HOPE IT STAYS THAT WAY FOR LAX.
BILL MELUGIN LIVE IN LOS
ANGELES.
>> President Biden: THERE IS NO
QUESTION THAT THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY TODAY IS DOMINATED, DRIVE
AND INTIMIDATED BY DONALD TRUMP
AND THE MAGA REPUBLICANS.
THEY DO NOT BELIEVE IN THE RULE
OF LAW.
MAGA FORCES ARE DETERMINED TO
TAKE THIS COUNTRY BACKWARD.
THEY PROMOTE AUTHORITARIAN
LEADERS AND FAN THE FLAMES OF
POLITICAL VIOLENCE.
>> Julie: PRESIDENT BIDEN IN
HIS SOUL OF THE NATION SPEECH
TEARING INTO FORMER PRESIDENT
TRUMP AND MANY OF HIS
SUPPORTERS.
HE HAS SINCE WALKED BACK THOSE
COMMENTS BUT A "NEW YORK TIMES"
COLUMNIST DOESN’T BUY THAT.
HE SAID BIDEN IS DRAWING A HARD
US VERSUS THEM LINE AHEAD OF
THE HIGH-STAKES MID-TERMS AND
BEYOND.
YOU MAY BELIEVE THAT AMERICAN
DEMOCRACY IS THREATENED AS AT
NO POINT SINCE THE CIVIL WAR,
DEAR READER, BUT THEY DO NOT.
THEY ARE RUNNING A POLITICAL
OPERATION WHICH THE THREAT TO
DEMOCRACY IS LEVERAGED, USED TO
KEEP SWING VOTERS ON SIDE
WITHOUT HAVING TO MAKE
DIFFICULT CONCESSIONS TO THE
CENTER OR THE RIGHT.
LET’S BRING IN JOE CONCHA.
MEDIA COLUMNIST AT THE HILL AND
FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR.
I DIDN’T THINK THE THURSDAY’S
SPEECH COULD GET ANY MORE
INTERESTING.
I’M STILL HUNG UP ON THE RED
BACKGROUND.
BUT NOW THIS.
AND I THINK THIS COLUMNIST HAS
A POINT.
HE IS POLITICIZING AT THE VERY
BEST AND THE FACT THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION WANTS US TO BUY
THAT THIS WASN’T SUPPOSED TO BE
A POLITICAL SPEECH DOESN’T SAY
MUCH ABOUT THEIR CONFIDENCE IN
THE INTELLIGENCE OF THE
AMERICAN PUBLIC.
>> JULIE, I WOULD GO FURTHER
THAN POLITICIZING.
I WOULD SAY WEAPONIZING.
IT’S A DISGUSTING TACTIC USED
IN POLITICS IN AN EFFORT TO
STAY IN POWER.
ADDITION BY DIVISION.
THE PRESIDENT DELIVERS A PRIME
TIME SPEECH TO THE NATION
CALLING 74 MILLION VOTERS SEMI
FASCISTS.
WHAT IS THAT?
THE DIET COKE OF FASCISM.
NOT ONCE DURING THE SPEECH DOES
THE PRESIDENT MENTION ANY OF
THE ISSUES THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
SAY ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO THEM.
ISSUES LIKE INFLATION, WHO
ACTUALLY PAYS FOR THE TRILLION
DOLLARS THE STUDENT LOAN
FORGIVENESS PLAN WILL COST?
MENTIONING FENTANYL WHICH KILLS
A RECORD NUMBER OF YOUNGER
AMERICANS IN THIS COUNTRY YEAR
AFTER YEAR OR EVEN MENTIONS THE
CRISIS THAT IS A CATASTROPHE AT
THE U.S. SOUTHERN BORDER ON
LIMP BAIL LINES ALLOWING
CRIMINALS TO REPEAT OFFENSES
OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
THAT’S THE TRUE THREAT.
YOU HAVE A PRESIDENT AND PARTY
THAT CAN’T RUN ON THESE ISSUES
SO IT’S A CLASSIC DEFLECTION
PLOY WITH FEAR BEING A GREATEST
MOTIVATOR.
IT IS A POLITICAL OPERATION
INDEED.
>> Julie: LET’S LOOK AT HOW
AMERICANS FEEL.
THEY SHOULD LISTEN TO WHAT’S ON
THE MINDS OF AMERICANS, THOSE
WHO ARE VERY FRUSTRATED WITH
THIS ADMINISTRATION AND WITH
THE PRESIDENT.
LET’S WATCH.
>> I THINK WE’RE MORE DIVIDED
THAN WE EVER WERE.
>> THE COUNTRY HAS NEVER BEEN
UNIFIED TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
AND WHATEVER BIDEN SAID HE WAS
GOING TO DO HASN’T BEEN DONE.
>> THIS IS NOT A FASCIST
COUNTRY.
TOO MANY PEOPLE GAVE TOO MUCH
TO MAKE SURE THAT IT’S NOT.
>> Julie: I MEAN, WHY ARE THEY
NOT LISTENING AND WHY ARE THEY
NOT ACTUALLY ADDRESSING THE
ISSUES IN AMERICA THAT MEAN
MOST?
HE DIDN’T BRING UP SO MANY
DIFFERENT THINGS.
IMMIGRATION, CRIME, GAS PRICES,
OPIOID ADDICTION, IMMIGRATION
BECAUSE THIS PRESIDENT HAS
NEVER ACTUALLY VISITED THE
BORDER AND THAT IS WHAT’S
HURTING HIM ALONG THESE BORDER
STATES.
HE DOESN’T BOTHER VISITING THE
STATES BECAUSE.
HE IS CAMPAIGN AND INSULTING
MORE THAN HALF THE COUNTRY.
>> THAT’S THE THING, JULIE.
HE DOESN’T VISIT ARIZONA, A
SENATE RACE THAT COULD GO
EITHER WAY.
ONE WOULD THINK HE WOULD VISIT
THERE AND ADDRESS THE BORDER
ISSUE, WHICH IS HUGE IN THAT
STATE.
IT IS NOT HAPPENING BECAUSE
MAYBE THE CANDIDATE ALSO
DOESN’T WANT HIM THERE IN MARK
KELLY.
INSTEAD OF UNIFYING YOU WATCH
HIS INAUGURATION SPEECH AGAIN,
IT IS AMAZING THAT THIS IS
STILL THE SAME PRESIDENT THAT
WAS SPEAKING ON THAT JANUARY
DAY.
NOW WE NO LONGER HAVE PRESIDENT
JOE BIDEN, WE HAVE A WEIRD
COMBINATION OF PRESIDENT KEITH
OL BERMAN MEANS BRIAN WILLIAMS
APPEALING TO DIEHARD MSNBC
AUDIENCES TO WIN THE ELECTION.
IN THE END VOTERS WANT A
POSITIVE MESSAGE.
ALL WE SEE FROM THIS
ADMINISTRATION, I’M WITH YOU ON
THE BLOOD RED BACK DROP,
SOMETHING OUT OF THE SHINING.
IT IS SELLING FEAR AND LOATHING.
I THINK THAT’S NOT WHAT VOTERS
WANT.
THEY WANT WHAT WILL YOU DO TO
MAKE MY LIFE BETTER?
NOT HERE IS EVERYTHING WRONG
WITH THE COUNTRY.
IT HASN’T EVER WORKED IN TOO
MANY CAMPAIGNS.
>> Julie: I LIKE THE SEE THE
POSITIVE GLASS HALF FULL.
I GOT HALLOWEEN DECORATING TIPS
THURSDAY NIGHT.
I’LL DO RED LIGHTING OUTSIDE MY
HOUSE.
IT WILL SCARE THE
TRICK-OR-TREATERS.
IT SCARED US ALL ON THURSDAY
NIGHT.
JOE CONCHA.