PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FAVOR.
SEEKING THE SEAT THAT WAS LEFT
OPEN BY REPRESENTATIVE COLIN
WHO IS NOW RUNNING FOR
HAWAII'S GOVERNOR.
LOSS, DEMOCRATS ARE PULLING
OUT ALL THE STOPS TO FLIP
CONGRESS.
OUR NEXT GUEST
HILLARY CLINTON AS PRESIDENT,
WAS A GOVERNOR AND SAID THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS QUICKLY
REGENERATING ITSELF FROM THE
HE'S OUT OF THE GROUND.
O'MALLEY.
WHAT HAS CHANGED FOR YOU AND
DEMOCRATS NOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN
ON THE GROUND?
>> WELL, AS I TALK TO PEOPLE
ALL ACROSS OUR COUNTRY,
BRIAN.
MEN AND WOMEN THAT ARE RUNNING
OFTENTIMES FOR THE FIRST TIME
AS CANDIDATES, THEY TELL ME
THAT THEY ARE -- THAT THE
WINNING FORMULA IS TO SPEAK TO
THE ISSUES THAT AFFECT
OPPORTUNITY AND PEOPLE'S
AND DONALD TRUMP IS THE DARK
BACKDROP OF WHICH THEY CREATE
A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR OUR
COUNTRY AND A BETTER STORY.
TRUMP'S LIKE A SELF-BASTING
TURKEY.
VOTERS DON'T CARE TO HEAR
ABOUT HIM.
THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT ARE YOU
GOING TO DO TO HELP MY FAMILY
GET AHEAD?
OKAY. FIVE OF THE LAST SEVEN
SPECIAL ELECTION, DEMOCRATS
HAVE PREVAILED.
I WAS IN CHARLESTON.
CINDY RUNNING FOR AN OPEN SEAT
THERE.
AND JOE CUNNINGHAM RUNNING FOR
CONGRESS.
SO, LOOK, WE NEED TO WIN BACK
OUR STATES IF WE'RE GOING TO
SAVE THE UNITED STATES AND
THAT'S MY MANTRA AND MESSAGE.
BRIAN: AND FIVE OF THESE
SPECIAL ELECTIONS WON BY
REPUBLICANS IN TOUGH
SITUATIONS TOO.
BUT AS YOU SEE THE ECONOMY
GROWING AND THE NUMBERS DON'T
LIE AND THE STOCK MARKET,
THAT NARRATIVE PLAY INTO WHAT
YOU'RE SEEING?
HEY, THIS PERSON AND THIS
YOU GUYS WERE IN POWER.
IT WASN'T AT THIS RATE.
>> WELL, ACTUALLY,
PRESIDENT OBAMA PUT TOGETHER
89 STRAIGHT CONSECUTIVE MONTHS
OF JOB GROWTH AND FRANKLY,
MOST OF US, INCLUDING MYSELF.
YOU KNOW, MOST AMERICANS DON'T
OWN STOCKS.
SO WITH THIS NOTION THAT YOU
CAN ADD 1.5 TRILLION TO THE
NATIONAL DEFICIT, PUT OUR
COUNTRY ON A ROAD TO
BANKRUPTCY, AND FURTHER
POLARIZE PEOPLE ECONOMICALLY,
MAKE THE RICH RICHER, THAT'S
NOT HELPING PEOPLE.
I MEAN, I WAS WATCHING YOUR
CONVERSATION EARLIER AND
SOMEBODY WAS SAYING WOW THE
GREATEST PROOF IS 50% OF
CONGRESS IS FOR THIS TAX CUT
FOR CORPORATIONS AND THE
WEALTHY. WELL, YOU KNOW
WHAT?
50% OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
AREN'T.
BECAUSE A LOT OF PLACES IN OUR
COUNTRY, THEY HAVEN'T SEEN THE
JOBS RETURN.
BRIAN: GOOD POINT.
>> HARD TIME SEEING
INVESTMENTS.
BRIAN: TO SEE HOW PRESIDENT
REAGAN IN 1986 WITH SO MANY
DEMOCRATIC VOTES, HE ACTUALLY
LOST 11 REPUBLICAN SENATORS.
THAT HAD 18% OF THE PEOPLE
THOUGHT THEY WERE ACTUALLY
GOING TO SAVE MONEY WITH THE
TAX CUT.
33% THOUGHT THE TAX REFORM IN
1986 WAS GOING TO BE A GOOD
THING.
AND IT ENDED UP BEING A GOOD
THING, AND IT WAS VERY
BIPARTISAN TO PASS.
I READ THAT YOU SAID ABOUT
THREE WEEKS AGO TO JONATHAN
CARL OF ABC.
YOU SAID THE BIG PROBLEM IN
2008 PRESIDENT OBAMA
SQUANDERED HIS OPPORTUNITY AND
HIS ENERGY AND MOMENTUM.
HE COULD HAVE INFUSED THE
ENERGY INTO THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY AND MADE THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY MORE ENERGIZED.
INSTEAD, THE PRESIDENT AND HIS
PEOPLE DECIDE TO SET UP A
SEPARATE PAC AWAY FROM THE
DNC.
PRESIDENT WAS LETTING THE
PROBLEM, AND YOU WANT TO
CHANGE THAT; CORRECT?
>> YEAH. ABSOLUTELY. LOOK,
THAT'S ALL IN THE PAST.
WE CAN'T CHANGE THE PAST.
BUT WE CAN CHANGE YOUR
FUTURE.
AND YOU CAN HAVE A FULL
BUILDING OF GENIUSES AT THE
DNC.
BUT YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO
RECRUIT THE QUALITY MEN AND
WOMEN THAT WE HAVE RUNNING FOR
STATE SENATE, STATEHOUSE, AND
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 36
GOVERNORS RACES UP NEXT YEAR.
SO I BELIEVE JUST AS YOU SAW
IN NEW JERSEY AND VIRGINIA,
EVEN IN ALABAMA AND A LOT OF
THESE SPECIAL ELECTIONS.
OKLAHOMA, WASHINGTON STATE.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND OUR
CANDIDATES MAKING A VERY, VERY
STRONG COME BACK IN THESE 2018
MIDTERMS AND BETWEEN ALL OF
THEM AND ALL OF THESE SPECIAL
ELECTIONS.
BRIAN: YOU'RE SO SMART BECAUSE
I THINK REINCE PRIEBUS WHEN HE
TOOK OVER SIX YEARS AGO WHEN
UP THE STATEHOUSES AND STARTED
FOCUSING ON THE STATE
ELECTIONS.
SO YOU'RE DOING THE SAME
THING, SO THAT'S SMART.
BUT WHY WOULD YOU THINK THE
MUCH MORE MONEY THAN THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY AT THIS
POINT?
DOING IN CONGRESS LIKE THE TAX
CUT PRIMARILY BENEFITS THE
BELIEVE THAT.
YOU KNOW IT'S A MIDDLE CLASS.
THAT'S THE REASON WHY IT'S
PASSING.
YOU KNOW THAT'S THE COUNTER
ARGUMENT.
THE COUNTER ARGUMENT IT
DOESN'T BENEFIT THE RICH.
>> YEAH. IT REALLY DOESN'T.
I LIKE THE FACT THAT THEY'RE
DOUBLING THE DEDUCTIONS FOR
KIDS.
THAT'S ALL NICE.
HEALTH CARE, INCREASED COST OF
COLLEGE TUITION.
CHRISTMASTIME TO BUY A CAR FOR
THE WEALTHIEST GUY IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD IN EXCHANGE FOR A
$50 REBEAT.
I MEAN, NO FAMILY WOULD DO
THAT.
BRIAN: YOU KNOW WHAT THE GOOD
NEWS ABOUT THIS AND THIS IS
WHAT I SAID ON SUNDAY.
BEST MESSAGE.
YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO SEE
THIS PLAN GO INTO PLAY IN
FEBRUARY AND COME NOVEMBER OF
2018, WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE
FIRST SIGN OF WHOSE REPORT
CARDS BETTER.
IF THE REPUBLICANS -- IF
YOU'RE RIGHT, THE REPUBLICANS
ARE ROUTED.
IF THE REPUBLICANS ARE RIGHT,
THEY'LL HOLD, AM I CORRECT?
>> YOU'RE GOING TO SEE.
I THINK MOST AMERICANS
UNDERSTAND YOU CAN'T GIVE YOUR
KIDS A BETTER FUTURE BY MAKING
AMERICA WEAKER.
THIS BILL MAKES AMERICA
WEAKER.
THAT'S WHY I BELIEVE THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS GOING TO
COME BACK AND COME BACK
STRONG.
BRIAN: OBVIOUSLY, THEY BELIEVE
IT'S GOING TO MAKE THE ECONOMY
STRONGER AND ECONOMY OR YOUR
GROWING AT 3, 4%.
>> YEAH. THAT'S WHAT THEY'LL
SEE.
WE'LL SEE.
IT'S NEVER CREATED JOBS,
BRIAN.
I MEAN, GIVE ME A BREAK.
WEALTH IN THE HANDS OF THE
FEW. LOOK, POLARIZATION IS
BRIAN: ABSOLUTELY.
>> POLITICALLY, ECONOMICALLY,
AND THIS TAX CUT FOR THE
WEALTHY ADDING TO OUR DEFICIT
1.5 TRILLION ACCELERATES ALL
OF IT.
BRIAN: GOVERNOR, I HAVE TO
RUN.
BUT THAT'S YOUR VIEW.