DANA PERINO (CO-HOST): Maybe Ted Cruz doesn't go as far as endorsing Trump, as like a Scott Walker has flipped and done, and Pence has flipped and done. But maybe Ted Cruz says “He's better than Hillary.” And this might be that all that they can get, and I would recommend to the Trump campaign, stop rubbing people's noses in it.
If you can get him to say “Trump is better than Hillary,” take it as a win. And don't try to further alienate people you're trying to -- because screaming “It's time to unite” at people does not actually encourage people to unite, it actually -- it makes them dig in the heels.
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If they can get Cruz to say “Trump is better than Hillary,” take it as a win.
ERIC BOLLING (CO-HOST): Why can't we get Jeb to say that? Why can't we --
GREG GUTFELD (CO-HOST): Because he told -- he said that his brother was responsible for 9/11. What if Jeb Bush said to Donald Trump that “Your dad was in the KKK?”
BOLLING: Because -- he's still better than Hillary.
GUTFELD: Yeah, but you know what?
BOLLING: He's still better than Hillary.
GUTFELD: If you have a love for your father and somebody says your dad is responsible for 9/11, you don't -- you just don't endorse.
BOLLING: Greg, I'm just saying the alternative is worse.
JUAN WILLIAMS (CO-HOST): What about the picture of his wife? Oh my gosh.
BOLLING: I'm just saying, if you don't get Trump, you're getting Hillary.
