>> IN THESE HYPER, UBER,
UNCONTROLLABLY PARTISAN TIMES
THERE MUST BE SOMETHING
PARTISANS CAN COME TOGETHER ON,
LIKE BEING THANKFUL IN THIS
SEASON ON OF GIVING.
WELL, MAYBE.
WE CHECK IN WITH OUR POLITICAL
PANEL OF TWO, BILL MCCOSHEN AND
SCOT ROSS.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
SO YOU GUYS HAD AN ASSIGNMENT
AND THAT WAS TO GIVE US SOME OF
THE THINGS THAT YOU ARE THANKFUL
FOR.
WE WILL START OFF WITH BILL
MCCOSHEN'S FIRST ONE.
THAT IS THAT YOU ARE THANKFUL
THAT SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI PUT
ADAM SCHIFF IN CHARGE OF THE
PREEVMENTIMPEACHMENT INQUIRY.
WHY ARE YOU THANKFUL FOR THAT?
>> I AM SUPER THANKFUL FOR THAT.
I DON'T THINK IT COULD HAVE GONE
BETTER FOR REPUBLICANS.
FIRST OF ALL, I THINK HE'S THE
LEAST CREDIBLE CONGRESSMAN IN
D.C.
HE WAS THE GUY THAT TOLD US
THERE WAS COLLUSION HIDING IN
PLAIN SIGHT.
REMEMBER THAT?
AND THERE WASN'T.
HE SAID THAT THERE WAS EVIDENCE
THAT WOULD TAKE DOWN DON
NATIONAL TRUMP AS RELATES TO
THIS IMPEACHMENT.
HE'S THE LEAST CREDIBLE GUY.
SECONDLY, TURNS OUT THE BOOK WAS
MUCH BETTER THAN THE MOVIE ON
THIS.
THE POLL NUMBERS FOR THE
IMPEACHMENT WAS GROWING WHEN
THEY WERE HAVING SECRET
DEPOSITIONS DOWN IN THE BASEMENT
OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
WHEN THEY PUT THIS ON TV, ADAM
HIF IS SORTSCHIFF IS SORT OF A
CREEPY-LOOKING GUY.
IT PLAYED TO REPUBLICANS'
BENEFITS.
AND NATIONAL AND STATE POLLS
HAVE SHOWN THAT DONALD TRUMP'S
NUMBERS HAVE FLIPPED AS RELATES
TO IMPEACHMENT.
>> THAT IS TRUE.
YOUR RESPONSE?
>> I'M VERY HAPPY THAT THE
DEMOCRATS ARE MOVING FORWARD
WITH THE
CONSTITUTIONALLY-REQUIRED
PROVISION THAT THEY HOLD
CORRUPTION ACCOUNTABLE IN THE
EXECUTIVE.
AND, YOU KNOW, LISTEN, I SAW --
I JUST SAW A POLL, YOU KNOW,
EARLY, MIDDLE WEEK, THAT SAID
60% OF WOMEN IN THE UNITED
STATES WANT IMPEACHMENT AND
REMOVAL AND THAT THERE IS A
MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO WANT
IMPEACHMENT AND REMOVAL.
I KNOW THE FRANKLIN POLL HAD
SOME NUMBERS, BUT TO BELIEVE
THOSE NUMBERS, YOU HAVE TO
BELIEVE THAT LIBERALS INCREASED
THE AMOUNT THAT THEY -- LIBERALS
INCREASED -- REDUCED THE AMOUNT
THAT THEY ARE FOR IMPEACHMENT BY
10% TO 15%, AS DID THE 18 TO 44.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S CREDIBLE
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT.
>> LET'S GO THEN TO YOUR
THANKFUL NOTE.
YOU SAY THAT YOU ARE THANKFUL
THAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE HELD
TRUMP TO ACCOUNT FOR HIS ENDLESS
CORRUPTION ON THIS SAME TOPIC.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
IT'S SO IMPORTANT.
BECAUSE IF THE PRESIDENT CAN GET
AWAY WITH THIS CORRUPTION, THEN
ANYONE CAN GET AWAY WITH THINGS.
IT'S A RECKLESS LAWLESSNESS THAT
WE DON'T NEED.
THE CASE HAS BEEN LAID OUT IN
PLAIN SIGHT.
THE PRESIDENT ADMITTED THAT WHAT
YOU DID, HIS CHIEF OF STAFF
ADMITTED WHAT HE DID.
AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND WHAT BILL'S
TASK IS.
HE'S GOT TO MUDDY UP THE WATERS.
BUT WHO ARE YOU GOING TO BELIEVE
IN THIS, CAREER PUBLIC SERVANTS
WHO TESTIFIED UNDER OATH WITH A
CONSISTENT TIME LINE AND NO DARE
DERIVATION IN THEIR STORIES.
>> THEY'RE BECOMING THE PARTY OF
CHICKEN LITTLE.
THE SKY ISN'T FALLING SINCE TWO
YEARS AGO.
SO I THINK THEY RUN THE RISK OF
NOT HAVING AN AGENDA AND
ACTUALLY GETTING ISSUES DONE
THAT PEOPLE CARE ABOUT.
POLLING NOW SAYS THAT VOTERS SAY
THAT POLITICIANS AND THE MEDIA
CARE MORE ABOUT THIS THAN THEY
DO.
>> LET ME ASK YOU BOTH WHAT YOU
THINK OF RUDY GIULIANI?
>> I CAN HEAR IT.
IT'S THAT SOUND WHEN THE BUS
BACKS UP, BECAUSE TRUMP IS IS
GETTING READY TO ROLL HIM UNDER
THAT.
WE'LL HAVE TO SEE WHAT THAT
INSURANCE POLICY IS THAT HE'S
BEEN CROWING ABOUT.
>> RUDY HAS GOT SHARP ELBOWS.
I DON'T THINK TRUMP IS GOING TO
ROLL HIM UNDER ANY BUS.
I'D RATHER HAVE RUDY IN THE
FOXHOLE WITH ME.
>> SCOT ROSS, YOU SAY YOU ARE
THANKFUL THAT THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY IS THE PARTY OF INCLUSION
AND EMPOWERMENT.
THAT'S VERY NICE.
>> I'M A WHITE GUY, SO THERE'S
CLEARLY A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE
IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, WHERE
THE IDEAS OF INDIVIDUAL --
RESPECTING INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND
NEEDS ARE A PART OF THE PARTY
PLATFORM, WHETHER IT'S ISSUES OF
RACE, LGBTQ, ISSUES OF GENDER.
YOU KNOW, ALL THESE ISSUES OF
DIVERSITY ARE CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT TO THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY.
AND WHY IT REPRESENTS PEOPLE IN
A MUCH BETTER WAY THAN THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY DOES.
ONE THING IN PARTICULAR.
AFTER THE HOUSE ELECTIONS IN
2018, THE REPUBLICAN -- THE
REPRESENTATION OF WHITE MEN IN
THE REPUBLICAN HOUSE WENT FROM
86% TO 90%, WHERE THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY WE WENT FROM 41% TO 38%.
>> DO YOU MEAN TO SAY THAT THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY DOES NOT
EMPOWER OR INCLUDE PEOPLE?
>> I THINK WHEN YOU HAVE A WHITE
NATIONALIST LIKE STEVEN MILLER
DIRECTING POLICY THAT ARE SO
HARMFUL TO SO MANY FOLKS, I
THINK THE REASON THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY IS MORE REFLECTIVE OF
AMERICA IS BECAUSE IT'S GOT MORE
OF AMERICA IN IT.
YOU SEE THAT IN THE POLICY, YOU
KNOW, IN WHAT IT'S CONCERNED
ABOUT.
>> REPUBLICANS JUST ELECTED THE
FIRST BLACK ATTORNEY GENERAL IN
KENTUCKY HISTORY A COUPLE WEEKS
AGO.
DONALD TRUMP IS GOING TO BE
PROUD TO RUN ON HIS RECORD FOR
MINORITIES.
UNEMPLOYMENT FOR BLACKS AND
HISPANICS IS THE LOWEST IN
HISTORY.
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT BARACK
OBAMA, AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN
PRESIDENT, COULD NOT SAY.
UNEMPLOYMENT ACTUALLY INCREASED
WHILE HE WAS PRESIDENT.
SO I THINK WHILE I UNDERSTAND
SCOT'S POINT AND I APPRECIATE
IT, I THINK THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
HAS COME A LONG, LONG WAY ON
THIS AND WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO
BE ABLE TO COMPETE MORE
FAVORABLY IN THE MINORITY
COMMUNITIES IN 2020.
>> UNTIL THE PRESIDENT IS NOT
TWEETING BY THE LET OF A TIKI
TORCH ABOUT COUNTRIES, I THINK
THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
>> WE'LL LEAVE THAT THERE.
REPUBLICANS IN WISCONSIN
SUCCESSFULLY PUSHED FOR MIDDLE
INCOME TAX CUT.
>> THIS IS IMPORTANT.
ALSAS PEOPLE GET READY TO START
BUYING HOLIDAY GIFTS, THEY HAVE
MORE MONEY IN THEIR POCKET
BECAUSE TONY EVERS LOWERED
MIDDLE INCOME TAXES.
HE VETOED A BILL IN
FEBRUARY THAT WOULD HAVE DONE
THAT.
THEY PUT IT IN THE STATE BUDGET
A LITTLE LATER IN THE PROCESS.
THE GOVERNOR SIGNED THAT.
IT'S NOT ONLY GOOD POLICY.
IT TURNS OUT TO BE GREAT
POLITICS BECAUSE NOT A SINGLE
DEMOCRAT VOTED FOR THOSE BILLS
IN FEBRUARY OR JUNE.
THEY'RE GOING TO SEE INFORMATION
ABOUT THAT IN THEIR CAMPAIGNS IN
2020.
>> THE REPUBLICANS ARE HAULING
TONY EVERS TO COURT BECAUSE HE
WANTED TO INCREASE EDUCATION
SPENDING.
THAT'S ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW
ABOUT THE ECONOMIC PRIORITIES OF
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
>> WE LEAVE IT THERE.
YOU GUYS