message that it is his hope that people will come together. he says he knows it won t happen overnight. at one point, brianna, he quoted am babrhaham lincoln saying on voice, one heart. i m joined by cnn politics reporter eugene scott and by cnn political analyst josh rogan. i want to talk to you about mitt romney. because i m curious about this. first i want to ask you about that message we heard, that holiday message. i wonder what you think, eugene, and how people are going to respond to that, because there were elements of donald trump s campaign that fit the definition of racism. i think of judge curial and his attack his ability to do a job just because he said he was mexican. mexican-american actually, born in indiana. how does donald trump actually, or is he really trying to, motivate people to unify when he is someone who created some of the problem with language like he used during the election? i think many of voters who
leaning towards. he wants somebody to be a consensus candidate. he also wants to sort of built a bridge to the foreign community in washington, especially those against his presidency, and those republicans are looking to mitt romney to sort of get them back in the fold. if she tweets that out, it seems like you could almost put that a little bit on donald trump. i mean, she s not going to tweet out something that tm donald trump would be upset about, right? there s a suggestion if donald trump were to pick someone as critical of him as mitt romney and caused him to have to defend so many things and maybe lose some votes, it s almost a jab at president-elect trump for going in this direction. especially for someone who had such a strong reputation for valuing loyalty. picking romney would be the exact opposite of that. from your perspective, dealing with national security, is it odd to you that you re talking about rudy giuliani or mitt romney? both very accomplished
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development secretary. and while carson turned down a previous offer to serve as health and human services secretary, he is said to be considering this post. however, carson adviser armstrong williams says the neurosurgeon would prefer to advise trump from outside the administration. so wahat s going on here? joining me now, ed brookovers with us, a former campaign manager for ben cars on and the former senior campaign adviser for donald trump. have you talked to him lately to have a sense of what s going on? i ve not talked to him lately. but when he jumped into the race, he obviously wanted to serve to make the country better. okay, so he said something was forthcoming, and then we don t hear anything, so what are you making of that, what are you hearing? well, i think natural processes have taken their course. mr. trump obviously got to know dr. carson well throughout the campaign, you know, both when they were competitors and after carson dropped out and endorsed trump. since
your insight, thank you so much, and happy thanksgiving. thank you, you too. i want to bring in our panel. trump supporter and goformer lieutenant governor of new york betsy mccoy it also, cnn political commentator and hillary clinton supporter hilary rosen. i want to ask you, lieutenant governor, shouldn t he be take g ing advantage of these briefings, considering he, as you would expect, has some ground to make up, having not, you know, served in government and had access to some of this information that other former presidents-elect have had? i m not concerned at all. in fact, keeping the nation safe is donald trump s highest priority. that s why he s put forward a plan to substantially increase our defense capabilities. prevent refugees from coming in from muslim dominated countries, closing the border and, most importantly, he is in the process of appointing a real national security dream team,