Turning now to the race for president.
The struggle for the GOP nomination
has been a long and hard fight.
You know, feelings were hurt, nicknames were coined.
-Stages were fallen off of. -(laughter and groaning)
And now... now the race is over.
And the Republican voters have chosen
a mutant from a carrot juicing accident.
(laughter)
And... and now, in order to win the general election,
Republicans know what they need to do.
We want to bring unity to the Republican Party.
MAN: Yes.
We
I think what is required is that we unify this party.
We need to come together sooner than later.
You're either on the team, or you're not on the team.
Unifying and growing the party is the only way we're gonna win.
-Why does he seem stoned? What's going on there? -(laughter)
(slowly): "Unify. It's the only way I get through this (bleep).
I'm just..."
I love that. Yeah, unify.
-♪ U, N, I, T, Y, U, N... ♪ -(laughter)
Yeah, it reminds you of that Queen Latifah song,
except the people singing it
this time are neither women nor black.
So, the party leadership is calling
for unity amongst all Republicans.
And just like the primaries, it's going very well.
A deep divide within the Republican Party.
The fractured Republican Party.
A split hardening.
WOMAN:
he won't even vote, let alone attend the convention.
WOMAN 2:
to the front-runner.
MAN:
you will not see them at the Republican Convention.
MAN 2:
to support the Republican nominee.
WOLF BLITZER:
WOMAN:
There's no reason for me to go to the convention.
What do you mean there's no reason to go?!
-What about the gift bags? -(laughter)
And here's how the fighting is breaking down.
Right now, the Republicans are basically split
into three camps.
So, you've got the people who
You've got the people who aren't
And the most interesting people are a group
who spent the whole race throwing (bleep) at Trump,
and now, they're picking it back up,
-spreading it on a sandwich and taking a big bite. -(laughter)
Like all narcissists, Donald Trump is insecure and weak.
If he is the nominee, I will be voting for him,
I will be supporting him.
He's not qualified to be president.
It's important that the party find a way
to get behind Donald Trump.
You cannot direct your anger towards people.
That is fascist talk.
But the fact of the matter is
that I didn't attack him as a person.
Let no one be mistaken.
Donald Trump's candidacy is a cancer on conservatism.
Rick Perry just told me in a phone call
from his home state in Texas
that he
I asked him if he would be interested
in being Donald Trump's running mate, and he said,
"I am not going to say no."
(laughter)
So... so wait. You
-That's what you're saying? -(laughter)
I mean, I... I guess
it has a pretty strong history of winning, but still.
(laughter and groaning)
And-and those... those are the people
who got on board with Trump.
It really is like a subway train,
you know, if you've ever ridden in the subway.
You know, like, sometimes the train pulls up,
and there's that crazy guy screaming in the train.
And some people are like, "Well, look, I still have to get
to work, so, uh, I guess I'm riding the crazy train."
But then, there are other people who are like,
"Oh, man, I know this is my train,
but I'll wait for the next one."
Freshman Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska said
he could never vote for Trump.
MAN:
and Carlos Curbela also saying
they will not vote for Donald Trump.
Jeb Bush now says that he is never Trump, as well,
posting on Facebook that he will not vote for Donald Trump.
WOMAN: "He has not displayed a respect for the Constitution,
and he is not a consistent conservative."
Pretty remarkable statement there from Jeb Bush.
-That is remarkable from Jeb Bush. -(laughter)
Standing up to Donald Trump.
Although I don't love
that he made it on Facebook, though, you know.
It's been months, Jeb. Go outside.
(laughter)
A man can only live on SpaghettiOs and Netflix
-for so long, my friend. -(laughter)
Go out.
And Trump, obviously, responded to Jeb Bush,
because he's like Rose from
He'll never let go.
Obviously, uh, Bush can't be there.
The campaign was too tough, and he couldn't take it.
(laughs): Trump...
Trump can't help taking a swipe at Jeb Bush.
Even though, like, Jeb Bush dropped out of the race
in February, and still Trump is hitting him.
You know when Trump is on his deathbed,
he's still gonna be like,
"I'm dying, and I... I just (bleep) the bed...
"just like Jeb Bush did in 2016!
-(laughter) -"Boom!
Oh... oh..."
(imitates flatline tone)
(laughter, groaning)
And his doctor's gonna be like, "Oh, my God, oh, my God,
he's flatlining!"
(gasping breath) "Just like Jeb's campaign in 2016.
Boom!"
(imitates flatline tone)
(laughing)
But there... there really is only one Republican who says
that Trump has not yet proved his bona fides
as the true conservative that the party needs,
and that man is Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House
and part-time Abercrombie & Fitch model.
More than anyone else today,
Ryan represents the party establishment.
So if Ryan's with you, you
and if Ryan's not with you,
well, then... you're Donald Trump.
Paul Ryan's different-- he's the Speaker of the House,
he's the highest ranking elected Republican
in the country right now, he's the chairman of the convention.
Back in March, you said he'd pay a price
if he didn't get along with you.
What is that price?
Well, we're gonna see what happens.
Can Paul Ryan chair the convention
if he doesn't endorse you?
Well, that's a question you're gonna have to ask him
and Reince and I guess me.
(laughter)
Right.
That's why he's asking you.
(laughter)
You are you.
(laughter)
I have never seen anyone dodge a question that way before.
I can't help you, I can't help you, man.
The guy you're looking for is me.
(laughter)
Find me on TV sometime and ask me.
I would do it now, but I'm doing an interview
with some dumbass.