Epluribus enum. Donald trump does not believe people are on the level. He believes they are conniveers looking out for themselves and only thingss, he believes with reanything but united instead of a land of hateful tribes. He relishes this america seeing himself above it and its laws. You are not supposed to make money out of political office, least of all the american presidency. There were loud warnings when trump ran we were financial to see what was happening right now, however. The buttering up of the president by formal potentes grabbing up hotels in d. C. The shameless stopovers at trump golf courses and palm beach resorts and the president ial promotion of such destinations for the next g7 meeting. The Vice President ial stops at trumps properties overseas. Do we honestly believe it will ever end . Donald trump is rubbing the countrys nose in his readiness to turn a nifty profit while we americans pay for the gas. Truth, fairness, unity, where is Donald Trumps name in those words . We learned last week they are investigating the trip to ireland, because mike pence stayed in a town 175 miles from dublin, where his official meetings were actually taking place. Hmm, his part of a pattern as the New York Times reported this weekend, quote, patronizing his properties has become a routine part of doing business in the trump era. In fact, one republican in the country running for congress in california said, when have you an event there or do something there, it signifies that you are supporting the president , and supporting what he is doing. In other words, if you go to one of his resorts, he likes you and sends a clear message, the guy said. According to New York Times report, federal Election Commission records sew that since trump became president , his properties have received over 5 million from political candidates or party organizations. Well, thats a heck of a jump from four years preceding the campaign when political spending amounted to about 100,000. Its fist full what has been going on here, ethics in walk. At least 90 members of the u. S. Congress, 250 Trump Administration officials and more than 100 foreign official versus visited trump properties. Heres how the president talked about that today. I dont need to have somebody take a room overnight at a hotel. Mike pence as an example, his family lives in do you knowbeg, ireland. He told me hes stayed there many years ago. I boarded years ago. He was there before i bought it i believe he said, a long time ago. But he was in ireland, you know what ill do, ill see my family. I didnt know about that i can say, he has good taste. Hes got good taste. I am joined by david k. Johnston, founder and editorinchief d. C. Org,. Org is always bigger than. Com. National Political Correspondent for split politico and he is shs about selling, accepting, i mean, this is stuff you might see in arabia somewhere, where they pay back the sheikhs and the government leader, you pay for everything with a big bribe. From the day his campaign ended and his presidency began, from that day, theyve booked rooms at the Trump International in washington and they did it all these months to show their love for this guy. Now the Vice President doesnt. All these Vice President ial candidates do it. This idea of buying trump, going into his hotels, trump shamelessly promoting them for the next g7. We were all warned about this we all talked about it before the inauguration. You cant separate trump inc. From the Trump Presidency and he isnt making the slightest effort to do so your thoughts about what you saw coming. Donald doesnt have any blinders about ethics. They dont exist to him. And this is also money grubing. If donald were actually a billionaire, hed invite the g7 leaders to come and stay for free for the three or four days it takes to hold the g7 meeting at doral. He needs the money, because its all smoke and mirrors. Its a con job. And im sure we have not seen the full picture yet of whats happening. The story that natasha broke with a colleague is extraordinary in showing the absolute money grubing nature of donald trump and his family and their im sure a lot more yet to be uncovered. Well, politico as you said, david, reported an increasing number of u. S. Air force planes have been stopping for layover in scotland, some spent the night at trumps turnberry resort. They adhered to all guidance and procedures. Theyve ordered a probe in how they chose overnight accommodations. Natasha, tell is how this story fits in and the reporting is why are we spending u. S. Money to buy gas and stop at trump places . To buy fuel at a commercial airport where its more expensive than in they were to refuel at a u. S. Military basis, which is usually what they do when they are traveling to the middle east and back to the u. S. , et cetera. So this story on a number of levels is very odd and that is why we got someone who came to us with a story. Theyre frustrated they had brought this to congress and there had been no movement on it so they asked us to do some digging toopd report on it, because members of the military, these crews have has been the rerouted to go through preft preswick airport are confused why theyre not landing on u. S. Military bases, the reputation is they have this contract with the airport and its just sometimes more convenient to go through there when there is not enough space i guess on an air force base in germany or spain, this particular crew we reported on that went through this Prestwick Airport have not gone on that route before. We rae seeing a dramatic uptick something five fold since 2015 in the amount of planes stopping at this airport. Okay, this airport isnt necessary for Trump Turnberry to survive flu is think the word is out. Spend some money at trump world. The vp is doing it, foreign leaders are doing it, member of Congress Running for refers are doing it, spend some money on trump, hell like you. Its all a kickback, right . Remember, chris, we heard about this with jared, we heard about this with ivanka, Kellyanne Conway promoting jewelry, jared going over selling visas. The whole family is basically running this pyramid scam that you have to kick things back to donald trump to be successful. What i think is disturbing to it is there is no benefit to it. Right. Its not that he will be loyal to you. Its not like after you stay there he will be supportive of you politically. People are putting money in his pocket. Our taxpayer money to get nothing back. David, how do you think trump gets the word out . You know in third world countries, i dont want to knock third world countries, someones desk, oh, we lost him again. Who is overseas . Ill go back to you. I mean, i understood when you go to west africa its dash. Some places baggish. Its a bribe. You have to get a little tip to get anything done. Thats how we make business. We interviewed Yasser Arafat one time its nicely i should say suggested to you and you buy a floor of rooms to stay in ramallah, even though you want to stay back at the king david or somewhere. You buy the room because thats the suggested way to get the meeting to last and you do it. Thats third world stuff. One of the things that is alarming about what we discovered about the military spending money at Trump Turnberry is that it wasnt necessarily, it was alarming but it wasnt all that surprising that people around trump and in his cabinet and you know officials from different agencies were spending money at his resorts, perhaps to curry favor. Its not surprising foreign governments are doing it. Be to you learn that the military and federal money is actually being spent at his property not only that but at this airport thats propping up this airport, which is necessary for Trump Turnberry survival that i think really took this to a new level. Because we expect the military to be apolitical. What do they get out of it . Some field general or colonel . A promotion out of this . Were still trying to get to the bottom of their motivations or whether it came from the top or crew members who decided to land at this airport, which is unlikely, frankly. But, yeah, its a good question. Go ahead. And the presumption is that you can actually buy off this president. The presumption is these things will actually work. He has good taste. Hes chuckling over this. Hes chuckling over it because he knows they will do it anyway. When he knows a story is coming out. He decides to distract. As bad as this is, it covers about the fact that we have been talking that the ftc has weakened. If there are negotiations we cant do so. He gets into fights with john legend and Chrissie Teigen. This is is all the things President Trump does that he is ripping the American People off. You think he started this fight with john legend and Chrissie Teigen . In part. I dont know about strategy, i want you to tell me, a piece in the pa inthe other day, a picktorial of the big great room they call it at Trump International. I never been there. I been there when it was a post office. The family republicans just mill around over there, hang around over there in the trump tower, Trump International at washington, pennsylvania avenue, so theyll be seen there by other republicans. Its sort of a way of showing, its like wearing a maga hat, on it costs more. You want to kiss my butt. Heres my but. Do it. Its almost like that. He did that on inauguration day, when the trump motorcade on its way to the white house stopped, it was in front of that hotel, the family went out and took a twominute turn on the pavement. That was the signal. You will pay tribute. Heres my hotel. I dont think anybody could miss that. By the way the pentagon did get something. They got 74 billion in increased funding, enough money to provide Free College Tuition for every student in america so the pentagon has got a lot more money. Kid speak. Heres trump again. Were getting new reporting tonight on why the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration contradicted its own 69 fists visavis alabama after trump falsely claimed alabama was likely to be hit by hurricane dorian, the National Oceanic said alabama will not see any impacts from dorian. Thats a factual statement by a public servant. Catch this. Now the New York Times revealed the secretary of commerce wilbur ross threatened fire top employees at noaa after the Birmingham Office contradicted the president s claim. Thats according to the three people familiar, that threat led to an unusual unsigned Statement Issued by noaa on friday, disavowing the officers own position that alabama was not at risk. Late today, a Commerce Department spokesperson told nbc news, the New York Times story is false. Okay. Here we have a story which is backed up by three reporters denied by the flags, flags say it didnt happen. Here we have the national totally noun e nonpolitical agencies of the government nassau, the peace core or whatever or peace for america, theyre not supposed to be political. And theyre saying, alabama was not threatened by dorian. And now they had to come out and say, yes, it is threatened by dorian, because the president wants to have his lie covered. When not even the weather is apolitical anymore. We know we are getting into unchartered territory. I have to admit i wasnt following sharpee gate that closely as we were reporting on this other story. But it is very clearly something the president cant let go because of his ego. The picture is in the paper it shows the real side with it the hurricanes landing places and a sharpee thing drawn around it. If there is one group that should know if there is flooding and hurricanes, its noaa. Thats their job, it has an underlying biblical record. This is a safety issue. If you start telling people hurricanes are coming. Why would he say bamg bam is threatened . Because he forgot. He wanted to be able to say, david help me out here. I the trump, watching trump, your theory first. Why did he say alabama a state he will get in the next election probably, it could be close to the senate. Hell probably get it. Im with jason, i think he made a mistake and has to stand by it. What should disturb us is there is a message sent to every Civil Servant in this government, you only say what we tell you to say even if its a lie to the risk of your job, to those people, dont quit, make them fire you. Make an issue out of it. Tell the truth. Easy for to you say, a good moral advice i got to tell you. My theory is trump wanted to argue that alabama was threatened by this storm but that he somehow saved it from the storm. Thats what he wanted to do. Trump is unbelievable. Anyway, thank you david k. Johnson. Natasha, congratulation on that story about the errant air force platoon that decided to stop and make trump like them. Anyway, Jason Johnson as always, coming up, trump is talking about a family political dynasty. Remember the romanoffs, they are saying it. It will last for decades, maybe donald trump, jr. Or ivanka, some are saying what predicted they would, a family dynasty. Meanwhile, former South Carolina governor mark sanford joins us, also a list of republicans who want to make sure this trump era ends next year. Sanford is running for president. He joins me next. Trumps attempted afghanistan peace summit at camp david failed. Some say because of his ego, he thought it was a great idea to invite the taliban who basically supported 9 11 to come to camp david days after the anniversary of what, 9 11. Stacy abrams, a successful person lost a narrow race for georgia. She will come tonight to talk about how the democrats can, national democrats, a president ial candidate can carry georgia. She will give us her playbook for that she is coming to us live to explain how the peach state will become more democrat. What a show tonight. Stay with us. Zblrnlgs from the couldnt be prouders to the wait did we just winners. Everyone uses their phone differently. Thats why Xfinity Mobile lets you design your own data. Now you can share it between lines. Mix with unlimited, and switch it up at anytime so you only pay for what you need. Its a different kind of Wireless Network designed to save you money. Save up to 400 a year on your wireless bill. Plus get 250 back when you buy a new samsung note. Click, call or visit a store today. Welcome back to hardball. President trump got officially a third challenger this weekend as former South Carolina mark sanford announced his candidacy. He joins bill weld and illinois congressman joe welsh in challenging President Trump for the republican nomination. The the face tough odds against the trump machine. According to a recent gallup poll the president has an Approval Rating of 88 . Thats nine out of ten republicans are marching. The gop is working to make it as hard as possible for his challengers outright canceling public caucuses. Do you believe this, in nevada, arizona and kansas killed the primaries. Thats how they operate in a real democracy, the republicans. Anyway, the president took aim at sanford targeting his personal life and calling his opponents the three stooges. Despite that tweet, he says he doesnt know his rivals before going on to attack all three. Here he goes. I would say this, theyre all at less than 1 . I guess its a publicity stunt. Im not looking to give them any credibility. They have no credibility. One was a person that voted for obama, ran as a Vice President four years ago and was soundly defeated. Another one got thrown out after one term in congress. He lost in a landslide and the third one missed the tallahassee trail or appalachian trail. Hes the appalachian trail, right, the tallahassee trail is nice, too, i think he was the appalachian trail. But he wasnt on the appalachian trail. He was in argentina. Ha, well candidate and former South Carolina mark sanford joins us, what is it like to be accused of donald trump of having committed a publicity stunt . This is trump. What do you make of that charge . Well, i think you make of it the same thing that i make of it. Which is the same thing that a whole lot of folks make of it, which is why there is indeed a level of trump fatigue. I think its the exact reason this Congressional District that i used to represent here in charleston went democratic for the first time in 50 years. Its the reason that a whole lot of other seats have changed. Its the reason a whole lot of republicans are leaving the house of their own volition and deciding not to run again. So you know he says what he says. That itself the nature of politics. Im say what ill say, which is, why arent we debating the fact in this president has been leading us down a debt trail that will have profound implications in the lives of our children, our grand children and frankly our lives as well . Lets talk a little dreamily here, the bigger they are, the harder they fall. Some of the great heavy weight boxers lost and never fought well again, sonny liston once he was listed couldnt win again, trump one of those guys that can bring him down, thats the end of him . Can you bring him down . I dont know, its not for the voters to decide, its not a me thing. Its a voter thing, what i sincerely believe is trump is misdecided on a whole list of issues. Hes off tonally with guys i talk to on a regular basis. Hes out of sync with voters in North Carolina. Given the implications of whether it was the port in charleston or the bmws produced in spartanburg. I again think he has lost touch with the very voters frankly that sent him to office. They voted for a change i dont think its a change when the Vice President goes and stays at a resort, 180 miles from his destination and costs all of us taxpayers. I dont think its a change when he goes and solicits funds as he did with a fancy hampton fundraiser. I dont think thats draining the swamp. Ki go down a long list of things the biggest thing is this notion he said and people down here believe which is if you elect me, ill eliminate the debt in the eight years i might be in office. In fact, the reverse has happened. We see record levels in deficit spending. Meanwhile, President Trumps Campaign Manager is promising that donald trump and his family will leave a Lasting Imprint on the Republican Party. At a California Convention over the weekend, he said, the trumps will be a dynasty that will last for decade, propelling the Republican Party into a new party. The new york sometimes reports a Trump Campaign official later clarified mr. Par scale was referring less to possibly candidacys in the future and more political speeches and fundraising. There is a distasteful reference there i think echoed to it will last a thousand years. I have been calling this crowd the romanoffs for years now. They come into officer to trump. They give all the kids big jobs in the white house. They share all the booty together. They run the country as a family. Now were getting word from his Campaign Manager, it aint going to end. What do you say to that . I say the voters decide. That itself the beauty of the american system. I think that that claim is at odds with the history of our republic. If we, in fact, were to go that direction, they would have have startling and horrifying implications in terms of the construct of the Founding Fathers laid out. So, a, i dont believe its true from a historical sense. B, i think its at odds with the voters that i talked to here in South Carolina, ive more recently talked to in New Hampshire or iowa believe. Well, one of the people he made fun of, he made 21 of her looks is former Hewlett Packard carley fiorino. She blasted some of her fellow republicans today said, when did so many republicans decide that we should also pledge allegiance to the party and swear fidelity to President Trump. I have been called disloyal because im critical of President Trump. She said every person there is to serve citizenry, its the officials job to earn our loyalty. When we cannot, we vote them out of office there. Is i hate to make reference to to the 1940s, there is with this president. He talks about the one person, the president of the united states, thats couple. That itself not a political allegiance, to trump. Yet why is your party nine out of ten inline like lemons for this guy, please explain the culture of the Republican Party that allows this kind of loyalty to the one person who took over the party . He didnt come up through it. He took it over. Yeah. I mean, i dont think its lasting. I think you have from some time ago popular delusions in the madness of crowds. You can look through our history. We had different populism. Jon meacham writes el consequently on that subject in his latest book. I think this is a temporary phenomenon. Its the very reason im running. Think about this, im a conservative republican. I voted with the trump nine out of ten. I voted with them nine out of ten times, yet that wasnt enough, because to your point it was a cult of personality that if you werent again in his fold in terms of personal loyalty, not issue loyalty, it wasnt enough. So i dont think its lasting. And i think again thats what this election tells me in part will be about. As governor, i like you, actually, heres what i think. Its time for to you give us your sunday punch against ran alleged reagan, your sunday punch against trump kwhachlt is it . Whats your biggest punch against this guy . Just stay tuned. Stay tuned sfchlt what . What . Cmon, no, i mean. You are afraid to take a shot at him . Im not going to stake e take a shot right now. Nah, their plenty of time for that im a day into this. Thats what this show is for. Fair enough. You announce your official entry into this race in the Republican Party against donald trump. Thank you. Up next, President Trumps grand plan to hold peace talks with the taliban at camp david collapsed in spectacular fashion over this weekend. Today trump says its good to be with banned people. At least one trump official totally the disagrees. Thats coming up next. Stay with us. Thats coming up next. Stay with us at fidelity, we believe your money should always be working harder. Thats why, your cash automatically goes into a Money Market Fund when you open a new account. S wake mf you see anything. [ snoring ] [ loud squawking and siren blaring ] only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Know what more shrimp ith steak and shrimp . And you know what goes great with that shrimp . Steak and unlimited shrimp and this year, with two freshly made sides, youll get more than you imagined. Hurry into outback now for our steak and unlimited shrimp. Outback steakhouse our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition for strength and energy whoohoo greattasting ensure. With nine grams of protein and twentysix vitamins and minerals. Ensure, for strength and energy. Welcome back to hardball. Over the weekend, President Trump abruptly called off secret peace talks at camp david with taliban leaders. The astounding news delivered on tweet, twitter, rather, a part of trumps high stakes Television National diplomacy, of course. He likely invited russian president putin after russia attacked our democracy in 20s 16. Meeting on the 28th parallel with kim jongun. He faced immediate backlash of hosting a retreat at camp david, a major summit for national meetings. President bush went to camp david in the days after 9 11, it was this he said the military campaign was first borne. Some said it was unseemly, blasphemous three days before the 18th i was in of 9 11 which is coming up in a day. Trump pushed back today. No, actually, in terms of advisers, i took my own advice. I like the idea of meeting. Ive met with a lot of bad people and a lot of good people during the course of the last almost three years and i think meeting is a great thing. There have been many very powerful meetings at camp david, having to do when mys, real enemy, very big enemy, war. I thought camp david would be good and i still do. According to New York Times the meeting divide him with secretary of state mike pompeo pushing for a deal with the Afghan Resistance i guess they are and National Security adviser john bolton opposing a meeting with the taliban, with the deal dead now, the taliban has promised more bloodshed in afghanistan. With more from jon meacham historian and editor at atlantic. David, i want to talk to you about this. What happened this weekend to stop this terrible meeting to happen . The meeting was never going to happen. This is a story of fantasy and envy. The president s fantasy of being a great deal maker and envy of president obamas peace prize, cahill, our former ambassador to afghanistan was running a process of negotiation with the tal ban to see if some arrangement could be reached. About the 1st of september, he seems to reach some kind of interim deal. What should have happened at this point is it goes into the government, different agencies look at it do we like it, can we live with it, can we go forward, can we stop . Trump got the smell of this and thought this was a done deal. Zalame is about to get credit. He will get the nobody eel peace prize. How do you know the time line . This is an agreement it goes to the agency process, not up to the president of the united states. Trump swoops in and invites everyone to camp david and the taliban, these terrorist murderers say with mature wisdom, well, why dont we have the meeting at the end of the process . But trump and this is what the New York Times said about him, i want to make the deal. I dont want to leave it to cahill. Hell get the credit. Although, he cant make the deal. He wanted to pop out there. Jimmy carter. Without the work. And so, when it becomes clear the taliban say were coming after the deal, not before, there are a lot of problems with this interim arrangement at that point as the fantasy of the nobel begins to recede, trump says in that case, you cant fire me, i fire you, he proceeds up the whole thing on twitter probably damaging a process that needed to continue. Jon meacham for the thousandth time i will say it a thousand more times, imagine if barack obama had taken terrorists to meet with him not blindfolded, took them to the president ial retreat to show them where everything was, the route signs, how to get in there, show them everything, the bowling alley, everything. Its unbelievable were letting the bad guys into our most secret place for the presidency without blindfolds, i dont get it. Your thoughts. I think camp david is close to Hallowed Ground when you think about it in terms of diplomatic history this is where Church Little went fishing together and jack kennedy bravely reached out after the bay of pigs and asked for help. Its where nixon had britibrezn jimmy carter bringing peace to israel, you had george h. W. Bush. Really he was leaving camp david on that sunday after august 5th fine 90 when he was 1990 after the invasion, he was in the helicopter when he decided this will not stand. He had been on the phone all weekend with leaders around the world and of course george w. Bush planning the response to the attacks so its once again, like you for the thousandth time ill say this, trump is running our government as if its a reality tv show. And these are different sets for him. The problem is, this is our reality. Thank you. In a tweet from january 2012, donald trump slammed president obama for even speaking with the taliban writing while barack obama is slashing the military, he is also negotiating with our sworn enemy the taliban who facilitated 9 11, trump has no problem with this, says the opposite. There is nothing wrong with negotiating with the taliban at the little of an envoy and a assistant secretary. Lets talk policy both of you. We have been in there since 2002, what did we go in there to do besides chase after al qaeda and try to catch them, which which took a while to do. We did finally catch the bad guy. We called it in pakistan, of course, what have we been trying to do that we have given up trying to do, whats changed . What happened was, this is a classic thing in government. When the original mission catch bin ladin failed, we responded by making the mission bigger. If we had caught bin ladin in december 2001, american troops would not be in afghanistan. We are left politically without catching him . We tried to catch him, we couldnt . Obviously fought. President bush decided he couldnt do that, president obama decided he couldnt do it. What are you thinking about our campaign over there for all these years . Our mission, all those guys killed . Your thoughts. John. It started as a counterterror campaign as david says, it became counterinsurgency. We dont do counterinsurgency well. Very few people do. One of the things so important about this i think is it is a kind of forever war, because terrorism is a forever problem. Its a forever crisis. Its a forever threat. And we have now reached, this has lasted far longer than the American Revolution or world war ii vietnam, almost any calculation, close it to. So its a conundrum and what it requires is thoughtful leadership thats not about spectacle but about substance. And even if you get to the substance, you may not get the right answer. But we need better faith actors in positions of power making these decisions. We need a great solution. We will eventually do a deal with the taliban. Thats the answer. It has to be run by a makeer. How do we enforce it . Not by someone that wants to be a star. I think like vietnam, those who stay rule. Up next, President Trump is in North Carolina trying to turn out the republican vote tonight for tomorrows special congressional license, which could be closed even though its a republican district and big show for us tonight. Stacy abrams will join us live to share her new playbook on how to win in places like georgia, if are you a democrat. You are watching hardball. De. You are watching hardball. ernie lost rubber duckie . burke you mean this one . ernie rubber duckie cookie what about a broken cookie jar . burke again, cookie . cookie yeah. Me bad. grover yoooooow oh what about monsters having accidents . I am okay by the way burke depends. 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Right now President Trump is holding a Campaign Rally in fayetteville, North Carolina, in support of republican dan bishop ahead of the North CarolinaCongressional District the likes of which is tomorrow. The special election is held after the results of the midterm race between democrat dan mccready, who is running again and republican mark harris were declared invalid because of absentee ballot tampering. We all remember that mess. Here it was trump a minute or two ago, bashing the democrat, of course. Support for sanctuary citizens is disloyal to american citizens and mccready wants sanctuary cities with all of their protections for people that are serious criminals. Tomorrow is your chance to send a clear message to the americahating left. According to politico, trumps team is worried that the seat will swing democratic. They report, quote, some trump advisers have privately acknowledged their fear that if North Carolinas 9th district goes democratic. So goes the presidency next november. They say both nightmare scenarios would largely be the president s fault and point squarely to the controversy trump stirred up this summer. Politico reports a person close to the Campaign Said if we cant hang onto the 9th district, trump might as well tell his Campaign Staff in georgia, florida and elsewhere to pack up and move on. Up next, stacy a brams think democrats have a chance in beating trump in places like her own georgia, if they follow her own playbook. We will hear that in a minute. St stick with us. He freestyle libre 14 day system, a continuous glucose monitor, you can check your glucose levels any time, without fingersticks. Ask your doctor to write a prescription for the freestyle libre 14 day system. You can do it without fingersticks. Learn more at freestylelibre. Us. Welcome back to hardball. In 2018, last year, Georgia Democratic gubernatorialer na tomorrow candidate Stacey Abrams seemed close to winning the governorship to brian kevin by only a notch more than 1 . In setting a state wide record for total wide votes. Now she is urging the prattic party nationally to not overlook georgia to state a president ial candidate can win in 2020. A Campaign Playbook released just today, her team write, building a strongmentracial, multiethnic coalition with historic turnout levels, while making meaningful, marginal improvements on white voters supporter on the doorstep of victory and puts democrats in a strong fog break down that door in 2020. Adding, with a diverse, growing population and rapidly changing electorate, georgia is not a future, its a necessity. I am joined by Stacey Abrams, the democratic electorate for georgia and chair of fair fight. I never met you. Have you the best press of anybody i know in politics. I want to know the secret to your greatness. You seem like a great person. So let me ask you about it. Im go right to the chase here tonight. This thursday night, were going to have a real debate, the top front runners, biden, warren, sanders, bute gig, harris, o buttigieg, harris, these are the top president ial candidates for president , what would you like to hear them say this night in debate members watching that would sell in georgia . Well, think number one i want to say thank you for having me today, its an honor to be here. I want to hear what i have been talking about the last nine months, that the right to vote is under attack in the united states. We need candidates who are not only prepared to talk about it but prepared to use this campaign to address it. One of the benefit ways to address a suppression is to ensure we turn out as many voters as possible, Voter Suppression doesnt go away because you increase voter turnout. It makes it harder to thwart the will of the people, i want that to be the mission of every candidate on that stage and to start georgia. To kill reconstruction after the civil war, the clan and everybody else on the white side. The fight destroyed the ability of people to vote with literacy tests and all kind of votes, you have to pay to vote that sort of thing. What are techniques to keep people from vote sfg. Voter suppression has three pieces to it. One is being able to register and stay on the roles. Thats why we hear people purged from kentucky and ohio, something that georgia to an extraordinary degree in the last eight years. The second is the ability to cast a ballot. That means that your absentee ballot arrives when you apply for it. It means the precinct isnt shut down and its making sure your ballot is counted. Thats why Election Security is such an issue. Thats why everybody is angry that the federal government, particularly the senate, refuses to take action on it. Its making sure that the absentee ballots are not discarded for things like signature mismatches. Being able to cast a ballot, have the ballot counted and stay on the roles, thats Voter Suppression. How do you win that fight . For example, how do you win the fight on the signature thing . Growing up in philadelphia, if your signatures not exactly the same way as on the street list, they can challenge it. Thats the way the game plays and the guy running against you will do that. How do you fight that . On your petitions. Im talking about on your petitions. You put in your petitions and theyre not exactly the same, they get challenged. What we have found in georgia and what happened in florida is that the signature mismatch is not lawful. We had a federal court that struck down the discarding of ballots for that region. My signature doesnt match from cvs to kroger. The right to vote in america should be sack crow sank for every eligible american. Thats why weve launched fair fight 2020. We want every state to be in competition but we want people to be able to understand you can pick up two senate seats and we can flip the statehouse as well as taking and adding another congressional seat. Those are extraordinary opportunities. Lets see the democratic ticket next year going into november is biden and abrams and thats the ticket going into georgia just as an example. You know what im doing here. I see it. I see what youre doing. How would you tell a voter who walks in a voting booth, theyve been voting for years, in the same voting booth and they walk in and their name is not on the list and its been purged because they had the same name as a felon. What do you tell that person to do at that moment . Well, number one we want fair fight 2020. Org so we can stop that from happening to begin with. Were working in 20 battleground states including georgia. They know what their rights are and that they know what the remedies are. Technically, that person could file a provisional ballot but we want to make certain that before you even get to that step that you have all the information and all the support you need and we know that in the 20 battleground states where weve launched fairfight2020. Org we want to make sure that people have the local information and information they need to fight back against Voter Suppression. Lets talk about population growth. Thats the interesting piece. A lot of these northern districts like up in new york city where you saw aoc win against crowning, thats because the population changed. The same thing in the cambridge district. Presley could win, aoc could win. Is there a changing population significant enough for georgia that it could elect a democrat for president . That population has not only change, the change has happened. We have watch the change happen over the last few electoral cycles. I was able to block a republican super majority every single cycle because of that demographic change but what our campaign demonstrated in 2018 is that you can concentrate on that change. You can cultivate those communities of color which comprised the largest portion of that change but you dont have to sacrifice white votes to do so. We are capable as democrats of walking and chewing gum at the same time. That it requires early, significant investment. It requires talking to unlikely voters because unlikely voters typically dont respond because we dont show up until the last minute and we do a fairly poor job of communicating but if we treat the up likely voters, that population change the same way we treat swing voters, they will engage. We proved it in georgia outperforming the last two president ial candidates. The honor is mine to have you on tonight. Thank you. Thank you. Elect you to a really big office because you seem like a great leader. Stacie abrams of the peach state. 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