New Always Discreet Boutique.
>>> WE ARE 92 DAYS OUT FROM THIS New Always Discreet Boutique.
>>> WE ARE 92 DAYS OUT FROM THIS
ELECTION.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN
COMPLAINING ABOUT ELECTION RULES
AS HE LAGS IN THE POLLS.
JOE BIDEN EDGING TOWARDS NAMING
A RUNNING MATE.
WE CAUGHT UP WITH HIM TOP
ADVISER.
AND WE NOW TURN TO A TOP TRUMP
CAMPAIGN ADVISER, STEVE CORTES.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
>> ARI, THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
YOU LOOK AT ANY INCUMBENT, AND
THE BIG ISSUE IS THE PLEDGES
THEY MADE.
LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT ONE OF THE
PLEDGES BY PRESIDENT TRUMP AS A
CANDIDATE IN 2016.
>> WE’RE GOING TO PUT THE MINERS
BACK TO WORK, WE’RE GOING TO PUT
THE MINERS BACK TO WORK.
A TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WILL END
THIS WAR ON THE AMERICAN WORKER,
AND UNLEASH AN ENERGY REVOLUTION
THAT WILL BRING VAST NEW WEALTH
TO OUR COUNTRY.
>> NEW WEALTH, NEW JOBS.
LET’S START WITH THE FACTS AS WE
DO AROUND HERE.
DO YOU KNOW WHETHER PRESIDENT
TRUMP’S ADMINISTRATION HAS
OVERSEEN ANY NEW NET COAL JOBS?
>> I DON’T KNOW COAL
SPECIFICALLY, BUT I CAN SPEAK TO
ENERGY BROADLY.
>> LET’S START WITH COAL AND
I’LL GIVE YOU TIME.
BUT SINCE I ASKED, I’LL SHOW
YOU.
THIS IS THE RESULTS ON COAL,
EVEN BEFORE YOU HIT INTO THE
COVID RECESSION.
THEY HAVEN’T ADDED ANY NEW COAL
JOBS, THEY’RE DOWN ABOUT 900.
WHAT DO YOU SAY AS A
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CAMPAIGN
TO THESE COAL WORK WHO ARE
LOOKING AT THIS BROKEN PLEDGE?
>> WELL, LOOK, WHEN IT COMES TO
JOBS, THIS PRESIDENT HAS NOT
BROKEN ANY PLEDGES.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, I WOULD
ARGUE THAT BEFORE THE COVID
VIRUS HIT US, BEFORE WE WERE HIT
WITH THIS ECONOMIC METEOR FROM
CHINA, PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD BUILT
THE GREATEST ECONOMY IN U.S.
HISTORY, PARTICULARLY FOR BLUE
COLLAR AMERICANS.
>> I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT GO THERE,
AND LET’S GET INTO IT.
BECAUSE YOUR CLAIMS ARE YOU LIKE
PRESIDENT TRUMP BETTER, WHICH IS
FINE.
THIS IS AMERICA.
BUT YOU’RE MAKING AN EMPIRICAL
CLAIM THIS WAS THE GREATEST JOBS
PROGRAM EVER.
YOU SAID EVER IN HISTORY.
WE’LL JUST LOOK AT THE PREVIOUS
ADMINISTRATION.
>> PARTICULARLY FOR BLUE COLLAR
WORKERS.
>> COVID RECESSION DOES CHANGE
THINGS.
SO WE’LL LOOK PRERECESSION.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY NEW JOBS
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION --
>> ARI, I’M NOT GOING TO PLAY
QUIZ SHOW.
WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS THIS --
>> IT’S NOT A QUIZ SHOW, BUT IT
IS A NEWS SHOW.
WE ARE GOING TO PLAY NEWS SHOW.
THAT’S WHERE THERE ARE FACTS --
[ OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ]
-- FIRST, WHETHER YOU CAN ANSWER
OR NOT, I WILL TELL YOU BECAUSE
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU DON’T WANT TO
PLAY NEWS SHOW.
LET’S COMPARE.
PRECOVID, TO BE AS FAIR AS
POSSIBLE, IT WAS ABOUT 6.7
MILLION JOBS CREATED UNDER THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
SO BY THAT STANDARD, I WOULDN’T
SAY GREATEST IN HISTORY, I WOULD
SAY LESS THAN THE PRIOR
ADMINISTRATION.
YOUR RESPONSE?
>> WELL, MY RESPONSE IS IT’S NOT
JUST THE NUMBER OF JONS, THAT’S
IMPORTANT.
WE DO WANT TO ADD JOBS, BUT THE
QUALITY OF THOSE JOBS.
IT’S ALSO PARTICULARLY TO DLIFER
TO THE GROUPS WHO PREVIOUSLY
LAGGED.
DURING THE SLOW GROWTH OBAMA
ERA, IT WAS A SLOG FOR WORKING
CLASS AMERICANS.
THEY SAW THEIR WAGES
UNFORTUNATELY LANGUISH THROUGH
THAT ENTIRE SLOW GROWTH ERA.
IT WAS AN ECONOMY THAT REWARDED
THE OWNERS OF ASSETS.
THEY DID WELL, IF YOU OWNED
STOCKS AND REAL ESTATE BEFORE
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
THESE ARE THE FORCES WHICH
LARGELY LED TO THE POPULIST,
NATIONALIST SCOURGE THAT ELECTED
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
HE PROMISED TO RETURN PROSPERITY
TO BLUE COLLAR WORKERS AND HE
DID THAT.
INTO THIS YEAR, WE WERE ENJOYING
THE FRUITS OF THE TRUMP BOOM AS
RECENTLY AS JANUARY OF THIS YEAR
BEFORE THE CHINESE COMMUNIST
PARTY UNLEASHED THIS VIRUS ON
THE WORLD AND KNOWINGLY DECEIVED
THE WORLD ABOUT THE INFECTION
POTENTIAL --
>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHEN YOU SAY
THE COMMUNIST PARTY RELEASED THE
VIRUS.
ARE YOU PUTTING FOR THE
CONSPIRACY THEORY THAT A
GOVERNMENT MADE THE VIRUS?
>> I AM NOT.
WE KNOW THIS NOW, MANY PEOPLE IN
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT INTELLIGENCE
HAVE TOLD US.
WE KNOW THAT THE CHINESE KNEW
AFFIRMATIVELY AS FAR BACK AS
LAST YEAR THAT THERE WAS
HUMAN-TO-HUMAN TRANSMISSION.
THEY LIED TO THE WORLD AND SAID
THERE WASN’T.
THEY USED THE W.H.O.
ORGANIZATION AS THEIR --
>> BUT YOU’RE NOT SAYING IT’S A
GOVERNMENT MADE VIRUS.
>> NO, I’M NOT SAYING THAT.
BUT WHAT I AM SAYING IS WHAT THE
CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY LIED TO
THE WORLD ABOUT THE TRAB
TRANSMISSION.
THEY SEALED OFF WUHAN SO
CITIZENS COULD NOT TRAVEL TO
SANG
SHANGHAI BUT THEY COULD TRAVEL
TO SAN FRANCISCO --
>> THE OTHER BIG STORY IS THE
REPUBLICAN SENATE DID NOT MOVE
ON THESE JOBS OR COVID RELIEF
BENEFITS.
SO YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO LOST JOBS
THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN,
THAT’S ONE THING TRUMP AND BIDEN
AGREE ON, COVID RECESSION.
WHAT DO YOU SAY THAT THIS
PRESIDENT AND THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY, THEY DON’T GET ANY
EXTENSION OF THESE RELIEF, THIS
RELIEF MONEY, IS THAT WHAT YOU
AND THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN, IS THAT
OKAY?
>> NO.
IT’S NOT OKAY WITH THE
PRESIDENT.
CERTAINLY NOT OKAY WITH ME OR
OKAY MOST IMPORTANTLY WITH LOT
06 AMERICANS OUT THERE WHO ARE
WORRIED.
THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN FORCEFUL
AND CLEAR ON THIS.
THERE’S NEGOTIATIONS ONGOING.
STEVE MNUCHIN, AS FAR AS THE
ADMINISTRATION SIDE OF THE
EQUATION, IS LEADING THOSE
NEGOTIATIONS.
BUT WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT
SOMETHING REASONABLE WILL COME OUT OF THE CONGRESS.
OUT OF THE CONGRESS.
IF IT DOES NOT, BECAUSE OF THE
IN
-- THE PRESIDENT HAS SAID WHAT
HE CAN DO WITH EXECUTIVE ORDER,
PERHAPS SUSPENDING THE PAYROLL
TAX ON HIS OWN.
>> BEFORE WE RUN OUT OF TIME, I
APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN AND
TAKING QUESTIONS.
WE DID WANT TO RAISE SOMETHING
YOU SAID THAT GOT SOME NOTICE
WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF PRESIDENT
TRUMP AND THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
DEPLOYING SOME OF THESE AGENTS
AROUND THE COUNTRY.
AS YOU KNOW A LOT OF DEBATE OVER
THE USE OF FORCE.
LET’S PLAY IN YOUR OWN WORDS WHAT YOU SAID.
>> AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
>> AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
CAMPAIGN DURING THESE VERY
SERIOUS TIMES, WHAT DO YOU MEAN
YOU WOULD LIKE A BIT MORE OF A
FASCIST TRUMP?
>> ARI, I THINK IT’S CLEAR, YOU
COULD HEAR ME LAUGHING THERE,
I’M MAKING A JOKE AND
EXAGGERATING FOR A POINT OF
EMPHASIS.
THE POINT THERE WAS, CRITICS OF
PRESIDENT TRUMP ALWAYS CLAIM
HE’S A FASCIST.
OF COURSE HE’S NOT AND NOT EVEN
CLOSE.
BUT I WAS MAKING THE POINT THAT
WE ACTUALLY, IN MY VIEW, AND BY
THE WAY, I WAS NOT WORKING AT
THE CAMPAIGN AT THE TIME, BUT I
WAS MAKING THE POINT IF
ANYTHING, I THINK WE COULD HAVE
USED A MORE FORCEFUL RESPONSE
AGAINST VIEOLENT RITER ER RIOTER
THE COUNTRY WHO WERE ATTACKING
INSENT PEOPLE AND HARMING COPS.
>> YOU WERE MAKING A JOKE,
PEOPLE CAN TAKE THAT AT FACE
VALUE OR NOT.
FASCISM REFERS TO THE
GOVERNMENT’S USE OF FORCE AND
POWER, AND YOU HAVE, OF COURSE,
PROTESTS ABOUT GOVERNMENT AT THE
FEDERAL AND LOCAL LEVEL, THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS NOT IN
CHARGE OF MINNESOTA, BUT
GOVERNMENT USE OF FORCE AND SOME
OF IT WE IT WILL DATED IN
COURTS --
>> AND THE POINT --
>> SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND
SOMEBODY HEARS THAT AND SAYS
WHAT DO YOU MEAN, MORE FASCIST?
>> CLEARLY, I WAS WITH A CALLER
ON TALKRADIO.
YOU COULD HEAR ME LAUGHING.
AND THE DAILY BEAST, WHICH I
GIVE ZERO CREDENCE TO, IT’S A
FAKE PUBLICATION FULL OF A
BUCHLG OF ACTIVISTS MASQUERADING
AS JOURNALISTS.
I AM NOT THE STORY.
THE POINT I WAS MAKING ON MY
RADIO SHOW WAS THAT THE CRITICS
OF PRESIDENT TRUMP LOVE TO LOB
THESE RIDICULOUS ACCUSATIONS AT
HIM.
FOR EXAMPLE, THAT HE’S A
FASCIST.
HERE’S MY POINT.
THEY’RE GOING TO CALL US RACISTS
NO MATTER WHAT WE DO.
THEY’RE GOING TO CALL US
FASCISTS NO MATTER WHAT WE DO.
SO MY ANSWER IS, LET’S JUST DO
THE RIGHT THING.
LET’S PURSUE THE RIGHT POLICIES
FROM HERE, AND LET’S IGNORE
THESE KIND OF NAY BOBS OF
NEGATIVEISM LIKE PEOPLE FROM THE
