STEVE: SHE THOROUGH THANK YOU FOR JOINING US LIVE FROM
STATUARY HALL.
STATUARY HALL. BRIAN: BRING IN DOUG COLLINS
REPUBLICAN OUT OF GEORGIA
RANKING MEMBER OF THE HOUSE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. A MEMBER OF PRESIDENT
TRUMP’S IMPEACHMENT DEFENSE
TEAM.
TEAM. THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT
ACCORDING TO THE HILL MITCH
MCCONNELL DOESN’T HAVE THE
VOTES THE WORD IS YET.
IT’S NOT AS IF HE DOESN’T
POTENTIALLY HAVE THE VOTE TO
AVOID WITNESSES.
AVOID WITNESSES. IT IS JUST THAT HE HASN’T
GOTTEN THE COMMITMENT YET.
IS THAT HOW YOU UNDERSTAND
IT.
IT. >> THAT WOULD BE THE WAY I
WOULD SEE IT, BRIAN.
LET ME BE CLEAR AND
SUCCINCT.
SUCCINCT. THE PROBABLE THEY ARE HAVING
IS CLEAR AND SUCCINCT THE
DEMOCRATS DIDN’T MAKE THEIR
CASE.
CASE. THEY HAVE SHOWN HOW FLIMSY
THE IMPEACHMENT ARTICLES
WERE COMING FROM THE HOUSE.
NOW REPUBLICANS ARE HAVING
TO DEAL WITH IT.
AT THE LAST MINUTE, THE
TIMED LEAGUE OF A BOLTON
POSSIBILITY HERE JUST
BECAUSE THEIR CASE WAS SO
WEAK IS TO TRY AND SOW SOME
SEEDS OF DOUBT IN SOME OF
OUR MEMBERS TO SAY THAT THEY
WANT TO HEAR MORE.
I THINK AT THE END OF THE
DAY WHEN THEY LOOK AT THE
TOTAL CASE, THEY LOOK AT
WHAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED AND
HOW BADLY IT WAS DONE IN THE
HOUSE AND HOW POORLY THESE
ARTICLES WERE DRAFTED
WITNESSES ARE NOT GOING TO
HELP THEM.
HELP THEM. NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENED, THE
PRESIDENT DID NOTHING WRONG.
UKRAINE GOT THE AID AND
NOTHING CONDITIONALITY ABOUT
IT.
IT. NOTHING HERE FOR REPUBLICANS
TO DO.
TO DO. AINSLEY: IS WHICH ONES HAVE
DEFINITELY SAID THEY ARE
BREAKING OFF,U., JUST
ROMNEY.
ROMNEY. >> SEEMS TO BE JUST IN THE
TAKES THAT I HAVE SAID
ROMNEY.
ROMNEY. MORE CONVERSATIONS.
MORE CONVERSATIONS. MITCH MCCONNELL HAS DONE A
GREAT JOB WORKING WITH THE
SENATE KEEPING THIS TRY ON
FOCUS AND KEEPING IT WHERE
IT NEEDS TO BE.
THAT IS ON THE FACTS OF WHAT
THE PRESIDENT’S TEAM AND
DEFENSE TEAM HAS LAID OUT.
THEY HAVE LAID OUT A
DEVASTATING DEFENSE AGAINST
WHAT THE HOUSE MANAGER HAS
PRESENTED AGAINST THE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO SEE
SOME GOOD THINGS COMING
FORWARD.
FORWARD. I TRUST MITCH MCCONNELL TO
GET THE PROCESS.
STEVE: MITCH MCCONNELL’S
OFFICE SAYING YEP, HE IS NOT
AT THAT STAGE YET WHERE THEY
DON’T HAVE TO HAVE
WITNESSES, I WOULD IMAGINE
THOSE FOUR REPUBLICANS ARE
GOING TO GET A LOT OF PHONE
CALLS TODAY, JUST SAYING.
OH BOY.
OH BOY. >> THE ONING ONE INTERESTING THI
HERE WHAT WE ARE ACTUALLY
GOING TO SEE HERE AND
ACTUALLY SEE THIS.
THE ONLY BIPARTISAN PART OF
THIS WHOLE IMPEACHMENT SHAM
WILL BE BIPARTISAN TO ACQUIT
THE PRESIDENT.
THE PRESIDENT. STEVE: I THINK YOU COULD
RIGHT ABOUT THAT AS WE HEAR
FROM POLITICO.
FROM POLITICO. MEANWHILE, THE PRESIDENT’S
DEFENSE TEAM FINISHED
STRONGLY YESTERDAY.
STRONGLY YESTERDAY. FOR THE FOLKS BUSY LIVING
THEIR LIVES WE HAVE A CLIP
TO SHOW YOU HOW THAT WENT
DOWN.
DOWN. >> ALL YOU NEED IN THIS CASE
IS THE CONSTITUTION AND YOUR
COMMON SENSE.
COMMON SENSE. >> THE PARTISAN IMPEACHMENT
BASED ON POLICY
DISAGREEMENTS WHICH IS WHAT
THIS IS.
THIS IS. AND PERSONAL PRESUMPTIONS.
THAT BECOMES THE NEW NORM.
FUTURE PRESIDENTS,
FUTURE PRESIDENTS, DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS, WILL
BE PARALYZED THE MOMENT THEY
ARE ELECTED.
ARE ELECTED. >> THEY DON’T HAVE A
STANDARD THAT REALLY DEFINES
A SPECIFIC DEFENSE.
THEY DON’T HAVE A STANDARD
THAT REALLY DEFINES
INCOHERENT TERMS THAT ARE
GOING TO BE IDENTIFIABLE
WHAT THE OFFENSES ARE.
>> OVERTURNING THE LAST
ELECTION AND MASSIVELY
INTERFERING WITH THE
UPCOMING ONE WOULD CAUSE
SERIOUS AND LASTING DAMAGE
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED
STATES AND TO OUR GREAT
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. THE SENATE CANNOT ALLOW THIS
TO HAPPEN.
TO HAPPEN. IT IS TIME FOR THIS TO END
HERE AND NOW.
>> YOU CANNOT IMPEACH A
PRESIDENT ON.
PRESIDENT ON. ANNA: UNSOURCED ALLEGATION.
BRIAN: TALKING ABOUT BOLTON.
STEVE: DOUG COLLINS, HIS
DEFENSE TEAM, WE HAVE HEARD
OVER THE LAST 36 HOURS OR SO
MADE IT VERY CLEAR.
EVEN IF THE STUFF IN JOHN
BOLTON’S BOOK WHICH WAS
LEAKED OUT TO, YOU KNOW,
JACK UP SALES ACCORDING TO
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES.
STATES. EVEN IF THAT IS ALL TRUE,
IT’S STILL NOT IMPEACHABLE.
>> THAT’S RIGHT.
THE ONLY DAMAGE THAT’S BEEN
DONE TO THE INSTITUTION OF
THE HOUSE BECAUSE OF HOW IT
WAS DONE AND TRY TO
POLITICAL IMPEACHMENT SHOWS
AMERICA WE DON’T NEED.
THIS THIS IS NOT THE WAY WE
GO ABOUT THIS.
BRIAN: HEAR FROM THE MEDIA.
THEY WEIGHED.
THEY WEIGHED. IN I KNOW YOU ONLY WATCH OUR
CHANNEL WE WATCH OTHERS TO
BRING YOU THIS.
>> IT DOES RAISE QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC
STRATEGY TO FAST-TRACK AN
IMPEACHMENT BEFORE
IMPEACHMENT BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
CHRISTMAS. >> RIGHT NOW THE REPUBLICANS
FEEL GOOD.
FEEL GOOD. OF THE WHITE HOUSE FEELS
GOOD.
GOOD. >> UNIVERSE OF REPUBLICANS
IT HASN’T REALLY EXPANDED.
>> SO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT
THEY ARE GOING TO VOTE
AGAINST WITNESSES?
AGAINST WITNESSES? >> LISTEN.
>> LISTEN. PREDICTIONS ARE DANGEROUS,
ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE
ABOUT THE FUTURE.
BUT IT SEEMS UNLIKELY.
STEVE: WOW, A LOT OF THEM
HAVE CHANGED THEIR TUNE.
>> OH, THEY NEED TO BECAUSE
THEY HAVE BEEN WRONG ALL
ALONG.
ALONG. NOW THEY ARE TRYING TO GET
BACK THEY REALIZE THIS
IMPEACHMENT ONE DAY WILL BE
OVER AND AT LEAST HAVE TO
FIND A WAY TO BE RESPECTFUL
JOURNALIST AND FIND FACTS
AND NOT JUST PARROT THE
TALKING POINTS FROM THE
DEMOCRATS.
DEMOCRATS. AINSLEY: CONGRESSMAN FROM
THE BIG STATE OF GEORGIA I
THINK YOU HAVE A BIG
ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE.
>> I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN
DISCUSSION ABOUT IT AND I
HAVE BEEN ASKED ABOUT IT
BEFORE.
BEFORE. WE ARE IN FOR THE GEORGIA
SENATE RACE DOWN HERE.
I STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK
TO DO TO HELP THIS PRESIDENT
FINISH THIS IMPEACHMENT OUT.
WE WILL MAKE A BIGGER
ANNOUNCEMENT IN GEORGIA.
YOU HAVE BEEN SO KIND TO ASK
ABOUT IT.
ABOUT IT. PEOPLE OF GEORGIA WE ARE
GETTING READY FOR A GOOD
TIME DOWN HERE TO KEEP
DEFENDING THIS PRESIDENT AND
KEEP WORKING FOR THE PEOPLE
OF GEORGIA.
OF GEORGIA. BRIAN: THE GOVERNOR DEFIED
THE PRESIDENT.
THE PRESIDENT. THE PRESIDENT WANTED YOU TO
FILL JOHNNY ISAKSON’S SEAT.
KELLY.
KELLY. A LOT OF MONEY.
$2.6 MILLION IN AD BUYS
READY TO GO.
ARE YOU READY FOR THIS TASK
AND ARE YOU CONCERNED THAT
YOU GUYS WILL TEAR EACH
OTHER APART AND OPEN UP THE
SEAT FOR A DEMOCRAT.
>> WE ARE NOT CONCERNED
ABOUT THAT AT ALL.
I’M CONCERNED ABOUT GOING
FOR THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA.
THREE REASONS IN MIND.
GEORGIA, COPE PALESTINIAN
AND CAMMERON.
AND CAMMERON. THOSE ARE ME THREE KIDS THEY
REPRESENT THE IDEAS AND
PASSIONS THAT WE HAVE IN
AMERICA.
AMERICA. WE NEED TO HAVE A PROCESS
THAT LET’S PEOPLE DECIDE.
CHOOSE FOR THEMSELVES HOW
THEY WANT TO SEE THIS
VISION.
VISION. WE FOUGHT FOR THE PRESIDENT
AND OUR STATE AND OUR
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO IT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE
EXCHANGE OF IDEAS AND LOOK
FORWARD TO THIS ELECTION.
STEVE: SINCE YOU ARE
FIGHTING FOR THE PRESIDENT,
YOU GOT UP EARLY TODAY TO
APPEAR FROM ATLANTA.
ARE YOU ANTICIPATING HE WILL
ENDORSE YOU?
ENDORSE YOU? >> WELL, I THINK THAT’S UP
TO THE PRESIDENT IT -- WE
KNOW HOW WE FIGHT.
WE ARE DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW
GO WITH THE PEOPLE OF
GEORGIA.
GEORGIA. I APPRECIATE ALL HIS HELP
AND SUPPORT IN THE PAST.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING
BACK IN WASHINGTON TODAY TO
DO JUST THAT.
BRIAN: HAD YOU LIZ CHENEY
HAD THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES
TO GO TO THE SENATE.
SHE WOULD HAVE AN EASIER
TIME IN WYOMING.
SHE DECIDES TO STAY IN THE
HOUSE AND FIGHT FOR
LEADERSHIP.
LEADERSHIP. WHY WOULDN’T YOU WANT TO BE
A LEADER IN THE HOUSE.
WHY WOULD YOU RATHER BE A
SENATOR IN THAT CHAMBER?
>> WELL, I THINK WHAT WE
HAVE DONE IS PROVEN WHAT WE
CAN DO IN THE HOUSE AND
TAKEN THIS MESSAGE TO THE
ENTIRE STATE OF GEORGIA.
GEORGIA IS IN A STATE THAT
IS A WONDERFUL STATE THAT’S
GROWING.
GROWING. HAS A LOT OF ENOUGH IDEAS
AND PEOPLE COME IN.
THEY NEED TO SEE THE
CONSERVATIVE HAVE ALLS.
AND THE CONSERVATIVE VALUES
THAT ACTUALLY BELIEVE IN
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. ACTUALLY COMING FROM BEING A
STATE TROOPER’S KID AND
WORKING AS A PASTOR AND
BEING AN AIR FORCE CHAPLAIN.
FIRST STEP ACT, CRIMINAL
JUSTICE REFORM.
JUSTICE REFORM. PUTTING PEOPLE IN PLACES
WHERE THEY CAN SUCCEED AT
ALL AREAS OF LIFE AND DOING
THAT FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF
SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
WORKED HARD EVERY DAY IN OUR
LIFE TO MAKE WHAT YOU ARE
WHAT WE HAVE.
MAKING SURE GEORGIA WHEN
THEY COME HERE THEY REALIZE
THE CONSERVATIVE VALUES OF
THE STATE OF GEORGIA IS WHAT
MADE IT GREAT.
I WANT TO CONTINUE TO TAKE
THAT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE
STATE.
STATE. STEVE: GOOD LUCK.
AINSLEY: CONGRESSMAN, COULD
TURN SENATOR, WE WISH YOU AL
THE BEST.
THE BEST. THANK YOU FOR HERE.