joining me now is republican candidate for virginia senate, corey stewart.eing here, mr. stewart. let me ask you, do you consider yourself a candidate -- the candidate for white nationalists in the state of virginia? >> no, of course not, reverend. here's the thing is that i know you brought me on your show because you want to talk about the one year anniversary of the horrible events in charlottesville last year. but, you know, i meet with voters every single day, the residents of virginia, and there is one thing that is very, very clear and that is people are sick and tired of talking about race all the time, they're tired of it, they want to move on, the people of charlottesville want to move on, the people of virginia want to move on, they have a lot more important issues to talk about than race on a constant basis, which is what we get out of you and the rest of the media on a daily basis. >> well, but, it is very difficult if you live in a society where your job, your education, your safety is determined by your race, not to talk about your reality. le

xfinity xfi, simple, easy, awesome. >>> michael gersen mentioned corey stewart in his piece. deo surfaced from his 2017 virginia governor campaign in which he praised the confederacy for rebelling against the union. >> this the is the state of georgia washington that george washington and james madison and james monroe, it's the state of the founders. it's a state of a declaration of any penance and the constitution, but it's also the state of robert e. lee and stonewall jackson and j.b. stewart. because at the base of it, virginians, we think for ourselves. and if the established order is wrong, we rebel. >> amen. >> we did that in the revolution. we did it in the civil war. and we're doing it today. >> stewart, who grew up in minnesota -- >> of course he did, by the way. >> and moved to virginia. >> they're always the worst. transplants in saying hey, i'm a rebel. >> is facing incumbent democrat tim cain this september. he responded to the video saying unlike wimpy tim cain, virginians have a warrior spirit and a rebel heart. in a tweet yesterday that stewart has since delet

corey stewart in virginia. congressional candidates that are holocaust deniers. >>martha: they are candidates. respond to what juan is saying. >> i think it's an incredibly unfair assessment of president trump. when he calls lebron james tom, he's not drawing any nexus between his race and being dumb. i think the ones drawing a nexus, they are the ones bringing race into it. i think the democratic party has by far been worse in the past couple decades. has used race, religion and gender to divide people and they make the whole problem so much worse. i don't think you can possibly deny that democrats have used racial politics at least as much as conservatives may have decades ago. it is tearing us apart. a year ago today, was a tragic event. one innocent person died. two innocent virginia state troopers were killed. let's put it in perspective, when you noted at the top of the show martha, the number of people shot and killed in chicago. on a basic weekend. but the media focuses on this stuff. politicians focus on it because they want to gin up these divisions in

corey stewart admits this picture was doctored. the picture appears to show his democratic opponent, tim kaine as a younger man seated among hon durnfighters. says he worked in honduras to promote his radical socialist ideology but the original picture is with cain in front of mayan >> in the 1970s there was a liberation theology going . it was the whole attempt to m instalxist governments. >> senatorkaine's campaign responds. cory stewart's pathetic lying reveals a candidate so desperate for attention that he will h atta cain's christian missionary work just to get on the news. >> the polls sho kaine leading. post candidates will be in debate. chuck todd will moderate on. september 26 >>> no verdict in the trial of paul manafort. the jury end their second day of deliberations yesterday. they'll return on nday. manafort faces 18 crges of tax and banking fraud related to his time as a political consultant in ukraine. on thursday the jury asked t judge for clarification on reasonable doubt. wernave also l the names of jurors will not

corey stewart repeatedly praised the confederacy.s as a ♪ creep of racist dog whistles are inte infecting the main stream. >> it does seem like the america we know and love does not exist any more. there is massive changing that we didn't vote for or most of us don't life. >> that is not a dog whistle. >> that doesn't sound like anything but white nationalism, no other pretense of a dog whistle, you're seeing main stream media adopting the r rhetor rhetoric. >> she later said that it didn't have anything to do with race, while david duke agreed with what she said. the percentage of african-american voters that voted republican is split 33% to 3%. senator tim scott compares with 45 african-american democrats. who is the most prom nant high level advisor to the president on the west wing staff right now. >> african-american? >> yes. >> i would say your not covering our secretary of housing and world renowned -- >> i'm asking about the white house staff. >> this racial polarization is not good for the republic or the republican party. i

likely voters suggests incumbentim kaine has a commanding 23-point lead over republican challenger corey stewarto marge 49% to 26%. 20%el of l voters say they're still undecided. the poll from virginia commonwealth university shows kaine leading in most major demographic categories including women, men, minority voters and white voters. >>> now to a case that has ar- 15-yd charged as an adult with murder. >> in court today, a judge even referencing the gruesome and gratuitous nature of the crime. the teenager and two others are accused of beating and robbing a ma watching him stumble into georgia avenue where he got hit by a news 4's meagan the story now in aspen hill, wryland. >> reporter: wha first thought to be a hit-and-run crash in the early morning hours of june 8th on georgia and hewitt avenue. >> they watched video surveillance, both video and audio and some otheries of evidence together. >> reporter: quickly turned into a homicide investigation police say 21-year-old kenneth, 15-year-old ashley and her classmate at kennedy high school mohammadere scene trying to open o doors parked cars

now, against this backdrop, republicans in virginia selected corey stewart as a republican nominee for senate. stewart is considered pro confederacy and has won the endorsements of far right politicians. in a new interview today, stewart telling reverend al sharpton on politics nation voters are sick and tired of talking about race. take a listen. >> i meet with voters every single day, the residents of virginia and there's one thing that's very clear, very clear, and this is people are sick and tired of talking about race all the time. they're tired of it, they want to move on, the people of charlottesville want to move on, the people of virginia want to move on. they have a lot more important issues to talk about than race on a constant basis which is what we get out of you and the rest of the media on a daily basis. >> reverend al sharpton, host of politics nation and founder and president of the national action networks joins me right now and, rev, your reaction to that back-and-forth you had had there with stewart? >> it was stunning to hear him particularly on a day that charlott

this is a directional shift when you have a corey stewart, a patrick little as candidates nominated or candidates running under the gop banner. so i think the difficulty for the gop is not only in its leadership optics and in the president's rhetoric, but also the fact that there are no longer any credible african americans in any leadership role anywhere, it seems, in the congress or in the executive branch. it's hard to make up a particularly when you've got a changing landscape in the country not to even mention the lack of latino leaders in the very same party. so you've got to look at this in terms of where it's come from maybe 15 years ago to where it is directionally in the wrong direction if you consider the demographic shifts in the country for the gop. >> fair points. we are just getting started here on "kasie d.c." we're going to take you back live to the streets in washington as some of the most dramatic moments come from antifa protesters. >>> plus reality show plot twist 15 years in the making. omarosa throws the book at the president. we're back after this. >>> mr. presi

senate in virginia, corey stewart, is responding to the surfacing of video from his 2017 virginia governorich he praised the confederacy for rebelling against the union. take a listen. >> this is the state of george washington, thomas jefferson, james madison and james monroe. it is a state that the founders -- it is a state of the declaration of independence and the constitution, but it is also the state of robert e. lee and stonewall jackson and j.e.b. stuart. >> that's right! >> because at the base of it, virginians, we think for ourselves. >> yes. >> and if the established order is wrong, we rebel. >> amen. >> we did that in the revolution. we did it in the civil war, and we're doing it today. >> stewart, who grew up in minnesota and moved to virginia in his late 20s is facing incumbent democrat tim kaine this november. stewart responded to the video telling cnn, unlike wimpy tim kaine, republicans have a warrior spirit. >>> newman's new tell-all, the reported secret recordings she made during her time working with president trump, what they allegedly reveal. plus, bill karins is back

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