the fact that the president called omarosa a dog on twitter. a lot of people thought it had racial overtones. the president has used that term to take on his political enemies in the past. everyone from hillary clinton to ted cruz. take a look at one example. they were fired like dogs. we have a dirty dog like that who is no good, who is a failure. rubio doing poorly, and he sweats like a dog. i m watching marco sweat like a dog. he was choking like a dog. hillary clinton couldn t be elected dogcatcher. i m watching television, and i see her barking like a dog, right? she s barking like a dog. choked like a dog. choked like a dog. choked like a dog. take a look at this graphic. these are the people who the president has linked to dogs. yesterday, sarah sanders said, look, the president fights fire with fire. but when he says it against his former top staffer, his most senior staffer who was
tonight, the president s decision to call omarosa a dog is not new or very surprising. his article is entitled in part, trump has a long history of using canine insults to dehumanize enemies, which led us to this brief reminder. we have a dirty dog like that who s no good, who s a failure. they were fired like dogs. you ve got rubio doing poorly and he sweats like a dog. i m watching marco sweat like a dog. now romney choked. he choked like a dog. was choking like a dog. choke like a dog. mitt romney couldn t run for dogcatcher. hillary clinton couldn t be elected dogcatcher. i m watching television, and i see her barking like a dog. she is barking like a dog. what was that? is that a dog? phil rucker has nicely agreed to stick around this late to talk to us about this topic. phil, we just hope none november
clinton from 1996 where he supported the defense of marriage act. let me play the audio, then we can talk about it. president clinton wants a complete ban on late-term abortions, except when the mother s life is in danger and faces severe health risk, such as the inability to have another child. the president signed the defense of marriage act, supports school uniforms to teach our children discipline. his crime bill expanded the death penalty for drug kingpins. bob dole opposed him and is resorting to untrue, negative attac attacks. so this was a radio ad that aired on christian radio stations where he s touting his support for the defense of marriage act. does this in some way come back to bite hillary clinton in terms of her support or her late support for same-sex marriage?
before the election. well, it s a huge hurdle. it s a huge hole that donald trump is now in. it s especially important, alisyn, but it essentially reconfirms where we have been. donald trump throughout has struggled to get past 42% of the vote. he has been closest when hillary clinton has come down to his level, but there are very few polls really since he effectively clinched the nomination in may that have showed him winning more than 42%. he s established passionate support among many white voters who feel economically and cultural marginalized, particularly blue collar, nonurban, evangelical christian voters. but he s facing historic levels of resistance from minority voters, overwhelming resistance from millenial voters. what s happened in these latest polls is you see the noncollege white women who have largely be with him where he s been leading
effective. hillary clinton, you could argue, is doing the same thing now. she s taking the positions to make her more effective. isn t that what politics? to an extent. if you re someone that really hated doma, look at the alternative. the republican platform isn t for same-sex marriage. you talk about a guy picking a position. donald trump always said he didn t really care about anything like that. now he s got to take it because he wants to be the gop nominee. exactly. that s another reason to mark s point that i don t think it s going to hurt her. jackie, mark, thank you. all right. a state of emergency we have to tell you about in north carolina. there s epic flooding from hurricane matthew sending thousands of people to shelters. their communities are under water. look at the picture on your screen. we ll get a live report next.