( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!
WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW!
WE'RE HERE WITH OUR FRIENDS JOE AND MIKA FROM THE "MORNING JOE"
ZOO CREW.
YOU'VE CHANGED YOUR MIND ABOUT DONALD TRUMP.
WHY HAVEN'T OTHER REPUBLICANS DONE THE SAME.
YOU'RE A REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS HAPPENING WITH YOUR OWN PARTY?
>> I THINK IT'S INEXPLICABLE.
THIS IS WELL BEFORE DONALD TRUMP WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT THAT M
PARTY HAS BETRAYED THEIR CORE VALUES.
I REMEMBER IN DECEMBER OF 2015 WHEN DONALD TRUMP SUPPORTED A
MUSLIM BAN.
I SAID ON THE AIR, IT'S VERY SIMPLE, IT'S BLACK AND WHITE, I
SAID, I CAN NEVER VOTE FOR ANYBODY IN MY PARTY THAT WOULD
SAY THEY WERE GOING TO BAN PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THE GOD THEY
WORSHIPED.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: NOW, THERE HAVE
BEEN SO MANY THINGS -- WITH THESE REVELATIONS NOW.
>> BUT THE PROBLEM, IS AGAIN, IT WAS DISTURBING THROUGH THE
ENTIRE CAMPAIGN.
IN FEBRUARY, WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT DAVID DUKE AND PRETENDED
HE DIDN'T KNOW WHO DAVID DUKE WAS AND DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE KU
KLUX KLAN DID, YOU DIDN'T HAVE REPUBLICANS COMING OUT SAYING, I
COULD NEVER SUPPORT DONALD TRUMP BECAUSE HE'S RACIST.
THEY WOULD HAVE A THOUSAND OTHER EXCUSES WHY, BUT THEY ALWAYS
OVERLOOKED THAT.
JUDGE CURIEL, WHEN HE CALLED THE GUY FROM INDIANA, HE ATTACKED
HIM AND SAID HE COULD NEVER BE FAIR BECAUSE HE'S HISPANIC.
REPUBLICANS NEVER CAME OUT AND SAY I COULD NEVER VOTE FOR
DONALD TRUMP BECAUSE HE'S A RACIST.
TIME AND TIME AND TIME AGAIN THEY TURNED THE OTHER WAY AND
THEY'RE DOING THE SAME THING NOW.
IT'S ACTUALLY DISGUSTING.
YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF, WHAT EXACTLY IS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
WILLING TO DO, HOW FAR ARE THEY WILLING TO GO?
HOW MUCH OF THIS COUNTRY AND OUR VALUES ARE THEY WILLING TO SELL
OUT?
>> Stephen: BUT AREN'T YOU A REPUBLICAN?
>> I AM A REPUBLICAN BUT I'M NOT GOING TO BE A REPUBLICAN
ANYMORE.
( APPLAUSE ) I'VE GOT TO BECOME AN
INDEPENDENT.
AND YOU LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED TODAY.
YOU HAVE THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE DEFENDING SOMEBODY THAT WAS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE CAMPAIGN, AND SOMEBODY, JARED, WHO STILL
WORKS IN THE CAMPAIGN WHO NOT ONLY LIED ABOUT MEETING RUSSIANS
ALL ALONG BUT ACTUALLY, IF THEY DIDN'T COLLUDE, THEY CERTAINLY
DECIDED THEY WERE GOING TO COORDINATE WITH AN ENEMY FOREIGN
GOVERNMENT THAT SEES THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS AN ENEMY.
AND THEY WERE WILLING TO DO THAT.
AND WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD FROM REPUBLICAN LEADERS TODAY?
WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD FROM THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TODAY?
NOTHING.
THERE'S ALWAYS SILENCE.
THAT'S NOT A PARTY THAT RONALD REAGAN WOULD HAVE -- YOU KNOW,
CERTAINLY NOT COOPERATING WITH THE RUSSIANS, THAT'S NOT A PARTY
RONALD REAGAN COULD ASSOCIATE WITH, CERTAINLY NOT A PARTY THAT
I CAN ASSOCIATE WITH.
LISTEN, I WON'T LOWER TAXES.
I WANT LESS REGULATIONS.
I WANT A MORE EXIT YOU'VE ECONOMY -- I WANT A MORE
COMPETITIVE ECONOMY AND THE GOVERNMENT TAKING LESS MONEY
FROM ME -- >> Stephen: DO YOU WANT TO RUN
FOR PUBLIC OFFICE?
>> NO.
>> Stephen: YOU SURE?
SOUNDS LIKE IT.
>> WHY DOES IT SOUPED LIKE THAT?
WHY AREN'T WE HEARING FROM MORE REPUBLICANS?
>> Stephen: I DON'T KNOW WHY.
I DON'T KNOW WHY.
( APPLAUSE ) I TELL YOU WHAT, BECAUSE I KNOW
THAT JOE IS INTERESTED IN CHANGING CAREERS.
>> THAT'S TRUE.
I AM.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE I ASKED, I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO
GO AFTER THIS NEXT CAREER YOU'RE TRYING, BECAUSE I HAVE FOUND
OUT -- >> THIS IS HUGE.
THIS IS BIG.
>> Stephen: IT'S INTERESTING.
I AM ALARMED TO FIND OUT YOU ARE PUTTING OUT A SERIES OF ALBUMS
WITH YOUR MAN SCARBOROUGH -- >> IT'S AN AWESOME BAND.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: THE FIRST ONE
DEFINITELY CAPTURES MY FEELINGS.
>> YES, YES.
>> Stephen: WHICH IS MYSTIFIED.
>> MYSTIFIED.
>> Stephen: WHY DO YOU WANT TO BE A ROCK AND ROLL STAR?
>> YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN PLAYING MUSIC MY WHOLE LIFE, WRITING
SONGS SINCE I HAV I WAS 14.
I DID EVERYTHING ELSE BUT THIS.
>> Stephen: IS THIS WHAT YOU'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO?
EVERYTHING ELSE HAS BEEN A FALL-BACK POSITION AND THIS IS
WHAT YOU WANTED TO DO THE WHOLE TIME?
>> ANYBODY WHO KNOWS ME KNOWS THAT'S BEEN MY LIFE AND WHAT
I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO.
I'VE ALWAYS WRITTEN SONGS -- >> Stephen: DONALD TRUMP, JR.
HAS A FRIEND WHO'S A MUSIC PUBLICIST IN RUSSIA.
>> THAT'S TRUE!
MY LUCKY BREAK!
>> Stephen: HE'S GOING TO DO A SONG LATER, I'M SERIOUS!
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