I had them take the test in the book and it said, have you ever been on a Factory Floor . Were you raised in a neighborhood where over 60 of the people Didnt Go To College . If you get a chance to go to starbucks or mcdonalds for coffee, where do you go . Do you know anybody who has whole milk in their refrigerator . Because everybody else has skim milk . Elitist. So part of it is that its understandable, the good news is, its based on Merit Advancement in many cases now, but the bad news is that these folks who were the people who are not the salt of the earth, theyre the stuff that makes everything grow. And theyre capable of so much more. Thats why i think our focus on free college education, our focus on making sure that theres child care and get women back in the job market. Our fox on things that are just basically simple fairness. Minimum wage. I mean, people want to know that we really do my dad used to
have an expression, chris. He said, i dont expect the government to solve my problem, but i expect them to understand it. Let me ask you about the things that mr. Trump, who you want to beat up, because you do, i know you do, you said so. Mr. Trump comes out there and doesnt know anything about politics or have any ideology, but he jumped on these issues. Illegal immigration, trade relations, which have cost the Manufacturing Base in this country, and wars which have cost the lives and the arms and legs of their kids. Because its not the elite were talking about that are fighting these wars. Its those people were talking about from pennsylvania, western pennsylvania. So he comes on and grabs these three issues. Why were they available to him . Well, by the way, they were available to us. Thats why barack and i ended these two wars. Were still engaged, but were not talking about spending 10 billion a month. Were not talking about 200,000
people, 170,000 people in a war zone. They were available to us. And we were talking about making sure that we take all the actions in the world trade organization. We brought more actions against unfair Trade Practice than any administration has. And a lot of people like my son went to war, and came back war heros. And what we did is, thats why we focus so much on military families. And so, but, look, when people have been really everybody liked beau. Well thank you. Thats nice of you to say. Its true. I do. But, anyway, trump comes along, for example, you never heard me criticize the tea party. And the reason i didnt is because a lot of people are scared, beat up, and what happens, they lost a lot, and what happened during the Bush Administration and the great recession, and theyre angry. And so theres two ways to deal with it. And people go out and you find a
scapegoat. And it had to be because of the government. I remember we were running in 2008 a woman standing on a chair at a corner with about 100 other people saying, dont take my medicare. Government out of my life. Isnt that funny . They think government Isnt The People who created medicare . So i think when youre appealing to peoples fears and anxieties, you can make some gains. But the end of the day, i think youre going to find, ill make you a bet, that in the state of pennsylvania, a significant number of those noncollegeeducated white women and men vote democrat before this is over. The reason im involved in this, what you were talking about, i was reading the washington post, everything ive been thinking, Bobby Kennedy when he died, his trains coming down through jersey to pennsylvania and washgton. And you see white guys. A white guy with a dirty face,
saluting. Thats right weve lost that gut connection, i think, with the working people out there. We have black support, the democrats do, the liberals do. But this is gone. This salute to the Democratic Party. How do you get that back . You can do it, i think. Because you have to talk to them. You have to engage with them. You have to go and let them know that you understand their act anxieties. Look, when barack the president picked me up coming from philadelphia in 2009 to go down to be sworn in, thousands of people were along the track in delaware. There were those white guys in hard hats, saluting. And because ive always i get it. But i think we got to the point where a lot of local democrats took it for granted. And look, the other part of this is, you know, i may be mistaken,
but i think after sam nunn left, im the last guy in the senate that got a majority white male vote in their state. But again, a small enough state where i paid attention. And by the way, i get overwhelming support in the africanamerican community. Ive seen it. Overwhelmingly. Let me ask you about the downside of trump, the danger side. It looks like hes losing, you know more than i know, but if he loses, Election Night is sort of predictable, say he carries ohio, maybe. Maybe its close in florida, but he loses. Pretty clearly secretary clinton wins with a pretty strong electoral victory. Its obvious she won. And he says nothing or he says, they screwed me, they rigged this thing from the beginning. What will be the danger and how would you as an elected official be able to deal with that . How are you going to bring back the public with his 38 or 40 . Well i think that youll only have lets say if he gets, god willing, 38 to 40 of the vote. I think at least twothirds of that vote knows its not rigged. Youre going to have people, though. You always have them. Whether they whatever their background, who are going to believe its rigged. I saw an interview on, i think, on msnbc this morning, before i took office. Good habit. Well, yeah. But i saw a guy standing there and he had all these trump signs and they said, are you going to vote . He said, no, im not going to vote. They said, how are you going to argue its rigged . He said, its a rigged system. Im not going to vote. Its rigged. Look, weve always had that element in every election. The difference is, weve never had the head of a great party saying that it is rigged. But i really dont now, what would be a problem is if, in fact, is if you have a gore, you know, bush election, god forbid, and he says its rigged if he were on the short end. I dont often agree with charles krauthammer, but he wrote a hell of an article about how fragile
democracy is and you cant play with it. That should be disqualifying in and of itself, what hes saying. You got elected at an incredibly young age, and you know what public life is like. No ones had your run, if you put it lightly. Its been an amazing run. What is it about public life . What im stunned by, young men and young women arent running for office like they used to. Theres a very short list for people running. In the old days, you know, astronauts would run, everybody would run. Now people say, im not going to put up with that crap, its too much for me. I dont want the personal inspection. What can you say thats fulfilling about your life . Its been so many years where youve actually dealt with real peoples problems . The most vulnerable time in a Public Officials life is when the public only s a snapshot of you. Now, youre a phillies fan, so does that make you a National League fan . A cubby fan . No, im a phillies fan because theyre in philly and i want to sleep with my wife. Shes from willow grove. We know this. She hails from willow grove. Oh, god, is she a philly fan, any sport. I know youre not supposed to say who. Im an American League fan. Really . Howd that start . The yankees . Scranton and the yankees. Everybody in scranton is either theres not many phillies fan in i know about that. Thats how i was raised. My grand pop was a great athlete, went to santa clara, played football and i was raised on the yankees. Despite the nomination of the National League growing up, all those years. Despite. Despite it. Despite San Francisco and l. A. . Im so old, i remember bob feller. Early win i remember that, four straight. The best the indians had the best winning record with 114 games. And they lost four straight, to the giants. Leo deroacher and those guys. Remember deroachers comment . He said, better to have lady luck on your bench than skill. My grandfather used to say, its better to have both. Thank you for your time. And well be right back. Thats close. A new poll from the New York Times and cnn college has clinton out. This is big time to 7 point lead. Clinton, 46. Trump, 39. Last month that was tied and he needs north carolina. M minnesota clinton leads by 8 points and new star tribune poll clinton leads 47 to trumps 39. I cant believe they are the same. Who would have believed it. Well be right back. [ Keyboard Typing ]
intercom the library is now closing. Ok kid, closing up. Goodnight. The hardest part about homework shouldnt be figuring out where to do it. Through internet essentials, comcast has connected over 3 Million People in need to lowcost internet at home. Welcome to a brighter future. Comcast. One person who saw this loss of the White Working Class voters early on was former United States senator moynihan of new york who wrote in 1968 right after Bobby Kennedy was killed n a word the people of south boston should be on our minds as those of roxbury or bedford stiv es ant. Theyve been abandoned. Four years later moynihan talked about catholic voters. He said the White Working Class should be a base on which to build not to abandon. Even in the high office of Vice President , joe biden born in scranton hasnt either. As my old boss tip oneill used to say, he hasnt forgotten where he came from. He knows and shares the sentiments of those ordinary people who feel theyve been abandoned by the Democratic Party they themselves built. And thats hardball for now. Thanks for being with us. All in with chris hayes starts