( LAUGHTER )
OF COURSE, TRUMP IS STILL DEALING WITH THE FALLOUT FROM
HIS RACIST TWEETS, WHICH BECAME A RACIST CHANT, WHICH WILL SOON
BE A RACIST BREAKFAST CEREAL. HE WAS ASKED WHY HE WON'T LET
THIS STORY GO: >> WELL, I THINK THEY ARE VERY
BAD FOR OUR COUNTRY. I THINK THEY MUST HATE OUR
COUNTRY. NOBODY KNOWS HOW TO HANDLE THEM. I FEEL THEY'RE EASY TO HANDLE. >> STEPHEN: WHAT DO YOU MEAN
THEY'RE EASY TO HANDLE? THIS HAS BEEN YOUR PUBLIC
RELATIONS DISASTER FOR EIGHT DAYS. (AS TRUMP)
"NOBODY KNOWS HOW TO HANDLE A BUCKING BRONCO, BUT FOR ME IT'S
EASY. I LET IT KNOCK ME TO THE GROUND
AND TRAMPLE ME UNTIL IT GETS TIRED, OKAY? "YEE HA." SHEBANG. SHEBANG. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
TRUMP'S BEEN ALL OVER THE MAP FOR THE LAST WEEK. ON WEDNESDAY, HE WHIPPED HIS
RALLY CROWD INTO A FROTH OVER REPRESENTATIVE ILHAN OMAR, AND
SO THEY CHANTED "SEND HER BACK." On "THURSDAY, TRUMP SAID HE
DIDN'T AGREE WITH THE CHANT, ON FRIDAY, HE SAID THE CHANTING
CROWD WERE INCREDIBLE PATRIOTS BUT THEN HE TWEETED A VIDEO FROM
HIS RALLY, AND ADDING, "AS YOU CAN SEE, I DID NOTHING TO LEAD
PEOPLE ON, NOR WAS I PARTICULARLY HAPPY WITH THE
CHANT." (AS TRUMP)
"IT'S NOT MY FAULT. ALL I DID WAS SING 'SWEET
CAROLINE,' AND THE CROWD SANG 'SEND-HER-BACK.'"
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
HE ALSO CONTINUED HIS ATTACKS AGAINST THE FOUR CONGRESSWOMEN
KNOWN AS... THE SQUAD. ♪
♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
HE SAVED HIS HARSHEST WORDS FOR OMAR:
>> BUT I'M UNHAPPY WHEN A CONGRESSWOMAN GOES AND SAID,
"I'M GOING TO BE THE PRESIDENT'S NIGHTMARE." "SHE'S GOING TO BE THE
PRESIDENT'S NIGHTMARE." SHE'S LUCKY TO BE WHERE SHE IS. >> STEPHEN: (AS TRUMP)
"SHE'S LUCKY TO BE IN CONGRESS. FAR TOO MANY IMMIGRANTS END UP
BEING MY WIFE." IT'( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
"IT'S SAD. VERY SAD ." ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
( PIANO RIFF ) CLEARLY, TRUMP WAS FINE WITH THE
CROWD'S CHANT. SO WHY DID HE SAY HE WASN'T? WELL, IT TURNS OUT, ACCORDING TO
REPORTS, THAT WHEN HE GOT HOME FROM NORTH CAROLINA, TRUMP TOOK
HEAT FROM MELANIA AND IVANKA OVER THE RACIST CHANTS AT HIS
RALLY. A BOLD STANCE FOR THE FIRST
DAUGHTER. (AS IVANKA)
"LISTEN, DAD. ME AND STEPMOM-LANIA ARE TOTALLY
MAD ABOUT THE CHANT. AS SOON AS WE SAW IT, WE RUSHED
STRAIGHT TO OUR PUBLICISTS SO THEY COULD TELL REPORTERS HOW
MAD WE ARE. THEN WE CAME HERE. OH, AND ERIC SWALLOWED A SOCK. AGAIN." ( LAUGHTER )
BUT WHEN ASKED ABOUT IT IN FRIDAY'S CHOPPER TALK, TRUMP
TRIED TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF THE BACKLASH. >> FALSE INFORMATION. IT WAS FAKE NEWS. >> NOPE. WE-- I TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT THEY
DIDN'T ADVISE ME. THEY TOLD ME, BUT I DIDN'T--
>> I'M SORRY, WHAT DID THEY SAY? WHAT DID THEY TELL YOU? >> BY THE WAY, WHAT YOU'RE
SAYING-- FAKE NEWS. >> STEPHEN: (AS TRUMP)
"I'M NOT GOING TO STAND HERE AND LET YOU ACCUSE MY DAUGHTER AND
MY WIFE OF BEING DECENT PEOPLE. FAKE NEWS!"
( LAUGHTER ) FAKE NEWS. ( APPLAUSE )
TRUMP WASN'T THE ONLY ONE FLAILING TO DEFEND HIS ACTIONS,
SO WAS WHITE HOUSE SENIOR POLITICAL ADVISOR AND GUY WITH
THE KIND OF FACE THAT MAKES YOU WEAR HOODS-
STEPHEN MILLER. ( LAUGHTER )
MILLER SAT DOWN WITH CHRIS WALLACE ON THE FOX NEWS SUNDAY
AND ARGUED THAT TRUMP AND HIS CROWD COULDN'T BE RACISTS
BECAUSE HOW DARE YOU? >> THE TERM "RACIST," CHRIS, HAS
BECOME A LABEL THAT IS TOO OFTEN DEPLOYED BY LEFT, DEMOCRATS IN
THIS COUNTRY SIMPLY TO TRY TO SILENCE AND PUNISH AND SUPPRESS
PEOPLE THEY DISAGREE WITH. I FUNDAMENTALLY DISAGREE WITH
THE VIEW THAT IF YOU CRITICIZE SOMEBODY AND THEY HAPPEN TO BE A
DIFFERENT COLOR SKIN, THAT THAT MAKES IT RACIAL CRITICISM. IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A COLORBLIND
SOCIETY, IT MEANS YOU CAN CRITICIZE IMMIGRATION POLICY,
YOU CAN CRITICIZE PEOPLE'S VIEWS, YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS
ABOUT WHERE THEY'RE BORN AND NOT HAVE IT BE SEEN AS RACIAL.
>> STEPHEN: THAT'S NOT BEING COLORBLIND. THAT'S JUST IGNORING RACISM. THAT'S LIKE SAYING:
(AS MILLER) "I HOPE ONE DAY TO LIVE IN A
POST PUNCH-YOU-IN-FACE SOCIETY WHERE I CAN PUNCH YOU IN THE
FACE AND NOT AUTOMATICALLY BE ACCUSED OF BEING A
FACE-PUNCHIST." ( LAUGHTER )
ANOTHER TRUMP DEFENDER THIS WEEKEND WAS TRUMP ADVISOR AND
WOMAN NAMED AFTER THE SOUND OF A LUXURY CAR RUNNING OVER A POOR
PERSON-- MERCEDES SCHLAPP ( LAUGHTER )
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) SHE SAID THIS:
>> I HAVE WORKED WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR TWO YEARS AND HE IS
NOT A RACIST. HE'S A COMPASSIONATE MAN WHOSE
POLICIES HAVE FOCUSED ON THE MINORITY COMMUNITY. >> STEPHEN: (AS MERCEDES)
"I HAVE ALSO WORKED WITH CRUELLA DE VILLE, A COMPASSIONATE WOMAN
WHOSE POLICIES HAVE FOCUSED ON THE DALMATIAN COMMUNITY."
( LAUGHTER ) AND THEN THERE WAS MIKE PENCE
WHO SAID THIS ABOUT THE "SEND HER BACK" CHANT AT TRUMP'S
RALLY: >> THE PRESIDENT WASN'T PLEASED
ABOUT IT. NEITHER WAS I. AND THE PRESIDENT'S BEEN VERY
CLEAR ABOUT THAT. MAJOR, THE PRESIDENT WAS VERY
CLEAR. >> WAS HE?
AND THAT IF IT HAPPENED AGAIN HE-- HE MIGHT-- HE MIGHT-- HE'D
MAKE AN EFFORT TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT IT. >> STEPHEN: UH-OH, SOMEBODY
REBOOT PENCE! HE'S BUFFERING!
(AS PENCE) "HE MIGHT M-MIGHT M-M-MIGHT--ñr
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" THE PRESIDENT ALSO GOT SUPPORT
FROM WISCONSIN SENATOR AND MAN WATCHING THE SANDWICH ARTIST
REALLY BLOW IT-- RON JOHNSON WHO SAID THIS ON CNN:
>> I WOULD >> I WOULD SAY, IN GENERAL, THE
WHOLE AMERICA LOVE-IT-OR-LEAVE IT IS NOT-- NOT A NEW SENTIMENT. BACK IN THE '60s THAT WASN'T
CONSIDERED RACIST. >> Stephen: AH, WHAT A GREAT
LITMUS TEST FOR WHETHER OR NOT SOMETHING IS RACIST. "IT WAS OKAY IN THE 1960s." REMEMBER THE FAMOUS WORDS OF
MARTIN LUTHER KING, (<i> LAUGHTER</i> )
(<i> CHEERS AND APPLAUSE</i> ) IT'S A FUNNY JOKE. IT'S A FUNNY JOKE. OR IT WOULD BE, IF JOHNSON
HADN'T GONE ON TO ACTUALLY QUOTE MARTIN LUTHER KING. >> WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS
US MOVING TOWARD THAT COLORBLIND SOCIETY. WHERE WE REALLY COULD EMBRACE
DR. KING'S SENTIMENT THAT LET'S JUDGE PEOPLE ON THE BASIS OF
THE CONTENT OF THEIR CHARACTER, RATHER THAN THE COLOR OF THEIR
SKIN. >> Stephen: WE ARE JUDGING TRUMP
ON THE CONTENT OF HIS CHARACTER. HE'S A RACIST. (<i> LAUGHTER</i> )
WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE COLOR OF HIS SKIN IS. (<i> LAUGHTER</i> )
(<i> CHEERS AND APPLAUSE</i> ) I--
I MEAN... I WANT TO SAY RAW CHICKEN
SLATHERED WITH PUMPKIN SPICE?
