Overtime: George Will, Martin Short, Bari Weiss, Eliot Spitzer, Charlie Sykes | Real Time (HBO)

[Applause] okay here are the questions George will what do you think of Bernie Sanders taking up the mantle of FDR in defense of democratic socialism what he said was comes under the rubric of plagiarism it's the it's a clear Restatement of tepid tweaking of the State of the Union address Roosevelt gave in 1944 so the wave of the future turns out to be 75 years ago [Laughter] Eliot what are your thoughts on New York law that would allow Congress to access Trump's tax returns look I am all for I think that a state can determine when its own tax returns should and should not be public I think it's an embarrassment that somebody would be the president without releasing them any public official in New York these days does as a matter of course New York should pass the law and see what happens okay what do you mean that shows over when did you when do you remove to HBO [Laughter] we're doing this on Twitter now oh good but we are on face now I know think we're on YouTube what the we're on the toilet that's what you are Martin Short what do you think of Canada and the European Union's plan to ban single-use plastics by 2021 no you're against it I'm sure for it III never understand why brilliant ideas take 15 20 30 years well I mean California has basically the same thing pending but even if we pass it not till 2030 really California progressive California seat of the resistance you can't do better but this was America and George here mister why is America like I for one that I can't get up we built the Empire State Building and the depression share 110 days have built these average dependence during wartime in 16 months you can't get the yes you can't negotiate the environmental and racial set-asides in 15 months now during World War two did we not ban cars I mean stop building cars except for military uses all the car fat can you imagine doing that today that kind of sacrifice that kind of mobilization saying okay no more cars no you know what we need the factories for planes and tanks no more cars bill this will come from a nice liberal Democrat sometimes there's too much due process I think George would agree that there's too much due process nothing important gets done because everybody has a way of stopping things that are important and too much great petty regulation a great New Yorker Senator Pat Moore and I had one of my very best friends America used to be a society that rewarded people who did things now we reward people who stop them right I've always said I'm immortal do I have any more questions for me I [Music] mean I've been layin things I could ask you no no I want to go to your prepared strumming feet Barry Weiss will the protestors against Hong Kong's proposed extradition bill be successful I don't know if they'll be successful but the fact what's going on has been taken to the streets to defend democracy against I mean it's a complicated situation but but essentially defending democracy against gee and China and the fact that no one here seems to care about it that the President of the United States who's supposed to be the leader of the free world to my knowledge has said nothing in support of those peaceful protesters it's a Shanda as we say an ich it's ridiculous gee whiz let me see it is fascinating to me it's not about trumping it who cares about Trump Trump is the con man he was voted for Democrat most of his life it's everyone else that's what's right the enablers the ones that will be judged Mitch McConnell history in the most depressing way yeah Mitch McConnell who listen he not only is confusing but this is a man who in his entire life never took a good picture because I actually think what's going on Hong Kong is a remarkably affirmative wonderful thing it because it is maybe the first sign that China is being seen for what it is which is one of the most repressive autocratic regimes in the world and I think it's about time people saw that and I think what's going on Hong Kong is great they're not gonna win and so here's gonna be another defeat for democracy you know here we are in 2019 and democracy is in retreat all over the world there's organic opposition which is a wonderful thing it will succeed in the long run we like everything organic here now I read that you turned down the part in dumb and dumber now I never saw the movie because I didn't want to ruin the book you did you could have been the Jim Carrey - all it was I read the scripts I thought this is too highbrow what a shame I know I wouldn't be here with you people all actors have one of those at least one an absolute Reynolds has like 10 every great movie in that you could be in The Godfather you'd be in 3 days of the Condor you can be in the nope I want to do significant ball [Laughter] George we'll do you believe the expanding powers of the presidency can ever be reversed yes I think the physics of our politics is at work now this is the optimistic view which is that Congress it turns out can be embarrassed and the president can now that progressives who created the modern presidency have seen that they're not always going to occupy the modern presidency they're going to rethink the separation of powers which they began to undermine when Woodrow Wilson became the first president to criticize the American Founding because largely of the separation of powers but they but they don't want it when when Obama was being taunted by the Republicans about Syria remember this and he said you know what I'll go into Syria give me authorization it's your job it's in the Constitution and they of course were like no because then if it goes badly were to blame but he went into Libya without anybody's worth well sure but it's more likely to happen on domestic policies where the Democratic Congress is gonna try to restrain Trump and regret that it gave President Obama all the powers he had reports are gonna do the same thing Charlie what do you anticipate the first round of democratic debates to reveal about the candidates oh yes we didn't really mention that tonight we popped it up this way they got the first two nights twenty people I don't even know some of them are wait for that so she literally did right she's like a new-age well but marianne williamson is one of the reasons why God invented the mute button these debates go on they're good they're gonna have the greatest candidates and people are gonna go you know cute for this person you never dollars and you do not so you might be doing something that's right you know some of these people who were we do know who is not going to be president who are not gonna say anything right but Andrew yang I mean that that's it out-of-the-box choice and way out of the box he's doing quite well you know Trump I might say everybody thought he wouldn't go anywhere I said he was so listen to me what about how bad do you feel if you're one of the three who didn't make the cut of twenty this is like not getting a rose on the first night at the governor of Montana who has rights has might have something to say that right would be interested in because he's a Democrat who wins in a Republican state and instead we have to listen to I'm sorry you know marianne williamson Iowa is so small twenty candidates they can meet everybody six months from now when these crisis happens oh you have no idea today what's gonna happen and despite all the pundits we're gonna tell us what's gonna happen they have no idea who do you think if you had to bet now your own money who's gonna win the nomination my own money that seems very unfair I'm gonna say Biden because because the Democrats gonna be too afraid to go with somebody who might lose to Donald you're with at a certain point you didn't have the panic set in you think it's gonna be Biden I think at this point people are in politics at an active in the nominating electorate because politics is fun I think the most fun candidate for Democrats is Elizabeth Warren I think when you talk about when you talk about these debates he is incapable of anything coming out of his mouth that is an impressive I think he's going to be phenomenal on television and I think he'll then do a lot of he'll be everywhere and I think if the Millennials would actually vote if your 18:37 seems pretty old right it could be Trump it's gonna be the dirtiest election ever I mean no matter who would it you know Trump is like an old series that you like the first half season I'm telling you people will get bored I think he's shtick is wearing thinner well it already has and he's down in the polls yeah we'll see all right thank you very much everybody [Applause] you

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Keywords: George Will, Washington Post, The Conservative Sensibility, Bari Weiss, The New York Times, White, Bret Easton Ellis, Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General, Governor, New York, Charlie Sykes, The Bulwark, The Bulwark Podcast, NBC, MSNBC, How the Right Lost Its Mind, Martin Short, comedian, Now You See Them, Soon You Won’t, Steve Martin

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Length: 10min 31sec (631 seconds)

Published: Sat Jun 15 2019