HAS A REASON TO BE NERVOUS. HAS A REASON TO SEND OUT
INCENDIARY TWEETS ON SUNDAY
MORNING SO WE’RE NOT TALKING
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.
AFTERNOON. >> EXACTLY.
>> EXACTLY. IN THE CATEGORY OF DISTRACTING,
DEFLECTING AND DIVIDING IN A
SERIES OF TWEETS YESTERDAY
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID THAT A
GROUP OF CONGRESS WOMEN CRITICAL
OF HIS POLICIES SHOULD GO BACK
TO THE COUNTRIES THEY ORIGINALLY
CAME FROM.
CAME FROM. SO INTERESTING TO SEE
PROGRESSIVE CONGRESSWOMEN WHO
ORIGINALLY FROM COUNTRIES WHOSE
GOVERNMENTS ARE A COMPLETE AND
TOTAL CATASTROPHE NOW LOUDLY AND
VICIOUSLY TELLING THE PEOPLE OF
THE UNITED STATES THE GREATEST
AND MOST POWERFUL NATION ON
EARTH HOW OUR GOVERNMENT IS TO
BE RUN.
BE RUN. WHY DON’T THEY GO BACK AND FIX
THE CRIME INFESTED PLACES FROM
WHICH THEY CAME?
THEN COME BACK AND SHOW US HOW
IT IS DONE.
NEED -- THESE PLACES NEED YOUR
HELP BADLY.
HELP BADLY. YOU CAN’T LEAVE FAST ENOUGH.
I’M SURE THAT NANCY PELOSI WOULD
BE VERY HAPPY TO QUICKLY WORK
OUT FREE TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS.
ALTHOUGH HE DIDN’T MENTION
ANYONE BY NAME, THE FOUR
APPARENT TARGETS OF THE
PRESIDENT’S TWEETS WERE
CONGRESSWOMAN OCASIO-CORTEZ OF
NEW YORK WHO WAS BORN IN THE
BRONX TO THE PARENTS OF PUERTO
RICAN DESCENT.
RICAN DESCENT. >> AMERICANS.
>> AMERICANS. >> THE PRESIDENT WOULDN’T KNOW
THAT.
THAT. CONGRESSWOMAN RASHIDA TLAIB OF
MICHIGAN WHO WAS BORN IN DETROIT
TO PALESTINIAN IMMIGRANTS.
CONGRESSWOMAN PRESLEY WHO WAS
BORN IN CINCINNATI.
>> CINCINNATI, THAT’S ALMOST
CANADA.
CANADA. I MEAN, REALLY.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. CONGRESSWOMAN ILHAN OMAR OF
MINNESOTA WHO WAS BORN IN
SOMALIA, BUT MOVED TO THE UNITED
STATES WHEN SHE WAS 12 AND IS A
NATURALIZED U.S. CITIZEN.
WHAT AN INCREDIBLE STORY, THE
AMERICAN DREAM.
AMERICAN DREAM. HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI CAME
OUT IN DEFENSE OF THOSE
CONGRESSWOMEN TWEETING YESTERDAY
WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP TELLS FOUR
AMERICAN CONGRESSWOMEN TO GO
BACK TO THEIR COUNTRIES, HE
RE-AFFIRMS HIS PLAN TO MAKE
AMERICA GREAT AGAIN HAS ALWAYS
BEEN ABOUT MAKING AMERICA WHITE
AGAIN.
AGAIN. OUR DIVERSITY IS OUR STRENGTH
AND OUR UNITY IS OUR POWER.
SHE WENT ON TO SAY, I REJECT
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S XENOPHOBIC
COMMENTS MEANT TO DIVIDE OUR
NATION, RATHER THAN ATTACK
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS HE SHOULD
WORK WITH US AND WORK FOR HUMANE
IMMIGRATION POLICY THAT REFLECTS
AMERICAN VALUES, STOP THE RAIDS.
FAMILIES BELONG TOGETHER.
THE PRESIDENT’S TWEETS WERE ALSO
CONDEMNED BY OTHER CONGRESSIONAL
DEMOCRATS INCLUDING SEVERAL
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES. REPUBLICANS REMAINED LARGELY
SILENT ON THE MATTER.
PRESIDENT TRUMP LATER APPEARED
TO DOUBLE DOWN TWEETING SO SAD
TO SEE THE DEMOCRATS ARE
STICKING UP FOR PEOPLE WHO SPEAK
SO BADLY OF OUR COUNTRY AND WHO
IN ADDITION HATE ISRAEL WITH A
TRUE AND UNBRIDLED PASSION.
WHENEVER CONFRONTED THEY CALL
THEIR ADVERSARIES INCLUDING
NANCY PELOSI RACIST.
THEY’RE DISGUSTING LANGUAGE AND
THE MANY TERRIBLE THINGS THEY
SAY ABOUT THE UNITED STATES MUST
NOT BE ALLOWED TO GO UN
UNCHALLENGED.
UNCHALLENGED. IF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WANTS TO
CONTINUE TO CONDONE SUCH
DISGRACEFUL BEHAVIOR WE LOOK
FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT THE
BALLOT BOX.
BALLOT BOX. DISTRACT, DEFLECT, DIVIDE.
>> EDDIE, IRONY IS DEAD.
IT DIED QUITE SOME TIME AGO.
SOUTH PARK JUST FINALLY GAVE UP
BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP WAS MORE
BIZARRE OF COURSE THAN ANYTHING
THAN THEY COULD LAMPOON.
BUT HERE WE HAVE A TWEET FROM A
MAN WHOSE PARENTS MET WHEN THE
SON OF GERMAN IMMIGRANTS MET A
DOMESTIC WORKER WHO HAD RECENTLY
IMMIGRATED TO AMERICA AND THEY
MET IN QUEENS.
A BOROUGH THAT AOC REPRESENTS.
USING DONALD TRUMP’S LOGIC
INSTEAD OF SAYING THE AMERICAN
DREAM IS DEAD IN 2016 AND
INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT
AMERICAN CARNAGE, INSTEAD OF
SAYING THAT AMERICA WAS QUOTE,
CRIPPLED, USING HIS OWN LOGIC HE
SHOULD HAVE GONE BACK TO
SCOTLAND INSTEAD OF RUNNING FOR
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
>> NOT THINKING --
>> ACTUALLY, HIS MOTHER WAS AN
IMMIGRANT TO THIS COUNTRY.
>> AND JOE, SO IS HIS WIFE, SO
IS HIS FATHER-IN-LAW.
MOTHER-IN-LAW.
MOTHER-IN-LAW. THE ONE THING THAT’S CONSISTENT
IS THAT THEY’RE ALL WHITE.
AND FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES THIS COUNTRY IS
FOR WHITE PEOPLE.
PERIOD.
PERIOD. THE REST OF US SHOULD JUST
SIMPLY BE THANKFUL THAT WE’RE
HERE.
HERE. IF WE DECIDE OR DEIGN TO
CRITICIZE THE COUNTRY WE SUGGEST
TO THOSE WE ARE NOT GRATEFUL.
FOR HIM IT’S A WHITE NATIONALIST
POSITION, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND
THAT FOR WHAT IT IS.
IT’S RACIST POSITION AT ITS CORE
BUT I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING
REALLY QUICKLY, JOE.
I THINK YOU’RE RIGHT ABOUT THE
POLITICAL CALCULUS THAT HE’S
COMING OFF A WEEK THAT WAS
PRETTY BAD.
PRETTY BAD. BUT DONALD TRUMP UNDERSTAND
THERE’S A COLD CIVIL WAR GOING
ON IN THIS COUNTRY.
THAT THAT’S SOME FOLKS OUT HERE
WHO ARE UNSETTLED, UNEASY BY THE
DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFTS THAT ARE
HAPPENING.
HAPPENING. THEY’RE LOOKING AT THE
TELEVISION AND THEY’RE SEEING
THESE BLACK AND WHITE COUPLES,
THESE RACIALLY AMBIGUOUS KIDS
SELLING CEREAL.
SELLING CEREAL. THEY’RE UNSETTLED BY WHAT’S
HAPPENING AND DONALD TRUMP HAS
FED ON THAT ANGER AND ANGST FROM
DAY ONE.
DAY ONE. FROM THE DAY HE ANNOUNCED HIS
PRESIDENCY.
PRESIDENCY. TO HOW HE’S GOVERNED.
THERE’S A COLD CIVIL WAR AND AS
HE’S PLAYING POLITICS THEIR
CHILDREN WHO ARE WORRIED THAT
THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE THEIR
PARENTS OR THEIR FATHER OR UNCLE
IS GOING TO BE TAKEN AWAY FROM
THEM.
THEM. THEY’RE WORRIED IF THEY GO
OUTSIDE THEIR FAMILIES GO
OUTSIDE, THEY’RE WORRIED THAT
I.C.E. IS GOING TO RAID.
EVEN IF THEY DON’T, THEY’RE
LIVING UNDER TERROR.
THERE ARE FOLKS LIKE ME -- I
RECEIVE EMAILS ON A REGULAR
BASIS TELLING ME TO GO BACK TO
AFRICA.
AFRICA. ALL RIGHT?
ALL RIGHT? AND SO PART OF WHAT HE’S DOING
IS EXPLOITING WHAT’S HAPPENING
IN THE COUNTRY AND THAT COLD
CIVIL WAR, JOE, IS NOT JUST
SIMPLY THE LOUD RACIST HE’S
APPEALING TO.
APPEALING TO. IT’S ABOUT ALL OF US WHO HOLD
THESE CERTAIN UNDERSTANDINGS OF
WHAT THIS COUNTRY IS AND HOW
WE’RE FIGHTING ABOUT WHERE WE’RE
GOING -- WHO WE’RE DOING TO BE.
SO YOU’RE RIGHT.
IT’S A SHORT TERM GAIN.
IT’S A POLITICAL CALCULUS.
BUT SOMETHING IS HAPPENING.
WE HAVE ONLY HAD TWO MOMENTS
LIKE THIS BEFORE IN OUR
COUNTRY’S HISTORY FROM MY
VANTAGE POINT.
VANTAGE POINT. ONE WAS THE CIVIL WAR AND
RECONSTRUCTIONIST, HISTORIANS
RECONSTRUCTIONIST, HISTORIANS CALLED THAT THE SECOND FOUNDING.
THE OTHER WAS THE MID 20th
CENTURY, JOE AND THAT’S CALLED
THE SECOND RECONSTRUCTION.
BOTH OF THOSE MOMENTS
CONSTITUTED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
THE COUNTRY TO RE-IMAGINE
ITSELF.
ITSELF. HERE WE ARE IN THIS MOMENT AND
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES HAS ANNOUNCED WHICH SIDE
HE’S ON.
HE’S ON. THAT’S WHERE WE ARE.
>> YOU KNOW, I THINK WE DON’T
KNOW EXACTLY HOW THIS PLAYS OUT
IN THE LONG RUN.
WE DO KNOW A COUPLE OF THINGS
ABOUT WHERE WE ARE.
THIS IS A NATION THAT ELECTED A
BLACK MAN PRESIDENT TWO TIMES.
IN FACT, HE GOT ELECTED WITH 53%
OF THE VOTE.
I THINK IF I’M NOT MISTAKEN,
THAT WAS THE LARGEST VOTE TOTAL
IN 20 YEARS FOR ANY PERCENTAGE
WISE FOR ANY PRESIDENT --
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE RUNNING.
AND WE’RE ALSO AT A PLACE TOO
WHERE I DO THINK -- I THINK
RACISTS AND BIGOTS ARE
ENCOURAGED BY THIS SORT OF TALK.
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME STUDIES
THAT WE HAVE REPORTED ABOUT HERE
THAT ACTUALLY DONALD TRUMP’S
RACISM IS ACTUALLY MAKING
AMERICANS MORE ACUTELY AWARE OF
RACISM IN THEIR OWN MIDST AND
MAKING THEM MORE SENSITIVE AND
ACTUALLY MAKING AMERICA LESS
RACIST.
RACIST. OF COURSE, THAT’S ONE STUDY.
WE WON’T KNOW FOR ANOTHER DECADE
PERHAPS.
PERHAPS. BUT STILL, THERE IS A PART OF ME
THAT WONDERS IF THIS NOT ONLY
BACKFIRES ON HIM POLITICALLY IN
THE SHORT TERM BUT ALSO
BACKFIRES ON WHITE NATIONALISTS
FROM DRIVING THEM OUT FROM
UNDERNEATH THE ROCKS THEY CAME
AND EXPOSING THEM FOR THE
HORRIFIC HUMAN BEINGS THEY ARE.
>> LET’S HOPE SO, JOE.
DONALD TRUMP MADE IT VERY CLEAR
TO ALL OF US THAT WE’RE NOT
LIVING IN A POST RACIAL AMERICA
AND MANY OF US KNEW THAT FOR
SOME TIME.
SOME TIME. AND WHAT DONALD TRUMP DID
YESTERDAY HE’S VERY AWARE, HE
KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT HE’S DOING.
BASICALLY WHAT YOU, JOE AND MIKA
WERE SAYING, HE’S RUNNING A BASE
ELECTION.
ELECTION. HE’S JUST DOUBLING DOWN.
HE BASICALLY TRADED IN HIS
RACIST DOG WHISTLE FOR A RACIST
BULLHORN.
BULLHORN. AND A MEGAPHONE.
THIS IS WHAT HE DOES.
JUST THINK ABOUT THIS.
IN THE 1990s, THERE USED TO BE
THESE BLIND TASTE TEST
COMMERCIALS THAT WERE DONE WHERE
THEY WOULD BLINDFOLD SOMEONE AND
THEY WOULD SAY TO THEM, WHAT’S
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A
McDONALD’S AND A BURGER KING
BURGER?
BURGER? WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A
COKE AND A PEPSI?
HERE YOU HAVE YESTERDAY A
TWITTER FEED.
TWITTER FEED. YOU COULD NOT -- IF YOU DID A
BLIND TEST ON THE TWITTER FEED
YOU COULD NOT TELL THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWITTER
FEED OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES AND A RADICAL
RACIST WHITE SUPREMACIST.
YOU COULD NOT TELL THE
DIFFERENCE.
DIFFERENCE. >> I MEAN, SERIOUSLY -- YEAH,
YOU COULD ASK PEOPLE, DID DAVID
DUKE SAY THIS OR DID DONALD
TRUMP SAY THIS?
>> EXACTLY.
>> EXACTLY. THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT, JOE.
HERE’S THE THING.
THIS GOES BACK TO THE POINT THAT
I WAS TRYING TO MAKE AT THE
BEGINNING HERE WHICH IS DONALD
TRUMP IS NOT TESTING HIS 2020
STRATEGY.
STRATEGY. THIS IS HIS 2020 STRATEGY.
IT IS RACISM, IT IS FEAR.
>> THAT’S CORRECT.
>> IT’S BIGOTRY.
>> LAST HOPE.
>> THIS IS HIS LAST HOPE.
HE’S DOUBLING DOWN AND TRIPPING
DOWN AND THE SCARY THING ABOUT
IT JOE, WHAT YOU AND MIKA WERE
SAYING, THAT THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY IS SILENT.
THEY’RE NOT SAYING ANYTHING SO
HE’S GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO
THIS.
THIS. BECAUSE IT’S ONLY ONE SIDE
THAT’S TALKING ABOUT IT.
RIGHT?
RIGHT? OR PEOPLE WHO ARE ANTI-TRUMPERS
LIKE YOURSELF.
LIKE YOURSELF. THE REPUBLICANS WHO SHOULD BE
HELPING US KEEPING HIM IN CHECK
ARE NOT.
ARE NOT. BECAUSE THEY’RE GETTING WHAT
THEY WANT.
THEY WANT. AND THAT IS THE SCARY PART IN
ALL OF THIS.
>> WELL, TO HER POINT, JOE, MANY
WOULD ARGUE THAT WHY HE’S DOING
IN -- DOING THIS FOR -- NOTE TO
REPUBLICANS, IT’S NOT TO HELP
YOU OUT ON CERTAIN POLICIES THAT
YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SQUEEZE OUT
OF HIM, THAT YOU SIT THERE IN
YOUR FEAR.
YOUR FEAR. YOU SIT THERE, SPINELESS,
INCAPABLE OF SPEAKING OUT
AGAINST RACISM BECAUSE YOU THINK
YOU MIGHT SQUEEZE SOMETHING OUT
OF HIM.
OF HIM. HE MIGHT STAND BY YOU IN SOME
WAY AND HELP YOU GET VOTES.
IT’S PATHETIC.
IT’S PATHETIC. MANY WOULD SAY HE’S DOING THIS
TO BOTTOM FEED FOR HIS LAST HOPE
TO WIN THE ELECTION SO HE
DOESN’T HAVE TO FACE, FOR
EXAMPLE, THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT
OF NEW YORK.
HE’S NOT DOING IT FOR YOU.
HE’S DOING IT FOR HIMSELF AND
IT’S ALL HE’S GOT LEFT.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. YOU LOOK AT DAVID FRENCH, THE
TWEET THAT WE PUT UP FROM DAVID
FRENCH, QUITE A FEW CONSERVATIVE
COMMENTATORS THAT CAME OUT AND
ATTACKED DONALD TRUMP.
AND DAVID FRENCH SAID TAKE THE
CURIO COMMENT, PUT IN THE "S"
HOLE COUNTRIES COMMENT AND IT
WOULD BE THE GOP GASLIGHTING,
MINMALLIZATIONS OF HIS DEFENSE.
MIKE BARNICLE, I THINK FOR ME,
WE ALL KNOW WHO DONALD TRUMP IS.
FOR ME, THE STORY THAT IS NOT,
YOU KNOW, GROUND NOISE, THE
STORY THAT IS THE SIGNAL IS THE
FACT THAT THE MAJOR POLITICAL
PARTY IN AMERICA THAT IS
CONTROLLED THE HOUSE AND THE
SENATE FOR THE BETTER PART OF
TWO DECADES, THE ENTIRE
REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS BEEN MUTE
WHEN DONALD TRUMP MADE A
STATEMENT THAT EVERY ONE OF THEM
WOULD HAVE CRITICIZED FIVE YEARS
AGO COMING FROM DAVID DUKE.
THEY ARE THAT FROG IN THE
BOILING WATER.
BOILING WATER. I MEAN, LET ME CALL THEM OUT.
LINDSEY GRAHAM.
LINDSEY GRAHAM. WHY ISN’T GRAHAM SAYING
SOMETHING?
SOMETHING? THIS IS THE SORT OF THING THAT
GRAHAM WARNED THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY ABOUT BEFORE PRESIDENT
TRUMP WAS IN POWER.
WHERE IS BEN SASSE?
A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT BEN
SASSE WOULD TAKE POLITICS TO THE
HIGHER PLANE.
HIGHER PLANE. THIS DOESN’T LOOK LIKE A HIGHER
PLAIN.
PLAIN. LET’S TALK ABOUT CORY GARDNER IN
COLORADO.
COLORADO. THAT’S A SWING STATE.
CORY IS IN TROUBLE.
>> JOE, HOW ABOUT LAMAR
ALEXANDER WHO’S RETIRING?
I MEAN, ALEXANDER ISN’T EVEN
RUNNING AGAIN.
RUNNING AGAIN. AND HE HAS BEEN A MAIN STAY OF
SO MANY GOOD THINGS THAT HAVE
HAPPENED IN THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY.
PARTY. WHERE IS LAMAR ALEXANDER?
I MEAN, I CAN GIVE YOU EXAMPLES
THAT JUST DON’T MAKE SENSE THAT
THEY’RE NOT SPEAKING OUT.
IT’S BIZARRE.
IT’S BIZARRE. >> WHY AREN’T THEY SPEAKING OUT?
WHY HASN’T MITT ROMNEY SPOKEN
OUT YET?
OUT YET? WHY HASN’T THOM TILLIS, WHERE’S
JONI ERNST?
JONI ERNST? >> I THINK HE HAS A SHOCK COLLAR
ON HIM.
ON HIM. >> WHERE ARE ALL THESE PEOPLE
THAT SHOULD BE THIS IS NOT HARD,
MIKE BARNICLE.
MIKE BARNICLE. THIS IS WHAT ALL OF AMERICA USED
TO CRITICIZE DAVID DUKE FOR
SAYING FIVE YEARS AGO AND THIS
IS WHY DAVID DUKE HAS PUBLICLY
TIME AND AGAIN CELEBRATED THE
PRESIDENCY OF DONALD TRUMP.
IS THAT WHERE THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY WANTS TO BE?
BECAUSE THAT’S WHERE THEY ARE
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. >> THEY ARE COWERING IN THE
CORNER.
CORNER. THEY ARE A PARTY NOW THAT IS NOT
ONLY MUTE AS YOU POINTED OUT,
JOE, THEY NOW HAVE NO
CONSCIENCE.
CONSCIENCE. THEY CARE MORE ABOUT THEIR JOBS
THAN THEY DO ABOUT THE COUNTRY.
THEY HAVE A PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES YOU CAN TALK ABOUT
DIVERSION.
DIVERSION. HE DID THIS TO DEFLECT THIS, TO
GET OUR ATTENTION OVER THERE
INSTEAD OF HERE.
NO.
NO. WHAT HE DID YESTERDAY, THAT’S
WHO HE IS.
THAT’S WHO HE IS.
FIRST QUESTION THAT OUGHT TO BE
ASKED DONALD TRUMP IN ANY PUBLIC
FORUM IS WHEN YOU HEAR THE WORD
AMERICA, MR. PRESIDENT, TELL US
WHAT YOU THINK IT MEANS.
WHAT DO YOU SEE IN THAT WORD?
IT WON’T BE WHAT THIS COUNTRY
REALLY IS ALL ABOUT.
>> IT’S ALSO THIS IS FAR FROM
THE FIRST TIME HE’S DONE THIS.
THAT MUST BE SAID AGAIN.
THIS IS NOT JUST A POLITICAL
CALCULUS TO DISTRACT FROM BAD
HEADLINES AND THAT MAY HAVE
PLAYED A ROLE IN THE BAD TIMING
OF THE TWEET.
HE SAID LOOK AT THE CENTRAL FIVE
PARK, AND MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS
WERE LISTED AS IMMIGRANTS.
THE WAY HE DESCRIBED AFRICAN
NATIONS AS BLEEP HOLE COUNTRIES.
THE FACT THAT HIS ENTIRE
POLITICAL CAREER WAS BASED ON
THE RACIST LIVE BIRTHERISM,
QUESTIONING IF THE FIRST
AFRICAN-AMERICAN PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES WAS BORN IN
THIS COUNTRY.
THIS COUNTRY. WHAT HE GOT YESTERDAY WAS
COMPLETE SILENCE FROM
REPUBLICANS.
REPUBLICANS. HE HAS PAID NO PENALTY FROM HIS
OWN PARTY FOR ANY OF THESE
REMARKS.
REMARKS. YESTERDAY, I WAS THERE WITH THE
WHITE HOUSE WHEN THAT TWEET CAME
OUT ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC
CONGRESS WOMEN.
CONGRESS WOMEN. MINUTES LATER, HE GOT IN HIS
MOTORCADE AND WENT GOLFING AT
HIS GOLF CLUB IN VIRGINIA WHERE
HE SPENT THE ENTIRE DAY.
HE RETURNED TO THE WHITE HOUSE
THAT EVENING.
THAT EVENING. I’M TOLD HE GAUGED SOME
REACTION.
REACTION. THERE WAS NO CRITICISM FROM
REPUBLICANS, IT WAS RADIO
SILENCE.
SILENCE. THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THE
CONSERVATIVE -- IN THE
CONSERVATIVE MEDIA ATTACKING AND
HE DOUBLED DOWN WITH ANOTHER
TWEET.
TWEET. THIS IS WHO HE IS.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS GOING
TO -- AS LONG AS THEY REMAIN
SILENT, THIS IS WHO HE’S GOING
TO CONTINUE TO BE.
>> AND MIKA, IN THE POLL THAT WE
SHOWED THAT DONALD TRUMP LOSING
TO BERNIE SANDERS BY SEVEN
POINTS, JOE BIDEN BY NINE
POINTS, ELIZABETH WARREN BY FIVE
POINTS, NINE OUT OF TEN
REPUBLICANS APPROVE OF DONALD
TRUMP’S PERFORMANCE AS
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. LET ME SAY THAT AGAIN.
NINE OUT OF TEN REPUBLICANS
APPROVE OF DONALD TRUMP’S
PERFORMANCE OF PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES, A PERFORMANCE
THAT’S INCLUDED ONE RACIST
SCREED AFTER ANOTHER.
SO THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT DONALD
TRUMP.
TRUMP. THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT ELECTED
LEADERS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
THIS IS ABOUT A POLITICAL PARTY
NOW THAT HAS EMBRACED THE RACIAL
IDEOLOGY OF DAVID DUKE.
GOOD LUCK WITH THAT IN THE YEARS
TO COME.
TO COME. BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO BE LEFT
ON THE DUST BIN OF POLITICAL
HISTORY, REPUBLICANS.
HISTORY, REPUBLICANS. >> AND WE HAVE PUT THIS ON THE
PROPER CONTEXT THIS MORNING.
COVERING THIS STORY, LOOKING AT
THE POLL NUMBERS WHERE HE LOSES
TO THREE TOP DEMOCRATS INCLUDING
MAUREEN -- INCLUDING ELIZABETH
WARREN.
WARREN. >> AND BERNIE SANDERS.
>> AND BERNIE SANDERS.
AND ALSO IN THE SHADOWS OF HIM
HAVING HIS LABOR SECRETARY
FINALLY STEP DOWN.
THE LABOR SECRETARY WHO WAS THE
U.S. ATTORNEY WHO GAVE JEFFREY
EPSTEIN DONALD TRUMP’S FRIEND
WHO HE HAD A PARTY WITH CALENDAR
GIRLS WITH A SWEETHEART DEAL.
SO IN THE CONTEXT OF ALL OF
THAT, THE PRESIDENT DISTRACTING,
DEFLECTING AND DIVIDING.
>>> STILL AHEAD ON "MORNING
JOE," WE’LL GET TO THAT MAUREEN
DOWD PIECE THAT JOE REFERENCED
AT THE TOP OF THE SHOW.
>>> PLUS, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
BILL de BLASIO JOINS THE
CONVERSATION.
CONVERSATION. HE’S BACK IN NEW YORK AFTER A
BLACKOUT PLUNGED PARTS OF THE
CITY INTO DARKNESS OVER THE
WEEKEND.
WEEKEND. >>> LATER TODAY, WE’LL SIT DOWN
WITH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JOE
BIDEN IN IOWA AS HE UNVEILS MORE
POLICY PROPOSALS AND FIGHTS TO