Transcripts For MSNBCW Weekends With Alex Witt 20160508 : co

Transcripts For MSNBCW Weekends With Alex Witt 20160508

Twitter. Now weve landed on a godless matchup between Hillary Clinton and donald trump. And a rare interview with you know who. Lets get to new reaction from donald trump about House Speaker recall ryan eer paul ry to back him. I dont think it hurts me at all. Id like to have his support, but if he doesnt want to support me, thats fine. We have to go about it. Look, im going to get millions an millions of votes more than the republicans would have gotten. If he cant endorse you, do you think he should be chair of the convention . I dont want to mention now. Ill see after. I would give you a very solid answer if that happens about one minute after that happens. Sarah palin, who is a trump supporter had harsher words for House Speaker ryan. I think paul ryan is soon to be cantered. His political career is over but for a miracle because he has so disrespected the will of the people. Yeah, as the leader of the gop, the convention certainly, he is to remain neutral and for him to already come out and say who he will not support was not a wise decision of his. Well, he said yet, but anyway Donald Trumps new reaction comes days before hes set to meet privately with the House Speaker and rnc chairman at the speakers request. Shes married to a man and nobody, nobody perhaps in the history of politics was worse to women or abused women more than bill clinton. And shes taking negative ads on me. Heres a guy, he was impeached because he lied. He lied. Do you remember the famous, i did not have sex with that women . And then a couple of months later, im guilty. And shes taking negative ads on me. Theres no new reaction from trump or Hillary Clinton about these comments since their interviews were conducted before trumps rally in washington last night. Heres what Paul Manafort said. As far as womens issue is drn concerned, hes not going to allow Hillary Clinton or Elizabeth Warren to hide behind their sex to make cases that are hypocritical. In an interview this morning Hillary Clinton escalated her attacks on donald trump regarding Foreign Policy. I think the burden is really on him to try to make a case why when youve had 70 years of american policy under both republicans and democrats trying to prevent the proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, he is so cavalier, even reckless and dangerous about how he talks when it comes to Nuclear Weapons. Bernie sanders is holding a rally in new jersey today ahead of next months primary. But West Virginia is next on the primary calendar for both democrats and republicans. There are 37 delegates at stake for the democrats on tuesday, 34 delegates for the republicans. Lets bring in katy tur for the latest on the trump campaign. Donald trump is fighting on two fronts right now, one against Hillary Clinton trying to paint her as unqualified for the job, someone who is trigger happy when it comes to starting wars overseas and somebody who maybe doesnt have a great past when it comes to her husband. She is actually going there. But hes also fighting against the Republican Party, saying he was blindsided when paul ryan did not endorse him the other day. Take a listen. Never stunned by anything that happens in politics, but yeah, i was blindsided a little bit because he spoke to me three weeks ago and it was a very nice call, a very encouraging call. Dont know him well. Met him one time. All of a sudden he gets on and does this number. Im not exactly sure what he has in mind. Speaker ryans office disputes that phone call, saying that he hasnt had a phone call with donald trump since march. That is well before the new york primary. Still, trump is facing an uphill battle when it comes to uniting his party, making sure they rally around him. Now just mostly tacit support for him if any at all. None of the bushes coming to the convention, neither is mitt romney. Donald trump will still need to figure out a way to reach out to washington, extend an olive branch to get them behind him. It is important because he needs to fund raise and he needs a strategy in place to make sure that he has a shot in the general election. Right now it looks like hes going up against a billion Dollar Campaign likely from Hillary Clinton. That is a monster to have to face. Donald trump will need all of the assets at his back in order to over come it. So Republican Party, that is hurdle number one that he needs to get over. Thank you for that. Lets go to the democrats and Kristin Welker whos in washington. We are hearing from the Clinton Campaign in response to these new attacks against bill clinton this weekend, what are they saying . Theyre trying to brush aside those attacks and hit him back on his policy positions. In a week in which donald trump casually subjected destabilizing the u. S. Economy and cites his attendance at the Miss Universe par pageant in russia as proof of his Foreign Policy experience. Alex, earlier today secretary clinton was also asked about some of these very personal attacks. Take a listen to what she had to say. Im not going to run an ugly race. I am going to run a race based on shissues and what my agenda for the american people. I dont feel like im running against donald trump. I feel like im running for my decision. I know what is really wracking the hearts and minds of americans. Im going to stay for that. I hope thats what the voters will want to hear. Thats a little bit of a preview of what we could expect to see this fall. Secretary clinton is going to try to change the subject every time donald trump brings up bil. Theyre going to say things like, are you really going to blame what secretary clinton for what her husband did so many years ago . Thats the type of argument they think would resonate with women voters. Secretary clinton has made it very clear her strategy is going to draw things like foreign and some of those controversial comments hes made. Bernie sanders, i mean, he seems to be practically mathematically eliminated from grabbing the nomination. What is his path Going Forward . Youre absolutely right. It is a very steep climb for senator sanders. Look, there is still a small path for him. He makes the case that if he beats secretary clinton in the pledge delegate count he can start to convince some of those super delegates to come over to his side. Thats going to be a tough argument for him to make. However, its possible if he were to start winning by huge mammoth margins that he would be able to make that case. But it seems like his goal more so is to really have some type of impact on the democratic platform. It could be key to rallying his supporters around secretary clinton once she gets to the convention this summer. He could be the linchpin in particular for these younger vote voters. Secretary clinton is also fighting on two fronts. Secretary clinton also has two battles on her hand right now. She sure does. Donald trump may now be the Presumptive Republican nominee, but thats not keeping him from lobbing accusations at the party he represents. Do you believe the system is the republican system was pretty rigged too even though youre winning it . Yeah, totally rigged. It was only that i was winning by so much. I was winning in landslides every week. If i werent, i wouldnt have been able to do it because it was dictated by the bosses. Its like a bogsexer. You have to knock out the opponent. We won so many landslide states, there was nothing much they could do about it. Lets bring in jeremy peters. Good to have you here. Timing here, is it time for trump to stop antagonizing the party. Doesnt he need the backing if he wants to clench the nomination . You would think so. But thats not the strategy weve seen from him. We assumed he would pivot to a more general election stance, taking some of the rough edges off, dialing down the antagonistic rhetoric toward party leaders. He is responding to this really unprecedented wave of defections from the establishment leadership of the party, paul ryan, the bushes, four out of the last five nominees of the Republican Party will not attend the convention this summer. Thats remarkable, alex. Absolutely remarkable. Lets talk about john mccain who this morning weighed in with his thoughts on the race so far. I think that he could be a capable leader. I think its obvious that there has to be out reach on his part and heal many of the wound. Theres always wounds in spirited political campaigns. But frankly i have never seen the personalization of a Campaign Like this one where peoples integrity and character are questioned. Couple things here. First of all, are you surprised that john mccain is coming out and saying that he will support trump, given what trump said at the start of his campaign about john mccain not respecting him as a war veteran because he got captured. Theres that. Also john mccain, long time member of the establishment. Put into perspective how significant his endorsement, lukewarm or otherwise is. I think the fine line that john mccain is trying to walk here is really embl emblematic whats happening here. You have john mccain wohos up for reelection in the fall. Thats the problem that paul ryan is struggling with. Thats the problem with every single house and Senate Member whos up for reelection has to now weigh. They need to demonstrate some type of Party Cohesion so it doesnt look like theyre ripping each other apart. But at the same time they also need to distance themselves from a man who could be toxic in a general election. With so many Bernie Sanders supporters saying we are not going to back Hillary Clinton if she becomes the nominee. How does clinton win them over . And if she doesnt, is she in trouble . She said very explicitly look im not running against donald trump. I am running as myself. I am trying to give people something to vote for. Thats always been a major weakness of hers. Her candidacy has been set up so far as one that is kind of giving people more of an option for a protest vote. Like youre voting against donald trump. Youre voting against the Republican Party and their stance or the image that they have toward dealing with women, hispanics, blacks. So what hillary needs to do in order to shore up her candidacy, i think her advisors realize, is give people something to vote for. Giving them something to vote against is not going to be enough. I want to look at the electoral map here. It shows that donald trump could win the general election if he improves his polling margin over clinton by ten points. What would it take to make that spread up . Its a pretty big gap hes got to fill in there, no doubt. However, this is certainly not the year for journalistic certitude. And im not foreclosing anything as it relates to donald trump. Certainly the presidency is within his grasp. Hillary is a very vulnerable candidate on a number of fronts. However, i think that in order to really honestly and accurately assess his chances, you need to look at the numbers. What we all got wrong about donald trump in the beginning wasnt really any sort of data flaw or any type of error in the research that political scientists and journalists were looking at. We just chose not to Pay Attention to it. We said, oh, those numbers will collapse. That cant hold up. And he was leading in almost every single poll from august on. But if you look at the numbers now, they are also pretty consistent and they show him being defeated in the general election. I think thats something you have to take into account. Thank you. Thank you, alex. Still ahead, could ala te l running mate help donald trump win over latino voters . Latinos certainly one of the key groups donald trump need to win. According to our poll, 79 of latinos view him negatively. Joining me now is raoul reyes. Is there anyway to convince latino voters to vote for him . Im not really sure thats possible at this point. You have to look at the hypothetical matchups in the polling. Right now among latino voters, Donald Trumps level of latino support is on track to be the lowest level of support for a republican candidate, 11 since these numbers were started even being measured. Thats six months out from the election. After Hillary Clinton and her surrogates have unleashed all sorts of ads, after the latino celebrities have taken to the airways and made appearances, after president obama has come out and stumped for her if shes the nominee, that 11 i predict will be cut in half. Youre talking about a candidate for the Republican Party who could end up with as little as 5 or 6 of the latino vote and thats disastrous. Could the rnc do anything to turn that around . I think theyre trying. I think they are very well aware of the prop 187 effect. California used to a state that was in play for both democrats and republicans. Then in 1994 there was a referendum that would have denied all types of services to undocumented immigrants and issued a state test for citizenship. And the result of that, although it was later declared unconstitutional, the result was that latino voters in california turned out in unprecedented numbers. California ever since has been a blue state. Thats whats so worrisome about the donald trump candidacy. Even people like paul ryan, john mccain, all sorts of people, because they see that, theyre thinking longterm. Donald trump may come and go, but where will their party be . For any republican who comes out and endorses donald trump, theres a real risk. And we see that in some of the add vvocacy groups. Theyre already keeping a score card of who stand with trump just to remind latino voters not just for this election but for the future these are who our friends are. Thats a very good point you make about california and that ruling. Lets talk about the names being floated as a possible running mate. Susan martinez. Former rival marco rubio. Would a latino Vice President help . Would that make a difference kwem. She was elected without the majority latino support. Her base is really among anglos in new mexico. Shes spoken out against trumps antiimmigration rhetoric in the past. Marco rubio says he doesnt want it. I think it would be a hard step to take considering how trump as belittled him. This is an important word when it comes to latino politicians. The word is sort of like a sellout. Its sort of like the latino version of uncle tom. In the Latino Community once you are tagged with that word, it is hard to go on and continue your own political career once you separate yourself from a cause or issue or a candidate. Thats something that any potential running mate is giving a lot of serious consideration to. In our communities, it is a fact that once youre tagged, you really lose a significant base of support. Look, theres something else. I can barely imagine donald trump and marco rubio standing next to each other. And donald trump leaving and saying, im going to have little marco coming up to the podium now and answer some questions. Coming up, why a Massive Wildfire destroying canadian neighborhoods could be burning for months. Pet moments are beautiful, unless you have allergies. 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