Donald Trump Administration Weak On Basic Competence | Rachel Maddow

. >>> THERE IS REPORTING COMING
OUT TONIGHT THAT REPUBLICANS IN WASHINGTON ARE TRYING YET AGAIN
FOR A THIRD TIME TO PASS AN OBAMACARE REPEAL BILL.
THIS IS IMPORTANT MOST OF ALL BECAUSE HEALTH CARE IS VERY,
VERY IMPORTANT. THIS IS IMPORTANT TO THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION, SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THEY JUST PAST THE
HUNDRED DAYS IN OFFICE POINT WITHOUT PASSING ANY LEGISLATION
AT ALL. THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT,
PARTICULARLY SINCE REPUBLICANS CONTROL THE WHITE HOUSE, THE
HOUSE, AND THE SENATE, AS FAR AS POLITICAL POSSIBILITY IS
CONCERNED FOR PASSING LEGISLATION, FOR THEM, NO TIME
LIKE THE PRESENT IF THEY CAN'T PASS SOMETHING NOW, WHEN CAN
THEY PASS SOMETHING. ALL DAY TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT,
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CALLING THEIR LEGISLATORS TO SAVE OBAMACARE.
THE WAY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DOING RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING OF THIS
ADMINISTRATION. ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE,
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP IS DESPERATELY
WHIPPING VOTES TO TRY TO SAVE THIS OBAMACARE REPEAL BILL FROM
FAILING FOR A THIRD TIME IN A ROW JUST WITH MEMBERS OF THEIR
OWN PARTY. SO THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING
ON THE CONGRESSIONAL SIDE OF THE ON THE ADMINISTRATION SIDE OF
THIS THOUGH, THE EFFORTS TO REPEAL OBAMACARE HAVE THOUGHT
BEEN HELPED BY THE FACT THAT THE ADMINISTRATION SEEMS CONFUSED
ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO. THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF DOESN'T
SEEM TO UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF WHAT IS -- WHAT THE
REPUBLICANS ARE TRYING TO DO WITH OBAMACARE REPEAL IN
CONGRESS. OVER THE WEEK, THE PRESIDENT
TALKED ABOUT THE PLAN TO REPEAL OBAMACARE WILL COVER PREEXISTING
CONDITIONS. IT DOES NOT COVER PREEXISTING
CONDITIONS. IT WILL INCREASE PREMIUMS.
THE ADMINISTRATION RIGHT UP TO AND INCLUDING THE WHITE HOUSE
AND PRESIDENT HIMSELF JUST DON'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND THE BASICS OF
EVEN THE BIG STUFF THEY'RE WORKING ON WHEN IT COMES TO
LEGISLATION. IT MAY MATTER TOWARD GETTING TO
THAT POINT. IT MAY MATTER TOWARD GETTING TO
THAT REALIZATION THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S BEING WORKED
ON. THAT GOVERNMENTSCHTDOWN THAT
WOULD HAVE HAPPENED ON MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT, THAT WAS AVERTED
BY A ONE-WEEK FUNDING BILL PASSED ON FRIDAY WITH HOURS TO
SPARE. OVER THE WEEKEND, NEWS EMERGED
THEY'VE ALSO AGREED IN CONGRESS ON A FIVE-MONTH SPENDING BILL
THAT WILL PUT OFF THE THREAT OF ANOTHER GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
UNTIL DECEMBER. WHERE DOES THE ADMINISTRATION
COME IN ON THIS? DO THEY UNDERSTAND THIS?
WELL, THE ADMINISTRATION SAID THEY WOULD FORCE DEMOCRATS TO
PAY FOR TRUMP'S BORDER WALL ON THE SPENDING BILL.
THEY WOULD RASK G GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN OR THREATEN HEALTH
INSURANCE SUBSIDIES TO PAY FOR THE WALL.
THE HEALTH INSURANCE SUBSIDIES ARE STILL IN THE BILL, THERE
WON'T A SHUTDOWN AND THERE'S NO FUNDING FOR THE WALL.
THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF SAID THEY WERE GOING TO DEFUND SANCTUARY
CITIES. THEY DID NOT.
THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO KILL ALL FEDERAL FUNDING FOR
PLANNED PARENTHOOD. AND THEY DID NOT.
THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO KILL THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR
THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES, THEY DID NOT KILL EITHER OF THOSE
THINGS. THEY WERE GOING TO KNOCK 30% OFF
THE E.P.A. BCHLGT THEY KNOCKED 1% OFF THE E.P.A. BCHLGT THEY
SAID THEY WERE GOING TO THE CUT A BLONDS OFF THE NATIONAL
INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. THE BILL ACTUALLY ADDS
$2 BILLION. THAT'S EXCITING NEWS IF YOU LIKE
THINGS LIKE THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH.
THIS POLITICAL QUESTION FOR WHY THE ADMINISTRATION CAN'T DO
ANYTHING, WHY THEY CAN'T ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING THEY WANT TO
DO, EVEN WITH REPUBLICAN UNIFIED CONTROL OF GOVERNMENT.
IT IS AN UNDERAPPRECIATED THING, PARTICULARLY IN THE BELTWAY
PRESS WHICH LIKES TO FOCUS ON THE PERSONALITY AS A SUBSTITUTE
FOR OTHER FORMS OF EFFECTIVENESS.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS A BUNCH OF PEOPLE IN IT.
IT'S BIG, IT'S COMPLEX. IT'S FILLED WITH LOTS OF
IMPORTANT SKSHL JOBS WHERE IT MATTERS WHO'S IN THOSE JOBS.
AND UNDER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, WE'VE GOT SOME
WEIRD PEOPLE IN RELATIVELY BIG POSITIONS.
WE HAVE WEIRD WEIRD WEIRD DON BENTON RUNNING THE SELECTIVE
SERVICE. WHETHER OR NOT YOU THINK WE ARE
LIKELY TO BRING BACK THE DRAFT, OR YOU THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE
MAINTAIN THAT, WHY IS THAT GUY RUNNING THE AGENCY.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE FLUNKED OUT OF MID LEVEL POSITIONS, AND IT
MATTERS WHEN YOU PUT PEOPLE IN CHARGE OF THINGS THEY DON'T
BELIEVE IN, FOR EXAMPLE, THE ADMINISTRATION IS NOW ANNOUNCED
THEY'VE HIRED AS THE NEW DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
POPULATION AFFAIRS AT HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, THIS IS THE PART
OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES THAT OVERSEES FEDER FEDERAL FAM
PLANNING EFFORTS. THEY'VE HIRED SOMEBODY FOR THAT
JOB FOR WHAT IS STESHL ONE CONTRACEPTION JOB IN THE ENTIRE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THEY HAVE HIRED FOR THAT JOB A
PERSON WHO DOES NOT BELIEVE IN CONTRACEPTION.
>> OF COURSE, CONTRACEPTION DOESN'T WORK.
ITS EFFICACY IS VERY LOW. >> THAT'S TRACY MANNING.
HER NAME WAS TRACY WAGNER AT THE TIME.
SHE'S NOW AT THE ADOPT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES. SHE BELIEVES CONTRACEPTION, OF
COURSE, DOESN'T WORK. THAT'S FINE.
BELIEVE WHAT YOU WANT, BUT THAT MEANS THE ONE JOB YOU ARE
INHERENTLY NOT QUALIFIED FAR IS OVERSEEING CONTRACEPTION
PROGRAMS. I DON'T BELIEVE IN ZOMBIE
BUSINESS, WHICH IS FINE, UNLESS THERE WAS A FEDERAL JOB IN
CHARGE OF FIGHTING ZOMBIES, IN WHICH CASE, ME NOT BELIEVING IN
ZOMBIES WOULD MAKE ME UNQUALIFIED FOR THE ZOMBIE JOB.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? OF COURSE CONTRACEPTION DOESN'T
WORK, THAT'S WHO NEPTD CHARGE IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
SHE CLAIMS THE LINK BETWEEN ABORTION AND BREAST CANCER IS
UNDISPUTED. IN REAL LIFE THERE'S NO LINK
BETWEEN ABORTION AND BREAST CANCER.
THAT SAME CONTENTION HAS ALSO BEEN MADE FOR AN EVEN BIGGER J
PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,
THIS APPOINTMENT MADE A LITTLE MORE NOISE BECAUSE CHARMAINE
YOST, THE NOMINEE IS A RELATIVELY WELL-KNOWN HARD LINE
ANTI-ABORTION ACTIVIST. IT'S WEIRD TO THINK THAT SHE IS
NOW GOING TO BE SOMEBODY WHO ADAMANTLY INSIST THAT IS
ABORTION CAUSES BREAST CANCER WHEN ABORTION DOESN'T CAUSE
BREAST CANCER. LET IT IN "B" NOTED SHE'S GOING
TO BE THE TOP COMMUNICATIONS PERSON FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES IN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. SINCE SHE HAS BEEN NAMED TO THAT
POSITION, CHARMAINE YOST IS APPARENTLY BEEN BUSY SCRUBBING
AS FAST AS SHE CAN HER OWN PUBLIC PROFILE AND PAST
STATEMENTS OFF THE INTERNET MACHINE.
SHE RUNS THE TA A WEBSITE THAT'S CALLED CHARMAINE YOST.COM.
THE ELECTRONIC FROM NOW ON YEAR THEY WERE FIRST TO NOTICE THAT
POSTS FROM HER WEBSITE WERE DISAPPEARING AT AN ALARMING
CLIP. RUS KICK WHO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT
ON THIS SHOW, IT'S THE BRILLIANT ONLINE ORC VICINITY, RUS KICK
THEN STARTED SAVING THE STUFF THAT CHARMAINE YOST HAS BEEN
YANKING DOWN OFF HER WEBSITE, AND IT'S HALL OF FAME STUFF FOR
THE PERSON WHO'S ABOUT TO BE THE TOP PUBLIC AFFAIRS PERSON AT
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. HALF OF RAPE ALLEGATIONS ARE
FACILITIES BUYING McDONALD'S HAMBURGER FROEMTS HOMOSEXUAL
LIFESTYLE. HOW ABOUT THIS ONE.
HOMOSEXUAL COUPLES BREAK UP FAMILIES.
SHE ACCUSES WALMART OF HOMOSEXUALIST ACTIVATION.
THAT'S NOT A WORD I WAS PREVIOUSLY AWARE OF BUT I FULLY
EMBRACE IT. WRITING ABOUT MARRIAGE BETWEEN
TWO WOMEN, SHE JOKES, QUOTE, I WAS WRONG TO SUGGEST THAT LARGE
FARM ANIMALS WERE A PART OF THE FESTIVITIES.
CHARMAINE YOST WILL BE THE TOP SPOKESPERSON AND ASSISTANT
SECRETARY OF AT THE THE HEALTHY AND HUMAN SERVICES.
SHE'S TRYING TO ANY AND A AND A HER WEBSITE BUT SHE'S NOT THANKS
TO RUS KICK. PART OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH
THIS NEW ADMINISTRATION CANNOT BE DIVINED FROM READING DONALD
TRUMP'S TWEETS ABOUT THE CIVIL WAR OR, YOU KNOW, READING HIS
MUSINGS OR LISTENING TO HIS INTERVIEWS WHERE HE TALKS ABOUT
HIMSELF AND WHAT HE THINGS ABOUT HIS ELECTORAL COLLEGE WIN THIS
WEEK. A LOT OF WHAT'S GOING ON IS
ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT AS AN ENTITY, AS NOT JUST ONE PERSON.
IT'S ABOUT THE FACT THIS IS SOMEWHERE BELOW THE "B" TEAM
THAT THE STRUFRPGS BRINGING TO WASHINGTON AND EVERYBODY SAYS
PERSONNEL IS POLICY. THAT IS TRUE.
YOU CAN SEE THE POLICY THINKING BEHIND SOME OF THESE
APPOINTMENTS. BUT PERSONNEL IS ALSO

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