[O'Reilly Factor] Mark Cuban: Clinton won debate hands down
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BOLLING: In the "Impact" segment tonight, Mark Cuban the billionaire entrepreneur has become one of Hillary Clinton's highest profile
supporters and loudest critics of Donald Trump. I spoke with him
earlier today.
So let's talk a little bit about yesterday when Hillary Clinton was
on the campaign trail feeling very good about her debate performance
and actually invoked the name of Mark Cuban as maybe being a little
bit of help and support during the debate. Listen.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
CLINTON: At the debate the other night, one of my well known
supporters Mark Cuban was there in the front row. And he really, I
think, unsettled my opponent.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
BOLLING: So, what do you think, Mark, are you going to take credit
for unsettling Donald Trump -- where she won the debate. By the way,
do you think she won the debate?
MARK CUBAN, DALLAS MAVERICKS OWNER: A, I think she won the debate
hands down. B, no, I'm not taking credit. I don't think I was the
one unsettling him. But I certainly unsettled Rudy Giuliani when he
saw me there, he was like what's he doing here? So, I got a big kick
out of that but I think what really unsettled him was, first, her
ability to bait him. But, second, some of his answers, yes, I don't
know if you could hear it over the TV but he was getting laughed at
by the crowd. And I think that really upset him and that kind of
made him really antsy, which turned into really combative.
BOLLING: You know, Mark, I was in the debate. I listened to it from
inside. And at first, it was a little bit unsettling, his microphone
wasn't working. Hers was. They did fix it --
CUBAN: No, no, no, no, no. I'm not going to let you go there.
BOLLING: I was there. I listened.
CUBAN: I will not let you go there. I was right there.
BOLLING: Yes.
CUBAN: And I even talked to people who were there for the walk-
through. And during the walk through, he complimented the audio
guys.
BOLLING: Okay. No, no, but I'm telling you during the debate and I
was there before it started, I was there probably 30 minutes before
he had to be seated at 8:30. And when it started her microphone was substantially louder than his. Now, it went out on TV I understand
equally loud. I don't think there was an issue. I'm not crediting
that with her success at the debate. But I was just pointing out
that there was actually an audible difference between the two inside
at least.
CUBAN: The whole Trump family was right across the aisle from me.
And they were very observant of everything that was going on. I
spent more time watching them than I did him. Not a word from
anybody before, during, or after.
BOLLING: All right. So let me, let's do this. You are a billionaire.
Donald is a billionaire. You just started out, I think you started
out calling him one of the best presidential candidates in the
history of America. And now you are on her side. What happened?
CUBAN: You know, very straightforward. I was excited to have
somebody who was candid, who spoke what was on his mind. I thought
it would change the political process and a lot of respects he has.
But at some point and I said this to him directly via email. At some
point you have to learn the issues. To me, you have to be -- in
order to be a good president, because there is so much uncertainty
that comes with the job, you have to be willing to dig in and learn.
You have to be able to -- you know, not only understand your own
policies but the policies of countries and leaders around the world.
He made no effort to learn. And once he got past Ted Cruz. I told
him specifically, Donald, you have to learn the issues. You have to
learn the policies. And that obviously was of no interest to him.
BOLLING: You tweeted, I believe today, maybe yesterday or today, you
tweeted that you thought Donald Trump would be -- if he doesn't win
the election, he would be broke in seven years. What do you mean?
CUBAN: You know, he has built his brand in properties particularly
golf and hotels based off of being a premium brand. You know, there
are a bit of plenty of studies that said that Trump was one of the
top ten premium brands in the country. And I don't see that matching
up with the demographics now that really are his following. I think,
you know, he talks a lot about the elites and the insiders and the
wealthy and how that's not his core following.
And that's not who is voting for him. Well, those are the people
that really bought into his brand. And could afford to stay at a
Trump hotel who could afford a tee time at a Trump golf course. And
that doesn't match up anymore. And so, I think he is losing the
people that were his customers coming in to the election. And
gaining potential customers that don't really match up or can't
afford his branding.
BOLLING: Yes. And I think at one point you tweeted that you though
the Clinton brand was stronger than the Trump brand and I am
thinking --
CUBAN: Globally without question.
BOLLING: Okay. But, you know, some of the things you associated the
Clintons with, Bill Clinton, the infidelity, Hillary Clinton the
mistrust.
CUBAN: Come on now, come on now. First of all, Bill Clinton is not
running for office. Second, if you want to talk infidelities, Donald
has him hands down and there is a lot of things people aren't even
talking about but I won't go there. There is a global brand. Bill
Clinton was the leader of the free world. He took a lot of steps.
Look, for all of the paparazzi oriented things that we will talk
about during the Clinton presidency or now, those aren't the things
that people around the world really pay attention to. Bill Clinton,
through his foundation, has gone around the world and helped people,
that has helped build his brand. That has built awareness of who he
is and has created a very positive association.
BOLLING: I will give that you.
CUBAN: Donald can't say that.
BOLLING: I will give you that. In the news, Colin Kaepernick has
decided, you know, he is going to create the protest against
oppression, oppressive things going on in America. Now, you are a
team owner, Dallas Mavericks, if your Dallas Mavericks decided to
take a knee during the national anthem, your thoughts on this? First
of all let me do. This is Bill O'Reilly last night talked about it
in his Talking Points Memo. Take a listen.
CUBAN: Sure.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
BILL O'REILLY, FOX NEWS HOST, "THE O'REILLY FACTOR": The overriding
nobility of America far outweighs individual bias and terrible
mistakes on the part of a few police officers. Colin Kaepernick and
others who despise their own country do have a right to vent. But by
taking things out of context, by diminishing the proud history of
this country, in freeing millions of people, all over the world,
those anti-American displays insult us.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
BOLLING: Your thoughts, do you agree with Bill O'Reilly?
CUBAN: I agree with part of what he said. I don't think it's
necessarily insulting. I will tell you what my dad told me and this
is what I go by. My dad enlisted in the navy at 16. My uncle
enlisted as well. And one of the reasons he enlisted so early was
because my grandparents came from a country where if you spoke out
against leadership, there was a good chance you were going to die.
And that's why they left their homeland. And as I was growing up and
there were things that were going on, he made it very clear to me
that there were going to be times when you disagree with people. But
in this great country of ours, they have the right to be heard.
And there is going to come a time when if we don't support those we
disagree with, if we speak out against power and we speak out
against government, someone might not be there to protect us. And so
what I told our players in our meeting on Monday before I left for
the debate. I said look, guys, I'm going to stand there with my hand
on my heart, my family is going to stand there with their hands on
their hearts.
But whatever you decide to do, just tell me upfront, do it as a team
and I will support you. Because in this country just like my father
and my uncle taught me, we have a first amendment and we will
support it because if we don't support those we disagree with, when
the people in power come for me, and come for those that I love,
there will be no one there to support us.
BOLLING: All right. Mark Cuban. Great friend, great American. Just
picking the wrong side this time around.
(LAUGHTER)
This election.
CUBAN: Thanks, Eric.
BOLLING: Thanks for joining us.
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