Former Arkansas governor and Fox News contributor Mike Huckabee joins 'Fox & Friends Weekend.'
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President Trump ill be back, I
President Trump ill be back, I
think ill be back soon and I
look forward to finishing up the
campaign. The way it was
started and the way weve been
doing and the kind of numbers
that weve been doing
weve been so proud of it. But
this was something that happened
and its happened to millions of
people all over the world and
im fighting for them, not just
in the: U Dot S, im fighting for
them all over the world,
Jedediah thats a video
released by President Trump on
Twitter.
He has made an effort to speak
directly to people throughout
his illness. Right now were in
just a few days in, but I
suspect he will continue to do
so as long as he can, hopefully
straight to the end straight to
his recovery
were going to bring in MIKE
Huckabee right now Fox NEWS,
contributor and former Arkansas
governor and the author of the
three cs that made America
great another great book
governor, welcome to the show, as
always so, first and foremost
your thoughts on the president,
putting those videos out
speaking directly to the people
at this time.
What do you think?
Well, I think it was a great
move on his part. It. Let us all
see that hes fine,
when I say hes, fine, im, not
saying hes, not dealing with
some effects of covid but hes,
not laying in a bed with iv
tubes and unable to talk.
This is Donald Trump, as we know
it
id hate to be his doctors.
I mean this is a guy that you
know is trying to contain. Him
is like trying to contain a bull
with tight string.
He does not sub due very well.
He is energetic to the point
that its stunning,
you know, people who are a
fourth of his age, cant keep up
with him. So Donald Trump at twenty five percent
capacity is still a lot more
energetic than most people are
at one hundred percent and were seeing that in
these videos, a man who is busy
at work doing what the doctors
are telling him to do, but I
dont think youre going to keep
him contained at Walter Reed, all
that long,
PETE yeah, I cant, imagine being
one of his doctors governor. Can
you imagine being one of your
kids like no chance of success
at all
its amazing
laughter,
PETE, the President looks
forward, obviously Sarah and
others remarkably successful.
When you look at the campaign
trail going forward. How does it
look? You know, theyve
announced this operation where
they push out surrogates through
virtual events. What would your
advice be to the Trump campaign
I think doing? What theyre
doing is the right thing, but
theres a lot of things
happening across the country
that are organic, that the
campaign is not even having
to stir and stimulate.
Let me give an example:
all over the country there are
these boat floatillas, where
thousands of people just show up
at a bay, a river, a lake. You
know the Gulf of Mexico, they
are just going out and thousands
of boats with Trump signs are
out there, showing their support
for the president.
You seen truck parades, and this
is not happening because
the campaign sent in somebody to
organize it and get it all ready.
These are just things that are
happening.
That is a level of enthusiasm.
You just dont, see in the Biden
campaign. Not at all
I mean if Joe Biden had a boat
parade, you might get a couple of
people in a row boat, going
across a 20 foot lake saying who
opee, but there is no
enthusiasm for Joe Biden
there, just isnt
theres enthusiasm against
President Trump, but here is
something I think we got to
remember.
Ultimately, this election is not
going to be even about the two
candidates or their
personalities or the two
parties,
its about two very different
directions for this country.
One says we need law and order.
We need safety in our streets
and cities.
We need to stand with our police,
not defund them.
The other one says defund the
police, let the mobs run.
One says here: are the people
ill put on the courts?
The other one says im not going
to tell you. You just have to
wait and see what happens.
One campaign says we believe in
America. First, the other one
says well sell off to China and
let them take our jobs, just like
we did with my son Hunter
were going to. Let him make a
bunch of money while im in
office
I mean I couldnt, be I guess
more amazed that some people
think this is about the personal
all it of President Trump,
because on one hand, youve got a
president whose absolutely Staun
Ched Pro Life
and the others believe the
taxpayers ought to fund
abortion up to the moment
of birth.
This is about our country and
its future.
Its about free market capital,
ism versus socialism.
Theres a lot at stake here and
neither candidate got on the
campaign trail. We still
have an important decision to
make November three
PETE Governor. I agree with you:
it should be about those
policies, but I think what
we see is a campaign shaking up
of Donald Trumps, personality
against Kamala Harris and Joe
Bidens policies.
You laid it out yourself, theres,
no enthusiasm for Joe Biden as a
person, theres enthusiasm
against Donald Trump, so listen
youve been on that debate stage.
Governor
MIKE Pence takes the debate
stage this week. So if you want
to make this campaign about
Biden and Harris policies, put
yourself in MIKE Pences shoes
this coming week,
what do you do?
Two big strategies I think
he will employ
one? Is he recognizes that when
you are debating a woman, it is a
little different.
I had two women opponents in the
course of my political life,
one on one.
You have to be forceful enough,
so you dont look like a wimp,
but you also have to be careful
enough so that you dont look
like a bully and you balance
that, but the main thing that
MIKE Pence must do- and I know he
will do this- is to call out
Kamala Harris for what she has
said about. Joe Biden
call her out for her own
inconsistency.
Just ask her: does she believe
in court stacking?
Does she believe in statehood
for d, dot C and Puerto
Rico?
Does she believe in ending the
filibuster, which, essentially
is, do you believe in dismantling
our system of government as we
have practiced it
press her hard on the issue of
the Green New deal
press her hard on issues like
socialism, Antifa defunding, the
police,
her own record, as attorney
general,
I mean hes got a treasure, trov
e of stuff to go
with and its a matter and hell
do it in a most gentle way, but
he will show that contrast and
give Americans a chance to see
wow what a difference the
choice is.
Will I hope its not a choice
over personalities and I hope, as
you point out, governor its a
choice over two very different.
Transcript generated on 2020-10-17.