Trump launches xenophobic attacks after failing again to condemn white supremacy; Airlines cut 32,000 employees as Congress fails to reach stimulus deal; Biden tries to toe the line between moderate & far-left Dems; Sources: Trump allies described Trump’s debate performance as “obnoxious”, “unprepared” and “lacking”;
The Lead with Jake Tapper
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🗓️ 1 October 2020
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Source: “It may eventually sink in” Trump didn’t do well in debate; Trump fails again to denounce white supremacy; WH won’t directly denounce white supremacy, says Trump didn’t misspeak; Top Senate Republican urges Trump to condemn white supremacy; WH won’t commit that Trump will agree to new debate rules; Trump claims debate victory, asks “why would I allow” rules to change; Barrett signed a right to life better in ad calling to end Roe vs. Wade; This week: Disney, Goldman Sachs, & airlines cut 60,000+ total jobs; Trump to hold rally in Wisconsin amid massive COVID surge; More than half of U.S. states seeing a rise in COVID cases; Moderna CEO: Vaccine could be widely available by late March; Study: Trump likely the largest driver of the COVID-19 misinformation ‘infodemic’; Some WH officials thought it “wasn’t a good look” to wear masks in February; Biden rejects Green New Deal & “Medicare for all”; Progressives back Biden but plan to pressure him on big changes once in office; Sources: Trump allies worry his debate performance could alienate voters; Combative debate seen by at least 73 million viewers; Sources: Advisers voiced concern Trump’s debate style appeared overly aggressive and wasn’t tactic discussed; Study: Greenland ice sheet will melt at fastest rate in 12,000 years; First lady Melania Trump’s greeting after chaotic debate gets attention; The power & influence of wives in campaigns; “First Ladies” premieres Sunday at 10p ET;
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the lead I'm Jake Tapper. We begin with the 2020 lead after a day of |
| 0:05.6 | campaigning and that disastrous debate Tuesday night. President Trump's team is |
| 0:09.5 | hoping it will finally sink in with their boss that he didn't really do as well as he thinks he |
| 0:15.8 | did, especially as more Republican officials continue to urge him to explicitly condemn white supremacist and the proud boys a violent far right |
| 0:26.2 | group. For two consecutive days now the president has been unwilling to give a |
| 0:30.1 | declarative definitive statement rejecting white supremacist views and rejecting |
| 0:36.3 | white supremacist voters. |
| 0:38.4 | Instead, he's pointed to previous comments and continued to ratchet up bigoted rhetoric. |
| 0:44.0 | Last night, for instance, the president repeatedly made comments |
| 0:47.0 | attacking refugees as well as Democratic Congresswoman Il Han Omar, telling his supporters that Biden would quote, |
| 0:55.0 | turn Minnesota into a refugee camp and Congresswoman Omar quote, |
| 1:02.0 | tells us how to run our country. |
| 1:05.0 | Once again, falsely implying that the United States is not her country, |
| 1:10.0 | despite the fact that Congresswoman Omar is an American citizen. |
| 1:15.0 | She came here as a war refugee herself, as a child. |
| 1:19.0 | Now, as CNN's Caitlin Collins reports, based on the behavior of the White House Press Secretary today, a refusal |
| 1:25.9 | to explicitly condemn white supremacists and other far right bigoted groups such as the proud |
| 1:30.3 | voice appears to now be Trump administration policy. |
| 1:35.8 | The White House Press Secretary was given three opportunities today to clearly denounce |
| 1:40.5 | white supremacy and violent far-right groups but declined every single one. |
| 1:45.6 | On the debate stage the president was asked this he said sure three times. |
| 1:49.2 | President Trump said sure he would condemn both white supremacy and far right |
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