Socalled fake news, clearly the president has no such distaste for fake movie trailers on the ridiculist. Thats it for us. Er to chris atching 360. I cuomo. Cuomome starts now. Chris. Thank you very much, anderson. I am chris cuomo, and welcome to primetime. The potential new face of the gop that President Trump is cultivating. G newsoday. The man who gets the trump seal of approval in a major senate race in virginia. His name is Corey Stewart. And the president says he is a winner despite the fact that he has backed some white nationalists. Now, facts be facts, he won the republican nomination for senate last night in virginia. And he joins primetime in moments. Plus i protect mr. Trump. Thats what it is. President trumps personal lawyer back in the news. People close to the president fearing Michael Cohen may be ready to flip. Former trump aide and cohen friend sam nunberg is here and says he knows the real deal. And fresh off his meeting with one othe most brutal dictators on the planet, President Trump says americas biggest enemy is not north korea, certainly not russia, not even isis. Can you guess . Ill give you a hint. Lets get after it. All right, defending confederate symbols, cottoning. None of that kept Corey Stewart the president of the United States, and more votes than the rest of the gop field in the primary for the virginia u. S. Senate seat. No small feat. Stewart, who served as the state director of Donald Trumps campaign for part of 2016 seems to be part of a new movement within the gop. So what exactly does he represent . And who does he represent . A eople are ta about him tonight. Lets test him directly. Republican Virginia Senate candidate Corey Stewart, welcome to primetime. Thanks, chris. Thanks for having me on your show again. Lets put up the president s tweet you. Congratulations to Corey Stewart now he runs against a total stiff, tim kaine, wants to raise your taxes through the roof. Dont underestimate corey. A major chance of winning. Why do you believe you won the primary . Well, i won the primary because im a strong supporter of President Trump. Hes a very strong hes got a great, you know, a story to tell. Improving the economy, the lowest Unemployment Rate since the early 1970s. And now, a big success in the Foreign Policy front as we remove the Nuclear Threat from north korea. Something that we have been living under for several years now. So my strong support for President Trump, plus the fact that republicans are looking for a fighter, somebody whos going to kick the teeth out of tim kaine. And its what kind of fight youre going to fight, right . Lets play a little bit of the message you had for the masses. You can choose the past, with everything we know that has failed. And thats Hillary Clintons running mate tim kaine. [ chanting lock him up ] that might just happen, by the way. Lock up tim kaine, youre a lawyer. Do you really believe that tim kaine should be in jail or is that a trumpist joke . I believe tim kaine has been at the center of all the stuff youre seeing with regard to the fbi. You know, the whole problem is the fbi spying by a federal agency on a president ial campaign. No proof. Continue, no proof. Were not in a court of law, are we . That doesnt mean the truth doesnt apply,brother. It started with democrats and the commonwealth of virginia, and tim kaine is at the center of this. I would not be surprised if theres an investigation of tim kaine beforehe year is out. You wouldnt be surprised but you have no reason to believe it. What im asking you is what are you selling there, tim kaine should go to jail . Theyre spying when you have no proof. Are you selling people on things that are want true but will make them angry . Is that your vibe . You think virginians are a bunch of naive people that will believe anything. People have to ask themselves, what has tim kaine accomplished in his six years in the United States senate. Tim kaine cant point to a single accomplishment in the United States senate for virginia or virginians. The only thing that tim kaine has done in the past six years is run for Vice President , and he didnt even do a very good job at that, i might add. Thats a fair political argument, and hell have to answer for it. Its different than saying the guy should be in jail and making up, you know, rumors about there being spying. One is factual, one is just an ugly feeling. Now kaine is defend himself. Heres what he has said about you, by the way. He called you a cruder imitation of donald trump who stokes White Supremacy and would be an embarrassment for virginia if elected. Thats what his spokesperson said about you. He does seem to be getting echo effect within your own party. Mr. Stewart. The former Lieutenant Governor of the state of virginia said im extremely disappointed than someone like stewart could win the republican nomination for u. S. Senate. Clearly not the Republican Party i once knew, loved, and proudly served. Every time i think things cant get worse, and there is no they do, and theres no end in sight. Then you have a big shot when it comes to the Republican Party, and who they picked for senate, and he said this look, we have a big map, and right now, were focused on florida, north dakota, missouri, indiana. Big map, and i dont see virginia in it. Senator gardner, not giving you love. The former Lieutenant Governor in your party, no love, but trump giving you love. Does this mean you are the party that President Trump want to cultivate . Gardner and the others are going to come around. A lot of hurt feelings. I beat their guy. They didnt support President Trump back in the day either. Whats happening inside of the an party is the party ischangin. Its becoming the party of the little guy. Once upon a time, it was the s party of t working guy. No l they slammed the door in their face and now its President Trump and the new Republican Party that is supporting working americans, bluecollar workers. That why were winning states like michigan, wisconsin, ohio, and pennsylvania, and were about to take back virginia as well. Thats why trump may have won them, but im talking about you. You seem to be cottoning to a very specific brand of humanity. And youre right. It is a little guy that you are being a part of, but its a little hateful guy. You have a well pronounced past of saying that you agree with and that you like people who push ugly, bigoted, intolerant, and racist notions. Hey, thats a level of lie thats just not true, chris. Even for cnn thatnot true . Is there any level of lie that is true . Thats not the case. Ill make the case to you. Ill condemn, including on your program, any White Supremacists or bigots. We want nothing to do with that. The left have. Y thing you and you claim you play the race card every time because its the only thing you have. The president has a success of bringing back forget about the president. Im talking about you right now. This is about you. Thats what im supporting. And who you have represented as your friends, heroes, and likeminded inviduals. Put up the fact sheet here. These are the facts. Not about my feelings, okay . This guy nealon, and im not going to give him too much attention because he doesnt deserve it. 2016, shares tweets defenng an antisemitic twitter user. You knew that. And yet in january 2017, you called your peonal hero. That is not the case. Heres the thing absolutely the case. I have the proof of it. Are you going to let me get a chance to respond or is it all about you . Out the facts. You have to live with them. Youre not giving me the chance to respond. This is typical. This is typical for you. Heres the situation. Everybody supported paul nehlen. Presidp saice things about him, ann coulter, the late Phyllis Schlafly does. And after that, after all of that, then about a year later, then, you know, he says he starts coming out with all these terrible things, those antisemitic things. Bigoted th. At that point, of course, we wanted nothing to do with it. We all distanced ourselves from him. Not true. Back in the day, he was not like that. Put back up the timeline. Not true. Demonstrablyse. Here are the facts for the audience. Nehlen then writes about islam not being a religion of peace and t of uglier stuff i didnt want to put out for the audience. He then talks about the Lieutenant Governor, the then governor, sorry, of south carolina, and calls her something in an ugly way. He then retweets 9 11 would have been a wonderful day without immigrants. What do you do after that . You give him money f his campaign. Okay . That is not true at all. Then only later when he takes it another step, and you decide that you want to reach oo people who may not share your likeminded bigotry, you then say youre denying him. What do i have wrong on the facts. Theres the timeline. I dont agree with any of th. You dont have to agree with it, but can you disprove it. Before you say nice about anybody, do you look at what they said in the past. When youre talking about youre trying to change the topic from the fact this president has been successful its not about the president. Because of that, hes going to bring me and the other repub line, ans going to be a red tide this november. Listen, maybe it will, maybe it wont. Iwill be. But you represent something different. Okay . You have cottoned told you what i represent. I t Corey Stewart believes. Told you. I dont beliy of those things you mentioned. Why did you call somedy who is an antisemite and an obvious bigot your hero. Let me ask you this question. Are you going to have tim kaine on this program . If hell say yes. All rigou ask him this question. M kaine aim kaine whether he condemned antifa oh, please. A dom organization that takes people with political beliefs of which his son is a member. Answer for you and he will answer for him. You never ask those on the left the far left like tim kaine who condemn thats not true. We have had this conversation before, and its about you trying to play an equivalency game. You never condemn the extremists on your side. I have condemned the extremists on the right time and time again. Forget about the left, forget about trump. Focus on you. He picked you. He likes you. He likes what youre about. I want to talk about what you are about. Cause this guy nehlen the only one in your past, now is he . You also cotton to someone else named hines. You took his endorsement. This is the guy who took the shot at nikki haley, saying our sikh governor. By the way, shes not a sikh. This is the man who took a Confederate Flag and marched down saying a statue of arthur ashe was offensive to his heritage. You backed him. You have never denied him. Why . You know, i dont agree with any of thosengs you said. Its all true. Chris, what youre trying youre trying to deny your past but its there like an ugly shadow. Youre trying to change the topic. Thats you in front of a Confederate Flag taking his endorsement. By the way, your own father said antisemitic things. Did you condemn him . Oh, please. My father isand buried and was ten times thman youll ever be on your best day. So stay comparing yourself to gots that you cotton to. You never want todemn to extremism on your own side of theile. There is none on my side of the aisle. My aisle is the truth. Was that a Confederate Flag you were in front of taking that mans endorsement, yes or no . Let me tell you something. Yes or no. You want to condemn everything you cant even answer the question said. You want to condemn southern heritage. I dont want to condemn anything e you tell me, how does a statue of arthur ashe offend your idea of southern heritage. I never said it did. You never said he was wrong, did you . I dont agree with that statement. Why did you never say that. How many times do i have to tell you what i believe. Why dont you condemn that now . This is the guilt by association that the left of course, it is. Youre in front of a Confederate Flag. Accepting the endorsement of a known hater. What are you talking about . Have you ever condemned antifa . Mr. Stewart answer the question, chris. Two points of fact, one, thats irrelevant, and two, im not running for public office. Am i running for senate in virginia . Do i want people to accept me as their designated leader before congress . Youre trying to change the topic. The topic is the economy. Youre the topic. Youre trying to change the topic and deny the facts. The topic is making the world safe in the Korean Peninsula, and people are sick and tired of the far left like you and tim kaine trying to change the topic. Ill tell you youre the topic. And heres what you need to do. Heres my suggestion. You do with it what you will. Own what and who you are. Obviously, the Trump Team Knows who you are and they like you. Dont run away from your past. Dont run away from the things you obviously embrace. This is such a joke, even for cnn. If you want to be if you want to be intolerant and be a bigot and be in front of the Confederate Flag, why cant you be honest . Why cant you just say the o u know that . Ght ort you as did you take his endorsement, mr. Hines, yes or no, did you take it . I take support from whoever wants to give it to me. It doesnt mean i support their views. That does not mean i support their views. You think you can take the support of somebody i dont have anything to do with anybody who is racist or bigoted. Hold on a second. Letst unpack that. He forrt on what i believe. I dont believe any of those things youre trying to accuse me of. I want to repeat what you said. First of all, of course, theres guilt by association. Dont associate with known dirtbags and you wont be guilty of doing that. Thats your problem, not mine. You just said, i will accept the support how come you havent condemned antifa . Antisemites, White Supremacists, thats a nice way of describing them. You said something, i want the audience to hear this. Hold on. Hoa. Hold on a second. Yre talking a lot. I want the audience to hear what you said. I will accept the support of anyone, it doesnt mean i accept their views. Youre not letting me talk. The chris cuomo show. You talk all the time. Thats why its the chris cuomo show. If youre not going to answer the questions, you dont get to just yammer on on this show. Thats what youre doing. Im trying to get confront the facts. I have listened to what you said. You cant deny a single fact. The party nominated an antisemite in virginia. Last night, last night, the Democratic Party nominated an district Congressional District in virginia, and youre not even reporting that. Why is that . Who . Who . What are you talking about. She was nominated last t. m. Im talking about you, mr. Stewart. How come how does anybody else we have an avowed antisemite democrat there is no avowed antisemite anything except the one i may be speaking toight now. Ill tell you what. Im happy to look into that. Im happy to look into that, but i want you to answer questions for a change. Dont blame me for being extreme left. Thats a joke. You dont deny youre a leftist. Its your attempt to deny the facts. This is the biggest joke i have heard in long time. You think thats a big joke. Wait until what happens on election day if you dont own what you really are. The only way you have a chance of getting any kind of positive momentum is if youre truthful about who you are. The record is clear. The record is clear. Coming from cnn talking about truth, thats got to be a joke. Tell me what i said that is untrue. Did you call nehlen i dont believe any of that. You called him your hero. Why did you call h your hero . He was complimented by a lot of people why did you call him your hero . It was because he took on paul ryan and i dont support paul ryan. What about his ugly views . It doesnt matter who he is or what he believes. How many times do we have to discuss this . Why would people watch your show, were going around in a circle. Were going to keep going like a merrygoround til it stops. You can do that if you want. Im glad for the time. Youre helping me with my name recognition. Thats wonderful. A known antisemite. A guy who says arthur ashe is offensive to his heritage. At the time that he was complemented by me and several others put back up the timeline. He was not. Heres the timeline. He came up with those crazy ideas much later. 2016 the comments he may have made, i wasnt aware of them at the time. Hes a personal hero of yours saying. Dont know what hes really . This is the guilt by association. Guilt by association. 100 . Guilt by association. You know, the left learned a lot fr mccarthy. Theyre trying to mccarwas mild comto the guys youre hanging out with, Corey Stewart. The guy you just took an endorsement from. I do like you. Youre a nice guy, but youre far left. And youre not fair. Lets say im so far left that im almost right. How does it change any of the things im asking you about. You didnt rebut a single factual assertion tonight. You didnt i just got done like four times. That you had previously said or done. Not one of them. Yet, the president of the United States thinks that you should be the senator for virginia. You know something. You agree with that, dont you . When youre losing the argument, you know what you do . You know what the left does . They