In-town pool report #6 — gaggle quotes pt 2

Q: Do you plan to go campaign in Maine?

"Well we're going for a number of — it's a lot of work. I will tell you, it's a lot of it's a lot of travel. But I love the people. We're getting great crowds. They have a line in Iowa that's miles long right now, trying to get into the arena."

Q: You're spending a lot of time and money in Texas

"Well, I think that we have the greatest attorney general running in the history of Texas, and he's running against a guy they call him a freak. I mean, that's his nickname. He is a freak, and Texas cannot have Talafreako. So what Texas has is the greatest attorney general of the history, and one of the greatest attorney generals in the country, and that's what you want to be your senator."

Q: What have you heard about DOJ investigating Corey Lewandowski?

"I heard something about it, but I don't know exactly what it is. All I know is I want my people to be honest, and if they're not going to be honest, they have to be prosecuted. I don't know about specifically, but because I view it, people are not honest. They're stealing from me as president. They're stealing for me, so I want my people to be honest. And if they're not honest, I'll have my DOJ go and do whatever they have to do."

Q: do you want the investigation to proceed?

"Well, I guess I could stop anything. Look, if my people are not — I have no idea what he did. I've just heard about it as well. I want the people to work for this administration to be 100%"

Q: What does Calley Means' resignation from HHS mean for MAGA? Is it dead?

"Don't know him very well at all. You're talking about?"

Q: Calley Means, HHS advisor to Secretary Kennedy

"No we're doing great."

Q: followup on Lewandowski investigation

"I would say this. If somebody is dishonest, I consider that not only against the country but against me. So I will never, I will never do anything to stop a prosecution if somebody is dishonest."

Q: Are you worried about Mississippi?

"What's wrong with it. I'm just hearing about it from you."

Q: Are you worried about losing the Senate seat?

"What are the poll numbers? Cindy Hyde-Smith's been very popular. If I need to — you know I won Mississippi as, like I did just about everything else, in a landslide. So if I need to get her over the top, I would go there. She's great. Cindy Hyde-Smith's great. So I'm pretty booked up as you see, but if I need to go, I'd go."

Q: Will you only endorse Vice President Vance if Republicans hold the majorities?

"Where do you get that idea? I never even thought of it now because we just — we have too much time to be thinking about that. It's a long way off."

Q: another followup on Lewandowski

"I just heard about it a while ago, but I want my people to be honest with you. If he's honest, that's good. If he's not, he'll have to pay a price."

Q: how has the Iran war impacted the elections?

"Well in one way, they love it because I'm doing what should have been done by other presidents, and another way maybe they don't. It's — there's a price to pay, which I knew immediately when I did it, but we can't let Iran have a nuclear weapon. I mean, in one way, people probably don't love it, but many people, many great patriots, really love it. This should have been done a long time ago by other presidents. The Iran War, and we've knocked the hell out of them, and we may do it a little bit further."

Christian Datoc
White House Correspondent
Washington Examiner