Garrett: Trump’s Shooting Comment Not the N.Y. Values ‘Everyone’s Been Talking About’

‘— But Trump supporters continue to show up and draws’

RUSH TRANSCRIPT:

O’DONNELL: “Major Garrett is in Washington, Major, good morning.”
GARRETT: “Good morning. Now, if the polls are right, Donald Trump and Ted Cruz command nearly 75 percent of the Iowa caucus vote. One-third of caucus goers said they might change their minds. That includes 25 percent of Trump supporters. “
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GARRETT (voice-over): “Donald Trump stormed across Iowa this weekend and gave his supporters an uncommonly comic compliment.”
TRUMP: “I have the most loyal people. Did you ever see that? Where I could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose any voters. OK? It’s, like, incredible.” (Laughter)
GARRETT (voice-over): “Not exactly the New York values everyone’s been talking about, but trump supporters continued to show up in droves as he stumped with Iowa Republican Senator Charles Grassley. It wasn’t an endorsement, but still a blow to senate colleague Ted Cruz. The Cruz campaign took aim at Trump on another front. The embrace of government power to seize private property.”
TRUMP: “I think imminent domain is wonderful.”
GARRETT (voice-over): “The essence of the new ad, that Trump tried to bulldoze the home of an elderly woman to pave the way for a casino parking lot.”
TRUMP: “It’s a false commercial, because I never took the House....Eminent domain is a positive thing, not a negative thing.”
GARRETT (voice-over): “Cruz also continue to question Trump’s recent conversion to conservatism.”
CRUZ: “If a Republican candidate for president supported Barack Obama’s stimulus and said the only problem is it needs to be bigger, is there any chance on earth that individual would actually stand up to the cronyism and cartel in Washington?”
GARRETT (voice-over): “A message amplified by Cruz’s newest supporter Glenn Beck.”
BECK: “If Donald Trump wins, it’s going to be a snowball to hell.”
GARRETT (voice-over): “Despite the attacks, Trump made this admission on CBS’ ‘Face the Nation.’”
TRUMP: “Yeah, if he got the nomination and everything was fine, I would vote for Ted Cruz. Yeah. I would.”
DICKERSON: “You would vote for him?”
TRUMP: “But I was putting that in relationship to his place of birth.”
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GARRETT: ‘The Des Moines Register’ looked past Trump and Cruz and endorsed Marco Rubio as the candidate who could, quote, chart a new direction for the GOP. It should be noted the register has guessed the nominee correctly in the last four endorsements. Gayle.”
KING: “Thank you very much, Major. His name hasn’t changed. Sorry about that, Major Garrett.”

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