WERE THERE THAT DAY.
DEVLIN, ELIZABETH, LEEANN OIG,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
JOINING ME NOW IS JAMES CLYBURN,
HE CHAIRS JOE BIDEN’S
INAUGURATION COMMITTEE.
CONGRESSMAN, THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US.
AND SO THIS REHEARSAL FOR THE
INAUGURAL WAS POSTPONED ON
SUNDAY.
KEN CUCCINELLI SAYS THAT IS
BECAUSE OF INCREASED CHATTER AND
SECURITY CONCERNS AROUND THAT
SUNDAY.
IF YOU CAN’T KEEP A REHEARSAL
SAFE, HOW DO YOU KEEP THE
INAUGURATION SAFE?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
HAVING ME, KATY.
I THINK THE FIRST THING WE HAVE
TO DO IS MAINTAIN TRUST IN OUR
LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL.
I THINK THAT WE OUGHT TO FOLLOW
THEIR ADVICE.
AND THEY HAVE ADVISED US TO
POSTPONE, SO LET’S POSTPONE.
AND WE SHOULD DO THE SAME THING
AS IT RELATES TO THE
INAUGURATION ITSELF.
I CHAIR THE COMMITTEE.
AND IT IS BEING STAFFED BY VERY
COMPETENT GROUP OF PEOPLE.
AND THEY ARE INTERACTING
REGULARLY WITH THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE AND OTHER
HOMELAND SECURITY PERSONNEL.
AND IF THEY TELL US TO ACT OR
NOT ACT, I THINK THAT WE WILL.
>> LET ME ASK YOU, YOU HAVE SAID
IN THE PAST THAT YOU HAVE
QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS ABOUT HOW
THESE RIOTERS WHERE ARE SS WERE
YOUR UNMARKED OFFICE.
OTHER DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMEN AND
WOMEN HAVE SAID THAT THEY SAW
UNUSUAL CROWDS IN THE CAPITOL
BEING LED ON TOURS BY OTHER
LAWMAKERS THAT THEY NOW LOOK IN
HINDSIGHT AND WONDER WHAT THEY
WERE DOING, WHETHER IT WAS A
RECOGNIZANCE TOUR.
AND MY COLLEAGUE SPOKE TO A
NUMBER OF LAWMAKERS WHO SAID
THAT THEY ARE WORRIED THAT SOME
OF THEIR FELLOW CONGRESS PEOPLE
MIGHT BE TRYING TO GET THEM
KILLED.
WHAT IS GOING ON?
>> I THINK THAT WE HAVE
SYMPATHIZERS IN THE CONGRESS
THAT PROBABLY OUGHT NOT BE
THERE.
THERE ARE TWO PEOPLE JUST GOT
ELECTED WHO IDENTIFIED WITH THIS
QAnon GROUP.
WE KNOW THAT IS A HATE GROUP.
AND IF THEY REPRESENT THEIR
INTERESTS, THEN WE NEED TO BE
CONCERNED ABOUT THEM.
AND I THINK THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT
PEOPLE NEED TO PAY CLOSE
ATTENTION TO THEM AS WELL.
I WORKED IN STATE GOVERNMENT
BEFORE I CAME TO WASHINGTON.
BEFORE THAT, I WAS IN THE
GOVERNOR’S STAFF HERE IN SOUTH
CAROLINA BACK IN THE EARLY ’70s. AND I’LL TELL YOU SOMETHING, WE
AND I’LL TELL YOU SOMETHING, WE
KNEW AS MUCH IF NOT MORE ABOUTKU
KLAN AS THEY DID THEMSELVES
BECAUSE WE PUT IN PLACE
MECHANISMS IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE STAYED ON TOP OF THEM
AND WE KNEW WHAT THEY WERE
THINKING ABOUT DOING BEFORE THEY
EVER DECIDED TO ACT UPON IT.
THAT SAME THING CAN BE DONE
TODAY.
WE HAVE TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT THE
FACT THAT WE IN THIS COUNTRY
HAVE A PROBLEM WITH DOMESTIC
TERRORISM.
DOMESTIC TERRORISM.
WE HAVE NEVER MADE THAT HAD
MISSION.
AND IT IS TIME FOR US TO COME
DOWN OFF OUR HIGH HORSE AND
ADMIT THAT THERE IS DOMESTIC
TERRORISM IN THIS COUNTRY AND
THERE IS A WAY TO GET TO THE
BOTTOM OF IT AND THEY KNOW IT,
I’VE BEEN A PART OF IT AT THE
STATE LEVEL, AND A LOT OF THEM
ARE MUCH SMALLER THAN I AM, THEY
CAN GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS AT
THE NATIONAL LEVEL.
>> YOU’VE LED ME TO MY NEXT
QUESTION, DO OUR FEDERAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND INTELLIGENCE
AGENCIES NEED TO BE RESTRUCTURED
TO FOCUS MORE ON DOMESTIC
THREATS RATHER THAN
INTERNATIONAL THREATS?
WE JUST HAD ELIZABETHLIZABETH NE
WHO QUIT DHS BECAUSE SHE KEPT
RAISING THE SHOVE GLESISSUE OF D
EXTREMISM AND SHE WEREN’T TAKING
IT SERIOUSLY ENOUGH.
>> I JUST LISTENED TO HER AND
SHE IS SPOT ON.
AND I THINK THAT IN ADDITION TO
THAT -- AND I WANT TO THANK
SPEAKER PALAU HE CITYELOSI FOR B
THE GENERAL.
I KNOW HIM.
AND SHE PUT ME IN CHARGE OF THE
CONGRESSIONAL RESPONSE TO
KATRINA AND RITA.
AND I WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH
HIM.
HE KNOWS WHAT HE IS DOING AND
CALL IT AS YOU SEES IT.
I THINK BRINGING HIM INTO DO A
TOP TO BOTTOM STUDY OF THIS, HE
WILL CALL IT THE WAY IT IS.
AND SO I FEEL MUCH BETTER ABOUT
THIS EFFORT NOW THAT HE IS ON
BOARD.
BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, I THINK
IT IS KIND OF INTERESTING, WHY
WOULD YOU HAVE TO BEG PEOPLE TO
TELL THE TRUTH?
I DON’T UNDERSTAND THAT.
MY REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES HAVE A
RESPONSIBILITY TO THIS COUNTRY’S
STABILITY TO TELL THE TRUTH.
STOP LYING ABOUT THIS ELECTION.
THEY KNOW FULL WELL THIS
ELECTION WAS NOT STOLEN.
THEY KNOW FULL WELL THAT THIS
WAS ONE OF THEIR OWN WAS THIS
CHARGE AND HE HAS SAID IT WAS
THE MOST SECURE ELECTION IN THE
HISTORY OF THE COUNTRY.
AND I FEEL THAT HAVING BEEN
SUBJECTED TO BAD ELECTIONS IN
THE PAST.
THIS WAS NOT ONE OF THEM.
AND SO I THINK THAT THEY ARE
INCUMBENT FROM THEIR DUTIES,
FROM THEIR OFFICES THEY HOLD, TO
USE SOAP BOX TO TELL PEOPLE THE
TRUTH AND STOP THIS LYING.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT THE BENEFIT
IS.
THIS IS A WEEKEND THAT WE
CELEBRATE MARTIN LUTHER KING.
AND HE SAID THAT HE WAS COMING
TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE
PEOPLE OF ILL WILL MAKE A MUCH
BETTER USE OF TIME THAN THE
PEOPLE OF GOOD WILL.
AND IT IS TIME FOR THE PEOPLE OF
GOOD WILL TO STOP BEING
COMPLICIT, STOP BEING SILENCED.
SILENCE GIVES CONSENT. WHEN YOU BE SILENT ABOUT STUFF
WHEN YOU BE SILENT ABOUT STUFF
LIKE THIS, YOU ARE CONSENT INGIN
SO WE WILL BE MADE TO REPENTD,
NOT JUST FOR THE VITRIOLIC WORDS
AND DEEDS OF BAD PEOPLE, BUT FOR
THE SILENCE OF GOOD PEOPLE.
I 34R50EDPLEAD TO THE GOOD PEOPL
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, TO THE
GOOD PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY,
BREAK YOUR SILENCE.
DON’T LET THIS COUNTRY COME
APART BASED UPON A LIE.
AND THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING.