The Megyn Kelly Show - Is This the End for President Biden？ More Democrats and the Press Call for Biden to Resign, with Charles C.W. Cooke and MBD ｜ Ep. 829

00:00:00.500 Welcome to The Megyn Kelly Show, live on Sirius XM Channel 111 every weekday at New East.

00:00:12.040 Hey everyone, I'm Megyn Kelly. Welcome to The Megyn Kelly Show.

00:00:16.120 Oh my lord.

00:00:18.420 We are drinking from the fire hose of news today, all about President Biden.

00:00:22.680 And we are nearing, I believe, the end for him.

00:00:26.900 It is one day before our nation celebrates our independence.

00:00:30.000 And in our 248 years, we have never experienced anything quite like what we are witnessing right now.

00:00:37.220 The dam is starting to break against President Joe Biden.

00:00:40.700 As more Democrats and media raise questions about his ability to continue to lead.

00:00:46.120 For the first time, we are seeing indications, at least in the media,

00:00:50.800 that President Biden himself is seriously considering whether he can recover from that devastating debate performance.

00:00:58.420 The New York Times, moments ago, out with this headline, quote,

00:01:03.060 Biden told Ally that he is weighing whether to continue in the race.

00:01:08.840 After the article published, White House spokesperson Andrew Bates said it was absolutely false,

00:01:14.860 adding that if the New York Times had provided us with more than seven minutes to comment,

00:01:18.340 we would have told them so.

00:01:19.700 A denial does not make it false.

00:01:22.320 It is the Biden White House saying it's false.

00:01:24.540 But the New York Times claiming to have a source whom they describe as a Biden ally saying it's so.

00:01:31.320 This is just the latest in the drip, drip, drip coming from publications like the Times and the Washington Post.

00:01:36.700 And I could go on.

00:01:37.500 In a significant development late last night, the Washington Post reporting that former President Obama

00:01:43.520 has privately told allies that Mr. Biden's, quote,

00:01:47.160 already tough path to reelection grew more challenging after his shaky debate performance, end quote,

00:01:54.860 and that he's spoken directly to Mr. Biden to, quote, offer his support.

00:01:58.520 Remember what we discussed yesterday.

00:02:00.720 James Carville saying Obama and Bill Clinton that their role here is more ceremonial.

00:02:05.960 They will not lead this effort, at least not publicly.

00:02:10.180 Puck News is reporting on leaked.

00:02:13.880 This may be the most important thing you hear today.

00:02:16.160 Internal polling from Democrats that confirms some of their worst fears that Joe Biden is hemorrhaging support,

00:02:25.480 especially in the battleground states in the wake of this debate.

00:02:29.680 And what's more, previously non-competitive states are now in play.

00:02:34.900 New Mexico, New Hampshire, Virginia, which could hand the White House back to former President Trump

00:02:42.580 in a landslide victory for him.

00:02:47.400 We will go over this polling in detail.

00:02:49.200 And as we mentioned at the top, there has been a special kind of betrayal of President Biden.

00:02:55.960 I'm sure that's how he would see it from The New York Times, which has in the past been among the worst offenders in falsely propping up President Biden

00:03:06.180 in response to any attack on his age or apparent infirmity.

00:03:10.740 Less than two weeks ago, the Times published a piece on all the, quote, misleading videos from conservatives that, quote,

00:03:19.660 twisted mundane moments to paint him in an unflattering light when it comes to his age issues.

00:03:26.960 Get ready for some political whiplash because the great lady is now bashing the elderly president 1.00

00:03:32.640 and using those very same videos to do it.

00:03:36.980 Apparently now they see them differently.

00:03:39.900 Reporting that he is increasingly confused or listless, forgetting names, mixing up facts, freezing,

00:03:48.920 that he's shown a sharp decline just within the past few months,

00:03:53.700 that he was given and required nap time during his debate prep, which only began each day at Camp David at 11 a.m.

00:04:06.700 The White House says, well, he worked out and did other work prior to showing up at 11.

00:04:12.580 Special afternoon nap time for the leader of the free world.

00:04:16.960 And then there's this frightening assessment from a former U.S. official

00:04:20.060 who helped prepare the president ahead of his recent G7 trip.

00:04:26.460 This official was asked by The New York Times.

00:04:28.580 They went back to him.

00:04:29.840 If one could imagine putting Mr. Biden into the same room with President Putin of Russia,

00:04:36.780 the official responded, I just don't know.

00:04:40.400 And the Times pointing out that a European official involved in all of this responded more clearly and flatly.

00:04:47.040 No, we would be remiss if we did not mention this.

00:04:51.800 Just two days ago, the Supreme Court issued its opinion on presidential immunity,

00:04:56.560 noting that, quote, unlike anyone else, the president is a branch of government

00:05:02.040 and the Constitution vests in him sweeping powers and duties.

00:05:08.980 Apparently, Barack Obama's Homeland Security secretary, who is also a lawyer, may need a refresher on this.

00:05:16.240 Listen to what Jay Johnson said on MSNBC.

00:05:21.140 This isn't trying to reassure us about a second Biden term, about President Biden and the presidency.

00:05:28.200 A presidency is more than just one man, one woman. 0.68

00:05:31.980 It's an administration.

00:05:32.840 I would take Joe Biden's worst day at age 86, so long as he has people around him like Avril Haynes,

00:05:42.360 Samantha Power, Gina Raimondo, supporting him over Donald Trump any day.

00:05:48.020 No, sir, the president is not more than one man.

00:05:53.320 Most Americans don't even know the names of the people you just mentioned.

00:05:56.640 They did not vote for them, and they would not be voting for them this November.

00:06:01.400 The presidency is just one person, and the current person holding the office is in serious political trouble.

00:06:10.540 Joining me now, two of our favorites for NR Day here at the MK Show, Charles C.W. Cook is a senior writer for National Review

00:06:19.980 and host of the Charles C.W. Cook podcast, and Michael Brendan Doherty is also a senior writer for National Review.

00:06:25.760 You can find all of their work by becoming an NR Plus subscriber.

00:06:28.580 Highly recommend.

00:06:29.660 And you should do it today.

00:06:30.860 Charles MBD, welcome back to the show on what's turning out to be really a momentous day.

00:06:36.880 The White House had done a decent job of battening down the hatches and trying to stop the crisis.

00:06:46.140 It's failing, and the polling, I think, is at the heart of why it's failing.

00:06:52.340 Charles, your take on the outline that I just presented to the news today?

00:06:55.820 Well, I think that what you're seeing is one of the biggest media and party scandals in American history.

00:07:07.280 It seems abundantly clear to me what has happened here.

00:07:11.720 For months and years even, many people have said that Joe Biden was not up to the job,

00:07:20.140 and certainly that he wouldn't be up to the job for another four years, until 2029, when he'd be 86.

00:07:28.580 And those people were shouted at.

00:07:30.580 They were told they were wrong.

00:07:32.500 They were told that they were informed by cheap fakes,

00:07:36.280 that they were driven by partisan animus, and so on and so forth.

00:07:41.080 And that wasn't true, and most of the people who said that knew it wasn't true.

00:07:48.400 Now, the media has pressed the other button on the switchboard,

00:07:54.740 has gone completely in the opposite direction, and is now trying to force him out of the race.

00:07:59.780 Why?

00:08:00.280 Because it thinks he might lose.

00:08:02.080 It really is that simple.

00:08:03.180 This is not being driven by love of country or a fear that the executive branch is being run by somebody who is not up to it.

00:08:13.960 It is being driven by a preference for the survival and thriving of the Democratic Party.

00:08:21.460 And so the same press and Democratic establishment that has been telling American voters,

00:08:28.260 who never bought this, by the way, 86% of American voters think he's too old,

00:08:32.640 that they should not trust their own eyes for years,

00:08:36.720 is now insistent that they should trust their own eyes and that Biden has to go.

00:08:42.760 So I think it's worth our looking at this very real problem,

00:08:48.280 which is not just a problem of the media or of perception,

00:08:52.220 in its correct context, which is a scandal.

00:08:56.160 I mean, these people have been playing with the presidency.

00:08:59.840 They've been playing with the federal government.

00:09:02.180 They've been playing with the health and safety of the United States.

00:09:07.980 And they got caught.

00:09:10.140 And what we're now seeing unfold is the product of that.

00:09:13.920 Had they done their jobs when they knew?

00:09:16.200 And they knew.

00:09:17.040 There's a New York Post piece today about how Carl Bernstein,

00:09:20.780 that name ring a bell?

00:09:22.000 The guy who followed the lead to bring down Richard Nixon?

00:09:24.620 The guy who doesn't seem too worried about where stories lead,

00:09:28.360 even if they destroy a presidency,

00:09:31.040 knew for years what was going on.

00:09:33.340 I'd heard 15 to 20 times that the president was not up to it.

00:09:38.880 You know, this is a scandal that has been caused by a long-term cover-up,

00:09:44.700 by a press that is interested in one thing and one thing only,

00:09:47.960 which is the health of the Democratic Party

00:09:49.580 and its ability to beat Republicans.

00:09:52.640 MBD, Justice Charles was speaking.

00:09:55.300 This broke from Bloomberg News.

00:09:57.480 Dozens of Democratic lawmakers are considering signing a letter

00:10:02.200 demanding that President Joe Biden withdraw from this race,

00:10:05.900 according to a senior party official,

00:10:07.740 as panic mounts that he will cost them not only the presidency,

00:10:11.660 but control of Congress.

00:10:13.720 The dam broke yesterday on Democratic officials speaking out

00:10:16.700 about him running again.

00:10:18.180 We'll get to who spoke out and how.

00:10:20.700 But you've even had Nancy Pelosi

00:10:23.140 admitting that it's a fair question

00:10:25.440 whether this was an episode or an actual condition

00:10:28.240 the president suffered and showed evidence of.

00:10:31.380 You had James Clyburn,

00:10:32.900 the man who got him the nomination in 2020,

00:10:35.740 saying he backs Biden,

00:10:37.560 but he would back VP Harris if Biden steps aside.

00:10:41.420 You've had more Democrats on the record saying

00:10:43.780 Biden needs to step down.

00:10:46.280 We're going to lose with him.

00:10:48.620 And now this from Bloomberg.

00:10:50.480 Dozens, that's the number,

00:10:52.540 dozens of Democratic lawmakers

00:10:54.120 considering signing a letter demanding

00:10:55.740 that he withdraw from this race. 0.99

00:10:58.020 I don't think he has more than a week left.

00:10:59.720 Your thoughts?

00:11:01.380 I totally agree with you.

00:11:03.440 The signs were evident in the first minutes

00:11:05.480 after the debate when CNN just gave up.

00:11:08.920 I mean, CNN's entire panel

00:11:11.460 started openly mourning the Biden presidency

00:11:15.940 as if he had died on stage.

00:11:18.220 And you saw this proceeded in steps afterward.

00:11:23.020 Over the weekend,

00:11:24.380 the media came to its conclusion.

00:11:26.900 You saw the New York Times editorial board

00:11:28.960 say that Joe Biden,

00:11:30.600 for the good of the country,

00:11:31.760 has to step aside.

00:11:33.500 You saw editorial boards all over the country

00:11:35.460 for newspapers saying the same thing.

00:11:38.180 And then all the reporting

00:11:39.520 was about isolating the Biden family.

00:11:43.480 It was, oh, they're going to have a meeting on Sunday

00:11:47.060 and Jill Biden is going to be heavily influential.

00:11:51.200 The meeting happens.

00:11:52.460 The New York Times immediately reports.

00:11:54.360 Hunter Biden was the strongest advocate

00:11:56.580 for staying in and fighting it out.

00:12:01.320 Now, when the New York Times reports that,

00:12:03.020 they know what they're doing.

00:12:04.300 They're signaling to the public

00:12:07.140 that the president is now taking advice

00:12:10.040 from his ne'er-do-well son.

00:12:13.480 And that's who's giving him the advice to stay in.

00:12:16.760 So the pressure was on.

00:12:19.640 Now, there were other people

00:12:20.820 still taking the Biden side

00:12:22.360 in the most disgraceful performance of a lifetime,

00:12:27.080 something out of Tsarist Russia.

00:12:29.200 Mika Brzezinski went on warning Joe first thing

00:12:32.060 and gave a soliloquy about Joe Biden's character,

00:12:35.940 as if she were addressing this directly

00:12:37.760 to Jill and Hunter,

00:12:38.680 saying, hold on, stay in, we're with you.

00:12:42.220 But that consensus is falling apart.

00:12:44.420 Too much has been said.

00:12:45.960 Too much has been seen.

00:12:46.940 And the polls are disastrous.

00:12:50.080 So now they're scrambling to save the ship,

00:12:52.760 the party ship, as Charles says.

00:12:55.580 And the real point is,

00:12:58.940 I mean, what we saw last week

00:13:00.700 was the media

00:13:03.600 and lots of senior Democrats

00:13:06.240 have engaged in a fraud

00:13:08.480 and in a fraudulent use

00:13:10.260 of the chief executive power

00:13:12.120 of the United States.

00:13:13.780 Joe Biden is not in custody

00:13:15.240 of his faculties.

00:13:18.000 He is being held in custody

00:13:22.040 by his wife, his son,

00:13:24.540 and aides that no one's ever heard of,

00:13:26.300 like Annie Tomasini,

00:13:27.580 his deputy chief of staff,

00:13:29.300 or Jill Biden's senior aide,

00:13:31.140 Anthony Bernal.

00:13:31.960 These people are,

00:13:34.540 as Joe Biden becomes weaker

00:13:35.880 and more infirm,

00:13:37.720 their power increases.

00:13:39.980 So this is a fraud

00:13:41.360 and it has to end.

00:13:43.020 I mean, this shouldn't just end

00:13:44.420 with an announcement

00:13:45.760 that Joe Biden is going to

00:13:47.580 leave the race,

00:13:49.300 the 2020 race,

00:13:50.140 and let Democrats decide.

00:13:51.400 This should end very promptly

00:13:53.300 with Joe Biden's resignation

00:13:55.240 or his removal from office

00:13:56.900 and Kamala Harris becoming 0.98

00:13:58.760 president of the United States.

00:13:59.820 That's why we elect vice presidents. 0.96

00:14:01.360 It's for situations like this.

00:14:05.680 I never thought I'd advocate

00:14:06.900 for the elevation of Kamala Harris

00:14:08.720 to anything,

00:14:09.440 but he's not fit for the job.

00:14:12.100 Neither did I.

00:14:13.200 And I don't welcome this situation,

00:14:15.320 but this is what we do.

00:14:16.340 And Jill Biden went out and said,

00:14:18.640 you know, in the initial defense,

00:14:21.420 you know, he's not just

00:14:22.400 the man for the job.

00:14:23.560 He's the only man for the job.

00:14:25.780 It doesn't work like that.

00:14:27.040 We elect a successor

00:14:28.320 along with our president

00:14:30.360 when we elect a president

00:14:31.460 and we elect a successor

00:14:33.000 for just these circumstances.

00:14:35.540 And now after Thursday,

00:14:37.460 you know, for years,

00:14:38.120 I've believed he's unfit for office.

00:14:40.060 For years, I believed he's had

00:14:41.420 bad days and worse days

00:14:42.900 and that he was unreliable.

00:14:44.400 But after Thursday,

00:14:45.580 it became plain to everyone

00:14:48.280 that Joe Biden's presidency

00:14:50.340 has ended at some point

00:14:52.420 in the past.

00:14:53.120 And if it's ended,

00:14:55.660 it has to be succeeded

00:14:56.580 by Kamala Harris,

00:14:57.700 not by his aides,

00:14:59.220 not by the people around him,

00:15:01.360 according to MSNBC.

00:15:03.120 It has to be Harris

00:15:04.200 and they have to move on.

00:15:05.520 If they don't want her

00:15:05.980 to be the nominee,

00:15:07.000 let them decide that

00:15:07.780 at the convention.

00:15:09.180 If the American people 0.78

00:15:10.000 don't want her

00:15:10.500 to remain president,

00:15:11.640 we'll decide that in November.

00:15:13.500 You know, and that's,

00:15:14.500 that's it.

00:15:15.180 This is, that's what

00:15:16.000 the times call for now.

00:15:18.140 So this is what

00:15:19.040 our constitution provides.

00:15:20.400 Wait, this just in CNN

00:15:22.720 now reporting,

00:15:24.620 Joe Biden has privately

00:15:25.700 acknowledged that

00:15:26.960 the next stretch of days

00:15:28.160 will be critical

00:15:29.520 to whether he can save

00:15:30.680 his reelection bid

00:15:31.720 for president,

00:15:32.580 making clear to an ally Tuesday

00:15:34.180 that he understands

00:15:35.440 what would prompt him

00:15:37.100 to accept that he can't make it.

00:15:41.180 Quote, it's just not working.

00:15:42.840 It would be a scenario

00:15:43.900 in which, quote,

00:15:44.740 the polls are plummeting,

00:15:46.020 the fundraising is drying up

00:15:48.100 and the interviews

00:15:49.240 are going badly,

00:15:50.360 said that person.

00:15:51.600 Quote, he's not oblivious.

00:15:53.280 This is the same reporting.

00:15:54.780 And again,

00:15:55.320 they're quoting an ally.

00:15:56.340 That's who the New York Times

00:15:57.620 quoted as well,

00:15:58.420 an unnamed Biden ally.

00:16:00.020 The White House denied it.

00:16:01.300 Presumably they deny

00:16:02.300 this report as well.

00:16:03.380 But I mean,

00:16:04.520 when you see the same language

00:16:06.200 appearing in multiple publications,

00:16:07.520 that's somebody getting

00:16:08.440 out there,

00:16:09.900 arguably to soften the ground.

00:16:11.620 And what we,

00:16:12.980 you know,

00:16:13.120 at least two out of three of us

00:16:14.100 believe is about to come,

00:16:15.040 which is at some point soon

00:16:17.260 an announcement,

00:16:18.260 another update just hitting.

00:16:21.280 Democratic,

00:16:21.580 Democratic Representative Summer Lee,

00:16:23.780 Democrat from Pennsylvania,

00:16:24.820 just said in a radio interview,

00:16:26.700 this is per Scott McFarland

00:16:28.000 at CBS News,

00:16:29.160 time is not on our side.

00:16:30.840 We have a few months

00:16:31.480 to do a monumental task.

00:16:32.700 If our president decides

00:16:33.600 this is not a pathway forward for him,

00:16:36.180 that there is not one,

00:16:37.320 we have to move very quickly.

00:16:38.740 There's not going to be time

00:16:39.820 for a primary.

00:16:40.940 That time has passed.

00:16:42.420 The vice president

00:16:43.060 is the obvious choice.

00:16:44.320 She's sitting right there.

00:16:45.280 She's already been

00:16:46.060 in the White House

00:16:46.880 and has the name recognition

00:16:48.400 and has been on the trail

00:16:49.520 and the optics of pushing aside

00:16:51.240 a black woman 0.97

00:16:51.880 and Summer Lee

00:16:52.660 is one herself.

00:16:54.980 It's not good.

00:16:58.280 The,

00:16:58.780 the,

00:16:59.280 she's just the latest.

00:17:00.120 We,

00:17:00.280 we raised,

00:17:00.780 raised that because

00:17:01.440 she's just the latest

00:17:02.220 Charles Democrat

00:17:03.960 to break

00:17:05.740 with the party line.

00:17:07.200 There's a report out today

00:17:08.080 that Senator Joe Manchin

00:17:09.160 who's now an independent

00:17:10.080 but still caucuses

00:17:10.860 with the Dems

00:17:11.480 was ready to come out

00:17:12.760 on a Sunday show this week

00:17:14.000 and say Joe Biden

00:17:14.880 must not run.

00:17:16.720 Cannot be the party nominee.

00:17:18.200 He was pressured

00:17:18.900 by Chuck Schumer directly

00:17:20.340 and other top Dems

00:17:22.180 in leadership

00:17:22.760 not to do that.

00:17:24.460 That would be a,

00:17:25.180 a sitting U.S. senator

00:17:26.260 with some power,

00:17:27.260 some serious power

00:17:28.020 amongst independents

00:17:28.980 anyway and respect.

00:17:30.440 They stopped him.

00:17:31.980 They did not stop

00:17:33.180 Senator,

00:17:33.920 uh,

00:17:34.520 White House

00:17:35.020 from Rhode Island

00:17:36.600 from coming out

00:17:37.860 and saying

00:17:38.240 that the debate

00:17:39.020 was horrifying

00:17:40.160 and that Joe Biden

00:17:41.660 seriously needs to reflect

00:17:42.700 on whether he can continue.

00:17:44.460 And then

00:17:44.860 here's another top name,

00:17:46.960 uh,

00:17:47.180 Jamie Raskin,

00:17:48.320 uh,

00:17:48.940 speaking out

00:17:49.620 in a pretty telling way

00:17:52.060 on Chris Hayes' show

00:17:52.940 on MSNBC

00:17:53.580 last night,

00:17:54.880 Sop 15.

00:17:56.300 And I know

00:17:57.000 this is a moving target.

00:17:58.120 It's gotta happen quickly,

00:17:59.520 but I can guarantee you,

00:18:01.540 Chris Hayes,

00:18:02.100 there will be

00:18:02.860 massive unity

00:18:04.400 and focus

00:18:05.220 on that task

00:18:06.500 when we get to the end

00:18:07.500 of this process.

00:18:08.300 And it's happening

00:18:09.180 very quickly,

00:18:09.740 I think.

00:18:11.040 Okay.

00:18:11.840 It's happening

00:18:12.360 very quickly

00:18:13.100 and that there will be

00:18:14.740 massive support

00:18:15.480 for whomever emerges.

00:18:17.540 Charles,

00:18:18.020 what do you make of that?

00:18:18.640 I mean,

00:18:18.720 this is,

00:18:19.040 this is all breaking right now.

00:18:20.840 Well,

00:18:21.340 I think that there is

00:18:22.420 an enormous amount

00:18:23.300 of pressure

00:18:23.960 and it is indeed

00:18:26.400 moving fast,

00:18:27.460 but I also think

00:18:28.780 that the way

00:18:29.360 our system works

00:18:30.320 in practice

00:18:30.900 is that Joe Biden

00:18:32.800 has to acquiesce

00:18:34.980 and he is probably

00:18:37.160 the least likely person

00:18:38.640 to do so

00:18:40.000 that I can think of.

00:18:41.380 Now,

00:18:41.520 by that,

00:18:41.920 I don't mean

00:18:42.600 that he won't be forced

00:18:44.240 to eventually.

00:18:45.960 But Joe Biden

00:18:46.820 is not the man

00:18:47.840 that all of the entreaties

00:18:50.140 to him

00:18:51.480 pretend that he is.

00:18:52.860 If you read

00:18:53.680 the New York Times' editorial

00:18:55.620 asking him

00:18:56.280 to step aside

00:18:57.100 or any

00:18:58.500 of the press's

00:19:01.140 injunctions,

00:19:03.060 they say

00:19:03.740 he's a wonderful president

00:19:05.240 and a man

00:19:06.220 of great honor.

00:19:07.220 Well,

00:19:07.340 he's not.

00:19:08.300 He's a terrible president

00:19:09.580 and he is

00:19:11.180 a habitual liar. 0.79

00:19:13.380 Joe Biden,

00:19:14.120 until he was reinvented

00:19:15.360 in 2019,

00:19:16.720 because he had to be,

00:19:17.800 because he was running

00:19:18.500 against Donald Trump,

00:19:20.100 was a mediocre blowhard

00:19:22.600 whose fame

00:19:24.280 came from his saying

00:19:26.240 odd things to people,

00:19:28.200 his losing his temper

00:19:29.520 with members

00:19:30.260 of the public,

00:19:31.400 journalists,

00:19:32.160 voters alike,

00:19:33.340 and his having been

00:19:34.800 removed

00:19:35.960 from the presidential

00:19:37.660 primary

00:19:38.500 in the late 1980s,

00:19:40.800 87, 88,

00:19:41.800 because he had plagiarized

00:19:43.360 in Neil Kinnock's speech.

00:19:45.240 This is not a good man.

00:19:46.920 It's also not a man 0.62

00:19:48.340 who knows his limitations.

00:19:50.340 One of the reasons

00:19:51.140 that his presidency

00:19:52.180 has been such a disaster

00:19:53.720 is that he came in

00:19:55.560 in 2021

00:19:56.360 and was talked out

00:19:58.000 of evaluating

00:19:59.500 the situation properly

00:20:00.860 by people like

00:20:02.240 John Meacham.

00:20:03.560 Joe Biden should have

00:20:04.660 looked around

00:20:05.240 in 2021

00:20:06.060 and thought,

00:20:07.280 all of the money

00:20:07.840 has been spent

00:20:08.640 on COVID.

00:20:09.620 We are at risk

00:20:10.380 of inflation.

00:20:11.540 We have a divided nation

00:20:12.840 that is coming out

00:20:13.720 of a crisis.

00:20:14.680 I will be a caretaker.

00:20:16.360 Had he done that,

00:20:17.620 he would have been

00:20:18.380 relatively popular.

00:20:19.800 He would have managed

00:20:20.820 to live up

00:20:21.440 to the lie about him

00:20:22.580 that had been created

00:20:23.560 of a vuncular

00:20:24.360 Joe Biden,

00:20:25.940 good old granddad,

00:20:27.520 Joe Biden.

00:20:28.380 But instead,

00:20:29.240 he was told,

00:20:29.920 you are Lyndon Johnson.

00:20:31.220 You are Franklin Roosevelt.

00:20:32.680 You are a great man

00:20:33.660 who will preside

00:20:34.360 over great change.

00:20:35.700 And he believed it

00:20:36.540 and he still believes it.

00:20:37.760 And that's going to make

00:20:38.560 it very difficult

00:20:39.500 for him

00:20:40.060 to be talked

00:20:41.140 out of running again

00:20:43.100 and certainly

00:20:44.180 talked out

00:20:45.600 of staying president.

00:20:46.840 He does not want

00:20:47.440 to be,

00:20:47.900 understandably,

00:20:48.540 the second president

00:20:49.460 in American history

00:20:50.400 to resign the office.

00:20:51.400 He doesn't want

00:20:51.860 his name

00:20:52.420 to be next

00:20:52.940 to Richard Nixon

00:20:53.660 in the history books.

00:20:55.800 Look at how Joe Biden

00:20:56.960 has responded

00:20:57.660 every time anyone

00:20:58.460 has even asked him

00:20:59.520 about his age.

00:21:00.760 He shouts at them.

00:21:01.580 He says,

00:21:01.840 I'm better than you.

00:21:02.780 He says,

00:21:02.980 I could do more push-ups

00:21:04.000 than you.

00:21:04.340 I could take you.

00:21:05.080 Do you want

00:21:05.500 to have a fight?

00:21:07.040 This is not somebody

00:21:08.360 who is going

00:21:09.520 to sit down

00:21:10.400 and calmly

00:21:11.440 think about

00:21:12.960 his country

00:21:14.780 and the situation

00:21:15.740 in which he's

00:21:16.280 put his party.

00:21:17.020 He may be kicked

00:21:17.980 out of office anyway

00:21:19.040 by the sheer amount

00:21:20.060 of pressure.

00:21:20.600 This may become

00:21:21.260 untenable.

00:21:21.840 I suspect it

00:21:22.560 probably will now,

00:21:24.000 but the Democrats

00:21:24.940 have their work

00:21:25.820 cut out

00:21:26.380 because of who

00:21:27.520 they are dealing

00:21:28.060 with.

00:21:28.460 And the last thing

00:21:29.120 I would say

00:21:29.520 is not just

00:21:30.060 who they are

00:21:30.460 dealing with,

00:21:31.180 but who they

00:21:32.000 are dealing

00:21:32.420 with's relatives.

00:21:34.120 Jill Biden

00:21:34.680 seems pathologically

00:21:35.960 incapable of seeing

00:21:37.180 Joe Biden

00:21:37.720 as anything other

00:21:38.460 than the indispensable

00:21:39.300 man.

00:21:40.080 And Hunter Biden,

00:21:41.000 we learned from

00:21:41.520 the New York Times,

00:21:42.600 needs him to stay

00:21:43.480 in, doesn't just

00:21:43.960 want him to stay

00:21:44.680 in, needs him

00:21:45.600 to stay in

00:21:46.160 because he wants

00:21:46.860 a pardon

00:21:47.300 and he

00:21:48.720 recognizes

00:21:50.300 that his fortunes

00:21:51.400 and his father's

00:21:52.080 are inextricable.

00:21:53.040 So this is actually

00:21:53.660 still going to be

00:21:54.580 a heavy lift

00:21:55.220 and I suspect

00:21:55.940 that the New York

00:21:56.620 Times and CNN

00:21:57.380 stories that you

00:21:58.560 related in the

00:22:00.040 introduction to

00:22:00.680 this question

00:22:01.300 are connected

00:22:02.880 to that in that

00:22:03.860 there are many

00:22:04.400 in the press

00:22:05.040 who are now

00:22:05.600 frustrated that

00:22:06.540 they haven't got

00:22:07.100 rid of him yet

00:22:07.740 and they're trying

00:22:08.240 to force the issue.

00:22:10.140 The press has

00:22:11.080 turned on him

00:22:11.760 entirely.

00:22:13.040 There are only

00:22:13.620 a few MSNBCers

00:22:15.100 hanging on.

00:22:16.160 But CNN

00:22:16.720 has turned on him.

00:22:17.980 Many at MSNBC

00:22:18.860 have turned on him.

00:22:19.660 The Times has

00:22:20.220 turned on him.

00:22:20.720 The Atlanta

00:22:21.040 Journal,

00:22:21.460 Constitution,

00:22:22.460 even the Washington

00:22:23.180 Post now

00:22:23.860 as we laid out

00:22:24.680 and many other

00:22:25.820 publications.

00:22:26.580 He can't withstand

00:22:27.520 this.

00:22:28.080 Now with the Democrats

00:22:28.720 starting to turn

00:22:29.540 and leak

00:22:30.540 and the press

00:22:31.500 digging deeper

00:22:32.080 with these reports

00:22:32.760 about how many

00:22:33.560 cognitive issues

00:22:34.380 he's been having,

00:22:35.100 how it's gotten

00:22:35.600 worse in the past

00:22:36.440 three to six months,

00:22:38.480 it's just going

00:22:39.320 to get worse.

00:22:40.000 These things

00:22:40.460 don't get better.

00:22:41.440 I mean, I've been

00:22:41.920 in the press

00:22:42.240 long enough to know

00:22:42.920 that.

00:22:43.680 To your point,

00:22:44.360 Charles,

00:22:44.840 about how he

00:22:46.060 responds when

00:22:47.340 someone challenges

00:22:48.200 him on age

00:22:49.620 or infirmity.

00:22:51.220 James Rosen,

00:22:52.320 formerly a colleague

00:22:53.040 at Fox News,

00:22:54.180 now at Newsmax,

00:22:55.180 who covers the

00:22:55.660 White House for them,

00:22:56.980 asked Joe Biden

00:22:57.980 directly at a presser

00:22:59.120 months ago

00:23:00.320 about this issue,

00:23:02.780 about, well,

00:23:03.440 actually we have,

00:23:04.160 we have the soundbite.

00:23:04.960 Okay, let me play you

00:23:05.780 what he asked.

00:23:07.640 I'd like to,

00:23:08.360 I'd like to raise

00:23:09.460 a delicate subject,

00:23:11.220 but with utmost respect

00:23:13.020 for your life

00:23:13.560 accomplishments

00:23:14.100 and the high office

00:23:15.040 you hold.

00:23:16.620 A poll released

00:23:18.260 this morning

00:23:18.820 by Politico

00:23:20.200 Morning Consult

00:23:21.020 found 49%

00:23:24.760 of registered voters

00:23:26.380 disagreeing

00:23:28.220 with the statement,

00:23:29.660 Joe Biden

00:23:30.240 is mentally fit.

00:23:31.520 not even

00:23:33.940 a majority

00:23:34.540 of Democrats

00:23:35.500 who responded

00:23:36.500 strongly affirmed

00:23:39.080 that statement.

00:23:40.720 I'll let you all

00:23:41.640 make the judgment

00:23:42.260 whether they're correct.

00:23:43.300 Well, so the question

00:23:44.080 I have for you, sir,

00:23:44.980 if you'd let me finish,

00:23:46.600 is why do you suppose

00:23:48.260 such large segments

00:23:50.000 of the American electorate

00:23:51.160 have come to harbor

00:23:53.360 such profound concerns

00:23:55.680 about your cognitive fitness?

00:23:58.860 Thank you.

00:23:59.300 I have no idea.

00:24:02.560 And that was the entirety

00:24:03.900 of the president's answer

00:24:04.920 and James Rosen

00:24:06.160 revealing this week

00:24:07.740 he was banned

00:24:08.900 from White House

00:24:09.760 press conferences

00:24:10.500 for the next

00:24:11.620 eight months

00:24:12.780 for asking that question.

00:24:15.040 I give you

00:24:15.840 CBS News

00:24:17.020 and this exchange

00:24:19.580 from 2020.

00:24:20.740 It's hot 10.

00:24:22.060 No, I haven't

00:24:22.780 taken a test.

00:24:24.000 Why the hell

00:24:24.460 would I take a test?

00:24:26.980 Come on, man.

00:24:28.380 That's like saying you

00:24:29.400 before you got

00:24:30.260 in this program

00:24:30.780 you take a test

00:24:31.580 where you're taking

00:24:32.200 cocaine or not.

00:24:33.060 What do you think, huh?

00:24:34.720 Are you a junkie?

00:24:36.700 Are you a junkie?

00:24:38.180 It was a

00:24:38.880 happened to be

00:24:39.740 an African-American reporter

00:24:40.760 asking him whether

00:24:41.400 he had taken

00:24:41.860 a cognitive test.

00:24:43.620 Defensive?

00:24:44.780 Wouldn't?

00:24:45.560 Yeah, no, I haven't.

00:24:46.520 That'd be like you

00:24:47.440 taking being asked

00:24:49.320 to take a test

00:24:50.280 for cocaine.

00:24:51.540 Whoa, wait, what?

00:24:53.140 And then I'll give you

00:24:53.920 one one other

00:24:55.280 example of what's

00:24:57.000 happening here.

00:24:58.760 Kareem Jean-Pierre

00:24:59.760 was asked yesterday

00:25:02.880 whether he has

00:25:05.220 taken a cognitive

00:25:06.460 test.

00:25:06.960 Do we have this

00:25:07.420 as a SOT, Deb?

00:25:08.800 And here's what

00:25:10.920 she did.

00:25:11.540 Watch.

00:25:11.800 After the debate

00:25:14.480 did the president

00:25:15.840 get examined

00:25:17.240 by a doctor

00:25:18.240 or did he get

00:25:19.040 a neurological scan?

00:25:21.020 A neurological scan?

00:25:23.180 Look,

00:25:23.900 what I can say

00:25:26.840 is that

00:25:27.520 just to take a step

00:25:28.460 back

00:25:28.740 it was a bad night

00:25:31.140 we understand

00:25:31.700 that it was a bad night

00:25:32.680 and the president

00:25:35.420 has spoken to this.

00:25:36.440 So I cannot speak

00:25:38.480 to anything

00:25:39.480 beyond what

00:25:40.180 I just shared.

00:25:41.020 The president

00:25:41.400 has regular

00:25:42.760 annual physicals

00:25:44.560 that we release

00:25:45.460 in a thorough report.

00:25:47.840 We're going to

00:25:48.560 continue to do that.

00:25:50.060 I don't have

00:25:50.640 anything else

00:25:51.120 beyond that.

00:25:52.060 So was the last time

00:25:53.000 he was seen

00:25:53.460 by a doctor

00:25:54.160 then in February?

00:25:55.440 I just don't have

00:25:56.180 anything beyond

00:25:56.760 the question

00:25:57.680 of a neurological

00:25:58.540 exam.

00:26:01.200 She didn't answer

00:26:02.380 behavior

00:26:03.020 and Phil Houston

00:26:04.720 who ran

00:26:05.460 the CIA

00:26:05.960 deception

00:26:06.540 detection

00:26:07.180 program

00:26:08.360 for 25 years

00:26:09.240 he invented it

00:26:09.900 it's used

00:26:10.260 by the Secret Service

00:26:10.980 the CIA

00:26:11.500 the FBI

00:26:12.100 and law enforcement

00:26:12.720 across the country

00:26:13.440 and a good friend

00:26:14.040 of mine

00:26:14.380 will tell you

00:26:15.740 that one of the

00:26:16.180 leading indicators

00:26:16.860 of lying

00:26:18.140 is convincing

00:26:20.320 behavior

00:26:21.180 and attacking

00:26:22.380 the questioner

00:26:23.140 and that is

00:26:24.440 what you're seeing

00:26:25.120 unfold before

00:26:26.260 your very eyes

00:26:26.860 there.

00:26:27.200 We don't know

00:26:27.800 and she references

00:26:28.620 his physical exams

00:26:29.600 they did not

00:26:30.840 MBD include

00:26:31.900 a cognitive

00:26:32.620 exam

00:26:33.360 this was a big

00:26:34.740 issue

00:26:35.140 when the president

00:26:35.800 was physically

00:26:36.440 examined by the doctor

00:26:37.520 and if he were

00:26:38.760 fit

00:26:39.160 and they were

00:26:39.740 confident of it

00:26:40.620 they would have

00:26:41.760 that exam

00:26:42.480 done again

00:26:43.680 and put out

00:26:44.600 immediately

00:26:45.680 his presidency

00:26:47.020 hangs in the balance

00:26:48.360 there's a reason

00:26:49.720 they're so defensive

00:26:51.020 about it

00:26:51.620 they won't answer

00:26:52.660 it

00:26:52.880 and they won't

00:26:53.620 do it.

00:26:55.900 Right

00:26:56.460 I mean

00:26:57.120 they won't do it

00:26:58.120 because he won't

00:26:58.680 pass

00:26:59.140 we had

00:26:59.780 Robert Hurd's

00:27:00.540 report

00:27:00.920 earlier

00:27:01.540 in the year

00:27:02.200 saying that

00:27:02.900 Joe Biden

00:27:03.620 presents

00:27:04.100 as a

00:27:04.760 kindly

00:27:06.200 old man

00:27:06.860 who forgets

00:27:07.540 things

00:27:07.860 who forgets

00:27:08.660 major life

00:27:09.620 events

00:27:10.080 who forgets

00:27:11.120 the years

00:27:11.600 he was

00:27:11.860 vice president

00:27:12.520 and

00:27:14.800 the problem

00:27:16.260 is

00:27:16.580 everyone

00:27:17.300 who

00:27:18.180 continues

00:27:18.980 to deny

00:27:19.560 this

00:27:20.020 is in a

00:27:21.420 sense

00:27:21.660 knowingly

00:27:22.480 participating

00:27:23.060 in this

00:27:24.260 what is now

00:27:25.260 a fraud

00:27:26.000 a fraud

00:27:27.120 of the

00:27:28.160 executive office

00:27:29.280 of a federal

00:27:30.200 government

00:27:30.660 he is not

00:27:32.140 in charge

00:27:32.940 anymore

00:27:33.400 he is

00:27:34.600 under the

00:27:35.300 care

00:27:35.640 of a handful

00:27:36.740 of other

00:27:37.140 people

00:27:37.560 who are

00:27:38.420 making

00:27:38.660 decisions

00:27:39.120 around him

00:27:39.860 puppeteering

00:27:40.740 him

00:27:41.140 giving him

00:27:42.280 god knows

00:27:42.740 what

00:27:43.040 he did

00:27:43.780 improve

00:27:44.420 during that

00:27:44.840 debate

00:27:45.220 and then

00:27:45.900 improved

00:27:46.400 as the

00:27:47.100 evening

00:27:47.300 went on

00:27:47.700 and he

00:27:47.900 went to

00:27:48.160 a democratic

00:27:48.600 watch

00:27:48.940 party

00:27:49.340 so

00:27:50.480 they're

00:27:50.800 obviously

00:27:51.160 even

00:27:51.720 mistiming

00:27:52.400 his medicines

00:27:53.200 now

00:27:53.720 he needs

00:27:56.180 to not

00:27:56.940 be

00:27:57.560 governing

00:27:58.860 us

00:27:59.340 he's

00:27:59.780 being

00:28:00.000 governed

00:28:00.320 by

00:28:00.580 others

00:28:01.060 and

00:28:02.180 you know

00:28:03.620 the

00:28:04.220 real

00:28:04.740 question

00:28:05.100 I have

00:28:05.800 is

00:28:06.820 whether

00:28:07.120 this

00:28:07.380 continues

00:28:07.840 to be

00:28:08.160 a scandal

00:28:08.540 if they

00:28:08.960 replace

00:28:09.460 him

00:28:09.780 does

00:28:10.880 the

00:28:10.980 democratic

00:28:11.340 party

00:28:11.740 keep

00:28:12.200 facing

00:28:13.080 tough

00:28:13.660 questions

00:28:14.220 who

00:28:14.980 knew

00:28:15.240 what

00:28:15.600 and

00:28:15.860 when

00:28:16.300 and

00:28:17.240 what

00:28:18.100 did

00:28:18.600 you

00:28:18.920 describe

00:28:19.580 to

00:28:19.760 others

00:28:20.000 who

00:28:20.260 did

00:28:20.460 you

00:28:21.180 talk

00:28:21.400 to

00:28:21.520 what

00:28:21.660 did

00:28:21.800 you

00:28:21.920 do

00:28:22.340 to

00:28:23.300 alert

00:28:23.580 people

00:28:23.880 that

00:28:24.040 the

00:28:24.180 president

00:28:24.500 was

00:28:25.080 you

00:28:25.700 know

00:28:25.860 non-competent

00:28:27.060 and

00:28:27.520 so I

00:28:28.820 think

00:28:28.940 that's

00:28:29.360 that's

00:28:29.700 the

00:28:29.820 question

00:28:30.080 going

00:28:30.400 forward

00:28:30.900 that

00:28:31.240 I'm

00:28:32.160 certain

00:28:32.500 it's

00:28:33.040 like

00:28:33.160 Charles

00:28:33.440 just

00:28:33.660 said

00:28:33.820 about

00:28:34.040 Bernstein

00:28:34.500 his

00:28:34.840 report

00:28:35.260 on

00:28:35.640 CNN

00:28:35.940 the

00:28:36.120 other

00:28:36.240 night

00:28:36.440 was

00:28:36.680 stunning

00:28:37.040 it

00:28:37.200 was

00:28:37.300 jaw

00:28:37.540 dropping

00:28:37.920 he

00:28:38.760 actually

00:28:39.140 said

00:28:39.540 as

00:28:40.160 he

00:28:40.280 points

00:28:40.480 out

00:28:40.740 15

00:28:41.100 to

00:28:41.240 20

00:28:41.440 times

00:28:41.940 in

00:28:42.360 the

00:28:42.460 past

00:28:42.700 six

00:28:42.920 months

00:28:43.240 it's

00:28:43.520 gotten

00:28:43.700 worse

00:28:44.100 that

00:28:44.600 Joe

00:28:44.800 Biden

00:28:45.040 has

00:28:45.280 frozen

00:28:45.620 up

00:28:45.960 that

00:28:46.180 he's

00:28:46.340 had

00:28:52.340 rigor

00:28:52.560 mortis

00:28:53.120 which

00:28:53.700 is

00:28:53.800 what

00:28:53.920 happens

00:28:54.160 to

00:28:54.300 a

00:28:54.420 dead

00:28:54.580 body

00:28:54.980 after

00:28:55.360 it

00:28:55.520 dies

00:28:55.940 and

00:28:56.620 that

00:28:56.800 it

00:28:56.940 does

00:28:57.160 beg

00:28:57.380 the

00:28:57.540 question

00:28:57.940 does

00:28:58.220 it

00:28:58.340 not

00:28:58.560 Mike

00:28:58.840 what

00:28:59.520 where

00:29:00.820 was

00:29:01.040 Carl

00:29:01.340 Bernstein

00:29:01.800 when

00:29:02.140 he

00:29:02.280 was

00:29:02.460 learning

00:29:02.740 all

00:29:03.000 of

00:29:03.120 this

00:29:03.420 is

00:29:03.880 he

00:29:03.980 writing

00:29:04.180 a

00:29:04.340 book

00:29:04.620 was

00:29:04.860 he

00:29:04.980 saving

00:29:05.280 it

00:29:05.440 for

00:29:05.620 a

00:29:05.800 publication

00:29:06.420 why

00:29:07.180 are

00:29:07.720 we

00:29:07.880 only

00:29:08.180 learning

00:29:08.600 of

00:29:08.840 this

00:29:09.040 now

00:29:09.260 that

00:29:09.400 there's

00:29:09.600 been

00:29:09.740 a

00:29:09.880 public

00:29:10.200 meltdown

00:29:10.800 beyond

00:29:11.520 what

00:29:11.860 we've

00:29:12.060 already

00:29:12.640 seen

00:29:12.980 with

00:29:13.120 our

00:29:13.260 eyes

00:29:13.460 and

00:29:13.580 ears

00:29:13.800 right

00:29:15.060 we

00:29:15.220 saw

00:29:15.500 Alex

00:29:15.860 Thompson

00:29:16.540 a

00:29:16.700 reporter

00:29:17.000 at

00:29:17.180 Axios

00:29:17.680 just

00:29:17.960 unloading

00:29:18.820 his

00:29:19.140 notebook

00:29:19.560 apparently

00:29:20.120 saying

00:29:20.960 that

00:29:21.180 this

00:29:21.800 kind

00:29:22.040 of

00:29:22.160 behavior

00:29:22.580 of

00:29:23.260 senior

00:29:23.520 White

00:29:23.720 House

00:29:24.020 staff

00:29:25.180 particularly

00:29:25.780 those

00:29:26.020 connected

00:29:26.300 to

00:29:26.500 Jill

00:29:26.680 Biden

00:29:27.100 hiding

00:29:28.160 Joe

00:29:28.560 Biden

00:29:28.920 from

00:29:29.960 other

00:29:30.560 senior

00:29:30.860 White

00:29:31.100 House

00:29:31.280 staff

00:29:31.660 and

00:29:31.800 even

00:29:31.960 his

00:29:32.160 cabinet

00:29:32.480 members

00:29:32.920 goes

00:29:33.660 back

00:29:33.980 to

00:29:34.200 the

00:29:34.360 first

00:29:34.600 year

00:29:34.780 of

00:29:34.880 his

00:29:35.020 presidency

00:29:35.520 and

00:29:36.480 the

00:29:36.940 excuse

00:29:37.300 then

00:29:37.540 was

00:29:37.680 to

00:29:37.800 protect

00:29:38.160 him

00:29:38.380 from

00:29:38.620 COVID-19

00:29:39.400 but

00:29:40.640 it

00:29:40.820 just

00:29:41.000 continued

00:29:41.500 on

00:29:41.880 as a

00:29:42.220 habit

00:29:42.520 and

00:29:43.100 so

00:29:43.700 there

00:29:44.420 have

00:29:44.500 been

00:29:44.580 very

00:29:44.780 few

00:29:44.960 people

00:29:45.260 even

00:29:45.840 seeing

00:29:46.440 him

00:29:46.840 even

00:29:48.280 able

00:29:48.640 to

00:29:48.800 assess

00:29:49.060 his

00:29:49.240 condition

00:29:49.660 and

00:29:50.680 I

00:29:50.920 think

00:29:51.100 even

00:29:51.520 many

00:29:51.760 senior

00:29:52.120 people

00:29:52.440 in

00:29:52.560 the

00:29:52.600 administration

00:29:53.120 have

00:29:53.760 probably

00:29:54.200 been

00:29:54.460 only

00:29:54.760 getting

00:29:55.040 him

00:29:55.320 in

00:29:55.500 the

00:29:55.620 way

00:29:55.960 that

00:29:56.600 MSNBC

00:29:57.840 and CNN

00:29:58.440 present

00:29:58.980 him

00:29:59.300 or that

00:29:59.880 he was

00:30:00.100 able

00:30:00.280 to do

00:30:00.620 with

00:30:00.900 various

00:30:01.820 performances

00:30:03.720 like the

00:30:04.160 State of

00:30:04.400 the Union

00:30:04.700 address

00:30:05.100 where he

00:30:05.500 seemed

00:30:05.720 to rise

00:30:06.820 up to

00:30:07.220 the

00:30:07.340 occasion

00:30:07.800 temporarily

00:30:09.040 and so

00:30:09.580 I think

00:30:10.200 a lot

00:30:10.460 of

00:30:10.560 people

00:30:10.840 genuinely

00:30:11.900 were

00:30:12.240 shocked

00:30:12.700 and

00:30:13.260 horrified

00:30:14.560 by what

00:30:14.920 they saw

00:30:15.280 last week

00:30:15.880 which

00:30:16.380 accounts

00:30:16.820 for

00:30:17.360 this

00:30:18.720 hysterical

00:30:20.080 reaction

00:30:20.620 I mean

00:30:21.040 one of

00:30:21.360 the

00:30:21.620 craziest

00:30:22.420 reports

00:30:22.820 I read

00:30:23.100 was that

00:30:23.480 Kamala Harris's

00:30:24.420 husband

00:30:24.900 was at

00:30:25.420 a Hollywood

00:30:26.360 fundraising

00:30:26.980 party

00:30:27.380 for a

00:30:28.500 debate watch

00:30:28.980 party

00:30:29.400 and three

00:30:30.460 minutes in

00:30:31.040 Rob Reiner

00:30:31.840 is shouting

00:30:32.500 and screaming 0.96

00:30:33.060 the Democrats

00:30:33.600 are going to

00:30:33.940 lose

00:30:34.180 and Jane 0.95

00:30:34.660 Fonda

00:30:34.940 was crying

00:30:35.720 I mean

00:30:36.700 this

00:30:36.940 is

00:30:37.240 you know

00:30:38.340 they

00:30:38.660 immediately

00:30:39.620 locked

00:30:40.120 into

00:30:40.580 save

00:30:41.660 the

00:30:41.800 Democratic

00:30:42.180 Party

00:30:42.640 but

00:30:43.420 you know

00:30:43.880 first

00:30:44.360 I think

00:30:45.780 before they

00:30:46.280 can save

00:30:46.720 the Democratic

00:30:47.120 Party

00:30:47.420 they have

00:30:47.800 to show

00:30:48.320 minimal

00:30:49.420 responsibility

00:30:50.300 for taking

00:30:51.860 care of the

00:30:52.300 presidency

00:30:52.800 itself

00:30:53.460 and that

00:30:54.000 means

00:30:54.320 removing

00:30:54.860 Joe

00:30:55.100 Biden

00:30:55.460 or

00:30:56.160 pressuring

00:30:56.560 him to

00:30:56.940 resign

00:30:57.340 immediately

00:30:58.060 until

00:30:59.700 they do

00:30:59.980 that

00:31:00.240 we don't

00:31:00.660 know

00:31:00.820 whether

00:31:00.980 the

00:31:01.140 public

00:31:01.380 is going

00:31:01.680 to be

00:31:01.880 thankful

00:31:02.300 to them

00:31:04.120 and relieved

00:31:05.120 I mean

00:31:05.580 listen

00:31:05.900 there are

00:31:06.240 millions

00:31:06.540 of people

00:31:07.020 who have

00:31:07.940 said

00:31:08.200 millions

00:31:08.600 of

00:31:08.780 Democrats

00:31:09.120 the majority

00:31:09.580 of Democrats

00:31:10.000 said

00:31:10.280 Joe

00:31:10.640 Biden

00:31:10.840 is too

00:31:11.200 old

00:31:11.640 you know

00:31:12.540 and there

00:31:12.820 may be

00:31:13.380 a huge

00:31:14.120 constituency

00:31:14.660 of independent

00:31:15.140 voters

00:31:15.540 who don't

00:31:16.940 want a

00:31:17.660 baby boomer

00:31:18.320 in Donald

00:31:18.780 Trump

00:31:19.160 who don't

00:31:19.840 want a

00:31:20.420 member

00:31:20.660 of the

00:31:21.120 Jurassic

00:31:21.540 era

00:31:22.000 in Joe

00:31:23.500 Biden

00:31:23.880 and

00:31:25.140 you know

00:31:26.000 that they'll

00:31:26.740 be relieved

00:31:27.360 that there's

00:31:28.040 someone as

00:31:28.520 young

00:31:28.880 as Kamala

00:31:30.380 Harris

00:31:30.700 coming onto

00:31:31.260 the scene

00:31:31.680 or

00:31:32.040 Gretchen

00:31:32.460 Whitmer

00:31:32.780 or

00:31:33.200 Gavin

00:31:33.980 Newsom

00:31:34.440 and they

00:31:35.100 may

00:31:35.220 transfer

00:31:35.460 the

00:31:35.620 vote

00:31:35.820 but

00:31:36.220 there

00:31:36.420 are

00:31:36.520 going

00:31:36.540 to be

00:31:36.660 others

00:31:37.060 I think

00:31:37.560 conservatives

00:31:38.180 should

00:31:38.500 continue

00:31:38.860 to press

00:31:39.340 Democrats

00:31:39.940 what did

00:31:40.960 you know

00:31:41.320 when did

00:31:41.940 you know

00:31:42.280 it

00:31:42.480 and not

00:31:42.980 just

00:31:43.160 Democrats

00:31:43.480 but of

00:31:43.860 course

00:31:44.080 their

00:31:44.280 auxiliaries

00:31:45.120 in the

00:31:45.840 media

00:31:46.220 I mean

00:31:46.840 listen

00:31:47.240 we got

00:31:48.180 these

00:31:48.380 thumb

00:31:49.680 sucking 0.73

00:31:49.980 pieces

00:31:50.340 from

00:31:50.640 Jill

00:31:50.860 Abramson

00:31:51.340 saying

00:31:51.640 that

00:31:51.880 the media

00:31:52.420 wasn't

00:31:52.700 able to

00:31:53.120 penetrate

00:31:53.620 the

00:31:54.540 Biden

00:31:54.780 White

00:31:55.060 House

00:31:55.440 are you

00:31:56.160 kidding

00:31:56.360 me

00:31:56.660 the media

00:31:57.640 gave

00:31:58.240 itself

00:31:58.540 Pulitzer

00:31:59.080 prizes

00:31:59.600 for

00:32:02.040 and yet

00:32:02.680 missed

00:32:03.080 this story

00:32:03.840 which was

00:32:04.240 obvious to

00:32:04.880 anyone with

00:32:05.520 eyes

00:32:06.220 like

00:32:07.020 and an

00:32:07.780 internet

00:32:08.000 connection

00:32:08.500 give me

00:32:09.620 a break

00:32:10.240 I mean

00:32:10.840 what did

00:32:11.580 you know

00:32:11.920 and when

00:32:12.280 did you

00:32:12.540 know it

00:32:12.980 and why

00:32:13.820 did you

00:32:14.120 say for

00:32:14.560 months

00:32:14.860 that he

00:32:15.180 was the

00:32:15.500 sharpest

00:32:15.860 he's

00:32:16.040 ever

00:32:16.200 been

00:32:16.540 who

00:32:17.800 knew

00:32:18.120 here's

00:32:18.640 um

00:32:18.960 there's

00:32:19.800 there's

00:32:20.100 more breaking

00:32:20.580 news

00:32:20.800 coming in

00:32:21.240 and it

00:32:21.440 ties

00:32:21.660 together

00:32:22.000 with what

00:32:22.520 I'm

00:32:22.680 about

00:32:22.900 to

00:32:23.160 present

00:32:23.760 to

00:32:23.960 you

00:32:24.080 all

00:32:24.280 right

00:32:24.360 so

00:32:24.480 stand

00:32:24.720 by

00:32:24.960 I

00:32:25.940 talked

00:32:26.180 about

00:32:26.380 the

00:32:26.520 dam

00:32:26.720 breaking

00:32:27.080 on

00:32:27.320 the

00:32:27.440 on

00:32:27.660 the

00:32:28.600 congressional

00:32:29.060 leaders

00:32:29.460 starting

00:32:30.240 to call

00:32:30.540 for him

00:32:30.800 to step

00:32:31.100 down

00:32:31.460 or to

00:32:32.240 stop

00:32:32.860 his

00:32:33.040 campaign

00:32:33.500 more

00:32:33.840 accurately

00:32:34.260 representative

00:32:35.660 Lloyd

00:32:35.980 Doggett

00:32:36.980 is a

00:32:37.620 Republican

00:32:38.000 from

00:32:38.280 Texas

00:32:38.660 he's

00:32:39.000 77

00:32:39.380 years

00:32:39.740 years

00:32:40.320 old

00:32:40.520 he was

00:32:40.880 the

00:32:41.020 first

00:32:41.240 yesterday

00:32:41.700 I

00:32:42.340 represent

00:32:42.720 the heart

00:32:43.060 of a

00:32:43.240 congressional

00:32:43.580 district

00:32:43.960 once

00:32:44.240 represented

00:32:44.680 by

00:32:44.880 Lyndon

00:32:45.240 Johnson

00:32:45.600 under

00:32:46.000 very

00:32:46.240 different

00:32:46.500 circumstances

00:32:47.060 he

00:32:47.320 made

00:32:47.540 the

00:32:47.680 painful

00:32:47.960 decision

00:32:48.380 to

00:32:48.560 withdraw

00:32:49.000 President

00:32:49.840 Biden

00:32:50.260 should

00:32:50.840 do

00:32:50.980 the

00:32:51.160 same

00:32:51.480 he

00:32:52.100 says

00:32:52.260 my

00:32:52.420 decision

00:32:52.800 to

00:32:53.320 make

00:32:53.500 these

00:32:53.660 strong

00:32:53.960 reservations

00:32:54.420 public

00:32:54.820 is

00:32:55.000 not

00:32:55.180 done

00:32:55.420 lightly

00:32:59.060 and then

00:33:00.140 he goes

00:33:00.320 on to

00:33:00.600 say

00:33:00.720 but

00:33:00.880 I

00:33:01.060 am

00:33:01.260 hopeful

00:33:01.960 that

00:33:02.740 Joe

00:33:02.900 Biden

00:33:03.140 will

00:33:03.300 make

00:33:03.480 the

00:33:03.640 painful

00:33:03.980 and

00:33:04.280 difficult

00:33:04.700 decision

00:33:05.260 to

00:33:05.980 withdraw

00:33:06.500 then

00:33:07.260 there's

00:33:07.560 Jared

00:33:07.920 Golden

00:33:08.340 who

00:33:09.100 represents

00:33:09.620 Maine's

00:33:10.240 second

00:33:10.580 congressional

00:33:11.020 district

00:33:11.420 a

00:33:11.680 Democrat

00:33:12.020 this

00:33:12.740 is a

00:33:12.960 veteran

00:33:13.220 who

00:33:13.420 was

00:33:13.520 deployed

00:33:13.780 in

00:33:13.920 Iraq

00:33:14.160 and

00:33:14.260 Afghanistan

00:33:14.680 as a

00:33:15.160 U.S.

00:33:15.480 Marine

00:33:15.780 he

00:33:16.440 began

00:33:16.660 serving

00:33:16.920 in the

00:33:17.160 house

00:33:17.360 in

00:33:17.540 January

00:33:17.860 of

00:33:18.060 2019

00:33:18.600 he

00:33:19.760 came

00:33:20.060 out

00:33:20.320 wrote

00:33:20.640 an

00:33:20.860 op-ed

00:33:21.320 in

00:33:21.460 the

00:33:21.580 banger

00:33:21.800 daily

00:33:22.220 news

00:33:22.640 saying

00:33:23.020 Donald

00:33:23.340 Trump

00:33:23.600 is

00:33:23.720 going

00:33:23.840 to

00:33:23.940 win

00:33:24.100 the

00:33:24.260 election

00:33:24.580 and

00:33:25.360 democracy

00:33:25.740 will

00:33:26.060 be

00:33:26.320 just

00:33:26.760 fine

00:33:27.120 but

00:33:27.680 not

00:33:27.920 pulling

00:33:28.180 any

00:33:28.440 punches

00:33:28.740 on

00:33:29.580 this

00:33:29.780 question

00:33:30.120 of

00:33:30.380 whether

00:33:30.880 Biden

00:33:31.780 can

00:33:32.520 win

00:33:32.760 then

00:33:34.520 I

00:33:35.400 mentioned

00:33:35.720 Senator

00:33:36.080 Whitehouse

00:33:36.500 of Rhode

00:33:36.820 Island

00:33:37.040 saying

00:33:37.340 he

00:33:37.480 was

00:33:37.620 horrified

00:33:38.100 and

00:33:38.860 that

00:33:39.080 we

00:33:39.240 need

00:33:39.400 to

00:33:39.520 be

00:33:39.960 assured

00:33:40.220 the

00:33:40.400 president

00:33:40.700 and

00:33:40.860 his

00:33:41.000 team

00:33:41.200 are

00:33:41.300 being

00:33:41.500 candid

00:33:41.860 with

00:33:42.060 us

00:33:42.260 about

00:33:42.520 his

00:33:42.780 condition

00:33:43.520 Senator

00:33:44.480 Peter

00:33:44.740 Welsh 0.92

00:33:45.020 of

00:33:45.140 Vermont

00:33:45.500 told

00:33:45.800 Semaphore

00:33:46.320 I

00:33:46.540 really

00:33:46.760 do

00:33:46.920 criticize

00:33:47.240 the

00:33:47.460 campaign

00:33:47.840 for

00:33:48.060 a

00:33:48.220 dismissive

00:33:48.840 attitude

00:33:53.720 that

00:33:54.140 is

00:33:54.520 just

00:33:54.700 facing

00:33:55.060 the

00:33:55.540 reality

00:33:55.940 we're

00:33:56.200 in

00:33:56.540 representative

00:33:57.760 Mike

00:33:58.020 Quigley

00:33:58.320 of

00:33:58.460 Illinois

00:33:58.760 told

00:33:59.100 CNN

00:33:59.420 it's

00:33:59.700 his

00:33:59.840 decision

00:34:00.280 but

00:34:00.880 I

00:34:00.980 want

00:34:01.100 him

00:34:01.220 to

00:34:01.320 appreciate

00:34:01.760 at

00:34:01.940 this

00:34:02.080 time

00:34:02.400 just

00:34:02.800 how

00:34:02.960 much

00:34:03.140 it

00:34:03.260 impacts

00:34:03.600 not

00:34:03.820 just

00:34:04.000 his

00:34:04.200 race

00:34:04.500 but

00:34:04.980 all

00:34:05.160 of

00:34:05.280 the

00:34:05.380 other

00:34:05.580 races

00:34:05.940 coming

00:34:06.500 in

00:34:06.860 November

00:34:07.220 it

00:34:07.960 wasn't

00:34:08.440 just

00:34:08.820 a

00:34:09.000 horrible

00:34:09.300 night

00:34:09.720 but

00:34:10.280 I

00:34:10.400 won't

00:34:10.580 go

00:34:10.760 beyond

00:34:11.080 that

00:34:11.460 out

00:34:12.100 of

00:34:12.320 respect

00:34:12.860 for

00:34:13.140 him

00:34:13.400 I

00:34:13.960 played

00:34:14.240 you

00:34:14.380 representative

00:34:14.860 Jamie

00:34:15.220 Raskin

00:34:15.740 of

00:34:16.180 Maryland

00:34:17.040 an

00:34:17.700 unnamed

00:34:18.260 house

00:34:18.580 dem

00:34:18.880 to

00:34:19.340 Axios

00:34:20.000 says

00:34:21.440 to

00:34:21.660 them

00:34:21.840 quote

00:34:22.080 indignantly

00:34:22.740 consider

00:34:23.680 me

00:34:23.960 a

00:34:24.140 bedwetter

00:34:24.580 because

00:34:25.100 that

00:34:25.400 is

00:34:25.560 what

00:34:25.760 the

00:34:25.960 chief

00:34:26.240 financial

00:34:26.680 I

00:34:26.900 think

00:34:27.020 it

00:34:27.140 is

00:34:27.420 chief

00:34:27.720 digital

00:34:28.280 officer

00:34:28.580 for

00:34:28.740 the

00:34:28.840 Biden

00:34:29.040 campaign

00:34:29.440 called

00:34:29.740 Democrats

00:34:30.620 expressing

00:34:31.520 concern

00:34:32.060 consider

00:34:32.780 me

00:34:33.040 a

00:34:33.180 bedwetter

00:34:33.560 this

00:34:34.180 is

00:34:34.320 not

00:34:34.660 getting

00:34:35.380 better

00:34:35.700 another

00:34:36.980 house

00:34:37.300 Democrat

00:34:37.640 says

00:34:38.300 this

00:34:38.780 is

00:34:38.960 real

00:34:39.320 to

00:34:39.860 ignore

00:34:40.120 what

00:34:40.300 the

00:34:40.400 public

00:34:40.660 obviously

00:34:41.120 feels

00:34:41.460 is

00:34:41.640 ridiculous

00:34:42.160 what's

00:34:43.200 hard

00:34:43.540 to

00:34:43.980 burn

00:34:44.260 away

00:34:44.620 is

00:34:44.880 the

00:34:45.040 president

00:34:45.360 being

00:34:45.660 walked

00:34:47.700 down

00:34:48.280 the

00:34:48.500 stairs

00:34:48.840 after

00:34:49.340 that

00:34:49.680 debate

00:34:50.220 and

00:34:51.240 now

00:34:51.560 we

00:34:51.800 get

00:34:52.140 this

00:34:52.620 actually

00:34:54.560 I

00:34:54.680 should

00:34:54.800 play

00:34:54.940 one

00:34:55.160 more

00:34:55.420 Democratic

00:34:56.180 Representative

00:34:56.840 Marie

00:34:57.780 Glucenkamp

00:34:59.040 Perez

00:34:59.420 she's

00:34:59.780 from

00:34:59.920 the

00:35:00.060 state

00:35:00.200 of

00:35:00.360 Washington

00:35:00.780 said

00:35:01.820 this

00:35:02.480 to

00:35:02.860 KATU

00:35:03.540 News

00:35:04.000 and

00:35:04.400 ABC

00:35:04.680 affiliate

00:35:05.100 yesterday

00:35:05.800 about

00:35:06.420 50 million

00:35:08.380 Americans

00:35:09.200 tuned in

00:35:09.760 and watched

00:35:10.160 that

00:35:10.360 debate

00:35:10.700 I was

00:35:11.680 one of

00:35:11.940 them

00:35:12.060 for

00:35:12.240 about

00:35:12.480 five

00:35:12.840 very

00:35:13.100 painful

00:35:13.460 minutes

00:35:13.940 and

00:35:15.180 we all

00:35:16.000 saw

00:35:16.220 what

00:35:16.400 we

00:35:16.560 saw

00:35:16.900 you

00:35:17.640 can't

00:35:18.140 undo 0.91

00:35:18.420 that

00:35:18.840 and

00:35:20.080 you

00:35:21.360 know

00:35:21.540 the

00:35:21.880 truth

00:35:24.120 I think

00:35:24.540 is that

00:35:24.980 Biden

00:35:25.820 is going

00:35:26.160 to lose

00:35:26.420 to

00:35:26.560 Trump

00:35:26.820 I

00:35:27.940 know

00:35:28.100 that's

00:35:28.360 difficult

00:35:28.660 but I

00:35:29.060 think

00:35:29.200 the damage

00:35:29.600 has been

00:35:29.900 done

00:35:30.080 by that

00:35:30.400 debate

00:35:30.760 should

00:35:31.760 he

00:35:31.920 step

00:35:32.180 down

00:35:32.460 then

00:35:32.620 now

00:35:32.840 do

00:35:33.000 you

00:35:33.100 believe

00:35:33.480 or

00:35:33.660 stay

00:35:33.880 in

00:35:34.040 that

00:35:34.200 race

00:35:34.500 well

00:35:35.080 a

00:35:36.900 core

00:35:37.200 tenet

00:35:37.580 of

00:35:37.760 democracy

00:35:38.220 is

00:35:38.460 that

00:35:38.600 you

00:35:38.740 accept

00:35:39.200 the

00:35:39.740 results

00:35:40.180 of

00:35:40.680 an

00:35:40.780 election

00:35:41.060 and

00:35:42.740 the

00:35:44.160 reality

00:35:44.460 is

00:35:44.880 primary

00:35:46.520 voting

00:35:46.880 has

00:35:47.320 already

00:35:48.560 happened

00:35:48.960 to a

00:35:49.300 degree

00:35:49.580 that

00:35:49.900 Biden

00:35:51.260 is the

00:35:52.200 nominee

00:35:52.540 and you

00:35:54.620 can hear

00:35:55.020 her regret

00:35:55.520 over that

00:35:55.940 and here's

00:35:56.320 the latest

00:35:56.680 Charles

00:35:57.100 New York

00:35:57.800 Times

00:35:58.120 Democratic

00:35:58.520 leaders

00:35:58.900 in the

00:35:59.160 House

00:35:59.420 and the

00:35:59.880 Senate

00:36:00.120 this is

00:36:00.740 leadership

00:36:01.200 refrained

00:36:02.660 on Wednesday

00:36:03.500 from urging

00:36:04.660 their members

00:36:05.220 to rally

00:36:05.840 around

00:36:06.580 Mr.

00:36:06.940 Biden

00:36:07.200 the private

00:36:08.360 message from

00:36:08.960 congressional

00:36:09.400 leaders

00:36:09.760 was that

00:36:10.220 members

00:36:10.600 should feel

00:36:11.160 free to

00:36:11.660 take whatever

00:36:12.200 position about

00:36:13.040 Mr.

00:36:13.460 Biden's

00:36:13.800 candidacy

00:36:14.300 was best

00:36:15.320 for their

00:36:16.180 districts

00:36:16.780 based on

00:36:17.400 anonymous

00:36:17.720 sources

00:36:18.140 more

00:36:18.560 several

00:36:19.480 Democrats

00:36:19.940 from swing

00:36:20.460 districts

00:36:20.900 were awaiting

00:36:21.440 the results

00:36:21.880 of polls

00:36:22.260 in their

00:36:22.500 districts

00:36:22.880 to decide

00:36:23.780 whether

00:36:24.080 they would

00:36:24.460 join the

00:36:24.880 calls

00:36:25.260 for Mr.

00:36:26.160 Biden

00:36:26.420 to step

00:36:26.960 aside

00:36:27.420 now telling

00:36:28.180 them

00:36:28.580 that

00:36:29.580 they can

00:36:30.580 make up

00:36:30.900 their own

00:36:31.320 minds

00:36:31.760 on whether

00:36:32.840 to rally

00:36:33.380 around

00:36:33.840 the president

00:36:34.540 is a

00:36:35.120 green light

00:36:35.740 for them

00:36:36.760 not to

00:36:37.320 and we'll

00:36:38.500 get to the

00:36:38.980 polls in a

00:36:39.480 minute but

00:36:39.940 if what

00:36:40.220 we've seen

00:36:40.760 leaked

00:36:41.420 from this

00:36:42.640 internal

00:36:43.040 Democratic

00:36:43.480 polling

00:36:43.800 firm

00:36:44.120 is any

00:36:44.640 indication

00:36:45.060 of what

00:36:45.560 is happening

00:36:46.580 in their

00:36:46.920 districts

00:36:47.380 it's going

00:36:48.680 to be a

00:36:49.000 bloodbath

00:36:49.500 these

00:36:50.120 Democratic

00:36:50.880 members are

00:36:51.420 likely to

00:36:51.860 run to

00:36:52.280 the microphones

00:36:52.860 to say

00:36:53.440 we need

00:36:54.280 someone new

00:36:54.860 well yes

00:36:55.980 and no

00:36:56.440 I

00:36:56.920 at the

00:36:58.520 moment at

00:36:59.020 least have

00:36:59.460 a slightly

00:36:59.840 different

00:37:00.300 view of

00:37:00.940 what's

00:37:01.300 happened

00:37:01.560 which is

00:37:01.940 that we

00:37:02.180 just haven't

00:37:02.820 got to

00:37:03.280 the point

00:37:03.780 at which

00:37:04.400 anyone

00:37:05.280 has put

00:37:06.580 enough

00:37:06.920 pressure

00:37:07.400 on

00:37:08.120 Biden

00:37:08.920 to make

00:37:10.140 a dent

00:37:10.540 now that

00:37:10.860 doesn't mean

00:37:11.180 we won't

00:37:11.500 get there

00:37:11.920 and of

00:37:12.180 course

00:37:12.400 you have

00:37:13.740 to get

00:37:14.300 there

00:37:14.560 and fits

00:37:15.000 and starts

00:37:15.620 and these

00:37:16.840 are some

00:37:17.260 of the

00:37:17.520 fits

00:37:17.800 and some

00:37:18.180 of the

00:37:18.700 starts

00:37:19.120 but the

00:37:19.520 people that

00:37:20.060 you mentioned

00:37:20.640 with the

00:37:20.900 exception of

00:37:21.400 Sheldon Whitehouse

00:37:22.360 who really did

00:37:23.180 surprise me

00:37:24.040 that awful

00:37:25.300 hack

00:37:25.740 saying what

00:37:27.080 he said

00:37:27.480 was shocking

00:37:28.120 but the

00:37:29.580 the others

00:37:30.240 won't pay

00:37:31.720 a particular

00:37:32.500 price

00:37:33.000 for saying

00:37:33.420 what they

00:37:33.720 said

00:37:34.000 I mean

00:37:34.260 Jared

00:37:34.600 Golden

00:37:35.040 is not

00:37:36.940 going to

00:37:37.800 lose

00:37:38.600 support

00:37:39.380 I think

00:37:39.860 where he

00:37:40.840 is running

00:37:41.540 for what

00:37:42.860 he wrote

00:37:43.860 he might

00:37:44.620 gain some

00:37:45.420 support

00:37:45.960 it makes

00:37:46.360 him look

00:37:47.540 like a

00:37:47.860 crossover

00:37:48.180 candidate

00:37:48.620 makes him

00:37:49.080 look

00:37:49.300 bipartisan

00:37:49.940 the lady 0.95

00:37:52.180 from

00:37:52.480 Washington

00:37:53.080 State

00:37:53.660 I think

00:37:54.460 is not

00:37:54.880 in a

00:37:55.120 particularly

00:37:55.540 safe

00:37:56.060 seat

00:37:56.460 the

00:37:57.400 gentleman

00:37:57.780 from

00:37:58.100 Texas

00:37:58.500 is not

00:37:59.380 in the

00:37:59.900 safest

00:38:00.220 seat

00:38:00.760 some

00:38:01.780 people

00:38:02.100 have

00:38:02.260 said

00:38:02.400 wow

00:38:02.740 isn't

00:38:03.000 it

00:38:03.140 amazing

00:38:03.520 that

00:38:03.760 they've

00:38:04.000 said

00:38:04.220 this

00:38:04.560 given

00:38:04.860 that

00:38:05.160 they

00:38:05.380 are

00:38:05.740 under

00:38:06.600 threat

00:38:07.080 because

00:38:07.900 their

00:38:08.520 constituencies

00:38:10.100 are

00:38:11.000 winnable

00:38:11.780 for either

00:38:12.540 party

00:38:12.960 I just

00:38:13.420 think

00:38:13.520 the opposite

00:38:13.880 I think

00:38:15.000 when you're

00:38:15.400 in that

00:38:15.760 situation

00:38:16.480 you often

00:38:17.920 prevail

00:38:18.660 with a

00:38:19.420 poor

00:38:19.880 candidate

00:38:20.680 at the

00:38:21.000 top of

00:38:21.260 the ticket

00:38:21.600 by

00:38:21.940 triangulating

00:38:22.800 so I

00:38:23.940 think

00:38:24.160 at the

00:38:24.480 moment

00:38:24.800 we just

00:38:25.180 haven't

00:38:25.580 seen

00:38:25.980 what

00:38:26.740 we're

00:38:27.000 going

00:38:27.180 to

00:38:27.340 have

00:38:27.560 to

00:38:27.740 see

00:38:28.040 and

00:38:28.720 I

00:38:28.860 think

00:38:29.060 the

00:38:29.320 Democratic

00:38:29.760 Party

00:38:30.200 is

00:38:30.380 saying

00:38:30.580 say

00:38:30.840 what

00:38:31.060 you

00:38:31.220 want

00:38:31.480 tailor

00:38:31.820 it

00:38:32.060 to

00:38:32.180 your

00:38:32.500 constituency

00:38:33.300 is

00:38:33.880 still

00:38:34.140 part

00:38:34.560 of

00:38:34.720 that

00:38:34.900 when

00:38:35.540 you

00:38:35.760 see

00:38:36.060 somebody

00:38:36.540 come

00:38:36.960 out

00:38:37.400 who

00:38:38.140 does

00:38:38.440 not

00:38:38.860 benefit

00:38:39.360 from

00:38:40.620 taking

00:38:41.600 that

00:38:41.940 line

00:38:42.360 and

00:38:42.920 say

00:38:43.260 look

00:38:43.640 he's

00:38:44.060 got

00:38:44.280 to

00:38:44.480 go

00:38:44.720 at

00:38:45.080 that

00:38:45.420 point

00:38:45.800 the

00:38:46.160 pressure

00:38:46.460 is

00:38:46.760 going

00:38:46.980 to

00:38:47.140 be

00:38:47.360 extraordinary

00:38:47.940 but

00:38:48.660 it

00:38:48.760 just

00:38:48.940 hasn't

00:38:49.280 happened

00:38:49.660 yet

00:38:50.000 and

00:38:50.280 I

00:38:50.440 think

00:38:50.620 the

00:38:50.800 jury

00:38:51.060 is

00:38:51.260 still

00:38:51.500 out

00:38:51.780 on

00:38:52.180 whether

00:38:52.880 it

00:38:53.100 will

00:38:53.300 if

00:38:53.720 it

00:38:53.880 does

00:38:54.320 it's

00:38:54.600 going

00:38:54.740 to

00:38:54.880 happen

00:38:55.120 extremely

00:38:55.660 quickly

00:38:56.160 there

00:38:57.300 is

00:38:57.500 an

00:38:57.880 observation

00:38:58.660 made

00:38:59.020 by

00:38:59.220 Yuval

00:38:59.640 Levin

00:39:00.080 who

00:39:01.120 is

00:39:01.300 at

00:39:01.500 AI

00:39:01.880 and

00:39:02.260 often

00:39:02.540 writes

00:39:02.820 for

00:39:02.960 National

00:39:03.280 Review

00:39:03.640 who

00:39:04.240 says

00:39:04.460 that

00:39:04.600 if

00:39:04.680 you

00:39:04.780 look

00:39:04.960 at

00:39:05.060 the

00:39:05.140 way

00:39:05.260 legislation

00:39:06.160 looks

00:39:07.480 when

00:39:07.840 its

00:39:08.280 fate

00:39:08.620 is

00:39:08.840 uncertain

00:39:09.440 failure

00:39:10.480 and

00:39:10.840 success

00:39:11.320 look

00:39:11.600 exactly

00:39:12.080 the

00:39:12.320 same

00:39:12.640 build

00:39:13.640 back

00:39:13.960 better

00:39:14.500 looked

00:39:15.340 exactly

00:39:15.940 the

00:39:16.200 same

00:39:16.520 when

00:39:16.780 it

00:39:16.880 was

00:39:17.140 going

00:39:17.620 to

00:39:17.820 pass

00:39:18.180 when

00:39:20.620 there

00:39:20.740 looked

00:39:21.080 exactly

00:39:21.600 the

00:39:21.860 same

00:39:22.220 at

00:39:22.940 all

00:39:23.160 stages

00:39:23.660 you

00:39:24.100 just

00:39:24.300 don't

00:39:24.760 know

00:39:25.100 failure

00:39:25.680 and

00:39:25.880 success

00:39:26.220 they

00:39:26.460 look

00:39:26.680 the

00:39:26.840 same

00:39:27.060 while

00:39:27.260 they're

00:39:27.460 happening

00:39:27.780 and

00:39:27.940 that's

00:39:28.180 the

00:39:28.300 same

00:39:28.520 here

00:39:28.820 I

00:39:29.000 think

00:39:29.240 is

00:39:29.500 Biden

00:39:30.440 dropping

00:39:30.920 out

00:39:31.280 and

00:39:31.460 Biden

00:39:31.760 staying

00:39:32.160 in

00:39:32.340 are

00:39:32.440 going

00:39:32.600 to

00:39:32.780 look

00:39:33.000 the

00:39:33.200 same

00:39:33.540 and

00:39:34.060 it's

00:39:34.940 very

00:39:35.140 difficult

00:39:35.500 to tell

00:39:36.080 I don't

00:39:37.080 agree

00:39:37.540 in this

00:39:37.860 particular

00:39:38.140 case

00:39:38.520 I

00:39:38.720 take

00:39:39.300 the

00:39:39.480 point

00:39:39.720 entirely

00:39:40.260 but

00:39:41.220 even

00:39:43.000 if

00:39:43.580 he

00:39:45.460 refuses

00:39:46.020 to

00:39:46.280 go

00:39:46.540 he's

00:39:47.080 being

00:39:47.420 mortally

00:39:48.040 wounded

00:39:48.520 by

00:39:49.420 the

00:39:50.900 New

00:39:51.300 York

00:39:51.460 Times

00:39:51.900 by

00:39:52.220 morning

00:39:52.620 Joe

00:39:53.020 by

00:39:53.580 the

00:39:53.740 Washington

00:39:54.100 Post

00:39:54.520 by

00:39:54.960 Maureen

00:39:55.840 Dowd

00:39:56.260 I

00:39:56.580 mean

00:39:56.720 by

00:39:57.440 the

00:39:57.640 day

00:39:57.960 they're

00:39:58.760 they're

00:39:59.540 dinging

00:39:59.960 him up

00:40:00.440 so badly

00:40:01.220 in the

00:40:01.620 press

00:40:02.060 that it's

00:40:03.040 not

00:40:03.380 recoverable

00:40:04.100 somebody

00:40:04.940 who was

00:40:05.280 already

00:40:05.620 not that

00:40:06.100 strong

00:40:06.440 going

00:40:06.860 into

00:40:07.280 the

00:40:07.480 debate

00:40:07.820 and

00:40:08.520 so

00:40:08.840 I

00:40:09.120 just

00:40:09.340 and

00:40:10.020 not

00:40:10.240 only

00:40:10.400 that

00:40:10.800 if

00:40:11.180 what

00:40:11.400 we

00:40:11.560 heard

00:40:11.840 in

00:40:11.960 that

00:40:12.180 assessment

00:40:13.220 was

00:40:13.520 correct

00:40:13.980 that

00:40:14.460 what

00:40:14.640 he's

00:40:14.780 going

00:40:14.940 to

00:40:15.080 look

00:40:15.640 at

00:40:15.840 are

00:40:16.020 the

00:40:16.200 polls

00:40:16.720 the

00:40:17.960 money

00:40:18.380 and

00:40:19.500 how

00:40:19.700 he

00:40:19.840 does

00:40:20.040 in

00:40:20.160 his

00:40:20.300 upcoming

00:40:20.620 interviews

00:40:21.480 and

00:40:21.640 I

00:40:21.740 totally

00:40:22.100 disagree

00:40:22.500 with

00:40:22.760 point

00:40:23.000 three

00:40:23.340 he's

00:40:24.240 sitting

00:40:24.420 with

00:40:24.580 Stephanopoulos

00:40:25.220 for an

00:40:25.620 interview

00:40:25.820 that's

00:40:26.040 going to

00:40:26.200 come

00:40:26.340 out

00:40:26.620 a bit

00:40:27.380 on

00:40:27.680 Friday

00:40:27.960 night's

00:40:28.380 ABC

00:40:28.660 newscast

00:40:29.280 and

00:40:29.440 then

00:40:29.620 more

00:40:29.980 over

00:40:30.560 the

00:40:30.680 weekend

00:40:30.940 with

00:40:31.120 Stephanopoulos

00:40:31.720 and

00:40:31.860 then

00:40:32.020 ultimately

00:40:32.460 some

00:40:32.720 more

00:40:32.880 on

00:40:33.040 Monday

00:40:33.320 with

00:40:33.540 Good

00:40:33.700 Morning

00:40:33.880 America

00:40:34.300 it

00:40:35.160 doesn't

00:40:35.400 it's

00:40:35.660 irrelevant

00:40:36.040 no one

00:40:36.620 cares

00:40:36.880 everybody

00:40:37.280 understands

00:40:37.740 he could

00:40:38.020 probably

00:40:38.260 sit

00:40:38.540 with

00:40:38.720 a

00:40:38.840 very

00:40:39.120 friendly

00:40:39.420 interview

00:40:39.840 who's

00:40:40.100 a

00:40:48.380 this

00:40:49.100 isn't

00:40:49.400 going

00:40:49.600 to

00:40:49.820 work

00:40:50.160 that's

00:40:50.620 not

00:40:50.840 going

00:40:51.040 to

00:40:51.180 do

00:40:51.340 it

00:40:51.520 we

00:40:52.060 need

00:40:52.240 a

00:40:52.360 cognitive

00:40:52.720 test

00:40:53.060 released

00:40:53.520 we

00:40:53.900 need

00:40:54.020 a

00:40:54.160 doctor

00:40:54.460 made

00:40:54.680 available

00:40:55.000 to

00:40:55.180 the

00:40:55.300 press

00:40:55.580 we

00:40:55.800 need

00:40:55.980 Joe

00:40:56.200 Biden

00:40:56.500 at

00:40:57.220 that

00:40:57.460 White

00:40:58.260 House

00:40:58.440 briefing

00:40:58.760 room

00:40:59.100 on his

00:41:00.100 feet

00:41:00.340 taking

00:41:00.700 questions

00:41:01.200 every

00:41:01.580 day

00:41:01.880 from

00:41:02.540 a

00:41:02.720 vicious

00:41:02.980 press

00:41:03.280 corps

00:41:03.520 that's

00:41:04.060 now

00:41:04.200 motivated

00:41:04.620 to

00:41:04.840 press

00:41:05.120 him

00:41:05.360 and

00:41:05.900 to

00:41:06.020 see

00:41:06.200 him

00:41:06.460 sore

00:41:06.940 and

00:41:07.080 even

00:41:07.220 that

00:41:07.540 I've

00:41:08.160 got

00:41:08.260 my

00:41:08.400 doubts

00:41:08.620 about

00:41:08.820 yes

00:41:09.940 but

00:41:10.320 that

00:41:10.620 press

00:41:10.960 corps

00:41:11.240 is

00:41:11.420 also

00:41:11.720 motivated

00:41:12.420 to

00:41:12.720 turn

00:41:13.020 on

00:41:13.160 a

00:41:13.320 dime

00:41:13.680 if

00:41:14.180 it

00:41:14.460 has

00:41:14.700 to

00:41:14.860 you

00:41:14.920 know

00:41:15.020 I

00:41:15.220 think

00:41:15.460 your

00:41:15.880 point

00:41:16.100 is

00:41:16.240 absolutely

00:41:16.640 fair

00:41:17.060 you

00:41:17.380 know

00:41:17.480 one

00:41:17.720 of

00:41:17.840 the

00:41:18.140 things

00:41:19.160 that

00:41:19.400 progressives

00:41:20.020 are

00:41:20.180 now

00:41:20.340 experiencing

00:41:20.860 is

00:41:21.680 the

00:41:21.880 odd

00:41:22.180 feeling

00:41:22.700 of

00:41:23.220 not

00:41:23.520 being

00:41:23.780 able

00:41:24.000 to

00:41:24.200 win

00:41:24.440 both

00:41:24.760 ways

00:41:25.140 if

00:41:25.740 you

00:41:25.840 look

00:41:26.020 at

00:41:26.120 the

00:41:26.220 way

00:41:26.380 that

00:41:26.540 they've

00:41:26.780 treated

00:41:27.020 say

00:41:27.300 Clarence

00:41:27.700 Thomas

00:41:27.980 and

00:41:28.380 Samuel

00:41:29.320 Alito

00:41:29.680 they

00:41:31.100 lie

00:41:31.800 and lie

00:41:32.120 and lie

00:41:32.440 they create

00:41:32.920 all of

00:41:33.200 these

00:41:33.360 absurd

00:41:33.760 conspiracy

00:41:34.320 theories

00:41:34.800 and

00:41:35.020 fake

00:41:35.260 stories

00:41:41.420 I'm

00:41:41.640 not

00:41:41.780 going

00:41:41.960 to

00:41:42.120 recuse

00:41:42.420 thank

00:41:42.600 you

00:41:42.680 very

00:41:42.820 much

00:41:43.080 but

00:41:43.500 the

00:41:43.620 thing

00:41:43.800 is

00:41:43.940 even

00:41:44.220 though

00:41:44.380 they

00:41:44.500 didn't

00:41:44.700 get

00:41:44.880 them

00:41:45.040 to

00:41:45.200 recuse

00:41:45.640 themselves

00:41:46.120 they

00:41:46.960 still

00:41:47.240 win

00:41:47.560 because

00:41:47.860 they

00:41:48.060 smear

00:41:48.480 them

00:41:48.760 and

00:41:49.360 so

00:41:49.620 in

00:41:49.820 the

00:41:49.980 process

00:41:50.400 of

00:41:50.600 trying

00:41:50.760 to

00:41:50.900 get

00:41:51.020 what

00:41:51.180 they

00:41:51.320 wanted

00:41:51.740 they've

00:41:52.360 done

00:41:52.560 damage

00:41:53.000 to

00:41:53.160 people

00:41:53.420 that

00:41:53.600 they

00:41:53.720 dislike

00:41:54.000 that

00:41:54.360 of

00:41:54.520 course

00:41:54.640 doesn't

00:41:55.000 work

00:41:55.320 here

00:41:55.560 if

00:41:56.040 they

00:41:56.240 try

00:41:56.540 and

00:41:56.660 get

00:41:56.800 Biden

00:41:57.100 to

00:41:57.300 go

00:41:57.480 as

00:41:57.660 you

00:41:57.800 observe

00:41:58.220 then

00:41:58.860 in

00:41:59.000 the

00:41:59.120 process

00:41:59.440 of

00:41:59.640 doing

00:41:59.820 so

00:42:00.000 they

00:42:00.180 do

00:42:00.340 damage

00:42:00.680 him

00:42:00.840 but

00:42:01.440 the

00:42:02.520 press

00:42:02.840 core

00:42:03.080 and

00:42:03.200 the

00:42:03.300 democratic

00:42:03.740 party

00:42:04.160 and

00:42:04.320 we've

00:42:04.480 just

00:42:04.660 seen

00:42:04.940 this

00:42:05.160 because

00:42:05.400 they've

00:42:05.580 been

00:42:05.780 trying

00:42:06.560 to

00:42:06.800 recreate

00:42:07.400 reality

00:42:07.960 for a

00:42:08.480 year

00:42:08.660 to

00:42:08.840 some

00:42:09.000 extent

00:42:09.240 successfully

00:42:09.760 the

00:42:10.900 democratic

00:42:11.920 party

00:42:12.320 and the

00:42:12.560 press

00:42:12.740 court

00:42:12.940 really

00:42:13.400 do

00:42:13.680 believe

00:42:14.000 in

00:42:14.160 their

00:42:14.340 capacity

00:42:14.740 to

00:42:15.000 completely

00:42:15.560 control

00:42:16.280 how

00:42:17.120 people

00:42:17.500 see

00:42:17.980 politics

00:42:18.700 they

00:42:19.620 are

00:42:19.960 shocked

00:42:20.700 that it

00:42:21.220 didn't

00:42:21.440 work

00:42:21.800 they're

00:42:22.600 pretending

00:42:22.940 of course

00:42:23.300 that they're

00:42:23.580 shocked

00:42:23.800 by what

00:42:24.100 they saw

00:42:24.420 on the

00:42:24.660 stage

00:42:24.860 what

00:42:25.040 they're

00:42:25.180 actually

00:42:25.420 shocked

00:42:25.780 by

00:42:26.080 is

00:42:26.420 that

00:42:26.580 they

00:42:26.740 got

00:42:27.040 found

00:42:27.400 out

00:42:27.700 I

00:42:28.300 don't

00:42:28.640 know

00:42:28.940 Megan

00:42:29.220 if

00:42:29.500 they

00:42:29.720 are

00:42:29.960 aware

00:42:30.380 yet

00:42:30.860 that

00:42:31.120 you

00:42:31.320 are

00:42:31.480 right

00:42:31.800 I

00:42:32.400 think

00:42:32.700 there

00:42:33.000 are

00:42:33.280 people

00:42:33.540 in

00:42:33.740 the

00:42:33.840 white

00:42:34.040 house

00:42:34.280 and

00:42:34.460 people

00:42:34.720 in

00:42:34.860 the

00:42:34.960 democratic

00:42:35.400 party

00:42:35.820 and

00:42:36.040 people

00:42:36.320 in

00:42:36.480 the

00:42:36.600 press

00:42:36.900 who

00:42:37.280 think

00:42:37.720 that

00:42:38.180 if

00:42:38.420 this

00:42:38.660 doesn't

00:42:39.040 work

00:42:39.380 they

00:42:39.840 will

00:42:40.040 be

00:42:40.220 able

00:42:40.460 to

00:42:40.640 just

00:42:40.840 focus

00:42:41.320 on

00:42:41.560 Trump

00:42:41.880 and

00:42:42.560 turn

00:42:42.880 on

00:42:43.020 a

00:42:43.140 dime

00:42:43.400 and

00:42:44.020 put

00:42:44.820 all

00:42:45.040 this

00:42:45.280 pressure

00:42:45.660 in

00:42:45.880 the

00:42:46.000 other

00:42:46.260 direction

00:42:47.060 now

00:42:47.440 I'm

00:42:55.420 just

00:42:55.560 not

00:42:55.760 completely

00:42:56.300 sure

00:42:56.700 that

00:42:56.920 it's

00:42:57.080 going

00:42:57.260 to

00:42:57.460 work

00:42:57.760 even

00:42:58.100 if

00:42:58.300 this

00:42:58.480 does

00:42:58.720 end

00:42:58.920 up

00:42:59.080 mortally

00:42:59.480 wounding

00:42:59.900 him

00:43:00.120 and

00:43:01.220 the

00:43:01.360 problem

00:43:01.740 they

00:43:01.900 have

00:43:02.220 too

00:43:02.460 among

00:43:02.680 others

00:43:02.980 is

00:43:03.180 that

00:43:03.340 Joe

00:43:03.520 Biden

00:43:03.800 every

00:43:04.560 day

00:43:04.700 gets

00:43:04.900 older

00:43:05.200 and

00:43:06.280 unlike

00:43:07.120 COVID

00:43:07.500 cannot

00:43:08.340 stay

00:43:08.640 in

00:43:08.760 the

00:43:08.880 basement

00:43:09.120 now

00:43:09.440 I

00:43:09.640 mean

00:43:09.780 now

00:43:10.080 more

00:43:10.260 than

00:43:10.420 ever

00:43:10.620 they

00:43:11.040 can't

00:43:11.280 use

00:43:11.420 that

00:43:11.580 as

00:43:11.780 a

00:43:12.080 strategy

00:43:12.420 now

00:43:12.720 more

00:43:12.900 than

00:43:13.040 ever

00:43:13.240 every

00:43:13.460 time

00:43:13.640 we

00:43:13.760 see

00:43:13.880 the

00:43:14.040 teleprompter

00:43:14.620 people

00:43:15.280 will

00:43:15.480 have

00:43:15.620 questions

00:43:16.100 here's

00:43:16.760 a bit

00:43:16.960 of

00:43:17.060 the

00:43:17.160 reporting

00:43:17.540 late

00:43:17.900 last

00:43:18.140 night

00:43:18.320 from

00:43:18.500 CNN's

00:43:19.100 Jamie

00:43:19.300 Gangell

00:43:19.820 on

00:43:20.020 what

00:43:20.220 she's

00:43:20.480 hearing

00:43:20.780 from

00:43:21.380 Democrats

00:43:21.900 MBD

00:43:22.300 take a

00:43:22.600 listen

00:43:22.780 Sadi

00:43:23.080 the

00:43:23.720 dam

00:43:24.040 is

00:43:24.320 breaking

00:43:24.740 Jake

00:43:25.180 top

00:43:25.920 Democratic

00:43:26.520 leaders

00:43:27.080 former

00:43:27.520 administration

00:43:28.260 officials

00:43:28.920 current

00:43:29.860 administration

00:43:30.680 officials

00:43:31.160 major

00:43:31.760 donors

00:43:32.240 are all

00:43:33.080 telling us

00:43:33.720 privately

00:43:34.180 and now

00:43:34.680 we're

00:43:34.820 hearing

00:43:35.140 it

00:43:35.400 publicly

00:43:36.080 that

00:43:36.960 they

00:43:37.460 think

00:43:38.000 that

00:43:38.600 President

00:43:39.040 Biden

00:43:39.540 needs

00:43:40.280 to

00:43:40.560 step

00:43:40.860 aside

00:43:41.440 for the

00:43:41.920 good

00:43:42.060 of the

00:43:42.340 party

00:43:42.660 for the

00:43:43.140 good

00:43:43.300 of the

00:43:43.600 country

00:43:43.980 they

00:43:44.520 do

00:43:44.760 not

00:43:45.080 think

00:43:45.440 the

00:43:45.860 debate

00:43:46.440 was just

00:43:47.260 a

00:43:47.540 one-off

00:43:48.040 event

00:43:48.700 they

00:43:49.700 think

00:43:50.020 that

00:43:50.240 there

00:43:50.600 is

00:43:51.300 a

00:43:51.740 health

00:43:52.000 problem

00:43:52.560 the

00:43:53.200 New York

00:43:53.460 Times

00:43:53.740 also

00:43:54.100 reporting

00:43:54.660 Michael

00:43:55.500 that

00:43:55.820 some

00:43:56.560 donors

00:43:56.980 have

00:43:57.320 begun

00:43:57.580 discussing

00:43:58.080 shifting

00:43:59.000 funding

00:43:59.440 from

00:43:59.700 the

00:43:59.860 presidential

00:44:00.240 race

00:44:00.700 to

00:44:01.240 congressional

00:44:01.820 contests

00:44:03.160 so

00:44:03.800 concerned

00:44:04.220 are they

00:44:04.620 that

00:44:04.960 not only

00:44:06.040 is this

00:44:06.380 looking

00:44:06.640 like a

00:44:06.920 loss

00:44:07.120 of the

00:44:07.340 presidency

00:44:07.760 but

00:44:08.280 it's

00:44:08.520 looking

00:44:08.760 more

00:44:09.020 and

00:44:09.140 more

00:44:09.380 if

00:44:09.640 Biden

00:44:09.880 is

00:44:10.000 the

00:44:10.080 nominee

00:44:10.400 like

00:44:11.120 a

00:44:11.240 potential

00:44:11.560 clean

00:44:11.920 sweep

00:44:12.380 of

00:44:13.220 all

00:44:13.700 the

00:44:13.840 races

00:44:14.140 I

00:44:14.520 mean

00:44:14.640 the

00:44:14.800 contested

00:44:15.400 ones

00:44:15.860 in-house

00:44:16.460 senate

00:44:17.260 and

00:44:18.220 in

00:44:18.960 the

00:44:19.080 White

00:44:19.200 House

00:44:19.320 race

00:44:19.580 that's

00:44:20.300 right

00:44:20.460 I

00:44:20.600 mean

00:44:20.700 if

00:44:21.020 if

00:44:21.700 the

00:44:21.900 media

00:44:22.280 and

00:44:22.920 intelligentsia

00:44:23.740 around

00:44:24.040 it

00:44:24.180 are

00:44:24.360 not

00:44:24.800 able

00:44:25.300 to

00:44:26.280 hit

00:44:26.480 the

00:44:26.620 eject

00:44:26.960 button

00:44:27.360 on

00:44:28.160 Joe

00:44:28.660 Biden

00:44:29.020 the

00:44:30.280 plane

00:44:30.540 is

00:44:30.680 going

00:44:30.780 to

00:44:30.880 crash

00:44:31.260 hard

00:44:31.840 I

00:44:32.280 mean

00:44:32.560 because

00:44:32.960 they

00:44:33.220 will

00:44:33.360 have

00:44:33.540 demoralized

00:44:34.520 millions

00:44:35.680 of

00:44:35.880 Democratic

00:44:36.240 voters

00:44:36.880 millions

00:44:38.280 of

00:44:38.680 swing

00:44:39.520 voters

00:44:39.860 are

00:44:41.340 looking

00:44:41.580 at

00:44:41.720 Joe

00:44:41.860 Biden

00:44:42.100 after

00:44:42.340 Thursday

00:44:42.740 and

00:44:43.620 they're

00:44:43.780 seeing

00:44:44.360 in

00:44:44.860 him

00:44:45.300 memories

00:44:46.580 of

00:44:46.940 their

00:44:47.100 own

00:44:47.480 great

00:44:47.940 grandparents

00:44:48.500 or their

00:44:48.940 own

00:44:49.140 grandparents

00:44:49.700 and

00:44:51.540 the

00:44:52.320 painful

00:44:52.880 memory

00:44:53.280 of what

00:44:53.600 it was

00:44:53.820 like

00:44:54.000 watching

00:44:54.320 them

00:44:54.580 in

00:44:54.800 decline

00:44:55.280 and

00:44:55.980 then

00:44:56.120 the

00:44:56.280 media

00:44:56.740 is

00:44:56.940 confirming

00:44:57.380 it

00:44:57.600 the

00:44:58.040 media

00:44:58.420 confirmed

00:44:59.020 over

00:45:00.120 the

00:45:00.240 weekend

00:45:00.560 that

00:45:00.980 senior

00:45:02.120 staffers

00:45:02.520 in

00:45:02.580 the

00:45:02.680 White

00:45:02.860 House

00:45:03.140 tailor

00:45:03.700 their

00:45:04.000 briefing

00:45:04.480 items

00:45:05.160 to

00:45:05.340 the

00:45:05.480 president

00:45:05.840 in

00:45:06.560 order

00:45:06.720 not

00:45:07.040 to

00:45:07.400 trigger

00:45:08.040 his

00:45:09.340 intemperate

00:45:10.100 anger

00:45:10.560 and

00:45:10.820 outbursts

00:45:11.740 and it's

00:45:11.940 like

00:45:12.080 well

00:45:12.620 I

00:45:13.480 remember

00:45:13.840 when

00:45:14.920 you know

00:45:15.340 a senior

00:45:15.800 member

00:45:16.080 of my

00:45:16.360 family

00:45:16.620 was in

00:45:17.160 that

00:45:17.360 stage

00:45:17.660 of

00:45:17.800 life

00:45:18.140 and

00:45:18.540 they

00:45:18.660 would

00:45:18.780 have

00:45:18.960 those

00:45:19.140 kind

00:45:19.340 of

00:45:19.420 outbursts

00:45:19.880 and it

00:45:20.600 never

00:45:20.880 it

00:45:21.180 doesn't

00:45:21.420 get

00:45:21.600 better

00:45:21.920 for

00:45:22.480 them

00:45:22.760 ever

00:45:23.480 it's

00:45:24.020 a

00:45:24.480 compounding

00:45:26.040 condition

00:45:27.040 and there's

00:45:27.780 no

00:45:28.200 you know

00:45:29.880 there are

00:45:30.740 some

00:45:31.140 treatments

00:45:31.580 to

00:45:31.920 slow

00:45:32.480 down

00:45:33.000 perhaps

00:45:33.580 that

00:45:33.800 process

00:45:34.300 but

00:45:34.820 nothing

00:45:35.300 to

00:45:35.540 reverse

00:45:35.960 it

00:45:36.440 and

00:45:36.860 so

00:45:37.720 you know

00:45:39.140 they

00:45:39.540 are

00:45:39.920 demoralizing

00:45:40.880 the Democratic

00:45:41.780 Party

00:45:42.100 if

00:45:42.420 Joe

00:45:42.960 Biden

00:45:43.180 is

00:45:43.340 not

00:45:43.500 replaced

00:45:43.860 like

00:45:44.120 I

00:45:44.220 said

00:45:44.380 there

00:45:44.860 may

00:45:45.060 be

00:45:45.160 a

00:45:45.320 huge

00:45:45.620 surge

00:45:45.940 of

00:45:46.080 enthusiasm

00:45:46.520 if

00:45:47.040 he

00:45:47.160 is

00:45:47.340 replaced

00:45:47.880 there'll

00:45:48.620 be

00:45:48.720 a

00:45:48.860 rally

00:45:49.100 around

00:45:49.420 the

00:45:49.600 flag

00:45:49.880 effect

00:45:50.360 there'll

00:45:51.320 be

00:45:51.680 relief

00:45:52.480 that

00:45:52.840 you know

00:45:53.160 they're

00:45:53.560 nominating

00:45:54.040 someone

00:45:54.360 younger

00:45:54.820 and

00:45:55.240 then

00:45:55.380 they

00:45:55.740 can

00:45:55.900 turn

00:45:56.080 around

00:45:56.480 to

00:45:57.120 the

00:45:57.240 Republicans

00:45:57.600 and

00:45:57.900 say

00:45:58.060 you're

00:45:58.300 nominating

00:45:58.820 a

00:46:00.240 fossil

00:46:00.620 now

00:46:01.640 you

00:46:01.920 should

00:46:02.100 have

00:46:02.300 to

00:46:02.420 answer

00:46:02.840 you know

00:46:03.300 that

00:46:03.480 that

00:46:03.840 all

00:46:04.260 that

00:46:04.420 excitement

00:46:04.720 could

00:46:05.080 happen

00:46:05.480 but

00:46:06.200 again

00:46:06.420 they

00:46:06.580 have

00:46:06.760 to

00:46:06.860 get

00:46:07.020 Biden

00:46:07.400 out

00:46:08.140 first

00:46:08.680 and

00:46:09.320 if

00:46:09.500 if

00:46:09.800 they

00:46:09.960 don't

00:46:10.640 I

00:46:10.860 mean

00:46:11.040 if

00:46:11.360 the

00:46:11.500 New York

00:46:11.760 Times

00:46:12.260 turns

00:46:13.420 out

00:46:13.600 to

00:46:13.760 have

00:46:14.200 you

00:46:14.820 know

00:46:15.060 a

00:46:15.980 less

00:46:16.320 influence

00:46:16.800 over

00:46:16.980 the

00:46:17.100 Democratic

00:46:17.460 Party

00:46:17.940 you

00:46:19.020 know

00:46:19.180 than

00:46:19.480 never

00:46:21.100 Trump

00:46:21.400 conservatives

00:46:21.960 did

00:46:22.360 over

00:46:22.560 the

00:46:22.680 Republican

00:46:22.980 Party

00:46:23.380 well

00:46:23.900 that

00:46:24.080 that's

00:46:24.520 something

00:46:24.740 new

00:46:25.060 I'll

00:46:25.840 have

00:46:26.000 learned

00:46:26.420 I don't

00:46:27.020 I don't

00:46:27.320 think

00:46:27.500 that's

00:46:27.700 the

00:46:27.800 case

00:46:28.160 but

00:46:28.860 it

00:46:29.020 would

00:46:29.140 be

00:46:29.360 an

00:46:29.540 astonishing

00:46:30.220 discovery

00:46:31.580 you know

00:46:32.360 eight

00:46:32.840 years

00:46:33.100 after

00:46:33.580 you know

00:46:34.480 many

00:46:34.660 establishment

00:46:35.080 conservatives

00:46:35.560 tried to

00:46:35.960 stop

00:46:36.120 Donald

00:46:36.320 Trump

00:46:36.520 and

00:46:36.680 found

00:46:36.920 out

00:46:37.080 they

00:46:37.260 were

00:46:37.380 powerless

00:46:37.700 to

00:46:37.940 do

00:46:38.100 so

00:46:38.460 if

00:46:39.360 they

00:46:39.560 can't

00:46:39.820 eject

00:46:40.060 Joe

00:46:40.280 Biden

00:46:40.620 if

00:46:41.100 they're

00:46:41.300 powerless

00:46:41.800 to do

00:46:42.100 that

00:46:42.360 that

00:46:43.020 is

00:46:43.300 that

00:46:43.560 will

00:46:43.700 be

00:46:43.840 shocking

00:46:44.220 too

00:46:44.640 and

00:46:45.120 that

00:46:45.320 will

00:46:45.420 be

00:46:45.780 a

00:46:46.560 huge

00:46:46.820 blow 0.77

00:46:47.180 to

00:46:47.460 their

00:46:47.680 egos

00:46:48.280 I

00:46:49.860 gotta

00:46:51.120 confess

00:46:51.560 I

00:46:52.040 did

00:46:52.160 not

00:46:52.300 expect

00:46:52.600 this

00:46:52.820 week

00:46:53.000 to

00:46:53.120 be

00:46:53.320 as

00:46:53.620 exciting

00:46:54.040 as

00:46:55.640 it's

00:46:56.360 been

00:46:56.660 honestly

00:46:58.120 we were

00:46:58.560 just

00:46:58.700 talking

00:46:58.920 to

00:46:59.020 the

00:46:59.120 staff

00:46:59.340 this

00:46:59.680 morning

00:46:59.920 and

00:47:00.080 said

00:47:00.180 we

00:47:00.320 were

00:47:00.460 going

00:47:00.560 to

00:47:00.600 be

00:47:00.700 off

00:47:00.900 for

00:47:01.020 4th

00:47:01.240 of

00:47:01.320 July

00:47:01.560 I

00:47:01.760 don't

00:47:02.020 think

00:47:02.140 we're

00:47:02.280 going

00:47:02.360 to

00:47:02.380 be

00:47:02.500 off

00:47:02.660 for

00:47:02.780 4th

00:47:02.980 of

00:47:03.060 July

00:47:03.360 I'll

00:47:03.700 be

00:47:06.920 doing

00:47:07.080 the

00:47:07.240 show

00:47:07.380 as

00:47:07.600 you

00:47:07.740 know

00:47:08.120 in

00:47:08.860 my

00:47:09.060 colonial

00:47:09.460 wig

00:47:09.840 my

00:47:10.520 colonial

00:47:10.880 dress

00:47:12.080 Michael

00:47:12.980 was

00:47:13.240 there

00:47:13.420 last

00:47:13.740 year

00:47:14.000 this

00:47:15.360 I'll

00:47:15.620 leave

00:47:15.760 you

00:47:15.840 with

00:47:15.960 this

00:47:16.080 before

00:47:16.280 I

00:47:16.420 read

00:47:17.020 the

00:47:17.200 ads

00:47:17.780 and

00:47:17.920 then

00:47:18.020 we'll

00:47:18.120 come

00:47:18.260 back

00:47:18.540 and

00:47:18.680 talk

00:47:18.860 about

00:47:19.080 those

00:47:19.340 polls

00:47:19.740 this

00:47:21.080 is

00:47:21.200 in

00:47:21.300 the

00:47:21.360 financial

00:47:21.640 times

00:47:22.020 and

00:47:22.120 I

00:47:22.220 thought

00:47:22.360 it

00:47:22.460 kind

00:47:22.580 of

00:47:22.680 summed

00:47:22.940 up

00:47:23.080 the

00:47:23.200 position

00:47:23.540 many

00:47:24.160 of

00:47:24.260 these

00:47:24.380 staffers

00:47:24.800 you

00:47:24.900 talked

00:47:25.120 about

00:47:25.300 who

00:47:25.400 are

00:47:25.500 so

00:47:25.640 afraid

00:47:26.080 are

00:47:26.840 in

00:47:27.140 one

00:47:27.760 Democratic

00:47:28.240 operative

00:47:28.660 described

00:47:29.040 the

00:47:29.200 situation

00:47:29.640 as

00:47:29.880 quote

00:47:30.200 the

00:47:30.840 hardest

00:47:31.220 case

00:47:31.720 of

00:47:32.020 taking

00:47:32.440 the

00:47:32.700 keys

00:47:33.060 away

00:47:33.400 from

00:47:33.660 dad

00:47:34.180 ever

00:47:35.040 sounds

00:47:36.220 exactly

00:47:36.700 right

00:47:37.060 who's

00:47:37.820 who

00:47:38.340 other

00:47:38.660 than

00:47:38.880 Jill

00:47:39.080 Biden

00:47:39.400 is

00:47:39.580 able

00:47:39.800 to

00:47:40.000 tell

00:47:40.240 him

00:47:40.560 it's

00:47:41.400 time

00:47:41.800 and

00:47:42.220 so

00:47:42.500 far

00:47:42.840 she's

00:47:43.380 clinging

00:47:43.940 to

00:47:44.580 his

00:47:44.900 power

00:47:45.340 stand

00:47:46.140 by

00:47:46.380 those

00:47:46.640 polls

00:47:46.940 must

00:47:47.420 be

00:47:47.560 discussed

00:47:47.880 and

00:47:48.020 they

00:47:48.140 will

00:47:48.300 be

00:47:48.440 and

00:47:48.600 there's

00:47:48.760 more

00:47:48.940 news

00:47:49.160 coming

00:47:49.400 in

00:48:13.380 ramsay

00:48:14.100 and

00:48:14.420 yours

00:48:14.880 truly

00:48:15.440 megan

00:48:16.060 kelly

00:48:16.340 you

00:48:16.840 can

00:48:16.980 stream

00:48:17.280 the

00:48:17.440 megan

00:48:17.660 kelly

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00:48:48.160 the

00:48:53.640 president

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00:48:54.260 some

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00:48:54.720 for not

00:48:55.120 reaching

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00:48:55.660 to

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00:48:56.700 democratic

00:48:57.540 governors

00:48:58.000 no sooner

00:48:58.480 had

00:48:58.700 jake

00:48:58.900 tapper

00:48:59.220 interviewed

00:48:59.700 somebody

00:49:00.800 discussing

00:49:01.660 that

00:49:01.920 issue

00:49:02.260 then

00:49:02.920 they

00:49:03.260 got

00:49:03.440 news

00:49:03.800 the

00:49:04.160 president

00:49:04.400 was

00:49:04.600 going

00:49:04.700 to

00:49:04.780 do

00:49:04.920 it

00:49:05.080 and

00:49:05.240 it's

00:49:05.360 going

00:49:05.460 to

00:49:05.520 happen

00:49:05.680 today

00:49:05.960 he's

00:49:06.300 going

00:49:06.400 to

00:49:06.460 try

00:49:06.580 to

00:49:06.720 reassure

00:49:07.140 the

00:49:07.680 dem

00:49:07.840 governors

00:49:08.180 that

00:49:08.600 he's

00:49:09.300 fine

00:49:09.600 he

00:49:10.420 hasn't

00:49:10.760 yet

00:49:10.940 had

00:49:11.340 any

00:49:11.700 meaningful

00:49:12.100 meeting

00:49:12.840 with

00:49:13.340 congressional

00:49:13.800 leaders

00:49:14.220 as of

00:49:14.900 tuesday

00:49:15.120 morning

00:49:15.420 hadn't

00:49:15.720 spoken

00:49:16.020 to

00:49:16.380 hakeem

00:49:16.800 jeffries

00:49:17.240 hadn't

00:49:17.520 spoken

00:49:17.780 to

00:49:17.960 chuck

00:49:18.140 schumer

00:49:18.500 then

00:49:19.000 in

00:49:19.120 the

00:49:19.200 wake

00:49:19.340 of

00:49:19.440 that

00:49:19.600 news

00:49:19.800 broken

00:49:20.140 he

00:49:20.620 apparently

00:49:20.940 called

00:49:21.280 hakeem

00:49:21.640 jeffries

00:49:22.460 his

00:49:23.120 staff

00:49:23.600 is

00:49:23.860 freaking

00:49:24.340 out

00:49:24.720 in fact

00:49:25.600 the

00:49:25.840 pub

00:49:26.060 i can't

00:49:26.580 remember

00:49:26.720 which

00:49:26.880 publication

00:49:27.300 put it

00:49:27.600 but they

00:49:27.840 are

00:49:27.980 freaking

00:49:28.360 the f

00:49:28.840 out

00:49:29.180 was how

00:49:29.640 it

00:49:29.800 was

00:49:30.000 reported

00:49:31.400 they

00:49:32.360 don't

00:49:32.560 know

00:49:32.860 what to

00:49:33.420 say

00:49:33.600 or what

00:49:33.880 to

00:49:34.000 do

00:49:34.180 and

00:49:34.320 they're

00:49:34.480 being

00:49:34.840 criticized

00:49:35.660 roundly

00:49:36.160 for

00:49:36.500 covering

00:49:37.300 this

00:49:37.580 up

00:49:37.940 well

00:49:38.520 the

00:49:38.680 chief

00:49:38.900 of

00:49:39.060 staff

00:49:39.400 at the

00:49:39.640 white

00:49:39.820 house

00:49:40.120 just

00:49:40.720 had

00:49:41.880 a

00:49:42.480 conference

00:49:43.540 call

00:49:43.920 with

00:49:44.540 it

00:49:44.980 was

00:49:45.080 an

00:49:45.180 all

00:49:45.360 staff

00:49:45.620 call

00:49:45.900 at

00:49:46.100 the

00:49:46.220 white

00:49:46.360 house

00:49:46.520 this

00:49:46.740 is

00:49:47.100 per

00:49:47.220 alex

00:49:47.480 thompson

00:49:47.800 at

00:49:47.960 axios

00:49:48.360 reporting

00:49:49.320 that

00:49:49.880 jeff

00:49:50.440 zions

00:49:50.820 began

00:49:51.900 the

00:49:52.140 all

00:49:52.320 staff

00:49:52.560 call

00:49:52.920 as

00:49:53.180 follows

00:49:53.620 july

00:49:54.620 4th

00:49:54.960 is one

00:49:55.160 of my

00:49:55.340 favorite

00:49:55.580 holidays

00:49:56.100 it's

00:49:56.680 a key

00:49:56.940 milestone

00:49:57.320 in

00:49:57.540 an

00:49:57.680 election

00:49:57.920 year

00:49:58.340 biden

00:49:59.240 didn't

00:49:59.540 have

00:49:59.680 a

00:49:59.780 great

00:49:59.960 night

00:50:00.360 but

00:50:01.080 it

00:50:01.180 was

00:50:01.280 one

00:50:01.620 night

00:50:02.080 and

00:50:02.960 what

00:50:03.160 we

00:50:03.300 all

00:50:03.560 know

00:50:03.780 is

00:50:03.920 he's

00:50:04.080 a

00:50:04.160 great

00:50:04.380 president

00:50:04.820 he

00:50:05.620 has

00:50:05.780 three

00:50:06.000 points

00:50:06.320 to

00:50:06.480 make

00:50:13.920 there's

00:50:14.580 so

00:50:14.720 much

00:50:14.860 the

00:50:15.000 president

00:50:15.260 has

00:50:15.460 accomplished

00:50:15.800 for

00:50:15.980 the

00:50:16.080 american

00:50:16.320 people

00:50:16.720 as

00:50:17.500 almost

00:50:17.680 everybody

00:50:17.980 knows

00:50:18.300 i'm

00:50:18.520 obsessed

00:50:18.900 with

00:50:19.120 teams

00:50:19.580 we need

00:50:20.000 to stay

00:50:20.220 together

00:50:20.500 as a

00:50:20.820 team

00:50:21.200 have

00:50:21.720 each

00:50:21.860 other's

00:50:22.120 back

00:50:22.500 in other

00:50:23.060 words

00:50:23.220 don't leak

00:50:23.900 don't

00:50:24.380 point

00:50:24.620 to

00:50:24.800 me

00:50:25.120 the

00:50:26.500 president

00:50:26.880 and

00:50:27.120 this

00:50:27.300 team

00:50:27.540 has

00:50:27.680 been

00:50:27.860 through

00:50:28.040 the

00:50:28.200 highest

00:50:28.500 of

00:50:28.680 highs

00:50:28.940 and

00:50:29.080 the

00:50:29.180 lowest

00:50:29.380 of

00:50:29.560 lows

00:50:29.920 this

00:50:30.500 is

00:50:30.620 a

00:50:30.740 period

00:50:30.940 of

00:50:31.080 intense

00:50:31.360 noise

00:50:32.020 people

00:50:33.000 are

00:50:33.420 looking

00:50:33.780 for

00:50:34.040 chatter

00:50:34.620 tune

00:50:35.220 it

00:50:35.380 out

00:50:35.740 and

00:50:36.780 those

00:50:37.200 are

00:50:37.680 his

00:50:38.020 points

00:50:38.340 heads

00:50:38.720 down

00:50:39.320 heads

00:50:40.300 up

00:50:40.760 the

00:50:41.600 importance

00:50:42.080 of

00:50:42.520 team

00:50:43.260 and

00:50:44.660 he

00:50:44.900 encourages

00:50:45.340 anybody

00:50:46.000 to

00:50:46.360 email

00:50:46.700 him

00:50:47.080 with

00:50:47.840 problems

00:50:48.980 etc

00:50:49.980 all

00:50:51.080 of

00:50:51.280 this

00:50:51.660 and

00:50:52.660 their

00:50:52.860 comments

00:50:53.320 to

00:50:53.540 the

00:50:53.680 press

00:50:54.020 too

00:50:54.360 and

00:50:54.740 to

00:50:54.880 the

00:50:55.020 donors

00:50:55.420 oh

00:50:56.460 it's

00:50:56.660 a

00:50:56.780 bunch

00:50:57.000 of

00:50:57.200 bed

00:50:57.520 wetters

00:50:58.040 oh

00:50:58.560 it

00:50:58.800 was

00:50:59.060 just

00:50:59.420 one

00:50:59.880 bad

00:51:00.320 night

00:51:00.680 calm

00:51:01.080 down

00:51:01.580 bring

00:51:02.260 to

00:51:02.440 mind

00:51:02.800 that

00:51:03.080 old

00:51:03.340 favorite

00:51:03.840 of

00:51:04.880 course

00:51:05.100 you

00:51:05.240 know

00:51:05.340 the

00:51:05.480 clip

00:51:05.700 I'll

00:51:05.880 just

00:51:06.040 play

00:51:06.260 it

00:51:06.480 one

00:51:20.160 of

00:51:20.300 the

00:51:20.380 greatest

00:51:20.580 movies

00:51:21.020 of

00:51:21.460 all

00:51:21.660 time

00:51:22.080 animal

00:51:22.560 house

00:51:22.960 mbd

00:51:23.680 quick

00:51:23.920 aside

00:51:24.260 my

00:51:25.080 brother

00:51:25.500 was

00:51:25.920 a

00:51:26.660 kid

00:51:26.980 when

00:51:27.280 we

00:51:27.580 all

00:51:27.800 were

00:51:27.960 when

00:51:28.120 animal

00:51:28.360 house

00:51:28.540 came

00:51:28.740 out

00:51:28.980 and

00:51:29.500 he

00:51:29.640 needed

00:51:29.860 my

00:51:30.060 mom

00:51:30.260 to

00:51:30.420 take

00:51:30.700 him

00:51:30.880 to

00:51:31.100 go

00:51:31.260 see

00:51:31.440 it

00:51:31.540 because

00:51:31.740 he

00:51:31.840 was

00:51:31.960 too

00:51:32.140 young

00:51:32.440 so

00:51:33.080 lindy

00:51:33.400 kelly

00:51:33.640 took

00:51:33.900 pete

00:51:34.140 kelly

00:51:34.400 to

00:51:34.540 go

00:51:34.660 see

00:51:34.820 animal

00:51:35.080 house

00:51:35.360 back

00:51:35.600 in

00:51:35.740 whatever

00:51:35.940 year

00:51:36.180 it

00:51:36.300 was

00:51:36.540 and

00:51:37.340 my

00:51:37.740 mother

00:51:38.280 laughed

00:51:39.060 so

00:51:39.560 hard

00:51:40.100 and

00:51:40.580 so

00:51:41.060 unstoppably

00:51:42.060 throughout

00:51:42.360 this film

00:51:42.900 my

00:51:43.380 brother

00:51:43.740 got up

00:51:44.240 and

00:51:44.380 moved

00:51:44.620 his

00:51:44.860 seat

00:51:45.200 but

00:51:48.220 no

00:51:48.480 one's

00:51:48.780 laughing

00:51:49.120 right

00:51:49.480 now

00:51:49.820 at the

00:51:50.520 White

00:51:50.680 House

00:51:50.880 no

00:51:52.480 no

00:51:52.820 one's

00:51:53.060 laughing

00:51:53.280 I mean

00:51:53.480 they just

00:51:53.760 got

00:51:53.960 told

00:51:54.480 you know

00:51:55.200 get back

00:51:57.480 to the

00:51:57.720 grindstone

00:51:58.320 and shut 0.99

00:51:59.060 up

00:51:59.400 like

00:51:59.920 don't

00:52:00.340 email

00:52:00.540 your

00:52:00.760 friends

00:52:01.140 in the

00:52:01.360 media

00:52:01.720 don't

00:52:02.580 don't

00:52:02.600 email

00:52:03.040 anyone

00:52:04.080 except

00:52:04.420 me

00:52:04.840 and

00:52:06.120 we're

00:52:06.480 just

00:52:06.660 going

00:52:06.800 to

00:52:06.940 brazen

00:52:07.320 this

00:52:07.540 out

00:52:07.900 and

00:52:08.720 you know

00:52:09.420 someone

00:52:09.960 someone else

00:52:10.780 some higher

00:52:11.920 authority

00:52:12.440 maybe the

00:52:12.900 New York

00:52:13.120 Times

00:52:13.640 maybe

00:52:14.740 you know

00:52:15.620 Barack Obama

00:52:17.060 through a

00:52:18.020 surrogate

00:52:18.520 will

00:52:18.840 will call

00:52:19.520 time on us

00:52:20.120 or they

00:52:20.380 won't

00:52:20.740 you know

00:52:21.240 it's just

00:52:21.840 what else

00:52:22.720 can you

00:52:22.980 do

00:52:23.240 I mean

00:52:23.820 they are

00:52:24.240 they are

00:52:24.580 on this

00:52:25.000 right now

00:52:25.680 a sinking

00:52:26.100 ship

00:52:26.480 so they

00:52:27.620 do need

00:52:28.120 all hands

00:52:28.560 on deck

00:52:29.120 and

00:52:29.760 they do

00:52:30.440 need

00:52:30.720 to try

00:52:31.400 as best

00:52:31.880 as they

00:52:32.220 can

00:52:32.400 to plug

00:52:32.820 every hole

00:52:33.580 inside

00:52:34.620 I just

00:52:35.760 don't think

00:52:36.120 it's going

00:52:36.420 to work

00:52:36.840 because

00:52:37.520 again

00:52:38.600 the media

00:52:39.900 is in

00:52:40.520 a frenzy

00:52:41.640 right now

00:52:42.260 and they're

00:52:43.380 they're

00:52:43.860 emptying

00:52:44.300 their notebooks

00:52:44.900 and they're

00:52:46.120 finally getting

00:52:46.820 all the details

00:52:47.880 out that they've

00:52:48.400 been holding

00:52:48.900 or that

00:52:49.780 they didn't

00:52:50.580 dare ask

00:52:51.140 about

00:52:51.480 or that

00:52:51.840 they didn't

00:52:52.160 report

00:52:52.600 and

00:52:53.500 you know

00:52:54.480 I think

00:52:54.840 everyone is

00:52:55.520 you know

00:52:56.460 I think

00:52:56.860 there are

00:52:57.140 lots of

00:52:57.980 in the

00:52:59.200 media hive

00:52:59.780 mind

00:53:00.240 there is

00:53:01.800 now this

00:53:02.300 this sense

00:53:03.080 of

00:53:03.520 well the

00:53:04.360 drip drip

00:53:04.700 of reporting

00:53:05.280 will eventually

00:53:06.060 push Biden 0.93

00:53:07.740 to

00:53:08.720 call it

00:53:10.080 quits

00:53:10.300 for the

00:53:10.560 campaign

00:53:11.060 and I

00:53:12.060 think

00:53:12.200 lots of

00:53:12.480 reporters

00:53:12.820 are now

00:53:13.120 in

00:53:13.320 competitive

00:53:13.980 mode

00:53:14.580 of they

00:53:15.460 want to

00:53:15.740 file the

00:53:16.100 story

00:53:16.360 that does

00:53:16.820 it

00:53:17.460 or they

00:53:18.820 want to

00:53:19.100 file the

00:53:19.460 story

00:53:19.780 of the

00:53:20.940 leading

00:53:21.320 democratic

00:53:21.900 voice

00:53:22.380 you know

00:53:22.680 once the

00:53:23.220 you know

00:53:23.700 these people

00:53:24.140 in congress

00:53:24.700 the

00:53:25.080 representative

00:53:26.040 from Maine

00:53:26.740 that's

00:53:27.500 you know

00:53:27.720 small beer

00:53:28.420 but once

00:53:29.000 you get up

00:53:29.480 to you

00:53:30.840 know getting

00:53:31.280 Gretchen

00:53:31.700 Whitmer

00:53:32.000 on record

00:53:33.140 or Gavin

00:53:34.040 Newsom

00:53:34.520 or you

00:53:35.660 know Jared

00:53:36.040 Paulus

00:53:36.660 or none

00:53:37.460 of them

00:53:37.740 is going

00:53:38.020 to do it

00:53:38.440 their

00:53:39.580 their whole

00:53:40.600 their way

00:53:41.360 to the

00:53:41.680 White House

00:53:42.220 is to

00:53:43.020 remain loyal

00:53:43.600 to Biden

00:53:44.160 to stand

00:53:45.180 behind him

00:53:46.000 and then to

00:53:46.900 be reluctantly

00:53:47.800 drafted into

00:53:48.680 this race

00:53:49.200 after the

00:53:49.760 press kills

00:53:50.360 him they

00:53:51.100 eliminate

00:53:51.660 themselves by

00:53:52.700 coming out

00:53:53.200 and saying

00:53:53.580 he needs

00:53:53.980 to go

00:53:54.360 it has

00:53:55.000 to be

00:53:55.260 other

00:53:55.520 Dems

00:53:55.880 not in

00:53:56.220 contention

00:53:56.660 that's

00:53:58.020 true but

00:53:58.420 I mean

00:53:58.740 Whitmer is

00:53:59.240 not particularly

00:54:01.060 disguising her

00:54:02.080 ambitions

00:54:02.560 lately

00:54:03.460 she is

00:54:05.160 fundraising

00:54:06.100 she is

00:54:06.760 reporting

00:54:07.380 you know

00:54:07.700 there are

00:54:08.180 some reports

00:54:08.700 that she's

00:54:09.680 told the

00:54:10.060 Biden campaign

00:54:10.880 you are

00:54:12.040 dead in

00:54:12.480 my state

00:54:13.060 at this

00:54:13.520 point

00:54:13.860 don't even

00:54:14.460 bother

00:54:14.840 she's

00:54:16.940 fundraising

00:54:17.460 as if

00:54:18.580 you know

00:54:18.940 donating to

00:54:20.220 her is 0.58

00:54:20.660 helping

00:54:20.940 Biden

00:54:21.360 in some

00:54:22.900 way

00:54:23.220 so

00:54:24.040 you know

00:54:24.840 none of

00:54:25.880 them will

00:54:26.160 come out

00:54:26.840 but you

00:54:27.440 know

00:54:27.660 if there's

00:54:30.040 going to be

00:54:30.280 a successful

00:54:30.960 pressure

00:54:31.480 campaign

00:54:32.040 it can't

00:54:32.880 just be

00:54:33.200 the representative

00:54:33.780 for Maine

00:54:34.480 and a few

00:54:35.140 other

00:54:35.500 you know

00:54:36.400 non-household

00:54:37.140 beings

00:54:37.460 this is

00:54:38.360 I know

00:54:38.700 I agree

00:54:39.000 with that

00:54:39.320 and Charles

00:54:39.680 said something

00:54:40.980 similar a

00:54:41.660 minute ago

00:54:42.000 but this

00:54:42.980 is the

00:54:43.280 beginning

00:54:43.640 this is

00:54:44.040 how it

00:54:44.320 starts

00:54:44.720 you know

00:54:45.460 you get

00:54:45.880 drip

00:54:46.440 drip

00:54:46.800 drip

00:54:47.200 and also

00:54:48.680 the other

00:54:49.140 thing that

00:54:49.900 we're seeing

00:54:50.420 is as I

00:54:51.400 reported

00:54:51.740 possible

00:54:52.220 donors

00:54:52.720 rethinking

00:54:53.380 where they're

00:54:53.780 going to

00:54:53.920 put their

00:54:54.200 money

00:54:54.460 and also

00:54:55.840 obviously

00:54:57.020 staffers

00:54:57.920 inside the

00:54:58.920 White House

00:54:59.400 turning on

00:55:00.440 each other

00:55:00.880 they're turning

00:55:01.780 on each other

00:55:02.460 at the lower

00:55:03.120 levels the

00:55:03.660 lower folks

00:55:04.160 are turning

00:55:04.480 on the

00:55:04.740 higher folks

00:55:05.300 that's what

00:55:05.700 the report

00:55:06.660 in Politico

00:55:07.240 is about

00:55:07.660 this morning

00:55:08.180 that you

00:55:08.540 referenced

00:55:08.860 earlier

00:55:09.160 MBD

00:55:09.660 about how

00:55:11.020 there's

00:55:11.260 fury now

00:55:12.060 reportedly

00:55:13.160 by other

00:55:14.700 staffers

00:55:15.220 at Biden's

00:55:15.980 tight circle

00:55:16.680 for keeping

00:55:18.220 them out

00:55:19.100 to where

00:55:19.900 they you

00:55:20.460 know

00:55:20.600 they had

00:55:20.960 no idea

00:55:21.400 okay sure

00:55:22.000 I have

00:55:22.760 nothing to

00:55:23.500 do with

00:55:23.840 the Biden

00:55:24.200 circle

00:55:24.640 inner or

00:55:25.300 outer

00:55:25.640 and I

00:55:26.080 knew

00:55:26.340 you guys

00:55:27.260 knew

00:55:27.580 so I

00:55:28.300 you know

00:55:28.840 spare me

00:55:29.400 their

00:55:29.580 protestations

00:55:30.440 but I'm

00:55:31.820 sure it is

00:55:32.460 true that

00:55:33.080 just how

00:55:33.880 bad it

00:55:34.380 was like

00:55:35.060 what we

00:55:35.340 saw at

00:55:35.640 the debate

00:55:36.040 has been

00:55:37.140 kept a

00:55:37.620 secret

00:55:37.900 this is

00:55:38.440 actually

00:55:38.760 this was

00:55:39.160 the lead

00:55:39.580 this morning

00:55:40.180 on morning

00:55:41.280 Joe

00:55:41.760 where Joe

00:55:42.680 Scarborough

00:55:43.180 after coming

00:55:44.020 out after

00:55:44.540 that Thursday

00:55:45.040 night debate

00:55:45.520 on Friday

00:55:45.860 morning and

00:55:46.740 calling for

00:55:47.560 President Biden

00:55:48.160 to give

00:55:48.540 it up

00:55:49.100 saying I

00:55:49.720 don't think

00:55:50.180 he can do

00:55:50.580 it he was

00:55:51.220 the number

00:55:51.620 one cheerleader

00:55:52.260 has been

00:55:53.420 absent all

00:55:54.560 week it's

00:55:55.820 like a single

00:55:56.580 vacation his

00:55:57.760 wife is sitting 0.98

00:55:58.580 there and there I

00:55:59.040 don't know about

00:55:59.400 you I don't I

00:56:00.260 don't go on

00:56:00.660 week-long

00:56:01.020 vacations without

00:56:01.800 my husband

00:56:02.320 that's not a

00:56:03.180 thing for us

00:56:03.900 but he's gone

00:56:05.260 for right now

00:56:06.160 she's been out

00:56:06.980 there she's a

00:56:07.600 big Biden

00:56:08.000 supporter but

00:56:09.020 nonetheless this is

00:56:09.780 how morning Joe

00:56:10.360 opened this

00:56:11.380 morning in part

00:56:11.900 watch

00:56:12.220 a lot of

00:56:14.240 calls for the

00:56:15.000 president to

00:56:16.580 make calls and

00:56:18.040 my sources are

00:56:18.820 telling me he's

00:56:19.680 gonna make them

00:56:20.400 simmer but here

00:56:23.040 we go so

00:56:23.840 Eli you're part

00:56:24.500 of a reporting

00:56:25.040 team for

00:56:26.060 Politico that

00:56:26.800 includes our

00:56:27.320 buddy Jonathan

00:56:27.960 Lemire out with

00:56:28.680 a new piece

00:56:29.220 titled we've all

00:56:30.500 enabled the

00:56:31.160 situation Dems

00:56:32.340 turn on Biden's

00:56:33.360 inner sanctum

00:56:34.140 post debate

00:56:35.200 so they came up

00:56:36.140 with this rationale

00:56:36.800 for him to run

00:56:38.620 anyway that he's

00:56:39.660 the only person

00:56:40.440 who's ever beaten

00:56:41.180 Donald Trump and

00:56:41.840 thus he has to be

00:56:42.660 the candidate again

00:56:43.580 and I think now

00:56:45.000 the view across

00:56:45.700 the party at least

00:56:47.020 among a lot of

00:56:47.480 the people that

00:56:47.880 we talk to is

00:56:48.900 that that seems

00:56:49.540 to be a pretty

00:56:50.040 self-serving and

00:56:51.520 maybe delusional

00:56:52.420 case for another

00:56:53.780 four years

00:56:54.380 Jim Vande Hei

00:56:55.200 your piece with

00:56:55.900 Mike Allen for

00:56:56.680 Axios this morning

00:56:57.780 for your behind

00:56:59.260 the curtain column

00:57:00.180 is entitled

00:57:00.840 Democrats rage

00:57:02.280 at Biden rises

00:57:03.320 explain what

00:57:04.660 you're hearing

00:57:05.340 yeah I would say

00:57:07.700 we've talked to

00:57:08.340 literally dozens

00:57:09.120 of house members

00:57:10.240 most of them

00:57:11.200 aren't going to

00:57:11.700 go on the record

00:57:12.360 yet the ones

00:57:12.920 who are going

00:57:13.400 to go on the

00:57:13.740 record already

00:57:14.680 have they're

00:57:15.740 furious like

00:57:16.940 they're just not

00:57:17.560 buying it

00:57:18.080 and his piece

00:57:20.420 went on to say

00:57:21.440 as a Democratic

00:57:22.340 strategist in a

00:57:23.100 battleground state

00:57:23.640 put it the number

00:57:24.280 of people who have

00:57:24.920 access to the

00:57:25.520 president has

00:57:25.980 gotten smaller

00:57:26.540 and smaller

00:57:27.000 and smaller

00:57:27.500 they've been

00:57:28.360 digging deeper

00:57:29.080 into the bunker

00:57:29.700 for months now

00:57:30.540 and said the

00:57:31.540 strategist the

00:57:32.140 more you get

00:57:32.660 into the bunker

00:57:33.380 the less you

00:57:34.500 listen to

00:57:35.520 anyone

00:57:36.300 this is

00:57:39.240 this is part

00:57:40.540 of the

00:57:40.800 this is what

00:57:41.280 happens when

00:57:41.820 you're losing

00:57:42.400 everybody turns

00:57:43.840 on everybody

00:57:44.740 Charles

00:57:45.240 like that's

00:57:45.900 losing

00:57:46.980 begets more

00:57:47.600 losing

00:57:48.100 begets anger

00:57:49.060 and blame

00:57:49.840 usually that

00:57:50.760 happens after

00:57:52.060 the November

00:57:52.700 election

00:57:53.160 it's happening

00:57:54.320 now because

00:57:56.020 the presidency

00:57:56.600 the campaign

00:57:57.320 itself is

00:57:58.680 imploding

00:57:59.060 yeah this is

00:58:00.960 what happens

00:58:01.400 when you're

00:58:01.780 losing but

00:58:02.260 it's also

00:58:02.720 what happens

00:58:03.360 when you're

00:58:03.780 lazy and

00:58:04.640 you have

00:58:05.080 around you

00:58:05.740 this carapace

00:58:07.040 of support

00:58:07.740 from the

00:58:09.700 press that

00:58:11.040 lets you get

00:58:11.700 away with

00:58:12.240 making what

00:58:13.280 was described

00:58:13.960 in that

00:58:14.700 segment as

00:58:16.220 self-serving

00:58:17.320 arguments

00:58:18.700 the argument

00:58:19.780 before the

00:58:20.740 debate was

00:58:22.140 that Joe

00:58:22.780 Biden is

00:58:24.120 the only

00:58:24.740 choice that

00:58:25.940 Americans can

00:58:26.820 make if they

00:58:27.600 want to preserve

00:58:28.340 their democracy

00:58:29.120 which doesn't

00:58:30.200 really make

00:58:30.640 sense on its

00:58:31.240 own terms

00:58:31.820 now that

00:58:32.660 argument has

00:58:33.300 been extended

00:58:33.980 that argument

00:58:35.160 is that Joe

00:58:35.900 Biden is the

00:58:37.400 only choice

00:58:38.040 his party

00:58:38.780 can make

00:58:39.360 if they

00:58:40.960 want to

00:58:41.280 save democracy

00:58:42.080 we've moved

00:58:43.340 the locus

00:58:44.720 of saving

00:58:45.640 democracy to

00:58:46.340 the primary

00:58:47.060 such that

00:58:47.660 Jill Biden

00:58:48.380 is quoted

00:58:49.040 as saying

00:58:50.100 that he's

00:58:50.420 the only

00:58:50.920 person who

00:58:51.660 can do

00:58:51.980 the job

00:58:52.500 I think

00:58:52.960 MBT

00:58:53.580 mentioned

00:58:54.740 that

00:58:55.120 that's

00:58:55.980 ludicrous

00:58:56.800 but it is

00:58:57.580 also the

00:58:58.440 sort of

00:58:58.940 case that

00:58:59.480 you make

00:58:59.920 to people

00:59:00.540 when you're

00:59:01.400 just not

00:59:02.020 used to

00:59:02.700 having to

00:59:03.220 argue

00:59:03.720 I've seen

00:59:04.480 so many

00:59:05.160 Republican

00:59:05.860 comms people

00:59:06.900 on Twitter

00:59:07.420 in the last

00:59:07.980 couple of

00:59:08.460 days saying

00:59:09.120 guys you've

00:59:10.260 been playing

00:59:10.640 on easy

00:59:11.160 mode for

00:59:11.660 years

00:59:12.120 finally

00:59:12.760 you know

00:59:13.780 what it's

00:59:14.180 like to

00:59:14.980 be us

00:59:15.420 and there

00:59:15.780 is something

00:59:16.400 to that

00:59:17.700 so I think

00:59:18.400 one of the

00:59:18.880 things you're

00:59:19.300 seeing here

00:59:19.880 is the

00:59:20.200 people who

00:59:20.640 have a

00:59:20.980 real interest

00:59:21.760 in the

00:59:22.260 Democratic

00:59:22.880 Party

00:59:23.320 doing well

00:59:24.060 that is

00:59:24.880 elected

00:59:25.540 officials

00:59:26.060 and aspiring

00:59:26.900 elected

00:59:27.300 officials

00:59:27.760 within the

00:59:28.240 Democratic

00:59:28.720 Party

00:59:29.200 are suddenly

00:59:30.320 hearing

00:59:31.120 the arguments

00:59:32.320 that have

00:59:32.880 been made

00:59:33.340 on their

00:59:33.920 behalf for

00:59:34.480 years

00:59:34.800 thrown at

00:59:35.440 them

00:59:35.860 instead of

00:59:37.100 Republicans

00:59:37.680 being told

00:59:38.480 it

00:59:38.700 guys you're

00:59:39.600 the threat

00:59:39.960 to democracy

00:59:40.600 and Joe

00:59:41.320 Biden is

00:59:41.880 the savior

00:59:42.360 people who've

00:59:43.580 been sheltered

00:59:44.400 by that

00:59:44.900 argument

00:59:45.320 are now

00:59:45.980 hearing it

00:59:46.580 and they

00:59:46.880 realize how

00:59:47.520 completely

00:59:48.040 ridiculous

00:59:48.600 it sounds

00:59:49.420 and they're

00:59:49.900 getting really

00:59:50.520 frustrated with

00:59:51.440 him so it's

00:59:52.120 partly yes

00:59:52.820 that this is

00:59:53.580 what happens

00:59:54.000 when you're

00:59:54.380 losing

00:59:54.660 and the people

00:59:55.360 turn on one

00:59:56.020 another but

00:59:56.900 it's also

00:59:57.400 that when

00:59:58.140 the table

00:59:58.780 is flipped

00:59:59.300 over and

01:00:00.160 you see

01:00:00.440 what's on

01:00:00.880 the other

01:00:01.180 side it

01:00:01.700 looks very

01:00:02.260 different than

01:00:02.920 when you're

01:00:03.320 hiding under

01:00:03.960 it oh I've

01:00:05.560 got to play

01:00:06.180 this sound

01:00:06.640 by Charles

01:00:07.200 from Keisha

01:00:08.480 Lance Bottoms

01:00:09.540 okay this

01:00:11.580 talk about

01:00:13.140 chutzpah this

01:00:15.700 person who's a

01:00:16.760 former Atlanta

01:00:17.420 mayor now is a

01:00:19.180 senior campaign

01:00:19.860 advisor to Joe

01:00:20.940 Biden and

01:00:22.440 Keisha is

01:00:23.480 very very

01:00:24.920 upset about

01:00:26.880 the media

01:00:27.640 coverage of

01:00:29.200 Joe Biden

01:00:29.860 and his

01:00:30.880 debate performance

01:00:31.820 and people

01:00:32.980 suggesting he

01:00:34.260 needs to drop

01:00:34.900 out in the

01:00:35.860 media listen

01:00:36.880 to what she

01:00:38.180 says top

01:00:39.380 14 editorial

01:00:41.180 boards are

01:00:42.600 supposed to

01:00:43.980 honor their

01:00:45.940 elections and

01:00:47.300 I don't think

01:00:47.920 it's fair when

01:00:48.740 an editorial

01:00:49.460 board with

01:00:50.440 10 people

01:00:51.240 sitting in a

01:00:52.040 room are

01:00:52.860 trying to

01:00:53.360 influence an

01:00:54.160 election that

01:00:54.860 especially in

01:00:55.700 a state like

01:00:56.620 Georgia

01:00:57.120 she called

01:01:00.180 it election

01:01:01.760 interference for

01:01:04.160 publications like

01:01:05.740 the New York

01:01:06.360 Times to say

01:01:08.120 he needs to

01:01:09.120 drop out he

01:01:10.060 can't it's

01:01:10.840 election

01:01:11.340 interference to

01:01:12.100 negatively

01:01:12.580 criticize the

01:01:14.360 sitting president

01:01:15.120 I really

01:01:16.540 struggle to

01:01:17.280 remember her

01:01:19.120 saying anything

01:01:20.360 about what

01:01:21.520 President Trump

01:01:22.120 has been through

01:01:22.720 with the

01:01:23.300 media

01:01:23.560 no it's

01:01:25.240 it's been

01:01:25.740 astonishing

01:01:26.080 and one of

01:01:26.620 the this

01:01:27.520 kind of the

01:01:28.020 secondary story

01:01:28.780 right the

01:01:29.120 first story is

01:01:30.160 Joe Biden

01:01:31.120 his unfitness

01:01:32.280 for the

01:01:32.560 presidency

01:01:33.020 what are

01:01:33.840 Democrats going

01:01:34.420 to do about

01:01:34.920 it but the

01:01:35.760 secondary story

01:01:36.640 is the is

01:01:37.540 the media

01:01:38.100 scandal that

01:01:39.620 you know the

01:01:40.720 media has been

01:01:41.440 covering up for

01:01:42.060 him and

01:01:42.660 they've been

01:01:42.940 covering up

01:01:43.580 for him with

01:01:45.560 tools and

01:01:46.960 words and

01:01:48.620 techniques that

01:01:49.720 they developed

01:01:50.280 to control

01:01:51.460 the narrative

01:01:52.000 during the

01:01:52.880 COVID-19

01:01:53.880 pandemic right

01:01:55.280 you know the

01:01:56.520 New York

01:01:56.720 Times you

01:01:58.420 know several

01:01:58.780 weeks ago

01:01:59.360 said that the

01:02:00.520 the video

01:02:01.480 showing Biden's

01:02:02.940 you know evident

01:02:03.860 age and

01:02:04.660 infirmity were

01:02:05.840 were fakes and

01:02:07.160 were misinformation

01:02:08.220 or disinformation

01:02:09.860 campaign now the

01:02:11.360 New York Times

01:02:11.980 and I think a

01:02:12.960 very costly way to

01:02:14.200 their reputation

01:02:14.840 is citing those

01:02:16.320 exact same

01:02:17.280 moments as

01:02:18.780 like you

01:02:19.720 evidence of

01:02:20.440 Biden's evident

01:02:21.280 decline so

01:02:22.460 they've switched

01:02:23.260 from this

01:02:24.480 story is

01:02:25.160 right-wing

01:02:25.620 disinformation

01:02:26.440 maybe maybe

01:02:27.480 it's coming

01:02:27.880 from abroad

01:02:28.560 maybe it's

01:02:29.080 some kind

01:02:29.480 of election

01:02:30.420 interference

01:02:31.200 to say nope

01:02:32.120 this is a

01:02:32.640 fact and we

01:02:33.240 have to deal

01:02:33.660 with it

01:02:34.100 so this is

01:02:35.300 the the

01:02:36.260 costliest

01:02:37.260 media retreat

01:02:38.920 I've ever

01:02:40.080 seen and

01:02:41.420 in a way it's

01:02:41.880 the it's the

01:02:42.300 culmination of

01:02:43.460 four years

01:02:44.580 of lying with

01:02:46.040 impunity and

01:02:46.920 it's all

01:02:47.380 falling in on

01:02:48.520 Joe Biden

01:02:49.080 right now

01:02:50.460 as everyone

01:02:51.120 in the media

01:02:51.600 class tries to

01:02:52.740 save their own

01:02:53.320 skin by finally

01:02:54.860 filing a report

01:02:55.880 that does him

01:02:57.260 in it's it is a

01:02:58.940 really astonishing

01:02:59.840 scramble and you

01:03:02.080 know I would I

01:03:02.740 would feel bad for

01:03:03.520 for Joe Biden

01:03:04.600 you know if he

01:03:06.000 were still here

01:03:06.640 oh my lord you

01:03:08.700 guys this is just

01:03:09.420 I mean I'm telling

01:03:10.220 you I started the

01:03:10.820 show by saying the

01:03:11.420 dam is breaking

01:03:12.300 and it in the last

01:03:13.760 two minutes both

01:03:15.460 both the Boston

01:03:15.940 Globe and the

01:03:17.340 Atlantic have

01:03:18.220 called for

01:03:18.640 President Biden

01:03:19.180 to step out

01:03:20.420 of this race

01:03:21.260 there's going to

01:03:22.480 be many many

01:03:23.100 more here's

01:03:24.040 here's the

01:03:24.580 Atlantic in a

01:03:25.900 piece authored

01:03:27.320 by hold on a

01:03:29.340 second Adam

01:03:31.340 sewer server

01:03:32.840 Biden must

01:03:33.880 resign if the

01:03:34.480 president wants to

01:03:35.040 protect American

01:03:35.600 democracy he should

01:03:36.460 hand over his

01:03:37.100 office to Kamala

01:03:38.560 Harris his opening

01:03:40.000 line Joe Biden

01:03:40.760 must resign the

01:03:41.760 presidency so he's

01:03:42.840 before he's where

01:03:43.900 you and I are

01:03:44.460 MBD and maybe I

01:03:45.840 don't know about

01:03:46.260 Charles we didn't

01:03:46.760 ask Charles that

01:03:47.280 question but I

01:03:47.840 know he's the

01:03:48.300 number one

01:03:48.680 disliker of Kamala

01:03:50.140 Harris in the

01:03:50.680 nation so I can't

01:03:52.620 imagine he's in

01:03:53.380 favor I let me ask

01:03:54.540 you quickly Charles

01:03:55.160 are you in favor of

01:03:56.200 Joe Biden stepping

01:03:57.240 down from the

01:03:57.760 presidency well I

01:04:00.100 think he should

01:04:01.040 step down from the

01:04:01.960 presidency even

01:04:02.820 though it will

01:04:04.360 put her in the 0.99

01:04:06.920 White House and

01:04:07.720 as you say I am

01:04:08.700 the number one

01:04:09.500 Kamala Harris hater

01:04:10.800 in the nation

01:04:11.360 have been since

01:04:11.900 2019 I just don't

01:04:13.060 think he's going

01:04:13.640 to Megan because I

01:04:14.720 don't think that he

01:04:15.980 will get that far

01:04:17.320 to voluntarily resign

01:04:18.960 the office is just

01:04:20.380 a bridge too far for

01:04:21.260 that man I agree

01:04:21.960 he won't do it he

01:04:23.640 should and in fact I

01:04:24.480 think it could be part

01:04:25.100 of the deal that they

01:04:25.700 make with him that

01:04:26.760 there are calls for

01:04:27.360 the 25th amendment to

01:04:28.320 be invoked many are

01:04:29.500 now calling you for

01:04:30.140 to step down from the

01:04:31.000 presidency we'll let

01:04:32.340 you leave with your

01:04:32.960 head held high we'll

01:04:34.240 celebrate you at the

01:04:35.020 Democratic convention

01:04:35.840 as a savior your

01:04:37.220 legacy will be intact

01:04:38.360 you won't be Joe

01:04:39.600 Bader Ginsburg

01:04:41.180 and you know you

01:04:43.400 can go out

01:04:43.820 peacefully as opposed

01:04:44.620 to ending your

01:04:45.480 presidency early that

01:04:46.460 could be one of the

01:04:47.140 bargaining chips brought

01:04:48.180 to him sir or goes on

01:04:49.360 to say he must resign

01:04:50.180 the presidency the

01:04:51.420 last person to do so

01:04:52.440 was Richard Nixon who

01:04:53.320 left in disgrace after

01:04:54.360 abusing the powers of

01:04:55.260 his office Nixon had to

01:04:56.820 resign because he led

01:04:57.660 an assault on American

01:04:58.420 democracy Biden must

01:05:00.060 resign for the opposite

01:05:01.080 reason to give

01:05:02.100 American democracy its

01:05:03.280 best chance of

01:05:04.400 surviving he doesn't

01:05:06.120 sound like a Trump

01:05:06.660 fan sir where

01:05:07.620 focuses on politics and

01:05:08.940 race for the Atlantic

01:05:09.860 he worked in the past

01:05:11.160 for Mother Jones

01:05:12.040 BuzzFeed and then

01:05:13.880 this from the Boston

01:05:14.640 Globe editorial board

01:05:15.920 it's not a columnist

01:05:16.940 it's the editorial board

01:05:18.040 saying current and

01:05:19.800 former party leaders

01:05:20.660 should be doing their

01:05:21.880 best to persuade the

01:05:25.500 president that the end

01:05:27.820 of his long and grand

01:05:29.120 political career is near

01:05:31.300 it's pretty remarkable to

01:05:34.360 see this pouring in I

01:05:36.340 mean I I don't want to

01:05:37.240 brush past this this is a

01:05:38.680 this is a very big deal

01:05:39.840 when you've got the New

01:05:40.460 York Times editorial

01:05:41.160 board saying it the

01:05:42.420 Atlanta Journal

01:05:42.900 Constitution now the

01:05:44.320 Atlantic now the

01:05:45.580 Boston Globe more and

01:05:46.980 more MBD of I mean

01:05:48.380 it's soon it's going to

01:05:49.280 be all of our major

01:05:51.100 publications or 99% of

01:05:53.120 them saying he must step

01:05:56.480 down or at least give up

01:05:58.280 his candidacy well from

01:06:00.520 from the opposite end of

01:06:02.100 things I in a weird way

01:06:04.000 agree with Adam Serwer and

01:06:05.600 I'm surprised to say

01:06:06.660 this but he's right

01:06:08.780 that you the logical

01:06:09.880 consequences calling for

01:06:11.020 him to resign the

01:06:11.860 presidency because you

01:06:13.960 know what the New York

01:06:14.520 Times did over the

01:06:15.260 weekend which is say

01:06:16.240 you know editorialize

01:06:17.620 that he's unfit for the

01:06:18.680 presidency and should

01:06:20.560 you know abandon his

01:06:21.780 position as the candidate

01:06:23.320 but that they would

01:06:24.620 still vote they would

01:06:25.760 still endorse him anyway

01:06:27.000 over Trump I mean

01:06:28.520 effectively what they're

01:06:29.340 saying is you know I

01:06:31.540 will vote for um a

01:06:34.980 conspiracy an unnamed

01:06:36.740 conspiracy of people to

01:06:38.820 run the executive branch

01:06:40.400 of the federal

01:06:40.780 government for four years

01:06:43.360 and they'll do so in

01:06:44.460 Joe Biden's name you

01:06:46.620 cannot argue that and

01:06:48.500 then say you are

01:06:49.220 defending democracy right

01:06:50.880 democracy is we have

01:06:52.700 public elections we

01:06:53.700 elect public figures we

01:06:55.060 judge them on what

01:06:55.780 they do and the

01:06:57.100 decisions they make and

01:06:58.240 then we have elections

01:07:00.140 afterward to decide

01:07:01.620 whether to keep them or

01:07:02.840 not and so you can't

01:07:05.300 they're sacrifice anyone

01:07:06.620 who continues supporting

01:07:08.580 Joe Biden when he's this

01:07:09.900 evidently non-competent is

01:07:13.540 it cannot claim to be

01:07:15.220 defending democracy uh

01:07:17.480 that's truly important and

01:07:19.700 there's another aspect to

01:07:21.100 this that's just that

01:07:22.280 really struck me today

01:07:23.200 which was I decided to

01:07:25.540 listen to foreign coverage

01:07:27.080 of the American debate

01:07:29.980 from last week and I

01:07:32.180 was listening to um the

01:07:34.440 Irish Times podcast

01:07:35.640 normally they're a

01:07:37.160 megaphone for you know

01:07:38.380 what the New York Times

01:07:39.080 says and what all the

01:07:43.120 reporters on the on their

01:07:44.460 podcast said this was

01:07:46.660 difficult to watch and

01:07:49.900 why was it difficult to

01:07:51.560 watch because what you're

01:07:54.000 looking at and we have we

01:07:55.640 have to just say it for

01:07:56.700 what it is what you saw was

01:07:58.420 a form of elder abuse

01:07:59.720 okay Joe Biden the

01:08:03.080 condition he is in

01:08:04.040 naturally excites in a

01:08:06.420 normal human person

01:08:07.660 sympathy and the uh the

01:08:11.720 the reaction that you want

01:08:12.800 to care for this person

01:08:13.960 you want to sit them in

01:08:15.820 front of Matlock reruns and

01:08:18.060 give them vanilla pudding

01:08:19.180 like that's what you want

01:08:21.380 to do that is what Joe

01:08:22.620 Biden deserves at the end

01:08:23.720 of his long life not to be

01:08:25.560 puppeted around by Hunter

01:08:27.580 Biden for Hunter Biden's

01:08:29.960 ends or for Jill Biden to 1.00

01:08:32.500 be on the cover of Vogue

01:08:33.620 right like Joe Biden

01:08:35.840 deserves right now right

01:08:39.200 now he deserves care from

01:08:42.740 people who take his

01:08:43.580 condition seriously and

01:08:45.960 like I just can't emphasize

01:08:47.660 that enough other people

01:08:49.180 can see it when they don't

01:08:50.780 have as much at stake and

01:08:53.560 and that's the reaction

01:08:54.500 they have and by the way

01:08:55.560 that is the thing that

01:08:56.640 could kill any pretense of

01:08:59.280 him staying on his report

01:09:01.360 if there are reporters who

01:09:02.960 have access to foreign

01:09:04.740 leaders who have seen Joe

01:09:07.020 Biden at his worst and you

01:09:09.560 know where it's not a

01:09:10.260 hypothetical oh how do you

01:09:12.040 feel about Joe Biden on a

01:09:13.260 phone call with Vladimir Putin

01:09:14.520 to discuss Ukraine right now

01:09:16.620 but if you find out that oh

01:09:18.560 at the G7 last year he

01:09:20.420 totally blanked out or he

01:09:21.880 started referring to Helmut

01:09:23.220 Cole instead of you know

01:09:26.060 the current chancellor in

01:09:27.420 Germany you know those

01:09:30.060 reports will immediately

01:09:32.920 emphasize the gravity of the

01:09:35.340 situation we're facing right

01:09:36.580 and they're starting first of

01:09:37.780 all that was so well said I

01:09:38.920 completely agree with all

01:09:39.960 that and having had elderly

01:09:41.380 relatives suffer with some of

01:09:42.660 these issues I did some

01:09:44.520 research to figure out what

01:09:46.000 are you supposed to do when

01:09:47.060 you have someone in your

01:09:48.520 family suffering from this and

01:09:49.800 you know there there's a

01:09:50.700 whole list of protocols I'm

01:09:52.300 sure he is getting angry like

01:09:54.140 that you know and snappy

01:09:55.840 behind closed doors that

01:09:57.200 actually is one of the

01:09:58.400 symptoms of dementia and

01:10:00.120 they teach you when you have

01:10:01.180 a relative who's suffering

01:10:02.240 from it to not respond in

01:10:04.400 kind to understand that that

01:10:06.360 that's the dementia talking

01:10:07.780 that's not the person you

01:10:09.140 know and love talking to you

01:10:10.240 certainly don't get mad in

01:10:11.100 response you try to handle

01:10:12.800 it when the person suffering

01:10:15.000 from dementia keeps telling you

01:10:16.700 the same story over and over

01:10:18.600 you don't say you already

01:10:19.920 told me that it's just going

01:10:21.760 to be upsetting to them they

01:10:22.900 don't realize that they've

01:10:23.860 already told you that like

01:10:24.700 there are all sorts of ways

01:10:25.720 of handling somebody

01:10:26.500 suffering from this and

01:10:27.940 they're stripping this man of

01:10:29.060 his dignity and making him

01:10:31.120 stand there in front of us

01:10:32.320 while it all plays out it

01:10:34.460 publicly it's it's not okay

01:10:36.220 to the solution is not to

01:10:37.500 hide him from the American 1.00

01:10:39.100 public the solution is to

01:10:40.640 protect him and his dignity

01:10:42.380 and the country at the same

01:10:43.500 time by admitting he can no

01:10:45.960 longer do this particular job

01:10:47.420 he served the country well

01:10:48.960 for Democrats in particular

01:10:51.120 for a long long time but he's

01:10:53.280 he's been of service to the

01:10:54.340 country and it's time for him

01:10:55.920 to leave in a respectable

01:10:57.940 dignified manner not like this

01:11:01.000 I do want to say what you said

01:11:03.600 you wondered about and I know

01:11:05.500 you read it is already

01:11:07.040 starting to happen the New York

01:11:08.100 Times piece not the editorial

01:11:10.180 board current calling for him

01:11:11.280 to step down but the lengthy

01:11:12.420 piece they dropped last night on

01:11:14.160 his cognitive infirmity went into

01:11:16.680 what's happening with foreign

01:11:17.640 leaders and of course it was

01:11:19.500 ironic because they were not

01:11:21.100 ironic but I mean it was just

01:11:22.060 galling because they defended

01:11:23.240 him at this G7 meeting in an

01:11:25.780 earlier piece trying to defend

01:11:27.100 these so-called cheap fakes but

01:11:28.960 I'll read you a bit from from

01:11:30.740 what the what they say happened

01:11:32.780 when he went over to Europe

01:11:34.580 okay Mr. Biden appeared to wander

01:11:39.120 off from the group of leaders who

01:11:41.100 were there to talk to paratroopers

01:11:43.420 and the Italian prime minister

01:11:44.940 Georgia Maloney she came up 0.99

01:11:47.160 behind him and gently brought

01:11:48.400 him back a clip of the event that

01:11:49.880 went viral had been edited to make

01:11:51.860 it appear that Mr. Biden has just

01:11:53.060 walked away in fact he was greeted

01:11:54.360 greeting a paratrooper trooper and

01:11:56.740 now they say but the image

01:11:59.120 suggested he needed guidance from

01:12:00.720 his host now before when they

01:12:01.920 fact-checked this for us to saying

01:12:03.260 how dishonest everybody was they

01:12:05.080 just called it a cheap fake and

01:12:06.760 they didn't add that yet you know

01:12:08.820 what it does suggest he needed

01:12:10.460 there's the Georgia prime

01:12:11.400 minister I mean Italian prime

01:12:13.080 minister Georgia Maloney trying to 0.86

01:12:14.640 get him back so now they're

01:12:16.400 getting deeper into it now that

01:12:17.980 he's twisting but the image did

01:12:20.280 suggest he needed guidance from his

01:12:21.960 host it goes on Ms. Maloney and

01:12:24.780 the other leaders were acutely

01:12:26.620 sensitive to Mr. Biden's physical

01:12:28.500 condition discussing it privately

01:12:30.620 amongst themselves and they tried

01:12:32.660 to avoid embarrassing him by slowing

01:12:34.560 their own pace while walking with

01:12:36.240 the president when they worried that

01:12:38.200 he did not seem poised and cameras

01:12:40.420 were around they closed ranks around

01:12:43.020 him physically to shield him while he

01:12:45.420 collected himself the official said

01:12:48.400 so it's already being noticed by

01:12:51.200 international officials who have felt

01:12:53.640 the need to cover up for our

01:12:55.240 president this is embarrassing Charles

01:12:57.980 this is it's humiliating to him and

01:13:02.200 to our country yeah you know Megan

01:13:05.620 it's interesting I don't think I wrote

01:13:07.060 this or said this on a podcast but I

01:13:08.960 certainly said this at National

01:13:09.900 Review maybe maybe to Michael

01:13:11.080 certainly to Rich that clip was

01:13:13.540 interesting I thought when it

01:13:15.200 happened because as you know I and

01:13:17.640 others have thought that Joe Biden

01:13:19.120 was senile for quite a long time and

01:13:22.080 I thought it was interesting that it

01:13:24.400 was Georgian Maloney the Italian

01:13:25.820 prime minister who went over to him

01:13:28.240 I'm married to an Italian American from

01:13:30.280 a big family Italians in particular

01:13:33.000 are family based and live in multi

01:13:37.100 generational spaces you know Americans

01:13:39.480 don't in quite the same way we have

01:13:41.060 more nursing homes the British are the 0.99

01:13:42.900 same as the Americans and other 0.97

01:13:44.620 countries are somewhere in the middle

01:13:45.760 but the Italians in particular Greeks

01:13:47.720 they live in a way where they young

01:13:50.780 children are around even if you eat

01:13:52.520 dinner at nine o'clock at night and

01:13:54.520 grandparents are there at all family

01:13:56.320 events maybe they live in the house and I

01:13:58.420 just I said this at the time it's very

01:14:00.940 interesting she went over because she's

01:14:02.800 probably seen this before she's

01:14:05.060 probably more acutely aware of Joe

01:14:08.440 Biden's condition and the signs of it

01:14:10.860 than many other people and it's just

01:14:13.600 very funny watching that I mean funny

01:14:15.560 haha it's very interesting curious

01:14:17.420 peculiar watching that clip that you

01:14:19.740 just put up now now that we've had

01:14:22.680 confirmation of it why did the Italian

01:14:25.020 go over there and do that well because

01:14:27.740 she's probably more tuned in clued in to

01:14:30.560 this than most mm-hmm oh I'll make a I'll

01:14:33.760 make a case for my fellow woman on that

01:14:35.260 one too we tend to be more yeah

01:14:36.900 empathetic that's true and loving and

01:14:39.100 caretakers just by nature so I'm sure

01:14:41.340 that's in her just I would be remiss if I

01:14:44.640 did not bring out some of the words used

01:14:47.440 by this bombshell of a Tom of a times

01:14:50.020 piece that I that we're talking about

01:14:52.220 right now it's entitled Biden's lapses are

01:14:54.920 said to be increasingly common and

01:14:56.920 worrisome they claim I mean I really I

01:15:00.000 have trouble believing this but they

01:15:01.260 claim it's over the last few months that

01:15:04.400 these lapses have grown more frequent

01:15:06.940 more pronounced and after Thursday's

01:15:09.640 debate more worrisome the headliner on

01:15:12.600 the piece is Peter Baker though there are

01:15:13.980 others citing interviews with current

01:15:16.960 current and former White House aides

01:15:19.960 political advisors administration officials

01:15:23.080 foreign diplomats domestic allies and

01:15:26.760 financial donors who saw mr. Biden in

01:15:29.960 the last few weeks most of whom I think

01:15:33.120 all of whom in this piece are anonymous

01:15:35.040 given the delicacy of the matter and this

01:15:37.480 these are some of the things that the

01:15:39.180 piece reports in the weeks and months

01:15:41.180 before the debate these they say several

01:15:45.940 current and former officials and others

01:15:47.360 who encountered him behind closed doors

01:15:48.960 noticed that he increasingly appeared

01:15:50.940 confused or listless or would lose the

01:15:54.340 thread of conversations that the lapses

01:15:56.800 seem to be growing more frequent more

01:15:58.920 pronounced more worrisome that they

01:16:01.600 seemed more likely when he was in a

01:16:03.020 large crowd or tired after a

01:16:05.020 particularly bruising schedule then they

01:16:07.660 give the Mika Brzezinski defense which I

01:16:09.300 said the other day was spoon-fed to

01:16:10.620 her directly from the White House and now

01:16:12.120 clearly it's been spoon-fed to the

01:16:13.420 Times he jetted across the Atlantic Ocean

01:16:15.960 twice for meetings with foreign leaders

01:16:17.460 hello he was on Air Force One which has a

01:16:19.340 bed but okay he flew from Italy to

01:16:22.200 California for a splashy fundraiser

01:16:23.980 maintaining a grueling pace that

01:16:25.420 exhausted even much younger aides

01:16:26.860 sure Jan he he was drained enough that

01:16:30.280 his team cut his planned debate prep by

01:16:32.220 two days so he could rest at Rehoboth

01:16:34.440 Beach but then he went to Camp David I

01:16:37.320 mean he he was back in the States for

01:16:38.800 10 days before that debate let's not

01:16:40.680 pretend that jet lag takes 10 months to

01:16:42.780 recover from the preparations which took

01:16:45.140 place intensely over six days never

01:16:47.160 started before 11 a.m. he was given time

01:16:49.400 for an afternoon nap each day as I said

01:16:51.900 in our intro then the White House

01:16:54.780 countered while he was working before

01:16:56.420 11 and exercised they would not the

01:17:00.580 White House make a doctor available to

01:17:03.440 the Times for an interview very telling

01:17:06.280 the White House has declined to make his

01:17:08.480 doctor Dr. O'Connor available for

01:17:10.380 questions and the Times ads did not

01:17:12.660 respond to detailed health questions from

01:17:15.360 the New York Times earlier this year

01:17:18.320 Dr. O'Connor

01:17:19.800 on Tuesday let's say it says responding

01:17:24.100 to questions from the Times Mr. Bates

01:17:26.080 the White House spokesman said on

01:17:28.100 Tuesday that the doctor had found no

01:17:31.140 reason to reevaluate Mr. Biden for

01:17:33.240 Parkinson's since the debate and said he

01:17:36.560 had showed no signs of Parkinson's this is

01:17:38.460 one of the theories about what he might

01:17:39.800 have by the way here was Corrine

01:17:41.600 Jean-Pierre on the question of whether he

01:17:45.000 has Alzheimer's yesterday

01:17:47.340 SOT 29

01:17:47.980 I'm gonna ask something delicate and you

01:17:52.080 may not like it the president may not

01:17:53.840 like to hear it if he's watching but I

01:17:55.720 think the American people need to get a 0.69

01:17:57.560 yes or no answer on this

01:17:58.900 does President Biden at 81 years old

01:18:02.380 have Alzheimer's any form of dementia

01:18:05.900 dementia or degenerative illness that

01:18:09.200 cause these sorts of lapses and it's a

01:18:12.820 yes or no question and if you don't

01:18:15.680 know why don't you as one of his senior

01:18:18.760 staff members know that I have an answer

01:18:21.000 for you are you ready for it it's a no

01:18:22.820 and I hope you're asking the other guy

01:18:24.160 the same exact question

01:18:25.180 so I have to admit I believe she's lying

01:18:29.620 just don't believe that at all I don't

01:18:32.160 know what the condition is but I mean

01:18:34.360 you tell me Charles some something's

01:18:37.280 wrong with the president the only

01:18:38.820 question is what

01:18:39.500 yeah so something is wrong with the

01:18:41.940 president I'm not a doctor and I can't

01:18:43.980 diagnose it you know I find the most

01:18:45.660 annoying thing about that it's actually

01:18:47.560 not the no it's the ask the other guy

01:18:50.480 this has been a refrain of Democrats and

01:18:56.100 many of their enablers in the press since

01:18:58.220 this happened what about Trump I write

01:19:00.540 about Trump a lot I'm pretty open about

01:19:02.360 my views on Trump I share that with you

01:19:04.520 Megan every time I come on the show do

01:19:06.300 you know why I'm not talking about Trump

01:19:07.760 now because nothing has changed with

01:19:10.080 Trump Trump is the same person he was a

01:19:12.500 week ago a year ago four years ago it is

01:19:15.360 the same Donald Trump the stories about

01:19:17.220 Joe Biden this is such a crazy deflection

01:19:20.320 so not only did she refuse to answer the

01:19:22.880 question and then act as if it was

01:19:25.120 offensive or it shouldn't have been asked

01:19:26.800 and she said what about what about what

01:19:28.440 what about come on this is this is to

01:19:31.980 Michael's point this is an abdication of

01:19:34.720 responsibility and care we're not talking

01:19:37.660 about someone random here that reporter I

01:19:41.060 don't know who that was did not walk up to

01:19:43.340 some old feeble looking guy on the street 0.99

01:19:45.540 and say hey you you got dementia the

01:19:48.060 president of the United States is the

01:19:50.960 topic has she read has Karine Jean-Pierre

01:19:53.720 read article two of the constitution does

01:19:56.180 she know what the first line of it is it

01:19:58.820 says all powers are vested in the

01:20:02.080 president of the United States not some

01:20:04.440 not to a committee all powers and those

01:20:07.800 powers are pretty considerable they are

01:20:10.180 too considerable I think we really need to

01:20:12.540 scale back the executive branch but we

01:20:14.360 haven't we've built it up and built it up

01:20:16.400 and built it up over foreign policy it is

01:20:18.240 almost absolute in domestic politics it is

01:20:20.800 considerable and she she has that as her 0.76

01:20:23.200 answer no stop asking the question ask

01:20:26.800 about the other guy Donald Trump's not the

01:20:28.760 problem there are many problems with

01:20:29.940 Donald Trump it's a separate topic I'm

01:20:31.440 happy to talk about it but Donald Trump

01:20:33.420 although he is old and I wouldn't choose

01:20:35.760 someone that old to be president although

01:20:38.020 he is old looked totally cogent at that

01:20:41.040 debate it's not just about age it's about

01:20:43.260 cogency he was alive alert he was funny he

01:20:47.500 lied of course he lied he's a politician but he

01:20:49.820 also knew what he was saying and he made

01:20:52.140 jokes and observations at Joe Biden's

01:20:55.300 expense Joe Biden wasn't that's why we're

01:20:58.700 talking about him and if they think that

01:21:00.580 they're going to get away with that over

01:21:02.160 the next three or four months and they have

01:21:03.640 another thing coming let me tell you

01:21:05.520 something I'll bring up Phil Houston

01:21:07.080 again this is not some you know soothsayer as

01:21:09.480 I gave you his credentials this guy is a

01:21:11.920 human lie detector and has been relied upon

01:21:14.080 as such by virtually every government agency

01:21:17.280 we have that investigates crime and what he

01:21:20.340 says is for a truth teller the truth is

01:21:23.920 your ally you run to it you love talking

01:21:27.100 about it you don't do a quick no and move

01:21:30.480 on and deflect yeah if it were true the

01:21:34.140 answer would have sounded as follows no he

01:21:37.560 doesn't and Dr. O'Connor ran these tests 10

01:21:41.000 months ago for all of them no medication for

01:21:44.180 such conditions has been prescribed he passed

01:21:46.760 the cognitive test the physical test the

01:21:49.440 brain scans we've of course because he's the

01:21:51.960 sitting president done it all and we'll

01:21:54.080 release those results to you or we'll at

01:21:56.000 least give you Dr. O'Connor's report it no

01:21:58.800 and I hope you're gonna ask the other guy is

01:22:00.520 a lie it's a lie absolutely that's just I

01:22:04.480 mean that's just obvious MBD but we're we're

01:22:07.020 not gonna get more from the White House on

01:22:08.400 that there's is very clear and I we have to

01:22:11.360 spend one minute on the fact that Hunter is

01:22:15.020 now going to the White House meetings Hunter

01:22:17.480 Biden you mentioned in passing Hunter Biden's

01:22:19.980 there now Hunter Biden convicted felon this is

01:22:23.480 what the Democrats like to do convicted felon

01:22:25.980 Hunter Biden drug addled Hunter Biden though he said

01:22:30.140 to be clean at the moment is going with the president to all

01:22:34.300 of his meetings right now apparently as like a backup

01:22:38.760 Biden and this is being defended by people like Mika Brzezinski is like no

01:22:45.420 big deal but it is a big deal and there's a real question about

01:22:49.620 whether this is appropriate and why he's there they're saying

01:22:52.460 the White House is saying oh it's just because it's a holiday week

01:22:56.260 what does that mean what is that it's like bring your kid to is it bring your

01:22:59.900 son to work day at because it's almost July 4th but why is Hunter Biden

01:23:04.040 here it is take a listen

01:23:06.360 Biden has been in some meetings with senior advisors

01:23:10.800 why is the president's son involved

01:23:13.460 so a couple of things I do I saw that reporting as I was coming out so a

01:23:19.000 couple of things there look the president as you know is very close to

01:23:21.720 his family this is a holiday week 4th of July he spent time with his family as

01:23:26.700 you all know and reported at Camp David Hunter came back with him and walked

01:23:31.960 with him into into into that meeting that prep that speech prep and you know

01:23:38.920 and he ended up spending time with his dad and his family that night that is

01:23:43.840 basically what happened it is a week where there's going to be more family

01:23:47.380 members who are going to come to the to the White House I'm sure you'll see some

01:23:50.940 of them on 4th of July many more are expected to be here

01:23:54.080 the question though would be is he participating in meetings with senior

01:23:59.200 advisors what I can say is that he came back with his dad from Camp David he

01:24:05.020 walked him into the speech prep and he was in the room that I can tell you he

01:24:09.520 was in the room I don't know about you MBD but if we're looking for shadow

01:24:12.680 presidents Hunter Biden's not on my list

01:24:14.780 yeah one thing Hunter has over his father is that he's a little bit more liberal

01:24:18.780 about gun ownership than uh most Democrats and drugs libertarians may like

01:24:23.500 him I I will say this um you know um the press has moved on you know the Hunter

01:24:32.000 Biden story as this kind of saga was in 2019 it was uh you know Hunter Biden is a

01:24:39.600 troubled person but you know he has none of his business dealings have anything to

01:24:43.880 do with the president you know the potential president of the United States

01:24:47.380 Joe Biden there's no real connection here at all um the only the only connection is

01:24:52.880 that Joe Joe Biden loves his son so much and now it's well Hunter Biden of course is

01:25:00.860 just you know waltzing into meetings with cabinet officials or other high-level

01:25:06.060 senior staff well why I mean the the obvious question is why is it because the

01:25:11.500 circle has tightened so much the Biden family doesn't feel that they can trust

01:25:16.220 the White House staff to be on their uh on Joe Biden's side in this anymore because

01:25:23.300 of the leaks that have been happening I mean over the weekend right I mean the

01:25:27.700 White House itself was putting out stories that looked like defenses but were

01:25:32.940 really knifes in the back right they they put out a story oh well Joe Biden is you

01:25:37.620 know reliably engaged between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. and it's like okay on the surface that

01:25:43.420 sounds like a defense but actually that's that's a knife in his back so someone in the

01:25:47.360 White House said that to Alex Thompson of Axios and that hurt the president and then

01:25:51.980 they put out more stories like that that's almost certainly why Hunter Biden is there

01:25:56.740 is because he wants his his father to remain president uh and to have enough be elected to

01:26:03.780 another term he probably wants a pardon he may want future pardons I have no idea um he may want

01:26:11.820 you know business opportunities again and he feels that no one else is reliable to protect his father

01:26:19.360 um so he's showing up and that itself is a scandal and the reporting on it again is a reflection of

01:26:27.300 the media's pylon uh to get rid of Joe Biden right it does not make Joe Biden look good that he is

01:26:34.340 relying on his son all right listen let's get to these polls because you know the real question is

01:26:40.660 as we pointed out in as as even the White House reportedly said if he starts to if the polls start

01:26:47.420 to go down even the president will see the truth um he understands that you know if they start

01:26:52.960 hemorrhaging polling both at the White House level well at the White House level it's going to

01:26:57.320 trickle down and they could lose the house they could lose the Senate and the White House to

01:27:01.800 President Trump which is literally their worst nightmare well um reporter over at Puck News got a

01:27:08.220 hold of some internal Democratic polls Peter Hamby did it's a confidential polling memo put together by

01:27:13.680 Democratic data firm Open Labs uh their memos are very trusted in Democratic circles and typically

01:27:19.720 passed around to a small group of clients and strategists so reports Hamby uh the memo circulating

01:27:24.500 among anxious Democrats is confirming quote some of their worst fears Biden's diminished standing is now

01:27:30.520 putting previously non-competitive states like New Hampshire Virginia and New Mexico in play for

01:27:37.940 Donald Trump the electoral map based on Open Labs reporting would land as follows Biden with 205

01:27:45.960 electoral votes Trump 333 333 that would be a landslide um showing that Biden has lost at least two points

01:27:59.700 in every single battleground state um new CBS polling puts it at four points that Biden has lost to Trump

01:28:10.140 in the wake of this debate four points in every single battleground state um

01:28:15.380 Pennsylvania and Michigan Biden is now polling behind this is according to this poll Pennsylvania

01:28:20.780 Michigan Biden behind by seven points he's losing Georgia by 10 losing Nevada by nine he's behind

01:28:28.640 Trump in Virginia not by much 0.6 percent but behind Trump in Virginia he's behind Trump in New Mexico

01:28:36.560 not by much but behind him in this reliably blue state by 0.5 in New Hampshire a state that Joe Biden

01:28:45.020 won won in 2020 by seven and in which he had had a 10 point lead just a few months ago just in December

01:28:54.780 Biden's now down by two New Hampshire a 12 point swing according to a St. Anselm College poll actually

01:29:02.600 um he's down there 12 points now now Trump leading in New Hampshire in New Mexico which Biden won by 11

01:29:10.700 points uh Joe Biden's now up only two points over Trump just in June before the debate he was up

01:29:20.360 seven points as for the possible replacements on the Democratic ticket Kamala Harris Gretchen Whitmer

01:29:26.820 Gavin Newsom Pete Buttigieg all of them pulled ahead of Joe Biden in every single battleground state

01:29:34.000 Governor Whitmer of Michigan blows away Trump in her home state back in September uh Open Labs ran a

01:29:44.200 similar survey and found that all of those Democrats were in the same position as Biden now they're ahead

01:29:51.180 of him this this is what's going to do it this is it this is the thing the internal polling that says

01:29:58.220 he can't do it he's hemorrhaging an MBD he's going to take others down with him yeah I mean all those

01:30:06.040 so all those poll numbers right if you have to start rededicating resources out of Nevada and into New

01:30:12.740 Mexico I mean you are robbing other Democrats down the ballot of resources they need to compete they need

01:30:20.280 to get their name recognition out there their new new candidate for Congress in Virginia they need money

01:30:26.280 from the the party in the state and if that state party is spending all of its efforts or donors are

01:30:31.500 spending more efforts propping up Joe Biden trying to make you forget what you saw trying to make you

01:30:37.800 forget what you think trying to make you forget what you fear at night about Joe Biden's condition

01:30:44.040 that can that can be a rolling disaster for the whole party now listen the whole party doesn't mean

01:30:51.500 you know Joe Joe Biden's condition is not transferable right to other candidates obviously

01:30:57.580 right like so this isn't uh you know the scandal isn't necessarily going to implicate other Democrats

01:31:06.840 who are just running their race in New Mexico Nevada or or Michigan but again it can take away resources

01:31:13.100 from them and and they are desperate for them because this is you know 50 50 country this is a hotly

01:31:20.520 divided election and if you demoralize one party the other party will turn out and beat it and that's

01:31:27.200 what they're afraid is happening now and right now Donald Trump is playing this like you know like a

01:31:34.980 Christian with three aces I mean he is not he can't lose he's just sitting there quietly and collecting

01:31:42.160 everything that Democrats are throwing into the pot at him uh he doesn't have to do anything

01:31:47.900 and in fact if he does uh interrupt it would probably weaken the effect um you know he handled

01:31:56.340 it just right at the debate calling attention to it maybe twice gently uh but he didn't do anything

01:32:03.000 to make himself look cruel insensitive no Trump's doing a remarkable job of holding his fire and just

01:32:10.460 letting this be a scandal that of its own making not involving him um we're almost done here but I want

01:32:16.220 to give you this Charles just posted New York Times Trump widens lead after Biden's debate debacle

01:32:22.100 New York Times Siena poll finding Mr. Trump now leads Mr. Biden this is likely voters so we do pay

01:32:27.260 attention 49 to 43 a six percentage point lead nationally Hillary Clinton had a 5.9 percentage 0.82

01:32:34.780 point lead over Trump at this point in the race in 2016 so things could still happen but it's a swing

01:32:40.580 it's a three point swing toward Trump from just a week earlier and it is the largest lead Trump has

01:32:46.760 recorded in a Times Siena poll since 2015 he leads by even more when you expand it to registered voters

01:32:53.400 49 to 41 and they pin it to doubts about Mr. Biden's age and acuity being widespread and now

01:33:03.700 growing I'll give you the final word well that shows that the debate really hurt Joe Biden to

01:33:11.400 state the obvious I think that Trump was winning the election anyway I'm less sure that was going

01:33:18.720 to hold I actually will shock you so I think there is a fairly high chance Megan this all ends with the

01:33:25.220 Democrats winning the White House but it's not going to be Joe Biden certainly if they replace him yeah

01:33:29.200 exactly if they replace him I mean Republicans I think should be rooting for Joe Biden to stick it out

01:33:33.060 but I don't think he can no question they should but if the polls that you just read both the national

01:33:38.680 one and Siena and that leaked internal democratic document are correct then in a sense it's quite

01:33:45.500 bad for Donald Trump because they're going to replace it I mean if there is any indication that

01:33:50.440 what you've just read out is true they're going to replace it but then I will jump on that train

01:33:55.380 wholeheartedly and say if that if that is the case in a week he has to go because he will lose and

01:34:00.640 lose badly and Michael explain the resources issue I just think after that Republicans are a little

01:34:05.680 overconfident about this it doesn't translate to other candidates and it could give the Democrats a

01:34:10.020 shot in the arm no that's exactly right and so I guess I'll do exit polling Rich Lowry style

01:34:16.160 brings on the editors and I won't ask his actual question percentage chances of Joe Biden being the

01:34:22.680 nominee but what do you think will happen MBD this time in 30 days will Joe Biden still be the

01:34:29.980 Republican or the Democratic nominee no he will not the question is whether it's where the Harris gets

01:34:40.480 the coronation or whether they decide to have as Ezra Klein speculated in New York Times a kind of

01:34:49.060 dramatic convention fight that could be a spectacle and could in fact energize the party by showing it

01:34:56.500 has life and is willing to select someone that is more popular um yeah I I think they would I think

01:35:05.980 they would come out of that hugely relieved remember more than 80 percent of Democrats think Joe Biden is

01:35:11.900 too old the the feeling the the exhale feeling if they get a Gen X or onto the ticket is going to be

01:35:21.520 massive and it's enormous and the media will do its part they can rely on the media they'll be so

01:35:28.540 excited they'll be so excited it normally does all right last last comment from you Charles what do you

01:35:35.100 think well you said don't do percentages but I have to because I'm just completely torn on it I I'm 50 50 on

01:35:41.480 the question of whether he sticks it out I think that some of this is happening not all of it that

01:35:46.540 the consequences of that debate are real but the pressure that we're discussing is still a little

01:35:51.960 bit online it's still a little bit the preserve of people who talk about politics all day as we do

01:35:59.880 it hasn't bled out yet and I'm still open-minded as to whether Biden can make it go away so I'm I'm 50 50

01:36:09.560 guys thank you both so much what a day look forward to listening and reading more over at

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The Megyn Kelly Show - July 03, 2024

Is This the End for President Biden？ More Democrats and the Press Call for Biden to Resign, with Charles C.W. Cooke and MBD ｜ Ep. 829

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