Here's a round up of what was discussed on the Sunday political talk show circuit from Meet The Press and Fox News Sunday, to Face The Nation, Reliable Sources and State of the Union with Jake Tapper.
In general, the majority of attention was focused on Donald Trump. The topic in relation to the Donald most discussed was his take on abortion where he said women should be punished for having them during a discussion with Chris Matthews of MSNBC.
The second most discussed subject was about his Campaign Manager, Corey Lewandowski's assault charges for aggressively handling Breitbart reporter, Michelle Fields during a Trump event.
The third was his stance on NATO and his statements about how its bleeding money and is obsolete.
Last, was about nuclear weapons. Who should have them, who shouldn't.
The Trumpster appeared on two of the 5 shows ie Face The Nation and Fox News Sunday.
On Face the Nation when asked about his comments on abortion, The Donald basically said that his response to Chris Matthews was a hypothetical and nothing more. He then went on to say that doctors should take the blame for abortions. He also said it should be a state's right issue. When asked if abortion was murder, Trump said he didn't want to give an opinion. Shortly after the interview, the host read a statement given to them by Trump official, Hope Hicks. It said that Mr. Trump would change current abortion laws by appointing new judges, which in turn would give states rights over the issue of abortion.
In regards to the Corey Lewandowski stance. Trump pretty much bad mouthed the Breitbart reporter and insinuated that she made much ado about nothing. He asserted that she grabbed him and shouldn't have. That he really knows nothing about what happened in regards to Corey. Last but not least, The Donald went on and on about how loyal he is and will not fire Lewandowski since he's married and the father of four children. When asked if Corey told the truth, Trump said he didn't know what the context was and is just going by the tape and again blamed the reporter.
On the topic of nuclear weapons, Trump said he would be the last to ever use one and that it would be a horror show. However, he wouldn't take them off the table in regards to negotiations. He also continued with his stance that NATO was obsolete.
Dickerson, the host of FTN asked if the RNC has been fair to him. The Trumpster said he'd let him know in 6 months. However, he added that they were NOT fair about Louisiana where delegates may have been renegotiated, thus taken away from his total. The Donald then hinted at a possible law suit.
On Fox News Sunday, Donald Trump was asked if he was blowing the race. The Trumpster said he was doing great. Consequently, Chris Wallace then exhibited actual polls that showed his numbers in decline. In reaction, the Donald pivoted and talked about how he's self funded, wants to win Wisconsin, likes the state's people and will do well.
When asked about abortion and would he have answered Chris Matthews question differently, Trump admitted to being on a learning curve.
Chris Wallace then asked Trump 'Why not apologize to Michelle Fields?'. The Donald's response was that he's a loyal guy and that Michelle Fields exaggerates and lies.
On the nuclear weapons subject, the Trumpster went on to say how Japan and S. Korea should defend themselves, that the U.S. spends way too much money defending them and that we should be paid more.
When asked if he will hold true to his pledge to support whomever the nominee is, if not him, the Donald went on a rant against Cruz and said Ted is a basket case. That he, the Trumpster wants to run as a GOP candidate but only if treated fairly.
Chris Wallace's final question was whether The Donald intends to lay off the personal attacks. Trump responded that when he becomes president, he'll be very boring, indicating that he would.
Moving on from the Trump Chronicals.
Reince Priebus was on just about every show today.
The most frequently asked question was about the election and delegate process and how the RNC intends to process things.
Mr. Priebus was pretty consistent on each show. However the most info gleened was by Meet The Press where he was asked about party rules and would the 2016 rules be the same as 2012? Reince's response was as follows.
The 2012 rules will not apply to 2016. The delegates will get together and create new ones. That states will decide which candidate will get specific delegates. However, all GOP delegates pledged to a particular candidate will keep their commitment.
When asked whether he thought the RNC has been treating Trump fairly, Priebus responded yes. However, he said, if the Donald refuses to support the nominee, they would cut him off and possibly sue.
What gives them the right to do so?
Here's the scoop. Each candidate signs an agreement promising to support whomever the nominee is. In return this gives them access to all kinds of official GOP data they normally would not have access to. By signing the promise and then reneging on it would be in direct legal violation of the agreement.
That's about it. Pretty informative but time consuming to watch all the shows. Now I need a break!
