Guests:
Sen.
Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
Paul
Manafort – Trump campaign
Maynor
Bill de Blasio (D-NYC)
Glenn
Beck
Joy-Ann
Reid
Molly
Ball
Matt
Bai
Rich
Lowry
Todd:
omg Sanders has won 7 out of 8 contests!
Todd:
but Clinton left Wyoming
with more delegates
Todd:
Trump has drawn big crowds
while
Ted Cruz won all 34 delegates
in Colorado
Todd:
Cruz keeps winning delegates
while
Trump is asleep on the job
Todd:
Ted Cruz is running circles
around Donald Trump
Todd:
Trump lost lost in Colorado
and North Dakota
Trump
Supporter: we would have lost
Colorado
anyway – people here are
sane
and not racists
Todd:
Trump is hoping to crush
Cruz
in New York state
Todd:
meanwhile Paul Ryan is
putting
out a campaign video
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Todd:
welcome Mr. Manafort
Manafort:
nice to be here Chet
Todd:
you're the Delegate Whisperer
Manafort:
it's what I do
Todd:
Trump completely failed
on
getting getting delegates
Manafort:
we won a county in Nevada
Todd:
oh come on you're were out gunned
Manafort:
it's true
Todd:
right
Manafort:
Trojan delegates have
no protection!
Todd:
you said you will win in May
Manafort:
no I said there will be a path
Todd:
I see
Manafort:
I feel good about
some
unbound delegates
Todd:
are you in charge now?
Manafort:
no Mr Trump is in charge
Todd:
good lord
Manafort:
along with top advisors
Meatloaf
and Gary Busey and Ted Nugent
Todd:
you're worked for Gerald Ford
– do
you even know any delegates under 90?
Manafort:
I know how to work
the process Chad
Todd:
Roger Stone threatened any
delegates
who don't support Donald Trump
Manafort:
he's crazy
Todd:
did Stone hire you?
Manafort:
no I've known Donald Trump
for
30 years – ever since we were
negotiating
a real estate deal and
Roy
Cohn helped mediate
Todd:
oh how did he do that
Manafort:
he put kidnapped my
cocker
spaniel and I changed my mind
Todd:
Is threatening delegates fair?
Manafort:
Ted Cruz is doing that!
Todd:
really?
Manafort:
he's using Gestapo tactics
Todd:
whoa
Manafort:
we will be filing complaints
Todd:
do you plan on whining your
way to the nomination
Manafort:
I just am totally focused
on delegates
Todd:
is bribing delegates ok?
Manafort:
look everyone hates Ted Cruz
Todd:
that's true
Manafort:
Trump can win
states
Romney lost
Todd:
you worked for the
corrupt
dictator of Ukraine
Manafort:
I am the Tom Hagen of politics –
I
have only one client Trump and he
insists
on never hearing bad news
Todd:
will you be careful with
your
clients in the future?
Manafort:
I'm always careful
Todd:
thanks for coming
Manafort:
[ slinks off wordlessly ]
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break ]
Todd:
so panel Trump has finally hired
some
muscle to get some delegates
– will this work?
Lowry:
this is a campaign built on the
deranged
fantasies of one megalomaniac
racist
billionaire with a twitter feed
and a dream
Todd:
amazing
Lowry:
a convention will favor Ted Cruz
who
may be a lizard-person but knows the rules
Todd:
Trump says they're going to win
Ball:
well what else would they say?
Todd:
good point
Ball:
the new message is 'Trump isn't
totally incompetent'
Bai:
can Trump convince delegates
to back him?
Todd:
can Ted Cruz?
Reid:
no one likes either of them
Todd:
but Trump is fun and charming!
Reid:
they forget the nuts and
bolts
of winning in politics
Todd:
he said Trump is in charge
of
his own campaign – and he is!
Ball:
he really believed he changed
politics
and guess what he was wrong
Lowry:
people who go to GOP conventions
are
fiercely conservative and activists
and
those are Ted Cruz people
Todd:
as usual Sanders won the
votes
but Clinton won the delegates
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break ]
Todd:
welcome Senator Sanders
Sanders:
good to be here Ted
Todd:
you won Wyoming but lost in delegates
Sanders:
yes we are losing
but
not by as much as before
Todd:
right
Sanders:
I can beat Trump
Todd:
do you gotta win New York?
Sanders:
it's hugely important
Todd:
indeed
Sanders:
but she's from New York
Todd:
can you win without winning New York?
Sanders:
darn tootin I can
Todd:
all right
Sanders:
its too late for anything
but a revolution
Todd:
Claire McCaskill says its
sexist
to call Clinton unqualified
Sanders:
that's absurd
Todd:
it is?
Sanders:
Hillary's team has
has
gone after us very hard
Todd:
I see
Sanders:
look at this headline
written
by the Washington Post!
Todd:
it's something else
Sanders:
she loves Henry Kissinger!
Todd:
don't we all
Sanders:
she has terrible judgment
Todd:
she does
Sanders:
she supported NAFTA and
loves
fracking and raised money
from Wall Street
Todd:
you haven't released tax returns
Sanders:
my wife is working on it
Todd:
I see
Sanders:
we're doing out
best
to get copies of them
Todd:
okay then
Sanders:
the wealthy are getting wealthier!
Todd:
thanks for coming Bernie
Sanders:
you too Chad
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break ]
Todd:
welcome Mayor De Blasio
De
Blasio: it's great to be here Charlie
Todd:
why is Bernie Sanders so popular?
De
Blasio: Hillary is going to win New York!
Todd:
how is Hillary different from Obama?
De
Blasio: she's going to get things done!
Todd:
all right
De
Blasio: Hillary she knows Washington!
She
knows where all the bodies are buried! Literally!
Todd:
what change does she change offer from obama
De
Blasio: she's focused on
the
needs of children all her life
Todd:
okay
De
Blasio: she took on the insurers
back in 1993!
Todd:
how did that go?
De
Blasio: she has a tough plan to
take on Wall Street!
Todd:
good news
De
Blasio: this isn't Political Theory 101
– its
about tangible change
Todd:
did Bernie push her to the left?
De
Blasio: she's talked about
this
progressive stuff all her life
Todd:
yeah but Bernie Sanders is a socialist
De
Blasio: well he's driven the conversation no doubt
Todd:
doubt free
De
Blasio: she's the most
progressive
candidate in a generation
Todd:
did you break campaign finance law?
De
Blasio: no we didn't
Todd:
did you use a non-profit to
funnel
money to your campaign?
De
Blasio: no we didn't
Todd:
if you say so
[
break ]
Todd:
so panel Trump needs
61%
of all remaining delegates
Todd:
can do it if he sweeps New York
and
New Jersey and Maryland
Todd:
and he takes Indiana and Washington
Todd:
and he sweeps Montana and does
well in California and Oregon
Todd:
then he gets 1,245 and squeaks in
Todd:
but realistically Trump will do
well
in the northeast, poorly in Indiana,
he
loses Montana, but does well in California
Todd:
and he then ends up 72 delegates short
Todd:
then we get a crazy-ass multi-ballot
convention
and Paul Ryan swoops in and he is the nominee
Todd:
what happens them? Will the crazies
lose
their minds? To find out we're
going
to talk to Glen Beck!
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break ]
Todd:
conservative talk radio is furious about a possible brokered
convention
Todd:
Beck has endorsed Ted Cruz
because he is also insane
Todd:
welcome Glenn
Beck:
good to be here Chit
Beck:
what if the take nomination
away
from Donald Trump?
Beck:
it would be the end of the GOP!
Todd:
strong words
Beck:
but Ted Cruz is going to the nominee!
Todd:
what if Paul Ryan plucks that chicken
Beck:
you can't just disenfranchise
millions of people
Todd:
sure you can
Beck:
it must be one of the two leaders!
Todd:
if you insist
Beck:
people already feel
disenfranchised
and angry –
this would only add to it
Todd:
true enough
Beck:
we don't want to play into
their
anger and vitriol and hatred
Todd:
you of all people would never do that
Beck:
it was Martin Luther King said
'Obama is going to put us all in FEMA
concentration camps'
Todd:
gonna fact check that one
Beck:
the New World Order built
the
Denver Airport to lock up talk show hosts!
Todd:
Paul Ryan out out a campaign video – is he running for President?
Beck:
I don't trust that dork –
he's in on the conspiracy!
Todd:
to do what?
Beck:
to cover up the fake moon landing!
Todd:
why would he do that?
Beck:
because of what Trump's and
Obama's fathers did at Roswell!
Todd:
I don't what to know more
Beck:
we need to find our principles!
Todd:
so you would prefer Trump
if it's not Ted Cruz
Beck:
Trump would be a disaster
– but
you can't disenfranchise people
Todd:
I think I follow you
Beck:
I will never vote for Trump
but
if he earns it he should get it
Todd:
would you support a third party
Beck:
I'm not voting for Trump ever!
Todd:
sounds like a yes
Beck:
Trump would lose to Clinton!
Todd:
good to talk to you
Beck:
She killed Tupac!
Todd:
thanks for coming
[
break ]
Todd:
omg Bill Clinton had a run-in with
people
protesting the crime bill from 1994!
Todd:
that wasn't Black Lives Matter
but it looks bad
Reid:
his legacy is being criticized
and
it makes him mad
Bai:
the crime bill was very complicated
– black
and poor people were the
victims of crime
Reid:
but it was also controversial even at the time
Lowry:
it was passed during a
three-decade
long crime wave
Reagan
and Bush had nothing to do with!
Todd:
the Clintons can be condescending
even when they're right
Ball:
well he is the first two-term
President
Democratic President since FDR
Todd:
the political pandering in New York is out of control!
Todd:
Hillary tried to ride the subway!
Clinton:
I love the subway
Cruz:
L'chaim!
Kasich:
fill me with pastrami baby
Sanders:
I love pizza!
Lowry:
why not – we always get
Iowa pandering
Ball:
New Yorkers love to be pandered to
Todd:
Glen Beck right
Lowry:
absolutely – Paul Ryan is softy
Todd:
my god
Lowry:
it's gonna be Trump or Cruz
Todd:
wait what about Kasich
Reid:
Beck is a self professed uniter who said
Barack
Obama hates whites people
Reid:
but he's right about Paul Ryan
Todd:
he said he hates Trump
but
you'd better nominate
Trump
or he'll get mad
Ball:
that makes no sense at all
Bai:
no one is being disenfranchised!
Todd:
the parties are private
organizations after all
Ball:
the Republican party not a democracy!
Todd:
Trump failed the behind the scenes organization
Reid:
the ultimate irony is the
GOP
are ignoring base of the party
[
break ]
Todd:
Herbert Hoover has joined
the
Washington Nationals!
Todd:
can you win?
Hoover:
yes
Todd:
if you don't will you have a great depression?
Hoover:
that makes me sad Ted
Todd:
and that's another
episode
of Meet The Press