Tragedy Strikes Again

   
   Date viewed: June 12, 2016
   Shows watched:
   Meet the Press; Channel: NBC; Host: Chuck Todd
   Guests on the show: Senator Jeff Flake, Senator Bernie Sanders.
   Pundits: David Plouffe, Steve Schmidt, Hugh Hewitt


      On Meet the Press, we begin our first interview with Jeff Flake, with the recent tragedy of the mass shooting that has happened in Orlando, this past weekend. Chuck Todd begins asking whether when they determine the cause of the shooting, whether America will have a gun conversation or terrorist conversation but not both and why is that. But we go on forward to politics, the topic of whether he was ready to support Trump after the bricking between him and Mitt Romney happened. And Flake said that he is not comfortable with supporting him now or ever will be. He states that Trump has said some troubling things (i.e. comments on the federal judge) and wonders if he can change into the start of the general election. Chuck Todd then ask if he believes it was a racist statement, he responds with that he agrees with Paul Ryan's definition and that really the only way to explain it. Chuck brings in a interesting question which is does he believe that there should be an effort for delegates to reconsider their path with Trump. And I say interesting because between the divide of the republican party and others just siding with Trump because they don't want a Clinton presidency, I'd say its a little too late for that. And Jeff Flake thinks the same and its too late for reconsideration. We cover the subjects of the frustration between Trump's comments, whether he would vote for Hilary or Gary Johnson, and will Trump ever change. Onwards to our next interview with Bernie Sanders, Chuck Todd begins again with the mass shooting in Orlando. Bernie reacts to the event by saying we need a tighter gun control. Chuck brings into question if Bernie is still an active candidate and he responds that yes, he is and he will continue to do everything he can to make sure Donald Trump is not elected president. He goes on to say that Trump runs his campaign on bigotry and insulting minorities. He'll partner up with Hilary Clinton and see what are her campaign's policies. Chuck states that it doesn't sound like he's an active candidate but more like he's winding down his campaign. Sanders goes on to say at the convention they'll be discussing what are Hilary's platform and what does she stand for. We head into our first two pundits who discuss Hilary and Trump's campaign and how do they compare to Obama and McCain's 2008 election. We start on the democrats side and basically Obama and Clinton's campaign are about the same except with Obama's having more staff. David Plouffe states that even as they've been dealing with the end of the primary, they are also getting a head start on the general election. He states that Clinton is having these sources such a data base department and stage directors that benefit her but this election is unique in its own ways. Next, is the republican side where Chuck brings up that the McCain campaign went bankrupt during the primaries and had to restart but his campaign had raised more money than where Trump is right now. Steve Schmidt says that Trump hasn't made much use of  being the republican nominee and between the controversies that he has stirred, comments among the party and his campaign hasn't raised money. It should be concerning to the republicans that all his team has done is tweet on Twitter to vote for Trump or tweet where he was. They then head into talking about the core states both have clinched, how the third party candidate affects the republican party. We end the show with talk of the mass shooting and does the country need a gun conversation or terrorist conversation. They also discuss on the candidates reactions, and if having a all women ticket is what America needs.
      
        At the end of this, I believe the guest had some good responses to the questions and the host were asking some excellent questions. But, this week has been a long and difficult one and there's only more ahead of us.