Trump Campaign Press Secretary: 'There's Still That Contingency of Hidden Trump Voters who Know the President is Right for Their Family and will Vote for Him'
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- Here now is Kayleigh McEnany,
National Press Secretaryfor the Trump 2020 campaign.
Good to have you with us.
- Thank you, guys.- Kayleigh, speaking of
Elizabeth Warren, she drewa crowd of about 20,000
in Manhattan this week.
We saw similar crowdswith then-candidate Trump
back in 2016.
How concerned does this make the campaign?
- Look, we've certainly taken notice of
Elizabeth Warren's rise.
She is on the heels of Joe Biden.
She could very likely be the nominee,
so we've taken notice of that.
In terms of comparingcrowds, we're very confident
when the President can go to a blue state
and draw crowds like whatwe saw in New Hampshire,
where he had 5000 waitingoutside, I saw it myself,
watching the Presidenton a television screen,
it's pretty easy to draw aDemocrat crowd in Manhattan.
A lot more difficult fora Republican candidate
to do that in New Hampshire or New Mexico,
which the President just did.
- Kayleigh, when it comesto women, Republicans,
they lost some ground with women in 2018.
What is the Trump campaigndoing to reach women,
and to win them over for 2020?
- Well, the President's accomplishments.
You know, we have a President,
the first Republican President in history,
first President of either party, actually,
to put in his budget aplan for paid family leave,
so important to women, I cantell you as a new mother myself
with a baby on the way, paid family leave
and having that as an optionin your company is big,
and this President is the one
who's put that in thebudget, and opened the way
for women in the workforce, 65-year low
in unemployment for women.
The numbers and facts tell the story,
so we're trying to blowpast the media narrative,
and get the facts out thereto females across the country.
- When you're out on the ground,
you're talking to women and just people
out in middle America,women in particular,
what are they telling you?
What are you sensing?
- Yeah, one of the thingswomen are telling me,
and I've heard this from a few women,
saying look, I was silent about my support
for the President in 2016.
I had one woman say I pulledthe lever for the President
in the heat of the momentin the voting booth,
but now I'm being more outspoken.
I think a lot of people are turned off by
Hollywood attacking the President,
and the media attacking the President,
and the left attacking the President,
so I do think it's driving a lot of women
to come out and be morevocal in their support,
but I also think there'sstill that contingency
of hidden Trump voters who happen,
many happen to be women, whomight not talk to a pollster,
or talk to the media, but nevertheless,
know the President'sright for their family
and will vote for him.- Kayleigh, let's talk about
those close states, likeWisconsin and Pennsylvania.
President Trump wonseveral of those states
by a very narrow margin.
What's he doing this time around
to make sure that he can win those states?
- Well, when I talked aboutthe facts with regard to women,
I would say the same withregard to these states
and to blue-collar workers.
You know, you have JoeBiden, for instance, saying
you know, I'm Blue-Collar Joe.
I'm someone who should get union support,
but then when you look atthe facts and the record,
you have a candidate in Joe Biden
who supported NAFTA, whichshut down 60,000 factories
versus a President who tore NAFTA up
and said I have the USMCA,
the strongest labor provisions that are
protective of labor in thehistory of our country.
So by comparing records,we think we will shore up
Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan,
looking to move into Minnesota,
where the President lostby just a point and a half,
and it falls into thatmold, so we're looking to
be offensive here, defendthe territory we had in '16,
and move forward in 2020.
- Expand the map.- Yes.
- What states do you think youcould win this time around,
could you clip, thatyou didn't have in 2016?
- So four in particularwe're really looking at,
New Mexico, New Hampshire,
where the President had two rallies,
and Nevada as well, and Minnesota,
so all four of those states areblue states we're looking at
and we've seen movement,and they are winnable.
- So, one topic, usingthe Lord's name in vain.
President Trump hasgotten in some trouble,
some hot water for this recently.
We have a clip, and thenwe'll talk about that.
- You happen to be watchingthe Democrat debate,
and the wind isn't blowing,you're not gonna see--
Charlie, what the hellhappened to this debate?
(laughter and applause)
He says, darling, the wind isn't blowing.
The (bleeped) windmill stopped.
That windmill stopped.
- So, Kayleigh, a lot of Christians,
they find this sort of language offensive.
Why does the President continue to use it?
- You know, it's hischoice what words he uses,
but what I can tell you is
he won an extraordinary amount of support
from evangelicals like myself,
and from Catholic voters,and he did because they knew
that he would be afighter for their causes,
and he has been a fighterfor Christian causes,
pro-life, putting judges onthe bench, religious freedom.
There's no doubt thatthe evangelical community
and the Catholic community has had
no greater fighter than President Trump.
- All right, Kayleigh McEnany,
thanks so much for being with us today.
- Thank you.- Thanks, Kayleigh.