because the base, that s what excited people, right? we talked about democrat democrats didn t talk about him at all in 2018. they didn t. when you went out to these red districts, which i did, they didn t. they talked about the issues issues and they talked about what was bothering them, whether it was the tax cuts or what it was, whatever it was. and health care. you re absolutely right. the challenge is balancing that with baz because really have a hunger. like you see the popularity of elizabeth warren. how did he start out? he started out by talking about charlottesville. he said this next election is a test for america. it s a test of whether this election was an aberration or whether this is going to become who we are. 30 seconds. people are already so afraid and i think that you don t want to feed into that fear. i think that instead of going down why not, though? because that s what president trump did.
biden talked about health care. so let s talk about health care. he talked about trump s tax cuts. he talked about climate change. he talked about charlottesville, he s talking about all of these issues. but it s all in context of president trump. i m wondering by doing that, right, he s framing the his policy issues with trump in mind. is that a winning strategy? don, look, i watched some people comment earlier, you got to have all these issues. he came out with something on climate change. i don t even like what he had to say about that. but he did talk about that. at the end, though, do you think people are sitting down at the kitchen table saying, honey, did you see the details of that economic program? honey, did you see exactly what the heck the trade deal is with the world trade organization? that s not where people are. people get a sense of who you are, don. remember when we were in high school, we d vote for best of
party, the president, he has not only trafficked in anti-semitic tropes, he even said during charlottesville that there were good people on both sides of the debate. on one side of the vote, you have people who are voting for lots of life, but a year later there are hated bigots killed in charlottesville. i think the president should have been more vocal about charlottesville. but you know what? we weren t debating yesterday. we were debating remarks specifically made by my colleague which were repeated not once, not twice.
pointed his critics have pointed to his own past statements. those by the president himself, as evidence. trump comes along and says, birth certificate, he gives a birth certificate. whether or not that was a real certificate, because a lot of people question it. i certainly question it. donald j. trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. you know what oh, look at my african-american over here! look at him! you had a group on one side that was bad and you had a group on the other side that was also very violent. but you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides. that s about charlottesville. anyway, yesterday, trump got a boost of support from the highest ranking african-american in his administration. we ll hear another view on that one, coming up next. n. we ll hear another view on that one, coming up next. vo: whatever your type, ask your doctor if epclusa is your kind of cure.
positions as u.s. ambassador to the u.n. there were eyebrow raising moments, like when trump said this in april of 2017. she s doing a good job. now, does everybody like nikki? otherwise she can easily be replaced. no, i am kidding, we want her. i promise. she s doing a fantastic job. then there s this. when the president made his controversial comments after the deadly violence in charlottesville, virginia. haley avoided confirming or denying whether the president acknowledged he made a mistake, even though she had these comments about the incident. i picked up the phone and i had a private conversation with the president about charlottesville and it was taken very well. what i will tell you is there is no room for bigotry and hate in this country. still, ambassador haley was there to defend the president when he used the term little rocket man during the u.n. speech as a nickname for north