HURRICANE SEASON. WILL, BACK TO YOU INSIDE. WILL: THANK YOU, RICK. PETE: FORMER NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE GETTING THE COLD SHOULDER AT THIS YEAR'S FAITH AND FREEDOM COALITION ARE CONFERENCE AFTER HE SAID THIS ABOUT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP: >> WHY AM I RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES? BECAUSE HE'S LET US DOWN. HE HAS LET US DOWN BECAUSE HE'S UNWILLING. HE'S UNWILLING TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY OF THE MISTAKES THAT WERE MADE. AND -- ANY OF THE FAULTS THAT HE HAS. AND ANY OF THE THINGS THAT HE'S DONE. AND THAT IS NOT LEADERSHIP, EVERYBODY. THAT IS A FAILURE OF LEADERSHIP. [BACKGROUND SOUNDS] IF AND I -- YOU CAN BOO ALL YOU WANT. WILL: FORMER COUNSELOR TO PRESIDENT TRUMP AND FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR KELLYANNE CONWAY JOINS US NOW. GOOD MORNING, GLAD TO HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW. >> GOOD MORNING. WILL: GLAD TO HAVE YOU ANSWER THIS QUESTION WE DEBATED EARLIER IN THE PROGRAM. CHRIS CHRISTIE CLEARLY THINKS HIS PATH TO SOMETHING IS TO BE THE ANTI-TRUMP, THE TAKE HIM ON, TO COMBAT HIM. BUT WHAT'S THE POINT IN DOING IT IN THAT ENVIRONMENT WHERE HE KNOWS THE CROWD IS GOING TO BE THE LARGELY COMPRISED OF SUPPORTERS OF PRESIDENT TRUMP? IF WHY GIVE THAT -- WHY GIVE THAT MESSAGE IN THAT ENVIRONMENT? >> YES. CHRIS CHRISTIE IS A VERY SMART GUY AND WAS GOVERNOR OF A BLUE STATE FOR TWO TERMS AND A VERY DEAR FRIEND OF DONALD TRUMP'S FOR DECADES. I THINK YOU'VE GOT TO READ THE ROOM. THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING AT A CNN TOWN HALL AND HAVING THE ADORATION AND ADULATION OF THE MAIN STREAM MEDIA WHO WANT CHRIS CHRISTIE TO BE ON THE DEBATE STAGE IN AUGUST TO TAKE ON DONALD TRUMP LIVE AND IN PERSON AND SHOWING UP AT FAITH AND FREEDOM. WHEN I WATCHED GOVERNOR CHRISTIE TALK ABOUT HE, HE'S LET US DOWN, HE WON'T COURSE CORRECT FOR HIS MISTAKES, HE NEVER ADMITS FAULT, I WAS HOPING HE WAS TALKING ABOUT JOE BIDEN AND AND NOT DONALD TRUMP BECAUSE, EYE ON THE PRIZE, EVERYONE. YOU'RE RUNNING AGAINST JOE BIDEN. HE OCCUPIES THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT, AND HE'S A TERRIBLE PRESIDENT. HE DOESN'T DESERVE A SECOND TERM. WE LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY CANNOT AFFORD FOUR MORE YEARS OF JOE BIDEN, AND I BELIEVE, FRIENDS, THAT THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES WHO CAN TAKE ON BIDEN HAMMER AND TONGUE ARE GOING TO DO VERY WELL AMONG THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY ELECTORATE. NO KIDDING, LISTEN, I LISTENED TO CHRIS CHRISTIE WHEN HE WAS RUNNING IFING FOR FOR GOVERNOR. WE WERE SPEAKING AT THE SAME BREAKFAST, GOSH, 15, 16 YEARS -- 14 YEARS AGO. I WAS PREGNANT WITH MY LAST ONE, I REMEMBER S AND HE GAVE AN IMPASSIONED EXPLANATION AS TO HOW HE WENT FROM BEING PRO-CHOICE TO PRO-LIFE, I THINK MESSAGES LIKE THAT IN A FORUM LIKE YESTERDAY ARE MUCH BETTER. RACHEL: YEAH. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY NICE TO HEAR. WE'VE BEEN SITTING HERE PONDERING ALL MORNING WHAT IS HIS END GAME HERE. I REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, KELLYANNE, I USED TO BE -- I'VE BEEN A CO-HOST ON "THE VIEW" OVER A DOZEN TIMES, AND WHEN I WOULD BE IN THE GREEN ROOM, I WOULD REMIND MYSELF THE PEOPLE AT THE TABLE AND IN THE AUDIENCE ARE NOT MY AUDIENCE. I THINK MAYBE HE'S AUDITIONING FOR SOMETHING ELSE LIKE MAYBE HIS AUDIENCE IS A CONTRACT AT, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER NETWORK THAT WANTS A REPUBLICAN WHO'S WILLING TO TAKE ON AND CRITICIZE DONALD DO TRUMP. IS THAT WHAT IT IS? -- DONALD TRUMP. IS THAT WHAT IT IS? I DON'T KNOW. AT ELSE COULD IT BE? >> WELL, CHRIS CHRISTIE JUST GAVE UP A NETWORK CONTRACT. HE'S BEEN AN ABC ANALYST FOR MANY YEARS, GAVE THAT UP TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT. I THINK THAT THERE ARE THE 30, 35 PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY CURRENTLY OR WHO ARE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM AND THEN THERE'S THE OTHER 335 MILLION OF US. SO IT'S A VERY -- IT'S A GROUP THAT BELIEVES THEY ARE BEST FOR THE JOB. I'LL SAY THIS, HERE'S THE IMPOSSIBILITY FOR EVERY SINGLE CANDIDATE OUT THERE: IF YOU, ON THE ONE HAND, IF YOU'RE GOING TO RUN AGAINST DONALD TRUMP, YOU HAVE TO ATTACK DONALD TRUMP. ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU HAVE TO ATTRACT THE TRUMP VOTERS. AND IT LITERALLY IS IMPOSSIBLY MATHEMATICALLY, LET ALONE CHEMISTRY WISE, ANOTHER SUBJECT, TO DO THAT. I THINK GOVERNOR DeSANTIS HAS FOUND THAT BRICK WALL PRETTY EARLY ON BECAUSE HE SHOULD HAVE DONE WHAT I THINK SOME OF THESE OTHER CANDIDATES WILL DO WHICH IS DON'T POSITION YOURSELF AS THE ALTERNATIVE TO TRUMP, POSITION YOURSELF AS THE ALTERNATIVE TO JOE BIDEN. THAT'S THE ADVICE I WOULD GIVE -- SOME OF THEM WILL TAKE THE IT FOR FREE. HIGHLY PAID CONSULTANTS STILL SOUND ASLEEP WILL TAKE THAT ADVICE. FOLKS, IT'S HARDER E THAN IT LOOKS TO DISLODGE A SITTING PRESIDENT AND DENY HIM A SECOND TERM, EVEN SOMEBODY WHO MUMBLES, STUMBLES AND BUMBLES LIKE JOE BIDEN. THE DEMOCRATS HAVE NO INTEREST IN QUALITY CANDIDATES. THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED IN WHY WE SHOULD VOTE OR WHICH ISSUES ARE FOR WHOM, THEY'RE INTERESTED ON WHERE TO VOTE, HOW TO VOTE AND WHEN TO VOTE. THIS IS ABOUT PROCESS AND POWER. RACHEL: 100%. PETE: NOBODY BETTER TO BREAK IT DOWN. THERE'S AN IMMOVABLE OBJECT IN THIS FIELD -- >> AND HE'S SPEAKING TO THAT GROUP TONIGHT. HE'S THEIR KEY NOTE SPEAKE
