Hunter Biden DEFENDS Platner on Newsom's podcast

[00:00:06]>> Will: WE TURN TO MAINE.

[00:00:08]ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER PLATNER PROBLEM.

[00:00:11]AN ANONYMOUS EX-GIRLFRIEND DETAILS HIS CHARACTER OR LACK OF ONE TO THE "NEW YORK POST."

[00:00:18]SHE'S THE SECOND ONE TO SAY HE KNEW THE MEANING OF HIS NAZI TAD TODAY.

[00:00:24]HE WANTED TO KEEP IT TO REMIND HIM THAT THE UNITED STATES IS THE EVIL BAD GUY OVERSEAS.

[00:00:29]GRAHAM REPEATEDLY SAID HE PICKED A SKULL AND CROSS BONES TATTOO OFF OF A WALL IN CROATIA TO REMIND OF HIS FRIENDS THAT WERE KILLED THERE.

[00:00:42]HE'S COVERED UP THE TATTOO.

[00:00:44]THE TATTOO, THE SEXTING, THE ASSAULTS, THE ALLEGATIONS THE ONLINE POSTS.

[00:00:48]DON'T WORRY.

[00:00:49]HUNTER BIDEN OF ALL PEOPLE SAID THAT PLATNER IS IN THE CLEAR.

[00:00:54]AT LEAST ON ONE THING.

[00:00:56]>> I'M 99.9% CERTAIN IS THAT GRAHAM PLATNER IS NO NAZI.

[00:01:01]YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THAT HE'S A RACIST IN ANY WAY.

[00:01:06]I HEAR THE WAY HE TALKS.

[00:01:08]>> Will: I'M CURIOUS.

[00:01:10]I'M CURIOUS WHAT LEAVES HUNTER SO CONVINCED.

[00:01:18]VOTERS ARE.

[00:01:19]I'M GOING TO GIVE CREDIT FOR JESSE WATTERS ON "THE FIVE" THE OTHER DAY.

[00:01:22]HE SAID YOU CAN ATTACK GRAHAM PLATNER'S CHARACTER BUT ALL IT'S GOING TO DO IS RALLY PEOPLE AROUND HIM.

[00:01:28]THEY KNOW ABOUT THE NAZI THAT TODAY AND HIS CHARACTER.

[00:01:31]THEY VOTED FOR HIM AWAY.

[00:01:32]YOU HAVE TO TALK ABOUT HIS POLICIES, THE WAY HE WOULD AFFECT PEOPLE'S LIVES.

[00:01:38]LIKE RAPIDLY PHASING OUT FOSSIL FUELS, HIGHER TAXES ON BILLIONAIRES AND ENDING THE MASS DEPORTATION MACHINE OR WHAT HIS WEBSITE DESCRIBES AS OUR GOVERNMENT IS KIDNAPPING PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS.

[00:01:50]HE OPPOSES FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR PRIVATE SCHOOLS, VOUCHERS AND PREACHES UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE.

[00:01:57]DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT.

[00:01:59]HERE'S PLATNER.

[00:01:59]>> IT'S ABOUT IMPROVING THE NUMBERS.

[00:02:02]WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS RACE NOT JUST THROUGH THE LENS OF MAINE BUT LOOKING AT PICKING UP JAMES TALARICO IN TEXAS.

[00:02:09]SHARED BROWN IN OHIO.

[00:02:10]MAYBE ALASKA.

[00:02:11]MAYBE MICHIGAN.

[00:02:13]MAYBE IOWA.

[00:02:14]WE AREN'T TALKING ABOUT JUST FLIPPING RED TO BLUE.

[00:02:18]WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FLIPPING FROM REPUBLICAN SEATS TO FIGHTING DEMOCRATS AND PROGRESSIVES.

[00:02:26]WHO WANT TO FIGHT FOR MEDICARE FOR ALL.

[00:02:29]>> Will: TALARICO PLATNER MEDICARE FOR ALL.

[00:02:31]WHAT A CONCEPT.

[00:02:32]WHEN IT COMES TO WORKING A CROSS PARTY LINES, HE'S NOT LOOKING FOR COMMON GROUND.

[00:02:36]>> I FIRMLY BELIEVE WE'RE UP AGAINST FASCISM.

[00:02:41]I OFFICIALLY BELIEVE WE'RE UP AGAINST ENTRENCHED CORPORATE INTERESTS.

[00:02:46]WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGHT FOR IT.

[00:02:48]IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE ALL OF US PITCHING IN.

[00:02:50]>> Will: WHEN QUESTIONS ARE RAISED ABOUT HIS OWN RECORD, PLATNER SAYS THE REAL PROBLEM IS THE COVERAGE.

[00:02:57]>> THEY'RE GOING TO FILL THE AIRWAVES WITH NONSENSE, WITH LIES.

[00:03:02]I MEAN, I'VE ALREADY BEEN THE SUBJECT IN AN IMMENSE ABOUT OF BAD FAITH REPORTING, LIES.

[00:03:09]PEOPLE ARE ALREADY PUSHING ALL OF THIS STUFF.

[00:03:12]THE ONLY WAY TO FIGHT THROUGH THAT, WHEN YOU'RE UP AGAINST FRANKLY PEOPLE SUPPORTED BY BILLIONAIRES IS BY GOING OUT AND BEING ACCEPTABLE TO FOLKS.

[00:03:22]>> Will: THE REPORTING IS THE PROBLEM.

[00:03:23]NOT THE POST, NOT THE ACTIONS.

[00:03:25]IT'S THE REPORTING.

[00:03:26]THROUGHOUT IT ALL, HE KEEPS RETURNING TO THE SAME THEME.

[00:03:29]THIS ISN'T JUST A CAMPAIGN.

[00:03:30]IT'S A MOVEMENT.

[00:03:31]>> IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT WINNING ONE SENATE SEAT.

[00:03:34]IT'S ABOUT BUILDING SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO LAST FOR FAR LONGER.

[00:03:39]>> Will: ALL PROVING AGAIN THE DEMOCRAT PARTY IS WILLING TO PUT ASIDE MORALITY TO PUSH THEIR MESSAGING.

[00:03:46]JOINING ME NOW, MICHAEL LA ROSA.

[00:03:49]I DO WANT TO VISIT THIS.

[00:03:50]GIVE CREDIT TO JESSE WATTERS.

[00:03:52]HE MADE A GOOD POINT.

[00:03:53]PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN ATTACKED ON THE BASIS OF HIS CHARACTER OVER A DECADE.

[00:03:58]IT DIDN'T REALLY DO MUCH TO CHANGE HIS ELECTORAL PROMISE THE WAY PEOPLE THOUGHT ABOUT IT.

[00:04:04]IT RALLIED A LOT OF PEOPLE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP.

[00:04:07]WE MIGHT BE SEEING THE SAME THING WITH GRAHAM PLATNER, WHICH IS SHOCKING, A NAZI TATTOO ENDS UP PUSHING THE LAST AND DEMOCRATS TOWARDS PLATNER AND RALLYING AROUND HIM.

[00:04:16]BUT AS WATERS SAID, YOU HAVE TO FOCUS ON HIS POLICIES.

[00:04:19]DO YOU THINK HIS POLICIES, WHICH ARE PROBABLY ECHOED BY RO KHANNA AND AOC, ARE THOSE POLICIES THAT CAN SELL NATIONWIDE, PERHAPS STATE BY STATE IN A STATE LIKE MAINE FOR DEMOCRATS?

[00:04:33]>> I DOUBT IT.

[00:04:34]I DON'T KNOW MANY PEOPLE THAT WANT TO GET RID OF PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE.

[00:04:41]HE WANTS TO BAN IT.

[00:04:43]THERE'S A BILL IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE INTRODUCED BY BERNIE SANDERS LAST YEAR FOR MEDICARE FOR ALL.

[00:04:48]THERE'S 47 DEMOCRATS, BUT ONLY 14 SIGNED ON TO IT.

[00:04:53]THERE'S CLEARLY A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH WHAT HE'S TRYING TO SELL ON THE POLICY FRONT IN ADDITION TO HIS MORAL JUDGMENTS AS WELL.

[00:05:03]>> Will: OKAY.

[00:05:03]SO MEDICARE FOR ALL IS ONE OF THE EXAMPLES, RIGHT?

[00:05:07]>> YEAH.

[00:05:07]>> Will: HE SAYS TURNING DOWN THE DEPORTATION MACHINE, RAISING TAXES AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL.

[00:05:13]YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'LL BE FASCINATING TO SEE, MICHAEL, HOW MUCH A MAINSTREAM DEMOCRAT, SHOULD THEY STILL EXIST, ADOPTS A SIMILAR PLATFORM.

[00:05:23]THAT'S THE QUESTION.

[00:05:25]DOES THIS BECOME A PLATFORM THAT IS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY?

[00:05:28]>> LET'S SEE.

[00:05:28]LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN MICHIGAN WITH THAT PRIMARY.

[00:05:31]LET'S SEE WHERE THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE IN IOWA OR IN ALASKA GO.

[00:05:35]THE PROBLEM WITH THE LEFT IS WHAT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND IS THAT ANY TIME THE DEMOCRATS HAVE HELD POWER IN THE SENATE OR THE HOUSE, IT'S ONLY BECAUSE OF MODERATE DEMOCRATS.

[00:05:48]IT'S ONLY BECAUSE DEMOCRATS WIN RED SEATS OR PURPLE STATES.

[00:05:54]THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DO IT.

[00:05:56]PLATNER ASIDE FROM HIS PERSONALITY OR THE TATTOO, HE'S A PRETTY GARDEN VARIETY PROGRESSIVE.

[00:06:03]EVEN THE THINGS THAT YOU LISTED.

[00:06:04]I DON'T KNOW IF THAT -- I DON'T KNOW IF I AGREE WITH JESSE.

[00:06:09]I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ENOUGH.

[00:06:11]THAT SOUNDS REVOLUTION IS NOT NEW, OLIGARCHS ARE NOT NEW.

[00:06:16]>> Will: IT'S A PRETTY DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST OF AMERICAN PLATFORM AND ONE THAT HE EMBRACES.

[00:06:21]THERE'S A LOT OF DEMOCRATS THAT ARE INCREASINGLY GRABBING THAT AND THE QUESTION IS THAT WHERE -- IS THAT A, WHAT YOU END UP BEING AS A DEMOCRAT AND B, CAN YOU SELL THAT TO AMERICA?

[00:06:32]>> I DON'T THINK HALEIGH STEPHENS IS RUNNING THAT WAY OR DAVID JOLLY IN FLORIDA IS RUNNING THAT WAY.

[00:06:38]HE'S RUNNING THAT WAY.

[00:06:39]BERNIE SANDERS LOST THE MAINE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY WHEN DEMOCRATS VOTED.

[00:06:44]HE LOST TO JOE BIDEN.

[00:06:46]JOE BIDEN ALMOST BEAT BERNIE IN GRAHAM'S HOME COUNTY.

[00:06:49]I'M INTERESTED TO SEE IF THIS MAMDANI EXPERIMENT IN MAINE IS GOING TO WORK.

[00:06:53]IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHETHER -- HE HAS TO WIN THE 20% OF THE 30% OF DEMOCRATS THAT DIDN'T VOTE FOR HIM.

[00:07:00]HE HAS TO WIN 20% BACK.

[00:07:02]HE HAS TO WIN 50% OF INDEPENDENTS AND 50% OF OLDER PEOPLE.

[00:07:09]IT'S NOT JUST THE YOUNG PEOPLE.

[00:07:11]IT'S ONE OF THE HIGHEST STATES WITH THE OLDEST POPULATION IN THE COUNTRY.

[00:07:17]I DON'T KNOW IF MAINE IS TO TEST OUT THIS MAMDANI EXPERIENCE -- EXPERIMENT WITH FREE STUFF.

[00:07:22]>> Will: THAT'S GOOD.

[00:07:24]I LIKE HOW YOU PHRASE IT.

[00:07:25]THE MAMDANI EXPERIENCE.

[00:07:26]DOES IT WORK IN MAIN OR TEXAS WITH JAMES TALARICO.

[00:07:30]>> HE'S A WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING.

[00:07:33]HE ASKED HIS DAD FOR $200,000 FOR A HOUSE.

[00:07:36]HE'S HARDLY A ECONOMIC POPULIST WARRIOR FIGHTING FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS.

[00:07:41]>> Will: THAT'S TRUE.

[00:07:41]GREAT POINT.

[00:07:42]>> THAT'S NOT THE MEDIA.

[00:07:43]THAT'S THE DISCLOSURES THAT HE'S PUT OUT.