DECISION TO SANCTION 1
PEOPLE AND FIVE ENTITIES FOR
CYBER ATTACKS.
STEVE?
STEVE: THANK YOU, AINSLEY.
THE ROSEANNE SITCOM REBOOT
IS TAKING AMERICA BY STORM
CAPTURING THE ATTENTION OF
TENS OF MILLIONS OF VIEWERS.
ROB REINER WHO ONCE UPON THE
TIME SITCOM STAR NOT
IMPRESSED.
SLAMMED THE SHOW'S STAR
ROSEANNE AS A MOUTHPIECE FOR
POTUS.
>> YOU HAVE FOX NEWS AND
SINCLAIRE AND BREITBART AND
INFO WARS.
AND ALL OF THIS, WHICH USED
TO BE CONSIDERED AND THOUGHT
LUNATIC FRINGE, IF YOU WILL,
HAVE NOW BECOME MAINSTREAM
MEDIA.
YOU HAVE THE STAR OF THE
SHOW ESSENTIALLY OUTSIDE THE
SHOW TRUMPING ALL OF THE
THINGS THAT DONALD TRUMP
STANDS FOR.
STEVE: OKAY.
SO WHY ARE SOME HOLLYWOOD
ELITES GETTING THINGS WRONG
ABOUT WHY AMERICANS ARE
WATCHING ROSEANNE?
JOINING US RIGHT NOW FOR A
DEBATE, WE HAVE DEMOCRATIC
STRATEGIST ANTOINE
SEAWRIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
JOINING US.
>> THANK YOU.
STEVE: CHRIS, BECAUSE YOU
ARE OUT IN HOLLYWOOD, YOU
GET TO START FIRST.
WHY ARE SOME OF HOLLYWOOD
LIBERALS LIKE ROB REINER IN
TOTAL MELT DOWN MOTED MODE
OVER THE FACT THAT A LOT OF
AMERICANS LIKE THE ROSEANNE
SHOW?
>> THE REALITY IS, PEOPLE
ARE TIRED OF THE SAME
NONSENSE IN GOVERNMENT.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS GIVEN
PEOPLE CERTAINLY OUTSIDE THE
BOX IDEA FOR CHANGE.
LOOK, AS MUCH AS HOLLYWOOD
CELEBRITIES DO THAT TOTALLY
DISRESPECTS THE PRESIDENT
AND OBVIOUSLY GOVERNMENT.
IT'S TIME FOR A VOICE THAT
IS READY TO STEP UP AND THAT
IS OPEN TO GIVING PEOPLE A
REAL PERSPECTIVE.
MOST AMERICANS -- THE
REALITY IS MANY AMERICANS, I
SHOULD SAY, WANT CHANGE.
THEY ARE TIRED AND THEY WANT
MORE MONEY IN THEIR POCKETS.
THEY WANT LESS GOVERNMENT
CONTROL AND LOOK ROSEANNE
SHOW WAS NOT AFRAID TO TELL
THE TRUTH WHAT PEOPLE ARE
TALKING ABOUT AT DINNER
TABLES, AT HOME AND OUT AND
ABOUT ON THE STREETS.
THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
HAVE YOU CELEBRITIES WHO I
DON'T EVEN WANT TO GIVE THE
CREDENCE ON AIR WHO
DISRESPECT THE PRESIDENT BY
SAYING VERY OUTLANDISH
COMMENTS AND OUTLANDISH
THINGS AND CONVERSATIONS.
STEVE: ANTWON, WHAT DO YOU
THINK?
KEEP IN MIND, I DON'T KNOW
HOW MANY SITCOMS ARE ON
TELEVISION RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS THE ONLY ONE THAT
EVEN APPROACHES DONALD
TRUMP'S POINT OF VIEW.
IT'S NOT 100 PERCENT DONALD
TRUMP.
IT'S A FAIR AND BALANCED
HYBRID.
>> I DON'T THINK THIS IS
ABOUT HOLLYWOOD VS. TRUMP.
I DON'T THINK THIS IS ABOUT
LIBERAL VS. CONSERVATIVES.
I THINK MOST PEOPLE REALIZE
WE ARE AT A BATTLE FOR THE
SOUL OF THIS NATION.
AND A LOT OF REGARDS, THINGS
ARE JUST NOT NORMAL FROM THE
DIVISIVE RIGHT WING RED MEAT
RHETORIC THAT COMES FROM THE
WHITE HOUSE.
AND SOME OF THE SUPPORTERS
OF THE PRESIDENT TO SOME OF
THE ACTIONS THIS PRESIDENT
HATS TAKEN.
I THINK MOST PEOPLE WOULD
AGREE, WHETHER YOU ARE
DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, BLACK
OR WHITE, RICH OR POOR,
THINGS ARE NOT NORMAL.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE A PLATFORM,
WHETHER THEY ARE AN ATHLETE
OR COACH OR WHETHER THEY ARE
JUST AN ORDINARY CITIZEN WHO
HAPPENS TO HAVE A FOLLOWING,
THEY -- WE CANNOT SIT BACK
AND ACT AS IF THINGS ARE
OKAY WITH SOME OF THE THINGS
WE SEE IN OUR COUNTRY.
STEVE: CHRIS, YOU KNOW, I
HAVE WATCHED ALL THREE OF
THE ROSEANNE SHOWS, AND, FOR
INSTANCE, THIS LAST ONE THAT
AIRED ON TUESDAY NIGHT
DIDN'T EVEN MENTION DONALD
TRUMP.
AND IT WAS ALL ABOUT
PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY,
WHICH WAS SOMETHING YOU
DON'T NORMALLY SEE ON A
SITCOM ON ABC TO THAT
DEGREE.
BUT DON'T YOU THINK ONE OF
THE REASONS 25 MILLION
PEOPLE TUNED IN THE FIRST
NIGHT ON THE FIRST SHOW LAST
WEEK WAS BECAUSE FINALLY A
LOT OF CHRISTIANS AND MIDDLE
CLASS AND EVEN CONSERVATIVES
SUDDENLY HAD A HEROIN ON
TUITION THAT TALK LIKE THEY
DO.
>> HOLLYWOOD IS TRYING TO
DICTATE THE SOUL OF AMERICA.
>> THAT'S NOT TRUE.
>> THAT IS THE ENTIRE
PROBLEM.
AMERICANS WANT CHANGE.
ROSEANNE -- AND YOU ARE
COMPLETELY WRONG, STEVE.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT JUST
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
IT'S ABOUT HAVING -- GETTING
AMERICA BACK TO VALUES.
BACK TO MOVING FORWARD AS A
COUNTRY AND TOGETHERNESS.
>> WHICH IS THE RHETORIC WE
HAVE SEEN FROM THE WHITE
HOUSE?
THAT'S HOW WE DO THAT?
STEVE, LET'S JUST BE HONEST,
IF YOU TAKE DONALD TRUMP'S
PRESIDENCY AND COMPARE IT TO
ANY OTHER PRESIDENT IN
MODERN HISTORY, YOU WOULD
HAVE TO AGREE WITH ME,
WHETHER YOU LIKE HIM OR NOT,
THIS IS JUST NOT NORMAL.
IT'S NOT NORMAL FOR A
PRESIDENT.
STEVE: IS HE A DISRUPTER, NO
DOUBT ABOUT IT.
>> WE CAN'T GIVE HIM A PASS
BECAUSE IT'S NOT BUSINESS AS
STEVE: WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE
CAN'T GIVE HIM A PASS?
>> PEOPLE SAYING IT'S JUST
TRUMP, THIS IS HOW HE IS.
HE IS NOT A NORMAL
POLITICIAN.
>> ANTWON, BUT THE REALITY
IS.
THIS LET ME TELL YOU WHAT HE
HAS DONE AND WHAT OTHERS
HAVE NOT DONE.
HE HAS PUT $24,000 OF INCOME
IN THE POCKETS OF MARRIED
COUPLES.
>> YOU ARE REFERRING TO THE
TAX SCAM THAT HE PUSHED A
FEW MONTHS AGO?
STEVE: CHRIS?
>> THE REALITY IS HE IS
TAKING STEPS AND INITIATIVES
TO GETTING THINGS DONE IN
AMERICA.
IS HE WORKING TO SECURE OUR
BORDERS AS HE IS SUPPOSED TO
DO.
WORKING TO GIVE AMERICA A
MORE STRONGER AND PROSPEROUS
NATION.
STEVE: GUYS, YOU ARE TALKING
ABOUT DONALD TRUMP.
WE ARE REALLY TALKING ABOUT
ROSEANNE.
OUTRAGE, ONE TV SHOW ON
NETWORK TELEVISION THAT IS
SLIGHTLY PRO-TRUMP.
>> KEEP IN MIND THIS
PRESIDENT IS THE VERY SAME
PRESIDENT.
RECEIVE STEVE WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT ROSEANNE.
>> HE WILL ATTACK ANY SHOW
THAT IS ANTI-TRUMP OR GIVES
OFF ANY IDEA THAT THEY ARE
GOING TO HOLD HIM
ACCOUNTABLE FOR SOME OF THE
THINGS THAT HE SAY AND
ROSEANNE DOESN'T DO THAT AND
SO HE IS SINGING HER PRAISES
BECAUSE SHE IS TO THE
CONTRARY.
STEVE: GOOD ENOUGH.
GOOD DEBATE.
CHRIS AND ANTWON, THANKS FOR
JOINING US ON THIS THURSDAY