WHO BELIEVE THEY ARE VIRUS-FREE
COULD BE SPREADING IT
UNKNOWINGLY.
>> YOU KNOW ME.
YOU KNOW MY HEART.
ASK YOURSELF, DO I LOOK LIKE A
RADICAL SOCIALIST WITH A SOFT
SPOT FOR RIOTERS?
REALLY?
>> Trace: FORMER VICE PRESIDENT
JOE BIDEN BREAKING HIS SILENCE
ON URBAN VIOLENCE.
BOTH HE AND PRESIDENT TRUMP
ADDRESSED THE GROWING PROBLEM
THIS WEEK BUT WITH VERY
DIFFERENT APPROACHES.
EACH CANDIDATE BLAMING THE
OTHER AND HIS PARTY FOR THE
UNREST.
ARE THE STRATEGIES RESONATING
WITH VOTERS?
LET’S BRING IN HOWIE KURTZ FOX
NEWS MEDIA ANALYST AND HOST OF
"MEDIA BUZZ".
INTERESTING, HOWIE, AS I READ
YOUR COLUMN IN foxnews.com YOU
POINT OUT NO MATTER WHAT THE
ISSUE IS, JOE BIDEN LEANS ON
HIS FAMILIARITY SAYING WHATEVER
TRUMP SAYS BAD ABOUT ME, YOU
KNOW ME BETTER THAN THAT, RIGHT?
>> RIGHT.
THIS IS A GUY WHO HAS BEEN IN
POLITICS FOR 47 YEARS.
HIS GREATEST STRENGTH AND
WEAKNESS.
PEOPLE KNOW UNCLE JOE AND
AMTRAK JOE.
WHEN HE ASKED THE QUESTION HE
IS SAYING COME ON, THIS IS ALL
MALARKEY TO USE HIS PHRASE.
THE FACT HE HAS BEEN AROUND SO
LONG MEANS HE HAS PLENTY OF
BAGGAGE.
CONTROVERSIAL RECORD FOR THE
PRESIDENT TO SHOOT AT.
WE HAVE THE PRESIDENT WANTING
TO GET BIDEN TO HIS TURF, THE
LAW AND ORDER TURF MAKING HIM
TALK MORE ABOUT URBAN VIOLENCE.
CITIES RUN BY DEMOCRATS AND NOT
ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS WHICH THE
BIDEN CAMPAIGN WOULD LOVE TO
MAKE THE TOP ISSUE.
>> Trace: I WANT TO PLAY THE
SOUND BITE FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP
TALKING ABOUT THE VIOLENCE AND
GET YOURSELF RESPONSE ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF IT.
WATCH.
>> President Trump: WE SHOULD
TALK ABOUT THE KIND OF VIOLENCE
WE’VE SEEN IN PORTLAND AND HERE
AND OTHER PLACES.
IT IS TREMENDOUS VIOLENCE.
YOU MAY HAVE PROTESTORS BUT YOU
HAVE SOME REALLY BAD PEOPLE,
TOO.
YOU HAVE ANARCHISTS AND THE
LOOTERS AND RIOTERS AND
AGITATORS.
>> BOTH CANDIDATES ARE POINTING
THE FINGER AT THE OTHER ONE.
THE PRESIDENT LOVES THIS BATTLE.
THIS IS HIS TURF, HE WANTS JOE
BIDEN TO TALK ABOUT THE
VIOLENCE OF THE AMERICAN CITIES
HE THINKS IT IS A WINNER.
WHEN YOU SAY IT THE TRUMP’S
FAULT AND HAPPENING IN
DEMOCRATIC CITIES, THE WHOLE
IDEA OF THIS IS LOOK, COME OVER
ON MY TURF AND WE’LL FIGHT.
>> A LOT OF THIS IS BASE
POLITICS.
WHEN JOE BIDEN HAS A NEW AD
DENOUNCING VIOLENCE IN CITIES
HE IS PLAYING ON THE
PRESIDENT’S TURF.
HE IS GIVING A SPEECH ABOUT
COVID-19 AND SCHOOLS TRYING TO
GET BACK ON HIS PREFERRED TURF.
THE PRESIDENT PREFERS TO TALK
ABOUT AGITATORS AND ANARCHISTS
AND LOOTERS AND RIOTERS AND
SUGGESTING THAT THE TRUMP
SUPPORTER IN PORTLAND CHARGED
WITH HOMICIDE IN THOSE TWO
FATAL SHOOTINGS MAY HAVE BEEN
ACTING IN SELF-DEFENSE.
JOE BIDEN PREFERS TO TALK ABOUT
RACIAL INJUSTICE AND POLICE
MISCONDUCT AND WENT A WHOLE
CONVENTION WITHOUT MENTIONING
THE RIOTS.
IT IS A CLASH OF CULTURES AND
IT HAS A LOT -- IT WILL HAVE A
LOT TO DO WITH THE OUTCOME OF
THIS ELECTION BECAUSE IT IS
SUCH A VISCERAL ISSUE.
IF PEOPLE DON’T FEEL SAFE OR
THEIR FAMILIES ARE SAFE ALMOST
EVERY OTHER ISSUE BECOMES
SECOND ENDEAR.
>> Trace: I FOUND IT
INTERESTING AT THE SAME TIME
THE PRESIDENT IS KIND OF BACK
TO HIS OLD WAYS.
PUT THIS ON THE SCREEN.
YOU QUOTE HERE AS FOR TRUMP, HE
IS AGAIN GOING FULL BLAST ON
CONTROVERSIAL COMMENTS AND
TWEETS THAT HE HAD BEEN
DISCIPLINED ENOUGH TO PUT ON
HOLD DURING LAST WEEK’S
CONVENTION.
>> YEAH.
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
WAS VERY DISCIPLINED LAST WEEK
BECAUSE THE REPUBLICAN
CONVENTION, WELL-PRODUCED.
HAD A LOT OF WOMEN AND
AFRICAN-AMERICANS TO PAINT A
PICTURE A KINDER, GENTLER TRUMP
AND NOW THAT THAT IS OVER WITH
HE IS NOT ONLY HAMMERING AWAY
AT A LAW AND ORDER ISSUE, WHICH
IS PERFECTLY LEGITIMATE.
RETWEETING CONTROVERSIAL VIDEOS
AND INSULTING CERTAIN PEOPLE.
NOT ANY SURPRISE.
THIS HAS BEEN THE PRESIDENT’S
STYLE THAT WORKS FOR HIM WITH
HIS SUPPORTERS.
IT IS INTERESTING THAT AS
"POLITICO" PUT IT HE IS BACK TO
BEING TWITTER TRUMP AS OPPOSED
TO CONVENTION TRUMP.
>> Trace: WE TALK WE’RE TEASING
AHEAD SAYING THE CORONAVIRUS
NUMBERS ARE BETTER THESE DAYS.
A BIG TOPIC.
180,000 AMERICANS DEAD, A BIG
TOPIC BUT LOSING A LITTLE
STEAM, HOWIE.
AND PEOPLE WONDER IF THE
ECONOMY STARTS AND CONTINUES
GOING UP AND THE CORONAVIRUS
NUMBERS CONTINUE GOING DOWN,
THEN IT BECOMES PROBLEMATIC FOR
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND YOU
MAY HEAR AND SEE A LOT LESS OF
THIS ATTACK ON TRUMP FOR
CORONAVIRUS OR NO?
WHAT IS YOUR THOUGHT ON THAT?
>> I DON’T THINK THE DEMOCRATS
WILL LET THE ISSUE GO.
THEY’LL PLAY THE TAPE OF THE
EARLY TRUMP SAYING IT WILL GO
AWAY.
GONE BY APRIL AND SUMMER.
IF THE CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS
CONTINUE TO GO DOWN AND ECONOMY
CONTINUES TO BOUNCEBACK IT
WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE COUNTRY.
FORGET ABOUT POLITICS FOR A
MOMENT.
WITH SCHOOLS REOPENING AND SOME
CLOSE TO CLOSE OR CHANGE PLANS
BECAUSE OF COVID-19 BEING
EXPOSED TO HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OR MILLIONS OF
STUDENTS, I DON’T THINK IT WILL
FADE AS A POLITICAL ISSUE AND I
DON’T THINK THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN
AS MUCH AS PLAYING DEFENSE ON
THE QUESTION OF URBAN VIOLENCE
WANTS IT TO FADE.
