Erick Erickson: ‘Donald Trump Can’t Beat Hillary Clinton’

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CARLSON: "I want you to listen to newt Gingrich on your meeting today. He’s speaking right to you. Here he is."
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GINGRICH: "I’m not sympathetic at all to the Erick Erickson’s of the world. If they want to form the let’s elect Hillary Clinton club, fine. They ought to be honest on it. Any effort to help anybody but the Republican nominee helps hvg. If you think giving Hillary Clinton the supreme court, having Hillary Clinton run the foreign policy, support the unions to rule our children in schools, if you think that’s acceptable, then do it."
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CARLSON: "Is he right?"
ERICKSON: "I think newt shut be honest. The same polling that Donald Trump krooits, it’s consistently showing that he’s the only Republican candidate that can’t beat Hillary Clinton. He loses Hillary Clinton across the board. He loses in Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania. Donald Trump can’t beat Hillary Clinton and there’s got to be some way for —"
CARLSON: "How do you know that for sure? It’s March 17th, 2016. How do you know that when he starts putting his attacks, if he’s the nominee, against Hillary Clinton, how do you know more people won’t coalesce behind him?"
ERICKSON: "Well, because when you look at the underlying data from the polling, Donald Trump has higher unfavor bills than Hillary Clinton. As a political strategist I know when you go on the negative against Hillary it will drive your neck tifs up. He has higher negatives and lower trust levels. You have 40% of Republicans willing to go elsewhere if he’s the nominee."
CARLSON: "On this call today who were the candidates that you were talking about supporting, Ted Cruz? Rick Perry?"
ERICKSON: "There’s a strong coalition of looking at going to the existing candidates, Kasich, Cruz, saying you need to cut a deal, find a unity ticket within the Republican party. The final fall back option would certainly be a third party. The consensus was everyone would rather settle this on the convention floor at the Republican convention in Cleveland."
CARLSON: "Very interesting. Whoever thought we would be having this discussion, but we are."
ERICKSON: "No kidding."
CARLSON: "Erick Erickson, thanks much."
ERICKSON: Thank you."