>>SO OFTEN, I GET QUESTIONS FROM PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON,
WHETHER THEY ARE IN THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA OR THEY ARE
PART OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OR THEY JUST LIVE AND BREATHE IN
WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK AS WELL -- WHY DO YOU GUYS THINK THAT
HILLARY CLINTON IS CORRUPT, OR HAS ANY KIND OF PROBLEMS?
I
DON'T GET IT.
AND WHY DOES THE COUNTRY SAY THAT?
WHY ARE HER
POLL NUMBERS NOT SO GREAT?
I DON'T GET IT.
THE REASON THEY
DON'T GET IT IS BECAUSE THEY ARE IN THE SAME BUBBLE AND CULTURE
AND CLASSES SHE IS, SO THEY GENUINELY LIKE HILLARY CLINTON.
THEY ROUGHLY KNOW HER, THEY KNOW HER TEAM, THEY WORK WITH HER
TEAM, THEY ARE ALL IN THE SAME CIRCLE SO THEY DON'T GET IT.
THAT'S WHY WHEN I MADE MY PREDICTION THAT HILLARY COULD
AND WOULD WIN, BUT BY A RAZOR THIN MARGIN, AND I'VE BEEN
SAYING THIS ELECTION WILL BE SUPER CLOSE FOR MONTHS, RIGHT
AFTER THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION WHEN I WAS ON ABC'S THIS WEEK,
THEY SAID AT THAT POINT WHERE YOU STAND, I SAID AT THAT POINT
TRUMP HAD A SLIGHT ADVANTAGE.
BUT I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT, AND
I'VE ALWAYS TOLD YOU GUYS FOR AS LONG AS WE HAVE KNOWN WHO THE
CANDIDATES ARE, THAT THIS WOULD BE A RAZOR THIN ELECTION.
THE
REASON I THINK THAT IS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT HILLARY CLINTON'S
SUPPORT IN THIS COUNTRY IS SUPER SOFT.
PEOPLE DO NOT LIKE HER.
THAT'S NOT MY ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE OR THE COCKTAIL CIRCUIT, THOSE
ARE POLLS..
SHE IS THE SECOND MOST DISLIKED CANDIDATE IN
AMERICAN HISTORY, SHE IS LUCKY TO BE RUNNING AGAINST THE MOST
UNPOPULAR CANDIDATE IN AMERICAN HISTORY AS LONG AS WE HAVE HAD
POLLING.
BUT YOU THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE WRONG?
AND
YES, IN WASHINGTON THEY THINK THAT.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
SITTING THERE IN OHIO AND FLORIDA, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT
THEY'RE DOING.
THE UNEDUCATED MASSES.
HILLARY IS GREAT, IF
THEY JUST HAD MORE EDUCATION THEY WOULD KNOW AND LIKE HER AS
MUCH AS WE DO.
NO, THEY ARE NOT WRONG.
APPARENTLY YOU DON'T
UNDERSTAND SO I WILL EXPLAIN IT TO YOU.
HILLARY CLINTON AND BILL
CLINTON TOGETHER HAVE TAKEN OVER $3 BILLION IN TERMS OF DIRECT
SALARIES THROUGH SPEECHES, ETC., FROM MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS
AND BANKS.
THEY HAVE ALSO TAKEN CAMPAIGN DONATIONS, INDEPENDENT
EXPENDITURES, AND MONEY TO THE CLINTON FOUNDATION.
PUT THAT
TOGETHER AND OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS THEY TAKEN $3 BILLION.
YOU
SAY 40 YEARS IS A LONG TIME AND ONE OF THOSE IS A CHARITY --
YES, BUT IT IS NOT $3 MILLION, IT IS $3 BILLION.
AND THE
CLINTONS THEMSELVES ARE AT LEAST WORTH $150 MILLION.
YOU IN
WASHINGTON FIND THAT PERFECT NORMAL.
THE REST OF THE COUNTRY
GOES, SOMEONE IS GOING TO WANT SOMETHING IN RETURN FOR THAT $3
BILLION.
IT IS NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE STUPID OR LOCAL YOKELS, IT
IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE NORMAL COMMON SENSE.
SOMEONE GIVES YOU
THAT MUCH MONEY, THEY WANT SOMETHING IN RETURN.
EVERYBODY
OUTSIDE OF WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK KNOWS THAT.
YOU IN
WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK, YOU ALSO KNOW THAT BUT YOU'VE
CONVENIENTLY FORGOTTEN IT.
AT FOLKS IN THE ESTABLISHMENT SAY I
DON'T GET IT, SHE'S NOT THE MOST CORRUPT CANDIDATE.
THAT IS TRUE,
SHE'S NOT.
I COULD MAYBE DOZENS OF POLITICIANS MORE CORRUPT BOTH
ON THE REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC SIDE, PEOPLE WHO HAVE TAKEN
LITTLE BRIBES, OR WORK FOR THEIR DONORS MORE INTO THE ETHICALLY,
JOHN BOEHNER WOULD HAND OUT CHECKS TO THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY
DURING A VOTE ON THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL,
HE'S INCREDIBLY CORRUPT, I COULD LIST YOU HUNDREDS OF OTHER
POLITICIANS WHO ARE THAT CORRUPT.
SO WHY PICK ON POOR
HILLARY CLINTON?
BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH SHE MIGHT NOT BE THE MOST
CORRUPT, SHE IS A SYMBOL OF THAT CORRUPTION.
GET IT THROUGH YOUR
HEAD, BECAUSE YOU DON'T GET IT.
BECAUSE HERE SHE IS, SHE IS A
LIVING EMBODIMENT OF THE ESTABLISHMENT, THE STATUS QUO.
THIS SYSTEM THAT THE WHOLE COUNTRY BELIEVES HAS BEEN
CORRUPTED.
OVER 90% OF AMERICANS BELIEVE THAT MONEY CORRUPTS
POLITICS, AND THIS IS ONE MEASURE, AND BY THIS MEASURE
THERE IS AN ARGUMENT FOR THE CLINTONS BEING MOST CORRUPT.
THEY'VE TAKEN THE MOST AMOUNT OF MONEY, $3 BILLION.
YOU CAN SAY
UNTIL YOU ARE BLUE IN THE FACE, THAT'S NOT FAIR, SOME OF IT WENT
TO CHARITY, AND THOSE SPEECHES WERE FANTASTIC, I WOULD HAVE
PAID $250,000 FOR THEM AS WELL.
MAYBE, BUT NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE
ARE BUYING THAT, OF COURSE THEY WANT SOMETHING IN RETURN.
THERE
IS A STORY IN THE PODESTA EMAILS ABOUT HOW COMPANIES PAY TO THE
CLINTON FOUNDATION AND GIVE DIRECT MONEY TO BILL CLINTON FOR
SPEAKING SO THEY CAN GET AN AUDIENCE WITH CLINTON, BECAUSE
THEY'VE GOT IMPORTANT CASES, BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN CASES, IN
FRONT OF THE GOVERNMENT.
WE SEE THE CORRUPTION, YOU HAVE
PURPOSELY CHOSEN, IN WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK BECAUSE YOU ARE
PART OF THE ESTABLISHMENT, NOT TO SEE THAT CORRUPTION.
THE REST
OF US SEE IT CLEAR AS DAY.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN SHE IS WORSE THAN
DONALD TRUMP, I'VE ARGUED THE OPPOSITE.
BUT JUST BECAUSE SHE
IS NOT AS BAD AS MUSSOLINI DOESN'T MAKE HER AN ANGEL, GET
IT THROUGH YOUR HEAD THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SEE THE PROBLEMS
WITH HILLARY CLINTON.
WHY ARE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SO UPSET?
BECAUSE THEY ARE RIGHT, THE SYSTEM HAS BEEN RIGGED, WE LIVE
IN A WALMART ECONOMY WHERE THE GUYS USED TO HAVE SOME DEGREE OF
RESPECT FOR THEIR JOBS AND IN THEIR LIVES AND THEY WOULD GO
OUT AND WORK ON AND ASSEMBLY LINE OR A GREAT NUMBER OF OTHER
JOBS, NOW EVERYBODY IS WORKING MINIMUM WAGE AND GOD, IT KILLS
THEM, BUT THEY HAVE TO GO GET FOOD STAMPS.
AND THEY ARE
BLAMING THE WRONG PEOPLE FOR THE PROBLEMS, SOME OF THEM ARE
DEMOCRATS, SOME ARE REPUBLICANS, BUT THEY ARE GETTING CRUSHED OUT
THERE.
WHY?
WELL, THOSE MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS GAVE
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO POLITICIANS, AND IN RETURN THEY
GOT LOWER TAXES, THEY GOT TO OFFSHORE ALL OF THEIR TAX
BURDENS, QUOTE UNQUOTE BAD COMPANIES, A LOT OF COMPANIES
THAT LIBERALS DON'T LIKE LIKE EXXON MOBIL, BUT ALSO QUOTE
UNQUOTE GOOD COMPANIES.
LIKE APPLE.
I LIKE APPLE, BUT I DON'T
LIKE THAT THEY HAD BILLIONS OFFSHORE, AND THEY DO.
WHY?
BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THEY PAY OFF THE POLITICIANS AND EVERY
ONCE IN A WHILE INSTEAD OF PAYING 35% IN TAXES THE
POLITICIANS MAKE A DEAL AND THEY PAY 5% IN TAXES FOR THEIR TAX
HOLIDAY, THAT'S HOW THEY CRUSH US.
THAT'S HOW YOU GET INCOME
INEQUALITY.
THE MINIMUM WAGE HASN'T MOVED IN YEARS, WE ARE
ARGUING WHETHER IT SHOULD BE $15, RIGHT NOW IT IS $7.25.
THAT'S WHAT CREATES THIS CRUSHING ECONOMY.
YOU MIGHT HAVE
A JOB BUT IT IS NOT A GOOD ONE, NOT ONE YOU ARE EXCITED ABOUT OR
PROUD OF, NOT ONE YOU WANT TO PASS ON TO YOUR KIDS, IT IS
REAL.
AND HILLARY CLINTON IS THE EMBODIMENT OF THAT CORRUPT
SYSTEM, AND YOU WONDER WHY HER SUPPORT IS SO SOFT.
YOU WONDER
WHY A WEEK OUT FROM THE ELECTION SHE IS NOW TIED OR LOSING TO
DONALD TRUMP, THAT IS WHY.
OPEN YOUR EYES.
ON THE YOUNG TURKS WE
HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET YOU TO OPEN YOUR EYES FOR NOW OVER A
YEAR AND THROUGH THIS ENTIRE ELECTION PROCESS.
AND WASN'T SO
WE COULD BRAG ABOUT BEING RIGHT, IT'S SO YOU CAN GET ON THE RIGHT
PATH SO WE DON'T HAVE A MONSTER LIKE DONALD TRUMP WINNING.
BUT
YOU CAN'T SEE STRAIGHT, I DON'T SEE THE CORRUPTION, YOU GUYS ARE
ALL BEING UNFAIR, HILLARY IS GREAT, WHY CAN'T YOU SEE THAT
SHE'S GREAT?
SHE IS NOT GREAT, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DON'T THINK
THAT, THEY THINK SHE IS PART -- NOT IN WHOLE, NOT SOLELY
RESPONSIBLE, NOWHERE NEAR -- BUT PART OF THAT SYSTEMIC
CORRUPTION.
SO YOU TALK ABOUT THAT OVERHAUL OF THE SYSTEM, IT
IS NOT ONE PERSON, THE CLINTONS DIDN'T FIX IT BY THEMSELVES.
THE
REPUBLICANS, THE GUYS WHO CLAIM TO BE AGAINST CRONY CAPITALISM,
THEY MASTERED THE ART OF CRONY CAPITALISM.
ON EVERYTHING THEY
DO IS IN SERVICE OF THE DONORS.
THE WAY SCOTT WALKER WILL FOLLOW
ORDERS OF HIS DONORS TO A TEE IS HUMILIATING.
I COULD GO DOWN THE
LIST, PAUL RYAN, CHRIS CHRISTIE, YOU NAME IT, ALL OF THEM GIVING
MILLIONS AND SOMETIMES BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN FAVORS TO THEIR
DONORS, THE WAY THAT TED CRUZ GROVELED TO THE MERCERS -- I'VE
GOT PRINCIPLES, I'M NOT GOING TO ENDORSE DONALD TRUMP, THE MERCER
FAMILY GOES YOU ENDORSE HIM, AND HE GOES ABSOLUTELY, SIR, HE
ENDORSES HIM.
I KNOW THEY ARE ALL CORRUPT, BUT YES, HILLARY IS
PART OF IT.
YES IT TAKES A VILLAGE, IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO
DO THAT KIND OF SYSTEMIC CORRUPTION, BUT SHE IS PERCEIVED
BY A LOT OF AMERICANS AS THE MAYOR OF THAT VILLAGE.
AND THE
REASON YOU CAN'T SEE THAT IF YOU LIVE IN WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK
AND ARE PART OF THE ESTABLISHMENT IS BECAUSE IT IS
YOUR VILLAGE, YOU ARE IN THAT VILLAGE.
AND I'M HERE TO TELL
YOU THAT YOU GOT IT ALL WRONG.
HILLARY CLINTON IS AN ENORMOUSLY
WEAK CANDIDATE BECAUSE OF ALL THE THINGS I JUST OUTLINED.
THERE IS A WEEK LEFT, I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE IS MUCH WE CAN
DO ABOUT IT, WE WARNED YOU 1000 TIMES, NOT BECAUSE WE WANTED ALL
OF YOU GUYS TO BE IN TROUBLE AND FOR THE SYSTEM TO CRASH
OVERNIGHT -- WE DON'T WANT TO BURN DOWN THE MEDIA, WE ARE NOT
RIGHT-WINGERS, WE WANT TO HELP THE MEDIA GET BETTER.
DON'T PLAY
HE SAID/SHE SAID GAMES.
I DON'T WANT THE ECONOMY TO CRASH, I
WANTED TO GET BETTER.
WE WARNED YOU NOT BECAUSE WE ARE AGAINST
YOU BUT BECAUSE HE THOUGHT WE COULD MAKE THIS COUNTRY BETTER
BY FIXING THIS CORRUPT SYSTEM, AND WE WILL.
NO MATTER WHO WINS
WE WILL FIGHT NOT JUST AS HARD, TWICE AS HARD.
WHETHER IT IS
TRUMP OR CLINTON.
AND WE WON'T STOP UNTIL WE WIN, WE WILL BEAT
THIS ESTABLISHMENT BECAUSE IT IS CRUSHING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
BUT ALL THIS IS ALSO DONE SO THAT A MONSTER, BORDERLINE
FASCIST, LIKE TRUMP, DOESN'T GET IN CHARGE.
BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T
THINK THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM YOU WILL GET A POPULIST WHO WINS.
THE ONLY QUESTION IS, WILL IT BE A POPULIST ON THE LEFT OR THE
RIGHT?
NOW YOU HAVE ENABLED A POPULIST ON THE RIGHT TO GET
THIS CLOSE TO BEING THE MOST POWERFUL MAN ON EARTH.
WE WARNED
YOU.
TURNAROUND.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN DON'T VOTE FOR HILLARY
TODAY, IT DOESN'T MEAN VOTE FOR TRUMP, THERE IS ONLY A WEEK
LEFT, THERE'S NOT MUCH YOU CAN DO, SHE CAN'T REPOSITION HERSELF
NOW, NOR WOULD I WANT HER TO, IT WOULD BE UTTERLY FALSE, YOU SEE
IT IN THE PODESTA EMAILS, SHE SAYS I HAVE A PRIVATE FACE AND A
PUBLIC FACE AND MY POSITIONS OFTENTIMES ARE NOT THE SAME
PUBLICLY AND PRIVATELY -- WE KNOW THAT, I READ THE EMAILS,
YOU EVEN KNOW IT, YOU JUST DON'T WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT.
BUT
AFTER THE ELECTION IS OVER, IF SHE WINS BY THAT RAZOR THIN
MARGIN AND YOU THINK, PROBLEM AVERTED, WE ARE DONE WITH THIS,
NOW THE ESTABLISHMENT IS IN CHARGE, LET'S KEEP GIVING THESE
TAX BREAKS TO THE INCREDIBLY RICH, WHAT ARE YOU GETTING SO
UPSET OVER?
NEXT TIME THERE WILL BE A MONSTER LIKE TRUMP BUT HE
MIGHT NOT BE SO STUPID, AND HE MIGHT NOT ONLY WIN BUT GO
FURTHER THAN THAT.
BRING MAJORITIES WITH HIM.
AND REALLY
GAIN CONTROL.
FOR GOD'S SAKE, TURN AROUND BECAUSE IT'S THE
RIGHT THING TO DO, PLUS IF YOU DON'T YOU'RE GOING TO GET
SLAUGHTERED.
IF IT ISN'T A WEEK FROM NOW, I GUARANTEE IT WILL BE
FOUR YEARS FROM NOW.