Biden campaign appearing at Trump trial is a mistake: Karl Rove

>> Bill: HERE IS WHERE WE ARE. 10:15 IN NEW YORK CITY AND TRUMP'S LAWYERS ARE NOW MAKING THE CASE, TODD BLANCHE REMINDING THE JURY A MOMENT AGO THE BURDEN IS ALWAYS ON THE PROSECUTION. THAT'S NOT OUR DUTY. HE SAYS THAT IN THE CONTEXT OF WHY DID THEY NOT CALL DON JUNIOR OR ERIC TRUMP TO THE STAND IF THEY WERE PART OF THIS ALLEGED CONSPIRACY? BLANCHE CONTINUES. IT WILL GO TWO, 2 1/2 HOURS. AS THE MORNING UNWINDS HERE. THE BIDEN/HARRIS CAMPAIGN SURROGATES OF SOME SORT ARE GOING TO TALK IN A MOMENT OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE. WE'LL BRING YOU THAT AS WELL. ALONG WITH PAUL MAURO AND ANDREW CHERKASKY. WE WELCOME KARL ROVE TO OUR CONVERSATION. ON THE POLITICAL SIDE OF THIS, KARL, THE BIDEN TEAM HAS SAID TWO THINGS ALREADY, OKAY? WE KNOW JOE BIDEN WILL SPEAK FROM THE WHITE HOUSE AFTER THE TRIAL IS CONCLUDED. AND NOW WE'RE GETTING WORD FOR THE FIRST TIME THE SURROGATES WILL SPEAK OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE. WHAT SORT OF STRATEGY DO YOU SEE THERE AND COULD IT BE EFFECTIVE? >> WELL, I ASSUME THE STRATEGY IS TO GO AND TRASH THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND IT IS PREMATURE AND A MISTAKE. BECAUSE I THINK PEOPLE -- PEOPLE WHO ARE UP FOR GRABS IN THIS ELECTION WHO HAVEN'T SETTLED IN ONE CAMP OR ANOTHER WILL BE IMPRESSED WITH LETTING THE PROCESS FLOW OUT AND FINISH BEFORE IT'S JUMPED ON BY POLITICS BY EITHER SIDE. SO I THINK THIS IS A MISTAKE. ON THE OTHER HAND, WHAT THEY MAY BE THINKING IS THIS. LET'S KEEP THIS IN MIND. THE FRAMEWORK THAT ALL THESE DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE IN. THIS ELECTION COMES DOWN TO SIX STATES. THE GREAT LAKES STATES WHERE IT IS TIGHT. WISCONSIN, PENNSYLVANIA, MICHIGAN AND SUN BELT STATES WHERE TRUMP HAS A DURABLE LEAD OUTSIDE THE MARGIN OF ERROR. THEY ARE LOOKING AT THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN IS LOOKING AT MICHIGAN WHERE IT IS 1.1% LEAD IN THE REAL CLEAR POLITICS AVERAGE FOR TRUMP. PENNSYLVANIA 2.3. WISCONSIN 0.1. 1/TEN OF 1%. THEY MAY BE THINKING THEY WANT TO INFLUENCE VOTERS IN THESE CRITICAL STATES. IF BIDEN WINS THESE THREE STATES AND EVERYTHING ELSE HE WON LAST TIME AROUND HE WINS THE ELECTION BY THE SKIN OF HIS CHINY CHIN CHIN. IF HE LOSES ONE OF THESE STATES AS DONALD TRUMP CARRIES THE STATES HE CARRIED HE BECOMES PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. THEY MAY BE TRYING TO INFLUENCE ONE, TWO, 3% OF THE ELECTORATE. >> Dana: THE HEADLINE LEADING THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT IS DEMOCRATS IN FULL BLOWN FREAK-OUT OVER BIDEN. WHAT I NOTED IS DIFFERENT IN THIS VERSION OF FREAK-OUT AND BED WETTING ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE IS A LOT OF THE COMMENTS ARE ON THE RECORD FROM DEMOCRATS SAYING WE'VE GOT BIG PROBLEMS. DO YOU SEE IT FEELING THERE IS A TURN THERE? >> I THINK FOR THE LAST MONTH TO TWO THERE HAS BEEN A TURN WHERE YOU SEE MORE AND MORE DEMOCRATS, NOT JUST THE POLITICAL TYPES LIKE JAMES CARVILLE AND DAVID AXELROD BUT INCREASINGLY MEMBERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC ELECTED OFFICIALS WRINGING THEIR HANDS. FOR GOOD REASON. YOU CANNOT LOOK AT JOE BIDEN IN TODAY'S POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT AND SAY THIS IS THE STRONGEST CANDIDATE THE DEMOCRATS CAN PUT UP AND AFTER LAST AUGUST BOTH BECAUSE THEY ANNOUNCEMENT OF THESE CHARGES AGAINST DONALD TRUMP, WHICH HELPED MOVE HIM UP IN THE POLLS AND THEN THE FIASCO IN AFGHANISTAN, JOE BIDEN LOST HIS LEAD ABOVE DONALD TRUMP AND NEVER BEEN AHEAD OF HIM SINCE. REMEMBER, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A NATIONAL LEAD FOR DONALD TRUMP OF 1.1 POINTS OR TWO POINTS IN THESE NATIONAL POLLS. REMEMBER DONALD TRUMP WON THE PRESIDENCY BY BEING ABOUT I THINK IT WAS FOUR POINTS, NEARLY FOUR POINTS BEHIND HILLARY CLINTON IN 2016 BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE COMES INTO PLAY AND DEMOCRATS DO BETTER IN PLACES LIKE NEW YORK AND CALIFORNIA AND MASSACHUSETTS THAN REPUBLICANS TEND 20 DO IN RED STATES. FOR DONALD TRUMP TO BE IN THE PLACE HE IS TODAY AFTER ALL THE DEMOCRATS HAVE DONE AND ALL THE MONEY THEY'VE SPENT AND THE APPARENT WEAKNESS OF JOE BIDEN ON THE STUMP, YEAH, I'M NOT SURPRISED THE CRESCENDO IS GROWING. >> Bill: PERHAPS WHEN IT

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Length: 4min 37sec (277 seconds)

Published: Tue May 28 2024