( LAUGHTER ) OF COURSE, TRUMP IS STILL
DEALING WITH THE FALLOUT FROM HIS RACIST TWEETS, WHICH BECAME
A RACIST CHANT, WHICH WILL SOON BE A RACIST BREAKFAST CEREAL.
HE WAS ASKED WHY HE WON'T LET THIS STORY GO:
>> WELL, I THINK THEY ARE VERY BAD FOR OUR COUNTRY.
I THINK THEY MUST HATE OUR COUNTRY.
NOBODY KNOWS HOW TO HANDLE THEM.
I FEEL THEY'RE EASY TO HANDLE.
>> STEPHEN: WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY'RE EASY TO HANDLE?
THIS HAS BEEN YOUR PUBLIC RELATIONS DISASTER FOR EIGHT
DAYS.
(AS TRUMP) "NOBODY KNOWS HOW TO HANDLE A
BUCKING BRONCO, BUT FOR ME IT'S EASY.
I LET IT KNOCK ME TO THE GROUND AND TRAMPLE ME UNTIL IT GETS
TIRED, OKAY? "YEE HA."
SHEBANG.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) TRUMP'S BEEN ALL OVER THE MAP
FOR THE LAST WEEK.
ON WEDNESDAY, HE WHIPPED HIS RALLY CROWD INTO A FROTH OVER
REPRESENTATIVE ILHAN OMAR, AND SO THEY CHANTED "SEND HER
BACK."
On "THURSDAY, TRUMP SAID HE DIDN'T AGREE WITH THE CHANT, ON
FRIDAY, HE SAID THE CHANTING CROWD WERE INCREDIBLE PATRIOTS
BUT THEN HE TWEETED A VIDEO FROM HIS RALLY, AND ADDING, "AS YOU
CAN SEE, I DID NOTHING TO LEAD PEOPLE ON, NOR WAS I
PARTICULARLY HAPPY WITH THE CHANT."
(AS TRUMP) "IT'S NOT MY FAULT.
ALL I DID WAS SING 'SWEET CAROLINE,' AND THE CROWD SANG
'SEND-HER-BACK.'" ( LAUGHTER )
( APPLAUSE ) HE ALSO CONTINUED HIS ATTACKS
AGAINST THE FOUR CONGRESSWOMEN KNOWN AS... THE SQUAD.
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( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) HE SAVED HIS HARSHEST WORDS FOR
OMAR: >> BUT I'M UNHAPPY WHEN A
CONGRESSWOMAN GOES AND SAID, "I'M GOING TO BE THE PRESIDENT'S
NIGHTMARE."
"SHE'S GOING TO BE THE PRESIDENT'S NIGHTMARE."
SHE'S LUCKY TO BE WHERE SHE IS.
>> STEPHEN: (AS TRUMP) "SHE'S LUCKY TO BE IN CONGRESS.
FAR TOO MANY IMMIGRANTS END UP BEING MY WIFE."
IT'( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) "IT'S SAD.
VERY SAD ."
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( PIANO RIFF )
CLEARLY, TRUMP WAS FINE WITH THE CROWD'S CHANT.
SO WHY DID HE SAY HE WASN'T?
WELL, IT TURNS OUT, ACCORDING TO REPORTS, THAT WHEN HE GOT HOME
FROM NORTH CAROLINA, TRUMP TOOK HEAT FROM MELANIA AND IVANKA
OVER THE RACIST CHANTS AT HIS RALLY.
A BOLD STANCE FOR THE FIRST DAUGHTER.
(AS IVANKA) "LISTEN, DAD.
ME AND STEPMOM-LANIA ARE TOTALLY MAD ABOUT THE CHANT.
AS SOON AS WE SAW IT, WE RUSHED STRAIGHT TO OUR PUBLICISTS SO
THEY COULD TELL REPORTERS HOW MAD WE ARE.
THEN WE CAME HERE.
OH, AND ERIC SWALLOWED A SOCK.
AGAIN."
( LAUGHTER ) BUT WHEN ASKED ABOUT IT IN
FRIDAY'S CHOPPER TALK, TRUMP TRIED TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF THE
BACKLASH.
>> FALSE INFORMATION.
IT WAS FAKE NEWS.
>> NOPE.
WE-- I TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT THEY DIDN'T ADVISE ME.
THEY TOLD ME, BUT I DIDN'T-- >> I'M SORRY, WHAT DID
THEY SAY?
WHAT DID THEY TELL YOU?
>> BY THE WAY, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING-- FAKE NEWS.
>> STEPHEN: (AS TRUMP) "I'M NOT GOING TO STAND HERE AND
LET YOU ACCUSE MY DAUGHTER AND MY WIFE OF BEING DECENT PEOPLE.
FAKE NEWS!" ( LAUGHTER )
FAKE NEWS.
( APPLAUSE ) TRUMP WASN'T THE ONLY ONE
FLAILING TO DEFEND HIS ACTIONS, SO WAS WHITE HOUSE SENIOR
POLITICAL ADVISOR AND GUY WITH THE KIND OF FACE THAT MAKES YOU
WEAR HOODS- STEPHEN MILLER.
( LAUGHTER ) MILLER SAT DOWN WITH CHRIS
WALLACE ON THE FOX NEWS SUNDAY AND ARGUED THAT TRUMP AND HIS
CROWD COULDN'T BE RACISTS BECAUSE HOW DARE YOU?
>> THE TERM "RACIST," CHRIS, HAS BECOME A LABEL THAT IS TOO OFTEN
DEPLOYED BY LEFT, DEMOCRATS IN THIS COUNTRY SIMPLY TO TRY TO
SILENCE AND PUNISH AND SUPPRESS PEOPLE THEY DISAGREE WITH.
I FUNDAMENTALLY DISAGREE WITH THE VIEW THAT IF YOU CRITICIZE
SOMEBODY AND THEY HAPPEN TO BE A DIFFERENT COLOR SKIN, THAT THAT
MAKES IT RACIAL CRITICISM.
IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A COLORBLIND SOCIETY, IT MEANS YOU CAN
CRITICIZE IMMIGRATION POLICY, YOU CAN CRITICIZE PEOPLE'S
VIEWS, YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE THEY'RE BORN AND NOT
HAVE IT BE SEEN AS RACIAL. >> STEPHEN: THAT'S NOT BEING
COLORBLIND.
THAT'S JUST IGNORING RACISM.
THAT'S LIKE SAYING: (AS MILLER)
"I HOPE ONE DAY TO LIVE IN A POST PUNCH-YOU-IN-FACE SOCIETY
WHERE I CAN PUNCH YOU IN THE FACE AND NOT AUTOMATICALLY BE
ACCUSED OF BEING A FACE-PUNCHIST."
( LAUGHTER ) ANOTHER TRUMP DEFENDER THIS
WEEKEND WAS TRUMP ADVISOR AND WOMAN NAMED AFTER THE SOUND OF A
LUXURY CAR RUNNING OVER A POOR PERSON-- MERCEDES SCHLAPP
( LAUGHTER ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
SHE SAID THIS: >> I HAVE WORKED WITH PRESIDENT
TRUMP FOR TWO YEARS AND HE IS NOT A RACIST.
HE'S A COMPASSIONATE MAN WHOSE POLICIES HAVE FOCUSED ON
THE MINORITY COMMUNITY.
>> STEPHEN: (AS MERCEDES) "I HAVE ALSO WORKED WITH CRUELLA
DE VILLE, A COMPASSIONATE WOMAN WHOSE POLICIES HAVE FOCUSED ON
THE DALMATIAN COMMUNITY." ( LAUGHTER )
AND THEN THERE WAS MIKE PENCE WHO SAID THIS ABOUT THE "SEND
HER BACK" CHANT AT TRUMP'S RALLY:
>> THE PRESIDENT WASN'T PLEASED ABOUT IT.
NEITHER WAS I.
AND THE PRESIDENT'S BEEN VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
MAJOR, THE PRESIDENT WAS VERY CLEAR.
>> WAS HE? AND THAT IF IT HAPPENED AGAIN
HE-- HE MIGHT-- HE MIGHT-- HE'D MAKE AN EFFORT TO SPEAK OUT
ABOUT IT.
>> STEPHEN: UH-OH, SOMEBODY REBOOT PENCE!
HE'S BUFFERING! (AS PENCE)
"HE MIGHT M-MIGHT M-M-MIGHT--ñr ERROR!o
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( PIANO RIFF )
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THE PRESIDENT ALSO GOT SUPPORT FROM WISCONSIN SENATOR AND MAN
WATCHING THE SANDWICH ARTIST REALLY BLOW IT-- RON JOHNSON
WHO SAID THIS ON CNN: >> I WOULD
>> I WOULD SAY, IN GENERAL, THE WHOLE AMERICA LOVE-IT-OR-LEAVE
IT IS NOT-- NOT A NEW SENTIMENT.
BACK IN THE '60s THAT WASN'T CONSIDERED RACIST.
>> Stephen: AH, WHAT A GREAT LITMUS TEST FOR WHETHER OR
NOT SOMETHING IS RACIST.
"IT WAS OKAY IN THE 1960s."
REMEMBER THE FAMOUS WORDS OF MARTIN LUTHER KING,
(
IT'S A FUNNY JOKE.
OR IT WOULD BE, IF JOHNSON HADN'T GONE ON TO ACTUALLY QUOTE
MARTIN LUTHER KING.
>> WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS US MOVING TOWARD THAT COLORBLIND
SOCIETY.
WHERE WE REALLY COULD EMBRACE DR. KING'S SENTIMENT THAT LET'S
JUDGE PEOPLE ON THE BASIS OF THE CONTENT OF THEIR CHARACTER,
RATHER THAN THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN.
>> Stephen: WE ARE JUDGING TRUMP ON THE CONTENT OF HIS CHARACTER.
HE'S A RACIST.
(
OF HIS SKIN IS.
(
I-- I MEAN...
I WANT TO SAY RAW CHICKEN SLATHERED WITH PUMPKIN SPICE?