Kristol: Republicans Won’t ‘Nominate Someone Who Says Things that Are Foolish’

STEPHANOPOULOS: "And the question is will Donald Trump’s comments uphold over time, Bill Kristol. No question that every one of his statements that people think are inflammatory, think have gone over the line, tend to be giving him strength. You still believe in the long run this hurts him."
KRISTOL: "Yeah, because I don’t think Republicans are going to nominate someone who says things that are foolish and inflammatory and irresponsible. Having said that, I do think one can also say that no Obama, no Trump. I mean, President Obama gives a speech Sunday night that just seems oblivious to the actual threat and the bulk of the speech is telling us we to be very kind to Muslims both at home and abroad. And no real acknowledgment of I would say of why people have legitimate fears and that his foreign policies might have failed and having 300,000 dead in Syria and Islamic State is a bit of a problem for the west. And no reconsideration of his policies. Then today’s New York Times, not a right-wing organ, hit the Department of Homeland Security didn’t screen the Facebook posts of the murderer in San Bernardino..."
STEPHANOPOULOS: "It’s hard to believe."
KRISTOL: "--They didn’t do it. And incidentally, there was a debate within the Department of Homeland Security as to whether it would be appropriate to do so. Now if that is what Donald Trump says political correctness is endangering us, here is the evidence."