STRATEGY FOR >>> HE’S ANOT A WAR HERO BECAUSE
HE WAS CAPTURED.
I LIKE PEOPLE WHO WEREN’T
CAPTURED.
CAPTURED. >> YOU HAVE FINE PEOPLE ON BOTH
SIDES.
SIDES. >> I LOVE WIKILEAKS.
>> I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT
WIKILEAKS.
WIKILEAKS. >> AMERICA HAS A CHOICE, 2019.
>> IT’S OFFICIAL, PRESIDENT
TRUMP HAS A PRIMARY CHALLENGER.
YESTERDAY FORMER TWO-TERM
MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR WILLIAM
WELD OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED HE
WILL ENTER THE RACE FOR THE 2020
REPUBLICAN NOMINATION.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATION. WELD IS THE FIRST REPUBLICAN TO
DECLARE A BID TO DENY TRUMP A
SECOND TERM, BUT IT’S NOT THE
FIRST TIME HE’S FACED TRUMP ON
THE NATIONAL STAGE.
WELD RAN FOR VICE PRESIDENT ON
THE 2016 LIBERTARIAN PARTY
TICKET HEADED BY GARY JOHNSON.
AND WILLIAM WELD JOINS US NOW
FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE, WHICH WILL
HOLD THE FIRST PRIMARY OF THE
2020 NOMINATION CONTEST.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW
THIS MORNING.
THIS MORNING. >> GOVERNOR, THANKS SO MUCH FOR
BEING WITH US.
OBVIOUSLY YOU’RE ENGAGED IN A
LONG SHOT CAMPAIGN, BUT WE OF
COURSE REMEMBER BACK IN 1991
WHEN BILL CLINTON WAS IN THE
RACE AND HOW DO YOU CONVINCE
VOTERS YOU’RE THE CANDIDATE THAT
CAN DELIVER THE LEADERSHIP THEY
NEED?
NEED? >> I THINK IT’S ONE VOTER AT A
TIME.
TIME. I THINK IT’S GOOD FOR THE
COUNTRY TO PUT THE PRESIDENT TO
PROOF, ASK HIM SOME WHY
QUESTIONS, WHY DO YOU SO ANGRY
ABOUT EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME,
AS WAS SAID EARLIER, EVERYONE IS
FEARFUL OF THE PRESIDENT’S
WRATH.
WRATH. BOB WOODWARD’S BOOK WAS CALLED
"FEAR."
"FEAR." I THINK THAT SEEMS TO BE THE
PRESIDENT’S STRATEGY.
PRESIDENT’S STRATEGY. I’VE SAID THAT I THINK THIS IS A
CASE OF THE EMPEROR’S NEW
CLOTHES AND SOMEBODY HAD TO
RAISE THEIR HAND AND SAY THE
EMPEROR DOES HAVE NEW CLOTHES.
SO A YEAR IS A LONG TIME IN
POLITICS.
POLITICS. IF YOU LOOK AT HISTORY, THE NEW
HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY HAS GONE UP
AND DOWN AND THE POLLS HAVE GONE
UP AND DOWN.
I’M GOING TO CAMP OUT UP HERE AS
WELL AS OTHER PARTS OF THE
COUNTRY AND MAKE THE CASE.
I THINK THE CASE IS VERY MUCH
THERE TO BE MADE.
>> GOVERNOR, YOU’VE BEEN UP IN
NEW HAMPSHIRE SEVERAL TIMES
PRIOR TO YOUR OFFICIAL
ANNOUNCEMENT.
ANNOUNCEMENT. I FIGURE YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME
SUPPORT IN A COUPLE OF STREETS
IN CONCORD, A COUPLE OF STREETS
IN WHATEVERHANOVER, WHEN YOU’VE
THERE, DO YOU GET ANY RESONANCE
IN ANYTHING YOU SAY DURING YOUR
COURSE OF TALKING TO PEOPLE?
>> I GET RESONANCE FROM
EVERYBODY THAT I TALK TO.
THEY’RE NOT THE LEADERSHIP OF
THE REPUBLICAN STATE PARTY BUT
THOSE PEOPLE ARE ALL TAKING
DICTATION FROM WASHINGTON.
THEY’RE NOT GOING TO BE THE
PEOPLE THAT CAST VOTES THAT WILL
DECIDE THE PRIMARY ELECTIONS.
THEY’RE JUST THE PRIMARY BOSSES,
IF YOU WILL.
MY STRATEGY WILL TO ENLARGE -- I
THAT IN MASSACHUSETTS AND THE
INDEPENDENTS CAME IN TO ME 6-1.
SO THAT’S A STRATEGY THAT WOULD
NOT PUT SO MUCH WEIGHT ON
TODAY’S POLLS.
TODAY’S POLLS. >> GOVERNOR, FROM YOUR CAMPAIGN
AD, IT LOOKS PRETTY CLEAR WHAT
YOU’RE RUNNING ON IS THE
PRESIDENT’S CHARACTER AND HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES YOU SEE THAT
AS BEING UNFIT FOR OFFICE, BUT
MANY TRUMP SUPPORTERS WE KNOW
ALSO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT’S CHARACTER BUT THEY
FEEL HOW DO YOU SPLIT BUT WE
LIKE THE POLICIES THAT HE’S
IMPLEMENTING.
IMPLEMENTING. >> WHAT YOU SOMETIMES HEAR
PEOPLE SAY IS I LIKE THE
PRESIDENT’S TAX CUT, BUT IT’S
NOT STYLE WHEN YOU’RE AS ANGRY
ALL THE TIME AND UNCURIOUS AS
THIS PRESIDENT IS, IT GOES
BEYOND STYLE.
BEYOND STYLE. IT GOES TO POLICY AND SUBSTANCE
AND I THINK HE COMES OUT IN THE
WRO IS A HOAX.
DOES WHO THIS AND LYING ABOUT.
IT PORTRAY AS LAG OF HOMEWORK
AND NOT REALLY THINKING AHEAD
ABOUT WHAT TO DO.
WE’RE GOING TO HAVE THE WHITE
MOUNTAINS WITH NO SNOW.
THE OCEANS ARE GOING TO RISE.
WE’RE GOING TO HAVE ALL OUR SEA
COAST REARRANGE WHEN THE POLAR
ICE CAP MELTS IF NOBODY DOESING
IN ABOUT THIS.
I THINK DOING NOTHING IS UTTERLY
IRRESPONSIBLE.
IRRESPONSIBLE. IT’S NOT STYLE, IT’S A STAB.
>> GOVERNOR, YOU’RE A WELL-KNOWN
HAPPY WARRIOR IN THESE CLIENTS.
>> BETTER A HAPPY WARRIOR THAN
MISERABLE NARCISSIST.
MISERABLE NARCISSIST. >>BOY, THAT WILL GET THE COUNTRY
GOING, SIR.
GOING, SIR. BUT THAT’S SORT OF MY QUESTION
IS GENE McCARTHY, RONALD REAGAN,
PAT BU YOUR PITCH FORK IS OR --
HOW DO YOU GET INSURGENT ENERGY
WHEN YOU’RE SAYING LET’S RETURN
TO A CENTERED PLACE?
>> I’M NOT SAYING LET’S RETURN
TO ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE
VALUES OF THE PARTY OF ABRAHAM
LINCOLN.
LINCOLN. I’M SAY BEING LET’S THINK AHEAD
ABOUT WHAT TO DO ABOUT
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND
REBOT, AND DRONES AND ALL THE
JOBS WE’RE GOING TO LOSE AND
LET’S MAKE SURE THAT THE
DISPLACED WORKERS HAVE THE
EDUCATION THEY NEED WHICH ARE
GOING TO BE WHO I HAIER PAYING
AND HAVE MORE IT PARKBUT I DON’T
SEE ANYONE PAYING ATTENTION TO
THAT IN WASHINGTON BECAUSE
THEY’RE TOO BUSY SCREAMING AT
EACH OTHER.
EACH OTHER. >> Brendan: SO, EVEN, WHAT ES WH
WAS ALSO TALKING ABOUT NEW
HAMPSHIRE IN 1991.
>> SURE.
>> SURE. I THINK THE FIRST THING I WOULD
DO FOR THEM IS TO MAKE SURE THEY
CAN GET THE TWO YEARS OF POST
SECONDARY -- IT WOULD BE NOT
EXPENSIVE AT ALL TO MAKE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE FREE FOR THOSE
DISPLACED WORKERS.
DISPLACED WORKERS. IT COULD EASILY BE DONE WITH BUT
IT’S A PRETTY OBVIOUS LUN ONE.
THE OTHER THANKSGIVING NOBODY IN
WASHINGTON SEEMS TO BE
INTERESTED IN CUTTING SPENDING
AT ALL.
AT ALL. THIS PRESIDENT HAS NOT VETOED
WITHIN DIME -- REPUBLICANS USED
TO BE KNOWN FOR BEING ECONOMIC
CONSERVATIVES.
CONSERVATIVES. I WAS RANGED THE MOST PHYSICALLY
CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT IN THE
UNITED STATES WHEN I WAS IN
OFFICE AND I WOULD LIKE TO BRING
BACK SOME OF THAT.
>> FORM ARE GOAND GREAT TO HAVE
YOU ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING.
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