THEY'RE PROBABLY LOOK FORWARD
TO THAT AS WELL.
FOR NOW, BACK TO YOU.
MELISSA: KEVIN CORKE, THANK
YOU.
DAVID: HERE ON THE PHONE TO
REACT TO ALL OF THIS, BRAD
BLAKEMAN, FORMER BUSH 43 SENIOR
STAFFER.
TALK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING
WITH THE MARKETS.
WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT DOWNTURN.
400 POINTS TO THE NEGATIVE.
BUT THE MARKET IS STILL UP
6,000 POINTS ON THE DOW SINCE
THE ELECTION DAY.
AT WHAT POINT, IF EVER, DO YOU
THINK THAT THE MARKET IS GOING
TO WEIGH ON WHAT THE PRESIDENT
SAYS ABOUT HOW WELL THE ECONOMY
IS DOING?
>> WELL, I THINK THE ELECTION
IS GOING TO TURN BECAUSE
HISTORICALLY WE KNOW THEY DO ON
THE ECONOMY.
IF THE NUMBERS ARE GOOD,
UNEMPLOYMENT IS GOOD, RIGHT
NOW, IT SHOULD BE THE SAME IN
THE FALL, RECORD EMPLOYMENT,
WE'RE AT FULL EMPLOYMENT AT
UNDER 4%, AND THEN WE HAVE NO
INFLATION, THANK GOD, AND WE
HAVE GOOD OUTLOOK IN THE FUTURE
WITH REGARD TO MANUFACTURING
AND CONTINUED JOB GROWTH.
SO I DON'T THINK WHAT HAPPENED
TODAY IS SO MUCH ABOUT THE
AMERICAN ECONOMY AS I THINK IT
HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH --
DAVID: RIGHT, BUT EVENTUALLY
THE CHICKENS COME HOME TO
ROOST, IF IT GETS DOWN MUCH
FURTHER.
JUST TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE,
THE MARKET CLOSED AT A LEVEL
THAT'S ABOUT EQUAL TO WHAT IT
WAS BACK IN DECEMBER, WHEN THE
PRESIDENT SIGNED A TAX CUT
BILL, WHICH LEAD ME TO WONDER
IS THERE TIME BEFORE THE
ELECTION TO DO ANOTHER TAX CUT
BILL?
>> I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO
SEE ANY TAX LEGISLATION BEFORE
ELECTION DAY BECAUSE I DON'T
THINK THE DEMOCRATS HAVE IT IN
THEM, AND WE NEED THAT 60 VOTES
FOR CLOTURE IN THE SENATE.
I THINK THERE'S A POSSIBILITY
OF GETTING AN IMMIGRATION BILL.
AND IF WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT,
WE TURN THE TIDE ON DEMOCRATS
AND TAKE THAT ISSUE AWAY FROM
THEM, SO WHAT ELSE DO DEMOCRATS
HAVE LEFT?
DAVID: I CAN TELL YOU WHAT THEY
HAVE LEFT, BRAD, THAT'S TO BAD
MOUTH WHAT EXISTS.
EITHER BAD-MOUTHING THE
PRESIDENT DIRECTLY AND
CHARACTER AND BAD-MOUTHING TAX
CUTS.
THERE'S ONE CONGRESSMAN PUT
FORTH A MEASURE, JARED POLIS IS
HIS NAME.
I PROUDLY REPEALED DONALD
TRUMP'S GIVEAWAYS, HE USES
GIVEAWAYS LIKE IT'S THE
GOVERNMENT'S MONEY.
CLOSING UP THE CORPORATE
SPECIAL INTERESTS, WE WIN BY
STANDING UP FOR STUDENTS,
PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES.
RT, IF YOU AGREE.
I WOULD WARN DEMOCRATS TO THINK
BACK TO WALTER MONDALE, A
LOVELY GUY BUT RAN FOR
PRESIDENT ON THE THEME OF
RAISING TAXES AND HE LOST VERY
BADLY IN 1984.
>> YEAH, NOT A GOOD
PRESCRIPTION FOR WINNING,
ESPECIALLY WHEN MIDDLE-CLASS
PEOPLE ARE SEEING MORE IN THEIR
CHECKS AND ALSO MORE IN THEIR
RETIREMENT.
THIS IS A YEAR FOR REPUBLICANS
TO TOUT ACHIEVEMENT.
A YEAR FOR DEMOCRATS TO TAKE
AWAY A TAX CUT THAT IS ACTUALLY
BENEFITTING AMERICA.
I DON'T SEE THAT AS BEING IN
OUR BEST INTEREST OR THEIR.
DAVID: IN FACT, THE PRESIDENT
TWEETED ABOUT THIS PLAN TO GET
RID OF THE TAX CUTS OF TAX PLAN
PART ONE FROM DONALD TRUMP
TODAY.
HE SAID DEMOCRAT LAWMAKER JUST
INTRODUCED BILL TO REPEAL THE
GOP TAX CUTS.
NO CHANCE, THIS IS TOO GOOD TO
BE TRUE FOR REPUBLICANS.
NANCY PELOSI, THE DEMS WEAK ON
CRIME, THE BORDER, NOT GOOD.
SOUNDS LIKE A PREVIEW OF
TONIGHT.
>> NO DOUBT ABOUT IT THAT
DONALD TRUMP IS GOING TO BE
TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE OF
AMERICA AND THE PRESENT.
WE HAVE A GREAT ECONOMY.
WE CAN'T TURN IT AROUND BY
HAVING DEMOCRATS COME IN AND
UNDO WHAT THE PRESIDENT HAS
DONE.
THE PRESIDENT ISN'T DONE
UNDOING THE DAMAGE THAT HAS
BEEN DONE THE LAST EIGHT YEARS
AND DEMOCRATS ARE TALKING ABOUT
PUTTING PELOSI BACK IN CHARGE.
IT'S A GIFT TO US.
DAVID: WE'RE COVERING THE
PRESIDENT'S REMARKS TONIGHT.
YOU CAN WATCH IT ON FBN, YOU