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READ IN 9th GRADE THAT SAYS TIZ A FAR BETTER THING DOING STUFF
FOR OTHER PEOPLE. >> WE HAVE AN EXCITING LITERARY
ANNOUNCEMENT. WE FOUND THE PERFECT REAL LIFE
VERSION OF JANE AUSTEN'S EMMA. SOME OF YOU MIGHT KNOW THE
CHARACTER AS THE INSPIRATION FOR CHER IN THE MOVIE "CLUELESS."
SHE'S RICH, STYLISH, HAS A SUNNY DISPOSITION AND DILIGENTLY CARES
FOR HER POWERFUL FATHER. SHE'S ALSO A LITTLE TOO
SELF-ASSURED WHICH IN THE FILM TAKES THE FORM OF CLUELESSLY
READING BOTCHED ADAGES AS TOKENS OF ADVICE.
SHE SAYS THINGS THAT COULD BE DESCRIBED AS A STRAWBERRY
MILKSHAKE OF INSPIRATION THAT FEELS LIKE EATING SCENTED COTTON
BALLS. THAT'S HOW WRITERS FOR THE "NEW
YORK TIMES" DESCRIBE THE NEW BOOK BY IVANKA TRUMP.
HER NEW BOOK "WOMEN WHO WORK", IS A SURPRISINGLY NOT IRONIC IF
YOU CAN BELIEVE IT, ESPECIALLY AFTER READING PASSAGES OF SAGE
ADVICE LIKE THIS. TO MASTER COMMUNICATION, ASK
QUESTIONS AND LISTEN WELL. TO COMMUNICATE WITH HER READERS,
IVANKA BORROWS HEAVILY FROM OTHER SUCCESSFUL FAMOUS PEOPLE,
SHERYL SANDBERG, MARK TWAIN, NELSON MANDELA AND EVEN NICHY
SHOW UP. SHE ALSO TAKES THESE QUOTES
COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTEXT. FOR EXAMPLE, HOW DO YOU TELL
WEALTHY WOMEN HOW TO MANAGE THEIR E-MAILS?
WELL, YOU COMPARE IT TO SLAVERY AND QUOTE TONY MORRISON.
SERIOUSLY. BEFORE ASKING HER READERS, ARE
YOU A SLAVE TO YOUR TIME OR THE MASTER OF IT?
SHE QUOTES BELOVED, A NOVEL ABOUT PSYCHOLOGICAL GHOSTS OF
SLAVERY. FREEING YOURSELF WAS ONE THING.
CLAIMING OWNERSHIP OF THAT FREED SELF IS ANOTHER.
TONY MORRISON.
IVANKA'S ATTEMPT TO DO STUFF FOR WOMEN GOES BEYOND HER BOOK
HOWEVER. LAST WEEK SHE SAID SHE HAD
STARTED A GLOBAL FUND FOR FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS WITH CONTRIBUTIONS
FROM BOTH COUNTRIES AND COMPANIES.
HELLO, CLINTON FOUNDATION, HI, THIS IS THE IRONY DEPARTMENT.
YEAH, WE'LL CALL YOU LATER. THANKS.
AFTER THE COMMENT SPARKED CONCERNS ABOUT CONFLICT OF
INTEREST, THE WHITE HOUSE SAID THAT IVANKA WILL NOT PERSONALLY
SOLICIT DONATIONS AND THAT THE FUND WOULD MERELY BE RUN BY THE
WORLD BANK. JOINING ME IS JOAN WALSH, CAREEN
PEER AND LISA BLOOM. FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF IRONY,
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. TONY MORRISON WAS TOTALLY TRYING
TO TALK ABOUT WOMEN CEOs IN THAT BOOK, BELOVED.
LIKE FATHER LIKE DAUGHTER IS THE WAY THE "NEW YORK TIMES"
DESCRIBES IVANKA. THIS IS A QUOTE FROM THAT PIECE.
THOUGH THEIR DEMEANORS ARE DIFFERENT, SHE'S GUARDED WHERE
HE IS UNFETERED. SHE'S MORE LIKE HER FATHER THAN
PEOPLE REALIZE. LISA BLOOM,BLOOM, SHE DOES SEEM
DEFINITELY BE CONSTANTLY
MARKETING, NO? >> SHE DOES.
SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE THIS TRUST IN IVANKA, THAT SHE'S PROGRESS
SIEVE, AN UNDERLYING FORCE.
BUT I THINK THE PROBLEM IS THE IDEA THAT BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE MUST
BE BENEVOLENT. SHE NEVER TAKES A STAND ON
ANYTHING THAT'S CONTROVERSIAL. SHE REALLY DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING
NEW. SHE DOESN'T HAVE ANY INSIGHTS.
AND THIS IS THE ADVISER WHO'S WHISPERING IN THE EAR OF THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. >> YEAH, AND YOU KNOW, THE IDEA,
JOAN, WAS THAT SHE WAS GOING TO BE THIS GREAT MODERATING
INFLUENCE ON HER DAD BECAUSE SHE'S SO BENEVOLENT, AND SHE WAS
GOING TO FIGHT FOR WOMEN'S ISSUES.
THE "NEW YORK TIMES" PROFILE CLAIM THAT IVANKA TRUMP TRIED TO
CLAIM THAT PLANNED PARENTHOOD SHOULD BE SPLIT IN TWO WITH A
SMALLER ARM TO PROVIDE ABORTIONS AND A LARGER ONE DEVOTED TO
WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES. SHE WAS TRYING TO FIND A COMMON
SENSE SOLUTION. PLANNED PARENTHOOD OFFICIALS
SAID THEY THOUGHT HER ADVICE WAS NAIVE, FAILING TO UNDERSTAND
WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS. >> IT'S ODD BECAUSE THEY DO
SOMEWHAT HAVE SEPARATE STRUCTURES FOR ABORTION AND
CONTRACEPTIVE SERVICES, SO SHE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW THAT.
THEY HAVE TO HANDLE MONEY THAT COMES FROM THE GOVERNMENT,
MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENTS THAT NONE OF IT GOES TO ABORTION
CARE. SHE JUST THINKS IT'S POSSIBLE TO
JETSON YOUR ABORTION SERVICES. I THOUGHT THAT WAS A REALLY
INTERESTING EXAMPLE. ALSO, CAN WE JUST GO BACK TO
"BELOVED" FOR ONE SECOND. THAT BOOK IS ABOUT THE
PSYCHOLOGICAL WAGES AND DESTRUCTION UNDER SLAVERY AND
ABOUT A MOTHER'S VERY, VERY, VERY AWFUL CHOICE ABOUT WHAT
CONSTITUTES FREEDOM. I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE ANYTHING
AWAY IF YOU HAVEN'T READ IT. BUT THAT YOU COULD BE SO SHALLOW
AS TO TAKE ONE OF THE MORE HAIR ROWING BOOKS IN OUR CANNON AND
MAKE IT ABOUT TIME MANAGEMENT AND ANSWERING E-MAIL.
THAT'S ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS BOOK.
>> FOR AFFLUENT WOMEN. KARINA, IT IS SHOCKING THAT SHE
THINKS THESE QUOTES ARE ABOUT SOMEONE LIKE HER WHO HAS A FLEET
OF NANNIES AND LOTS OF MONEY THAT SHE CLEARLY DIDN'T
UNDERSTAND THE POINT OF THAT BOOK.
>> IT'S INSULTING TO WOMEN, WOMEN OF COLOR, BLACK WOMEN IN
PARTICULAR, THAT SHE WOULD TRY
TO MAKE ANY CONNECTIONS. SHE HAS NO IDEA.
SHE'S ALWAYS LIVED IN ESSENTIALLY A CASTLE AND HAS NO
IDEA WHAT REAL LIFE IS FOR EVERY DAY PEOPLE.
LOOK, THE APPLE DOESN'T FALL FAR FROM THE TREE WHEN IT COMES TO
IVANKA TRUMP. SHE'S VERY MUCH LIKE HER FATHER.
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE BOTTOM LINE. IT'S ALL ABOUT PROFITING FROM
THE PRESIDENCY, AND WHAT WE SAW THIS WEEK WITH HER BOOK WAS PURE
HYPOCRISY. IT WAS LIKE -- IT WAS JUST ON
FULL DISPLAY. ON THE ONE HAND SHE'S USING THIS
BOOK TO SHOW THAT SHE'S A CHAMPION FOR WOMEN, A FIGHTER
FOR WOMEN, BUT THEN ON THE OTHER HAND SHE'S CHEERING ON HER
FATHER WHO'S PASSING A BILL, A HEALTH CARE BILL, THAT IS GOING
TO HURT WOMEN GREATLY, DEFUNDING PLANNED PARENTHOOD, TAKING AWAY
MATERNITY CARE. AND NOT ONLY THAT, LET'S NOT
FORGET THE WHITE HOUSE IS ROLLING BACK WORKFORCE
PROTECTION FOR WOMEN. IT'S JUST -- IT'S JUST INSANE.
>> THERE'S ALSO THE QUESTION OF THE BOOK ITSELF AND THE WAY
SHE'S PROMOTING WHICH IS VERY DONALD TRUMP-IAN.
SHE CLAIMED SHE WAS NOT GOING TO PROMOTE THE BOOK, THAT SHE HAD
WRITTEN IT BEFORE THE ELECTION HAPPENED, AND YET HERE SHE IS ON
SOCIAL MEDIA SAYING SHE WAS GOING TO AVOID PROMOTING IT BUT
THEN SHE PROMOTED IT ANYWAY. >> THIS IS THE NONBOOK TOUR BOOK
TOUR, AND IN FACT MANY AUTHORSR WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE SOCIAL
MEDIA CAMPAIGN FOR THEIR BOOKS THAT SHE HAS BECAUSE SHE HAS
MILLIONS OF FOLLOWERS. SHE EVEN HAD A STATE DEPARTMENT
OFFICIAL RETWEETING SOMETHING THAT SHE POSTED THAT WAS A BOOK
PROMOTION. ULTIMATELY THEY HAD TO DELETE
IT. SO HERE'S A LITTLE VIDEO THAT
SHE MADE OF THIS STRANGE DANCING WITH HER CHILD.
I GUESS IT'S CUTE. THAT'S NICE.
BUT THIS IS TO PROMOTE HER BOOK. LET'S KEEP IN MIND THAT THE
WHOLE WOMEN WHO WORK CONCEPT IS SOMETHING THAT WAS FOCUS GROUPED
YEARS AGO BECAUSE WOMEN DIDN'T RELATE TO HER FOR HER BRAND.
THEY SAW HER AS A WEALTHY WOMAN WHO WAS OUT OF TOUCH WITH THEM..
THEY DID FOCUS GROUPS AND CAME UP WITH THE WOMEN WHO WORK
HASHTAG AND THEN HER BRAND STARTED TO DO BETTER AND NOW
SHE'S DEVELOPED IT INTO A BOOK. THERE'S A REAL LACK OF
AUTHENTICITY HERE AND THAT'S WHY WOMEN DON'T CONNECT WITH IVANKA.
>> I JUST IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF CHELSEA CLINTON WERE
OUT THERE PROMOTING WOMEN WHO WORK.
YOU HAVE IVANKA TRUMP WHO WANTS TO BE SEEN AS JUST A DAUGHTER,
JUST DADDY'S DAUGHTER, BUT SHE ALSO IS AN OFFICIAL WORKING IN
THE WHITE HOUSE AND CLAIMING THAT HER NICHE IS PROMOTING
WOMEN'S ISSUES BUT ON THE ISSUE, FOR INSTANCE, OF MATERNITY
LEAVE, IF YOU GO BACK TO THAT SAME "NEW YORK TIMES" PROFILE,
THERE'S A FORMER EXECUTIVE WHO WAS AT IVANKA TRUMP'S COMPANY
AND SAYS SHE WAS PREGNANT WHEN MS. TRUMP OFFERED HER A JOB IN
THE SUMMER OF 2013 AND ASKED ABOUT PAID MATERNITY LEAVE AND
DESCRIBED IVANKA TRUMP AS SAYING, QUOTE, WE DON'T HAVE
PAID MATERNITY LEAVE HERE. I WENT BACK TO WORK ONE WEEK
AFTER HAVING MY CHILD SO THAT'S SOMETHING I'M USED TO.
>> AND I HAVE A FLEET OF NANNIES SO I CAN GO BACK TO WORK AFTER
ONE WEEK. THERE'S SO MUCH H HYPOCRISY HER.
ALSO, SHE DID STAND AND CLAP WHEN HER FATHER WAS HAVING A
LITTLE PARTY TO CELEBRATE TAKING HEALTH CARE AWAY FROM WOMEN AND
SHE HAS NOT PUSHED FOR PARENTAL LEAVE EVEN IN HER CAPACITY AS
TOP WHITE HOUSE ADVISER WITH SECURITY CLEARANCE, SO SHE
REALLY WANTS TO HAVE THIS APPEARANCE OF BEING A FORCE FOR
GOOD AND YET SHE'S ACCOMPLISHED NOTHING AND SHE APPLAUDS
CRUELTY. >> AND SEAN SPICER, KARINE,
ATTEMPTED TO SORT OF EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS SHE'S DOING IN THE
WHITE HOUSE. SHE DOES HAVE TOP SECURITY
CLEARANCE. THIS IS SEAN TRYING TO EXPLAIN
WHAT IVANKA TRUMP DOES FOR A LIVING.
>> CAN YOU CLARIFY FOR US WHAT EXACTLY HER AREAS OF
RESPONSIBILITY ARE HERE AND WHAT HERE QUALIFICATIONS ARE FOR
THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES. >> SURE.
I THINK IVANKA HAS BUILT A VERY SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS.
SHE'S BEEN WORKING WITH WOMEN TO TALK ABOUT EMPOWERMENT AND
EDUCATION FOR QUITE SOME TIME. IT'S A PASSION OF HERS.
AND I THINK FOR HER TO BRING BOTH HER BUSINESS ACUMEN AND
SUCCESS, HERER PASSION FOR WOME EMPOWERMENT AND EDUCATION --
>> KARINE, IS THAT SOMETHING -- YOU WORKED IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU NEED A WHITE HOUSE JOB TO DO?
COULDN'T SHE JUST DO THAT AS FIRST DAUGHTER?
>> YES, SHE COULD EASILY DO IT AS FIRST DAUGHTER.
SHE'S NOT DOING IT ANYWAY SO WHY DO YOU HAVE TO GO INTO THE WHITE
HOUSE. LOOK, WE'RE NOT STUPID.
THE WHITE HOUSE SEEMS TO THINK THAT WE'RE JUST A BUNCH OF
DUMMIES OUT HERE, THAT WE CAN'T CALL OUT THE REAL THINGS THAT WE
SEE. AND YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE
DAY WE HAVE TO HOLD HER
ACCOUNTABLE WHEN SHE'S NOT. I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT WE
CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT IT. >> LISA, I HAVE TO COME BACK TO
THIS ISSUE OF THE EMOLUMENTS CLAUSE WHICH IS A RECURRING
THEME IN THIS PRESIDENCY. IVANKA TRUMP NOT ONLY PROMOTING
HER BOOK BUT ALSO THERE WAS A PIECE ABOUT THE MANILA TRUMP
TOWER, THAT SHE WAS IN AN AD AND UP UNTIL THIS WEEK THE PROJECT'S
WEB PAGE AND THIS IS NOT OWNED BY TRUMP BUT THEY GET A
LICENSING FEE. DONALD TRUMP SEVERAL YEARS
BEFORE ELECTED PRESIDENT DECLARING THE SKYSCRAPER NAMED
NEAR THE CAPITAL IS SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL LIKE NO ONE'S EVER
SEEN BEFORE. IVANKA TRUMP IS PICTURED IN ADS
FOR IT. ALSO SHE HAS A JEWELRY LINE, A
SHOE COLLECTION. IF FOREIGN LEADERS FOR INSTANCE
WANTED TO CURRY FAVOR WITH THE FAMILY, THERE'S SO MUCH IVANKA
TRUMP STUFF THEY COULD BUY, FACTORIES THEY COULD OPEN.
IS THERE EVER GOING TO BE A ZEROING IN ON HER EMOLUMENTS
ISSUES? >> THERE SHOULD BE.
ONE THING WE CAN'T MEASURE ARE THESE WORDS, WOMEN'S
EMPOWERMENT, SHE'S SUPPORTING WOMEN.
THERE'S NO MEASURABLE RESULTSTSN ANYTHING THAT SHE DOES.
THE ONLY MEASURABLE RESULTS ARE TO HER POCKET, FROM HER BRAND,
FROM HER SHOES, FROM HER JEWELRY, TO HER DAD, FROM THE
REAL ESTATE EMPIRE. THAT'S WHERE ALL THE TANGIBLES
RESULTS ARE COMING FROM THE TRUMP FAMILY BUT THERE'S NOTHING
I CAN SEE FROM THE AMERICAN WOMEN OR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
>> NOT UNLESS THEY WANT TO BE LIKE KELLYANNE CONWAY AND BUY
HER DRESSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO JOAN
WALSH, KARINE JEAN PIERRE, AND LISA BLOOM.
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