THE COUNTRY EXCEPT FOR THOSE 75
MILLION PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR
DONALD TRUMP AND ARE BELIEVING
WHAT COMES OUT OF HIS MOUTH
THAT’S THE REAL DANGER HERE.
>> JOINING US FROM THE DEAN
OBADIAH SHOW, HIS NEW PIECE,
TRUMP’S ELECTION LIES ARE AN
ATTEMPTED COUP.
WHY SHOULD THEY SAY SO?
THEY’RE TRYING TO MOVE ON ABOVE
THE FRAY AND NOT GET INTO THE
GUTTER OF RIDICULOUSNESS WHICH
WAS PETER OUT ON ITS OWN ANYWAY.
>> FIRST, I WOULD SAY TO THAT,
IF THEY SAW THIS IN ANY OTHER
COUNTRY, A PRESIDENT LOST THE
ELECTION CLEARLY AND FOR A
MONTH, THERE WAS FRAUD, IT WAS
RIGGED, TRYING TO GET HIS OWN
FBI INVOLVED, PRESSURED THE
ELECTED OFFICIALS TO BREAK THE
LAW LIKE KEMP IN GEORGIA, YOU
WILL SAY THAT LOOKS LIKE A
POLITICAL COUP OR THAT’S AN
AUTHORITARIAN WHO WANTS TO BACK
SLIDE THE DEMOCRACY THERE.
I RESPECT JOE BIDEN A GREAT
DEAL.
HE WANTS TO BE ABOVE THIS.
I TALKED TO EXPERTS ON
AUTHORITARIANISM.
THAT’S THE EXACT WRONG ANSWER.
WHAT YOU’RE DOING IS EMBOLDENING
HIM AND YOU’RE NORMALIZING THE
WORST BEHAVIOR.
YOU HAVE REPUBLICANS, 75%, 80%
BELIEVING THAT THE ELECTION IS A
FRAUD, MAKING IT HARDER FOR JOE
BIDEN TO GOVERN.
THAT’S ONE THING.
SECONDLY, IS EVERY ELECTION IS
THE NEW NORMAL THAT YOU CLAIM
FRAUD FOR EVERY MONTH?
EVEN RUDY GIULIANI, HE WENT INTO
FEDERAL COURT IN PENNSYLVANIA,
HE SAID THIS IS NOT A FRAUD
CASE.
TRUMP’S LAWYERS IN ARIZONA SAID
THIS IS NOT A FRAUD CASE.
I’M A LAWYER, JOE’S A LAWYER, WE
CAN’T LIE TO THE JUDGES BECAUSE
WE’LL GET DISBARRED.
IT’S ONE THING YOU CAN’T DO THAT
AS A LAWYER BECAUSE YOU’LL LOSE
YOUR LICENSE.
THE ONLY FRAUD IN THIS ELECTION
IS DONALD J. TRUMP AND IT’S TIME
FOR JOE BIDEN TO STAND UP FOR
OUR DEMOCRACY.
YOU MIGHT GET REPUBLICANS WHO
ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF TO COME
ALONG.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT?
THIS IS AN ATTACK ON OUR
DEMOCRACY FOR A WHOLE MONTH.
WHERE’S THE PROOF?
THERE’S NONE.
THAT’S WHEN IT COMES A POLITICAL
COUP.
>> MIKA, JUST SO PEOPLE WHO
THINK THIS TO CALL THIS A COUP
ARE HYPERBOLIC, OR AN ATTEMPTED
COUP, LOOK AT THE DEFINITION IN
WIKIPEDIA.
TYPICALLY IT’S AN ILLEGAL
UNCONSTITUTIONAL ATTEMPT TO
SEIZE POWER BY A POLITICAL
FACTION.
DEFINITION OF COUP.
IF YOU’RE ALREADY IN POWER IT’S
AN AUTO COUP.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE DEFINITION, I
GUESS I WOULD SAY TO TRUMP
DEFENDERS, IF IT’S NOT AN
ATTEMPTED COUP, IF IT’S NOT AN
ILLEGAL UNCONSTITUTIONAL ATTEMPT
TO SEIZE POWER BY A POLITICAL
FACTION WHEN HE’S TRYING TO CALL
PEOPLE TO THE WHITE HOUSE TO GET
THEM TO CHANGE THEIR VOTES,
TRYING TO CALL THE GOVERNOR OF
ARIZONA TO TRY TO STOP HIM FROM
DOING LEGALLY WHAT HE HAS TO DO
WHICH IS TO CERTIFY THE ELECTION
RESULTS TRYING TO GET THOSE IN
MICHIGAN AND WAYNE COUNTY TO
ILLEGALLY NOT CERTIFY THE VOTES
THERE.
IF REPUBLICANS DON’T THINK IT’S
A COUP OR DOESN’T FIT THIS
DEFINITION OF A COUP IN ALL FOUR
CORNERS THEN I’D LOVE TO HEAR
WHAT THEY WOULD CALL IT.
MIKA?
>> I THINK FIRST OF ALL, THE
QUESTION IS FOR ALL OF -- FOR
THIS LONG LAUNDRY LIST OF
ASSAULTS ON OUR DEMOCRACY AND
I’LL THROW IT BACK TO DEAN,
SHOULDN’T THIS PRESIDENT BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE?
BUT TO JOE’S POINT, YES, IT
WOULD BE GREAT TO HOLD THIS
ATTEMPTED COUP, THIS PRESIDENT
ACCOUNTABLE.
BUT WOULDN’T THAT BE DONE BY
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS WHO
ARE RIGHT NOW IN POWER AND WHY
ISN’T THAT HAPPENING?
>> YOU HAVE DEMOCRATS WHO ARE
FOLLOWING JOE BIDEN’S LEAD OF
TAKING THE HIGHER ROAD.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT JOE BIDEN IS
STANDING FOR.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AMERICA
UNIFY.
MAYBE WE BRING THE TEMPERATURE
DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF
MUSSOLINI, PUTIN F YOU DON’T
STAND UP THEM, THEY GET
EMBOLDENED, THEY GET WORSE.
I’M FROM JERSEY, WE SPEAK
BLUNTLY.