JULY 19, 2019

It's only been five days since President Trump said four Democratic congresswomen should "go back" and fix the places they originally came from.
 

From there it was off to a whirlwind week of rhetoric excessive even for this president.

It was just Thursday that the president said he was not happy with the "send her back" chant that welled up at his rally in North Carolina this week, aimed at Rep. Ilahn Omar of Minnesota.

The president said he disagreed with it, and said he started talking quickly after the chant started because he didn't like hearing it— while the clock showed he let 13 seconds go by while it reached a crescendo.

By Friday, he had reconsidered his opinion of the crowd, calling them "incredible patriots."

As Brian Williams points out, today is day 911 of the Trump presidency.

The lineups for the second round of Democratic presidential debates were released Thursday night, with Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Bernie Sanders of Vermont appearing on the first night and former Vice President Joe Biden and California Sen. Kamala Harris, who butted heads in the last debate, facing off on the second night.

The lineups were determined in three random drawings on CNN, which is hosting the Democrats' second 2020 Detroit debate. 

According to the newly-released NBC News|SurveyMonkey online poll, former Vice President Joe Biden is leading the pack of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, with Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren tied behind him.

The poll, conducted after the first Democratic debate in late June, shows 25 percent of respondents would vote for Biden if a primary or caucus was held today, while Sanders, I-Vt., and Warren of Massachusetts each garnered 16 percent.

 
Sen. Kamala Harris of California was close behind, with 14 percent, and South Bend, Ind., Mayor Peter Buttigieg registered at 8 percent. 

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Analysis and Opinion

ANALYSIS. How Trump could lose by 5 million votes and still win in 2020. It's tempting for Democrats to believe the president's comments will backfire with an increasingly diverse electorate and seriously damage his re-election prospects. But the cold reality for Democrats? The bulk of the nation's demographic transformation is taking place in states that matter the least in deciding the Electoral College.  The nation's two most populous states, California and Texas, are at the heart of Democrats' geography problem. by David Wasserman, House editor of the Cook Political Report.

OPINION. Trump's racist words and the 'Send her back' cheers were shocking, but only if you'd never accepted who he is. Donald Trump rose to power by fueling a consistent narrative that you’re either for America and for him, or you're against him and against America. He came to office with a consistent narrative of racial divisiveness, and he never stopped. by Ashley Pratte.

What to watch this weekend

Ari Melber hosts an MSNBC Special on Sunday, "The Mueller Report What You Need to Know," at 9.m. ET.

It will be followed by a special "Headliners" episode on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes.

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