ALICIA: DAVID SPUNT AT THE WHITE
HOUSE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
DAVID: THANK YOU.
ALICIA: JOINING US TRUMP 2020
ADVISER MERCEDES SCHLAPP.
LET’S FIRST AGAIN WITH ATLANTIC
ARTICLE AND REPORT ON FOX NEWS
CHANNEL.
I’D LIKE YOU TO TAKE A LISTEN TO
WHAT CORRESPONDENT SAID TO NEIL
CAVUTO ABOUT HER REPORTING.
>> I CAN TELL YOU THAT MY
SOURCES ARE UNIMPEACHABLE AND I
FEEL CONFIDENT WITH WHAT WE HAVE
REPORTED AT FOX, NOT EVERY LINE
OF THE ATLANTIC ARTICLE WAS --
DID I CONFIRM, BUT I WOULD SAY
THAT MOST OF THE -- THE
DESCRIPTIONS AND THE QUOTES IN
THE ATLANTIC ARTICLE I DID FIND
THE ATLANTIC ARTICLE I DID FIND
PEOPLE WHO WERE ABLE TO CONFIRM.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLED FOR
FIRING OF JENNIFER GRIFFIN, WHY?
MERCEDES: FIRST OF ALL, YOU SEE
THAT THE STORY IS FAKE.
I WILL ADD TO THE NUMBER OF 11
PEOPLE ON THE RECORD, FORMER
ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS WHO
HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE
PRESIDENT WHO KNOW THAT THIS IS
NOT ACCURATE STORY.
I’VE BEEN IN THE ROOM WITH THE
I’VE BEEN IN THE ROOM WITH THE
PRESIDENT WHEN HE’S MADE CALLS
TO SERVICE MEMBERS AND VETERANS
AND TO ME HIS GOAL IS COMPLETE
RESPECT FOR VETERANS AND
MILITARY OFFICIALS AND YOU CAN
SEE IT IN HIS OWN ACTIONS WHERE
HE HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON
AUTHORIZING HISTORIC LEVELS OF
MILITARY SPENDING, $738 BILLION
AND ALSO HISTORIC PAY RAISE FOR
OUR TROOPS.
THE PRESIDENT IS COMMITTED TO
OUR MILITARY AND COMMITTED TO
OUR VETERANS.
I’VE SEEN IT FIRSTHAND WHEN HE
HAS CALLED FAMILIES WHO HAVE
LOST LOVED ONES WHO SERVED IN
THE MILITARY.
ALICIA: WHY CALL FOR A FIRING OF
A REPORTER WHO HAS AN IMPECCABLE
RECORD?
MERCEDES: I HAVE GREAT RESPECT
FOR JENNIFER.
IT’S FRUSTRATING SOMETIMES WHEN
YOU HAVE CERTAIN PEOPLE OUT TO
GET THE PRESIDENT.
WHAT I’M SAYING IT COULD BE SOME
OF THE FORMER ADMINISTRATION
OFFICIALS AS THE PRESIDENT HAS
TALKED ABOUT, THE HIS GRUNTLED
EMPLOYEES AND I CAN TELL YOU
WHAT I’VE SEEN PERSONALLY IN THE
OVAL OFFICE WHERE THE PRESIDENT
HAS MADE THE CALLS TO MILITARY
FAMILIES AND HIS COMMITMENT IS
CLEAR WHEN YOU SEE HIS RECORD ON
ENSURING THAT THE MILITARY HAS
THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED AND
THAT OUR VETERANS ARE WELL TAKEN
CARE OF UNLIKE WHAT WE SAW UNDER
THE OBAMA-BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.
ALICIA: AND I WANT TO MOVE ON
HERE BECAUSE WE DID BRING YOU ON
HERE AS WELL TO TALK ABOUT THE
WOMEN FOR TRUMP, A BUS TOUR THAT
YOU’RE ON.
YOU’RE GOING BATTLEGROUND STATES
AND YOU’RE GETTING OUT THERE.
CAN YOU KIND OF EXPLAIN EXACTLY
WHAT IT IS THAT YOU’VE BEEN
DOING?
MERCEDES: ONCE WE GET 100-DAY
MARK WE HAVE TWO BUSES ON THE
ROAD THROUGH ELECTION DAY, WOMEN
FOR TRUMP BUS TOUR AND I HAVE
BEEN PERSONALLY TO PENNSYLVANIA,
WISCONSIN, IOWA, NEW HAMPSHIRE,
MAINE, ARIZONA, JUST TO NAME
SOME OF THE STATES THAT I HAVE
VISITED AND THERE’S ONE COMMON
FACTOR IN WHAT I SEE, GREAT
ENTHUSIASM FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP
AND FIELD OFFICE WHO IS ARE RUN
BY WOMEN WHO ARE KNOCKING DOOR
TO DOOR AND SAYING WHY IT’S
CRITICAL TO ELECT PRESIDENT
TRUMP.
ON THE GROUND YOU SEE ENTHUSIASM
FACTOR FOR THE PRESIDENT AND IS
REFLECTED IN THE POLLS AS WELL.
ALICIA: AND THE PRESIDENT REALLY
DOES NEED WOMEN VOTERS THIS TIME
AROUND IN A BIG WAY BUT HE IS
STRUGGLING HERE AND IF YOU TAKE
A LOOK AT THE GRENELL NATIONAL
POLL OF WOMEN VOTERS AND WHAT IT
SAYS, IT SAYS THAT HE IS
ACTUALLY WAY BEHIND FORMER VICE
PRESIDENT BIDEN HERE.
YOU SEE THE 64% TO 31%.
FIRST OF ALL, I CAN’T IMAGINE
THAT YOU’RE REALLY ON BOARD WITH
THIS POLL, BUT ALSO WHAT IS IT
THAT YOU’RE DOING WHEN YOU’RE
OUT THERE ON THE WOMEN FOR TRUMP
TOUR TRYING TO TALK TO THEM AND
HELP THEM MAKE THE DECISION THAT
YOU’RE HOPING THAT THEY WILL
MAKE.
MERCEDES MERCEDES
ABSOLUTELY, THERE’S TWO ISSUES
ABSOLUTELY, THERE’S TWO ISSUES
AS I’M SPEAKING WITH WOMEN ON
THE GROUND.
IT’S DEFINITELY ECONOMIC
COMEBACK AND THE RELIEF THAT THE
PRESIDENT HAS PROVIDED TURNED
PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM
DURING THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC
THAT’S IMPACTED SO MANY SMALL
BUSINESSES, WOMEN SMALL BUSINESS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ALSO BEING
ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT
WE’VE SEEN IN AUGUST 1.4 MILLION
JOBS CREATED AND THE FACT THAT
THE UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS
CONTINUE TO DROP DESPITE
ARTIFICIAL INTERRUPTION OF
COVID.
8.4% ALSO DECREASE OF
UNEMPLOYMENT FOR WOMEN
ESPECIALLY VETERANS, BLACKS AND
LATINOS.
THE OTHER ISSUE THAT KEEPS
POPPING UP IS OBVIOUSLY LAW AND
ORDER, IT’S SAFE COMMUNITIES.
THEY ARE SEEING WHAT’S HAPPENED
IN DEMOCRAT-RUN CITIES LIKE
PORTLAND AND THE FACT THAT IT
TOOK FOR JOE BIDEN SEVERAL WEEKS
TO EVEN ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF
CONDEMNING THE VIOLENCE ON THE
STREET WHEN HE SAW FALLING POLL
NUMBERS AND FOR THEM THEY WANT A
PRESIDENT OF LAW ORDER, SOMEONE
WHO IS ABLE TO PROVIDE THE
FEDERAL SYSTEMS NEEDED IN THE
CITIES AS WE SAW WHAT THE
PRESIDENT DID IN IMMEDIATE
ACTION IN KENOSHA, WISCONSIN, SO
FOR THEM, THOSE ARE THE TWO
ISSUES THAT ARE VERY MUCH
RESINATING IN THE SUBURBAN AREAS
AND WE GO OUT AND TALK ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT’S RECORD OF STRENGTH
AND COMPARE THAT TO JOE BIDEN
AND HOW HE AS A WEAK CANDIDATE
HAS DECIDED TO ALIGN HIMSELF TO
THE ARE FAR LEFT WHICH, OF
COURSE, WOULD LEAD TO INCREASE
TAXES THAT WOULD -- THAT WOULD
DEFINITELY I -- IMPACT OVER 82%
OF AMERICANS AND THAT’S VERY
CONCERNING TO WOMEN WHEN THEY
START SEE TO GO MAKE THIS
DECISION NOT THE RUN IN THE
CENTER BUT TO RUN ALONG THE FAR
LEFT AGENDA WITH SENATOR --
ALICIA: 58 DAYS, THERE’S A LOT
