>>> AS WE MENTIONED TOP OF THE
BROADCAST, FLORIDA
REPRESENTATIVE MATT GAETZ
REMAINS DEFIANT, ABSOLUTELY NOT
STEPPING DOWN, END QUOTE.
IN OP-ED IN THE WASHINGTON
EXAMINER MAKES THIS ASSERTION.
IM SURE PARTISAN CROOKS IN
MARIKMARE
MERRICK GARLANDS JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT WANT TO PERVERT THE
TRUTH AND GO AFTER ME, I WILL
NOT BE DISPORTED.
BATTLE FOR AMERICAS FUTURE
REQUIRES GLADIATERS IM GOING TO
FIGHT EVERY SINGLE DAY.
BUT THIS INVESTIGATION STARTED
WHILE BILL BARR WAS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL UNDER TRUMP.
GENERAL UNDER TRUMP.
KIMBERLY ATKINS OF WBUR AND THE
BOSTON HERALD, ONE OF THE
COHOSTS OF "SISTERS IN LAW"
PODCAST, AND A.B. STODDARD, GOOD
EVENING TO YOU BOTH.
A.B., MATT GAETZ CAME OUT
SWINGING AT LITERALLY EVERYBODY,
ESTABLISHMENT, FBI, MERRICK
GARLANDS JUSTICE DEPARTMENT,
THE CHENEY POLITICAL DINEYNASTY,
AND TARGETED EVERYBODY BUT TRUMP
WHO HAS NOT CHIMED IN YET, WHAT
DO YOU MAKE OF THAT?
>> MATT GAETZ IS LEARNING HARD
WAY THAT EVERYTHING HES HEARD
FOR YEARS ABOUT TRUMPS LOYALTY
GOING ONE WAY IS REALLY TRUE.
HES SAID NICER THINGS ABOUT ROY
MOORE THAN HIS SILENCE ABOUT
MATT GAETZ IS TRANSLATING.
BUT TRUE IN THE DISCUSSION YOU
WERE HAVING BEFORE, THIS OP-ED
IS THE HANDBOOK OF DONALD TRUMP.
MATT GAETZ LIKE DONALD TRUMP IS
A RICH KID WHOSE DAD TOOK CARE
OF HIS PROBLEMS.
YOU CAN TELL IN HIS INTERVIEWS
WITH TUCKER CARLSON AND THIS
OP-ED, HE REALLY BELIEVES HE CAN
JUST TALK HIS WAY OUT OF THIS
PROBLEM.
THAT HE HAS A RIGHT TOO.
BUT THE LINE IN THE OP-ED THAT
IS SO TELLING ABOUT THIS ERA AND
HOW MUCH TRUMP HAS CHANGED THE
PARTY IS THAT LINE WHERE HE SAYS
THEYRE NOT COMING FOR ME,
THEYRE COMING FOR YOU.
>> RIGHT.
>> THATS EXACTLY WHAT TRUMP
TELLS HIS VOTERS.
TOMORROW THEYRE GOING TO BUST
THROUGH YOUR DOOR AND ACCUSE OF
YOU SEX TRAFFICKING.
AND BELIEVE ME, THEY HAVE THE
POWER TO RUIN YOUR LIFE.
THATS THE THEME OF MATT GAETZS
RESPONSE, DEFY, DOUBLE DOWN,
DENY, DISMISS AND TELL THE
VOTERS IM FIGHTING FOR YOU, IM
GOING TO BE FINE BUT THEYRE
GOING TO DESTROY THIS COUNTRY
AND DESTROY YOU.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE BY THE WAY
THAT AFTER -- HOW BADLY THE FOX
INTERVIEW WENT THAT HE WOULD
EVEN WRITE THIS OP-ED IS
INDICATIVE OF THE FACT HE WANT
TOSSES KEEP TALKING.
I DONT THINK THIS IS THE LAST
TIME WELL HEAR FROM HIM.
>> KIMBERLY, ITS STRANGE, YOU
WERE TRAINED AS LAWYER, THIS IS
JUST WEIRD, DEFIANCE OR DEATH OF
SHAME.
EITHER THERES INVESTIGATION AND
SOMETHING THERE OR ISNT, I
DONT KNOW WHO WOULD HAVE TOLD
MATT GAETZ THIS IS THE RIGHT
APPROACH BUT FOR HIM ITS
WORKING AT MOMENT.
>> HE BELIEVES SO ANYWAY.
IF I WERE A DEFENSE ATTORNEY AND
HE WERE MY CLIENT I WOULD ADVISE
HIM TO SAY NOTHING BECAUSE
ANYTHING HE SAYS CAN AND WILL BE
USED AGAINST HIM.
WHAT WE HEARD IN THE TV LEGAL
SHOWS IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE.
A.B. IS RIGHT, WERE ON THE SAME
WAVELENGTH, MAYBE BECAUSE WE
SHARE A BIRTHDAY.
BUT WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS A
THROUGH LINE THAT BEGINS IN
LOCKER ROOM TALK, THAT INFAMOUS
STATEMENT BY DONALD TRUMP WAS
DISMISSED AS LOCKER ROOM TALK
AND FIRST THING I THOUGHT OF WAS
ROY MOORE, DONALD TRUMP CREATED
THE PLAYBOOK, STAND BY, DENY AND
AS LONG AS YOURE DENYING IT,
JUST PUSH THROUGH AND TRY TO
WITHSTAND THE POLITICAL FALLOUT.
THATS EXACTLY WHAT YOURE
SEEING MATT GAETZ DOING EVEN
THOUGH DONALD TRUMP HIMSELF IS
NOT DEFENDING HIM HERE.
IT REALLY -- THERE WAS A TIME
NOT LONG AGO THIS WOULD HAVE
ENDED A POLITICAL CAREER,
CHARGES THIS SERIOUS, WOULD HAVE
ENDED A POLITICAL CAREER.
THAT IS NO LONGER THE CASE, AND
THIS TURNAROUND GAME, PUTTING IT
BACK ON DEMOCRATS, CANCEL