'This Week' Transcript 1-28-24: Sen. Tim Scott, Gov. Gavin Newsom & Gen. CQ Brown

A rush transcript of «This Week with George Stephanopoulos» airing on Sunday, January 28, 2023 on ABC News is below. This copy may not be in its final form, may be updated and may contain minor transcription errors. For previous show transcripts, visit the «This Week» transcript archive.

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ANNOUNCER: THIS WEEK WITH GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS starts right now.

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MARTHA RADDATZ, ABC «THIS WEEK» CO-ANCHOR: Closing in.

DONALD TRUMP ®, FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT AND 2024 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: We had a spectacular victory. Messages from the voters of our party is clear.

RADDATZ: After his triumph in New Hampshire, Donald Trump looks to finish out the race.

RONNA MCDANIEL, RNC CHAIR: Donald Trump is going to be the nominee.

RADDATZ: Nikki Haley presses on to South Carolina.

NIKKI HALEY ®, 2024 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: New Hampshire is first in the nation. It is not the last in the nation.

RADDATZ: And President Biden's re-election campaign ramps up.

JOE BIDEN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Are you ready to defend democracy? And are you ready to win this election?

RADDATZ: This morning, our exclusive interviews with Trump ally Senator Tim Scott and Biden ally Governor Gavin Newsom.

Plus, we're on the trail taking the pulse of Trump supporters in Pennsylvania.

How do you think Donald Trump is going to cure this kind of division?

And our powerhouse roundtable weighs in.

A storied career.

Call sign, “Swamp Thing.”

GEN. CQ BROWN, JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF CHAIRMAN: Right.

RADDATZ: What's that from?

BROWN: Struck by lightning, caught on fire ejected, ejected and spent about 15 minutes in the Everglades.

RADDATZ: Four months into his new job, our exclusive interview with the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General CQ Brown.

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