ROUND UP
It
was a pretty unexciting day on the Sunday Talk Shows. The shows
addressed all the usual important issues facing the world – if Joe
Biden might run for President, Hillary Clinton's e-mails, and of
course, Donald Trump.
On
ABC, Martin O'Malley stopped by to remind everyone that he is still
actually running for President... of the United States, and Bill
Richardson appeared to admit that the Clintons hated him for
endorsing Barack Obama, but they're friends now that he has endorsed
her.
George
Stephanopoulos
interviewed Scott Walker, who said Donald Trump is popular because
people are frustrated that Republicans “told us they were going to
repeal Obamacare and we still don't see a bill on the desk of the
President.”
Walker
unveiled his health care plan, which is – surprise –
tax
cuts,
but dodged the issue of repealing the 14th
Amendment.
Stephanopoulos pressed him on the other big issue in America:
Clinton's e-mails.
On
Meet
The Press,
Chuck Todd talked
to
the media's new favorite person, Carly Fiorina, who said she stands
by her record of nearly destroying Hewlett-Packard, and blamed
liberal politicians for the drought in California, for letting all
the rain – which isn't falling – go into the ocean.
Governor
Jerry Brown called that “ignorant” and said that the Clinton
e-mail scandal has “dark energy” like a “vampire”.
Republican
strategist Alex Castellanos noted
Trump's
surging popularity by explaining that Trump is “a manly candidate”
and Obama is our “first female President” because he didn't bomb
Syria.
But
off course the only political phenomenon that really matters is
Donald Trump. For the fourth week running, Chuck Todd got to throw
Trump
a couple of questions, so of course asked him if Hillary Clinton was
the worst Secretary of State ever.
Trump
did a longer and weirder interview on ABC, where he said Jeb Bush “is
a nice person,” but is “soft,” and “has
no clue.” Scott Walker is also nice
man, Trump said, “I like him very much,” but he's a terrible
governor.
George
asked him “Which failure in your career taught you the most?”
Trump replied quote “I've had very few failures, George,” and
explained that things that would have been disasters for most people
become successes for him.
On
his signature issue, immigration, he blamed unrest in Ferguson and
Baltimore on gangs of illegal immigrants, and said “we're going to
have a wall that will not let people in, George.”
But
the most absurd moments came when Stephanopoulos asked how he planned
to locate, round up and forcibly deport 11 million people, although
Trump says there are actually 30 million undocumented people in the
U.S.
George
asked “Where are you going to get the money, where are you going to
get the forces?” and
“Exactly
how are you going to do it? What are the specifics here?”
Trump
would only say “it's called management” and “I'm going to get
great people that know what they're doing”
When
George observed “You declare how you're going to do it, but you
don't say how, and “I still haven't heard the specifics,” Trump
replied “Well, you'll hear it, George. Don't worry about it” and
“You'll hear it.”
So,
the American people are frustrated because Congress isn't wasting
enough time passing bills that are sure to be vetoed; Obama is like a
woman because women are weak and Obama isn't dropping enough bombs;
and the GOP front runner has a crazy plan to round up 30 million
people but won't say how, but “don't worry about it.”
And
that's the most ridiculous thing that happened this Sunday.
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