Rahm Emanuel Dodges the Question if Pelosi/ Schumer Leadership Is Good for Dem Party

‘I don’t think that’s a good question’

EXCERPT:

HARLOW: “Look, you’re the one who led the effort for DEMs to retake Congress in 2016. You know what this is like, they’re wrapping me in the control room. Yes or no answer; is this leadership, Pelosi/Schumer the leadership to do that?”
EMANUEL: “Poppy, I really like you, I don’t think that’s a good question. So therefore, it’s not —“ [crosstalk]
HARLOW: “You did that to Dana Bash, too. You did that to Dana Bash.” 
EMANUEL: “I’m going to do it to you too, when I — when I don’t think the questions are as relevant —“ [crosstalk] 
HARLOW: “I know you don’t like the question, but yes or no?”
EMANUEL: “Look, yes, it’s fine — it’s a fine leadership, but what I want is the candidate that’s going to be the leader of their district and that’s what I’m looking for. That’s how you recruit candidates that win a majority. Because I don’t think it’s really a question that’s relevant. It’s a question that’s relevant —“
HARLOW: “All right.”
EMANUEL: “— in — in the Washington corridor, it’s not a question relevant in the suburban districts across the country.”

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