up going, if i wouldn t allow any cameras. this is not a photo opportunity. i would absolutely allow the cameras and photographers outside, in the vestibule area, after the meeting has taken place. because allowing cameras and photographers in allows donald trump to capitalize on this moment. allows him to look good, even though he hasn t done anything to demonstrate that he s seriously understanding this moment. not only did he hold a rally the day that this terrorist attack, this massacre happened, he joked about not holding the rally because his hair got wet. he said, well, maybe i should have cancelled because my hair got wet. not because 11 americans were targeted because of their religion. would you, if something god forbid, something like this were to happen at your temple, would you want president trump there? how would you feel? i don t know. and i ve discussed that with people from our synagogue. and many of them are not trump fans, but they re all over the place on t
doing great in early voting and then this bomb stuff happened. and, you know, we got distracted. he is trying to bring the ball back into his court, and he s going back relying on an old playbook. this worked for him in 2016. painting americans against each other. divide and conquer. them versus us. the invading army of brown people versus those of us here already. probably not me or you, but you don t know. you re in a swing district. you live in northern virginia. congresswoman come stock is a vulnerable house republican. how do you think all of this play by president trump is impacting the race? i don t know this particular thing no, the immigration, media, everything. i think it reminds some swing voters of why they dislike donald trump. it s all about division, not rising to what i think many people in my district think is more traditional tasks of the presidency and role of the
so there is a pretty direct relationship there. and paul, i want to ask you. president clinton was not beloved in oklahoma. right. i think it s fair to say. rights. so how much he was welcome in that state after the oklahoma city bombing was something you guys had to consider. but he still did go there, and he still did give a speech that was known as one of his most moving and comforting. how did you negotiate that? the community wanted him there. the governor, frank keating, wanted him there. i think the mayor did. i don t remember the mayor. but the community wanted their president there, not for partisan reasons. these were very republican folks, but they were americans first. and the president did his job. he came in and healed. he didn t seek any kind of partisan advantage. he tried to reunite us and to heal a bunch of broken hearts in a really wonderful community that had been the victim of a terrorist attack. at that time, the worst terrorist attack on american soil