i call another one, i say senator we need your vote, i know you re opposed to it. well you know i think i can get there but you have to do me a favor, you have to see my brother and his yowife, they lo you and they want to have dinner with you, they want to have breakfast with you andkf lunch. and after you finish with them, how about we ll go out for a picnic some place on the white house lawn? and then afterni that, maybe wel start talking about t i say oh my gosh, it was brutal. you have no idea. okay, now i call luther strange. i say, i ve got to call this guy. and he s a no, right? your say, senator, i need help. i said i ve got to get your vote on healthcare. he says you ve got it. [ cheers ] . president trump: i said what do you mean i have it?
tonight in this building, which has a capacity of 10,000 as i look around, it seems to be just about full. it doesn t look like anybody else is coming in. a big night for luther strange who was appointed when jeff sessions now has a chance for a 6-year term if president trump can get him across the finish line. tucker. tucker: peter doocy lied for us in huntsville. good luck with your ears. lisa boothe rates for the washington examiner. scott bolden is a former chair of the washington, d.c., democratic party. they both join us live tonight. so, lisa, first to you, pretty unusual for a sitting president to take sides in his own party s primary. what is the thinking here, do you think? it is unusual, particularly with the dynamic of ben carson as well. i see it labeled as trump versus
thank you, thank you. [ cheers ] . president trump: thank you everybody. i love this place. you know we set every record in alabama. i love alabama. it s special. thank you very much. [ crowd chanting usa ] it specia. [ crowd chanting usa ] thank you very much. [crowd chanting usa ] [ crowd chanting usa ]. president trump: well i am thrilled to be here, with the really great person that i ve gotten to know, luther strange, with a hard working patriotic of this great state. you have some football games tomorrow but we re gonna have a lot of fun, and then you re gonna winb in football tomorrow. i love this state and i love the people of this state. they ve been so good to me. and we are producing. we are really producing. roducin. we are really producing.
accurate. a lot of people who were totally behind him that are in the camp of roy moore where president trump has endorsed luther strange. i think the most important thing for the president to do tonight for senator strange is to say, look, luther strange isn t with mitch mcconnell, he s with me. because roy moore s attacks against luther strange labeling him as the establishment, too cozy with mcconnell are too strong in a red state like alabama. i think that s the best thing that president trump could do for his backed candidate, senator luther strange. tucker:ck it s all very interesting. so scott, this is not a move, if you believe the democrat s description of donald trump that you anticipate donald trump would have made. how do you explain this? well i think that it s part of trump s try partisanship, if you will, there is a civil war going on, on the gop on the hill. i ve got to tell you, former
tonight in this building with 10,000 capacity, it seems to be completely full and it doesn t look like anybody else is coming in. a big night for luther strange who waser appointed to fill jef sessions s seat when he went to become the u.s. attorney general. now hasff a chance for a six ye term if president trump can get him across the finish line, tucker. tucker: peter ducey live for us in huntsville. lisa boothe writes for the washington examiner, scott bold en is the former chair of the democratic party and they both join us live tonight. lisa, first to you, pretty unusual for a sitting president to take sides in his own parties s primary. what s the thinking do you think? it is a little unusual particularly with the dynamic of ben car son breaking from the president on this.am i see the race labeled as trump versus trump land and that s