1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,760 Speaker 1: I hope you had a fabulous Fourth of July with 2 00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:07,080 Speaker 1: you and your family celebrating America's birthday. And the White House, 3 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:09,600 Speaker 1: I don't know how much celebrating they were doing because 4 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:12,760 Speaker 1: they've got some serious problems. Now they have now been 5 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 1: busted lying to you about the president's medical attention. In fact, 6 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:22,880 Speaker 1: he did see a doctor after the debate. That is 7 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:26,000 Speaker 1: what we've been told after the White House lie. How 8 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 1: do we know this because Biden told the governors who 9 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 1: came and met with him that, in fact, he did 10 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 1: receive a medical check up. This now coming from Politico. 11 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:39,239 Speaker 1: Biden tells governors this is their actual headline. He got 12 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:42,959 Speaker 1: a medical a checkup. Two governors also expressed concerns over 13 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:46,200 Speaker 1: whether the president could still carry their blue leaning state. 14 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:48,600 Speaker 2: So this is all about saving themselves. 15 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 1: President Joe Biden on Wednesday evening told more than twenty 16 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:54,320 Speaker 1: Democratic governors in a private meeting that he underwent a 17 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 1: medical checkup after last week's debate and it's fine that, 18 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 1: According to three people with knowledge of the discussion, During 19 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 1: an hour long meeting prompted by intensifying concerns about his 20 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:07,679 Speaker 1: health and political viability, one governor asked Biden by his 21 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:10,679 Speaker 1: physical condition. The President mentioned having had a check up 22 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:13,119 Speaker 1: in recent days and serted that he remains in good health, 23 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 1: knocking on wood for effect. According to two people that 24 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:21,640 Speaker 1: were there, yes, so that happened now. That statement, in 25 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:24,080 Speaker 1: a hastily arranged White House meeting that saw nearly a 26 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:28,199 Speaker 1: dozen governors travel to DC while others participated virtually, came 27 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:31,480 Speaker 1: just hours after the White House Press Secretary Jean Pierre 28 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:35,960 Speaker 1: sidestep direct questions from reporters who asked if he had 29 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 1: been examined since the debate, saying this, the President has 30 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 1: regular annual physicals, and we released it through a report, 31 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 1: a thorough report. We're going to continue to do that. Again, 32 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 1: that's not the question that was asked. Biden's remarks, according 33 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 1: to a person familiar with the president's schedule, was in 34 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 1: reference to a short check up by a White House 35 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: physician days following the debate due to quote, lingering symptoms 36 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 1: from his cold. The exam, that person at it was 37 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:12,360 Speaker 1: brief and did not include any major tests. Now, Democrats 38 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:14,920 Speaker 1: are coming forward now and they are saying it is 39 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:17,560 Speaker 1: time for him to step down. 40 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 2: Again. 41 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 1: They're saying this Democratic representative Huffman said, quote we should 42 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 1: announce our presidential ticket after the Republican convention so we 43 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:31,920 Speaker 1: know what we're running against, implying that Joe Biden is 44 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 1: absolutely not going to be their pick. CNN also says 45 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:41,360 Speaker 1: this that Biden told Democratic governors he needs more sleep 46 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 1: and to stop scheduling events after eight o'clock at night. 47 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:49,919 Speaker 1: So again the President being a complainer in chief when 48 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 1: meeting with the governors. 49 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:53,640 Speaker 3: We have new details coming in this afternoon on President 50 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:57,799 Speaker 3: Biden's ongoing fight for his political future. Sources tell CNN 51 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 3: and the President told Democratic governors during yesterday's White House 52 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:04,240 Speaker 3: meeting that he needs more sleep and he plans to 53 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 3: stop scheduling events after eight pm. That meeting was an 54 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 3: attempt to reassure Democratic leaders that he could win reelection 55 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 3: and serve out another term. His campaign faces a critical 56 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:18,360 Speaker 3: test in the next forty eight hours Tomorrow, President Biden 57 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:20,359 Speaker 3: is that hit the campaign tr and then we'll see 58 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 3: him in his first televised interview since the debate today. 59 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:27,200 Speaker 1: Now, this first interview that he's going to do has 60 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:30,240 Speaker 1: now been changed to a prime time event with George 61 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:33,679 Speaker 1: Stepanopolis at eight o'clock Eastern on Friday night. 62 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 2: It is not going to be live. What does that mean. 63 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 1: It means that they can protect the president with editing. Now, 64 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:45,119 Speaker 1: let's talk about the money drawing up for the president 65 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 1: as well. Donald Trump's campaign raised three hundred and thirty 66 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:53,200 Speaker 1: one million in this year's second quarter, and it smashes 67 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:56,920 Speaker 1: what Biden has brought in and the money apparently is 68 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:01,720 Speaker 1: completely drying up. Barbara Boxer slamming Democrats by the way, 69 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:05,080 Speaker 1: calling for Biden to stepped down. They're on TV for 70 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 1: their five minutes of fame as it's clear that a 71 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 1: civil war has broken out within the Democratic Party. 72 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 4: Art Senator, you said, give Biden two weeks to fix 73 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:19,120 Speaker 4: his ailing campaign. It has now been a full week 74 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:22,560 Speaker 4: since the debate. We haven't even seen a TV interview 75 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:24,919 Speaker 4: or press conference yet. That's not going to come until 76 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:28,360 Speaker 4: tomorrow and next week, respectively. Is he moving too slow 77 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:29,120 Speaker 4: on his reset? 78 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:33,480 Speaker 5: No, I meant two weeks from now. The article you're 79 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:37,920 Speaker 5: quoting was run today two weeks. I agree with Debbie Dingle. 80 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:41,080 Speaker 5: I disagree with these members who are coming on TV 81 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:44,560 Speaker 5: for their five minutes of fame and pushing out a 82 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 5: man who has been one of the greatest presidents since 83 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:51,480 Speaker 5: FDR and by the way I say, because there are 84 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 5: two schools of thought. My school of thought is show 85 00:04:54,279 --> 00:04:57,919 Speaker 5: us the comeback. You've done it your whole life, mister president. 86 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:01,520 Speaker 5: You've come back from personal losses, you've come from political losses. 87 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:04,480 Speaker 5: And here's the thing about these members and folks who 88 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:06,520 Speaker 5: are coming on your station and a lot of your 89 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 5: experts pushing this man out right now before he has 90 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 5: a chance. 91 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:12,800 Speaker 6: Is this. 92 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:17,600 Speaker 5: We know that Donald Trump is the truth thread here. 93 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 6: We know because he. 94 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:25,479 Speaker 5: Talked thirty lies in ninety minutes. That's what he put 95 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:29,320 Speaker 5: out there, thirty lies. He refused to accept the results 96 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:32,720 Speaker 5: of the election. He's already going after Liz Cheney and 97 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 5: saying she's guilty of treason, which, by the way, the 98 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:39,040 Speaker 5: penalty for that is murder. 99 00:05:39,279 --> 00:05:40,600 Speaker 6: It goes on and on. 100 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 5: He also said at the debate that Democrats would kill 101 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 5: babies after they're born. And everybody's focused on, you know, 102 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 5: Joe Biden. And last point, how many times did we 103 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:58,120 Speaker 5: some Trump fall asleep at his own criminal trial where 104 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:02,279 Speaker 5: he was found guilty of four counts and also liable 105 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:06,159 Speaker 5: for sexual assault in another courtroom against Egen Carroll. So 106 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 5: please spare me. You're five minutes of fame. Give this 107 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:13,120 Speaker 5: man a chance to pick himself up. He's done it 108 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:14,720 Speaker 5: so many times. 109 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:15,560 Speaker 6: Joe Woodie. 110 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 1: Now, I love this, by the way, because that's Barbara Boxer, right, 111 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:21,440 Speaker 1: She's dug in for him. She's one of the old guards. 112 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 1: She's the one that's saying this. But Debbie Dingle said, 113 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:25,960 Speaker 1: and I'm going to play this for you a little 114 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:27,839 Speaker 1: bit later with my conversation I'm going to have with 115 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:30,839 Speaker 1: Center Cruz about this. She said, Biden is a is 116 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 1: in a bubble wrap interview with Stepanopholis, and one interview 117 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:39,040 Speaker 1: quote won't fix this. David Jolly said, the one person 118 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:41,480 Speaker 1: Trump doesn't want to run against this Gavin Newsom. As 119 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:43,880 Speaker 1: they're already moving on to who's going to replace him. 120 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 1: Over at MSNBC. They're acting like Joe Biden is gone. 121 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:50,039 Speaker 7: On the other side of this equation, of course, is 122 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:50,920 Speaker 7: the Trump campaign. 123 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:53,440 Speaker 8: What scenarios do you think that they are preparing for 124 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:53,960 Speaker 8: right now? 125 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:56,920 Speaker 9: I look, they hope Joe Biden stays in because they 126 00:06:56,960 --> 00:06:59,000 Speaker 9: see him as weak, and then they want to run 127 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:02,159 Speaker 9: against Kamala Harrer. But I think that they should be 128 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:05,080 Speaker 9: very careful here because I do think there's an opportunity 129 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 9: for Joe Biden and the Democrats to have a very 130 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 9: unifying week. First of all, it's inevitable something has to break, 131 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:12,880 Speaker 9: the fever has to break. 132 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 2: So either Joe. 133 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 9: Biden coalesces all the Democrats this week and says we're 134 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 9: going forward as a unified Democratic party and you are 135 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:23,400 Speaker 9: sticking with me, or he makes another decision but also 136 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 9: creates a very unifying moment for national Democrats and frankly 137 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:29,720 Speaker 9: for the nation as well, about a new chapter of 138 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:33,880 Speaker 9: democratic leadership. Hollywood could write this script ally for the 139 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:36,840 Speaker 9: next week, but look, who do they want to run 140 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:37,240 Speaker 9: against it? 141 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:37,640 Speaker 2: Look? 142 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:40,680 Speaker 9: I would also say Joe Biden one tool he hasn't used, 143 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:43,000 Speaker 9: the greatest tool he has is an address to the nation, 144 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:45,760 Speaker 9: because this is not just a political question. We talk 145 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 9: about it as a political question for November, but this 146 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:50,880 Speaker 9: is a question for right now. And if Joe Biden 147 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:54,680 Speaker 9: can reassure the nation it begins to answer the questions 148 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:57,560 Speaker 9: about November, they could decide whether or not to do that. 149 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:00,240 Speaker 2: I mean, they are all over the place now. 150 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:03,440 Speaker 1: I believe that there's one other aspect of this that 151 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:06,720 Speaker 1: must be brought up, and that's this. I believe we're 152 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 1: witnessing right now, one of the biggest political cover ups 153 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:15,400 Speaker 1: in history of this country. That all these people around 154 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:18,600 Speaker 1: the president have been covering for an incapacitated president of 155 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 1: the United States of America. This is, by the way, 156 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:23,160 Speaker 1: why we have the twenty fifth Amendment. This is why 157 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:29,040 Speaker 1: you have a cabinet. Okay, And I'm sorry. It's a 158 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:31,280 Speaker 1: moment in history that I think we're going to look 159 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:34,959 Speaker 1: back on and we're going to realize that that everyone 160 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:40,640 Speaker 1: around the president was covering for him, was lying for him, 161 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:45,440 Speaker 1: was protecting him, and insulating him and bubble wrapping him. 162 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:49,000 Speaker 1: Is that, one Democrat said a moment ago, and so 163 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 1: I look at this. This is a moment that the 164 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:58,320 Speaker 1: Democratic Party created. Now, even NBC's Allen said this on 165 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 1: TV about the moment we're in now. 166 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:04,200 Speaker 10: Listen, Jonathan starting with you on this. Now that we're 167 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:06,360 Speaker 10: seeing he's getting back on the road, he is going 168 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:10,720 Speaker 10: to be in Wisconsin, business as usual. Certainly this week 169 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:12,680 Speaker 10: has not been business as usual. 170 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:16,640 Speaker 11: Yeah, this has been the worst week in a presidential 171 00:09:16,679 --> 00:09:19,560 Speaker 11: campaign that I can remember in my lifetime. Not only 172 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:22,040 Speaker 11: did he have the debate to bacle, but the effort 173 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:25,360 Speaker 11: to clean it up has been miserable. At best you 174 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:29,120 Speaker 11: hear the arguments for why he didn't do well at 175 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:31,200 Speaker 11: the debate, that he had a cold, that he was 176 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 11: traveling in Europe, he'd been back in the United States 177 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:35,920 Speaker 11: for twelve days. I don't think any American thinks that 178 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:39,480 Speaker 11: they want a president that is home from twelve for 179 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:43,640 Speaker 11: twelve days from foreign trip and still not quite himself 180 00:09:43,679 --> 00:09:47,240 Speaker 11: from the jet lag. So the White House messaging has 181 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:50,920 Speaker 11: been difficult. In the deed yesterday, as you pointed out, 182 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:53,720 Speaker 11: at one moment, Korean John Pierre said he hadn't been 183 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:55,600 Speaker 11: checked out for it by a doctor, than Biden said 184 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:57,760 Speaker 11: he had been checked out by a doctor. One of 185 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:00,600 Speaker 11: those things is true, one of them is not. Right now, 186 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:02,960 Speaker 11: his White House has a credibility problem. He has a 187 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:05,439 Speaker 11: credibility problem, and I need to make sure that whatever 188 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:09,360 Speaker 11: they're saying is actually true and transparent. He is going 189 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:11,800 Speaker 11: to try over the course of the next several days 190 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:14,440 Speaker 11: to show a different version of himself than people have 191 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:17,400 Speaker 11: been seeing over the last week, but he is in 192 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:20,280 Speaker 11: making a mistake. This is a crisis moment for the 193 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:21,600 Speaker 11: president and his party. 194 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:24,600 Speaker 1: They are ready to be done with him, They're ready 195 00:10:24,679 --> 00:10:27,360 Speaker 1: to move on to Kamala. I think she's probably the 196 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:29,720 Speaker 1: front runner right now, even though the polls say she 197 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:31,880 Speaker 1: could still be beat. The only person the polling that 198 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:34,640 Speaker 1: shows they would take a lead against Donald Trump would 199 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:38,160 Speaker 1: be a name that I've said here several times, Michelle Obama. 200 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:42,200 Speaker 1: I want to get into my conversation about what is 201 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:45,520 Speaker 1: next when it comes to Biden campaign and what Democrats 202 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:48,040 Speaker 1: are doing. And we're going to break all this down 203 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:52,160 Speaker 1: with Senator Ted Cruz. We were doing our podcast Verdict. 204 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:54,720 Speaker 1: Take a listen. I mentioned a moment ago that this 205 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:58,280 Speaker 1: White House is floundering on a level I didn't even 206 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:01,200 Speaker 1: know was imaginable in their re responds to this debate. 207 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:03,600 Speaker 1: And every time you think they can't get any worse, 208 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:06,880 Speaker 1: they then do something that is even more incompetent. And 209 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:10,000 Speaker 1: the response I want to play for you center this. 210 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:13,640 Speaker 1: This is the White House Press secretary floating the idea 211 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:15,880 Speaker 1: that the reason why Joe Biden had a bad night 212 00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:19,440 Speaker 1: the other night is that he was suffering from jet 213 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:25,120 Speaker 1: lag almost two weeks, fourteen days after traveling. Here is 214 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:27,360 Speaker 1: the White House Press secretary trying to sell this to 215 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:28,320 Speaker 1: the American people. 216 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:30,480 Speaker 12: Okay, thank you. 217 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:33,560 Speaker 13: There's no question that international travel can be rigorous. I 218 00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:36,800 Speaker 13: think the confusion is that he's still suffering from the 219 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:40,080 Speaker 13: effects of that nearly two weeks later. So can you 220 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:43,560 Speaker 13: articulate a little bit about like, do you guys usually 221 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:46,640 Speaker 13: have accommodations for him after he does a trip that 222 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:49,280 Speaker 13: he's going to have jet lag for that long a 223 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:50,319 Speaker 13: period of time. 224 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:52,480 Speaker 6: So can you can you when you say two weeks later, 225 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:53,520 Speaker 6: what do you mean the debate? 226 00:11:53,559 --> 00:11:56,400 Speaker 13: He arrives back in the United States twelve or thirteen 227 00:11:56,480 --> 00:11:59,199 Speaker 13: days before the debate, So his explanation for a quar 228 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:01,079 Speaker 13: debate for form jetlag. 229 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:04,760 Speaker 12: So what I want to say is it's the jet lag. 230 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:05,560 Speaker 6: And also the cold. 231 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:11,480 Speaker 12: Right. It is the two things, and that occurred, and 232 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:13,880 Speaker 12: you all heard it in his voice when he did 233 00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:16,280 Speaker 12: the debate, right, And it is not even something that 234 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:17,400 Speaker 12: we shared ahead of time. 235 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:19,679 Speaker 6: You heard it in his voice and we confirmed it. 236 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:22,480 Speaker 12: And I think that's important to note as well, like 237 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:25,200 Speaker 12: it is the jet lag and the cold. But I 238 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:27,080 Speaker 12: want to be really I want to be really clear here. 239 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:29,960 Speaker 12: This is not an excuse, right, this is not an excuse. 240 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:32,360 Speaker 12: You all asked for an explanation, and we get we're 241 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:33,400 Speaker 12: giving it an explanation. 242 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:34,880 Speaker 6: It is not an excuse. 243 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:38,120 Speaker 12: I don't want that to be the leading piece of 244 00:12:38,160 --> 00:12:41,199 Speaker 12: this asked for the only reason we're sharing this because 245 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:43,240 Speaker 12: it was asked of me here and the President certainly 246 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:46,080 Speaker 12: wanted to give an explanation himself, and that's what he 247 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:50,800 Speaker 12: did yesterday. We want to We understand that it wasn't 248 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:51,439 Speaker 12: his best night. 249 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:52,960 Speaker 6: It wasn't a great debate. 250 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 12: We understand that, and we understand what supporters saw, what 251 00:12:57,559 --> 00:12:59,719 Speaker 12: the American people saw, and what you all saw, and 252 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:02,520 Speaker 12: so we wanted to give an explanation. So I don't 253 00:13:02,559 --> 00:13:04,920 Speaker 12: want to get into this or are you giving this 254 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:07,559 Speaker 12: excuse that excuse, We're giving. 255 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:09,240 Speaker 6: You what our explanation was. 256 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:13,080 Speaker 12: We want to continue to make sure that we do 257 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:16,240 Speaker 12: everything that we can to deliver for the American people. 258 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:17,480 Speaker 6: That's what we're going to continue to. 259 00:13:17,559 --> 00:13:18,160 Speaker 14: Also want it. 260 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:21,000 Speaker 2: I mean, Senator, you hear this. It's no excuse. 261 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:23,880 Speaker 1: We're just you ask So we're just telling you, fourteen 262 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:27,240 Speaker 1: days after international travel, the president was suffering from jetwag. 263 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:28,800 Speaker 2: So there's the story. 264 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:30,280 Speaker 12: You know. 265 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:32,720 Speaker 15: I got to say every time I hear Kaarin John Pierre, 266 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:36,360 Speaker 15: I think she is the opposite of William Jefferson Clinton. 267 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:40,480 Speaker 15: William Jefferson Clinton, you'll recall was referred to as an 268 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:45,479 Speaker 15: unusually good liar, that he could lie and it was believable, 269 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:48,440 Speaker 15: and he'd bite his lip and he'd you know, pointed, 270 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:51,440 Speaker 15: push his thumb together, and you just you believed he 271 00:13:51,520 --> 00:13:55,640 Speaker 15: felt your pain. He could lie better than anyone. I 272 00:13:55,640 --> 00:14:00,199 Speaker 15: think Karee John Pierre is an unusually bad liar. Like 273 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:04,720 Speaker 15: when she does it, it's laughably false. One of the 274 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:06,560 Speaker 15: things if you're going to be in a job as 275 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:10,760 Speaker 15: a media hack and trying to spin people, typically you 276 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:14,240 Speaker 15: learn not to tell just brazen lies that are absurd. 277 00:14:14,760 --> 00:14:17,640 Speaker 15: When Kareem John Pierre stood in the White House press 278 00:14:17,679 --> 00:14:20,240 Speaker 15: briefing room and said, you know, people are not just 279 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:22,640 Speaker 15: coming across the border. It's not happening. They're not walking 280 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:25,880 Speaker 15: across the border. It doesn't happen. That was such a 281 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:28,600 Speaker 15: wild lie. Literally every reporter could pull up on their 282 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:32,800 Speaker 15: phone videos of it happening while she was talking. That's 283 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:36,400 Speaker 15: a bad lie here. This jetlag thing is a really 284 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:41,200 Speaker 15: bad lie. Like anyone who's actually flown internationally. Look, jetlag 285 00:14:41,240 --> 00:14:44,120 Speaker 15: is a si thing. It's a reasonable thing. You feel 286 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:48,200 Speaker 15: it a day maybe two when you fly from one 287 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:49,880 Speaker 15: place to the other. You know, he was in Europe. 288 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:52,400 Speaker 15: He was there for Normandy. I was there for Normandy. 289 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:55,120 Speaker 15: I got to say the idea that I'd be complaining 290 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:57,880 Speaker 15: now you know, I've still got jetlag because several weeks 291 00:14:57,920 --> 00:15:03,000 Speaker 15: ago I was in Europe. That's just obviously stupid. And 292 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:06,040 Speaker 15: they don't want the explanation to be the explanation that 293 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:09,560 Speaker 15: every person with eyeballs and common sense saw, which is 294 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 15: this is an old man who's suffering from dementia. That's 295 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:15,040 Speaker 15: the answer. And so well, you know he wasn't a 296 00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:18,480 Speaker 15: plane a few weeks earlier. Let's call it jetlag. Yeah, yeah, 297 00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:20,440 Speaker 15: maybe people out there are dumb enough to believe that. 298 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:23,240 Speaker 1: Well, and they went on TV like a full court 299 00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:26,480 Speaker 1: press to try to sell this at the White House. 300 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:29,320 Speaker 1: This was another one of their interviews outside of Jean Pierre, 301 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 1: where they're like, all right, guys, everybody got on TV 302 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:33,480 Speaker 1: and sell that the President is jet lagged. 303 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:36,760 Speaker 7: Apparently, the President apologized to everyone in the room saying, 304 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:39,560 Speaker 7: this is not an excuse, but it is an explanation, 305 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:43,520 Speaker 7: and he blamed the extensive foreign travel that he did 306 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:46,080 Speaker 7: and the lead up to the CNN debate for his 307 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:49,160 Speaker 7: poor performance. Just a reminder for everyone, he did go 308 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:51,720 Speaker 7: to France for the D Day anniversary, and then he 309 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:53,880 Speaker 7: turned right back around and went to Italy for the 310 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:56,800 Speaker 7: G seven summit, and he told the room, I didn't 311 00:15:56,800 --> 00:15:59,240 Speaker 7: listen to my staff, so the suggestion there being his 312 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:01,640 Speaker 7: staff did not think this was a good idea. And 313 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:06,040 Speaker 7: then he apparently said, I almost fell asleep on stage. 314 00:16:06,280 --> 00:16:09,600 Speaker 7: I just want to unpack this new explanation for a second, 315 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:13,000 Speaker 7: as the explanation for why his debate performance was so bad. 316 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:16,280 Speaker 7: I find it a little bit puzzling, and frankly, I'm 317 00:16:16,320 --> 00:16:17,840 Speaker 7: not sure that a lot of people are going to 318 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:21,360 Speaker 7: find this reassuring. If anything, some folks might hear this 319 00:16:21,520 --> 00:16:25,400 Speaker 7: and be even more concerned. Yes, there were two foreign 320 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:28,120 Speaker 7: trips in the lead up to the June twenty seventh 321 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:31,880 Speaker 7: CNN debate, but he returned from Italy on June fifteenth. 322 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:34,360 Speaker 7: The debate again was on June twenty seven, so we're 323 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:37,520 Speaker 7: talking about roughly twelve days in between when he was 324 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:40,440 Speaker 7: back in the States. And remember a part of those 325 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:43,480 Speaker 7: twelve days, about a full week, he actually spent with 326 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:46,600 Speaker 7: his advisors at Camp David for the sole purpose of 327 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:50,080 Speaker 7: really focusing on debate preps. So why is the president 328 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:53,760 Speaker 7: falling asleep on the debate stage at the hours of 329 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 7: nine pm. 330 00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:55,480 Speaker 6: To ten thirty. 331 00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:58,560 Speaker 1: I can't believe by the way that CNN saying that 332 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:01,200 Speaker 1: they have all turned on him, like they have just 333 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:03,960 Speaker 1: completely turned on him. With Mjlee, they're saying, I find 334 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:06,920 Speaker 1: it a little bit puzzling that this guy's at Camp 335 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:09,400 Speaker 1: David for a whole week and you've done debate prep. 336 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:11,960 Speaker 1: So let's pull back the curtain on that. When you've 337 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:14,520 Speaker 1: done your most vigorous debate prep, Senator, and I've been 338 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:17,520 Speaker 1: blessed to be in several different debate preps for different 339 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:20,800 Speaker 1: major races, it doesn't last twelve hours a day now, 340 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:22,960 Speaker 1: the ones I've done certainly not for seven days straight. 341 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:25,240 Speaker 1: It's usually two or three hours of intense debate prep 342 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:26,600 Speaker 1: and then you take a legit break. 343 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:27,840 Speaker 12: Yeah. 344 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:30,000 Speaker 15: Look, and I've never done a week of debate prep. 345 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:31,879 Speaker 15: Typically what I do debate prep, it is one to 346 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:33,840 Speaker 15: two days. Is what's involved. 347 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:34,600 Speaker 12: You know. 348 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:37,199 Speaker 15: The irony of the of their jet lag explanation is 349 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:39,000 Speaker 15: the fact that we know he spent a week at 350 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:42,639 Speaker 15: Camp David where the only thing on the plate was 351 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:46,040 Speaker 15: getting ready for debate prep, and I am certain he 352 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:49,919 Speaker 15: slept a lot of hours that week and listen he should. 353 00:17:50,520 --> 00:17:52,639 Speaker 15: One of the things I do for debate prep. You know, 354 00:17:52,680 --> 00:17:54,520 Speaker 15: you know there's studies that have been done. This is 355 00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:56,720 Speaker 15: something when I was arguing cases at the Supreme Court, 356 00:17:57,800 --> 00:18:00,160 Speaker 15: I looked at there were medical studies that are done 357 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:04,719 Speaker 15: that show the more sleep you get, the faster your 358 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:09,280 Speaker 15: brain thinks, the faster your neurons fire. Before a Supreme 359 00:18:09,320 --> 00:18:13,480 Speaker 15: Court argument, I used to the night before try to 360 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:15,880 Speaker 15: get nine to ten hours sleep, which is a lot 361 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:18,800 Speaker 15: more sleep. I typically get six to seven hours sleep 362 00:18:18,840 --> 00:18:22,000 Speaker 15: a night before a Supreme Court argument, I would try 363 00:18:22,040 --> 00:18:24,600 Speaker 15: to get nine to ten hours sleep a night and 364 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:27,479 Speaker 15: I'd do that both the night before the argument, and 365 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:30,160 Speaker 15: I'd do that two nights before the argument the reason 366 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:34,159 Speaker 15: two nights before the argument. Years ago in college, I 367 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:39,000 Speaker 15: used to teach at Princeton Review the test prep class 368 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:41,680 Speaker 15: that helped students. I taught the SAT and I taught 369 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:45,000 Speaker 15: the l SAT. And when I was teaching at Princeton Review, 370 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:47,360 Speaker 15: we would teach teach students to do the same thing, 371 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:50,160 Speaker 15: get a ton of sleep the night before your exam, 372 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:53,680 Speaker 15: and get a ton of sleep two nights before your exam. 373 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:57,480 Speaker 15: Because there's scientific studies that show the sleep you get 374 00:18:57,520 --> 00:19:00,919 Speaker 15: two nights before an event affects your brain speed. And 375 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:03,880 Speaker 15: what I found in Supreme Court arguments is that if 376 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:07,159 Speaker 15: I had two nights of supercharging sleep, nine to ten 377 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:09,920 Speaker 15: hours of sleep, two nights in a row, that when 378 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:13,040 Speaker 15: I'd stand up there for the argument at the podium, 379 00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:15,920 Speaker 15: my brain was a half second faster, a half second 380 00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:18,760 Speaker 15: quicker to respond to a question, to think about a 381 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:22,359 Speaker 15: line of argument, to anticipate where the other side was going, 382 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:25,720 Speaker 15: to anticipate where a justice was going. When I'd prepare 383 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:27,920 Speaker 15: for political debates, I do the same thing. I try 384 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:30,639 Speaker 15: to have two nights of nine to ten hours sleep 385 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:33,680 Speaker 15: the two nights before, and it makes a real difference. 386 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:37,399 Speaker 15: Your brain is fast and quick. Biden had an entire 387 00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:40,040 Speaker 15: week where he could sleep. He could have slept twelve 388 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:42,560 Speaker 15: hours a day every day for a week. And so 389 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:45,479 Speaker 15: the idea that they're saying, well, yeah, but two weeks earlier, 390 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:49,000 Speaker 15: he was on a plane, So it's jet lag. Nobody 391 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:51,959 Speaker 15: who's ever flown an airplane believes that. 392 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:54,720 Speaker 1: There's also this big interview that's about to take place, 393 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:58,280 Speaker 1: and it's become actually even bigger since when you and 394 00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:01,680 Speaker 1: I mentioned it, there is George Stepanopolis and I think 395 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:04,240 Speaker 1: we should remind people who he is. He is a 396 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:07,240 Speaker 1: hardcore lefty that acts like he's now some sort of journalist, 397 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:10,399 Speaker 1: even though he was best known for defending Bill Clinton 398 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:12,240 Speaker 1: and giving Bill Clinton some of the best spin lines 399 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:12,800 Speaker 1: in history. 400 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:14,399 Speaker 2: It's the friendliest person. 401 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:19,200 Speaker 15: Look, he was basically Kareem John John Pierre for Bill Clinton. Yeah, 402 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:21,320 Speaker 15: he was a press staffer. He was a comm staffer. 403 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:22,800 Speaker 15: He was in the White House. He was on the 404 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:26,159 Speaker 15: Clinton White House staff. I think his title is communications director, 405 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:28,760 Speaker 15: So he wasn't actually the press secretary, but he was 406 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:31,880 Speaker 15: the press flack. He was the person. He was the Jensaki. 407 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:34,560 Speaker 15: He was the one who was in charge of communications 408 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:37,399 Speaker 15: for Bill Clinton for years. He was very close to 409 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:40,639 Speaker 15: Bill Clinton, and then he jumped over. As many dem 410 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:44,440 Speaker 15: communication hacks do, they leave that role and they jump 411 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:48,119 Speaker 15: over and they become like Jensaki, they get their own show. Well, 412 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:52,280 Speaker 15: George Stephanopoulos went from being the official spokesperson for the 413 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:58,159 Speaker 15: Democratic president to being at abs ABC acting as effectively 414 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:00,000 Speaker 15: the official spokesperson for the Democrat press. 415 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:03,600 Speaker 1: And he's the guy that's going to get this interview. 416 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:07,880 Speaker 1: We now have word that this they've decided to change 417 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:13,000 Speaker 1: this interview to a quote prime time special on Friday 418 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:17,399 Speaker 1: night to save in essence. I think his presidency and 419 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 1: Democrats aren't even buying that. MSNBC and one of the 420 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:25,720 Speaker 1: hardcore lefties out there, Debbie Dingle, she said this on 421 00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:27,960 Speaker 1: MSNBC on July fourth. 422 00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:32,840 Speaker 8: They've been after Joe Biden all week. So he's got 423 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:34,399 Speaker 8: one thing to do, which is to get up and 424 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:36,480 Speaker 8: go out to prove to people that he can do 425 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:38,760 Speaker 8: the job. We'll do the job, and has the stamina. 426 00:21:39,080 --> 00:21:40,920 Speaker 8: Took too long to make some of the phone calls. 427 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:41,439 Speaker 6: He shut up. 428 00:21:41,480 --> 00:21:43,280 Speaker 8: I think he's in a bubble wrap. I'm inn of 429 00:21:43,359 --> 00:21:47,439 Speaker 8: the senior's staff, and I think he's starting to do 430 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:48,159 Speaker 8: what he has to do. 431 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:50,080 Speaker 2: One interview tomorrow, he's not going. 432 00:21:50,040 --> 00:21:50,560 Speaker 16: To fix this. 433 00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:55,560 Speaker 1: One interview tomorrow is quote not going to fix this. 434 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:58,160 Speaker 1: This is one of the most extreme lefties on MSNBC 435 00:21:58,359 --> 00:21:58,719 Speaker 1: saying that. 436 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:02,480 Speaker 15: Well, and listen. One of the most revealing things that 437 00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:07,040 Speaker 15: ABC interview is taped. It's not live. If they were 438 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:09,480 Speaker 15: real journalists. You know what ABC should do. You know 439 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:13,480 Speaker 15: what George Stephanopholis should insist on doing. The debate was live. 440 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:16,080 Speaker 15: Let's have this interview be live. The American people need 441 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:19,240 Speaker 15: to see how you answer real time, which means we ABC, 442 00:22:20,119 --> 00:22:22,600 Speaker 15: We're not going to edit out when you stare blankly 443 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:24,320 Speaker 15: out at the wall and don't know what I say. 444 00:22:24,359 --> 00:22:26,639 Speaker 15: We're not going to edit out when you stumble. The 445 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:30,200 Speaker 15: fact that it is taped means that George Stefanopolis can 446 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:32,920 Speaker 15: go in and say, okay, oh, this exchange looked really 447 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:34,880 Speaker 15: bad for Joe Biden. Let's cut that out. 448 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:35,160 Speaker 12: Hmm. 449 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:38,199 Speaker 15: Okay, he's staring off at the ceiling and doesn't know 450 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:41,080 Speaker 15: what's going on. Let's definitely not air that. And let's 451 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:45,680 Speaker 15: find snippets where he seems kjin and let's piece them together. Now, 452 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:51,199 Speaker 15: if George Stephanopolis was wearing his hat as Democrat Operative 453 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:55,080 Speaker 15: putting together a TV campaign for Biden, that would be 454 00:22:55,119 --> 00:22:58,160 Speaker 15: a reasonable thing to do. But he's at least pretending 455 00:22:58,240 --> 00:23:01,480 Speaker 15: to be a journalist. The SEA is pretending to be 456 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:06,000 Speaker 15: an actual news organization, and so anyone who actually cares 457 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:09,480 Speaker 15: about journalism or news should insist the thing be live. 458 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:12,520 Speaker 15: Let the American people see how he acts in real time. 459 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:15,840 Speaker 1: Let's take a step back from this, and I want 460 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:17,800 Speaker 1: to ask you another question. You and I actually haven't 461 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:21,640 Speaker 1: even talked about this yet so I'm I'm genuinely intrigued 462 00:23:21,840 --> 00:23:24,199 Speaker 1: to know what you think, and that is, are we 463 00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:28,760 Speaker 1: going to look back weeks, months, years from now, and 464 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:31,719 Speaker 1: are we going to look at this moment in history 465 00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:36,640 Speaker 1: and say, was this the biggest political cover up in history? 466 00:23:37,119 --> 00:23:42,639 Speaker 1: That we had an incapacitated president, that the American people 467 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:45,960 Speaker 1: were sheltered from, that the White House was covering for 468 00:23:46,119 --> 00:23:49,080 Speaker 1: and lying for, that the media was covering for and 469 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:52,560 Speaker 1: lying for. I go back to November, Okay, not that 470 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:55,800 Speaker 1: long ago. White House pres seretory Jean Pierre said this 471 00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:57,120 Speaker 1: to the American people. 472 00:23:57,000 --> 00:24:01,760 Speaker 12: I would put the President's DaMina Present's wisdom ability to 473 00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:06,640 Speaker 12: get this done on behalf of the American people against anyone, 474 00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:08,280 Speaker 12: anyone on any. 475 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:08,840 Speaker 6: Day of the week. 476 00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:12,320 Speaker 1: I mean that was that was November, Senator, And I 477 00:24:12,359 --> 00:24:14,320 Speaker 1: think this is one of the biggest. 478 00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:16,040 Speaker 2: Progress that she's a really bad witness. 479 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:18,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, she is a really bad liar, But I mean 480 00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:20,480 Speaker 1: this is this is one of the biggest political cover 481 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:21,760 Speaker 1: ups I've ever witnessed. 482 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:26,000 Speaker 15: You know, yes, and no, of course it's a cover up. 483 00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:28,639 Speaker 15: Of course everyone is complicit in. And of course the 484 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:31,240 Speaker 15: Democrats all know and they're lying. Of Course, the media 485 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:34,080 Speaker 15: all know and they're lying. But at the same time, 486 00:24:34,119 --> 00:24:37,399 Speaker 15: it's not a cover up anyone whose head is not 487 00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:41,240 Speaker 15: plunged into the sand. You knew before the debate last 488 00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:44,720 Speaker 15: week that Joe Biden was mentally incapacitated. You knew that 489 00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:50,120 Speaker 15: it was obvious. Anyone who's ever had an elderly relative, 490 00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:53,320 Speaker 15: a loved one, dealing with dementia, dealing with Alzheimer's, You've 491 00:24:53,359 --> 00:24:56,960 Speaker 15: seen that distant look, that shuffle, that look of confusion. 492 00:24:57,040 --> 00:25:00,600 Speaker 15: We see that every week. It's obvious. Look, We've never 493 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:02,879 Speaker 15: seen a president do what Joe Biden does, which is 494 00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:06,399 Speaker 15: not talked to anyone in the Senate. In three and 495 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:09,280 Speaker 15: a half years, I've had no conversations with Joe Biden. 496 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:13,240 Speaker 15: He has had no conversations with virtually any Republican senator. 497 00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:15,719 Speaker 15: We sit around at lunch and talk about how weird 498 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:19,720 Speaker 15: that is, because a major part of the job being 499 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:21,840 Speaker 15: in the Senate is dealing with the president, working with 500 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:27,199 Speaker 15: the president. You know, just over a month ago, I 501 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:31,320 Speaker 15: passed the FA Reauthorization Bill. That is a huge bill, 502 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:36,159 Speaker 15: one hundred and ten billion dollars investment in infrastructure, in 503 00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:41,240 Speaker 15: safety for aviation, enhancing safety for the flying public, hiring 504 00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:44,320 Speaker 15: new air traffic controllers to keep people safe when they fly, 505 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:50,200 Speaker 15: investing billions in airports, putting collision detection technology on runways 506 00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:55,440 Speaker 15: to keep people safe, also expanding competition. Just Texas alone, 507 00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:59,679 Speaker 15: hundreds of thousands of jobs depend upon aviation. We have 508 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:04,560 Speaker 15: made major airlines based in Texas. Millions of jobs depend 509 00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:08,760 Speaker 15: indirectly on aviation. It was a huge bipartisan victory. I 510 00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:12,399 Speaker 15: was the lead author along with Maria Cantwell. We passed it. 511 00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:14,679 Speaker 15: We passed it on the floor of the Senate eighty 512 00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:18,199 Speaker 15: eight to Ford. Includes within it, finally, finally, finally, a 513 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:23,320 Speaker 15: direct flight from San Antonio to Reagan Washington National Airport, 514 00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:26,760 Speaker 15: something San Antonio that entire community has been fighting for 515 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:30,399 Speaker 15: for twenty years. That was a victory I wrote into law, 516 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:33,040 Speaker 15: and we want it now. You know what would normally 517 00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:36,320 Speaker 15: happen when you pass major bipartisan legislation. 518 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:39,800 Speaker 2: I'm assuming you'd say the President might get in contact with. 519 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:44,320 Speaker 15: You, you'd have a signing ceremony. In a typical normal 520 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:50,080 Speaker 15: functioning administration when there's big bipartisan legislation, the next step 521 00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:52,520 Speaker 15: is the White House contacts you and says we're going 522 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:55,800 Speaker 15: to have a signing ceremony, the signing ceremony, you go, 523 00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:58,399 Speaker 15: both the Democrats and Republicans who are the authors of 524 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:00,840 Speaker 15: the bill, go and the president and it signs the 525 00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:02,960 Speaker 15: bill into law in the Oval office, and there are 526 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:05,800 Speaker 15: people there'd be in this instance, you would have people 527 00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:08,359 Speaker 15: from the airlines there. You'd have people from airports there, 528 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:11,359 Speaker 15: You'd have the pilots unions there, you'd have the flight 529 00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:14,960 Speaker 15: attendance unions there, you'd have everyone impacted by the bill 530 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:17,000 Speaker 15: there in the Oval office. I've been to a lot 531 00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:20,080 Speaker 15: of signing ceremonies. It's pretty typical. You know what the 532 00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:21,320 Speaker 15: Biden White House said. 533 00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:23,920 Speaker 2: Well, I wouldn't even be surprised. They didn't even know 534 00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:24,879 Speaker 2: you guys were doing it. 535 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:27,960 Speaker 15: Oh no, no, they knew. They knew. And Biden signed the 536 00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:30,560 Speaker 15: bill when it came over. He signed it into law. 537 00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:33,760 Speaker 15: But there was no ceremony. And the reason there's no 538 00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:38,399 Speaker 15: ceremony they cannot have him interact with other people because 539 00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:43,280 Speaker 15: it is blazingly obvious this man is incapacitated. That has 540 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:46,120 Speaker 15: been the way the administration is operated from day one. 541 00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:50,600 Speaker 15: They don't do signing ceremonies like other administrations. They hide 542 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:54,639 Speaker 15: him and so yes, it's a cover up. But at 543 00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:57,080 Speaker 15: another level, no, it's not really a cover up because 544 00:27:57,160 --> 00:28:01,679 Speaker 15: everybody knows the thing that is stuff cutting ben. On 545 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:05,239 Speaker 15: the Democrat side of the aisle, nobody cares. I have 546 00:28:05,359 --> 00:28:08,480 Speaker 15: yet to speak to a single Democrat senator or a 547 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:13,560 Speaker 15: single Democrat House member who's expressed genuine concern that the 548 00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:16,480 Speaker 15: commander in chief does not know what type of day 549 00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:20,520 Speaker 15: it is, that the commander in chief can't find his 550 00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:24,200 Speaker 15: way out of a locked box. I haven't heard any 551 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:29,080 Speaker 15: concern from a single Democrat that America is much less 552 00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:33,520 Speaker 15: safe because our commander in chief is mister Magoo. He 553 00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:40,640 Speaker 15: is a confused individual with serious disabilities who is not 554 00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:44,520 Speaker 15: able to handle a difficult situation. Look when you see 555 00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:48,320 Speaker 15: the g eight leaders gather together and Joe Biden starts 556 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:52,040 Speaker 15: wandering off and the Italian Prime Minister has to go 557 00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:56,400 Speaker 15: and grab his hand and lead him back. That's not good. 558 00:28:56,520 --> 00:28:59,840 Speaker 15: It's not good for the American president to be treated 559 00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:03,120 Speaker 15: as the elderly uncle everyone needs to take care of 560 00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:05,640 Speaker 15: and cut his food for and make sure they're no 561 00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:09,160 Speaker 15: big pieces so that he can we can steer the 562 00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:13,360 Speaker 15: airplane into the mouth. That is horrible for America and 563 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:17,600 Speaker 15: frustratingly ben No Democrat cares. The only reason anyone's discussing 564 00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:21,480 Speaker 15: this now is suddenly on the debate, the American people 565 00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:23,960 Speaker 15: saw it, and the Democrats are afraid they might lose. 566 00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:26,760 Speaker 15: If they didn't think they were gonna lose, every Democrat 567 00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:29,680 Speaker 15: would say, stick with him forever, We're great, doesn't matter 568 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:32,560 Speaker 15: if the president is competent or not. 569 00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:36,120 Speaker 1: One Democrat that went on TV, I guess he's like 570 00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:41,680 Speaker 1: the sacrificial lamb is representative Democratic Representative Dan Goldman. He 571 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:45,680 Speaker 1: said this about the president trying to reassure Americans he's 572 00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:47,560 Speaker 1: really fine, there's no cognitive decline. 573 00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:50,240 Speaker 14: And the people who are with him every day have 574 00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:53,000 Speaker 14: indicated as well that it was an aberration, that it 575 00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:56,720 Speaker 14: is an anomaly, and if that is the case, then 576 00:29:57,480 --> 00:29:59,560 Speaker 14: we will see that, and we will see that over 577 00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:02,360 Speaker 14: the next week, and he will restore our faith and 578 00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:04,240 Speaker 14: confidence in his fitness. 579 00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:07,880 Speaker 16: And then everything else between the two of them cuts 580 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:10,560 Speaker 16: in favor of Joe Biden. So people are right to 581 00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:13,840 Speaker 16: have some concerns after that performance. And I don't think 582 00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:17,160 Speaker 16: there's any excuse that Joe Biden offered. I think he 583 00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:23,040 Speaker 16: was trying to explain how he had such a poor performance, 584 00:30:23,080 --> 00:30:26,320 Speaker 16: But he's accepted it, he's owned it, he's acknowledged it 585 00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:29,080 Speaker 16: as we all have. And what we need to see 586 00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:33,720 Speaker 16: from him is that vibrant and whip smart president that 587 00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:35,960 Speaker 16: we have had for the last three and a half years. 588 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,479 Speaker 1: And the people, I mean, you listen to him, and 589 00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:42,320 Speaker 1: then you go to the facts. Biden's post debate checkup 590 00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:47,240 Speaker 1: actually contradicts what the White House said. They have now 591 00:30:47,320 --> 00:30:51,920 Speaker 1: confirmed that, and President Biden confirmed And again I'm quoting 592 00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:54,800 Speaker 1: reports coming out of the White House to the Democratic governors. 593 00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:56,880 Speaker 1: Remember they had this nine to one to one, you know, 594 00:30:56,960 --> 00:30:59,280 Speaker 1: all hands on deck meeting with Democratic governors to try 595 00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:02,400 Speaker 1: to reassure them that he had a medical checkup following 596 00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:05,040 Speaker 1: the president of debate, despite earlier statements from the White 597 00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:07,920 Speaker 1: House pres secretary on multiple occasions that he had not 598 00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:10,640 Speaker 1: received any medical exam since February. 599 00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:12,200 Speaker 2: We played some of that in the last show. 600 00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:15,480 Speaker 1: The White House later clarified that Biden was seen by 601 00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:19,000 Speaker 1: a doctor for a brief quote brief checkup due to 602 00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:22,240 Speaker 1: the lingering symptoms from a cold, which did not include 603 00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:25,800 Speaker 1: any major tests. So even when they lie to you, 604 00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:29,200 Speaker 1: they still can't. They're now lying to either the governors 605 00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:31,360 Speaker 1: or the American people, or they're just lying about all 606 00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:31,600 Speaker 1: of it. 607 00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:32,320 Speaker 2: Your thoughts. 608 00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:36,400 Speaker 15: Yeah, look, the cold is nonsense, the jet lag is nonsense. 609 00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:40,040 Speaker 15: Everyone knows that the issue is that he's too old 610 00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:44,360 Speaker 15: and he's suffering from dementia. That that is blazingly true. 611 00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:47,560 Speaker 15: They're trying to distract from this. Look, I'll give you 612 00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:51,040 Speaker 15: a sense of how bad it is. Even the Praetorian Guard, 613 00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:55,640 Speaker 15: even the most zealous defenders of Joe Biden, the Democrats, 614 00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:58,800 Speaker 15: and by that I mean the New York Times, even 615 00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:02,080 Speaker 15: there turning on her. On Wednesday of this week, The 616 00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:04,320 Speaker 15: New York Times wrote a story, the headline of which 617 00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:08,280 Speaker 15: is Biden tells allies he knows he has only days 618 00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:12,160 Speaker 15: to salvage candidacy. Here's what The New York Times wrote. 619 00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:13,720 Speaker 15: By the way, this is not an editorial, This is 620 00:32:13,760 --> 00:32:17,080 Speaker 15: a news story. President Joe Biden has told key allies 621 00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:19,880 Speaker 15: that he knows the coming days are crucial and understands 622 00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:22,040 Speaker 15: that he may not be able to salvage his candidacy 623 00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:24,080 Speaker 15: if he cannot convince voters that he is up to 624 00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:28,560 Speaker 15: the job. After a disastrous debate performance last week. According 625 00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:31,080 Speaker 15: to two allies who have spoken with him, Biden has 626 00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:33,480 Speaker 15: emphasized that he is still deeply committed to fight for 627 00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:37,440 Speaker 15: his reelection, but understands that his viability as a candidate 628 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:42,280 Speaker 15: is on the line. The President sought to project confidence 629 00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:45,480 Speaker 15: Wednesday in a call with campaign staff, even as White 630 00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:48,960 Speaker 15: House officials were trying to calm nerves inside the ranks 631 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:52,960 Speaker 15: of the Biden administration. Quote, no one's pushing me out, 632 00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:56,640 Speaker 15: Biden said in the call, I'm not leaving. Vice President 633 00:32:56,720 --> 00:32:59,400 Speaker 15: Kamala Harris was also on the line. Quote, we will 634 00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:02,200 Speaker 15: not back down. We will follow our president's lead. She said. 635 00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:06,320 Speaker 15: We will fight and we will win. Rah rah rah. Still, 636 00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:10,160 Speaker 15: Biden allies said the President had privately acknowledged that his 637 00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:13,360 Speaker 15: next few appearances heading into the July fourth holiday weekend 638 00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:17,840 Speaker 15: must go well, particularly in an interview scheduled for Friday 639 00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:21,480 Speaker 15: with George Stephanopolos of ABC News and campaign stops in 640 00:33:21,520 --> 00:33:25,240 Speaker 15: Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Quote, he knows that if he has 641 00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:28,080 Speaker 15: two more events like that, we're in a different place 642 00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:30,120 Speaker 15: by the end of the weekend, said one of the allies, 643 00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:33,600 Speaker 15: referring to Biden's halting and unfocused performance on the debate. 644 00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:36,280 Speaker 15: That person who talked to the President in the past 645 00:33:36,280 --> 00:33:39,640 Speaker 15: twenty four hours spoke on the condition of anonymity to 646 00:33:39,760 --> 00:33:44,000 Speaker 15: discuss a sensitive situation. The accounts of his conversations with 647 00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:48,360 Speaker 15: allies are the first indication to become public that the 648 00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:53,080 Speaker 15: president is seriously considering whether he can recover after a 649 00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:56,920 Speaker 15: devastating performance on the debate stage in Atlanta last Thursday. 650 00:33:57,640 --> 00:33:59,640 Speaker 15: A new poll from The New York Times in Siena 651 00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:03,440 Speaker 15: College show the former president Donald Trump now leads Biden 652 00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:07,280 Speaker 15: forty nine to forty three percent among likely voters nationally, 653 00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:11,120 Speaker 15: a three point swing towards the Republican from just a 654 00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:16,080 Speaker 15: week earlier before the debate. This is they're terrified. And 655 00:34:16,680 --> 00:34:21,520 Speaker 15: note they're terrified about one thing. They think Biden's going 656 00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:26,080 Speaker 15: to lose. If they thought a mentally incompetent person was 657 00:34:26,120 --> 00:34:29,680 Speaker 15: going to win, they'd be fine. But they're terrified that 658 00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:32,680 Speaker 15: there are at least some people who say, gosh, maybe 659 00:34:32,719 --> 00:34:36,520 Speaker 15: the commander in chief should should be aware of what's 660 00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:37,320 Speaker 15: going on around it. 661 00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:40,959 Speaker 2: So let me ask you this. 662 00:34:41,640 --> 00:34:44,640 Speaker 1: In the poll numbers that you just mentioned also connect 663 00:34:44,680 --> 00:34:46,839 Speaker 1: to some other polls that have come out, and that 664 00:34:47,040 --> 00:34:51,200 Speaker 1: is they're pulling every name against Donald Trump. There is 665 00:34:51,400 --> 00:34:55,840 Speaker 1: only one name right now that in the polling shows 666 00:34:55,840 --> 00:34:58,960 Speaker 1: that it could that they could quote beat Donald Trump. 667 00:34:59,440 --> 00:35:03,160 Speaker 1: That is the that you gave nine months ago that 668 00:35:03,239 --> 00:35:06,920 Speaker 1: we've been talking about ever since. In Michelle Obama, there 669 00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:10,640 Speaker 1: have been pretty queer messages coming from her camp. She's 670 00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:14,120 Speaker 1: not interested. And then the next person that everyone now 671 00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:16,799 Speaker 1: seems to be thinking is probably the one that would 672 00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:21,000 Speaker 1: replace them is Kamala Harris. And that's just from the 673 00:35:21,080 --> 00:35:23,440 Speaker 1: money aspect of things. She's the one that can use 674 00:35:23,480 --> 00:35:26,279 Speaker 1: the money they've raised. She's the one that's already set 675 00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:28,799 Speaker 1: up to just keep walking forward. The same team would 676 00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:32,400 Speaker 1: be there, the same campaign manager, all the staff is 677 00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:36,280 Speaker 1: around there, So she would be the quote easiest choice. 678 00:35:36,719 --> 00:35:39,040 Speaker 1: You look at this, it doesn't say she could win, 679 00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:43,400 Speaker 1: But is she the front runner or is it Michelle Obama? 680 00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:44,680 Speaker 2: Or who is it? In your opinion? 681 00:35:45,440 --> 00:35:48,600 Speaker 15: Look, I still think it's Michelle Obama. Michelle Obama is 682 00:35:48,680 --> 00:35:53,120 Speaker 15: the only candidate the Democrats could push Kamala aside, for 683 00:35:53,680 --> 00:35:57,120 Speaker 15: they know Kamala is a terrible candidate. They're really scared. 684 00:35:57,160 --> 00:35:59,239 Speaker 15: They don't want her at the top of the ticket. 685 00:35:59,640 --> 00:36:03,280 Speaker 15: But they're bean counters. The way their party is, whatever 686 00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:05,960 Speaker 15: your race, whatever your gender, whoever you are, that is 687 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:09,000 Speaker 15: the dominant feature about you. It matters more than anything else. 688 00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:13,359 Speaker 15: The people who talk about putting Gavin Newsom in and 689 00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:18,719 Speaker 15: pushing Kamala aside, the Democrat Party would would would spontaneously 690 00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:22,960 Speaker 15: explode if they pushed a black woman aside for a 691 00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:26,960 Speaker 15: rich white man. They're not going to do that. There 692 00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:30,600 Speaker 15: is the number of people who can push Kamala aside 693 00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:32,919 Speaker 15: in the Democrat Party. It is a set of one, 694 00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:35,960 Speaker 15: and the only one is Michelle Obama. She too is 695 00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:40,480 Speaker 15: an African American woman. She could push Kamala aside. Look 696 00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:42,839 Speaker 15: the polling we've seen where there's a poll that came 697 00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:46,280 Speaker 15: out this week that showed Michelle Obama with a double 698 00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:49,959 Speaker 15: digit lead over Donald Trump. She would be a very 699 00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:55,280 Speaker 15: very dangerous candidate if it's not Michelle Obama. If Michelle 700 00:36:55,280 --> 00:36:58,719 Speaker 15: says no, she might. I hope she says no. You know, 701 00:36:58,760 --> 00:37:01,279 Speaker 15: I want to speak directly to mill Hey, you're really rich. 702 00:37:01,280 --> 00:37:03,920 Speaker 15: You're enjoying the life of a movie star. Private jets 703 00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:07,120 Speaker 15: are fun, the Hamptons are fun. You're palide around with 704 00:37:07,160 --> 00:37:10,160 Speaker 15: people who are famous, with rock stars. You don't need 705 00:37:10,200 --> 00:37:12,280 Speaker 15: to go to work. You don't need to bother yourself 706 00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:16,239 Speaker 15: with pushing a Marxist agenda to destroy America. Leave it 707 00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:18,920 Speaker 15: to others to destroy America. You and your family have 708 00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:22,960 Speaker 15: done enough to damage the world. Enjoy the life of 709 00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:25,600 Speaker 15: a gazillionaire. I don't know that my pitch is persuasive, 710 00:37:26,040 --> 00:37:27,759 Speaker 15: but I hope it is because it would be very 711 00:37:27,840 --> 00:37:31,120 Speaker 15: good if she decides not to run. If she does 712 00:37:31,239 --> 00:37:34,440 Speaker 15: decide not to run, then I think the person that 713 00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:37,360 Speaker 15: replaces Biden probably is Kamala because I don't think anyone 714 00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:42,240 Speaker 15: else can. I think Kamala is a really weak candidate. 715 00:37:42,719 --> 00:37:47,040 Speaker 15: She is a very unpopular vice president. There's a reason 716 00:37:47,080 --> 00:37:49,759 Speaker 15: when she ran for president in twenty twenty she got 717 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:53,480 Speaker 15: zero delegates. She couldn't even make it to Iowa and 718 00:37:53,520 --> 00:37:59,640 Speaker 15: get any support. But if she becomes the nominee, they 719 00:37:59,680 --> 00:38:03,200 Speaker 15: probably probably plug someone in there as a VP to 720 00:38:03,239 --> 00:38:05,480 Speaker 15: try to balance it. It wouldn't surprise me to see 721 00:38:05,520 --> 00:38:08,840 Speaker 15: I could see Gavin Newsom as a VP to either 722 00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:12,400 Speaker 15: Kamala Harris or to Michelle Obama. I think Gavin Newsom 723 00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:16,080 Speaker 15: is very much on the VP train. I could see 724 00:38:16,840 --> 00:38:19,879 Speaker 15: a Gretchen Witmer, the governor of Michigan, as a VP 725 00:38:20,040 --> 00:38:21,959 Speaker 15: to either one of them, as well both of those. 726 00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:25,759 Speaker 15: I think are real possibilities. But at the end of 727 00:38:25,800 --> 00:38:29,360 Speaker 15: the day, I think the only two nominees who have 728 00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:34,800 Speaker 15: a credible chance replacing Biden or Michelle Obama and Kamala Harris. 729 00:38:34,840 --> 00:38:36,839 Speaker 15: And if I were a Democrat, I'd be all in 730 00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:41,160 Speaker 15: on Michelle because the polling shows she wins and Kamala loses. 731 00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:43,480 Speaker 2: Final two questions for you. 732 00:38:43,680 --> 00:38:46,880 Speaker 1: One, when do you think the media has to stop 733 00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:49,799 Speaker 1: this onslaught of attacks on the president because they're going 734 00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:51,920 Speaker 1: full court press is in another week and then they 735 00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:55,320 Speaker 1: got to dial it back in case he does continue 736 00:38:55,360 --> 00:38:57,920 Speaker 1: to be the nominee, they can't push him out. And 737 00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:01,760 Speaker 1: number two, how important is this is prime time taped 738 00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:05,760 Speaker 1: interview Friday night for Joe Biden's future? 739 00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:10,440 Speaker 15: Well, I mean, let me start with number two. The 740 00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:15,200 Speaker 15: interview on Friday is very important. If he goes and 741 00:39:15,239 --> 00:39:20,759 Speaker 15: just craps the bed, that could be fatal. I think 742 00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:24,719 Speaker 15: ABC and Stephanopoulos are going to do everything they can 743 00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:26,800 Speaker 15: to prevent that from happening. I think they're going to 744 00:39:26,960 --> 00:39:30,359 Speaker 15: edit the heck out of the interview. They should run 745 00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:33,480 Speaker 15: it live, and anyone who cares like ABC should be 746 00:39:33,520 --> 00:39:36,880 Speaker 15: embarrassed about itself that it's not running it live. Because 747 00:39:37,160 --> 00:39:41,040 Speaker 15: their editing will be designed to create a false impression, 748 00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:45,120 Speaker 15: to protect Joe Biden, to turn it into a campaign video. 749 00:39:45,440 --> 00:39:47,719 Speaker 15: If they're a real journalistic outlet. You know when I 750 00:39:47,760 --> 00:39:50,560 Speaker 15: do interviews, I do them live, and if I say 751 00:39:50,560 --> 00:39:52,960 Speaker 15: something dumb, you know what, the camera catches it and 752 00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:56,520 Speaker 15: all the world can hear. And it's not ABC's job 753 00:39:57,360 --> 00:40:01,440 Speaker 15: to be doing the pr and damage control for the Democrats, 754 00:40:01,480 --> 00:40:04,720 Speaker 15: but that's what they're doing. I think the interview matters 755 00:40:04,760 --> 00:40:09,319 Speaker 15: a lot. I also think it's interesting you're seeing Democrats 756 00:40:09,360 --> 00:40:14,560 Speaker 15: publicly breaking ships. So Lloyd Doggett, very liberal Democrat from Austin, Texas, 757 00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:17,680 Speaker 15: became the first Democrat member of Congress to say the 758 00:40:17,719 --> 00:40:22,760 Speaker 15: president should step aside. Two others, Jared Golden and Maine 759 00:40:23,280 --> 00:40:28,959 Speaker 15: and Marie Gluosen camp Perez of Washington, both Democrats, both 760 00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:33,799 Speaker 15: said they believe Biden will lose in November. That's significant 761 00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:40,239 Speaker 15: that you're seeing elected Democrats coming out saying that. Another one, 762 00:40:40,360 --> 00:40:45,479 Speaker 15: Seth Moulton, another Democrat from Massachusetts, raised real questions about 763 00:40:45,480 --> 00:40:48,960 Speaker 15: whether Biden can win. He said, quote, I deeply respect 764 00:40:49,040 --> 00:40:51,520 Speaker 15: President Biden and all the great things he's done for America, 765 00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:54,240 Speaker 15: but I have grave concerns about his ability to defeat 766 00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:58,040 Speaker 15: Donald Trump. Winning will require prosecuting the case of the 767 00:40:58,080 --> 00:41:00,920 Speaker 15: media in town halls and at pain stops all over 768 00:41:00,920 --> 00:41:04,120 Speaker 15: the country. President Biden needs to demonstrate that he can 769 00:41:04,200 --> 00:41:07,759 Speaker 15: do that. The unfortunate reality is that the status quo 770 00:41:08,239 --> 00:41:13,240 Speaker 15: will likely deliver us President Trump. We're seeing that happening 771 00:41:13,320 --> 00:41:14,279 Speaker 15: more and more and more. 772 00:41:14,320 --> 00:41:14,440 Speaker 4: Now. 773 00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:18,080 Speaker 15: Your first question was how long will the media continue 774 00:41:18,120 --> 00:41:21,879 Speaker 15: to attack? Listen on the debate night, I predicted if 775 00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:24,000 Speaker 15: this is gonna happen, it's gonna shake out in twenty 776 00:41:24,040 --> 00:41:27,359 Speaker 15: one days. So we're a week into it. I think 777 00:41:27,400 --> 00:41:30,279 Speaker 15: we have two more weeks ahead of us. We will 778 00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:32,879 Speaker 15: go into the Republican Convention in two weeks. I think 779 00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:36,560 Speaker 15: we'll know what happens by then. A final point in 780 00:41:36,600 --> 00:41:39,360 Speaker 15: one that has not been discussed a great deal. I 781 00:41:39,360 --> 00:41:43,680 Speaker 15: think all of this drama impacts President Trump very significantly, 782 00:41:43,719 --> 00:41:50,320 Speaker 15: and in particular, it impacts his vice presidential choice. Trump 783 00:41:50,360 --> 00:41:52,680 Speaker 15: is in the middle of presumably picking who he wants 784 00:41:52,719 --> 00:41:55,000 Speaker 15: to be VP. Lots of names have been floated, there 785 00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:57,960 Speaker 15: are lots of short lists, lots of things discussing. Well, 786 00:41:58,480 --> 00:42:01,520 Speaker 15: normally when you're picking a VP candidate, you know who 787 00:42:01,560 --> 00:42:05,040 Speaker 15: your opponent is you know what you're fighting against. In 788 00:42:05,160 --> 00:42:11,320 Speaker 15: this instance, it's a very difficult situation for Trump because 789 00:42:11,400 --> 00:42:14,000 Speaker 15: the kind of VP he might pick if he's running 790 00:42:14,040 --> 00:42:18,359 Speaker 15: against Joe Biden and Kamala Harris could be a very 791 00:42:18,480 --> 00:42:22,480 Speaker 15: different VP than if he's running against Michelle Obama. I 792 00:42:22,480 --> 00:42:25,960 Speaker 15: think right now the Trump team is feeling incredibly confident. 793 00:42:26,200 --> 00:42:28,160 Speaker 15: I think they think they're gonna win, They're gonna beat 794 00:42:28,239 --> 00:42:30,360 Speaker 15: Joe Biden. I think they're feeling on top of the world. 795 00:42:30,960 --> 00:42:34,279 Speaker 15: I can tell you if the news broke tomorrow that 796 00:42:34,440 --> 00:42:37,000 Speaker 15: Biden was not the nominee anymore and it was gonna 797 00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:40,239 Speaker 15: be Michelle Obama, the Trump team, if it were not 798 00:42:40,520 --> 00:42:47,160 Speaker 15: at a major emergency mode level of this is serious, 799 00:42:47,719 --> 00:42:50,640 Speaker 15: then they'd be misreading the situation because Michelle Obama's the 800 00:42:50,680 --> 00:42:55,360 Speaker 15: Democrat nominee is incredibly dangerous and that could easily impact 801 00:42:55,800 --> 00:42:59,480 Speaker 15: the vice presidential nominee. So, for example, if it's Michelle Obama, 802 00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:03,440 Speaker 15: maybe Trump picks Tim Scott, deciding that he wants to 803 00:43:03,480 --> 00:43:06,440 Speaker 15: go fight and fight more aggressively for African American votes. 804 00:43:06,800 --> 00:43:10,319 Speaker 15: That's one possible consideration that maybe that's a little bit 805 00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:12,560 Speaker 15: less of a consideration. If Joe Biden is at the 806 00:43:12,560 --> 00:43:17,920 Speaker 15: top of the ticket, so there are complicated, complicated chess 807 00:43:17,960 --> 00:43:21,640 Speaker 15: moves that are playing out right now because of the 808 00:43:21,760 --> 00:43:25,440 Speaker 15: uncertainty of who's going to be the nominee. 809 00:43:26,080 --> 00:43:28,280 Speaker 1: Make sure you share this with your family and friends 810 00:43:28,280 --> 00:43:32,080 Speaker 1: on social media wherever you are in social media right 811 00:43:32,120 --> 00:43:34,200 Speaker 1: It's a five star review and I will see you 812 00:43:34,280 --> 00:43:35,759 Speaker 1: back here tomorrow