Huckabee Says GOP Must Unite if Trump Wins: ‘This Is an Election, Not a Selection’

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DOOCY: “Here’s a question, after last night will the Republican establishment finally get behind Donald Trump, who now seems unstoppable on the Republican side.”
KILMEADE: “Joining us right now with reaction, former presidential candidate himself and FOX News contributor Mike Huckabee. His daughter is working with the Donald Trump campaign. Great to see you.”
HUCKABEE: “Great to be with you all of you today.”
KILMEADE: “Well, governor, I don’t have to tell you there’s an anti-trump super PAC out there that just enlisted Tim Miller, the communications director for Jeb Bush. They’re desperate to stop Donald Trump. Your reaction?”
HUCKABEE: “Well, you know, I’m not endorsing a candidate yes, my daughter is now working with the trump campaign. By the way her name is a Sarah Huckabee-Sanders and that’s not a proposed ticket, I want you to know that.” (Laughter)
EARHARDT: “Cute.”
HUCKABEE: “Here’s what’s happening. The establishment Republicans are all bed wetting over this and they don’t seem to understand that we have an election. Look, I just believe that at some point we need to recognize, if you want to oppose Donald Trump do it. But don’t pretend that somehow that all these voters who have gone out and voted for him are stupid. They’re not stupid. I’ll tell you what they are, they’re angry, they’re angry at the establishment who is going nuts because trump is doing well. They don’t get it that they’re the problem. They’re the problem.”
DOOCY: “Governor, so I was clicking around to the channels. You saw the party pundits who are on the television shows and they were talking about how, okay, it’s going to have to be a brokered convention and then trump will have the most but on the second vote that’s when we’ll screw him and somebody else can be president.”
HUCKABEE: “It is so ridiculous. Let’s remember that we have an election process. Not a selection process. If we’re going to do a selection, where some party bosses get together and they close the doors, lock the doors and get behind and make the decision for us, then don’t waste our time and money going through this long, lengthy, grueling process called an election. Just anoint somebody and let’s be done with it, but that’s why we have an election. And if Donald Trump is the nominee, then I challenge Republicans to get behind him. If it’s Ted Cruz, get behind him. If it’s Marco Rubio get behind him, if it’s Ben Carson or John Kasich, that’s what we do as a party.”