CONNELL: THANK YOU, EDWARD
LAWRENCE IN WASHINGTON.
MELISSA.
MELISSA: HERE NOW IS STEVE MOORE
FROM THE GREAT AMERICAN ECONOMIC
REVIVAL GROUP AND ALSO A FREEDOM
WORKS ECONOMIST.
LET ME ASK YOU BIG PICTURE
FIRST.
OBVIOUSLY SO MANY PEOPLE ARE IN
ECONOMIC PAIN RIGHT NOW.
YOU LOOK WHAT HAPPENED IN THE
MARKET TODAY.
ABOUT WHETHER IT IS ROTATION OR
REACTION WHAT ANTHONY FAUCI HAD
TO SAY ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS
VACCINE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE IN PAIN OUT
THERE.
THAT IS HARD TO DEAL WITH FOR A
SIGNIFICANT PRESIDENT.
HOW DOES HE ADDRESS THAT?
>> IT SURE IS.
WE HAVE HAD GOOD NEWS ON
EMPLOYMENT.
WE ARE HAVE GOOD NEWS ON THE
VIRUS.
WE HAVE GOOD NEWS ON THE HEALTH
FRONT IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT OF
THERAPIES AND VACCINES.
WE’VE HAD, YOU KNOW, WE’VE HAD
WHAT, 10 DAYS OR SO JUST
INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE IN THE
STOCK MARKET.
I WASN’T TOO SURPRISED WE SAW
SOME PROFIT-TAKING TODAY IN THE
MARKET BIG TIME T WAS SOME OF
THE STOCKS THAT WENT UP THE MOST
LIKE APPLE THAT FELL THE MOST.
SO THIS COULD BE A ROCKY ROAD,
MELISSA, FOR THE NEXT THREE,
SIX, NINE MONTHS AS WE GET OUT
OF THIS CRISIS.
I LIKE THE DIRECTION OF THINGS.
ASK ME TOMORROW BY THE WAY WHEN
WE GET THAT BIG JOBS REPORT.
I’M HOPING FOR 500,000 TO A
MILLION ADDITIONAL JOBS TO KEEP
UP THE PACE OF RECOVERY BUT IT
IS GOING SO FAR I THINK FASTER
THAN MOST PEOPLE ANTICIPATED.
THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
HAD PREDICTED A COUPLE MONTHS
AGO WE WOULD HAVE CLOSER TO 15
TO 20% UNEMPLOYMENT TODAY.
WE’RE GOING TO HOPEFULLY HIT THE
10% OR LOWER MARK TOMORROW.
MELISSA: I DON’T KNOW.
I THINK THAT IS COLD COMFORT TO
PEOPLE, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS
WHO HAVE SEEN THEIR BUSINESS
DESTROYED.
RESTAURANT, I MEAN, SO MANY
PEOPLE, I DON’T KNOW ANYONE WHO
IS BETTER OFF RIGHT NOW THAN
THEY WERE, YOU KNOW A YEAR AGO.
SO THAT IS A TOUGH MESSAGE.
IT’S A TOUGH TIME TO BE SAYING
EVEN IF IT IS WELL-INTENTIONED,
YOU KNOW, TO TRY TO GET THESE
CITIES TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO
DO BUT TO SAY YOU’RE GOING TO
DEFUND A CITY.
YOU HEARD BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN
GOVERNOR CUOMO AND PRESIDENT
TRUMP.
IT IS NOT JUST NEW YORK.
HE IS POINTING TO OTHER STATES
AND COMMUNITIES WHERE, YOU KNOW,
THE LAW ENFORCEMENT SITUATION
HAS GOTTEN COMPLETELY OUT OF
CONTROL.
DO YOU THINK THAT’S THE WRONG
MESSAGE RIGHT NOW THOUGH, TO
CITIES THAT ARE ALREADY ON THEIR
KNEES TO SAY I’M ALSO GOING TO
DEFUND YOU?
>> I DON’T KNOW IF I WOULD HAVE
SAID THAT, MELISSA, BUT I THINK
IT IS ABSOLUTELY PREPOSTEROUS TO
FOR JOE BIDEN TO SAY
DONALD TRUMP IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE VIOLENCE IN THESE CITIES
LIKE MINNEAPOLIS, LIKE
SAN FRANCISCO, SEATTLE, PORTLAND
AND MY GREAT HOME CITY OF
CHICAGO.
THIS IS JUST A, AN ABSENCE OF
LEADERSHIP.
IT IS INCOMPETENCE OF LEADERSHIP
IN THESE CITIES.
YOU’RE THERE IN NEW YORK CITY.
YOU KNOW WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT.
THERE ARE WAYS TO DEAL WITH THIS
IN A WAY THAT DOESN’T CAUSE THE
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY, THE
DESTRUCTION OF BUSINESSES AND
NEIGHBORHOODS.
YOU KNOW THE INJURY TO PEOPLE.
SO, LOOK, THE PEOPLE HAVE TO BE
HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND THESE ARE
ALL DEMOCRATIC CITIES.
TRUMP IS RIGHT ABOUT THIS
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS THAT CAN’T
CONTROL, AND KEEP PEOPLE SAFE.
THAT IS THE FIRST FUNCTION OF
GOVERNMENT.
SO, WOULD I SAY WITHDRAW THE
FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THESE
CITIES?
I’M NOT SURE I WOULD BUT I DON’T
THINK THERE IS ANY REASON TO GO
ALONG WITH THE PELOSI PLAN WHICH
IS TO MASSIVELY TAX PEOPLE IN
THE RED STATES SO WE CAN GIVE
THE MONEY TO THESE BLUE STATES
THAT CAN’T TAKE CARE OF
THEMSELVES.
THIS IS A PROBLEM OF LEADERSHIP
IN THESE CITIES, YOU KNOW.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY CLEAR.
MELISSA: NO DOUBT.
BUT BEFORE WE RUN OUT OF TIME
I’VE BEEN ASKING THIS QUESTION
FOR THE PAST COUPLE DAYS, WHAT
IS IT THAT A PRESIDENT COULD
ACTUALLY DO TO HELP ONE MUCH
THESE CITIES?
I MEAN SITTING HERE JUST AS AN
EXAMPLE HERE IN NEW YORK, I
THINK EVERYBODY IN NEW YORK
KNOWS THIS IS THE PROBLEM OF
BILL DE BLASIO.
THAT THIS IS OUR GOVERNOR.
THIS IS ABOUT LOCAL LACK OF
LEADERSHIP.
CAN A PRESIDENT EITHER,
JOE BIDEN OR PRESIDENT TRUMP,
WHAT COULD THEY ACTUALLY DO TO
HELP US?
>> CALL FOR HEALING.
I’M INVOLVED IN A GREAT GROUP
THAT IS CALLED PAUSE POLITICS.
IT’S A GREAT ORGANIZATION THAT
IS CALLING FOR KIND OF A
CELEBRATION OF AMERICA, MELISSA,
AND LET’S DO THINGS, INSTEAD OF
SETTING FIRES, LET’S START A,
TRY TO REBUILD THESE CITIES.
WOULDN’T IT BE AMAZING THING,
MELISSA, LET’S IMAGINE THIS FOR
A MINUTE, THAT ALL OF THE PEOPLE
ON THE LEFT AND SOME OF THE
PEOPLE ON THE RIGHT WHO HAVE
BEEN INVOLVED IN SOME OF THESE
VIOLENT EPISODES IN THESE
CITIES, WHY NOT COME TOGETHER,
INSTEAD OF BURNING THINGS DOWN
AND THROWING ROCKS THROUGH
WINDOWS, WHY NOT REBUILD THINGS?
WE HAVE THOUSANDS, TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE OUT
THERE WITH NOTHING TO DO WITH
RIOTING EVERY NIGHT.
IF THEY WANT TO MAKE A
STATEMENT, WORK TO REBUILD THE
BUSINESSES?
WIPE OFF AND CLEAN OFF ALL OF
THE GRAFFITI DEFACING SO MANY
CITIES?
MAYBE I’M JUST TOO OPTIMISTIC
BUT WOULDN’T THAT BE A WONDERFUL
THING?
THERE NEEDS TO BE, I WOULD LIKE
TO SEE TRUMP REALLY TALK ABOUT
THAT.
BE CONSTRUCTIVE, NOT
DESTRUCTIVE.
MELISSA: INTERESTING IDEA.
