REPUBLICANS JUST TO, YOU KNOW, FALL DOWN AND KNEEL AT THE ATLTA
OF TRUMP RATHER THAN THE
AMERICAN VALUES OF LIBERTY THAT
WE HOLD SO DEAR.
>> YOU KNOW, MIKA, THIS HAS AN
IMPACT.
IMPACT. IT HAS AN IMPACT ON NOT ONLY
WHAT MEMBERS OF CONGRESS DO OR
DON’T DO, BUT ALSO ON WHAT
MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION
FEEL COMFORTABLE SAYING.
>> YEP.
>> YEP. >> WHAT RACISTS FROM THE DAILY
STORM OR WHAT RACISTS THAT MAY
BE AT MORE MAINSTREAM NEWS SITES
ARE ABLE TO SAY, AND YESTERDAY
AND WHAT REALLY, I THINK, WAS
EXTRAORDINARILY REVEALING, AND I
WON’T DRAW ANY PARALLELS WITH
ANY FASCIST COUNTRIES, BUT WHAT
HAPPENED YESTERDAY IN A PRESS
GAGGLE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND
IN ANY OTHER ADMINISTRATION OVER
THE PAST 240 YEARS, A PERSON
THAT DID WHAT KELLYANNE CONWAY
DID YESTERDAY WOULD HAVE BEEN
FIRED ON THE SPOT.
BY THE TIME SHE LEFT THE PRESS
GAGGLE AND WENT BACK INTO THE
WHITE HOUSE, THEY WOULD HAVE
ALREADY PACKED UP HER BELONGINGS
AND WOULD HAVE TOLD HER LEAVE BY
THE BACK DOOR AND NEVER TALK TO
US AGAIN.
US AGAIN. >> THAT’S A GOOD TEE UP.
THE FACT IS THAT SHE’S DONE
OTHER THINGS THAT WOULD HAVE
CAUSED THIS AS WELL.
THAT’S WHY SHE DOESN’T COME ON
THIS SHOW.
THIS SHOW. THIS AT THIS POINT IS NEWS.
I’M GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT THAT
IN JUST A SECOND, TO THE POINT
BEING MADE ABOUT THESE
REPUBLICANS AND ALSO ABOUT WHAT
WE HEARD IN TERMS OF COMING BACK
AT THE DEMOCRATS AND NANCY
PELOSI FOR BEING QUOTE RACIST.
IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT, AS WE
COVER THESE SPINELESS
REPUBLICANS WHO AT THIS MOMENT
IN HISTORY ARE INCAPABLE OF
CALLING OUT CLEAR AND PRESENT
RACISM.
RACISM. YOU KNOW, AND IT IS A BIG STORY
THAT THEY CAN’T DO THAT.
THIS WILL BE REMEMBERED.
AS JOE BIDEN SAID IN THE
INTERVIEW YESTERDAY, THIS IS
DAMAGING FOR OUR COUNTRY.
BUT TO THE YOUNG FRESHMEN WHO
ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS, WHO ARE
MAKING WAVES, AND ALSO BECOMING
A TARGET OF THIS PRESIDENT, AND
WE WANT THEM TO SUCCEED, IT’S
IMPORTANT WHAT YOU SAY AS WELL,
DON’T PLAY INTO THESE
REPUBLICANS’ HANDS.
REPUBLICANS’ HANDS. THAT LOW BELOW TO NANCY PELOSI
SAYING THAT SHE HAD RACIST
OVERTONES WHEN SHE WAS TALKING
ABOUT PRESS WHATEVER, THAT WAS A
LOW BLOW, BEING USED AGAINST
YOU.
YOU. DON’T TRIP OVER YOURSELF, YOU’RE
DOING A GREAT JOB.
YOU GOT TO NOT WORK ON TRENDING,
DON’T DAY TRADE, DON’T MAKE
YOURSELF THE STORY, AND DON’T
PLAY INTO THESE WEAK, SPINELESS
REPUBLICANS WHO WILL DO
ANYTHING, ANYTHING TO GET YOU.
DON’T GIVE THEM AMMUNITION
AGAINST NANCY PELOSI.
YOU KNOW WHERE SHE STANDS.
YOU KNOW WHERE SHE STANDS ON
THESE ISSUES.
THESE ISSUES. YOU KNOW SHE’S NOT A RACIST.
TO WHAT JOE WAS REFERRING TO.
DURING A PRESS GAGGLE YESTERDAY
MORNING, WHITE HOUSE COUNSELOR
KELLYANNE CONWAY RESPONDED TO
THE PRESIDENT’S TWEETS TELLING
FOUR CONGRESSWOMEN TO GO BACK TO
WHERE THEY CAME FROM BY ASKING A
REPORTER ABOUT HIS OWN HERITAGE.
>> IF THE PRESIDENT WAS NOT
TELLING THESE FOUR CONGRESSWOMEN
TO RETURN TO THEIR SUPPOSED
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, TO WHICH
COUNTRIES WAS HE REFERRING?
>> WHAT’S YOUR ETHNICITY?
>> WHY IS THAT RELEVANT?
>> BECAUSE I’M ASKING YOU A
QUESTION.
QUESTION. MY ANCESTORS ARE FROM IRELAND
AND ITALY.
AND ITALY. >> THAT IS NOT RELEVANT TO THE
QUESTION I’M ASKING.
>> YOU’RE ASKING ABOUT, HE SAID
ORIGINALLY FROM.
ORIGINALLY FROM. >> SHE’S ASKING, MIKA, A JEWISH
REPORTER WHO SHE KNOWS IS A
JEWISH REPORTER.
JEWISH REPORTER. SHE’S ASKING A JEWISH REPORTER
WHAT HIS ETHNICITY IS ABOUT.
NOW, I’M SORRY, I’M NOT SAYING
THAT THIS IS GERMANY 1934, 1935,
I’M NOT SAYING THIS IS ITALY,
1930, 1931, BUT I WOULD LOVE FOR
THE ADMINISTRATION TO TELL ME
WHEN THE HELL THAT’S EVER
HAPPENED COMING OUT OF THE WHITE
HOUSE AND THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA BECAUSE I DON’T THINK IT
EVER HAS.
EVER HAS. >> CONWAY LATER TWEETED THAT SHE
MEANT NO DISRESPECT WHEN SHE
ASKED THE REPORTER ABOUT HIS
ETHNICITY.
ETHNICITY. SHE WROTE QUOTE WE ARE ALL FROM
SOMEWHERE ELSE ORIGINALLY.
I ASKED THE QUESTION TO ANSWER
THE QUESTION AND VOLUNTEERED MY
OWN ETHNICITY, ITALIAN AND
IRISH.
IRISH. LIKE MANY, I’M PROUD OF MY
ETHNICITY.
ETHNICITY. LOVE THE USA.
GRATEFUL TO GOD TO BE AMERICAN.
EARLIER IN THE DAY, CONWAY SPOKE
ABOUT WHO THOSE FOUR
CONGRESSWOMEN REPRESENTED.
CONGRESSWOMEN REPRESENTED. >> THEY RRESENT A DARK
UNDERBELLY IN THIS COUNTRY OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT RESPECTING
OUR TROOPS.
OUR TROOPS. WHO ARE NOT GIVING THEM THE
RESOURCES AND RESPECT THAT THEY
DESERVE.
DESERVE. >> SO MIKE BARNABLE, I DON’T
KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN -- MIKE
BARNICLE, I DON’T KNOW WHERE TO
BEGIN.
BEGIN. DONALD TRUMP MAKES RACIST
COMMENTS ABOUT FOUR WOMEN THAT
ARE WOMEN OF COLOR AND SHE
ACCUSES THEM OF BEING DARK, THE
DARK UNDERBELLY OF AMERICA, AND
THEN SHE ASKS A JEWISH REPORTER,
DEMANDS, REALLY OF A JEWISH
REPORTER FOR HIM TO TELL HER HIS
ETHNICITY.
ETHNICITY. PLEASE, TELL ME, MIKE, WHEN HAS
THAT EVER HAPPENED IN THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA BEFORE IN A
WHITE HOUSE BRIEFING.
>> IT HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE,
JOE, AND YOU’RE RIGHT, WHAT YOU
SAID PRIOR TO THIS, SHE WOULD
HAVE BEEN FIRED ON THE SPOT
BEFORE SHE GOT BACK TO HER DESK
IN THE WEST WING.
SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN FIRED.
ANYONE WOULD HAVE BEEN FIRED.
NOT IN THIS ADMINISTRATION.
YOU REFERENCED A COUPLE OF
MINUTES AGO, PERHAPS WHAT WE’RE
ENDURING IS A NATION AS A
DEFINING MOMENT FOR IN
ADMINISTRATION.
ADMINISTRATION. WE HAVE MULTIPLE DEFINING
MOMENTS EACH AND EVERY WEEK FOR
THIS ADMINISTRATION.
THIS ADMINISTRATION. YOU ALSO MENTIONED EARLIER
RONALD REAGAN’S FAREWELL SPEECH,
WHICH I HAPPEN TO HAVE READ
YESTERDAY, AGAIN, AND HE GAVE IT
ON JANUARY 19th, 1989, AT A
MEDAL OF FREEDOM CEREMONY IN THE
WHITE HOUSE, IN THE WEST WING,
AND AWARDED THE MEDAL OF FREEDOM
TO ONE DEMOCRAT AND ONE
REPUBLICAN, MIKE MANSFIELD WHO
FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR I IN THE
NAVY AND GEORGE SCHULTZ FROM THE
SECRETARY OF STATE AND MULTIPLE
OTHER POSITIONS AND FOUGHT IN
WORLD WAR II IN THE MARINE
CORPS.
CORPS. AND IT’S A NODE TO IMMIGRATION
AND WHAT IMMIGRATION DOES TO
PROVIDE MORE STRENGTH AND
RESILIENCE TO THIS COUNTRY.
IN PART, HERE’S WHAT HE SAID,
SINCE THIS IS THE LAST SPEECH I
WILL GIVE AS PRESIDENT, I THINK
IT’S FITTING TO LEAVE ONE FINAL
THOUGHT, AN OBSERVATION ABOUT A
COUNTRY WHICH I LOVE, IT WAS
STATED BEST IN THE LETTER I
RECEIVED NOT LONG AGO WHEN A MAN
WROTE ME AND SAID, YOU CAN GO TO
LIVE IN FRANCE, BUT YOU CANNOT
BECOME A FRENCHMAN.
YOU CAN GO TO LIVE IN GERMANY OR
TURKEY OR JAPAN, BUT YOU CANNOT
BECOME A GERMAN, TURK OR
JAPANESE, BUT ANYONE FROM ANY
CORNER OF THE EARTH CAN COME TO
LIVE IN AMERICA AND BECOME AN
AMERICAN.
AMERICAN. REPUBLICANS OUGHT TO REREAD THAT
SPEECH, JANUARY 19th, 1989.
RONALD REAGAN.
RONALD REAGAN. EVERYONE OUGHT TO REREAD THAT
SPEECH.
SPEECH. >> A MAN THEY ALL CLAIM TO
ADMIRE AND HOLD UP AS A HERO.
THEY SHOULD READ THAT.
LET’S COMPARE WHAT KELLY SAID
YESTERDAY TO THE OP-ED WRITTEN
BY HER HUSBAND.
THE HEADLINE, TRUMP IS A RACIST
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. CONWAY WRITES THIS, PRESIDENT
TRUMP WAS BOARISH, DIM WITTED,
NARCISSISTIC AND INSENSITIVE, A
PATHETIC BULLY BUT AN EQUAL
OPPORTUNITY BULLY IN HIS EQUALLY
CRASS AND CRUDE MANNER.
HE’LL ATTACK ANYONE HE THINKS IS
CRITICAL OF HIM.
NO MATTER HOW MUCH I THOUGHT HIM
UNFIT, I GAVE HIM THE BENEFIT OF
THE DOUBT ABOUT BEING A RACIST.
NO MATTER HOW MUCH I CAME TO
DISLIKE HIM, I DON’T WANT TO
THINK THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITE
IS A RACIAL BIGOT, SUNDAY LEFT
NO DOUBT, NIGH EF TEE, RESENT --
NEIGH
NEIGH THE INTENT AND EFFECT WOULD HAVE
BEEN NO LESS CLEAR.
WHAT’S JUST AS BAD IS THE
VIRTUAL SILENCE FROM REPUBLICAN
LEADERS AND OFFICE HOLDERS.
THEY’RE SILENT, KNOWING HOW
VINDICTIVE, STUBBORN, AND
SELF-DESTRUCTIVE, THEY FEAR HIS
WRATH.
WRATH. NONE OF THAT IS GOOD ENOUGH.
WHAT’S AT STAKE ARE THE NATION’S
IDEALS, ITS VERY SOUL.
THAT’S GEORGE CONWAY ATTORNEY,
AND HUSBAND OF SENIOR ADVISER
KELLYANNE CONWAY.
KELLYANNE CONWAY. >> IT IS, AND YOU KNOW, THAT’S
WHAT SO MANY REPUBLICANS SAID
WHO AREN’T IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
BELIEVE AND SO MANY REPUBLICANS
THAT, WELL, USED TO BE MEMBERS
OF THE PARTY ARE SAYING ALL THE
TIME, THIS ISN’T DIFFICULT STEVE
RAD
RAD RATNER AND YET THERE ARE PEOPLE
INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE, LET’S
START WITH DONALD TRUMP, WHO
BELIEVE THIS IS A GOOD CAMPAIGN
STRATEGY.
STRATEGY. YESTERDAY, WE’RE GOING TO BE
TALKING TO JIM ABOUT THIS, JIM
VANDEHEI ABOUT THIS, BUT
YESTERDAY, CHARLIE COOK WROTE,
THAT THERE WAS AN INTENSITY
AMONG DEMOCRATS, I THINK IT’S
LIKE A PLUS 20 INTENSITY OF
DEMOCRATS WHO BELIEVE IT IS
IMPORTANT TO GET DONALD TRUMP
OUT OF OFFICE AND THEY’RE
ENERGIZED TO DO THAT WITH THEIR
VOTE, COMPARED TO 52 OR 53% OF
REPUBLICANS WHO BELIEVE THAT
IT’S IMPORTANT TO GET DONALD
TRUMP OUT OF OFFICE AND THERE’S
THIS INTENSITY AND WHAT VANDHE’S
REPORTING IS DONALD TRUMP
BELIEVES THIS WILL GEM UP HIS
BASE.
BASE. THE SHORT SIDE OF THIS IS THAT
FOR EVERY ONE RACIST IT GEMS UP,
THREE PEOPLE OF COLOR OR WOMEN
OR COLLEGE EDUCATED MEN OR
WORKING CLASS MEN OR WOMEN WHO
DON’T WANT A RACIST PRESIDENT.
AND IT IS SO SHORTSIGHTED, I
CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THE
PRESIDENT IS MAKING THIS
MISCALCULATION BECAUSE IT WILL
LEAD -- JUST, REMEMBER AFTER
CHARLOTTESVILLE, HIS NUMBERS
WENT DOWN.
WENT DOWN. THIS IS GOING TO LEAD TO NOTHING
GOOD FOR DONALD TRUMP.
>> WELL, JOE, LOOK, OBVIOUSLY WE
ALL HOPE THAT YOUR ANALYSIS IS
RIGHT AND CERTAINLY THERE HAVE
BEEN A NUMBER OF POLLS AS WELL
AS A SENSE I GET AMONG MY FELLOW
DEMOCRATS THAT THE ENERGY LEVEL
AND THE COMMITMENT ON THE PART
OF DEMOCRATS TO GETTING TRUMP
OUT OF OFFICE EXCEEDS THAT OF
THE ATTITUDE TOWARD GEORGE W.
BUSH IN 2004 AND OTHER POPULAR
REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTS, THERE’S A
COMMITMENT ON THE PART OF
DEMOCRATS, WHETHER THEY SUCCEED,
WE’LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE.
I WOULD SIMPLY OBSERVE, AND YOU
MENTIONED CHARLOTTESVILLE, THAT
THE PRESIDENT HAS GOTTEN PAST
SOME THINGS THAT I THINK ANY OF
US WOULD HAVE THOUGHT WOULD HAVE
DOOMED ANY OTHER POLITICIAN,
WHETHER IT’S THE ACCESS
HOLLYWOOD TAPE, OR
CHARLOTTESVILLE, OR A LOT OF
OTHER STUFF HE DID.
IT TAKES IT TO A NEW LEVEL.
WHETHER IT’S ENOUGH OF A LEVEL
TO CHANGE THE GAME, I THINK
WE’LL ALL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE.
I WOULD MAKE A COUPLE OTHER
POINT, I DO THINK THAT WHAT’S
GOING ON IN WASHINGTON AT THE
MOMENT IS GOING TO FEED THE
GENERAL PUBLIC DISTASTE FOR
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. I THINK IT’S A PRETTY UNSEAMLY
SCENE, SORRY FOR THE COMBINED
WORDS, THE ACRIMONY, THE
DIVISIVENESS, UTTER PARTISANSHIP
AND SO FORTH, AND I’M NOT SURE
THAT’S GOING TO BE A GREAT
OUTCOME, AND THE OTHER THING I
WORRY SLIGHTLY ABOUT FOR THE
DEMOCRATS IS THAT PELOSI HAD
DISTANCED HERSELF, YOU KNOW, TEN
DAYS IN THE FAMOUS COLUMN FROM
THE SO CALLED SQUAD, SAID
THEY’RE JUST FOUR VOTES.
SHE HAS BEEN CEMENTED BACK TO
THE SQUAD, AND SO TRUMP’S
STRATEGY, OBVIOUSLY IS GOING TO
BE TO KEEP HER CEMENTED TO THE
SQUAD TO TALK ABOUT SOCIALISTS,
CERTAINLY THE DOG WHISTLES,
MAYBE THE OVERT RACISM, BUT THE
SQUAD IS NOT GOING TO BE
HELPFUL, FRANKLY, TO THE
DEMOCRATS CHANCES OF TAKING BACK
THE WHITE HOUSE, AND PELOSI IS
GOING TO HAVE TO AND THE REST OF
THE CANDIDATES ARE GOING TO HAVE
TO NAVIGATE THEIR WAY THROUGH
THAT.
THAT. >> YEAH, AND THEY WILL BUT MIKA,
AGAIN, THIS DOES NOT HELP DONALD
TRUMP.
TRUMP. >> NO.
>> NO. >> IN THE LONG RUN.
>> THIS IS DAY TRADING.
ANY OTHER PRESIDENT THAT HAD
STAYED AWAY FROM THIS SORT OF
HATEFULNESS THROUGHOUT HIS
PRESIDENCY, AND I UNDERSTAND
THAT AS A POLITICAL FIGURE, THAT
IS CENTRAL TO HIS BRAND, BUT ANY
OTHER PRESIDENT WOULD BE SITTING
ABOVE 50% WITH THESE ECONOMIC
NUMBERS, WOULD BE LEADING HIS
RIVALS OR HER RIVALS BY OVER 10
POINTS BECAUSE HE HAS PEACE AND
HE HAS PROSPERITY AND YET IN THE
MIDST OF THIS, HE CHOOSES
INSTEAD ON A SUNDAY TO SEND OUT
RACIST TWEETS AND THIS IS NOT
DONALD TRUMP BEING CRAZY LIKE A
FOX.
FOX. THIS IS DONALD TRUMP JUST BEING
CRAZY.
CRAZY. IT MAKES NO POLITICAL SENSE.
>> WELL, FOR HIM IT DOES,
DEFLECTING AND DIVERTING AND ALL
OF THAT, THE THREE D’S, THAT’S
THE SIGNAL, THAT’S HIS POLITICAL
CAMPAIGN COMING UP.
BUT IT’S ALSO GROUND NOISE
BECAUSE HE’S TRYING TO DEFLECT.
KIMBERLY, I NEED YOU TO HELP ME
UNDERSTAND THE CONNECTION THESE
REPUBLICANS ARE MAKING.
COULD WE SEE MORE?
I CAN’T IMAGINE THE NEN ANDMEN A
WOMEN IN CONGRESS CAN’T DO MATH,
SIMPLE MATH, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER,
THIS PRESIDENT IS GOING TO LET
THEM DOWN.
THEM DOWN. HE HAS GOT CONNECTIONS TO A
SEXUAL PREDATOR AND HAD PARTIES
WITH 28 CALENDAR GIRLS.
THAT STORY IS BREWING.
YOU’VE GOT THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT
OF NEW YORK AND PAYOUTS TO PORN
STARS AND OTHER THINGS WAITING
FOR HIM WHEN HE LEAVES OFFICE.
YOU’VE GOT MUELLER TESTIFYING IN
A FEW WEEKS.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW THIS ENDS
BADLY, RIGHT, THE MATH IS THERE.
SO WHAT IS IT THAT HAS THEM SO
PITIFULLY, SPINELESSLY DEFENDING
A RACIST?
A RACIST? >> YEAH, I THINK IT’S A
COMBINATION OF A FEW THINGS.
ONE, WHILE, YES, IT’S VERY
DIFFICULT FOR THIS PRESIDENT AND
FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN
GENERAL TO BANK ON ESSENTIALLY
WHITE MEN AS THE FUTURE OF THE
PARTY GIVEN THAT WE ARE A
COUNTRY THAT IS BECOMING MORE
DIVERSE, NOT LESS.
THEY ARE DOING THAT.
THE PRESIDENT IS HOLDING ON TO
ONE THING HE DOES HAVE IS A
PRETTY UNILASTIC BASE OF SUPPORT
THAT DID NOT GO DOWN.
IT HASN’T GONE DOWN WHEN HE WAS
CALLING COUNTRIES S HOLE
COUNTRIES AND SO HE FEELS
EMBOLDENED TO CONTINUE TO HAMMER
AT THIS MESSAGE REALLY VILIFYING
PEOPLE OF COLOR AND IMMIGRANTS,
FRANKLY AS A GOOD CAMPAIGN
MESSAGE.
MESSAGE. YOU ALSO HAVE REPUBLICANS WHO
SEE RACISM AS SOME SORT OF THIRD
RAIL THAT THEY CANNOT ADDRESS
HEAD ON FOR FEAR THAT THERE WILL
BE SOME BACKLASH.
YOU SEE REPUBLICANS, PEOPLE LIKE
SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS AND
SENATOR MITT ROMNEY, GOING ALL
THE WAY AROUND TO SAY, WELL, THE
COMMENTS WERE OVER THE LINE, AND
REALLY REFUSING TO ENGAGE ON THE
ISSUE OF RACISM.
YOU HAVE MITCH McCONNELL WHO
REPEATEDLY JUST SAYS THE
PRESIDENT IS NOT A RACIST, AND
WON’T EVEN TAKE A PERSONAL NOTE
TO REACT HOW HE WOULD FEEL IF
SOMEBODY SLURRED HIS OWN WIFE.
FOR SOME REASON, ADDRESSING
RACISM IS SOMETHING REPUBLICANS
ARE TERRIBLY AFRAID TO DO, AND
DEMOCRATS ARE NOT.
AND I THINK IN THE LONG RUN,
THAT’S GOING TO BE THE ULTIMATE
PROBLEM FOR REPUBLICANS BECAUSE
THEY CAN’T AVOID THIS FOREVER.
CERTAINLY NOT RIGHT NOW AT A
TIME WHEN THERE ARE RACIAL
DIVISIONS IN THE UNITED STATES.
THEY’RE AT A HIGH POINT, AND
PEOPLE ARE FEELING IT.
>> JUST SEEMS LIKE A BASIC HUMAN
VALUE.
VALUE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> AND BY THE WAY, SPEAKING OF
MITCH McCONNELL’S WIFE, MIKA,
SHE STOOD BEHIND DONALD TRUMP AS
SUPPORT AFTER CHARLOTTESVILLE.