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>>> GOOD
>>> GOOD MORNING, WE BEGIN WITH A TEXAN MANAGING PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S REELECTION CAMPAIGN.
A 42-YEAR-OLD NAMED BRAD
PARSCALE , A MAN SO TALL THE
PRESIDENT NICKNAMED HIM AMAZON.
WE SIT DOWN WITH HIM THIS
MORNING ABOUT CHALLENGES AND
OPPORTUNITIES, LET'S TALK ABOUT
2020.
2020.
2020. HE
2020. HE JUST OPENED YOUR OFFICIAL
CAMPAIGN OFFICE LAST WEEK.
ANY DOUBT IN YOUR MIND THE
PRESIDENT WILL NOT RUN?
>> NO.
>> NO.
>> NO. FROM THE MINUTE HE TOOK OFFICE
HE WAS THINKING ABOUT EIGHT
YEARS TO MAKE THE COUNTRY
BETTER, RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE
TALKING ABOUT HOW WE SET UP IN
THE 2020 TO MAKE THE RACE EVEN
BETTER THAN 2016.
MORE ORGANIZED, HAVE THINGS
RIGHT, I THINK THE CHOICES HE
MADE FOR THE CAMPAIGN TO THE
CHOICES ON THE OUTSIDE
ORGANIZATIONS, I THINK THEY
HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SET UP FOR HIM
.
.
. >>
. >> THE
. >> THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE YOU
EXPECTED 2020 AND THE BIGGEST
OPPORTUNITY?
OPPORTUNITY? BUT I STILL THINK THE MEDIA.
I THINK THE FAKE NEWS MEDIA
PORTION, I THINK THE FAKE
NARRATIVES IN THE THINK --
THINGS THEY TRY TO PUSH AGAINST
THE PRESIDENT AND HIS SUCCESS,
TO STOP HIS MOMENTUM.
EVEN THOUGH NOW NUMBERS ARE
UTTER THAN THEY WERE ELECTION
DAY.
DAY.
DAY. THEY'RE PUTTING FALSE
NARRATIVES OUT THERE.
FIGHTING LIES.
FIGHTING LIES. THE THINGS THAT ARE TRUE, ONE
OF THE TOUGHEST THINGS WE DEAL
WITH.
WITH.
WITH. WAS
WITH. WAS THE OTHER SIDE?
BUT BIGGEST OPPORTUNITY'S.
>> LOOK, WE HAVE A LOT OF
TECHNOLOGY NOW.
TECHNOLOGY NOW. ONE OF THE BIGGEST
OPPORTUNITIES IS SPENDING FOUR
YEARS DIRECTLY TALKING TO OUR
BASE.
BASE.
BASE. PROBABLY 40 MILLION NAMES,
DIRECT CONTACT BY ELECTION DAY,
A HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE
OUT SORELY, IT CHANGES THE
LANDSCAPE.
LANDSCAPE. IT CHANGES IN REALLY MAKES IT A
GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO WIN AGAIN
FOR FOUR MORE YEARS.
>> WE KNOW WHO THE VOTERS ARE.
TO INDICATE RACKLEY.
THE ABILITY TO CLICK A BUTTON
AND SAY THIS IS DONALD TRUMP.
>> WHO IS THE DEMOCRAT YOU DO
NOT WANT TO RUN IT IS.
>> I WILL TELL YOU THE SYSTEM
>> I THINK THE CHANGES THEY
MADE, FROM SUPERDELEGATES TO
SUPER TUESDAY IN CALIFORNIA, I
THINK THE PRESIDENT CAN'T BEAT
ANY CANDIDATE.
ANY CANDIDATE. IT MIGHT MAKE IT EASIER.
I THINK RIGHT NOW THE PRESIDENT
IS IN A GOOD POSITION TO BEAT
ALL OF THE CANDIDATES.
WE WILL WAIT AND SEE, I'M NOT
NAMING NAMES. I THINK THIS
PRESIDENT IS IN A POSITION TO
FIGHT THEM ALL.
>> IN TEXAS, A LOT OF DEMOCRATS
TALKING ABOUT IT TO OVERWORK
ALREADY LOOKING AT IOWA TOO.
HE HAS PROVEN TO BE A GOOD
FUNDRAISER.
FUNDRAISER. >> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. LOOK.
LOOK.
LOOK. AGAIN, I DO NOT SEE ANYONE
BEING ABLE TO BE THE PRESIDENT.
I THINK HE LOST AND IT IS A
HARD POSITION TO COME BACK FOR
A NEW CANDIDATE IN THE UNITED
STATES WAS YOU LOST OFFERS TO
COME BACK AND RUN, I DO NOT
KNOW THE HISTORY, WE WILL SEE
WHAT HAPPENS IN THE
PRIMARIES.'S BUT BEFORE WE GET
GOING YOU MENTIONED THE RUSSIA
INVESTIGATION, THAT INCREASES
POLL NUMBERS FOR THE PRESIDENT.
EXPLAINED THAT TO US.
>> I THINK THE RUSSIA
INVESTIGATION, MOST AMERICANS
KNOW IS A BUNCH OF MALARKEY, I
THINK THERE HAS BEEN NO KIND OF
COLLUSION, I HAVE SAID THIS
SINCE DAY ONE.
I THINK POLLING SHOWS A VERY
SMALL PERCENTAGE OF AMERICANS
CARE ABOUT THIS, I THINK FOR
THE MOST PART WHEN THE MEDIA
PUTS THAT AS A NARRATIVE OUT
THERE NARRATIVES LIKE TO DEFEND
THE PRESIDENT AND SAY HE WON
FAIR AND SQUARE LET HIM DO HIS
JOB.
JOB.
JOB. I
JOB. I THINK THEY HAVE ALWAYS SEE
THIS AS A DISTRACTION THAT
ACTUALLY THE COUNTRY BETTER.
NOT SOMETHING ABOUT AMERICANS
COMING TOGETHER, FOR CHILDREN
IN THE FUTURE.
>> YOU ARE NOT DONE WITH THE
INVESTIGATION?
INVESTIGATION? BUT HE'S GOING TO OTHER PATHS,
FOUND SOME STUFF, AND THAT EVER
TIED TO THE CAMPAIGN, ALL THE
THINGS HAVE BEEN ABOUT WHETHER
PEOPLE LIED ABOUT THEIR ROLE IN
THE CAMPAIGN OR FINANCIAL
THINGS THEY DID 20 YEARS AGO OR
THOSE KIND OF THINGS, NEVER
ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN.
HOPEFULLY THEY AND THE
INVESTIGATION SOON AND IT WILL
EXONERATE THE PRESIDENT FROM
ANYTHING TO DO NEGATIVELY WITH
RUSSIA.
RUSSIA.
RUSSIA. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT TEXAS AND
NATIONWIDE, PEER TO PEER TEXT
MESSAGING WAS A BIG DEAL IN THE
MIDTERMS.
MIDTERMS.
MIDTERMS. SOMETHING YOU HAVE BEEN
FAMILIAR WITH AS WELL TOO.
BUT TO OVERWORK IN TEXAS, --
BACK TO OVERWORK -- BETO O
ROURKE IN TEXAS.
>> YOU WILL HAVE ANOTHER SENATE
RACE.
RACE.
RACE. CONGRESSIONAL RACES, I DON'T
THINK IT WILL BE AS TIGHT,
YOURSELF WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF
POLITICS, IT'S IN YOUR HAND ALL
DAY, YOU STARE AT IT ALL DAY,
AND POLITICS IT'S WHERE YOUR
EYES ARE LOOKING, THEY WANT TO
GET IT IN FRONT OF YOUR
EYEBALLS ON THE PHONE.
>> IS DIFFERENT THAN SOCIAL
MEDIA?
MEDIA?
MEDIA? >>
MEDIA? >> I HAVE A SPAM BOX.
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU NOTIFY,
EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS, THE TURN
OF SOCIAL MEDIA NOTIFICATIONS,
VERY FEW PEOPLE TURN OFF TEXT
MESSAGE EVOCATIONS.
MESSAGE EVOCATIONS. THE FOG WILL NOT LOOK AT A TEXT
MESSAGE IS VERY LOW.
A VERY SUCCESSFUL WAY FOR YOU
TO READ SOMETHING AND TO GET
THE MESSAGE ACROSS.
AND UNDERSTAND INCREASE
ENTHUSIASM.
ENTHUSIASM. I THINK YOU SAW THAT IN 2018
CYCLE.
CYCLE.
CYCLE. >>
CYCLE. >> TO THINK AFTER 2020 CONGRESS
WILL KEEP THIS AROUND?
BUT IT DEPENDS.
WITH THE COMPANIES DO.
COMPANIES MIGHT COME IN, I
DON'T KNOW, IF AMERICA GETS THE
RESULTS IT WANTS IT MIGHT NOT.
YOU KNOW?
YOU KNOW?
YOU KNOW? I THINK IT ALL DEPENDS, WHEN
YOU GET THAT MANY TEXT MESSAGES
IT'S HOW IT IS USED.
APPLE MIGHT THEN COME OUT WITH
SOMETHING, CHANGE IT, WHO
KNOWS.
KNOWS.
KNOWS. I
KNOWS. I THINK IF IT STAYS THE WAY IT
IS NOW IT WILL HAVE AN EFFECT.
>> WE SPEECH THE PRESIDENT,
USUALLY DAILY, SOMETIMES WEEKLY
IF IT IS A SLOWER WEEK, WHAT
CAN YOU DO IN YOUR POSITION AS
CAMPAIGN MANAGER TO HELP PROVE
POLITICAL DISCOURSE? BUT THE
PRESENT IS A CAMPAIGN MANAGER,
THE POLITICAL DIRECTOR, IT IS
UP TO HIM WHAT HE DETERMINES, I
THINK HE HAS SMALLER BRANCHES,
HE TRIED TO WORK WITH ALREADY
CONGRESS AND SAID LET'S DO
THINGS TOGETHER, HE CAME OUT TO
THE OLIVE BRANCH AND THE MEDIA
CONTINUES TO ATTACK HIM.
DEMOCRATS CONTINUE TO ATTACK
THEM, I THINK THEY THINK MEDIA
TAKES ADVANTAGE, I THINK IT IS
THEIR MESSAGE TO DESTROY HIM OR
MAKE MONEY OFF OF HIM.
I THINK UNTIL THOSE THINGS,
THEY START TREATING HIM WITH
MUTUAL RESPECT, I THINK THE
PRESENT IS A PERSON WHO WILL
REACT WITH MUTUAL RESPECT.
YOU SEE THAT FROM DEMOCRATS,
OTHER PEOPLE TREATED WITH
RESPECT ARE TREATED BACK WITH
RESPECT.
RESPECT.
RESPECT. I THINK THE PRESIDENT IS A
COUNTERPUNCH READ AT THE SAME
TIME IF YOU EMBRACE HIM AND SAY
LET'S WORK TOGETHER, HE WILL DO
THE SAME.
THE SAME.
THE SAME. I THINK IT IS A TWO-WAY STREET
AND IT CAN HAPPEN.
THE OTHER SIDE IS MAKING TOO
MUCH MONEY AND HAVING TOO MUCH
SUCCESS FROM THROWING THEIR
HATE AROUND.
HATE AROUND. >> LAST QUESTION, DOES THE
PRESIDENT EVER TWEET ANYTHING
THAT MAKES YOU CRINGE?
>> OF COURSE.
YOU KNOW.
YOU KNOW.
YOU KNOW. HE IS THE COMMON DIRECTOR.
SOMETIMES, AFTER HE DOES IT I'M
LIKE WHY?
LIKE WHY?
LIKE WHY? THEN LATER I LIKE THAT MADE
SENSE.
SENSE.
SENSE. HE
SENSE. HE IS ALWAYS ONE STEP AHEAD OF
ALL IS.
ALL IS.
ALL IS. HE CONTINUES TO MYSTIFY
EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTRY WHAT
HE DOES AS A BUSINESS PERSON
AND WHAT HE DOES AS A
POLITICIAN.
POLITICIAN. AND HIS LIFE WILL EVENTUALLY BE
REMEMBERED AS ONE OF ULTIMATE
SUCCESS AND HELPING THE COUNTRY
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