BIDEN

RUSH TRANSCRIPT RADDATZ And ░░░░░░░░ I want to go ░░░░░░░░ you As you said ░░░░░░░░ have informally advising the ░░░░░░░░ How big a difference ░░░░░░░░ you think that will ░░░░░░░░ MEACHAM I think it ░░░░░░░░ be huge because it ░░░░░░░░ what President Biden s ░░░░░░░░ is he has successfully ░░░░░░░░ proofed the debate stage ░░░░░░░░ former President Trump who ░░░░░░░░ responsible for this uncivil ░░░░░░░░ on the stage Let ░░░░░░░░ be very clear here ░░░░░░░░ is not a both ░░░░░░░░ issue Martha you ve ░░░░░░░░ debates with President Biden ░░░░░░░░ President Biden in them ░░░░░░░░ has been as Daniel ░░░░░░░░ Moynihan pointed out we ░░░░░░░░ defined deviancy down and ░░░░░░░░ is not President Biden ░░░░░░░░ fault and I think ░░░░░░░░ he has done is ░░░░░░░░ a public service he ░░░░░░░░ his team in bringing ░░░░░░░░ constraints to the debate ░░░░░░░░ actually allow there to ░░░░░░░░ a conversation that is ░░░░░░░░ simply performative American democracy ░░░░░░░░ not a reality show ░░░░░░░░ Donald Trump has treated ░░░░░░░░ that way for almost ░░░░░░░░ years now So let ░░░░░░░░ not let s not ░░░░░░░░ ourselves here This is ░░░░░░░░ vital election Both sides ░░░░░░░░ not equally at fault ░░░░░░░░ Biden seems to me ░░░░░░░░ he has to do ░░░░░░░░ show people that he ░░░░░░░░ fully in command which ░░░░░░░░ believe him to be ░░░░░░░░ remind us that there ░░░░░░░░ a way in which ░░░░░░░░ presidency should operate that ░░░░░░░░ once dignified and decent ░░░░░░░░ delivers for the American ░░░░░░░░ RADDATZ I think I ░░░░░░░░ the answer to your ░░░░░░░░ question to the next ░░░░░░░░ then I know you ░░░░░░░░ advising Biden but if ░░░░░░░░ were advising Trump what ░░░░░░░░ you say He needs ░░░░░░░░ This is about getting ░░░░░░░░ He needs moderates but ░░░░░░░░ is a hard guy ░░░░░░░░ moderate so what would ░░░░░░░░ say MEACHAM I think ░░░░░░░░ may win the understatement ░░░░░░░░ the week award Donald ░░░░░░░░ s hard to moderate ░░░░░░░░ don t think President ░░░░░░░░ would welcome my counsel ░░░░░░░░ I think you just ░░░░░░░░ the question If he ░░░░░░░░ begin to show that ░░░░░░░░ his illiberal anti democratic ░░░░░░░░ are in fact in ░░░░░░░░ then perhaps that reaches ░░░░░░░░ I have to say ░░░░░░░░ I m not a ░░░░░░░░ I m not a ░░░░░░░░ I voted for candidates ░░░░░░░░ both parties I have ░░░░░░░░ personal as does everyone ░░░░░░░░ devotion to as I ░░░░░░░░ the Constitution the constitutional ░░░░░░░░ that Doris has written ░░░░░░░░ so beautifully for so ░░░░░░░░ That s what s ░░░░░░░░ stake here It s ░░░░░░░░ just a set of ░░░░░░░░ here and policy there ░░░░░░░░ is not about marginal ░░░░░░░░ rates at this point ░░░░░░░░ s about which vision ░░░░░░░░ America and a vision ░░░░░░░░ America where we are ░░░░░░░░ fact pursuing a more ░░░░░░░░ union or is it ░░░░░░░░ conceding that one party ░░░░░░░░ interest one man should ░░░░░░░░ in control of everything ░░░░░░░░ it s not a ░░░░░░░░ that we faced before.”