Sheriff David Clarke: GOP Doesn’t Know What to Do with Trump

CLARKE: “Great for primetime TV. First of all, I think it's for the record, it's a little too early to get on a horse right now. I want all these guys and I mean, I know there's a woman in the field, too. Carly Fiorina, I have a lot of respect for her. I think it's too early. But I want them all properly vetted. But I'll tell you what, Donald Trump came on to the scene, he came into this political classes an outsider, he turned over the apple card and he said to the other people involved, I'll write my own rules. I'll play by my rules. I like that kind of swagger. I like that kind of finesse. And what would be like another boring long campaign season. So, And I think the problem for the GOP establishment right now is they don't know what to do with him. And I think the best thing to do is try to keep him on their side because they're going to need him. He's better off inside the tent than outside the tent. And until they realize that he's here to stay. So, the voters will decide, Don, whether or not he's presidential material, whether he can be the Commander-in-Chief. I don't like party insiders and I don't like newspapers telling me he's not worthy to be president. That's for me to vote there to make a determination at all.” 
LEMON: “Very good answer. And speaking of newspapers, the Des Moines Register called Donald Trump ‘A feckless blowhard.’ The Huffington Post says, ‘You can find their Trump coverage in their entertainment section next to Kardashian stories.’ And a lot of people aren't taking him seriously especially the republican, at least, establishment. Don't you think he should be taken more seriously? I mean, look at where he is in the polls.” 
CLARKE: “Without a doubt. I think they're going to do that at their own risk to try to continue to force Donald Trump out of the race. It's not going to work with him. Like I said, he writes his own rules. He is a brand. Trump is a brand. And the GOP has to understand that. There are some GOP insiders who would quietly, they wouldn't say this publicly. But they say, you know, the GOP could probably use a face lift. And I think that Trump brings that kind of, like I said, excitement that can attract outside voters. And in the end, we'll see how far it takes him. But I think to shut him to push him out that's an elitist attitude. And the political establishment is going to have to learn that Donald Trump plays by his own set of rules. And Donald Trump can do some things and say some things that the party establishment and other candidates, on both sides of the aisle, will know. I could never get away with saying that. It would destroy me. But, like I said, Donald Trump is a different kind of cat.” 
LEMON: “Why would it destroy people on -- why would they destroy other people and it's not destroying Donald Trump? Is it because he's not politically correct or is it just because he really doesn't give a darn?” 
CLARKE: “Well, I think it's a little of that. You know, he doesn't owe anybody anything. You know, outside of running for president. Donald Trump is going to be fine. Many of these political insiders are, you know career politicians, this is what they do. And one of the things that the political class know is you don't catch a lightning rod type issues. You don't talk about issues. You talk around them for fear of what's happening to Donald Trump. Some of it is because he's a front runner starts right now as well. But he gets to play by a different set of rules. And that's rubbing a lot of people inside the belt way and in the political class the wrong way. But, I'll tell you what, as an outsider like I am, I don't belong to a political party. I'm enjoying the heck out of this and I would -- you know, Donald Trump is a fighter. I think if you want to be the nominee and if you want to be the President of the United States, you're going to have to fight your way into that office. And he's willing to that. Everybody else wants to do this walking around on egg shells. And that's what people find boring.”