SU
COUNTRY.
AND THE ONLY THING I KNOW, I
KNOW, THE MIDDLE CLASS, THEIR
HOPES AND ASPIRATIONS, BECAUSE
IT'S WHERE I COME FROM.
>> 82% OF DONALD TRUMP VOTERS
WOULD VOTE FOR HIM AGAIN.
>> YOU LOOK AT THAT.
YOU LOOK AT 83% OF 32% OF THE
VOTE.
I'M NOT PROGNOSTICATING ABOUT
WHAT WILL HAPPEN FOUR YEARS FROM
NOW.
I DO KNOW THERE'S A NEED TO
RESPOND TO THE GENUINE CONCERNS
OF THESE PEOPLE, WHO HAVE REASON
TO BE CONCERNED.
THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT
DIGITALIZATION.
THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE.
THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT WILL THERE
BE A JOB FOR ME?
>> WHAT HAPPENED IN THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION THAT LEFT THEM
FEELING DISCARDED?
>> WE HAD TO DRAG THIS ECONOMY
OUT OF A DITCH.
WE GOT IT UP ON THE GROUND.
IF I HAD RUN, THE PNEUMATIC
NOTION WAS, THIS IS WHAT WE'VE
DONE.
LET ME TELL YOU WHAT WE'RE GOING
TO DO NOW.
WE BEGAN TO FOCUS ON PUTTING
THINGS TOGETHER.
WAGES STARTED TO INCREASE.
>> I KNOW A LOT OF THE VOTERS.
SOME OF THE THINGS YOU HEAR IS,
THEY'RE SICK OF BEING TOLD HOW
TO SPEAK AND WHAT WORDS ARE OKAY
AND WHAT WORDS AREN'T OKAY.
AND THEY'RE SICK OF GOD BEING
PULLED OUT OF THE PUBLIC SQUARE.
THEY DEAL WITH POCKETBOOK
ISSUES.
THOSE WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT
THOSE ISSUES, AS WELL AS SECOND
AMENDMENT ISSUES, WHO SAY I NO
LONGER IDENTIFY WITH THE
DEMOCRAT TICKET, WHAT SAY YOU?
>> WHAT WOULD YOUR MOTHER SAY?
WHAT WOULD YOUR MOTHER SAY ABOUT
THE WAY THIS ADMINISTRATION
TALKS?
THE WAY IT DENIGRATES OTHER
PEOPLE?
THE MIDDLE CLASS I KNOW WAS NOT
RAISED THAT WAY.
[ APPLAUSE
[ APPLAUSE ]
IF YOU TAKE A LOOK, IT'S NOT
LIKE HE WON THE MIDDLE CLASS.
THIS WAS A VERY, VERY CLOSE
RACE.
EVEN WITH ALL THOSE FOLKS.
I SPENT ALL MY TIME IN
PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO, MICHIGAN,
WISCONSIN, MINNESOTA.
>> THE STATES THAT DID IT.
YEAH.
IT WAS CLOSE IN THOSE STATES.
AND PART OF THE REASON WAS, WE
NEVER GOT TO SPEAK TO WHAT WAS
ON THEIR MIND.
>> HILLARY CLINTON HAS BEEN
CRITICIZED FOR NOT HAVING A
CLEAR MESSAGE ON THAT.
>> I THINK SHE HAD A CLEAR
MESSAGE.
DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO GIVE THE
MESSAGE.
IT WAS ALL ABOUT --
>> SHE DIDN'T GO TO THOSE
STATES.
SHE DIDN'T GO TO WISCONSIN.
>> I THINK THAT WAS A MISTAKE.
>> YEAH.
ON THE QUESTION OF LANGUAGE.
THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT DONALD
TRUMP'S LANGUAGE HAS BEEN DICEY
AND CONTROVERSIAL.
YOU'VE BEEN HIT FOR
CONTROVERSIAL LANGUAGE,
INCLUDING BARBARIANS AT THE
GATE, WHEN TALKING TO
REPUBLICANS.
>> NOT TO ALL REPUBLICANS.
>> YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT LABOR
UNIYONS AND THOSE WHO OPPOSED
THEM.
YOU SAID, THEY WANT TO PUT YOU
IN CHAINS, SPEAKING ABOUT ROMNEY
AND REPUBLICANS.
ANY REGRETS ABOUT THE LANGUAGE
YOU USED?
>> I REGRET OCCASIONALLY USING
PROFANITY.
THAT'S WHAT I REGRET.
I REALLY DO.
IT'S INAPPROPRIATE.
THE CONTEXT OF THOSE THANGSINGS I
TALKED ABOUT -- THERE USED TO BE
WELL-BEING ENTERPRISE IN OUR
COUNTRY.
THAT'S BEEN LOST.
>> IT'S NOT THE PRINCIPLE, IT'S
THE RHETORIC THAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT NOW.
>> I WOULD SAY THOSE THINGS,
AGAIN, IT'S DIFFERENT THAN
CALLING MY OPPONENT A LITTLE
PERSON.
IT'S DIFFERENT THAN TALKING
ABOUT PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS.
ALL OF THE STUFF YOUR MOTHER
WOULD WASH YOUR MOUTH OUT FOR.
I THINK WHAT YOU SAW -- ANYWAY,
WE'LL SEE.
I'M A BIG FAN OF A CONSERVATIVE
COLUMNIST, DAVID BROOKS.
HE WROTE AN INTERESTING PIECE
ABOUT THE INVISIBLE MORAL FABRIC
THAT HOLDS UP ALL OF OUR
INSTITUTIONS.
IT ANTICIPATES A CITIZEN THAT IS
PREPARED TO WORK ON COMMON
ISSUES AND COMMON VALUES.
THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE
THE ELEMENTS OF WHAT KEEPS OUR
SOCIETY CIVIL.
AND I JUST THINK WE'RE ACROSS
THE BOARD, THAT'S -- LOOK.
IF YOU ATTACK SOMEBODY TODAY,
USUALLY AFTER THE MOTIVE,
INSTEAD OF THE SUBSTANCE.
I LEARNED A LONG TIME AGO.
IT'S APPROPRIATE TO DISAGREE.
>> YOU DON'T COP TO, YOU KNOW,
PRESIDENT OBAMA DOING THAT
OCCASIONALLY, TOO?
>> I HAVE NEVER ATTACKED
SOMEONE'S MOTIVE.
GO BACK AND LOOK.
>> I'M TALKING ABOUT PRESIDENT
OBAMA.
>> YOU KNOW BOTH SIDES DO THIS
TO EACH OTHER.
IT'S NOT THE DEMOCRATS ARE
WITHOUT SIN.
>> I'M NOT SAYING THEY ARE.
>> HILLARY CLINTON WAS CALLING
THEM BASKET FULL OF DEPLORABLES,
WHICH I LOT OF PEOPLE THINK COST
HER THE ELECTION.
>> I I'M SPEAKING ABOUT MYSELF.
AND THE WAY WE CAN CHANGE.
THE WAY WE CAN CHANGE IS OUR
POLITICAL RHETORIC.
OUR CHILDREN ARE LISTENING.
THE IDEA OF NOT CONDEMNING
UNEQUIVOCALLY HATE WHEN IT
APPEARS, WHEN IT REARS ITS UGLY
HEAD.
DID YOU THINK YOU WOULD SEE
PEOPLE MARCHING IN CHARLOTTE
CARRYING NAZI FLAGS SAYING THE
ANTI-SEMITIC BILE -- WHY IS IT
HARD TO SAY THAT WAS ABHORRENT?
THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE WANTED TO
HEAR.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> I GOT TO GO.
I WANT TO LEAVE IT AT THIS.
THERE'S A LOT OF JOE BIDEN 2020
SUPPORTERS.
>> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS.
>> THIS IS A QUOTE FROM THE
BOOK, "PROMISE ME DAD."
>> WE IRISH, I LIKE TO TELL
PEOPLE, ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT
ARE NOSTALGIC ABOUT THE FUTURE.
I HAVE NEVER STOPPED BEING A
DREAMER.
AND WITH THAT TEASE, WE WILL
LEAVE YOU TO PONDER WHAT JOE
BIDEN WILL DO.
>> KEEP DREAMING.
>> THANK YOU, SIR.
A PLEASURE.
>> FORMER VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN.
NEW BOOK, "PROMISE ME, DAD."
AVAILABLE NOW.
>> SEE YOU, GUYS.
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