>>> LONG BEFORE HIS PRESIDENCY, YEARS BEFORE HE EVEN ANNOUNCED,
DONALD TRUMP CUT HIS TEETH AS A
PUBLIC BULLY ON TWITTER, LARGELY
BY REPEATEDLY HARASSING ROSIE.
HE HONED HIS CRAFT IN SEVEN
YEARS AND 70 TWEETS LATER HE’S
TAKEN THAT BRAND OF ANTAGONISM
AND MISOGYNY WORLDWIDE.
WE CALLED THE WOMAN HE ALLEGEDLY
CHEATED ON THE FIRST LADY WITH
HORSEFACE.
HORSEFACE. AND NEW REPORTING SUGGESTS THAT
WASN’T A SPUR OF THE MOMENT
DECISION.
DECISION. THE DAILY BEAST REPORTS, QUOTE,
PRIVATELY THE PRESIDENT NOT ONLY
THOUGHT THAT IT WAS
STRATEGICALLY STARTSTRATEGICAL
STRATEGICALLY STARTSTRATEGICAL STRATEGICALLY SMART TO GO AFTER
STORMY DANIELS IN SUCH A
VISCERAL WAY.
VISCERAL WAY. HE WORKSHOPPED THE INSULT PRIOR
TO TWEETING IT.
WELL BEFORE HE MONGED HER
PHYSICAL APPEARANCE HE TRIAL
BALLOONED THE HORSEFACE DIG
AMONG WHITE HOUSE AIDES, CLOSE
FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES.
ONE EVEN RECALLED HIM SAYING IN
PASS
PASS PASSING, THAT BLEEPING
HORSEFACE.
HORSEFACE. I READ THESE THINGS AND I’M
SHOCKED BUT I’M GUESSING YOU
AREN’T.
AREN’T. >> HE’LL DO ANYTHING AND
EVERYTHING TO GET WHAT HE WANTS
AND WOMEN ARE OF NO VALUE TO HIM
IN HIS LIFE OR WORLD.
THE ONLY ONE WHO IS, IS HIS
DAUGHTER.
DAUGHTER. THAT’S IT.
THAT’S IT. THE REST OF THE WOMEN IN THE
WORLD ARE USELESS AS THE
IMMIGRANTS THAT HE SAYS ARE
COMING FROM, YOU KNOW, HONDURAS
TO TAKE US IN CARAVANS.
WATCH OUT FOR THE CARAVAN.
THERE ARE PEOPLE WALKING AWAY
FROM CERTAIN DEATH IN THIRD
WORLD COUNTRIES, RIGHT?
THE MAN DOESN’T CARE AT ALL.
WHAT HE DID TO STORMY DANIELS
WAS HORRIFIC.
WAS HORRIFIC. WHAT HE DID TO ME WAS HORRIFIC.
I EXPECTED THAT.
THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF
WOMEN OR SOMETHING WOULD COME
OUT AND SAY YOU CAN’T DO THIS.
YOU AREN’T JUST ALLOWED TO PICK
A WOMAN, LIE ANDIMPUNITY.
BUT HE IS.
HE IS AND HE GETS LAUGHS FOR IT.
AND IT’S LIKE A BAD STAND-UP
COMIC.
COMIC. >> I WANT TO ASK YOU BECAUSE
THIS QUESTION GOES AROUND
QUESTIONS OF RACE.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AFTER
CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT NOW THE
KKK, YOU’VE TALKED ABOUT THIS.
THE KKK MEMBERS DON’T WEAR
SHEETS OVER THEIR FACE.
THE TRUMP EFFECT IS THAT PEOPLE
ARE OUT OF THE CLOSET WITH THEIR
MISOGYNY.
MISOGYNY. OUT OF THE CLOSEST WITH THEIR
RACISM.
RACISM. DO YOU SEE THAT AS POTENTIALLY
THE MOST CORROSIVE IMPACT?
>> YES, IT’S REALLY TRUE.
I WAS IN THE STREET THE OTHER
DAY AND SOMEONE SAW ME AND SAW
ME WITH MY HAIRCUT AND SAID YOU
LOOK LIKE A DIKE.
AND MY WHOLE CAREER AS A GAY
WOMAN --
WOMAN -- >> NO ONE WOULD EVER COME UP TO
YOU AND SAY SOMETHING TO YOUR
FACE BUT THE CULTURE NOW IS THAT
THIS IS WHAT’S HAPPENING.
>> HE HAS DEGRADED THE CULTURE
MORE IMPACTFULLY, MORE QUICKLY
THAN ANY PERSON IN THE HISTORY
OF THIS COUNTRY.
>> I AGREE.
>> BAR NONE.
>> AND YOU THINK ABOUT SITTING
IN THE OVAL OFFICE, OFFICE THAT
WINSTON CHURCHILL AND FRANKLIN
ROOSEVELT WOULD MEET IN,
PLANNING THE FALL OF NAZISM AND
VICTORY FOR WORLD WAR II OR
BARACK OBAMA MEDITATING BEFORE
THE RAID ON BIN LADEN OR RONALD
REAGAN OR JOHN KENNEDY DURING
THE MISSILE CRISIS AND YOU THINK
ABOUT THESE PEOPLE SITTING
AROUND PLOTTING HOW TO INSULT
STORMY DANIELS?
STORMY DANIELS? IT MAY BE THE GREATEST SINGLE
REPUTATION TO THE THEORY OF
EVOLUTION IN THE HISTORY OF THE
WORLD.
WORLD. JUST INCREDIBLE.
JUST INCREDIBLE. >> IT’S AMAZING THE POWER --
>> JUST INCREDIBLE.
>> THIS IS A TERRIBLE, AWESOME
IN THE ORIGINAL MEANING OF THE
WORD DEMONSTRATION OF THE POWER
OF THE PRESIDENT TO GIVE PEOPLE
THAT SORT OF PERMISSION.
TO SORT OF SHRED THE VENEER
OF --
OF -- >> DECENCY.
>> DECENCY. >> POLITENESS.
>> POLITENESS. >> AND RESPECT THAT WE HAD.
AND THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO GET
ALONG.
ALONG. >> AND THE PRESIDENT MUST HAVE
FOR THE CULTURE TO LOOK UP TO,
FOR THE CONSTITUENTS.
FOR CHILDREN.
FOR CHILDREN. TO DREAM OF.
>> CIVILIZATION IS WHAT IT’S
CALLED.
CALLED. >> AND NOW THIS BUFFOON.
>> THIS IS ESSENTIAL FOR
DEMOCRATS TO UNDERSTAND, I
THINK.
THINK. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
TOUGHNESS, WHICH THEY SURELY
NEED, AND MEANNESS.
TOUGHNESS AND MEANNESS ARE NOT
THE SAME THING.
THEY NEED A TOUGH AS NAILS
CANDIDATE WHO WILL STAND FOR
WHAT’S RIGHT AND WHAT’S GOOD AND
WHAT’S DECENT.
WHAT’S DECENT. THEY DON’T NEED SOMEBODY TO ADD
TO THE CRUELTY AND TO THE
VILENESS AND THERE’S A REASON
FOR IT.
FOR IT. THEY WANT TO RUN A DISHONESTY
CAMPAIGN AGAINST DONALD TRUMP?
THEY LOSE BECAUSE NO ONE BEATS
DONALD TRUMP AT BEING DISHONEST.
>> SO TRUE.
>> THEY WANT TO RUN A VILENESS
CAMPAIGN AGAINST DONALD TRUMP,
THEY LOSE AGAIN BECAUSE IT’S NOT
POSSIBLY MORE VILE THAN THIS
GUY.
GUY. >> THERE’S A FAUX DEBATE GOING
ON THAT ERIC HOLDER SAID WHEN
YOU GO LOW, YOU KICK THEM.
MICHELLE OBAMA SAID WHEN THEY GO
LOW, WE GO HIGH.
IT’S THAT DEMOCRATS THINK THEY
HAVE TO RESOLVE IT.
WHY CAN’T YOU HAVE BOTH
CANDIDATES IN THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY.
PARTY. FIGHTERS AND STATESWOMEN.
THIS IS WHERE DEMOCRATS GO
WRONG.
WRONG. THEY’RE TRYING TO PLAY BY THE
OLD RULES.
OLD RULES. WHEN WE RAN CAMPAIGNS, YOU HAD
TO -- YOU LIVED AND DIED BY THE
FACT-CHECKER.
FACT-CHECKER. IF THE POLITICAL FACT-CHECKER
PUT A HEX ON YOUR AD, WE WERE
SCREWED.
SCREWED. WE MADE SURE OUR ADS WOULD HOLD
UP.
UP. IF THEY WERE ON THE LINE, PEOPLE
LIKE STEVE AND I WOULD GO TO THE
AD PEOPLE AND SAY TAKE THAT
IMAGE OUT.
IMAGE OUT. IT WON’T HOLD UP.
PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THEY ARE
PLAYING BY THE OLD RULES.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> WELL, THEY ARE PLAYING BY THE
OLD RULES BUT WHAT YOU SAID
EARLIER ABOUT, 435 HOUSE RACES.
THERE ARE ALL THESE SENATE
RACES.
RACES. AND THERE IS NOT -- THIS IS NOT
A PRESIDENTIAL YEAR.
IT’S NOT A YEAR WHEN YOU HAVE TO
HAVE ONE PERSON DOMINATING THE
PARTY AND THAT SPECIFIC MESSAGE
AND ALL ITS PARTICULARS IS THE
MESSAGE OF THE PARTY.
THAT HAPPENS IN PRESIDENTIAL
YEARS.
YEARS. THAT DOESN’T HAPPEN IN MIDTERM
YEARS.
YEARS. SO, YOU KNOW, GO RUN IN YOUR
DISTRICT.
DISTRICT. >> NO ONE HAS HAD TO DEAL WITH
THIS BEFORE.
THIS BEFORE. THIS IS NEW TO THE WHOLE ENTIRE
WORLD.
WORLD. >> OR COVER IT.
>> HOW ARE WE GOING TO RECOVER?
WHEN HE’S FINALLY OUT, AT THE
END OF SEPTEMBER WHEN THOSE
INDICTMENTS DROP AND WHEN
JUSTICE IS FINALLY SERVED, HOW
ARE WE GOING TO HEAL THIS