AN ELECTION HAPPENED LAST NIGHT, OR YESTERDAY, IN ALABAMA
AND THE RESULTS HAVE INFURIATED DONALD TRUMP, MOSTLY BECAUSE HE
DECIDED TO BACK THE ESTABLISHMENT CANDIDATE AS
OPPOSED TO THE ANTIESTABLISHMENT CANDIDATE, AND NOW SOME ARE
WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT IT WILL HURT HIM POLITICALLY.
BUT THE
INDIVIDUAL WHO DID GET ELECTED FOR THE ALABAMA SENATE SEAT THAT
HAS BEEN VACATED BY JEFF SESSIONS IS ROY MOORE, AND EVEN
THOUGH HE'S CONSIDERED ANTIESTABLISHMENT HE'S PRETTY
TERRIBLE.
ROY MOORE ONE AGAINST LUTHER STRANGE, THAT WAS THE
CANDIDATE DONALD TRUMP VERY PUBLICLY ENDORSED, AND HE DID SO
ON SOCIAL MEDIA, ALTHOUGH YOU WON'T FIND THOSE TWEETS TODAY
BECAUSE TRUMP HAS SINCE DELETED THEM.
LET ME GIVE YOU THE
DETAILS OF WHAT OCCURRED.
FIRST BEFORE THE ELECTION DONALD TRUMP
FELT THAT MAYBE SUPPORTING LUTHER STRANGE WAS NOT A GOOD
IDEA.
ACCORDING TO UNNAMED SOURCES THAT SPOKE TO THE PRESS
--
KEEP IN MIND THAT MITCH MCCONNELL WAS URGING TRUMP TO
BACK STRANGE AND THERE WERE OTHERS WHO HAVE BEEN PART OF THE
GOP FOR A WHILE WHO ALSO ENCOURAGED TRUMP TO DO SO, AND
IT MIGHT HURT HIM --
AFTER THE ELECTION THESE SOURCES INDICATED TRUMP WAS
EXTREMELY UPSET --
BANNON WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF ROY MOORE, SO THERE'S A LITTLE
BIT OF AN ISSUE THERE AS WELL --
SO TRUMP DID DELETE HIS TWEETS WHERE HE WAS ENDORSING STRANGE,
WE WILL GET TO THAT BUT I WANT TO OPEN IT UP.
BIKES MICHAEL,
YOU ARE THE POLITICAL ANALYST..
THAT'S RIGHT, I'M THE POLITICAL ANALYST.
I DON'T SEE
ANYTHING SORT OF -- OF COURSE HE WOULD BE MAD HE BACKED THE LOSER
BECAUSE THAT IS DONALD TRUMP.
HE BACK STRANGE, THIS IS MORE ON
MITCH MCCONNELL THAN IT IS ON DONALD TRUMP IN TERMS OF THE MUD
IN THE FACE HERE.
DONALD TRUMP WHEN HE WAS DOWN IN HUNTSVILLE
FOR A RALLY LAST WEEK EVEN SAID MAYBE I MADE A MISTAKE HERE WHEN
HE SAW THE LACK OF ENTHUSIASM -- HE SAID IT OUT LOUD ON AN OPEN
MIC, WHEN HE SAW THE LACK OF ENTHUSIASM FOR LUTHER STRANGE.
HE ALSO HAS NO IDEA WHO EITHER OF THESE TWO PEOPLE ARE.
THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
THIS IS WHAT PRESIDENTS DO, SOMETIMES THEY DO BACK PEOPLE
THEY ARE CRAZY ABOUT IN PRIMARIES BECAUSE THAT SENATOR
OR CONGRESSPERSON HAS BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF THEIR AGENDA.
I THINK WHAT NO ONE IS SAYING, WHICH EVERY GOP SERIOUS -- IF
THERE ARE ANY LEFT -- EVERY SERIOUS GOP OPERATIVE AND
OFFICER OF THE PARTY, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, AND THERE ARE
BETTER TERMS, ROY MOORE IS A LUNATIC WHOSE ASSOCIATION WITH
THE GOP HURTS THE GOP BRAND AND THEY WERE AFRAID OF THAT.
LUTHER
STRANGE'S GREATEST CLAIM TO FAME, OTHER THAN HAVING AS
BADASS A NAME AS ANY U.S. SENATOR HAS EVER HAD, WAS THAT
HE WASN'T ROY MOORE.
HIS BIGGEST CLAIM TO FAME WAS THAT HE WILL FOREVER STILL
BE THE TALLEST MAN EVER TO SERVE IN THE U.S.
SENATE.
HE'S LIKE 6'8".
6'9", HE'S THE TALLEST MAN TO EVER SERVE IN THE WEST BANK
SENATE.
I SUSPECT WHAT HAPPENED WITH TRUMP IS HE WAS CONVINCED THAT
ROY MOORE WAS A DANGEROUS GUY, WHICH I KNOW WILL YOU BE GETTING
TO, AND THE GUY WHO IT WOULD BE EASY TO BLUDGEON THE GOP BRAND
WITH BECAUSE OF HIS OUTRAGEOUS ATTITUDES, AND THE NATURE OF THE
GAME AND THE FACT THAT THEY WILL INEVITABLY EMBRACE HIM.
WARD
BAKER AND NICK AYERS AND ALL THESE PEOPLE, EVERYONE TOLD
PEOPLE OTHER THAN GUYS LIKE STEVE BANNON THAT THE HORSE TO
BACK WAS LUTHER STRANGE, WE SHOULD DO ALL WE CAN TO STOP ROY
MOORE FROM WINNING THIS SEAT AND THEY FAILED SO NOW THEY ARE
EMBRACING MOORE.
IN WHAT ANA READ IS IMPORTANT IN THE DYNAMIC OF WHAT TRUMP IS,
IS THE FACT THAT STEVE BANNON BACKED ROY MOORE AND WON IS
WHAT TAKES HIM OFF THE MOST.
ABSOLUTELY, IT DOES.
AND THE REASON I BRING UP THE POTENTIAL
POLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS FOR TRUMP BACKING THE SO-CALLED
LOSER CANDIDATE IS BECAUSE IT GOES FURTHER THAN HIM BACKING
SOMEONE WHO LOST.
THE WAY IT'S PLAYING OUT IN THE PRESS,
ESPECIALLY RIGHT-WING MEDIA, IS THAT DONALD TRUMP SUPPORTED AND
ENDORSED THE SO-CALLED ESTABLISHMENT CANDIDATE AGAINST
THE OUTSIDER, WHICH FURTHER REINFORCES THIS NARRATIVE
PLAYING OUT IN CONSERVATIVE MEDIA THAT TRUMP CONNED IS
VOTERS AND ISN'T ACTUALLY AN OUTSIDER.
IT'S FUNNY TO HEAR
THAT BECAUSE YOU DO HEAR FROM HIS BASE THAT SEEMS TO SUPPORT
HIM NO MATTER WHAT HE DOES, HOWEVER PEOPLE ARE NOW STARTING
TO TURN ON HIM BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF LEGISLATIVE WINS, AND I
PUT MYSELF THROUGH CONSERVATIVE TALK RADIO ON A DAILY BASIS
BECAUSE I'M CURIOUS TO SEE HOW THE OPINION TOWARD TRUMP IS
CHANGING.
AND SOME OF HIS BIGGEST BACKERS, INCLUDING MARK
LEVIN, ARE NOW SAYING HE LIED TO US, HE'S MAKING DEALS WITH THE
DEMOCRATS, HE'S ACTUALLY PRO ESTABLISHMENT, HE'S NOT LOOKING
OUT FOR US, SO FOR THOSE ALREADY DRAWING THAT NARRATIVE THIS
WON'T LOOK GOOD, IT WILL FURTHER FEED WHAT THEY ARE STARTING
TO BELIEVE.
I HEAR YOU, WILL HEAR DIFFERENT THINGS, AND THAT'S
INTERESTING THAT YOU HEARD THAT ON TALK RADIO.
LAURA INGRAHAM
AND SEAN HANNITY AND STEVE BANNON WERE ALL GIVING HIM
INSTANT COVER -- HE'S GETTING SOME BAD ADVICE, HE'S STILL OUR
GUY, AND YOU SEE TRUMP EMBRACING THAT NARRATIVE TOO.
HE TWEETED
RIGHT AFTER THE PRIMARY WIN FOR ROY MOORE.
RIGHT AFTERWARDS HE TWEETED IN SUPPORT OF MOORE, HOWEVER I WANT
TO GO THROUGH HIS DELETED TWEETS THAT ENDORSED LUTHER STRANGE.
LET'S GO TO GRAPHIC 4, HE SAID --
BY THE WAY, HIS TWEETS FURTHER PROVE YOUR POINT,
MICHAEL, THAT HE HAS NOISY WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE.
HE
NEVER HEARD OF ROY MOORE, WHICH IS IMPOSSIBLE TO BELIEVE IF
YOU'RE EVEN REMOTELY INTERESTED IN POLITICS IN AMERICA.
OR I
SHOULD SAY IF YOU ARE THE PRESIDENT IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE.
I WOULD LIKE US TO START PRONOUNCING "MAGA" DIFFERENTLY.
JUST LIKE, MA!
GA!
HASHTAG MA!
GA!
OR A SOFT G LIKE GIF.
LET'S LOOK AT ANOTHER DELETED TWEET.
HE ALSO SAID --
THAT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE TRUMP TWEETS EVER BECAUSE
ONE, NO HE HASN'T.
HE'S BEEN ON THE DECLINE.
HE'S BEEN ON A STEADY DECLINE, AND HIS ENDORSEMENT CAME SOME
TIME AGO.
THAT'S FLAT-OUT UNTRUE BUT IT DID CONTAIN THE PHRASE
BIG LUTHER, WHICH I ENJOYED AND HONESTLY I THINK IT'S TRUE, HE
IS BIG AND HE IS LUTHER.
PEOPLE THINK THIS IS ONE OF TRUMP'S NICKNAMES LIKE LITTLE
MARCO -- LUTHER STRANGE HAS BEEN CALLED BIG LUTHER HIS WHOLE LIFE
AND POLITICS.
IT'S NOT A TRUMPISM.
SO THAT TWEET WAS WRONG ON THE FACTS AS ALWAYS, ACTUALLY
SINCE YOUR ENDORSEMENT -- IT MADE NO DIFFERENCE, NOBODY
CARED.
ROY MOORE IS A POLITICAL FORCE TO SOME EXTENT IN ALABAMA,
ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS PEOPLE IN ALABAMA.
HE WON 63 OF 67 COUNTIES LAST NIGHT.
REMEMBER THERE ARE NO DEMOCRATS VOTING HERE.
IN DECEMBER HE WILL WIN 63 OF 67 COUNTIES.
AND THE OTHER PART, NOW FINISH THE JOB, THEY DIDN'T.
THAT'S A GREAT TRUMP TWEET THAT IS NOW GONE.
THE FINAL DELETED TWEET SAYS THE FOLLOWING --
TOUGH ON BORDER!
THAT AGAIN HAS SINCE BEEN DELETED, AND FOLLOWING THE
ELECTION RESULTS TRUMP TWEETED IN SUPPORT OF ROY MOORE AND
SAID THE FOLLOWING --
HE WILL HELP TO MAYA!
[LAUGHTER].
MAKE JAPAN GREAT AGAIN.
IT'S A GREAT STORY, I THINK, AND MICHAEL WILL SPEAK TO THIS
WITH MORE AUTHORITY THAN EITHER OF US, IT WAS THE ONE OUTCOME
THAT GIVES DEMOCRATS SOME SLIVER OF HOPE.
REALLY?
THAT ISN'T MY READ OF THIS AT ALL, TELL ME WHY.
THERE ARE PLENTY OF MAINSTREAM REPUBLICANS WHO HATE THIS GUY,
WERE TRYING TO HAVE ALABAMA BREAK FROM THE STEREOTYPE THAT
IT'S A BACKWARDS, THOUGHTLESS STATE ABOUT A NUMBER OF ISSUES,
AND ROY MOORE'S FIGHT FOR ENORMOUSLY UNPOPULAR AND
UNCONSTITUTIONAL THINGS IN HIS OPEN DEFIANCE OF THE LAW DID NOT
SIT WELL WITH A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN ALABAMA.
SO THE THOUGHT IS
THAT -- AND NOW HERE IS THE DEMOCRAT RUNNING IN THE
RACE, A PROSECUTOR, A GUY WHO IS LITERALLY TOUGH ON CRIME.
DOUG JONES.
I WILL TAKE 20 SECONDS ON DOUG JONES WHO I HAPPEN TO KNOW, HE
IS AN AMAZING GUY.
A FORMER U.S. ATTORNEY IN ALABAMA IN THE LATE
90S, APPOINTED BY CLINTON, HE SPENT -- THE FIRST THING HE DID
--
HE WAS A FEDERAL PROSECUTOR BEFORE THAT.
HE HAD BEEN THE ALABAMA A.G. AND ALL THAT, THE U.S.
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WAS DURING CLINTON.
THE FIRST THING HE DID
WAS REOPEN THE CASE OF THE BIRMINGHAM CHURCH BOMBING FROM
1963 WHERE FOUR GIRLS WERE KILLED IN A CHURCH IN EARLY HIM,
AND HE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE, PROSECUTED 35 YEARS LATER, THE
PERPETRATORS OF THE CRIME.
HE HAD NOT THOUGHT ABOUT SEEKING
PUBLIC OFFICE IN THIS WAY BECAUSE ALABAMA IS ALABAMA, AND
THE MATTER HOW GOOD YOU ARE AT POLITICS IF YOU ARE DEMOCRAT THE
ODDS ARE STACKED AGAINST YOU.
WHAT HE IS ABLE TO DO NOW,
BECAUSE HE IS SUCH A FINE PERSON, IS TO GET A LOT OF
CONSTITUENCIES TO COME OUT AND VOTE WHO OTHERWISE WOULD NOT
HAVE.
HAD LUTHER STRANGE WON, YOU HAVE AN INDEPENDENT VOTER
WHO IS MUCH MORE LIKELY TO VOTE FOR AND ESTABLISHMENT
REPUBLICAN, I HATE STAYING ESTABLISHMENT BECAUSE THEY'RE
ALL THE SAME TO ME --
BUT ROY MOORE BRINGS BAGGAGE THAT LUTHER STRANGE WOULD NOT.
EXACTLY.
SO PEOPLE WOULD COME OUT TO VOTE FOR ROY MOORE WHO WOULD NOT
HAVE COME OUT TO VOTE AGAINST LUTHER STRANGE, THAT COULD HELP.
WHAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT IS IF THERE ARE MODERATE REPUBLICANS
IN ALABAMA WHO ARE JUST PATENTLY AGAINST SOMEONE LIKE ROY MOORE,
HOW DID HE GET ELECTED?
AND ALSO I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE I DON'T
WANT TO DRAW TOO MANY PARALLELS BETWEEN WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
ALABAMA TO WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE GENERAL ELECTION, BUT THIS
IS THE SAME LINE OF THINKING THAT I THINK DEMOCRATS HAD.
OKAY, THE DEPLORABLE PERSON JUST GOT CHOSEN BY THE REPUBLICANS IN
THE PRIMARIES, AND LIKELY THE DEMOCRAT ISN'T INSANE.
THAT'S A FAIR FEAR TO HAVE, BUT AMERICA IS DIFFERENT THAN
ALABAMA, ALABAMA IS ITS OWN PLACE IN ALABAMA FOR DEMOCRAT --
THERE HASN'T BEEN A DEMOCRAT ELECTED TO STATEWIDE OFFICE IN
10 YEARS, THE LAST SENATOR ELECTED AS A DEMOCRAT WAS IN
1992 AND NOW HE'S A REPUBLICAN.
AND HE'S A CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN.
SO DON'T THINGS LOOK BAD FOR DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES?
THINGS FOR DOUG JONES LOOK TERRIBLE, AND IN FACT THERE WAS
ALMOST NO CHANCE OF HIM WINNING, AND NOW THERE IS, YOU KNOW --
A TINY SLIVER.
I READ TODAY THE DEMOCRAT BASICALLY IN A STANDARD RACE --
ROY MOORE, AS YOU WILL GO, THROUGH IS NOT THE STANDARD
CANDIDATE, AND DOUG JONES HAS A PARTICULARLY IMPRESSIVE RESUME
AS MICHAEL MENTIONED -- BUT IN A STATEWIDE ELECTION IN ALABAMA
DEMOCRAT GENERALLY GETS BETWEEN 16 AND 17% OF THE WHITE VOTE.
AND TO WIN YOU PROBABLY NEED 35% OF THE WHITE VOTE.
SO DOUG JONES
WOULD NEED BIG TURNOUT FROM BLACK VOTERS, WHICH HE MIGHT
GET.
AGAIN IT'S AN OFF YEAR ELECTION, IT'S DECEMBER, BAD
DATES, DECEMBER 12 -- MY ANNIVERSARY MAKING IT A GREAT
DATE, BUT OTHERWISE A BAD DATE -- HE WOULD NEED SIGNIFICANT
BLACK TURNOUT AND HE WOULD NEED TO DOUBLE THE WHITE VOTE.
AGAIN
I WOULD SAY THIS IS A POINTLESS EXERCISE -- IF LUTHER STRANGE
HAD WON WE WOULDN'T BE SITTING AT THE TABLE TALKING ABOUT IT.
AND WENT FROM A 1% CHANCE TO A 6%
CHANCE, BUT THAT'S A SIX TIMES BETTER CHANCE.
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