SANDRA SMITH (CO-HOST): So after calling Elizabeth Warren “goofy” he circled back and did it again, calling her a “goofus” and “basket case.” And I think he was absolutely right about this, he said she is too easy, I'm driving her nuts. I think it just shows the fact that they're now trying to employ his tactics that he is getting under their skin.
LISA KENNEDY MONTGOMERY (CO-HOST): And that didn’t work for Marco Rubio or Jeb Bush. They got sucked into that.
JUAN WILLIAMS: No, no, no. But the problem was, that it was so effective, used by Donald Trump. I don't know if Ted Cruz can even walk down the street now without being called “Lyin' Ted.” So I think the people understand. One of the things that political strategists say about Donald Trump is that he does have a certain genius. That he identifies an opponent's weakness and then mocks it and enlarges it. And I think that people right now are looking for a way to play trump's game. He uses sixth grade language apparently. And people say you got to talk just like that. I think what we see now is Democrats trying to imitate trump.
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HARRIS FAULKNER (CO-HOST): The nickname and everything else, I mean it only really helps him. Dangerous, as Kennedy pointed out, that sometimes is not a bad thing. So it’ll be interesting to see how that gets spun.
WILLIAMS: I don’t know about that one.
JEDEDIAH BILA (CO-HOST): you know how certain people can curse, though, and it doesn’t sound vulgar, it’s entertaining and then somebody else can do it and then, oh --
FAULKNER: Oh I know, I’ve been in the makeup room with you. It's quite charming.
BILA: Thank you, thank you. Like my grandmother can do that and get away with it. This is who Donald Trump is, not everyone’s going to be able to do that. That's not genuine from them.
