and ashley pratt and more. tax hikes in this economy? come on. >> the last thing we need and do you want to know why? because the average american fasm is strapped. and that is because of this horrible economy that we've had president obama. and tax hikes are going to make things worse. the middle class is shrinking rapidly and that is very dangerous because now we're putting people into the very poor category and the very rich category and if we want to be france and tax our wealthy fine but guess what they are going to leave just like they did in france and there was major hoopla then because businesses can't be created and right now we are burdening small businesses causing businesses to close. >> this economy is barely growin taxes and gdp actually grew. because if i'm the government and i take a dollar from you of defense, 23 billion in wasteful spending. bridges to nowhere, back to effectively. that is the problem with government spending. it is just not right. it is not fair and it is in effective. >> and these protesters clearly

ashley pratte, a senior political reporter. tony, he is a marketing genius. >> yeah. melissa: this makes a lot of sense. people are saying well he changes his position or knot prepared for the question. no, i think he is totally prepared. says one thing a headline some people take away. you go down into the details he says something a little bit different but doesn't conflict with it. just a modifying of it. people hear that. is it genius? >> i think he is extremely popular and effective because he is not rigid. that is helpful. one of the underrated aspects of trump es appeal in my opinion is he also seems pragmatic. throws something out there. gets people talk about it. get different points of views from republicans democrats and hear his position evolve and almost he is leading charge for better solution. on some issues republicans feel strongly on, tax reform and other things related to national security i think he has to keep steady on the republican party orthodoxy but i think a lot of these other matters, you know what? it is for donald trump really maybe to ta

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adam goodman and ashley pratt. dismantling a court.like it is starting to sharpen up and get distinct financial policy stepped on here. >> the trump narrative has been to go in a differenta different direction and try to do things that have not been done for a long time. from foreign-policy where we have a long record of conciliation, strengthen the systems at home. nice thing is he is going to put it out there they figure out there trying to america which is very going to get back on our game again, do what i've done my whole life, when. charles: a few days ago the journal but a peace. but this 557 million in income is three times what they thought he had. once again proving the media wrong. >> proving the media wrong all the time. policy positions are rather exciting. starting with .-dot frank which has been a disaster, his economic plan which is going to be the corporate tax rate that will come down to 50 percent, look, he has been misjudged, underestimated by the media. once again he is proving it. take a look at this. barack obama

here to weigh in democratic strategist and political reporter ashley pratt. good morning. being with us. >> good morning. the new nbc poll 15 minutes ahead. is this a done knedeal for nem? >> they are like two kids throwing rocks at a train going by. the good country music will hunting and fishing, there's a lot of people in indiana and west virginia and states that come up that love them hunting and fishing and guess what they are voting for right now? donald trump. it will be hard to stop him. there is no way they will vote against him. >> mime p-- announcing his running mate earlier than expected krar lee fcarly fiorin. he knows this is a must win state. >> this is the cruz last stand and trump movement last stand. this isn't wisconsin. we are seeing him down by 15. in wisconsin we saw him constantly pulling ahead of donald trump. now with trump in the lead it is hard to deny indiana could lean his way. he could get the delegates with the win. it doesn't seem to be working in any way to stop him from getting near the necessary delegates. that will actually back fire aga

here is ashley pratt. thank you for joining us bright and early. >> not quite bright yet. l tadark out. can he do it without uniting the party? ash will he lee -- ashley, i will start with you. >> he can do it without the party but if there's one thing he has proven he can go it alone. his favorables are low with a bunch of demographics including women and hispanics. he would need to win over 70 percent of the white male vote which is something we haven't seen in order for him to over come some of the demographic challenges. uniting the party would be important for his candidacy. he has proven people wrong before including top strategists. i think at this point it is important to have a united front going in to the general election especially someone like hillary clinton. >> he has proven wrong people from the beginning of this. he has won by large percentages in a lot of these states. >> one thing for sure you have seen han up tick. he is bringing a lot of new people in the process. as ashley said i think she is right he's turning people off you can't measure what you don'

"lifezette" senior political reporter ashley pratte. we have democratic pollster jessica tarlov. lcome to you all. so ashley, what do you make of mcdonald's statement, the first one and then what he assumes is context which many people find shocking for a west point idea? >> it just seems highly offensive, insensitive and disgusting in the face of so many heroes that have died waiting in line at the va. we all know what happened with that scandal many. just seems as though no win is willing to accept responsibility within this administration. you know we had shinseki that resigned. at same time we continue all placement of blame but anyone at va or administration. we need to realize these kind of off-the-cuff comments are doing more harm than good to our veterans and to do something like that is just completely insulting, to even compare it to disney in the sense of when they're going to these va hospitals. deirdre: not for vacation. >> it is not. deirdre: nothing enjoyable. sara, i want to bring you in on this, some people say, who know bob mcdonald, he is good guy, west point gr

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with us now is jennifer carlisle and ashley pratt, a gop strategist and senior political reporter. start with you, ashley. hillary clinton, this has dogged her for years, the trust worthy number. it seems to be hanging out at an elevated 64, depending on the polls. 64 to 70%. >> and her likability, too. remember in 2008, barack obama said how likeable are you. that is haunting her today. and sanders is more likeable than her and i think when it comes to hillary clinton and donald trump in the general election, voters, honestly, are going to vote based upon the economy and right now, donald trump is leading there. her trust worthy numbers are plummeting and trump's are actually pretty decent considering and if you look at the fox news poll, he is more trust worthy than she is. >> what about that? that is one of the selling points of hillary clinton. if he is not truthworthy either but his numbers are on the incline of trustworthiness. >> i think that has to do with the fact that the primary is going on. as long as the contest with bernie sanders continues to exist it will look bad fo

"lifezette" senior political reporter, ashley pratte.e have a republican strategist, sara flores and democratic strategist basil smikel. welcome to you all. what does this imply for november since you're democratic voice? the fact hillary clinton, she is the presumptive nominee. people who believe in math think she will get it, but a lot of people are saying listen, senator sanders is almost like terrier at her heals and california may be a challenge for her. >> i think she wins california and i think she wins new jersey. she is only 90 delegates away from clinching the nomination. i'm fairly confident she goes into july, into our national convention with the delegates that she needs. look, once both republicans and democrats have their conventions we reset a little bit. i think her negatives will go down and particularly compared to trump, as she starts talking more about policy. deirdre: right now it seems like he is closing the gap. i mean i agree that it is not, right this second this is unlikability contest, so both candidates have

ashley pratte, julie roginsky fox news contributor.ulie, a lot of democratic folks, pretty high up have been talking about the penchant for violence in their words. there was one democratic state senator in nevada said, she saw an older woman hit by a bottle by one of these bernie protesters. she said it was beyond the pale. there was no reason to do that. there are many other examples. does this go all the way to the convention? >> well listen, from what i've been hearing, threats against the nevada state chairwoman grandchildren from bernie sanders supporters. this is unconscionable behavior. i don't care what party you belong to or who you are this is unacceptable. bernie sanders i understand is not responsible for behavior of his supporters. if i were in his shoes come out condemn it forcefully. let his supporters know that there is no room for this. david: we have breaking news. in past hour we have news from bernie sanders. i will read a part of it to you, ashley. in fact he is not necessarily contrite, doing what the democrats w

ashley pratt joins us now from our bureau in washington, d.c. so much for joining us. >> anytime. >> what is your take on the latest polls. we had the real clear politic average of polls that puts trump ahead by .2%. we had other polls that we looked at specifically this. this was the "wall street journal" poll and another put him ahead. she is losing ground. >> it looks as she stays in a battle with bernie sanders trump's numbers can only go up from here. i think that's what we are starting to see is the consolidation and unification around the ticket. it was something a longtime ago that we thought republicans would be ones who were fractured and tattered and the torn, but it is the democrats in this case hillary clinton's number can only go up that is important to look at. she has not done herself favors. she built her entire career running for the white house and this is her last chance and she knows that. getting into the election is donald trump whose number rims proving and is made of teflon. nothing he says sticks and she has not been abl

with us a democratic strategist and pollster and ashley pratt senior political reporter at lifezette.rt with you, four years the trust worthy number. it seems to be hanging out very elevated 64, depending on the poll, 64 to 70%. >> yeah and her likability, too. remember in 2008 obama said i mean how likeable are you? that is still haunting her today. and sanders is more likeable than her. i think when it comes it hillary clinton and donald trump in the general election, voters honestly are going to vote based upon the economy. and right now donald trump is leading there. her trust one way or the other -- trust worthyy numbers are plummeting. if you look at the fox news policy actually more trust one way or the one way or the worthy. >> his numbers seem to be on the incline of trustworthiness where hillary clinton can't get out of the ditch. >> a lot of it has to do with the fact that primary is still going on. council contrast bernie sanders still exists it's going to look bad for her. it's interesting politifact found she was the number one based on fact checking her statements and h

ashley pratt, senior political writer for life set and julie roginsky, democratic strategist and foxf you. we showed you headline from the website. here is one of the quotes. clinton and trump are more strongly disliked at this point in the past 10 presidential cycles. wow. julie, starts what gives? >> a matter of hold your nose and vote for person you hate least. not certainly that people vote for beloved candidate. different from obama in in '08 o drew a lot of support and adulation from his supporters in this case, hillary clinton is more disliked than any other candidate running except for one, and that one is donald trump. almost disliked as david duke when he ran for president. david duke had no shot getting nomination. it is pretty surreal. >> duke beats him in this. i'm happy to hear the grand wizard of the ku klux klan beats somebody in terms of being hated. bill: ashley, you saw the piece, what did you think of? >> it is interesting, right? hillary clinton was supposed to be in a cakewalk for the nomination on the democratic side. without trump in the race, she would have b

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