he does with george washington. former vice president joe biden crushing president trump in a speech in iowa, accusing him of fanning the flames of white supremacy. the president hit back at biden minutes after the speech calling it so boring and tweeting this. our country will do poorly with him. it will be one big crash. but at least china will be happy. nbc s mike memoli who s been covering the biden campaign, joins me from iowa. what message did the vice president want to convey to voters in that speech? reporter: stephanie, it is hard to believe but just a week ago we were talking about the fall out from the very feisty and combative democratic primary debate in detroit, candidates going after one another. the tragic shootings have really refocused the discussion in the primary back to defeating president trump and the urgency of doing that. we ve seen former vice president biden and his campaign really doubling down on the core message of his presidency which is this battle f
emanuel. joe biden is taking on the president later in a speech we re told. give us a preview of what we re going to hear from mr. biden. as you remember when the vice president announced his candidacy in april the first words out of his mouth were charlottesville. he talked about this election as a battle for the soul of america. what we can expect to see today is doubling down on that message. talking about how president trump in his words has aligned himself with the darkest forces in this country and that has made winning that battle for the heart and soul of this nation even harder. according to excerpts that have been released ahead of his remarks this yoof noon, we can see the vice president drawing a direct line between the president s rhetoric and what we saw motivating the el paso shooter. biden will say how far is it from trump saying this is an invasion to the shooter in el paso declaring his attack is a response to hispanic invasion of texas? not far at all in the both c
those dollars into serving your needs on health care, a green economy, good paying jobs, protecting our environment and so much more. [ applause ] mayor, you are the mayor of the biggest city in the united states, but it s also one of the cities in the country with the greatest gap between the wealthy and the poor. how would you address income inequality. we have been addressing it in new york city by raising benefits and putting money back in the hands of the people. $15 minimum wage and pre-k and things that are making a difference in people s lives. what we are hearing in the first round is that battle for the heart and soul of our party. i want to make it clear. this is supposed to be the party of working people. yes, we are supposed to be for 70% text o tax rate on the wealthy and free college and free public college for our young people.
instead, invest those dollars into serving your needs. things like health care. a green economy. good-paying jobs. protecting our environment. and so much more. mayor de blasio, you re the mayor of the biggest city in the united states, but it s also one of the cities in the country with a greatest gap between the wealthy and the poor. how would you address income inequality? well, we ve been addressing income inequality in new york city by raising wages, by raising benefits, by putting money back in the hands of working people. $15 minimum wage, paid sick days, pre-k for all. things that are making a huge difference in working people s lives. let me tell you, what we re hearing in the first round of questions is the battle for the heart and soul of our party. i want to make it clear, this is supposed to be the party of working people. yes, we re supposed to be for 70% tax rate on the wealthy. yes, we re supposed to be for free college, free public
maybe he is saying, look, i m not for the new green deal but for something that s reasonable and sounds sort of like it butut i think everybody inside the democratic party is recognizing the energy on the left of the democrats and is trying to appease it. that s why we have so many democratic presidential candidates, not including biden and hickenlooper, who come outbi in favor of the impeachment of the president. the energy is there on the left of the democratic party. i just think it s a mistake on their part, on biden s part, to appeal to it so much. sean: ari, who will win this battle for the heart and soul of the democratic party? nancy pelosi is pretty hard core left but not left enough. and joe looks tired to me. none of us know yet. you have to let it play out. that s the strength of our system. the democrats have to go through it right now. let me go back to the interview jonathan carl had, and the press is soft on aoc and other liberals. if you read the resolution of he