Subject: 2016 GOP HIT on HRC
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Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 06:40:58 -0700

Katrina Pierson on CNBC
5/4/16 8:05 AM
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>> You don't think Cruz will support trump?
>> I think he will eventually. Look, this was a very contentious race. He did a fantastic job coming from being the anti-washington guy and staying in there.
mean, look, the establishment has to choose between two people they didn't want to begin with. So that is a win for senator Cruz himself. And I do think that senator Cruz is going to come along simply because this is about beating Hillary Clinton.

Transcript:

>> Thanks, John. Joining us trump national spokesperson and surrogate Katrina Pearson. Katrina, welcome.
>> Good morning.
>> Just -- we may as well assume and let's say he is the nominee. I know Kasich thinks he has trump right where he wants him. Right where he wants him. Let's say that it is trump. Who do you think is in charge now advising him? Do you do that? Manafort, Lewandowski, ivanka or Donald himself?
>> Well, ultimately Donald Trump is in charge of the trump campaign. He seeks advice from everyone around him. He thinks it's very important to get input from the quote-unquote advisers around him and from those who work from him. I have seen Mr. Trump ask supporters for advice. So he is always asking everyone for their opinions.
>> So the base that was attracted to him in the first place, the ones who like his outspokenness and his authenticity, will they stay with him if he becommore of a politician to try to close the gap that we just heard about that John Harwood says he has with more conventional voters? Will he try to draw them in by appearing less erratic? I guess they call him erratic, people who criticize him.
>> They call him less presidential because we have been conditioned to he hear politicians say things a certain way and say things in the manner and tone that they want it. Donald Trump will still be Donald Trump. The supporters who have been with him from the beginning and the polls show his supporters are locked in 80% to 90%, they're not going anywhere. This is greater than Donald Trump. This is someone who has been willing to put everything on the line for his country, to put everything on the line to help the people who haven't had a voice in this country for a very long time.

[8:06:56 AM]

>> So what -- you didn't really answer me there. So they'll stick with him.
>> They'll stay, yes.
>> How does he -- will he win over enough people that might not be thought of as his demo? Will he win them over by sticking to what he has done or -- everybody attacks in the general election. Everybody expects Hillary to tack back to the center. Will he tack in some direction different than what we have seen? People who think he'll lose would say if he continues along the same vein that he's been in he'll never get above 45% or whatever.
>> Look, we've heard this from pundits and talking heads on TV for the last 11 months who have been wrong, and they think they can predict what's going to happen over the next six months? I don't think so. Donald Trump is going to win over a lot more people. He's going to continue to be Mr. Trump. You'll hear more policy discussions. I'm sure there will be some great debates coming up. And he's going to win simply because we will finally have a contrast in this country between the Republican and the Democrat. And Donald Trump's policies are very different than your traditional establishment Republican. And of course that's going to win people over. We saw it happening in Iowa. We see it happening today, even with some of Bernie Sanders' supporters who are looking at Mr. Trump because of his positions on the economy.
>> He said he is going to wait to even talk about a possible vice president until he is the nominee. We're getting closer and closer to where he could start assuming that, you know, he wouldn't be putting the -- the cart in front of the horse? Is that how it works? I don't know. I always get it -- the way it's supposed to be. It's time where he could. Does he pick someone who will deliver a key state, or does he pick someone who maybe has some political experience? Does he pick someone that was in the 17 that started, or is it a total outlier? Are you advising him on this? Can you give us any insight into how that's going to work?

[8:08:58 AM]

>> He has already said he would prefer someone that did have experience in government. That person will be working closely with many of the lawmakers. But Donald Trump is going to pick the candidate that is going to be able to help communicate his vision and what he wants to do to help America become great again. And I don't know. I mean, this is something that he's been thinking about for a very long time. There's a lot of people that have been sent over to him to consider. And he's going to look very carefully at everyone involved because it's not just about who can win a state or who can bring this group. It is going to be about a team, an effort, that can really get things done for the American people, so he's going to make that decision probably by the convention, but he is definitely going to take his time in the process.
>> Did you do the math? What does he need of the remaining delegates? It's below 50.
>> It is below 50. He did win a majority of the delegates last night. So we're probably looking at 45% now, I believe. I haven't seen all the congressional counts this morning. But we're going to do really well. He is already ahead in the polls in the majority of the states moving forward. He'll do well in California and New Jersey. We've been saying this whole time that Donald Trump will have the delegates prior to the convention and he will be the GOP nominee.
>> Okay. So you've got Chris Christie as A.G. Giuliani homeland security.
>> I've been hearing that.
>> Ted Cruz scotus. He'll be on the scotus, he will vote --
>> This is what I want to know --
>> Republicans always put people in that you don't know whether they'll vote liberal or conservative. Ted you would know. He would out Scalia Scalia.
>> Do you think Cruz will ultimately support trump?
>> Yes.
>> You do. What about you?
>> Do I think so? No. I don't know.
>> You don't think Cruz will support trump?
>> I think he will eventually. Look, this was a very contentious race. He did a fantastic job coming from being the anti-washington guy and staying in there.
mean, look, the establishment has to choose between two people they didn't want to begin with. So that is a win for senator Cruz himself. And I do think that senator Cruz is going to come along simply because this is about beating Hillary Clinton. This is about getting a Republican back in the white house. It's about fixing the economy. It's about national security. So I think a lot of the people who were quote-unquote never trump, at the end of the day are going to realize that because I can't see them, out of principle, contributing to the downfall.
>> Do you have contact information for diamond silke? If we want to have them on the show.
>> I'd love to send you that information. They're great.
>> Katrina, thank you. We'll get it straight from the candidate's mouth. Not going to call him a horse. We'll have it straight from the

Lauren Hendricks