PERSPECTIVE OF THE G.O.P. NOW.
WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN NEXT IN
TERMS OF HOW THEY HANDLE THIS.
>> I THINK THE WHOLE THING HAS
BEEN A HUGE WASTE OF TIME FROM
THE BEGINNING.
WHAT HAPPENED TODAY WAS
PREDICTABLE AND I THINK IT'S A
DISGRACE TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
ACROSS THE BOARD.
NANCY PELOSI MADE IT CLEAR THIS
IS SOMETHING THEY'VE BEEN
WORKING ON FOR TWO AND A HALF
YEARS.
THIS WAS SOMETHING THEY HAD
PLANNED ALL ALONG, THEY DON'T
LIKE THIS PRESIDENT, THEY DON'T
LIKE THAT HE CONTINUES TO
DELIVER ON EVERYTHING HE SAID HE
WAS TRYING TO DO AND THEY ARE
LOOKING FOR EVERYTHING THEY CAN
TO TAKE HIM DOWN.
I THINK IT'S A TERRIBLE THING
FOR THE COUNTRY THAT THEY'VE
USED THE IMPEACHMENT TOOL AND
PROCESS, SOMETHING THAT SHOULD
BE HELD FOR REALLY BIG THINGS TO
PROTECT THE PRESIDENCY.
AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE, IF ANYONE
IS ABUSING POWER IT'S THE
MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE DEMOCRATS
ARE ABUSING THIS POWER AND USING
IMPEACHMENT AS A POLITICAL TOOL
INSTEAD OF WHAT IT IS MEANT TO
BE.
AT THE END OF THE DAY I DON'T
THINK IT'S GOING TO MATTER, THE
PRESIDENT IS GOING TO GO TO THE
SENATE, HE WILL BE VINDICATED
THERE AND HE CAN GET BACK TO
DOING THE WORK OF THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE, GET BACK TO DOING ALL
THE THINGS HE'S BEEN DOING.
THIS WEEK ALONE, WHILE THE
DEMOCRATS WERE WASTING THEIR
TIME THE PRESIDENT HAS DELIVERED
ON A MAJOR TRADE DEAL.
THIS MORNING HE ANNOUNCED
ANOTHER HISTORIC TRADE DEAL THAT
HAS BEEN REACHED WITH CHINA, NOT
ONLY THAT, HE SIGNED AN
EXECUTIVE ORDER ON
ANTI-SEMITISM, HE'S ALSO HELD A
HUGE SUMMIT WITH HIS DAUGHTER ON
PAID FAMILY LEAVE AND THAT'S
JUST THIS WEEK ALONE.
I THINK WE ARE GOING TO GO TO
THE CENTAGE, THIS THING IS GOING
TO
DOING THE WORK OF THE
PEOPLE.
>> Harris: I WONDER IF THERE'S
BEEN SOME ROOM TO DO SOME
BIPARTISAN WORK AND IF THE
DEMOCRATS WOULD WANT REPUBLICANS
TO COME TO THE TABLE,
PRESCRIPTION DRUG COST-CUTTING
PLAN THAT WAS BROUGHT FORTH, DO
YOU SEE THIS TREND CONTINUING
AND CAN THERE BE SOME
BIPARTISANSHIP WITH THE
WHITE HOUSE ON ISSUES LIKE THAT?
>> I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION FOR
THE DEMOCRATS, THE PRESIDENT HAS
BEEN WILLING TO WORK WITH THE
DEMOCRAT SINCE HE FIRST CAME
INTO OFFICE, HE'S TRIED TO
ENGAGE THEM ON IMPORTANT ISSUES
BUT THEY'VE BEEN SO UNWILLING TO
DO ANYTHING THAT MAKES THE
PRESIDENT LOOK GOOD AND SHOW
COOPERATION BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN
SO SINGULARLY FOCUSED ON TAKING
HIM DOWN.
>> Harris: I WANT TO QUICKLY
HERE RIGHT NOW FROM MICHIGAN
CONGRESSWOMAN ELISSA SLOTKIN,
ONE OF THE DEMOCRATS IN
BATTLEGROUND DISTRICTS WHO SAY
THEY ARE STILL UNDECIDED ON
IMPEACHMENT.
LET'S GET YOUR REACTION.
>> SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO MAKE
CALLS THAT ARE NOT BASED ON A
POLL OR THE POLITICAL
CONSULTANT.
AT LEAST I'M DOING WHAT I THINK
IS RIGHT AND BASING MY DECISIONS
ON INTEGRITY, THAT IS THE MOST I
CAN DO.
>> Harris: SARAH, WHAT DO YOU
SAY WHEN YOU HEAR THAT?
>> I THINK IF THAT IS REALLY
WHAT THE CONGRESSWOMAN IS DOING
IS BASING THIS MODE OFF
INTEGRITY AND DOING WHAT'S
RIGHT, SHE WON'T SUPPORT THIS
IMPEACHMENT PROCESS.
IF SHE'S REALLY LOOKING AT DOING
WHAT'S RIGHT.
LET'S NOT FORGET, THEY SPENT
WEEKS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
EXACTLY WHAT THEY COULD IMPEACH
THE PRESIDENT ON.
THEY NEVER HAD ANYTHING.
THEY POLLED
THEY POLL TESTED WHAT THEY
THOUGHT WOULD WORK BEST WHEN
THEY GOT NOTHING FROM THAT, THEY
CAME UP WITH THIS RIDICULOUS
ABUSE OF POWER AND OBSTRUCTION
OF CONGRESS.
>> Harris: HOW DO YOU KNOW
THEY POLL TESTED IT?
>> THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN REPORTED
WIDELY, I CERTAINLY KNOW THE
NEWS REPORTS ARE NOT ALWAYS
ACCURATE.
I RESERVE THE RIGHT FOR THAT TO
NOT BE CORRECT BUT IT SEEMS LIKE
THAT HAS BEEN WIDELY REPORTED
AND ACCEPTED AND NOBODY'S PUSHED
BACK ON THAT.
>> Harris: I WANTED TO ASK YOU
ABOUT SOMETHING, STEPHANIE
GRISHAM WHO WHEN YOU DEPARTED
SHE STEPPED IN AND TOOK ROLE OF
THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY
AND SHE SAID SHE HAD TO THE
WHITE HOUSE WERE SURPRISED THE
ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT WAS NOT
A LONGER LIST, THAT THERE WERE
ONLY TWO, WHAT IS YOUR REACTION
TO THAT?
>> I THINK SHE'S EXACTLY RIGHT
BECAUSE THEY'VE SPENT SO MUCH
TIME TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW
THEY COULD ATTACK THE PRESIDENT,
THEY MADE IT SOUND LIKE THEY HAD
ALL THESE THINGS COME TOGETHER
WHEN IN REALITY THEY HAD
NOTHING.
ALTHOUGH WITNESSES THAT CAME
FORWARD, NONE OF THEM REALLY SAW
ANYTHING BECAUSE NOTHING TOOK
PLACE.
AT THE END OF THE DAY THE
PRESIDENT DID NOTHING WRONG AND
THEY ARE GRASPING AT STRAWS
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY
CAN IMPEACH HIM.
EXACTLY LIKE NANCY PELOSI SAID
LAST NIGHT, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING
ON THIS FOR TWO AND A HALF
YEARS.
SHE MADE THAT LOUD AND CLEAR
THAT THIS HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH
THE UKRAINE CALL AND EVERYTHING
TO DO WITH TRYING TO TAKE OUT A
PRESIDENT THEY SIMPLY DON'T
LIKE.
THAT'S NOT WHAT THE IMPEACHMENT
PROCESS IS ABOUT AND FRANKLY THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE SMARTER AND
BETTER THAN THAT AND I THINK
THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING SUCH A
SHIFT IN THE POLLS AND THE
PRESIDENT'S FAVOR.
>> Harris: THE MUELLER
INVESTIGATION STARTED TWO AND A
HALF YEARS AGO.
MITCH McCONNELL SAYS HE'S
WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE
WHITE HOUSE, HE SAYS THE
WHITE HOUSE LAWYERS, THERE IS NO
DAYLIGHT BETWEEN THEM.
IS THERE MORE OF OUR STRATEGY
NOW HEADED INTO THE SENATE THEN
THERE WAS PERHAPS EARLY ON WHEN
THE PRESIDENT AND THE
WHITE HOUSE WERE TAKING SOME
CRITICISM FOR NOT HAVING A
SINGULAR STRATEGY AMONG
REPUBLICANS IN A WAR ROOM?
>> I THINK THEY ARE WORKING
CLOSELY TOGETHER, I WILL LET THE
WHITE HOUSE SPEAK TO SPECIFIC
STRATEGIES.
I THINK THERE'S A GOOD THING
THAT THERE'S COOPERATION BETWEEN
THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE SENATE.
I'D LIKE TO SEE A QUICK PROCESS
IN THE SENATE.
FRANKLY, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A
HUGE WASTE OF TIME.
IF WE CAN GET THIS OVER WITH,
NOTHING WAS DONE WRONG AND WE
SAW THAT ALL PLAY OUT IN THE
PROCESS.
>> Harris: THEY WANT TO BE
ABLE TO CALL WITNESSES AND DRAW
IT OUT SO IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'VE
DONE EVERYTHING THEY CAN DO.
>> I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S
NECESSARILY THE WRONG THING
BECAUSE THEY WANT TO MAKE THE
CASE FOR THE PRESIDENT, CALLED
SOME OF THESE WITNESSES UP AND
THAT'S ONE STRATEGY.
I JUST THINK THEY ARE BETTER OFF
MOVING ON AND GETTING BACK TO
THE BUSINESS PEOPLE ACTUALLY
CARE ABOUT.
I THINK HE SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE
ABLE TO DO THAT AND FOCUS SOLELY
ON HELPING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE,
CONTINUING TO GROW THE ECONOMY,
CONTINUING TO MAKE GREAT TRADE
DEALS AND THAT'S WHAT I LIKE TO
SEE HIM AND ALL OF CONGRESS
SPEND THEIR TIME FOCUSED ON, NOT
ANOTHER RIDICULOUS WITCH HUNT
WE'VE WASTED SO MUCH TIME ON
OVER THE LAST TWO AND A HALF
YEARS.
>> Harris: THE PRESIDENT FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY SAID IT'S
BEEN A WILD WEEK.
I'VE SAID THIS TIME AND TIME
AGAIN, CHINA TRADE, WAIT UNTIL
IT HAPPENS AND THOSE THINGS ARE
HAPPENING, PHASE ONE OF CHINA.
ANY OTHER TIME THOSE WOULD'VE
BEEN THE TOP LINES OF THE NEWS
THIS WEEK, JUST WANTED TO PUT
THAT OUT THERE, THOSE ARE SOME
BIG NUGGETS OF NEWS.
SARAH SANDERS, GREAT TO HAVE YOU
ON THE PROGRAM.
THANK YOU.
BRITISH PRIME MINISTER FORREST
JOHNSON IS CELEBRATING AFTER A
MAJOR MITT WIN LAST NIGHT.
BUT HIS VICTORY MAY TELL US
ABOUT THE 2020 RACE HERE AT
HOME.
PHASE ONE OF THAT TRADE DEAL
WITH CHINA THAT I WAS JUST
TALKING ABOUT IS JUST THE LATEST