more so than the trade war, the conversation that is taking place is over those epa waivers. over the last three years, the trump administration, through the epa, has granted small oil refineries these waivers from having to use corn ethanol in their gasoline supply. why is this a big deal? go back to 2015 and 2016. president trump promised farmers here across the midwest that he would defend what is called the renewable fuel standards which is that law that requires the u.s. fuel supply to use a certain amount of corn ethanol. but what you ve seen is a backtrack on that and there s been less corn ethanol used in the u.s. fuel supply which has brought down corn prices and closed several ethanol plant prices across the u.s. just last week. just yesterday, one up in minnesota, as well, which is causing concerns in these rural midwest communities. and you re hearing from farmers that beginning that corrosion of trust in the president s own word.
president to president obama, he was his vice president, but i wasn t really aware of criminal justice. i m hearing them pick at each other, trying to prove points that really don t matter to make people look bad, trying to demonize your opponent to look better, that s the oldest trick in the book. reporter: one thing i heard time anagen, it s about the economy as much as it s about race, as much as it s about environmental concerns. one gentleman said you know what, if my belly is full, my children aren t eating consistently every day, what difference does any of it make. they want substance, tired of smoke and mirrors, they want solid, core issues being addressed. you re in the state of michigan, did not see a huge turnout among african-american voters in 2016. president trump won that state, not by much, fewer than 11,000 votes. what do you think it s going to be talking to voters there that s going to bring people out to vote come 2020.
win them again. if they really care about moving forward as a party they would be better spent putting their time and effort into the next election instead of trying to replay the last one. i m the last one to try to help them out. in a weird way i don t mind what they re doing now. it is a waste evidence political exercise and shows the american people this is what they do with the majority and what they do with power. they don t advance ideas and policies, they go after the president of the united states and their opponents for 2 1/2 years ad nauseam. bill: let s turn to the back and forth and the take on what we ve been reporting on the last several days. you were at a lot of rallies during the campaign in 2016. president was asked about what happened the other night in greenville, north carolina at the white house, watch. president trump: i was not happy with it. i disagree with it but again, i didn t say that, they did. but i disagree with them. bill: this is multi-layered.
welcome back to hardball. you re looking at live pictures right now at president trump himself on stage in his campaign rally in greenville, north carolina. north carolina of course he won narrowly in 2016. president trump just responded to tonight s vote by the house to kill a resolution on impeachment. i just heard that the united states house of representatives has overwhelmingly voted to kill the most ridiculous project i ve ever been involved in, the resolution, how stupid is that, on impeachment. i want to thank those democrats because many of them voted for us. the vote was a totally lopsided
out. some are saying those are polls from march. brad parscale who is in the campaign manager, in charge of all data in 2016. president said hey, i want you to be my campaign manager. he is shrugging off all the numbers and all the polls. listen. country is too complex to call couple hundred people ask them what they think. so many ways different people show up to vote. the way turnout, ability we have to turn out voters, polling can t understand that. why it was so wrong in 2016. it was 100% wrong. nobody got it right. and not one public poll. the reason why is, it is not 1962 anymore. we win electoral landslide as of today. steve: he makes such a good point. why would people trust polls that were so wrong last time? the way people are driven to the polls and you know, the way they are able to get the vote out has changed so dramatically over the