Kasich Likens Trump To Nazis; Ted Cruz Rises In Iowa Poll.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You might not care if Donald Trump says Muslims must register with our government because you're not one. You might not care if Donald Trump says it's OK to rough up black protesters because you're not one. But think about this, if he keeps going and he actually becomes president, he might just get around to you.</s>KEILAR: That is a new web video from the John Kasich campaign targeting Donald Trump. And if the language sounds familiar that's because it invokes a famous warning about Nazis. I want to bring in our panel to talk about this. Donna Brazile, Sean Spicer, Bakari Sellers and S.E. Cupp. Sean, to you first on this, if Republicans, for instance, Kasich, in this -- in this instance -- if Republicans are successful in this line of attack, are you worried that Donald Trump will just turn around? He has hinted last week, you know, a third party run isn't out of the realm of question. Are you worried about that?</s>SPICER: I'm not. I think Mr. Trump has made it clear. We've had conversations with him. He understands the importance of staying a Republican. He signed a pledge. He understands that any break in the Republicans will help Hillary Clinton get elected and that's something that he won't stand for. But I think getting to the video -- look, it's no surprise we at the RNC really invoke Reagan's 11th commandment. We believe that our candidates should be focused on expressing their vision and why they want to be president of the United States. And focusing their attacks on Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee.</s>BRAZILE: That's the only thing that keeps the Republicans together.</s>BRAZILE: Look, xenophobia is very popular right now in the Republican Party and Donald Trump is the leader of the choir. And as long as he's able to get the kind of support that he's getting by raising his voice and demonizing people, Donald Trump is going to continue to lead within the Republican Party (ph) --</s>CUPP: You've got a lot of Republicans come out against what Donald Trump has said. And I think it's pretty irresponsible to paint the entire party as xenophobic. He's got 35 percent of the vote. That means 65 percent of the party is not with Donald Trump. Look, I think attempts to paint Donald Trump as a Nazis or a fascist</s>SELLERS: Well, the video is good. I thought the video was really good. I thought that Kasich -- we're talking about him this morning. People are talking about him across the country. You know, his name hasn't been one that has been on the rise lately. But Donald Trump does use</s>KEILAR: Are you worried, Sean, that --</s>BRAZILE: ...rich, white men too.</s>KEILAR: I was going to say I think he actually has. But Donna -- you hear what Donna is saying. You hear what Hillary Clinton is saying. She's painting all Republicans with this...</s>SELLERS: The Donald Trump brush.</s>KEILAR: ... Donald Trump brush.</s>SPICER: No, I don't. And you know why? Because, look, when you look at every Battleground Poll everyone of our candidates beats her head to head not just nationwide but in key battleground states. So, we can talk about that but the reality is that if I were a Democrat, if I were Donna or Bakari, what I would be concerned about is that they have put all their eggs in one basket and that basket is broken. Hillary Clinton's unfavorables are so off the charts it's unbelievable. She has no trust. She flip-flops in every set of issues. They have a set of rules for themselves that they follow. That's true. And the fact of the matter is that the --</s>BRAZILE: Sean, the Republican brand -- the Republican brand is unfavorable. Donald Trump is unfavorable.</s>BRAZILE: Look at your candidates (ph).</s>SPICER: Right now Hillary Clinton loses every day --</s>BRAZILE: Look at --</s>BAKARI: I think that Sean -- I think Sean can't say with the straight face most Republicans can't say with the straight face that Donald Trump will beat Hillary Clinton --</s>SPICER: Donald Trump will beat Hillary Clinton.</s>SELLERS: But we know --</s>BRAZILE: No, no. I'm not Mitt Romney.</s>BRAZILE: I don't have -- I don't have -- I've got $10.00.</s>BRAZILE: But look, the truth is is that we don't have a nominee in the Democratic Party.</s>SPICER: Yes, you do.</s>BRAZILE: No, we don't.</s>SPICER: ... give me a break.</s>BRAZILE: No, no because --</s>CAPP: You're saying Martin O'Malley can pull it out, right?</s>SPICER: Yes.</s>BRAZILE: You know what --</s>SELLERS: You (ph) have a chance.</s>BRAZILE: We're having a -- we're having a different kind of debate and discussion in the Democratic Party. Bernie Sanders --</s>SPICER: You're going through the motions.</s>BRAZILE: Good. Because that's good. That improves democracy. That strengthens our debate within our party and that gives us a very strong viable candidate when our process is over.</s>KEILAR: Let's talk about --</s>BRAZILE: Sean, one of the three candidates will become the 45th president of the United States.</s>KEILAR: Let's talk about some of the other candidates. It is Cruz not Ben Carson who is now Donald Trump's chief rival in Iowa. There is an important poll that came out this week and it shows that Ted Cruz is really -- I mean, look at him. There he is at 23 percent, really close to Donald Trump, splitting Donald Trump and Ben Carson which is where we've seen those two men align there. Do you think that it's -- for Carson and he's even said this -- he thinks it's the terrorism issue that is making voters say maybe not. Maybe he's not the guy. Maybe he doesn't have the experience.</s>SPICER: I think there's a lot of volatility right now that's going to exist both in New Hampshire and in Iowa. And you're going to see people go up and down. I just -- and that's historically always been the case. I think we're going to see more volatility between now and when Iowa goes to their caucus February 2nd. And New Hampshire goes to their primary February 9th. There's going to be more volatility. That shouldn't surprise anyone. That has always been the case. Fully expect it to be the case this cycle.</s>KEILAR: What do you think about the terrorism issue and how this is affecting the polls? It seems -- it seems like it's really shaking it up.</s>CUPP: It is. And any time foreign policy is front and center, I think it benefits Republicans. Most of the country thinks Republicans are better able to handle issues like terrorism and foreign policy issues. So that's, I guess, a good thing for our side. But for folks like Ben Carson who have zero experience with any of this and I'm sorry he can take as many field trips abroad as he wants, he's not going to get the -- the requisite experience that he needs. This is clearly turning some voters who previously liked him off and onto someone like Ted Cruz.</s>KEILAR: With Ted Cruz's rise -- I mean, I've heard Democrats in the Clinton campaign they're not as worried about Marco Rubio. They're not as worried about Ted Cruz. Would you like to see Ted Cruz --</s>BRAZILE: You know, I haven't talked</s>KEILAR: I have.</s>BRAZILE: Ted Cruz -- Ted Cruz is</s>SELLERS: That's (ph) right (ph).</s>BRAZILE: ...strong support and strength. He has the support of the evangelicals. And you know what? He's the guy who's organizing in the Deep South right now. So, Ted Cruz is clearly onto something.</s>KEILAR: Donna, Sean, Bakari, S.E., thanks to all of you. And thanks so much for spending your Sunday with us. 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