Trump: Good News in Florida Is I’m up Against an Very Unpopular Senator

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SCARBOROUGH: “So, Florida. Right now you’re getting absolutely hammered, about $10 million, $12 million in 30-second ads being spent against you. We see that you have an ad going up against Marco Rubio. Are you going to actually put any money behind that ad, or are you going to rely mainly, as you said yesterday, on Facebook and Twitter to respond to over $10 million in attack ads?”
TRUMP: “Well, a little bit on Facebook and Twitter, but also we’ve put up some ads and they’re good ads. And spending a couple of million dollars, maybe a few million dollars, I don’t know what the final determination is, but they’re up. We already have ads that are up. And I — you know, we’ll find out if they’re effective. But certainly the establishment is just hammering me with ads. Everybody. I had the big tournament at Doral this week where Adam Scott won. I am watching the tournament. And I see during the ad portion I see ads against me and I am the one having the tournament. I own Doral. It’s sort of a weird feeling. But no, they’re spending a lot of money on that. The good news is I’m up against a senator who frankly is very unpopular in Florida. He doesn’t go and vote. I think if he actually ran for an office there he wouldn’t be elected as dog catcher. I don’t think.”
SCARBOROUGH: “Donald, does it make it less likely that you can make peace with the establishment after this is all over because they are spending so much money in attack ads specifically directed at you?”
TRUMP: “Well, I have always gotten along with along with people, I think you understand that. I have had great relationships with people over the years. You know, I have had feuds and I have had fights with people and I have been able to get along. We will have to see. I think we can. The bottom line is, you know, the biggest story in politics is how many people are showing up to these primaries. I mean, you know, there are 50, 60, 70 percent, millions of additional people over four years ago. Four years ago they were dying the Republicans and now it’s been energized. You know, instead of being given credit they take ads against me. I will tell you if I am out, if for some reason I’m out, you will lose millions and millions of potential voters out of the Republican party and I don’t think there’s any track — any way that the Republicans can win. Frankly, if you take all of these new energized people — people come up to me, Mr. Trump, I have never voted before, 40, 50 years before, this is the first time in my life I’ve honored. You have to see these people. Incredible. They’ve never voted before many of them. And others. They’re coming from the Democrats, they’re coming from the independents. It’s the biggest story in politics what’s happening with the Republicans. I’ve done a great job and I’m not being given credit, instead they take ads against me. The funny thing is if they’re successful and I don’t win all these people are going away, these millions and millions of people. They are not going to vote for Rubio, they are not going to vote for Ted Cruz.”