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saturday at nine on cnn? close captioning is brought to you by purple, greatest sleep ever invented sleep more deeply and wake up, rejuvenated purple mattresses, exclusive jail flex grid draws away heat, relieves pressure, and instantly adapts sleep better. live purple those are the words that mitch mcconnell reportedly used to describe donald trump after the 2020 election. according to an upcoming biography of the senate republican leader he says it a press has new excerpts from their report are tonight revealing that mcconnell privately said in a recorded diary of his quote, it's not just the democrats who are counting down the days until trump leaves office. and quote for a narcissist like trump his 2020 election loss

has been really hard to take and another mcconnell reportedly called trump's stupid. ill-tempered, adding that he can't even figure out where his own best interests lie my panel is back. i should mention scott what are your thoughts on the book? what are your thoughts on what mcconnell said, donald trump? well, you know, they're not going to be golfing buddies you know, these these are two guys who are couldn't be different you know, brash new york real estate developer versus, you southern didn't stop them from working together before. and it's not stopping mcconnell from realizing what the best direction of the country is now, but there is really obviously >> mcconnell was really, really upset with trump at the end of his administration, at the end of december. >> and then on january the sixth, he made that clear and public statements. he made it clear on the senate floor. he's made it clear in this book that that's never going to change. i mean, he has very

strong feelings about what trump did that day at the same time, he also has strong feelings about the future of the direction of the government in other country. and like you said in his statement today, a lot of republicans have had disagreements with trump over the years roll back on the same note. >> this is a statement worth reading in full. sometimes we saw them up. this is what mcconnell said today. this report came out. i said, quote, whatever i may have said about president trump pales in comparison to what jd vance, lindsey graham, and others have said about him. but we are all on the same team now. >> yeah and look there there are millions of republican voters all just ran over jd vance of lindsey graham. but there's nothing, there's nothing new about this. we know what jd vance said that some of it on cnn, we know what lindsey graham said, we know what a lots of republicans have said, and we know that a lot of republican voters have had issues with trump over the years on january he sticks and other issues and now they're confronted with a choice and the choice is a center right government and that kind of direction for our country or kamala harris and mitch

mcconnell, nor the average rank-and-file republican voter thinks i got to have kamala harris rammed down their throat just because they had some kind of fundamental disagreement with their party's nominee in the past. so all the republicans and there together, even if they're not going to go golfing this weekend. okay. they're not all together. i think mike pads mitt romney, and others would like a word buried there. but what do you just make of this? i mean all of those comments from mcconnell, he has endorsed him. he is voting for him. >> and that is one of the things i think that the american people look at the republican party and say, where is your backbone? where are your morals? where's your true north? you say these horrible things about somebody. and then you just come back and you kiss the ring because you're afraid for your own political future. that is not real leadership. and i think the vast majority of americans believe that, and especially when this book comes out they're going to see it yet again, that yet another well-respected republican leader that historically represented republican values and republican positions said bad things about donald trump

and scott's, right. they all did. but then he also capitulated, bend the knee, kiss the ring, endorsed him because he was thinking about his own political future. now he's a free man. so hopefully there'll be starting to say it's not much political future. >> i think mitch mcconnell developed a reputation for being one of the most carroll for fall calculated politicians on the hill. now that he's on his way out, he can kind of let loose and that's why that statement doesn't deny the reporting. he's not trying to get into a fight with the reporter and say, i didn't say those things. his response is like yeah, said it, we all said it on my mind recorded it himself. >> i mean, there are quotes that mcconnell it's recorded diary of basically well, he his because of his leadership position. sure. what a couple of things that are important to remember what you said is true. he won't be the leader after this term. so he doesn't have responsibility for the whole conference. number two, he's got two years left in this term. number three, they had a pretty successful run on domestic policy they are going to have some run-ins. i think on foreign policy where mcconnell is going to focus the next couple of years is on defense spending, rebuilding

america's military making us the arsenal of democracy and our overall role in the world. they may made, but heads on this, but overall mcconnell would tell you, we cut taxes, we put judges on the court. we did the supreme court we did seems that move the country in a direction that fundamentally reflect my republican values. and i think that's why he has no trouble, but republican in this election despicable and a narcissist, not clear what trump will do on ukraine. he wants to end the war. zelenskyy has talked about ending it on putin's terms and not many, but hands on this, there's also, oh, it's it's more than butting heads though it made me think of what is coming out in the bob woodward book, two books that are deeply revealing. a lot of information with, with general secretary madis, who was trump's defense secretary, has first one who agreed with mark milley, who called trump the most dangerous person ever. now these, this is something that's being reported in a book. he's not necessarily giving interviews and saying this publicly. right. but that but that's he's also not the only one. and so this i think also goes

to a trend which is where many republicans our so worried about donald trump that they are putting country before party and they are going to support kamala harris. she had this big event with over 100 republicans, many of them, many of the republicans who worked for donald trump in his cabinet. the closest advisers to him when you aren't for somebody that is wants to be the leader of the free world yet, again, for the second time. and your closest advisers who worked for you the first time are the first ones to say this person is too dangerous to be commander in chief. again, the american people are going to listen to that and especially republicans who might have voted for him the first time around are going to take notice and be like, i don't know if i can do this again because i just say one thing on that is very much a difference between people who were advisors to the president versus elected officials who still need to go out and win seats or when other races, like they have very different

posturing that feel like i have no backbone. they don't i'm not on trial that trump cabinet people are now coming out and saying, oh, he was the worst ever when he's there not running for new races, but they're also not saying it publicly in interviews themselves. it's it's bob woodward's reporting quoting them, i think has to do with the military. they don't want yes. there were about 4 million libya and then i mean, so many others who who weren't there with him. >> i mean, they are coming out publicly. and so to your point, yes, it's not elected officials because that is not a profile encourage, right there, especially when we've seen the crumbling of the republican party and then the remaking of the trump party, because that, that is exactly luckily what's happening. and so when you have a lot of republicans who have, are bending the knee regardless of the bad things that they've said about donald trump. and then another group of republicans and kamala harris as a democrat, who is highlighting that you're going to have a lot of americans say, you know what, this is

consequential. this person is too dangerous jurists to elect. yet again, and i am also going to put country before party and i should note will actually scott, i do want to talk about this, but speaking of people who've said critical things of donald trump, he is in a room, but some of them right now let's listen to what he said. this is are you allowed to use a teleprompter? and i got up here and i see this is beautiful teleprompter. so here i am but it is tremendous saying it's a tremendous dinner. i've come here with my father so it was three times, but it was also many times before that, a long time ago and it's a very special dinner. and you've done a fantastic job, cardinal. thank you very much. i appreciate >> eminence very much, and members of the clergy, so many people i know speaker of the house johnson, water job, you're doing he's done a great job senator schumer. good

i supported him. >> i was there. don't know. i don't know. >> he used to say that's true. now i'm not sure it will, but i gave him his first check from an office in beach haven and i was very proud of it. i don't know about lately now i was i was it was his first check who is running and i said he's a good man senator gillibrand. thank you very much. thank you. very much for working hard may be up to sees a big day is right. where's the governor? >> it's not an easy one, is it but you doing all right. we have to get a little money from the federal government to have to tell you it's about it's about time. it's about taimyr adams. good luck with everything they want they went after your mayor boy, i do that

9.5 months ago. i said you and he just said something about it, about the administration. 9.5 months ago. i said you and he just said something about it, about the administration. he's got to be indicted anymore and guess what happened, but you're going to win. i think you're going to win and i know you're going to want so good luck good luck. >> i don't like what they do. i don't like what they do. and also distinguish got so many friends up here. it's great. i'm not a great friend some of my best friends then you are right. they are just saying wishing they are wealthy for the most part, a couple of having a hard time, but they're going to get over it beautiful wife and thank you. your for mentioning, but can you believe that she did a book and it's a really good book and she worked hard on it. and it just became number one in the new york times less. so i think

do, especially when your name is trump and you're in the new york times list that thing that must be selling like hotcakes. but thank you for mentioned. appreciate the job you did that's a true pleasure to be with you this evening. >> amazing pleasure and these days it's really a pleasure anywhere in new york without a subpoena for my appearance subpoena, i'm very happy they've gone after me and mr. mayor and european ads compared to what they've done and you're going to be okay but i have to be careful over to understand that this will be the first time in the history of this event where jokes will be fact checked and they will be and they will be, it's been a long tradition for both democrat and republican candidates for president in united states to attend this

dinner are always it's a rule you got to go to the dinner you gotta do it. otherwise, bad things are going to happen to you from up there that screen. but my opponent feels like she does not have to be here, which is deeply disrespectful to the event. and in particular to our great catholic community, very disrespectful this important event was walter mondale. and it did not go over very well for him he lost 49 states. anyone one minnesota so i said there's no way i'm missing it. actually, it was that easy for me to get here tonight god i wasn't going to miss this thing matter. i didn't care i wasn't going to miss it, but that's true,

walter mondale 49 and one who was expected to do well and it didn't work out that mean for those people that are questioned that she's not here. she's hunting with her running mate spending a lot of time in any event stay weird, weird, weird, weird, you know, the word we they call me weird. >> they called jd weird were very solid people. this guy is calling us weird, but this was weird that the democratic candidate is not here with us tonight. i want to also congratulate somebody is gonna make us all healthy. rfk jr. will love you. i don't see him. he's campaigning all over the place. he's can play he was all hello, you both licensing doing a good job. >> he's a great guy too. he really is. he's going to make us a healthier place. we're

going to let him go while for a little while, but i'm going to have to maybe reign them back because he's got some pretty wild ideas. but most of them really good. i think believes please a believes the environment, the healthy people. he wants healthy people who once healthy food then he's going to do it. he's going to have a big chance to do it because we do need that i would not have missed the l. smith dinner for anything the world i still remember her coming here as a very young guy with my father friday was a great guy. my father, he was a tough cookie, but he had a very big heart it was anytime would walk down the street and you don't see too much anymore that be people standing with tin cans tin cans, and he would always take out $100 and put it in that can and i always thought it was beautiful. and frankly, i even think more so now, it was beautiful because it is you don't see it so much but i miss them and we used to

come here very religiously and a great new york tradition has been born 79 years ago. it was born 79 years ago. and there are some people that we're here for almost that length. i know many of them and it's not a pretty picture about the two candidates for president are supposed to exchange good natured barbs. and you know, we get along very well i didn't like biden very much and now i like him quite a bit and now i say that she's much worse than him. he was a much better candidate and her actions and when we hopefully when dispose of her, i like her a lot, but right now i can't stand i've never liked people on his competing seeing against when you do a lot of bad things happen. and we are doing well by the way, the votes are starting to come in. you got get out and vote in catholics.

you gotta the vote for me. just remember you better. remember, i'm here and she's not i could have done that to but you do something that's incredible. >> the catholic church, you helping the poor, educating children and supporting the vulnerable but if you really wanted vice president harris to accept your invitation, i guess you should have told her the funds we're going to bail out the looters and writers and minneapolis and she would have been here, guaranteed he would have been guaranteed would have been okay with that but i know this isn't my normal crowd tonight because i didn't just isn't it's not my normal crowd believe me, my normal crowd is younger a lot more energy but you have certain advantages too. like cash, lots of case but many of you are

manhattan liberals from the media and the democrat party. i would say the democrat. chuck does it like that. he likes democratic and it sounds much more beautiful that democratic party. i always say the democratic party because it sounds worse they just changed the name? slay. what you know, they it is democrat but i must say i was shocked when i heard the kabbalah was skipping the al smith dinner. i'd really hope that you would come because we can't get enough of hearing her beautiful left. she laughs like crazy. we would recognize it any place in this room and all polls are indicating i'm leading big with a catholic vote as i should be as i should but i don't think kamala has given up yet. she hasn't instead of attending tonight she's in michigan receiving communion from gretchen whitmer

catholics, please don't be too who insulted by kamala's absence if the democrats us. thank you very much. i appreciate if democrats really wanted to have someone not be with us this evening, they would have just sent joe biden thoughts, you know that right? he's having he wants to come back if she does any worse than the polls, they're going to bring him back again. i think chuck, he's going to do it. he's the one that got him out that's the guy much more so than crazy, nancy, i will tell you because i know him. >> he did it joe is almost disappeared from view. >> the only way he could be seen less as if he had a show on cnn. they they've got nothing fake news, right? thank that term wasn't good. you know, they say that term is no

longer invoke because it's much worse than fake. i don't want to tell you what the real name is. i won't do it because all those cameras would shut off obediently. the law like that but apparently joe didn't think it was fair for me to have the podium to myself with kamala skipping the event so he called looked at me and said, don't does anybody understand that i was i thought it was actually very good until just now it was announced this morning that at a funeral yesterday today in a rare moment of clarity, giotto barack hussein obama that quote flores rush limbaugh used to say barak hussein obama, remember he was a piece of work. we miss him but is he told not as strong as me. she's not

as strong. do you understand that an obama agreed saying that's true other than that, i think the democrats are getting along quite well right? again, nobody got that one. >> the fact is, we need new leadership in this country right now, we have someone in the white house who can barely talk barely put together to coherent sentences who seems to have mental is a person that has nothing going no intelligence whatsoever, but enough about kamala harris. >> it's got onto something i know kamala is word because she spends a lot of time complaining. >> i won't agree to another debate. but the truth is, i've debated twice this year, once against joe biden, once against david muir of abc that was amazing 11 times none for the

other side, do you think that's fair news i don't think so. that's fake news i don't know what's going to happen through thanks from now, it's going to be very interesting and just started what's actually actually isn't it sort of exciting? right. it really isn't it just exciting? what's going on? it's a process, it's a rough for us is to not so pretty. and yet sometimes very beautiful but? the presses reporting, but democrats are starting to panic they're panicking, they are panicking because you know, the votes are coming into, coming in very, very strong in a certain way. i won't tell you what why that is, but chuck schumer is here looking very glum look, it look still up but look on the bright side, chuck, considering how woke your party has become, if kamala loses, you still have a chance to become the first woman president

>> do you mind if i do that to die, you got to do what you gotta do. he's a pro, is a professor no he's a good man actually hit to say it don't ever use it against me, please. i'll say this dinner was really set me back when i say that i've known him a long time there's a group called white dudes for harris. have you seen this white dudes for harris? anybody know? some of you here? white dudes fed doesn't sound like but i'm not worried about them at all because their wives and their wives lovers are all voted for me as you may have seen, kamala did an interview on fox news yesterday it went so poorly for her that the democrats have been forced to install another 100 drop boxes throughout the

city and the upside really is kamala now sees the benefit of deportation. she wants to deport people. she's vicious. he wants to deport people when she wants to start by according brett baer fox interesting interview last night that a major issue in this race is childcare and kamala has put forward a concept of a plan. a lot of people don't like it. the only piece of advice i would have for her and the event she wins would be not to let her husband, doug anywhere near the nannies, just keep her more that's saddened sc1 i tell these idiots, they gave her this stuff that's tiktok oh, i did i did. you know, they told me the last time i did this i was running against crooked hillary and i mean, hillary was running against crooked hillary and i did it

and i thought it was a roast so it's a roast and i had the meanest guy you've ever seen, right? stuff up and man who is the room angry even to gardner remembers, i went overboard dirty. a gray card. i was like terrible and i knew i was in trouble around midway through because people at not even my own side was angry at me there. >> were saying it's too much. but i did it anyway. i didn't >> he could take a toll on a family and family life, although i hear that kamala and her husband carveouts. some really beautiful alone time at the end of the day for an instrument dinner just dug her and the teleprompter that she uses quite well and by the way, she wouldn't have liked this tonight if she was told about? no teleprompter, i can't believe i saw a teleprompter they said they've never had a teleprompter and the history of this dinner i told that to the condo. right. and then a

teleprompter pops up for he must be a very important committee and to get that they give you one but not me. how about that one knew did a good job tradition halls that i'm supposed to tell a few self-deprecating jokes. this evening. so here it goes know. i've got nothing point of taking shots at myself when other people have been shooting at me for a hell of a long time you know they say about president's, they say that andrew jackson was the president. >> there was the most meanly traded. >> his wife died, she died of heart ache she was heartbroken at the way they treated him and they say that second was abraham lincoln, but he was in charge of civil but those were

the two andrew jackson up until may now they say it's not even close, is never been a president has been treated so badly as me and people aren't happy about it but i was treated a little bit rough but i don't mind it somehow and i think it's just part of the game. >> i'd like to thank our mc to saving jim gaffigan. most recently, jim has been playing tim walz on saturday night live and that'll be a very short gig. i hope to but it was fund while it lasted, wasn't it let's see how that lasts. >> it better be quick widow he wants him and i'm not going to say anymore. >> but unfortunately, governor waltzes in here itself, but don't worry, hill say that he was, he's going to say here i used the thing that democrats were crazy for saying that men have periods but then i met tim

walz is so bad now that the other day i was watching it and thinking to myself, you know what they really need to bring rosie o'donnell back that show is bad. >> those people are bad. >> i know every one of them and they are bad days. i want to tell you and it doesn't. do very well either. i was like to say ratings are very important when they don't do well, it doesn't do very well as i look around the dais, i see all of the usual suspects. for instance, mayor adams i would like. to poke some funded eric, but i'm going to be nice. i just want to be nice because i know what it's like to be persecuted by the doj for speaking out against open borders we were persecuted. i was persecuted. and so, you add the maerz dietary restrictions. a well-known but i've got to say i've never met a person

because a vague and who like turkey so much. >> the sudden about him with turkey, i just find that out today and i have been it'd be york that much i don't let it you're going to win we have another former new york city mayor with us, frankly easily the worst in our history and it's not michael that i can tell you i'm surprised that built the blasio was actually able to make it tonight, to be honest, he was a terrible mirror. >> i don't give a if this is comedy yes it was a terrible he did a horrible he did a horrible job that's not comedy by the way. that's fact but unlike the rest of new york, at least bill doesn't have to worry about the criminals. >> they owe him big let them get away with a lot of stuff well, i'd better wrap up because mayor adams told me earlier that i needed to make

this one very quick, especially the city is reserved this room for a large group of illegal aliens coming in from texas that's right. they've reserved many rooms, many rooms, a lot of rooms, too many rooms. but in all seriousness, it's an honor to be here to support the city and the community. it's a great community that i love. i've been here a long time and i love it man, it's going to make a big comeback and i'm going to help it make a comeback. i'm going to win and i'm going to make a comeback for them to turn this thing around really incredible man, a man who was a tremendous politician and actually the fact that he was catholic, was it probably did him in right there. probably nobody knows for sure but it was a great guy, l. smith, great guy. everyone says, happy warrior i've said before >> for i'll say it again. i'll say it again as many times as they have to directly to the