the media coverage around it. media representative from matters and later, a talk about funding for a band expansion in rural areas. host: good morning. welcome to the washington journal. we will begin the program with your thoughts on political correctness and running for the white house. donald trump said the country does not have time for it. the presidential candidate was on the floor of sunday talk shows depending his comments on women saying they attacked him and refusing to back down from his comments on megyn kelly. .e want to get your take do you need to be politically correct when running for president? republicans, (202) 748-8001.

democrats, (202) 748-8000. ts, (202) 748-8002. we will begin this morning with what donald trump had to say about political correctness at last thursday postdebate. -- last part thursday -- last thursday's debate. >> you don't use a politician's filter. downsides, in particular to women. you've called women you don't like that pigs, dogs, disgusting animals. >> only rosie o'donnell. [laughter] >> no it wasn't. --r twitter account [applause] >> thank you. >> it was well beyond rosie

o'donnell. your twitter account has several disparaging comments about women's looks. you once told a contestant on celebrity apprentice and a pretty picture to see her on her knees. does that sound like the temperament of a man we should elect as president? how will you answer the charge from hillary clinton who is likely to be the democratic nominee that you are part of the war on women? >> i think the big problem in this country -- the big problem this country has is being politically correct. [applause] >> i have been challenged by so many people and i don't have time for total political correctness. to be honest with you, this country does not have time either. this country is in big trouble. we don't win anymore. we lose to china, mexico, both in trade and at the border. what i say and oftentimes it is fun, it's kidding, we have a

good time. what i say is what i say. if you don't like it, i'm sorry. i've been very nice to you although i could maybe not be based on the way you treated me that i would not do that. need strength, energy, quickness and brain and this country to turn it around. that i can tell you right now. host: donald trump from the debate last week saying this country does not have time for political correctness when challenged on the names he has used for women. what you all think? do you need to be politically correct if running for president? he was on sunday talk shows. he was not on fox yesterday. he defended himself and did not back down from what he has said about megyn kelly and fox news. here he is on women on sunday on

abc this week. >> i say that with great respect, women are tremendous. i have had such an amazing relationship with women in business. they are amazing executives. a are killers. when i say that about a man, it is considered a great honor. it is also a great honor when you say it about a woman and that is the way it was meant. i have many executives that are women. they are doing a phenomenal job. i paid them a tremendous amount of money. they make money for me, for themselves. in many cases they truly are really talented and they can be killers. as a man, they love that statement and women love it also. host: donald trump on abc's this week. he has come to twitter and this is what he had to say about fox.

i brought fox news the biggest ratings in history and i gets it. zip. th,rt murdoch tweeting out fine journalism. he says friend donald has to learn this is public life. what do you all think? do you have be politically correct when wanting for president? good morning to you. go ahead. caller: i am still supporting donald trump. the republican party is not taking care of us. i believe when they go after donald trump now they are trying to nitpick. pulling it out of proportion. i'm still supporting him. if he leaves the party, i do to. host: what do you like about him? caller: he is telling the truth about illegal immigration. i sat on grand jury duty for a mexican that shot two people at a party. he had a gun and wanted to take

the gun home and come back. he got mad and shot two people. host: beyond immigration, to you have concerns about donald trump's temperament? were toould react if he win the nomination? caller: i still support him. these other guys will put us in the hole. a lot of them are rhinos. host: george in bloomington, ohio. what do you think? caller: i think the gentleman who just spoke is essentially correct. if donald trump leaves the publican party, i am not going to do so because i am a supporter of senator cruz but i think governor kasich of ohio hit the nail on the head when he said in the debate the other evening that donald trump has hit a nerve.

beyond thest asking immigration issue, it political correctness necessary. it has its place up to a degree. ,t can be carried to an extreme just like political incorrectness might be carried to an extreme, sometimes by donald trump. the gentleman who called is right on the mark. immigration is a major issue. it is not going to go away. host: what do you make of donald trump, if he has an independent bid for this, what does that do to the party? caller: it would deliver the white house to the democratic nominee, whether that would be him a link on -- whether that would be hillary clinton or someone else. i followed in 1980 the candidacy of john anderson of rockford,

illinois with great interest. i thought he was a terrific candidate. i voted for ross perot in 1992 along with my wife and the children.our six a good friend of mine said, you put bill clinton in the white house. i said, i guess if i did i plead guilty. host: if donald trump makes an independent bid, you said he would vote for him. right? caller: no, i did not say that. i said i would not leave the republican party, even if trump obtains the nomination of an independent party. host: what do you think? you said donald trump can be politically incorrect to the extreme. should he stay in the race? caller: absolutely.

he is of the requisite age under the constitution to run for president or occupy the white house. as president, if you were to succeed in his effort to be elected. political correctness has been carried too far. kelly to comment on megyn he was interday that the arena and she was too. the candidates on the stage were in the arena, she was on the panel. host: listen to a carly fiorina had to say yesterday on face the nation. how she responded to donald trump is criticism of megyn kelly and the format of the debate. [video clip] >> presidential campaigns are designed to reveal character under pressure and overtime.

it's why people like you ask tough questions and it is up to candidates to answer those questions. mr. trump got asked tough questions by a lot of people on thursday night but he chose to attack megyn kelly. on friday night, i put out a statement, there is no excuse. i think that is true. >> what do you think this reveals about his character? >> i think voters will have to decide that. you cannot have a president who is thin-skinned. if you think a question is tough, imagine the pressure of being in the oval office. that's why i think as crazy as this presidential campaign process is, it does give the voters a window into how people respond under pressure, overtime. the effectyou think it will have on women voters?

>> i think women of all kinds are horrified by this. there are certain things that cut across political boundaries. examples.ose are >> mr. trump in his statement in the debate said, all this political correctness. are a lot of people who think there is too much political correctness and politics. >> i do too. for example, i have been open in saying hillary clinton lied about benghazi. i have been criticized. it is a factual term. she lied about benghazi. tired ofhat people are sanitized soundbites and bumper sticker rhetoric.

that is different from hurling personal insults at all kinds of people. on the talkfiorina shows. this is how donald trump responded. i just realized that if you listen to carly fiorina for more than 10 minutes straight you develop a massive headache. she has a zero chance. political correctness in running for the white house. you need it? caller: good morning to everybody. i think political correctness is needed however i think what is going on now is not political correctness, it is bullying. what donaldren said trump is saying about somebody else, that would be bullying. political correctness in my mind instance, we don't say the indians or something like that. we'll call them native americans

. donald trump calling everybody a loser if they don't agree with him or what he did thursday at the debate, i don't think that is political correctness. i think it is bullying. opinion with donald trump, to me, he is more parroting what he is hearing rather than giving us anything of substance. anybody can say i'm going to build a wall. there is a wall already built, how are you going to do it? if he is going to be in the white house and everybody that disagrees with him, he is not call them names, that's not the person we want. host: a column in the washington post. is trump shortsighted? in his column he writes, he has cast his willingness to say

things at all times as an anti-political correct this that appeals to a decent chunk of the republican electorate. listen to any trump supporter talk and you hear some variation of this. he is not like all those other politicians, he says what we are all thinking. there is no doubt an appeal to someone like trump. wouldn't it be nice to have enough money to tell everyone you meet exactly what you think of them? some people admire it. a candidate who is all it will struggle to sustain himself in an extended campaign, doing and saying what ever want is great but it is not a strategy or even a message. what began with outspokenness on immigration, an issue that carries real resonance, has transformed into trump's outspokenness on whoever is standing in front of him, most of whom are "total losers."

caller: thank you. i support trump. i am tired of the politicians that get up there and they never express an opinion. they just run around it. i think the questions megyn kelly and chris wallace asked, especially megyn kelly, i think they were ridiculous questions. asked in she could've private or something. personally. him i think he lives in a different world. i think he has people attack him for a lot of different reasons. .aybe because of jealousy

he's controversial. i love the fact that he speaks his mind. third-party i a very well -- i don't think i would be leaving the republican party, i think the republican party has left the people. host: you are calling on our line for independents. have you voted for republicans and democrats in the past? caller: yes. i'm a conservative. we are too far left now. i think that the democrats now, they have left the democratic party. they are socialists. to tell you the truth, i appreciate bernie sanders coming

out and saying he is a socialist. hillary is a socialist but she won't admit it. host: alan in eastlake, ohio. caller: hello. ishink that what's happening donald trump is hitting a nerve with people. the media is the first level of government and he is a check and balance on you all. over-the-top.re i don't really support his comments but nothing he says about everybody affects me. host: so you would still vote for him despite what he has said? think he should stay in the race? caller: i'm not so sure about that because i have not heard a lot about the substance. i want to hear what he thinks about the issues. i think if you alienate fox news, you alienate the super packs.

fox news has too much power and i think it is time they get checked and balanced. that is what trump is doing. i'm not trying to diminish other candidates. i'm sure they are talented. i don't know if they should be president. we see them year after year. 10 years later, they are still running for president. you can tell when they are it must be really hard when they are giving answers on stage because in their mind they have to satisfy all of these billionaires. the only way one man can make a difference is to be a billionaire himself. that's pretty bad. i should be able to be elected president, you should. not without a lot of money. of like the ultimate check and balance on the system. we love it. host: 24 million people tuned in on thursday night. did you watch and if so why?

caller: i watched the debate because i knew those questions were going to be so silly. megyn should have asked something deep about policy. a lot of people would see donald trump may not have been able to answer. even he thinks he may not be president. what he needs to do is if this continues and the 24% continues and keeps jumping, he will need to have advisers give him a background on form and policy -- foreign policy. it is impossible. you have to have advisers. we know that stuff. we don't expect them to answer the question so perfectly but all the other candidates have to look perfect. i just love what is going on. we love it. host: this is on the front page of the washington post is morning. a story looking at debate prep for donald trump. one of his advisers, roger stone

, who was either fired or quit over the weekend, it focuses on him in the washington post and it says that stone had given trump a 13 page memo and urged him to state that the system is rigged against the citizens and the his -- and that he is the candidate who cannot be bought. he gave him the soundbite, i am running because when i look at this field, i know that none of them could ever run one of my companies. they are not entrepreneurs. he wanted him to stress business acumen, he wanted him to say he is not a politician but trump did not heed the advice. after briefly flipping through the papers he decided to wing it as he is about to do in a debate -- defined more by out hurts -- outbursts than substance. do you think he would've done better if he had followed this

advice? caller: not necessarily. i think people were looking for this sparring. i think the people are going to be more discerning as time goes on. he is going to have to answer something between now and the next debates. a better chance to hone up on policy and get the right people around him just like everybody else has to. he should show a different side of him. i'm hoping comments come down. what is really unique here is that what may be going on that i havet know is that -- a feeling there are a lot of democrats that are attracted to him but will not say it. i think his next challenge is to bring that democratic voter into his camp. what he is doing now is probably not going to do that but i think donald trump has a lot of room to grow and hopefully we will see a change in him. at the same time, he will cheap

-- he will keep his brashness and sense of independence. host: i'm not sure if he is watching because he was on the today show. also going to appear on morning joe this morning. bonnie in lancaster, ohio. what do you think? caller: what i think is that donald trump might be rude, he might be crass and he is sometimes a bit of a bully but he is not stupid. he did not get to where he is by being stupid. i don't think that he meant that megyn kelly was hormonal. i think that the media, once again, is attacking the front runner because they want us to want jeb bush. in order to do that they have to shove the front runner out of place. five minutes into that debate,

my husband and i looked at one another and said, what's going on. narratorske the three were liberals. t was as though he was on cnn. they were argumentative. we felt they were trying to start a fight amongst the candidates. we were flabbergasted and i think what occurred was fox found out a were going to have a large audience and felt they had to deliver. host: fox and others say they were asking the candidates questions that would expose potential weaknesses. caller: the problem is, what i noticed, i have seen a lot of 60's, what i noticed is they did not ask donald trump a question of substance.

they did the other candidates. for the media to say, we have not heard substance yet, ask him the proper questions that you asked the other candidates. instead of asking impersonal questions. -- asking him personal questions. i think anyone who would think women, that against is a real stretch for me. host: catherine in houston, texas. what do you think? caller: i think donald trump is speaking his mind as all the other candidates in the republican field are. i'm sure political correctness, we needed to some extent but when i look at the republican party, i look at a field of candidates who say worse than what donald trump has said. if you listen to marco rubio's comments regarding rape and cest, he does not feel she

be allowed to have an abortion. you're not offended by those comments. what donald trump said, i was not offended at all. i did not think he was trying to be derogatory toward her. he was just speaking his mind. i think a lot of people within are afraidcan party if he goes all the way as a nominee that he will not be elected so they are trying to get him out of the race. host: we will be talking about media and their coverage of the campaign 2016 and other public policy issues. we will talk with the media research center and media matters, coming up on the washington journal. you mentioned senator marco rubio. here's a headline in the washington times. he is tired of responding to trump so rubio tackles abortion

and drug laws. it says that message includes a push to ban abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy. he staked out that position during thursday's debate ponting democrats to say it will cost him female voters if he spars with former secretary of state hillary clinton in the general election. he said, what i have never done is said i require that it must have or have not -- or not have exceptions. he says there are treatments that can reduce the need for exceptions to zero. joseph in california, an independent. good morning. caller: good morning. correctness is a bunch of silliness. donald trump, they don't want him to talk because they are these of his debate about

so-called trade deals they have done. they almost ruined our country completely. we are a skeleton of what we used to be. bring jobsp wants to out of china, back to the united states. carson was also on face the nation yesterday. here's what he had to say on this issue of being politically correct. [video clip] >> i think there may be a difference between political ness and courteous speech. what bothers me is when people say, you can't say this word, this phrase, you can't think that and it is difficult for people to have an honest conversation if they can't express themselves. in no way do i advocate saying mean things about people.

that has nothing to do with political correctness. host: dr. ben carson. the washington times has a quote from another candidate, rand paul of kentucky, saying i do not think we should reward bulgari. full garrity. .- vulgarity is that what we are going to make the decision on for who is going to be our nominee? jeb bush was equally critical of mr. trump saying, do we want to win? do we want to insult 53% of all voters? jeb bush making those comments at the red state gathering. eric erickson the leader of that group disinvited donald trump to attend. the wall street journal editorial board blames eric erickson for the rise of donald trump and say, this is too much for mr. erickson though it is fair to ask what took them so long. that is what donald trump does.

approvingly wrote that the number one thing you hear when you ask any republican about donald trump is this, he fights. , eric erickson wrote that while he would not vote for him unless he became the nominee , donald trump is a nontraditional candidate running a nontraditional campaign and kicking the asses of traditional campaign consultants. they can make a political argument beyond calling everyone terrific or stupid. yet with donald trump dominating media coverage they are not getting the hearing they deserve and mr. trump was guarantee gop debate -- defeat next year if you ran as a third-party spoiler. mr. erickson claims to be

embarrassed. donald trump had this to say about eric erickson. in atlanta people were angry at eric erickson. caller: good morning. whenld like to say that they said that hillary clinton lie., they all everyone of them. when that reporter asked s far,, she went back way looking for things to aggravate him, instead of looking at the issues. they didn't do that with the other candidates. they just did that to trump. as far as this political correctness, it is going so far, way farulum has swung

out of whack. things likebout that could down in georgia that 30 yearsn-word back i ago. when there is a way political things that should be done -- the border is one of them. trump is telling them absolutely what they don't want to hear. the whole population of the united states knows he is telling the truth. these politicians, who have made their business of lying to the people for years, it just comes natural to them, they need to in congress. that is not supposed to be a permanent job. they should have like four years . allow them to run for years, and they should all get out of there . they have become crazy.

i just don't know how to say it, but the pendulum has long way to far for political correctness, and trump is telling the truth. host: we got your point. brian from maryland, what do you think? caller: i think the last caller nailed it. that fox newsy would ever ask hillary clinton about her war on bill clinton's women. they would have never asked her that. they would never ask obama about his birth certificate, his transcripts for all the time he sat in reverend wright's church and listen to him preach racism day in and day out. megyn kelly would have never asked those question of those people. host: you think that is political correctness? caller: do you think it is? you will ask a liberal a question like that, but yet you

ump for after tr telling the truth. the problem with political correctness is no one wants to hear the truth, how the politicians have sold out the american worker in this country. the american worker is absolutely trashed to the republicans and democrats. it is no difference between the two parties any longer. the republican party is liberal. you had a caller earlier that told you the damn straight truth. is telling everybody the truth. you can tell how he is affected media, theom the republican party, the democratic party. they are all attacking him, and that tells me that he is the right guy because they are all mad at him and want to get him out of the game. host: all right. ted from cincinnati. know donald trump

sparked this conversation, but i would like to go past him and his overtone for a minute and talk about -- did you see in seattle, when bernie sanders, his rally was interrupted by a bunch of black life matters protesters. is proofnd of itself that the movement for political gotten way out of hand. the movie i would like to see is ," no oneves matter evens, they are extraterrestrials. host: all right. "a pair of protesters force bernie sanders off the podium, taking the microphone and rally," down b the

and organizer offered to give , but itn that mic quickly dissolved into a shouting match, and it was declared over, said is set by silently." he also had an event in seattle where nearly 12,000 people showed up for one of his events. ,lso in other campaign news here is "the washington times" .n hillary clinton's e-mails the state department says that all of the potential secret information and hurt e-mails -- in her e-mails has notched them off pace, and that is why the department is currently in violation of its orders. the department is supposed to have released 15% of her e-mails, but have released less pages shy ofe 1721

the goal, and that is because they have had to redact so much classified information. also, more campaign news, this is "the washington times." social issues taking a cautious approach, they say, and john kasich during the first official debate of the presence of race did make clear that he would prefer to racial marriage, but said love and compassion compel an open attitude. that is how he responded to one of the questions from one of the marriage, about gay when he was pressed on this issue of what he would tell his two daughters. many of you probably remember that as well. there's other news in the papers this morning about the ohio governor. he is calling for a pathway to gal citizenship for

undocumented immigrants in the united states as well as a labor program. theurrently holds towards .ack of the pack and in turn autopsy concluded that to win president elections, the party must embrace and champion comprehensive immigration reform to attract latino voters. governor kasich called for offering a pathway to legal status. that in "the washington journal." today, hillary clinton will propose debt-free college tuition. estimated $350 million would appreciate the government's role in college education, offering new government money, but with strings attached. she will be announcing that today. wishing that vice

president joe biden gets into the race. his two previous failed is could .aunt his candidacy what do you think? watched the debate, and what i saw and there were nine empty suits. the only one that was filled .ith donald trump into atrump can turn rust affiant, and i will still vote for him. host: what you all think? do you need to be politically correct? republicans, (202) 748-8001. democrats, (202) 748-8000. .ndependents, (202) 745-8002 getting your thoughts on that

this morning. what do you think about what donald trump has said? is he not politically correct, and should he not run for the white house because of a? call in with your thoughts. ahe daily beast" has had couple articles about what donald trump has said over the years. in an interview with howard stern, she takes a look at what he has said over the years. in a 2000 interview, promoting "the apprentice," trump spent more than two minutes of air an intern,g at stern told her, she could be the apprentice. by the way, he was dating his current third wife at the time, and went on to discuss j. lo,

and also said that the most beautiful in the world -- he went on to say creepy things about paris hilton and his own daughter, when he was discussing women who, in his opinion, are the most beautiful in the world. what do you think about political correctness? sheila in maine, you are on the air. caller: that is massachusetts. anyway, i think donald trump better be prepared for what the liberal media has for him. it will be a lot worse than what fox and megyn kelly could think of doing with him. also, he chooses the same technique that the lobbyists are doing. he buys his way, no different .rom lobbyists i do not know why he is criticizing lobbyist, when he does the same thing.

he admitted it. he said he paid hillary clinton to come to his wedding. that is no different in what lobbyists are doing. host: an independent, alan, what are your thoughts this morning? take don think they trump, and they should have been picking on bush. after all, politically correct -- if they want the money, bush is the one who has the money. all of those candidates out there, instead of attacking trump should attack bush. how come megyn kelly didn't spanishush -- he speaks and his home, and he wants to be president, but he doesn't think enough of our country to speak our language in his home? host: what do you think? caller: good morning. i don't believe the candidates should be politically correct. it stifles honest discourse.

i think that they are all, aside from trump, lying about who they are and what they believe. that youet the sense can really trust any of them. with donald, he can go off the rails, so i don't necessarily like that part of it, i think he is engaging in feuds with people, by would like to see more candidates like him and people who are not career politicians because they are dishonest, they are all liars. host: a republican, good morning. caller: good morning. host: you are on their and your what do you think? political correctness, do you need it to run for the white house? times, for your advantage, i think donald trump about howe too blunt

he feels, but that is what we need in america, someone who will come out and say it like it is, politically correct or not. work to theakes it advantage of america. i think overall, this is what we need. we need change. every time we vote for republican or democrat, we get nowhere. we always have the same problems. and aas a republican woman, you are not offended by what you heard? caller: no. the questions they asked him are to have inclined him come out as a tyrant, as a guy who hates women. if you really listen to his comets, although he is a little blunt, at the end of the day, he is what he says. host: the front page of "the wall street journal,"

industry, states set to fight ules. the epa issued regulations last week under a seldomly used section of the clean air act. the agency is also confronting legislative oddity from 1990. of course, how courts interpret the amendment could determine whether the administrations powerplant rules survive. a fox news commentator and contributor says this, the war on coal is the war on red states. conservative coal towns are being destroyed across america. here are the top 10 states that

rely on coal for their energy. west virginia, 95%. kentucky, 89%. 79%.uri, you can see the list from there. these are the bottom 10 states. rhode island, vermont, oregon, maine,nia, idaho, washington, new york, new jersey, and connecticut. esther obama announced the .oughest regulations on coal this is is more on coal that he announced in 2008. he has long admitted that fromving omissions coal plants will bankrupt coal .tates stephen moore points out that these are red states. there is also this in "the new york times" front page. the story about