>>> FIERCE CRITICISM POURING IN OVER A TWEET OVER A NEWLY
LEBLGTEDLEBLGT
LEBLGTEDLEBLGT ELECTED MEMBER OF CONGRESS.
IT WAS TWEETED OUT THIS PICTURE
OF DEMOCRAT ALEXANDRA CORTEZ.
HILL STAFFER SENT ME THIS PIC OF
CORTEZ THEY TOOK JUST NOW.
I’LL TELL YOU SOMETHING, THAT
JACKET AND COAT DON’T LOOK LIKE
A GIRL WHO STRUGGLES.
LAST WEEK SHE TOLD "THE NEW YORK
TIMES" SHE WOULD HAVE DIFFICULTY
PAYING FOR AN APARTMENT IN D.C.
UNTIL SHE STARTS COLLECTING HER
CONGRESSIONAL SALARY NEXT YEAR.
SHE RESPONDED TO THE TWEET
SAYING IN PART, DARK HATES
LIGHT.
LIGHT. THAT’S WHY YOU TUNE IT OUT.
SHINE BRIGHT AND KEEP PUSHING.
AFTER A TON OF NEGATIVE
REACTION, HE DELETED THE TWEET.
HE CLAIMED IN A FOLLOW UP POST
HE WAS MERELY TRYING TO SAY THE
CONGRESSWOMAN ELECT "LOOKED WELL
PUT TOGETHER" AND THAT HIS
ORIGINAL MEETING WAS
MISCONSTRUED.
MISCONSTRUED. YEAH, RIGHT.
YEAH, RIGHT. MY PANEL BACK WITH ME.
I TURN TO YOU FIRST.
YOU COULD PUT CORTEZ’S POLITICS
ASIDE.
ASIDE. GIVE ME A BREAK.
FIRST OF ALL, YOU AND I HAVE SAT
HERE AND SAID WHY ARE PEOPLE
GOING AFTER WHAT MILANIA TRUMP
WEARS?
WEARS? TOTAL LYN APPROPRIATE.
TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE.
TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE. BY THE WAY, EVERYONE WANTS TO
LOOK THEIR BEST AND DRESS THEIR
BEST.
BEST. I INVITE YOU TO RENT THE RUNWAY
T.J. MAX, H & M, FAST FASHION.
IF YOU WERE HE LEKTED-- ELECTED
CONGRESS, MAYBE YOU WOULD WANT
TO LOOK NICE.
>> IT’S DISGUSTING TO WATCH ANY
OF CORTEZ’S MOVES BE DISCUSSED
IF SHE IS STYLISH, IF SHE IS
SAYING I DON’T HAVE THE SAVINGS
WHERE I CAN JUST PLUNK DOWN FOR
AN APARTMENT IN D.C., IF SHE IS
PUTTING OUT THERE ALL THE
STRUGGLES THAT SOMEONE IN THEIR
LATE 20s WHO HASN’T BEEN WORKING
AT AN INVESTMENT BANK MIGHT HAVE
HEADING INTO A JOB IN
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. QUITE FRANKLY, SHE’S REALLY
RELATABLE.
RELATABLE. I RELATE TO THE BARGAIN SHOPPING
AND TRYING TO LOOK GOOD WHEN
YOU’RE IN D.C. AND NOT MAKING A
GREAT SALARY.
GREAT SALARY. GOOD FOR HER.
AND I LOVED HER SOCIAL MEDIA.
I LOVE HOW EXCITED SHE IS TO BE
GOING TO WASHINGTON.
AND ALL OF THESE PEOPLE JUST
TRYING TO RAIN ON THE PARADE.
IT IS SO OBVIOUS JUST THEIR
JEALOUSY AND HOW THREATENED THEY
ARE BY HER.
>> BILL, HOW DO WE COME BACK
FROM HERE?
FROM HERE? RIGHT?
RIGHT? PUT CORTEZ ASIDE.
WE’RE GOING AFTER PEOPLE IN 2018
IN A WAY THAT WE DON’T ALLOW OUR
CHILDREN TO.
CHILDREN TO. >> CLOTHES SHAMING, UP
ACCEPTABLE.
ACCEPTABLE. YOU KNOW, FACT SHAMING,
UNACCEPTABLE.
UNACCEPTABLE. YOU KNOW, I THINK, HONESTLY,
DONALD TRUMP IS CREATING AN
ENVIRONMENT IN THIS COUNTRY
WHERE THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOR IS
ACCEPTABLE.
ACCEPTABLE. AND IT’S NOT.
IT’S UNAMERICAN.
IT’S UNAMERICAN. YOU KNOW --
>> IT’S UNCIVILIZED.
>> IT’S NOT WHO WE ARE.
IT’S NOT WHO WE WANT TO BE.
IT’S NOT RIGHT.
FRANKLY, EDDIE SCARY, IF THAT
REALLY IS HIS NAME, DELETING THE
TWEET ISN’T ENOUGH.
I MEAN, IF I WERE THE MANAGEMENT
OF WASHINGTON EXAMINER I WOULD
SAY THIS GUY COMPROMISED.
YOU HAVE TO GO DO SOMETHING
ELSE.
ELSE. >> IT’S ANNOYING FOR HIM TO SAY
WHAT HE TWEETED WAS
MISCONSTRUED.
MISCONSTRUED. >> RIDICULOUS.
>> RIDICULOUS. >> AND THE DOG WHISTLE OF CLASS
AND OF
AND OF AND WE HEARD IT AND ACT LIKE IT
IS EVERYONE ELSE’S FAULT.
>> IT WASN’T EVEN.
DON’T GO TALKING ABOUT WHAT SHE
LOOKS LIKE AND HOW SHE’S
DRESSED.
DRESSED. NOT YOUR BUSINESS.
NOT YOU WERE HIRED TO DISCUSS.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHO WE ARE
IN 2018.
IN 2018. YOU ARE FROM MISSISSIPPI.
AND CINDY HYDE SMINL HAS BEEN-SM
THE NEWS.
THE NEWS. SHE GRABBED HEADLINES ABOUT A
COMMENT MADE ABOUT SITTING FRONT
ROW TO A PUBLIC HANGING AND THEN
ON THE SAME DAY SHE MADE A JOKE
ABOUT -- SHE WAS -- SHE WANTS TO
SAY SHE WAS MAKING A JOKE ABOUT
VOTER SUPPRESSION.
VOTER SUPPRESSION. WHAT I DON’T UNDERSTAND IS,
LISTEN, HUMOR BRINGS US ALL
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER. THE GREATEST GIFT WE HAVE.
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT MISSISSIPPI.
THE
THE WHERE NOT LONG AGO AMERICANS
WERE TERRORIZED FOR EXERCISING
THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE.
WHY IS THIS OKAY?
WHY IS THIS NORMAL?
>> IT’S NOT A FUNNY JOKE TO
BLAST ABOUT VOTER SUPPRESSION
AND IN A STATE WHERE
AFRICAN-AMERICANS THAT WANT TO
VOTE AND WHO ARE ORGANIZING FOR
THE RIGHT TO VOTE WERE LITERALLY
FIREBOMBED OUT OF THEIR HOMES.
THEY WERE TERRORIZED.
IF YOU WANT TO REPRESENT A STATE
WHERE 37% OF THE POPULATION IS
AFRICAN-AMERICAN HAD, YOU
SHOULDN’T BE SO IGNORANT ABOUT
THE HISTORY.
THE HISTORY. WHILE IT MAY BE A JOKE TO YOU,
IT’S NOT A JOKE TO 37% OF THE
STATE.
STATE. >> NONE OF US ARE SNOWFLAKES
HERE.
HERE. I CERTAINLY AM NOT ONE.
BUT HOW DID WE GET HERE?
WHAT SHE SAID ISN’T A JOKE.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. I MEAN, AGAIN, I DON’T THINK
THIS IS THE TENOR OF THE NATION
IN THE CONVERSATION NATIONALLY
WHEN BARACK OBAMA WAS PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES.
I THINK THIS DONALD TRUMP HAS
MADE IT OKAY, YOU KNOW, I CAN GO
DOWN FIFTH AVENUE, SHOOT
SOMEBODY AND IT WON’T HAVE ANY