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>> Pete: PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS
HE’S DEMANDING JOE BIDEN TAKE A
COGNITIVE TEST.
IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE A FORMER VP
IS GOING TO DO THAT ANYTIME
SOON.
BIDEN SCOLDING A REPORTER IN A
VERY WEIRD WAY FOR DARING TO ASK
HIM ABOUT IT AND ALSO MOCKING
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
>> NO, I HAVEN’T TAKEN A TEST.
WHY THE HELL WHAT I TAKE A TEST?
MOD, MAN.
THAT’S LIKE SAYING THAT BEFORE
YOU COME ON THIS PROGRAM, YOU’RE
TAKING TEST WHETHER YOU’VE TAKEN
COCAINE OR NOT.
COME ON.
IF HE CAN FIGURE OUT THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN ELEPHANT
AND A LION, I DON’T KNOW WHAT
THE HELL HE’S TALKING ABOUT.
COME ON, MAN.
I KNOW YOU’RE TRYING TO GOAD ME.
>> Pete: THAT IS A WORD SALAD.
LAWRENCE, DOES HE NOT RECOGNIZE
THAT THERE IS A QUESTION ABOUT
HIS COGNITIVE ABILITY AND TAKING
IT ON MIGHT BE IN HIS INTEREST?
>> Lawrence: WELL, I DON’T
KNOW IF HE’S UNAWARE OR IT COULD
BE DENIAL.
I’M NOT GOING TO SPEAK ON HIS
MENTAL HEALTH BUT WHAT I WILL
SAY, BECAUSE I’M NOT A DOCTOR.
I WILL SAY AS A GUY WHO WAS
ELECTED TO OFFICE FOR 47 YEARS,
I THINK IT’S INTELLECTUALLY
DISHONEST TO SAY THIS IS A
DIFFERENT JOE BIDEN.
HE WAS ONCE KNOWN AS THE
GREATEST RETAIL POLITICIAN.
THE CAMPAIGN WOULD WANT HIM OUT
TALKING WITH PEOPLE.
HIS PRESS AIDES LOVED HIM
TALKING TO THE PRESS, EVEN
THOUGH SOMETIMES HE WOULD TURN
SOME HEADS.
HE HAD A STRATEGIC WAY OF
CONNECTING WITH PEOPLE.
THAT HAS SINCE CHANGED.
THEY DO NOT WANT HIM TALKING
WITH THE PRESS.
WHEN HE TALKS WITH THE PRESS,
THEY ARE LAYUPS HE SETS UP FOR
THEM.
THEY DON’T WANT THEM TALKING TO
PEOPLE.
I THINK THEY HAVE TO BE HONEST
ABOUT THIS AND PLAN A STRATEGY
TO COMBAT IT.
TO THE PEOPLE WOULD SAY
DONALD TRUMP AS WELL, NOW IF YOU
DISLIKE WHAT DONALD TRUMP SAYS
ARE LIKELY SAYS, IT’S ONE THING
TO SAY HE’S BEEN CONSISTENT ALL
OF THESE YEARS.
HE’S BEEN THE SAME DONALD TRUMP.
IF YOU SAY YOU DISLIKE WHAT HE
SAYS, THAT’S ONE ARGUMENT BUT I
DON’T THINK THERE’S A QUESTION
OF MENTAL STABILITY THAT PEOPLE
ARE SAYING THEY JUST DON’T LIKE
WHAT HE HAS TO SAY, WHICH IS
FAIR.
>> Pete: I WANT TO PLAY A
FLASHBACK OF WHAT FORMER
VICE PRESIDENT VICE JOE BIDEN SA
SPEAK I’M CONSTANTLY TESTED.
I CAN HARDLY WAIT TO COMPARE MY
COGNITIVE CAPABILITIES TO THE
COGNITIVE CAPABILITY OF THE MAN
I’M RUNNING AGAINST.
>> Pete: JUAN, YOU BELIEVE
THAT?
WHY WOULD HE SAY HE TOOK THE
TEST AND THEN SAY NO I DON’T
NEED TO TAKE THE TEST AND THEN
BIZARRELY BERATE AN REPORTER AND
ASK IF HE’S A JUNKIE.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT
FROM YOUR CANDIDATE?
>> Juan: I THINK THAT HE WAS
RIGHT AND SMART TO FIRE BACK
AGGRESSIVELY AFFECT QUESTION.
I WAS JUST LISTENING TO YOU AND
LAWRENCE, AND IT’S CLEAR THERE
ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO WANT TO
PORTRAY JILL BIDEN AS A
DODDERING OLD FOOL WHO WOULD BE
AND HE’S JUST NOT THAT.
DANA PERINO ASKED JILL BIDEN
ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY AND SHE WAS
VERY CLEAR, THIS GUY HAS ALL HIS
FACULTIES.
WHAT’S INTERESTING.
HANG ON, LET ME FINISH.
YOU CAN SAY THAT BUT SHE WAS
HONEST.
HERE’S THE THING.
WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP TOOK A
COGNITIVE TEST, HE THOUGHT
SOMEHOW HE SAID HE WAS BRAGGING
ABOUT IT LIKE IT WAS AN I.Q.
TEST.
THIS IS A TEST GIVEN TO PEOPLE
WHO MAY HAVE ALZHEIMER’S,
DEMENTIA.
HAVE HAD A STROKE.
HE’S TALKING ABOUT IT AND
BRAGGING ABOUT IT TO PEOPLE.
IT WAS NOT RATIONAL.
I THINK IT’S A LITTLE BIT -- I
ADMIRE LAWRENCE FOR SAY HE’S NOT
A DOCTOR.
WE ARE NOT DOCTORS.
I THINK IT’S A POLITICAL SLANDER
JOB AMBIT JOE BIDEN AND HE IS
RIGHT TO FIRE BACK AND SAY ITS
LOWBALL.
>> Lawrence: NO DIFFERENCE IN
JOE BIDEN?
>> Juan: LET ME SAY, I RAN
INTO JOE BIDEN EARLIER THIS YEAR
AND JOE BIDEN IN JOE BIDEN STYLE
WAS TALKING MY EAR OFF AND STILL
A GREAT -- NOT AVERAGE, GREAT
RETAIL POLITICIAN.
>> Pete: DANA, WE MAY NOT BE
ABLE TO PLAY THE DOCTOR GAME BUT
WE CAN PLAY THE D.C. GAME.
IF PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS UNWILLING
TO GO OUT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL,
WITH THE MEDIA BE TREATING HIM
THE SAME WAY THEY ARE TREATING
JOE BIDEN, WITH KID GLOVES?
>> Dana: I THINK WE KNOW
CONSERVATIVES DEFINITELY GET A
TOUGHER TIME FROM THE MEDIA IN
EVERY CASE.
THIS PRESIDENT GETS A LOT OF IT.
OF COURSE.
I THINK THE DEBATES ARE THE BEST
PLACE FOR THE QUESTION OF
COGNITIVE ABILITIES TO BE SOLVED
BY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHO ARE
GOING TO MAKE A DECISION.
I DON’T THINK IT’S A GOOD USE OF
TIME FOR THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN.
I THINK YOU SEE THAT BECAUSE
THEY STARTED SHIFTING THEIR
FOCUS TO BE WHAT YOU WERE
TALKING ABOUT IN THE A BLOCK,
PETE, WHICH IS ABOUT THE
POLICIES AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF
THE POLICIES.
THEY HAD DONE THE RESEARCH AND
THEY KNEW IT WASN’T WORKING AS
WELL BUT THEY STILL STICK ON IT.
I FEEL THERE SHOULDN’T BE A
REVERSE IN THE MEDIA STRATEGY.
WE THINK PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
EVERYWHERE ALL DAY LONG.
I KNOW THAT HIS BASE LOVE TO SEE
HIM.
IF THEY WERE TO TAKE A STEP BACK
AND THEN HAVE THE MEDIA FOCUS ON
THE FACT THAT JOE BIDEN IS NOT
OUT THERE AND THE ONLY THING
THEY COULD USE TO TALK ABOUT THE
2020 RACE WAS HIS INTERVIEW THIS
MORNING, THAT WOULD PUT A LOT
MORE FOCUS ON JOE BIDEN THEN
BASICALLY STEPPING ON THE
MESSAGE ALL DAY LONG.
>> Pete: THE PRESIDENT WILL BE
ON SHORTLY IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES
IF HE’S ON SCHEDULE.
EMILY, DO YOU THINK, WE HEAR
IT’S TRUE EARLIER THE SLEEP YOU
JOE MANTRA PLAYING ON THE
COGNITIVE ABILITY.
IT SEEMS THAT THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN
IS FOCUSING MORE ON HERE’S WHAT
HE WOULD UNLEASH ON THE COUNTRY.
IT’S A REAL ISSUE IF YOU’RE
GOING TO BE THE LEADER OF THE
FREE WORLD.
>> Emily: I THINK IT IS USEFUL
AND APT THAT THEY STARTED
DISCUSSING OR ATTACKING HIS
POLICIES BECAUSE REMEMBER, HE
HADN’T UNVEILED THEM.
PRIOR TO THAT, PRIOR TO HIM TO
REVEALING THAT ESSENTIALLY HE’S
PUTTING FORWARD BERNIE AND AOC’S
POLICIES, WAS JUST ABOUT HIM
BEING SLEEPY JOE.
WHAT I TOOK AWAY FROM THAT
INTERVIEW BECAUSE I’M NOT A
DOCTOR, HIS INABILITY TO HANDLE
ANY TYPE OF PROMPTING QUESTIONS.
I TOOK AWAY HIS DEMEANOR WITH AN
IMMEDIATE RAISE TACKLES AND AN
ATTACK INTO ME THAT’S THAT’S
WHAT WE’RE GOING TO SEE MORE OF
WHATEVER HE’S ALLOWED TO DEBATE
THE PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW.
THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM TO SAY
FIRMLY AND LIKE A LEADER DOES,
I’M QUITE CONFIDENT IN MY
COGNITIVE ABILITY AND HERE’S WHY
LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT HOW IT’S GOING TO
FURTHER MY POLICIES.
IT’S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE BUT HIM
TO HAVE RESPONDED IN A WAY THAT
REASSURED US WITHOUT PLAYING
INTO THE GAME AND THE FINAL
POINT, DEMOCRATS BEST STRATEGY
IS TO LET THE MEDIA ATTACKED THE
PRESIDENT WHILE JOE BIDEN SORT
OF HUNG OUT AND REVELED IN THE
MEMORIES OF AMERICANS HAVE OF
HIM BEING ATTACHED TO
PRESIDENT OBAMA BUT BECAUSE HE’S
OUT, WE ARE SEEING IS GOING TO
BE IMPRINTED ON AMERICANS MIND
SO PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL BE SMART
TO LET HIS TEAM.
>> Pete: JUAN, DO YOU FEEL
CONFIDENT JILL BIDEN ON THE
STAGE, WHETHER THE DATES ARE
MOVED OR NOT, CAN GO TOE-TO-TOE
WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP?
HE HASN’T HAD THE WARM-UP
CANDIDATES WERE ON THE TRAIL.
HE’S BEEN IN HIS BASEMENT.
ARE YOU TRULY CONFIDENT THAT HE
IS CAPABLE OF IT?
>> Juan: YEAH.
I AM LISTENING TO YOU AND TRYING
TO RESPECT THIS WHOLE CONCEPT.
WE SAW HIM IN AN INTERVIEW THAT
YOU PLAYED AND SAID THAT YOU
DIDN’T LIKE THE RESPONSE.
I THINK HE SHOULD FIRE BACK
AGGRESSIVELY AND SAY THIS IS
NONSENSE.
YOU KNOW WHAT, AS DANA SAID, WE
WILL HAVE THE DEBATES.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CAN BE THE
JUDGE.
IF YOU SAW THE AXIOS INTERVIEW
OR THE CHRIS WALLACE INTERVIEW,
YOU WOULD HAVE TO SAY THE ONE
THAT SEEMS TO BE NOT IN TOUCH
WITH THE FACTS, I THINK HE IS IN
THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> Lawrence: JOE BIDEN IS NOT
