Brooks and Capehart on Biden's record fundraiser and the importance of campaign spending

A stock market debut could generate billions of dollars. We move on to the analysis of our guests. Good to see you. Thanks for being here. Let's talk about this money raised. - The race continues. Biden had an event at the radio city music hall. Apparently the most lucrative event in American political history. Does this money matter? Especially when you're competing against the master of free media? Not at all. Those people wasted millions of dollars. Money matters in politics if you don't have name recognition. But once you reach a certain threshold, it doesn't matter. People do not realize.

This time it's doubly true because Donald Trump and Joe Biden have been presidents before. Hilly Clinton spent twice as much as Donald Trump and he still beat her. If he thinks the people who run TV stations don't have enough income and want to put more money in their pockets, donate to those stations. It's absolutely important. You are focused on the television and in pain he adds. That money is being used to open

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offices in key districts across the country. It's about hiring staff. Put boots on the ground to get the vote. That is where money is most necessary and most important.

Especially in a presidential election that will depend on which side gets its people out to vote. The vitriolic

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likes the position they occupy in having a fundraising advantage over Donald Trump. It certainly sounds like it's something you want rather than being on the other end of that ratio. Both sides have studied them. There is this long-standing debate. Most political candidates believe they can make some money and win. I want to ask about the social truth in the stock market. What do you think of this? The economic fundamentals are not solid. And yet it appears on the stock market as if it were something great.

Many companies have those types of market valuations. But this is out of control. You're looking at who's investing in this. These are individual investors. You have people who just like Trump and want to give him money. There are some people who think it will actually start making money. But it seems like a solution to give a lot of money to Donald Trump and his campaign. Which he seems to be doing. There are restrictions on campaign finance because we don't like the idea of ​​people handing a wheelbarrow full of cash to the next president. There is a billionaire investor who has invested a lot of money in tiktok and now he has invested a lot of money in Donald Trump's new company.

Those ethical questions don't go away. It doesn't, but when you're Donald Trump, do you care? You can show him all the rules and tell him that you are pushing this or that rule or that rule. What does it matter to him? He will go further and do what he wants to do and then sit back and watch the process unfold. He will continue to live his life as he was before. What is your next question? I want to talk about what happened with Ronna Mcdaniel. For those who are not following this, NBC hired her to collaborate on the air.

She is the former chairwoman of the Republican National Committee. There was a revolt among many NBC anchors who said, we can't have someone on our payroll and on our airwaves who actively tried to undo the last election. What do you think of how that played out? I'm glad they had the instinct to get more people to support Trump on the air. That's something we all need to consider. You have to have some intellectual disability. Some primary commitment to truth. I don't get that far. I think there is a difference between being political and what we do.

We represent the truth. There are people who have gone from being politicians to being journalists. This seems like a huge mistake to me. You are an NBC employee. As host of that show. That hire was not an NBC news hire. I wrote in response, she will never be on my show. This is not a partisan issue. This is a question of democracy. The role Trump is playing in putting our democracy at risk. Someone come on my show where, first of all, whoever is watching, I have a duty to present the facts. The privilege I have is to say what I think about those events that I have related.

It wouldn't do the show any good or the viewers any favors. It would be a disservice to put in someone like Ronna Mcdaniel. I must say that our president made it very clear after it was announced that there is editorial independence. You don't choose who gets in or out. He knew it. That's what leadership is like there. I agree completely. How does this portion of the country represent? It's very difficult to have a conversation. There were tons of working class kids when I started. But they didn't have a university degree. As the decades passed, it became necessary to have a college degree.

So we're cutting off most of the country. So those people felt that their voices were not heard. Then there is a populist revolt. They don't want to live up to standards of honesty. We will disrespect the truth. There are people who are good journalists and support Donald Trump. They are out there. We just have to work harder to find them. So that their voices are heard. Would you have had Ronna Mcdaniel as a guest? I know the problem is that my organization pays him. She is one of us. But are you us to be open to people talking?

I will not allow someone on the air to tell me that two plus two equals five. That's because they are minimal. There is no evidence that the 2020 election was: Nobody's. If you don't do that, there's no one... there's no reason for me to have you on my show. I had Asa Hutchinson on my show twice. He was running for president. I asked him basic questions: where are you on these issues? It was the first time he had asked her these questions. If you're coming to my show, you know where I'm going. Then we talked about politics.

You may not agree with the policy. That's part of the process. Joe Lieberman's passing has sparked thoughts and feelings about whether moderates have a teacher. I know you knew him well. 10 tell us about him smart There is a tradition in Judaism where the husband is supposed to sing a song. Most of us don't like to hear ourselves say. But Joe Lieberman would say: sing to his wife. He was a sweet boy. I didn't know the senator that well. As a journalist here in Washington, he attended important meetings. Just a decent person in every way. He was at work for all the right reasons.

He tries to do the right thing. What was best for the party and what was best for the country. When Al Gore chose him as his vice presidential running mate, it was a big moment. For him and for the country. Senator Lieberman was the first Jewish-American candidate of either party. For me, that will be his legacy. Good to see you. Thanks for being here. ♪♪