>>LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE GOT HIM!
DOWN GOES PRICE, DOWN GOES
PRICE!
>>HE RESIGNED ABOUT AN HOUR AFTER DONALD TRUMP DRESSED HIM
DOWN.
TAKE A LOOK.
>>HE'S A VERY FINE MAN BUT WE WILL MAKE A DECISION SOMETIME
TONIGHT, HE'S A VERY, VERY FINE MAN.
WE HAVE GREAT SECRETARIES,
AND SOME THAT ON THEIR OWN PLANES AS YOU KNOW, AND THAT
SOLVES THAT.
BUT WE PUT IN AN ORDER WITH NO MORE PLANES, IF
YOU LOOK AT PAST ADMINISTRATIONS, FOR INSTANCE
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, TAKE A LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF TIME THEY
SPENT IN THE AIR, THEY SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THE AIR.
BUT I
FELT VERY BADLY BECAUSE SECRETARY PRICE IS A GOOD MAN
BUT WE ARE LOOKING INTO IT VERY STRONGLY.
WE WILL TAKE A LOOK, I'LL BE ANNOUNCING SOMETHING IN THE
NEAR FUTURE.
>>UNBELIEVABLE.
>>WE ARE LOOKING INTO IT VERY STRONGLY.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
>>QUIET, I'M LOOKING INTO IT!
>>REALLY STRONGLY!
THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION SPENT A LOT OF
TIME IN THE AIR.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
>>IF YOU LOOK AT THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION SPENT A LOT
OF TIME IN THE AIR.
I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT IT, NO ONE HAS.
>>THAT MEANS THEY DIDN'T USE PRIVATE PLANES BUT THEY HAD TO
TRAVEL BECAUSE THEY WORK FOR THE GOVERNMENT, THEY SPENT A LOT OF
TIME IN THE AIR.
WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD SECRETARIES.
>>I CAN'T.
>>YOU VOTED FOR THIS GUY.
>>ALSO, AS HE SAID, I'LL PROBABLY BE SIGNING AN EXECUTIVE
ORDER -- MAY BE, I MIGHT SIGN AN EXECUTIVE ORDER.
HEY MAN, LET US
KNOW WHEN YOU DO.
I MIGHT BE DOING A LOT OF THINGS TODAY.
BUT
IF I DO, I WILL TELL YOU. AND HERE AGAIN -- DON'T TELL US YOU
ARE GOING TO DECIDE ON TOM PRICE TONIGHT.
DECIDE, AND LET US
KNOW, IT'S A SIMPLE PROCESS.
>>NORMALLY THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED INCREDIBLY
UNACCEPTABLE BECAUSE YOU ARE LEAVING THE GUY TO DIE OUT
THERE.
IT SOUNDS LIKE I'M GOING TO DECIDE, THAT'S CRAZY.
MAKE A
DECISION BEFORE YOU GO PUBLIC BECAUSE IF YOU GO PUBLIC IT
LOOKS TERRIBLE.
NOT ONLY FOR TOM PRICE BUT FOR YOU, BECAUSE YOU
LOOK SO DISORGANIZED.
>>WEAK.
>>HE IS SO USED TO LOOKING LIKE A CLOWN, WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE
RED NOSE?
DID YOU HEAR WHAT HE SAID ABOUT PUERTO RICO?
PUERTO
RICO, TURNS OUT IT'S AN ISLAND SURROUNDED BY WATER.
BIG WATER.
I SWEAR TO GOD HE SAID BIG WATER.
OCEAN WATER.
WHAT OTHER
KIND OF WATER WOULD YOU BE SURROUNDED BY IN PUERTO RICO?
>>WHEN HE MADE THOSE STATEMENTS ABOUT PUERTO RICO BEING AN
ISLAND THAT IS SURROUNDED BY WATER, I IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT OF
HOW MUCH CRAP SARAH PALIN GOT WHEN SHE TOLD KATIE COURIC SHE
COULD SEE RUSSIA FROM HER HOUSE.
I MEAN, WE HAVE DEVOLVED AS A
COUNTRY.
AT LEAST DURING THE SARAH PALIN DAYS THERE WAS JUST
THE GENERAL CONSENSUS THAT THAT'S KIND OF UNACCEPTABLE.
BUT
NOW WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO SAYS THINGS LIKE PUERTO RICO IS AN
ISLAND SURROUNDED BY BIG WATER.
>>THREE STRAIGHT ELECTIONS, I FORGOT ABOUT PALIN -- TAKE
STOCK.
GEORGE W. BUSH, SARAH PALIN, DONALD TRUMP.
>>YOU ARE THE DUMB PARTY.
>>THERE ARE SMART GUYS WHO ARE REPUBLICANS WHO WE DISAGREE
WITH, THEY HAVE IDEAS FOR HOW GOVERNMENT SHOULD SHRINK AND HOW
IT WOULD WORK AFTERWARD.
NOBODY WOULD SAY JOHN KASICH IS A DUMB
GUY, OR JEB BUSH -- MAYBE SOME PEOPLE WOULD.
BUT HE WAS
GOVERNOR, HE MADE STUFF WORK, WE DIDN'T LIKE IT, BUT -- JOHN
HUNTSMAN, THERE ARE TONS.
BUT YOU GUYS KEEP ELECTING THE
DIMMEST BULBS IN YOUR CLOSET TO LEAD THE PARTY.
>>THAT GOES TO AN IMPORTANT POINT, WE WILL GET TO PRESS IN A
SECOND -- IT'S NOT JUST LEADERSHIP, IT'S THE VOTERS.
YOU
MIGHT FIND THAT MORE OFFENSIVE, BUT YOU HAD 17 CHOICES IN THAT
PRIMARY AND YOU CHOSE THE DUMBEST GUY.
YOU COULD HAVE
CHOSEN JOHN MCCAIN IN 2000, BACK THEN I VOTED FOR HIM, BUT YOU
CHOSE THE DUMB GUY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT SAYS ABOUT YOU.
>>I KNOW WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT THE COUNTRY, NOT JUST REPUBLICANS,
BUT WE ARE NOT NUMBER ONE, WE ARE NOT THE BEST COUNTRY.
I LOVE
MY COUNTRY, THIS IS WHERE I WANT TO LIVE AND I WANTED TO BE GREAT
-- BUT MANY THINGS -- THE IDEA OF AMERICA IS BY FAR THE BEST
IDEA WE HAVE HAD.
BUT WE KEEP DOING DUMB THINGS, AND WE
CELEBRATE DUMBNESS, WE CELEBRATE GUYS WHO WALK AROUND AND PEE
LIKE A DOG AFTER THEY SCORE A TOUCHDOWN AND WE CELEBRATE
GEORGE W. BUSH AND DONALD TRUMP IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
AND I APOLOGIZE INSTANTLY TO BUSH FOR INCLUDING HIM IN
THAT SENTENCE.
>>I HAVE TO GET THIS OUT OF THE WAY, THINK ABOUT THE TYPE OF
RHETORIC YOU HEAR FROM THE RIGHT IN THE PAST ELECTION IN REGARD
TO EDUCATION.
IN REGARD TO KNOWING WHAT YOU ARE TALKING
ABOUT AND PROVIDING DATA AND FACTS TO BACK UP YOUR ARGUMENTS.
YOU WOULD IMMEDIATELY GET CAST OFF AS ELITIST, BECAUSE HAVING
EVIDENCE TO BACK UP THE ARGUMENTS YOU ARE MAKING IS
SOMEHOW A BAD THING THAT MAKES YOU AN ELITIST, AND THERE WAS
THIS OUTRIGHT REJECTION OF LOGIC AND REASON AND IT DROVE ME
INSANE.
>>IT'S NOT TEMPORARY, IT'S NOT A LITTLE THING THAT MADE YOU
INSANE, IT'S THE DIRECTION THE COUNTRY HAS BEEN GOING FOR YEARS
NOW. AND DEVOS AND --
>>YOU CAN'T CALL HER DEVOS, THAT SOUNDS TOO COOL.
>>THAT IS AN INSULT TO DEVO, THEY WERE GREAT BAND.
AND THE
CLOWN WHO IS THE HEAD OF SCIENCE AT NASA NOW.
THE GUY WITH THE
NINE CHINS.
HE'S DUMB SO I TAKE BACK THE -- BUT HE'S NOT A
SERIOUS PERSON.
CAN I READ A COUPLE TWEETS IN REGARD TO
THINGS YOU MENTIONED?
FIRST OF ALL MICHAEL SHURE, SUBTWEETING
THE PRESIDENT'S TWEET ABOUT BIG WATER, BIG OCEAN, AND ISLAND
SURROUNDED BY BIG WATER, HE WROTE "ALWAYS PANDERING TO BIG
WATER."
THAT IS FUNNY, PEOPLE SHOULD RUN WITH THAT.
AND TODAY
BEFORE TOM PRICE GOT FIRED, TONY PERKINS FROM THE FAMILY COUNCIL,
THIS WAS NEVER ABOUT SECRETARY PRICE'S ETHICS, IT'S ABOUT
TRYING TO DISCREDIT ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE SOCIAL
CONSERVATIVES IN WASHINGTON.
NO, IT WAS ABOUT THE ETHICS.
IT WAS SO SCANDALOUS YOU COULD NOT NOT COVER IT.
>>AS PRIVATE JET TRIPS.
>>PAY $25,000 TO FLY TO PHILADELPHIA WHEN IN TRAIN COSTS
TWO HOURS AND COSTS $75?
>>I DON'T BUY FOR A SECOND THAT IT IS OVER THESE CHARTERED
FLIGHTS, I THINK IT HAS EVERY THING TO DO WITH TRUMP BEING
BITTER ABOUT THE FACT THAT TOM PRICE COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT
HEALTHCARE.
BECAUSE THE STORM EVER CARE ABOUT ETHICS OR
TAXPAYER MONEY GOING TOWARD RIDICULOUS, LAVISH TRAVEL FOR
HIS CABINET MEMBERS?
HELL NO.
>>WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL WE HEAR SOMETHING FROM SOMEONE IN THE
WHITE HOUSE.
I SUSPECT IT IS MORE SUBTLE THAN THAT, BUT THERE
COULD BE SOMETHING TO IT.
TRUMP WOULDN'T WANT TO FIREPLACE TO
CALL ATTENTION TO HIS FAILURE TO HEALTHCARE, YOU PICKED A GUY TO
DO IT AND HE COULDN'T.
I'M SURE HE'S DISAPPOINTED IN HEALTHCARE, SO HE HOLDS TOM
PRICE RESPONSIBLE, BUT NOW TOM PRICE WALKS INTO SOMETHING
AND HE'S LIKE, I CAN FIRE HIM NOW.
>>THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT REPORTS THAT NOT ONLY THE THINGS HE SAID
PUBLICLY BUT THAT PRESENTLY TRUMP IS MEDIC TOM PRICE FOR NOT
GETTING TRUMPCARE PASSED, AND OF COURSE PUBLICLY HE ONCE JOKED AT
A RALLY, HE POINTED TO PRICE WHO WAS ON STAGE, HE SAID HE BETTER
GET IT, OTHERWISE I WILL SAY TOM, YOU'RE FIRED.
>>THAT WAS THE BOY SCOUTS JAMBOREE.
>>HE WAS VERY CLEAR THAT HE WAS JOKING, HE DID THIS, LIKE, YOU
KNOW ME.
>>INTERNAL REPORTING INDICATED HE WASN'T JOKING.
LET'S BREAK
THAT DOWN.
NUMBER ONE, HE'S A CLOWN, HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW
GOVERNMENT WORKS.
SO YOUR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES SECRETARY IS IMPORTANT, BUT CAN THEY RALLY THE VOTES
NEEDED IN THE SENATE?
IT'S NOT EXACTLY THE RIGHT -- FIRST OF
ALL THEY CAN'T DO IT UNILATERALLY, OF COURSE NOT,
THAT'S PREPOSTEROUS.
YOU HAVE THE VOTES OR YOU DON'T. CAN THEY
CRAFT LEGISLATION?
NOT REALLY.
AND IF ANYONE WILL TWIST ARMS TO
GET VOTES, WHAT POWER DOES THE GUY AT HHS HAVE?
IT'S EITHER THE
PRESIDENT OR MITCH MCCONNELL THAT GETS IT DONE OR DOESN'T. SO
TO WEIRDLY BLAME YOUR HEALTH SECRETARY, BASICALLY, IS TO
MISUNDERSTAND THE PROCESS.
IF I HAVE A BAD DAY ON AIR I WON'T
TURN TO THE ACCOUNTANT AND GO WHY DIDN'T YOU DO A BETTER
TALKSHOW?
IF YOU SCREWED UP THE ACCOUNTING I WOULD SAY IT'S HIS FAULT.
>>IT'S ALMOST LIKE REQUIRING THE ACCOUNTANT TO RAISE MONEY.
HE MANAGES THE MONEY BUT HE DOESN'T RAISE MONEY.
HE MAKES SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO OPERATE AND DON'T
BREAK THE LAW.
>>THAT'S A PERFECT ANALOGY, THANK YOU FOR MAKING MY BETTER.
THAT IS WHAT DUMB PEOPLE DO WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE
ACCOUNTANT DOES.
THE ACCOUNTANT TRACKS THE MONEY, HE DOESN'T
RAISE MONEY.
THE SECRETARY OF HHS DOESN'T DO A WHIP COUNT IN
CONGRESS AND PASS A BILL, HE APPLIES THAT ONCE IT PASSES.
IT'S HIS JOB TO MAKE SURE IT IS APPLIED RIGHT.
COULD THEY HAVE A
SMALL ROLE IN WHIPPING PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY SINCE HE CAME FROM
THE HOUSE, MAYBE A LITTLE.
>>ONE OF THE REASONS TRUMP PICKED SO MANY PEOPLE FROM
CONGRESS IF HE WAS HOPING THAT WOULD SORT OF HAVE SOME SORT OF
SVENGALI-LIKE EFFECT ON THEIR ABILITY TO PERSUADE THEIR
COLLEAGUES.
BUT TOM PRICE WAS IN THE HOUSE AND HAS NO SWAY IN THE
SENATE.
IF HE HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN CRAFTING THE HEALTHCARE
LEGISLATION, HE IS AN ORTHOPEDIC PHYSICIAN, COULD HE HAVE HAD
SOME ROLE THERE?
BUT HE DOESN'T BECAUSE ALL THEY WANTED TO DO
WAS REPEAL OBAMA CARE.
THE RIGHT CLAIMS OBAMACARE WAS RAMMED
THROUGH BUT THERE WERE 18 MONTHS OF HEARINGS, IT WASN'T RAMMED
THROUGH.
IT DIDN'T PASS WITH REPUBLICAN SUPPORT BUT IT WASN'T
RAMMED THROUGH.
THESE WERE RAMMED THROUGH WITHOUT HAVING
ANY LEGISLATION, THEY FIRED BILL AFTER BILL, THEY ARE LITTLE
TRICKS DESIGNED TO MAKE YOU THINK THEY ARE PASSING SOMETHING
WHEN ALL THEY WANT TO DO IS REPEAL.
SO EVEN THE IDEA THAT
TOM PRICE COULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN CRAFTING
LEGISLATION, THERE WAS NO LEGISLATION.
AND WHAT TOM PRICE
WOULD HAVE BEEN IN CHARGE IN WAS IMPLEMENTING WHATEVER LAW YOU
PASSED.
>>AND FINALLY A SECOND MISUNDERSTANDING HERE IS OK, HE
SPENT $400,000 ON AIRPLANES AND HE SAID DON'T WORRY, I WILL GIVE
YOU BACK A LITTLE LESS THAN 52,000
FOR THE PRICE OF MY SEAT ON A PLANE.
>>A BUSINESS CLASS TICKET.
>>TO BE FAIR TO TOM PRICE I DON'T KNOW THAT HE HAS
$400,000, AND ALL HE CARES ABOUT IS MONEY.
>>HE WAS WORTH $14 MILLION.
AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE HE IS ONE OF
THE MORE POOR MEMBERS OF TRUMP'S CABINET BUT HE'S WORTH 14
MILLION.
>>DRAIN THE SWAMP.
>>HOW HE IS NOT A CRIMINAL I DON'T QUITE KNOW.
HE ADVOCATED LEGISLATION TO BOOST COMPANIES THAT HE HAD
A PERSONAL INVESTMENT IN.
>>THAT'S PARTLY WHAT I WAS GETTING AT, THEY TALK ABOUT
DRAIN THE SWAMP, WASTING GOVERNMENT RESOURCES, THEY CLAIM
TRUMP WAS MAD ABOUT THAT AND ELITES ARE GOING AROUND IN
PRIVATE PLANES, THAT'S NOT DRAINING THE SWAMP -- NO, THERE
ARE MUCH BIGGER PROBLEMS WITH DRAINING THE SWAMP.
TOM PRICE IN
ESSENCE DID INSIDER TRADING WITH INFORMATION HE HAD AS A
CONGRESSMAN THAT THE REST OF US DIDN'T HAVE, THEY HAD TO PASS A
WHOLE LOT TO MAKE SURE YOU COULDN'T KEEP DOING WHAT TOM
PRICE WAS CONSISTENTLY DOING IN THE HOUSE.
I'VE GOT SOME
INFORMATION YOU DON'T KNOW, I WILL TRADE ON THAT.
THAT'S PART
OF HOW HE MADE THE MONEY, THAT'S THE SWAMP.
TRUMP NEW THAT WHEN
HE SELECTED PRICE, SO THIS IS A MOLEHILL COMPARED TO THE
MOUNTAIN OF CORRUPT DEALINGS TOM PRICE HAD IN THE PAST WHICH
TRUMP LOVED.
THAT'S SAVVY, WAY TO CHEAT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.
AND TALK ABOUT SAVING MONEY OR NOT, 400,000 IS TERRIBLE AND HE
SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE IT, BUT TRUMP TODAY ANNOUNCED A BILL
THAT WOULD COST US TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS, THOSE ARE TAX CUTS THAT
WILL GO TO THE RICHEST PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY, TO CORPORATIONS WHO
ARE TRUMP'S DONORS, THAT'S THE SWAMP.
TRILLIONS, NOT THAT 400,000 ON THE PLANE.
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