>> WOW, THANK YOU FOR THAT. MUCH APPRECIATED.
MUCH APPRECIATED. SHANNON, LET’S TALK ABOUT THE
WHITE HOUSE PERSPECTIVE ON ALL
OF THIS.
OF THIS. WE ALREADY KNOW THERE’S A HUGE
BACKLASH ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
AISLE.
AISLE. YOU HEAR SARAH SANDERS SAYING
YESTERDAY WE’RE NOT PREPARED FOR
THIS.
THIS. WE DON’T HAVE THE RESOURCES FOR
IT AND THEN YOU HEAR WHAT PERRY
SAID.
SAID. A BUNCH OF KIDS HAVE ALREADY
BEEN MOVED AT LEAST ONCE INTO
THIS FACILITY.
THIS FACILITY. WE DON’T KNOW WHAT’S GOING TO
HAPPEN TO THEM AFTER 30 DAYS AND
YET YOU HEAR WHAT THE PRESIDENT
SAID LAST NIGHT WHICH IS
DOUBLING DOWN ON HIS HARD LINE
IMMIGRATION STANCE.
IMMIGRATION STANCE. DOES THE WHITE HOUSE THINK THIS
WAS A WINNING ISSUE FOR THEM
SOMEHOW?
SOMEHOW? OR IS THIS JUST DONALD TRUMP ON
HIS OWN?
HIS OWN? >> THE PRESIDENT THINKS THIS IS
A WINNING ISSUE FOR HIM.
IMMIGRATION IN GENERAL.
HE REALIZES THESE IMAGES OF
CHILDREN BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM
THEIR PARENTS AND SEPARATED AT
THE BORDER WERE VERY DAMAGING
WHICH IS WHY YOU SAW THE
EXECUTIVE ORDER TAKEN LAST WEEK.
BUT THE PRESIDENT STILL HAS THE
STANCE OF HAVING TO BE STRONG ON
IMMIGRATION.
IMMIGRATION. IT’S AN ISSUE THAT PROPELLED HIS
CANDIDACY VERY EARLY ON WHEN A
LOT OF DEMOCRATS HEAR HIM
TALKING ABOUT IMMIGRANTS BEING
MURDERS AND RAPISTS.
THAT WAS SOMETHING TO HIS BASE
AND HIS SUPPORTERS THAT FIRED
HIM UP AND LIT A FIRE UNDER HIS
CANDIDACY.
CANDIDACY. >> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> IT’S STILL STRONG THERE.
>> LAST NIGHT HE GOES INTO
ARGUABLY I GUESS ONE OF THE MOST
CONSERVATIVE AREAS OF SOUTH
CAROLINA.
CAROLINA. PREACHING AGAIN TO THE
CONVERTED.
CONVERTED. THERE’S BEEN AN INVASION OF
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. SO THE WASHINGTON POST PUBLISHED
THE GOVERNMENTS STATISTICS.
IN 2016 THERE WERE 170,000
ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSINGS.
DOWN 90%.
DOWN 90%. 9-0.
9-0. NOT 19.
NOT 19. 90% SINCE 2000.
AND THEN IN TRYING TO TALK ABOUT
CIVILITY HE SAYS DEMOCRATS THAT
HAVE A DIFFERENT VIEW OF THIS
WANT UNLIMITED CRIME WHICH OF
COURSE IS JUST A RIDICULOUS
STATEMENT ON ITS FACE.
IT’S NOT TRUE.
>> IT’S NOT TRUE.
LOOK DEMOCRATS, I’M A REPUBLICAN
BUT THERE’S NO WAY IN HOLY HECK
THAT I THINK THAT DEMOCRATS WANT
TO HAVE CRIMINALS POURING IN BY
THE MILLIONS HURTING PEOPLE AND
DOING A SPREE OF CRIMINAL
ACTIVITY.
ACTIVITY. >> AND THEY’RE NOT.
THEY’RE NOT POURING IN.
>> IT WAS THE SAME FEELING I
THINK REPUBLICANS GOT WHEN HARRY
REID SAID REPUBLICANS WANTED
DIRTY WATER AND NOT CLEAN AIR
AND A BUNCH OF MESS.
I THINK THAT WHEN YOU START
THESE TYPES OF POLITICAL
ARGUMENTS NOBODY WINS.
>> THE PROBLEM FOR HILL HE NEVER
WILL BACK DOWN.
HE SIGNED THE EXECUTIVE ORDER
AND PEOPLE SAID FINALLY HE’S
DONE SOMETHING BUT THE RHETORIC
HASN’T CHANGED AT ALL.
>> IT’S BRINGING OUT THE WORST
IN PEOPLE.
IN PEOPLE. LOOK AT MAXINE WATERS.
HOW HORRIBLE WAS THAT FOR HER TO
TELL PEOPLE TO GO OUT AND --
>> ENGAGE IN CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE.
>> NO ONE IS NOT SAYING THEY’RE
RIGHT --
RIGHT -- >> WELL WHEN YOU HAVE --
>> EVEN IF SHE WASN’T CALLING
FOR VIOLENCE, DO YOU UNDERSTAND
THE CONCERN THAT NANCY PELOSI
HAS THAT CHUCK SCHUMER HAS, DO
YOU UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WOULD BE
CONCERNED TO TRY TO PLAY DONALD
TRUMP’S GAME IS A LOSING
EQUATION.
EQUATION. >> I UNDERSTAND.
I DON’T AGREE AND HERE’S WHY.
I THINK THAT IN THIS PARTICULAR
MOMENT WHEN YOU HAVE BABIES, NOT
TENDER AGE CHILDREN, BABIES,
THAT’S WHAT THAT MEANS
INCARCERATED
INCARCERATED INCARCERATED.
INCARCERATED. >> YELLING AT SOMEBODY IN A
RESTAURANT, IS THERE A MORE
CONSTRUCTIVE WAY.
CONSTRUCTIVE WAY. >> SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS SHOULD
NOT BE YELLED AT A RESTAURANT.
I THINK THAT IT’S INTERESTING IN
THAT IN THIS MOMENT THEY WOULD
CHOOSE TO GO TO A MEXICAN
RESTAURANT.
RESTAURANT. BUT I WOULD SAY THAT IF CITIZENS
OF THIS COUNTRY THAT ARE PAYING
THESE FOLKS BECAUSE THEY GET OUR
TAX DOLLARS, THEY’RE GOING OUT
AFTER IMPLEMENTING POLICIES
WHICH MANY CONSIDER RACIST, IF
CITIZENS ARE SPEAKING OUT
AGAINST THEM I THINK THAT’S OUR
ROLE AS CITIZENS.
>> SO WHEN MICHELLE OBAMA AT THE
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION,
WELL, LET ME PLAY IT.
I’M JUMPING AHEAD OF THE CONTROL
ROOM BUT LET’S JUST HEAR AGAIN
WHAT MICHELLE OBAMA HAD TO SAY.
>> REMEMBER THIS, WHEN THEY GO
LOW, WE GO --
>> HIGH.
>> HIGH. >> YES WE DO.
>> I HAD THAT ON A T-SHIRT.
HILLARY CLINTON SAID THAT DURING
THE CAMPAIGN.
THE CAMPAIGN. DONALD TRUMP IS THE PRESIDENT SO
PERHAPS WE NEED DIFFERENT
TACTICS NOW AND WE NEED TO BE
MORE FORCEFUL IN PUSHING BACK
AGAINST THIS ADMINISTRATION.
NO ONE IS CALLING FOR CLIENT BUT
ALL WE’RE SAYING IS ENGAGE IN
CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE AND WE HAVE
DONE IT THROUGHOUT HISTORY.
THIS IS NOT COMPLETELY
UNPRECEDENTED.
UNPRECEDENTED. WE INTERNED THE JAPANESE, WE HAD
GYM
GYM JIM CROW AND SLAVERY IN THIS
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. ALL OF THIS IS INJUSTICE AGAINST
CERTAIN MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES
AND AS PEOPLE OF PRIVILEGE NOT
AMONG THOSE COMMUNITY WES HAVE
THE ABILITY TO STAND UP AGAINST
THAT.
THAT. THAT’S ALL I’M SAYING.
>> AS I’M TAKING BOTH SIDES AS I
OFTEN DO I WOULD GO EVEN A STEP
FURTHER THAT MANY OF THE PEOPLE
EFFECTED BY THIS CANNOT STABD UP
FOR THEMSELVES.
FOR THEMSELVES. THEY DON’T SPEAK THE LANGUAGE.
THEY’RE BABIES.
THEY’RE BABIES. THEY CAN’T MEMORIZE A PHONE
NUMBER OF HOW TO GET IN TOUCH
FOR SOMEBODY.
FOR SOMEBODY. SOMEBODY HAS TO STAND UP FOR
THEM.
THEM. >> THIS IS HORRIBLE.
THIS SHOULD BE WHAT SPURRED
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS TO
STAY UP ALL NIGHT 24 HOURS A DAY
AND GET SOME RESOLUTION TO THIS
BECAUSE ALL WE’RE HEARING IS THE
RIGHT AND THE LEFT AND WHAT WE
WANT TO DO AND WHAT WE DON WANT
TO DO AND WHAT AN ATROSTY THIS
IS TO HAVE THESE CHILDREN THAT
HAVE BEEN SEPARATED FROM THEIR
PARENTS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
I WOULD SUGGEST IF I WERE
ADVISING DONALD TRUMP WOULD BE
FOR HIM TO PERSONALLY GO DOWN TO
SEE DETENTION CENTERS, GO DOWN
TO WHERE THESE CHILDREN, JUST
LIKE THE FIRST LADY MELANIA DID.
>> WHAT ARE THE CHANCES THAT’S
GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> REALISTICALLY, WHAT ARE THE
CHANCES?
CHANCES? >> I DON’T KNOW.
>> HE’S NOT GOING TO GO AND
HERE’S WHY.
HERE’S WHY. HE IS USING THIS RHETORIC TO
RALLY HIS BASE.
THEY LIKE THESE IMAGES.
STEVEN MILLER AND THOSE, THE
PEOPLE, THEY LIKE IMAGES OF
BROWN CHILDREN INCARCERATED AND
DETAINED.
DETAINED. >> NO.
>> NO. >> THERE’S REPORTING TO BACK
THAT UP.
THAT UP. YOU CAN GOOGLE IT.
>> I DON’T THINK REPUBLICANS --
>> WE HAVE TO TAKE THIS
SERIOUSLY.
SERIOUSLY. >> I DON’T THINK REPUBLICANS OR
ANY HUMAN BEING WANTS TO SEE
CHILDREN IN DETENTION CENTERS
RALLYING SAYING THIS IS GREAT.
>> BUILD A WALL.
THAT WAS SAID AT THE TRUMP
RALLIES.
RALLIES. >> BUT NOT SEPARATING MOTHERS
AND THEIR CHILDREN.
>> WHAT IS THE WALL GOING IN
BETWEEN.
BETWEEN. >> NOT TO SEPARATE CHILDREN AND
MOTHERS.
MOTHERS. IT WAS BUILD THE WALL.
>> THE WALL GOES UP IN BETWEEN
PARENTS AND CHILDREN.
>> I HAVE A HARD TIME THINKING
THAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN
GENERAL WANTS TO SEPARATE.
>> BUT THAT WAS THE STATEMENT
THAT WAS MADE BY JEFF SESSIONS
WHEN THIS WAS ALL ANNOUNCED.
HE HAD TO ACKNOWLEDGE -- HOWEVER
I WOULD ALSO SAY THIS.
>> WELL I THINK IT’S WRONG.
>> PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTING PUT
UPON ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE,
SARAH SANDERS, FOR EXAMPLE, SHE
TWEETED AFTER SHE WAS ASKED TO
LEAVE THE RESTAURANT AND THERE’S
SOME PEOPLE WHO WONDER ABOUT HER
TAKING ON THE RESTAURANT BUT I
WANT TO TAKE ON THE FACT THAT
THEN SHE TWEETS I ALWAYS DO MY
BEST TO TREAT PEOPLE INCLUDING
THOSE I DISAGREE WITH
RESPECTFULLY AND WILL CONTINUE
TO DO SO AND I JUST WANT TO PLAY
A FEW LITTLE CLIPS FROM THE
PRESS BRIEFING ROOM.
>> I KNOW IT’S HARD FOR YOU TO
UNDERSTAND EVEN SHORT SENTENCES
I GUESS BUT PLEASE DON’T TAKE MY
WORDS OUT OF CONTEXT.
>> I THINK THAT THE PREMISE OF
YOUR QUESTION IS COMPLETELY
RIDICULOUS AND SHOWS THE LACK OF
KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE ON THIS
PROCESS.
PROCESS. >> I’LL TAKE YOUR QUESTION SINCE
YOU AND YOUR NETWORK FALSELY
ACCUSED ME OF NOT WANTING TO BE
HERE.
HERE. SO I’LL BE GLAD TO PASS THAT
QUESTION ON TO YOU NOW.
>> I WANT TO SAY I WORKED IN
THAT ROOM FOR 2.5 YEARS AND I
HAVE THE HIGHEST RESPECT FOR THE
LEVEL AND QUALITY OF THE
JOURNALISTS WHO WORK THERE EVERY
SINGLE DAY.
SINGLE DAY. THEY WOULD BE THE FIRST ONES TO
SAY THAT THEY GET IT 100% RIGHT
EVERY SINGLE DAY, NOBODY DOES,
RIGHT?
RIGHT? IN ANY JOB THAT THEY DO BUT
THESE ARE SMART DEDICATED HARD
WORKING PEOPLE AND SHE OFTEN
QUESTIONS THEIR INTELLIGENCE.
>> LIKE I SAID EARLIER, I FEEL,
YOU KNOW, I’M A REPUBLICAN, IT’S
A VERY, VERY HARD POSITION FOR
ME TO BE IN BUT I HAVE TO SPEAK
THE TRUTH AND I FEEL LIKE
SOMETIMES WHEN YOUR BOSS SETS
THE TONE OF WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE
AND WHAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE, YOU
FOLLOW SUIT.
FOLLOW SUIT. MEANING, HE HAS MADE FUN OF
PEOPLE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
HE SAID LYING TED, HE SAID
LITTLE MARCO, LITTLE ROCKET MAN
WHEN HE GOT TO BE PRESIDENT
ABOUT NORTH KOREA LATER.
SO IF YOU SET THE TONE OF THE
ADMINISTRATION THAT IT’S OKAY TO
BE A LITTLE SNARKY AND
DISRESPECTFUL, THEN THE PRESS
SECRETARY HAS GOT FREE RANGE.
I’M NOT SAYING IT’S RIGHT.
I’M JUST SAYING THAT THE
PRESIDENT IS SETTING THE TONE
FOR THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR.
>> I JUST THINK THAT THIS
CONVERSATION HAS BECOME A LITTLE
RIDICULOUS WHEN WE’RE PUTTING
MECHANICS
MECHANICS MAXINE WATERS AND DONALD TRUMP’S
RHETORIC ON THE SAME LEVEL.
>> SHANNON, WE ONLY HAVE 15
SECONDS BUT WHAT’S ABOUT THE
NEXT STEP FOR THIS WHITE HOUSE
AND WHERE DO THEY GO?
BECAUSE THEY WENT LIKE THAT FROM
WE NEED TO GET THIS IMMIGRATION
PLAN FIXED TO LET’S WAIT UNTIL
AFTER NOVEMBER.
AFTER NOVEMBER. >> I MEAN, THE BALL IS IN
CONGRESS’S COURT NOW AND IT
DOESN’T LOOK LIKE ANYTHING IS
GOING TO HAPPEN.
THEY HAVE SIGNED THIS EXECUTIVE
ORDER WHICH GIVES THEM 20 DAYS
WHERE THESE CHILDREN CAN BE HELD
UNDER THE LAW AND THE BIG