ready for a new chapter? talk to your rheumatologist. this is humira at work. welcome back to hardball. the republican party appears to be coming apart at the seams. think about it. since donald trump s attacks on paul ryan, two of his former advisers, newt gingrich and ben carson, have said trump isn t doing himself or his party any good. let s watch. let me say about trump, who i admire and try to help as much as i can, there s a big trump and a little trump. the little trump is frankly pathetic. donald trump has one opponent. her name is hillary clinton. her name is not paul ryan or anyone else. it s hillary clinton. donald trump has to make a case, because the media won t, he has to make a case that is clear, unified, simple. getting into fights with ryan
carson, have said trump isn t doing himself or his party any good. let s watch. let me say about trump, who i admire and try to help as much as i can, there s a big trump and a little trump. the little trump is frankly pathetic. donald trump has one opponent. her name is hillary clinton. her name is not paul ryan or anyone else. it s hillary clinton. donald trump has to make a case, because the media won t, he has to make a case that is clear, unified, simple. getting into fights with ryan or anybody else, complete waste of time. it s not helpful at all. anyway, nbc news reported that the trump campaign is moving resources out of the key swing state of virginia. a source told nbc news it s because the path to win to get to 270 is easier through these states, florida, ohio, pennsylvania, north carolina, i agree with that. the source says the rnc is not helping in states where they don t have any competitive downballot raises. quote, what the rnc told the
because they feel like their jobs are threatened, their position is threatened, they don t want to ruin the mood of a party, say. this is not something that is unique, it doesn t happen infrequently. it is something that you re brought up to learn how to deal with as a woman, from a very young age. well-said, katy tur, you re the best, thanks so much for that very personal portrait of what the world looks like right now, the world of donald trump, anyway. everybody is at their best tonight. trump is sinking in the polls, the republican party is reeling. it could get much worse for republicans. mr. clean gets tough on dirt and grime and grease in just a minute mr. clean will clean your whole house and every room that s in it floors, doors, walls, halls he s so tough, he cleans em all mr. clean!
swing state of virginia. a source told nbc news that it s because the path to win to get to 270 is easier through these states. florida, ohio, pennsylvania, north carolina, i agree with that. the source says that the rnc is not helping in states where they don t have any competitive down-ballot races. quote, what the rnc told the trump campaign is, if you want to play in virginia, you have to write your own check. so that s one less state he s going to win. for more on the crisis facing the gop, joining mow now is former deputy campaign manager of mitt romney s presidential campaign last night, katie packer, and howard fineman. katie, let s go into this thing. what do you think s actually happen, it s almost like, choose your leader. do you think republicans are being asked, you loyal to the movement conservatives of paul ryan, the tea party to some extent is also part of that, or you loyal to the republican establishment? or you re loyal to trump. i m not sure. trump is one side. what
that he would drop out of the race if he saw a dip in the polls. clearly, he was being flippant when he made the comment on meet the press. right. but he s had time to think about it, and he doesn t like the feedback of, oh, you re really not in it unless you re on top of every poll. this is probably the only thing that i agree with donald trump on. i do think those remarks were kind of inflated. it sounded like he was saying, if the impossible happens, and i really crater going around with 2%, i would pull out, but not if i dip or, you know. i think that was misinterpreted. i think otherwise, you know, the criticism he gets in the media and elsewhere is very fair. as matt says, he dooms the republican party to really only appealing to an older, white, mostly male base, and the party can t survive past the next ten years with that kind of voter base. all right, joan. thank you so much. matt, it s a great pleasure having you on as well. thank you both. thank you. thank you