ON HER HANDS TO SEE IF SHE’LL GET THE SPEAKER’S GAVEL AGAIN,
WHICH IS PRETTY AMAZING.
AND MEANWHILE, THE ELECTION THAT
SET ALL THIS STUFF INTO MOTION
ITSELF IS NOT OVER YET.
THE CERTIFICATION OF THE VOTE IN
THE GEORGIA GOVERNOR’S RACE
BETWEEN BRIAN KEMP AND STACEY
ABRAMS, THAT HAS BEEN DELAYED
UNTIL AT LEAST FRIDAY AS THE
CAMPAIGN OF STACEY ABRAMS SAYS
THERE ARE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
VOTES LEFT TO BE COUNTED BUT THE
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE
BRIAN KEMP WHO IS THE REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATE AGAINST ABRAMS, HIS
OFFICE SAYS THAT FAR FEWER VOTES
REMAIN AND THERE ARE DEFINITELY
NOT ENOUGH TO GET ABRAMS TO A
RECOUNT OR A RUNOFF.
THE WRANGLING OVER THIS
UNDECIDED ELECTION IN GEORGIA
NOW IS HAPPENING IN THE COURTS.
IT’S ALSO HAPPENING IN PROTESTS
LIKE THESE THAT RESULTED IN
ARRESTS AT THE GEORGIA STATE
CAPITOL INCLUDING OF AT LEAST
ONE STATE LAWMAKER.
NOW, IN FLORIDA, THERE ARE
RECOUNTS UNDER WAY IN THREE
STATEWIDE RACES, INCLUDING THE
STATE AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER,
THE U.S. SENATE RACE, AND THE
GOVERNOR’S RACE.
GOVERNOR’S RACE. THE DEADLINE FOR THE MACHINE
RECOUNT IN FLORIDA IS TOMORROW.
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY WILL PROBABLY
HIT THAT DEADLINE.
BUT COURT HEARINGS HAPPEN TODAY
IN FLORIDA.
IN FLORIDA. THERE WILL BE MORE COURT
HEARINGS TOMORROW.
HEARINGS TOMORROW. THERE ARE MULTIPLE LAWSUITS ON
BOTH SIDES OF THIS ISSUE, BOTH
STATEWIDE AND IN SPECIFIC
COUNTIES, INCLUDING A BIZARRE
ALLEGATION TODAY IN WHICH, I KID
YOU NOT, REPUBLICANS ACCUSED
DEMOCRATS OF DELIBERATELY
ADVISING DEMOCRATIC VOTERS TO
SEND IN THEIR BALLOTS AFTER THE
DEADLINE, SO THOSE DEMOCRATIC
BALLOTS WOULDN’T BE COUNTED.
WHY WOULD THE DEMOCRATS WANT TO
DO THAT?
DO THAT? HOW IS THAT A NEFARIOUS SCHEME
ON THE PART OF THE DEMOCRATS?
CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE.
I DON’T KNOW.
BUT THERE’S A COUPLE OF THINGS
YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT HOW THIS
IS PROCEEDING IN FLORIDA RIGHT
NOW.
NOW. WE’RE COMING UP AGAINST THAT
DEADLINE FOR THE RECOUNT
TOMORROW.
TOMORROW. BUT THERE’S A COUPLE OF THINGS I
THINK TO SEE FROM A SORT OF
WIDER LENS HERE ABOUT WHAT’S
HAPPENING IN FLORIDA, AS WE COME
UP AGAINST THAT DEADLINE
TOMORROW, AND ESPECIALLY AS WE
FOCUS ON THAT SENATE RECOUNT,
WHICH IS EXCEEDINGLY A CLOSE
RACE AND OBVIOUSLY WERE THE
ULTIMATE BALANCE OF POWER IN THE
SENATE WILL HANG IN THE BALANCE
IN TERMS OF WHO ULTIMATELY WINS.
NOW, AS YOU MAY HAVE SEEN,
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE
REPUBLICAN SENATE CANDIDATE IN
FLORIDA RICK SCOTT AND THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY NATIONALLY,
THEY’RE ALL NOW EXCLUSIVELY
MAKING THIS ONE ARGUMENT OVER
AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
THEIR WHOLE APPROACH TO WHAT’S
GOING ON IN FLORIDA IS THIS
ARGUMENT THAT THE ONLY REASON
THERE’S A RECOUNT, THE ONLY
REASON IT’S CLOSE, THE ONLY
REASON THAT RICK SCOTT MIGHT NOT
WIN, IS RAMPANT VOTER FRAUD, IS
ILLEGAL ACTIVITY BY THE
DEMOCRATS.
DEMOCRATS. DEMOCRATS STEALING THE ELECTION.
THAT IS THEIR UNIFIED, SINGLE
ARGUMENT ABOUT WHAT’S HAPPENING
IN FLORIDA NOW.
NOW, TO STATE THE OBVIOUS, THAT
IS NOT SETTING THE CONDITIONS
FOR THE REPUBLICANS EVER
ACCEPTING THE OUTCOME OF THESE
ELECTIONS IN FLORIDA IF THEY
DON’T END UP WINNING THEM,
RIGHT?
RIGHT? THAT IS A BIG HAIRY DEAL FOR OUR
DEMOCRACY IN GENERAL.
BUT IT’S ALSO WHAT WE WORRIED
MIGHT HAPPEN WITH TRUMP IN 2016.
HAD HE NOT WON THE PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION AGAINST HILLARY
CLINTON.
CLINTON. YOU MIGHT REMEMBER IN THE
LEAD-UP TO THE 2016 ELECTION,
THIS FLAMBOYANT TRUMP CAMPAIGN
ASSOCIATE, FORMER PAUL MAN APART
BUSINESS PARTNER NAMED ROGER
STONE.
STONE. HE FORMED A POLITICAL
ORGANIZATION CALLED STOP THE
STEAL.
STEAL. AND YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN PRESS
ABOUT IT IN ADVANCE OF THE 2016
ELECTION.
ELECTION. ONE OF THE THINGS THEY SAID THEY
WERE GOING TO DO IS THAT THEY
WERE GOING TO DO THEIR OWN
BASICALLY FAKE EXIT POLLING
AFTER THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
IN CASE TRUMP LOST, BECAUSE THEY
WOULD WANT TO BE ABLE TO SHOW IN
THEIR FAKE EXIT POLLS THAT
REALLY TRUMP WON AND THE WHOLE
THING HAD BEEN STOLEN AND THAT
COULD BE A BASIS FOR CONTESTING
HILLARY CLINTON’S LEGITIMACY AS
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. THAT PLAN BY STOP THE STEAL AND
ROGER STONE HAPPENED TO DOVETAIL
EXACTLY WITH WHAT THE RUSSIAN
MILITARY INTELLIGENCE CAMPAIGN
THAT TARGETED OUR ELECTION
PLANNED TO DO IN THE EVENT OF A
TRUMP LOSS AS WELL.
YOU MIGHT REMEMBER, IN THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT ABOUT RUSSIA’S
ELECTION INTERFERENCE, IT SAID
EXPLICITLY THAT RUSSIAN
INTELLIGENCE PLANNED TO SHIFT
ITS MESSAGING IF TRUMP LOST AND
CLINTON WON, TO SAY THAT THE
DEMOCRATS HAD STOLEN THE
ELECTION AND TRUMP WAS THE REAL
WINNER.
WINNER. THE IDEA WAS THAT WOULD SOW
CHAOS IN THE UNITED STATES, IT
WOULD UNDERCUT CLINTON’S
LEGITIMACY AS PRESIDENT
HOPEFULLY IN AN ONGOING WAY, IT
COULD POTENTIALLY EVEN LEAD TO
POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN THE UNITED
STATES.
STATES. ACCORDING TO THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT OF WHAT
RUSSIA DID TO INTERFERE WITH OUR
ELECTION, THAT WAS RUSSIA’S 2016
PLAN IF TRUMP DIDN’T WIN.
IT WAS ALSO THE STOP THE STEAL
ROGER STONE PLAN.
ULTIMATELY TRUMP DID WIN.
BUT THE SPECIAL COUNSEL’S OFFICE
STARTED LOOKING INTO WHAT
EXACTLY HAPPENED IN THE CAMPAIGN
BETWEEN THE TRUMP CAMP AND THE
RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE CAMPAIGN.
AND AS PART OF THAT
INVESTIGATION, POLITICAL
INVESTIGATION, POLITICAL ENTITIES THAT ROGER STONE
CREATED AROUND THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN STARTED GETTING
SUBPOENAED, AS DID LOTS OF THE
PEOPLE WHO WORKED FOR THEM.
STONE HIMSELF RIGHT NOW IS
WIDELY BELIEVED TO BE AWAITING
HIS OWN INDICTMENT BY ROBERT
MUELLER.
MUELLER. BUT THE ANGRY REPUBLICAN
PROTESTS OUTSIDE THE ELECTIONS
OFFICES IN FLORIDA RIGHT NOW,
THEY ARE BEING ORGANIZED UNDER
THAT SAME STOP THE STEAL BANNER
THAT ROGER STONE FOR THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN AND APPARENTLY RUSSIAN
INTELLIGENCE BOTH PREPPED IN
2016 IN CASE TRUMP HADN’T WON
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
THEY DIDN’T END UP HAVING TO USE
IT IN 2016 BUT THEY’RE TRYING IT
ON NOW TO SEE HOW IT WORKS IN
FLORIDA.
FLORIDA. AND AS FAR AS WE CAN TELL, IT’S
NOT JUST THE SAME SIGNAGE AND
THE SAME SLOGAN.
AT LEAST ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE,
IT APPEARS TO BE THE SAME PEOPLE
PERSONALLY WHO ARE INVOLVED IN
TRYING TO PULL THIS OFF.
>> YOU MADE OUT THE STICKERS,
YOU GAVE OUT THE STICKERS?
YOU DIDN’T TELL ME LAST NIGHT
YOU GUYS WORK FOR ROGER STONE.
>> ROGER IS A GOOD FRIEND.
HE’S A GOOD FRIEND.
>> YOU ARE GOOD FRIENDS?
IS THAT THE EXTENT TO WHICH
YOU’RE WORKING FOR HIM, JUST AS
FRIENDS?
FRIENDS? >> WHO ARE YOU?
>> WE MET LAST NIGHT, I’M THE
MSNBC PRODUCER.
MSNBC PRODUCER. >> I’M SORRY, I DIDN’T RECOGNIZE
THE GLASSES.
THE GLASSES. >> I’M DIFFERENT IN THE DAYTIME.
>> ROGER IS A MENTOR, HE’S
MENTORED A LOT OF PEOPLE.
HE’S A FREEDOM FIGHT OF HER.
>> DID YOU TALK TO ROGER TODAY
ABOUT COMING TO BROWARD?
>> DID I SPEAK WITH ROGER?
I DON’T KNOW WHY THAT’S
RELEVANT.
RELEVANT. YEAH, I SPOKE WITH ROGER.
>> YEAH, YEAH, THAT’S NOT
RELEVANT.
RELEVANT. YEAH, I SPOKE TO HIM.
THE ELECTIONS’ CONSEQUENCES ARE
STILL UNFOLDING.
STILL UNFOLDING. THE ELECTION ITSELF IS STILL
HAPPENING.
HAPPENING. THE PLAYBOOK FOR HOW TO TRY TO
DECLARE THE ELECTION RESULTS
INVALID, TO TRY TO DECLARE THE
ELECTION STOLEN BY DEMOCRATS,
THAT IS WHAT WE’RE SEEING RIGHT
NOW, SOMETHING VERY MUCH LIKE
WHAT THEY DEVELOPED IN 2016 THAT
THEY NEVER HAD TO PUT IN PLACE
BECAUSE TRUMP WON.
BUT THEY DO APPEAR TO BE PUTTING
IT IN PLACE AT LEAST IN FLORIDA