In the latest episode of Bloomberg’s Masters in Politics podcast Tammy Haddad and Betsy Fischer Martin interviewed RNC Communications Director and Chief Strategist Sean Spicer, as well as Megan Murphy, the Washington Bureau Chief and Executive Editor of Bloomberg News.
At the start of the podcast, Spicer discussed the reaction inside the campaign and among Republicans across the country following Donald J. Trump’s election as President this week.
“We felt really good. We had strong data. Our turnout numbers for spot on. I think there’s no question that no one saw the totality of this and the magnitude of it. Not just for him but up and down the ballot. We held the Senate and we held the House, but we picked up states around the country.”
He continued, discussing why Hillary Clinton — seen as inevitable leading up to Election Day — lost her campaign for the White House. “I don’t think people trusted her. I don’t think they thought she was authentic and I think that she had a set of rules for her and one for everyone else.”
Daniel Lippman, Tammy Haddad, Sean Spicer. Photo courtesy of Haddad Media.
Turning attention to Melania Trump, Spicer described what he saw as her strengths as incoming First Lady.
“I think she’s going to be a very gracious, very strong representative of our country and when you hear her talk about her story of coming to this country and how much it meant to her, I think she could be such a champion of what it means to come to this country and the values and freedom that we have.”
In the second half of Masters in Politics, Fischer Martin and Haddad discussed the political lay of the land with Washington Bureau Chief and Executive Editor of Bloomberg News Megan Murphy.
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