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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is a podcast from dou Wor. Here again is
Larry Minty with the WOR Saturday morning show. We need
Republicans are panic that Donald Trump could lose the presidential
election to Kamala Harris. They think Donald Trump is blowing it.
Let's find out what our next guest thinks. Mary Rook
is an opinion and analysis writer for The Daily Caller.
(00:23):
Her latest article is titled Trump is getting the two
thy sixteen gang back together. It's time to let Trump
beat Trump again. Mary, thank you so much for talking
with us today. Really appreciate it. Big fan by the
way of the Daily Caller and your opinion piece. Let's
talk about it. When you write Trump is getting the
two thy sixteen banned back together, who are you talking
(00:47):
about so specifically?
Speaker 2 (00:49):
We're talking about the news that broke yesterday, about Corey
Landowski and Tim Murtau and others who are around in
the early days of twenty sixteen and twenty twenty that
helped Trump put his victory in the win column over
Hillary Clinton.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
Even though these people all work for Trump before, it
is a change. It's a change. By addition, so is
this a sign that Trump didn't think things were going.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Well, I don't know necessarily that he felt that things
were going well. Obviously I can't speak for him, but
I do think that this is a sign that they're
kind of taking the breaks off and they're going to
go full force into this. I mean, we're looking at
an election that is going to be very important for
the American public, and so having something like this happen.
(01:36):
You know, Corey Lendowski was working along with Taylor Budoch
and Alex Speifer and Alex Bruce Rix. They were working
for the pack side of the Trump campaign, which really
can't for legal reasons, be you know, kind of full
force and helping the campaign, and they have to take
a step back and there has to be a separation
(01:57):
between the pack and the campaign. So by taking them
off of Trump's pack and bringing them over onto the
campaign side, they can really use him more, you know,
face forward and you know, put his talents to work here,
which I think is going to be great. And I
think you saw yesterday just the excitement around people who
(02:18):
support Trump and how excited they are, you know, talking
about how he was such a great, big part of
Trump trouncing Hillary in twenty sixteen, and how you know,
he wrote the book with another author, Let Trump Be Trump,
and that's kind of what the American people are hoping for.
We need Trump to get out there and really be
(02:38):
himself again and kind of bring that twenty sixteen energy back.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
I guess the big question is why wasn't Corey Lewandowski
at all a part of the campaign all along?
Speaker 2 (02:50):
You know, I don't. I can't answer that, but I
think a lot of people were asking the same questions.
They there was a big movement on X with you know,
former advisors and former people of the twenty sixteen administration
that we're asking that question, and so there was a
big movement to get him back involved again. And now
that he is, it looks like those calls for that
(03:13):
have quieted down. I think that he's going to work
well with Lasavita and the rest in order to get
Trump over the line. I think that we're looking at
a guy. Yeah. I saw video posted last night on
X of him going through the old twenty sixteen campaign
headquarters and kind of the bare bones of the scenes
(03:34):
there and how excited he looked, and you know, just
how vigorously he supported Trump. And I think that this
is going to be a great moment now that he'll
be you know, a senior advisor to the already campaign
senior leadership team who kind of struggled to get Trump
over the hump of this Harris honeymoon. And I think
(03:55):
that with you know, the added guns of Lindowski and
the rest, I think that this is going to be
a great movement for them.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
We're talking with Mary Rook, a commentary and analysis writer
for The Daily Caller. You can read her latest commentary
at Dailycollar dot com. I only read half the headline.
It's a long headline, but this is what the second
part really got my attention. It's time to let Trump
be Trump. Tell us what that means exactly.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
Well, you know, we saw in twenty sixteen Trump's ability
to really galvanize the working class vote. We saw him
win states in the rest belt that are much needed
in order to gain the unnecessary Electoral College votes to
win the White House. And I think that that's something
that Trump in particular can really talk to and talk
(04:46):
about his strategy with dealing illegal immigration and crime. The
way he lays that out really speaks to a blue
collar worker. And I think that this is going to
be an opportunity for him to be able to take
the shackles off, take the breaks off, and really kind
of calmbat that doom spiral that regime media has sent
(05:07):
out to the American people. I mean, we've been watching
a full throated support of the media with Harris and
not to mention, you know, them defending every you know,
possible policy position that she could take, telling her that
you know, I saw on I believe it was MSNBC,
a political reporter went on today. Yeah, I think it
(05:30):
was this morning, and he was talking about how it
would be beneficial for Harris to not sit down with
the media, to not talk in detail about what her
economic policies would be, to not talk in detail to
the American public about what her administration is going to
lay out here. And I think that this gives Trump
an attack avenue. And I think that Lewandowski and others
(05:51):
are great at crafting that message and helping him push
that out. And so when I mean Trump, let's let
Trump be Trump, I mean he was able to bypass
all of that in twenty sixteen, whenever we saw again
the media fully supporting Hillary Clinton and telling us that
there was absolutely no chance that Trump was going to win,
and that Hillary was up in all of these polls,
(06:12):
and look at the way that she speaks to all
these voters, when in reality, it was Trump that was
making in roads and we saw the outcome about election.
So I think that, you know, they're going to try
and hit Trump on his personality and all those things,
but in reality, it's his personality that you know, sells
those votes for blue collar workers, which is what both
campaigns does really need.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
You know, here's why I really loved your column and
it got my attention because there are all these weak
need Republicans that are clutching their pearls saying Trump has
to be more discipline, he needs to stay on policy.
The old ways of Donald Trump aren't going to work anymore.
Your column seems to go against that. What's your answer
(06:58):
to them?
Speaker 2 (06:59):
You know, I think that that might have been the
correct way to go about it. If he was running
against Joe Biden, be disciplined that back, would you know,
give Joe Biden enough rope to you know, hang his
own policies and you know, do all of that. However,
he's not running against Joe Biden anymore. He's running against
a very vibrant Harris campaign, that has celebrity support, that
(07:21):
has you know, money funneling in from you know, all
these very very wealthy donors. And so Trump needs to
go out there and start hitting hard again. It's it's
not enough to sit back on your laurels and and
play defense. He's got to play offense. And that's where
Trump shines. And so, you know, a lot of people
talked very badly about his part taking a part of
(07:44):
the National Black Journalists Association interview. When you look at, say,
the way Black Americans took it, it couldn't have been
more different. You had the media class who was saying
that he was being racist and all of these different things.
But he went into the alliance and he held his own.
He talked about policies and how it was going to
(08:04):
affect the black community. And if you look at something
like the breakfast Club Charlotte Mine the God, and you
look at the people calling into his program, they talked
about how much they respected Trump for going in there,
and they talked about how much they appreciated Trump talking
about policy work and talking about the economy and talking
about how illegal immigration affects black jobs in America and
(08:25):
so I think that there's this great disconnect between what
you like to say week need Republicans and what the
actual on the ground voters believe and see. And so
I actually had a very different take on that. I
thought that it was a really great idea for him
to go in. I thought that what he talked about
was important, and I think that that hit home with
(08:46):
a lot of voters. I mean, you're seeing I think
that this election is going to be so different from
any one of the others that we've had in the
past in the sense that there's going to be an
odd contendent of voters that go out and vote for Trump,
and it's going to be based on the economy. It's
going to be based on illegal immigration, at crime and
(09:10):
what Trump is going to do to help those issues.
Speaker 1 (09:13):
That was an excellent analysis. Thank you. You can read
Mary's column at Dailycollar dot com and she has a
lot up there you're going to want to read. Mary.
Thank you so much for your time.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
Larry, absolutely anytime.
Speaker 1 (09:26):
Mary Rook opinion an analysis writer for The Daily Caller.
This has been a podcast from wor
This is a podcast from dou Wor. Here again is
Larry Minty with the WOR Saturday morning show. We need
Republicans are panic that Donald Trump could lose the presidential
election to Kamala Harris. They think Donald Trump is blowing it.
Let's find out what our next guest thinks. Mary Rook
is an opinion and analysis writer for The Daily Caller.
(00:23):
Her latest article is titled Trump is getting the two
thy sixteen gang back together. It's time to let Trump
beat Trump again. Mary, thank you so much for talking
with us today. Really appreciate it. Big fan by the
way of the Daily Caller and your opinion piece. Let's
talk about it. When you write Trump is getting the
two thy sixteen banned back together, who are you talking
(00:47):
about so specifically?
Speaker 2 (00:49):
We're talking about the news that broke yesterday, about Corey
Landowski and Tim Murtau and others who are around in
the early days of twenty sixteen and twenty twenty that
helped Trump put his victory in the win column over
Hillary Clinton.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
Even though these people all work for Trump before, it
is a change. It's a change. By addition, so is
this a sign that Trump didn't think things were going.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Well, I don't know necessarily that he felt that things
were going well. Obviously I can't speak for him, but
I do think that this is a sign that they're
kind of taking the breaks off and they're going to
go full force into this. I mean, we're looking at
an election that is going to be very important for
the American public, and so having something like this happen.
(01:36):
You know, Corey Lendowski was working along with Taylor Budoch
and Alex Speifer and Alex Bruce Rix. They were working
for the pack side of the Trump campaign, which really
can't for legal reasons, be you know, kind of full
force and helping the campaign, and they have to take
a step back and there has to be a separation
(01:57):
between the pack and the campaign. So by taking them
off of Trump's pack and bringing them over onto the
campaign side, they can really use him more, you know,
face forward and you know, put his talents to work here,
which I think is going to be great. And I
think you saw yesterday just the excitement around people who
(02:18):
support Trump and how excited they are, you know, talking
about how he was such a great, big part of
Trump trouncing Hillary in twenty sixteen, and how you know,
he wrote the book with another author, Let Trump Be Trump,
and that's kind of what the American people are hoping for.
We need Trump to get out there and really be
(02:38):
himself again and kind of bring that twenty sixteen energy back.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
I guess the big question is why wasn't Corey Lewandowski
at all a part of the campaign all along?
Speaker 2 (02:50):
You know, I don't. I can't answer that, but I
think a lot of people were asking the same questions.
They there was a big movement on X with you know,
former advisors and former people of the twenty sixteen administration
that we're asking that question, and so there was a
big movement to get him back involved again. And now
that he is, it looks like those calls for that
(03:13):
have quieted down. I think that he's going to work
well with Lasavita and the rest in order to get
Trump over the line. I think that we're looking at
a guy. Yeah. I saw video posted last night on
X of him going through the old twenty sixteen campaign
headquarters and kind of the bare bones of the scenes
(03:34):
there and how excited he looked, and you know, just
how vigorously he supported Trump. And I think that this
is going to be a great moment now that he'll
be you know, a senior advisor to the already campaign
senior leadership team who kind of struggled to get Trump
over the hump of this Harris honeymoon. And I think
(03:55):
that with you know, the added guns of Lindowski and
the rest, I think that this is going to be
a great movement for them.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
We're talking with Mary Rook, a commentary and analysis writer
for The Daily Caller. You can read her latest commentary
at Dailycollar dot com. I only read half the headline.
It's a long headline, but this is what the second
part really got my attention. It's time to let Trump
be Trump. Tell us what that means exactly.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
Well, you know, we saw in twenty sixteen Trump's ability
to really galvanize the working class vote. We saw him
win states in the rest belt that are much needed
in order to gain the unnecessary Electoral College votes to
win the White House. And I think that that's something
that Trump in particular can really talk to and talk
(04:46):
about his strategy with dealing illegal immigration and crime. The
way he lays that out really speaks to a blue
collar worker. And I think that this is going to
be an opportunity for him to be able to take
the shackles off, take the breaks off, and really kind
of calmbat that doom spiral that regime media has sent
(05:07):
out to the American people. I mean, we've been watching
a full throated support of the media with Harris and
not to mention, you know, them defending every you know,
possible policy position that she could take, telling her that
you know, I saw on I believe it was MSNBC,
a political reporter went on today. Yeah, I think it
(05:30):
was this morning, and he was talking about how it
would be beneficial for Harris to not sit down with
the media, to not talk in detail about what her
economic policies would be, to not talk in detail to
the American public about what her administration is going to
lay out here. And I think that this gives Trump
an attack avenue. And I think that Lewandowski and others
(05:51):
are great at crafting that message and helping him push
that out. And so when I mean Trump, let's let
Trump be Trump, I mean he was able to bypass
all of that in twenty sixteen, whenever we saw again
the media fully supporting Hillary Clinton and telling us that
there was absolutely no chance that Trump was going to win,
and that Hillary was up in all of these polls,
(06:12):
and look at the way that she speaks to all
these voters, when in reality, it was Trump that was
making in roads and we saw the outcome about election.
So I think that, you know, they're going to try
and hit Trump on his personality and all those things,
but in reality, it's his personality that you know, sells
those votes for blue collar workers, which is what both
campaigns does really need.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
You know, here's why I really loved your column and
it got my attention because there are all these weak
need Republicans that are clutching their pearls saying Trump has
to be more discipline, he needs to stay on policy.
The old ways of Donald Trump aren't going to work anymore.
Your column seems to go against that. What's your answer
(06:58):
to them?
Speaker 2 (06:59):
You know, I think that that might have been the
correct way to go about it. If he was running
against Joe Biden, be disciplined that back, would you know,
give Joe Biden enough rope to you know, hang his
own policies and you know, do all of that. However,
he's not running against Joe Biden anymore. He's running against
a very vibrant Harris campaign, that has celebrity support, that
(07:21):
has you know, money funneling in from you know, all
these very very wealthy donors. And so Trump needs to
go out there and start hitting hard again. It's it's
not enough to sit back on your laurels and and
play defense. He's got to play offense. And that's where
Trump shines. And so, you know, a lot of people
talked very badly about his part taking a part of
(07:44):
the National Black Journalists Association interview. When you look at, say,
the way Black Americans took it, it couldn't have been
more different. You had the media class who was saying
that he was being racist and all of these different things.
But he went into the alliance and he held his own.
He talked about policies and how it was going to
(08:04):
affect the black community. And if you look at something
like the breakfast Club Charlotte Mine the God, and you
look at the people calling into his program, they talked
about how much they respected Trump for going in there,
and they talked about how much they appreciated Trump talking
about policy work and talking about the economy and talking
about how illegal immigration affects black jobs in America and
(08:25):
so I think that there's this great disconnect between what
you like to say week need Republicans and what the
actual on the ground voters believe and see. And so
I actually had a very different take on that. I
thought that it was a really great idea for him
to go in. I thought that what he talked about
was important, and I think that that hit home with
(08:46):
a lot of voters. I mean, you're seeing I think
that this election is going to be so different from
any one of the others that we've had in the
past in the sense that there's going to be an
odd contendent of voters that go out and vote for Trump,
and it's going to be based on the economy. It's
going to be based on illegal immigration, at crime and
(09:10):
what Trump is going to do to help those issues.
Speaker 1 (09:13):
That was an excellent analysis. Thank you. You can read
Mary's column at Dailycollar dot com and she has a
lot up there you're going to want to read. Mary.
Thank you so much for your time.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
Larry, absolutely anytime.
Speaker 1 (09:26):
Mary Rook opinion an analysis writer for The Daily Caller.
This has been a podcast from wor
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