Host:
Jon Karl
Guests:
Sen.
Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
Wendy
Sherman – Fmr. Under Sec. of State
Michael
McFaul – Fmr. Amb. To Russia
Matt
Bai
Helene
Cooper
Amy
Walter
Michael
Gerson
Mitchell:
omg Donald Trump is
still leading in the polls and Bernie
Sanders hasn't lost yet!
still leading in the polls and Bernie
Sanders hasn't lost yet!
Mitchell:
the old order is being swept away
Trump:
Clinton goes to the bathroom
which is disgusting
which is disgusting
Clinton:
he's a bigot
Sanders:
I also go to the bathroom
when I can!
when I can!
Mitchell:
welcome Senator Sanders
Sanders:
nice to see you again Martha
Mitchell:
you fired staffers on the data breach
Sanders:
we did the right thing that one time
Mitchell:
okay
Sanders:
but that has nothing to do
with the disappearance of the middle class
with the disappearance of the middle class
Mitchell:
Trump used a vulgar term about
Hillary
and Trump attacked Bill Clinton!
Sanders:
who cares Andrea
Mitchell:
I care
Sanders:
Trump thinks wages are
too
high and wants to give tax cuts
to
the richest Americans
Mitchell:
well everyone I know is rich
Sanders:
why are the rich doing
so well and why is the middle class
is getting crushed
so well and why is the middle class
is getting crushed
Mitchell:
maybe we should try
some more tax cuts
some more tax cuts
Sanders:
it's the warmest Christmas
eve since the first one!
eve since the first one!
Mitchell:
right
Sanders:
it's warmer in Bethlehem
Pennsylvania
than in the original Bethlehem!
Sanders:
Trump denies reality
on climate change!
on climate change!
Mitchell:
but Americans are more
worried about being killed by terrorists
than anything else
worried about being killed by terrorists
than anything else
Sanders:
because people like you
keep scaring them
keep scaring them
Mitchell:
your poll numbers dropped
after terror attacks
after terror attacks
Sanders:
not true – we gained
12 points on Clinton
12 points on Clinton
Mitchell:
but you're weak on terror
Sanders:
we're closing the gap
and
catching up to her!
Mitchell:
look we're all terrified Bernie
Sanders:
we must destroy
ISIS but be smart about it
ISIS but be smart about it
Mitchell:
you lost me with that last part
Sanders:
what?
Mitchell:
how you would persuade the
Saudis
to ignore Yemen and attack ISIS
Sanders:
we have a lot of leverage angela
Mitchell:
we do?
Sanders:
we need a coalition
– Qatar is very rich!
– Qatar is very rich!
Mitchell:
we all know that
Sanders:
America should put together
a
coalition of other countries to fight this war
Mitchell:
great idea but how
Sanders:
Americans don't have
enough money to retire on and their
kids can't go to college
enough money to retire on and their
kids can't go to college
Mitchell:
don't you want to talk about terror
Sanders:
we need to prove
health
care and family leave!
Mitchell:
is the DNC trying to
sabotage your campaign?
sabotage your campaign?
Sanders:
when I started I was at 3%
and
now I may win New Hampshire
Mitchell:
that is impressive
Sanders:
we have a big grass roots organization
Mitchell:
is the DNC fair to you?
Sanders:
look we all want to
defeat right-wing extremists
defeat right-wing extremists
Mitchell:
thanks for coming Bernie
Sanders:
thank you Andrew
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Mitchell:
welcome Debbie
Wasserman-Schultz:
good morning Andrea
Mitchell:
Donald Trump attacked Bill Clinton!
Wasserman-Schultz:
he's vulgar
and his hair is weird
and his hair is weird
Mitchell:
true enough
Wasserman-Schultz:
the lowest depths
I've
ever seen on Presidential campaign since
Lloyd
Bentsen called Dan Quayle
'you
impertinent whippersnapper'
Mitchell:
that was something else
Wasserman-Schultz:
you would think Trump
would
want to uphold some minimal level of
leadership
and values if only to avoid further
embarrassing
his children
Mitchell:
Trump is going to bring up
Bill
Clinton's past – does that worry you
Wasserman-Schultz:
he will attack
Bill
Clinton his own peril
Mitchell:
perhaps
Wasserman-Schultz:
he's one of the most
popular
and admired men in the world
Mitchell:
Trump said Hillary got schlonged
Wasserman-Schultz:
if I ever used that word
my
bubbe would given me such a punishment
Mitchell:
oy vey
Wasserman-Schultz:
he's
a schmuck!
He's mishegas!
He's mishegas!
Mitchell:
I'm going to plotz!
Wasserman-Schultz:
anyway the larger
issue
is the GOP war on women
Mitchell:
but he's in a class by himself
Wasserman-Schultz:
he is terrible
Mitchell:
Trump says Hillary has no
energy
and no stamina and goes to
sleep
for days at a time like a vampire
Wasserman-Schultz:
he's a sexist –
he went after Carly Fiorina and
Megan Kelly and even me
he went after Carly Fiorina and
Megan Kelly and even me
Mitchell:
why is it working so well for him?
Wasserman-Schultz:
because the Republican
party
opposes women rights on choice
and birth control and equal pay
and birth control and equal pay
Mitchell:
oh right
Wasserman-Schultz:
also the Republican
party
created a Depression
Mitchell:
thanks for coming Deb
Wasserman-Schultz:
thanks for inviting me
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Mitchell:
welcome panelists
Mitchell:
Trump is going after
Bill Clinton now!
Bill Clinton now!
Walter:
he gets the GOP base like
no
one else – but he's guaranteed
to
lose next November
Mitchell:
Matt you have a unique insight
into
millennial women – thrill us with
your acumen
your acumen
Bai:
Hillary Clinton keeps getting lucky
– just like Obama
– just like Obama
Mitchell:
Bernie failed to bomb ISIS
Cooper:
everyone wants a coalition to
bomb
ISIS which Obama is already doing
Mitchell:
people hate the media
Trump:
I would probably not murder
reporters
but I really do hate them enough
to
do it and ethics or laws wouldn't stop
me
so maybe I would
Mitchell:
these attacks on the
media are scary!
media are scary!
Gerson:
he's praising Vladimir Putin
for
committing murder
– it's getting frightening!
– it's getting frightening!
Mitchell:
demanding Obama's birth certificate
was
funny but this is no longer amusing
Gerson:
he's flirting with authoritarianism
– it's
a serious matter!
Bai:
support for Trump is a reaction to
the
major media's being shallow and glib
and
smug and being generally frivolous
self-regarding
assholes
Mitchell:
interesting point
Bai:
pundits have treated politics like
a pointless reality game show and
and Trump has exploited it
a pointless reality game show and
and Trump has exploited it
Mitchell:
but Trump versus Bill Clinton
is
so much more fun than policy which
affects
millions of people
Bai:
media is still giving Trump free
air time even now!
air time even now!
Mitchell:
we have to
Bai:
you're hurting America
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Mitchell:
these are the scariest
days since 9/11!!
days since 9/11!!
Mitchell:
omg we're all gonna die!
Mitchell:
terror threats in America!
Mitchell:
Americans killed in Afghanistan!
Mitchell:
Iraq and Syria are not peaceful!
Mitchell:
ISIS is on the march!
Mitchell:
Putin is scary too!
Mitchell:
Clinton has called for a no-fly zone!
Mitchell:
Putin is bombing Syria
Mitchell:
Russia and the U.S. may go to war!
Mitchell:
Europe is overwhelmed by refugees
Cruz:
Obama is a lunatic!
Graham:
I love me some Islam
Mitchell:
what about all this
anti-Muslim rhetoric?
anti-Muslim rhetoric?
Sherman:
it's incredibly dangerous –
only
the Muslim world can defeat isis
Mitchell:
first Putin bombs rebels
then
he bombed a terrorist –
what's his deal anyway?
what's his deal anyway?
McFaul:
he's supporting Assad
Mitchell:
we know that
McFaul:
he's killing moderate rebels
– not ISIS
– not ISIS
Mitchell:
Trump is a great admirer of
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin
McFaul:
Putin only acts in Russia's interests
so
if he endorses Trump it's because he
thinks
it would be good for Russia
Mitchell:
interesting
McFaul:
Trump says there's a moral
equivalence
with U.S. soldiers and
thugs
committing murder
Mitchell:
Chuck Hagel is whining about
not
bombing Syria after the red line
Sherman:
Assad gave up his
chemical weapons
chemical weapons
Mitchell:
I suppose
Sherman:
we don't need slogans
– we need to crush ISIS
– we need to crush ISIS
Mitchell:
but ISIS is spreading to Kenya
and
Nigeria and I think Georgetown
McFaul:
the solution is a patient
long-term strategy
long-term strategy
Mitchell:
but I'm panicked now!
McFaul:
we've had 9,000 attacks on ISIS
Mitchell:
I'm still scared
McFaul:
Muslims will defeat ISIS
Mitchell:
this year we lost Fred Thompson
Mario
Cuomo Bob Simon Julian Bond
Fank
Gifford Yogi Berra and Beau Biden
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break ]
Mitchell:
there have been 3,000
shooting
victims in Chicago this year
Todd:
welcome Spike Lee
Lee:
hi Chuck
Todd:
who's the audience for Chi-Raq?
Lee:
88 Americans die from guns
every
day – that's 30,000 year
Lee:
that affects white rural Americans!
Todd:
but this movie is for black Americans
Lee:
not at all
Todd:
but your message is black
America
needs to stop gun violence
Lee:
well it's not all cops shooting
black people
black people
Todd:
why is Chicago so violent?
Lee:
I asked experts and no one knows
Todd:
well I'm stumped
Lee:
it's Americas biggest
segregated city
segregated city
Todd:
is it a war zone?
Lee:
on the first day of filming we
had to go to a funeral
had to go to a funeral
Lee:
331 people were shot in
Chicago
while we were filming
Todd:
where is the outrage?
Lee:
it's not Sandy Hook!
Todd:
true
Lee:
people are numb because
it
happens so much
Todd:
they're comfortably numb
Lee:
the problem is guns!
Todd:
what do you think
of
black lives matter?
Lee:
I like 'em
Todd:
can Obama fix Chicago?
Lee:
ask him
Todd:
just bash Obama for me
Lee:
this is about gun violence
all
over America
Todd:
thanks for coming Spike
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Mitchell:
who can stop Trump?
Gerson:
can he get actual votes?
Mitchell:
um yes
Gerson:
and who is the alternative to Trump?
Gerson:
there needs to be one
establishment
choice or he will win!
Mitchell:
Christie is blocking Rubio
Walter:
the problem with being
the establishment choice is that is
the kiss of death
the establishment choice is that is
the kiss of death
Walter:
Christie may yet
win
New Hampshire
Walter:
but Chris Christie
can't
win anywhere else
Mitchell:
of course I am terrified of terrorism
Cooper:
the GOP wants to carpet bomb
Iraq
and Syria and probably France
Mitchell:
Clinton messed up Egypt
among
the other failed Obama policies
Cooper:
I don't worry about that Andrea
Bai:
no one has done more
for
Bernie Sanders than Larry David
Walter:
this was the craziest year ever!
Gerson:
wait 'til next year!
Mitchell:
look at Clinton and
Obama
in New Hampshire
Cooper:
I am so ready for some
actual
votes to be cast
Mitchell:
and that's another
episode
of Meet The Press
