OBSTRUCTED THE INVESTIGATION. ALMOST SEVEN IN TEN AMERICANS
ALMOST SEVEN IN TEN AMERICANS WANT TO SEE RELEVANT WITNESSES.
WANT TO SEE RELEVANT WITNESSES. ALL OF THOSE NUMBERS PROVING
ALL OF THOSE NUMBERS PROVING THAT THIS IMPEACHMENT AND THE
THAT THIS IMPEACHMENT AND THE TRUTH COMING WITH IT, THE
TRUTH COMING WITH IT, THE PROCEEDINGS, ARE HURTING THE
PROCEEDINGS, ARE HURTING THE PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. NOW DIRECT EVIDENCE HOW IT’S
NOW DIRECT EVIDENCE HOW IT’S HURTING HIM IN HEAD-TO-HEAD
HURTING HIM IN HEAD-TO-HEAD MATCHUPS WHERE DEMOCRATS APPEAR
MATCHUPS WHERE DEMOCRATS APPEAR TO BE BREEZING PAST TNTDONALD TR
TO BE BREEZING PAST TNTDONALD TR NOW.
NOW. JOE BIDEN, 53%.
JOE BIDEN, 53%. MICHAEL BLOOMBERG.
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG. LITTLE MIKE, NUMBERS AGAINST
LITTLE MIKE, NUMBERS AGAINST YOU, DONALD, HE’S BIG, BAD
YOU, DONALD, HE’S BIG, BAD MICHAEL BLOOMBERG.
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG. BERNIE SANDERS, 52% TO 45%, AND
BERNIE SANDERS, 52% TO 45%, AND PERSON HE CALLS POCAHONTAS,
PERSON HE CALLS POCAHONTAS, AHEAD OF HIM BY FIVE PERCENTAGE
AHEAD OF HIM BY FIVE PERCENTAGE POINT.
POINT. MAYOR PETE BY 4% AND AMY
MAYOR PETE BY 4% AND AMY KLOBUCHAR BY THREE POINTS AND,
KLOBUCHAR BY THREE POINTS AND, AGAIN, I HEAR TRUMPISTS ON TV,
AGAIN, I HEAR TRUMPISTS ON TV, READ TRUMPISTS IN THE PAPER AND
READ TRUMPISTS IN THE PAPER AND ON TWITTER.
ON TWITTER. THEY’RE ALL WHISTLING PAST THE
THEY’RE ALL WHISTLING PAST THE GRAVEYARD SUGGESTING THAT THIS
GRAVEYARD SUGGESTING THAT THIS IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDING COULD NOT
IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDING COULD NOT BE GOING BETTER FOR DONALD
BE GOING BETTER FOR DONALD TRUMP, AND YET THE AMERICAN
TRUMP, AND YET THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN POLL AFTER POLL
PEOPLE IN POLL AFTER POLL SUGGEST JUST THE OPPOSITE IS
SUGGEST JUST THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE.
TRUE. THIS IS BAD NEWS FOR DONALD
THIS IS BAD NEWS FOR DONALD TRUMP.
TRUMP. >> IF YOU LOOK AT ALMOST ANY
>> IF YOU LOOK AT ALMOST ANY POLL IN THESE HEAD-TO-HEAD
POLL IN THESE HEAD-TO-HEAD MATCHUPS ARE PEOPLE TALK ABOUT
MATCHUPS ARE PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC RACE, THE KEY
THE DEMOCRATIC RACE, THE KEY ELEMENT OF IT IS, WHO CAN BEAT
ELEMENT OF IT IS, WHO CAN BEAT DONALD TRUMP?
DONALD TRUMP? YES, THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT CUE
YES, THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT CUE ISSUES BUT DEMOCRATS WANT TO
ISSUES BUT DEMOCRATS WANT TO WIN.
WIN. PUT UP THE GRAPHIC AGAIN.
PUT UP THE GRAPHIC AGAIN. YOU SEE ALL THE WAY DOWN THE
YOU SEE ALL THE WAY DOWN THE LINE, FIVE, SIX CANDIDATES WHO
LINE, FIVE, SIX CANDIDATES WHO CAN MAKE THE ELECTABILITY
CAN MAKE THE ELECTABILITY ARGUMENT.
ARGUMENT. PEEL SAY WITHOUT EVIDENCE,
PEEL SAY WITHOUT EVIDENCE, REALLY, ELIZABETH WARREN
REALLY, ELIZABETH WARREN COULDN’T BEAT HIM HEAD TO HEAD,
COULDN’T BEAT HIM HEAD TO HEAD, SHE CAN MAKE THAT CASE, JOHN
SHE CAN MAKE THAT CASE, JOHN LEMIRE, SHE CAN WIN.
LEMIRE, SHE CAN WIN. PETE BUTTIGIEG, AMY KLOBUCHAR
PETE BUTTIGIEG, AMY KLOBUCHAR AND MICHAEL BLOOMBERG CAN MAKE
AND MICHAEL BLOOMBERG CAN MAKE THAT CASE, JOE BIDEN, AND
THAT CASE, JOE BIDEN, AND DEMOCRATS WANT TO WIN, IN THE
DEMOCRATS WANT TO WIN, IN THE TAG, MORE THAN ANYTHING.
TAG, MORE THAN ANYTHING. AND MICHAEL BLOOMBERG CAN MAKE
AND MICHAEL BLOOMBERG CAN MAKE THE CASE, WE KNOW THIS IS NOT A
THE CASE, WE KNOW THIS IS NOT A NATIONAL REFERENDUM.
NATIONAL REFERENDUM. WE KNOW THAT, BUT CAN MAKE THE
WE KNOW THAT, BUT CAN MAKE THE CASE THAT, I CAN BEAT HIS
CASE THAT, I CAN BEAT HIS PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. >> IT SHOWS WHERE THE COUNTRY IS
>> IT SHOWS WHERE THE COUNTRY IS ON EVERIMPEACHMENT.
ON EVERIMPEACHMENT. WE’VE SEEN THE NUMBERS BE
WE’VE SEEN THE NUMBERS BE CONSISTENT.
CONSISTENT. PRESIDENT TRUMP’S BASE, 40-ODD%
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S BASE, 40-ODD% OF SUPPORTERS DON’T WANT THIS TO
OF SUPPORTERS DON’T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN.
HAPPEN. THINK IT’S A SHAM.
THINK IT’S A SHAM. MOST, MAJORITY OF AMERICAN
MOST, MAJORITY OF AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT TO SEE IT PLAY OUT.
PEOPLE WANT TO SEE IT PLAY OUT. AS MUCH AS THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN
AS MUCH AS THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN MAKES AN ARGUMENT THIS IS GOING
MAKES AN ARGUMENT THIS IS GOING TO BE GOOD FOR THEM AND EXCITE
TO BE GOOD FOR THEM AND EXCITE THEIR BASE AND ONLY TIME WILL
THEIR BASE AND ONLY TIME WILL TELL IF THAT’S TRUE, NUMBERS
TELL IF THAT’S TRUE, NUMBERS NOW, CONSISTENT PUBLIC POLLING
NOW, CONSISTENT PUBLIC POLLING SUGGESTS THAT’S NOT THE CASE.
SUGGESTS THAT’S NOT THE CASE. CNN HAD A POLL YESTERDAY ON THE
CNN HAD A POLL YESTERDAY ON THE BATTLEGROUND STATES WITH THESE
BATTLEGROUND STATES WITH THESE CANDIDATES AN MARGINS WERE
CANDIDATES AN MARGINS WERE CLOSER, WHERE THIS ELECTION WILL
CLOSER, WHERE THIS ELECTION WILL BE DECIDED.
BE DECIDED. IT GOES TO SHOW YOU AS MUCH AS
IT GOES TO SHOW YOU AS MUCH AS WE KNOW OR THINK WE KNOW WHAT
WE KNOW OR THINK WE KNOW WHAT WILL BE THE VIRTUAL OUTCOME OF
WILL BE THE VIRTUAL OUTCOME OF THE TRIAL IN TERMS WHETHER OR
THE TRIAL IN TERMS WHETHER OR NOT THE PRESIDENT WILL BE
NOT THE PRESIDENT WILL BE REMOVED FROM CONGRESS, THE
REMOVED FROM CONGRESS, THE POLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS ARE YET
POLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS ARE YET TO BE DETERMINED.
TO BE DETERMINED. THERE’S A CHANCE, EVEN IF
THERE’S A CHANCE, EVEN IF ACQUITTED IN A WEEK OR SO FROM
ACQUITTED IN A WEEK OR SO FROM NOW, LONG-TERM DAMAGE.
NOW, LONG-TERM DAMAGE. >> AND 60% TO 70% OF AMERICANS
>> AND 60% TO 70% OF AMERICANS WANT TO SEE A FAIR TRIAL.
WANT TO SEE A FAIR TRIAL. WHEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
WHEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES GOES OUT AS YOU SAID IN
STATES GOES OUT AS YOU SAID IN THE CLIP, WE’VE GOT A BUNCH OF
THE CLIP, WE’VE GOT A BUNCH OF DOCUMENTS WE HAVEN’T GIVEN THEM,
DOCUMENTS WE HAVEN’T GIVEN THEM, SAYING WE’RE WITHHOLDING
SAYING WE’RE WITHHOLDING EVIDENCE, THOSE PEOPLE SAY, WAIT
EVIDENCE, THOSE PEOPLE SAY, WAIT A MINUTE.
A MINUTE. THAT’S NOT A FAIR TRIAL.
THAT’S NOT A FAIR TRIAL. >> AMERICANS WANT AT FAIR TRIAL,
>> AMERICANS WANT AT FAIR TRIAL, IMPARTIAL JURORS AND RELEVANT
IMPARTIAL JURORS AND RELEVANT WITNESSES, AND MITCH McCONNELL
WITNESSES, AND MITCH McCONNELL AND LINDSEY GRAHAM AND THE
AND LINDSEY GRAHAM AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAVE BRAGGED
REPUBLICAN PARTY HAVE BRAGGED OPENLY THEY WERE NOT GOING TO
OPENLY THEY WERE NOT GOING TO PROVIDE A FAIR TRIAL TO THE
PROVIDE A FAIR TRIAL TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
AMERICAN PEOPLE. THEY WEREN’T GOING TO BE HONEST
THEY WEREN’T GOING TO BE HONEST BROKERS.
BROKERS. THEY WEREN’T DOING TO BE
THEY WEREN’T DOING TO BE IMPARTIAL JURORS, EVEN THOUGH
IMPARTIAL JURORS, EVEN THOUGH THEY RAISED THEIR HAND AND SWORE
THEY RAISED THEIR HAND AND SWORE A SOLEMN OATH THAT THEN WOULD BE
A SOLEMN OATH THAT THEN WOULD BE AND IT IS COSTING DONALD TRUMP
AND IT IS COSTING DONALD TRUMP AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY RIGHT
AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY RIGHT NOW.
NOW. BEFORE WE GET ON TO IMPEACHMENT.
BEFORE WE GET ON TO IMPEACHMENT. AN INTERESTING MONMOUTH POLL
AN INTERESTING MONMOUTH POLL CAME OUT IN THE DEMOCRATIC FIELD
CAME OUT IN THE DEMOCRATIC FIELD NATIONWIDE AND IT SHOWS JOE
NATIONWIDE AND IT SHOWS JOE BIDEN UP DOING PRETTY WELL.
BIDEN UP DOING PRETTY WELL. HE AND SANDERS SEEM TO BE TOP OF
HE AND SANDERS SEEM TO BE TOP OF THE POLLS NOW.
THE POLLS NOW. ELIZABETH WARREN 14%.
ELIZABETH WARREN 14%. LOOK AT THIS.
LOOK AT THIS. MICHAEL BLOOMBERG UP FOUR MORE
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG UP FOUR MORE PERCENTAGE POINTS SINCE
PERCENTAGE POINTS SINCE DECEMBER.
DECEMBER. AT 9%.
AT 9%. THREE POINTS AHEAD, PETE
THREE POINTS AHEAD, PETE BUTTIGIEG NATIONALLY AND FOUR4%
BUTTIGIEG NATIONALLY AND FOUR4% POINTS ABOVE IS AMY KLOBUCHAR.
POINTS ABOVE IS AMY KLOBUCHAR. SEEMS FAMILIAR WHAT PEOPLE SAID
SEEMS FAMILIAR WHAT PEOPLE SAID ABOUT ANOTHER NEW YORK
ABOUT ANOTHER NEW YORK MILLIONAIRE, OR BILLIONAIRE,
MILLIONAIRE, OR BILLIONAIRE, WHATEVER DONALD TRUMP IS, BACK
WHATEVER DONALD TRUMP IS, BACK IN THE EARLY STAGES OF HIS
IN THE EARLY STAGES OF HIS CAMPAIGN.
CAMPAIGN. MIKE BLOOMBERG, YOU KNOW, NOT
MIKE BLOOMBERG, YOU KNOW, NOT GOING TO GET PAST 3%.
GOING TO GET PAST 3%. NOT GOING TO GET PAST 4%.
NOT GOING TO GET PAST 4%. LOOKS LIKE HE’S ABOUT TO GET IN
LOOKS LIKE HE’S ABOUT TO GET IN THE DOUBLE DIGITS.
THE DOUBLE DIGITS. >> YEAH.
>> YEAH. DOESN’T HAVE THE CELEBRITY
DOESN’T HAVE THE CELEBRITY DONALD TRUMP HAD IN 2016, AND
DONALD TRUMP HAD IN 2016, AND YOU COULD ARGUE THAT THE FIELD
YOU COULD ARGUE THAT THE FIELD IS MUCH MORE FORMIDABLE THAN THE
IS MUCH MORE FORMIDABLE THAN THE ONE DONALD TRUMP FACED IN 2016.
ONE DONALD TRUMP FACED IN 2016. AMAZING WHAT A QUARTER OF A
AMAZING WHAT A QUARTER OF A BILLION DOLLARS ALREADY IN
BILLION DOLLARS ALREADY IN ADVERTISING IN STATES ACROSS THE
ADVERTISING IN STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BIG STATES LIKE
COUNTRY, BIG STATES LIKE CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK, SUPER
CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK, SUPER TUESDAY STATES, OBVIOUSLY NOT
TUESDAY STATES, OBVIOUSLY NOT PLAYING AT THE BEGINNING, BUT
PLAYING AT THE BEGINNING, BUT LAYING THE GROUNDWORK TO BE
LAYING THE GROUNDWORK TO BE SITTING PRETTY WELL ESPECIALLY
SITTING PRETTY WELL ESPECIALLY IF THE VOTE IS FRACTURED.
IF THE VOTE IS FRACTURED. ONE PERSON WINS NEW HAMPSHIRE,
ONE PERSON WINS NEW HAMPSHIRE, ANOTHER IOWA, ANOTHER SOUTH
ANOTHER IOWA, ANOTHER SOUTH CAROLINA.
CAROLINA. SITTING THERE MAKING THE CASE,
SITTING THERE MAKING THE CASE, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HASN’T MADE