Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Selfinflicted wound. We dont know the entire back story but our understanding is this was not a strategic legal tweet. This was not a Communications Shop messaging tweet. This was the president waking up and doing what we reported him doing in our story which was privately sort of brooding and then publicly feuding and roaring. And he sent this tweet out to refute a bit of our story but in doing so actually pushed his own narrative much further into a place that is not particularly helpful for him or his namesake son. That may be an understatement. Phil rucker, lets talk about dj t. J. To your knowledge and to the best of your reporting, has anything about don june,s case changed materially that has motivated the president s
behavior, his change in mood . You know, the truth is, brian, we just dont know. Bu
to the violent protest in 2017 standing outside of youngkin campaign bus where five people dressed as white nash was pretending to support youngkin. naturally mcauliffe said pony white nationalists were legit immediately condemned them and us be youngkin is disgusting and disqualifying. turns out the white nationalists sing created by the anti-trump, antirepublican political action committee. when asked about the stand, the lincoln project said it was to remind virginia voters that the g.o.p. embraces racist values. four years ago the virginia governor s race, another democratic group released an ad featuring a pickup truck flying the confederate flag with a bumper stick supporting ed gillespie with this tagline. watch. is this what donald trump and ed gillespie mean by the american dream? if republicans created pretend racist scenarios to it
stop-and-frisk. it s not impossible to get over. you use one word that is to me the compelling word competency. whatever you have to say about this man, this is a competent, can-do, problem-solve guy. and that is the complete opposite. and voters want an adult with his hands on the wheels. not donald trump jumping out the window. what s sort of i mean, you know, donald trump is a master at the bumper stick what are some of the quick questions you guys are heading out? what are some of the first introductory messages? well, that donald trump is a lifelong grifter and a con man who sold a bill of goods to bankers, investors, and his workers in the 80s and 90s. and has now told voters across the country that he was going to give them economic stability. what s the bumper sticker for mike? not against trump. what s the i like mike bumper sticker? mike bloomberg is a problem solver and a doer. we ll let that be the last word.
and they said mexico. they didn t say, mexico in some indirect form if there s a new trade deal ? no, the president s got several problems. one, this was so central to his campaign in 2016. two, as you and jeffrey just said, it was not some indirect thing. it was just a bumper stick, mexico will pay. and evelastly, even if you were doing this indirect dividend, the white house hasn t even laid that out. this trade deal hasn t even been ratified and we don t even know how it s going to benefit the u.s. treasury, will then be siphoned off for the 5.7 billion. no explanation, whatsoever. nancy pelosi is proving to be a rather formidable negotiating foe for the president. in donald trump s life, there s pre-january 3rd and post january 3rd. this is completely different. and we saw it i don t think you can play enough, that tape of nancy pelosi and chuck schumer sitting there where donald trump thought he was in control, called the cameras in, and then he backed himself into this
state of the economy. are black voters in michigan buying that? i will say i m not the boys for all black voters, but rachel: you are on the ground. of course, when i m knocking on doors i was actually at an naacp dinner of thought a few months ago and i was told by someone, young women, who said she lived in detroit for 45 years and feels like she s been no collected by the democratic party and another one told me she s looking forward to finally have a conservative to vote for. michigan is in play in for a lot of reasons one of which is straight ticket voting is not allowed anymore so people are going to be able to vote their own mind and think independently because too many people have died for us to that right. when i knock on doors around the city of detroit i actually saw bumper stick on a door that said: insured by smith & wesson. i m going to church the next couple hours and people of this message and understand them choices and options and they can choose.