The MeidasTouch Podcast - Trump Has WORST INTERVIEW OF HIS LIFE at NABJ Event

Episode Date: July 31, 2024

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on the disastrous interview Donald Trump just gave at the National Association of Black Journalist conference in Chicago, Illinois. For up to 25 free meals, head to https://MarleySpoon.com/offer/MEIDAS and use code MEIDAS Visit https://meidastouch.com for more! Join the Legal AF Patreon: https://Patreon.com/meidastouch Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown Lights On with Jessica Denson: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/lights-on-with-jessica-denson On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Coalition of the Sane: https://meidasnews.com/tag/coalition-of-the-sane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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I mean, or would you... Oh, absolutely. And who would make... I think I'd know. How would you make that decision? I think I'd know. Look,

if I came onto a stage like this and I got treated so rudely as this woman treated me... Oh my goodness. And I'm fine with it because she... It doesn't... She was very rude, sir. Very rude. That was a nasty, that wasn't a question. She didn't ask me a question. She gave a statement. That wasn't a question.

I repeated your statement, sir, actually. Harris Faulkner from Fox. And this was at the National Association for Black Journalists. Even the Fox host reacted as Donald Trump was attacking there one of the other panelists, Rachel Scott from ABC News. Now on a scale of one to 10 of a disaster, this was a 100 for Donald Trump. This was an atomic, disastrous interview. Now, Donald Trump spoke at the National Association of Black Journalists, and the NABJ justified inviting Donald Trump on the basis that they've invited the leaders of each political party running for the presidency since the 1970s. A lot of people were very upset that Trump was invited, given his despicable and racist history, but Donald Trump was invited and he brought the circus

to Chicago at the National Association of Black Journalists Convention. Here, Donald Trump was asked a question at the beginning of this interview, and he was asked this question by Rachel Scott. And just watch what happens here. Play this clip. Mr. President, we so appreciate you giving us an hour of your time. I want to start by addressing the elephant in the room, sir. A lot of people did not think

it was appropriate for you to be here today. You have pushed false claims about some of your rivals, from Nikki Haley to former President Barack Obama, saying that they were not born in the United States, which is not true. You have told four congresswomen of color who were American citizens to go back to where they came from. You have used words like animal and rabbit to describe black district attorneys. You've attacked black journalists, calling them a loser, saying the questions that they ask are, quote, stupid and racist. You've had dinner with a white supremacist at your Mar-a-Lago resort.

So my question, sir, now that you are asking black supporters to vote for you, why should black voters trust you after you have used language like that? Well, first of all, I don't think I've ever been asked a question so in such a horrible manner. First question, you don't even say hello. How are you? Are you with ABC? Because I think they're a fake news network, a terrible network. And I think it's disgraceful that I came here in good spirit. I love the black population of this country. I've done so much for the black population of this country. Then Donald Trump is asked a question about Vice President Kamala Harris

and the fact that people very close to Trump are calling her DEI and all of these things. Watch what Donald Trump responds, a horrific racist response. Play this clip. Follow up, sir, and then we'll move on to other questions here. Some of your own supporters, including Republicans on Capitol Hill, have labeled Vice President Kamala Harris, who is the first black and Asian American woman to serve as vice president and be on a major party ticket as a DEI hire. Is that acceptable language to you? And will you tell those Republicans and those supporters to stop it? How do you define DEI? Go ahead. How do you define it? Diversity, equity, inclusion. Okay, yeah, go ahead. Is that what your definition? That is literally the words.

Give me a definition then. Would you give me a definition of that? Give me a definition. Sir you give me a definition? Give me a definition. Sir, I'm asking you a question. You have to define it. Define the define it for me. If I just defined it, sir, do you believe that Vice President Kamala Harris is only on the ticket because she is a black woman? Well, I can say now I think it's maybe a little bit different. So I've known her a long time indirectly, not directly very much. And she was always of Indian heritage.

And she was only promoting Indian heritage. I didn't know she was black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn black. And now she wants to be known as black. So I don't know, is she Indian or is she black? She is always identified as a black woman. I respect either one. I respect either one, but she obviously doesn't.

Because she was Indian all the way. And then all of a sudden she made a turn and she went, she became a black person. Just to be clear, sir, do you believe that she is a- I think somebody should look into that too when you ask a continue in a very hostile, nasty town. It's a direct- And wow, Donald Trump continues to attack Rachel Scott as she tries to get him to stop rambling. Watch this. I didn't notice ABC doing any publicity on it, George. We cover you extensively, sir.

I'd love to move over onto different topics. I didn't notice you do any publicity on it at all. I won the case, the biggest case. This is an attack on a political opponent. I have another one where I have a hostile judge. We have you for a limited time, sir. I'd love to move on to different topics if we can. Excuse me, you're the one that held me up for 35 minutes, just so you understand.

So then Donald Trump is asked at the NABJ conference why the cop who shot Sonia Massey should have immunity. Because Donald Trump has said that he wants to give absolute immunity to police officers no matter what they do. Watch Donald Trump's response. Play the clip. So, Sadia Massey, someone from Illinois, an unarmed black woman, was shot the other day in her home by a deputy sheriff. The deputy has since been charged with murder you said police would get immunity for prosecution if you went why should someone like that officer have immunity in your opinion immunity I don't know the exact case but I saw something and it didn't look it didn't look good to me it didn't look good to me are you talking with the water right right? Yeah, well, I mean, police unions are not backing this person either. Okay, okay.

But again, why would- They're gonna be charging the officer. I guess they're charging the officer. So why should he receive immunity? Well, he might not. I mean, it depends. It depends on what happens. I'm talking- Then Donald Trump blames a panelist member, calls her quote, this woman, for why he's unable to hear the questions being asked. Play the clip. First of all, it's very hard to hear you for whatever reason because of the fact that they have bad equipment because I guess, you know, this woman was unable to get the right equipment.

But it's very hard for me to hear you, but I can hear every other word. It's very difficult, actually. Donald Trump is then asked whether he would pardon the January 6th insurrectionists. And he said, oh, absolutely. Play the clip. What's going to happen to those people? What's going to happen to the people in Portland that destroyed that city? But, sir, my question is on those. What's going to happen to the people that tried to bring them?

My question is on those rioters who assaulted officers. You have to ask. Would you pardon those people? What's going to happen? Oh, absolutely, I would. You would pardon those?? What's going to happen? Oh, absolutely I would. You would pardon those? If they're innocent, I would pardon them. They've been convicted.

And by the way, the Supreme Court just under... Well, they were convicted by a very, very tough system. They were... How come the people that tried to burn down Minneapolis, how come the people that took over a large percentage of Seattle, how come nothing happened to them? How come the people that... But so we're talking about people

that were seen beating officers with flagpoles, dragging them down the stairs. They're on video. Have you seen that video, sir? Oh, really? Well, they shot... You would pardon those rioters? They shot a young lady in the face

who was protesting. They shot her in the face who was protesting. They shot her in the face. You know, nobody died that day. You do know that. But people died in Seattle. Nobody died, but people died in Minneapolis. Do you know people died in Minneapolis? Hey, everyone.

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Midas so they know that we sent you. Then Donald Trump does not answer a pretty direct question about whether J.D. Vance will be ready on day one. Play the clip. And that's why this decision is important this time. Bad things happen. You said it twice. When you look at J.D. Vance, is he ready on day one? Does he what? Ready on day one? Does he what? Ready on day one, if he has to be. I've always had great respect for him and for the other candidates, too.

But I will say this, and I think this is well documented. Historically, the vice president in terms of the election does not have any impact. I mean, virtually no impact. You have two or three days where there's a lot of commotion as to who, like you're having it on the Democrat side, who it's going to be. And then that dies down. And it's all about the presidential pick. Virtually never has it mattered. Maybe Lyndon Johnson mattered for different reasons than what we're talking about, not for vote reasons, but for political reasons, other political reasons. But historically, the choice of a vice president makes no difference.

Donald Trump is then asked by Harris Faulkner, why is it that you chose J.D. Vance? You hear what everyone's saying about how unqualified he is and how weird he is. Play the clip. So let's talk about J.D. Vance for a little bit. He's had some stumbles out of the gate. I don't know if you're hearing what we hear as reporters, but it's been a tough couple of weeks for him. Why did you choose J.D. Vance? Why did you choose him? And I'm having a hard time hearing too. Everybody out there can, but it's hard to hear. I'll tell you why I chose him because he's a very strong believer in work and the working man and woman and especially the working man and woman who have been treated very unfairly because you have many of them many of them in this room but you have many of those people they

were treated very unfairly they worked very hard and they were treated unfairly. He wrote the book that became a bestseller. The movie became a smash hit. He's a very smart guy without the benefit of having a family that has contacts like a father that was well connected. He got into Yale Law School. He graduated in two years from Ohio State. Summa Cum Laude. I mean, you take a look at, you know, his career has been an amazing career. And here, under more questioning, Donald Trump is unable to explain what his immunity for cops proposal is.

Play the clip. I didn't like it at all. So can you get a little more specific back to the immunity question? Who would make those distinctions? Well, right now, for the most part for the most part people are protected by their unions by their police unions or by their police departments but i'm saying if if i felt or if if a group of people would feel that somebody was being

unfairly prosecuted because the person did a good job maybe with crime or made a mistake an innocent mistake there's a big difference between being a bad person and making an innocent mistake. But if somebody made an innocent mistake, I would want to help that person. What would those exceptions be? What would determine an innocent mistake? You go after somebody and it's a very close call

and it's very dangerous. And you know, they have, the policeman's life and woman is a very difficult thing because sometimes you have less than a second to make a you know life and death decision and sometimes very bad decisions are made they're not made from an evil standpoint but they're made from the standpoint of they made a mistake so trump then gives his closing message to black journalists and voters. Play the clip. And we had a great interview, I think, and I heard you got very good ratings. Well, you told me it was the longest one of your life. So we had a good discussion.

Look, I want to talk about why you're here today. I mean, it is not lost on us how divided we are as a country. And as you were coming today, we really got to see that we are divided along the lines of race, along the lines of gender. And there is this question of in this moment where we are, why come here? What is your message today? My message is to stop people from invading our country that are taking, frankly, a lot of problems with it. But one of the big problems, and a lot of the journalists in this room I know and I have great respect for, a lot of the journalists in this room are black. I will tell you that coming from the border are millions and millions of people that happen to be taking black jobs.

You had the best. What exactly is a black job, sir? A black job is anybody that has a job. That's what it is. Anybody that has a job. All right. And they're taking the employment away from black people. They're coming in and they're coming in.

They're invading. It's an invasion of millions of people probably 15 16 17 million people and then this interview was going so badly that trump's team basically pulled him off stage and cut the interview short watch this moment play it in your job project 2025 i think we have to leave it there by the trump team all right so leave it we. That is the last word. Thank you so much, Mr. Trump, for coming today and joining us. By the way, even the propaganda network, Right Side Broadcast Network, RSBN, was like, what in the world was that? Well, that was interesting.

Here, play this clip. Well, that was quite interesting. As you all know, this is Matthew Alvarez with Bobby McNeely here at Right Side Broadcasting Network. Of course, President Trump somewhat going into the lion's den there. Of course, Harris Faulkner being respectful to the president, that first journalist to President Trump's left. Not so much. Unexpected in some some ways we thought this would be more of a round table discussion and instead there was some hostile words or questions and statements and you can tell there is a extreme extreme bias there by that one journalist and so now we're hearing statements like this this is from april ryan previously won Black Journalist of the Year from the National

Association of Black Journalists. She says the following, Trump came into our home, a black press advocacy convention, and insulted us to our face. What is worse, he was invited to do this by NABJ leadership. Shame. Someone else comment, this Trump NABJ interview is an absolute disaster. He literally said Kamala was Indian and decided to turn black and should be investigated for it. I can't believe he's saying this stuff into a microphone. Well, we can believe it here at the Midas Touch Network. This is who he is.

This is why we showed you that other poll in Michigan. Donald Trump had 0.00% support amongst black voters in Michigan. And that's where he held that event at the black church that he rented, where he filled it up with the white MAGA supporters wearing the hats. Y'all remember that? So anyway, that was Donald Trump's disastrous event. And, you know, if the media wants to do what it should do, or like we know what it's capable of doing, they should be saying Donald Trump must step down tomorrow. Although I think at this point we're seeing where the polls are going. It may be an okay thing for him to keep making a fool of himself so that there is a blue wave for pro-democracy. Let me know what you think.

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