♪ ♪ PETE: WITH JUST 71 DAYS UNTIL THE ELECTION, PRESIDENT TRUMP AND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS OR ARE RAMPING UP BATTLEGROUND STATE CAMPAIGN EFFORTS THIS WEEK. AFTER RFK JR. OFFICIALLY SUSPENDS HIS CAMPAIGN AND THROWS HIS SUPPORT BEHIND TRUMP. RACHEL: TRUMP 2024 SENIOR OFFICIAL AND TRUMP 2016 CAMPAIGN MANAGER COREY LEWANDOWSKI JOINS US NOW WITH THE CAMPAIGN STRATEGY MOVING FORWARD. COREY, WELCOME TO THE SHOW. SO HOW DOES THIS IMPACT THE RACE, HOW IS THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN AB OR SO MUCHING THIS NEW ASSET THAT THEY'VE -- ABSORBING THIS NEW ASSET THAT THEY'VE ACQUIRED THROUGH RFK JR. AND HIS ENDORSEMENT? >> LOOK, THE ENDORSEMENT WAS AN AMAZING SUCCESS. YOU KNOW, I WAS THERE IN ARIZONA WHEN RFK CAME OUT TO THE STAGE. THE CROWD WAS OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTIVE, AND, LOOK, WHEN WE'RE TALKING THESE BATTLEGROUND STATES AND YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS THAT JFK WAS PULLING IN SOME OF THESE BATTLEGROUND STATES, THAT SUPPORT NOW TRANSITIONS TO THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN, I PUTS US IN A POSITION TO ENSURE SUCCESS. DONALD TRUMP LAST WEEK HIT SIX BATTLEGROUND STATES, THIS WEEK HE HITS ANOTHER FIVE BATTLEGROUND STATES, AND WHERE IS KAMALA? HIDING IN THE BASEMENT. SHE'S USING THE SAME STRATEGY THAT JOE BIDEN USED. WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO GO OUT AND GIVE SPECIFIC MESSAGES TO SPECIFIC COMMUNITIES WHICH IS WHAT DONALD TRUMP DID LAST WEEK CULMINATING WITH THE BIG RALLY IN ARIZONA. WE'LL DO THE SAME THING THIS WEEK. WILL: COREY, HELP ME UNDERSTAND, IF YOU WOULD, THE BALLOT STRATEGY. RFK'S PRETTY OPEN ABOUT I'M GOING TO LEAVE MY NAME ON THE BALLOT IN SOME STATES, TAKE IT OFF IN OTHER STATES. HE HAS BEEN OPENLY SAYING IF MY NAME'S OFF THE BALLOT, I WANT YOU TO MOVE TO TRUMP. HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHY IN SOME STATES LEAVE YOUR NAME ON THE BALLOT. >> YOU KNOW, WILL, SOME OF THESE STATES IT'S REALLY NOT GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. I DON'T THINK, TO BE FAIR, WE'RE GOING TO BE EXIT COMPETITIVE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. LOOK, RFK PROBABLY, IF IT WAS A FAIR IF SYSTEM, WOULD HAVE WON THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION, BUT THEY KEPT HIM OUT OF THIS, AND HE FEELS VERY HURT BY THAT AND RIGHTFULLY SO. EVERY VOTE HE'S GOING TO TAKE IN THOSE OTHER STATE IS THE GOING TO COME FROM KAMALA A HARRIS. DO -- KAMALA HARRIS. NOT ONLY WOULD HE HAVE BEATEN JOE BIDEN IF HE HAD A FAIR SHAKE, BUT THEN THEY WENT OUT AND CORE MAY NOTED KAMALA HARRIS WITHOUT EVER GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS. I THINK HE'S VERY ANGRY AND HURT ABOUT THE PROCESS, AND HE'S GOING TO SHOW THAT HIS VOTERS WANT AN ALTERNATIVE TO CM RAH EVEN IN -- KAMALA EVEN IN THESE STATES WE DON'T THINK DONALD TRUMP IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN LIKE THE LIBERAL STATE OF CALIFORNIA. PETE: AS YOU KNOW, KAMALA HARRIS DIDN'T WIN A SINGLE PRIMARY, YET HERE SHE IS AS THE NOMINEE. SHE'S ENJOYED FAWNING PRESS, HAS TAKEN NO QUESTIONS, DONE NO INTERVIEW, AND THAT'S BECOME EFFECTIVELY HER STRATEGY, WARM ON -- RUN ON THE WARM GLOW, EXTEND THE HONEYMOON AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. IT'S ON DONALD TRUMP TO BURST THAT BUBBLE. WHAT'S THE CAMPAIGN STRATEGY TO PULL HER OUT? HOW DO YOU DRAW HER OUT, CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE SHE FEELS LIKE SHE HAS TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, HAS TO DO MORE THAN ONE DEBATE? HOW DO YOU APPROACH THAT? >> WELL, PETE, AS YOU KNOW, THE MEDIA HAS GIVEN HER A PASS, ABSOLUTELY. SHE'S GOT NO POLICY POSITIONS ON HER WEB SITE, NO ONE'S ASKING HER QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. YOU LOOK AT HER SPEECH ON THURSDAY, SHE MENTIONED DONALD TRUMP 15 TIMES, SHE MENTIONED THE BIGGEST ISSUE IN THE COUNTRY WHICH IS INFLATION 1 TIME. SHE HAS NO POLICY ISSUES, AND THE MEDIA HAS GIVEN HER A PASS. DONALD TRUMP, WHETHER HE WAS AT THE BORDER THIS WEEK OR ANYWHERE ELSE THAT HE HAS BEEN, IS TAKING QUESTIONS FROM THE MEDIA, AND THE MEDIA HAS DONE A DISSERVICE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. YES, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE DEBATE. WE SHOULD HAVE MORE DEBATES. BUT KAMALA HARRIS AND TIM WALZ WANT TO HIDE FROM THE MEDIA. THEY DON'T WANT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS BECAUSE THEY'RE THE MOST RADICAL DUO THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE EVER FACED FOR A PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. RACHEL: COREY, IT'S SO INTERESTING, THIS RFK JR. ENDORSEMENT, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S MONUMENTAL BECAUSE OF WHO HE IS AND HOW DIFFERENT SO MANY OF HIS VIEWS ARE FROM TRADITIONAL REPUBLICANS'. AND WHAT IT SAYS TO ME IS THAT THERE ARE SOME REALLY EXISTENTIAL, MASSIVE ISSUES BEGINNING WITH THE CORRUPTION AND RIGGED SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE OVERRIDING ALL THESE OTHER DIFFERENT POLICY ISSUES. AND SO WHILE I AGREE YOU SHOULD TRY TO SMOKE OUT KAMALA, IN SOME WAYS THE THE FACT THAT SHE'S ABLE TO JUST STAY IN HER LITTLE HOLE THERE AND NOT SAY ANYTHING AND STILL THINK SHE CAN RUN THIS RACE KIND OF EXPLAINS WHAT'S SO ROTTEN ABOUT THE SYSTEM. AND IN SOME WAYS, MAYBE IT'S AN ASSET IN THAT YOU GUYS ARE ABLE TO RUN AGAINST THE SYSTEM VERSUS KAMALA. >> WELL, RACHEL, LOOK, WHEN YOU HAD BOBBY ON YESTERDAY ON YOUR SHOW AND HE TALKED ABOUT HOW RIGGED THE SYSTEM ACTUALLY IS. NOT JUST THE FOOD INDUSTRY, BUT THE OVERALL PROCESS. RACHEL: YEAH. >> LOOK, HE'S NOW GOING TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ON THE ROAD TELLING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE EXACTLY WHAT HE'S WITNESSED FIRSTHAND, WHAT HE'S SEEN FIRSTHAND, AND HE BRINGS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHIC. THERE'S A WHOLE GROUP OF PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO ARE SO FEARFUL OF THE GOVERNMENT BECAUSE THEY INDOCTRINATED US AND FORCED PEOPLE TO GET THESE SHOTS, THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE. BOB BOBBY'S BEEN OUT TALKING ABOUT THAT, AND THAT IS A GRAPE OF PEOPLE THAT IS -- GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO COME TO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATIONS. BOBBY'S BEEN SUCH A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR MAKING SURE YOU GET TO MAKE YOUR OWN CHOICES AND YOUR FAMILY AND NOT BE FORCED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO DO THINGS. NOW THAT HE'S WITH THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN, THAT'S A SPECIAL TON FOR MORE PEOPLE TO COME JOIN US IN OUR PATH TO VICTORY. WILL: REALLY QUICKLY, COREY, IS IT FAIR THE ASSUME -- AND YOU CAN, OBVIOUSLY, CORRECT ME IF THE ASSUMPTION IS WRONG CONCERN THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO RFK TO HAVE A ROLE IN A POTENTIAL TRUMP ADMINISTRATIONS AND HE WILL HAVE A ROLE IN A TRUMP ADMINISTRATIONS? >> YOU KNOW, WILL, THIS IS BEEN NO PROMISE, BUT CLEARLY WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID IN ARIZONA WAS HE'S GOING TO THE STAND UP A COMMISSION TO LOOK AT A ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS THAT BOBBY WILL BE PART OF AND ALSO RELEASE ALL OF THE JFK ASSASSINATION DOCUMENTS. THERE'S BEEN NO PROMISE OF MiG BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T WIN, IT DOESN'T MATTER. BUT WITH BOB IF BY ON OUR TEAM, WE BELIEVE SUCCESS IS GOING TO BE THERE -- RACHEL: WILL HE BE CAMPAIGNING WITH TRUMP THROUGHOUT THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS? >> YEAH, WE'VE GOT 71 DAYS AHEAD. BOBBY'S GOING TO BE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. WE'RE GOING TO ROLL OUT SOME MORE ENDORSEMENTS COMING THIS WEEK, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE HONORED TO HAVE HIM ON THE TRAIL AND A HUGE SURROGATE OPERATION EDUCATION IN TO SENATOR VANCE OUT THERE AND PRESIDENT TRUMP. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S IN FIVE MORE BATTLEGROUND STATES THIS WEEK, AND SO THERE'S NO SURPRISES WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE. WE KNOW WHAT THE STATES ARE, AND WE'RE GOING TO BRING OUR MESSAGE DIRECTLY TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. PETE: SPEAKING OF SURROGATE OPERATIONS, COREY, WE REACHED OUT TO THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN FOR AN INTERVIEW BUT, SHOCKINGLY, WE HAVE NOT HEARD A BACK YET. >> I'M SHOCKED. SHOCKED, PETE. [LAU