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GRIFF: WELCOME BACK AND
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
AGAIN, NEVER TRUMPER JEFF
FLAKE HAS A WARNING FOR THE
PRESIDENT AHEAD OF 2020.
DON'T GET TOO COMFORTABLE.
THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN SAYS
HE IS CERTAIN PRESIDENT
TRUMP WILL FACE A THIRD
PARTY CHALLENGER.
EVEN HINTING AT A POSSIBLE
REPUBLICAN MUTINY.
>> I DO BELIEVE IF THE
ON THE PATH IS HE ON.
THAT WILL LEAVE A HUGE SWATH
OF VOTERS LOOKING FOR
SOMETHING ELSE.
>> YOU ARE SAYING IF HE IS
THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE WE
ARE LIKELY TO SEE ANOTHER
CANDIDATE.
>> HE PROBABLY INVITE AGO
REPUBLICAN CHALLENGE AS
WELL.
CERTAINLY AN INDEPENDENT
CHALLENGE, YES.
MOLLY: IS THIS ANOTHER CASE
OF THE PRESIDENT'S CRITICS
UNDER ESTIMATING HIS
SUPPORT.
JOINING US NOW IS A MEMBER
OF THE PRESIDENT'S HISPANIC
ADVISORY COUNCIL STEVE
CORTES.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
THANKS FOR JOINING US ON
THIS CHRISTMAS MORNING.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND
ALL THE VIEWERS.
MOLLY: KICKING THINGS OFF,
WE JUST LISTENED TO
MR. FLAKE TALKING ABOUT WHAT
HE THINKS WILL HAPPEN IN THE
UPCOMING ELECTION IF THE
PRESIDENT RUNS AGAIN WHICH
HE SEEMS TO BE WELL ON THE
ROAD TOWARDS RUNNING IN
DO YOU THINK HE WILL SEE A
INDEPENDENT CHALLENGER OR
REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER.
>> I DON'T THINK HE WILL SEE
REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER.
IF HE DID, QUITE FRANKLY IT,
WOULD BE LAUGHABLE FOR
SOMEBODY IN THE TRUCK PARTY
TO TRY TO TAKE ON THIS
PRESIDENT.
SENATOR FLAKE IS NOT JUST
NEVER TRUMP.
HE IS ALSO NEVER RIGHT.
HE TALKED ABOUT TRUMP BEING
ON THIS PATH.
AS IF HE IS ON THE WRONG
PATH.
WHEN I LOOK AT BACK AT THIS
GULF OF MEXICO ON THE COURT
SOUTHERN BORDER LARGELY
UNDER CONTROL.
ISIS ALL BUT ELIMINATED.
WHAT I SEE IS A PATH TO
SUCCESS.
A PATH TO VICTORY.
NOW WITH THESE TAX CUTS DONE
AND CODIFIED HEADING INTO
2018, I THINK THE ECONOMY IS
GOING TO GO INTO LIFT OFF
MODE.
NOT ONLY DO I THINK TRUMP
FACE ANY THREATS IN THE
PARTY.
>> HE WILL CONSOLIDATE THE
MATTER INTO THE PARTY WE
SHOULD BE.
JEFF FLAKE REPRESENTS THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY OF 20156789
I CALL THEM REPUBLICRATS.
THIS IS FOR WASHINGTON'S
BENEFIT NOT THE AMERICAN
WORKER.
THAT'S CHANGED DRAMATICALLY
NOW.
GRIFF: STEVE, LET ME PUT A
TWEET UP HERE FOR THE
PRESIDENT HERE JUST
YESTERDAY, THE FAKE NEWS
REFUSED TO TALK ABOUT HOW
BIG AND HOW STRONG OUR BASE
IS.
THEY SHOW FAKE POLLS JUST
LIKE THEY REPORTER FAKE NEWS
DESPITE ALL THE NEGATIVE
REPORTING.
MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.
IS IT YOUR SENSE THAT GUYS
LIKE JEFF FLAKE, BOB CORKER
AND OTHERS HAVE SIMPLY
UNDERESTIMATED THE
THEY CERTAINLY DID DURING
THE ELECTION.
THEY HAVE DURING THE
MEDIA, BY THE WAY, THESE ARE
NO LONGER JOURNALISTS
UNFORTUNATELY.
INSTEAD, THEY ARE OPPOSITION
ADVOCACY GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO
ARE JUST HELL BENT ON TRYING
TO PAINT EVERY PRESIDENTIAL
ACCOMPLISHMENT AS SOMEHOW A
PROBLEM.
BUT THE PEOPLE, I THINK, ARE
SMARTED ENOUGH TO SEE
THROUGH THAT THEY CERTAINLY
DID DURING THE ELECTION.
I THINK THEY DO NOW AND WILL
BY THE WAY COME TRUMP 2020.
THEY VOTED PRIMARILY I THINK
BECAUSE OF ECONOMIC REASONS.
BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMIC
ANXIETY FOR THE LAST DECADE
THE AMERICAN WORKER HAS BEEN
LEFT BEHIND WHILE THE 1
HERS -- TOP 1% OF 1% DID
INCREDIBLY WELL UNDER THE
LEADERSHIP OF PEOPLE LIKE
THAT'S CHANGING NOW.
PRODUCT TIFLT
PRODUCTITIFLT
PRODUCTIVIFLT
PRODUCTIVITYT
PRODUCTIVITY SURGING.
AMERICANS ARE CONFIDENT,
THEY ARE VERY HAPPY, I
THINK, REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE
SEE FROM POLLING.
WE KNOW A LOT OF THOSE POLLS
ARE INACCURATE.
THEY WERE IN 2016, THEY ARE
NOW.
THEY ARE IN THEIR POCKETBOOK
SECURE.
THEY WILL THANK PRESIDENT
MOLLY: I HAD A CHANCE TO GET
ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL QUITE
A IT LO.
THEN PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
CAMPAIGNS.
DRAWING IN 10,000 OR MORE AT
THESE CAMPAIGN RALLIES.
THE QUESTION WAS WERE THEY
GOING TO SHOW UP AND VOTE?
THEY DID.
HE HAS BEEN GOING OUT ON --
HOLDING ALL THESE BIG
RALLIES AND ONCE PACKING
HUGE ROOMS.
IN OHIO AND PENNSYLVANIA.
THERE ON THE GROUND IT WAS
NOT HARD TO FIND TRUMP
VOTERS AT THE POLLS.
NOW HE IS COMING AT THE END
OF THIS YEAR WITH THIS LIST
OF WHAT REALLY FEELS LIKE
REFORM.
SO WEE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS
AS WE HEAD INTO THE MID