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>>> IN AN INTERVIEW ABOUT THE VIETNAM WAR THAT WAS RECORDED
WEDNESDAY AND AIRED LAST NIGHT ON C-SPAN, SENATOR JOHN McCAIN
MADE THIS COMMENT ABOUT VIETNAM THAT MANY SEE AS UNMISTAABY A
REFERENCE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP'S DRAFT DEFERMENT.
>> ONE ASPECT OF THE CONFLICT, BY THE WAY, IS THAT WE DRAFTED
THE LOWEST INCOME LEVEL OF AMERICA AND THE HIGHEST INCOME
LEVEL FOUND A DOCTOR THAT WOULD SAY THAT THEY HAD A BONE SPUR.
THAT IS WRONG. THAT IS WRONG.
>> AND AS HAS BEEN REPORTED, DONALD TRUMP RECEIVED FIVE
DEFERMENTS FROM THE DRAFT DURING THE VIETNAM WAR.
>> FIVE. >> DUE TO HEEL SPURS AND, OF
COURSE -- >> WHAT'S A HEEL SPUR?
>> STILL PLAYED FOOTBALL, GOLF, TENNIS.
>> I THINK MY DAUGHTERS HAD A FEW OF THOSE, BUT THEY STILL HAD
TO RUN IN THEIR TRACK MEETS. THEIR COACH MUST HAVE BEEN
WRONG. >> EARLIER IN THE DAY, DONALD
TRUMP'S FORMER CHIEF STRATEGIST TOOK AIM AT MANY REPUBLICANS,
ATTACKING JOHN McCAIN, A WAR HERO, WHO WAS IN PRISON FOR
FIVE, SIX YEARS AND BEATEN UP SO BADLY THAT HE CAN'T EVEN LIFT
HIS ARMS OVER HIS HEAD WHILE DONALD TRUMP WAS GOING TO
COLLEGE WITH HIS BONE SPURS. AND ALSO GEORGE W. BUSH.
AND HE DID IT IN A KEY NOTE ADDRESS TO THE CALIFORNIA
REPUBLICAN PARTY'S FALL CONVENTION.
>> WITHIN 24 HOURS OF EACH OTHER THERE WERE THREE SPEECHES,
PRESIDENT XI IN CHINA, OUR BELOVED PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH.
[ AUDIENCE BOOS ] THAT'S A PIECE OF WORK, AND JOHN
McCAIN. [ AUDIENCE BOOS ]
>> HE EMBARRASSED HIMSELF, WROTE A HIGH FALUTIN' SPEECH.
IT WAS CLEAR HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT.
HE HAS NO EARTHLY IDEA WHETHER HE WAS COME ORG GOING, JUST LIKE
IT WAS WHEN HE WAS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
I WANT TO APOLOGIZE UP FRONT TO ANY OF THE BUSH FOLKS OUTSIDE,
IN THIS AUDIENCE, OKAY? BECAUSE THERE HAS NOT BEEN A
MORE DESTRUCTIVE PRESIDENCY THAN GEORGE BUSH'S.
JOHN McCAIN, HIS SERVICE IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY SAY PRIDE TO
EVERY NAVAL OFFICER. HOW HE HANDLED HIMSELF.
AND HOW JOHN McCAIN HAS HANDLED HIMSELF WITH THIS HORRIBLE
DISEASE HE HAS AND THE CLASS THAT HIS WIFE AND HIS DAUGHTER
HAVE SHOWN, THE WHOLE FAMILY. AND HIS TWO SONS WHO SERVE IN
THE MARINE CORPS. JOHN McCAIN DESERVES OUR
RESPECT. HOWEVER, AS A POLITICIAN, JOHN
McCAIN IS JUST ANOTHER SENATOR FROM ARIZONA.
JOHN McCAIN THE OTHER DAY -- AND "THE NEW YORK TIMES" AND
"MORNING JOE," IT'S THE GREATEST SPEECH IN HUMAN HISTORY.
IT WAS PARACLESE AT ATHENS, RIGHT?
THE SPEECH WAS NOTHING BUT HAPPY TALK.
WE LIVE IN A DANGEROUS WORLD. IT'S TIME WE STARTED TREATING
OUR FELLOW COUNTRYMEN LIKE ADULTS AND HAVE AN ADULT
CONVERSATION WITH THEM. >> SO --
>> THAT, THE GREAT IRONY OF STEVE BANNON AND DONALD TRUMP
LYING THROUGH THEIR TEETH FOR SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE MONTHS,
TALKING IN ALTERNATIVE REALITIES, CONSTANTLY SAYING
THINGS THAT JUST AREN'T TRUE, THAT GUY BEING A HUCKSTER, GOING
ON TELEVISION AND GOING THROUGH A CROWD, HIS HIGH FALUTIN' --
LIKE I'M JUST A COUNTRY LAWYER. HE'S A GOLDMAN SACHS GUY.
>> ACID BATHTUBS, TOO. >> HE WAS A HOLLYWOOD GUY IN ONE
OF THE MOST POWERFUL HOLLYWOOD FIRMS GOING, HOOKED IN TO
HOLLYWOOD, WALL STREET, MADE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
AND NOW THE MERCERS ARE LOADING HIM, LOADING HIS WALLETS AND HIS
COATS AND THE FIVE SHIRTSS THAT HE WEARS WITH MILLIONS AND
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. THIS GUY -- IT'S A SCAM.
THE GREAT NEWS IS ABOUT AMERICA -- I LOVE THIS ABOUT
AMERICA. SCAMMERS ALWAYS GET CAUGHT.
THIS SCAM -- THIS SCAM IS GOING TO BLOW UP IN THE MOST
SPECTACULAR FASHION NEXT MID TERM.
BECAUSE HE'S LINING UP BEHIND PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN KICKED OFF
SEVERAL TIMES, APPARENTLY STOLEN FROM CHARITIES, HAVE BEEN SENT
TO JAIL. IT'S ALL A SCAM JOB.
MARK HALPERIN, HEAR YOU HAVE GEORGE W. BUSH BOOED, REPUBLICAN
PRESIDENT. IT'S FASCINATING.
THESE SAME YOKELS, THESE SAME -- WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL
THEM -- JACKALS IN THE CROWD THAT WERE BOO'ing GEORGE W. BUSH
WERE ATTACKING PEOPLE LIKE ME BACK WHEN GEORGE BUSH WAS
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND HAD POWER FOR SAYING THAT HE
HAD A WILSONIAN POLICY, THAT HE WAS SPINNING US INTO DEBT.
THEY JUST BASICALLY WORSHIP POWER THEY DON'T STAND FOR
ANYTHING. THOSE PEOPLE BOO'ing DON'T
BELIEVE IN ANYTHING. THEY ATTACKED ANYBODY WHO
ATTACKED GEORGE W. BUSH WHEN HE WAS PRESIDENT.
NOW THEY'RE BOO'ing HIM AND JOHN McCAIN -- I HAVE TO GO A STEP
FURTHER. A DISTURBING DETAIL FROM THIS
CALIFORNIAN REPUBLICAN PARTY CONVENTION.
L.A. TIMES REPORTED, SEEMA MEHTA REPORTED THE CROWD BOOED GEORGE
W. BUSH AND JOHN McCAIN. ONE MAN YELLED ABOUT McCAIN
"HANG HIM." >> IS THIS WHERE WE REALLY WANT
TO BE, AMERICA? >> NO, IT'S NOT.
THIS IS THE DEATH CRY OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
A PARTY THAT SHOUTS "HANG HIM" FOR JOHN McCAIN, A WAR HERO, AND
BOOS PAST PRESIDENTS, PAST PRESIDENTS THAT I DIDN'T REALLY
CARE FOR THEIR POLICIES MUCH BUT STILL THAT IS A SICK, SICK
PARTY. >> YOU SAW OVER THE WEEKEND
MITCH McCONNELL STAND UP AGGRESSIVELY TO STEVE BANNON.
KARL ROVE DID IT LAST WEEK. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY IS NOT COWERING IN FEAR ANYMORE.
THEY'RE GOING HARD AFTER HIM AT THE SAME TIME THIS PRESIDENT HAS
THIS EXTRAORDINARY ON AGAIN, OFF AGAIN, BUT MOSTLY ON AGAIN
RELATIONSHIP WITH STEVE BANNON. AND I THINK THAT THE TALE WILL
BE TOLD, TO A LARGE EXTENT, ON WHETHER BANNON'S CANDIDATES CAN
WIN THESE PRIMARIES OR NOT. >> YOU MENTIONED MITCH
McCONNELL. WE HAVE THAT SOUND BITE.
LET'S TAKE A LISTEN. >> THEY'VE BEEN OUT THERE FOR A
NUMBER OF YEARS. THEY COST US FIVE SENATE SEATS
IN 2010 AND 2012. WE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN THE
MAJORITY SOONER BUT FOR THE FACT THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO NOMINATE
PEOPLE WHO COULD NOT WIN IN NOVEMBER.
IN '14, THEY WERE DEFEATED EVERYWHERE.
IN '16, THEY'VE BEEN DEFEATED EVERYWHERE.
SOME OF THESE FOLKS THAT YOU'VE BEEN QUOTING, AS I SAID, ARE
SPECIALISTS IN NOMINATING PEOPLE WHO LOSE.
THAT'S NOT GOING TO HELP PRESIDENT TRUMP ACHIEVE HIS
AGENDA. >> JULIE PACE, IT'S STILL HARD
TO FIGURE OUT WHY MITCH McCONNELL IS EVEN PLAYING GAMES
WITH DONALD TRUMP, EVEN GOING TO THE WHITE HOUSE, SITTING THERE,
TALKING TO HIM WHEN IT'S OBVIOUS THAT DONALD TRUMP IS TALKING ON
THE PHONE ALMOST EVERY DAY TO STEVE BANNON ABOUT STEVE BANNON
DESTROYING MITCH McCONNELL AND THE REPUBLICAN MAJORITY.
>> I KNOW THAT SCENE AT THE WHITE HOUSE WAS SO STRIKING,
GIVEN EVERYTHING WE KNOW THAT'S HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES
BETWEEN TRUMP AND McCONNELL AND A LOT OF FOLKS IN THE SENATE
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS. McCONNELL STILL FEELS LIKE --
THIS THE WAY A LOT OF REPUBLICANS TALK ABOUT THIS.
IF THEY CAN GET TAX REFORM, THEY HEAD INTO 2018 AND THE LANDSCAPE
LOOKS DECENT. THE MAP IS FAVORABLE TO THEM.
THEY LOOK AT THE DEMOCRATS AND DON'T SEE A LOT HAPPENING THERE.
THEY FEEL HE HAS TO BE ON TRUMP'S SIDE, PUSH TRUMP IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION ON TAX REFORM. I THINK IF YOU SEE THAT BREAK
APART, YOU SEE NO PROGRESS HAPPEN THERE, FOR REPUBLICANS IT
COULD BE PRETTY DISASTROUS NEXT YEAR.
THAT'S WHEN YOU COULD SEE THIS REAL CLEEV HAPPENING BETWEEN
McCONNELL AND TRUMP. >> STEVE?
>> THEY'VE GOT AN IMMEDIATE PROBLEM WITH THIS HEALTH CARE
BILL. McCONNELL SAID HE WASN'T GOING
TO PUT IT FORWARD IN THE SENATE. TRUMP KEEPS GOING BACK AND FORTH
ON THAT. >> ISN'T THAT AMAZING?
A GUY WHO CLAIMS TO BE A LEADER JUST CAN'T MAKE UP HIS MIND?
HE WAFFLES AROUND, GOES BACK AND FORTH, DEFERS EVERYTHING OVER TO
THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE. HE CAN'T MAKE UP HIS MIND ON
DACA. HE THROWS IT THERE.
HE CAN'T MAKE UP HIS MIND ON HEALTH CARE.
HE TOSSES IT OVER THERE. GOES BACK AND FORTH.
THIS GUY FLIP-FLOPS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
HE'S THE WEAKEST LEADER I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.
HE FLIP-FLOPS. HE HAS NO COURAGE.
HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HE BELIEVES IN.
>> I DON'T THINK HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT.
>> THAT'S HIS PROBLEM. HE DOESN'T KNOW.
HE'S FLIP FLOPPING EVERY DAY. >> HE GOES BACK AND FORTH.
WE'RE SEEING ON TAX REFORM A LOT OF PROBLEMS GOING OUT.
STATE AND LOCAL TAX DEDUCTION, THERE'S A LOT OF PUSHBACK ON
THAT. >> THANK GOD.
>> NOT TALKING PERSONALLY HERE. >> NOT THAT WE'RE TALKING
PERSONALLY, BUT A GUY THAT LIVES IN NEW YORK AND WORKS IN
CONNECTICUT, THANK GOD. >> WELL, THANK GOD.
THERE ARE 30, 40 OR MORE REPUBLICANS IN HIGH TAX STATES
IN THE HOUSE THAT WILL NOT NECESSARILY BE FOR THIS.
DEFICIT ESTIMATES ARE VERY, VERY HIGH.
IT'S A NOT -- YOU'VE GOT CORKER, NOW A FREE AGENT.
YOU'VE GOT RAND PAUL, WHO IS A FREE AGENT.
IT'S NOT 100% CLEAR THEY'RE GOING TO GET TAX REFORM, AS
IMPORTANT AS IT IS. >> FOR ALL THAT IT TRIES TO DO
IN LOWERING CORPORATE TAX RATE IT DOES BLOW A HOLE IN THE
DEFICIT. WE'RE SITTING HERE.
THE DEFICIT HAS GONE UP AGAIN THIS YEAR.
THE NATIONAL DEBT IS OVER $20 TRILLION.
THIS IS -- >> EVEN WITHOUT TAX REFORM, THE
BASELINE BUDGET PROJECTIONS ARE ANOTHER $10 TRILLION OF DEBT
OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS. >> EVEN WITHOUT THIS, YOU'RE
RIGHT, WE'RE UP TO $30 TRILLION. AND IT REALLY STARTS TO WEIGH ON
THE ECONOMY IN A NEGATIVE WAY. ALSO IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE THESE
TAX BREAKS GO, WE'VE GOT A REPORT LAST WEEK THAT THE RICH
ARE GETTING RICH AND THE POOR ARE GETTING POORER AT AN EVEN
FASTER CLIP THAN BEFORE. INCOME DISPARITY AND THE
NATIONAL DEBT ARE TWO REASONS WHY THIS IS THE WRONG TIME FOR
THIS TAX BREAK. I GUESS ONE OTHER THING, TOO,
WE'RE AT 4.2% UNEMPLOYMENT. WAGES ARE STARTING TO CREEP UP
RIGHT NOW. THE LAST THING WE NEED TO DO
RIGHT NOW IS FUEL THE ECONOMY EVEN MORE IN A WAY THAT COULD
POSSIBLY CAUSE INFLATION TO GO UP.
>> THE GAME IS NOT CHANGING IN THE WAY THE PRESIDENT HAD
PROMISED ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. I THINK CERTAINLY PEOPLE ARE
GOING TO START FEELING IT. >>> STILL AHEAD, NEW INFORMATION
ON WHAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED IN NIGER THAT RESULTED IN THE
DEATHS OF FOUR U.S. SERVICE MEN. WE ARE LOOKING INTO THAT.
>>> PLUS WE BRING IN THE WASHINGTON POST'S EUGENE
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