Donald Trump Takes A Stance In Senate Primary Race

>> KASIE HUNT LIVE FOR US OVER ON THE HILL DURING THIS RECESS
WEEK. >>> CHRIS WILSON AND FORMER
DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND ANALYTICS FOR THE CRUZ 2016
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN ALONG WITH SARAH AND JOSH WHO ARE BACK WITH
US. CHRIS, WHY CAN'T THEY ALL JUST
GET ALONG? >> I THINK THE MEDIA LOVES TO
COVER REPUBLICAN -- AS YOU SEE --
>> DON'T MAKE THIS ABOUT THE MEDIA, MAN.
THIS IS A THING. MITCH McCONNELL IS COMING OUT
AND SAYING THE PRESIDENT DOESN'T GET THE HILL.
HIS TOP ADVISER SLAMMING -- >> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CALL DAN
SCANIVO A TOP ADVISER. >> HE SITS TWO DOORS DOWN FROM
THE OVAL OFFICE. >> HE HAS DELETED AS MANY
TWEETS. THE PROBLEM IS HE IS PROBABLY
GETTING OUT FRONT ON SOMETHING THAT --
>> YOU DON'T THINK -- >> I THINK WHAT MITCH McCONNELL
HAD SAID PUBLICLY ARE THINGS HE SAID DIRECTLY IN THE PAST TO THE
PRESIDENT. NO ONE UNDERSTANDS THE WORKINGS
OF THE SENATE RIGHT NOW BETTER THAN MITCH McCONNELL AND
FRUSTRATION THAT EXISTS ON HIS PART ABOUT UNREALISTIC
EXPECTATIONS AND WHAT THE SENATE CAN DO AND THE TIMELINE HE CAN
GET IT DONE. I WOULD IMAGINE THE FLIP SIDE OF
THAT IS THE PRESIDENT IS FRUSTRATED WITH HOW LONG IT
TAKES TO GET THINGS DONE. THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT WORKS IN
TRUMP TOWER. >> POLLING HAS COME OUT ON HOW
PEOPLE SEE PRESIDENT TRUMP. THIS IS FROM THIS NEW POLITICAL
MORNING POLL. 40% APPROVAL AND 18% OF THOSE
FOLKS STRONGLY APPROVE. WE KNOW BASED ON SOME OF THE
FIGURES WE HAVE BEEN SEEING. THE TRUMP BASE IS SHRINKING.
WHAT IS BEHIND THAT? >> EXACTLY WHAT WE JUST TALKED
ABOUT. FRUSTRATION OVER THE INABILITY
TO REPEAL AND REPLACE OBAMACARE. FRUSTRATION OVER THE FACT THAT
THERE HASN'T BEEN A WALL BUILT. FRUSTRATION OVER THE FACT THAT
DONALD TRUMP ARE TRYING TO DO THAT HAVEN'T BEEN DONE.
THE FLIP SIDE IS WHAT IS HAPPENING TODAY IS WHAT DRIVES
NEXT WEEK'S NUMBERS. WHAT WE SEE COMING OUT IS THE
REFLECTION OF -- A FEW THINGS HAPPENED LAST WEEK REGARDING
STAFFING AND OTHER ISSUES THAT DIDN'T GET A LOT OF POSITIVE
PRESS THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE DRIVING THESE NUMBERS MORE THAN
ANYTHING ELSE. >> PEOPLE ARE ENCOURAGED BY JOHN
KELLY COMING IN AND FOLKS OVER AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
I DO WANT TO ASK YOU AND I KNOW THAT YOU ARE CONSULTING WITH
LUTHER STRANGE AS KASIE BROUGHT HIM UP.
DOING ANALYTICS WORK FOR HIM. >> I WAS SHOCKED WHEN THE TWEET
CAME THROUGH LAST NIGHT. FRANKLY WE EXPECTED IT TO HAPPEN
AND SENATOR STRANGE WAS -- >> THE WHITE HOUSE HAS ALLUDED
TO ALL ALONG THAT THEY WEREN'T GOING TO GET INVOLVED IN THIS.
>> MIXED SIGNALS THAT CAME OUT ABOUT IT.
WHEN I SAW IT LAST NIGHT, IT WAS A SURPRISE TO ME.
>> HOW DO YOU THINK THIS PLAYS IN TO WHAT KASIE IS TALKING
ABOUT. MITCH McCONNELL --
>> CAREFUL TO KEEP LUTHER STRANGE IN THAT SEAT EVEN THOUGH
A LOT OF ALABAMA REPUBLICANS WANT THIS TO BE TREATED AS AN
OPEN PRIMARY AND NOT A RACE AGAINST AN INCUMBENT.
THIS IS PRESIDENT TRUMP REWARDING THE LOYALTY OF LUTHER
STRANGE. IT'S CORRECT SENATOR STRANGE HAS
BEEN OVER EVERY MEDIA AIRWAVE TRYING TO PRAISE THE PRESIDENT
AND TRYING TO TIE HIMSELF TO THE ADMINISTRATION AS CLOSELY AS
POSSIBLE BECAUSE TRUMP IS VERY POPULAR IN ALABAMA.
SO, THAT PLAYS WELL. AND STRANGE'S CAMPAIGN HAS
FOCUSED VERY HEAVILY ON WHERE CONGRESSMAN MO BROOKS HAS
DEPARTED FROM THE PRESIDENT TO MAKE HIM LOOK LIKE HE'S NOT
LOYAL TO TRUMP. THAT HAS BEEN THE CENTERPIECE OF
THEIR CAMPAIGN. >> MITCH McCONNELL, IT SEEMS AS
THOUGH WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW THIS CAMPAIGN IS RUN, PEOPLE AREN'T
EXACTLY TYING THEMSELVES TAHIM. THESE CANDIDATES.
>> FOR MITCH McCONNELL, HE IS GOING TO HAVE TO SHOW NEXT YEAR
WHEN WE HAVE ELECTIONS THAT REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO
AT LEAST SOME OF WHAT THEY PROMISED THAT THEY WERE GOING TO
DO. LET'S FACE IT, TRUMP ISN'T GOING
TO BE ON THE BALLOT WHEN PEOPLE GO TO THE POLLS NEXT YEAR FOR
REPUBLICANS TO TURN OUT VOTERS. THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO BE ABLE
TO SHOW SOMETHING. THAT'S WHEN WE SAW McCONNELL
WILLING TO MAKE HIS OWN MEMBERS TAKE HARD VOTES IN AN ATTEMPT TO
REALLY FORCE THEM TO DELIVER ON THEIR PROMISES.ISES.
>> CHRIS, FINAL THOUGHTS? >> IF YOU LOOK AT 2018.
2018 IS GOING TO BE ABOUT TURNING OUT THE BASE AND GETTING
THE TRUMP VOTER THAT TURNED OUT IN 2016.
FRANKLY, IN THE BEST INTEREST OF REPUBLICANS TO DO

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