>>> DONALD TRUMP HAS A LONG HISTORY OF MAKING NATIONAL DISASTERS ABOUT HIMSELF TODAY WAS NO DIFFERENT THE FORMER PRESIDENT TRAVELED TO GEORGIA TO SURVEY THE DEVASTATION LEFT BEHIND BY HURRICANE HELENE AND ONCE AGAIN, HE COULD NOT HELP BUT INJECT POLITICS INTO A TRAGEDY. >> THE GOVERNOR IS DOING A GOOD JOB. HE IS HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING THE PRESIDENT ON THE PHONE. THEY ARE NOT BEING RESPONSIVE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS NOT BEING RESPONSIVE AND HAVING A VERY HARD TIME GETTING THE PRESIDENT ON THE PHONE. >> HERE IS THE PROBLEM WITH THAT CLAIM FROM GOVERNOR BRIAN KEMP HIMSELF.
>> THE PRESIDENT JUST CALLED ME YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, I MISSED HIM AND CALLED HIM RIGHT BACK. HE JUST SAID, WHAT DO YOU NEED IT? I TOLD HIM, WE GOT WHAT WE NEED. WE WILL WORK THROUGH THE FEDERAL PROCESS. HE OFFERED IF THERE IS OTHER THINGS WE NEED, WHICH I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> THAT IS A LITTLE AWKWARD, I HAVE TO SAY. IN ANOTHER CLASSIC CASE TRUMP IS CLAIMING DEMOCRATS ARE DENYING REPUBLICAN PARTS OF NORTH CAROLINA . WHICH IS NOT HAVING AT ALL. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HIS ADMINISTRATION DID TO PUERTO RICO AFTER HURRICANE MARIA BACK IN 2017. MEANWHILE, HARRIS CANCELED A NUMBER OF CAMPAIGN SPOTS TO RETURN TO WASHINGTON AND VISIT FEMA HEADQUARTERS TODAY.
WHICH, BY THE WAY, IS WHAT AN ACTUAL PRESIDENT WOULD DO. HERE’S WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY AFTER BEING BRIEFED ON THE FEDERAL RESPONSE. >> OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS I SPOKE WITH GOVERNOR KEMP OF GEORGIA, GOVERNOR COOPER OF NORTH CAROLINA AND MANY LOCAL OFFICIALS. I HAVE SHARED WITH THEM THAT WE WILL DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO HELP COMMUNITIES RESPOND AND RECOVER AND I HAVE SHARED WITH HIM THAT I PLAN TO BE ON THE GROUND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT DISRUPTING ANY EMERGENCY RESPONSE OPERATIONS BECAUSE THAT MUST BE THE HIGHEST PRIORITY AND THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS.
>> I’M BACK WITH THE PANEL HERE, GEORGE ASHLEY, ADRIAN AND EUGENE. THESE ARE QUESTIONS THAT ARE HARD BUT I’M LOOKING TO ASK THEM. ASHLEY, DONALD TRUMP LIES IN WAYS THAT ARE EASY TO DISPROVE. WHY? >> [ LAUGHTER ] >> HOW MUCH TIME DO WE HAVE?
>> I WILL SAY THE CHALLENGE FOR HIS OPPONENT IS THAT HE DOES, HE LIES A SINGLE SHAMELESSLY. IT IS A MISTRESS OR MISINFORMATION. HE HAS BEEN DOING THAT SINCE 2015 BUT HE MARRIED — HE MADE THE CALCULUS AND THAT HIS VOTERS WOULD NOT FORGET THAT. PREVIOUS POLITICIANS IF I WERE TO FACT CHECK MITT ROMNEY, HE WOULD CHANGE WHAT HE WOULD SAY. NOT BECAUSE HE CARED THAT I PARTNERED THE WASHINGTON TO CLOSE GAVE HIM PINOCCHIO’S.
ALL THOSE LONG NOSES ARE — HE WOULD CHANGE BECAUSE HE FELT THE PENALTY WITH VOTERS. DONALD TRUMP REALIZED WITH HIS VOTERS, THAT IS NOT ALL VOTERS, NOT ENOUGH TO GET THEM TO VICTORY. WITH HIS VOTERS SEAMLESSNESS IS HIS SUPERPOWER. IT IS A BIT OF ASYMMETRICAL WARFARE BUT HE LIES AND HE SAYS THINGS THAT ARE NOT TRUE.
VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS WERE TO DO THAT, THERE WOULD BE A MUCH BIGGER PENALTY FOR HER.
AND IT IS HARD. IT IS A CHALLENGE TO RUN AGAINST SOMEONE LIKE THAT. >> IT IS DEFINITELY A CHALLENGE. ADRIAN, WE ARE LAYING IT OUT BECAUSE PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW THE FACTS HERE. ASHLEY IS RIGHT, YOU ARE DEALING WITH SOMEONE WHO IS LYING CONSTANTLY.
YOU CANNOT SPEND ALL YOUR TIME FACT CHECKING. WHEN YOU DO ABOUT ASA MERRITT LIKE THIS? >> IN 2016 THAT WAS A CHALLENGE. WE HAVE NEVER RUN AGAINST A CANDIDATE LIKE DONALD TRUMP OF FOUR. WE WERE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO FACT CHECK HIM AND MAKING SURE REPORTERS KNEW THAT HE TOLD 75 LIES IN THE SPEECH .
AND TRYING TO PUSH BACK ON THOSE LIES.
LAST 4 TO 8 YEARS LATER, I THINK WE’VE GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE NUMBER ONE, WE KNOW THAT HIM DOING THAT, SAYING THESE CRAZY LIES WILL NOT GAIN ANY MORE INDEPENDENT SWING VOTERS. IT IS NOT LIKE THE COMMENTS YOU SHOWED EARLIER, WHICH I WILL NOT REPEAT ABOUT THE VICE PRESIDENT OR VERY DEROGATORY AND DEMEANING AND UNTRUE. IT IS NOT LIKE THERE IS INDEPENDENT VOTERS THAT WILL SEE THAT AND SAY, I WILL VOTE BECAUSE HE SAID THAT.
WE KNOW IT IS MORE IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY WHEN TALKING TO VOTERS AT THIS JUNCTION OF THE ELECTION, TO FOCUS ON THE ISSUES.
MAKE SURE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT I TRUMP 2.0 WOULD LOOK LIKE. DISMANTLING THE ACA. IN ACTING AND NATIONWIDE ABORTION BAN. YOU HAVE TO FOCUS ON THAT.
TO YOUR POINT ABOUT ATTORNEY GENERAL HOLDER, THEY CAN DO A LOT OF THE WORK TO PUSH BACK ON SOME OF THOSE THINGS. LET ME ASK. GEORGE, YOU KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT HAVE BEEN IN THE DEMOCRATIC CIRCLES FOREVER. I DO THINK THE FUNCTIONING OF GOVERNMENT IN A HURRICANE RESPONSE — THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, IN A BIPARTISAN WAY HAS BEEN HANDLED WELL BY REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTS AND LESS WELL BY OTHERS.
IT SHOULD MATTER.
IF YOU ARE THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN, SHOULD YOU SPEND TIME ON THIS CONTRAST? >> ABSOLUTELY. THEY ARE ACTUALLY IN CHARGE THE BIDEN/HARRIS ADMINISTRATION. THEY ARE IN CHARGE. IF YOU DO NOT LOOK LIKE YOU ARE PAYING ATTENTION, WHICH HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST WITH SNOWSTORMS IN CITIES LIKE WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK.
HURRICANE KATRINA DID NOT WORK SO I’LL FOR THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION AND YOU PAY A HUGE PENALTY. IT IS ALSO YOU HAVE TO DO IT BECAUSE IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. DONALD TRUMP DOES NOT CARE ABOUT ANY OF THAT.
HE ONLY CARES ABOUT WHETHER A PARTICULAR CRISIS CAN BE USED TO MANIPULATE HIS, YOU KNOW, MANIPULATE THE PUBLIC. THAT IS WHY HE IS WILLING TO TELL LIE AFTER LIE PRETTY IS A PATHOLOGICAL LIAR.
HE DOES NOT HAVE THE GENE THAT THE REST OF US HAVE EVEN MAKE THE SLIGHTEST MISTAKE. EVEN ACCIDENTALLY. HE WILL SAY WHATEVER POPS INTO HIS MIND. HE WANTS PEOPLE TO BELIEVE THAT AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT. IT IS NOT THAT CALCULATED.
HE IS IMPULSIVE. WHICH IS WHY, ADRIAN WILL TALK ABOUT ISSUES AND PROJECT 2025. THERE IS ALSO A PART OF THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN, WHICH I REALLY LOVE, THEY ARE DOING THINGS TO TRIGGER HIM. HE WAS AT A RALLY THE OTHER DAY, THEY SAID SHE LATER TRAPPED FOR ME. THERE WAS NO TRAP AND I WAS NOT TRAPPED.
AS HE IS DIVING RIGHT INTO THE TRAP. >> WE ALL SAW THE TRAP. >> THE CONTRAST IN THE SPLIT SCREEN IS IMPORTANT. THIS GUY IS A COMPLETE CRAZED LYING LUNATIC. HERE IS VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS ACTING LIKE PRESIDENT HARRIS.
THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT. >> YOU HAVE TRAVELED NOW WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN AND LEADER, ASHLEY HAS AS WELL. WHEN THERE IS A FEDERAL RESPONSE NEEDED, THERE ARE DISASTERS, WE HAVE LESS THAN A MINUTE LESS. WHY DOES THAT MATTER AS PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT THIS? KNEW THAT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT VOTERS.
TALK ABOUT THE ACTUAL VOTING PART OF THIS.
THE PEOPLE ON THE GROUND NURSING IMPRINT NORTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA ARE BOTH SWING STATES. MOST PEOPLE WILL VOTE AND THEY WILL VOTE FOR OR AGAINST DONALD TRUMP OR VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS. BUT THEN YOU ALSO HAVE THE REST OF THE COUNTRY WATCHING. YOU WALK IN THE DISASTER ZONE WITH VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS DOES MAKE THAT.
SHE’S TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT BECAUSE OF THE DRAIN ON RESOURCES. WALKING AROUND LOOKING LIKE YOU ARE IN CHARGE FOR GOING TO FEMA OR DOING WHAT DONALD TRUMP IS DOING. IT IS NOT BRINGING IN THOSE NEW FOLKS. THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING THAT IT REALLY MATTERS, THE SUBURBAN VOTERS, INDEPENDENT VOTERS AND SOME REPUBLICANS WHO TRY TO MAKE THIS RACE WHAT IT IS AT THE END OF THE DAY, THOSE FOLKS ARE WATCHING AND PAYING A LOT OF ATTENTION. IT TELLS YOU WHAT THEY WILL DO WHEN THEIR PRESIDENT.
THERE IS NO BETTER WAY TO DO IT .
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