Trump Exits NBC Interview Over Elections Topic — The View

[0:00] you know who, I'm not even bringing it up, [0:07] has had a contentious relationship with the media [0:10] since he got into the White House. [0:12] He used to love the media. [0:14] He used to love the, ooh! [0:16] But now it's like a problem. [0:18] And it was on full display yesterday [0:20] during his interview with Meet the Press. [0:23] Take a look. [0:24] The election was rigged. [0:26] It was a dirty election. [0:27] Mr. President. [0:28] And it's happening again right now in California. [0:29] You've never presented evidence [0:31] that the 2020 election was rigged. [0:33] Right now, it's four days, [0:36] and they aren't even close to coming up with it. [0:38] That's how they count the votes in California. [0:38] You know why they're doing that? [0:39] Because they're cheating on the election. [0:41] No, they're crooked. [0:42] They're urging the votes to be counted quickly. [0:43] That's how they vote in California. [0:45] They're crooked, just like you're crooked. [0:46] Your press is crooked. [0:47] And Meet the Press is crooked. [0:48] To be fair, I'm not crooked. [0:50] But let's continue. [0:50] Really? Well, you play right into their hands. [0:52] Let's continue. [0:53] Let's call it quits, because I've had enough. [0:55] Thank you, darling. [0:55] Have a good time. [0:56] Mr. President, let's please. [0:57] I traveled all the way to Wisconsin. [0:59] I've sat in the rain with you. [1:01] I know. [1:02] I've sat in the rain with you for an hour. [1:03] I've sat in the rain with you for an hour. [1:04] On and off in the rain, and I've given you enough time. [1:07] You ought to straighten out your press, [1:08] because you know what? [1:09] Mr. President. [1:10] A country can never be great with a dishonest press. [1:13] Listen, you traveled all the way to Wisconsin [1:15] for this interview. [1:22] Well, he's never provided any credible evidence [1:26] of election fraud. [1:29] You know, I guess everybody's upset because Spencer Pratt [1:35] didn't do what they all thought he was gonna do. [1:37] They all thought he was gonna whoop, walk away with it. [1:40] And it didn't happen. [1:41] So why is it every time they lose, it's election fraud. [1:48] And every time we win, it's election fraud. [1:50] Why is it always fraud? [1:51] What do you make of this? [1:53] Well, that right there is kind of the point. [1:55] You don't have a lot of Republicans screaming [1:56] that the 2024 election was stolen because Donald Trump won. [2:00] But listen, Kristen Welker did such a phenomenal job there. [2:03] And I would point out, [2:04] she did not bring up the election of 2020 being stolen. [2:07] The president launched into this tirade. [2:09] As he does. [2:10] And I would say for folks who still are believing these lies, [2:13] you've had six years to prove that. [2:15] You have had countless times to put up or shut up, [2:19] and we have seen no credible evidence. [2:21] But the problem is, is it sticks with people. [2:22] As many as 60% of Republicans still believe [2:25] the 2020 election was stolen. [2:27] That's the why journalists- [2:29] What is a percent? [2:30] About 60%. [2:31] This is why journalists still have to ask. [2:33] And on the Spencer Pratt event, I like Spencer Pratt. [2:35] We had him here. [2:36] He's a nice enough guy. [2:38] LA is three to one Democratic. [2:40] Kamala Harris won it by 70 points, by 70%. [2:44] This was, it was going to be a victory [2:46] if he even made it to the runoff. [2:48] That would have been like, whoa, [2:49] he's doing something incredible. [2:50] That's not fraud. [2:51] That's just how LA is. [2:53] But I will say, people tend to not trust elections [2:57] when it takes a real long time to count votes. [2:59] LA and California in general need to figure out [3:02] how to do this quicker. [3:02] Change the laws so you can do it in one day. [3:05] Florida has a lot of mail-in [3:06] and they get the results the same night. [3:08] It makes people feel like, oh, something's off. [3:11] But there's not. [3:11] That's how they're rules. [3:12] I feel the exact opposite. [3:14] I think if someone is taking their time to count the votes, [3:18] I think if someone is looking at every single thing, [3:21] because in California, it's the most populous state. [3:23] We all know that. [3:24] And they actually have signature verification. [3:27] So they look at every single signature [3:29] and if those signatures do not match what they have on file, [3:32] they then go back to the person [3:34] and they say, was this you? [3:36] And so it does take a long time to be right, [3:40] to do it well. [3:41] Why can Florida do it right in one night though? [3:43] I don't think you can do it [3:44] when you have 23 million registered voters. [3:48] It's just not possible. [3:50] And so it's just, it's not possible. [3:53] Candidly, I think it is. [3:54] It's the mail-in voting. [3:55] They don't start counting them until election day. [3:57] You could start counting before. [3:58] But it counts for 80% of those votes. [3:59] So that's the problem. [4:01] Mail-in voting counts for 80% of the votes. [4:03] The only time Republicans started having a problem [4:06] with mail-in voting [4:07] is when Democrats started to use mail-in voting more. [4:10] Before then. [4:11] Before then, you know, Republicans were fine with it. [4:14] But let me say this about these election claims. [4:17] I am so shocked that you just said [4:19] 60% of Republicans still believe it. [4:22] There were 60 lawsuits, folks. [4:24] 60 lawsuits. [4:25] He lost every single one of them. [4:29] It's been adjudicated. [4:31] He lost the election fair and square. [4:34] And by the way, election fraud. [4:36] There is such a limited amount of election fraud [4:39] in this country. [4:40] I'm talking about less than, I think, 1%. [4:43] Tell me in my ear if I'm wrong. [4:45] But it's like less than 1%. [4:46] But if you're really reflecting on yourself, [4:48] this problem has been about a decade long. [4:50] Because prior to 2016, I never heard people talking about, [4:55] it was a fringe amount of people that thought, [4:57] there's a conspiracy here. [4:58] It was not mainstreamed. [5:00] It's mainstream with the Republicans. [5:01] But Alyssa, I'll take it one step further. [5:03] Democrats now are questioning the elections. [5:07] They went from having an 89% pre-2024 belief in the system [5:11] to 64% trust in the system. [5:14] Because people can't believe Trump won. [5:15] That's what, but I, what. [5:17] But that's what he says about. [5:22] My point here is that it started with the QAnon fringes. [5:26] It went mainstream in Republicans. [5:27] It's starting to go mainstream with independents and Democrats. [5:31] The big problem here is that when you divide the ranks [5:35] of all people, the voting republic that have the currency [5:37] of a vote, and you say, it's rigged, it doesn't matter. [5:41] We only get 64% of eligible voters to our polls anyway. [5:45] The way to keep power consolidated at the top [5:48] is to create division among the bottom. [5:51] There's a bigger problem at play here that is not partisan. [5:54] It needs to be stopped. [5:57] We cannot keep doing that. [5:58] There's a certain amount of suspension of trust. [6:00] I don't believe elections to any extreme level [6:03] have ever been rigged, I stand by that. [6:05] Because there's been no proof of any other thing. [6:08] Well, so, and what happened this weekend, [6:12] there's two big issues. [6:13] One is the way, again, he treated and berated [6:17] a female reporter. [6:19] Yes. [6:20] It is the reason why I choose not to go sit [6:22] at a White House Correspondents Association dinner [6:25] and normalize a man who bullies and attacks [6:29] and insults the free press. [6:31] That is unacceptable. [6:34] The second thing about California, [6:36] and I just spent a week there. [6:37] I interviewed Karen Bass, I interviewed Javier Becerra [6:41] for my podcast, Bleep. [6:43] And what happens in California is there's this phenomenon [6:47] referred to as the red mirage. [6:49] Because Republicans tend to vote in person. [6:52] Democrats, because Trump has made such a big deal [6:57] about a mail-in ballot and not being rigged. [7:00] Democrats do believe in mail-in ballots [7:02] and they vote by mail. [7:04] So when the first batch of votes are counted, [7:07] the ones that were voted on that day [7:10] by mostly Republicans. [7:12] In person. [7:13] Their numbers, the numbers of Republicans [7:15] are much greater. [7:16] Now, if you take a look at what's actually happening [7:18] in California, the Republican candidate [7:21] that Trump endorsed in LA, Spencer Pratt, [7:24] it's a very narrow gap. [7:26] He just lost the second place lead, right? [7:29] And for governor, the Republican he endorsed [7:32] is actually still in second place. [7:35] And though the gap is narrower, he's still in second place. [7:38] He's got about 26% of the vote. [7:39] That's roughly the amount of Republicans in California. [7:42] But you have to understand something, [7:44] and this is what's making Trump furious. [7:46] He is furious that the people he endorsed are losing. [7:50] Well, getting the endorsement of Donald Trump [7:52] in California is like being endorsed by Satan [7:56] when a Cardinal wants to be elected for Trump. [7:58] It does not help him. [8:00] That's the world. [8:02] And if Steve Hilton ends up, [8:05] the Trump endorsed candidate in California, [8:07] ends up being in the general against Javier Becerra, [8:10] Javier Becerra will likely win [8:12] because people in California detest, loaf Donald Trump. [8:17] And Steve Hilton probably wishes Donald Trump [8:19] didn't endorse him if he makes it to the general election. [8:21] And remember, I did say that one of the things [8:24] that happens is people will say stuff. [8:27] You know, it's like the man from Alabama when they- [8:30] Roy Moore. [8:31] Roy Moore. [8:32] On his pony. [8:33] And Roy Moore, Roy Moore is my husband's choice [8:36] and that's my husband. [8:37] That's who he wants and that's who I'm gonna vote for. [8:40] Everybody said it. [8:41] We knew Roy Moore was gonna win. [8:45] The day of the election, people went behind that curtain [8:49] and did not vote for Roy Moore. [8:52] And they were all shocked. [8:53] They were all shocked because everybody said, [8:55] oh no, this is our guy. [8:56] He wasn't their guy. [8:58] People don't wanna tell you [8:59] because it's really nobody's business [9:01] who you're gonna vote for. [9:03] When I was a kid, that's how it was. [9:04] That's how it was. [9:05] My mother would not tell me who she was voting for [9:08] or why she was voting for. [9:10] She did her vote and she said, when you get old enough to vote, [9:13] you don't have to tell people who you're gonna vote for [9:16] because you'll make up your mind and you'll go in [9:18] and it's between you and that machine. [9:20] Just that you vote. [9:21] And you've got to vote. [9:22] And so I'm saying to all of you, listen, [9:26] you know what you need for yourselves and your family. [9:31] Do yourself a favor. [9:33] Don't sit back because it doesn't help anybody. [9:36] It doesn't help anybody not voting. [9:39] So whatever you decide to do, [9:41] get out there and exercise your right. [9:43] It is your right. [9:44] People have died from it. [9:46] Get out and vote. [9:48] And we'll, and you know, [9:50] and if your guy doesn't win, [9:52] perhaps the person who gets in will take into, [9:55] or gal, person who gets in, [9:57] will take into consideration what your wishes were as well. [10:02] That's what they're supposed to do. [10:05] They're supposed to be all of our people. [10:07] So make sure you get out and vote. [10:09] Sorry, Spencer. [10:10] It wasn't you this time, [10:11] but get better at what you say you want and do it again. [10:14] City council. [10:16] There's all kinds of stuff you can do.