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>>> NOW TO THE LATEST ON THE
CONTROVERSIAL DINNER FORME
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD WITH RAPPE
YE AND WHITE NATIONALIST, NICK
FUENTES.
>> THERE IS AN INSIDE STORY OF
WHAT HAPPENED AT THET MEETIN
INSIDE THE MAR-A-LAGO CLUB
LET’S BRING IN MARK.
THE SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MITCH
McCONNELL WAS ASKED ABOUT TH
MEETING.
HERE’S WHAT HE SAID. >> FIRST, LET ME JUST SAY THAT
THERE IS NO ROOM IN TH
REPUBLICAN PARTY FOR
ANTI-SEMITISM OR WHITE SUPREMACY.
AND ANYONE MEETING WITH PEOPLE
ADVOCATING THAT POINT OF VIEW IN
MY JUDGMENT ARE HIGHLY UNLIKEL
TO EVER BE ELECTED PRESIDENT O
THE UNITED STATES.
>> LET’S START IN THE BEGINNING.
EXPLAIN TO US WHY YE WAS A
MAR-A-LAGO TO BEGIN WITH AND HOW
DOES NICK FUENTES COME INTO TH
PICTURE?
>> A LONG STORY.
YE WAS GETTING CANCELED FOR HI
ANTISEMITIC REMARKS AND HE AND
DONALD TRUMP WERE IN GREATER
CONTACT.
THEY WERE FRIENDS.
THEY AGREED TO HAVE A DINNER
THAT WAS THE TUESDAY BEFOR
THANKSGIVING
NOW YE SORT OF UNBENOUNCED T
TRUMP WHO APPARENTLY WASN’
PAYING ATTENTION WAS PLANNING TO
RUN FOR PRESIDENT AND TRUM
DIDN’T KNOW IT
ACCORDING TO PEOPLE ASSOCIATED
WITH YE, THEY DECIDED TO COM
THERE AND SORT OF CONFRONT TRUMP
AND SAY, HEY, YOU HAVE LOST YOUR
WAY IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, YOU
ARE NOT STANDING UP FOR TH
JANUARY 6ERS WHO ARE
INCARCERATED AND YOU NEED TO GET
THEM MORE MONEY.
YOU ARE NOT THE SAME INSURGENT
CANDIDATE YOU WERE IN 2016
YOU ARE AN ESTABLISHMENT BORE.
AND THEN YE DROPPED A BOMB O
DONALD TRUMP SAYING I’M GOING TO
RUN FOR PRESIDENT.
WHY DON’T YOU BE MY RUNNIN
MATE
THAT ANGERED TRUMP AND THE
DINNER EVENTUALLY ENDED.
ACCORDING TO BOTH SIDES, TRUMP
DIDN’T KNOW WHO FUENTES WAS WHEN
HE MET YE AND THREE OTHERS
NEVER THELESS, THE FORME
PRESIDENT INVITED EVERYONE T
HAVE DINNER WITH HIM OUT ON TH
PATIO.
THIS WAS WIDELY SEEN AND I LEAKED
NOW DONALD TRUMP’S CAMPAIGN IS
IN TOTAL DAMAGE CONTROL MODE
>> YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW TRUM
WAS ESSENTIALLY TRICKED BY THE
RAPPER AND HIS GUESTS.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF OTHER
PEOPLE WHO ENDED UP AT THE
TABLE, ONE WHOSE GOAL WAS TO
GIVE THEM A RIDE AND THEN THEY
STAYED FOR DINNER.
TALK ABOUT THIS ROLE THE
POLITICAL ADVISOR TO YE SAYS H
PLAYED IN HAVING THIS PARTICULAR
GROUP GET TO MEET WITH TRUMP AND
THEN KIND OF HOPE THEY SAT DOW
AT THE DINNER TABLE?
>> WELL, MONUE ANAUPILOUS WA
THE ONE WHO SAID HE HELPED PUT
IT TOGETHER, BRINGING FUENTES TO
TRUMP AND ALSO KAREN JORNO,
FORMER TRUMP ADVISOR PICKED THEM
UP AND DROVE THEM THERE TO GET
THROUGH THE GATES OF MAR-A-LAGO.
NICK FUENTES WAS NOT ON THE LIST
TO GET IN.
IT IS A PRIVATE MEMBERS CLUB AND
THERE IS CLUB SECURITY AND
SECRET SERVICE STANDING AROUND
DOING THEIR JOB.
SECURITY AND ACCESS IS
CONTROLLED BY THE PRIVATE CLUB
PRIVATE SECURITY
SO JORNO WAS ABLE TO TALK HE
WAY IN AND BRING ALONG NIC
FUENTES.
IT HELPED THAT SHE HAD A RAP
SUPERSTAR AND A WELL KNOWN
CHARACTER IN CULTURE TO SORT O
HELP HER GET THROUGH THE GATES WITH HIM
BUT THAT IS SORT OF HOW THEY ALL
WOUND UP TOGETHER.
AGAIN, THEY HAD PLANNED,
ACCORDING TO THEM, TO SPRING
THIS TRAP ON TRUMP
JORNO SAID SHE DIDN’T KNOW MUC
ABOUT THAT
SHE WAS JUST SORT OF A
ACCIDENTAL GUEST WHO WOUND U
BEING A SHOEFURE AT THE DINNER
>> YOU MENTIONED THE SOCIA
SECURITY AND THEY ARE DISTANCING
THEMSELVES FROM WHAT HAPPENE
LAST WEEK.
WHY IS THAT?
>> IT DOESN’T LOOK VERY GOOD I
A WHITE NATIONALIST, THIS GU
HAS SAID SOME PRETTY TERRIBL
THINGS ABOUT HOLOCAUST AND RAPE.
THERE IS A REASON HE HAS BEE
DEPLATFORMED FROM A VARIETY OF
SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS.
THY # THEY ARE SAYING THIS IS
PRIVATE CLUB AND THEY ARE IN