LET’S ASSUME MOST OF IT WAS. THOSE VOTERS ROBBED OF THE
CHANCE.
CHANCE. HOPING FOR A BIT OF A COMEBACK.
THERE IS A RACE COMING ON FOR
THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION.
YOU MAY NOT KNOW IT.
TALKING ABOUT REPUBLICAN
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BILL WELL
CHALLENGING THE PRESIDENT AND
ALL THE 14 PRIMARY STATES UP FOR
GRABS TODAY.
GRABS TODAY. GOOD TO HAVE YOU.
>> GREAT TO BE WITH YOU.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. NEIL: I WAS LOOKING AT THE
BREAKDOWN OF THE STATES WHERE
YOU ARE GETTING A LOT OF
ATTENTION.
ATTENTION. NORTH CAROLINA A BIG RALLY.
VERMONT THE REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR
IS ENDORSING YOU.
WITHOUT BEING DATED, I WOULD
THINK THAT IS ABOUT IT.
DISEMBOWEL ME OF THE NOTION THAT
THOSE ARE YOUR BEST SHOTS.
>> WELL, I THINK VERMONT LOSING
BACKING OF GOVERNOR PHIL SCOTT,
UTAH WITH THE BACKING OF EVAN
MCMULLEN WHO ABOUT 22% THERE
LAST TIME RUNNING AS
INDEPENDENT, NOT EVEN A MAJOR
PARTY CANDIDATE AND
MASSACHUSETTS WHERE HE SERVED
TWO AS GOVERNOR, THOSE ARE
PROBABLY THE THREE I’VE GOT MY
EYE ON.
EYE ON. THERE ARE SOME WILDCARDS OUT
THERE.
THERE. COLORADO WAS ANOTHER CROSSOVER
STATE WHERE INDEPENDENCE CAN
TAKE A REPUBLICAN BALLOT.
I’VE GOT MY EYE THERE.
I AM SATISFIED IF PEOPLE ARE
AWARE THAT I’M OFFERING AN
ALTERNATIVE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP
IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY AND
THAT I AM AN ECONOMIC
CONSERVATIVE RATED THE MOST
FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE GOVERNOR
IN THE UNITED STATES DURING MY
TWO TERMS AND I CARE ABOUT THE
ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
AND I DON’T WANT ANY DAMN
FOREIGN INTERFERENCE IN OUR
ELECTION.
ELECTION. THOSE ARE THREE BIG DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN ME AND MR. TRUMP.
IF PEOPLE KNOW THAT AND THINK
FOR THEMSELVES AND MAKE THEIR
CHOICE, I AM HAPPY.
NEIL: YOU KNOW, GOVERNOR, THE
FACT OF THE MATTER IS, AN UPHILL
FIGHT TO CHALLENGE AN INCUMBENT
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. THE ONE WHO CAME THE CLOSEST WAS
RONALD REAGAN IN 1976.
DARN NEAR 1 A.
THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, ONE
DELEGATE THUS FAR.
FROM IOWA.
FROM IOWA. THAT IS IT.
I REALLY DON’T THINK IT WILL BE
A MAJOR FACTOR WHEN ALL IS SAID
AND DONE.
AND DONE. I DO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I CAN
HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE ELECTION
RESULTS IN THE FINAL EVEN
WITHOUT WINNING MYSELF.
LET’S ASSUME MR. TRUMP AS A
NOMINEE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
THEY SAY SMART MONEY SAYS IF HE
LOSES FOUR OR FIVE OR THREE OR
4% OF THE SO-CALLED TRADITIONAL
REPUBLICAN VOTE, HE CANNOT BE
REELECTED.
REELECTED. STEVE BANNON SAYS THAT HE WAS
MR. TRUMP’S NUMBER ONE GUY.
I THINK ON AVERAGE I CAN EXCEED
THAT AMOUNT.
THAT AMOUNT. EVERY VOTE THAT GOES FOR ME IS
ABOUT THAT IS NOT GOING FOR
MR. TRUMP.
MR. TRUMP. EVEN IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY
OR IN THE GENERAL.
NEIL: I AM SORRY, GOVERNOR, IT
IS STILL EARLY.
ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN, I GUESS.
NOT RUNNING AS A THIRD-PARTY
CANDIDATE.
CANDIDATE. YOU MIGHT HAVE CARRIED MORE
INFLUENCE RUNNING INDEPENDENTLY
OF REPUBLICANS OR DEMOCRATS.
>> YOU KNOW, IT IS HARD TO SAY.
GARY JOHNSON LAST TIME GOT FOUR
AND A HALF MILLION VOTES, WHICH
IS TRIPLE THE PREVIOUS TEST
SHOWING OF THE LIBERTARIAN
INDEPENDENT PARTY.
INDEPENDENT PARTY. THIS TIME I WANT TO MAKE SURE
THERE WILL BE NO QUESTIONS ABOUT
WHERE MY VOTES WERE COMING FROM.
I AM AN ECONOMIC CONSERVATIVE
AND REPUBLICANS TRADITIONALLY
WORK AND MR. TRUMP IS NOT.
HE REALLY HAS SET HIS FACE
AGAINST THE RULE OF LAW.
I SPENT SEVEN YEARS WORKING FOR
RONALD REAGAN TRYING TO KEEP
POLITICS OUT OF THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT.
DEPARTMENT. MR. TRUMP IS TRYING TO PULL IT
ASIDE.
ASIDE. IT’S THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.
A VERY DEEP ISSUE.
I WANTED TO RUN STRAIGHT AGAINST
DONALD TRUMP AND THAT IS WHAT I
HAVE DONE.
HAVE DONE. NEIL: YOU KNOW, GOVERNOR, YOUR
CRITICS THEY WOULD SAY YOU ARE
VERY GOOD GOVERNOR.
IN MASSACHUSETTS YOU KIND OF
HAVE TO DO.
THE BIGGER ISSUE IS YOUR TYPE OF
REPUBLICANISM, IF YOU CAN EXCUSE
THAT PHRASE, IT IS OUT OF
FASHION AND IT WILL BE EVEN MORE
OUT OF FASHION IF THE PRESIDENT
IS REELECTED.
IS REELECTED. A GUY LIKE YOU, NO OFFENSE
BECAUSE THE OLDER I GET THE
OLDER I RECOGNIZE, YOU ARE A
DINOSAUR.
DINOSAUR. WHAT DO YOU SAY?
>> WELL, I HOPE THAT DECENCY AND
INTEGRITY AND KINDNESS DO NOT GO
OUT OF FASHION AND STAY OUT OF
FASHION WHICH IS ONE REASON WHY
I THINK THE STAKES ARE AWFULLY
HIGH IN THIS.