LIFETIME APPOINTMENT. >> HOW TO EXPLAIN THIS DISPREK
SI
SI -- DISCREPANCY, IS THE GOP
CONTROLS THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE
SENATE, ACCORDING TO THE
SPOKESPERSON.
SPOKESPERSON. OKAY.
OKAY. >>> VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS ON
THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL YESTERDAY,
SPEAKING AT AN EVENT IN HOUSTON,
TEXAS, ORGANIZED BY THE AMERICAN
FEDERATION OF TEACHERS.
THERE, HE DID NOT MENTION
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S RECENT ATTACKS
AT THAT TOWN HALL EVENT, BUT HIS
CAMPAIGN IS HITTING BACK AFTER
TRUMP CRITICIZED THE FORMER VP
DURING A TRIP TO TOKYO OVER THE
WEEKEND.
WEEKEND. HERE’S SOME OF WHAT THE
PRESIDENT SAID.
PRESIDENT SAID. >> KIM JONG-UN MADE A STATEMENT
THAT JOE BIDEN IS A LOW IQ
INDIVIDUAL.
INDIVIDUAL. HE PROBABLY IS, BASED ON HIS
RECORD.
RECORD. I THINK I AGREE WITH HIM ON
THAT.
THAT. >> YIKES.
>> YIKES. BIDEN’S DEPUTY CAMPAIGN MANAGER
RELEASED A STATEMENT IN
RESPONSE, SAYING THE PRESIDENT’S
COMMENTS ARE BENEATH THE DIGNITY
OF THE OFFICE.
TO BE ON FOREIGN SOIL ON
MEMORIAL DAY, AND SIDE
REPEATEDLY WITH A MURDEROUS DECK
TATER AGAINST A FELLOW AMERICAN
AND FORMER VICE PRESIDENT SPEAKS
FOR ITSELF.
FOR ITSELF. IT IS PART OF THE PATTERN OF
EMBRACING AUTOCRATS AT THE
EXPENSE OF OUR INSTITUTIONS.
WHETHER TAKING PUTIN’S WORD AT
FACE VALUE IN HELSINKI, OR
EXCHANGING LOVE LETTERS WITH KIM
JONG-UN.
JONG-UN. PRESIDENT TRUMP TRIED TO DEFEND
THE COMMENTS ON TWITTER, SAYING,
I WAS STICKING UP FOR SLEEPY JOE
BIDEN WHILE ON FOREIGN JONG-UN S
ID LOT.
ID LOT. I SAID IT WAS MORE LIKE A LOW IQ
INDIVIDUAL.
INDIVIDUAL. WHO CAN BE UPSET WITH THAT?
JUST SICK.
JUST SICK. >> DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS FOR
THE MOST PART RESPECTED THE IDEA
YOU DON’T ATTACK THE AMERICAN
PRESIDENT WHEN YOU’RE ON FOREIGN
SOIL.
SOIL. YOU CERTAINLY DON’T SIDE WITH
ONE OF THE MOST TYRANNICAL
DICTATORS ON THE GLOBE, WHO
MURDERED AN AMERICAN COLLEGE
STUDENT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
BUT THAT’S WHAT DONALD TRUMP
DID.
DID. OF COURSE, THE MOST WONDERFUL
PART OF IT ALL WAS THAT HE
ATTACKED JOE BIDEN’S IQ WHILE
MISSPELLING HIS FIVE-LETTER LAST
NAME.
NAME. WELCOME TO THE WONDERFUL WORLD
OF DONALD TRUMP.
>> THE ES AND AND THE A, YOU KNO
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> THE WAY THE PRESIDENT
RESPONDED TO THIS SHOWS HE
DOESN’T TAKE IT SERIOUSLY.
IT IS ALL A GAME, NAME CALLING,
NICKNAMES.
NICKNAMES. I DON’T HAVE TO ASK THIS
QUESTION TO THOSE AT THE TABLE,
BUT TO THE AUDIENCE, IS THERE
ANY WAY TRUMP SAID, HEY, THE-- K
SAID, HEY, THAT JOE BIDEN, HE IS
A LOW IQ IDIOT.
IT’S A GAME.
HE’S SHOWING AFFINITY FOR A
MURDEROUS DICTATOR WHO KILLED
WHO YEARS AGO AN AMERICAN
COLLEGE STUDENT.
COLLEGE STUDENT. >> AGAIN, MIKE, I’VE GOT TO --
WE HAVE TO KEEP TALK ABOUT IT
BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF
AMERICANS RIGHT NOW DON’T CARE.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. >> ABOUT SO MUCH OF THIS.
>> NOR SHOULD THEY.
>> THEY NEED TO CARE ABOUT THE
CONSTITUTIONAL NORMS THAT ARE
BREACHED.
BREACHED. >> SURE.
>> SURE. >> THEY CARE MORE -- LIKE OUR
HIGH SCHOOLS NEED TO TEACH CIVIC
CLASSES, AMERICAN HISTORY.
WE HAVE TO, ONCE AGAIN, EXPLAIN
WHAT HAS MADE THIS COUNTRY THE
GREATEST COUNTRY OVER THE PAST
240 YEARS.
240 YEARS. WE HAVE FED MORE AND FREED MORE
PEOPLE THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY IN
THE HISTORY OF THIS WORLD.
WE NEED TO EXPLAIN WHY WE DID
AND HOW WE DID AND WHAT WE DID
DO AND WHAT WE DID NOT DO.
WE DID NOT DO THAT.
THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE.
IT IS CORROSIVE FOR THE COUNTRY.
>> EVERYTHING THAT YOU JUST SAID
WAS TRUE.
WAS TRUE. IT WAS ACCURATE.
AND IT IS NECESSARY, TO TEACH
ONE INDIVIDUAL ABOVE ALL
EVERYTHING THAT WAS ENCOMPASSED
IN WHAT YOU JUST SAID.
THAT INDIVIDUAL, SADLY, HAPPENS
TO BE THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
UNITED STATES. HE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND ANY OF
THAT.
THAT. BECAUSE HIS WHOLE FRAME OF
REFERENCE, HIS PRESIDENCY, IS A
SCREEN.
SCREEN. IT’S THE TV SCREEN THAT PEOPLE
LOOK AT.
LOOK AT. IT’S THE SCREEN OF THE PHONES
THEY LOOK AT.
HIS ONLY INTEREST IS OCCUPYING
THAT SCREEN.
THAT SCREEN. >> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. >> THAT ATTENTION 24/7.
SADLY, HE HAS SUCCEEDED IN THAT.
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, HE’S IGNORANT
OF HISTORY.
OF HISTORY. HE’S IGNORANT OF CONSTITUTION.
HE’S IGNORANT OF HOW GOVERNMENTS
RUN.
RUN. WE’RE NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT
THE RED SOX THIS MORNING, BUT
WE’LL TALK ABOUT THE TRIP TO THE
WHITE HOUSE.
WHITE HOUSE. THE HISTORY LESSONS THAT THE
PLAYERS SAID HE TRIED TO GIVE
THEM.
THEM. THE HISTORY LESSONS HE WAS WRONG
ON ALL PARTS.
>> HE WAS MAKING IT UP.
>> JOHN ADAMS, SIXTH PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES, THE FIRST
PERSON TO SLEEP HERE.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN LOSING WARS.
IT WAS A BIZARRE -- BUT AGAIN,
IT EXPOSED THE FACT THAT HE
JUST -- HE JUST HAS ABSOLUTELY
NO IDEA WHAT HE’S DOING.
OUR HISTORY, THAT’S WHY THIS
KEEPS HAPPENING.
KEEPS HAPPENING. >> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. WELL, THERE’S ONE WAY TO SOLVE
THAT, AND THAT’S IN THE NEXT
ELECTION.
ELECTION. I GUESS OTHERS THINK THERE MIGHT
BE OTHER WAYS.
I’M NOT SURE WHY HE HASN’T BEEN
DECLARED UNFIT FOR THE
PRESIDENCY EVERY STEP OF THE WAY
HERE BY HIS ADMINISTRATION.
>> WELL, THAT’S WHAT NANCY
PELOSI THINKS.
PELOSI THINKS. >> I DON’T GET IT.
HOW MANY NORMS, HOW MANY THINGS
DO YOU HAVE TO DO TO SORT OF
PROVE THAT PERHAPS THERE’S
SOMETHING DANGEROUS AFOOT HERE?
>> WELL, LET ME JUST SAY, ON
THAT POINT, BECAUSE I HAD A
CONVERSATION ON FRIDAY WITH
SOMEBODY VERY CLOSE TO THE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. >> MM-HMM.
>> MM-HMM. >> WHO JUST SAID THAT WHILE
THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PROBLEMS
WITH DONALD TRUMP AND THE
ADMINISTRATION, SOME OF THE
PEOPLE HE HAD AROUND HIM, THAT
WITH THE MATTIS GONE, TILLERSONS
GONE, HE HAS NOTHING BUT
SYCOPHANTS AROUND HIM.
NOTHING BUT YES MEN AROUND HIM