OUR THANKS TO HIM AS WELL.
THANK YOU BOTH, GENTLEMEN.
COMING UP RIGHT NOW, INDIANA
MAYOR PETE BUTTIGIEG HAS
OFFICIALLY ENTERED THE 2020
RACE, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE,
TALKING TO CHRIS STIREWALT.
HIS 37 YEARS OLD, OPENLY GAY
DEMOCRAT WHO KICKED OFF HIS
CAMPAIGN ON SUNDAY, AND
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S MAKE AMERICA
GREAT AGAIN MESSAGE A MYTH.
>> AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE
TODAY.
TO TELL A DIFFERENT STORY THEN
MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.
BECAUSE THERE'S A MYTH BEING
SOLD TO INDUSTRIAL AND RURAL
COMMUNITIES.
THE MYTH THAT WE CAN STOP THE
CLOCK AND TURN IT BACK.
IT COMES FROM PEOPLE WHO THINK
THE ONLY WAY TO SPEAK TO
COMMUNITIES LIKE OURS IS THROUGH
RESENTMENT AND NOSTALGIA.
THEY ARE SELLING AN IMPOSSIBLE
PROMISE OF RETURNING TO A BYGONE
ERA THAT WAS NEVER AS GREAT AS
ADVERTISED TO BEGIN WITH.
>> Martha: HERE NOW,
LARA TRUMP, SENIOR ADVISOR TO
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S REELECTION
CAMPAIGN, GOOD TO SEE YOU
TONIGHT, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
>> Lara: ABSOLUTELY.
>> Martha: SO WHAT DID YOU
THINK ABOUT THAT?
HE SAYS THAT WE SHOULDN'T
PROMISE PEOPLE THAT WE CAN GO
BACK TO A BYGONE ERA THAT IS NOT
GOING TO BE RE-CREATED AGAIN IN
THIS COUNTRY.
>> Lara: FIRST OF ALL, I
DISAGREE WITH PRETTY MUCH
EVERYTHING HE SAID.
HOW HORRIBLE THAT A PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE, SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO
RUN OUR COUNTRY, IS TALKING
ABOUT NOT MAKING AMERICA GREAT.
I ACTUALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND HIS
STRATEGY WITH THAT.
BUT THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT YOU
CAN'T REFUTE IT IF IT'S WORKING,
MARTHA, AND IT'S WORKING FOR THE
PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY.
WE SEE UNDER THIS PRESIDENT SO
MUCH SUCCESS, ECONOMIC SUCCESS,
MANUFACTURING JOBS COMING BACK
TO THIS COUNTRY.
THE PEOPLE THAT HE WAS
SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO ARE
THE ONES WHO ARE FEELING THE
BIGGEST BENEFIT FROM THIS
PRESIDENT, SO I WHOLEHEARTEDLY
DISAGREE WITH EVERYTHING HE
SAID, AND ESPECIALLY, AGAIN, AS
SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO BE THE
PRESIDENT OF OUR COUNTRY, TO SAY
THAT HE DOESN'T WANT IT TO BE
GREAT, MAKE AMERICA GREAT IS A
MYTH, IT'S NOT A MYTH IF IT'S
WORKING AND IT'S WORKING EVERY
SINGLE DAY.
>> Martha: ALL RIGHT, LET'S
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
BERNIE SANDERS, WHO WENT AFTER
YOUR BOSS IN THE REELECTION
CAMPAIGN, ALSO YOUR
FATHER-IN-LAW, PRESIDENT TRUMP,
BASICALLY SAYING THAT IT'S BEEN
A MYTH AND THAT HE HAS BASICALLY
BENEFITED THE RICH PEOPLE IN
THIS COUNTRY AND THAT THAT IS
CREATING A SCENARIO OF GREAT
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY IN AMERICA
AND HE WANTS TO SORT OF EVEN
EVERYTHING OUT THROUGH SOME
ECONOMIC REDISTRIBUTION.
>> Lara: WE ARE HERE,
APRIL 15TH, TAX DAY, AND PEOPLE
ARE SEEING ON AVERAGE ACROSS
THIS COUNTRY THAT THEY ARE
SAVING AROUND $1200 APIECE
THANKS TO THE TAX CUTS AND JOBS
ACT OF THIS PRESIDENT.
2.7 MILLION NEW JOBS CREATED
LAST YEAR.
THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT THAT THIS
PRESIDENT HAS GIVEN TO THE
PEOPLE IS BEING FELT EVERYWHERE
AND SO FOR SOMEONE LIKE
BERNIE SANDERS TO COME IN AND
STATE THAT HE DOESN'T AGREE WITH
THAT BUT THAT HE WANTS TO
REVERSE IT, IT DOESN'T MAKE A
LOT OF SENSE TO ME BECAUSE WHAT
IS IT THAT HE AND ALL OF THESE
OTHER CANDIDATES IN 2020 ARE
RUNNING ON?
WHEN YOU HAVE A COUNTRY THAT IS
DOING AS WELL AS THE
UNITED STATES IS DOING UNDER
THIS PRESIDENT, AND I SAW THE
DNC CHAIR WAS SAYING THAT
PROMISES WERE NOT KEPT BY THIS
PRESIDENT.
THIS PRESIDENT, OF ALL
PRESIDENTS, HAS KEPT ON MOST
EVERY SINGLE PROMISE THAT HE
MADE TO THIS COUNTRY AND WE ARE
FEELING IT EVERY SINGLE DAY, SO
I KNOW BERNIE LIKES TO TALK A
LOT.
>> Martha: LET ME TRANSFER A
QUESTION DIRECTLY FROM
BERNIE SANDERS, WHO ASKED BRET
AND I -- HE SAID WHEN YOU TALK
TO THE PRESIDENT, AND I DON'T
HAVE THE PRESIDENT HERE RIGHT
NOW BUT I HAVE AN ADVISOR TO HIS
CAMPAIGN, TELL HIM THAT HE ALSO
NEEDS TO RELEASE HIS TAX
RETURNS, JUST AS BERNIE SANDERS
DID TONIGHT AND OTHER CANDIDATES
ARE DOING?
>> Lara: OH, MY GOSH, WE ARE
BACK TO TAX RETURNS.
THERE IS NO LAW THAT SAYS THAT A
CANDIDATE HAS TO RELEASE THEIR
TAX RETURNS.
THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT HAS
HAPPENED OVER THE COURSE OF MANY
YEARS IN THIS COUNTRY, AND IT'S
KIND OF BECOME A STANDARD
PRACTICE, BUT DONALD TRUMP SAID
IN 2016 HE WAS UNDER AUDIT.
HE LEGALLY -- AS COUNSEL TOLD
HIM HE COULD NOT RELEASE HIS TAX
RETURNS.
THEY ADVISED HIM AGAINST IT.
THINK HE LISTENED TO THEM, QUITE
SMARTLY.
HE IS STILL UNDER AUDIT, HE IS
STILL NOT RELEASING HIS TAX
RETURNS.
THE PEOPLE IN 2016 OF THIS
COUNTRY DID NOT CARE ABOUT IT.
I DON'T THINK THEY CARE ABOUT IT
NOW.
IT SEEMS TO BE A GOOD TALKING
POINT FOR THE DEMOCRATS BECAUSE