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Thursday, June 23, 2016
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Eric Bolling Hosts a Factor Special: Election 2016
The Clinton-Trump War of Words
Guests: Mark Hannah & Boris Epshteyn

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have been vicious with their attacks on one another. Does this strategy risk turning off voters?

Guest host Eric Bolling asked which side was winning with the attacks.

"I think Hillary Clinton's winning it because when you look at who each has on their side, Hillary Clinton has all the fact-checkers on her side," Democratic strategist Mark Hannah said.

Boris Epshteyn, a Trump supporter, countered that all Hillary Clinton can do is attack Trump because she cannot run on her own record.

"What we need to talk about is Hillary Clinton's record of failure," Epshteyn said. "She was the worst Secretary of State this country has ever seen."
Major Supreme Court Ruling
Guests: Ilya Shapiro & Francisco Hernandez

There were two big Supreme Court decisions handed down today. One was a 4-4 tie that accordingly affirmed an appeals court ruling that blocked Obama's executive actions which protected four million illegal immigrants from deportation. The other ruling by the court permitted University of Texas at Austin to continue its affirmative action policy that takes race into account for admissions.

Immigration attorney Francisco Hernandez said he was disappointed with the immigration ruling.

"I think it's a loss for all of us, it's a 4-4 tie, that doesn't do anything," Hernandez said. "It really goes back to Congress, where it started and it should have been. I think it was a rigged vote. I think they just decided to do no harm since we don't have the ninth Supreme Court justice."

Ilya Shapiro opined that it was a good thing the court did not approve of Obama's executive action.

"This is not a debate about whether immigrants are good or bad or what kind of reform we need - look this is correctly in Congress's lap ... but instead President Obama decided to re-write the law," Shapiro said. "That's why we're in this mess."

Regarding the affirmative action decision, Shapiro noted it was a surprise that Justice Anthony Kennedy voted with the liberals on the case.

Hernandez said he agreed with the outcome in the affirmative action case.

"Quite frankly, I'm the product of affirmative action," Hernandez said. "Let's stop being embarrassed about it. It's about providing opportunity, it's not about knocking somebody qualified out of a spot."
Obama Attacking Trump
Guests: Jessica Tarlov & Adriana Cohen

Barack Obama has been very vocal in trying to help Hillary Clinton in her campaign against Donald Trump. Will this ultimately help or hurt Hillary?

"I think it's good for her," Democratic strategist Jessica Tarlov said. "I think anyone who is as good a campaigner as Barack Obama is out there on your side, it's a wonderful thing."

Adrianna Cohen said Obama would hurt Hillary. Cohen argued the Democrats' attacks on Trump's business record would particularly backfire.

"These are career politicians who have never even run a hot dog stand yet they have the audacity to criticize Donald Trump's business finesse?" Cohen said. "You've got to be kidding me?"
Gun Debate Comes to a Boil
Guests: Chip Saltsman & Marjorie Clifton

There was chaos in the House of Representatives this week when the Democrats staged a sit-in protest over the lack of action on gun laws.

Bolling asked Majorie Clifton, a Democratic strategist, what the Democrats accomplished with their unorthodox tactics.

"I think visibility," Clifton said. "I think Democrats largely know they don't have the power, they don't have the numbers right now to get anything done. ... If we can't get anything done in Congress, then we've got to get people fired up about it."

Republican strategist Chip Saltsman took a different view.

"They're going for publicity, they're going for fundraising," Saltsman said. "I give the, credit, the Democrats do what they do the best. They sit on their butts, they do nothing and blame somebody else."
Attacks on Trump/Clinton Over the Line?
Guest: Dana Perino

Dana Perino talked with Bolling about the caustic nature of the 2016 presidential race.

"The Clintons fight very viciously, they're partisans and that's how they win," Perino said.

Bolling pointed out that Trump always hits back hard.

"If you get punched, you punch back harder," Bolling said of Trump's strategy.

"But the Clintons feel the same way," Perino said.

"It's going to be a slug fest," Bolling said.
America's Widening Political Divide
Guests: Kelly Riddell & Jeanne Zaino

A new study from Pew says the political divide in America is the biggest it's been in 25 years.

"I wasn't surprised at all by these numbers," Jeanne Zaino, a political science professor at Iona College, said. "I don't think anybody left, right or center would if you're looking at the tone of this campaign this year."

Kelly Riddell, deputy opinion editor of the Washington Times, blamed the divisions on President Obama. "Barack Obama has been one of the most polarizing and political presidents in American history, so the result of this study does not surprise me."