>>> I MEAN, LOOK, IF YOU THINK THE LAST FOUR YEARS HAS BEEN
CHAOTIC, DIVISIVE, TOXIC,
EXHAUSTING, IMAGINE SPENDING THE
BETTER PART OF 2020 WITH BERNIE
SANDERS VERSES DONALD TRUMP.
THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT WILL BE
LIKE FOR THIS COUNTRY.
THERE’S A MAJORITY OF THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE WHO I THINK
RIGHT NOW JUST WANT TO TURN ON
THE TV, SEE THEIR PRESIDENT AND
ACTUALLY FEEL THEIR BLOOD
PRESSURE GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT
INSTEAD OF UP THROUGH THE ROOF.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SET A
DIFFERENT TONE.
DIFFERENT TONE. >> AND FOR LOWERING MY BLOOD
PRESSURE, LAST NIGHT WAS ANOTHER
STRONG DEBATE FOR THE FORMER
SOUTH BEND MAYOR WHO KEPT THE
BIG PICTURE IN MIND ON WHAT’S AT
STAKE IF DEMOCRATS AREN’T
SUCCESSFUL WITH ANOTHER FOUR
YEARS OF CHAOS.
SO, I’VE GOT TO ASK YOU IS THE
BREAKING BUTTIGIEG NEWS THAT
FORMER FOX NEWS ANCHOR AND
DONALD TRUMP HAVE MAYOR PETE AS
THEIR SECOND BALLOT CHOICE?
IS THAT WHAT I’M READING ON
TWITTER?
TWITTER? I’M 100 POINTS REAL TRUMP ALL
THE WAY BUT IF I HAD TO LIVE AIN
AMERICA WITH ONE OF THE DEMS,
MAYOR PETE AND TRUMP SAID I CAN
LIVE WITH THAT.
MAYBE YOU CAN SHED LIGHTEN THE
SEEMING FAVOR OF PETE BUTTIGIEG
AMONG ERIC AND DONALD TRUMP.
>> Reporter: ON THE DRIVE OVER
FROM CHARLESTON, I WAS WITH MY
PRODUCER COLLEAGUE, MATT AND I
WAS LIKE IS THIS ACTUALLY THE
TWITTER HANDLE?
TWITTER HANDLE? >> I’M LIKE YOUR MOM.
I’M LIKE BANGING ON IT.
THE BUTTIGIEG CAMPAIGN SENDS THE
TWEET OVER.
TWEET OVER. I GUESS WE’RE GOING FOR IT.
ALL T
ALL T IT LOOKS LIKE HE’S ENDORSED
MAYOR PETE AND SUGGEST HE
WILLINGLY TURN OVER THE WHITE
HOUSE IN JANUARY 2021 IF IT
COMES TO THAT.
PETE BUTTIGIEG, AT THIS POINT,
HAS TO WIN THE DEMOCRATIC
NOMINATION.
NOMINATION. THIS TUESDAY IS A BIG DEAL.
THEY PUT OUT A MEMO SAYING THEY
NEED KEEP SANDERS WITHIN 350
DELEGATE MARGIN BECAUSE THEY’RE
CONTENDING MARCH 10th AND MARCH
17th ARE BETTER STATES FOR THEM.
THESE ARE STATES LIKE ILLINOIS,
MICHIGAN, MISSOURI, ARIZONA,
WASHINGTON STATE, IDAHO.
SO, THEY BELIEVE IF THEY CAN
REMAIN IN CONTENTION THROUGH
SUPER TUESDAY AND KEEP BERNIE
SANDERS CLOSE, THAT THEY ARE THE
ONES MOST VIABLE TO BE THE
COUNTER TO BERNIE SANDERS.
JUST YESTERDAY THEY WENT UP WITH
A $3.5 MILLION AD BUY, TARGETING
SPECIFIC MEDIA MARKETS.
THEY’RE TRYING TO WIN DELEGATES
IN PLACES LIKE DENVER OR
NORFOLK, THESE VERY INTENTIONAL
PLACES OVER THE NEXT WEEK.
>> YOU KNOW, IT’S A POINT PETE
BUTTIGIEG MADE WITH OUR
COLLEAGUE, CHRIS MATTHEWS I WANT
TO PLAY FOR ALL OF YOU.
>> I MEAN, DIFFERENT DISTRICTS
HAVE DIFFERENT STORIES BUT
WHAT’S CONSISTENT IS NOT ONE OF
THE 40 DEMOCRATS WHO HAVE
FLIPPED THOSE SEATS IN THE LAST
ELECTION ARE SUPPORTING SENATOR
SANDERS OR HIS PLATFORM.
THEY’RE RUNNING AWAY FROM IT
BECAUSE THEY KNOW HOW MUCH
TROUBLE IT WILL BE FOR THEM.
>> I KNOW NANCY PELOSI RESPONDED
SHE THOUGHT BERNIE SANDERS COULD
KEEP THE HOUSE BUT IT’S A
POTENTIALLY POWERFUL MESSAGE
FROM MAYOR PETE.
>> I WOULDN’T SAY FROM MAYOR
PETE.
PETE. VERSES THE FRONTLINE MEMBERS WHO
DID FLIP RED DISTRICTS.
WHAT I DO THINK PETE’S MISSING
IN THE EXCHANGE IS SELLING
HIMSELF FORWARD.
HIMSELF FORWARD. EVEN THE FRAME ON THE DEBATE
STAGE, PAINTING THE PICTURE OF A
TRUMP VERSES SANDERS, DIVISIVE,
CHAOTIC TIME, DOESN’T ADD POINTS
TO HIS ROSTER.
THAT’S SOMETHING HE HAS TO FINE
TUNE ESPECIALLY TAKING THIS
SURGICAL APPROACH.
SURGICAL APPROACH. >> THE BEST MESSAGE IS YOU CAN’T
WIN AND I THINK THE MAYOR
DELIVERS IT WELL BECAUSE UNLIKE
OTHER CANDIDATES, HE HAS A
MESSAGE OF CHANGE BUT IT’S, AS
HE WOULD SAY A MESSAGE IN
INCLUSIVE, NOT EXCLUSIVE.
HE STILL HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO
ADDRESS WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE
FATAL FLAW IN HIS CANDIDACY AND
THAT’S THE ABILITY TO ATTRACT
PEOPLE OF SUPPORT.
HE NEEDS ERIC HOLDER TO COME
FORWARD AND ENDORSE HIM AND
VOUCH FOR HIM IN A WAY BECAUSE
ABSENT THAT, IT’S HARD TO SEE
HOW HE INCREASES HIS SUPPORT.
IF YOU’RE AT 2% WITH BLACK
VOTERS, WHICH I THINK HE WAS,
YOU ARE NOT GOING TO WIN THE
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. >> YOU KNOW, I WONDER WHAT THAT
CAMPAIGN SAYS ABOUT MATT’S
CRITICISM.
CRITICISM. BECAUSE IT’S ONE I’VE HEARD A
LOT, ESPECIALLY RECENTLY.
>> Reporter: THIS IS NOT WHERE
THE CAMPAIGN WANTED TO BE WHEN
IT COMES TO SUPPORTED OF VOTERS
OF COLOR.
OF COLOR. THEY REALLY BELIEVE THE RESULTS
WOULD NOT ONLY SHOW IN THE POLLS
BUT, ON ELECTION DAY AND THEY
DID IT IN NEVADA.
IT WAS A CONVERSATION I HAD WITH
A VOTER IN THE RURAL PART OF THE
STATE.
STATE. AND SHE TOLD ME IT TAKES A WHILE
FOR US TO LIKE YOU.
YOU HAVE TO PRIME THE PRUMP.
THE QUESTION IS AS THE YEAR OF
PETE BUTTIGIEG TRYING TO
INTRODUCE HIMSELF TO THE ENTIRE
REGION ENOUGH TIME?
AND I THINK THAT’S THE REALITY
HERE IS HE FINDS HIMSELF
STRUGGLING TO GARNER THAT
SUPPORT.
SUPPORT. THIS MORNING WAS WITH REVEREND
AL SHARPTON AND TALKED ABOUT
HUMILITY, SAYING HE UNDERSTANDS
HE CAN’T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT’S
LIKE THE BE A YOUNG BLACK MAN
GROWING UP AND WHEN THE LIGHTS
TURN ON, THE RED AND BLUE LIGHTS
TURN ON BEHIND YOU, WHAT THAT’S
LIKE BUT THE LEAST HE CAN DO IS
LISTEN.
LISTEN. AND I’LL RECALL FOUR YEARS AGO,
YOU’LL REMEMBER BERNIE SANDERS
STRUGGLED QUITE MIGHTILY.