>>> I WANT TO PARTICULARLY
CONGRATULATE PRESIDENT-ELECT
TRUMP.
I THINK WE ALL AGREE THIS WAS A
STUNNING ELECTION.
AND CLEARLY AN INDICATION THAT
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WOULD LIKE
TO TRY SOMETHING NEW AND I KNOW
THE SPEAKER SHARES MY VIEW WE’D
LIKE TO SEE THE COUNTRY GO IN A
DIFFERENT DIRECTION AND INTEND
TO WORK WITH HIM TO CHANGE
COURSES, TO CHANGE THE COURSE
FOR AMERICA.
OUR INSTITUTIONS ARE ACTUALLY
BUILT FOR THIS.
WE HAVE THE SYSTEM IN PLACE TO
CONSIDER CONCERNS AND PRESIDENT
TRUMP IS 100% WITHIN HIS RIGHTS
TO LOOK INTO ALLEGATIONS OF
IRREGULARITIES AND WEIGH HIS
LEGAL OPTIONS.
IF THE DEMOCRATS FEEL CONFIDENT
THEY HAVE NOT OCCURRED, THEY
SHOULD HAVE NO REASON TO FEAR
ANY EXTRA SCRUTINY.
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MITCH
McCONNELL STOPPING SHORT OF
ACKNOWLEDGING JOE BIDEN’S
ELECTION WIN AS COMPARED TO 2016
WHEN HE HAD
PRESIDENT-ELECT BEFORE STATES
CERTIFIED ELECTION RESULTS.
JOINING US NOW SENIOR EDITOR AT
THE DISPATCH, A COLUMNIST FOR
TIME, DAVID FRENCH.
HE IS OUT WITH A BOOK ENTITLED
"DIVIDED WE FALL, AMERICA’S
SUCCESSION THREAT AND HOW TO
RESTORE OUR NATION."
ALSO MSNBC POLITICAL ANALYST AND
PUBLISHER OF THE NEWSLETTER DOT,
INC., BIDEN CAN’T BE F.D.R. HE
COULD STILL BE L.B.J.
WE WILL GET TO WHAT THE BIDEN
MODEL IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN A
MOMENT.
DAVID, WHAT MITCH McCONNELL SAID
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ON
TWITTER AND WE HAVE SCREAMING,
OH MY GOSH, BUT IT ACTUALLY WAS
TRUE.
YOU CAN DO WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS
DOING AND DEMOCRATS ARE WAITING
UNTIL SOMETHING LIKE EVIDENCE IS
ACTUALLY BROUGHT FORWARD.
NONE IS SEEN.
NONE IS EXPECTED.
BUT HE HAS A RIGHT TO DO WHAT HE
IS DOING.
>> HE HAS A RIGHT TO DO WHAT HE
IS DOING, BUT WHAT HAS TO BE
MADE VERY CLEAR TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE IS THAT WILL NOT UPSET
THE ELECTION RESULTS.
I HAVE LOOKED AT THE LAWSUITS.
I HAVE LOOKED AT THE VIDEO IVIRA
CONSPIRACY THEORIES.
THERE IS AN EXERCISE IN
FUTILITY.
SO WHAT’S HAPPENING IS THIS IS
BEING ACTIVELY, AND MAINLY IN
CONSERVATIVE MEDIA, MAINLY NOT
FROM THE SENATORS, BUT MAINLY
CONSERVATIVE MEDIA THIS FEVER IS
SPREADING THAT THIS IS
ILLEGITIMATE, IT’S BEEN TAKEN
AWAY AND THEY HEAR LAWSUITS AND
THEY THINK A JUDGE IS GOING TO
INTERVENE AND CHANGE THE
RESULTS.
UNTIL YOU READ THESE LAWSUITS
AND REALIZE THEY ARE NOT EVEN
HAIL MARY PASSES.
THEY ARE INSULTS TO HAIL MARY
PASSES BECAUSE A HAIL MARY PASS
CAN BE COMPLETED.
IT’S FRIVOLOUS LITIGATION.
THERE ARE VIRAL CONSPIRACY
THEORIES WITHOUT ANY REAL
EVIDENCE ONLINE.
THIS ELECTION HAS ENDED.
THERE IS NOTHING THAT HAS BEEN
BROUGHT FORWARD YET THAT COMES
CLOSE TO UPSETTING THE RESULTS
OF THIS ELECTION, AND TENS OF
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE BEING
TOLD OTHERWISE.
THEY ARE BEING LIED TO.
THEY ARE BEING DECEIVED.
>> WE ARE HEARING REPUBLICANS,
INCLUDING THE MAJORITY LEADER,
BENDING OVER BACKWARDS TO SAY WE
HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL STATES
CERTIFY THE RESULTS BEFORE WE
CAN ACKNOWLEDGE A
PRESIDENT-ELECT.
WE HAVE GOT TO LOOK THROUGH ALL
THIS.
WE PLAYED A CLIP OF HIM HOURS
AFTER DONALD TRUMP WAS GIVEN THE
PRESIDENCY BY THE MEDIA THE DAY
AFTER ELECTION DAY
CONGRATULATING PRESIDENT-ELECT
TRUMP.
THEY ARE WITHIN THEIR RIGHTS.
THEY ARE SAYING WHAT THEY THINK
THEY NEED TO SAY, STILL EVEN
THOUGH HE IS ON HIS WAY OUT, TO
NOT INCUR THE WRATH OF DONALD
TRUMP.
WHAT WOULD YOU HOPE TO HEAR FROM
PRINCIPAL REPUBLICANS IN THIS
MOMENT?
>> WHAT WE HAVE HEARD, FOR
EXAMPLE, MITT ROMNEY, WHO
CONGRATULATED PRESIDENT-ELECT
JOE BIDEN ON HIS OBVIOUS
VICTORY.
NO SENATOR CAN BLOCK ANY
CITIZEN’S ACCESS TO THE COURTS.
NO SENATOR CAN BLOCK THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN’S ACCESS TO THE COURTS.
THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE COURTS.
THEY WILL USE THAT, AND THESE
LAWSUITS WILL WORK THEIR WAY
THROUGH THE SYSTEM AND THEY ARE
GOING TO FAIL TO STOP
PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN.
YOU ARE ALLOWED TO DO THAT.
YOU ARE ALLOWED TO MAKE THAT
ASSESSMENT AS A SENATOR.
BUT I DON’T THINK YOU CAN OVER
EMPHASIZE, IT’S NOT JUST THE
PRESIDENT THAT THESE SENATORS
DON’T WANT TO MAKE ANGRY.
IT IS A CONSERVATIVE MEDIA ECHO
SYSTEM THAT RIGHT NOW, WITH SOME
NOTABLE EXCEPTIONS, BUT RIGHT
NOW IS LOSING ITS MIND.
IT IS ESSENTIALLY WHIPPING UP A
FRENZY WITHIN THE AMERICAN
PUBLIC TO THE POINT WHERE A
RECENT POLL SHOWED ABOUT 70% OF
REPUBLICANS DON’T BELIEVE THE
ELECTION WAS FREE OR FAIR, WHICH
IS ABSURD.
ACTUALLY, THE ELECTION WAS A
TRIBUTE TO THE AMERICAN
ELECTORAL PROCESS THAT THIS MANY