. >> reporter: in mesa, arizona, today, mayor john giles said that's not the answer. he's a republican but has endorsed harris and greeted her on the tarmac yesterday. >> if we did resort to mass deportation, that would crash our economy like we have never seen before. >> reporter: trump's rhetoric on the issue helped prompt lulac, the nation's oldest and largest latino civil rights organization, to endorse harris today, the first time they've ever backed a presidential candidate. nationally, harris leads trump, 52% to 47% among hispanic voters. but she still got some ground to make up to match president biden's performance with hispanic voters back in 2020. >> i haven't heard a pure plan of what she is do for us. for our community. >> reporter: former president trump is attending his first political rally all week tonight in bozeman, montana. late this afternoon, his plane diverted to billings, montana, because of a mechanical issue. the former president is comfortably ahead in deep red montana, and his campaign has not said when he plans to make his next visit to a

mesa mayor john giles joins me now, good evening, mayor giles.s not your first rodeo with maga, i want to make it really clear to the audience. you know what you're doing here. in 2022, arizona republican party censured you for not backing blake masters. talk to us about your decision to take a stand against this current iteration of the republican party. >> sure, well, it is something i don't do lightly. i am a registered republican, i do identify -- i think the republican party more closely aligns to where i am at on most issues, and i really enjoyed serving in what is essentially a nonpartisan position as mayor. i have progressive democrats and conservative republicans on my city council and we all get along just great, because we focus on solving problems and we focus on the issues that are in between the 20 yard lines. and so, i don't look for opportunities to stick my toe into partisan politics. but there are issues, there are times when silence is not an option. my city is a large city, and our relationship with the white house and with wa

now, mayor, john giles, says quote, i believe my party has a moral and ethical responsibility to restoreons in the spirit of the late senator, john mccain's model, country first. i called one other arizona republicans to join me in choosing country over party. this election, and to vote against donald trump. the mayor of mesa, arizona, who argued those words, john giles joins us now. mayor, it is good to see. >> giles, it is a real pleasure to meet you, sir, and i just -- at the top as a point of personal privilege and as a republican, thank you for your words. i really appreciate it. you go on to note in your op-ed where you come out in support of the vice president, you know, republicans need to return to court foundations of the grand old party, our party used to stand for the belief that every arizonan, no matter their background or circumstances should have the freedom, opportunity and security to live out their american dream. the republican party with trump at its helm continues the path of political extremism, away from focusing on our fundamental freedoms that for me and a lot o

joining us now is the republican mayor of mesa, arizona, john giles.go had very complimentary things to say about you. i spent time in arizona before the last election and i met people like you. conservatives, republicans, proud of the tradition of your state. your beliefs are your beliefs and you believe we live in a society where people can have different beliefs, but your belief is democracy. >> absolutely. arizona has a rich tradition of having a strong republican party and a healthy republican party and that is no longer the case. folks like kari lake and donald trump have literally come into the republican party and told us to get out of the room. it has been a frustrating experience for those who are proud of that, that grand tradition. people like john mccain. i worry now that young people looking at the party of donald trump and j.d. vance, why would they want to join that party? >> you are the tip of the spear in arizona in terms of crazy stuff some people have decided to do, but they are across the country. michigan has a good share of them,

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>> i will tell you what, john giles is a good friend and is a good man and the truths that he speaks i know resonate with a lot of people here in arizona. i come from a district that is very split, maybe a third independent, a third republican on the third democrat and it does take a certain type of voice. you want to cast a wide net but i think what the harris campaign is doing right is that it is speaking to these issues that really touch all of us, talking about inflation and how we can attack that in a way that actually helps the american people who are middle- class, by holding corporate entities accountable and by dealing with the price gouging we are seeing consistently, year after year, but also speaking to the things that are important to people in arizona, talking about comprehensive immigration reform and the affordability of housing. we really have a crisis with housing affordability here in arizona and i think that is the important thing, stay on message talking about these things that are important to the people of arizona. that will absolutely cast a wide net and allow

but there are others who have said, including john giles, that the party probably has to burn to the ground so that phoenix can arise from the ashes. what's your sense of how you get your party back? it's bad for a political system that we don't have two functioning parties. >> i couldn't agree more. we're a two party country, if we have one party that morphs itself into a cult of personality, and then we have a democratic party, what are you going to do? where do we go from there? i don't think anybody has the answer to that question. are people like mayor giles and the you had in your earlier shot, there's plenty of us, are we going to try to create a center right wing of the democratic party? i don't think it's going to work. i think we have to take this party back. this party has a grand tradition, this is the party that ended slavery, of free markets and low taxes and low regulation. it's not the party that should be caught up in the culture wars. we've got more serious things to solve than that. the question is, where do we go from here? i don't know, i know that in the spirit

you heard from miss arizona -- mesa, arizona john giles.ng new york one that she believes kamala harris is smart, strong, knows how to handle herself on the world stage and oh, yeah, quote, she is not crazy, she adds. simply a potent argument and one that is evidently gaming steam -- gaining steam for those who would otherwise not cease the after mention john giles and former senior adviser to vice president mike pence, number of the republicans for harassment her old friend, olivia troy is here. mr. mayor, you gave a tremendous speech. i played it yesterday. i was happy to get to play it again today on the occasion of you being here. this is not an original thought but i saw it -- if you said something to john mccain in a trump rally, people would not have clapped and applauded. having the privilege of working with him, it made me emotional. to see that the pro-democracy movement and to give credit to the democratic coalition for letting folks like us into it. you had an incredibly enthusiastic reception there. just tell me what it's been

joining us now is the mayor of mesa, arizona, john giles and senior advisor to mike pence, republicansre. you gave a tremendous speech, i played it yesterday. i was happy to get to play it again today on the occasion of you being here. it is another original thought, if you had said something about john mccain at a trump rally, people would not have clapped and applauded. that, having had the privilege of working for him, made me emotional. to see that the pro-democracy movement and to give credit to the democratic coalition for leading folks like us into it, you had an incredibly enthusiastic reception there. tell us what it has been like to be this messenger. >> well, i am a big fan of senator mccain, as well. i worked for him as an intern when i was in law school when he was congressman john mccain. he was very kind to me. i have been married 10 years. the first six or seven years, you know, five or six years of that, i got to work with senator mccain, as well. it is painful to see the way that he was treated by the republican party now, it is shameful. that is part of what motivate

john giles is the republican mayor of arizona who endorse kamala harris. he spoke at her phoenix rally last week saying donald trump worley and ethically bankrupt and he joins me now. i suspect you're not reconsidering that assessment or endorsement after watching what the president -- ex- president had to say last night. >> no. it's one more brick in the wall and helping us have an inside into who donald trump really is. i'm particularly offended someone from arizona that has a lot of respect for senator mccain for him to remind us of the disdain he has for people that have chosen a path of service like kamala harris and tim walz as prosecutors and schoolteachers and military people. the contrast between donald trump and those two individuals couldn't be more stark. he is doubling down on showing he's a businessman, very transactional. you give him money, he will give an award and give you the agenda that you give to him. clearly the comments he made today, the cumulative effects of the other comments you just rehearsed indicate this is not a man who is q

mayor john giles represents one of the most conservative cities in our entire country.feels the harris administration has delivered for american cities, giving us key investments in infrastructure, public safety, and more. so he wants to be part of continuing that great record. >> arizona has a border with mexico that spans over 370 miles. the trump campaign is criticizing the harris-biden administration for its handling of the immigration crisis. will that he should be a deciding factor for arizona voters question mark >> our border is very important to us. it is essential to our economy. we want order at the border. so does vice president harris. we all recognize we could have passed a very conservative bipartisan bill. but donald trump told republicans in congress he did not want to see a vote read he wanted it as a political issue instead of getting solutions. we will see more of what donald trump has produced in the past when he was president. he put out a variety of initiatives he knew were illegal, such as his so-called muslim man, just for politics. vice preside

stephanie grisham, former white house press secretary trump administration will speak, as will john gilesof a town in arizona. they will address the gathered democrats tonight. the man that vice president harris is against, the republican presidential nominee, former president donald trump, has been holding his own speaking engagement today in the battleground state of michigan. the former u.s. president is just outside detroit, making his sixth visit to that state of michigan this year. he was speaking at a local sheriff's office. donald trump touched on the issue of crime in america and issued a response to some of what has been said at this week's convention. mr. trump: holding their convention in congo -- in chicago. as you know, on the fourth of july weekend, 117 people were shot. of the 117, 17 were killed. this is fourth of july weekend. 40 were shot last weekend. i don't know how many were killed. a lot. they lied last night about things that nobody has ever seen. they lied about soldiers. they lied about charlottesville. they lied about inflation. the inflation has been absolutel

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in mesa, arizona may or john giles, who had this to say about his party standard bearer. i think the time has come for us to admit the obvious and to start saying out loud, which is that our part is nominee is not also joining the parade of anti trump. republicans. is jeff duncan, the former lieutenant governor of georgia? i think it's drawing on existing anti trump sentiment among a number of largely retired republic and elected officials. but i think it's, you know, it's indicative of a real dissolution. and with donald trump and i, a certain kind of republican democrats hoped to take advantage of the rift and the republican party with american elections being decided by such narrow margins. both parties are looking for any small group they can get to put them over the top. and by advertising of their convention here in chicago, that some republicans support harris. democrats are hoping more will jump ship whether harris is appeal among disaffected. republicans expands beyond the high profile defectors inside the united center is a question voters will answer in novembe

. >> reporter: in mesa, arizona, today mayor john giles said that's not the answer. he's a republican but has endorsed harris and greeted her on the cost tarmac yesterday. >> if we did resort to mass deportations, that would crash our economy like we have never seen before. >> reporter: trump's rhetoric on the issue helped prompt lulac, the nations oldest latino support organization, to back harris the first time they have backed a president so candidate. she still got some ground to make up to match president biden's performance with hispanic voters back in 2020. >> i haven't heard a plan of what a she is do for us. >> eporter: former president trump is attending his first political rally all week tonight in bozeman, montana. late this afternoon from his plane diverted to billings, montana, because of a mechanical issue. the former president is comfortably ahead in deep red montana, and his team has not said when he plans to make his next visit to a battleground state. major? >> major: battlegrounds beckon. nancy cordes come think you so much. new developments on se

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[cheers and applause] >> please welcome mesa, arizona, mayor john giles. >> good evening.ave a confession to make. i am a lifelong republican. so i feel a little out of place tonight. but i feel more at home here than in today's republi republican party. the grand old party has been kidnapped by extremists and evolved into a cult, the cult of donald trump. trump doesn't know the first thing about public service. like a child, he asked purely out of self-interest. we all need an adult in the white house. and we have seen when we don't have one. trump made a lot of lofty promises. unlimited economic growth, american manufacturing reborn, a secure border. turns out donald trump was all talk. he wanted our votes but he couldn't deliver anything. but these days, my city of mesa, arizona, is on the move. i'm going to ribbon cuttings everysingle week all because joe biden and kamala harris reached across the aisle and they delivered for my conservative community and countless more across the country. my hero john mccain taught us to put country over party, and that's how vice pre

republican john giles, arizona, the state's third-largest city wrote this.and ethical responsibility to restore faith in our democratic and is. in the spirit of the late senator, john mccain's yamato, country first, i call on other arizona republicans to join me in choosing country over party in this election and to vote against donald trump. mayor giles joins us now. mayor, good morning, thank you for being with us. let's start with the reaction you are getting from your fellow republicans. have any taken you up on your offer? also, have others been sharply critical? >> yes, and yes. i think the negative response was something that i expected and it certainly has been there, but frankly, i have been a little taken back by the quantity and quality of the positive responses that i have gotten from republicans, from former republicans, from independence, so, i think sometimes we-- you know, the extremes in my party, again, it is such a large amount of attention and it is easy to forget that, i think still, the majority of americans of the majority of republica

we're joined by john giles who endorsed kamala harris who is speaking tonight.>> thank you. good to be with you. >> there are these different themes and viewers and citizens know. some of them feel like, okay, sure, you know, left-handed carpenters for kerry, sure. yes, everyone's welcome. then there are themes that actually do seem to resonate. tonight is republicans for harris. you are one of them and you're an elected one and not in a super blue state i might add. >> right. >> explain what tonight is about and what you're involved with, what you're trying to tell people. >> well, i'm here to talk to people myself who are in the political middle, feel like we're politically homeless. we've been -- in arizona we've been specifically invited to leave the party if we're not part of themaga group. there are a lot that are disenfranchised. from a policy point of view don't necessarily feel entirely comfortable in the democratic party but at the same time we've seen donald trump. we're well aware of his faults and we have concluded that he is ineligible to be presid

here is the republican mayor of mesa, arizona, john giles. >> so i have something to say to those ofolitical middle you don't owe a damn thing to that political party in particular, you do not owe anything to a party that is out of touch and is hell' bent on taking our country backward. and by all means, you owe no displaced loyalty to a candidate that is morally and ethically bankrupt >> you owe it to yourself to check it out joining me now is matthew dowd, former republican strategist and msnbc senior political analyst antoine c. wright, democratic strategist, and alens yeah johnson, senior adviser to the 2020 biden/harris campaign i'm going to go to you first i definitely have been thinking about the wiz a lot, because it is this sort of thing that happened where like, even the winkies are dancing. you know what i mean i have not seen this many smiles even on panels. >> as someone who just saw the wiz on broadway, which your viewers should go see. >> so good >> it's so good. i'm pretty sure donald trump is telling his team, no bad news. like, every single day there's bad news comi

among them mayor john giles of mesa, arizona who joins me now.ing kamala harris you say that this is the spirit of john mccain, a great arizonan of course. >> right. >> what's your message tonight? >> well, it is the john mccain motto of country over party. ♪♪ >> i warned you they could begin rehearsing. >> right on cue. i worked as an intern in john mccain's office. he's always been a hero mine. so i feel privileged to be able to continue that message of country over party. and it's a message that has never been more necessary than right now. this is a pivotal time in our country. and people like me kind of feel like we're politically homeless. you know, we traditionally have been republicans. we've traditionally been in the center of our country politically. but we're getting a lot of disinformation right now. i think it's important that people like me give republicans and people in the center politically permission to do the right thing, which is to support the vice president. >> the arizona republicans censured you for endorsing democrat mark

republicans, including the cochair of the arizona chapter of republicans for harris, mesa america john giles, congresswoman gabby giffords took the stage to deliver this inspiring message. >> we are living challenging times, we are up for the challenge. my own recovery has taken years, many, many people helped me along the way and i learned so much. i learned people care for each other and work together, progress is possible. the world is possible. change doesn't happen overnight and we can't do it alone. join me, let's move ahead together. >> governor walz told the crowd that he wants donald trump and republicans to quote, mind their own business. >> pilot crime was up under donald trump, and we don't even have to count his crimes in that to make it up. still. look better yet, be the hell out of him at the ballot box. republicans used to be the people talking about freedom, not this group, when they talk about freedom, it means that the government should be free to invade your exam room with your doctor. look, and minnesota, we respect our neighbors and the personal choices they make. we ma

but there are others who have said including john giles that the party has to burn to the ground so a back and it is bad for the political system that we don't have two functioning parties. >> i couldn't agree more. if we have one party that works itself into a cult of personality and we have a democratic party, what you do or do you go from there? i don't think anybody has the answer to that. so are people like mayor giles and the mayor you had in your earlier shot and myself and there are plenty of us, will we try to create a center right aim of the democratic party? it won't work. we need to take our party back. it has a grand tradition that ended slavery and a party of free market and low taxes and low regulation and it's not a party that should be caught up in the culture wars. we have more serious things to solve. the question is where do we go from here? i don't know. i know in the spirit of my late boss, we have to keep trying and we can't just surrender and throw in the flag. there are a lot of people that would say to him at certain times, to heck with it and if you can't be

who say they've had enough of trump, and plan to vote for harris, including mesa, arizona mayor john giles>> i am a lifelong republican. so, i feel a little out of place tonight, but i feel more at home here than in today's republican party. john mccain's republican party is gone and we don't owe a damn thing to what's been left behind. laura: even former trump press secretary stephanie grisham spoke out against her former boss. >> behind closed doors. trump mocks his supporters. he calls them basement dwellers. on a hospital visit one time, when people were dying in the icu, he was mad that the cameras were not watching him. laura: as for trump, he held his first outdoor event since his assassination attempt. a campaign stop with his running mate jd vance that was pegged as one on national security in asheboro, north carolina. but again heavily featured insults against the vice president. >> she's a radical left believer. she ruined san francisco, she ruined california. and, if she gets in, our country doesn't have a chance. this calamity is on comrade kamala harris' shoulders. laura: bac

representative adam kinsey or trump national security advisor, olivia troy in mesa, arizona mayor john giles, who had this to say about his party's standard. there. i think the time has come for us to admit the obvious and to start saying out loud, which is that our partners nominee is not also joining the parade of anti trump. republicans is jeff duncan, the former lieutenant governor of georgia, gets drawing on existing anti trump sentiment among a number of large lead retired republican elected officials. but i think it's, you know, it's indicative of a real disillusion with donald trump. and i, a certain kind of republican democrats hoped to take advantage of the rift and the republican party with american elections being decided by such narrow margins. both parties are looking for any small group they can get to put them over the top. and by advertising of their convention here in chicago, that some republicans support harris. democrats are hoping more will jump ship whether harris is appeal among disaffected. republicans expands beyond the high profile. the factors inside the united ce

>> well, i think it shows that we're a big ten last night also, mayor john giles republican mayor from mesa, arizona was on that stage talking about why republicans do not have to be beholden to the republican party of today? in arizona, the republican party was john mccain's republican party until around 2020 until donald trump over a four-year period in the white house. basically destroyed the republican party in the state of arizona and which is really a sad thing. i mean, john mccain was a hero of mine. i'm in john mccain's senate seat. it's important for our country, for our democracy to have, to stable normal parties. and that's not true for the republicans anymore. and that's why we see people like mayor giles. there and other republicans. i think we're going to see more far as the, as the week progresses. >> yeah. you will. they are scheduled to speak. there are quite a few republicans who are showing up here and very publicly coming out against donald trump. i do want to ask you because you talked about donald trump sort of becoming arizona going for trump it. back in the 2016

is quote, directed at republicans who are sick and tired of making excuses for donald trump then john giles mayor of mesa, arizona olivia troye, who we've seen a lot of who was a national security adviser for vice president pence and last but not least, stephanie grisham, who's very interesting. she was press secretary, communications director. she was also chief of staff from milan trump she knows behind the scenes, she is a true insider and you told our colleague, jake tapper that she will speak about who trump, quote really is behind this scenes. >> adam kinzinger, the spotlight on him and the fact he just confirmed, he'll be speaking on thursday, which is a pretty plum spot. >> so at conventions, real estate and the number of minutes you get, that's the key. he is getting a very big spotlight he is speaking in prime time, leading in to vice president harris's speech it doesn't get any bigger than that and i am told that some democrats will be envious of the number of minutes he's getting. i think it really shows a commitment by the campaign and the convention to spotlight a republican,

john giles, mayor of mesa, arizona is set to speak, and stephanie grisham, former white house press secretarysidential nominee donald trump, has been holding his own speaking engagement in the state of michigan. i wasn't just a i wasn'tjust a trump supporter, i was a true believer, i was one of his closest adviser. the trump family became my family. i spent easter and thanksgiving, christmas and new year all at mar—a—lago. i saw him when the cameras were off. behind closed doors, trump mocks his supporters, he calls them basement dwellers. on hospital visit one time when people were dying in acu, he was mad that the cameras were not watching him. he has no empathy, no morals and no fidelity to the truth. he used to tell me, it doesn't matter what you say, stephanie, say it enough and people will believe you. but it does matter. what you say matters and what you don't say matters. onjanuary matters and what you don't say matters. on january the 6th, matters and what you don't say matters. onjanuary the 6th, i asked melania if he could at least tweet that while peaceful protest is the right of

senator bernie sanders, second gentleman doug emhoff, republican mayor john giles from mesa, arizona.aukee will be beamed back in to chicago. all happening tonight. right now our special coverage continues with joy, ari melber and alex wagner. stay with us. >> i love the job, but i love my country more. >> the democratic party rolls on in chicago. >> night, night. >> president biden passes the torch and night two of the dnc begins. >> we are moving forward! >> tonit,

coming up here is the mesa, arizona mayor, john giles. >> i have a lifelong confession to make, i amrepublican, so i feel out of place, but i feel more at home here than in today's republican party. the grand old party has been kidnapped by extremists and devolved into a cult. the cult of donald trump. trump doesn't know the first thing about the look service, and like a child he acts purely out of self-interest. we all need an adult in the white house, and we have seen what happens when we don't have one. trump made a lot of lofty promises unlimited economic growth. american manufacturing reborn. a secure border. turns out, donald trump was all talk. he wanted our votes, but he couldn't deliver a thing. but, these days, my city of mesa, arizona, is on the move. i am going to ribbon cuttings every week all because joe biden and kamala harris reached across the aisle , and they delivered for my conservative community, and countless more across the country. my hero, john mccain, taught us to put country over party read and that's how vice president harris and governor walz will lead, t

mesa, arizona mayor john giles good evening. have a confession to make i'm a lifelong republican publican i feel a little out of place tonight but i feel more at home here than in today's republican the party grand old party has been kidnapped by extremists and devolved into a coat the cult of donald trump trump doesn't know the first thing about public service like a child, he acts purely out of self self-interest we all need an adult in the white house and we've seen what happens when we don't have one trump made a lot of law he promises unlimited economic growth american manufacturing reborn a secure border turns out donald trump was all talk he wanted our votes, but he couldn't deliver a thing but these days, my city of mesa, arizona is on the move. i'm going to ribbon cuttings every single week all because joe biden and kamala harris reached across the aisle and they delivered for my conservative community countless more across the country my hero john mccain, caught us, tatas to put country over party. and that's how vice

[cheers and applause] >> please welcome mesa, arizona mayor, john giles. mayor giles: good evening.ome here than in today's republican party. [cheers and applause] the grand old party has been kidnapped by extremists and devolved into a cult, the cult of donald trump. trump does not know the first thing about public service. like a child he acts purely out of self-interest. we all need an adult in the white house. and we have seen what happens when we don't have one. trump made a lot of lofty promises, unlimited economic growth, american manufacturing reborn, a secure border. turns out donald trump was all talk. he wanted our votes, but could not deliver a thing. but these days my city of mesa, arizona is on the move. i am going to ribbon cuttings every single week, all because joe biden and kamala harris reached across the aisle and delivered for my conservative community and countless more across the country. my hero john mccain taught us to put country over party. and that is how vice president kamala harris and governor walz will lead, too. i have an urgent message for the major

[cheers and applause] >> please welcome mesa, arizona mayor, john giles. mayor giles: good evening. home here than in today's republican party. [cheers and applause] the grand old party has been kidnapped by extremists and devolved into a cult, the cult of donald trump. trump does not know the first thing about public service. like a child he acts purely out of self-interest. we all need an adult in the white house. and we have seen what happens when we don't have one. trump made a lot of lofty promises, unlimited economic growth, american manufacturing reborn, a secure border. turns out donald trump was all talk. he wanted our votes, but could not deliver a thing. but these days my city of mesa, arizona is on the move. i am going to ribbon cuttings every single week, all because joe biden and kamala harris reached across the aisle and delivered for my conservative community and countless more across the country. my hero john mccain taught us to put country over party. and that is how vice president kamala harris and governor walz will lead, too. i have an urgent message for the maj

former trump white house press secretary stephanie grisham and john giles spoke yesterday slamming former. >> behind closed doors, trump mocks his supporters. he calls them basement dwellers. in a hospital visit he was mad cameras were not watching him in an icu. he has no empathy, no morals, and no fidelity to the truth. he used to tell me, it doesn't matter what you say, stephanie, say it enough and people will believe you. but it does matter. what you say matter. what you don't say matters. when i was press secretary, i got skewered for never folding a white house briefing. it was because unlike my boss, i never wanted to stand at that podium and lie. now here i am behind the podium advocating for a democrat. and that is because i love my country more than my party. kamala harris tells the truth. she respects the american people. and she has my vote. >> i have a confession to make. i am a lifelong republican. so i feel a little out of place tonight. but i feel more at home here than in today's republican party. the grand ole party has been kidnapped by extremists and evolved into a cul