>> STEPHEN: WE'RE BACK WITH HOST OF "THE REIDOUT," JOY REID.

YOU WORKED FOR THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN IN 2008, RIGHT?

>> I DID.

>> Stephen: THAT WAS A JUMP BALL ELECTION.

>> YEP.

>> Stephen: WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU BE GIVING TO THE BIDEN

PEOPLE, AND HAVE THEY ACTUALLY ASKED FOR IT?

>> WELL, THEY DIDN'T ASK ME FOR ADVICE.

I ASSUMED THEY WATCHED A LITTLE NBC.

I THINK HE HATE WATCHES.

WHAT I SAY IS TAKE THE ADVICE OF THE CHURCH LADIES WHO SAT IN

THIS RESTAURANT WITH ME ON ELECTION NIGHT IN 2008.

I WENT IN -- I USED TO DO A RADIO SHOW SO I HAD A LITTLE BIT

OF A RADIO AUDIENCE.

WE GATHERED A BUNCH OF PEOPLE TOGETHER AND WATCHED THE RETURNS

COME IN.

AS THE RETURNS WERE COMING IN, EVEN WHEN OBAMA WON FLORIDA,

PEOPLE SAID, I DON'T BELIEVE IT, I HAVE TO SEE EVERY SINGLE

STATE.

THEN HE WENT TO CALIFORNIA.

GETTING CLOSE.

NO, I DON'T BELIEVE IT, I DON'T BELIEVE IT.

LITERALLY, THEY'D NOT BELIEVE OBAMA HAD WON TILL HE HAD 340

ELECTORAL VOTES, WAY OVER 270.

THEY JUST DIDN'T BELIEVE IT.

THEY WANTED TO GET ALL THE WAY TO THE END.

I RAN TRACK WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND MY TRACK COACH USED

TO SAY THE WAY YOU LOSE AN ELECTION IS YOU GET RIGHT TOWARD

THAT TAPE AND SOMETHING IN YOUR MIND MAKES YOU SLOW DOWN A

LITTLE BIT.

THE PERSON WHO WINS THE ELECTION IS THE PERSON WHO SEES 100-YARD

PAST THE TAPE AND YOU SPRINT THROUGH THE TAPE.

SO THE ADVICE I GIVE DEMOCRATS, VOTERS, PEOPLE WHO ARE SCARED

WITH PTSD, SPRINT THROUGH THE TAPE.

FORGET WHAT HAPPENS ON ELECTION DAY.

YOU HAVE TO RUN THROUGH THE TAPE.

PEOPLE NEED TO VOTE LIKE BIDEN IS DOWN BY 20.

VOTE LIKE YOU'RE DESPERATEAND YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT.

DON ASSUME THE POLLS OR ANYTHING.

BE LIKE THE CHURCH LADIES WHO SAID I NEED TO SEE THE 36

360th ELECTORAL VOTE BEFORE I BELIEVE HE WON.

>> Stephen: YOU AND NICOLE WALLACE AND RACHEL MADDOW HAVE

BEEN ANCHORING THE DEBATE COVERAGE WITH BRIAN WILLIAMS.

ARE YOU DOING THURSDAY, TOO?

>> IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S GOING TO BE A DEBATE, SO, YES, WE WILL

BE THERE.

>> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM THIS THURSDAY DEBATE?

MY PREDICTION IS HE WILL NOT CHANGE IN ANY WAY.

MY PREDICTION IS HE DOES NOT HAVE ANOTHER GEAR AND IT WILL BE

ANOTHER DISASTER FOR HIM.

>> THIS GUY IS 73 YEARS OLD.

HE IS WHO HE IS.

I EXPECT TO WANT TO DRINK.

>> Stephen: I HAVE SEEN RACHEL MADDOW MAKE COCKTAILS ON HER

TELEVISION SHOW.

>> WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

IT'S SO MUCH FUN DOING IT.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE THE NIGHT WHERE WE ALL GET ALONG.

WE TALK ABOUT THAT STUFF.

I DID TELL HER I MIGHT BRING A FLASK NEXT TIME.

I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN GET AWAY WITH THAT BUT I'M THINKING ABOUT

IT.

DONALD TRUMP IS WHO HE IS.

HE'S NEVER BEEN ANY DIFFERENT.

I THINK WHEN HE WAS EIGHT HE WAS LIKE THIS, HE'S GOING TO BE LIKE

THIS WHEN HE'S 80.

HE'S GOING TO DO THE SAME THING.

BECAUSE HE CAN'T STAND TO HEAR THE TRUTH ABOUT HIMSELF COME OUT

SO HE'LL INTERRUPT.

HE WON'T ALLOW BIDEN TO FINISH A SENTENCE.

HOPEFULLY SHE TAKES NOTES AND STAND UP TO HIM BUT HE'LL TRY TO

BULLY HER.

HE'S NOT EXACTLY RESPECTING WOMEN.

I THINK HE'S GOING TO BULLY HIS WAY THROUGH IT AND IT WILL BE

INCOHERENT.

>> Stephen: "THE REIDOUT" AIRS WEEKNIGHTS ON MSNBC.

JOY REID, EVERYBODY.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH EMMY AWARD-WINNING STAR OF "THE TRIAL

OF THE CHICAGO 7," YAHYA ABDUL-MATEEN, II.

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