UNDERMINE DEMOCRACY AND OUR
ELECTIONS, IT’S TIME TO SLOWLY
STEP AWAY AND TELL THE PRESIDENT
GOOD-BYE.
>> I WAS GETTING THE SAME TEXTS
YOU WERE YESTERDAY, JOE, WHICH I
WOULDN’T CALL THEM PANICKED.
I WOULD SAY THE CONCERN WAS A
LITTLE ELEVATED.
IS THIS REALLY HAPPENING WAS THE
THEME.
ARE WE GOING TO LOSE THIS THING?
JOE BIDEN REMAINS THE
PRESIDENT-ELECT OF THE UNITED
STATES.
HE JUST IS.
THERE’S A LOT OF NOISE OUT
THERE.
THERE’S A LOT GOING ON.
AS YOU SAY, THE COURTS ALREADY
HAVE HELD UP SO THEY’LL CONTINUE
TO HOLD UP IN THE FACE OF THE
CHALLENGES BECAUSE THERE’S NOT
EVIDENCE BEING PUT FORWARD.
EVEN FOR THE TWO GEORGIAN
SENATORS WHO ASKED THE SECRETARY
OF STATE TO STEP DOWN, HE SAID
I’M NOT STEPPING DOWN THAT’S A
FANTASY, DIDN’T PROVIDE ANY
EVIDENCE.
THEY THREW IT OUT INTO THE
ATMOSPHERE AND THE ARGUMENT AS
KASIE HUNT WILL TELL US IN A
MINUTE WHEN SHE JOINS US IS THAT
MITCH McCONNELL IS SO FOCUSED ON
THE TWO SENATE SEATS HE IS
TRYING TO FIRE UP THE BASE SO HE
CAN KEEP THE MAJORITY IN THE
SENATE.
WELL, AT WHAT COST IS HE DOING
THAT?
HE’S FIRING UP THE BASE TO HOLD
ON TWO SEATS AT THE COST OF
CREATING THE CONFUSION AND THE
DOUBT ABOUT THE ELECTORAL
PROCESS.
THE MARGINS ARE SO MUCH BIGGER
THIS TIME THAN IN 2000 WHEN IT
WAS 537 VOTES.
IT IS NOT COMPARABLE, BUT THERE
ARE A LOT OF REPUBLICANS, THERE
IS AN ATTORNEY GENERAL, WHO ARE
INDULGING THIS TANTRUM.
I DON’T THINK THREE OF US OR ANY
PARENT WATCHING THIS SHOW WOULD
ALLOW THE TANTRUM TO GO ON LIKE
THIS OR ALLOW THE TODDLER TO
SCREAM AT THE TOP OF THEIR LUNGS
AND SAY, WHAT MORE CAN I GET FOR
YOU?
IT’S THE WAY THAT MITCH
McCONNELL IS DOING IT, IT’S THE
WAY THAT SOME REPUBLICAN
SENATORS ARE DOING IT.
IT’S THE WAY THE GSA, THE OFFICE
THAT ENSURES A SMOOTH TRANSITION
IS HANDLING IT.
IT’S THE WAY THAT PRESIDENT
TRUMP IS HANDLING IT BY FIRING
THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.
IT’S ON US TO STAY FOCUSED AND
KNOW THE TRUTH AND TELL THE
TRUTH ABOUT WHAT’S HAPPENING IN
A FAIR ELECTORAL PROCESS AS
REPUBLICAN SECRETARY OF STATES
AND ELECTORAL BOARDS HAVE TOLD
US AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN,
THERE IS NOTHING SHADY HERE.
IN FACT, THIS WAS A SMOOTH
ELECTION THAT JOE BIDEN WON.
>> THE SOUND AND FURY SIGNIFYING
NOTHING.
THE ONLY THING I WILL SAY, YES,
MITCH McCONNELL WILL WHATEVER HE
HAS TO DO TO REMAIN THE MAJORITY
IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE BUT
RIGHT NOW WHAT HE’S SEEING IN
THE STATE OF GEORGIA WHERE
DEMOCRATS AND INDEPENDENTS ARE
GOING TO BE UNITED TO ACTUALLY
PUT DEMOCRATS IN CHARGE OF THE
SENATE, AND TO RUN MITCH
McCONNELL OUT OF THE MAJORITY
SPEAKER -- MAJORITY LEADER’S
OFFICE, WHAT HE’S ALLOWING TO
HAPPEN RIGHT NOW IS A CIVIL WAR.
HAPPENING IN GEORGIA.
THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA ELECTED
THE REPUBLICAN SECRETARY OF
STATE AND THEY KNOW HIM VERY
WELL.
AND, YOU KNOW, HE’S RUN A FAIR
ELECTION.
>> YEAH.
>> AND IT’S OBVIOUS -- BECAUSE
THE -- THERE WERE NO SPECIFIC
CHARGES AGAINST HIM AT ALL.
IT HAS BEEN A CLEAN RACE.
AND WHAT -- SO LET’S SAY, FOR
INSTANCE, THIS REPUBLICAN CIVIL
WAR WHERE REPUBLICANS ARE
ATTACKING REPUBLICANS, WHICH IS
JUST SO IDIOTIC.
LET’S SAY IT PEELS OFF 5% OF THE
VOTE.
WELL, YOU’VE GOT SENATOR OSSOFF
IF THAT’S THE CASE.
LET’S SAY IT PEELS OFF A LITTLE
MORE THAN THAT.
WELL, MAYBE.
JUST MAYBE YOU HAVE DEMOCRATS IN
CHARGE OF THE UNITED STATES
SENATE.
IT SURE SEEMED LIKE A LONG --
LIKE A LONG SHOT ON ELECTION DAY
WHEN WE FOUND OUT ABOUT THESE
RUNOFFS.
BUT IF THE REPUBLICANS ARE GOING
TO BE FIGHTING REPUBLICANS IN
THE STATE OF GEORGIA LEADING UP
TO THIS ELECTION, THEN SUDDENLY
ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE INCLUDING
MITCH McCONNELL LOSING THE
MAJORITY.
>> YEAH.
AND JOE, YOU MENTIONED JONES
DAY.
THAT’S NOT THE ONLY, YOU KNOW,
LAW FIRM THAT’S DEALING WITH
THESE THINGS.
BUT SOME OF THE SENIOR LAWYERS
THERE ARE EXPRESSING CONCERNS.
THEY’RE PRETTY EMBARRASSED
ACTUALLY THAT THEIR FIRM -- THEY
HAVE TAKEN ON A LOT OF
CONTROVERSIAL CASES.
THERE’S A PIECE IN "THE NEW YORK
TIMES" THAT REACHED OUT TO THESE
LAW FIRMS.
THERE’S ANOTHER ONE PORTER
WRIGHT MORRISON ARTHUR ONE
LAWYER HAS QUIT IN PROTEST.
THEY’RE SO EMBARRASSED.
EVEN THE FIRMS THAT HAVE SUCH AN
INCREDIBLE REPUTATION AND LAW
FIRMS, YOU KNOW, OFTEN, YOU
KNOW, RELISH TAKING ON
CONTROVERSIAL CLIENTS AND REALLY
EXPLORING THE LIMITS OF THE LAW
TO MAKE SURE THAT DUE PROCESS IS
THERE, THEY’RE LOOKING AT THIS
AND JUST SAYING, PLEASE, ARE YOU
KIDDING ME?
YOU’RE GOING TO TAKE THIS?
>> WHAT’S HAPPENING NOW IS THIS
IS WHAT TOTALITARIAN REGIMES
DO -- AND STAY WITH ME.
TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND STAY WITH
ME. >> YOUR HAIR IS NOT ON FIRE.
>> YOUR HAIR IS NOT ON FIRE.
>> WHAT TOTALITARIAN REGIMES DO,
THEY THE SIDE WHAT THE LEGAL
RESULT WANTS TO BE.
THEN THEY WORK BACK FROM THAT
AND TRY TO FIND EVIDENCE.
TRY TO MAKE UP EVIDENCE TO LEAD
TO THAT CONCLUSION.
>> THAT’S THE PHONE LINE, YOU
KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
>> SO THAT’S WHAT’S HAPPENING
HERE.
SO AGAIN, LET ME SAY IT AGAIN.
EVERY REPUBLICAN, EVERY
DEMOCRAT, EVERY PERSON THAT RUNS
FOR OFFICE HAS THE RIGHT AS
MITCH McCONNELL SAID TO HAVE ALL
THE VOTES COUNTED AND TO PRESENT
MY LEGAL CHALLENGES THEY MAY
HAVE.
BUT HERE WE ARE, SIX DAYS INTO
THIS.
AND THERE’S NOT BEEN ONE
CREDIBLE CLAIM PUT FORWARD BY
ONE REPUBLICAN.
YOU HAVE RUDY GIULIANI IN FRONT
OF SEX SHOPS AND LAWN SCAPE
PLACES, JUST BLABBERING, TALKING
GENERALITIES.
YOU HAVE GENERALITIES COMING
FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
AGAIN, NOTHING SPECIFIC AT ALL.
IT’S REALLY EMBARRASSING.
THE FEW PEOPLE THAT MAKE UP
SPECIFIC THINGS, I WON’T EVEN
SAY THEIR NAMES BECAUSE THEY
DON’T DESERVE TO HAVE THEIR
NAMES MENTIONED ON THIS SHOW,
THEY PRESENT NO EVIDENCE OF IT.
IT’S ALL JUST ALLEGATIONS AND
THEY’RE JUST LOOKING -- AGAIN,
THEY’VE GOT THEIR CONCLUSION AND
NOW THEY’RE DESPERATELY
SEARCHING FOR ANY EVIDENCE THAT
WILL LEAD TO THAT CONCLUSION AND
IT’S NOT THERE.
SO THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY TO
LAW FIRMS, THE ONLY THING I
WOULD SAY TO ELECTED OFFICIALS
IS IF YOU HAVE THE EVIDENCE,
BRING IT FORWARD.