Michael Moore: Can These Words Bring Down A Sitting President? | The Last Word

>>> THIS AFTERNOON, REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN BILLY LONG IN
MISSOURI ANNOUNCED HE WOULD VOTE AGAINST THE NEW HOUSE REPUBLICAN
ATTEMPT TO REPEAL AND REPLACE OBAMACARE.
QUOTE, I HAVE ALWAYS STATED THAT ONE OF THE FEW GOOD THINGS ABOUT
OBAMACARE IS THAT PEOPLE WITH PREEXISTING CONDITIONS WOULD BE
COVERED. THE McARTHUR AGREEMENT STRIPS
AWAY ANY AGREEMENTS. SAYING PRESIDENT TRUMP DID CALL
CONGRESSMAN LONG TODAY, AND THEY DISCUSSED HIS POSITION FOR BEING
A NO VOTE ON THE AHCA. CONGRESSMAN LONG WANTS
PREEXISTING CONDITIONS COVERED, AND THAT'S WHY HE WON'T SUPPORT
THIS BILL. THE PRESIDENT TRIED TO CONFUSE A
TELEVISION INTERVIEWER YESTERDAY ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY IS IN THAT
BILL. SEAN SPICER TRIED TO CONFUSE
WHITE HOUSE PRESS CORPS TODAY ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY IS IN THAT
BILL. APPARENTLY THE PRESIDENT COULD
NOT CONFUSE CONGRESSMAN BILLY LONG WHAT IS IN THE BILL THAT HE
HAS READ. JOINING US NOW, MICHAEL MOORE,
AN ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING FILMMAKER WHO ANNOUNCED TODAY
THAT HE IS GOING TO BROADWAY. HE WILL STAR IN A ONE-MAN SHOW
ON BROADWAY THIS SUMMER CALLED "THE TERMS OF MY SURRENDER."
MICHAEL, IT'S YOUR BROADWAY DEBUT, FIRST OF ALL.
>> IT, YES. >> THAT'S A BIG DEAL.
>> YES. >> AND YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO
BROADWAY. >> YES.
>> TO SURRENDER TO PRESIDENT TRUMP BECAUSE HE'S GUTTING IT
RIGHT ON HEALTH CARE. WHAT ARE THE ISSUES YOU'RE
SURRENDERING ON. >> NO, NO.
NO NEED TO GO BECAUSE YOU ALREADY KNOW I HAVE GIVEN IT UP.
I THINK THE TERMS OF MY SURRENDER ARE SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENT. THE SHOW IS -- IT'S A PIECE OF
SATIRE THAT I'VE WRITTEN. AND I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO
SOMETHING LIVE ON THE STAGE. AND I THOUGHT -- ACTUALLY, I'VE
BEEN ON A BIT OF A CREATIVE TEAR SINCE, WELL, LAST SUMMER WHEN I
SAW THE TRAIN WRECK THAT WAS COMING.
AND I'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF WRITING.
AND APPROACHING THIS FROM VARIOUS FRONTS.
SO THE FIRST SALVO IS GOING TO BE -- I WANT TO DO SOMETHING
HERE IN THIS CITY, FRANKLY. THE GLOBAL HEADQUARTERS OF
CORPORATE AMERICA, WALL STREET, THE EPICENTER OF THE MEDIA.
AND THE HOME OF THAT GREAT BASTION OF FREE EXPRESSION, THE
AMERICAN THEATER. >> YOU -- WILL YOUR SCRIPT
ADJUST TO THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN THE COURSE OF, SAY, SEAN
SPICER'S DAY? >> YES, YES.
IT IS SCRIPTED. BUT IF WE NEED TO BRING IN
CHOCOLATE CAKE ON ANY GIVEN NIGHT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT,
YES. >> TODAY WAS SO FASCINATING.
YOU SAW SEAN SPICER WHICH WE PLAYED EARLIER IN THE SHOW
TRYING TO PRETEND THAT IT WAS VERY CLEAR WHAT THE PRESIDENT'S
POSITION IS ON PREEXISTING CONDITIONS IN THIS NEW BILL.
WELL, THERE HE WAS ON THE PHONE TODAY WITH A REPUBLICAN
CONGRESSMAN WHO IS SAYING I'M VOTING AGAINST IT BECAUSE IT
DOESN'T GUARANTEE COVERAGE OF PREEXISTING CONDITIONS.
APPARENTLY THAT CONGRESSMAN'S VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT'S IN IT.
>> YES. TRUMP DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THAT
LITERACY IS STILL ALIVE AND WELL IN THIS COUNTRY.
PEOPLE CAN STILL READ. AND THIS PARTICULAR CONGRESSMAN
FROM MISSOURI KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING TO DO, BECAUSE HE READ
IT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO MUCH DEEPER
THAN THAT. BUT, AGAIN, PART OF THE
PROPAGANDA MACHINE, WHICH AGAIN, WE LIKE TO LAUGH ABOUT HERE, BUT
ACTUALLY IT'S NOT VERY FUNNY, BECAUSE THEY THINK THEY'RE
GETTING AWAY WITH IT WITH TENS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IF THEY
JUST SAY SOMETHING ENOUGH, OFTEN ENOUGH AND JUST REPEAT THE LIE,
ENOUGH PEOPLE WILL BELIEVE IT. >> WELL, THAT IS WORKING FOR
MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY VOTED FOR DONALD TRUMP.
>> YES. >> AND FOR NO ONE ELSE.
>> RIGHT. BUT BECAUSE TRUMP RAN AN
ELECTION THAT ENDED UP BEING BENEFITTED, HE BENEFITTED FROM
THE FACT HE WAS APPOINTED BY THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, IT DOESN'T
MATTER WHAT THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS THINK RIGHT NOW.
WHAT IS THE GOOD NEWS IS WE ARE THE MAJORITY, MYSELF AND MY
FELLOW AMERICANS WHO DIDN'T VOTE FOR HIM.
AND WE HAVE RAISED A RUCKUS ON SO MANY ISSUES IN THESE FIRST
FEW MONTHS THAT I THINK WE'VE KEPT HIM VERY BUSY.
AND PEOPLE ARE ATTACKING THIS ON ALL FRONTS.
I CAME ON YOUR SHOW RIGHT AFTER THE ELECTION.
I SAID WE HAVE TO OPERATE ON FOUR FRONTS HERE.
WELL NEED CITIZEN MASS ACTION. WE'VE SEEN THAT, RIGHT?
WE NEED OUR LAWYERS TO GO TO COURT AND GET INJUNCTIONS.
WE'VE HAD THAT. WE NEED TO RUN PEOPLE WHO CAN
WIN NEXT YEAR. WE NEED TO TAKE BACK THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES. AND IF WE KEEP OUR DEMOCRATIC
SENATORS, IT MEANS WE ONLY NEED TO REMOVE THREE REPUBLICAN
SENATORS NEXT YEAR WE NEED TO DO THAT.
AND THE FINAL THING THAT I HAVE PUSHED IS WE NEED AN ARMY OF
SATIRE. WE NEED EVERYBODY TO USE THEIR
SENSE OF HUMOR AND THEIR COMEDY TO BRING HIM DOWN.
BECAUSE HIS SKIN IS SO THIN, HE GETS SO UPSET AT, YOU KNOW, ALL
MELISSA McCARTHY HAS TO DO IS KEEP APPEARING AND ALEC BALDWIN
ON "SNL" AND, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY, I AND OTHERS, WE
FORMED THIS LARGER GROUP OF DISCOMBOBULATING HIM WITH HUMOR,
RIDICULE, SATIRE, TO -- WE WANT HIM UP AT THREE INCOME THE
MORNING TWEETING. THE MORE HE IS DOING THAT,
THAT'S THE LESS HE IS DOING TO HURT THE COUNTRY.
>> HE DOES APPEAR TO PAY MORE ATTENTION TO YOU AND ALEC
BALDWIN AND MELISSA McCARTHY AND EVERYBODY AT "SNL" THAN HE DOES
TO EVEN THE CONSTITUENTS OF REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN BILLY
LONG, WHO HAVE IMPRESSED UPON THIS REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN YOU
CAN'T VOTE FOR THIS. AND SO YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT THE
NUMBER OF FRONTS THAT NEED TO BE MANNED HERE.
>> THE THING IS TOO, LIKE YOU JUST SAID THAT, AND WE JUST
ADMITTED. I JUST ANNOUNCED WHAT THE
STRATEGY IS. >> YES.
IT WILL STILL WORK. >> LET'S SAY HE IS WATCHING
RIGHT NOW. I THINK OVER AT FOX DURING THIS
HOUR, THERE JUST A TEST PATTERN. SO HE HAS FLIPPED OVER HERE AND
HEARD THE STRATEGY THAT IS STILL HE CAN'T CONTROL HIMSELF BECAUSE
THERE IS A DISORDER AFOOT HERE. AND WE WANT TO KEEP HIM BUSY
WITH THAT DISORDER. NOT BUSY IN THE WAY WHERE HE IS
LAUNCHING MORE TOMAHAWK MISSILES NECESSARILY, BUT TO WHERE HE
JUST IS CHASING HIS TAIL. IT'S OUR VERSION OF WAGGING THE
DOG ESSENTIALLY. >> WHEN YOU GO TO BROADWAY, YOU
WILL BE IT SEEMS TO ME PREACHING TO THE CONVERTED TO A GREAT
EXTENT AS OPPOSED TO YOUR DOCUMENTARY WHERE YOU TOOK THE
CAMERAS, WENT RIGHT OUT INTO THE HEART OF TRUMP LAND, WHICH WAS A
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WORLD TO TALK TO.
TALK ABOUT THE ADVANTAGES OF EACH ONE OF THOSE AUDIENCES.
>> WELL, WHO SAYS I'M NOTE MAKING A DOCUMENTARY?
>> OH. >> LISTEN.
I SAID I'M ON A CREATIVE TEAR, ALL RIGHT.
THIS IS SALVO NUMBER ONE. WHY BROADWAY?
BECAUSE PEOPLE ON MY SIDE OF THE POLITICAL FENCE NEED TO START
REACHING THE PEOPLE WHO GO TO SEE "CATS" AND "THE LINE KING."
SO I'M PLANTING MY FLAG IN A PLACE WHERE MIDDLE AMERICA SHOWS
UP. >> IN THE SUMMER, THAT'S TRUE.
>> AND THAT'S WHY I'M DOING FLIT THE SUMMER.
AND WE NEED -- WE NEED -- WE NEED TO SPONSOR NASCAR THINGS.
WE NEED TO SEE CLIMATE CHANGE THINGS ON THE HOODS OF CHEVYS
THAT ARE RACING AROUND THE TRACK, YOU KNOW.
WE NEED -- I DID CONSIDER THE ICE CAPADES OR DISNEY ON ICE
PERHAPS. I'M JUST SAYING -- I'M BEING
FUNNY, BUT I'M NOT. BECAUSE I REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT
WE NEED TO REACH PEOPLE WHERE THEY'RE AT.
8 MILLION OBAMA VOTERS VOTED FOR TRUMP.
I PROBABLY CAN'T CONVINCE THE VAST MAJORITY ON THE WAY ON THE
RIGHT. BUT I THINK WE CAN HOLD OUR
HANDS OUT TO THE 8 MILLION OBAMA VOTERS THAT VOTED FOR TRUMP.
REMEMBER, IT WAS JUST 10,000 VISITS IN MICHIGAN, 2,000 VOTES
PER PRECINCT THAT WE LOST. WELL CAN DO THIS.
AND GOING ON BROADWAY IS ONE WAY I'M GOING TO ATTEMPT TO REACH
OUT TO MIDDLE AMERICANS. AND THE PRICING OF THE SEATS, I
GOT THE PRODUCERS TO COME THERE FOR LIKE 25 BUCKS.
>> AND DISCOUNTS FOR TRUMP VOTERS.
>> IF TRUMP VOTERS WANT TO COME, I WILL PROBABLY ACTUALLY BUY
THEIR TICKET. >> JUN 20th OR JULY 20th?
>> IT STARTS ON JULY 28th. ONLY FOR 12 WEEKS.
AND NEXT TIME I COME BACK ON, WE'LL GO BACK TO OUR SHOW TUNES
THAT WE USED TO DO. >> BOY.
YOU WERE SINGING D

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