DONALD TRUMP, AND THEY ARE DISASTROUS --
THAT IS THE HISTORY OF POLLING.
THE MOST UNPOPULAR
PRESIDENT AT THE SIX-MONTH MARK EVER, FOR AS LONG AS WE'VE BEEN
KEEPING RECORDS --
THE 100 DAY MARK WAS THE WORST EVER, THE SIX-MONTH MARK
WAS THE WORST EVER, BUT IT'S EVEN LOWER THAN THE HUNDRED DAY
MARK.
36 POINTS IS TERRIBLE FOR A POLITICIAN.
I'LL GIVE YOU SOME
CONTEXT HERE, HERE ARE ALL THE RECENT PRESIDENTS THEY ARE
REFERRING TO AND THEIR POPULARITY, OR LACK OF
POPULARITY.
ONLY THREE ARE UNDERWATER.
YOU SEE TRUMAN AND
KENNEDY, EVEN LYNDON JOHNSON, ENORMOUSLY POPULAR IN THEIR
FIRST SIX MONTHS.
THE THREE THAT ARE UNDERWATER ARE TRUMP,
CLINTON IN HIS FIRST TERM, AND GERALD FORD.
GERALD FORD WAS
THREE POINTS IN POPULARITY FROM DONALD TRUMP, THAT IS BECAUSE HE
JUST PARDONED NIXON AND EVERYONE HATED HIM.
NIXON HAD DONE
WATERGATE AND HE WAS LIKE, WHATEVER, I'M PARDONING HIM. AND
TRUMP IS LOWER THAN THAT GUY.
OUT OF TRUMP RESPOND TO THIS?
FIRST OF ALL OBVIOUSLY WITH A TWEET, HE SAYS --
LET'S GET THIS RIGHT, GUYS.
FIRST OF ALL, IT'S NOT ALMOST
40%, IT'S 36%.
SECOND OF ALL, IF YOU HAVE TO SAY YOU WERE ALMOST
AT 40% AS A POLITICIAN, YOU'RE IN BAD SHAPE.
SECOND OF ALL, IS
IT TRUE OR NOT TRUE?
40%, NOT BAD, YOU DON'T I'M SAYING?
IT'S
NOT 40 AT ALL, BUT ANYWAY -- WELL, THAT INDICATES THAT YOU
THINK IT'S TRUE, SO WHY ARE YOU SAYING IT'S INACCURATE?
BY THE
WAY IF YOU CARE ABOUT REALITY, THE ABC/WASHINGTON POST POLL HAS
BEEN AMONG THE BETTER POLLS, AND HAD HILLARY CLINTON WINNING THE
POPULAR VOTE BY ABOUT 4%, SHE WON BY ABOUT 2%, IT WAS ONE OF
THE MORE ACCURATE COUNTS OF THE PROBABILITY RESULT.
THESE THINGS
ARE PROVABLE, IF YOU ARE TRUMP FAN JUST GO ONLINE AND SEE WHO
IS TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT WHETHER THE ABC NEWS/WASHINGTON
POST POLL IS ACCURATE OR NOT.
YOU ARE GOING TO DO THAT BECAUSE
YOU JUST WANT TO LISTEN TO THE DEAR LEADER.
SO WHY IS HE SO
UNPOPULAR AND WHY CAN'T DEMOCRATS TAKE ADVANTAGE?
FIRST
OF ALL, LET'S LOOK AT RUSSIA, THAT'S THE LEADING TOPIC THAT
THE DEMOCRATS AND THE MEDIA PUSH, AND THERE WE HAVE BAD NEWS
FOR TRUMP --
THAT'S A PRETTY BAD NUMBER, 63% --
60% OF AMERICANS, ROUGHLY, BELIEVE THE RUSSIANS WERE TRYING
TO HELP TRUMP.
AND OF THAT 60%, ANOTHER TWO THIRDS OF THAT GROUP
SAYS, YEAH, THE TRUMP AIDES WERE LOOKING FOR RUSSIAN HELP.
SO
THAT'S WHAT HE'S UNPOPULAR?
HOLD THE PHONE, THERE IS ANOTHER
WRINKLE TO THAT SIDE THAT MAKES IT A LOT LESS CLEAR --
SO YES, A LOT OF FOLKS THINK THAT DONALD TRUMP, JR.
SHOULDN'T
HAVE DONE THAT MEETING, THEY THINK MAYBE RUSSIA WAS TRYING TO
HELP TRUMP OVERALL, BUT WHEN YOU GET TO THE BOTTOM LINE OF IS
THIS AN IMPORTANT THING, DO YOU THINK RUSSIA AND TRUMP COLLUDED?
THE COUNTRY IS SPLIT.
IT IS NOT 36/58, THAT QUESTION IS SPLIT.
SO IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE RUSSIA IS DOING THE DAMAGE.
THE REASON
DEMOCRATS HARP ON RUSSIA IS NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE IT WORKS
THAT WELL, BECAUSE AS YOU SEE THE POLLING INDICATES THE
COUNTRY IS SPLIT ON THAT -- THEY DO IT BECAUSE IT'S SAFE.
YOU CAN
JUST SAY RUSSIA, BOO.
THAT WAY THEY DON'T HAVE TO TALK ABOUT
POLICY, BECAUSE THEIR DONORS WOULD BE ANNOYED IF I TALKED
ABOUT INCREASING MINIMUM WAGE OR GOING TO MEDICARE FOR ALL.
BY
THE WAY, I ALSO THINK THERE IS A HUGE PROBLEM IN COLLUSION, I
THINK IT'S REAL, THE DONALD TRUMP, JR.
STORY SHOWED THAT IN
A LOT OF WAYS, BUT WHAT YOU COULD DO IS DO AN INVESTIGATION
OF THAT WITHOUT HARPING ON IT NONSTOP THINKING IT'S GOOD
POLITICS, BECAUSE AS I'VE TOLD YOU ALL ALONG, I DON'T THINK
IT'S GREAT POLITICS.
BUT FOR THE REASONS OF TRUTH YOU SHOULD
PURSUE IT.
SO IF IT'S NOT RUSSIA, WHAT IS IT?
WHY IS TRUMP
POLLING SO LOW?
FIRST OF ALL THEY DON'T HAVE A GREAT
IMPRESSION OF HIS COMPETENCE --
THAT'S NOT A GOOD NUMBER, THEY THINK YOU AREN'T GETTING
ANYTHING DONE.
NOW, HOW ABOUT STRENGTH?
TRUMP IS ALWAYS
TALKING ABOUT HOW STRONG HE IS, I'M GOING TO MAKE A STRONG MOVE,
RIGHT?
NO, I DON'T THINK HE'S STRONG AT ALL.
UNDER TRUMP, U.S.
WORLD LEADERSHIP HAS GOTTEN --
STRONGER IS ONLY 27%.
46% THINK WE'VE GOTTEN WEAKER UNDER
TRUMP, 27 TO 46.
AND 23% SAY ABOUT THE SAME.
SO IF YOU ARE
LEADER WHO PRIDES HERSELF ON STRENGTH NUMBERS ARE MISERABLE.
SO NOT COMPETENT, NOT STRONG.
HOW IS HE DOING ON THE WORLD
STAGE OVERALL?
AS YOU LOOK HERE, DO YOU TRUST TRUMP TO NEGOTIATE
ON THE U.S.'S BEHALF WITH OTHER WORLD LEADERS?
34% SAY WE TRUST
HIM MORE, 66% SAY WE TRUST HIM LESS.
TERRIBLE NUMBERS.
WE DO
NOT TRUST HIM TO NEGOTIATE ON OUR BEHALF.
REMEMBER HIS WHOLE
THING WAS THE ART OF THE DEAL, I'M THE BEST NEGOTIATOR.
TWO
THIRDS OF AMERICANS THINK YOU KIND OF SUCK AT IT.
THESE ARE
SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN TO THE
MOTHER LODE YET.
THE MOTHER LODE IS HEALTHCARE --
BY THE WAY, THAT 17% NUMBER, I'M SURPRISED IS NOT LARGER.
BECAUSE IT'S SO EASY TO GO I DON'T LIKE OBAMACARE OR THE
REPUBLICAN PLAN, GIVE ME SOMETHING MAGICAL THAT'S BETTER.
AND MAYBE IT'S NOT MAGICAL, MAYBE THERE IS SOMETHING LIKE
MEDICARE FOR ALL OF THAT IS MUCH BETTER.
AND IT POLLS THAT 58%,
BETTER THAN EITHER PLAN.
BUT MOST PEOPLE HAVE MADE UP THEIR
MIND, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE OTHER PLANS, I DO KNOW THAT
OBAMACARE IS WAY BETTER THAN THE REPUBLICAN PROPOSAL.
50 TO 24, A
GIANT LEAD FOR OBAMACARE.
WHAT HAPPENED, REPUBLICANS?
I THOUGHT
OBAMACARE WAS TERRIBLE?
IT TURNS OUT THEY HATE YOU WAY WORSE.
BUT
STILL THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY DOESN'T WIN ANYTHING.
ONE MORE
THING ON POLICY, THEN I WILL TELL YOU WHY DEMOCRATS AREN'T
WINNING.
MEDICAID VERSUS TAXES.
THE REPUBLICAN PLAN CUTS
MEDICAID BY OVER $700 BILLION, AND LUCKY FOR RICH PEOPLE IT
GIVES TAX CUTS TO THE RICH.
TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AGREE WITH
THAT IDEA?
WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT FOR THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO DO -- 63% SAY PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR LOW INCOME
AMERICANS.
NOT JUST EVEN MIDDLE-CLASS, JUST FOR LOW
INCOME AMERICANS.
ONLY 27% SAY CUT TAXES.
AND THAT QUESTION
DIDN'T SAY CUT TAXES ON THE RICH, OR ON BIG BUSINESS, IT
JUST SAID CUT TAXES.
AND EVEN SO, ONLY 27% SHOWS THAT.
REPUBLICANS DO NOT STAND FOR WHAT AMERICANS BELIEVE IN, NOT
REMOTELY CLOSE.
THE ONLY THING TRUMP IS DOING OKAY ON, AND THIS
IS VERY RELEVANT -- MY GOD, WHEN THIS GOES ITSELF, HOW LOW CAN
TRUMP GO?
THE ONLY THING HE DOES OKAY ON HIS, WHAT IS THE STATE
OF THE ECONOMY?
AND THERE, BY A MARGIN OF 43 TO 41, THEY APPROVE
OF HIS HANDLING OF THE ECONOMY.
BUT A BIG NUMBER IS NOT SURE,
THE JURY IS OUT.
THAT NUMBER IS THE CORRECT ONE, THE FOLKS
SAYING THE JURY IS OUT.
THE ECONOMY IS NOT IN SHAMBLES NOW,
FAIR IS FAIR.
SO I THINK THE 43/41 MAKES SOME SENSE.
BUT
TRUMP IS RIDING OFF OF WHAT OBAMA HAS DONE.
AFTER ABOUT 18
MONTHS IN OFFICE WE WILL SEE WHAT TRUMP HAS DONE, MY GUESS IS
THAT WILL BE A DISASTER.
I'VE SAID FROM DAY ONE HE'S GOING
INTO THE 20S IN POPULARITY, BUT IF THE ECONOMY GETS RIPPED APART
HE MIGHT GET TO CHRIS CHRISTIE NUMBERS.
THE FACT THAT THE
ECONOMY IS NOT FALLING APART, AGAIN LARGELY BECAUSE HE HASN'T
BEEN ABLE TO CHANGE WHAT OBAMA HAS DONE IN SIX MONTHS, AND
OBAMA HAD ADDED 15 MILLION JOBS, THAT'S WHY HE IS BARELY HANGING
IN THERE.
BUT YET REPUBLICANS HAVE WON EVERY SPECIAL ELECTION.
I KNOW THEY ARE MAINLY IN REPUBLICAN DISTRICTS AND THAT IS
OF COURSE RELEVANT, BUT YOU WOULD THINK THEY COULD PULL OUT
ONE OR TWO VICTORIES.
IN GEORGIA HILLARY DID BETTER THAN THE
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE IN THE SPECIAL ELECTION IN THAT
DISTRICT, WHAT IS GOING ON?
AND BY THE WAY ONE MORE THING THAT
IS DEVASTATING FOR REPUBLICANS AND TRUMP, REPUBLICANS
OVERWHELMINGLY STILL APPROVE OF TRUMP, DEMOCRATS OVERWHELMINGLY
HATE HIM, HIS APPROVAL IS LIKE 11% WITH DEMOCRATS.
HOW ABOUT
INDEPENDENTS?
YOU WANT TO WIN ELECTIONS, YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP
INDEPENDENTS.
MAYBE HE IS HOLDING THEM?
NO, HE'S NOT.
INDEPENDENTS' POPULARITY RATING FOR TRUMP IS 32%, THEY DON'T
LIKE HIM.
THAT IS LESS THAN A THIRD OF THE INDEPENDENTS WHO
LIKE HIM.
THAT'S A GUARANTEED FORMULA FOR DISASTER AND
ELECTORAL LOSSES.
TRUMP IS NOT UP AGAIN UNTIL 2020 IF HE MAKES
IT THAT FAR, BUT WE DID HAVE SPECIAL ELECTIONS, THE DEMOCRATS
WON NONE OF THEM.
WHAT IS GOING ON?
ONLY ONE GRAPH EXPLAINS IT,
IT'S RIGHT HERE.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY STANDS FOR WHAT?
FOR
PEOPLE SAYING THEY STAND FOR SOMETHING -- BY THE WAY, THAT'S
JUST SOMETHING, ANYTHING -- ONLY 37% OF THE COUNTRY THINGS THAT.
52% SAY THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY STANDS JUST AGAINST TRUMP,
THAT'S ALL THEY ARE.
THEY ARE AN EMPTY PARTY, THEY OPPOSE TRUMP
BECAUSE THEY ARE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE.
ONLY A LITTLE BIT MORE
THAN A THIRD OF THE COUNTRY THINKS THEY STAND FOR ANYTHING
AT ALL.
SO THE BIGGEST ALLY TRUMP HAS IS THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY.
IF IT WASN'T FOR HIS MISERABLE FAILURE OF OPPONENTS,
HE'D GET CRUSHED.
ON THE DAY OF THE ELECTION HIS POPULARITY
WASN'T ANY BETTER.
IT WAS 37%.
HOW COULD A GUY SITTING AT 37%
WIN AN ELECTION?
THAT'S BECAUSE HIS OPPONENTS ARE THE ONLY
PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY THAT ARE WORSE.
DEMOCRATIC PARTY, IT IS
SO CLEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO.
IF YOU ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT WINNING
-- WINNING ELECTORALLY, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY WINNING ON POLICY.
BUT YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THINGS.
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WOULD DO, YOU
WOULD POUND ON HEALTHCARE, ASK FOR HIGHER MINIMUM WAGE SO
PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING REALLY HARD CAN ACTUALLY MAKE A DECENT
LIVING, LOOK OUT FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO HAVE THE AMERICAN DREAM
FOR THEIR KIDS, DO FREE EDUCATION FOR COLLEGE, DO ALL
THESE THINGS THAT ARE ENORMOUSLY POPULAR, AND LOOK HOW POPULAR
MEDICAID IS, LET ALONE MEDICARE FOR ALL, WHICH IS SKYHIGH IN
POPULARITY.
YET DEMOCRATIC LEADERS, WHERE ARE YOU?
WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF BERNIE SANDERS, ELIZABETH WARREN, AND A COUPLE
OF OTHERS IN THE SENATE, AND NOW 130 SOME ODD CONGRESSMEN IN THE
HOUSE NOW THAT JUSTICE DEMOCRATS AND THE NATIONAL NURSES UNITED
PUSHED A PETITION ASKING FOR IT, ONLY THOSE GUYS ARE FOR MEDICARE
FOR ALL.
BUT THE LEADERSHIP, NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.
GOOD OLD MARCO RUBIO.
ANYWAY --
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR WHY DONALD TRUMP AND THE REPUBLICANS
ARE NOT GETTING KILLED IN THE BALLOT BOX YET, YOU HAVE YOUR
ANSWER.
IT'S THE ESTABLISHMENT DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADERSHIP.
LOOK, I BELIEVE THAT THE CURRENT DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENTS SHOULD BE
PRIMARIED.
I THINK THEIR RECORD OF FAILURE IS RECORD-BREAKING,
THEY LOST TO DONALD TRUMP, THEY HAVE LOST THE HOUSE, THE SENATE,
THE SUPREME COURT, AND 69 OUT OF 99 STATE LEGISLATURES, THEY
ALMOST LITERALLY CAN'T GET ANY WORSE.
BUT WHEN WE SAY THERE
SHOULD BE PRIMARIES OF DEMOCRATS, THEY SAY WHY ARE YOU
TRYING TO HURT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY?
ARE YOU INSANE?
THESE ARE
THE PEOPLE HURTING THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
THEY CAN'T
FIND A WAY TO BE A HORRIBLY INCOMPETENT, GREATLY DISLIKED
PRESIDENT LIKE DONALD TRUMP.
IF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, AS YOU
EXIST TODAY, CAN'T DO THE JOB, FOR GOD'S SAKE STEP ASIDE.
MY ANSWER IS JUSTICE DEMOCRATS.COM.
GO TO JUSTICE
DEMOCRATS.COM/WIN, BECOME PART OF THE EFFORT, BECAUSE IF YOU
LET THESE DEMOCRATS RUN AGAINST REPUBLICANS AGAIN, THEY ARE THE
ONLY PEOPLE WHO COULD LOSE TO TRUMP AND THESE REPUBLICANS WHO
ARE GREATLY DISLIKED.
IF YOU HAVE A BETTER ANSWER, HAVE AT
IT, HOSS.
I'M ALL FOR IT.
THE ONLY THING WE KNOW NOW IS TRUMP
IS IN TERRIBLE SHAPE, AND THE ONLY THING WORSE THAN TRUMP,
ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BOTH AT THE BALLOT BOX AND TO
SOME DEGREE IN THE POLLS HERE, IS THE CURRENT ESTABLISHMENT OF
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
STAND FOR SOMETHING.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO
BE A PROGRESSIVE, OR PRETEND TO BE, AT LEAST ACT LIKE IT AND
SHOW US YOU WILL FIGHT FOR PROGRESSIVE PRIORITIES.
IF NOT,
STEP ASIDE AND LET REAL PROGRESSIVES FIGHT AGAINST THESE
REPUBLICANS, AND WE WILL SHOW YOU WHAT WE CAN DO.
JUSTICE
DEMOCRATS.COM.