WE APPRECIATE YOUR REPORTING.
I’M SURE THAT THERE ARE SUBURBS
ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY PAYING
ATTENTION TO THAT.
TO JOIN ME NOW WITH REACTION TO
JOE BIDEN’S SPEECH BLASTING
PRESIDENT TRUMP MOMENTS AGO,
CHIEF POLITICAL COLUMNIST ADD TO
THE POLITICAL JOURNAL, AND
HOWIE KURTZ, JOSH, YOU WROTE A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS OVER THE
WEEKEND.
HOW DID YOU THINK THAT JOE BIDEN
DID TODAY?
>> LOOK, HE NEEDED TO GIVE THE
SPEECH.
THE FACT THAT HE IS TALKING
ABOUT LAW AND ORDER, ABOUT
ISSUES THAT ARE TYPICALLY ONE OF
THE PRESIDENT STRONGEST SUITS,
THAT SHOWS THEY ARE CONCERNED
ABOUT LOSING GROUND IN THE
SUBURBS.
LOSING GROUND IN AN AREA WHERE
JOE BIDEN WAS BEFORE THIS DOING
QUITE WELL.
BUT THIS IS A SPEECH THAT BIDEN
GAVE WAS A PIPIT.
WHEN HE SAID, ASK YOURSELF IF I
LOOK LIKE A SOCIALIST, AND WHEN
HE CALLED FOR THE PROSECUTION OF
VANDALS AND RIOTERS, WHICH YOU
KNOW, A LOT OF PROGRESSIVE
PROSECUTORS, DAs AND THE BIG
CITIES AREN’T DOING THAT, THE
FACT THAT HE IS TRYING TO PUSH
HIMSELF TO THE CENTER AND TAKE
ON THE LEFT WING OF HIS PARTY
SHOWS HOW POLITICALLY IMPORTANT
IT IS AND HOW HE WANTS TO REACT
QUICKLY TO TRUMP’S ATTACKS.
>> Dana: EVEN THE MEDIA WAS
SAYING THAT BIDEN’S CAMPAIGN,
WHAT ARE YOU DOING, WHY AREN’T
YOU OUT THERE?
WHY CAN’T YOU MAKE THE
STATEMENTS?
DO YOU THINK THAT THEY FELT THE
PRESSURE?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THAT WAS THE MOST FULL THROATED
ANNUNCIATION OUT OF URBAN
VIOLENCE I HAVE HEARD HIM GIVE.
BUT THE CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN
CAUTIOUS.
HE SHOULD’VE GONE TO KENOSHA AND
TAKEN OWNERSHIP, GONE ON A
SUNDAY SHOW.
HE HESITATED AND NOW
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS GOING THERE
TOMORROW.
AND I THINK THAT HE ALSO GAVE
THE PRESIDENT A HUGE OPENING BY
HAVING NO MENTION OF VIOLENCE
STREET CRIME AT THE FOUR-DAY
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
THEY WILL SAY HE PUT OUT A VIDEO
ABOUT KENOSHA AND PORTLAND, HE
ISSUED A STATEMENT.
SURE HE DID PAIRED BUT HOW MANY
PEOPLE SAW THAT?
POLITICS IS ABOUT POUNDING AWAY
WHEN YOU ARE UP AGAINST AN
INCUMBENT PRESIDENT WITH A MUCH
LOUDER MEGAPHONE.
>> Dana: JOSH, SHOULD WE MAKE
ANYTHING ABOUT THE CHOICE OF THE
BIDEN CAMPAIGN TO NOT GO TO
WISCONSIN AND INSTEAD CAMPAIGN
IN SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA?
TWICE HE REPEATED THAT HE IS NOT
GOING TO BAN FRACKING.
AND IT SEEMED LIKE HE REALLY
WANTED TO MAKE THAT MESSAGE
STICK, BECAUSE MAYBE
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS HAVING A
LITTLE BIT OF SUCCESS
PENETRATING WITH THAT MESSAGE IN
PENNSYLVANIA?
>> I THINK THEY WANT TO WAIT TO
SEE WHAT THE PRESIDENT DOES AND
HOW THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND
KENOSHA RESPONSE TO THE
PRESIDENT’S VISIT THIS WEEK.
I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF
JOE BIDEN DOES END UP GOING TO
KENOSHA GIVEN THE IMPORTANCE OF
WISCONSIN ON THE POLITICAL MAP.
I WOULD ADD ONE OTHER THING, THE
BIDEN CAMPAIGN IS SPENDING MONEY
IN MINNESOTA A STATE THAT
HILLARY CLINTON WON IN 2016 AND
ALSO VISITING MINNESOTA IN THE
COMING WEEKS.
SO IT IS A SIGN THAT IT IS NOT,
ACTIONS WEEK LOUDER THAN POLES
AND SPIN, AND THE FACT THAT YOU
HAVE HIM IN THE UPPER MIDWEST,
THE STATES THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP
DID SO WELL AND IN THE LAST
ELECTION, THEY KNOW THAT IT IS
HAVING AN IMPACT AND THEY NEEDED
TO RESPOND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
>> Dana: HOWIE, REPUBLICANS
ARE FEELING A LITTLE BIT MORE
BULLISH BECAUSE THEY THINK THAT
IT WORKS BETTER FOR THEM THEN
CORONAVIRUS AS THOSE CASES
THANKFULLY HAVE CONTINUED TO GO
DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT, BUT
CRIME IS ON THE RISE.
KEVIN McCARTHY, THE HOUSE
MINORITY LEADER WROTE THIS ON
TWITTER.
THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE
VANDALIZING, LOOTING, AND
COMMITTING VIOLENCE IN THE
STREETS AREN’T PROTESTERS, THEY
ARE CRIMINALS AND NEED TO BE
ARRESTED.
THIS MADNESS MUST STOP.
CAN THE REPUBLICANS CONTINUE TO
CAMPAIGN ON THIS ISSUE?
AND ALSO ADDRESS THE REAL ISSUE
THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE, THE FACT
THAT THERE IS QUESTIONS ABOUT
POLICE MISCONDUCT IN AT LEAST
SOME OF THESE CASES.
>> WRITES, JOB ITEM PLAYS UP
RACIAL JUSTICE AND POLICE
MISCONDUCT, THE PRESIDENT PLAYS
UP LAW AND ORDER ARE NOT AS MUCH
ON RACIAL JUSTICE.
ABOUT THE SAFETY OF YOUR
HANDLING OF SUCH A VISCERAL
ISSUE.
WE IN THE MEDIA, MANY WHO HAVE
BEEN DOWNPLAYING THE VIOLENCE IN
PLACES LIKE PORTLAND AND SEATTLE
LOSE SIGHT OF THAT FACT.
AND JOE BIDEN INTO SOMETHING
INTERESTING AT THE END OF THE
SPEECH AND TRY TO PAVE IT FROM I
WANT TO KEEP YOUR FAMILY SAFE
FROM CRIME, BUT I WANT TO KEEP
YOU SAFE FROM THE CORONAVIRUS
AND GOING INTO THE PRESIDENT ON
THAT.
TRYING TO HAVE A BROADER DEBATE
ABOUT SAFETY THAN THE PRESIDENT
AND HIS LAW AND ORDER EFFORTS
WOULD PREFER.
