WASHINGTON AND THE 2020 RACE FOR
PRESIDENT.
RIPPLES FROM THE FIRST DEBATE
ARE SURFACING IN NEW POLLS THIS
WEEK.
ALSO THIS WEEK, INCUMBENT
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WALKED
THE LINE BETWEEN CAMPAIGNING AND
DIPLOMACY DURING INTERNATIONAL
TRIPS AS WELL AS A SPLASHY 4TH
OF JULY EVENT.
WE TURN NOW TO TWO PATRIOTS,
BILL MCCOSHEN AND SCOT ROSS.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING US.
>> SO JUMPING RIGHT INTO IT,
OVERALL IMPRESSION OF THE
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES IN LAST
WEEK'S DEBATES?
>> I THINK IT WAS INCREDIBLY
IMPRESSIVE.
YOU SAW DEMOCRATS TALKING ABOUT
ECONOMIC ISSUES THAT MATTER TO
DEMOCRATIC VOTERS.
WE ARE IN A POLARIZED TIME.
I'M GOING TO SAY SAVE THE CANDIDATES
A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY.
DON'T SPEND YOUR MONEY TALKING
TO D.C. CONSULTANTS ABOUT THE
UNDECIDEDS.
MOTIVATE DEMOCRATS.
WHO ARE GOING TO ELECT
DEMOCRATS.
>> YOU THINK THOSE DEBATES
INSPIRED DEMOCRATS?
>> I THINK THEIR ENTIRE MESSAGE
WAS DEMOCRAT, DEMOCRAT, DEMOCRAT
AND SPECIFICALLY FAR LEFT.
15 MILLION VIEWERS ON THE FIRST
NIGHT, 18 ON THE SECOND NIGHT.
THISTHAT'S A PRETTY GOOD THING FOR
DEMOCRATS.
THERE WERE BIG WINNERS AND
LOSERS.
>> SPEAKING OF WHICH, WHAT DO
YOU THINK OF THE ASCENSION OF
KAMALA HARRIS AND ELIZABETH
WARNEN?
>> IT'S FANTASTIC TO HAVE WOMEN
LEADERS.
WE HAVEN'T HAD A WOMAN
PRESIDENT.
I MEAN, IT IS A TESTAMENT TO THE
DIVERSITY OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY AND A TESTAMENT TO THE
WHITE MALE HOMOPHOBIC WAY IN
WHICH THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS
OPERATING RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S A CHALLENGE.
WE ARE A DIFFERENT AMERICA.
>> SHE KNOCKED TWO GUYS DOWN
SEVERAL PEGS.
JOE BIDEN LOST TEN POINTS IN
MOST POLLS.
SHE'S NOW IN SECOND, REPLACING
BERNIE SANDERS.
SHE OUT-SHINED THEM.
SHE HAD THE VARSITY DEBATE.
THE DEBATE, ELIZABETH WARREN
WON THAT.
>> DID THEY DO ANY DAMAGE TO
YOUR MIND TO DONALD TRUMP?
>> I DON'T THINK SO.
I THINK THEY HELPED HIM.
PEOPLE SEE THAT ALL 20 OF THESE
CANDIDATES WANT TO GIVE FREE
HEALTH CARE TO UNDOCUMENTED
IMMIGRANTS.
ALL 20 OF THESE CANDIDATES WITH
ONE EXCEPTION SAID THEY WANT TO
TAKE AWAY PRIVATE HEALTH
INSURANCE FOR 180 MILLION
PEOPLE.
THOSE ARE FAR LEFT, EXTREME
POSITIONS.
THOSE WILL NOT PLAY WITH THE
CENTER.
THEY HELPED DONALD TRUMP.
>> IS THERE A FRACTURE BETWEEN
THE ESTABLISHMENT DEMOCRATS AND
THE MORE LEFT-LEANING?
>> NO.
I DO NOT AGREE WITH THE IDEA OF
THE WAY HE'S CHARACTERIZING WHAT
THE POSITIONS OF THE PEOPLE IN
THE DEBATE WERE.
WE HAVE A PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW
WHO HAS CONCENTRATION CAMPS IN
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WHO
IS COW-TOWING TO DICTATORS LIKE
PUTIN AND JONG-UN.
HE HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF SEXUAL
ASSAULT.
WE HAVE A RACIST AND A RAPIST IN
THE WHITE HOUSE.
WE ARE BETTER THAN THAT.
>> DO YOU THINK DONALD TRUMP'S
BASE LIKES IT THAT HE'S MEETING
WITH KIM JONG-UN?
>> THEY DO.
HE'S A STRONG MAN.
THEY LIKE A STRONG MAN.
HE WENT TO WASH TO WASHINGTON TO SHAKE
THINGS UP.
HIS BASE LOVES IT.
HIS NUMBERS WITH REPUBLICAN
VOTERS ARE THE HIGHEST THEY'VE
EVER BEEN.
>> BUT THERE'S ONLY 38% ARE
REPUBLICANS.
>> THERE AGAIN I THINK THE
DEMOCRATS LEFT THE MIDDLE OPEN
FOR HIM.
>> OBAMA DIDN'T WIN BY 440 VOTES
IN WISCONSIN BECAUSE HE WAS
TALKING A CENTRIST MESSAGE.
HE INSPIRED PEOPLE TO GET TO THE
POLLS.
THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN
WHEN THEY HAVE THE CHOICE
BETWEEN THE TWO.
>> IS DONALD TRUMP IMPERVIOUS TO
SCANDAL?
>> I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE IS,
BUT PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO LOOK
BEYOND SORT OF SMALL SKIRMISHES
AND FOCUS ON THE BIGGER PICTURE.
IN A LOT OF CASES THEY'RE
WILLING TO RALLY BEHIND HIM WHEN
HE'S ATTACKED.
IN MANY WAYS IT MAKES HIM
STRONGER EVERY TIME HE'S
ATTACKED.
>> I THINK IT'S A CHALLENGE
BECAUSE NOT TALKING ABOUT HERE,
BUT OUR CORPORATE MEDIA DOES
RELY ON REVENUE RATINGS AND HE
GETS RATINGS.
AND SO THAT WAS WHY WE SAW HIM
ON CABLE NEWS.
THAT'S A REAL CHALLENGE HERE.
BECAUSE IT CROSSES THAT LINE AS
TO WHAT IS BEING RESPONSIBLE AND
IRRESPONSIBLE.
>> IT ALSO GOES WAY BEYOND THE
USUAL KIND OF BENEFIT OF
INCUMBENCY, RIGHT, FOR DONALD
TRUMP?
>> HE KNOWS HOW TO USE THE
INCUMBENCY, WHETHER IT'S MEETING
WITH KIM JONG-UN IN THE DMZ LAST
WEEK, THAT'S HISTORIC, RIGHT?
HE'S GOING TO HAVE THIS MASSIVE
EVENT ON THE 4TH OF JULY AT THE
CAPITOL.
SO I THINK HE'S REDEFINING THE
PRESIDENCY LITERALLY ON EVERY
LEVEL.
>> BEING A FIRST-TIMER IS NOT
NECESSARILY A GOOD THING.
HERE'S MY QUESTION.
WHEN IT COMES TO KIM, BUSH W.
ENDED THE SANCTIONS FOR A PERIOD
OF TIME.
HE RELAXED SANCTIONS.
CLINTON RELAXED MILITARY
EXERCISES.
NEITHER THING DID ANYTHING TO
STOP WHAT KIM WAS DOING.
SO MY QUESTION IS WHEN TRUMP
ONCE AGAIN DOESN'T GET OUT OF
KIM IS HE GOING TO HAVE A
TANTRUM?
GOD HELP US THAT THEY BRING US
TO THE BRINK OF NUCLEAR WAR.
>> I'M WILLING TO LET THE CHARM
OFFENSIVE TAKE ITS COURSE.
IT'S HISTORIC.
SO FAR THEY'RE LESS OF A THREAT
THAN THEY WERE BEFORE.
BARACK OBAMA GOT THE NOBEL PRIZE
FOR BEING ELECTED.
THAT WAS A PHOTO OP.
TRUMP IS TRYING TO GET STUFF
DONE.
>> HOW ABOUT TRUMP'S
RELATIONSHIP WITH PUTIN ON
DISPLAY AGAIN?
>> AGAIN, THIS IS THE GUY WHO
HELPED HIM GET ELECTED.
TRUMP HAS REACHED OUT.
DO IT AGAIN, PLEASE.
DO WHATEVER YOU CAN TO SUBVERT
THE ELECTIONS IN THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA.
IT'S PATHETIC AND SAD AND HOIST
HISTORY BOOKS ARE GOING TO BE
VERY KIND.
>> THE ONE WHO GOT DONALD TRUMP
ELECTED WAS HILLARY CLINTON
BECAUSE SHE WAS SUCH A FLAWED
CANDIDATE.
>> WE HAVE TO L