trump was withering this firestorm regarding his comments about megyn kelly. roger stone came on our air to say why he said he resigned. let s hear what he had to say. i resigned, largely because i thought i was having no impact and the campaign has been diverted from those dig picture issues that have catapulted trump to the number one position in the polls, which i thought was counterproductive. you take us into what happened behind closed doors? the camp says you were fired. you say i was not fired, i resigned. when exactly did it happen? and take us into that room. it s very simple. i made a decision this morning that i was having no impact and i e-mailed a letter to donald, saying that i wished him the very best that i would have nothing negative to say about him, or his campaign. when you re in a campaign, you re in a situation where you have a lot of confidential information, and i have no intention of talking about internal campaign deliberations, or who said what to whom
information and i have no intention of talking about internal campaign deliberations or who said what to whom. all i can really do at this point is offer my advice and how i view the way the campaign should go forward. so you sent a letter, an email. correct. what did you hear back? i didn t hear anything back. i was called by a washington post reporter early this afternoon who told me that trump said that i had been fired, which is inaccurate. 35 years you ve been very close friend of donald trump. i ve been to two of his three weddings. i went to both his parents funerals. his sister mary ann trump berry is a very good friend. do you still consider him a friend. yes, i do. interesting conversation. donald trump is trying to explain those remarks about megyn kelly though he isn t backing down from them. let s take a listen to what he said on friday that has been causing this dust up. she gets out and she starts asking me all sorts of
nothing negative to say about him. when you re in a campaign, you are in a situation where you have a lot of confidential information. i had no intention of talking about internal campaign deliberations or who said what to whom? all i can do is offer my advice and how i view the way the campaign should go forward. you sent an e-mail? correct. what did you hear back? i didn t hear about aing. i was appalled by a washington post reporter who told me trump said i had been fired, which is inaccurate. 35 years you ve been friends. i went to two of his three weddings, both of his parents funerals. do you still consider him a friend? yes. you do? this is just politics. this is a transcript published today what they were told happened. i m going to leave out the
top of the vice presidential short list of several mitt romney advisers after emerging as the most effective and well-liked surrogate for the gop nominee-to-be according to several republicans familiar with the campaign deliberations. that report is totally wrong, like totally crazy wrong. how could they possibly report, as if it s news today, that tim pawlenty has jumped to the top of the vice presidential short list. tim pawlenty has note just jumped to the top of the vice presidential short list, he has been number one for 223 days, ever since i officially put him there. politico is very proud of a quote they obtained from an unnamed former pawlenty campaign official. they respect people who are loyal and show up and work hard and he has done both in spades from the perspective of boston. i think that really matters. on a personal level, folks really like him.
romney advisers after emerging as the most effective and well-liked surrogate for the gop nominee-to-be according to several republicans familiar with the campaign deliberations. that report is totally wrong, like totally crazy wrong. how could they possibly report, as if it s news today, that tim pawlenty has jumped to the top of the vice presidential short list. tim pawlenty has not just jumped to the top of the vice presidential short list, he has been number one for 223 days, ever since i officially put him there. politico is very proud of a quote they obtained from an unnamed former pawlenty campaign official. they respect people who are loyal and show up and work hard and he has done both in spades from the perspective of boston. i think that really matters. on a personal level, folks really like him.