SO I DON’T HAVE A QUESTION FOR
YOU.
JUST GO.
>> DURING THE DEMOCRATIC
PRIMARY, I ASKED A VERY DIRECT
AND STRAIGHTFORWARD QUESTION OF
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
DO YOU WANT TO BE WOKE OR DO YOU
WANT TO WIN?
SO THAT MEANT THINK THROUGH WHO
YOU WANT TO BE YOUR NOMINEE.
AND GIVEN EVERYTHING THAT HAS
OCCURRED AND THAT IS NOW IN
FRONT OF YOU, THE QUESTION I
HAVE FOR THE DEMOCRATS ARE YOU
BUILT FOR THIS?
ARE YOU READY TO DO WHAT YOU
NEED TO DO BETWEEN NOW AND
JANUARY 20th?
BECAUSE THIS ISN’T JUST ABOUT
NOVEMBER 3rd.
AS JOE POINTED OUT, AS SUSAN
POINTED OUT, THIS IS ABOUT A
PROCESS THAT WILL UNFOLD BETWEEN
NOW AND WHEN THE NEXT PRESIDENT
PUTS HIS HAND ON THE BIBLE AND
TAKES THE OATH.
SO ARE YOU BUILT FOR THIS BECAUSE IF YOU’RE NOT READY TO
BECAUSE IF YOU’RE NOT READY TO
PLAY THIS, I HAVE BEEN SAYING IT
FROM THE VERY BEGINNING THIS IS
AN ACIESYMMETRICAL GAME WE ARE I
STOP TREATING PRESIDENT TRUMP AS
IF HE’S PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, HE IS PLAYING ONE ON TV.
HIS ACTION SPEAK TO THAT.
IF YOU’RE NOT READY TO ENGAGE
AGAINST McCONNELL, AGAINST
LINDSEY GRAHAM LET ME TELL YOU
WHAT HAPPENS.
GRAHAM AND McCONNELL COME BACK
TO THE SENATE.
DONALD TRUMP GOES BACK TO THE
WHITE HOUSE.
IT’S GAME, SET, MATCH, BABY.
THERE’S NO STOPPING ANYTHING.
SO IF YOU’RE NOT -- IF YOU’RE
NOT BUILT TO DO WHAT YOU NEED TO
DO BETWEEN NOW AND JANUARY 20th,
THEN STAND DOWN AND LET SOMEONE
ELSE STEP IN.
BECAUSE THERE’S TOO MUCH ON THE
LINE.
>> SO MICHAEL, YOU JUST SAID,
ARE YOU BUILT FOR THIS AND WHY YOU’RE SAYING THAT I FIND VERY
YOU’RE SAYING THAT I FIND VERY
INTERESTING BECAUSE YOU TOOK
PART IN A ROLE PLAY EXERCISE
THAT WAS DONE WHAT ABOUT A MONTH
OR TWO AGO WHERE YOU AND A
BIPARTISAN GROUP OF PEOPLE SORT
OF WAR GAMED WHAT COULD HAPPEN
FROM ELECTION DAY THROUGH
TRANSITION.
>> YES.
YES.
>> WHAT WERE SOME OF -- AND YOU
WERE CLEARLY ON THE REPUBLICAN’S
SIDE SO WHAT DID YOU DO TO JACK
THINGS UP?
>> IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT
WE SEE PLAYING OUT NOW.
IT WAS HOW YOU RESPOND TO WHAT
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION DOES.
SO IF TRUMP DECIDES ON THE NIGHT
OF NOVEMBER 3rd TO COME OUT WHEN
THE POLLS ARE BARELY CLOSED AND
ANNOUNCES HE’S THE WINNER AND
THAT, YOU KNOW, THE REST -- THE
REST OF THE COUNT IS A
FRAUDULENT EFFORT TO DENY HIM
THE WHITE HOUSE, WHAT DO YOU DO?
IF TRUMP COMES OUT DURING THE
PROCESS AND TAKES STEPS TO
IMPOSE SOME FORM OF MARTIAL LAW
TO INTIMIDATE THOSE AT THE
VOTING STATIONS WHAT ARE ONGOING
GOING TO DO?
YOU HAVE 45 DAYS AS AN EXERCISE
OF WAR GAMING.
HOW DO YOU STRATEGICALLY
RESPOND?
AND SO NOW YOU’VE GOT THIS
NEW -- THIS NEW DICE THAT’S BEEN
THROWN.
YOU HAVE A SUPREME COURT SEAT
THAT’S OPEN.
YOU HAVE GOT GRAHAM WHO SORT OF
FLIP-FLOPPED
FLIP-FLOPPED.
I DON’T KNOW WHY PEOPLE WERE
SURPRISED AT THAT, THE DUDE IS
WORKING WITH TRUMP.
SO YOU KNOW ALL OF A SUDDEN
EVERYONE IS RUNNING AROUND GOING
OH, MY GOD.
NO, SETTLE ON THE MISSION IN
FRONT OF YOU.
WHAT IS YOUR NEXT PLAY, WHAT ARE
YOU PREPARED TO DO AND THOSE ARE
THE THINGS WE WERE KIND OF
LOOKING AT.
ON OUR TASK FORCE TO LOOK AT THE
JUDICIARY, LEGISLATIVELY, THE
CONGRESS AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW,
THE STATES.
THE SECRETARIES OF STATES AND
THE ROLES THEY PLAY AND GET THE
VOTE OUT AND THERE’S A LOT OF
PIECES HERE AND THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY HAS TO BE BUILT FOR THIS.