>>> THE AMERICAN PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT TRUMP IS A
PHONY.
PHONY. THAT TRUMP IS A PATH LONLOLOGICA
LIAR AND A RACIST AND THAT HE
LIED TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
>> DONALD TRUMP THINKS WALL
STREET BUILT AMERICA.
>> ONE OF THE WORST THINGS
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS DONE TO THIS
COUNTRY IS HE’S TORN APART THE
MORAL FABRIC OF WHO WE ARE.
>> WHERE WAS THAT QUESTION WHEN
THEY PASSED A TAX --
>> FOR THOSE WHO WATCHED BOTH
NIGHTS ALONG WITH US, VERY
DIFFERENT DYNAMIC AS YOU SAW ON
NIGHT TWO OF THIS FIRST ROUND OF
DEBATES.
DEBATES. BY A WASHINGTON POST COUNT
DEMOCRATS MENTIONED TRUMP NEARLY
TWICE AS MANY TIMES.
ASHLY PARKER AT THE POST SUMMED
IT UP THIS WAY.
DURING THE SECOND NIGHT ON
THURSDAY TRUMP WAS THE BOOGIE
MAN THAT EVERYONE NAMED.
A CHARLOTTE AND A FRAUD, A
FABULOUS, A HATER OF IMMIGRANTS
A SEPARATOR OF FAMILIES, A
SUPPORTER OF WHITE SUPREMACIST
AND IN THE WORDS OF FORMER
COLORADO GOVERNOR, JOHN
HICKENLOOPER, THE WORST
PRESIDENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
OUR GUESTS REMAIN WITH US.
JACKIE, ABOUT SOCIALISM, THE
S-WORD, I WANT TO RUN THIS FROM
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
PRESIDENT TRUMP. HE SUMMED UP WHAT HE SAW ON
STAGE FROM THE DEMOCRATS.
WE’LL DISCUSS IT WITH YOU ON THE
OTHER SIDE.
OTHER SIDE. >> I’VE BEEN WATCHING THE
DEBATES A LITTLE BIT INBETWEEN
MEETINGS, AND I WASN’T
IMPRESSED.
IMPRESSED. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
SOCIALISM AND WHAT IT CAN DO,
THAT’S WHAT YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT
THERE.
THERE. AND THAT’S BECOME LIKE THE
SOCIALIST PARTY.
SOCIALIST PARTY. IN FACT, I INHERITED -- THERE’S
A RUMOR THE DEMOCRATS ARE CHANGE
TO CHANGE THEIR NAME FROM THE
DEMOCRAT PARTY TO THE SOCIALIST
PARTY.
PARTY. I’M HEARING THAT.
>> OF COURSE YOU HAVE BERNIE
SANDERS OUT THERE GIVING
SPEECHES ABOUT THE GIFTS OF
SOCIALISM.
SOCIALISM. THIS IS A STRATEGY WE’RE PLAYING
OUT AND SOME OF THE DEMOCRATS
ARE WALKING INTO IT.
>> THAT’S RIGHT.
WE’RE GOING TO SEE THIS STRATEGY
USED ON PEOPLE EVEN LIKE JOE
BIDEN AND HARRIS WHO ARE
SELF-DESCRIBED PRAGMATISTS.
SELF-DESCRIBED PRAGMATISTS. I’VE SPOKEN WITH TRUMP CAMPAIGN
OFFICIALS OVER THE PAST FEW
MONTHS AS THEY’VE BEEN GEARING
UP TO LAUNCH THE PRESIDENT’S
CAMPAIGN.
CAMPAIGN. THIS IS WHAT THEY’RE GOING TO
TRY TO DO TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
SHOW THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF
2020 IS BEHOLDEN TO THE
PROGRESSIVE WING, THE AOC AND
GREEN NEW DEAL.
THAT WAS ILLUSTRATED BY BIDEN
FLIP-FLOPPING IN A HYDE
AMENDMENT.
AMENDMENT. AND ALSO LAST NIGHT WHEN EVERY
SINGLE CANDIDATE RAISED THEIR
HAND WHEN ASKED IF THEIR HEALTH
CARE PLAN COVERS IMMIGRANTS.
THE PRESIDENT TWEETED ABOUT IT
IMMEDIATELY.
IMMEDIATELY. BUT THAT’S WHY I THINK KAMALA
HARRIS WAS SO EFFECTIVE LAST
NIGHT.
NIGHT. I THINK THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO
SORT OF TRANSCEND THIS IDEA OF
IDEOLOGY AND THIS TENSION
BETWEEN THE PROGRESSIVE WING AND
BIPARTISAN PRAGMATISTS THROUGH
HER FORCE OF PERSONALITY AND THE
WAY THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO REALLY
WEAVE TOGETHER ATTACKS AND HER
NARRATIVE AND PRESENT HERSELF.
I THINK AS A DIRECT CONTRAST TO
THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF RATHER
THAN AS A FAKER OF THE LEFT OR
THE MORE MODERATE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY.
PARTY. >> AND AB, JACKIE MENTIONED THE
PRESIDENT HIMSELF.
PRESIDENT HIMSELF. WHY DO YOU THINK THERE WAS NIGHT
ONE RETICENCE ABOUT USING HIS
NAME.
NAME. DEMOCRATS ARE ANGRY AT HIM.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. IT IS THE MOST UNIFYING ARGUMENT
IN WHAT I THINK IS A DIVIDED
PARTY TO TALK ABOUT DEFEATING
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
PRESIDENT TRUMP. AND IT’S OBVIOUSLY EFFECTIVE
WHEN IT’S USED.
YOU SAW IT LAST NIGHT.
I DON’T BLAME THE DEMOCRATS IN
THE FIRST ROUND FOR RESISTING
IT, BECAUSE THEY WERE ON STAGE
WITH CORY BOOKER WHO HAS BEEN
BASICALLY SAYING THAT DEFEATING
TRUMP IS ONLY THE BEGINNING.
THE PARTY HAS TO STAND FOR
THINGS -- SOLUTIONS TO THE
PROBLEMS THAT THE COUNTRY FACES
BEYOND THE PRESIDENCY OF
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
PRESIDENT TRUMP. AND SO I THINK THAT THEY CAN’T
REALLY WIN.
REALLY WIN. IF THEY DON’T ATTACK TRUMP,
PEOPLE SAY WHAT’S GOING ON?
AND AT THE SAME TIME IF THEY
SPEND TOO MUCH TIME JUST
SPEAKING ABOUT HIM, THEY’RE A
PARTY WITH NO IDEAS.
I DO THINK THEY WERE TRYING AT
LEAST THE CONTENDERS IN THE
FIRST GROUP TO MAKE THE CASE
THAT THEY’RE ABOUT OTHER THINGS
AND THEY THOUGHT LONG AND HARD
ABOUT WHAT AILS THE COUNTRY.
ON THE SOCIALISM THING, THE
PRESIDENT COULD NOT BE HAPPIER
WITH THE LAST TWO NIGHTS.
ALL HANDS IN THE AIR ON COVERAGE
FOR HEALTH CARE COVERAGE FOR
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. THIS KIND OF THING ABOUT
SOCIALISM, AND KAMALA HARRIS IS
EMBARRASSING RETREAT ON WHETHER
SHE THOUGHT SHE HEARD SHE’D GIVE
UP HER OWN INSURANCE.
SHE RAN INTO THIS AT A JAKE
TAPPER TOWN HALL.
SHE SAID YES, GET RID OF THE
INSURERS.
INSURERS. SHE CAUGHT HEAT FOR IT.
THE IDEA SHE WOULD WAKE UP AND
SAY THAT’S NOT WHAT SHE WAS FOR
IS BECAUSE EVERYONE WAS
CONCERNED THE STAR OF THE TWO
NIGHTS OF DEBATES TRAPPED
HERSELF BY SAYING GET RID OF
PRIVATE INSURANCE THAT MOST
AMERICANS HAVE AND LIKE.