PETE: THE DEMOCRAT NATIONAL
PETE: THE DEMOCRAT NATIONAL
CONVENTION SET TO START TOMORROW
BUT A NEW REPORT IS PAINTING A
PICTURE OF LYNCHING TENSION
PICTURE OF LYNCHING TENSION
CAMPS.
FORMER DEMOCRAT AIDES SUGGESTING
PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS NOT
ENCOURAGING OF A BIDEN RUN IN
2016.
BUT OUR NEXT GUEST IS A FORMER
ECONOMIC ADVISER TO PRESIDENT
OBAMA, PLAYS GOLF WITH HIM A FEW
TIMES A WEEK.
FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR ROBERT WOLF
IS HERE TO WEIGH IN.
IS HERE TO WEIGH IN.
HERE.
APPRECIATE IT.
SO IT FEELS LIKE CONVENTIONAL
WISDOM AND COMMON SENSE, THIS
POLITICAL ARTICLE WITH QUOTES
FROM BEN RHODES AND JEN PSAKI
FROM BEN RHODES AND JEN PSAKI
BIDEN’S AN UNGUIDED MISSILE,
BIDEN’S AN UNGUIDED MISSILE,
EYE-ROLLING, THAT EVEN THE
EYE-ROLLING, THAT EVEN THE
FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID
DON’T UNDERESTIMATE JOE’S
ABILITY TO BLEEP THINGS UP.
HE DIDN’T ENDORSE HIM.
IS THIS REAL A TRUE SYMBIOTIC
RELATIONSHIP OR IS JOE JUST
TRYING TO DRAFT OFF OF OBAMA?
>> YEAH, I THINK IT’S A LOT OF
BS.
PRESIDENT OBAMA AND VICE
PRESIDENT BIDEN HAVE A GREAT
RELATIONSHIP.
AS YOU KNOW, I’VE BEEN WITH
OBAMA SINCE 2006.
I THINK I’VE BEEN WITH THEM
TOGETHER AND APART HUNDREDS OF
TIMES.
YOU KNOW I’M ON THE BOARD OF THE
OBAMA FOUNDATION.
I WAS THEIR ECONOMIC ADVISER.
PETE: ROBERT, THEY CAN HAVE A
GREAT RELATIONSHIP, BUT THAT
DOESN’T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT
BARACK OBAMA THINK’S JOE BIDEN
SHOULD BE THE LEADER OF THE FREE
WORLD AT THIS POINT.
HE WAS A GOOD VP, BUT THAT
DOESN’T -- THERE’S BEEN NO SIGNS
OPENLY THAT HE’S, YOU KNOW,
OPENLY THAT HE’S, YOU KNOW,
BIDEN.
>> PETE, I’VE HAD MANY, MANY
CONVERSATIONS WITH PRESIDENT
OBAMA, AND HE COULD NOT BE MORE
EXCITED THAT JOE’S AT THE TOP OF
THE TICKET.
YOU KNOW, LISTEN.
YOU KNOW, LISTEN.
WEEK.
THE MEDIA BLOW THINGS UP.
THE TRUTH IS IS GOING TO BE
INCREDIBLY SUPPORTIVE.
HE ALWAYS HAS BEEN.
WHAT HAPPENED IN 2016, WE KNOW A
LOT OF IT HAD TO DO WITH BEAU
BIDEN, AND, YOU KNOW, I MET WITH
VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN AT THAT
TIME.
HIS HEART WAS JUST NOT IN IT.
PETE: THAT’S TRUE.
>> AND LISTEN.
AND YOU’LL SEE THE OBAMA
COALITION IS ALL COMING TOGETHER
FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT --
PETE: WELL, THE -- HOLDROBERT.
IT APPEARS THAT COALITION IS
COMING TOGETHER BECAUSE BERNIE
SANDERS, THE AVOWED SOCIALIST
WILL BE OPENING UP THE
CONVENTION ON MONDAY.
IS DEMOCRAT PARTY STILL OPEN FOR
SOCIALISTS?
>> I THINK THE DEMOCRAT PARTY
HAS A HUGE TENT.
TO BE THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES -- REMEMBER, WE
HAVE 300 PLUS MILLION PEOPLE.
.
>> SO WE’RE OPEN TO EVERYBODY.
ON MONDAY NIGHT WE HAVE MICHELLE
OBAMA CLOSING.
I HAVE A FEELING THE PERSON WHO
HAS THE NUMBER ONE PODCAST,
PROBABLY THE MOST ICONIC WOMAN
IN THE WORLD TODAY, LITERALLY
THE NUMBER ONE BOOK EVER SOLD, I
HAVE A FEELING WE’RE GOING TO
HAVE A LOT OF GRASSROOTS
EXCITEMENT.
WE’RE NOT REALLY WORRIED ABOUT
HOW EXCITING THIS CONVENTION’S
GOING TO BE.
PETE: NOT WORRIED ABOUT HOW
EXCITED IT IS.
EXCITED IT IS.
EXCITEMENT?
HOW YOU MAKE A VIRTUAL
CONVENTION EXCITING?
IT’S AN HONEST QUESTION.
>> YEAH.
NO, AND I THINK THAT’S A FAIR
THING.
LISTEN, WE’RE IN A NEW NORMAL
THAT NO ONE LIKES.
BUT -- AND I’M NOT TRYING TO TRY
TO DO A WHAT’S-ABOUT-ISM HERE
BUT I’D RATHER HAVE A VIRTUAL
CONVENTION THAN WHAT PRESIDENT
TRUMP DID WITH TULSA THAT
LITERALLY WAS A SPREADER.
PETE: OKAY.
>> I KNOW WE HAVE DIFFERENT
VIEWS ON THIS.
I THINK WE HAVE A PANDEMIC THAT
WE DON’T KNOW HOW TO REOPEN THIS
COUNTRY BECAUSE THE WHITE HOUSE
HAS DONE A PATHETIC JOB.
PETE: BIDEN WANTS TO TELL
EVERYONE TO WEAR A MASK FOR
THREE MONTHS AND WE’LL SEE HOW
POPULAR THAT WOULD BE --
>> I DON’T THINK HE SAID IT THAT
WAY.
I THINK HE --
PETE: CHECK THE TAPE, IN PUBLIC
--
>> HE SAID HE RECOMMENDED, HE
THINKS IT’S THE RIGHT WAY BUT HE
WANTS THE GOVERNORS TO SUPPORT
IT.
PETE: A QUASI-MANDATE BUT MORE
