Donald Trump is now demanding that there
be an investigation into his own vice president Mike Pence.
And of course this follows Mike Pence's decision to not follow through with what
Trump was demanding him overturning the election
something that he didn't even have the power to do.
Now Trump made this suggestion in a recent
statement which he released through his save America PAC.
He said quote the uninsulated committee.
He's talking about the committee investigating January 6th should be
investigating why Nancy Pelosi did such a poor job of overseeing security.
And why Mike Pence did not send back the votes for re certification or
approval in that it has now been shown that he clearly had the right to do so.
He's just saying it out loud.
He is just transparent.
I wanted my vice president to go against the will of American voters
to do away with our democratic process and just hand me the election and
he didn't do it and I want him to be investigated for it.
>> So look, I'm gonna say.
>> You're just saying it.
>> No, I know this has gotta be jumping the shark.
Please Republican voters.
Have you no sense at all.
So look, the other day we covered when he said he wanted the election overturned.
He literally said it.
Now, a lot of people are surprised by that.
I don't know why they're surprised, that's what he's been saying all along, right.
But the press made a kinda big deal of him saying the literal words I wanted
the election overturned.
Now of course, if you challenge Trump or his supporters on them they'll
be overturned to get to the real results, right, okay, whatever.
Okay we all know that he didn't like the Biden won and he's a crybaby over etc, but
and wanted to do a coup that's not just crybaby stuff that's deeply criminal.
But in this case, the reason why I think it's jumping the shark is
he's saying the committee that's investigating the break in at the capitol,
the riots at the capitol.
The attempts to basically overthrow our system of government should
look into my vice president for not overthrowing it well enough.
>> Right.
>> That's amazing.
>> And that follows his rally speech in Conroe Texas where he dangled
the possibility of pardoning capitol rioters if he wins as president in 2024.
He's planning on running again.
>> And the connective tissue.
There is the rioters were chanting, hang Mike Pence as they went in.
So he's saying the guys that were looking to murder my advice this is literal guys.
The guys who are looking to murder my vice president should be let off.
But my vice president should be investigated for
not overturning the will of the American people and
making me not just president at that point, it would be dictator.
>> And let's just remind you all of that chance
because the rioters were clear about what
their intentions were let's watch.
>> [NOISE].
>> Historic day.
>> Hang Mike Pence and
then he hears someone in the background saying historic day.
Those are the people that Trump wants pardoned while he wants an investigation
into Mike Pence, refusing to overturn the election results it's insane.
>> We show you that video because there's so
much disinformation in the world now that I guarantee you we told republicans know
they were looking to murder Mike Pence.
They would say, that's no way man.
No, they were just gonna give him a bear hug.
No, they were chanting, let's murder the vice president.
That's Trump's that's not Biden's, that's Trump's vice president and
Trump is now saying, let those guys go and go get that son of a bitch
vice president of mine, if you're a republican, are there no bounds.
>> So I actually wanna respond to that as someone who's not a Republican.
Look I think that there are two possibilities, right.
One possibility is more likely.
The first possibility, which I think is less likely is that all of these
Republican voters who support Trump know that Trump is lying.
And they don't care and they're just pushing for what Trump wants anyway.
There might be some in that group.
But I think the bigger problem and the more likely issue here is that they
genuinely believe that the election was riddled with fraud and
that Trump had the election stolen from him.
And I know that many of them believe that because that's what they hear over and
over again in the media they consume in the filter bubbles they exist in.
So look Tucker Carlson is one of the main people who keeps perpetuating
these lies and they trust him, they consume his content.
They believe in him.
They think he's credible and so
yes, they genuinely think the election was stolen from Donald Trump.
It is insane.
>> No, I know that, but that's why I'm asking them.
Do you also think it was okay to try to hang Mike Pence?
Because Trump says it was okay, we should pardon all those guys you
just saw with your own eyes chanting about murdering your vice president,
right, is that okay to let those guys go.
And is it okay to then go and investigate and
potentially arrest the vice president for not rigging an election guy.
The vice president has no role, it's ceremonial.
That is a fact.
Please look it up, read the constitution, read anything you want, stop listening to
right wing media, they're poison, they're lying to you through and through.
You could actually see the actual documents and see that it isn't true.
So now Trump is saying I want him for
not doing a coup instead of doing a ceremonial role.
I wanted him to pretend that I won.
We had fake electors ready to go the fake electors were gonna come in and
pretend I won.
Are you okay with all of that if you hate this country, you hated democracy.
And you say my power over liberals and
other people are more important than America.
Okay then own it.
>> Yeah and I mean I think a lot of them do see the rioters as patriots.
We've seen poll after poll it's not just once,
not just two we've seen several polls at this point that show a significant
portion of Trump supporters believe that they should carry out political violence
to take the country back.
And this is an example of them needing to take the country back in their minds.
But there's more to this story in a recent New York times report,
we've also learned that Trump was looking to take control of voting machines.
So six weeks after Election Day Trump directed his lawyer.
Rudy Giuliani to ask the Department of Homeland Security if it
could legally take control of voting machines in key swing states.
Three people familiar with the matter said Giuliani actually did.
So calling the department's acting Deputy secretary who said he lacked
the authority to audit or impound the machines.
Then Trump pressed Giuliani to make that inquiry after rejecting a separate effort
by his outside advisers to have the Pentagon take control of the machines.
And the outreach to the Department of Homeland Security came not long after
Trump in an Oval Office meeting with Attorney General William Barr.
Raised the possibility of whether the Justice Department could seize
the machines.
A previously undisclosed suggestion that Barr immediately shot down.
And remember William Barr is not some lib William Barr enabled
much of Trump's bad behavior, including completely
misinterpreting the Mueller report on behalf of Donald Trump.
So for William Barr to put his foot down, makes it abundantly clear
what Trump was first calling to do and how insane it was right.
>> Yeah, so again, if you're a right wing of the Republican, you can tell we're
right based on these couple of things seizing the voting machines.
If Trump says it, you think it's a good idea, okay, then think about this.
What if after the next election Biden says I didn't lose.
All those states are saying Georgia, Arizona, Wisconsin and saying I lost but
they did three different recounts a hand recount, they did an audit.
I don't care, I'm seizing their machines.
>> It's crazy.
>> And if Biden seizes their voting machines then says I had my
guys do a recount and it turns out I won.
Well what are you gonna do about it then?
Well then you'd say my God a tyrant has taken over that's what Trump was doing.
That's literally what he was doing.
You cannot have the president who's involved in the election sees the voting
machines.
That's what dictators do that's insane.
Do you understand anything about this country.
They always talk about how much they love this country do you.
Because if you love America, you would never be in favor of that.
That's the exact opposite of what we believe in.
And then finally on William Barr look McConnell was asked
about Trump's statements and he said no,
there should be no lessening of punishment for the January six rioters.
So a number of republicans are now, as we've documented throughout for
you guys have begun to turn on Trump again, okay.
And are saying no, we can't have this lunatic running around now they have their
own reasons you can be mad at them and they're not good guys etc.
But on this one they are correct.
But the most important thing is are they gonna actually stand up and he is that
gonna create real political trouble for Trump and William Barr is gonna testify.
It looks like in front of January 6th committee now Trump is attacking him
as well after everything that Barr did for him.
So if Barr flips on him, which is now possible because
he couldn't have kissed Trump's ass anymore,
like he did everything that was asked of him.
And some things that were potentially even beyond the law okay.
And so if Barr comes up and says you know who I'm pretty much Darth Vader and
I'm telling you Trump did it.
Okay, well then he might actually be in trouble, but that's a big if.
>> And by the way Vice President Mike Pence's Chief of Staff Marc Short
quietly began collaborating with the investigators.
So he's been testifying behind the scenes.
And so I'm guessing a lot of what we're learning now about what was taking
place behind the scenes with the Trump administration is coming out as a result
of the cooperation that's taking place.
So we'll see how this all plays out.
But the final thing to keep in mind is will this committee and
will the Justice Department actually carry out any real consequences for
the players here, right.
The people who are in positions of power who enable Trump's bad behavior who
carried out Trump's demands.
Will there be any consequences for Trump himself doubted.
>> So Trump Giuliani, Steve Bannon, Peter Navarro,
they've all bragged about how they were doing this attempt.
That is by all intents and purposes a coup attempt.
And so last thing is please double Mike Pence's Secret Service detail.
I'm not joking, I got no love for the guy politically at all.
But the way that Trump is constantly egging people on about Mike Pence,
there's an excellent chance somebody's gonna try to kill him.
And so Secret Service should be really careful,
they chanted to kill him because they intended to kill him.
Take it seriously.