FIRST, CHRIS HAS ANOTHER DEMOCRAT.
DEMOCRAT. >> I’VE GOT TULSI GABBARD.
AND STEVE SCHMIDT TOOK A SHOT AT
YOU.
YOU. I WANT -- STEVE, WOULD YOU
REPEAT WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT TULSI
GABBARD?
GABBARD? >> I THOUGHT YOUR PERFORMANCE
WAS DISHONEST.
WAS DISHONEST. I THINK YOUR POSITIONS ARE
EXTREME AND ONE QUESTION I WOULD
HAVE FOR YOU IS, WHY DID YOU GO
TO SYRIA TO MEET BASHAR AL
ASSAD?
ASSAD? WHAT WAS THE INTENT OF YOUR
VISIT AND WHY WHYERE YOU SO
DISHONEST IN REGARDS TO THE
MAYOR, SAYING HE CALLED FOR
PLANS TO INVADE MEXICO, WHICH,
OF COURSE, HE DID NOT.
>> TULSI?
>> TULSI? >> WELL, IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE
MAYOR SAID IN RESPONSE TO THE
WOMAN WHO ASKED HIM THE QUESTION
ABOUT MEXICO, I WAS MERELY CITE
WHAT THE MAYOR RESPONDED TO.
LOOK, THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF AND
THE QUALIFICATIONS NECESSARY TO
SERVE IN THAT ROLE ARE
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. THE EXPERIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING
ABOUT FOREIGN POLICY, ABOUT
NATIONAL SECURITY IS SOMETHING
THAT I BRING TO THE TABLE AND
THAT I CHALLENGE PETE BUTTIGIEG
ON, SHOWING THAT HE LACKS THAT
EXPERIENCE.
EXPERIENCE. I’VE SERVED IN CONGRESS FOR
SEVEN YEARS.
SEVEN YEARS. ON THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE, ON THE ARMED SERVICES
COMMITTEE, ON THE HOMELAND
SECURITY COMMITTEES.
SECURITY COMMITTEES. MEETING WITH WORLD LEADERS,
WORKING WITH MILITARY COMMANDS,
GETTING HIGH LEVEL NATIONAL
SECURITY BRIEFINGS, FOCUSED ON
ENSURING OUR NATION’S SECURITY,
THE SAFETY AND SECURITY AND THE
FREEDOM OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
AND WORKING TOWARDS PEACE.
THAT WAS WHY I WAS WILLING TO
MEET WITH A BRUTAL DICTATOR IN
SYRIA, IN THE INTEREST OF PEACE
AND NATIONAL SECURITY AND WHY,
AS PRESIDENT, I’LL BE WILLING TO
MEET WITH ANY LEADER FROM ANY
OTHER COUNTRY, IF IT MEANS THAT
WE ARE ABLE TO ENSURE NO MORE OF
MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN
UNIFORM ARE NEEDLESSLY,
UNNECESSARILY SENT INTO HARM’S
WAY, FIGHTING IN THESE
REGIME-CHANGE WARS THAT HAVE
BEEN SO COSTLY AND SO
DESTRUCTIVE TO MY BROTHERS AND
SISTERS IN UNIFORM AND TO EVERY
SINGLE AMERICAN.
SINGLE AMERICAN. THIS IS WHY I’M CALLING FOR THIS
SEA CHANGE, A SHIFT IN OUR
NATION’S FOREIGN POLICY, AWAY
FROM THE BUSH/CLINTON LEGACY OF
INTERVENTIONISM AND MORE
REGIME-CHANGE WARS --
>> SO, IT’S NOT BUSH/CLINTON.
--
-- >> IT’S BUSH/CLINTON/TRUMP.
>> LET ME ASK YOU, BASHAR AL
ASSAD
ASSAD ASSAD, IS HE A WAR CRIMINAL?
>> THERE’S INTERNATIONAL COURT
SYSTEMS THAT HAVE BEEN --
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK?
YOU THINK IT’S AN OPEN QUESTION?
>> HE SHOULD BE INDICTED AS
SUCH.
SUCH. >> YOU BELIEVE IT’S AN OPEN
QUESTION AT THIS POINT?
>> I THINK WE HAVE PROCESSES IN
PLACE TO DEAL WITH THESE KINDS
OF THINGS.
OF THINGS. MY INTEREST AS A CANDIDATE FOR
PRESIDENT AND THE KIND OF
LEADERSHIP I’LL BRING IS PUTTING
THE INTEREST OF OUR MEN AND
WOMEN IN UNIFORM FIRST.
>> IT WAS THE FIRST TIME --
THANKS TO THE MODERATORS, MOVED
INTERNATIONAL POLICY AND
LEADERSHIP OF THIS COUNTRY, IN
TERMS OF COMMANDER IN CHIEFDOM.
LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THE FIGHT
IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
I’M LOOKING AT ALL THE
ESTABLISHMENT FIGURES, PEOPLE I
NORMALLY LIKE, JOHN KERRY, JOE
BIDEN, HILLARY CLINTON, YOU GO
DOWN THE LIST, THEY ALL IS UP
SUPPORTED THE WAR IN IRAQ.
WHY WERE THEY HAWKS?
THE PARTY IS NOT HAWKISH, WHY
ARE SO MANY OF THE LEADERS
HAWKS?
HAWKS? >> I POINT TO TWO THINGS.
ONE IS, YOU HAVE THE FOREIGN
POLICY ESTABLISHMENT AND THE
MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IN
WASHINGTON THAT CARRIES SUCH A
HUGE AMOUNT OF INFLUENCE OVER
BOTH PARTIES.
BOTH PARTIES. >> IS IT CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS?
>> THERE ARE --
>> WHY ARE POLITICIANS SO
HAWKISH?
HAWKISH? >> THERE ARE CAMPAIGN
CONTRIBUTIONS, THE INFLUENCE
THESE CONTRACTORS HAVE IN THIS
PAY TO PLAY CULTURE, THIS
CORRUPT CULTURE IN WASHINGTON,
BUT YOU ALSO JUST HAVE PEOPLE
WHO DON’T UNDERSTAND FOREIGN
POLICY AND WHO LACK THE
EXPERIENCE TO MAKE THESE
CRITICAL DECISIONS THAT IMPACT
OUR LIVES AND THE SAFETY AND
SECURITY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
THIS IS WHAT IS SO SERIOUS ABOUT
WHAT’S AT STAKE HERE.
>> DON’T I HEARD THREE PEOPLE,