CON MAN TO
SAY ANYTHING.
SAY ANYTHING. HE CANNOT BE TRUSTED.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SHOULD BE
ACCUSTOMED TO THAT NOW AND KNOW
WHO WE HAVE FOR PRESIDENT, ONE