ISN’T HE WONDERFUL?
THANK YOU.
I WOULD LOVE THAT!
>> John: 18 MONTHS SINCE
NOVEMBER AND IT’S NEVER TOO
EARLY TO TALK ABOUT ELECTIONS.
OUR NEXT GUEST MET WITH
PRESIDENT TRUMP LAST WEEK TO
TALK ABOUT POLITICS.
HE SAID HE HAS NOT MADE A
DECISION ABOUT RUNNING IN 2024.
BILL HAGGERTY JOINS US NOW,
MEMBER OF FORMER RELATIONS.
GOOD TO TALK TO YOU.
BECAUSE I AM SITTING IN FRONT OF
THE WHITE HOUSE AS A BACKDROP
AND NOT THE CAPITOL BUILDING,
LET’S SKIP OVER TO 2024.
WHAT WAS YOUR CONVERSATION WITH
THE FORMER PRESIDENT?
>> HE IS ENERGIZED AND ENGAGED.
HE’S FOCUSED ON THE ELECTIONS.
WE TALKED ABOUT 2024, BUT WE
REALLY PIVOTED BACK.
WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO REGAIN THE
SENATE AND POSITION OURSELVES
FOR A STRONG 2024.
>> WHAT IS YOUR SENSE ABOUT HIM?
DOES HE WANT TO GIVE IT ANOTHER
SHOT?
SOME PEOPLE SAY HE’S TOYING WITH
THE IDEA, BUT IN THE END HE
WON’T END UP RUNNING.
>> I THINK HE’S TAKING IT VERY
SERIOUSLY.
CERTAINLY I AM AND I THINK MOST
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP IS TAKING
IT SERIOUSLY.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE
THAT.
THE POLICIES DID SO MUCH TO PUT
OUR ECONOMY THERE.
THE BLUE-COLLAR BOOM THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP PUT IN PLACE HAS
BEEN AN ENORMOUSLY SUCCESSFUL
EFFORT.
TO SEE THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
AND GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF
UNDOING POLICIES, IT WILL
UNDERSCORE THE FACT THAT THE
LEADERSHIP IS PRESENT NOW MORE
THAN EVER.
YOU LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
OUR BORDER, OUR POSITION
RELATIVE TO CHINA.
EVERYTHING THAT’S HAPPENING IS
MAKING IT LESS COMPETITIVE,
WEAKER AS A NATION.
I THINK PRESIDENT TRUMP’S
POLICIES ARE COMING FULLY INTO
FOCUS TO REALIZE HE HAD US ON
THE PATH AFTER PUTTING OPERATION
WARP SPEED AND PLACE.
HE’S PUT US ON A PATH.
>> John: THE SUBJECT OF CHINA
IF YOU LOOK AT THE RECENT
MEETING, CHINA IS LETTING THE
U.S. KNOW IT’S AN EQUAL PLAYING
FIELD.
THEY ARE ON THE SAME FOOTING
AFTER GIVING DEFERENCE.
IN TERMS OF 2022, WILL PLAY THE
SHORT GAME.
HOW INVOLVED YOU EXPECT THE
PRESIDENT IS GOING TO GET WITH
CHOOSING THE CANDIDATES?
>> I THINK THE PRESIDENT CAN BE
VERY INVOLVED AND UNIFIED.
TO MAKE SURE WERE PUTTING THE
BEST CANDIDATES ON THE FIELD AND
WERE ENERGIZING THEM TO VOTE.
THAT’S WHERE IT CAN MAKE A HUGE
DIFFERENCE.
HE DID SO MUCH TO BUILD OUR
PARTY.
HE GOT 74 MILLION VOTES.
HE HAS THE ABILITY TO ENERGIZE
OUR PARTY AND TURN IT OUT TO
WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.
I HOPE THE HOUSE AS WELL.
HERE’S A SHORT LIST THAT HE’S
BACKING.
MARCO RUBIO, HE ANNOUNCED THAT
ONE LAST WEEK.
TIM SCOTT OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ROB
JOHNSON, MO BROOKS, HE’S
WEIGHING IN INCLUDING BACKINGS
FROM PRESS SECRETARY SARAH
HUCKABEE SANDERS.
HE’S ALSO BACKING PRIMARY
CHALLENGERS AS WELL.
DID YOU GET THE SENSE WHEN YOU
TALK TO HIM PEOPLE WHO CROSSED
HIM OR DIDN’T GIVE HIM THE
SUPPORT HE NEEDED, HE’S GOING TO
TAKE DOWN?
>> WHAT WE WERE FOCUSED ON IS
HOW TO WIN.
HAVING THE PRESIDENT ENGAGED IS
CRITICAL.
I AM THE ONLY PERSON, OFFICIAL
THAT SERVED IN THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION THAT’S AN OFFICE
RIGHT NOW.
WE’VE STAYED IN CLOSE CONTACT.
HE’S VERY STRONGLY FAVORS
ELECTION INTEGRITY.
LEGISLATION THAT WOULD REQUIRE
AN AUDIT.
SOMETHING THAT WOULD -- NO MORE
UNCONSTITUTIONAL ACTIONS TAKE
PLACE AND THAT WE WOULD CLEAN UP
THE PROCESS.
>> John: I HAVE A QUESTION TO
CLOSE THIS OUT.
THE PRESIDENT IS ANGRY AT
MITCH McCONNELL AND MIKE PENCE
MIKE PENCE.
YOU DECIDED NOT TO CHALLENGE THE
ELECTORAL COLLEGE RESULTS AND
CERTIFIED JOE BIDEN TO BE
PRESIDENT.
HOW IS IT THAT HE’S ANGRY AT
MITCH McCONNELL BUT NOT YOU?
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP KNOWS I
STEPPED UP AND I TRIED TO PUT A
COMMISSION IN PLACE TO TAKE A
HARD LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED.
REALLY PUTTING IT BACK TO THE
STATES TO FIX THE PROBLEM ONCE
AND FOR ALL.
I NEVER ATTENDED FOR THE
CONGRESS TO DO THAT.
THAT NEEDS TO BE LED TO STATE
LEGISLATORS.
THAT IS WHAT IT DOES.
THAT IS WHY PRESIDENT TRUMP
LIKES IT.
IT WOULD UNCOVER THOSE PLACES
WHERE IT WAS VIOLATED AND ENSURE
NO FEDERAL FUNDING GOES TO THOSE
STATES TO VIOLATE THE
CONSTITUTION.
YOU SEE YOU WERE IN GOOD STEAD