IT’S AN OFFICIAL WHITE HOUSE EVENT. DAGEN? >> THANKS, MARK. WHAT EXACTLY CAN WE EXPECT TO HEAR FROM KAMALA HARRIS AND HER SPEECH TOMORROW? “THE NEW YORK TIMES” REPORTS THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED ECONOMIC MESSAGE WILL BE LIGHT ON DETAIL.
HARRIS’ TEAM AND MANY OF THE LIBERAL POLICY GROUPS THAT SUPPORT HER HAVE CHAMPIONED THE IDEA THAT HER BEST BET IS TO HAMMER POLL-TESTED OVERARCHING ECONOMIC THEMES THAT REFLECT CORE VALUES AND REINFORCE HER POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY.
MOSTLY LEAVE THE WHITE PAPERS UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION. SEAN DUFFY, FORMER REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN AND MY CO HOST ON “THE BOTTOM LINE.” THE HEADLINE OF THAT “NEW YORK TIMES” STORY IN THE ACTUAL PAPER, ON THE FRONT PAGE READS, VAGUENESS IS A STRATEGY. THAT IS THE BEGINNING OF THE HEADLINE.
“VAGUENESS.” DOES VAGUENESS RESONATE WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE SADDLED WITH SKY HIGH PRICES THAT ARE NOT FALLING UNDER KAMALAONICS? >> FIRST OF ALL, VAGUENESS IS BEING USED BECAUSE IF YOU GAVE US CLEAR POLICY ABOUT WHAT YOU WANTED TO DO, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WOULD HATE IT, DAGEN. SO SHE HAS TO BE VAGUE. IF SHE’S CLEAR, THEY’LL GO LIKE I DON’T WANT THIS SET OF COMMIE POLICIES.
THEY WANT TO GO OLD SCHOOL SOCIALISM, FIX PRICES.
YOU KNOW THIS, OUR VIEWERS KNOW THIS. WHERE IT’S TRIED, IT ALWAYS FAILS. YOU CAN’T PRICE FIX YOUR WAY OUT OF INFLATION. YOU NEED CLEAR BOLD POLICIES LIKE DONALD TRUMP LAID OUT TO GO THIS IS THE PROBLEM WE’RE IN AND THIS IS HOW WE’RE GOING TO FIX IT.
BEING VAGUE IS NOT GOING TO WORK. >> PRICE GOUGE, PRICE CAPS CAUSES SHORTAGES. WHAT YOU’RE GOING TO TELL AN ORANGE JUICE MANUFACTURER, IF THE COST OF THEIR RAW GOODS, THE COST OF FERTILIZER IS GOING UP, THE COST OF SHIPPING IS GOING UP, THIS THEY HAVE TO SELL THEIR ORANGE JUICE FOR $5 WHEN IT COST THEM $7 TO MAKE IT, I’M JUST COMING UP WITH THESE FIGURES, YOU WILL HAVE BARE SHELVES.
MAKE AMERICA THE SOVIET UNION SHOULD BE THE SLOGAN THERE. MOVING ON TO THIS, SEAN.
FORMER PROSECUTOR — THIS IS BREAKING NEWS. WE LEARNED NEWS THAT ATTORNEYS FOR FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SENT A LETTER TO JUDGE MERCHAN ASKING HIM TO DELAY HIS CRIMINAL SENTENCING UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION. JUDGE MERCHAN DENIED ANOTHER REST QUEST FOR HIMSELF TO RECUSE HIMSELF FROM THE CAUSE. TRUMP’S TEAM ARGUES THAT THE JUDGE’S DAUGHTER WORKS WITH THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. TRUMP’S SENTENCE ON 34 FELONY COUNTS IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 18.
ANDY McCARTHY SAID IT’S ALL PART OF A MUCH BIGGER PLAY. HE WRITES IN A NEW OPINION PIECE “THE OBJECTIVE HERE IS TO ENABLE VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AND THE MEDIA, DEMOCRAT COMPLEX, TO LABEL TRUMP A CONVICTED FELON SENTENCED TO PRISON AT A TIME WHEN MANY AMERICANS HAVE ALREADY VOTED IN MANY STATES. SO THIS MATTERS FOR THE ELECTION. JUAN MERCHAN HAS SUCH HATRED FOR TRUMP. IF YOU’RE KAMALA HARRIS, YOU’RE SAYING I’M MOVING UP IN THE POLLS, DOING WELL.
I DON’T WANT JUAN MERCHAN TO INFLAME THE BASE TO UNDERSCORE THE LAW FARE THAT WE’VE ENGAGED WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP. THERE’S BEEN AN ATTEMPT ON THINKS LIFE. IF KAMALA HARRIS COULD TELL MERCHAN, LET’S THIS CASE GO. I DON’T WANT IT IN THE MINDS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. AGAIN, YOU COULD INFLAME THEM AND DONALD TRUMP COULD RISE AGAIN IN THE POLLS.
EVERY TIME WE USED LAW FARE AGAINST HIM, HE’S DONE BETTER IN THE POLLING. MORE AMERICANS LIKE HIM WHEN WE ATTACK HIM. LET’S NOT DO IT. JUDGE MERCHAN WILL SENTENCE HIM TO HOUSE ARREST OR JAIL >> Dagen: ONE THING THE PRESIDENT’S ATTORNEYS NOTED IS THAT THEY CLAIM THAT THE LUCRATIVE POLITICAL WORK THAT MERCHAN’S DAUGHTER HAS DONE FOR VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS SHOULD BE SEEN AS MORE SIGNIFICANT NOW THAT HARRIS HAS REPLACED JOE BIDEN AS TRUMP’S OPPONENT IN THE UPCOMING ELECTION. THAT HAS TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT, WHICH WILL SURELY BE IGNORED BY THE JUDGE.
>> DAGEN, REAL QUICK. YOU HAVE A CONFLICT OR YOU HAVE THE APPEARANCE OF A CONFLICT.
THAT’S WHEN JUDGES SHOULD GET OFF. BECAUSE OF THE WORK OF MERCHAN’S DAUGHTER, AT LEAST THERE’S THE APPEARANCE OF A CONFLICT HERE. HE SHOULD REMOVE HIMSELF FROM THE CASE.
AGAIN, IF THAT HAPPENS, YOU MIGHT GET A FAIR AND IMPARTIAL JUDGE. MERCHAN CAN’T LET THAT HAPPEN. HE HAS A POLITICAL VENDETTA AGAINST DONALD TRUMP. HE WANTS TO KEEP THIS CASE SO HE CAN EXTRACT SOME PAIN FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP, NOT BECAUSE OF THE LAW, NOT BECAUSE OF WHAT DONALD TRUMP DID, BUT BECAUSE OF POLITICS. THAT’S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
>> Dagen: AS ANDY SAID, POLITICS.
NOT JUSTICE. SEAN, SEE YOU LATER. WHAT TIME IS OUR.
