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00:00JOHN: DONALD TRUMP'S COMMENTS HAVE BEEN BESIEGED FOR HIS RACE-BAITING COMMENTS ON A JUDGE. AFTER COMMENTS FROM MITCH MCCONNELL AND BOB CORKER, TRUMP SAW A FRESH WAVE OF CRITICISM FROM HIS SIDE OF THE AISLE TODAY. JOHN KASICH, MARCO RUBIO, SUSAN COLLINS, AND KELLY AYOTTE SPOKE OUT AGAINST HIM. HERE IS WHAT NEWT GINGRICH HAD TO SAY ABOUT TRUMP ON FOX NEWS. NEWT GINGRICH: THIS IS ONE OF THE WORST MISTAKE SHE HAS MADE. IT IS NOT EXCUSABLE. I THINK THAT HE HAS TO MOVE TO A NEW LEVEL. THIS LONGER IS THE PRIMARY AND HE IS NO LONGER AN INTERESTING CONTENDER. HE IS A POTENTIAL LEADER OF THE UNITED STATES AND HE HAS TO MOVE HIS GAME UP TO THE LEVEL OF A POTENTIAL LEADER. JOHN: TRUMP REACTED AND SHOWED NO SIGNS OF BACKING DOWN. DONALD TRUMP: I WAS SURPRISED BY NEWT GINGRICH AND I THOUGHT IT WAS INAPPROPRIATE. >> DOES ANY OF THIS GET THROUGH AND MAKE YOU REFORM YOUR TACTICS? SOMEONE CAME OUT AND SAID YOU MADE A HUGE MISTAKE. DONALD TRUMP: I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY I AM BEING TREATED UNFAIRLY BY A JUDGE. I WANT TO FIGURE OUT WHY I AM BEING TREATED UNFAIRLY. JOHN: WE HAVE ASKED MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WHO HAVE ENDORSED TRUMP TO COME ON THE SHOW. THEY EITHER DID NOT RESPOND OR SAID THEY WERE NOT AVAILABLE. DONALD TRUMP, HIS COMMENTS ON THIS, HIS DEFENSE OF THIS, HIS CONFERENCE CALL, HOW MUCH DAMAGE IS IT DOING? MARK: A TON. FROM LEADERSHIP, CONSERVATIVES ON THE FENCE ABOUT HIM, HIS REMARKS HAVE BEEN ATTACKED BY EVERYONE. THEY DO NOT LIKE THE POLITICS AND DO NOT LIKE WHAT HE SAID. YOU HAVE EDITORIAL BOARDS WRITING STORIES AND WANTING TO KNOW WHERE LOCAL OFFICIALS STAND. AS NEWT GINGRICH SAID, THIS IS THE WORST THING HE HAS DONE, POLITICALLY, SUBSTANTIVELY, AND, BASED OFF OF WHAT WAS SAID ON FOX, IT DOES NOT SEEM LIKE HE WILL TRY TO UNRING THE BELL. JOHN: HE LIT A FIRE IN THE HOUSE, STOKED THE FIRE, POURED GASOLINE ALL OVER HIMSELF, AND IS NOW INSIDE THE HOUSE AND TRYING TO GET MORE GHASTLY TO MAKE THE FIRE BIGGER. I WAS AT AN EVENT IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE WITH A BUNCH OF LAWYERS. THEY WERE ALL HORRIFIED, OUR TRAGED BY THE DISPLAY. JUST THE ATTACK OF THE INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY, IF YOU ARE LOSING PARTY LEADERSHIP, PEOPLE WHO RELUCTANTLY CAME TO ENDORSE YOU AND ARE FORCED TO CRITICIZE YOU WITH STRONG TERMS AND THE PEOPLE LIKE THAT, ALL MORTIFIED, YOU CANNOT OVERSTATE HOW BIG OF A MISTAKE THIS IS AND HE IS JUST MAKING THIS WORSE. HE SAYS THAT HE INTENDS TO KEEP DOING IT. MARK: THE DEMOCRATS WERE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS. THE REALITY OF WHAT WAS SAID WAS OUTRAGEOUS FOR SENSIBILITIES. WHEN HE CAME OUT FOR A TEMPORARY BAN ON MUSLIM IMMIGRATION, THERE WAS SUPPORT. A REASON THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS OUTRAGED IS BECAUSE THIS IS ABOUT BUSINESS AND PROTECTING A PRIVATE LAWSUIT. HE IS USING THE PLATFORM OF BEING THE PARTY NOMINEE TO TRY TO WIN A LEGAL CASE THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE COUNTRY. ONLY PERSONAL BUSINESS AND REPUTATION. JOHN: ALL OF THE WORK THAT WAS DONE FROM TIME HE BECAME THE NOMINEE TO TRY TO UNIFY THE PARTY, SURPRISINGLY, SO MUCH OF THE RESISTANCE HAD SUPERFICIALLY FADE AWAY. ALL OF THE WORK SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN UNDONE BY THIS AND IT EXPOSED THE EXTENT TO WHICH PEOPLE WERE SUPERFICIALLY FOR HIM. THEY ARE LOOKING AT THE GUY AND SAYING, "DOES THIS GUY WANT TO BE PRESIDENT?" THIS IS THE COMMENTARY YOU ARE STARTING TO SEE. "DOES HE WANT TO BE PRESIDENT?" "DOES HE GET NOMINATED IN CLEVELAND?" THESE ARE ALL OVERSTATED. BUT, IT IS BAD. MARK: THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE SAYING, MAYBE WE CAN UNEND ORSE HIM. DAVID FRENCH WILL NOT LAUNCH AN INDEPENDENT BID. GARY JOHNSON IS SOMEONE CONSERVATIVES CAN VOTE FOR. TRUMP'S APPROACH WILL CONTINUE. IT IS AN AFFRONT TO WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF AS THE INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY AND IT IS A BIG PROBLEM. THE TONE ON THE CONFERENCE CALL AND THE ATTITUDE ON THE CONFERENCE CALL IS NOT ONE OF A GUY WHO LOOKS TO SOLVE PROBLEMS WITH FINESSE, APOLOGY, OR EXPLANATION. PEOPLE, LIKE PAUL RYAN, SAY THAT THEY WILL CRITICIZE HIM. THE HOPE WAS THAT, HE WOULD BECOME THE NOMINEE AND MOVED TO THE CENTER. THIS IS ONE OF THE WORST AND SEE HAS SAID. JOHN: THIS LAST PART BEARS REPEATING. ALL OF THEM HAD HOPED THAT DONALD TRUMP WOULD ROUGH OFF -- SAND OFF THE ROUGH EDGES. THEY ARE GETTING ROUGHER. TO SAY THAT SOMEONE, BY THEIR ANCESTRY, IS INCAPABLE OF DOING THEIR JOB, IT IS A FUNDAMENTAL AFFRONT TO AMERICAN VALUES. FOR DONALD TRUMP TO SAY THAT THE PEOPLE WHO POINT THAT OUT ARE THE RACISTS --

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