FOUR MINUTES PAST.
THE FORMER NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR
CHRIS CHRISTIE IS CONSIDERING
ANOTHER RUN FOR THE WHITE HOUSE.
TAKING A FEW VERBAL JABS AT
DONALD TRUMP TELLING AN AUDIENCE
IN NEW HAMPSHIRE HE HAS WHAT IT
TAKES TO TAKE ON TRUMP ON THE
DEBATE STAGE.
GIVE THIS A LISTEN.
>> TO EVEN THINK ABOUT WHO CAN
DO THAT, WHO HAS THE GUTS TO DO
IT?
BECAUSE IT IS NOT GOING TO END
NICELY NO MATTER WHAT.
THE END WILL NOT BE A CALM AND
QUIET CONCLUSION.
>> Bill: CHRIS SUNUNU JOINING US
NOW MIGHT BE A CANDIDATE HIMSELF
AT SOME POINT.
GOVERNOR, THANK YOU FOR COMING
BACK HERE.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> Bill: WATCHING THAT CLIP
WE’VE SEEN THIS SHOW BEFORE AND
SAW HOW IT CAME OUT.
>> IS THAT A QUESTION?
I DON’T KNOW.
LOOK, I GUESS THE QUESTION IS
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF A LOT OF
FOLKS JUMP ON THE STAGE, RIGHT?
I HAVE ALWAYS SAID I DON’T MIND
WHO GETS INTO A RACE.
THE KEY FOR REPUBLICANS AND WHAT
EVERYONE DOES UNDERSTAND THE
DISCIPLINE IN GETTING OUT.
THE DISCIPLINE IN SAYING I’M
POLLING IN SINGLE DIGITS BY THE
TIME THIS CHRISTMAS COMES WE’LL
GET OUT AND NARROW IT DOWN TO 2
OR 3 CANDIDATES.
CHRIS MAKES A GREAT POINT.
A LOT OF US WOULD LOVE TO GET ON
THE DEBATE STAGE AND CHALLENGE
FOLKS MAKING SURE THE
CONVERSATION IS WHERE IT NEEDS
TO BE, WHAT REPUBLICANS ARE
ABOUT, THAT LIMITED GOVERNMENT,
LOCAL CONTROL, LOW TAXES TYPE
FUNDAMENTALS THAT GETS
INDEPENDENTS EXCITED.
WE’VE DISENFRANCHISED TOO MANY
YOUNG PEOPLE.
EVERYONE SAYING WE NEED TO THIN
OUT THE FIELD.
WE WON’T SEE A REPEAT OF 16.
>> Bill: WE’LL PUT YOU DOWN FOR
TUMULTUOUS AND FUN HOWEVER IT
WORKS OUT.
NIKKI HALEY SAYS DONALD TRUMP
HAS A HARD 25%.
THE 3/4 OF OTHER REPUBLICAN
VOTERS ARE UP FOR GRABS.
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT TO BE THE
CASE?
>> YES, ABSOLUTELY.
MOST VOTERS WON’T MAKE THEIR
DECISION UNTIL 2 OR 3 WEEKS
BEFORE THEIR RESPECTIVE PRIMARY
ELECTIONS.
PLENTY OF TIME TO GET INTRODUCED
TO OTHER CANDIDATES.
A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY THERE.
YOU HAVE TRUMP AND DESANTIS THEY
WILL RUN.
ONE THING I TOLD THE GOVERNOR
DESANTIS IS DON’T JUST TRY TO BE
ON DONALD TRUMP’S ISSUES, GO
AFTER NOT JUST THE ISSUES.
WE NEED TO SEPARATE OURSELVES
AND SHOW WHAT WE’RE ABOUT.
NOT JUST WHAT THE OTHER
CANDIDATES ARE.
WHAT WE BRING TO THE TABLE AND
GET FOLKS EXCITED ABOUT IT AND
MAKE SURE WE CAN WIN IN
NOVEMBER.
NOT CATER TO AN EXTREME BASE.
IF WE DO THAT I THINK
REPUBLICANS WILL BE SUCCESSFUL.
>> Bill: WHEN WILL YOU MAKE YOUR
CALL?
>> IT IS A LITTLE AFTER 10:00
NOW.
I’M THINKING BY LUNCHTIME.
I THINK EVERYONE WILL HAVE TO
GET IN THE RACE BY JULY OR
AUGUST.
PROBABLY BEFORE THE FIRST
DEBATE.
IF THINGS AREN’T GOING WELL FOR
THE OTHER CANDIDATES VERSUS
DONALD TRUMP, I THINK YOU COULD
SEE 1 OR 2 NEW NAMES FLASH THIS
FALL.
KIND OF HAVE AN EXCITING NEW
NAME AND ENERGIZES THE PARTY
LATE IN THE FALL.
THE 6 OR 7 CANDIDATES TYPICALLY
DISCUSSED ARE LIKELY WHAT YOU’LL
SEE ON THAT STAGE.
>> Bill: WE TALKED TWO WEEKS AGO
ON MARCH 15TH TALKING ABOUT THE
BORDER, THE NORTHERN BORDER
WHICH DID NOT GET A LOT OF
ATTENTION FOR A REASON.
CALL FOR THREE GUYS.
UNTIL THIS HAPPENED.
IN 2022 YOU HAD 109,000
ENCOUNTERS ON THE NORTHERN
BORDER.
WHEN YOU COMPARE THAT TO THE
PREVIOUS YEAR IT’S UP FOUR
TIMES.
YOU’VE GOT AN ISSUE IN YOUR OWN
HOME STATE NOW.
THIS IS ROBERT QUINN, THE NEW
HAMPSHIRE COMMISSIONER OF SAFETY
TALKING ABOUT WHAT THEY COULD DO
IN YOUR STATE WITH STATE
TROOPERS.
>> FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE IT IS
CRITICAL HOMELAND SECURITY
DELEGATE ITS AUTHORITY TO OUR
STATE POLICE TO APPREHEND THOSE
CROSSING THE BORDER ILLEGALLY
INTO THE STATE.
OUR TROOPERS HAVE PRESENCE ON
THE BORDER.
>> Bill: 51-MILE BORDER.
WHEN DO YOU GET AN ANSWER
WHETHER OR NOT YOUR STATE
TROOPERS CAN ENFORCE THE BORDER
ITSELF?
>> I PERSONALLY SPOKE TO
MAYOKAS.
SENT THE LETTER A COUPLE OF
WEEKS AGO AND TRIED TO GIVE IT A
COUPLE OF WEEKS.
WE’LL GIVE WASHINGTON A CALL
THIS WEEK AND SAID YOU WERE
GOING TO DO SOMETHING AND
COMMITTED TO DOING IT.
WE PUT IT IN A LETTER.
WE NEED TO SEE ACTION.
WE DON’T WANT MONEY.
WE WANT OUR LOCAL STATE POLICE
AND LOCAL OFFICERS AND SHERIFFS
TO BE ABLE TO ENFORCE THE LAWS
AND RULES THAT THEY DON’T HAVE
THE ABILITY TO DO.
>> Bill: WHAT DID MAYOKAS TELL
YOU IN THE PHONE CALL?
>> I SAW HIM IN D.C.
I SAID I’M SENDING YOU A LETTER.
HE SAID WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO
HELP.
I WILL TAKE YOU AT YOUR WORD.
I GUESS WE’LL FIND OUT IN THE
NEXT COUPLE DAYS IF THEY CAN
MAKE ICE DELEGATION AGREEMENTS
AND SEE IF THEY’LL COME THROUGH.
IT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE PAST.
THIS ADMINISTRATION PUT A PAUSE
ON IT.
WE DO THE JOB FOR THEM.
WE WANT TO BE EMPOWERED TO
ENFORCE THINGS OVER THE BORDER
THAT WE’RE NOW LEGALLY LIMITED
IN DOING.