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>> Martha: 24 HOURS OUT FROM THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE,
CANDIDATE TOM STEYER IS SURGING
IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
TRAILING BEHIND JOE BIDEN AND
BERNIE SANDERS FOR THE LEAD, BUT
SOMETHING THAT HE SHOULD DROP
OUT AND GIVE HIS MILLIONS TO
OTHER CANDIDATES INSTEAD.
WATCH THIS.
WATCH THIS. >> TOM STEYER, YOU JUST WONDER
WHY HE HASN’T BEEN FUNDING OTHER
PEOPLE’S RACES AND ANTI-TRUMP
MOVEMENTS FROM THE VERY
BEGINNING.
BEGINNING. >> IT’S A VANITY PROJECT.
>> IT IS A VANITY PROJECT, AND
IT HAS BEEN A VANITY PROJECT FOR
A VERY LONG TIME.
IT’S A VANITY PROJECT THAT CAN
HELP REELECT DONALD TRUMP.
>> Martha: JOINING ME NOW TO
RESPOND TO THAT AND OTHER THINGS
AS TOM STEYER, 2020 DEMOCRATIC
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING
HERE TONIGHT.
HERE TONIGHT. WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY TO JOE
SCARBOROUGH AND WHAT HE SAID
ABOUT YOU TODAY?
>> LOOKS, I THINK INSTITUTIONAL
PEOPLE INSIDE THE BELTWAY THINK
THAT SOMEHOW INSTITUTIONAL
POLITICIANS OWN.
POLITICIANS OWN. AND ANYBODY WHO GOES OUT LIKE ME
AS AN OUTSIDER AND GOES AND
TALKS TO VOTERS, AND LISTENS TO
WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY, AND MAKES
A PITCH FOR WHAT NEEDS TO
CHANGE, SOMEHOW IT’S DISTURBING
THE STATUS QUO.
SO I THINK THAT THAT IS
RIDICULOUS, AND I THINK WHAT
THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT IS BLACK
VOTES.
VOTES. THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT BLACK
PEOPLE IN SOUTH CAROLINA WHO I
AM CONNECTING WITH AND TALKING
TO, AND WHO ARE PULLING AND
SUPPORTING ME.
SUPPORTING ME. SOMEHOW THOSE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE
VOTES THAT ARE OWNED BY
INSTITUTIONAL POLITICIANS, AND I
THINK THAT THAT IS BOTH
RIDICULOUS AND INSULTING.
YOU HAVE TO EARN VOTES,
REGARDLESS OF WHO THE PEOPLE
ARE.
ARE. THAT IS WHAT I AM DOWN HERE TO
DO, TO EARN VOTES, TO TALK ABOUT
WHAT IS IMPORTANT, TO TALK ABOUT
WHAT IS IN MY HEART, WHAT I CARE
ABOUT, AND TO CONNECT WITH
PEOPLE’S.
PEOPLE’S. >> Martha: HERE IS JOE BIDEN
RESPONDING TO WHAT HE HAS BEEN
DOING IN SOUTH CAROLINA, WATCHED
AS.
AS. >> YOU HAVE TOM STEYER SPENDING
HUNDREDS OF, TENS OF THOUSANDS,
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OUT THERE.
A LOT IS HAPPENING IN TERMS OF
THE MONEY BEING SPENT BY
BILLIONAIRES TO TRY TO CUT INTO
THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTE.
I THINK THAT HAS A LOT TO DO
WITH IT.
WITH IT. >> Martha: WHAT DO YOU SAY TO
THAT?
THAT? >> LET ME SAY THIS MARTHA, I
HAVE SPENT MORE TIME IN
SOUTH CAROLINA THAN ANY OTHER
CANDIDATES.
CANDIDATES. I HAVE BEEN ON THE GROUND
TALKING TO PEOPLE, AND THERE IS
JOE BIDEN SAYING CUTTING INTO
THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTE.
THE IMPLICATION IS THAT HE OWNS
THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTE, HE
DOESN’T HAVE TO EARN IT.
BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT
INSTITUTIONAL POLITICIANS FROM
WASHINGTON, D.C., SOMEHOW OWN.
THAT IS RIDICULOUS.
LET’S BE CLEAR, THAT IS
INSULTING BECAUSE THE
IMPLICATION IS THAT
AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTERS AREN’T
OUT THERE LISTENING TO
CANDIDATES, LISTENING TO WHAT
THEY HAVE TO SAY, AND TRYING TO
FIGURE IT OUT.
THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
THAT IS WHY I LOVE
SOUTH CAROLINA, ACTUALLY BEING
HERE AND TALKING TO THOSE PEOPLE
ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON HERE.
THE PROBLEMS THEY ARE HAVING
WITH CLEAN WATER, THE PROBLEMS
IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY GET PAID,
THE SCHOOLS, THE HOUSING
SITUATION, HEALTH CARE.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I AM DOING,
I AM NOT SITTING BACK AND SAYING
WHO IS DOWN THERE TAKING AWAY
THE THINGS THAT I OWN?
THAT’S RIDICULOUS.
THAT’S RIDICULOUS. >> Martha: I AM SURE YOU’VE
SEEN STORIES OUT THERE THAT
COMPLAIN ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOU
PAID MORE THAN $40,000 TO RENT
THE PROPERTY, AND TO THE BANK
THAT WAS FOUNDED BY YOU LOANED
$1 MILLION TO ONE OF CONGRESSMAN
FREIBERG’S SON-IN-LAW’S, AND
THEY SAY THAT YOU HAVE BEEN
TRYING TO BUY FAVORS THROUGH
THESE MECHANISMS WITH YOUR
BUSINESS, AND NOW THE WORD IS
THAT HE’S EXPECTED TO TO ENDORSE
JOE BIDEN.
JOE BIDEN. >> WE ARE NOT DOING THAT, THAT’S
NOT TRUE, I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT
THAT, THAT BANK IS A NONPROFIT
BANK THAT IS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT
BUSINESSES OWNED BY BLACK
PEOPLE, LATINOS, AND WOMEN
BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN
DISCRIMINATED AGAINST.
DISCRIMINATED AGAINST. IT WAS SET UP TO 15 YEARS AGO, I
HAVE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT
BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED
POLITICALLY.
POLITICALLY. THOSE ARE RIDICULOUS UNTRUTHS,
THERE WAS AN APPLICATION THERE
THAT WHEN WE GO OUT AND SPEND
MONEY AND ORGANIZING IN
AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES,
AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES, WHICH WE ARE DOING, ORGANIZING
FOR US WITHIN 20 MILES OF WHERE
THEY WERE BORN.
THAT IS HOW YOU DO POLITICAL
ORGANIZING, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT
OTHER PEOPLE SHOULD BE DOING.
>> Martha: WITH REGARD TO
AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTERS, THE
ATLANTIC DID A PIECE RECENTLY
THAT SAID THAT DEMOCRATS ARE NOT
DOING A GOOD JOB OF REACHING OUT
TO MINORITIES IN THE WAY THAT
THEY USED TO.
WHEN IT COMES TO LATINO VOTERS,
THEY SAY THAT LATINO VOTERS ARE
TELLING THEM ACCORDING TO THEIR
RESEARCH THAT THEY DON’T LIKE
BEING TREATED AS A SORT OF A ONE
ISSUE GROUP COME OUT THAT
IMMIGRATION IS NOT ALL THEY CARE
ABOUT.
ABOUT. NEVER TRUMPER FOLKS HAVE BEEN
SAYING WE CAN GROW THE
LATINO VOTE, WE CAN BRING THESE
VOTERS OVER TO THE REPUBLICAN
SIDE BECAUSE WAGES HAVE BEEN
GOING UP, EMPLOYMENT HAS BEEN
GOING UP, WHAT DO YOU SAY TO
THAT?
THAT? >> LOOK, I HAVE BEEN WORKING
WITH THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
COMMUNITY THROUGH OUR BANK AND
THROUGH POLITICAL ORGANIZING FOR
DECADES.
DECADES. I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE
LATINO COMMUNITY FOR 35 YEARS,
DO I THINK WHEN I GO INTO THOSE
COMMUNITIES PEOPLE SAY TO ME ALL
THE TIME THAT POLITICIANS HAVE
BEEN BREAKING THEIR PROMISES TO
THEM.
THEM. ALL THE TIME.
EVERYTHING WILL DAY.
SO IN FACT, WHAT MR. TRUMP IS
LYING ON THE ECONOMY.
HE STINKS ON THE ECONOMY.
>> Martha: WHAT MATTERS IS
WHETHER OR NOT, WHAT PEOPLE
FEEL.
FEEL. YOU HAVE SIX TO PRESENT IN THE
GALLUP POLL SAY THEY ARE BETTER
OFF TODAY THAN THEY WERE AT WHEN
WAS ELECTED.
WAS ELECTED. THAT IS VOTERS SAYING THAT.
>> AND THERE IS NOBODY PUSHING
BACK WITH THE TRUTH, BECAUSE I
AM ON THE GROUND.
AND TALKING TO PEOPLE.
>> Martha: THAT IS NOT PEOPLE
SAYING, I THINK.
YOU ARE SAYING SOMEONE IS
MANIPULATIVE NUMB?
MANIPULATIVE NUMB? DON’T YOU THINK THAT TAKES AWAY
THE AGENCY FROM THESE
INDIVIDUALS?
INDIVIDUALS? YOU ARE SAYING THEY DON’T KNOW
WHETHER THEY ARE DOING WELL?
>> I AM LOOKING AT WHAT
MR. TRUMP IS DOING, HE IS GIVING
TAX BREAKS TO CORPORATIONS AND
RICH PEOPLE.
RICH PEOPLE. HE HAS FAILED TO TRILLED TRADE W
HE HAS SAID THAT HE WOULD
BALANCE THE BUDGET, HE HAS BLOWN
UP THE BUDGET.
I DON’T THINK WHAT MR. TRUMP HAS
DONE, I DON’T THINK THAT
MR. TRUMP HAS DONE A GOOD JOB IN
TERMS OF THE ECONOMY FOR WORKING
PEOPLE AT ALL.
>> Martha: THAT IS THE
ARGUMENT THAT WILL BE LAID OUT
ON BOTH SIDES, WE THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR BEING HERE.