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Tuesday, May 3, 2016
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The Indiana Primary
Guest:Martha MacCallum

The Factor began with a reminder that it "called this race for Trump three weeks ago."

The Factor then brought in Martha MacCallum to discuss the exit polling from the Indiana primary.

MacCallum first analyzed GOP side. "More than anything else what these voters in Indiana wanted was an outsider, by huge numbers," MacCallum said. "They are also very concerned about the U.S. economy. And 92% said they were concerned or very concerned, and they believe Donald Trump who has spoken to them since last summer about fixing trade deals, about bringing manufacturing back to the United States, that's what matters to these voters."

MacCallum then turned to the Democrats. "Bernie Sanders is ahead with independents," MacCallum said. "It's a neck-and-neck race at this moment, but Bernie Sanders looks like he's going to finish strong."

Then The Factor predicted Sanders would ultimately win the Indiana primary.
The Indiana Primary
Guest:Charles Krauthammer
The Factor next brought in Charles Krauthammer, who found it "highly significant" that many in the Republican Party still say they will refuse to vote for Trump.

"When you've had splits in the party that go unresolved, you generally lose. Look at 1980 on the Democratic side, a bitter campaign between the incumbent Jimmy Carter and Ted Kennedy, the challenger. They kind of held hands at the end of the convention for a minute, but they never reconciled. ... You go back to 76, Reagan and Ford, neck-and-neck, undecided before the Kansas City convention and they lost narrowly in the general election."

The Factor then pressed Krauthammer on whether or not he will vote for Trump.

"From what I've seen up until now, heard from Trump and watched him, I don't think I'd be capable of voting for Donald Trump," Krauthammer said. "The question is what do I do? I don't know yet."
The Indiana Primary
Guest: Rep. Peter King (R-NY)
Congressman Peter King (R-NY) said he did not like Ted Cruz, but he had no ill will for Trump.

"As far as Donald Trump, I have no personal feelings towards Donald Trump," King said. "In fact I have to admit, not admit, I will say he has donated to my campaign in the past. When I was holding hearings on Islamic radicalization, he was one of the only national people who spoke up in my defense."

King, however, did say he had problems with the negative things Trump has had to say about John McCain and George W. Bush.
The Indiana Primary
Guest: Bret Baier
After Ted Cruz announced he was dropping out of the race, Fox News anchor Bret Baier joined The Factor.

Baier said he was "a little bit" surprised Cruz exited the campaign, but noted that Indiana was favorable territory for Cruz. "Indiana was really the moment, if he couldn't win Indiana, it was going to be a tough path," Baier said.
The Indiana Primary
Guests: Leslie Marshall & Mary Anne Marsh
Mary Anne Marsh said Hillary Clinton was smart to mostly ignore Indiana even though it cost her the state with Bernie Sanders. "She's already turned to the general election," Marsh said. "She's smart and went to Ohio today, and campaigned there. Very smart move. That's a general election move, that's a White House move."

Leslie Marshall disagreed, saying Clinton should have campaigned more in Indiana. "If she doesn't want them to go to Trump, because she is the nominee, she needs to show up," Marshall said.
The Indiana Primary
Guests: Greg Gutfeld & Bernard McGuirk
Greg Gutfeld and Bernard McGuirk finished up the show by disagreeing on whether the Republican Party should rally around Donald Trump as the GOP presidential nominee.

"These #NeverTrump people, aka useful idiots for Hillary, they're going to fight on," McGuirk said. "They're like these Japanese soldiers who fought in the islands in the Pacific until 1955 for God's sakes. Give it up, it's over."


"I have to disagree with Bernie on this," Gutfeld said. "I don't think 'Never Trump' are a bunch of idiots. I think if you have strong conservative principles, you've got to stick with them."