WE KNOW DONALD TRUMP WILL ACT
BADLY, LET THEM DO THEIR THING
AND WHEN WE GET TO THE END OF
THE PROCESS, THEN IT’S TIME TO
START TALKING.
YOU LOOK YESTERDAY AT "THE
WASHINGTON POST" ARTICLE BY BOB
COSTA, THEY KNOW AND THEY’RE
ADMITTING NOW THEY CAN’T WIN
THESE LEGAL LAWSUITS.
THEY’RE ADMITTING IN FRONT OF
COURTS THERE IS NO FRAUD AS A
MATTER OF LAW.
THEY’RE ADMITTING THERE’S NO WAY
FORWARD IN ANY OF THESE LEGAL
CHALLENGES.
SO NOW, THEY’RE MOVING ON AND
THEY’RE GOING TO TRY TO DISRUPT
THE ELECTORS, DOING SOMETHING
THAT’S GROSSLY UNDEMOCRATIC,
GROSSLY UN-AMERICAN.
AND SOMETHING THAT WILL STAY
WITH THIS REPUBLICAN PARTY FOR
YEARS TO COME.
THEY KNOW IT’S OVER AND YET THEY
WON’T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
WILLIE, WE HAVE RIDDEN THE
RIPTIDE LONG ENOUGH.
IT’S TIME FOR AMERICA TO MOVE
FORWARD, GET OUT OF IT, START
SWIMMING BACK TOWARD THE SHORE
AND GET ON FIRM GROUND.
START PLANNING FOR A PEACEFUL
TRANSFER OF POWER, START
PLANNING FOR DISTRIBUTING
VACCINES.
START PLANNING TO WIN THIS WAR
ON THE CORONAVIRUS.
START HAVING OUR COMMANDER IN
CHIEF TALK TO OUR ALLIES AND OUR
ADVERSARIES.
IT IS PASTIME.
OBAMA GAVE TRUMP THAT ADVANTAGE.
EVERY PRESIDENT HAS DONE THAT IN
THE PAST.
THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR
REPUBLICANS TO NOT START MOVING
FORWARD NOW.
LIVES DEPEND ON IT.
AND THEIR CONTINUED FOOT
DRAGGING IS NOT ONLY WRONG, IT’S
UNAMERICAN.
>> AND LET’S BE HONEST, THERE
WAS NO EXCUSE FROM THE VERY
BEGINNING.
I MEAN, THEY ALL KNEW WHERE THIS
WAS HEAD, THEY ALL SAW THE VOTE,
BUT THEY SAID LET’S LET THIS
PLAY OUT.
THEY NEVER DID THAT BEFORE.
THEY DIDN’T DO IT IN RACES THEY
WON IN THE HOUSE, WE HAVE TALKED
ABOUT THAT.
OR IN THE SENATE, THEY DIDN’T DO
IT IN 2016.
THEY CONGRATULATED THE WINNER
IMMEDIATELY BUT WE’LL STIPULATE
THAT AND SAY YOU HAVE A
PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW AND WE
SHOULD NEVER TAKE THIS AS
ROUTINE EVEN WITH THIS
PRESIDENT, A PRESIDENT WHO IN
THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC THAT’S
RAGING OUT OF CONTROL WHERE WE
JUST CROSSED 250,000 DEATHS AS
YOU SAID, WHO IS HOLED UP AT THE
WHITE HOUSE, RAGE TWEETING IN
ALL CAPS THAT AN ELECTION WAS
STOLEN FROM HIM.
HOW MUCH LONGER DO YOU LET THIS
GO ON, REPUBLICANS IN THE
CONGRESS?
HOW MUCH LONGER DO YOU LET HIM
DO THAT?
HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE DIE, HOW
MUCH MORE SPACE DO YOU GIVE THIS
MAN?
IT’S TIME AS JOE SAID, AND LET’S
GO THROUGH THAT REPORTING IN
"THE WASHINGTON POST" FROM
ROBERT COSTA THAT THE STRATEGY
HAS NOW APPARENTLY CHANGED FROM
THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN TO DISQUALIFY
VOTES TO DISRUPTING THE
ELECTORAL COLLEGE.
THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN WANTS TO
DELAY THE CERTIFICATION LONG
ENOUGH TO CAST DOUBT ON THE
LEGITIMACY OF JOE BIDEN’S WIN
AND TO CHANGE THE PROCESS FOR
SELECTING ELECTORS.
RUDY GIULIANI WANTS TO PRESSURE
OFFICIALS AROUND THE COUNTRY TO
STALL VOTE CERTIFICATION, THEN
TO HAVE REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS
CHOOSE ELECTORS TO DISRUPT THE
ELECTORAL COLLEGE MEETING NEXT
MONTH AND THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP
IS IN FAVOR OF THIS PLAN.
BUT "THE POST" REPORTS THE
OUTCOME APPEARS IMPOSSIBLE.
IT IS AGAINST THE LAW IN
PENNSYLVANIA, FOR EXAMPLE.
WISCONSIN LAW GIVES NO ROLE TO
THE LEGISLATURE IN CHOOSING
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS AND
THERE’S LITTLE PUBLIC -- THE
OTHER STATES TO PURSUE SUCH A
PATH.
ACCORDING TO SEVERAL PEOPLE
FAMILIAR WITH CONVERSATIONS.
GIULIANI IS REGULARLY CONFERRING
WITH STEVE BANNON, ONE OF THE
ARCHITECTS --
>> WAIT, IS HE NOT -- WAIT, IS
BANNON NOT IN JAIL?
WAIT, IS HE NOT IN JAIL?
>> I DON’T KNOW.
>> IRONICALLY, JOE, HE’S
CURRENTLY AWAITING TRIAL FOR
FRAUD, WHICH IS WHAT HE’S TRYING
TO MASTERMIND THIS OPERATION.
>> SO THAT’S, WILLIE, THAT’S WHO
THE WHITE HOUSE IS GOING TO?
GIULIANI IS GOING TO A GUY WHO’S
CONVICTED -- WHO’S BEING TRIED
FOR FRAUD RIGHT NOW?
>> YES.
WHO WAS ARRESTED ON A YACHT
YOU’LL REMEMBER THIS SUMMER AND
IS BEING TRIED FOR FRAUD AND HAS
WISHED VIOLENCE ON ANTHONY FAUCI
AND OTHERS MOST RECENTLY.
THAT’S WHERE WE ARE.
THIS STUFF IS FAILING AGAIN AND
AGAIN AND AGAIN IN THE COURTS.
THE COURTS ARE HOLDING UP IN THE
FACE OF THESE PREPOSTEROUS
ARGUMENTS MADE BY RUDY GIULIANI
AND OTHERS.
SO THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY’LL DO.
LET THEM DO THAT.
BUT AGAIN, WHERE ARE REPUBLICANS
ON CAPITOL HILL?
WHERE ARE THEY RIGHT NOW?
HOW MUCH LONGER DO YOU LET THIS
GO ON?
>> AT THIS POINT, WHERE IS MITCH
McCONNELL.
MITCH McCONNELL SAID YOU HAVE A
RIGHT TO COUNT THE VOTES, I
AGREE.
YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO BRING THE
LEGAL CHALLENGES FORWARD, FREE
AGREE.
BUT THEN IT’S TIME.
THE LEGAL CHALLENGES WE NOW KNOW
AND REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS KNOW
MITCH McCONNELL KNOWS THE LEGAL