Nicole Shanahan supports Trump, Kennedy ‘coalition government’ | Cuomo

OUR FOCUS HERE TO THE BIG SHIFT, THE ONLY TICKET THAT WAS TRYING TO OPPOSE THE 2 PARTIES. BOBBY KENNEDY JOINED TRUMP. WHAT IS THIS REALLY ABOUT? WAS IT A GOOD MOVE? WHO BETTER TO ASK? THEN HIS RUNNING MATE BOBBY KENNEDY JUNIOR'S RUNNING MATE IS, OF COURSE, NICOLE SHANAHAN, WHO DID VIRTUALLY NO PRESS DURING THE CAMPAIGN. NOW SHE'S ONE OF THESE MEGA DONORS, BUT SHE ACTUALLY PUT THE MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH WAS AND GOT INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS, ANY PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE SPENDING THEIR OWN MONEY. SHE SPENT LIKE 19, 20 MILLION DOLLARS OF HER OWN MONEY WITH KENNEDY. I'VE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. DO WITH YOUR MONEY WHAT YOU WANT. SHE'S OPEN AND TRANSPARENT ABOUT IT. SHE PREVIOUSLY GAVE OVER 100 MILLION TO HELP ELECT DEMOCRATS. BUT NOW SHE SAYS SHE, TOO, IS ENDORSING TRUMP. Y. SHE'S HERE TO EXPLAIN. NICOLE SHANAHAN JOINS US NOW. HOW YOU DOING? HI. >> I'M GOOD. HOW ARE YOU, CHRIS? GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR TAKING THIS OPPORTUNITY. AND FIRST, WHAT DO YOU MAKE ALL OF MY LAMENT AND EXPOSURE OF HOW MUCH MONEY IS NOW MOTIVATING THE GAME. >> IT'S REFRESHING TO SEE CHRIS CA. YOU JUST DID A REALLY GREAT BREAKDOWN. 10 BILLION DOLLARS ESTIMATED GO INTO THIS CAMPAIGN. WHAT IS THAT MONEY BEING USED FOR? WELL, I CAN TELL YOU IT'S BEING USED TO TAKE OUT OPPONENT'S AND I CAN TELL YOU THE DEMOCRATS, EVEN THOUGH THEY'VE RAISE LAST FROM THEIR TOP 10 DONORS, THEY PUT AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY COMPARED TO THE REPUBLICANS TO TAKE OUT A 3RD PARTIES PACK SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO TAKE THEM OUT. WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY OF THAT FROM THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THAT HAS BEEN A REAL LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR US. COULD IT EVER EXPECTED IT ANTICIPATED? BUT IT HAD A REALLY BIG IMPACT ON ME HOW I'VE BEEN TRYING TO ASSESS WHERE THAT PARTY ACTUALLY IS TODAY WHERE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS. NEITHER IS GREAT. AS AS YOU MENTIONED, BOTH KIND ARE IN THE POCKETS OF BIG BUSINESS. BUT THERE IS S CERTAI THERE ARE CERTAIN PRINCIPLES THAT ARE FOUNDATIONAL TO PROTECTING OUR DEMOCRACY. I THINK ONE OF THOSE PRINCIPLES AS ALLOWING 3RD PARTIES TO HAVE A FREE AND FAIR OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE. AND AND THE LESSON HERE TODAY IS THAT, YOU KNOW AT A TIME WHERE AS A 3RD PARTY, WE HAD TO DECIDE IF WE'RE GOING TO CREATE A COALITION. WE HAD TO FIGURE OUT WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE GOING TO BE. WE'RE GOING TO STICK TO OUR SCRIPT AROUND CHRONIC HEALTH. THAT IS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN. AND AND SO HERE WE ARE TODAY. >> HOW DID YOU FEEL ABOUT SUSPENDING THE CAMPAIGN AND JOINING TRUMP BY JUST TO BE TRANSPARENT. I THOUGHT YOU GUYS OR AT LEAST BOBBY SHOULD OF INDOOR SNOW BODY BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WOULD HAVE GIVEN YOU MORE JUICE FOR THE DURATION OF THIS CAMPAIGN BECAUSE YOU GUYS WOULD HAVE COMMENTATORS IN CHIEF AND YOU COULD HAVE A DOOR INDOORS LATER IN THE PRODUCT AND THE PROCESS, BUT HE DECIDED TO DO IT NOW. WERE YOU IN FAVOR? AND IF SO, WHY? >> YOU KNOW, LET'S BE CLEAR. THE POWER OF A 3RD PARTY AND INDEPENDENT MOVEMENT IS TO ENDORSE IDEAS, NOT PEOPLE. I'M KAMALA DEMOCRAT. NORA, MAYA TRUMP, REPUBLICAN. WHAT I AM IS AN INDEPENDENT AMERICAN FOCUS LASER FOCUSED ON THE ISSUES. WHAT WE DID ON FRIDAY WAS AMAZING BECAUSE WE CROSS THE CHASM. WE FOUND SOMEBODY WHO IS WILLING TO PUT THESE IDEAS ON CENTER STAGE. MILLIS OF PEOPLE FOR THE FIRST TIME HEARD BOBBY'S VOICE. MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WERE STARTING TO ACKNOWLEDGE HOW BIG OF AN ISSUE THE CHRONIC HEALTH DISEASE CRISIS IS IN THIS COUNTRY. THIS IS NOT A FRINGE ISSUE ANYMORE. BODY IS NOT A FRINGE PERSON AS HE'S BEEN MIRED BY THE MSM. HE IS FRONT AND CENTER FOCUSING ON WHAT AMERICANS CARE ABOUT MOST. AND HE HAD ALMOST 30,000 PEOPLE ON STAGE ON FRIDAY SHOUTING HIS NAME. AND, YOU KNOW, PRESIDENT TRTRUMP TO HIS CREDIT PUT OUT A HAND, SHOOK HIS HAND AND SAID, LET'S DO THIS. LET'S ENGAGE ON IDEAS THAT MATTER. LET'S ENGAGE ON POLICIES THAT MATTER. WE DON'T AGREE ON EVERYTHING. THIS IS NOT US BEING ABSORBED INTO THE UMP CAMP BY ANY MEASURE. THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP. THIS IS A MEETING OF THE MINDS WITH STRONG BOUNDARIES AND EXPECTATIONS. WHAT ARE BOUNDARIES? WELL, I THINK THE THING IS IS WE DON'T OVERLAP PERFECTLY, BUT WE DO OVERLAP ON 5 KEY THINGS. AND WE GOTTA STICK TO THOSE 5 KEY THINGS THAT IS FREE SPEECH. VERY IMPORTANT ANTI WAR. AND THESE ENDLESS ENDLESS WARS WHERE AN OVERSEAS PUTTING THAT MONEY BACK INTO AMERICA, PUTTING AMERICANS FIRST REALLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO CREATE STABILITY IN OUR FOREIGN POLICY, CHRONIC HEALTH. OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS THIS IS THE BIGGEST ONE WE WANT FAMILIES TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE MET WITH CREDIBLE HEALTH CARE ON U.S.. HEALTH CARE AND NO MORE CENSORSHIP. THAT'S A REALLY, REALLY BIG ONE. SO AS LONG AS WE STAY WITHIN THESE CORE PRINCIPLES OF THIS COALITION, WE'RE GOING TO DO GREAT THINGS. AND I HAVE GREAT OPTIMISM. >> 2 CONCERNS. ONE IS JUST, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING TO NOTE. THE OTHER ONE IS SOMETHING TO CHEW ON FOR THE REST OF OUR TIME. THERE'S SOMETHING TO NOTE YOU KNOW, THE REPUBLICANS ARE TALKING ABOUT IT NOW, BUT THEY ALWAYS HAD IS A SIGNATURE MOVE WHEN IT COMES TO HEALTH CARE, REMOVING THE ACA IN FAVOR OF BASICALLY NOTHING RIGHT NOW THEY'VE GOTTEN QUIET ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT'S BECOME SO UNPOPULAR AS PEOPLE GOT MORE AND MORE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE. BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT TRUMP IS ANYWHERE NEAR WHAT BOBBY AND I HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE AND STUFF. THEY WANT A PRIVATIZED IN A WAY THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO BE GOOD FOR REGULAR FAMILIES. GIVE ME QUICK TAKE ON THAT. >> WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT WE DO AGREE ON LEAGUE. AGREE ON FARMING. WE AGREE ON FRESH FOOD. WE AGREE ON CLEAN WATER. WE AGREE ON THE SCHOOL CHOICE. WE AGREE ON THE POWER OF SUNSHINE AND GETTING KIDS OUTSIDE BEING KIDS. AND, YOU KNOW, I GUARANTEE YOU, CHRIS, THAT IF WE FOCUS JUST CLEANING UP OUR FOOD SUPPLY, WE'RE GOING TO NEED A LOT LESS DOLLARS, ESPECIALLY GOVERNMENT DOLLARS DEDICATED TO HEALTH WITH YOUR POINT WHEN ARE LOOKING TO RIGHT NOW. >> I'M WITH YOU. I KNOW THE NUMBERS. MY WIFE STARTED A COMPANY CALLED THE PUREST THAT IS ABSOLUTELY ABOUT THIS. IT'S ALL ABOUT WELLNESS AND RESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOR. BUT REMEMBER, TRUMP IS ABOUT REMOVING REGULATIONS FROM BUSINESSES NOT PUTTING IN ONES THAT MADE BOBBY SO AFFECTED WITH THE RIVERKEEPER. ONE OTHER THING I HAD SAW YOUR NOTE, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS ANY WAY AND WE CAN DO A LONGER CONVERSATION ABOUT IT AS WE GET INTO THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION WHEREVER IT IS. YOU SAID I'M NOT GOOD WITH TRUMP UNTIL HE SAYS OPERATION WARP SPEED. WAS A MISTAKE. HE WILL NEVER SAY OPERATION WARP SPEED WAS A MISTAKE BECAUSE IT WAS HIS SIGNATURE ACHIEVEMENT AND THE VACCINE IS ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING THAT HE BELIEVES WITH GOOD REASON MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE EARLY ON. NOW TERMS OF THE MANDATES AND THE DISCLOSURES LATER WITH THE VARIANCE. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS ATTENTION. BUT YOU REALLY BELIEVE TRUMP IS GOING TO GO BAD ON HIS SIGNATURE ACHIEVEME DURING THE PANDEMIC. >> AGAIN, THE MANDATES FOR THE PROBLEM. AND LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT. WE DO HAVE AGREEMENT WITH TRUMP THAT MANDATES ARE AN ISSUE AND THAT PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE FULL INFORMED CONSENT BEFORE PUTTING ANYTHING IN THEIR BODY OR DOING ANYTHING TO THEIR BODY. THAT'S WELL ESTABLISHED ON THE ISSUE OF OPERATION WARP SPEED. YOU KNOW, I WILL SAY HE HAS ADMITTED JUST RECENTLY TODAY IN AN INTERVIEW THAT HE DID PUT PEOPLE INTO POSITIONS IN GOVERNMENT THAT HE NOW REGRETS. AND THESE ARE THINGS HE DOES NOT FORESEE DOING AGAIN. HE'S GOT BOBBY SIDE NOW HIS SIDE NOW, HE SHOULD HAVE HAD BODY SIDE IN HIS FIRST TERM. NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED AND WITH BODY BY HIS SIDE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE BEST PARTNERSHIP AROUND HEALTH THIS COUNTRY HAS EVER SEEN. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CONSCIENCE AROUND MAKING SURE WE DON'T LET PFIZER AND OUR VACCINE SAFETY COMMISSION. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OBJECTIVE ITY AND OBJECTIVE TRUTH THAT NIH AND THE CDC, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER SITUATION AND WHICH FAUCI IS FIRING TO SCIENTISTS BECAUSE THEY'RE DISAGREEING WITH CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THAT. THE SAFETY OF THE MRNA VACCINE. I MEAN, THAT THAT WAS JUST WILDLY INAPPROPRIATE TO FIRE 2 TOP SPECIALISTS DURING OPERATION WARP SPEED. AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I THINK TRUMP LEARNED A LOT. WE'RE NOT ABSORBED INTO THIS. WE ARE A COALITION WHICH MEANS THAT WE CAN BE LOUD AND OBJECTIVE AND WE CAN PRESENT IN NATION WHEN IT IS NECESSARY. >> GUARANTEE, DO YOU HAVE OF ANY POWER OVER THESE ISSUES IN THE ADMINISTRATION? AND 2, WHY ARE YOU WHO'S KNOWN FOR BEING A SAVVY PERSON SO QUICK TO TRUST THAT DONALD TRUMP WILL DELIVER ON WHAT HE SAID. >> WELL, SO TO ANSWER YOUR SECOND QUESTION, FIRST. >> WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IS WE HAVE TAKEN A YEAR BODIES BEEN RUNNING FOR OVER A YEAR. WE HAVE ACROSS THIS NATION. WE HAVE TALKED TO AMERICANS. WE HAVE MET PEOPLE FROM ALL ENDS OF THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM, WHICH IS WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING. IF YOU ARE RUNNING FOR REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE. ALSO THERE LISTENING. OUR JOB IS TO BRING THAT VOICE TO WHOM EVER IS GOING TO BE SINCERE IN THEIR RECEPTION TO HEARING THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WHERE THEY'RE HURTING. WHAT IS GOING ON? I MEAN, FARMERS, LAKE FARMERS ARE SO UNDERREPRESENTED RIGHT NOW IN AND THIS IS WHY I BROUGHT UP SOME OF MY CRITICISMS OF KAMALA HARRIS'S FOOD CAP, ECONOMIC POLICY, FOOD PRICE CAPPING FARMERS ARE ON THEIR KNEES IN THIS COUNTRY RIGHT NOW. THEY ARE NOT PRICE COW CHAIN TO SAY THAT OUR FARMERS ARE PRICE GOUGING WHEN THEY ARE ALREADY ON THEIR KNEES. WHO CAN I TAKE THAT MESSAGE TO TODAY? YOU TIRES OF TROOPERS AS KUZ GOING TO LISTEN YORKERS AS I HAVE TAKEN THIS MESSAGE FOR YEARS TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND I CANNOT GET THROUGH TO ANYBODY. IT'S NOT LIKE THIS HAS HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. I DIDN'T WAKE UP ONE MORNING AND SAY WHAT A GREAT IDEA WOULD BE TO LEAVE THAT HAMMOCK. REDDICK PARTY. KNOW, I TRIED EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING IN MY CAPABILITY TO GET THROUGH TO SOMEONE WHO WOULD LISTEN AND HEAR THIS ACTUAL SCIENCE TO HEAR THE PEOPLE ON THE GROUND TO LISTEN TO AMERICAN VOICES AND WE'VE GOT TO JUDGE PEOPLE BY THEIR REACTIONS. WE GOT TO JUDGE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE AROUND THEM. AND RIGHT NOW TRUMP HAS SOME REALLY GOOD PEOPLE AROUND HIM. AND TELLINHIM THAT HE'S MORE THAN WILLING TO LISTEN. HE WANTS TO LISTEN, UNDERSTAND, VERIFY AND THEN SAY ALL RIGHT, WHO'S GONNA HELP ME GET THIS DONE? AND BOBBY HAS BEEN RIGHT UP THERE NEXT TO HIM BEING LIKE I WILL GET THIS DONE WITH YOU. >> SO THE ONLY THING I WANT TO KNOW IS HAVE YOU GUYS DISCUSSED AN ACTUAL JOB OR A POSITION FROM BOBBY? AND WHAT ABOUT YOU? >> YOU KNOW, BOBBIE AND AND TRUMP HAVE THEIR OWN RELATIONSHIP. I FULLY ENDORSE IT. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS AS A TRUE COALITION GOVERNMENT. YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE TALK ABOUT HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT IN OTHER DEMOCRACIES, COALITIONS ARE VERY, VERY COMMON. AND SO IN A COALITION GOVERNMENT, BOBBY WOULD BE IN CHARGE TO REPRESENT OUR MOVEMENT. OUR PARTY, OUR VOICES WITHIN THIS CABINET. AND AND I HAVE FULL FAITH THAT, YOU KNOW, TRUMP ISIS GOING TO HONOR THAT. AS FOR ME, MY JOB RIGHT NOW IS TO REMAIN AS INDEPENDENT AS I DID ON DAY ONE. WHEN I LEFT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, I'M HERE TO LISTEN TO DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS, INDEPENDENTS AND THE LIKE I'M HERE TO BE A VOICE FOR THE VOICELESS. I'M HERE TO MAKE SURE AND BE VIGILANT. THAT WE DO WALK AWAY OR TURN OUR EYES ON ANYTHING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THIS ELECTION IS CRITICAL. AND I WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE A SOURCE TO GO TO AN OBJECTIVE SOURCE THAT'S BEEN IN THAT WILL NOT SHY AWAY FROM TELLING THE TRUTH. BECAUSE SHANAHAN. >> I APPRECIATE YOUR TAKING THIS OPPORTUNITY AND I DON'T CARE WHO YOU GUYS ARE ALIGNED WITH. ARE YOU HAVE AN INVITATION HERE TO DISCUSS THESE ISSUES AS THEY WILL CONTINUE TO MATTER? WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY KIND OF REEL REAL FACT-FINDING OR RECKONINEGSS. DON'T C