NEED HIM TO DO IN AMERICA’S TIME THE OF NEED.
HE’S MAKING FUN OF ALL OF US.
WILLIE.
WILLIE. >> JOINING US NOW, PATRICK
GASBAR.
GASBAR. YESTERDAY THE AMBASSADOR
PUBLISHED A RESPONSE TO
REPRESENTATIVE MATT GETZ’S
CONSPIRACY THEORY THAT SOROS IS
FUNDING THE MIGRANT CARAVAN
HEADING TO THE U.S.
THIS TOUCHES YOU IN A LOT OF
DIFFERENT WAYS.
DIFFERENT WAYS. JUST YOUR REACTION, FIRST OF
ALL, TO THE GEORGE SOROS
PLANTING OF AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE
WHICH WAS THE ONE THAT SET ALL
THIS OFF.
THIS OFF. WHAT WAS MR. SOROS’ REACTION?
>> FIRST, LET ME THANK YOU FOR
INVITING ME ON INTO THIS RATHER
SOBER CONVERSATION.
SOBER CONVERSATION. WHEN I HAVE A MOMENT HERE I’D
LIKE TO DISAGREE BY THE POINTS
MADE BY THE TWO JOHNS.
YES, THIS ALL DID BEGIN WITH A
PIPE BOMB.
PIPE BOMB. GEORGE SOROS CAME TO THE UNITED
STATES.
STATES. GEORGE SOROS REGRETTABLY IS NOT
SURPRISED TODAY BY THESE
ATTACKS.
ATTACKS. HE HAS BEEN SAYING FOR QUITE
SOME TIME NOW THAT LANGUAGE CAN
BE WEAPONIZED AND THAT THE CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OF THE UNITED STATES
HAS BEEN SPREADING SHRAPNEL WITH
HIS WORDS AND WITH HIS TONE.
THIS IS THE SAME PRESIDENT WHO
SAYS BEFORE WAS APPLAUDING
ATTACKS ON THE MEDIA AND WHO I
THINK IT WAS MAYBE 48 HOURS
BEFOREHAND BLAMED GEORGE SOROS
FOR THE MIGRANTS WHO WERE MAKING
THEIR WAY THROUGH HONDURAS AND
TO MEXICO AND TO THE U.S.
BORDER, BLAMING GEORGE SOROS AND
DEMOCRATS.
DEMOCRATS. THAT IS REPREHENSIBLE AND IT’S
PROVEN TO BE QUITE DANGEROUS.
>> SO AS YOU KNOW, AMBASSADOR,
THE TERM GEORGE SOROS FUNDEDS
HAS BECOME A BUZZ WORD FOR THOSE
WHO BELIEVE HE’S PULLING THE
STRINGS ON A LOT OF THINGS
HAPPEN AROUND THE WORLD.
LET’S TALK ABOUT THE CARAVAN.
WHAT’S HIS RESPONSE TO BEING
ACCUSED OF FUNDING THE CARAVAN.
>> GEORGE SOROS AND THE
FOUNDATION IS PLAYING NO ROLE IN
FUNDING ANY CARAVAN THAT IS
MARCHING TOWARDS THE UNITED
STATES.
STATES. THIS IS A FOUNDATION THAT
RESPECTS AND BELIEVES IN
SOVEREIGN BOARDERS.
SOVEREIGN BOARDERS. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, HONORS THE
LONG HELD TRADITION OF
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS IN THE
UNITED STATES, OF WELCOMING
REFUGEES FROM VIOLENCE WHO HAVE
RIGHTFUL CLAIMS TO AMNESTY.
WE HAVE PROCEDURES AT OUR
BOARDERS FOR THAT AND THE
PRESIDENT, WHO KNOWS THIS AND
KNOWS BETTER, SHOULD NOT JUST BE
CASTING BLAME WITHOUT EVIDENCE
ON AMERICANS LIKE GEORGE SOROS.
>> JOHN HAS A QUESTION FOR YOU.
JOHN HEILMAN.
JOHN HEILMAN. >> HEY, JOHN.
>> PATRICK, GOOD TO HEAR YOU.
I’M CURIOUS.
I’M CURIOUS. I BELIEVE YOU POINTED OUT THAT
THERE WERE RECENT ANTECEDANTS
WHERE YOUR BOSS HAS BEEN INVOKED
IN A NEGATIVE WAY.
I BELIEVE IT IS THE CASE, AND
I’D LIKE YOU TO CLARIFY THIS, I
BELIEVE IT’S THE CASE THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY RAN AN AD
ATTACKING GEORGE SORESS EVEN
YESTERDAY AFTER THIS AD HAD
TAKEN PLACE.
TAKEN PLACE. IS THAT CORRECT?
>> THERE WAS AN AD RUN IN A
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT AGAINST A
FORMER GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE WHO
IS RUNNING FOR THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES WHO HAPPENED TO
WORK FOR A NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION THAT RECEIVED TWO
GRANTS OVER THE COURSE OF THEIR
HISTORY FROM THE OPEN SOCIETY
FOUNDATION.
FOUNDATION. AND THAT’S BEEN CONFLATED INTO
ANOTHER GRAND RIGHT WING
CONSPIRACY THEORY.
CONSPIRACY THEORY. I’D ALSO LIKE TO ADD, JOHN, WHEN
YOU TALK ABOUT ADS, ONE OF THE
CLOSING ADS DONALD TRUMP HAD IN
HIS CAMPAIGN WAS AGAINST GEORGE
SOROS, JANET YELLEN AND
BLANKFINE.
BLANKFINE. I UNDERSTAND THOSE WHO DISAGREE
WITH HIS POLITICAL OPINIONS, BUT
I APPLAUD REPUBLICAN SENATORS
LIKE RAND PAUL WHO IMMEDIATELY
AFTER THIS ATTACK STEPPED
FORWARD AND SAID THIS IS WRONG,
THIS IS NOT WHO WE ARE.
I’D LIKE TO ADD, JOHN, THAT
GEORGE SOROS IS THE AMERICAN WHO
RIGHT AFTER SUPPORTING BARACK
OBAMA FOR THE PRESIDENCY IN 2008
AGAINST JOHN McCAIN JOINED WITH
JOHN McCAIN IN TRYING TO OPEN
PREVIOUSLY CLOSE CANNED
SOCIETIES IN EASTERN EUROPE.
SO WE JUST NEED TO PULL BACK THE
LENS, APPRECIATE WHAT’S BEING
DONE HERE, THE LIES THAT ARE
BEING SPREAD BY CONGRESSMAN GETZ
WHO HAIL FROM THE SAME DISTRICT
THAT YOUR JOE SCARBOROUGH USED
TO REPRESENT.
TO REPRESENT. >> AND JOHN MEACHUM, BEFORE WE
GO TO BREAK, GIVE US A SENSE OF
WHAT A DICTATOR, WHAT A LEADER
WITH UN-AMERICAN INTENTIONS
WOULD DO AT A MOMENT LIKE THIS
WITH A STORY LIKE THIS IN THE
RUN UP TO AN ELECTION.
>> YOU WOULD CLAIM THAT YOUR
ENEMIES SOMEHOW SET YOU UP.
YOU WOULD PLAY THE WHAT’S CALLED
A FALSE FLAG CARD WHICH YOU SAW
IMMEDIATELY HAPPEN IN THE
CORNERS OF THE MAKE AMERICA
GREAT AGAIN MOVEMENT YESTERDAY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ONE WOULD
HAVE TO SAY BACK TO THOSE, AND I
PRAY IT’S VANISHINGLY SMALL, WE
KNOW THAT EVERY PERSON MATTERS
BECAUSE ANY PERSON CAN DO
SOMETHING IRRATIONAL.
SOMETHING IRRATIONAL. AND VIOLENT.
AND VIOLENT. IS IF YOU THINK OR IF YOU
PRETEND TO THINK THAT THIS IS
SOMEHOW A CONSPIRACY THEORY,
THAT THIS IS A FALSE FLAG
OPERATION, ASK YOURSELF WHY
WOULD SOMEONE THINK THAT SUCH AN
OPERATION WOULD WORK?
WHY WOULD SOMEONE THINK THAT
THIS WOULD BE A REASONABLE THING
TO LAUNCH?
TO LAUNCH? AND THAT LOGIC DEMANDS THAT YOU
THEN REALIZE THAT A RHETORICAL
CLIMATE HAS BEEN CREATED AND
EXACERBATED AND MAINTAINED THAT
CAN LEAD TO THE WORST KINDS CAN
OF EVENTS.
OF EVENTS. NOT JUST TO THE THOSE WHO TALK
BUT THOSE WHO BELIEVE AND WANT
TO BELIEVE HAVE AN EXTRAORDINARY
RESPONSIBILITY.
RESPONSIBILITY. BECAUSE WE OFTEN SAY THIS ISN’T
WHO WE ARE BUT OFTEN IT IS.
BUT THIS REALLY CAN’T BE WHO WE
ARE.
ARE. >>.
>>. >> IT CAN’T BE.
WE WON’T SURVIVE IT.
JOHN.
JOHN. >> I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT AT
THIS MOMENT TO POINT OUT THAT IN
THE UNITED STATES RIGHT NOW, WE
HAVE SOLID ECONOMIC GROWTH, WE
HAVE LOW UNEMPLOYMENT, WE HAVE
ALL KINDS OF SOCIAL PEACE THAT
WE HAVEN’T HAD IN THIS -- WE
DIDN’T HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY IN
THE POST WAR ERA.
LOW CRIME.
LOW CRIME. RECOVERY IN A LOT OF PLACES.
WE HAVE SOME TERRIBLE THINGS,
THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC AND
EVERYTHING ELSE.
EVERYTHING ELSE. THIS IS AN UNUSUAL SET OF
CIRCUMSTANCES AND THAT’S ONE OF
THE REASONS THAT IT IS FAIR TO
BLAME, IN SOME SENSE, THE
PRESIDENT’S RHETORIC.
PRESIDENT’S RHETORIC. ALL SORTS OF IRRESPONSIBLE
RHETORIC, THE SORT OF RHETORIC