MSNBC Highlights – Nov. 4

MSNBC Highlights – Nov. 4

HERE’S GAFA NEWS IN CALIFORNIA. A PARTY THAT IS IN ITS
ASCENDANCY, A PARTY THAT’S ON ITS TOES NO
LONGER ON ITS HEELS, FROM COAST TO COAST, SEA TO SHINING SEA, BUT IT WAS NOT JUST A VICTORY
TONIGHT. FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WAS A
VICTORY FOR THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA, FOR THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY
AND THE PRINCIPLES THAT OUR FOUNDING FATHERS LIVED
AND DIED FOR, AND SO WE’RE PROUD, WE’RE PROUD HERE IN CALIFORNIA TO BE PART OF THIS NARRATIVE THIS EVENING. WE’RE PROUD OF THE WORK THAT THE
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DID TONIGHT
TO SEND A POWERFUL MESSAGE TO AN HISTORIC PRESIDENT. DONALD TRUMP IS AN HISTORIC PRESIDENT. HE IS THE MOST HISTORICALLY
UNPOPULAR PRESIDENT IN MODERN HISTORY. IN EVERY CRITICAL CATEGORY, DONALD TRUMP IS UNDER WATER. HE PROMISED TO MAKE US
HEALTHIER. HE PROMISED TO MAKE US
WEALTHIER. WE’RE SICKER AND POORER, AND HE FUNDAMENTALLY UNDERSTANDS THAT. WHY ELSE? WHY ELSE WOULD HE CALL GREG
ABBOTT SAYING HE’S ENTITLED TO 5 SEATS? WHY ELSE IS HE TRYING TO RIG THE MIDTERM
ELECTIONS BEFORE ONE SINGLE VOTE IS EVEN CAST? HE UNDERSTANDS. HIS POSITION AT THIS MOMENT IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. ONE THING HE NEVER COUNTED ON
THOUGH. WAS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. INSTEAD OF AGONIZING OVER THE STATE OF OUR NATION, WE ORGANIZED IN AN UNPRECEDENTED WAY IN A 90
DAY SPRINT. PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA CONTRIBUTED THEIR VOICES AND
THEIR SUPPORT FOR THIS INITIATIVE. WE STOOD TALL AND WE STOOD STOOD
FIRM IN RESPONSE TO DONALD TRUMP’S RECKLESSNESS. AND TONIGHT, AFTER POKING THE BEAR, THIS BEAR ROARED. WITH AN UNPRECEDENTED TURNOUT IN A SPECIAL ELECTION WITH AN EXTRAORDINARY RESULT. NONE OF US, HOWEVER, ARE NAIVE. THIS IS A PATTERN. THIS IS A PRACTICE. DONALD TRUMP’S EFFORTS TO RIG
THE MIDTERM ELECTION CONTINUE TO THIS DAY. AND I’LL REINFORCE THAT IN JUST A MOMENT. YOU’RE SEEING HIM TAKE ACTION ALL ACROSS THIS
COUNTRY, NOT JUST IN TEXAS. YOU SAW WHAT THEY WERE
SUCCESSFULLY ABLE TO DO IN
MISSOURI, WHAT THEY DID IN NORTH CAROLINA, WHAT THEY’RE TRYING TO DO IN
INDIANA AND INEVITABLY IN
FLORIDA. THEY ARE NOT SCREWING AROUND. IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR, WE SAW 4000 NATIONAL GUARD
FEDERALIZED IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. WE SAW 700 ACTIVE DUTY MARINES
NOT SENT OVERSEAS BUT SENT TO THE SECOND LARGEST
CITY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO MILITARIZE OUR STREETS. WE SAID IN JUNE THIS WAS A
PREVIEW OF THINGS TO COME. WHAT MORE EVIDENCE DO YOU NEED
THAN WHAT HAPPENED IN WASHINGTON
DC? WHAT’S HAPPENING UP IN PORTLAND? CITIES LIKE CHICAGO. WHEN WE KICKED OFF THIS
CAMPAIGN, JUST 90 OR SO DAYS AGO IN LITTLE
TOKYO IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IN LA AT
THE DEMOCRACY CENTER, DONALD TRUMP SENT GREG BOVINO. HE SENT HIS PRIVATE POLICE FORCE THAT INCREASINGLY APPEARS TO
HAVE TAKEN AN OATH OF OFFICE TO
DONALD TRUMP, NOT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
UNITED STATES. HE SENT THEM TO OUR KICKOFF RALLY TO CHILL FREE EXPRESSION, TO CHILL FREE SPEECH, TO INTIMIDATE PEOPLE FROM PARTICIPATING. JUST TODAY, IN LOS ANGELES, DONALD TRUMP CALLED UP THE
BORDER PATROL, SENT THEM TO DODGER STADIUM. AND THREW A FASTBALL AT FREE SPEECH, RIGHT AT THE HEAD, FREE EXPRESSION, TO SUPPRESS THE VOTE IN AMERICA’S SECOND LARGEST
CITY. JUST DID THAT TODAY. PEOPLE IN TACTICAL GEARS SENT
OUT TO INTIMIDATE A COMMUNITY
THAT IS ALREADY ON EDGE, BUT YOU SEE, AS WE SPEAK, PEOPLE ARE STILL IN LINE, PEOPLE WAITING UP 3 HOURS TO
CAST THEIR VOTE, TO SEND A MESSAGE TO DONALD TRUMP. NO CROWNS, NO THRONES, NO KINGS. THAT’S WHAT THIS VICTORY
REPRESENTS. IT’S A VICTORY FOR THE PEOPLE OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA. AND THIS IS A VICTORY THAT’S
PUNCTUATED WITH A SOBER REMINDER THAT IT’S NOT JUST THE ACTIONS THAT DONALD TRUMP HAS TAKEN TO FEDERALIZE OUR GUARD. TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF
MILITARIZING AMERICAN CITIES. TO INTIMIDATE FREE EXPRESSION AND SPEECH BY UTILIZING ICE AND BORDER
PATROL IN AMERICA’S CITIES. BUT HE ALSO ANNOUNCED TODAY. RIGHT WHEN POLLS WERE OPENING. THAT THIS ELECTION WAS RIGGED. THAT THIS ELECTION WAS RIGGED. OF COURSE THOSE ARE FAMILIAR
WORDS. IT’S EXACTLY WHAT DONALD TRUMP
SAID AFTER JANUARY 6TH THAT DAY. OF LOVE WHERE HE TRIED TO LIGHT
DEMOCRACY ON FIRE. HE TRIED TO WRECK THIS COUNTRY, AND HE CALLED IN TO THE
SECRETARY OF STATE IN GEORGIA CALLING UP FOR 11 TO
12,000 VOTES JUST LIKE HE CALLED GREG ABBOTT SAYING
HE’S ENTITLED TO THOSE FIVE
SEATS. HE SAID THIS ELECTION WAS RIGGED
AND HE’S MOVING TO LOOK FOR
CRIMINAL PROSECUTION AND INVESTIGATIONS
AT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. HE IS NOT SCREWING AROUND. SO TONIGHT I’M PROUD, BUT I’M VERY MINDFUL AND SOBER OF THE MOMENT WE ARE LIVING IN. DONALD TRUMP DOES NOT BELIEVE IN
FAIR AND FREE ELECTIONS, PERIOD, AND FULL STOP. THIS IS NOT COMPLICATED AND IT’S SELF-EVIDENT TO ANYONE
PAYING ATTENTION. YOU START TO STACK UP ALL OF
THESE ACTIONS. THAT CONTINUE TO THIS MOMENT AND WILL CONTINUE IN MOMENTS TO COME. IF YOU THINK I’M EXAGGERATING, CONSIDER HIS ANNOUNCEMENT JUST A
FEW WEEKS AGO TO SEND RAPID
RESPONSE TEAMS ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES IN
ALL 50 STATES, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY PREPARED FOR URBAN DEPLOYMENT. A PREVIEW OF THINGS TO COME. BUT BACK TO THIS STATE, OUR STATE OF MIND WAS RESOLUTE. OUR STATE OF MIND WAS RESOLVED TO STAND FIRM AND TO STAND TALL, TO NOT BE INTIMIDATED, TO NOT BE HUMILIATED, TO NOT FALL PREY TO CYNICISM, TO NOT FALL PREY TO FEAR AND THE ANXIETY OF
SOMEONE THAT SOMEONE THAT BELIEVES IN ONLY ONE KNOCK
AND AH, TO INTIMIDATE AND EXHAUST US. BUT WE’RE SEEING ALL ACROSS THIS
COUNTRY, 7 MILLION PEOPLE STRONG, STANDING UP, NOT JUST FOR THEMSELVES BUT FOR
EACH OTHER AND FOR THESE ENDURING AND HISTORIC
PRINCIPLES OF OUR FOUNDING FATHERS, AND I’LL END ON THAT. NEXT YEAR IS THE 250TH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE BEST OF ROMAN REPUBLIC, THE BEST OF GREEK DEMOCRACY. THIS FUNDAMENTAL NOTION OF A SYSTEM OF CHECKS AND BALANCES. A POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY, THE RULE OF LAW. MR. PRESIDENT, THE RULE OF LAW, NOT THE RULE OF DAWN. AND I HOPE IT’S DAWNING ON
PEOPLE. THE SOBRIETY OF THIS MOMENT. WHAT’S AT STAKE? TODAY AS I SAID, IS AN EXTRAORDINARY MOMENT FOR
OUR PARTY, BUT AGAIN, IT’S AN EXTRAORDINARY MOMENT
AFFIRMING THOSE PRINCIPLES. OUR FOUNDING FATHERS DID NOT
LIVE AND DIE. TO SEE THE KIND OF VANDALISM TO THIS REPUBLIC AND OUR
DEMOCRACY THAT DONALD TRUMP IS TRYING TO
PERPETUATE. AND SO MY CALL TONIGHT IN THE SPIRIT OF
WHITMAN. WE TALKED ABOUT THE POWERFUL
PLAY GOES ON. WE ALL MUST CONTRIBUTE A VERSE. AND SO WE NEED, WE NEED THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. WE NEED THE STATE OF MARYLAND. WE NEED OUR FRIENDS IN NEW YORK, AND ILLINOIS, AND COLORADO. WE NEED TO SEE OTHER STATES WITH
THE REMARKABLE LEADERS THAT HAVE BEEN DOING REMARKABLE
THINGS MEET THIS MOMENT HEAD ON AS WELL TO RECOGNIZE WHAT WE’RE UP
AGAINST IN 2026. AND LET ME MAKE THIS CRYSTAL
CLEAR. WE CAN DE FACTO END DONALD
TRUMP’S PRESIDENCY AS WE KNOW
IT. THE MINUTE SPEAKER JEFFRIES. GETS SWORN IN AS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES. IT IS ALL ON THE LINE, A BRIGHT LINE IN 2026. AND SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY
THAT STOOD UP NOT JUST FOR OUR DEMOCRACY, BUT STOOD UP FOR THOSE THAT HAVE FEEL BULLIED AND INTIMIDATED. STOOD UP FOR THIS NOTION OF COEQUAL
BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT AND A SYSTEM OF CHECKS AND
BALANCES. AND I WANT TO THANK MY WIFE WHO REMINDS ME EVERY SINGLE DAY, UM. THAT THIS IS ABOUT THOSE THAT FEEL ALONE. THOSE THAT FEEL ISOLATED, THOSE THAT FEEL AN ANXIETY AND A STRESS THAT THEY NEVER COULD HAVE
IMAGINED IN THEIR LIVES, THIS WAS ABOUT SAYING TO THEM, WE HAVE YOUR BACK, WE SEE YOU, YOU MATTER, WE CARE, AND I’LL JUST SAY THIS I’M CONFIDENT AS WE MOVE FORWARD
INTO 2026 IN THIS COUNTRY, THE BEST IS YET TO COME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SHE NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION. ALEXANDRA CASIO-CORTEZ, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US
TONIGHT. I WANT TO BEGIN. WE’RE GETTING ALL THESE RESULTS
IN FROM OF COURSE HERE IN NEW YORK
CITY, BUT NEW JERSEY, VIRGINIA. IT APPEARS TO BE A HUGE NIGHT
FOR DEMOCRATS. WHAT IS THE NATIONAL STORY TO
YOU? YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT THIS NIGHT IS
STARTING AND SHAPING UP TO
REPRESENT IS THAT AMERICANS EVERYWHERE ARE
NOT GOING. TO BE SCARED. WE WILL NOT BE INTIMIDATED BY AN
ADMINISTRATION THAT IS VIOLATING THE RIGHTS AND MAKING LIFE HARD
AND UNAFFORDABLE FOR EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN IN
THIS COUNTRY, AND WE WILL SEND IN A WAVE OF
DEMOCRATS THAT NOT BOW TO THIS ADMINISTRATION
BUT STAND UP TO THIS
ADMINISTRATION AND DOING SO IN THE INTERESTS OF
WORKING FAMILIES, IN THE INTEREST TO MAKE LIFE
AFFORDABLE, HOUSING AFFORDABLE, AND TO STAND FOR THE CIVIL
RIGHTS OF ALL. HAVE YOU BEEN AT ALL SURPRISED
BY THE LEVEL OF ENERGY AND
ENGAGEMENT HERE IN NEW YORK BUT ACROSS THE
COUNTRY IN A SORT OF OFF CYCLE
YEAR? YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO TELL YOU, IN MY TRAVELING ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, I AM HEARING AND HAVE BEEN
SEEING CONSISTENT THINGS FROM FROM EVERYDAY PEOPLE, AND IT IS THAT THAT THEY ARE TERRIFIED, THEY ARE FRUSTRATED, THEY ARE ANGRY, AND THEY ARE SHOCKED BY A
PRESIDENT THAT THINKS HE HAS TOTAL IMPUNITY AND IS DOING. AND IS VIOLATING THE VALUES THAT
WE HOLD DEAR, OUR LIBERTIES AND OUR FREEDOMS, AND SO, UM, I’M NOT SURPRISED, BUT I AM VERY ENCOURAGED BY
EVERYDAY PEOPLE TONIGHT. A LOT OF CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW
ABOUT, WELL, WHO IS THE FACE OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY AT THIS POINT? IS IT ZORAN MAMDANI? IS IT ABIGAIL SPANMBERGER, WHO IS THE FACE, THE SOUL OF THE PARTY IN YOUR
VIEW, OR IS IT ALL OF THEM? YEAH, YOU KNOW, IT’S FUNNY, THIS IS A SIMILAR DEBATE THAT I
SAW HAPPEN. WHEN I WAS FIRST ELECTED AND AT THE END OF THE DAY I
DON’T THINK THAT OUR PARTY NEEDS
TO HAVE ONE FACE. OUR COUNTRY DOES NOT HAVE ONE
FACE. IT’S ABOUT ALL OF US AS A TEAM
TOGETHER AND WE ALL UNDERSTAND
THE ASSIGNMENT. OUR ASSIGNMENT EVERYWHERE IS TO
SEND THE STRONGEST FIGHTERS FOR THE WORKING CLASS
WHEREVER POSSIBLE. IN SOME PLACES LIKE VIRGINIA FOR
THE GUBERNATORIAL SEAT, THAT’S GONNA LOOK LIKE ABIGAIL
SAMMBERGER. IN NEW YORK CITY, UNEQUIVOCALLY IT IS ZORA MADANI. TRUMP HAS LONG THREATENED TO
PULL FUNDING FROM THIS CITY. WE KNOW THAT THERE’S A PLAN TO
BRING MORE ICE AGENTS HERE SOON, AND HE’S BEEN VERY CLEAR ABOUT THE FACT
HE ENDORSED CUOMO LAST NIGHT IN
THE 11TH HOUR. ARE YOU AT ALL AFRAID OF WHAT
THAT FIGHT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE
IN THE COMING WEEKS? DO YOU THINK MOMDANI IS READY TO
TAKE ON PRESIDENT TRUMP? WELL, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN’T SURPRISE ME. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS A 30. FOR A TIME CONVICTED FELON AND HE IS ENDORSING A SEXUAL HARASSER THAT HAS
MULTIPLE ACCUSATIONS, VERY CREDIBLE ACCUSATIONS AND
INVESTIGATIONS AGAINST THEM. BIRDS OF A FEATHER, YOU KNOW, THEY FLOCK TOGETHER AND WE HAVE
TO UNDERSTAND HOW GRAVE THIS THREAT IS. WE KNOW THAT DONALD TRUMP HAS
NOT ONLY BEEN CONVICTED OF
COMMITTING CRIMES, BUT THAT THE SUPREME COURT HAS GIVEN HIM A BLANK CHECK TO
CONTINUE TO COMMIT CRIMES WHILE
IN OFFICE, SO WE CANNOT UNDERESTIMATE THE
THREAT AND THE DANGER OF THIS
MOMENT, BUT WE CANNOT RESPOND TO THAT
THREAT WITH COWARDICE. WE CANNOT RESPOND TO THAT THREAT
WITH COMPLYING IN ADVANCE. WE HAVE TO RESPOND TO THAT
THREAT WITH A STRONG, ORGANIZED, COHESIVE AND STRATEGIC EFFORT TO
FIGHT FOR WORKING FAMILIES, RULE OF LAW, AND CIVIL RIGHTS. FOR EVERY AMERICAN ACROSS AGE, ETHNICITY, GENDER, AND GEOGRAPHY, AND I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN DO
THAT. I HAVE TO TELL YOU, AS I WAS OUT AT POLLING
LOCATIONS TODAY, AS MUCH AS DEMOCRATS WERE
TALKING ABOUT TRUMP, THEY WERE ALSO ANGRY WITH THE
DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT, AND THEY WERE CALLING PEOPLE OUT
LIKE CHUCK SCHUMER, HILLARY CLINTON, WHO THEY FELT AT POINTS IN THEIR
VIEW, DISRESPECTED ZORAN MAMDANI
DURING THIS CAMPAIGN, THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE SHOWN HIM
MORE SUPPORT, THAT THEY HAD HEARD THESE
DEMOCRATS SAY. NO MATTER WHO IN THE PAST THAT
DIDN’T SEEM TO APPLY AT THIS
POINT. DO YOU THINK AFTER WHAT WE’RE
SEEING TONIGHT THERE WILL BE MORE UNITY IN THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY? ARE THINGS GOING TO CHANGE? WELL, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT SPEAKS TO THE
ABSOLUTELY HEROIC EFFORTS THAT NOT JUST MAMDANI PUT
TOGETHER, BUT SO MANY PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED
AND WERE BROUGHT TOGETHER BY HIS
CAMPAIGN BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT JUST TASKED WITH DEFEATING. THEY WERE ALSO TASKED WITH
DEFEATING THE OLD GUARD OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY THAT ESSENTIALLY LED US TO MANY
OF THE PERILS OF THIS MOMENT, SO HE HAD A TWO FRONT WAR TO
WIN, WHICH IS WHAT MAKES HIS VICTORY
SO DEEPLY IMPRESSIVE, AND I DO THINK THAT THIS MOMENT
A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO TALK ABOUT PARTY
UNITY WHEN IT SERVES THEM, BUT NOT PARTY UNITY WHEN IT
SERVES EVERYBODY. UH, IT, IT PUTS THOSE FOLKS ON NOTICE, AND I THINK IT ALSO PUTS FOLKS
ON NOTICE THAT WE HAVE A FUTURE TO PLAN FOR. WE HAVE A FUTURE TO FIGHT FOR, AND WE’RE EITHER GONNA DO THAT
TOGETHER OR YOU’RE GOING TO BE
LEFT BEHIND. AND I THINK THAT THAT IS NOT A
PARTISAN ISSUE. IT’S NOT ABOUT PROGRESSIVE, IT’S NOT MODERATE, IT’S NOT LIBERAL. THIS IS ABOUT, DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE ASSIGNMENT
OF FIGHTING FASCISM RIGHT NOW
AND THE ASSIGNMENT IS TO COME
TOGETHER ACROSS DIFFERENCE NO
MATTER WHAT. ALEXANDRA OCASIO-CORTEZ, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING US
SOME OF YOUR TIME TONIGHT. I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE
WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU, OF COURSE, FROM THEIR FUTURE MAYOR OR NEW
MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT’S GREAT TO SEE YOU TONIGHT. WE ARE CLOSELY WATCHING
CALIFORNIA TONIGHT, WHERE POLLS IN CALIFORNIA REMAIN
OPEN FOR JUST A FEW MORE HOURS. VOTERS IN CALIFORNIA DECIDING A
MEASURE TO REDRAW CALIFORNIA’S
CONGRESSIONAL MAP. A YES VOTE ON PROPOSITION 50
WOULD OPEN THE DOOR FOR DEMOCRATS TO GAIN AS MANY AS 5
MORE SEATS IN CONGRESS IN NEXT YEAR’S MIDTERMS THAT
WOULD EFFECTIVELY COUNTERACT THE REPUBLICAN REDISTRICTING
THAT WAS ORDERED UP BY. TRUMP IN TEXAS, WHERE THEY ARE TRYING TO SEND
10, EXCUSE ME, 5 MORE REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS FROM TEXAS NEXT YEAR. TONIGHT’S VOTE IN CALIFORNIA IS
CRUCIAL, BUT BY NO MEANS DOES IT PUT AN
END TO THIS NATIONAL FIGHT. IN ADDITION TO TEXAS, WE’VE GOT REPUBLICANS IN
MISSOURI AND OHIO AND NORTH CAROLINA ALL
TRYING TO PUSH THROUGH NEW MAPS THAT WILL AIM TO GIVE THEIR
PARTY. A LEG UP IN CONGRESS THAT IN
TURN HAS TRIGGERED MORE BLUE
STATES TO RESPOND. THAT’S WHY WE ARE SEEING THESE
PEOPLE LINED UP IN CALIFORNIA TONIGHT TO VOTE ON
PROP 50, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THE LATEST DEMOCRATIC CONTROLLED STATE TO
WEIGH IN ON THIS JUST TODAY IS THE GREAT STATE OF MARYLAND. DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR WES MOORE OF
MARYLAND HAS ANNOUNCED AS OF
TODAY THAT HIS STATE IS GOING TO FORM. A NEW REDISTRICTING ADVISORY
COMMISSION. ACCORDING TO GOVERNOR MOORE’S
OFFICE, THIS BIPARTISAN COMMISSION WILL
SOLICIT PUBLIC FEEDBACK FROM
VOTERS. IT WILL ULTIMATELY MAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO GOVERNOR WESTMORE AND TO
MARYLAND’S LEGISLATURE ON HOW TO POTENTIALLY CHANGE, HOW TO IMPROVE THEIR CONGRESSIONAL MAP. SOME BIG NEWS THERE. AND JOINING US NOW IS WESTMORE, DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. IT’S A GREAT EVENING. ALL RIGHT, YOU’RE ALREADY EXCITED. HAPPY ELECTION EVENING. TELL US ABOUT THIS EFFORT. ARE YOU TRYING TO TRUMP PROOF
ANY ELECTION RIGGING? AND IF SO, DOES THAT MEAN YOU HAVE A
PARTISAN AGENDA IN THIS PROJECT? NO, IT JUST SIMPLY MEANS THAT I WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT MARYLAND HAS FAIR MAPS COME NEXT
NOVEMBER WHEN PEOPLE VOTE, AND YOU KNOW, AND JUST TO REMIND PEOPLE WHY WE
ARE HERE, THE REASON THAT WE ARE EVEN IN
THIS SITUATION IS DONALD TRUMP
DECIDED THAT HE WANTED TO TRY TO RIG ELECTIONS
BECAUSE HE KNEW THAT HIS
POLICIES WEREN’T POPULAR, SO HE STARTED PICKING AND
CHOOSING WHICH STATES THAT HE
THOUGHT SHOULD GO THROUGH PROCESSES TO
DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THEY
HAD FAIR MAPS. AND AS SOON AS THIS HAPPENED, I WAS JUST VERY CLEAR THAT IF WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A
MID CYCLE. CONVERSATION NATIONAL
CONVERSATION ABOUT WHO HAS FAIR
MAPS THAT THERE WAS NO WAY THAT MARYLAND WAS GOING
TO SIT ON THEIR HANDS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAPS THAT
MARYLAND HAS ASSEMBLED RIGHT
NOW, THE MAPS THAT MARYLAND HAS
ASSEMBLED RIGHT NOW WERE PUT
TOGETHER IN DAYS AND CUT UP NEIGHBORHOODS, CUT UP JURISDICTIONS. AND SO THE REASON THAT I MADE
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY AND WHERE I ORDERED A GOVERNOR’S
REDISTRICTING ADVISORY
COMMISSION IS BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A
BIPARTISAN GROUP OF LEADERS WHO ARE GOING TO LISTEN
TO THE PEOPLE. OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND BECAUSE
WE ARE JUST GOING TO ENSURE THAT WE WILL HAVE FAIR
MAPS WITHIN OUR STATE AND SO WE CAN HAVE A SITUATION
WHEN PEOPLE ARE VOTING NEXT NOVEMBER THAT THE WILL, THE HOPES, AND THE ASPIRATIONS OF THE
PEOPLE OF MARYLAND WILL BE HEARD AFTER GOING THROUGH A
FAIR PROCESS. I HAVE TO INTERRUPT YOU JUST FOR
A MOMENT. I’M SORRY, GOVERNOR MOORE. I’M SORRY, ARI. WE DO HAVE A CALL IN VIRGINIA. WE HAVE A CALL IN THE LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR’S RACE. NBC NEWS CAN NOW PROJECT THAT. GHAZALLA HASHMI, THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IN VIRGINIA, HAS PREVAILED IN THAT RACE OVER
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE JOHN REID. AGAIN, THAT IS A PROJECTION STATEWIDE
FOR THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR’S
RACE IN VIRGINIA. THAT MEANS NBC NEWS HAS NOW
PROJECTED BOTH THE VIRGINIA GOVERNOR AND VIRGINIA LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR’S RACES HAVE BEEN WON
BY DEMOCRATS. I ALSO NEED TO UPDATE OUR CALL
EARLIER FROM THE VIRGINIA
ATTORNEY GENERAL’S RACE. IN THAT CASE, WE DO NOT YET HAVE A CALL ON WHO
IS PROJECTED. TO WIN, BUT RATHER THAN BEING TOO EARLY
TO CALL, THE RACE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL IN
VIRGINIA IS NOW DESCRIBED AS TOO CLOSE TO CALL BETWEEN DEMOCRAT
JAY JONES AND INCUMBENT
REPUBLICAN JASON MIAIS. BACK TO YOU, REALLY STRIKING THERE. WE’RE GOING TO OBVIOUSLY GET
INTO THOSE RESULTS WHILE WE APPRECIATE THE GOVERNOR
HANGING WITH US. YOU KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE ON
ELECTION NIGHTS. YOU’VE BEEN IN SOME YOURSELF, SO WE’RE BALANCING. THANKS FOR STAYING WITH US. GO AHEAD. YOU CAN INTERRUPT ME WITH NEWS
LIKE THAT ANY TIME YOU WANT. WELL, IT TAKES US TO THE NEXT
QUESTION, WHICH IS, YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE
FUTURE MIDTERM PLANNING. AS FOR TONIGHT, IT IS EARLY IN THE NIGHT, BUT WHAT DO YOU SEE HERE FOR
YOUR PARTY AND SPECIFICALLY, ARE YOU DOING ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAN THE DEMOCRATIC MESSAGE A
YEAR AGO TONIGHT? WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS IS, THIS IS, IT’S A GREAT NIGHT FOR
DEMOCRACY, AND HONESTLY IT JUST REALLY
HIGHLIGHTS THE THINGS THAT I HAD
HEARD. I MEAN, I CAMPAIGNED HARD ON BEHALF OF
ABIGAIL SPANMBERGER AND ON BEHALF OF MIKEY SHERRO
AND WHETHER I WAS WITH STUDENTS OVER IN
BLACKSBURG WHO ARE TALKING ABOUT SINCE DONALD TRUMP HAS
BEEN IN OFFICE, THAT THEY HAVE SEEN HOW THEIR
JOB PROSPECTS HAVE NOW DECLINED, WHETHER I WAS WITH VETERANS IN
RICHMOND WHO WERE. SEEING HOW THIS FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IS HAVING A
DIRECT IMPACT ON VETERANS BECAUSE 1 IN 4 FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES IS ACTUALLY
A MILITARY VETERAN, AND THIS SHUTTERING THAT WE ARE
SEEING 30,000 PEOPLE WHO ARE
BEING FIRED FROM THE VA, IT’S NOT JUST IMPACTING
VETERANS, IT’S IMPACTING THE PEOPLE, THE VETERANS WHO ARE WORKING AT
THE VA OR WHETHER WHEN I WAS IN
NEW JERSEY IN NEWARK, AND WITH PREACHERS OVER IN
NEWARK CAMPAIGNING ON BEHALF OF
MIKE SHERO WHO ARE SEEING HOW WE HAVE AN ADMINISTRATION
WHO IS SPENDING THEIR TIME AND THEIR
EFFORT BANNING BOOKS AND SO THE THING THAT WE ARE
SEEING RIGHT NOW AND THE THING THAT I’M REALLY
EXCITED ABOUT IS OUR PUSH IN MARYLAND AROUND
AFFORDABILITY, OUR PUSH IN MARYLAND AROUND
PUBLIC SAFETY, THAT PEOPLE ARE SEEING THAT THE
DEMOCRATS, THIS IS A BIG TENT AND A BIG
PARTY AND WHETHER IT’S, YOU KNOW, OUR FOCUS THAT WE’VE HAD WHERE
YOU KNOW WE’VE SEEN IS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS
TRYING TO BAN BOOKS AND. I SIGNED LEGISLATION BANNING THE
BANNING OF BOOKS THAT WE HAVE
SAID THAT WE’RE GOING TO BUILD MORE
HOUSING AND BUILD FASTER BECAUSE
WE’VE GOT TO INCREASE INVENTORY OR WHETHER I
MADE THE LARGE INVESTMENTS IN LOCAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT IN OUR STATE’S HISTORY THAT
WE’RE ALL FOCUSED ON THE SAME
ISSUES AFFORDABILITY, PUBLIC SAFETY, AND CREATING OPPORTUNITY FOR
PEOPLE AND THAT THIS PARTY MIGHT HAVE A DIFFERENT WAYS OF BEING
ABLE TO GET THERE, BUT OUR FOCUS AND OUR NORTH STAR
STAYS EXACTLY LOCKED IN. YEAH, AND IF THERE’S A BOOK BAN AND
YOU BAN THE BAN, THEN THERE’S NO BAN. THE BAD THING BECOMES A GOOD
THING. THEN THERE’S NO BAN. YOU AIN’T DOING IT IN MARYLAND. UH, GOVERNOR, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR JOINING US
ON ELECTION NIGHT. I KNOW A BUSY NIGHT FOR
EVERYONE. APPRECIATE IT. NBC NEWS HAS A CALL TO MAKE IN
THE NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR’S RACE. IN THE NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR’S
RACE, NBC NEWS PROJECTS THAT THE
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE, CONGRESSWOMAN MIKEY SCHER HAS
PREVAILED OVER REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE JACK
CHITTARELLI. THIS WAS BY NO MEANS FORETOLD. NO, THIS WAS A RACE THAT WAS
CONSIDERED TO BE THE CLOSEST BIG
DEAL RACE OF THE NIGHT, LIKELY BASED ON POLLING. JACK CHITARELLI. HIS 3RD, 3RD CONSECUTIVE RUN FOR GOVERNOR
IN NEW JERSEY, THEREFORE HAVING HIGH NAME RECOGNITION IN THE STATE. MIKEY SHERRILL, A FAIRLY MODERATE NATIONAL
SECURITY DEMOCRAT, FAIRLY NEW TO NEW JERSEY
POLITICS, EVEN THOUGH SHE HAS BEEN IN
CONGRESS FOR SEVERAL TERMS NOW PREVAILING IN THIS RACE. THIS IS A THIS IS A BIG DEAL. ALI VEL, SHE’S BEEN WATCHING THOSE
NUMBERS COME IN AND WE CAN START TO SEE THOSE TRENDS
EMERGE. THIS IS A LIVE. SHOT OF MIKEY SHERRILL’S
ELECTION NIGHT HEADQUARTERS. I BELIEVE THAT’S IN EAST
BRUNSWICK, ISN’T THAT RIGHT? SO WE’RE GOING TO BE WATCHING
THIS. WE’RE EXPECTING OBVIOUSLY A VICTORY SPEECH FROM
MIKEY SHERRILL, BUT THIS IS THIS IS A VERY BIG
DEAL. STEPHANIE ROLAND, I’M GOING TO TELL YOU IN A
RECENT INTERVIEW WHEN SHE SAID
THAT SHE THOUGHT PORK ROLL, EGG AND CHEESE WAS DISGUSTING, I WAS HONESTLY WORRIED FOR HER. I’M LIKE SHE MAY HAVE BLOWN IT
IN MY HOME STATE. I MEAN THIS IS PRETTY
EXTRAORDINARY, ESPECIALLY MIKEY SHERRILL IS NOT
FROM NEW JERSEY, OK, AND THIS IS A STATE WHERE SORT
OF HOMETOWN AUTHENTICITY MEANS A
LOT TO PEOPLE. THIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARY WIN. I WAS JUST AT HER RALLY THAT
PRESIDENT OBAMA SPOKE AT ON
SATURDAY NIGHT. LISTEN, IT WAS A TIGHT RACE. THIS IS SOMETHING VERY, VERY FEW PEOPLE EXPECTED, REALLY BIG WIN FOR HER. I WILL ALSO SAY THERE’S A, THERE’S A MACHISMO FACTOR IN NEW
JERSEY POLITICS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT WAS A
CEILING FOR WOMEN. I MEAN, SHE DEFEATED 5 MEN IN THE
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY IN ORDER TO
BECOME THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE AND THEN
UP AGAINST CHITTARELLI, WHO DEFINITELY LEANED INTO THAT
IN TERMS OF HIS CAMPAIGN STYLE. MIKEY SCHURL WINNING AND THIS
BEING CALLED LESS THAN 90
MINUTES AFTER POLL CLOSING. IT IS REALLY IMPRESSIVE. WELL, AND IT SUGGESTS THAT ALL THE
CHATTER ABOUT HOW TIGHT IT WAS
WAS DEAD WRONG. AND SO IT SORT OF BRINGS US BACK TO WHERE WE
STARTED, THAT WE DON’T KNOW ANYTHING
UNTIL THE VOTERS SPEAK. SO TONIGHT IS OF COURSE ABOUT
THE VOTERS AND WE’LL WE’LL LEARN WHY IT WAS PERCEIVED
TO BE SO CLOSE, YOU KNOW, WAS IT VIBES? IS THERE A LIMIT TO VIBES? IS THERE A LIMIT TO THE
TRANSFERABILITY OF TRUMPISM TO THE TRUMPIEST OF MEGA
REPUBLICANS? IT WOULD SEEM THAT THERE ARE, I THINK ONE OF THE OTHER HINGE
POINTS THAT WE HAVE. HAVE TO START TO SUSS OUT IS
WHETHER TRUMP CAN DO ALL THE AUDACIOUS THINGS THAT
HE LIKES TO DO WHILE PEOPLE’S PERSONAL
ECONOMIES ARE DIRE, AND I THINK THAT THE FIRST TERM
WAS OBVIOUSLY HAD COVID, YOU KNOW, BLEW UP IN THE MIDDLE AND IT WAS
A GLOBAL PANDEMIC AND IT
SCRAMBLED THE PERCEPTION OF WHAT HE HAD DONE TO THE
ECONOMY BEFORE THAT PEOPLE HAD FOR WHATEVER REASON VIBES
THAT HIS WEALTH WAS
TRANSFERABLE. HIS PEOPLE WOULD MAKE ANY EXCUSE
POSSIBLE. TO SAY THAT THEY JUST FELT
BETTER WITH HIS HAND ON THE
STEERING WHEEL OF THE ECONOMY. THIS TIME AROUND HE’S DOING 3 THINGS THAT HE
DIDN’T DARE TO DO THE FIRST
TIME. ONE IS TO PUBLICLY TAKE COMMAND
AND CONTROL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND PROSECUTE THE
PEOPLE HE DOESN’T LIKE 2, TO SAY THE MILITARY WORKS FOR ME
AND TO BLOW UP BOATS THAT HE
SAYS HAVE DRUGS ON THEM. AND 3, KNOCK DOWN THE ACTUAL WHITE
HOUSE. I MEAN THESE ARE 3 THINGS HE
DIDN’T DO THE FIRST TERM. WE’RE MONTH 9. HE’S DOING THINGS. THAT HE DIDN’T DARE TO DO THE
FIRST TIME HE WAS PRESIDENT AND PEOPLE FEEL LIKE
GARBAGE ABOUT THEIR PERSONAL
ECONOMIES. WE MAY BE SEEING THE POLITICAL
LIMITS OF THAT AS A BRAND. I WAS JUST GONNA SAY I MEAN JACK
CHITTARELLI, HE’S RUN 3 TIMES, RIGHT, AND HE HAS EVOLVED LIKE A
CHAMELEON THROUGH THE COURSE OF
THESE 3 RUNS. THE FIRST TIME HE RAN, AND YOU REMEMBER THIS WELL, HE RAN AS KIND OF A TECHNOCRAT, REALLY NOT THAT PARTISAN AT ALL, RIGHT? AND THEN HE KIND OF EVOLVED OVER
TIME AND THIS TIME HE RAN AS A
LITTLE BIT OF LIKE A. GLENN JUNKKIN TYPE CHARACTER, RIGHT, WHERE HE WAS SAYING I’M FOR HIS POLICIES. I’M NOT FOR HIS TONE. SO TO NICOLE’S POINT ABOUT
TRANSFERRING, HE TRIED TO TRANSFER, RIGHT, AND GET SOME OF THE TRUMP ENERGY
THAT ALLOWED TRUMP TO ONLY LOSE
BY 6 POINTS. WE DON’T KNOW WHAT THE OUTCOME
IS, BUT IT’S NOT, IT DIDN’T WORK. BUT FREEZING MONEY FOR THE
GATEWAY PROJECT. I MEAN THAT’S THOUSANDS OF JOBS
AND TO NICOLE’S VIBE POINT
MACHISMO. VERY LOUD AND TRUMPISM IS LOUD AND TRUMP
GEAR AND ALL THAT IS LOUD IN A STATE OF LOUD NEW
JERSEY VOTERS, BUT CLEARLY THE NUMBERS DIDN’T
BEAR OUT IS THE FIRST FEMALE GOVERNOR OF NEW
JERSEY PHIL MURPHY, WHO IS THE INCUMBENT DEMOCRATIC
GOVERNOR, IS NOT POPULAR IN NEW JERSEY, BUT THIS WILL BE THE, THIS WILL BE THE 3RD CONSECUTIVE
TIME WHEN WE’VE GOT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HOLDING THE
GOVERNORSHIP IN NEW JERSEY, A SINGLE. THE PARTY HAS NOT HELD THE NEW
JERSEY GOVERNORSHIP FOR THREE STRAIGHT
TERMS SINCE 1961, BUT MIKEY SURE BUT THE THING
ABOUT MACHISMO IS THAT YOU KNOW THE MUCH
BELLYHOOED MANOSPHERE WHICH HAD ME SPENDING HOURS I’LL NEVER
GET BACK MY TIME ON THIS EARTH LISTENING
TO PODCASTS, BUT I’LL NEVER ON HERE MAY HAVE
MISREAD HOW THOSE MEN WERE DRAWN
TO TRUMP AND TRUMPISM BECAUSE THE MOST
EMASCULATING THING ON THE PLANET
IS THE LOSS OF. PURCHASE POWER, THE LOSS OF THE ABILITY TO PICK
UP A TAB, THE LOSS OF THE ABILITY, YOU KNOW HOW MUCH A CART AT
COSTCO COSTS, A LOAD OF MONEY. THE CARTS ARE HUGE AND
EVERYTHING IS EXPENSIVE. I MEAN, THE IMPACT TO THE ON THE
ECONOMY, TO PEOPLE’S SENSE OF THEIR POWER
AND THEIR AGENCY IS MASSIVE, AND NO ONE EXCEPT MARJORIE
TAYLOR GREEN SEEMS TO CARE ABOUT
IT IN THE MACA COLA. AND THAT WAS INTERESTING THAT I
PICKED UP UH IN IN TALKING TO FOLKS IN NEW
JERSEY AND VIRGINIA TONIGHT. UH, AND IT’S PARTICULARLY TRUE IN
VIRGINIA. THE, IT WAS AN INTERESTING COMMENT. UM, VOTERS ARE EXHAUSTED. THEY’RE, THEY’RE TIRED. THEY’RE TIRED OF THE WHOLE CONSTANT DRUMBEAT THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING, THEY’RE ON EDGE. THEY JUST FEEL THERE’S THIS CONSTANT PRESSURE
ON THEM, UH, TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT TRUMP
IS DOING, UH, AND TO SOMEHOW BE RESPONSIVE TO
THAT. UM, AND MEANWHILE, TO YOUR POINT, NICOLE. MOMS AND DADS ARE SITTING DOWN
AT KITCHEN TABLES AND GOING, THE BOOKS AREN’T BALANCING. IT DOESN’T ADD UP. AND WAIT A MINUTE, YOU MEAN THEY CUT THE SNAP
PROGRAM? WHAT ARE WE, MY, MY HUSBAND JUST LOST HIS FEDERAL CONTRACT BECAUSE THE DOWNSTREAM EFFECT OF
WHAT TRUMP DID. AND THIS HAS BEEN LOST, I THINK, IN TRANSLATION. IT’S NOT JUST THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES WHO’VE BEEN IMPACTED, IT’S BEEN THE CONTRACTORS AND
THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WORK WITH
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHOSE JOBS WERE FROZEN OR LOST
OR BUSINESSES CLOSED BECAUSE OF
WHAT TRUMP DID. AND SO YOU COMPOUND THE, THE, THE PRESSURE OF JUST HAVING TO
BE TUNED INTO EVERYTHING THIS MAN IS DOING
24/7 WITH THIS. DAMN TWEETS AND THEN I GOT TO SIT DOWN AND BALANCE MY
BOOKS TOO AND HE’S TELLING ME IT’S ALL
GOOD. AND YET ON HALLOWEEN HE’S HOSTING THIS THIS GREAT GATSBY GALA AFTER HAVING
TORN DOWN THE WHITE HOUSE, WEAPONIZED THE DOJ AGAINST
PEOPLE THAT I KNOW. IT ALL COMES BACK AND PEOPLE GET
EXHAUSTED AND THEY’RE JUST TIRED
AND I THINK IN

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