Upcoming CNN debate moderator and Inside Politics host Dana Bash marveled to former Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday during a ten-minute interview that President Joe Biden’s speech at Pointe du Hoc in France “was quite a contrast” with recent statements from former President Donald Trump.
Bash led Pelosi by introducing a clip of Trump on Dr. Phil, “And what you have described and what we saw from President Biden on this trip clearly intentionally, not just sending a message to the world that is first and foremost, his goal, but also back here in the us, cautioning about the fragility of democracy and it was quite a contrast from what we heard from the former president, his rival, to take the White House again, Donald Trump, I want you to listen to what he said yesterday.”
In the clip, Trump declared that “The word revenge is a very strong word, but maybe we have revenge through success [jump cut] revenge does take time, I will say that and sometimes revenge can be justified, for I have to be honest. Sometimes it can.”
Trump clearly said that one form of revenge could simply be winning, but nevertheless, Bash asked, “What's your response?”
Pelosi, who was also in France in Paris, danced around the question, “Well, I don't respond,” and proceeded to give a recap of her meetings with French officials and the history of Franco-American relations as they related to the Revolutionary War and World War II.
As for Bash, her recent commentaries on Trump are raising serious doubts about her ability to fairly moderate the June 27 debate.
Here is a transcript for the June 7 show:
CNN Inside Politics with Dana Bash
6/7/2024
12:39 PM ET
DANA BASH: And what you have described and what we saw from President Biden on this trip clearly intentionally, not just sending a message to the world that is first and foremost, his goal, but also back here in the us, cautioning about the fragility of democracy and it was quite a contrast from what we heard from the former president, his rival, to take the White House again, Donald Trump, I want you to listen to what he said yesterday.
DONALD TRUMP: The word revenge is a very strong word, but maybe we have revenge through success [jump cut] revenge does take time, I will say that—
PHIL MCGRAW: It does.
TRUMP: -- and sometimes revenge can be justified for I have to be honest. Sometimes it can.
BASH: What's your response?
NANCY PELOSI: Well, I don't respond. Let me just say this: we came here and we thanked the French for their help and our own revolution and that was part of our conversation with the Chamber of Deputies today, with the president of the Chamber of Deputies, the speaker of the House, a woman, with the members of the chamber, with all along the way, we've been thanking the French.
