>> WE HERE AT TYT AND MANY PEOPLE, BOTH IN ONLINE MEDIA,
AND TV MEDIA, GAVE DONALD TRUMP A HEALTHY AMOUNT OF CREDIT, MORE
CREDIT THAN HE HAS GOTTEN FOR ANYTHING ELSE IN HIS PAST, BY
THE WAY HE ACCEPTED HIS DEFEAT IN THE IOWA CAUCUS.
HE CAME IN
SECOND, WE EXPECTED HIM TO MELT DOWN BUT INSTEAD HE
DELIVERED A RELATIVELY MATURE, IF BRIEF, MESSAGE CONGRATULATING
THE WINNER AND THANKING THE PEOPLE OF IOWA.
HE DIDN'T
MELT DOWN.
AT LEAST NOT IMMEDIATELY.
IT TOOK ABOUT A
DAY, THEN HE TRUMPED THE SHARK AGAIN.
HIS NEW THEORY IS THAT HE
LOST NOT BECAUSE HE IS INCOMPETENT AND HAS NO GROUND
GAME AND DIDN'T CARE ABOUT IOWA, BUT THAT TED CRUZ STOLE
THE ELECTION.
HE BEGAN TWEETING -- WE WILL SHOW YOU A FEW TWEETS.
>> IF YOU HAVE FOUR MORE CHARACTERS, USE THEM.
>> THAT IS TRUE, WE
WILL COME BACK TO THAT.
>>(VOTERS), IN CASE SOMEBODY WASN'T FOLLOWING THAT --
>> WHY CAN'T HE SAY "I"?
>> I DON'T THINK EITHER OF THOSE THINGS IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
WHAT
DO YOU THINK, CENK?
>>HE MIGHT BE IN THE MIDST OF TRUMPING THE SHARK HERE.
IT IS
HARD TO TELL WITH TRUMP BECAUSE WE THINK HE WILL GO DOWN BUT HE
COMES RIGHT BACK UP IN THIS ROLLER COASTER, BUT HERE HE
SEEMS LIKE A CRYBABY.
WHAT ARE YOU, STUPID?
WE DON'T REDO
CAUCUSES.
THAT IS NOT A THING THAT HAPPENS IN AMERICAN
POLITICS.
THIS GUY DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING.
I KNOW WE ALREADY
ESTABLISHED THAT FACT FAIRLY CONVINCINGLY, BUT THE IDEA THAT
WE DO A REDO OF THE VOTE IS PREPOSTEROUS, RIGHT?
AND OF
COURSE HE IS A CHILD AND I ALWAYS FEEL BAD TO CHILDREN WHEN
I SAY THAT, TO COMPARE TRUMP TO THEM, BUT ENDING A TWEET WHEN
YOU ARE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT WITH "BAD!"
IS CRAZY TALK.
AND
IN ONE OF THE TWEETS, HE SAID HE ILLEGALLY STOLE THIS ELECTION,
THEN HE HAD TO TAKE IT DOWN AND TAKE OUT THE WORD ILLEGAL
BECAUSE THAT IS BAD AND NOT PROVABLE AND MIGHT GET THEM IN
TROUBLE.
SO LET'S GO TO THE SUBSTANCE OF WHAT HE IS SAYING.
I RULED ON THE FIRST PART OF THIS YESTERDAY, BEN CARSON
CRYING ABOUT HOW CRUZ SAID HE WAS GETTING OUT OF THE RACE
BECAUSE A REPORTER TALKED TO BEN CARSON'S CAMPAIGN AND SAID HE
WAS GOING TO FLORIDA, THEY REPORT THAT AND THE CRUZ CAMPAIGN
SAYS MAYBE HE WAS DROPPING OUT OF THE RACE.
IF I WAS WITH THE
CRUZ CAMPAIGN, I WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME THING, BECAUSE YOU
KNUCKLEHEAD, YOU DON'T SAY YOU WERE GOING TO FLORIDA INSTEAD OF
NEW HAMPSHIRE RIGHT BEFORE THE IOWA CAUCUS UNLESS YOU ARE
STUPID, OR YOU WANT PEOPLE TO THINK YOU ARE DROPPING OUT.
I
HAVE NO SYMPATHY FOR CARSON, I THINK WHAT CRUZ DID IS OKAY.
THEY STRETCHED WHAT CARSON SAID.
HAVE YOU BEEN PAYING ATTENTION
TO THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES?
THEY STRETCH EVERYTHING, AND
THAT IS THE LEAST OF THEIR PROBLEMS.
THE VOTER VIOLATION THING --
>>THAT THEY SENT OUT BEFORE THE ELECTION.
>>THIS IS A DIRTY TRICK, ALTHOUGH A BIT OF A CLASSIC
DIRTY TRICK.
THEY SENT A VOTER VIOLATION TO SCARE THE LIVING
CRAP OUT OF PEOPLE SAYING, THEY ARE NOT VOTING ENOUGH.
YOU ARE
GETTING AN F BUT SOME OF YOUR NEIGHBORS ARE GETTING A OR B,
AND IF YOU DON'T VOTE FOR CRUZ ON MONDAY YOU MIGHT GET
ANOTHER VIOLATION.
>>FIRST OF ALL, IT SAYS OFFICIAL, AND I WAS PISSED OFF
ABOUT THIS BEFORE IT HAPPENED -- I COULD ALMOST UNDERSTAND HOW
YOU COULD BE TRICKED INTO THINKING THAT THEY GRADE HOW
MUCH A PERSON VOTES, BUT THEN WHEN THEY SAY YOU HAVE TO GO
VOTE FOR A SPECIFIC PERSON,
WHO WOULD FALL FOR THAT?
BUT I GUESS 20% OF THE PEOPLE LOOK AT THAT AND SAY, I
HAVE TO GET OUT THERE, I GUESS.
>>THEY WILL ALWAYS SAY IT IS A SURROGATE OR WHATEVER, BUT I
THINK THAT THESE SORTS OF THINGS SHOULD BE IN SOME WAY PUNISHED
OR PENALIZED.
WHEN THE ACTUAL ELECTION DAY COMES AROUND THEY
WILL DO THEIR THING WHERE DUE TO UNEXPECTED DEMAND, REPUBLICANS
WILL VOTE ON TUESDAY, DEMOCRATS WILL VOTE ON WEDNESDAY.
THEY
ALWAYS DO THAT.
THEY SHOULD SHUT A CAMPAIGN DOWN SOMEDAY THAT
DOES THAT TO SEND A STRONG MESSAGE.
BUT THEY WON'T DO THAT.
>>YOU CAN'T SHUT THE CAMPAIGN DOWN.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY
WOULD, AND THEY AREN'T GOING TO.
I DON'T EVEN REALLY LIKE THE
FIRST THING CRUZ DID, BUT I KNOW IT DIDN'T RESULT IN HIM GETTING
THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS MORE VOTES.
TRUMP UNDERPERFORMED THE
POLLS BY ANYWHERE FROM 5 TO 12
POINTS, AND THAT WAS NOT BECAUSE CRUZ BENT THE RULES.
>>THE VOTER VIOLATION THING IS CLEARLY A DIRTY TRICK, THE KIND
OF DIRTY TRICK INVENTED BY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
KARL ROVE USED
TO DO THAT ALMOST BEFORE EVERY SINGLE ELECTION.
IN THE SOUTH
CAROLINA PRIMARIES WHEN GEORGE W. BUSH WAS RUNNING AGAINST JOHN
MCCAIN HE UNLEASHED ONE OF THE DIRTIEST TRICKS OF ALL TIME WHEN
THEY PUT OUT FLYERS SAYING THAT JOHN MCCAIN HAD AN ILLEGITIMATE
BLACK DAUGHTER.
IN REALITY, HE HAD AN ADOPTED DAUGHTER FROM
SOUTH ASIA.
FOR REPUBLICANS TO BE SHOCKED AND CHAGRINED THAT
SOMEONE COULD DO A DIRTY TRICK IN THE PRIMARY?
>> BY ENCOURAGING TURNOUT.
AND THEY HAD A LOT OF TURNOUT DUE TO CRUZ.
>>AND I THINK TRUMP IS AN IDIOT AND DIDN'T REALIZE WHAT A GROUND
GAME IS.
NOW SOMEBODY TOLD HIM AT HIS ADVANCED AGE, HE IS 69
YEARS OLD, SOMEONE SAID THIS IS HOW AMERICAN POLITICS WORKS, YOU
JACKASS.
A GROUND GAME IS WHEN YOU GO TO GET PEOPLE TO VOTE FOR
YOU ON THE DAY OF THE ELECTION.
NOW THAT HE KNOWS THIS, WAIT
UNTIL YOU SEE THE DIRTY TRICKS HE UNLEASHES.
I THINK HE SAW IT AND WENT, WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT?
>>HE WILL GET DIRTY.
HE IS ALREADY INCREDIBLY DIRTY IN WHAT
HE SAYS.
CAN YOU IMAGINE NOW?
I WILL SAY, THE FIRST THING WITH
POSSIBLY GETTING SOME CARSON VOTERS TO COME OVER TO HIM --
I GUESS I WOULDN'T LIKE THAT ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE BUT IF THE
IDEA IS THAT CARSON'S SUPPORTERS DON'T THINK THAT THEY SHOULD
SUPPORT CARSON BECAUSE HE ISN'T GOING TO WIN, WHICH BY THE WAY
IS ACCURATE, AND THEY CHOOSE CRUZ OVER TRUMP, THEY SHOULD BE
ALLOWED TO PUT A SECOND CHOICE ANYWAY, I PERSONALLY THINK.
I
WILL POSSIBLY CAUSE YOU TO THINK I AM A HYPOCRITE -- TRUMP IS
COMPLAINING ABOUT THE ELECTION BEING STOLEN WHEN HE LOST BY
FOUR POINTS.
ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE, BERNIE LOST BY BETWEEN .2
AND .3, AND I REMAIN CONVINCED THAT THE MARTIN O'MALLEY THING
IS WHAT DID IT.
MARTIN O'MALLEY DID NOT GET 15% IN ANY PRECINCT.
HE DIDN'T GET SIX TIMES HIS NORMAL SUPPORT.
THAT WAS A
RESULT OF THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN STRATEGICALLY THROWING VOTERS TO
CAUSE MARTIN O'MALLEY TO BE RULED A VIABLE CANDIDATE AND
TAKE THOSE SDEs AWAY FROM BERNIE SANDERS.
I DON'T REALLY CARE,
I'M NOT MAKING A FEDERAL CASE, BUT I THINK THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A
POINT.
AND BERNIE SANDERS COULD MAKE THAT CASE AND ISN'T, BUT
TRUMP, HE DOES LOOK LIKE A BABY AS A RESULT OF THIS.
AND HE DID WHAT WE THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO DO.
>>MY FINAL TWO POINTS ARE THERE IS NO CRYING IN POLITICS,
ESPECIALLY ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE.
OH NO, HE DID A DIRTY
TRICK.
DID HE?
THAT'S TOO BAD FOR YOU.
MY SECOND POINT IS, IF
DEMOCRATS DO IT, SINCE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS ARE DECENT
PEOPLE, THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO BE OUTRAGED.
IF HILLARY CLINTON
SAID VOTER VIOLATION, YOU MUST VOTE FOR HILLARY, OR BERNIE DID
THAT, WE WOULD GO, THAT IS WAY OUTSIDE THE BOUNDS, YOU CAN'T DO
THAT.
BUT ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE, THEY ARE ALL DICKS
ANYWAY, THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE, THEY ARE VOTING FOR THE BIGGEST
DICK.
SO THEY MIGHT BE MORE PREDISPOSED TO VOTING FOR
SOMEONE WHO DOES A DIRTY TRICK.
THAT IS CLEVER, YOU REALLY
DICKED US OVER, YOU GOT MY VOTE.
THAT IS WHAT REPUBLICANS DOES EVERYDAY ANYWAY.