You love polls. We got polls. We have them on our website. With all due respect is back tomorrow. See you then. Coming up, hardball with Chris Matthews. Trump is slump. Lets play hardball. Good evening. Im Chris Matthews in washington. Its been a rough month for donald trump. Last week trump was entangled in a fight with federal judge. He said the judges mexican heritage compromise trump for a
fair hearing. Tonight, new polls confirm the Trump Campaign is slumping. With a month to go until the republican convention, trump seems intent on doubling down on his strategy and giving clinton the upper hand. He took the strategy to another extreme suggesting if his proposals are not implemented, the United States will not survive as a country. Were having the blood sucked out of us. Were having horrible things to happen where were allowing people into our country that dont deserve to be in our country and bad things will be happening. Its amazing that our country can continue to survive. Eventually, its not going to survive, just so you understand. Eventually its not going to. Its amazing our country can be abused so badly. Its not going to continue to survive like this. It cant. Its impossible. Its impossible. Thank you. This is a strange moment. Youre is expert on donald trump. Youve been watching him. Youve been watching his medical chart go up and down. Why is he sticking to this ethnic line and its not working . First of all, the mexicanamerican judge and now going after islamic people. Its not working. People are seemed to be pulling back from it. Why is he digging in his heels . It had worked for him. Remember every time there was a terror attack while we were in the primaries and donald trump came out with this response, his poll numbers went up. Believes he knows better. I just spoke with the Campaign Source who i granted anonymity
to. They said this is something donald trump believes its the way to go. They believe hes learning and it will catch on. This is not necessarily going to work for him in the general election. Playing on the loin, this close to the line has worked up until now. He had so many other candidates he was going up against. Now that he just has Hillary Clinton, all the attention is on him and its on her. Everything he says is now being parsed by a number of different sources. The media donors and also the Clinton Campaign can come back at him with a very well oiled machine. Does he know he only got 13 million votes and he needs five time that numbers to win a general election. He cant talk the way he talks to the hard right to the whole country. They dont like listening to him. They are worried about people
coming into the country, but they dont like it put in those tribalistic ways. People in the middle and center right dont be talked to or for that way. Hes being told that by campaign aides. Hes also being told that by donors. Hes being told that by people within the Republican Party, republican leaders. Everybody is telling him this, but for some reason or another, donald trump is not listening. Thats because, my sources tell me, ultimately, he thinks he knows better. This is common for folk who is have been extraordinary successful this business, who think they know better than everyone else thats around them. Its a process and his aides say they are trying, but whether it works, i dont think theres a lot of folks in the Republican Party who have that hope. They have been burned before. They believe they will get burned again. The big issue theyre having now
is even if he does get elected, how can they trust him when hes in office at what he says in terms of policy or legislation or promises, if that will hold true or if he will change his mind the next day. Hes cited the polls as evidence of his own success as cently as last night. He took credit for making polling important. Lets listen. According to drudge and Time Magazine and like seven others, they do polls now for everything. I think i made polling a very important thing. I never used to hear about polls. I like polls. Numbers from abc news and the Washington Post show that trumps standing with the electorate is deteriorating. 70 of the voters say they view trump unfavorably. Thats seven out of ten which reflects a spike of 10 Percentage Points downward or
upward since last month. Clinton has always reached a new number. Shes at 55 . Thats her highest unfavorable. This comes after a new National Poll by Bloomberg Politics that shows trump has slipped 12 points behind hillary. Shes up by 12. 4937 now. Thats a strong lead even in the nba with the three pointers. A majority saying they will fefr vote for tru never vote for trump. Do they actually are they committing on the bible that they will never vote for this guy . There can be some wiggle room. Its seldom we see a tenpoint gap. Hes falling behind. What was it, the mexican judge. Is that the one that people jumped . Im sorry, mexican heritage. He calls him a mexican like he calls this other guy an afghan. The racial politics isnt playing for him. You have 88 of minorities that have an unfavorable opinion of him. You need minority voters. Can you imagine this is the party of Ronald Reagan where this guy is downing america talking about our best days are behind us. We will not survive. Even republicans are now beginning to shed away from him. Thats not the party of rescue. Im thinking of a disco song, i will survive. Everyone get a bump when youve consolidated your nomination. Hillary is getting a bump now. The number that donald trump should be worried about is never vote for trump. What base. Your base is 45 . Thats potential universe. Paul ryan and Mitch Mcconnell were asked about trumps comments that president obama had some murky ulterior motive. Both declined to answer. Watch. Was it appropriate for donald trump to suggest that president obama was sympathetic to the cause of terrorists . Do you stand by your endorsement . Im not going to spend my time commenting about the ups and downs and in betweens by the comments. Im not going to get into the daytoday habit of commenting on what the president said and
what our nominee said. Donald trump suggesting the president is sympathetic to the terrorists and the killer, do you think that was an appropriate thing for him to say . Im not going to be commenting on the president ial candidate today. This reminds me of bill mahrs new rule. Im not commenting on trump because i dont want to comment on a terrible thing to say. He might be on the other side of this fight. Whatever ryan and Mitch Mcconnell are in front of a camera, theyre not talking about what they will do in the majority, they are defending trump. Its a real problem. Mr. Trump had a message waivering republicans saying he can win without their support. We have to have republicans stick together or let me do it by myself. Ill do very well. Im going to do very well. Im going to do very well. A lot of people thought i should do that any way. I just do it very nicely by myself. I think youll have a very good result. I think well be very happy. Ill run as a republican. You know the endorsement thing, ive gotten tremendous endorsements. You cover this guy. I dont believe in psycho babble, but who is he arguing with . I think hes arguing with everybody because everyone is saying he needs to change up his act. We heard it on the capitol today. A number of, a third governor is saying they dont plan on voting for him. A third republican governor in a blue state. This is a big deal for the republicans to not be able to
colease around donald trump. He doesnt want to hear it from his own words. He believes he can do it on his own. It makes me think of the monty python scene where the knight refuses to acknowledge he is bleeding out of his arm and leg. He keeps calling it a flesh wound. He refuses to acknowledge the reality behind him. Is that an old 1950s Movie Theater . Its a fox theater. Really popular. Its gorgeous on the inside. Its most iconic place. I hope they dont tear it down. Thank you. Great backdrop. Coming up, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders meet last night at the primaries wrap up. Even though the race is over, bernie is staying and what is he staying in. Is he still candidate . Hes still not endorsing Hillary Clinton yet. We are learning more about what he wants from clinton. Hes now determining what the Democratic Party will stand for. He lost. He gets the say so. This is fascinating politics. Democrats filibuster for stricter gun laws while democrats in the house are demanding some action from republicans who arent willing to act on gun safety. The countrys worst mass shooting change issues of gun control. Ask yourself if you think it will. Two against one, president obama and Hillary Clinton are tag teaming against donald trump. Hes finding it hard to compete. Donald trump change the subject. This is hardball, the place for politics. Using 60,000 points from my chase ink card i bought all the fruit. Veggies. And herbs needed to create a popup pickyourown juice bar in the middle of the city, so now everyone knows. We have some of the freshest ice in town. See what t power of points cado for your business. Learn more at che. Com ink
the republican governor of mtd maryland announced he wont vote for donald trump. He said hell have to figure it out and perhaps offer a write in candidate. Another blue state republican Governor Charlie Baker said he wont vote for trump. Well be right back. At panera. Food as it should be. Innovative sonicare technology with uto 27 more brush movements versus oral b. Get hethier gums in 2 weeks guaranteed. Innovation and you. Philips sonica. Ve when you y the most loved rechargeable toothbrhbrand. Shoshow me more like this. E. Show me previously watched. Whats recommended for me. X1 makes it easy to find what you love. Call or go online and switch to x1. Only with xfinity. You got four to five votes in the primary. A d. C. Primary marked the end of a long fight. Senator sanders has yet to concede the race. Shes the presumptive nominee now. They met last night behind
closed doors for more than 90 minutes and discussed a variety of progressive issues where they can find common ground. They agreed to continue working on a policy through the platform process that goes all the way to the convention. Earlier in the day senator called for reform, including, we knew this was coming, a change of leadership. I do believe we have to replace the leadership. We need a person at the leadership of the dnc who is vigorously supporting and out working to bring people in to the political process. We need real Electoral Reform within the Democratic Party. That means among many, many other things, open primaries. We need same day registration and that means that anybody in
this country can walk in and get registered to vote on the day of primary or caucus. We also need, obviously, to get rid of super delegates. The idea that we had in this case 400, super delegates pledge to a candidate from eight months or more before the first ballot was cast is to my mind absurd. Im joined now by joy reid, the host of msnbc weekend show, am joy. This is just the beginning of his demand. We expect a lot more. We have jim in there and cornell west. We have some people pretty red hot on some issues in there right now that will make some issues about foreign policy. Lets talk about these rules. Do you think the democrats will get rid of super delegates or make them conform to the votes
of their states . I think they will get super delegates. I think thats reasonable for Bernie Sanders. I dont think in todays political world we need super delegates. What about caucuses . Id like to get rid of caucuses. Bernie novembers caucuses. If were trying to make it more democratic, caucuses should go. Bernies got to remember one thing. A lot of these things, all the Democratic Party can do is recommend. What happens in sameday registration, thats the states that determine that. Whether theres a primary thats closed or open, the state determine that. The Democratic Party can only recommend. I think most of the reforms hes talking about are correct, are right. I think we should get behind him. Before i get to joy, i want to ask you about one last one. The open primary benefitted bernie. Do you think pennsylvania is pretty old state in terms of politics. People who are not democrats pick democratic nominees. Does that work . Im in favor of sameday registration. Sameday registration would obviate having open primaries. Then you would say im registered as a democrat. You can change under that system from r to d . On the same day. Great use of that verb, obviate. I hadnt heard it in 23 years on the show. Arlen spector would have loved that word. Joy, let me ask you about this. Do you think this is all just sort of bernies way of saying i told you so or i want a Democratic Party thats
conducive and welcoming to a Bernie Sanders. Hes not a democrat. He would not like to get rid of caucuses because they are perfect. He made it clear because caucuses not on the list of the things he wants to change. I think Bernie Sanders is coming in and he supports the rules that help him. The problem is, hes making these question pretty late in the game. Hes making them after having lost california. I think Bernie Sanders leverage was quite a bit higher before california because it wasnt clear how that was going to turn out. There was polls that suggest it was very close. The Sanders Campaign have been telling folks like me, other journalists that california would be their big stand. They were talking pretty tough about how well they could do there. Once he lost california, it became difficult. As far as some of these other rule, some of these are not up to the Democratic Party. The dnc can do some things like
make Bernie Sanders a super delegate, but open or closed primaries are state party decisions. Other things about the rules are the democratic economy broadly. That would be in large part up to the president of the United States. He hasnt made any indication hes ready to abandon her. Also seems he wants to get rid of concession speeches. Ive never heard a concession speech from this guy. He doesnt do them. Is he ever going to say you won, i lost . To give bernie a bit of slack here, hillary fought to the last primary. The last primary in 08. She didnt concede until saturday. Were getting there. You think hes going to meet that deadline in. No. Theres that 10 of sanders voters, maybe 15 . If this race tightens up, well need it. Bernie has the leverage. He has a great incentive to concede before the convention so he can make a primetime speech. If he doesnt concede before the convention and the two candidates dont get a chance to speak, we vote on wednesday night and only the winner speaks on thursday. If he want a primetime speech, hes got to concede before the convention. Thats the time thats really important. Hes got to tell his delegates, we fought hard. We lost fair and square. I want you to be respectful to secretary clinton. I want you to support her. Bernie sanders has gotten tremendous concession. Hes gotten the fundamental things he wanted. The Democratic Party is to the left of where it was when Hillary Clinton ran to the left. Hes moved her and the party to the left on things like trade. You got to abandon tpp. You cant imagine democrats now being for building that keystone pipeline. Democrats are talking about income inequality in a way much more like Bernie Sanders. You could argue Elizabeth Warren could do that too. Bernie sanders will get a tremendous amount of create. I think as a tactical matter, he should be he has been defeated. He should take some credit for what he chived. Hillary clinton is much more
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