THE ELECTION IS LESS THAN A YEAR AWAY.
YOU ARE THE ONLY DEMOCRAT WHO KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO DEBATE
DONALD TRUMP.
WHAT ADVICE DO YOU HAVE FOR THE PERSON WHO IS GOING TO END UP
FACING HIM.
>> JUST BE REALLY PREPARED.
AS HARD AS IT IS WITH HIM TO TRY TO TALK ABOUT FACTS AND TRUTH
COMPARED TO WHAT HE SAYS, BE PREPARED ANYWAY TO TRY TO MAKE
YOUR CASE AND JUST KEEP GOING AT HIM AND DON'T GIVE HIM AN INCH.
>> James: BUT WHAT WOULD YOU DO ABOUT THE LURKING?
BECAUSE LOOK AT THIS PHOTO WE FOUND HERE.
>> I KNOW.
( APPLAUSE ) >> James: WHAT IS HE DOING
THERE?
WHAT'S HE EVEN DOING?
>> LOOK, WELL, YOU KNOW -- >> James: WHAT'S HE DOING
THERE?
>> WELL, THAT WAS ALL PART OF HIS ALPHA MALE IMPERSONATION
WHERE HE -- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
-- YOU KNOW, WAS TRYING TO LOOM OVER ME AND LURK AND LEER AND
ALL OF THAT STUFF.
IT DOES POSE A PROBLEM, THOUGH, AND I'VE SAID THIS SINCE THEN,
PEOPLE SAID I'VE WON ALL THREE DEBATES, HOWEVER, HIS CAPACITY
TO TRY TO DOMINATE THE SCENE IS SOMETHING THAT WHOEVER'S UP
AGAINST HIM HAS TO TRY TO DEAL WITH.
AND IT'S A DIFFICULT QUESTION BECAUSE I THOUGHT MAYBE I COULD
JUST TURN ON HIM AND SAY BACK UP, YOU CREEP!
( LAUGHTER ) >> James: I SO WISH YOU HAD.
I WOULD HAVE LOVED IT SO MUCH IF YOU'D DONE THAT.
>> YEAH, YOU KNOW, IN RETROSPECT, I THINK MAYBE IT
MIGHT HAVE BEEN KIND OF A NOTABLE MOMENT.
ON THE OTHER HAND, I CAN JUST HEAR PEOPLE SAY, SEE, SHE CAN'T
HANDLE IT.
>> James: YES, AND AT THE SAME TIME I IMAGINE THERE'S A THING
OF GOING, WELL, I DON'T WANT TO STOOP TO THAT LEVEL.
>> NO, YOU DON'T.
>> James: I WANT THIS TO BE A GENUINE DEBATE, WHICH IS NOT THE
THING HE WANTS IT TO BE.
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
>> James: DO YOU LOOK BACK ON THE DEBATES WITH ANY KIND OF
REGREAT BREATH?
DO YOU LOOK BACK AND SAY I WISH I HAD DONE THIS OR THAT OR X OR
Y?
>> NO, I THINK WE DID FINE IN THE DEBATES.
I THINK THAT I DID WELL, I WAS ABLE TO MAKE MY POINTS.
THAT ELECTION HAD SO MANY BY CZAR ASPECTS TO IT, THE DEBATES
WERE NOT ONE OF THEM.
THERE WAS SO MUCH ELSE GOING ON.
AND I'VE TOLD EVERY CANDIDATE WHO HAS TALKED TO ME THAT THEY
COULD RUN THE BEST CAMPAIGN, THEY COULD GET THE NOMINATION,
BUT THEN THEY HAVE THE LOOK AT ALL OF THESE OBSTACLES, LIKE
VOTER SUPPRESSION, ALIVE AND WELL IN A LOT OF STATES, LIKE
THE THEFT OF INFORMATION, E-MAILS, AND THEN THEIR
WEAPONIZATION, LIKE ALL THE PROPAGANDA AND THE PHONY
STORIES.
THAT'S WHAT THEY HAVE TO BE UP AGAINST AND THEY NEED TO BE
PREPARED FOR IT AND IT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT JUST THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN A HIS ALLIES AND THE RUSSIANS, IT'S ANYBODY WHO WANTS
TO PLAY IN OUR ELECTION.
>> James: FOR SURE.
SO IT'S A BIG CHALLENGE, AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO WIN IF WE
DO EVERYTHING THAT WE SHOULD.
>> James: BUT YOU MENTIONED, ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE
DEMOCRATIC RACE, HAVE THEY REACHED OUT TO YOU?
>> YES, NOT ALL BUT MANY OF THEM.
>> James: JUST FOR ATHADVICE, WHAT SHOULD I DO?
>> YEAH, I MET WITH MOST OF THEM BEFORE THEY GOT IN.
>> James: UH-HUH.
I WOULD MEET WITH THEM AND ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS, OFFER
ANY ADVICE.
A NUMBER OF THEM HAVE CALLED ME SINCE THEY GOT IN TO SAY WHAT
ABOUT THIS OR WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, SO I'M WILLING TO
HELP ANYBODY WHO CAN ACTUALLY WIN NOT JUST THE POPULAR VOTE
BUT THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE WHICH SHOULD BE ABOLISHED, BUT,
NEVERTHELESS WE HAVE -- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> James: WHEN CANDIDATES CALL, WHICH ONES ARE YOU, LIKE,
WHO?
( LAUGHTER ) ANDREW YANG?
TELL HIM I'VE GONE FOR A WALK.
( LAUGHTER ) WHO ARE YOU LIKE, GEE, SEND HIM
TO VOICEMAIL.
YEAH, PUT HIM ON!
>> I WILL TALK TO ANYONE OF THEM WHO CALL.
NOT ALL HAVE.
I'LL TALK TO ANYONE WHO WILL.
>> James: CHELSEA, WHAT DO YOU SAY TO VERS WHO HAVE, LIKE
YOUR MOTHER JUST SAID, WHO HAVE LOST FAITH IN THE SYSTEM?
YOU KNOW, THE MEDDLING, THE NOT EVEN BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND OR
TRUST THE SANCTITY OF NEWS AND THE VOTER SUPPRESSION WHICH IS
ABSOLUTELY REAL AND RIFE?
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THOSE PEOPLE?
>> WELL, IT'S ONLY THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD, SO, HOPEFULLY, KIND
OF THERE CAN BE SOMETHING THAT STILL MOTIVATES THEM TO ENGAGE
BECAUSE I DO THINK, GIVEN THE VOTER SUPPRESSION, GIVEN ALL THE
OBSTACLES WE KNOW THAT WE'RE UP AGAINST, WE HAVE TO TURN OUT IN
UNPRECEDENTED NUMBERS TO OVERCOME ALL OF THAT, AND WE
KNOW THAT ONE OF THE GREATEST PREDICTORS OF IF SOMEONE VOTES
IS ARE THEY REGISTERED.
>> James: YES.
WE HAVE TO HELP ENSURE PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO REGISTER, ARE
REGISTERED AND KNOW HOW TO VOTE.
I GIVE A PLUG TO VOTE.org, WHICH IS AN EASY PLACE TO CHECK
YOUR REGISTRATION STATUS AND GET REGISTERED IF YOU AREN'T,
BECAUSE IT'S ONLY THE FUTURE OF THE PLANET.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )