>>> WELCOME BACK O "MORNING JOE."
JOE." IT’S 46 PAST THE HOUR.
MAYOR PETE BUTTIGIEG ACCUSED
PRESIDENT TRUMP OF FAKING
DISABILITY TO GET OUT OF
MILITARY SERVICE DURING THE
VIETNAM WAR DURING AN INTERVIEW
YESTERDAY.
YESTERDAY. IT WAS A REFERENCE TO A
LONG-DISPUTED DIAGNOSIS OF BONE
SPURS THAT TRUMP SAYS KEPT HIM
FROM SERVING.
FROM SERVING. >> I DON’T HAVE A PROBLEM
STANDING UP TO SOMEBODY WHO WAS,
YOU KNOW, WORKING ON SEASON
SEVEN OF SLEB ITCELEBRITY APPREN
WHEN I WAS PACKING MY BAG FOR
AFGHANISTAN
AFGHANISTAN AFGHANISTAN.
AFGHANISTAN. AT THE END OF THE DAY IT’S NOT
ABOUT HIM.
ABOUT HIM. >> DO YOU HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT
NOT SERVING IN VIETNAM IF.
>> I HAVE AN OPINION ON HIM
FAKING A DISABILITY TO AVOID
GOING TO VIETNAM.
I DON’T MAN TO TRIVIALIZE
DISABILITY BUT I THINK THAT’S
EXACTLY WHAT HE DID.
WHEN, I MEAN, WHEN YOU THINK
ABOUT THE WAY SOMEBODY CAN
EXPLOIT THE SYSTEM AND NEEDLESS
TO SAY THE WAY HE HAS TREATED
AND MOCKED DISABLED PEOPLE IS
JUST ONE MORE EXAMPLE OF THE
MANY AFFRONTS TO JUST BASIC
DECENCY THAT THIS PRESIDENT HAS
INFLICTED ON THIS COUNTRY, BUT
MANIPULATING THE ABILITY TO GET
A DIAGNOSIS -- I MEAN, IF YOU
WERE A CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR,
I’D ADMIRE THAT.
BUT THIS IS SOMEBODY WHO I THINK
IT’S FAIRLY OBVIOUS TO MOST OF
US TOO ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT
THAT HE WAS A CHILD OF A
MULTI-MILLIONAIRE IN ORDER TO
PRETEND TO BE DISABLED SO THAT
SOMEBODY COULD GO TO WAR IN HIS
PLACE.
PLACE. AND I KNOW THAT THAT DREDGES UP
OLD WOUNDS FROM A COMPLICATED
TIME DURING A COMPLICATED WAR,
BUT I’M ALSO OLD ENOUGH TO
REMEMBER WHEN CONSERVATIVES
TALKED ABOUT CHARACTER AS
SOMETHING THAT MATTERED IN THE
PRESIDENCY.
PRESIDENCY. AND SO I THINK IT DESERVES TO
TALKED ABOUT.
TALKED ABOUT. >> SO POWERFUL.
>> MIKELE STEELECHAEL STEELE, WH
PETE SAID WAS SO POWERFUL THERE.
ALSO, THE FACTS ARE PARTICULARLY
DAMNING FOR DONALD TRUMP.
HE CAN’T REALLY FIGHT BACK THAT
HE DODGED THE DRAFT AND USED HIS
FATHER’S V.I.P. DOCTOR AND LIED
TO GET OUT OF VIETNAM.
Y CAN’T-- HE CAN’T DO THAT.
HE CAN’T HIDE THE FACT THAT ON
THE DAY THAT HE GRADUATED FROM
AN ELITE IVY LEAGUE SCHOOL THAT
HIS HIS FATHER GOT HIM INTO THAT
40 MEN DIED IN VIETNAM THAT VERY
DAY WHILE DONALD TRUMP HAD SPENT
THE LAST FOUR YEARS BEING A
MAYBE ON CAMPUS, PLAYING GOLF,
TENNIS, FOOTBALL, DOING ANOTHER
THING ALSO THAT PROBABLY
SHOULDABLE TROUBLING FOR DONALD
TRUMP IS THE FACT THAT BONE
SPURS DON’T GO AWAY, UNLESS YOU
HAVE AN OPERATION AND TREAT
THEM.
THEM. >> WAS THERE A SURGERY?
>> IF THERE WAS A SURGERY,
PERHAPS YOU YOU CAN SEE RECORDS
OF THAT OR EVIDENCE OF THAT.
WE KNOW HE NEVER HAD ANY SURGERY
BECAUSE HE NEVER HAD BONE SPURS
AND HE DID, IN FACT, ALLOW
ANOTHER WORKING CLASS AMERICAN
TO GO FIGHT IN HIS SPOT.
40 PEOPLE DIED JUST THE VERY DAY
HE GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE.
>> YEAH, I THINK PERHAPS HIM A
NEW MEDICAL RECORD ON THAT.
WHAT I APPRECIATED ABOUT WHAT WE
JUST SAW WITH MAYOR PETE OF THE
MEASURED, PRECISE ARGUMENT AS A
VETERAN, TALKING ABOUT A
DIFFICULT WAR, A COMPLICATED WAR
AT A COMPLICATED TIME, NOT WITH
HISTRIONICS, NOT WITH, YOU NO,
THE KIND OF STABBING
ACCUSATIONS, BUT JUST LAID OUT
THE CASE.
THE CASE. AND I THINK THAT’S ONE OF THE
INTERESTING CHALLENGES AS MAYOR
PETE BEGINS TO RISE UP THIS
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY LADDER FOR
HIS OPPONENTS HOW DO THIS MEET
THAT WOULD YOU COMING OFF
CAPPING HE HAS BEEN VERY
MEASURED.
MEASURED. THAT SORT OF DEEP REST ENONS IN
HIMSELF VOICE AND HE’S NOT
AFRAID TO, QUOTE, GO THERE.
AND I THINK IT’S A VERY
INTERESTING CALL NG FOR NOT JUST
PRESIDENT TRUMP BUT ONE INSIDE
THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY PROCESS
AS THIS MAYOR SORT OF CARVES OUT
A VERY UNIQUE SPACE AMONG ALL
THE OTHER DEMOCRATS, INCLUDING.
>> I WANT TO PUT UP BO, DONNY.
THIS SHOW JOE BIDEN AT 33% NOW,
UP SIX POINTS, BERNIE SANDERS AT
15% AND BOTH SNORZ HARRIS AND
WARREN CLIMBING UP INTO WHEN I
LOOKED AT BUTTIGIEG AND YOU SEE
BUTTIGIEG CLEARLY HAVING REALLY
TON -- AND HER STRENGTH AS I
WATCHED HER PROSECUTORIAL CHOP
PAO WHEN TRUMP STARTED CALLING
BIDEN SLEEPY JOE.
NOW YOU MENTIONED A FEW WEEKS
AGO THAT DONALD TRUMPS DID NOT
WE’RE IN SLB SO YOU TAKE A GUY
THAT BASICALLY ALREADY -- THE
FIRST TIME OUT, OH, HE WAS
FRESH, HE WAS CALLING HIS ADD
VER TEAR -- ADD VR SERIES THOSE
FACTS BODE VERY, VERY, VERY
TROUBLING FOR DONALD TRUMPKP
WHEN WE INTERVIEWED HIM IN SOUTH
CAROLINA THAT HE WAS NOT GOOD AT
POSSIBLE YOU GO THROUGH THE
MISTAKES THAT HAPPENED.
YOU GO THROUGH THE FACT THAT THE
FBI DIRECTOR REALLY KEPT
EXPORKER’S YOU PROMISED
UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE FOR ALL.
AND ENDED UP HIGHING THAT THEIR
COVERAGE WOULD BE BE BETTER.
>> M THAT YOU WERE GOING TO
FOCUS ON WORK BLAH.
>> SFRCHL TO BE EXTRAORDINARILY
HARD FOR DONALD TRUMP TO DEFEND
WHEN THOSE 30-SECOND ADS START
ROLLING ON TV THAT SHE WHAT HE
SAID IN 2016 OPINION OH, AND BY
THE WAY, NOT ONLY DID MEXICO NOT
AND THOUGH THEY DIDN’T GO TO
WASHINGTON FOR THE FIRST TWO
YEARS.
YEARS. >> THIS IS WHY -- SHE WANT THE
CAMPAIGN TO BE ABOUT TEASE
ISSUES AND THESE POLICIES AND TO
BE A REFERENDUM ON THE
PRESIDENT’S PERFORMANCE IN
OFFICE AND NOT A ACCOUNT RAHAL
WALL OR A BATTLE OVER HIS
IMPEACHMENT.
IMPEACHMENT. THE MOST IMPORTANT NUMBERS IN
THOSE POLLS YOU PUT UP THERE IS
WARREN UP BY 5.
SHE IS RISE AND SANDERS IS
FALLING.
FALLING. >> I LOVE IT!
>> AND SO MAYOR PETE IS STILL A
SECOND TIER CANDIDATE AT THIS
POINT.
POINT. HE’S GREAT AT CREATING THESE
VIRAL MOMENTS IN POLITICS, HE’S
GREAT AT GETTING COVERAGE.
HE’S INCREDIBLY GOOD AT GOTTING
THE AND THAT IS GOING TO GOT A
SERIOUS ROO RESPONSIBLE TO WE
SAID WE HADN’T UNDERSTOOD WHY L
BOB MUELLER THEY SEEM TO BE
THREE AND FOUR IN THESE RACES.
>>THEY’RE STRONG.
>>THEY’RE STRONG. >> BERNIE KEEPS DROPPING.
WE CAN DIG INTO THE POLLS MORE
AND FIND OUT EXACTLY WHY THAT
IS.
IS. NO MEK AND HE’S IS ONLY AT 6%
AND HE’S NOT GETTING THE SUPPORT
OF BLACK DEMOCRATIC VOTERS RIGHT
NOW.
NOW. WE HAVE AL SHARPTON COMING UP
AND WE’LL ASK HIM WHY.
>> ALSO, WE’LL TALK TO ONE OF
THE 2020 DEMOCRATIC HOPEFULS
WHEN CONGRESSMAN TIP RYAN JOIN
THE CONVERSATION, TALK ABOUT HIS
CAMPAIGN, HOW HE PLANS TO WIN
OVER THE BLUE COLLAR VOTERS THAT
HELPED TRUMP WIN THE WHITE
HOUSE.
HOUSE. PLUS, MUCH MORE ON THE
ESCALATING WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HOUSE
SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI.
AND THE PRAISE THE PRESIDENT
ESSENTIALLY FORCED HIS STAFF TO
HEAP ON HIM.