WEBVTT 00:01.000 --> 00:02.392 ZONE AROUND THE PRESIDENCY 00:02.426 --> 00:04.113 WRITING IN EVERY USE OF OFFICIAL 00:04.124 --> 00:05.600 POWER THE PRESIDENT IS NOW A 00:05.611 --> 00:07.609 KING ABOVE THE LAW. 00:07.610 --> 00:10.512 JOINING ME NOW IS SENATOR J.D. 00:10.523 --> 00:13.632 VANCE, TOP FINALIST TO BE FORMER 00:13.643 --> 00:14.846 PRESIDENT TRUMP’S RUNNING MATE. 00:14.880 --> 00:16.045 WELCOME BACK TO MEET THE PRESS. 00:16.056 --> 00:16.842 >> GOOD MORNING. 00:16.853 --> 00:17.670 THANKS FOR HAVING ME. 00:17.671 --> 00:18.617 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING 00:18.618 --> 00:19.005 HERE. 00:19.039 --> 00:21.398 I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE 00:21.399 --> 00:22.506 IMMUNITY RULING AND THE 00:22.517 --> 00:22.933 IMPLICATIONS. 00:22.944 --> 00:25.039 THIS IS WHAT DONALD TRUMP SAID 00:25.050 --> 00:27.439 LAST YEAR ABOUT WANTING TO 00:27.440 --> 00:28.765 TARGET HIS POLITICAL OPPONENTS. 00:28.799 --> 00:30.527 TAKE A LISTEN. 00:30.538 --> 00:33.218 >> I WILL APPOINT A REAL SPECIAL 00:33.253 --> 00:35.631 PROSECUTOR TO GO AFTER THE MOST 00:35.642 --> 00:36.764 CORRUPT PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY 00:36.765 --> 00:40.821 OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 00:40.832 --> 00:41.458 JOE BIDEN. 00:41.459 --> 00:43.748 AND THE ENTIRE BIDEN CRIME 00:43.783 --> 00:44.609 FAMILY. 00:44.620 --> 00:46.901 >> SENATOR, IF FORMER PRESIDENT 00:46.912 --> 00:48.945 TRUMP WERE TO WIN, IF YOU WERE 00:48.946 --> 00:50.869 TO BE HIS VICE PRESIDENT, WOULD 00:50.880 --> 00:52.262 YOU SUPPORT HIM APPOINTING A 00:52.263 --> 00:55.511 SPECIAL PROSECUTOR TO GO AFTER 00:55.522 --> 00:56.966 HIS POLITICAL ENEMIES, THE 00:56.977 --> 00:57.437 BIDENS? 00:57.448 --> 00:59.144 >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, KRISTEN, 00:59.179 --> 01:00.890 I FIND IT INTERESTING HOW MUCH 01:00.901 --> 01:03.723 THE MEDIA AND THE DEMOCRATS HAVE 01:03.757 --> 01:05.171 LOST THEIR MIND OVER THIS 01:05.182 --> 01:05.945 PARTICULAR QUOTE. 01:05.979 --> 01:08.385 DONALD TRUMP IS TALKING ABOUT 01:08.396 --> 01:10.807 APPOINTING A POINTING A SPECIAL 01:10.808 --> 01:12.188 PROSECUTOR TO INVESTIGATE JOE 01:12.223 --> 01:13.131 BIDEN FOR WRONGDOING. 01:13.132 --> 01:14.476 JOE BIDEN HAS DONE EXACTLY THAT 01:14.487 --> 01:18.117 FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS AND HAS 01:18.128 --> 01:20.701 DONE FAR MORE IN ADDITION TO TO 01:20.712 --> 01:21.883 ENGAGE IN POLITICAL OPPOSITION. 01:21.918 --> 01:23.151 WHAT DONALD TRUMP IS SIMPLY 01:23.162 --> 01:25.232 SAYING IS WE OUGHT TO 01:25.233 --> 01:26.164 INVESTIGATE THE PRIOR 01:26.199 --> 01:26.643 ADMINISTRATION. 01:26.644 --> 01:28.071 THERE ARE MANY INSTANCES OF 01:28.082 --> 01:29.314 WRONGDOING AND THE HOUSE 01:29.325 --> 01:30.587 OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE HAS 01:30.598 --> 01:32.633 IDENTIFIED A NUMBER OF CORRUPT 01:32.644 --> 01:34.147 BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS THAT MAY 01:34.148 --> 01:36.833 OR MAY NOT BE CRIMINAL AND YOU 01:36.844 --> 01:38.637 HAVE TO INVESTIGATE TO FIND OUT. 01:38.671 --> 01:40.681 DONALD TRUMP IS SAYING LET’S DO 01:40.692 --> 01:42.559 THE BASIC WORK OF WRONGDOING IS 01:42.593 --> 01:46.495 A TOTALLY REASONABLE THING FOR 01:46.506 --> 01:49.413 HIM TO DO AND FRANKLY THE BIDEN 01:49.448 --> 01:50.995 ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE FAR 01:51.006 --> 01:53.026 WORSE, IF IT ISN’T WHAT 01:53.037 --> 01:53.995 PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS ALREADY 01:53.996 --> 01:54.553 DONE. 01:54.564 --> 01:56.377 >> JUST TO BE CLEAR. 01:56.378 --> 01:57.912 JOE BIDEN DIDN’T APPOINT A 01:57.913 --> 01:58.463 SPECIAL PROSECUTOR. 01:58.498 --> 02:00.215 THE ATTORNEY GENERAL DID THAT. 02:00.226 --> 02:02.352 TRUMP WAS INDICTED BY GRAND 02:02.363 --> 02:04.315 JURIES AND WAS FOUND GUILTY BY A 02:04.317 --> 02:06.346 JURY OF HIS PEERS IN NEW YORK. 02:06.380 --> 02:08.420 CAN WE GO BACK TO THE CORE 02:08.431 --> 02:09.993 QUESTION, WOULD YOU SUPPORT HIM 02:10.004 --> 02:11.909 TAKING SUCH AN ACTION? 02:11.910 --> 02:14.263 IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU’RE SAYING, 02:14.297 --> 02:15.691 YES, YOU WOULD? 02:15.702 --> 02:18.157 >> I WOULD SUPPORT INVESTIGATING 02:18.168 --> 02:19.163 PRIOR WRONG DOING. 02:19.174 --> 02:19.462 ABSOLUTELY. 02:19.497 --> 02:21.407 THAT’S WHAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE IN 02:21.418 --> 02:23.181 A SYSTEM OF LAW AND ORDER, BUT 02:23.182 --> 02:24.780 JOE BIDEN APPOINTED THE ATTORNEY 02:24.815 --> 02:26.115 GENERAL MERRICK GARLAND, WHO OF 02:26.126 --> 02:27.599 COURSE, ANSWERS TO JOE BIDEN, 02:27.633 --> 02:29.213 CAN BE FIRED BY JOE BIDEN. 02:29.224 --> 02:30.433 SO THE IDEA THAT THE BIDEN 02:30.444 --> 02:31.605 ADMINISTRATION HAS NOTHING TO DO 02:31.640 --> 02:33.426 WITH THE APPOINTMENT OF THE 02:33.437 --> 02:35.842 SPECIAL PROSECUTOR, I THINK, 02:35.853 --> 02:37.031 COMPLETELY BETRAYS AN 02:37.033 --> 02:38.913 UNDERSTANDING -- 02:38.948 --> 02:41.368 MISUNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE 02:41.379 --> 02:43.391 SYSTEM WORKS AND THINK,OF COURSE 02:43.425 --> 02:44.971 KRITEN, WE HAVE TO MAKE THIS 02:44.982 --> 02:46.050 POINT, KRISTEN THAT THE 02:46.061 --> 02:47.456 PROSECUTION OF DONALD TRUMP IN 02:47.467 --> 02:48.650 NEW YORK WHICH NOW HAS 02:48.661 --> 02:50.581 FUNDAMENTALLY BEEN THROWN IN 02:50.592 --> 02:53.203 DOUBT BY THIS IMMUNITY CASE IT 02:53.214 --> 02:55.492 WAS ONE OF THE MAIN GUISE WAS 02:55.494 --> 02:56.918 THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 02:56.929 --> 02:58.786 OFFICIAL OF THE BIDEN 02:58.820 --> 02:59.812 ADMINISTRATION WHO JUMPED SHIP 02:59.823 --> 03:01.121 TO GO AFTER DONALD TRUMP. 03:01.132 --> 03:03.782 >> AND YET THE DOJ -- 03:03.783 --> 03:05.392 >> THE LEGITIMACY OF THE 03:05.393 --> 03:05.687 PROSECUTION. 03:05.698 --> 03:06.893 THAT’S A PROBLEM. 03:06.895 --> 03:08.550 >> THAT WAS ALL OF THE TIME, 03:08.585 --> 03:10.113 PEOPLE ARE APPOINTED FROM 03:10.124 --> 03:11.049 WASHINGTON, THE DOJ TOLD 03:11.060 --> 03:11.686 CONGRESS -- 03:11.720 --> 03:14.715 >> KRISTEN, IT HAPPENS -- ARE 03:14.717 --> 03:17.571 YOU REALLY SAYING, KRISTEN, IT 03:17.582 --> 03:20.056 HAPPENS ALL THE TIME THAT THE 03:20.057 --> 03:21.022 NUMBER -- 03:21.023 --> 03:23.284 >> LET ME JUST FINISH THIS. 03:23.319 --> 03:24.655 IT REVIEWED ALL COMMUNICATIONS 03:24.666 --> 03:26.739 SINCE BIDEN TOOK OFFICE AND 03:26.740 --> 03:28.457 FOUND NO CONTACT BETWEEN FEDERAL 03:28.491 --> 03:29.464 PROSECUTORS AND THOSE INVOLVED 03:29.475 --> 03:31.023 WITH THAT CASE IN NEW YORK. 03:31.034 --> 03:32.559 CAN YOU STICK TO THE SUBSTANCE 03:32.570 --> 03:33.815 OF THE QUESTION, THOUGH? 03:33.850 --> 03:36.001 LET ME JUST ASK BECAUSE YOU 03:36.012 --> 03:38.350 ARE -- I JUST WANT TO STICK WITH 03:38.361 --> 03:40.191 THIS LINE OF THEORY THAT YOU ARE 03:40.202 --> 03:41.505 LAYING OUT WHICH IS YOU ARE 03:41.539 --> 03:43.520 SAYING IT’S NOT OKAY FOR JOE 03:43.531 --> 03:45.163 BIDEN TO WEAPONIZE THE JUSTICE 03:45.164 --> 03:45.405 DEPARTMENT. 03:45.416 --> 03:48.114 IF IT’S NOT OKAY FOR JOE BIDEN 03:48.125 --> 03:49.893 TO WEAPONIZE THE JUSTICE 03:49.894 --> 03:51.409 DEPARTMENT WHICH YOU SAY AND 03:51.420 --> 03:53.619 THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF THAT, 03:53.621 --> 03:55.024 WHY IS IT OKAY FOR DONALD TRUMP 03:55.035 --> 03:55.810 TO DO THAT? 03:55.821 --> 03:57.907 >> KRISTEN, YOU SAID THAT IT 03:57.918 --> 03:59.325 HAPPENS ALL OF THE TIME THAT THE 03:59.336 --> 04:01.127 NUMBER THREE PERSON IN THE 04:01.128 --> 04:02.594 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE JUMPED 04:02.629 --> 04:04.655 SHIP TO JOIN THE OFFICE TO GO 04:04.666 --> 04:05.454 AFTER THE POLITICAL OPPONENT. 04:05.455 --> 04:06.775 I DON’T THINK THAT’S EVER 04:06.786 --> 04:08.918 HAPPENED IN THE HISTORY OF 04:08.953 --> 04:10.232 AMERICAN DEMOCRACY AND I DON’T 04:10.243 --> 04:11.488 THINK WE SHOULD LEGITIMIZE IT. 04:11.523 --> 04:12.807 IF DONALD TRUMP’S ATTORNEY 04:12.818 --> 04:14.421 GENERAL HAD HIS NUMBER TWO OR 04:14.423 --> 04:16.725 NUMBER THREE JUMP SHIP TO A 04:16.759 --> 04:18.104 LOCAL PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE IN 04:18.115 --> 04:19.470 OHIO OR WISCONSIN AND THAT 04:19.481 --> 04:21.158 PERSON WENT AFTER DONALD TRUMP’S 04:21.160 --> 04:23.555 POLITICAL OPPOSITION, THAT’S A 04:23.566 --> 04:24.116 DIFFERENT CONVERSATION. 04:24.127 --> 04:25.947 ALL HE’S SUGGESTING IS THAT WE 04:25.981 --> 04:27.029 SHOULD INVESTIGATE CREDIBLE 04:27.040 --> 04:27.792 ARGUMENTS OF WRONGDOING. 04:27.803 --> 04:28.673 THAT’S ALL DONALD TRUMP IS 04:28.684 --> 04:29.414 SAYING. 04:29.448 --> 04:31.841 THAT IS NOT A THREAT TO 04:31.842 --> 04:32.710 DEMOCRACY. 04:32.721 --> 04:34.263 THAT’S MERELY REINFORCING OUR 04:34.274 --> 04:36.100 SYSTEM OF LAW AND GOVERNMENT. 04:36.102 --> 04:38.075 >> BOTTOM LINE, YOU ARE OKAY FOR 04:38.077 --> 04:40.392 DONALD TRUMP TO APPOINT A 04:40.393 --> 04:42.044 SPECIAL PROSECUTOR TO GO AFTER 04:42.055 --> 04:43.543 HIS POLITICAL ENEMIES, IT SOUNDS 04:43.554 --> 04:44.788 LIKE YOU’RE SAYING YES. 04:44.822 --> 04:46.318 >> LET ME MOVE ON TO MY NEXT 04:46.329 --> 04:46.650 QUESTION. 04:46.661 --> 04:48.515 I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE 04:48.549 --> 04:49.220 HERITAGE FOUNDATION. 04:49.221 --> 04:50.577 IT’S A CONSERVATIVE THINK TANK 04:50.588 --> 04:52.261 IN WASHINGTON. 04:52.272 --> 04:56.638 IT SHAPES THE AGENDA THEY WOULD 04:56.649 --> 05:00.277 LIKE TO SEE IN A TRUMP SECOND 05:00.311 --> 05:00.622 TERM. 05:00.633 --> 05:01.792 THEY SAID THIS LAST WEEK. 05:01.794 --> 05:05.331 >> WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF 05:05.365 --> 05:07.038 TAKING THE COUNTRY BACK. 05:07.049 --> 05:09.352 NO ONE SHOULD BE DESPAIR ARJED. 05:09.353 --> 05:10.643 WE ARE ENCOURAGE BY WHAT 05:10.654 --> 05:11.908 HAPPENED YESTERDAY. 05:11.919 --> 05:13.446 THE SECOND REVOLUTION WILL 05:13.457 --> 05:14.619 REMAIN BLOODLESS IF THE LEFT 05:14.620 --> 05:16.353 ALLOWS IT TO BE. 05:16.387 --> 05:18.378 >> DO YOU SUPPORT THOSE CALLS 05:18.389 --> 05:22.415 FOR A REVOLUTION AND WOULD 05:22.416 --> 05:24.233 POLITICAL VIOLENCE EVER BE 05:24.267 --> 05:24.618 JUSTIFIED? 05:24.619 --> 05:25.068 >>. 05:25.079 --> 05:26.682 >> OF COURSE, POLITICAL VIOLENCE 05:26.716 --> 05:28.190 IS NEVER JUSTIFIED. 05:28.201 --> 05:31.328 YOU HAVE TO ASK THE PRESIDENT OF 05:31.339 --> 05:32.563 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION TO 05:32.574 --> 05:33.826 DEFEND HIS REMARKS. 05:33.861 --> 05:35.487 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION DOES A 05:35.498 --> 05:37.604 LOT OF GOOD WORK, AND IS DOES A 05:37.615 --> 05:39.221 LOT OF THINGS I DISAGREE WITH 05:39.232 --> 05:40.528 AND A LOT OF THINGS THAT I AGREE 05:40.530 --> 05:41.006 WITH. 05:41.017 --> 05:44.171 IT WORKS WITH PUBLIC POLICY AND 05:44.172 --> 05:46.767 IT’S AN IMPORTANT PART OF HOW 05:46.769 --> 05:47.838 D.C. FUNKS ANDD. 05:47.839 --> 05:49.114 D.C FUNCTIONS AND OPERATES. 05:49.115 --> 05:50.513 WE’LL CONTINUE TO HAVE 05:50.548 --> 05:51.767 CONVERSATIONS WITH A WHOLE HOST 05:51.768 --> 05:53.500 OF THINK TANKS TO THE RIGHT AND 05:53.511 --> 05:54.467 THE LEFT AS WE CRAFT PUBLIC 05:54.478 --> 05:54.797 POLICY. 05:54.799 --> 05:56.437 THAT’S THE WAY THE CITY WORKS 05:56.471 --> 05:58.143 AND AGAIN, I’M NOT GOING TO BE 05:58.154 --> 05:59.794 THE PERSON WHO SERVE IT IS THE 05:59.795 --> 06:00.566 SPOKESPERSON FOR THE HERITAGE 06:00.568 --> 06:00.947 FOUNDATION. 06:00.958 --> 06:02.963 I DON’T HAVE ANY AFFILIATION. 06:02.965 --> 06:04.562 >> IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU’RE 06:04.596 --> 06:06.909 DISTANCING YOURSELF FROM THOSE 06:06.920 --> 06:08.572 COMMENTS, THAT TALK OF POLITICAL 06:08.574 --> 06:09.382 VIOLENCE. 06:09.393 --> 06:11.489 >> LOOK, KRISTEN, I CERTAINLY 06:11.500 --> 06:12.804 DON’T THINK POLITICAL VIOLENCE 06:12.815 --> 06:13.674 IS JUSTIFIED. 06:13.675 --> 06:15.838 THAT’S NOT WHAT I THINK THAT HE 06:15.849 --> 06:17.337 WAS SAYING TO BEGIN WITH, BUT 06:17.338 --> 06:19.029 HAVE HIM ON YOUR PROGRAM TO 06:19.064 --> 06:20.888 DEFEND WHAT HE SAID, AND I THINK 06:20.899 --> 06:23.113 THAT’S THE BEST THING TO DO. 06:23.147 --> 06:25.190 >> LET ME ASK YOU SPECIFICALLY 06:25.201 --> 06:26.539 ABOUT PROJECT 2025 FOR OUR 06:26.550 --> 06:28.461 VIEWERS SO THAT THEY KNOW. 06:28.495 --> 06:30.023 IT’S BASICALLY A POLICY 06:30.034 --> 06:31.744 BLUEPRINT FOR A SECOND TRUMP 06:31.779 --> 06:33.114 PRESIDENCY SUPPORTED BY THE 06:33.125 --> 06:34.330 HERITAGE FOUNDATION AND OTHER 06:34.364 --> 06:35.807 CONSERVATIVE GROUPS. 06:35.818 --> 06:38.785 THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN HAS SAID 06:38.787 --> 06:41.304 PROJECT ’25, QUOTE, SHOULD SCARE 06:41.315 --> 06:42.473 EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN. 06:42.508 --> 06:44.164 IT WOULD GIVE LIMITLESS POWER 06:44.175 --> 06:45.201 OVER OUR DAILY LIVES. 06:45.235 --> 06:46.874 AMONG THE THINGS THEY ARE 06:46.885 --> 06:48.656 CALLING FOR IS REVERSING 06:48.667 --> 06:50.081 APPROVAL OF THE ABORTION PILL 06:50.115 --> 06:52.354 MIFEPRISTONE, BUT DONALD TRUMP 06:52.365 --> 06:54.200 SAID HE SUPPORTS ACCESS TO THAT 06:54.211 --> 06:54.807 PILL, ACTUALLY. 06:54.841 --> 06:56.373 DO YOU SUPPORT ACCESS TO 06:56.375 --> 06:58.669 ABORTION MEDICATION AS DONALD 06:58.680 --> 06:59.831 TRUMP DOES? 06:59.865 --> 07:02.318 >> WELL, KRISTEN -- YOU ASKED 07:02.329 --> 07:04.685 ABOUT PROJECT 2025, AND I WANT 07:04.719 --> 07:06.670 TO BE CLEAR HERE THAT TRUMP 07:06.681 --> 07:08.461 EXPLICITLY HAS SAID HIS OWN 07:08.472 --> 07:09.846 TRANSITION TEAM RUNS THE TRUMP 07:09.847 --> 07:11.699 TRANSITION AND WILL RUN THE 07:11.733 --> 07:12.560 TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. 07:12.571 --> 07:14.797 AGAIN, YOU HAVE A WHOLE HOST OF 07:14.808 --> 07:16.516 ORGANIZATIONS SOME OF WHICH HAVE 07:16.517 --> 07:18.322 GOOD IDEAS, SOME OF WHICH HAVE 07:18.357 --> 07:19.970 BAD IDEAS AND SOME WHO HAVE BOTH 07:19.981 --> 07:21.427 AND THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION 07:21.428 --> 07:23.583 WILL TALK TO BOTH AS IT’S 07:23.617 --> 07:25.190 CRAFTING AN AGENDA TO LOWER 07:25.201 --> 07:26.545 INFLATION AND TO BRING PEACE AND 07:26.546 --> 07:27.905 PROSPERITY BACK TO THE WORLD AND 07:27.940 --> 07:29.885 THAT’S THE WHOLE REASON WHY ME 07:29.887 --> 07:31.327 AND SO MANY OTHERS ARE TRYING TO 07:31.338 --> 07:32.803 RE-ELECT DONALD TRUMP IS BECAUSE 07:32.838 --> 07:34.065 THE AGENDA ACTUALLY WORKED. 07:34.076 --> 07:35.838 IT WAS HIS AGENDA, AND I THINK 07:35.872 --> 07:37.081 IT WILL WORK AGAIN FOR THE 07:37.092 --> 07:37.790 AMERICAN PEOPLE. 07:37.801 --> 07:39.058 ON THE QUESTION OF THE ABORTION 07:39.059 --> 07:39.406 PILL. 07:39.440 --> 07:43.134 WHAT SO MANY OF US HAVE SAID IS 07:43.145 --> 07:44.417 LOOK, WE CERTAINLY -- THE 07:44.428 --> 07:45.544 SUPREME COURT MADE A DECISION 07:45.579 --> 07:47.285 SAYING THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE 07:47.286 --> 07:48.425 SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THAT 07:48.426 --> 07:48.810 MEDICATION. 07:48.821 --> 07:49.990 DONALD TRUMP HAS SUPPORTED THAT 07:50.024 --> 07:50.498 OPINION. 07:50.509 --> 07:51.728 I SUPPORT THAT OPINION. 07:51.729 --> 07:54.371 I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT TO SAY 07:54.406 --> 07:57.514 THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO HAVE AN 07:57.525 --> 07:59.243 IMPORTANT CONVERSATION IN THIS 07:59.278 --> 08:00.658 COUNTRY ABOUT WHAT OUR ABORTION 08:00.669 --> 08:01.569 POLICY SHOULD BE. 08:01.603 --> 08:02.635 DONALD TRUMP IS THE PRAGMATIC 08:02.646 --> 08:03.590 LEADER HERE. 08:03.601 --> 08:04.975 HE’S SAYING MOST ABORTION 08:04.986 --> 08:06.251 POLICIES WILL BE DECIDED BY THE 08:06.252 --> 08:06.665 STATES. 08:06.676 --> 08:09.146 WE WANT TO MAKE IT EASIER AND 08:09.179 --> 08:12.118 MORE AFFORDABLE FOR YOUNG WOMEN 08:12.129 --> 08:13.959 AND PARENTS TO HAVE FAMILIES TO 08:13.961 --> 08:14.659 BEGIN WITH. 08:14.693 --> 08:16.313 WE WANT TO ELIMINATE HOUSING 08:16.324 --> 08:17.657 COSTS AND THE MEDICAL BILLS THAT 08:17.692 --> 08:19.152 SO MANY HAVE AFTER HAVING A BABY 08:19.154 --> 08:20.406 AND THAT’S THE REPUBLICAN 08:20.417 --> 08:22.481 APPROACH TO THIS ISSUE AND 08:22.482 --> 08:23.965 MEANWHILE, JOE BIDEN WANTS 08:23.976 --> 08:25.452 TAXPAYER FUNDED ABORTION UP TO 08:25.487 --> 08:26.767 THE MOMENT OF BIRTH. 08:26.778 --> 08:28.804 THAT IS CRAZY TO ME THAT 08:28.805 --> 08:29.719 DEMOCRATS FRAME THIS AS 08:29.753 --> 08:30.838 REPUBLICANS -- 08:30.849 --> 08:33.139 >> LET ME FINISH, KRISTEN. 08:33.140 --> 08:35.304 THEY FRAME DEMOCRATS AS BEING 08:35.306 --> 08:37.183 REASONABLE AND PRAGMATIC WHEN IN 08:37.184 --> 08:38.511 REALITY REPUBLICANS ARE THE ONES 08:38.522 --> 08:39.423 TRYING TO FIND COMMON GROUND 08:39.434 --> 08:39.823 HERE. 08:39.824 --> 08:42.179 >> AS YOU KNOW ABORTIONS, VERY 08:42.213 --> 08:43.929 FEW ABORTIONS TAKE PLACE LATER 08:43.940 --> 08:45.319 IN PREGNANCY ALMOST ALWAYS 08:45.330 --> 08:46.503 BECAUSE THERE IS A MEDICAL 08:46.514 --> 08:47.026 EMERGENCY. 08:47.061 --> 08:49.081 I KNOW TRUMP IS TRYING TO 08:49.092 --> 08:50.100 DISTANCE HIMSELF FROM PROJECT 08:50.111 --> 08:51.963 2025, BUT WE HAVE TO POINT OUT 08:51.974 --> 08:53.559 THAT A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE 08:53.570 --> 08:55.668 INVOLVED WITH IT ARE FORMER 08:55.669 --> 08:59.522 TRUMP OFFICIALS, BEN CARSON, 08:59.533 --> 09:01.791 PETER NAVARRO, RUSS VAUGHT AND 09:01.793 --> 09:04.636 OTHERS, BUT JUST TO BE CLEAR, 09:04.670 --> 09:06.005 YOU SUPPORT MIFEPRISTONE BEING 09:06.016 --> 09:06.495 ACCESSIBLE? 09:06.506 --> 09:09.026 >> YES, KRISTEN, I DO, BUT ON 09:09.037 --> 09:10.805 THE PROJECT 2025 ISSUE WHAT THE 09:10.816 --> 09:12.613 MEDIA AND DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING 09:12.647 --> 09:14.764 TO DO IS ATTACH THE MOST 09:14.775 --> 09:16.025 UNPOPULAR ELEMENTS TO THE TRUMP 09:16.036 --> 09:16.934 ADMINISTRATION. 09:16.945 --> 09:19.419 IT’S A 900-PAGE DOCUMENT. 09:19.420 --> 09:21.152 I GUARANTEE THERE ARE THINGS 09:21.163 --> 09:22.916 TRUMP LIKES AND DISLIKES ABOUT 09:22.917 --> 09:24.200 THE 900-PAGE DOCUMENT, BUT HE IS 09:24.202 --> 09:26.026 THE PERSON THAT WILL DETERMINE 09:26.027 --> 09:28.574 THE AGENDA TO THE NEXT 09:28.585 --> 09:28.886 ADMINISTRATION. 09:28.887 --> 09:30.689 ALL HE SAID VERY EXPLICITLY IS I 09:30.700 --> 09:32.132 AM IN CHARGE OF THE NEXT 09:32.167 --> 09:33.261 ADMINISTRATION BECAUSE I’M THE 09:33.262 --> 09:35.220 PERSON RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT AND 09:35.231 --> 09:36.489 IT’S IMPORTANT TO MAKE THAT 09:36.523 --> 09:36.795 CLARIFICATION. 09:36.796 --> 09:38.450 >> LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING THAT 09:38.461 --> 09:39.609 CAUGHT OUR EYE. 09:39.620 --> 09:41.051 THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU 09:41.052 --> 09:43.412 WROTE IN "THE NEW YORK TIMES" OP 09:43.413 --> 09:44.473 ED ABOUT FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK 09:44.484 --> 09:44.980 OBAMA. 09:45.015 --> 09:46.658 YOU CRITICIZED HIS POLICIES, BUT 09:46.669 --> 09:49.085 ALSO SAID, QUOTE, IT IS ONE OF 09:49.096 --> 09:50.800 THE GREAT FAILURES OF RECENT 09:50.811 --> 09:52.116 POLITICAL HISTORY THAT THE 09:52.150 --> 09:54.199 REPUBLICAN PARTY WAS TOO OFTEN 09:54.210 --> 09:55.848 UNIBLE TO DISCONNECT LEGITIMATE 09:55.850 --> 09:57.288 POLITICAL DISAGREEMENTS FROM THE 09:57.299 --> 10:00.423 FACT THAT THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF 10:00.424 --> 10:01.881 IS AN ADMIRABLE MAN. 10:01.892 --> 10:04.060 BARACK OBAMA GAVE ME HOPE THAT A 10:04.094 --> 10:05.889 BOY WHO GREW UP LIKE ME COULD 10:05.900 --> 10:06.935 STILL ACHIEVE THE MOST IMPORTANT 10:06.969 --> 10:07.933 OF MY DREAMS. 10:07.944 --> 10:09.991 FOR THAT, YOU WRITE, I WILL MISS 10:10.002 --> 10:12.269 HIM AND THE EXAMPLE HE SET. 10:12.280 --> 10:14.355 YOU WROTE THAT JUST DAYS BEFORE 10:14.356 --> 10:15.866 DONALD TRUMP WAS IN INAUGURATED. 10:15.867 --> 10:16.860 DO YOU STILL CONSIDER BARACK 10:16.895 --> 10:20.266 OBAMA TO BE AN ADMIRABLE MAN WHO 10:20.277 --> 10:21.093 YOU MISS? 10:21.094 --> 10:23.735 >> WELL, YOU KNOW, I GREW UP IN 10:23.737 --> 10:24.764 A BROKEN FAMILY, KRISTEN. 10:24.799 --> 10:26.582 I JUST WANTED TO BE A GOOD 10:26.593 --> 10:28.531 HUSBAND AND DAD AND CERTAINLY 10:28.533 --> 10:30.407 BARACK OBAMA DESPITE MY MANY 10:30.441 --> 10:31.396 POLITICAL DISAGREEMENTS WITH 10:31.407 --> 10:33.112 HIM, HE’S CLEARLY A GOOD HUSBAND 10:33.113 --> 10:34.443 AND A FATHER. 10:34.477 --> 10:35.995 I’D SAY THE SAME THING ABOUT 10:36.006 --> 10:38.225 DONALD TRUMP WHOSE CHILDREN LOVE 10:38.259 --> 10:40.647 HIM AND THIS IS THE THING THE 10:40.658 --> 10:42.309 MEDIA OFTEN MISSES ABOUT DONALD 10:42.320 --> 10:44.339 TRUMP IS HOW DEVOTED HE IS TO 10:44.341 --> 10:45.982 HIS CHILDREN AND HIS 10:45.993 --> 10:47.278 GRANDCHILDREN AND HIS PRO-LIFE 10:47.289 --> 10:49.700 VIEW IS WE OUGHT TO MAKE IT 10:49.734 --> 10:50.845 EASIER FOR MORE AMERICAN 10:50.856 --> 10:52.262 FAMILIES TO HAVE THOSE THRIVING 10:52.263 --> 10:53.842 CHILDREN AND THRIVING FAMILIES. 10:53.843 --> 10:55.581 SO CERTAINLY, I THINK WE’VE BEEN 10:55.583 --> 10:57.315 BLESSED WITH GOOD EXAMPLES 10:57.349 --> 10:58.660 THROUGHOUT OUR COUNTRY AND YES, 10:58.671 --> 11:00.101 ABSOLUTELY WAS BARACK OBAMA A 11:00.112 --> 11:00.519 GOOD PRESIDENT? 11:00.530 --> 11:01.179 NO. 11:01.190 --> 11:03.355 WAS HE A GOOD HUSBAND AND 11:03.356 --> 11:03.688 FATHER? 11:03.699 --> 11:04.206 YES. 11:04.217 --> 11:06.378 >> HE’S STILL AN ADMIRABLE MAN? 11:06.389 --> 11:07.698 >> THAT’S JUST WHAT I SAID, 11:07.732 --> 11:08.058 KRISTEN. 11:08.069 --> 11:09.395 >> ALL RIGHT. 11:09.396 --> 11:11.142 I HAVE TO ASK YOU ABOUT VEEP 11:11.153 --> 11:11.598 STAKES. 11:11.609 --> 11:13.183 HAVE YOU GOTTEN THE CALL FROM 11:13.184 --> 11:14.140 DONALD TRUMP? 11:14.175 --> 11:16.067 HAS HE ASKED YOU TO BE HIS 11:16.078 --> 11:16.857 RUNNING MATE? 11:16.868 --> 11:18.635 >> I’VE NOT GOTTEN THE CALL, 11:18.646 --> 11:20.078 KRISTEN AND I’LL CERTAINLY MAYBE 11:20.089 --> 11:21.577 NOT THE FIRST PERSON THAT I’D 11:21.611 --> 11:23.345 LET KNOW IF THAT HAPPENED, BUT 11:23.346 --> 11:25.351 WE’LL LET THE MEDIA KNOW IF I 11:25.362 --> 11:27.045 EVER GET THAT CALL, BUT MOST 11:27.080 --> 11:28.236 IMPORTANTLY, KRISTEN. 11:28.247 --> 11:30.635 WE’RE JUST TRYING TO WORK TO 11:30.670 --> 11:33.095 ELECT DONALD TRUMP AND WHOEVER 11:33.106 --> 11:34.914 THE VICE PRESIDENT IS, IT’S THE 11:34.915 --> 11:36.835 LEADERSHIP STYLE THAT WORKS FOR 11:36.846 --> 11:38.904 THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND I THINK 11:38.906 --> 11:41.067 WE HAVE TO BRING THAT BACK TO 11:41.078 --> 11:42.142 THE WHITE HOUSE AND I’M FIGHTING 11:42.143 --> 11:43.672 TO DO THAT. 11:43.683 --> 11:45.958 >> HERE WE ARE, A WEEK BEFORE 11:45.992 --> 11:46.915 THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. 11:46.926 --> 11:48.753 CAN YOU SAY HERE AND NOW THAT 11:48.764 --> 11:50.916 YOU HAVE THE RESULTS OF THE 2024 11:50.917 --> 11:51.857 ELECTION NO MATTER WHAT THEY 11:51.891 --> 11:52.266 ARE? 11:52.277 --> 11:54.392 >> SO LONG AS IT’S A FREE AND 11:54.393 --> 11:55.772 FAIR ELECTION, KRISTEN, OF 11:55.773 --> 11:56.873 COURSE, WE WILL. 11:56.884 --> 11:58.078 WE WILL USE CONSTITUTIONAL 11:58.079 --> 11:59.724 PROCESSES TO CHALLENGE ISSUES IF 11:59.735 --> 12:01.426 WE THINK THERE ARE ISSUES, BUT 12:01.437 --> 12:03.625 IF IT’S A FREE AND FAIR ELECTION 12:03.660 --> 12:05.886 WE WILL DO WHAT THE CONSTITUTION 12:05.887 --> 12:08.042 REQUIRES AND WE WILL ACCEPT THE 12:08.053 --> 12:09.490 RESULTS AND I EXPECT THE RESULTS 12:09.524 --> 12:10.819 TO REELECT DONALD TRUMP. 12:10.830 --> 12:13.170 >> IT WAS A PRE AND FAIR 12:13.171 --> 12:14.751 ELECTION IN 2020 AND HE TOOK HIS 12:14.752 --> 12:16.916 CONCERNS TO COURT AND HE LOST IN 12:16.917 --> 12:19.292 COURT AND HE HAS NOT CONCEDED. 12:19.326 --> 12:21.237 DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN YOU 12:21.248 --> 12:23.893 REFUSE TO CONCEDE, THAT FEEDS 12:23.894 --> 12:25.167 INTO PEOPLE’S CONCERNS AND 12:25.178 --> 12:26.748 SKEPTICISM ABOUT THE NATION’S 12:26.759 --> 12:27.610 ELECTORAL PROCESS? 12:27.645 --> 12:29.403 >> WELL, KRISTEN, I DON’T AGREE 12:29.414 --> 12:30.501 WITH THAT, ACTUALLY. 12:30.512 --> 12:32.856 I THINK THAT FEEDING INTO 12:32.857 --> 12:34.710 PEOPLE’S CONCERNS ABOUT 12:34.711 --> 12:38.558 ELECTORAL PROCESS IS ONE HALF OF 12:38.569 --> 12:40.949 AMERICA’S POLITICAL SEGMENT 12:40.950 --> 12:43.381 WON’T SUPPORT LEGISLATION TO 12:43.415 --> 12:46.266 ALLOW ILLEGAL ALIENS TO VOTE AND 12:46.277 --> 12:48.701 YOU HAVE TO PRESENT I.D. FOR 12:48.735 --> 12:50.392 ANYTHING IN THIS COUNTRY. 12:50.403 --> 12:52.657 TO TAKE CONCERNS SERIOUSLY ABOUT 12:52.668 --> 12:53.974 ELECTION FRAUD -- 12:53.985 --> 12:55.939 >> SENATOR IT’S ALREADY AGAINST 12:55.973 --> 12:58.085 THE LAW FOR NON-CITIZENS TO 12:58.086 --> 12:59.724 VOTE, BUT JUST ON THAT VERY 12:59.735 --> 13:01.456 POINT, WHEN YOU, WHEN OTHERS 13:01.457 --> 13:03.198 REFUSE TO SAY, YES, WE WILL 13:03.232 --> 13:04.884 ACCEPT THE ELECTION RESULTS DO 13:04.895 --> 13:05.950 YOU UNDERSTAND HOW THAT 13:05.961 --> 13:08.192 UNDERMINES PEOPLE’S CONFIDENCE 13:08.203 --> 13:10.156 IN THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM? 13:10.157 --> 13:12.177 >> KRISTEN, WHAT I JUST SAID IS 13:12.179 --> 13:13.895 I DON’T AGREE WITH THAT. 13:13.906 --> 13:15.451 WHAT I THINK UNDERMINES PEOPLE’S 13:15.452 --> 13:16.700 CONFIDENCE IN THE ELECTORAL 13:16.735 --> 13:18.678 SYSTEM IS WHEN THE MEDIA IS 13:18.689 --> 13:20.824 INCURIOUS ABOUT OBVIOUS EXAMPLES 13:20.835 --> 13:22.387 OF PROGRESS ABOUT THE ELECTORAL 13:22.422 --> 13:22.817 SYSTEM. 13:22.828 --> 13:24.719 I THINK THEY’VE GOTTEN GREAT 13:24.730 --> 13:25.898 ELECTIONS AND THINGS COULD BE 13:25.909 --> 13:27.022 BETTER IN CERTAIN STATES. 13:27.033 --> 13:29.032 I WANT TO MAKE IT HAPPEN SO 13:29.043 --> 13:30.196 PEOPLE HAVE GREATER CONFIDENCE 13:30.198 --> 13:31.513 IN THEIR ELECTIONS AND THAT’S 13:31.524 --> 13:31.852 WHAT I WILL KEEP DOING.