RALLY THIS WEEK. WE WILL SPEAK TO THE EDITOR WHO
WROTE THOSE SCATHING WORDS.
THAT DIDN’T LAST LONG.
HAVING READ THE TALKING POINTS
SCRAMBLED INTO HIS HANDS FOR
ALMOST AN ENTIRE DAY, DONALD
TRUMP PULLED A FULL
CHARLOTTESVILLE, PRAISING
CHARLOTTESVILLE, PRAISING SUPPORTER WHO IS CHANTED SEND
HER BACK TO ATTACK ILHAN OMAR AT
HIS NORTH CAROLINA CAMPAIGN
RALLY AS INCREDIBLE PATRIOTS.
YEP.
YEP. 24 HOURS AGO, TRUMP PER THOSE
NERVOUS TALKING POINTS CLAIMED
THAT HE DISAPPROVED OF THE
RACIST CHANT ABOUT CONGRESSWOMAN
OMAR AND EVEN TRIED TO STOP IT,
HE SAID.
HE SAID. HE GOT NICE HEADLINES THAT
CLAIMED HE WAS DISAVOWING THE
CHANT FROM SOME OF THE NEWS
MEDIA WHO INDULGED IN THE FALSE
BALANCE TICK OF PRETENDING
WHATEVER THE PRESIDENT SAID IS
TRUE AND IT’S A GIVEN FACT.
NOT EVERYONE FELL FOR IT.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP, YOU SAID YOU
WERE UNHAPPY WITH THE CHANT,
HOWEVER THE CHANT WAS JUST
REPEATING WHAT YOU SAID IN YOUR
TWEET.
TWEET. DO YOU TAKE THAT TWEET BACK?
>> YOU KNOW WHAT I’M UNHAPPY
WITH?
WITH? I’M UNHAPPY WITH THE FACT THAT A
CONGRESSWOMAN CAN HATE OUR
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. THOSE PEOPLE IN NORTH CAROLINA,
THAT STADIUM WAS PACKED.
A RECORD CROWD.
I COULD HAVE FILLED IT 10 TIMES,
AS YOU KNOW.
THOSE ARE INCREDIBLE PEOPLE.
THOSE ARE INCREDIBLE PATRIOTS.
I’M UNHAPPY WHEN A CONGRESSWOMAN
SAID I’M GOING TO BE THE
PRESIDENT’S NIGHTMARE.
PRESIDENT’S NIGHTMARE. SHE’S GOING TO BE THE
PRESIDENT’S NIGHTMARE.
PRESIDENT’S NIGHTMARE. SHE IS LUCKY TO BE WHERE SHE IS.
LET ME TELL YOU.
>> DONALD TRUMP DIDN’T EVEN STOP
DOING THE UNDERLYING THING AND
KEPT ON FANNING THE FLAME THAT
TO BE CLEAR PUT HER IN DANGER BY
CONTINUING TO ATTACK
CONGRESSWOMAN OMAR.
CONGRESSWOMAN OMAR. TRUMP PROVIDED EVIDENCE THAT
OMAR SAID SHE HATES THE UNITED
STATES AND EARLIER THIS WEEK SHE
IN FACT SAID "I PROBABLY LOVE
THIS COUNTRY MORE THAN ANYONE
THAT IS NATURALLY BORN."
FOR TRUMP SUPPORTERS, WHO CARES
WHAT THE FACTS ARE.
WHATEVER HE SAID OR TWEETS IS
THE NEWS.
THE NEWS. TRUMP BROADENED ATTACKS TO
INCLUDE ALL FOUR MEMBERS OF THE
SQUAD.
SQUAD. OMAR AND ALEXANDRIA
OCASIO-CORTEZ, AYANNA PRESSLEY
AND RASHIDA TLAIB.
>> YOU CAN’T SPEAK ABOUT OUR
COUNTRY THE WAY THEY SAID
GARBAGE.
GARBAGE. THEY SAID THINGS ABOUT ISRAEL
THAT IS SO BAD, I WON’T EVEN
REPEAT IT.
REPEAT IT. THEY CAN’T GET AWAY WITH IT.
NOT RIGHT.
NOT RIGHT. >> THEY CAN’T GET AWAY WITH IT.
TRUMP’S STATEMENT AS A
"WASHINGTON POST" POINTS OUT IS
AT ODDS WITH THE CONSTITUTION
THAT GRANTS EVERY AMERICAN THE
RIGHT OF FREE SPEECH.
WE WILL CONTINUE THE ATTACKS ON
PEOPLE WHO SHOUTED A RACIST
CHANT IS STANDARD TRUMP PLAYBOOK
WHERE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY NOW
FACES A DAUNTING POSSIBILITY OF
HAVING TO OWN AS THE THEME OF
THE 2020 CAMPAIGN THAT KIND OF
RHETORIC.
RHETORIC. REAL LEADERS ARE SPEAKING UP.
THEY ARE NOT OFFERING THE MEALY
MOUTHED BOTH SIDES THAT AVOIDS
CONFRONTING DONALD TRUMP LIKE WE
HEARD FROM MITCH CONNELL AND
OTHER REPUBLICANS.
OTHER REPUBLICANS. MICHELLE OBAMA ISSUED A REBUKE
ON TWITTER SAYING WHAT TRULY
MAKES OUR COUNTRY GREAT IS
DIVERSITY.
DIVERSITY. I HAVE SEEN THE BEAUTY IN SO
MANY WAYS WHETHER WE ARE BORN
HERE OR SEEK REFUGE, THERE IS A
PLACE FOR US ALL.
WE MUST REMEMBER IT’S NOT MY
AMERICA OR YOUR AMERICA, BUT OUR
AMERICA.
AMERICA. THE DISGUST AIMED AT THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
IS NOT JUST LOCAL, IT’S GLOBAL.
HERE’S CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER,
JUSTIN TRUDEAU.
JUSTIN TRUDEAU. >> THE COMMENTS MADE WERE
HURTFUL AND WRONG.
COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE.
COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. I WANT EVERYONE IN CANADA TO
KNOW THAT THOSE COMMENTS ARE
COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE AND
SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED OR
ENCOURAGED IN CANADA.
>> GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA
MERKEL HAD A STRONGER CRITICISM
OF THE RACIST ATTACKS ON FOUR
AMERICAN CONGRESS WOMEN.
>>> THE WORLD IS WATCHING. IT IS THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
AMERICA. THE FORMER BEACON OF THE FREE
WORLD THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF
GLOBAL REVULSION AND DISGUST
BECAUSE OF THE RAW UGLY RACISM
AND ETHNO NATIONALISM OF OUR
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. AS FOR THE CONGRESSWOMAN AT THE
CENTER OF DONALD TRUMP’S RACIST
ATTACKS, THEY ARE SHOWING THE
STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE THAT IS
WHAT THIS COUNTRY IS SUPPOSED TO
BE ABOUT.
BE ABOUT. REFUSING TO BACK DOWN IN THE
FACE OF TRUMP’S UGLINESS.
>> IT’S TAKEN US.
>> THIS CONGRESS AT THIS MOMENT,
WE WILL NOT GO BACK.
WE WILL NOT GO BACK.
WE WILL NOT GO BACK TO THE DAYS
OF INJUSTICE AND GO BACK OUR
RIGHTS.
RIGHTS. WE WILL NOT DENY LIBERTY TO OUR
TRANSBROTHERS AND SISTERS.
WE WILL NOT DENY OUR OWN
HUMANITY AT THE BORDER.
WE WILL NOT GO BACK.
WE WILL GO FORWARD.
WE SURE AS HELL WILL NOT STAND
STILL.
STILL. >> LETTING OFF THE DISCUSSION
ARE DANIELLA GIBBS.
FORMER SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO
PRESIDENT OBAMA.
PRESIDENT OBAMA. THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF
COMMUNICATIONS AND STRATEGY FOR
THE CENTER FOR CONGRESS.
DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST OF DELL
GROUP AND ON THE THIRD SEASON OF
THE APPRENTICE.
THE APPRENTICE. YOU HAVE BEEN VERY OPEN IN THE
CAMPAIGN SAYING DONALD TRUMP IS
A RACIST.
A RACIST. FULL STOP.
FULL STOP. WE KNOW THAT FROM HIS HISTORY.
FROM WHERE HE IS GOING NOW IS
SEPARATE FROM RACISM.
IT’S WHITE NATIONALISM.
WANTING TO HAVE A COUNTRY FOR
WHITE PEOPLE.
WHITE PEOPLE. THAT KIND OF RHETORIC, THAT’S
NOT SOMETHING A REPUBLICAN PARTY
WAS PREPARED FOR.
DID IT SURPRISE YOU?
>> HE HAS BEEN ESCALATING AND
TESTING THE WATERS ALL ALONG.
HE GOT AWAY WITH SAYING MEXICANS
ARE RAPISTS.
ARE RAPISTS. CONGRESSWOMAN MAXINE WATERS
BEING LOW IQ.
CONSISTENT ATTACKS AND WOMEN
GENERALLY, IN PARTICULAR, WOMEN
OF COLOR.
OF COLOR. WE SAW THAT WITH APRIL RYAN.
REMEMBER THAT WHOLE EPISODE?
WITH ABBY PHILIPPS AND A NUMBER
OF A BLACK FEMALE JOURNALIST.
HE’S TESTED THE WATERS AND
SEEING THAT HIS BASE IS NOT ONLY
RESPONDING WELL, BUT RESPONDING
EXTREMELY WELL AND ARE PARROTING
BACK THOSE THINGS HE IS SAYING.
BECAUSE HE IS ESCALATING THE
BEHAVIOR.
BEHAVIOR. HE WILL CONTINUE TO DO IT UNTIL
HE STOPPED.
HE STOPPED. THAT TO ME IS WHAT IT IS
INDICATIVE OF.
INDICATIVE OF. UNTIL HE IS COULDACCOUNTABILITY.
THE BASE IS REWARDING IT AND THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS NOT DONE
MUCH TO HOLD HIM ACCOUNTABLE.
WHY WOULD HE STOP?
>> DANIELLA, YOU WORKED FOR ONE
OF DONALD TRUMP’S CHIEF
TRIGGERS, PRESIDENT OBAMA.
WHEN DONALD TRUMP LED THE
BIRTHERISM CRUSADE, THAT
PRODUCED A LOT OF THREATS TO
PRESIDENT OBAMA WHO HAD THE MOST
THREATS OF ANYONE BEFORE HIM
BECAUSE HE WAS BLACK AND A BLACK
MAN SERVING AS THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES.
NOW WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS THAT
FELLOW DEMOCRATS ARE AFRAID FOR
THE LIVES OF THESE WOMEN,
PARTICULARLY ILHAN OMAR.
REPORTING THAT SENIOR DEMOCRATS
ARE CALLING FOR AUTHORITIES TO
EVALUATE SECURITY FOR ILHAN OMAR
AS WELL AS THREE OTHERS CALLED
OUT BY NAME WARN HAG HE
ESCALATED THE RISKS OF THREATS
TOWARDS THE FOUR MINORITY
FRESHMEN.
FRESHMEN. AMY KLOBUCHAR IS FROM ILHAN
OMAR’S STATE AND HERE SHE IS.
>> WHAT HE IS SAYING, THE PEOPLE
OF THIS COUNTRY ABOUT THE NATURE
OF IMMIGRANTS.
OF IMMIGRANTS. WE ALL COME FROM IMMIGRANTS.
THE SECOND IS THAT HE IS
ACTUALLY PUTTING HER IN A THREAT
SITUATION.
SITUATION. HE’S PUTTING HER AT RISK.
IF I WERE HER, I WOULD
IMMEDIATELY CALL THE FBI AND SAY
WHAT DO I NEED FOR PROTECTION.
DO YOU THINK I NEED MORE
PROTECTION.
PROTECTION. IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE SHE IS NOT
GOING TO GET THREATS COMING OUT
OF A RALLY ON EVERY TV STATION
IN OUR COUNTRY THIS MORNING.
>> HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT YOU
WOULD SEE THE PRESIDENT BECOME A
PHYSICAL THREAT TO A MEMBER OF
CONGRESS LET ALONE ANY AMERICAN
CITIZEN?
CITIZEN? >> I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SEE
THE DAY.
THE DAY. I HAVE A PODCAST I COHOST AND I
WAS RANDING ABOUT HOW I USED TO
HEAR THE GO BACK TO AFRICA AND
THINGS LIKE THAT WHEN I WAS A
KID GROWING UP AND NEVER THOUGHT
I WOULD HEAR THAT FROM THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
HE DOESN’T CARE THAT HIS WORDS
ARE POTENTIALLY PUTTING THESE
WOMEN’S LIVES IN DANGER.
CONGRESSWOMAN OMAR WAS WALKING
DOWN THE STREET AND I WAS
LEGITIMATELY WORRIED AND
CONCERNED ABOUT HER SAFETY.
IT DIDN’T APPEAR THAT SHE HAD
SECURITY AROUND HER.
I WANT TO ECHO SOMETHING.
THE REASON WHY DONALD TRUMP IS
DOING THIS.
DOING THIS. BECAUSE HE CAN.
BECAUSE HE’S GETTING AWAY WITH
IT.
IT. NOBODY IS CHECKING HIM.
HIS PARTY HAVE DECIDED THEY ARE
OKAY WITH WHITE NATIONALISM.
YOU ARE OKAY WITH RACISM.
IT WILL ALLOW THEM TO GET THEIR
TAX CUTS PASS AND ALLOW THEM TO
STACK THE COURTS WITH RIGHT WING
JUDGES.
JUDGES. THEY DON’T CARE ABOUT THE SAFETY
OF THEIR FELLOW MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS.
CONGRESS. THEY DON’T CARE ABOUT THE
DECORUM.
DECORUM. THEY CARE ABOUT PROTECTING THE
WEALTHY FEW.
WEALTHY FEW. I DON’T KNOW IF YOU CAN HEAR IT
IN MY VOICE, BUT IT’S REALLY
UPSETTING AND IRRITATING.
>> THE ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
EDITORIAL BOARD CALLED OUT
REPUBLICANS GIVEN THE BRIGHT RED
LINE.
LINE. THE QUESTION OF CONTINUING TO
SUPPORT HIM IS NO LONGER AN
INDICATOR OF LOYALTY AND
PRIORITIES, BUT A TEST OF
COURAGE, CHARACTER, AND DECENCY
AND ALL OF THESE HAVE FAILED AT
TWO QUESTIONS ON REPUBLICANS.
THEY COULD HAVE GOTTEN TAX CUTS
FOR THE RICH AND WALKED UP WITH
POLLUTION AND LET THE POLLUTERS
POLLUTE.
POLLUTE. THE SAME JUDGES WOULD HAVE BEEN
MARCO RUBIO’S JUDGES.
WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT THE PARTY
THAT THEY WOULD RATHER HAVE THIS
GUY WHO SPECIFICALLY IS USINGA
KNOW ETHNO NATIONALISM ORDER TO
REMAIN IN POWER?
>> I SAID THIS YESTERDAY.
I WAS ASKED BY COLLEAGUES ON
"HARDBALL" AND ASKED IF DONALD
TRUMP WAS GOING TO STAND BEHIND
WHAT HE DISAVOWED.
HE WOULD NOT STAND BEHIND IT.
HE WOULD BACK TRACK.
THAT’S WHAT HE IS GOING TO DO.
DONALD TRUMP SAW AND I WILL SAY
IT AGAIN.
IT AGAIN. HE SAW THE WRITING ON THE WALL
WITH THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
HE SAW THAT REACTION THAT THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY HAD TO
PRESIDENT OBAMA’S PRESIDENCY.
PEOPLE LITERALLY LOST THEIR
MINDS OVER THIS BLACK MAN
BECOMING PRESIDENT.
BECOMING PRESIDENT. >> SO DID HE.
>> HE DID, TOO.
I WANTED TO POINT SOMETHING OUT.
WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS FIRST
ELECTED.
ELECTED. DONALD TRUMP PRAISED HIM.
AT THE VERY BEGINNING.
WHEN HE SAW HOW THE PARTY
RESPONDED TO PRESIDENT OBAMA,
PEOPLE CALLING HIM ALL KINDS OF
NAMES WHO WERE PARTY OFFICIALS
AND NOT JUST ANY OLD PEOPLE,
THESE WERE PARTY OFFICIALS
CALLING MICHELLE OBAMA A MONKEY,
HE SAW THAT AND KNEW THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY WANTED TO DO
THEIR RACISM THROUGH DOG
WHISTLES AND WANTED TO DO IT
THROUGH A WHISPER AND WHERE THEY
COULD HAVE PLAUSIBLE
DENIABILITY.
DENIABILITY. TRUMP SAW THAT THE BASE WANTED
IT OUT FRONT.
HE SAW THAT.
HE RODE THAT WAVE THROUGH
BIRTHERISM AND CONTINUED TO RIDE
THAT WAVE, BUT HE DID NOT
INSIGHT OR BRING THE PARTY
ALONG.
ALONG. THE PARTY WAS ALREADY THERE.
>> VERY QUICK BEFORE I GO BACK
TO DANIELLE?
TO DANIELLE? DID DOES HE CARE?
>> I DON’T THINK HE CARES.
THE ONLY THING HE CARES ABOUT IS
HIMSELF.
HIMSELF. HE TALKED ABOUT HAVING PEOPLE
RIOT IF HE DIDN’T WIN THE
ELECTION.
ELECTION. >> THIS WAS A GUY WHO WANTED TO
HAVE A BLACK VERSUS WHITE
APPRENTICE FOR THE RACE FIGHT.
FOR THE DEMOCRATS, THE RESPONSE
SO FAR IS SMART AND UNITY AND
STICKING AND SAYING IT DOESN’T
MATTER WHAT YOUR DIFFERENCES
ARE.
ARE. THE POLICIES DON’T MATTER.
HE ATTACKED THEM AND THEIR
BODIES BECAUSE OF THEIR BROWN
AND BLACK, PRESIDENT.
THAT’S IT.
THAT’S IT. IS THERE SOME OTHER ACTION THAT
THE DEMOCRATS IN YOUR VIEW
SHOULD BE TAKING THAT IS
STRONGER THAN DONCONDEMNATION.
>> I AM GLAD THEY STOOD AND
PASSED THE RESOLUTION OUT OF THE
HOUSE, BUT THEY NEED TO KEEP
TALKING ABOUT THIS, BUT THEY
ALSO NEED TO TIE IT TO THE FACT
THAT THE PRESIDENT IS AN
INEFFECTIVE, AWFUL ABOUT THE.
HE MADE A BUNCH OF PROMISES THAT
HE HAS BROKEN AND THEY NEED TO
TIE IT ALL TOGETHER.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE UNDERSTAND
THAT HE’S A RACIST.
THEY UNDERSTAND THE WORDS THAT
THEY ARE SAYING.
THEY ALSO NEED TO UNDERSTAND
THAT THEY ARE TIED TO RACISM
WITH HIS POLICIES AND WHAT HE’S
NOT DOING FOR THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. THEY NEED TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT
THAT HE IS TRYING TO TAKE AWAY
THEIR HEALTH CARE.
THEY ARE BEING INHUMANE
TREATMENT HAPPENING AT THE
BORDER.
BORDER. THEY NEED TO TIE IT ALL
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER. MAKE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT
DONALD TRUMP SAY VORTEX OF AWFUL
AND THIS IS WHY HE NEEDS TO BE
VOTED OUT OF OFFICE.
>> IF THE SHINY KEYS OF RACISM
WHILE HE IS PICKING THE
AMERICANS’S POCKET AND GIVES IT