send her back echoed through a North
Carolina Stadium tonight I hope you hear
it and make no mistake this president
wants to divide that is his plan to win
we have two House members here from
different Democratic wings what do they
think they're up against and do they
have a winning strategy let's test it
and it better not be that people won't
buy this president's talk you hear what
happened last night when I asked a
Trumper and US Senate candidate if he
would support this president even if
Trump admitted he was a racist know what
I got
the silence heard round the world did
you still support a real resident you
don't think that would be a really tough
you have you say he said he better not
you would support a racist and then he
said depends who he was running against
look America it is time to decide what
we are about what do you say let's get
after it
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the president is all in on us versus
them and the crowd in North Carolina
loves it so representative Omar blame
the United States for the terrorist
attacks on our country Omar has a
history of launching vicious
anti-semitic screens odd that the
president wasn't saying wait no I didn't
mean that I meant you know to your home
district that's what I meant
send her back they were chanting his
message is clear that's the echo he
desires
let's bring in congressman Cedric
Richmond Democrat from Louisiana
co-chair of the Biden campaign good to
have you back sir thank you for taking
the opportunity I want to talk health
care but the reason this president says
yeah I got a plan for health care I'll
give it to you after the election Cedric
is because he ain't gonna campaign on
health care he's gonna campaign that
there's something wrong with the way you
look and people like you or a little bit
of a danger and we're a little bit
better off when you guys stay where you
were before you were here that's his
campaign he is confident how do you
counter well Chris I think there's a
there's a book called stranger in their
own land which adequately portrays what
Trump does and that is he will convince
people to vote against their own
self-interest by convincing them that
the reason why they don't like their
status in life is that minorities are
skipping the line to take benefits that
they should have and that government is
picking winners and losers in the
government of picking black people and
brown people and women over them simply
because of their minority status and I
think you have to call it call them on
it we can't sit here and pretend that
people don't fall for it I see people in
Louisiana I see people in Mississippi
and Georgia vote against their
self-interest all the time because of
their emotions and the fact that the
Republican leadership
has chose to campaign by a division and
blaming others if you're not happy where
you are because it could work it can
work though Cedric and here's the trick
we all know the aphorism that darkness
can't drive out darkness only light can
do that but there's a trick to it you
have to craft a message that is equally
compelling in the context of your time
the fear and disaffection is real this
president didn't create it I'm not
saying that the majority of our country
is racist but there's huge populations
that are scared and he's playing to that
he's a demagogue how do you counter
because right now I know it's kind of
early but you guys are like fighting
about whether or not Biden's a racist
and whether or not this policy program
for health care is extreme enough for
this one that does not sound like the
stuff of victory to me well that's why
you see I campaign we're fighting for
the soul of the country and I think you
hear the vice president say that all the
time now the difference between the
Democrats some of the differences are
real but you heard
Vice President Biden say at his
announcement that his number one plan
for climate change was to beat Donald
Trump our number one plan to improve
this country is to beat Donald Trump but
it's how Cedric see that's the trick
that's why I wanted to play for you what
you're up against cuz you guys in your
party have to figure out how to come
together and what that will mean and I
know what usually happens but I don't
know that it happens though you do it
two ways
you do it two ways Chris one is you call
him on the BS okay and you do it very
directly and then you talk about what
he's the heart of what he's trying to
get at is everybody's economic status in
the country we have to show people that
you don't have to blow out somebody
else's candles so yours can shine
brighter so that means everybody can
prosper economically if you show people
that plan and I think the vice president
has a good plan for that we can't put
Pitts rule against urban black against
white immigrant against citizen but that
is happening and your point be a little
bit you have less division and I just
want to show you what you're up against
okay okay imagine because right now if
you know who knows how the primary goes
the VP is up or the former VP is up but
their real divisions in your party the
people who are behind him are nothing
like him look at what the president has
in his stable of sub
what would you do if the president said
I am a racist that's why I said it
what would you do then I would then I
would not defend him because there's
really excuse for racism in America
would you still support a real president
you have a really tough racist really
I'd have to know who was running against
him a racist you're running for Senate
yeah and you have every cause whether or
not if he said he was a racist you'd
still support him come on brother
now that is a level of buy-in that is
not easy to come across and you
certainly don't have it in your party
right now how do you combat that kind of
devotion in a sitting president how do
you hope to beat that well I don't think
those people are gonna change Kristen my
grandmother used to tell me never argue
with a fool because from a distance you
can't tell which is which
and so I think we have to go and let
people know that we're really fighting
for the soul of the country and I
believe that there are more people in
this country that want to see the
country United and prosper than those
that want to see the hate and division
but you can't assume it's going to
happen you have to go and articulate it
you have to go fight for it and I
believe you have to call this president
on his BS which Vice President Biden has
done from his announcement video all him
on it you just every day better than it
and then you have the policy piece also
let me ask you one question about that
sure are the VP's out on the hustings
and he says you go with it plan like
Bernie Sanders
you know I'm paraphrasing Medicare is
gone all the Medicare you have is gone
that's not true why is he saying that
well I think what he's really saying is
that if you look at Bernie Sanders plan
which is a real plan but what it would
do is it would eliminate private
insurance and it wouldn't eliminate
Medicare though it would actually
increase coverage well but it raises
taxes on everybody does country that's a
lot of the fossil not coverage so our
plan and by the way that plan doesn't
come to fruition for four years after
you pass it and what happens in that
four years nobody talks about that and I
think the vice president's plan is a
real plan to get to
universal coverage 97% almost from day
one for those people like their private
insurance they get to keep it it was it
makes sure that Medicare Medicaid is
sound and then offers a public option by
the way which would be premium free for
all those people trapped in states where
governors won't expand Medicaid right so
look I think it's a very real plan I
think it's a good plan and I think the
American people will see it for what it
is and understand that you can't get
economic dignity if you can't get
affordable health care 100% and the
issue is certainly going to be cost and
cost containment I'm just checking you
in real time because if you want to be
better than who's there now one of the
things is you got to play straight
because we're not dealing with somebody
who respects the facts all that often so
I'm glad to have you on the show to test
the same congressman Cedric Richmond
thank you very much thanks for having me
Chris all right now listen just like you
I love my country but you got to be
honest she has weaknesses when it comes
to racism
are there enough harboring those types
of fears that can give purchase that
kind of message to allow this president
back into the White House The Wizard of
odds can give us a better sense of the
stakes next
I'm just four very unpopular where
Donald Trump won was among those who had
an unfavorable view of both of them that
was 18 percent of the electorate and
among those 18 percent he won 47% to
Clinton's 30% was able to win them by 17
points and what he's essentially trying
to do this time is connect say Omar to
leave a Cascio Cortes to the Democratic
candidate bring them down because he
knows he can't win if this is a
referendum on him why did he win both
unfavorable because simply put he was
the lesser of two evils he was they
these were voters who didn't like either
one but they just didn't like Hillary
Clinton a little bit more so he won 2016
not because of how many because he lost
the popular vote by a lot but it was
about where so what do you see
geographically so I think this is so
important right it was that Midwestern
wall right where Trump really broke
through and if we look at nationwide his
net approval rating that's approval
rating minus disapproval rating right
now is minus 9 percentage points
according to the 2018 exit polls but
look at the states of Iowa and Wisconsin
these are two states that Trump needs to
win and look he's not popular there but
he's a much more popular than he is
nationally right a minus 4% net of US
unpop he's less unpopular it's a
beautiful way of putting it you have a
way with words
minus four percentage points in Iowa
minus four percentage points in
Wisconsin so he's actually closer to the
center there he's closer to break-even
than he is nationally and so he's just
trying to say okay
I'm a little closer there I make the
Democratic candidate a little more bit
more unpopular and that's my secret to
success give me more more national
information so I think that this is so
my buddy Nate Cohen over at the Times we
have these nerdom meetings and he
basically cracked these numbers and it
was so interesting to me and he
essentially said okay who are the voters
who turned out in 2018 and who are the
registered voters who didn't turn out in
2018 and what we essentially see is that
among those who voted in 2018 white non
college graduates made up only 48% of
the electorate in the key northern swing
states that's Iowa Michigan Minnesota so
on so forth they may only made up 48%
whites without a college screen whites
without a college degree among
registered voters who didn't vote
they were 68% so there's a lot of money
left on the table that's exactly right
and we know that racial resentment plays
best with whites without a concert it's
a Brian Schaffner study that was done
after the 2016 midterm election
presidential election so he's trying to
drive up that percentage of the
trying to get those people who didn't
turn out in 2018 to voting 28 and 20
insight into what would work with these
people as a positive opposite to just
going at them with their fears and hate
so what I would say Christopher what
could work with them pretty well as a
number of things number one you need a
candidate who can connect with and
Hillary Clinton simply put they thought
that she was someone who wasn't
necessarily in their camp they thought
that she was someone from the cities the
urban areas someone who looked down upon
him she knew candidate who can connect
with them another point that I bring up
healthcare that's something that we saw
used overwhelmingly in the 2018 midterm
elections we saw that a lot of
Democratic candidates ran on health care
and they were able to connect with these
voters who were very worried that their
health care was gonna be taken away from
them and that's what we saw in the
Midwest we saw the Democrats doing well
a metaphore issue because literally it's
fundamental security that's it's whether
or not you will fight for me it plays on
that level better than just about any
other issue other than pocketbook issues
and there's a relativism on pocketbook
that is not there with health care
everybody has their biggest Vig after
their mortgage is their health care
Democrats are trusted on health care
pretty much more than any other major
issue and that's where I would suggest
that Democrats put their money right now
I want to point out one other thing
Chris and that is you know racial
resentment can work in the Midwest but
one place where it may not work is in
the Sun Belt swing states right this is
Arizona this is Florida Georgia so on so
forth and what do we see here well if
you look at the voters who turned out in
2018 we see that non-whites only made up
36% of the electorate in these Sunbelt
States but the registered voters who
didn't vote in 2018 46% of them were
non-white so even if he's able to drive
up that white working-class vote in the
Midwest there could in fact be a
ricochet effect in these Sun Belt states
with these non-white voters Hispanics
and african-americans may turn out
larger numbers to vote against I love
the help and focusing where we should
look whiz thank you very much harry
anton ladies and gentlemen
all right the president again tonight
vilified members of congress whom he
says hate america his crowd chanted in
affirmation send her back they should go
back
what is the democrat counter right for a
great debate with these two next four
not it will be a winning hand
now the rally in north carolina
certainly thought so they said send her
back
unified chant as this president sat
satisfied the question is is this what
Republicans should be running on in 2020
and will have a Republican and a
Democrat and did the Democrats have a
good counter that's the start of
tonight's great debate Jennifer Granholm
Kaley mackaninee good to have you both
Kaley I know we have a little bit of a
satellite delay where you are so thank
you for playing along I don't know if
you heard but last night we had the
silence heard round the world I want to
play what Kris Kobach who was the head
of the president's election fraud
Commission almost the immigrations are
wants to be the US senator from Kansas
here's what he said last night on this
show what would you do if the president
said I am a racist that's why I said it
what would you do then I would then I
would not defend him because there's
really excuse for racism in America
would you still support a real president
you say he said you would support a
racist really I've decided to call this
the Kobach test instead of the litmus
test Kaley if the president said the
reason I'm saying these things is
because I'm a racist I know he hasn't
said that I know he doesn't believe that
hypothetically if he said that would it
change your support for him look Chris
this is absurd for you to even ask that
question I understand the Democrats and
the left have been trying to paint the
president as a racist since June of 2015
when he first came down the escalator
why isn't your answer no it's a
ridiculous assertion why is it your
answer no I don't support racism because
I won't i won't i won't allow you attack
to attach a label to the president even
hypothetically that is patently false
and untrue this was apparently forced
when what he just said racist what work
he did for minority communities the
first step program that his son-in-law
jammed down his throat that's what
you're talking about
come on the guy did the Central Park
five he did birtherism and he just
hauled four Brown lawmakers to go back
where you come from and you're gonna say
it's an unfair label Kaylee the fat
so not your friend of course I'm going
to say that oh the facts are absolutely
my friend we can go long back to when he
opened Mara Lago to black Americans it
was the first Club in Palm Beach open to
black Americans the only thing he's been
opening his doors to there is illegal
workers that's what he's been open in
his doors to Jewish Jewish Americans
Jewish Americans were allowed in
tomorrow Lago because of President Trump
president Trump has consistently been
praised by Jesse Jackson for being a
friend to the black community it's
ridiculous
yes he has and it only changed by the
way when you at CNN and others started
calling him a racist that is false it is
not when he said that President Obama
wasn't born in this country that had
nothing to do with it
not when he said good people on both
sides that had nothing to do with not
when he told Brown lawmakers to go back
where they come from that had nothing to
do with it right again all right listen
here's your problem Jennifer the facts
are clear
Kaylee's good at arguing them I like
having her on the show she's a benefit
to the campaign your problem is that
calling out the facts isn't going to be
enough that's the Koba test the Koba
test is even if this president said he
was a racist he might still support him
if the alternative was you so how do you
counter that and win well I think first
of all the strategy of trying to paint
the Democrats as these four women which
clearly he's trying to do or to call all
Democrats socialists or any of that not
that just right well I don't know it's
effective with his base but he can't win
with just his base if his base is
defined by those who came out in 2018
you just had Harry on the Wizard of Oz
Wizard of odds yes and the fact is he's
got to expand from where he was in 2018
if he's going to win he's got to hold
everything he had in 2016
it's not going to work if this is the
strategy if racism is his strategy if
calling out people's fears is his
strategy that's not going to work among
suburban women among people of color
among those who came out in 2018 white
people who are these are people who have
real fear
economic insecurity absolutely a real
disaffection they feel abandoned by
parties in general and they appreciate
this president as a disruptor of the
norm how do you get them some of them do
some of them are uncomfortable with
being brushed as associating with a
president who is clearly dividing
America what is what is this country it
is on American to call out these women
and say send them back it is back oh
come on what is this country your
ancestors exceptionalism is people
coming from other places to make this
country special all right better answer
Kaleigh go ahead what's your response
Jennifer since I had to be asked this
absurd hypothetical at the start of this
will you condemn Ilhan Omar for not
condemning al-qaeda she has not crazy al
Qaeda only not know she won't abuse you
answered your question you wouldn't even
answer my question Charlie you have no
high ground continued wait who are you
asking no I'm sorry continue to Qaeda
yet she criticizes the country III have
no idea what she has said or not said
about al Qaeda but I do know she is an
American citizen and she searched she
has a representative district and she is
sent to Washington to serve her district
woman is an American and you can America
Somalia do you I think she should be
sent back to Somalia answer my question
Jennifer oh I'll answer it alright if
you hate this country so much does that
mean she's ever bitten man true let me
finish by all means hey by all means
leave it and allow it
it's a country American Drive
wants to be here country those women
love this country they are serving this
country they were elected to serve
America they are American citizens they
must go away I am just it is I said one
section on American argument you're
saying one decides your nation what is
the First Amendment about you you can't
this is what my fellow Democrats not
condemning al Qaeda along with Ilhan
Tillis honestly Chris this such and
probably listen I got a newsflash for
both of you this is what this election
is gonna be about when the president
said yeah we got a plan for health care
but I'm gonna give it to you after the
election he was telling you the truth
the reason he's not gonna fight you on
health care he'll fight you with what
happened at the ACA stinks he's gonna
make it better this is the battleground
of this election what is this country
about what is it accept and what is it
reject I'm testing both of you on that
level because well look i mean in a
unpopularity contest this president's
gonna have his hands full it will be a
battle of attrition i don't know that
that's good for the contrary but we will
see what happened is going forward but
just to be very clear i asked you that
question because it should have been
easy for you Kaylee it should have been
an easy no if he admitted he was a
racist
I would never support him I didn't tell
you he was I said if he said it in fact
that you can't handle the question
that's on you not on me not a racist I
didn't say he was I said if he said he
was it should have been a layup if you
asked me would I be friends with Kaylee
would I have her on the show she was an
admitted racist the answer is no
Jennifer
Kaylee I didn't say he was I'm saying
that you've got to own the reality and
the fact that you run away from it
speaks volumes but you're welcome to
make the case because the audience
deserves it I got a jump my next guest
says the president's attacks are deeply
personal for her who is she the co-chair
of the Congressional Progressive Caucus
she's a naturalized citizen from
India so if she says something that
isn't like does she have to go back to
we're gonna be in congresswoman Jaya
Paul she heard that debate she knows
that it's the real narrative in this
country this show is not about shading
or certainly hiding reality from you
times have changed
you remember back in 2008 when that
woman at the John McCain presidential
campaign took a shot at Barack Obama's
ethnicity and questioned his citizenship
and McCain's response here I can't trust
Obama I have read about him and he's not
he's not he's a he's an Arab he is not
no no ma'am no ma'am and he said he's a
he's a decent family man citizen that I
just happened to have disagreements with
now this President may say that he
doesn't like John McCain but he has
never equaled him in that moment that
woman is a Trumper he is stoking those
feelings right now and he's doing it to
advantage and he is right to say there
are a lot of people who will agree with
what he's doing the question is how do
you counter and win let's bring in
congresswoman from eulogia Paul welcome
back to prime time I want to talk to you
about what your party is doing with
health care I think it's a metaphore
issue that could transcend you guys got
to get straight on it the one we'll talk
about that in a second this is your
bigger challenge the reason this
president says I'll tell you my health
care plan after the 2020 election is
because he plans on spending this part
saying people like you Primula are a
threat you are this new that is not
necessarily better and a great again
means going back to when people like you
are not around as much I mean that's got
to be the message that is definitely his
message and I will tell you that it is
absolutely outrageous and it is deeply
personal I mean I was born in India I've
been a naturalized citizen I am a
naturalized citizen I've been in this
country since I was 16 years old this is
my country and I am so proud of it and
what I said on the floor yesterday Chris
is that you know we're talking about
patriotism and people are saying well
you either love it or you leave it to me
patriotism and
love of country means that you actually
critique it to make it as good as you
can be you put yourself into service you
work to make it even better than it is
today and you do that with tremendous
love but also with truth and this
president has nothing but lies and it is
hurtful I mean look I'm fine but I will
tell you I got a lot of calls yesterday
from people across this country who are
naturalized citizens who were absolutely
outraged felt dislocated from this
country felt like what has happened here
this is my country I'm proud of it and
I'm being told to go home not by the guy
on the street who's driving by in a car
which believe me for us black and brown
folks that's been happening for a long
time but this time from the White House
from a guy who deliberately put out
racist tweets so look we got to call it
out we have to we have to call it out we
cannot become inured to what he is doing
and then we got to talk about the policy
issues because we have passed multiple
pieces of incredible legislation here in
the House of Representatives to bring
back wages to put wages into the pockets
of people that's what we're gonna do
tomorrow with a $15 minimum wage we have
passed gender pay equity we've passed
the DREAM Act we have shown the kind of
legislation we can pass when we take
back the Senate when we keep the house
but when we take back the White House
Laura Miller their congresswoman excuse
me the the politics the heart of it is
persuasion and policy is there but it's
a second and third note remember how my
pop used to say you can't paint in
poetry you govern in prose
I'm not saying policy doesn't matter
certainly on this show we talk about it
all the time but this is powerful stuff
this president is playing with and he
knows it is that's why he's using it on
usual buy-in from people who should know
better listen to this congressman listen
to congressman Kelly and the case he
made in the president's defense
I'm just watching all this anymore I
think you're going way beyond the pale
right now
if they talk about any color I'm a
person which one is it what's it tell me
anybody I'll have to say I'm white I'm a
double way down the dangle is sex it but
up but people say things all the time
but I'm getting my degree now look
there's an absurdity in a sophistry to
that yes yes but it is compelling to 70
plus percent of this country there is a
slice of that white America that feels
disaffected boxed out that
multiculturalism is their enemy and
whether it's true or not this president
is playing to those fears you'll never
get the health care if you don't
persuade on that point it's true but
I'll tell you something Chris I actually
don't think he's playing to 70% of the
country I think he's playing to the same
30% that is always gonna be with him no
matter what he says agree I'm not saying
70% of the country believes that I'm
saying that's the field he's playing on
he's pickin sure but my point is I think
he is actually gonna do damage to the
other part of that 70% that does not
agree with him because I will tell you
I've had a lot of my white friends you
know say listen we remember our
ancestors we we remember the generation
before us the generation before that
some of us came over here as well I mean
people do the thing the president has
always gotten wrong is that immigration
is a funny issue it's not a
black-and-white issue and no pun
intended there but it is a it is an
interesting issue almost everybody that
has run particularly in these in these
you know state elections but even if you
look at 2018
all of the president's racism I think
backfired on him Donald Trump may not
have been on the ballot in 2018 his name
but he certainly was on the ballot and
what was on the ballot was not mean sure
it was about health care absolutely but
it was also about the kind of person
that occupies the White House and
needing to have a check to that so I
really do believe that the majority of
Americans white black and brown believed
that immigration is good for this
country and that telling people to go
back to where they belong
to their own country is racist it
doesn't matter what the Republicans say
and maybe one of the things I'm most
disappointed about with my colleagues is
I had colleagues on the floor yesterday
tell me that they told their children
that they should never say a thing like
that and that it was racist and these
are friends of mine I said to them
directly are you going to speak out
against the President and they said
first they said yes but they did not do
it I looked and they did not do it and
they didn't vote for it it's working too
well for him in their party and they're
afraid to get in primary throwing out
congresswoman listen you got to forgive
me tonight I talk policy all the time
here I will have you back we'll talk
more about health care but you did it to
me again you know I got a great case to
make on Medicare for all and I've got to
make it on your show and now you're
gonna have to give me 10 minutes on I'm
next time I'm going to care who will be
the lead guest and we will talk about
Medicare for all and the nuances within
your own party because I think all right
but soon crazies we got to do it soon
because there's a lot of misinformation
out there donut the questions that are
being asked by these folks at the
debates are not the right questions
nobody should be asking are you going to
eliminate private insurance because
that's not even what our plan does
Cedric who's a good friend of mine was
on your show just now right and and he
said that there's a gonna get rid of
private insurance and that the four
years you don't know what's going to
happen and actually my plan does not
have four years it has two years so
let's know what we're talking about
let's talk about the facts and let's get
it done done i covered on the show
you're an important piece on that issue
and i want to have you here but i
couldn't ignore this this is a
definitional premise this is what this
election is going to be about but yes i
will have you back it is on me and i'm
sorry all right look you got to make
choices i care about health care we
study it here like you wouldn't believe
but this is a big deal all right
Ron Burgundy speaking of big deals that
escalated quickly
you remember that line in the movie the
hottest social media app right now may
be turning into one of the scariest
let's bring in Dee lemon have you heard
a face app you see all the stuff on
social media you know the truth behind
it if you will in a second
all over place now right now it is now
it's been around for two years but it's
seeing this viral resurgence celebrities
are all showcasing how they might look
when older you've seen this it's really
spreading fast
but this new attention is turning into
new alarm privacy experts are raising
concerns about the apps Terms of Service
you know the stuff you never read why
you know what they allow the company to
use your photos as it sees fit so when
you go in there to take the photo and it
says can we access your camera say no
senator a Minority Leader Chuck Schumer
from New York is now calling for the FBI
and FTC to investigate face at the DNC
today warned the 20/20 campaigns against
using it because it was made by Russian
developers de lemon you and I have been
seeing these pictures I wanted to play
with it tonight but we can't play with
it because it may be dangerous I did not
do it people have been sending in
pictures of me and I'm like oh that's
great that's great that's great you know
this I used to run out buy the newest
iPad the newest iPhone every time
somebody got like a new app I would do
it now I'm just like yeah I'm so glad I
waited on this one but do they are they
using that app on your face right now oh
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don't hurt yourself yourself on the back
I'll tell you what though it just shows
if this is true by the way let me just
inject a little bit of skepticism just
because it's a Russian company doesn't
have to mean that is it is an appendage
no chance Russian intelligence
no chance Schumer believes it's worth
looking at the DNC obviously they're
gonna be a little paranoid about this
stuff but if there is something there
man this is some sneaky stuff this
Russian interference and we are so
behind the ball on this and I'm half
joking when I said taking a chance I
don't think you should take a chance
with any of this and you saw how much
money access your photos no way don't
know any app to have access to your
photos well it was what was the Facebook
that just paid out five billion dollars
paid up five billion dollars for yeah I
can't this week I can't do it okay I
can't do it and I think that everyone
should be careful about it to tell you
the truth most social media now I don't
really go on and it's so
SiC I go on just a couple things and I
don't use all those apps so there you go
that's just me you do what do you got
coming up tonight I'm gonna take
pictures of my breakfast lunch and
dinner and that's all I'm gonna put on
Facebook and Twitter what is on the show
tonight serious stuff
honestly serious stuff someone who has
been there and can tell us what a
dangerous place we're in with all of
this rhetoric especially against the for
congresswoman mr. dan Rather the great
Dan Rather joins us in just moments here
on CNN to tell us where he thinks all
this is going strong choice I'll be back
at the top of the hour I'll see you in a
second see ya all right now
I was surprised last night to be honest
I did not expect a Senate candidate to
be speechless and have to think about it
when I asked him if he would support a
known and admitted racist
I know type the Fed ago so what that
should make it that much easier to
answer Caylee struggled again tonight
why because they know it hits too close
to home but here's something else that
needs to hit home the argument tonight
is about what is really going on here
what the stakes are and what the
challenge is for both sides next Oh what
this election is going to be about if
this president has anything to say about
it forget this spin from the righties
seeking cover here is what Trump said so
interesting to see progressive Democrat
congresswoman who originally came from
countries whose governments are a
complete and total catastrophe the worst
most corrupt and inept anywhere in the
world if they even have a functioning
government at all 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 why don't they
go back and help fix the totally broken
and crime-infested places from which
they came his message was not going back
to their district or hometown he said
country and he explained his implication
he knew only one of the lawmakers was a
naturalized citizen from somewhere else
but he lumped them together on purpose
because he is a demagogue and he is
selling noisy Brown
women making trouble and trying to
change what this place is about go back
and his bass heard the us-versus-them
play as he intended it and too many on
the right accept it no matter how low he
goes and here is the proof
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you hear the rallying cry send her back
notice the president who says he didn't
mean that didn't correct them so forget
about this dispute over what he meant
the proof here now is the silence that
will tell you everything
a Trump loyalist who wants to be a u.s.
senator who ran a federal Commission for
this president was almost as immigration
czar Kris Kobach this is the co Bach
test watch what would you do if the
president said I am a racist that's why
I said it
what would you do then I would then I
would not defend him because there's
really excuse for racism in America
would you still support a real president
you were a racist really I'd have to
know who was running against him a
racist maddening of course but get the
message Kovac isn't unique
he's an echo this president is counting
on that's why he said today that he
thinks he wins
if he says racist things stoke fear of
others and get no blowback and probably
buy-in from the party representative
Mike Kelley Republican congressman What
did he say I'm a person of color I'm
white I'm an anglo-saxon but I'm not
people say things all the time I don't
get offended you don't get offended
because you are an empowered white man
and you know that you were in a position
of privilege this is the willful
ignorance that Trump is counting on the
complicity that he is counting on and he
told you exactly that today if people
want to leave our country they can if
they don't want to love our country if
they don't want to fight for our country
they can I'll never change on that I do
think I'm winning the political fight I
think I'm winning it by a lot I'm not
relishing the fight I'm enjoying it
because I have to get the word out to
the American people first he was asked
to fight for this country and declined
second relish and enjoy mean the same
thing
third the right often tells you racism
isn't a real problem in this country but
Trump is right a lot of people agree
with him that these types of people
should go why because racism is a
problem we've struggled mightily to make
this experiment in democracy and
diversity work unity is fragile hate
comes too easy to too many and fomenting
that hate should be the farthest thing
from a real president's mind but not
this one
now while his policies reflect mostly
traditional GOP moves cut taxes for the
wealthy go easy on business his politics
are the ugly stylings of a demagogue and
we're seeing it all over Europe we just
hoped it wouldn't infect us here but it
has he says he has to get the word out
be clear what his word is Trump says he
wants to make America great again but
what he means is make America hate again
any Republican that hides from this
reality or sells it as something else is
complicit this is not right versus left
it is right versus wrong do the
Democrats get that their struggles with
half measures on oversight playing at
policy extremes those things don't give
a clear signal that they do be clear all
of you my brothers and sisters this is a
battle for the soul of the country I
offer this without hype or hyperbole or
cynicism I believe America has never
succeeded when she was split our biggest
developments were also products of our
diversity but we now have a president
who thinks the way forward is to go back
make America great again is inherently
regressive that's a fact of his own
messaging but here's the deal
this president only decides what he
offers you decide what to accept
thank you for watching CNN tonight with
D lemon starts right now do you think I
don't know in one year or ten or twenty
or whatever that those people who are
chanting send her back if they're gonna
be proud of that when they see that tape
playing now you will slap me down and
say I'm excusing bad thoughts however
I don't blame people for how they feel
when it comes from an honest place of
dysentery