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00:00TURNING TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY'S LATEST EFFORT TO PUSH FORWARD PRESIDENT TRUMP'S AGENDA, KEVIN CERILLI SPOKE WITH THE RNC CHAIRMAN AND HE KICKED THINGS OFF WITH A QUESTION ABOUT PRESIDENTS TRUMP'S VICTORY BACK IN NOVEMBER. >> WE THOUGHT EARLY ON WHEN DONALD TRUMP CAME, HE CREATED A MOVEMENT. WE KNEW THE NUMBERS WERE SHIFTING HIS WAY. THROUGH THE RNC AND THE DATA PROGRAM SO WE WERE ABLE TO SEE THAT BLUE COUNTIES THAT WERE TYPICALLY DEMOCRATIC VOTERS WERE SHIFTING RED AND I WAS ABLE TO PUT RESOURCES THERE AND OFFICES THERE. WE SAW THAT WAS SHIFTING. WE WERE HOPING TO FLY UNDER THE RADAR. WE KNOW THE DEMOCRATS DID NOT HAVE THE GROUND GAME AND THEY WERE NOT INVESTING IN MICHIGAN. >> UNDERDOG. >> HILLARY CLINTON FIGURED IT OUT AT THE END BUT IT WAS TOO LATE. >> THIS WAS A BRUISING POLITICAL CAMPAIGN. THE PRIMARY, THE DYNAMICS OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, YOU COME FROM A POLITICAL FAMILY YOURSELF, WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO GET THE CALL FROM THEN PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP THAT YOU WERE GOING TO TAKE OVER THE RNC? MANY PEOPLE WERE SURPRISED. >> I WAS HONORED WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP ENDORSED ME FOR THIS POSITION. IT MEANT A LOT TO HAVE PAUL RYAN HAVE FAITH IN MAY. COMING TO THIS LEVEL, IT'S THRILLING. THEN YOU GO WE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO. >> WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO? >> WE HAVE TO KEEP THE MOMENTUM. REINCE UNDERSTOOD WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON THE MECHANICS OF THE ELECTION AND WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT. WE HAVE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AND I HAVE BEEN OVER 15,000 MILES IN 50 STATES ENGAGING WITH GRASSROOTS AND DONORS SMALL TOO HIGH OF DOLLAR DONORS. WE HAVE TO HAVE THE RESOURCES SO WE CAN GET ON THE GROUND EARLY. >> IT'S BEEN FASCINATING TO WATCH PRESIDENT TRUMP'S POLITICAL ORBIT, PEOPLE LIKE MICHAEL COHEN AND STEVE WYNN, A YEAR AGO, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN FAR-FETCHED AND NOW IT SEEMS THERE IS MORE COHESION. WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO DONORS WHEN YOU WALK OUT THERE? >> OUR MESSAGE TO DONORS AS WE HAVE TO KEEP THE MOMENTUM. WE CANNOT BECOME COMPLACENT BIGGIES WE ARE HEADING INTO A MIDTERM WHERE ALREADY BUILDING A BRETT BROWN GAME. >> WHAT ARE THE STAKES QUESTION MARK >> WE HAVE THE SUMMIT MAP OR HE OF -- WHERE WE HAVE 10 STATES WHERE WE HAVE DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENTS AND THE REST ARE INDIANA, MICHIGAN, OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA AND THEN YOU HAVE NORTH DAKOTA AND FLORIDA AND MONTANA AND YOU HAVE STATES WE CAN BE COMPETITIVE IN AND REALLY PICK UP SEATS IN THE SENATE. >> NORTH DAKOTA IS INTERESTING BECAUSE SENATOR HEITKAMP HAS PROVEN TO BE ONE OF THE DEMOCRATS IN THE UPPER CHAMBER WHO WAS WILLING TO WORK WITH THE WHITE HOUSE. IS THAT A POLITICAL RISK? DO YOU WANT TO KEEP SOME DEMOCRATS WHO ARE SHOWN A WILLINGNESS TO WORK ACROSS THE AISLE? >> THEY VOTE A LOT WITH HER DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY AND THEY WOULD VOTE FOR CHUCK SCHUMER AS THEIR DEMOCRATIC LEADERS OF THAT'S A NONSTARTER. THEY MAY SEEM TO BE WORKING ACROSS THE AISLE BUT WHEN IT COMES TO LEADERSHIP, THEY WILL ALWAYS VOTE FOR THAT DEMOCRATIC LEADER. CHUCK SCHUMER HAS SHOWN HE IS ONLY INTERESTED RIGHT NOW IN OBSTRUCTING ANYTHING THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO DO TO HELP THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. >> WE ARE COMING UP ON THE 100 DAY MARK OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FIRST TERM IN OFFICE. WHAT HAS BEEN HIS BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT SO FAR? >> I THINK HE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING FROM THE DAY HE GOT ELECTED, FOCUSING ON BRINGING JOBS BACK TO THE COUNTRY AND CREATED A STELLAR CABINET. I THINK THE SIGNATURE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE FIRST 100 DAYS HAS TO BE THE NOMINATION OF NEIL GORSUCH TO THE SUPREME COURT. >> EVEN WITH THE DEPLOYING OF THE NUCLEAR OPTION? >> ABSOLUTELY, TO HAVE JUSTICE SCALIA BE REPLACED WITH A JURIST OF THIS CALIBER AND SEE THE WAY HE HANDLED HIMSELF IN THE SENATE CONFIRMATION HEARINGS AND SEE HIM NOW ON THE BENCH. >> SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN VIEWED THE NUCLEAR OPTION AS A MISTAKE. >> IT WAS THEREID RULE, THE RULE THE DEMOCRATS PUT IN PLACE THAT CHANGES HOW WE PUT JURIST IN PLACE AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE THE DEMOCRATS SAID THAT. >> WHAT HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST MISSTEP OR BLEMISH OR HARDEST PART OF THE FIRST 100 DAYS QUESTION MARK >> >> YOU'LL LEARN YOU CANNOT GET EVERYTHING DONE AT ONCE. IT WILL TAKE TIME AND REPUBLICANS HAVE A DIALOGUE AND WE HAVE A DISCUSSION AND WE HAVE DISAGREEMENTS. BY THE WAY, THAT WILL MAKE FOR BETTER LEGISLATION ON THE BACK END. WE ARE TRANSPARENT AND GO TO WHERE VOTERS AND ASK WHAT YOU WANT. WE WILL END UP WITH A BETTER HEALTH CARE BILL BECAUSE OF THAT CONVERSATION WE ARE HAVING NOT JUST WITHIN THE PARTY BUT WITH THE VOTERS. TAKE NOTE, DEMOCRATS KNOW THE HEALTH CARE IS FAILING AND THEY ARE NOWHERE TO BE SEEN. THEY DON'T WANT TO BE PART OF THIS CONVERSATION. >> YOU HAD A REPUBLICAN -- YOU HAVE A REPUBLICAN WHITE HOUSE AND HOUSE AND SENATE AND I HEARD ALL DURING THE CAMPAIGN THAT THEY WERE GOING TO REPEAL AND REPLACE THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT OR OBAMACARE. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO REPUBLICANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY LIKE IN MICHIGAN WHO ARE LOOKING AT WASHINGTON AND THINKING WE DELIVERED. WHY CAN YOU FIX OBAMACARE? WHAT IS THIS FUNCTION? >> WE ARE NOT EVEN 100 DAYS IN AND IT WILL TAKE TIME. WHAT YOU SAY TO THE VOTERS IS GIVE US TIME BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. IT IS COLLAPSING AND PEOPLE ARE REALLY HURTING. I SAW IT IN MY STATE WHEN PREMIUMS ARE GOING UP IN DOUBLE DIGITS EVERY YEAR. WHEN YOUR DEDUCTIBLES ARE SO HIGH THAT YOUR HEALTH CARE IS SOMETHING YOU ARE AFRAID OF, THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO FIX. YOU HAVE SEEN THE PRESIDENT TAKE LEADERSHIP IN HIS JOINT ADDRESS TO CONGRESS SAYING LET'S WORK ACROSS PARTY LINES, LET'S FIND SOLUTIONS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE HURTING. IT'S UNFORTUNATE THE DEMOCRATS HAVE CHOSEN TO BASICALLY GO ON STRIKE. >> CAN REPUBLICANS HOLD ONTO THE MAJORITY ON HEALTH CARE OR TAX REFORM OR EVEN FINANCIAL POLICIES QUESTION MARK >> I HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT REPUBLICANS WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TO GET THESE THINGS ACCOMPLISHED. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SHOW THAT WE CAN KEEP OUR CAMPAIGN PROMISES GOING INTO 2018. THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT IS SOMETHING WE WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR BUT WE ARE WORKING ON IT AND THE PRESIDENT IS LEADING. REPUBLICANS ARE HAVING ROBUST DISCUSSIONS. WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE HURTING AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO PUT PEOPLE ABOVE POLITICS. >> WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO LAWMAKERS WHO ARE ABOUT TO COME BACK ON MONDAY? THEY ARE HEADING INTO TALK ABOUT THESE POLICIES LIKE HEALTH CARE. >> I THINK THE MESSAGE TO THE LAWMAKERS WILL BE GIVEN TO THEM FROM THEIR VOTERS. AS THEY GO BACK TO THEIR DISTRICTS AND HEAR THEIR STORIES ABOUT HOW THEY ARE HURTING, ABOUT HOW HEALTH CARE IS SOMETHING THEY EXPECT US TO WORK ON AND REPEAL AND REPLACE. THEY WILL NEED TO GET THAT DONE

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