do they in the trump force know something that the rest of the world doesn t? i m not sure they know something the rest of the world doesn t because i do think it s a bit reckless and i do think it s a bit dangerous. but it is part of a potential strategy which says we re going to build on our strategy of telling white americans that they come first, that we will stand up, i donald trump will be the honest president who s able to call out these people of color who say what you and i believe to be wrong. right? so you played those clips, brian, of folks saying this isn t racism, you know, maybe he shouldn t be so reckless. the reality of where he did that in north carolina, we should be very clear about. north carolina s the state where there is evidence that there was an intention on the part of some
political journalist who is our national political reporter, and maya wily, former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york who is now with the new school here in new york. and that s where we d like to begin. counselor, set aside if you can any feelings of social justice along with your law degree. let s talk about the raw politics of this attack by the president on these four women. do you think it has underpinnings? do they in the trump force know something that the rest of the world doesn t? i m not sure they know something the rest of the world doesn t because i do think it s a bit reckless and i do think it s a bit dangerous. but it is part of a potential strategy which says we re going to build on our strategy of telling white americans that they come first, that we will stand up, i donald trump will be the honest president who s able to call out these people of
but these people are off in a place, brian, i think many democrats were saying wait a minute, i don t feel that, i can t defend that. as i looked through the comments on my column today, 5,000 of them, i was just struck by so many people saying yes, i felt that way, that was just too far to the left for me. and if they felt that way, imagine what republicans were saying. this isn t complicated. democrats won the house in 2018 by getting enough independents, moderate republicans and suburban women who had voted for trump in 2016, took a flyer on trump to cross over and say no, no, not this time. and they elected lots of democrats in trump districts trump won the presidency. the math is very simple, brian. you need to hold those people in these key districts, swing states and counties to win the presidency. and to do that you need a candidate who can speak to those people. and there are a lot of things that they would be in for in terms of education reform, business opportunities.
i learned covering the middle east, you always have a choice. do you want to make a point or do you want to make a difference? with trump you always have to focus on making a difference because you can t outpoint him. i would have tonight announced we re having a national telethon and our goal is to raise $100 million to register 100 million new democratic voters in every swing state, in every swing district in the country. and every time someone trump makes a racist statement we re going to have another telethon. thank you, donald. thank you for helping us raise money to register more democrats in swing states and districts around the country. but if you just come back and say you re a bad guy and everyone s opining he s a bad guy, we know that. his supporters don t need more information. they re not interested in information. there is a fever in the republican party, brian. we have a president without shame. backed by a party without spine. amplified by network without integrity. t
assure other americans you can control your border. and then i am really pro immigration for both the high energy lower skilled and the high i.q. risk takers. we need both. but there are ways to balance all of these things. but these people are off in a place, brian, i think many democrats were saying wait a minute, i don t feel that, i can t defend that. as i looked through the comments on my column today, 5,000 of them, i was just struck by so many people saying yes, i felt that way, that was just too far to the left for me. and if they felt that way, imagine what republicans were saying. this isn t complicated. democrats won the house in 2018 by getting enough independents, moderate republicans and suburban women who had voted for trump in 2016, took a flyer on trump to cross over and say no, no, not this time. and they elected lots of democrats in trump districts trump won the presidency. the math is very simple, brian. you need to hold those people in these key districts, swing st