Watters: Here's what REALLY went down...

[0:02] FOX NEWS ALERT, A THIRD ATTEMPT ON THE PRESIDENT'S LIFE, THIS TIME AT THE WHITE HOUSE [0:06] CORRESPONDENT'S DINNER. THE NIGHT BEGAN AS IT ALWAYS DOES, TUCKSES, GOWNS AND COCKTAILS. [0:11] IT WAS TRUMP'S FIRST TIME ATTENDING AS PRESIDENT AND PRIME TIME WAS THERE. [0:16] WHAT'S THE GAME PLAN WHEN YOU GET INSIDE? [0:18] THE GAME PLAN IS TO SIT BACK AND ENJOY AN AMAZING EVENING. [0:22] IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT, HIGHLY ENTERTAINING, CLASSIC TRUMP. [0:26] A LEGENDARY ROAST, IT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING. [0:28] IT MAY BE OFF THE CUFF, YOU KNOW? HE'S VERY FUNNY OFF THE CUFF. [0:31] EPIC SPEECH BUT AN EPIC DUFFY NIGHT OUT. [0:34] I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE MENTALISTS. [0:36] I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE IN YEARS, BUT I COULDN'T MISS THIS ONE. [0:40] WE CAME TO SUPPORT THE GREATEST PRESIDENT AMERICA HAS EVER HAD, DONALD J. TRUMP. [0:46] AT 8.15, PRESIDENT TRUMP ENTERED THE BALLROOM WITH THE FIRST LADY AND THE VP. [0:55] LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE 45TH AND 47TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, [1:00] DONALD J. TRUMP AND FIRST LADY, MELANIA TRUMP. [1:03] THE BALLROOM WAS PACKED, 2,000 IN ATTENDANCE, 12 OF THE 18 OFFICIALS IN THE LINE OF SUCCESSION. [1:31] HUNDREDS OF JOURNALISTS, MEDIA EXECUTIVES AND CELEBRITIES SITTING SHOULDER TO SHOULDER [1:36] ENJOYING THE FIRST COURSE, SPRING PEAS AND BURRATA. [1:40] ON STAGE, JUST AFTER 8.30, A MENTALIST LEANED OVER THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY MID-TRICK [1:45] TRYING TO GUESS CAROLINE LEVITT'S BABY'S NAME. [1:48] THEN WITHOUT WARNING, POP, POP, POP. [1:50] AN ASSASSIN HAD CHARGED 60 FEET THROUGH A SECRET SERVICE CHECKPOINT, [2:24] REACHING THE TOP OF A STAIRCASE THAT LED TO THE BALLROOM. [2:28] SECRET SERVICE MOVED IMMEDIATELY. [2:30] AGENTS JUMPED ON THE PRESIDENT FORCING HIM DOWN. [2:33] THE SECRET SERVICE GRAB HIM AND THEY'RE TRYING TO GET HIM TO GO DOWN AND HE'S GOING DOWN AND THEN [2:39] THEY KIND OF MORE AGGRESSIVELY GET ON TOP OF HIM AND BRING HIM DOWN AND THE MOST SURREAL [2:46] MOMENTS POTENTIALLY OF MY LIFE ARE WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP GOES DOWN ABOUT A FOOT AWAY FROM ME AND WE ARE [2:52] SIDE TO SIDE STARING INTO EACH OTHER'S EYES FROM A FOOT AWAY LOOKING AT EACH OTHER AND THE THOUGHT [2:58] THAT CROSSES MY MIND RIGHT THEN IS, OH NO, I HOPE WE'RE NOT ABOUT TO DIE. [3:02] WITHIN SECONDS PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS RUSHED FROM THE STAGE. [3:05] THE VICE PRESIDENT YANKED OUT OF HIS SEAT. [3:07] AGENTS SWARMED THE HALLWAYS OUTSIDE THE BALLROOM SCREAMING AT PEOPLE TO GET LOW. [3:19] BY 8.35 AUTHORITIES HAD THE SHOOTER IN CUSTODY. [4:01] AFTER AN EXCHANGE OF GUNFIRE, ONE SECRET SERVICE AGENT WAS SHOT. [4:04] HE WAS WEARING A VEST AND IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A FULL RECOVERY. [4:08] INSIDE THE ROOM, NOBODY KNEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING. [4:11] CHAIRS FLIPPED, GLASS SHATTERED AND GUESTS HIT THE FLOOR AS AGENTS FLOODED THE VENUE. [4:31] SECRET SERVICE AGENTS CLIMBED OVER TABLES TO PROTECT CABINET MEMBERS AND HIGH-RANKING OFFICIALS. [4:48] AS I WAS WALKING OUT OF THE MEN'S ROOM, TO GO DOWN THE STAIRS, TO GO BACK TO THE BALLROOM, [4:55] ALL OF A SUDDEN, I HEAR GUNSHOTS GOING UP AND I KNEW THERE WERE GUNSHOTS. [5:00] THE NEXT THING I KNEW, I SEE THE GUNMAN MAYBE THREE OR FOUR FEET AWAY. [5:05] IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS FIRING RANDOMLY AT THE TOP, FIRING, YOU KNOW, BULLETS AND HE HAD A BIG GUN. [5:14] I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF GUN IT WAS, BUT IT WAS A BIG GUN AND WITHIN A FEW SECONDS, [5:19] ALL OF A SUDDEN, A POLICE OFFICER COMES RUNNING UP TO ME AND PUSHES ME DOWN TO PROTECT ME. [5:25] THAT WAS WOLF BLITZER WHO STEPPED OUT TO USE THE MEN'S ROOM AND CAME FACE TO FACE WITH THE SHOOTER. [5:30] THE PRESIDENT WAS WISKED AWAY TO HIS SECURE HOLDING AREA NEARBY AND HE WAS UNHARMED. [5:35] POSTING AT 9.17 THAT HE WAS RECOMMENDING WE LET THE SHOW GO ON, [5:40] IF IT WAS OKAY WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. [5:42] BUT SHORTLY AFTER THE WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENCE ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT [5:46] GOT ON STAGE AND MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. [5:49] LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REQUESTED THAT WE LEAVE THE PREMISES CONSISTENT WITH PROTOCOL. [5:56] THE PRESIDENT WILL BE HAVING A PRESS BRIEFING AT THE WHITE HOUSE IN 30 MINUTES. [6:05] THAT IS NOT A JOKE. [6:09] AND HE INSISTS THAT WE WILL RESCHEDULE THIS EVENT IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS. [6:15] AN HOUR LATER PRESIDENT TRUMP POSTED A PICTURE OF THE ALLEGED GUNMAN FACE DOWN ON THE CARPET SHIRTLESS. [6:24] AND AT 10.30 PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE PRESS GATHERED IN THE BRIEFING ROOM IN BLACK TIE. [6:29] WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND THAT WAS VERY UNEXPECTED. [6:34] WE VERY MUCH, AND YOU WANTED TO TOO, WE VERY MUCH WANTED TO CONTINUE IT, [6:38] BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE TO LET THESE SICK PEOPLE, THESE THUGS, THESE HORRIBLE, [6:43] HORRIBLE PEOPLE, CHANGE THE FABRIC OF OUR LIFE, CHANGE THE COURSE OF WHAT WE DO. [6:47] SO WE HELD OUT, YOU WERE THERE, WE HELD OUT RIGHT TILL THE END, BUT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE A CHANCE, [6:53] AND I UNDERSTAND IT WAS PROTOCOL, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING ONE HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS [6:59] OR SOONER, AND I AM READY, WILLING AND ABLE, AND I WAS ALL SET TO REALLY RIP IT. [7:05] AND I SAID TO MY PEOPLE, THIS WOULD BE THE MOST INAPPROPRIATE SPEECH EVER MADE IF I SAID WELL. [7:09] SO I HAVE TO SAVE IT, I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD EVER BE AS ROUGH AS I WAS GOING TO BE TONIGHT, [7:15] I THINK I'M GOING TO BE PROBABLY VERY NICE. [7:17] THE WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT'S ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT ASKED THE FIRST QUESTION, LISTEN. [7:22] AS YOU MENTIONED, IT ALL HAPPENED SO QUICKLY, AND I WONDER, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY YOU HAVE [7:30] EXPERIENCE WITH THESE SORTS OF THREATS, IN THAT MOMENT, WHEN YOU REALIZED THERE WAS A THREAT, [7:37] AND SERVICE AGENTS WERE TELLING US TO GET DOWN. CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND, [7:44] HOW YOU WERE FEELING IN THAT MOMENT? THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION, ACTUALLY. [7:48] IT WAS, IT'S ALWAYS SHOCKING WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS, HAPPENED TO ME A LITTLE BIT, [7:54] AND THAT NEVER CHANGES. THE FACT, WE WERE SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER, [8:00] FIRST LADY ON MY RIGHT, AND I HEARD A NOISE, AND SORT OF THOUGHT IT WAS A TREY, BUT IT WAS A GUN, [8:07] AND SOME PEOPLE REALLY UNDERSTOOD THAT PRETTY QUICKLY, OTHER PEOPLE DIDN'T. [8:14] I WAS WATCHING TO SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING, PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE GONE DOWN EVEN FASTER. [8:18] THE PRESIDENT DIDN'T POINT FINGERS, HE RESPONDED WITH CLASS. [8:23] THIS WAS AN EVENT DEDICATED TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BRING TOGETHER MEMBERS [8:31] OF BOTH PARTIES WITH MEMBERS OF THE PRESS, AND IN A CERTAIN WAY IT DID, [8:36] BECAUSE THE FACT THAT THEY JUST UNIFIED, I SAW A ROOM THAT WAS JUST TOTALLY UNIFIED, [8:42] IT WAS IN ONE WAY VERY BEAUTIFUL, A VERY BEAUTIFUL THING TO SEE. [8:46] WE HAVE TO RESOLVE OUR DIFFERENCES. [8:48] I WILL SAY, YOU HAD REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS, INDEPENDENTS, CONSERVATIVES, LIBERALS AND PROGRESSIVES, [8:56] THOSE WORDS ARE INTERCHANGEABLE PERHAPS, BUT MAYBE THEY'RE NOT, BUT YOU HAD EVERYBODY IN THAT [9:01] ROOM, BIG CROWD, RECORD-SETTING CROWD, THERE WAS A RECORD-SETTING GROUP OF PEOPLE, [9:08] AND THERE WAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF LOVE AND COMING TOGETHER. [9:11] WHAT EXACTLY WENT DOWN? CBS REPORTS THE GUNMAN WAS STAYING AT THE HOTEL, TOOK A BACK STAIRCASE, [9:18] TEN FLIGHTS DOWN TO THE FESTIVITIES, A VOLUNTEER SAID SHE SAW HIM ASSEMBLING A SHOTGUN IN A LIGHTLY [9:24] MONITORED AREA BEFORE OPENING FIRE AND RUSHING TOWARDS THE BALLROOM. [9:28] BECAUSE HE WAS STAYING AT THE HOTEL, HE GOT HIS WEAPONS IN WHEN HE CHECKED IN. [9:33] A PUMP ACTION SHOTGUN, A 38-CALIBER HANDGUN AND MULTIPLE KNIVES. [9:37] HE'S BEEN IDENTIFIED AS COAL ALLEN, 31, FROM TORRENCE, CALIFORNIA, HALF BLACK, HALF WHITE. [9:43] ON PAPER, HE HAD EVERYTHING GOING FOR HIM, CAL TECH GRAD, GOOD SCHOOL, COMPUTER SCIENTISTS, SMART GUY. [9:51] HE DESIGNED VIDEO GAMES, TUTORED STUDENTS, WAS ACTUALLY NAMED TEACHER OF THE MONTH TWO YEARS AGO. [9:57] HE HAD AN ENGINEERING BRAIN. HERE HE IS ON ABC BACK IN 2017. [10:01] THE WHEEL CHAIR BRAKES TEND TO LOCK THE WHEELS BUT DON'T ACTUALLY LOCK THE CHAIR TO THE GROUND. [10:07] THE IDEA WITH THIS IS TO PREVENT IT FROM MOVING AT ALL. [10:14] HE WAS WELL-EDUCATED AND LIBERAL. [10:17] HE DONATED TO KAMALA LAST ELECTION, ATTEMPTED NO KINGS RALLY, AND HE WAS A PART OF A GROUP CALLED THE WIDE AWAKES, CRUSADING AGAINST TRUMP, BILLIONAIRES, FOSSIL FUELS, YOU KNOW. [10:28] HIS SISTER TOLD POLICE HE MADE RADICAL STATEMENTS CONSTANTLY, ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT DOING SOMETHING TO FIX THE ISSUES WITH TODAY'S WORLD. [10:38] THIS WASN'T A CRIME OF OPPORTUNITY. [10:40] IT WAS PREMEDITATED. [10:41] JUST LIKE KAVANAUGH'S WANNABE ASSASSIN, HE TRAVELED ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO KILL. [10:46] IT WAS ON APRIL 21ST THAT HE TRAVELED ALL THE WAY FROM THE WEST COAST FROM HIS HOME NEAR L.A. [10:57] HE GETS TO CHICAGO ON APRIL 23rd AND HAS BEEN INDICATED HE ARRIVES IN D.C. ON THE 24TH AND HE CHECKS INTO THE HOTEL AT ABOUT 3 P.M. [11:09] HE STAYS OVERNIGHT. [11:12] HE IS VERY MUCH AWARE THAT THE PRESIDENT AND THE FIRST LADY ENTERED THE BALLROOM AT 8 P.M. [11:19] AND IT WAS AT 8.40 THAT HE MADE A DECISION TO RUSH THE BALLROOM. [11:24] THIS WASN'T LIKE THE GUY WHO HAMMERED PAULY P. IN THE HEAD. [11:28] HE DIDN'T LIVE IN AN OLD SCHOOL BUS AND TALKED TO FAIRIES. [11:31] HE WAS SOBER-MINDED AND CALCULATING. [11:34] BOOKED A HOTEL IN ADVANCE, TRACKED THE PRESIDENT'S SCHEDULE, ARRIVED EARLY AND WAITED. [11:39] HE'S NOT A LOW-IQ LUNATIC. [11:41] HE'S A LEFT-WING MILITANT. [11:43] HE LEFT A MANIFESTO RAILING AGAINST THE PRESIDENT. [11:47] STUFF YOU HEAR FROM DEMOCRATS 24-7. [11:50] THOSE WHO CONSTANTLY FALSELY LABEL AND SLANDER THE PRESIDENT AS A FASCIST, AS A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY [11:56] AND COMPARE HIM TO HITLER TO SCORE POLITICAL POINTS ARE FUELING THIS KIND OF VIOLENCE. [12:02] WHEN YOU READ THE MANIFESTO OF THIS SHOOTER, ASK YOURSELVES, HOW DIFFERENT IS THE RHETORIC FROM THIS ALMOST [12:08] ASSASSIN THAN WHAT YOU READ ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND HEAR IN VARIOUS FORUMS EVERY SINGLE DAY. [12:14] MUCH OF THE MANIFESTO OF THE WOULD-BE ASSASSIN IS INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM THE WORDS THAT WE HEAR DAILY FROM SO MANY. [12:21] CBS WHO ALMOST ALWAYS BURIES SHOOTERS MANIFESTOS READ DIRECTLY FROM IT TO THE PRESIDENT'S FACE. [12:29] DO YOU THINK HE WAS REFERRING TO YOU? [12:31] EXCUSE ME. [12:32] EXCUSE ME. [12:33] I'M NOT A PEDOPHIDE. [12:35] YOU READ THAT CRAP FROM SOME SICK PERSON. [12:38] I GOT ASSOCIATED WITH STUFF THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ME. [12:42] I WAS TOTALLY EXONERATED. [12:45] YOUR FRIENDS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PLATE ARE THE ONES THAT WERE INVOLVED WITH, LET'S SAY, [12:52] EPSTEIN OR OTHER THINGS. [12:53] BUT I SAID TO MYSELF, YOU KNOW, I'LL DO THIS INTERVIEW AND THEY'LL PROBABLY... [12:57] I READ THE MANIFESTO, YOU KNOW, HE'S A SICK PERSON. [13:01] BUT YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF READING THAT BECAUSE I'M NOT ANY OF THOSE THINGS. [13:07] MR. PRESIDENT, THESE ARE THE GUNMAN'S WORDS. [13:09] EXCUSE ME. [13:10] EXCUSE ME. [13:11] YOU SHOULDN'T BE READING THAT ON 60 MINUTES. [13:13] YOU'RE A DISGRACE. [13:14] BUT GO AHEAD. [13:15] LET'S FINISH THE INTERVIEW. [13:16] THE MANIFESTO MAKES IT CLEAR HE WASN'T HAPPY WITH HIS POLICIES. [13:20] NOT FRINGE TALK. [13:21] IT'S WHAT THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA TRAFFICS IN EVERY DAY. [13:24] HITLER, NAZI, FASCIST, DICTATOR WHO'S GOING TO END DEMOCRACY. [13:28] HE'S INSECURE. [13:30] HE'S A WANNABE DICTATOR. [13:32] HE'S ACTING LIKE A KING, A DESPOT, A WANNABE DICTATOR. [13:37] NO ONE HAS EVER BEEN MORE DANGEROUS TO THIS COUNTRY THAN DONALD TRUMP. [13:42] AND HE IS A FASCIST TO HIS CORE. [13:44] WE ARE IN AN ERA OF MAXIMUM WARFARE. [13:50] EVERYWHERE, ALL THE TIME. [13:53] WE'RE IN A WAR RIGHT NOW TO SAVE THIS COUNTRY. [13:56] YOU HAVE TO BE WILLING TO DO WHATEVER IS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO SAVE THE COUNTRY. [14:00] BUT 48 HOURS AFTER THE THIRD ATTEMPT ON THE PRESIDENT'S LIFE, [14:06] DEMOCRATS ARE LIKE, WHAT DO WE SAY? [14:09] AND YOU HAVE, AS MANY OF YOUR FELLOW DEMOCRATS, [14:12] HAVE USED SOME HEATED RHETORIC AGAINST THE PRESIDENT. [14:15] AND DO YOU THINK TWICE ABOUT THAT WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS? [14:18] WHAT RHETORIC DO YOU HAVE IN MIND? [14:23] SOME ARE EVEN CALLING SATURDAY A FALSE FLAG OPERATION. [14:27] I THINK PEOPLE JUMPED TO THAT CONCLUSION THAT IT IS STAGED [14:30] BECAUSE TRUMP LIES. [14:32] HIS LIPS ARE MOVING. [14:34] THE LIKELIHOOD IS HE IS LYING. [14:36] YOU DON'T WANT TO WATCH THE NEWS ABOUT FAKE ASSASSINATION [14:39] ATTEMPTS OR WHAT THEY'RE CALLING AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. [14:44] I THINK HE'S FORGOTTEN HOW MANY TIMES THEY'VE ATTEMPTED THIS. [14:48] TRUMP'S BEEN ALMOST ASSASSINATED THREE TIMES IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS. [14:53] ALL BY DEMOCRAT DONORS. [14:55] THE LATEST GUNMAN EVEN WROTE A MANIFESTO TELLING US WHO HE WAS [14:59] GOING TO SHOOT AND WHY. [15:01] BUT BASICALLY THE HEAD OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY SAYS, [15:04] WHO KNOWS WHY HE DID IT? [15:06] BARACK SAID THIS, ALTHOUGH WE DON'T HAVE YET THE DETAILS [15:10] ABOUT THE MOTIVES BEHIND LAST NIGHT'S SHOOTING AT THE WHITE HOUSE [15:13] CORRESPONDENT'S DINNER, IT'S INCUMBENT UPON ALL OF US TO [15:16] REJECT THE IDEA THAT VIOLENCE HAS ANY PLACE IN OUR DEMOCRACY. [15:19] YEAH. [15:20] BRAVE STAN, BARACK. [15:21] ALL VIOLENCE IS BAD. [15:22] YEAH, WE KNOW. [15:23] HOW MANY BULLETS DID BARACK DODGE? [15:26] NO ONE TRIED TO ASSASSINATE HIM, BIDEN, CLINTON. [15:30] BULLETS ARE ONLY FLYING IN ONE DIRECTION. [15:32] RONALD REAGAN WAS SHOT AT THE SAME HOTEL IN 81. [15:35] THEY KILLED CHARLIE. [15:38] THEY SHOT A HOLE IN STEVE SCALISE. [15:40] RAND PAUL'S NEIGHBOR CRACKED HIS RIBS. [15:43] TACKLED HIM FROM BEHIND. [15:44] HIS OWN NEIGHBOR. [15:45] THEY TRIED TO KILL KAVANAUGH. [15:48] THEY FIREBOMBED TESLAS. [15:50] BLM BURNED DOWN ENTIRE CITY BLOCKS. [15:53] ANTIFA LAYS SIGE TO COURTHOUSES. [15:56] LUIGI EMANGION MURDERED A HEALTH CARE CEO AND THE LEFT FELL IN LOVE. [16:01] IT'S NOT JUST LEFT-WING VIOLENCE. [16:04] THERE'S A FAN BASE FOR IT. [16:06] 27% OF DEMOCRATS FEEL VIOLENCE AGAINST REPUBLICANS IS JUSTIFIED. [16:11] 22% OF YOUNG LIBERALS SAY THEY WOULD BE HAPPY IF THEIR POLITICAL OPPONENT DIED. [16:18] THIS ISN'T A TINY GROUP OF PEOPLE. [16:20] LARGE FACTIONS ON THE LEFT ARE INTO VIOLENCE AND DEATH. [16:25] THEIR POLITICAL OPPONENT DIED. [16:27] THEIR POLITICAL OPPONENT DIED. [16:28] THEIR POLITICAL OPPONENT DIED. [16:29] THEIR POLITICAL OPPONENT DIED. [16:31] HE'S A SHAMED OF IT. [16:32] BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE THINKS HE KNOWS WHY. [16:35] I'VE STUDIED ASSASSINATIONS. [16:36] AND I MUST TELL YOU THE MOST IMPACTFUL PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE THAT DO THE MOST. [16:41] THE PEOPLE THAT DO THE MOST. [16:43] YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE PEOPLE, ABRAHAM LINCOLN. [16:46] YOU GO THROUGH THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS WHERE THEY GOT THEM. [16:52] THEM. [16:54] THEY'RE THE ONES THAT THEY GO AFTER. [16:56] THEY DON'T GO AFTER THE ONES THAT DON'T DO MUCH BECAUSE THEY LIKE IT THAT WAY. [16:58] TRUMP HAS DELIVERED SO MUCH CHANGE. [17:00] AND HE'S SO AMBITIOUS ABOUT PUTTING AMERICA FIRST. [17:03] THE LEFT IS LIVED THAT THEY CAN'T STOP THEM. [17:05] SO THEY SHOOT THEM. [17:07] THEY'RE NOT WINNING ELECTIONS OR ARGUMENTS. [17:09] THERE'S NO POLICY. [17:10] THEY'RE NOT EVEN DEBATING THEM. [17:12] THEY'RE JUST HATING THEM. [17:15] HE'S DOMINATING THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE SO FORCEFULLY [17:18] THAT THEY CAN'T EVEN WAIT UNTIL HE'S TERMED OUT. [17:21] SO THEY TRY TO TAKE THEM OUT. [17:24] THEY GET THE BASE ALL HOPPED UP ON A STERIA AND GOOSE THEM UP AND TURN THEM LOOSE. [17:29] AND THEN WHEN SOMEONE TRIES TO TAKE A SHOT, THEY'LL BACK OFF FOR A WEEK OR TWO. [17:35] AND THEY'LL PICK IT RIGHT BACK UP. [17:38] THE MEDIA THEMSELVES COULD HAVE GOTTEN SHOT SATURDAY NIGHT. [17:41] THEY'RE PUTTING THEMSELVES IN DANGER. [17:43] MAYBE THAT WILL BE A WAKE-UP CALL.