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Essentially amplify the conspiracy theories of random people he may not even know? >> no, i mean, this is the death of the so-called ex presidents club. he despises barack obama. he doesnt like george w bush and he uses bill clinton as a punching bag. the very fact of the matter is he was beat by hillary clinton by 3 million votes. that sticks in his crawl. he almost was undone by the ""access hollywood" tape at the last minute he didnt bring those three women accusers of bill clinton into the l...

Does, i mean, is there something comparable in presidential history you can think of, twitter was not involved but just pushing, you know, a president so quick to essentially amplify the conspiracy theories of random people he may not even know? >> no, i mean, this is the death of the so-called ex presidents club. he despises barack obama. he doesnt like george w bush and he uses bill clinton as a punching bag. the very fact of the matter is he was beat by hillary clinton by 3 million votes. tha...

Accusing ted cruzs father of being involved in the assassination of jfk in the heat of the republican primary when ted cruz was his only opponent. now we see the clintons sort of act as a forever foil for him. theyve been the targets of right-wing conspiracies for decades, and its something that it almost seems in this case like he cant resist. >> and i thought that your quote from doug brinkley, the presidential historian, was fantastic. he believes this is a deflection strategy, right? he says...

Because im sure bernie guys will tear me up here. there is a common thread between the supporters. they are disa affected americans, a lot of them, who feels like the system has failed them. it is a grievance type of politics that senator sanders has perfected. i would suggest it is not the nasty, vitriolic type of politics that president trump purports every day. but it is certainly that common thread is people who feel like the system has failed them. so there is absolutely a common thread the...

And hes -- it is harder. its a harder race. >> and senator sanders knows all of that and he also knows how the media works and that there is -- that an independent media is not controlled by if there is an individual owner, you know. but whats dangerous about this is now in 25 years as a reporter, i have learned that a lot of americans dont really understand the wall between, you know, the news pages and the editorial page, dont understand the separation of advertising versus reporting, dont und...

One obama official said making the press the foil is a good thing in a democratic primary. which is a little from our perspective alarming, but its just how -- how the media is being villified is dangerous on all sides. >> look, were not perfect so if youre watching at home and see something you dont like, you have ways to communicate with us. we dont pretend to be perfect. but ive been through a few of these rodeos so lets show you bernie sanders timeline in this election. he had a one-on-one s...

Today, the president extemper and the you can compare them with what someone wrote for him versus attacking which is he is comfortable with. senator brown and the mayor were badmouthing him and his visit. he creates that because he is more comfortable with a foil. he is not comfortable being the comforter in chief. he is not comfortable going in and spending time with victims and not have a fight come out of it. the president saw there were a number of people protests against him in the local co...

People were making this about him. he was unhappy the linkage between the presidents words about invasions and the manifesto, the racist screed put out by the shooter in el paso. but now the president wants to make the entire visit about him. he wants the entire hospital visit that he made to the two different communities to be not about the grieving communities, not about the heroes and the people who are survivors in this case and even the people who are in mourning because any lost loved ones...

His people used to beg me. i said, no, im not going to be a foil for this anti-immigrant rhetoric. they really dont want it. lets remember, who was donald trumps best friend in the media? roger ailes was his best friend in the media. i mean, the president of the united states, who created him, who gave him a spot on fox news and friends in the morning, who would promote his anti-immigrant diatribe? it was fox news. so, look, even -- and i think its important that we connect these dots because th...

So i refused to go back on. tucker carlson knows. his people used to beg me. i said, no, im not going to be a foil for this anti-immigrant rhetor rhetoric. they really dont want it. lets remember, who was donald trumps best friend in the media? roger ailes was his best friend in the media. i mean, the president of the united states, who created him, who gave him a spot on fox news and friends in the morning, who would promote his anti-immigrant diatribe? it was fox news. so, look, even -- and i ...