to be attacking barack obama. they spent a lot of time in the debate attacking the obama legacy. i sort of understand why some of it happened. it s after this week if democrats don t understand the folly, the id asy, going on with that, barack obama had flaws but this week makes epically clear how insane it is for democrats to be focusing on anything besides donald trump, let alone focusing on barack obama, again, he some failures but just think about how he performed in these moments when he was president. my colleague jacob soboroff is joined by beto o rouke. no one made a stronger, more blunt case about donald trump than your guest, jacob. and nicolle wallace, nobody has made a stronger or blunt case about donald trump than you have. congressman, right now the president is on the tarmac greeting the members of the
by-product of that, and this is in terms of the whole party, is this party going to continue to try to reach a slice of the rural, midwestern voters who turned out very strongly for trump and are still sticking by him? if the democratic candidates believe that they re supporting a white supremacist or are they going to try to go a more progressive route and bring in new voters, women of color, latino voters, more african-americans? i think it s also going to potentially change the way the party approaches voter outreach. just that, it s amazing how a small statement like that is going to have major implications in the next debate and the next course of this race. and i guess part of me is surprised it took so long for someone to say it. donald trump did an interview i believe with fox business describing himself as a proud nationalist. it s two more ticks on the dial to being a white supremacist. that was the beto o rouke a lot of people fell in love with in the 2018 senate campaig
said, all you have to do is look at the stage on the front of the stage in front of beto o rouke, it says not welcome. and that s one person it s targeted at, the president of the united states. there are several hundred people here. beto o rouke will wrap up and congresswoman escobar goes on the stage. meanwhile, back to you in new york. jacob, i have a question for you, it s important to point out to viewers the congresswoman s position was not black and white. the congresswoman s position was there was a day for donald trump to be welcomed, in her point of view, and that was to take back the words and take the target off the back of her community. any conversations or diplomatic work between the white house and community that you re aware of? i guess the no, is the simple answer. i guess the question is if there s any effort on behalf of the white house to do anything like that, why was the president up last night tweeting about this man, beto o rouke, about his first name and
i want to come back to the interview but get quick reaction from jason johnson. i believe the democratic primary will be the day before that o rourke called donald trump a white supremacist and the day after. i think the democratic primary changed. the face of it, the feel of it. we came on the air the biden speech seemingly changing the democratic primary, a litany of donald trump s racist rhetoric laid out and tied to the violence in el paso. you have beto o rouke, the son of el paso, who has been blunt in calling donald trump a racist, tying the rhetoric to the violence now saying, yes, he is indeed a white supremacist. that is an amazing moment. i completely agree with you, nicolle, and also not only does this give us the beto moment, talking pure politics, beto moment, but also sets a new baseline for how the opponents have to talk about this president. the extension of this, we ve seen this with joaquin castro and certain things joe scarborough said, since we identified this pr
he s not interested in bridging divides. you look at the reactions, teleprompter trump had a much different message than finger-trigger trump who showed up last night and this morning on the south lawn of the white house. i had a chance to talk to beto o rouke and he said that s why we re up here doing this today, that s why hundreds are here to send a message, the way the president depicts what happens here and things of latinas, congressmen and woman of color, it s not the reality on the ground. in this city, one of the warmest, most welcoming place i have been in all of my time covering immigration on the southern border. beta, we will be calling on you within the hour. i see beta over your shoulder. you got it. i will be back to you. beto o rouke has been one of the quickest to react, this obviously his hometown. he s been sparing on on joe