Transcript of Tulsi Gabbard on how Trump plans to sway voters

We have new polling tonight that shows voters were impressed by how vice President Kamala Harris performed in her debate with former President Donald Trump. The latest numbers show that 67% of voters, likely voters, I should say, say that they believe Harris did well, 40 % said the same of Donald Trump. The numbers hold across demographics. When you dig into this, it's a majority of every race, age, and education level saying that Harris, they believe, did better. Of course, you look deeper into these numbers and the race itself remains deadlocked. My source on all of this helped prepare Donald Trump for that debate and is now a Trump transition team co-chair, Tulsi Gabbard, and it's great to have you here. When you do look at these numbers, and we talked about Pennsylvania a moment ago, But just overall, we've got 46 days to go before the election. Neither one of them has a decisive advantage. What do you think that Trump needs to do over these next seven weeks to change that?

I think he's going to continue to stay very focused on reaching out to voters, not taking a single person for granted, and talking to them about the issues that they care about most that impact their everyday lives the most. This is such a unique situation that we all find ourselves in, where we have two people running for President who actually have a record. So it's not just about, are these empty campaign promises? Voters will actually be able to compare the record of President Trump through his first term in the White House and the last four years under Vice President Harris and Joe Biden. And there are very clear contrast between them on almost every single major issue that Americans are concerned about, whether we're talking about the economy and the cost of living, something that was drastically lower for most Americans under President Trump than what they've experienced over the last four years. We look at border security, we look at crime, we look at domestic policy and foreign policy. In each of these areas, President Trump will continue to share with voters his record of success and remind them about how overall the quality of life for the American people was much better under him and why he looks forward to coming back into office to improve their quality of life once again.

You helped prep for the first debate. Do you think a second debate where... I heard from some advisors and allies who thought he did not do a good enough job drawing that contrast the first time. Do you think a second debate where maybe he did that more it would be helpful to him when we look at these numbers?

Yeah, Kaitlyn, I think the numbers that you just showed, people's opinions on the debate versus how they are actually going to vote, that the race is still very close, just illustrates, frankly, how these debates have become nothing more than political theater that political pundits like to focus on and talk about a lot. A lot of the mainstream media likes to talk about the debates. But when it comes down to voters, what they care about most are hearing from these candidates about their issues and about their record. And so I've had personal experience with this. When I ran for President in 2020, it was a frustrating situation where you've got what, 90 seconds, maybe two minutes to talk about very serious issues that people are impacted by every day. So President Trump is going to continue to stay focused. He is working hard. He is traveling and going and seeing voters exactly where they are.

You talked about a disciplined campaign and having that. When Trump is in North Carolina on Saturday, a must-win state, do you share the concerns that others have about Mark Robinson and the new reporting that came out today about the candidate and the comments that he's made, given Trump has emphatically endorsed him? Do you think he should disavow him?

Based on what I've seen in the news today, those are questions for Mark Robinson. President Trump is running for President, not Mark Robinson. So what I know is that he is going to continue to stay very focused on his mission and not be distracted from his effort to try to save our country from the disaster that would occur if Kamala Harris is elected as our President and Commander-in-Chief. And so that's what's driving him. That's what he cares most about, and that's what he's going to continue to stay focused on doing. Yeah.

I just think we've heard concerns about whether it hurts turnout or how Republicans in North Carolina feel about that, of course, with Mark Robinson at the top of the ticket, of course, underneath Donald Trump as he's running in that state. But I want to ask you about another issue in this election because you've spoken very candidly and really personally about a struggle that you've had with IVF, which is something that I think a lot of women can relate to. I know a lot of women can relate to because we've had many of them on this show. I wonder if you have concerns that the Trump-Vance ticket It alienates other women who may have gone through that when we are talking about past comments on childless cat ladies or when Governor Sanders, Sarah Sanders of Arkansas, is saying, Her kids humble her, but Harris doesn't have anyone to humble her.

I think those things are some of the many distractions away from actually sharing with voters what President Trump's position is on IVF. I spoke to him about this. He didn't I was going to ask him a question. He didn't know what I was going through. But we did a town hall in La Crosse, Wisconsin, where I shared with him the struggles that my husband and I went through in trying to start our own family and how we went through multiple rounds of IVF as part of that process. Unfortunately, it didn't work out for us, but it does help so many families. President Trump shared with me what he has been consistent in all along is how much he supports people's efforts who are going through these struggles, how much he supports supports IVF, even going farther than I think anyone else has it, as far as I know in politics, in making sure that we have access. As you know, it's extremely expensive. Even for service members in the military, Tricare doesn't cover IVF. So for him to take that action and say he wants to make sure that it's accessible for everyone, even if you don't have money, this is the truth about President Trump's position on this, as well as a whole host of other issues that Vice President Kamala Harris and many in the mainstream media continue to lie about and foment fear about as though he is not supportive of families and women who are going through this very tough period.

Yeah, we've never said that he's not supportive of IVF. He himself has stated that But you're the transition co-chair, and Trump's plan about paying, either having the government pay for it or insurers cover it. Is there a plan in the works to develop that? Because Tom Cotton told me earlier this week that he had not been briefed on one yet.

Well, President Trump is focused on earning the trust and confidence in votes of Americans in this country. As you pointed out, we have just 46, 47 days left before election day, and that's what he's focused his energy on right now. I know there are people who are working on the policy front, but he is very much focused on getting out there and speaking the truth about his record and Kamala Harris's record so that people can understand the truth and not be distracted by all of these other things.

Tulsi Gabbard, thank you for joining us tonight.