MTP DAILY WITH CHUCK TODD STARTS NOW.
NOW. >>> WELCOME TO TUESDAY.
IT’S MEET THE PRESS DAILY.
I’M CHUCK TODD HERE IN
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. AUTHORITIES ARE SCRAMBLING TO
ADDRESS A RISE IN VIOLENT WHITE
EXTREMISM AS THE PRESIDENT HAS
BEEN OPENLY STOKING RACIAL
RESENTMENT IN THE COUNTRY.
WE’VE HAD ANOTHER MASS SHOOTING
WHERE ANTI-IMMIGRANT SPEECH
ECHOES THE PRESIDENT’S
ANTI-IMMIGRANT RHETORIC.
ANTI-IMMIGRANT RHETORIC. DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN,
DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT WE’D LOOK AT THE
TOTALITY AND CONCLUDE THE SAME
THING.
THING. THIS IS FAILING AND FAILING
BADLY.
BADLY. THIS ISN’T JUST ABOUT STOKING
RACIAL RESENTMENT.
RACIAL RESENTMENT. IT ISN’T JUST ABOUT AN INCREASE
IN MASS SHOOTINGS.
IT’S ABOUT A LOT MORE THAN THAT.
THE PRESIDENT IS NOW ESCALATING
A DANGEROUS TRADE WAR WITH CHINA
WITH NO APPARENT EXIT STRATEGY
DESPITE COMPROMISING THESE ARE
EASY TO WIN.
ELECTED REPUBLICANS ARE FLEEING
CONGRESS FROM THE STEW OF
PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS AND LET’S
FACE IT, IT’S A REPUBLICAN PARTY
THAT’S A SHELL OF WHAT IT ONCE
WAS AND MANY DON’T WANT TO BE
MEMBERS ANYMORE.
MEMBERS ANYMORE. HALF OF THE HOUSE DEMOCRATIC
CAUCUS ARE CALLING FOR
IMPEACHMENT.
IMPEACHMENT. AMERICAN ALLIANCES ARE IN A
SERIOUS STATE OF DECAY.
NORTH KOREA IS TESTING MORE
MISSILES.
MISSILES. RUSSIA IS STILL COMING AFTER US.
THE PRESIDENT WON’T ACKNOWLEDGE
WHAT INVESTIGATORS CONFIRMS.
SITUATION AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER
IS WORSE THAN WHEN THE PRESIDENT
TOOK OFFICE.
TOOK OFFICE. THE GOVERNMENT IS A MESS.
WE WON’T MENTION OUR GIANT
SCROLL OF VACANCIES AND YES JULY
WAS THE HOTTEST MONTH ON RECORD.
HOW YOU LOOK AT THIS PRESIDENCY
AND SAY IT’S WORKING.
LET’S TURN TO SOME EXPERTS WE
HAVE TONIGHT.
HAVE TONIGHT. MICHAEL STEEL I’M GOING TO START
WITH YOU.
WITH YOU. JEB BUSH WENT OFF ON TWITTER.
AS WE’RE FOCUSED ON THIS CRISIS
AT HAND, BY THE WAY THE WORLD IS
ON FIRE AND WE HAVE A PRESIDENT
THAT HAS NO INTEREST IN PLAYING
FIGHT FIGHTERREFIGHTER ON THAT.
APPARENTLY JEB BUSH SEES THE
SAME THING.
SAME THING. >> IS THIS HEMLOCK?
THIS IS THE WORLD ON FIRE.
TRUMP PROMISED CHAOS AND HE’S
DELIVERED.
DELIVERED. THAT’S WHAT WE’RE LOOKING AT ON
EVERY ISSUE FOREIGN AND
DOMESTIC, THE WORLD SPINNING OUT
OF CONTROL.
OF CONTROL. I THINK THAT IS A SERIOUS
CHALLENGE FOR THE PRESIDENT AND
IT’S A SERIOUS CHALLENGE FOR OUR
POLITICAL SYSTEM THAT WILL HAVE
TO OPERATE AROUND THIS PERSON AS
COMMANDER IN CHIEF.
>> I DON’T KNOW IF OUR POLITICAL
SYSTEM CAN HANDLE, HOW MUCH MORE
IT CAN HANDLE.
>> I’M IN THE WORK OF VOTER
REGISTRATION OF ENCOURAGING
PARTICIPATION AND WHEN PEOPLE
SAY OUR GOVERNMENT IS BROKEN,
OUR ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SAY WHAT
HAPPENED LAST NOVEMBER.
WE HAD THE MOST DIVERSE SET OF
AMERICANS GOING TO THE VOTING
BOOTH.
BOOTH. WE HAD THE MOST DIVERSE
INDIVIDUALS IN A HUNDRED YEARS
CASTING A BALLOT AND ON JANUARY
THAT BEAUTY OF WHAT OUR
POSSIBILITY IS WAS SWORN IN.
THAT CONGRESS DESPITE LOOKING AT
THE INVESTIGATIONS WHAT TRUMP
HAS DONE, THEY HAVE PASSED
LEGISLATION WHEN IT COMES TO
MODERNIZING OUR ELECTION SYSTEM.
WHEN IT’S TALK ABOUT EQUAL PAY
AND DO --
AND DO -- >> YOU’RE MAKING THE CASE TO
PARTICIPATE YOU CAN MAKE CHANGE.
>> WE HAD A LITANY OF STUFF.
IT’S THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
NOT ONLY ARE THEY STANDING SIDE
SIDELY BY AND SAYING WE’RE NOT
CONDEMNING THIS PRESIDENT BUT
THEY’RE NOT DOING THE WORK OF
THE PEOPLE.
THE PEOPLE. >> WE’RE GOING TO GET INTO
SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE GUN ISSUE
BUT I WANT TO LEAD THIS WAY
BECAUSE T EXACTLY WA RICK PERRY,
TED CRUZ AND JEB BUSH PREDICTED
WOULD HAPPEN.
WOULD HAPPEN. >> HILLARY CLINTON DID THE SAME
THING.
THING. >> I WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE
BECAUSE EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE
PUT INTO THIS AND IT’S LIKE THIS
IS, NOW --
>> JEB BUSH SAID YOU’RE A CHAOS
CANDIDATE AND YOU WILL BE A
CHAOS PRESIDENT.
CHAOS PRESIDENT. TED CRUZ SAID YOU’RE A
PATHOLOGICAL LIAR.
PATHOLOGICAL LIAR. MARCO RUBIO SAID YOU’RE A CON
MAN.
MAN. >> WHAT GOOD DOES IT SAY TOLD
YOU SO NOW.
WE’RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS.
>> MARIA HAS MADE THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT POINT.
SIGNIFICANT POINT. A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY ALL THESE
THINGS ARE GOING WRONG.
THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN
DISCREDITED BUT THERE’S NO
CONSEQUENCES.
CONSEQUENCES. THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES.
DEMOCRATS WON THE HOUSE IN 2018
AND I THINK THE ODDS SUGGEST
THEY ARE ON TRACK TO WIN THE
PRESIDENCY IN 20.
HIS PRESIDENCY GOT ANOTHER YEAR
TO RUN.
TO RUN. I’M A BIT MORE OPTIMISTIC THAT
THE COUNTRY IS GOING TO SURVIVE
THIS.
THIS. WE’LL HAVE A CAMPAIGN NEXT YEAR.
HE’LL HAVE AN OPPONENT AND MAKE
WILL MAKE THEIR JUDGMENT.
>> THAT’S A QUESTION I’VE GOTTEN
A LOT TODAY.
IS THIS A TIPPING POINT.
I SAY A TIPPING POINT FOR WHAT.
I DON’T KNOW.
I THINK TOMORROW WILL BE A
FASCINATING DAY WHEN HE VISITS
THE CITY.
THE CITY. >> I SPENT FOUR WEEKS IN EL
PASO.
PASO. I HAVE FAMILY IN EL PASO.
EL PASO IS AS DISCAN HE BE THEED
ED
ED -- DISCONNECTED FROM THE
POLITICAL SPECTRUM.
POLITICAL SPECTRUM. YOU HAVE 2.5 MILLION
UNREGISTERED LATINO YOUTH IN
TEXAS.
TEXAS. THERE’S ALSO RESILIENCE.
>> THE QUESTION IS HOW -- WILL
THE PRESIDENT BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY
BY HIS REMARKS.
I WANT TO PLAY AN EXAMPLE.
SHARLS
SHARLS CHARLOTTESVILLE.
CHARLOTTESVILLE. TAKE A LISTEN.
>> RACISM IS EVIL AND THOSE WHO
CAUSE VIOLENCE IN ITS NAME ARE
CRIMINALS AND THUGS, INCLUDING
THE KKK, NEO NAZIS, WHITE
SUPREMEISTS AND OTHER HATE GROUP
THAT ARE REPUGNANT.
>> YOU HAD SOME VERY BAD PEOPLE
IN THAT GROUP BUT YOU ALSO HAD
PEOPLE THAT WERE VERY FINE
PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES.
>> THAT WAS ONE EXAMPLE.
WHEN HE GOT OFF THE TELL
TELEPROMPTER, WE FOUND OUT WHAT
HE THOUGHT.
HE THOUGHT. IN PITTSBURGH, THE SHOOTER
TARGETED THE SYNAGOGUE NOT ONLY
BECAUSE IT HAS JEWS BUT IT WAS
HELPING THE REFUGEE CRISIS AT
THE BORDER.
THE BORDER. YOU’LL HEAR TELEPROMPTER TRUMP
AND THEN UNSCRIPTED.
HERE IT IS.
>> THE VILE, HATE FILLED POISON
OF ANTI-SEMITISM MUST BE
CONDEMNED AND CONFRONTED
EVERYWHERE AND ANYWHERE IT
APPEARS.
APPEARS. THERE MUST BE NO TOLERANCE FOR
ANTI-SEMITISM IN AMERICA OR FOR
ANY FORM OF RELIGIOUS OR RACIAL
HATRED OR PREJUDICE.
>> I WOULDN’T BE SURPRISED.
I WOULDN’T BE SURPRISED.
I DON’T KNOW.
I WOULDN’T BE SURPRISED.
A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY YES.
>> I KNOW THAT WASN’T ON THERE.
HE WAS ASKED IS GEORGE SOROS
FUNDING THE CARAVAN.
>> WHY TO WE THINK ANYTHING HE
SAID YESTERDAY WILL BE AT ALL
WHAT HE IS WHEN HE’S UNSCRIPTED?
>> THERE’S NO REASON TO.
WE ALL SAW THE NEW YORK TIMES
OVERNIGHT CHANGING THE HEADLINE,
THEIR STORY ON THE PRESIDENT’S
REMARKS YESTERDAY BECAUSE THEY
WROTE UP TELEPROMPTER TRUMP
RATHER THAN THE BALANCED VIEW
SHOWN BY THE TWEETS, THE OFF
HAND COMMENTS.
HAND COMMENTS. I AGREE WITH TELEPROMPTER TRUMP.
>> TELEPROMPTER IS THE PRESIDENT
THAT DOESN’T EXIST.
>> HE SOUNDS LIKE A PRESIDENT.
>> TELEPROMPTER TRUMP TELLS US
HE’S ABLE TO READ.
>> NOT ALWAYS.
I THINK TOLEDO --
>> HE AD-LIBBED.
>> HE’S 723 YEARS OLD.
HIS CHARACTER WAS FORMED LONG
BEFORE TWISTING EXISTED.
HE’S SHOWN US WHO HE IS.
HIS WORDS ARE WEIGHTLESS.
HE IS READING WHAT OTHER PEOPLE
WRITE FOR HIM, IT DOESN’T
CONNECT WITH HIS GUT.
>> SO TRUE.
>> I DON’T THINK ANY SPEECH HAS
IMPACT ON PEOPLE THAT ALREADY
SUPPORT HIM.
SUPPORT HIM. >> I THINK THE TWEETS ARE A
WINDOW INTO HIS SOUL.
HE IS SHOWING THE OPINIONS AND
IDEAS THAT ANIMATE HIM IN THESE
TWEETS.
TWEETS. I THINK THAT’S WHY THAT’S THE
REAL STORY IN A LOT OF WAYS
RATHER THAN WHAT HE SAYS AT THE
PODIUM.
PODIUM. >> THERE’S TWO THINGS I WONDER
ABOUT IN DIFFERENT WAYS WITH
EACH PARTY.
EACH PARTY. ONE HAS TO DO WITH THE
DEMOCRATS.
DEMOCRATS. IT WAS SOMETHING EMMANUEL
CLEAVER WHEN HE CAME OUT FOR
IMPEACHMENT.
IMPEACHMENT. HE SAID, YOU KNOW, THE ELIJAH
CUMMINGS THING MIGHT HAD SOME
IMPACT ON ME.
LIKE I CAN’T SAY IT WAS A ZERO
PERCENT.
PERCENT. THIS MOMENT MAY HAVE AN IMPACT.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE WHERE, YOU
THINK IF IT’S ABOUT MUELLER IT’S
ONE THING BUT THIS ISN’T WAY TO
KEEP DEMOCRATS FROM SIENGGNING U
FOR IMPEACHMENT.
FOR IMPEACHMENT. >> THE PRESIDENT IS USING HIS
OFFICE TO INCITE INSECURITY IN A
HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE
HOUSEHOLDS.
HOUSEHOLDS. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS PEOPLE
OF COLOR, WE IMAGINE IT BEING A
SLIVER OF COMMUNITY.
>> DID HE EVEN SAY HISPANIC
YESTERDAY?
YESTERDAY? >> NO.
>> NO. >> WHEN YOU READ THE CREED OF
THIS INDIVIDUAL WHO GOT INTO HIS
CAR, DROVE TEN HOURS TO THE
SAFETIEST CITY IN OUR COUNTRY,
THE SAFEST CITY AND TARGETING --
A CITY 85% LATIN JO AND NOT ONLY
LIFTED THE TWEETS OF THE
PRESIDENT OF SAYING INVASION BUT
ALSO CONNECTED IT AGAIN TO THE
HISPANIC VOTE.
HISPANIC VOTE. IT’S VERY CLEAR THAT WHAT HE
SEES AS A THREAT AND WE HAVE TO
MAKE SURE WE STAND AS ALLIES AND
SAYING THIS IS NOT THE AMERICA
WE ARE.
WE ARE. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS
HEMORRHAGING OF REPUBLICANS FROM
THE HOUSE AND NOT TAKING
RE-ELECTION, THERE’S
RE-ELECTION, THERE’S HEMORRHAGING OF REPUBLICANS FROM
THE PARTY.
THE PARTY. WHEN WE SAY THAT 30% OR 50% OR
90% ARE WITH THE PRESIDENT,
THAT’S INN CREASECREASINGLY A SM
FRACTION OF THE COUNTRY.
>> I THINK REPUBLICANS WON’T
SPEAK OUT.
SPEAK OUT. THEY’LL SPEAK WITH THEIR FEET.
YOU TALKED ABOUT THAT.
I’LL BE SHOCKED IF SUSAN COLLINS
RUNS FOR RE-ELECTION NOW.
I’D BE SHOCKED.
>> FOUR OF THE 12 REPUBLICAN WHO
IS ANNOUNCED THEY ARE NOT
RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION NEXT
YEAR ARE TEXANS.
>> YOU’RE SEEING PEOPLE IN SAFE
SEATS.
SEATS. MIKE CONAWAY RETIRED.
HE SAID HE HAD A SEAT FOR LIFE.
IT’S LIKE.NET WANT I DON’T WANT
HERE.
HERE. I DON’T WANT TO RUN UNDER THIS
BANNER.
BANNER. >> SERVING THE MINORITY IN THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SUCKS.
SERVING UNDER TRUMP IS UNPLES
UNPLEASANT.
UNPLEASANT. YOU HAVE TO ANSWER FOR A LOT OF
TWEETS THAT YOU DIDN’T DO.
>> IT’S ALSO UNPATRIOTIC.
I THINK THAT’S WHERE THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE HAVING A
HARD TIME.
HARD TIME. IT’S NOT PART OF THE POLITICAL
SPECTRUM.
SPECTRUM. HE’S NOT A REPUBLICAN AND THAT
IS WHY -- THIS CONVERSATION WE
HAVE IS SO DIFFICULT BECAUSE WE
MAKE HIM SOUND LIKE HE’S PART OF
A POLITICAL PARTY.
HE’S PART OF TRUMP.
>> THERE’S ALSO THE PRESIDENT
HAS ONE ELECTION LEFT.
IF YOU’RE A REPUBLICAN WHO WANTS
TO WIN ELECTIONS IN ’22, ’24,
’26, IT MIGHT BE A GOOD COUPLE
OF YEARS TO NOT BE HERE.
>> THE WELL HEARD DECISION TRUCK
ME AS THAT.
IF YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF --
I’VE JOKED THIS WITH MY STAFF.
I THINK BY 2028, MAYBE NOT 2024
THERE WILL BE A REPUBLICAN
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE THAT WILL BE
AN ARGUMENT OVER WHO HAS GOT
FEWER TIES TO TRUMP.
>> THAT’S LOGICAL.
HE’S TAKING THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
DOWN A CUL-DE-SAC WHERE NO GOOD
THINGS WILL HAPPEN.
WE REMEMBER PETE WILSON IN 1994.
RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION IN
CALIFORNIA.
CALIFORNIA. CALIFORNIA HAD BEEN A REPUBLICAN
STATE AS RECENTLY AS 1998.
THEN HE RAN A VERY TOUGH
ANTI-IMMIGRANT CAMPAIGN.
ANTI-IMMIGRANT CAMPAIGN. HE WON.
HE WON. HE WON THAT ELECTION.
REPUBLICANS HAVE NOT WON BIG
STATEWIDE OFFICES EVER SINCE.
>> HIS RE-ELECTION WAS THE DEATH
SENTENCE FOR THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY.
PARTY. >> I CAME HOME FROM COLLEGE
DURING THAT AND MY FAMILY AND MY
GRANDMOTHER, MY AUNTS AND UNCLES
THEY DECIDED AT THAT
THANKSGIVING DINNER THEY WERE
GOING TO BECOME U.S. CITIZENS.