Priebus: Where Republicans Are Situated with Trump as Their Candidate, Is Better Today than It’s Ever Been

RUSH TRANSCRIPT:
STEPHANOPOULOS: “I’ll begin with you, reince. We have a sitting president who was facing felony indictments. Donald Trump now facing three felony indictments right now and he’s now been convicted. He’s a convicted felon. Why isn’t that a constitutional crisis?”

PRIEBUS: “Well, because I think this is going to be up to the voters and the voters don’t see it that way.”

STEPHANOPOULOS: “I’m asking you as a representative of former President Trump.”

PRIEBUS: “I don’t see it as a constitutional crisis.”

STEPHANOPOULOS: “He did.”

PRIEBUS: “I’m with those who said when Alvin Bragg decided in New York he’s in the best situation to go after Donald Trump because he’s done it over 100 times to his kids and that was one of the basis for his election, he made it political. Joe Biden made it political by sending Robert De Niro into Manhattan. The district attorney chose to make it political and what’s happening? What’s happening is we’ve got an unbelievable united party $53 million came in the door. I spoke to the chairman of the RNC yesterday and I spoke to President Trump yesterday and I asked him, is there anything that you’re seeing right now other than the headache of this conviction that isn’t going to well in this campaign? And the answer is that this campaign, and where the Republicans are situated today with Donald Trump as their candidate, is better today than it’s ever been at any time.”

STEPHANOPOULOS: “It doesn’t bother you that Donald Trump is a convicted felon?”

PRIEBUS: “Not on this case, it doesn’t. Not on this case, it doesn’t because this is a case just like your legal panel just debated, where smart lawyers, lawyers without political affiliation are saying that this case is flawed in many regards and an appeal is at least — at least a doable appeal —“

STEPHANOPOULOS: “So it does bother you on the January 6th case?”

PRIEBUS: “It could. But listen, I think this case is unique. I think that when you have a case where the statute of limitations has run and the only way you can revive the case is by hooking a federal crime, that’s where the appeal is.”