DAVID: PRESIDENT IS HEADING TO
PENNSYLVANIA IN A FEW HOURS TO
CAMPAIGN FOR GOP CONGRESSIONAL
CANDIDATE RICK SACCONE.
HE IS COMPETING AGAINST DEMOCRAT
CONOR LAMB IN A RACE THAT'S
BEING BILLED AS A KEY TEST FOR
NOVEMBER.
THE LAMB CAMPAIGN NOT RETURNING
OUR PHONE CALLS BUT RICK SACCONE
IS HERE, AND HE IS ONLY
HERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN
APPRECIATE IT RICK.
>> THANKS, DAVID A PLEASURE TO
BE ON YOUR SHOW.
DAVID: LET ME JUST SPELL OUT
THE MEDIA NARRATIVE BECAUSE
THESE THINGS PLAY OUT IN THE
MAINSTREAM MEDIA AND I WANT TO
GET YOUR REACTION TO IT IS THAT
YOU'RE UP AGAINST THE BEST THE
DEMOCRATS HAVE.
HE'S A FORMER MARINE, A TALL,
HANDSOME YOUNG GUY, AND GAME
OVER.
THEY EVEN ARE SUGGESTING THAT
SOME REPUBLICANS ARE SAYING THAT
AS WELL.
YOUR RESPONSE?
>> AS FAR AS I KNOW THOSE ARE
UNNAMED SOURCES I DON'T PUT ANY
CREDENCE IN THAT.
HIS RESUME IS VERY THIN.
HE'S A MARINE AND HE'S TALL.
I HAVE 18 AND A HALF YEARS IN
THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE.
I HAVE A CAREER IN EDUCATION,
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, STATE
LEGISLATURE, DIPLOMACY AND
GOVERNMENT SO I HAVE A LONG
RESUME I'M THE MOST EXPERIENCED
QUALIFIED PERSON SO WE'RE READY
TO GO.
WE'RE READY TO ROLL.
DAVID: NOW THERE'S AN EVEN
FURTHER TWIST IN THAT NARRATIVE
THAT I SPELLED OUT THAT THEY'RE
TRYING TO OVERPLAY THE
POSSIBILITIES OF CONGRESSMAN
THAT THE REPUBLICANS ARE IN
ORDER TO SORT OF GIVE YOU AN
EDGE, MAKE YOU THE SURPRISE
WINNER.
IS THERE AN ATTEMPT, HAVE YOU
SEEN ANY ATTEMPT BY REPUBLICANS
TO KIND OF DOWNPLAY YOUR CHANCES
IN ORDER TO GET MORE REPUBLICANS
TO COME OUT AND VOTE?
>> I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT.
WE HAVE A GREAT GET OUT TO VOTE
EFFORT HERE.
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN, I RELISH BEING
THE UNDER DOG.
I WON MY FIRST STATE HOUSE RACE
AND 76% DEMOCRAT DISTRICT WITH
$1500 MY WIFE AND I SAVED UP TO
START THE CAMPAIGN.
NO ONE THOUGHT WE COULD WIN I'VE
WON FOUR ELECTIONS SINCE THEN
THIS IS MY FIFTH ONE SO I ALWAYS
LOVE DEFYING ALL OF THE SO-
CALLED EXPERTS AND THEIR
PREDICTIONS.
DAVID: NOW THE PRESIDENT COMING
TONIGHT.
I MEAN THAT'S A TREMENDOUS BOOST
PARTICULARLY BECAUSE HE'S SO
GOOD AT THESE SPEECHES IN FRONT
OF A CROWD AND IT COMES RIGHT ON
THE HEELS OF THESE TARIFFS.
NOW YOU'RE IN STEEL COUNTRY
THERE'S PROBABLY NO PLACE IN THE
COUNTRY THAT IS MORE REPRESENTS
STEEL COUNTRY THAN YOURS.
A LOT OF THAT OF COURSE WENT
AWAY BUT THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO
BRING THAT BACK AND THE TARIFFS
ARE ONE WAY HE THINKS THAT'LL BE
DONE.
ARE YOU GOING TO PLAY THAT UP IN
THE CAMPAIGN?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M COMING TO
YOU FROM STEEL CITY, SO THIS IS
VERY IMPORTANT HERE.
I'VE ALWAYS SUPPORTED THE STEEL
INDUSTRY AND I SUPPORT OUR
STEELWORKERS AND OUR
STEELWORKERS CAN COMPETE WITH
ANYBODY IN THE WORLD AS LONG AS
THAT PLAYING FIELD HAS BEEN
SLANTED.
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS JUST TRYING
TO RESTORE SOME BALANCE TO THE
PLAYING FIELD HERE AND I WANT TO
HELP HIM.
I'M READY TO GO DOWN THERE AND
BE HIS WING MAN AND HELP HIM
AMENDMENT THAT AGENDA.
DAVID: ISN'T CONOR LAMB IN
FAVOR OF THE TARIFFS AS WELL SO
BOTH YOU AND YOUR OPPONENT FAVOR
THESE THINGS?
>> IF YOU'RE FROM THE PITTSBURGH
AREA YOU SHOULD BE IN FAVOR OF
THIS.
DAVID: WHAT ABOUT THE UNIONS?
THE PREDECESSOR, THE MAN YOU'RE
REPLACING HAD SUPPORT OF THE
UNIONS ONE OF THE RARE
REPUBLICANS WHO HAD SUPPORT OF
THE UNIONS THEY HADN'T BEEN
WARMING UP TO YOU BUT IS THE
TARIFF ISSUE HELPING THEM TO
WARMUP TO YOU?
I KNOW IT MUST ENCOURAGE THE
STEELWORKERS UNION.
>> WELL I THINK IT'S KIND OF A
MYTH FROM THE OTHER SIDE.
I MEAN MY OPPONENT LOVES TO
SHINE THE SHOES OF THE UNION
LEADERSHIP BUT I'LL TAKE THE
WORK BOOTS AND THEY'VE ALWAYS
VOTED ME AND SUPPORTED ME IN MY
HOUSE RACES AND THEY KNOW I
BRING BACK JOBS.
THE OTHER SIDE, THEY SUPPORT
CANDIDATES THAT ARE MORE SAM
NUNBERG CITIES SANCTUARY CITIES,
ILLEGAL ALIENS, DRIVING THEM OUT
OF THE STATE AND OUT OF THE
COUNTRY EVEN SO THAT HURTS OUR
UNION WORKERS THEY CAN COP PETE
AS I'VE SAID VERY WELL BUT I'M
FOR BRINGING JOBS TO
PENNSYLVANIA, ALWAYS HAVE BEEN.
THEY KNOW THAT AND THEY SUPPORT
ME.
AND BY THE WAY ALSO USUALLY PRO-
LIFE AND PRO-GUN AND THEY'RE
STRONG ON THE SOCIAL ISSUES WITH
ME.
DAVID: SPEAKING OF JOBS WE HAD
THIS INCREDIBLE JOBS NUMBER ON
FRIDAY.
MUCH BIGGER THAN EXPECTED LED TO
A HUGE INCREASE IN THE STOCK
MARKET ET CETERA.
TAX CUTS CLEARLY AT WORST
THEY'RE NOT HURTING JOB GROWTH
AT BEST THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE JOB GROWTH.
NANCY PELOSI FIRST TAUNTED THE
TAX CUTS SAYING THAT THEY WERE
JUST AMOUNTED TO CRUMBS.
SHE'S TRYING TO WALK THAT BACK A
LITTLE BIT NOW, BUT DO YOU THINK
SHE AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ARE
LABELED WITH CALLING THESE TAX
CUTS THAT SEEM TO BE SO
SUCCESSFUL JUST CRUMBS?
>> YES, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS
ALWAYS BEEN AGAINST THE TAXPAYER
S, SO THIS TAX CUT IS
HELPING THE TAXPAYERS THAT GOES
OVER VERY WELL IN THIS DISTRICT.
EVERY DAY IT SEEMS PEOPLE ARE
STILL COMING UP TO ME AND
TELLING ME ABOUT HOW ITS BENEFIT
ING THEM, SINGLE MOMS AND
SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE
EXPANDING.
I JUST HAD ANOTHER BUSINESS TELL
ME ABOUT THEY'RE GOING TO
BLOWOUT A WALL AND MOVE INTO THE
NEXT ROOM AND EXPAND THEIR
BUSINESS, OTHER BUSINESSES ARE
ADDING TO THEIR EMPLOYEES
HEALTHCARE, OR GIVING BONUSES TO
THEM.
SOME ARE BUYING SOME EQUIPMENT
THEY'VE BEEN HOLDING OFF ON FOR
A WHILE BUT NOW THEY FEEL LIKE
THEY CAN AFFORD IT.
SOME ARE GOING TO HIRE NEW
EMPLOYEES.
THE TAX CUT IS STILL, IT'S JUST
GETTING STARTED.
WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A
WHOLE YEAR AHEAD OF US TO SEE
WHAT HAPPENS.
I WAS JUST TALKING TO A CANDY
MANUFACTURER THAT SAYS THAT
DISCRETIONARY SPENDING HAS
RESULTED IN A SOARING SALES FOR
HIS BUSINESS AND HE CREDITS IT
TO THE TAX CUT SO THERE'S A LOT
OF GOOD THINGS GOING ON.
THE DEMOCRATS EVERY ONE OF THEM
VOTED AGAINST IT.
MY OPPONENT WOULD HAVE VOTED
AGAINST IT AND STOOD WITH THEM
JUST LIKE THAT SO THEY CAN TAKE
NO CREDIT FOR IT SO THEY HATE.
THEY ARE MASHING THEIR TEETH
EVERY TIME WE GET ANOTHER GOOD
TAX REPORT OR ANOTHER
UNEMPLOYMENT REPORT THAT'S GOOD,
THEY'RE MASHING THEIR TEETH
BECAUSE THEY HAD NOTHING TO DO
WITH IT.
DAVID: WELL IS YOUR OPPONENT
TRYING TO DISTANCE THYSELF IN
ANY WAY FROM NANCY PELOSI AND
OTHERS WHO BELITTLED THE TAX CUT
>> YES, AND IN THE BEGINNING HE
WAS FOR AND NOW IN JANUARY HE
COME OUT AGAINST IT AND BEEN
DISTANCING HIMSELF FROM HER, BUT
YOU KNOW THE FUNNY THING IS THE
EVIDENCE IS HE'S GOT ALL HER
LITTLE LIEUTENANTS, ALL THE
LITTLE SOCK PUPPETS OF NANCY
PELOSI ARE LEADING HIM AROUND BY
THE NOSE AND THEY WERE OUT THERE
YESTERDAY.
DAVID: LET ME GET TO THAT
SPECIFICALLY YOU'RE SAYING THAT
NANCY PELOSI HAS SENT PEOPLE TO
HELP HIM OUT WITH HIS CAMPAIGN?
>> ALL OF HER PEOPLE THAT
SUPPORTER, STENY HOYER IT HOYER
WAS OUT HERE, MIKE DOYLE, OUR
LIBERAL GOVERNOR WERE OUT THERE
ALL SUPPORTING NANCY PELOSI.
THEY'RE THE PEOPLE SUPPORTING MY
OPPONENTS SO ALL AROUND HIM.
DAVID: OF COURSE ALSO JOE BIDEN
>> EVEN THE CRAZY UNCLE JOE
BIDEN, THE UNCLE EVERY FAMILY
HAS, THEY'RE PULLING OUT ALL OF
THE STOPS BUT PEOPLE CAN SEE
THAT.
THEY'RE LAUGHING AT THEM.
IT'S NOT GOING TO HELP HIM.
DAVID: RICK SACCONE WE GOT TO
LEAVE IT AT THAT BEST OF LUCK TO
YOU THERE'S JOE BIDEN BY THE WAY
MEETING YOUR OPPONENT.
HAVE FUN TONIGHT I KNOW THE
PRESIDENT PUTS ON A FINE PARTY.