UNFORTUNATELY, MODELS HIMSELF
AFTER VLADIMIR PUTIN.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO LET’S TALK ABOUT THAT.
HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN ACROSS THE
COUNTRY?
IN THE WEEKS TO COME, WHAT ARE
YOU THE MOST WORRIED ABOUT,
HAVING RUN AGAINST DONALD TRUMP
AND FULLY UNDERSTANDING EXACTLY
HOW THINGS CAN GO WITH HIM AND
HIS LACK OF RESPECT FORT LAW AND
NORMS.
WHAT ARE YOU MOST WORRIED ABOUT
AS WE HEAD INTO THE RNC AND THE
WEEKS TO COME FOR JOE BIDEN AS A
CANDIDATE?
>> WELL, MIKA, I’M REALLY
WORRIED THAT THERE WILL BE
DIRECT INTERFERENCE WITH THE
ELECTION THROUGH THE
MANIPULATION OF THE POSTAL
SERVICE.
I HEARD SENATOR TAMMY DUCKWORTH
SAY THAT ON YOUR PROGRAM JUST A
LITTLE BIT EARLIER THIS MORNING.
I DON’T THINK THERE’S ANY DOUBT
THAT ANY SENSIBLE PERSON SHOULD
HAVE THAT THERE IS A DELIBERATE
EFFORT TO SABOTAGE VOTE BY MAIL.
THAT IS A INCREDIBLE ATTACK ON
OUR ELECTION SYSTEM AND
EVERYTHING ELSE THAT THE POST
OFFICE DOES, LIKE DELIVER
PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION TO
VETERANS AND SOCIAL SECURITY
CHECKS AND EVERYTHING.
I’M ALSO WORRIED THAT THE
DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN THAT WAS
RUN IN 2016 AND, UNFORTUNATELY,
BELIEVED BY A LOT OF PEOPLE AS A
POST ELECTION ACADEMIC ANALYSIS
SHOWED, WILL BE REALLY RAMPED
UP.
AND I AGREE WITH ONE OF YOUR
EARLIER COMMENTATORS THAT IT
WILL BE DIRECTED BOTH AT JOE
BIDEN AND AT KAMALA HARRIS.
AND IT WILL BE NO HOLDS BARRED.
AND IF YOU GO AND LOOK AT THE
MOST LIKED OR THE MOST SHARED
FACEBOOK POSTS, FOR EXAMPLE, IN
THE TOP TEN, MOST DAYS, IT’S 8,
9 OR 10 THAT ARE EITHER DIRECTLY
FROM TRUMP OR AL HIGHS OF TRUMP
SUPPORTING HIS CAMPAIGN,
SUPPORTING THE OUTRAGEOUS THINGS
THAT HE SAYS AND DOES.
SO I’M WORRIED ABOUT DIRECT
INTERFERENCE, UNDERMINING VOTE
BY MAIL, AND I’M WORRIED ABOUT
THE IMPACT OF THE PROPAGANDA.
>> AND --
>> SECRETARY CLINTON -- GO
AHEAD, MIKA.
>> GO AHEAD, WILLIE.
ALL RIGHT.
I’LL TAKE IT.
IN TERMS OF THE MESSAGING TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE ABOUT THE
ELECTION --
>> RIGHT.
>> -- DO THEY NEED CLEAR
MESSAGING IN TERMS OF HOW
MASSIVE VOTE BY MAIL WILL WORK
IF THE POSTAL SERVICE AND
GOVERNORS AND LAWMAKERS ARE ABLE
TO SHORE IT UP?
BECAUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF A
PANDEMIC, THIS MAY BE VERY -- A
VERY DIFFERENT ELECTION.
IT MAY NOT LOOK LIKE PAST
ELECTIONS.
YES, WE MAY NOT HAVE THE RESULTS
ON THE NIGHT OF THE ELECTION.
>> OH, I THINK THAT’S PROBABLY
LIKELY.
AND ONE OF THE THEMES THAT RAN
THROUGH THE FOUR NIGHTS OF THE
CONVENTION STARTING ON MONDAY
NIGHT WITH MICHELLE OBAMA AND
BARACK OBAMA AND I AND OTHERS
WAS TO, PLEASE, GET -- YOU KNOW,
GET A PLAN FOR VOTING.
IF YOU’RE GOING TO VOTE BY MAIL,
DO IT AS SOON AS YOU CAN.
FOLLOW ALL THE RULES.
TAKE A PICTURE OF YOUR BALLOT.
IF YOU’RE GOING TO VOTE IN
PERSON, IF YOU CAN, VOTE EARLY.
GET EVERYBODY YOU KNOW TO VOTE
EARLY.
BUT HERE IS WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW
IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE RNC AND THE
TRUMP CAMPAIGN HAVE ALREADY SAID
THAT THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT
OF INTIMIDATORS AT THE POLLS.
TRUMP JUST REINFORCED THAT BY
SAYING THAT HE WAS GOING TO HAVE
OFF-DUTY LAW ENFORCEMENT,
RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE
LIKE TO REALLY DEMONSTRATE A
KIND OF AUTHORITARIAN APPROACH
TOWARDS THE ELECTION BY TRYING
TO SCARE PEOPLE, LITERALLY, AWAY
FROM THE POLLS.
SO BE A POLL WORKER.
BE PART OF THE CAMPAIGN TO
PROTECT OUR ELECTION, REGARDLESS
OF PARTY.
THIS SHOULD BE A NONPARTISAN