Trump 2020 Campaign Adviser Steve Cortes faces a probing interview from MSNBC anchor Ari Melber over Trump’s failure to keep his 2016 campaign pledges on the coal industry and jobs. Pressed to provide factual answers on the economy, Cortes says he does not want to play “quiz show,” and Melber walks through economic data showing Trump has not overseen a net gain in coal jobs nor come close to the new jobs created during the Obama administration, even before the pandemic recession. Melber also asks Cortes to address public comments he made about whether Trump should be a little bit “more fascist.” (This interview is from MSNBC’s “The Beat with Ari Melber, a news show covering politics, law and culture airing nightly at 6pm ET on MSNBC. ). Aired on 8/3/2020.
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As Trump Trails Biden, 2020 Aide Pressed On Broken Jobs Pledge, Obama-Biden Economy | MSNBC
Why would I have even thought for a moment that this guy would tell the truth. It’s funny but sad to watch. Bye bye Republican party!
@Linda Papa I won’t feel sorry for Agolf Twitler or any of the RepugnantKKKlan Reich-Wing Christian Nationalist Fascists in the Cult of the Narcissistic Orange.
Tar & Feather the lot of them!
@Richard Ball Oh my! HAHA!
@Linda Papa You”re a fine and forgiving person, me not so much
@Dave Dammann Pack the courts. All i’m sayin’.
@Dave Dammann Maybe that offers you a challenge.
I’m a Blue Collar worker and I was doing much better under Obama’s economy 🤷
@William H I don’t care for him but he deffo has my vote if he eliminates the cancer known as California.
100% better under President Obama
To william H 🖕🖕🖕
Youre a bot
@Jacob Wilkie I want anarchy.
The last time I saw Steve Cortez, he was getting his @zz handed to him by Ana Navarro on CNN. 😂😆
And I see he’s STILL lying. 😄
MSNBC producer resigns from network with scathing letter: They block ‘diversity of thought’ and ‘amplify fringe voices’ of Coronavirus leading to more deaths of Americans
The model blocks diversity of thought and content because the networks have incentive to amplify fringe voices and events, at the expense of others… all because it pumps up the ratings.”
@Roger C blah, blah ,blah. Anyone still supporting trump is doing it willingly. I mean come on man, you can’t be that stupid. COME ON
@James Thedog I’m a huge Trump sympathizer. I can’t think of a single policy of his that has been bad for the country. Now is his approach to things great, not really. Are his results insanely great. Yes.
Regarding Covid it’s not Trumps fault people were too stupid to stay at home and wear masks if they went out. Trump controls about 20% of America’s response. Was it perfect? Nope. Are thousands of others at fault as well? Yes.
It’s a 1 in a 100 year pandemic that has affected 200 countries. Blaming the China virus on Trump is stupid. Blame China.
Now what policies of his are you against. I’ll happily discuss them with you.
He can’t suspend a tax on his own. Only Congress can raise or repeal taxes.
How can you tell a Trump spikesman is lying? The same as with Trump: his lips are moving!
https://youtu.be/z_wlQZ5N_2k
“Hi”, “I am a liar, I lie for money. I am a republican.”
Hi, I’m a republican and you must be unintelligent
@jayson haselton I’m a Republican, but I left the party when trump became your Great Cheeto.
jayson haselton I’m also a republican and I remember voting for a presidential candidate, not a authoritarian king/dictator
What’s the point of having Cortes on? He’s a known liar and fantasist.
Making the campaign team look bad ON RECORD.
For those voters who are not brainwashed Trumpistas, so that November will turn out BAD for the Trump camp.
I bailed as soon as Steve Cortes started to inhale for his first lie on THIS show 🤥😒
*COVID-19 no Cure. LIARHEA no Cure.* Stay Healthy Y’all including the trump-trolls. 😘🌐😷💙 *#VOTE* 💙🇺🇸
We have not asked you about the Chinese, stick to Ari’s question!
When you aren’t drinking the Kool-Aid but you are mainlining it.
It’s a shame “lying” has become the new norm for Republicans. Their claim of being the political party of the rule of law, family value and balancing the books were lies all along.
These fiscal conservatives magically become unfiscal and screw up the budget every time they’re in power and democrats always come behind them and clean up their mess.
Trump makes GOP to become GOPEE
Hello! Wages have been stagnant since the 70’s! This guy is a LIAR!
I guess he’s thinking of salaries of CEOs
So much spin, I amazed he doesn’t fall off his seat!
Delusions of Trump’s “Success” is a disease.
https://youtu.be/z_wlQZ5N_2k
That comment is so true–it is a disease. Excellent interpretation of Trump’s worshipers.
It’s not a delusion. It’s a position.
When the facts prove that someone is lying, why ae they given the air time to perpetuate the lies. Should be, “O K, you’re lying, bye. Period.”
Birds of a feather flock together
Trump attracts people just like him: corrupt
@Sabrina Lancaster Well we have a choice between Biden and Trump. Trump seems more coherent right now.
@Joey Harper You’re evil, and stupid too.
Biden attracts people just like him: dementia cases lol
My fellow Americas and true Patriots, we cannot allow Donald Trump to steal the upcoming election, and I believe there are four keys to preventing this:
1. Verify your voter registration status
County clerks in Republican districts across the country fraudulently purge voter rolls of legitimate Democrat voters prior to each election. In the 2014 mid-term election, I arrived at my local polling station only to discover I was no longer registered to vote, even though I had been a resident of my county and living at the same address for seven years. I was forced to cast a “provisional ballot,” which I suspect was not counted in the final vote tally.
Since then, I have always verified my voter registration status well ahead of upcoming elections to ensure I have time to re-register in case of any Republican shenanigans.
2. Vote early.
In Republican states, there will no doubt be attempts to suppress voter turnout in Democratic districts by limiting the number of polling stations and reducing polling hours. This will likely be under the guise of protecting voters and polling workers from Covid-19 exposure.
Laws no doubt vary by state. In Texas, voters must vote at their designated polling location on Election Day. However, during the early voting period, voters can vote at any open polling location in their county of residence. This makes it more difficult for Republicans to target Democratic districts for poll closures and restricted hours.
Find the early voting laws for your state, and vote as early as possible. This will point you in the right direction:
https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/early-voting-in-state-elections.aspx
3. Use no-excuse absentee voting in states where it is available.
“No excuse absentee voting” means you can request an absentee ballot from your state or county election official for any reason. Currently, 29 states offer no excuse absentee voting, including the most crucial swing states: Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
If your state is on this list, request an absentee ballot and mail it no later than October 20th to ensure it is received and counted:
https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/vopp-table-1-states-with-no-excuse-absentee-voting.aspx
4. Please do not waste your vote.
Yes, my fellow Americans, I am also frustrated by the two-party system, and I understand the appeal of underdog third-party candidates. You must realize, however, that a vote for a third-party candidate is effectively a vote for Trump.
Don’t believe me? Just look at the numbers. Two states, Florida and Wisconsin, tipped the Electoral College for Trump in 2016. Trump won Florida by 113,000 votes and Wisconsin by a mere 23,000 votes. The top two third-party candidates, Gary Johnson and Dr. Jill Stein, captured 271,000 combined votes in Florida and 137,000 combined votes in Wisconsin. According to exit polls, the overwhelming majority of these votes were from disenfranchised Liberal voters who refused to vote for Hillary Clinton.
Like many of you, Joe Biden is not my preferred candidate. “Bernie/Liz 2020” was my dream ticket. Nevertheless, we must be united in taking back our country and making America sane again.
Please share this message as often as possible from now to Election Day. Say “NO” to another four years of fascism.
@Every man Even if Biden had dementia, which he doesn’t, he would still make a better President then bone spurs!
BIDEN2020!
“Dominate the streets” yeah, that sounds fascist. orange jumpsuit, please.
“We’ve made more jobs!”
“Dude, no one has a job rn.”
“Trump made all the jobs!”
“Where are they?”
“Jobs!”
😂😂😂😂
I bet your the only person that still living at mommy’s house that’s why you don’t have a job you ain’t got responsibility in your hands soon you ain’t gonna have a girlfriend or your man is broke
“I was joking” is an idiots argument trying to explain away something after being caught.
Yep, most kids stop saying that by the time they are 13 or 14.
To them everything is a joke which is scary and unprofessional.
The Trump team only “joke” all the time. Americans are suffering and all they do is joke 🤦🏾♀️
Socialism will destroy this country
Dems are causing more crime releasing more prisoners
Winter, you are blind,deaf,dumb,stupid, and ignorant. Wake up, or you Think just like them. Then there is No hope for you.
@WINTER Have you not heard that here in “the Land of the Free” we have a larger percentage of our population incarcerated than any other country? Many are locked up for marijuana crimes. Seems like now that it is legal in several states, those crimes could be erased, and the “criminals” set free.