GOP Rep. Steve Stivers: Politicizing Baseball Shooting Is ‘Disgusting'

>> I KNOW SOME OF YOU OUT THERE -- SOME OF YOU, SOME
REPUBLICANS MAY EVEN BE TURNED OFF BY OUR PRESIDENT.
AND I DON'T THINK YOU ARE. I'M THOUGHT.
. >>> THAT WAS SUNNY PURDUE.
FORMER GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA, WHICH IS WHERE TOMORROW THE
SIXTH DISTRICT IS HOLDING ITS SPECIAL CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION
BETWEEN FORMER STATE SECRETARY KAREN HANDLE.
IT IS CLOSE AND IT IS CLOSELY WATCHED.
EVEN FROM THE OVAL OFFICE IN A RACE A LOT OF FOLKS THINK IS A
REFERENDUM ON THE PRESIDENT'S FIRST SIX MONTHS IN OFFICE.
JOINING ME NOW TO TALK ABOUT IT, REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN OF OHIO
WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO BE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL
REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE AND KELSEY AND JONATHAN ARE BACK WITH US,
TOO. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
>> GOOD MORNING. >> THE PRESIDENT IS TWEETING
THIS MORNING ABOUT ALL OF THIS. IS THIS RACE A REFERENDUM ON
DONALD TRUMP? >> I DON'T THINK SO.
SPECIAL ELECTION IN GEORGIA. IT'S ABOUT WHAT THE PEOPLE OF
GEORGIA WANT. AND IN GEORGIA SIX PROVEN SHE
CAN GET THINGS DONE AND SOMEBODY WHO LIVES IN THE DISTRICT OVER
SOMEBODY WHO SPENT $30 MILLION TO PUFF UP A RESUME, INCLUDING
EXAGGERATING ABOUT HIS NATIONAL SECURITY EXPERIENCE.
I THINK KAREN HANDLE IS GOING TO WIN TOMORROW.
BUT IT'S CLEARLY A CLOSE RACE. >> AND YOU THINK IT HAS NOTHING
TO DO WITH THE GUY WHO IS SITTING IN THE OVAL OFFICE THEN?
>> I THINK IT'S ABOUT A LOT MORE THAN THAT.
I THINK THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT
THEY'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON. BUT THE BIG THING THEY'RE GOING
TO FOCUS ON IS WHO THEY WANT TO REPRESENT THEM.
THAT'S WHAT THIS RACE IS ABOUT. BUT DIFFERENT PEOPLE CAN BE
MOTIVATED BY DIFFERENT THINGS. BUT THIS RACE IS ABOUT WHO IS
GOING TO REPRESENT GEORGIA 6. >> SO, A NEW AD THAT'S -- I
DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY IT, RAISING EYEBROWS IN THE
DISTRICT. GETTING A LOT OF PEOPLE UPSET,
FRANKLY. LET ME PLAY YOU THE FIRST TEN
SECONDS OF THIS THING. HANG ON.
>> NOW THE UNHINGED LEFT IS ENDORSING AND APPLAUDING
SHOOTING REPUBLICANS. WHEN WILL IT STOP?
IT WON'T IF JOHN WINS ON TUESDAY.
>> THE AD ITSELF SHOWING CONGRESSMAN SCALISE ON A
STRETCHER THERE. IN PART, I THINK THE SHOOTING IS
GOING TO WIN THE ELECTION FOR US.
BECAUSE MODERATES AND INDEPENDENTS IN THIS DISTRICT
ARE TIRES OF LEFT-WING EXTREMISM.
MODERATES AND INDEPENDENTS OUT THERE WANT TO GIVE THEM A
CHANCE. DEMOCRATS HAVE NEVER GIVEN THIS
PRESIDENT A CHANCE. TYING IN ANYWAY THE BASEBALL
SHOOTING LAST WEEK TO THIS RACE. IN YOUR VIEW, APPROPRIATE?
>> I THINK IT'S INAPPROPRIATE. I THINK IT'S DISGUSTING.
AND I THINK ANYBODY WHO WOULD POLITES IS THIS SHOOTING SHOULD
BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES. IT'S HAPPENING ON THE LEFT AND
THE RIGHT AND I THINK THEY ALL SHOULD STOP IT.
THERE ARE LEFT-WING FOLKS OVER THE WEEKEND THAT TWEETED THINGS
THAT INSINUATED STEVE SCALISE, THAT IS DISGUSTING.
THIS AD IS ALSO DISGUSTING AND I THINK ANYBODY THAT WOULD
POLITSIZE THIS SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES AND I HOPE NOBODY
DOES THAT ANY MORE. >> WHEN HE SAYS THE SHOOTING IS
GOING TO WIN THE ELECTION FOR US.
YOU DISAGREE. >> I DON'T THINK THIS ELECTION
IS ABOUT THAT. I THINK, YOU KNOW, I THINK
ANYBODY THAT WOULD -- I DON'T THINK THE CHAIRMAN IS
POLITICIZING THE SHOOTING. BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THE
SHOOTING IS APPROPRIATE TO POLITICIZE.
HE IS A FATHER AND A HUSBAND. SOME PEOPLE TWEETED THINGS OVER
THE WEEKEND INAPPROPRIATE AND HE WAS IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
AND THAT IS SHAMEFUL. >> AND WE SHOULD NOTE THE
CONGRESSMAN HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO SERIOUS CONDITION.
I WANT TO SEND THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS --
>> HE HAS BEEN UPGRADED AND WE ARE ALL PRAYING FOR STEVE
SCALISE, BUT I HOPE FOLKS WILL QUIT POLITICIZING THIS SHOOTING.
>> ANOTHER BIG HEADLINE IN THIS GEORGIA RACE, SOMETHING YOU KNOW
MUCH ABOUT. AND THAT IS THE EYEBALLS POPPING
SIZE OF MONEY. THE "POST" REPORTS IN A CLOSED
DOOR MEETING WITH LAWMAKERS, YOU FELT GOOD ABOUT YOUR CHANCES
HERE BUT ALSO WARNED ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY THE NRCC HAS TO BE
SPENDING HERE. IT DOESN'T SEEM SUSTAINABLE,
FRANKLY. HOW DO YOU LOOK AHEAD TO 2018?
YOU CAN'T SPEND $30 MILLION OR 40 MILLION ON EVERY RACE, RIGHT?
>> SO, THE LEFT HAS SPENT $30 MILLION IN THIS RACE.
THE RIGHT HAS SPENT $20 MILLION ON THIS RACE.
WE'VE BEEN OUTSPENT BY $10 MILLION AND THIS RACE THEY STILL
WEREN'T ABLE TO PUT THIS RACE AWAY.
THEY SEEM HAPPY WITH MORAL VICTORIES AND WE'RE FOCUSED ON
REAL VICTORIES. YOU'RE RIGHT, WE CAN'T SPEND
THAT SUM OF MONEY ON EVERY RACE AND WE WON'T SPEND THAT SUM OF
MONEY ON EVERY RACE. BUT THIS RACE HAS TAKEN ON SORT
OF AN OUTSIZED IMPACT BECAUSE IT IS THE ONLY RACE THAT DEMOCRATS
SEEM TO BE FOCUSING ON. WE HAD FOUR SPECIAL ELECTIONS.
AS OF TOMORROW, WE WON TWO OF THEM.
THERE ARE TWO TOMORROW AND THEY'RE NOT FOCUSING ON SOUTH
CAROLINA, AT ALL. JUST AS A PERSPECTIVE, HALLIE.
$50 MILLION IN THE GEORGIA RACE. ALL IN BOTH SIDES.
$800,000 ALL IN BOTH SIDES IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
SO, I GUESS THE LESSON HERE IS RUN IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
>> AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY YOU HAVE TO
SPEND, THOUGH. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE YOU CAN'T DO
THAT FOR EVERY RACE IN 2015. ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THE
FUND-RAISING ASPECT AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO THE MIDTERMS?
>> WE HAVE BEEN OUTRAISING OUR COUNTERPARTS ON THE OTHER SIDE
EVERY MONTH FOR THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS.
THEY DID OUTRAISE US IN MAY, BUT WE OUTRAISED THEM BY ABOUT $10
MILLION NET SO FAR THIS YEAR. AND, SO, I FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH
WHERE THINGS ARE. BUT THEY CAN'T SPEND $30 MILLION
IN EVERY RACE EITHER AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES ME FEEL COMFORTABLE
ABOUT THE PLAYING FIELD GOING FORWARD.
IN FACT, THERE IS NO WAY FOR THEM TO REPLICATE WHAT'S
HAPPENED IN GEORGIA 6 BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE 435 SEATS UP
WITH 70 COMPETITIVE SEATS. AND THEY DON'T HAVE $3.5 BILLION
TO SPEND ON THIS ELECTION CYCLE. >>

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