Posted on 02/07/2016 12:25:14 PM PST by Kaslin
Catching up with Donald Trump in the "spin room" after Saturday's GOP debate, NBC's Hallie Jackson attempted to get Donald Trump to say who he thought "lost" the GOP debate, hoping, perhaps, to get the New Hampshire frontrunner to attack Sen. Marco Rubio. For his part, Trump refused to take the bait.
"Who do you think, of your rivals, underperformed tonight, Mr. Trump," Jackson asked. "Well, I know who they're all saying underperformed on the Internet, and I know the, your coworkers are all saying... but I don't want to say," Trump replied.
"Besides you, who won the debate tonight," Jackson followed up. Again, Trump demurred. "I just don't want to say.... It's not really my, it's your position to say."
"He didn't want to talk about Marco Rubio because he didn't want to get in between the media and Marco Rubio," Matthews observed a few moments later.
For his part, when asked minutes later by NBC's Katy Tur about Rubio, Trump again refused to take the bait, noting, "I have a very good relationship with Marco."
NBC's Jackson, Tur Try, Fail to Get Trump to Say Rubio Hurt in ABC Debate
Here's the transcript:
MSNBC Special edition of Hardball February 6, 2016; 11:12 p.m. Eastern graphic: Trump Reacts to Tonight's GOP DebateHALLIE JACKSON, NBC News: Who do you think, of your rivals, underperformed tonight, Mr. Trump.
DONALD TRU MP: "Well, I know who they're all saying underperformed on the Internet, and I know the, your coworkers are all saying -
JACKSON: You've already checked your Twitter?
TRUMP: They've all told me. But I don't want to say, I mean, you'll see. But they say I performed very well, so, that's what matters.
JACKSON: Besides you, who won the debate tonight?
TRUMP: I think, I just don't want to say. I mean, I do have a feeling as to who did well, who did poorly, a couple of them did poorly, but, I really don't, it's your position to say.
JACKSON: You're passing on sort of [unintelligible]
TRUMP: It really is.
11:26 p.m. Eastern graphic: Trump Reacts to Tonight’s GOP Debate
TRUMP: Morning Joe and Mika and everybody are saying we won easily. And that was very cool. They just tweeted it out: Trump killed it tonight.
I think it was very important that I do that. I wanted to do very well tonight.
KATY TUR, NBC News: And how'd you feel about Marco Rubio's performance? He got hit pretty hard by Gov. Christie.
TRUMP: Well, he's being hit very hard on the Twitter. And, I dunno, I mean, I don't want to comment on anybody else's performance because I actually, I have a very good relationship with Marco. But I don't want to comment on his performance. He's being hit pretty hard.
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It seemed this AM, when Rubio followed Trump with Stephanopoulos views, that nothing they said about each other was totally damning. That would be an interesting alliance.
You don’t get to accomplish what Donald Trump has accomplished without being a quick and flexible thinker who adapts to changing circumstances.
Trump could do worse than Rubio as VP pick. Trump/Cruz or Cruz/Trump is a pipe dream. Both AAA personality types.
AAA personality types lol.
Sorry. I always wished that her hair was on fire. :)
I'm much more uneasy about Jeb and Kasich gaining any traction at all, and will feel much better when they're out of the race. They are the two who actually take pride in not representing Constitutional Conservatives.
A Trump Rubio Ticket would be awesome.
True, he can do worse (think Lindsey Graham, for example)
But, he can do a hell of a lot better than Sen. Ricky Martin.
Trump was smart to try to stay out of the weeds last night.
HALLIE JACKSON has TDS. Even I can diagnose it, so it must be quite obvious. I switch channels when she starts a report.
Is that CW?
“Trump could do worse than Rubio as VP pick.”
The last thing I want is “MR Gang of 8” Marco Rubio one heart beat away from the presidency
A Trump / Rubio ticket?
Love that picture. Those Walker fans sure are rabid!!
I like a Trump-Rubio ticket too
Me too prefers the Rube over Yeb and Ka-sick. Rubio has at least made a 180 on Amnesty, like Cruz. Yeb and Ka-sick are still spouting easy path to amnesty.
Same here. But real politik is what it is. If Trump wins the nomination and thinks Rubio can help win the general he will pick him.
Good, Trump is better than to fall into the liberal MSM’s traps (and I’m primarily a Cruz voter)!
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