>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE
FIRST LADY CONTRACTING
CORONAVIRUS IS JUST THE LATEST
TURN IN AN ELECTION YEAR THAT
HAS BEEN FULL OF HISTORIC
UNCERTAINTY.
WITH JUST 31 DAYS REMAINING
UNTIL DECISION DAY 2020, COVID
CASES ARE SPIKING IN HALF THE
STATES IN THE NATION.
NEARLY 210,000 PEOPLE INMORNING,
210,000 PEOPLE IN THE UNITED
STATES HAVE DIED FROM COVID-19.
MORE THAN 7.3 MILLION HAVE BEEN
INFECTED.
PRIOR TO CONTRACTING COVID-19
TRUMP WORKED TIRELESSLY TO
DOWNPLAY THE DANGERS OF THE
VIRUS.
FIRST, BY FLOODING THE AIR WAVES
AND OUR TWITTER FEED WITH
FALSEHOODS AND DEBUNK CON SPIR
CEASE ABOUT MAIL-IN BALLOTS AND
THEN BY THREATENING NOT TO STEP
IN.
>> WILL YOU PLEDGE YOU WILL NOT
DECLARE VICTORY?
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
>> I’M URGING MY SUPPORTERS TO
GO INTO THE POLLS AND WATCH VERY
CAREFULLY BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT
HAS TO HAPPEN.
I AM URGING THEM TO DO IT.
I AM URGING MY PEOPLE.
I HOPE IT’S GOING TO BE A FAIR
ELECTION.
IF IT’S A FAIR ELECTION.
>> YOU’RE URGING WHAT.
>> I AM 100% ON BOARD.
IF I SEE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
BALLOTS BEING MANIPULATED, I
CAN’T GO ALONG WITH THAT.
>> 12 DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS
ISSUED A JOINT STATEMENT SAYING
QUOTE ALL VALID BALLOTS CAST IN
ACCORDANCE WITH STATE AND LOCAL
LAWS AND IF TRUMP LOSES, HE MUST
LEAVE OFFICE.
JAY INSLEE.
HE’S A FORMER 2020 DEMOCRATIC
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
>> YOU BET.
>> WHAT’S THE MESSAGE YOU’RE
TRYING TO GET ACROSS?
ON TUESDAY JOE BIDEN SAID VERY
CLEARLY IF HE LOSES HE HAS TO
LEAVE OFFICE.
IF I DON’T WIN THE ELECTION, I
ACCEPT THAT OUTCOME.
WE’VE NOT HAD TO DEAL WITH THIS
BEFORE.
WHAT’S THE MESSAGE?
>> SIMPLE.
IT’S NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE TO
HOPE THAT THEY RECOVER AND HOPE
WE RECOVER THIS VIRUS SPREADING
FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
THE SUPER SPREADER EVENT WAS NOT
THE ONLY RISK BECAUSE IN SOME
SENSE A LARGER NATIONAL RISK IS
THE FUNDAMENTAL RISK TO
DEMOCRACY BECAUSE NOT ONLY DID
HE MAKE THAT UNBELIEVABLE
STATEMENT ABOUT THE PEACEFUL
TRANSITION OF POWER, BUT PERHAPS
MORE IMPORTANTLY HE IS CURRENTLY
TRYING TO STRIP THE RIGHT TO
VOTE FOR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE FROM MY STATE AND
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE
UNITED STATES AND THIS IS AN
UNBELIEVABLY DANGEROUS ASSAULT
ON DEMOCRACY.
WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE WHOSE VOTES COUNT AND HE
IS TRYING TO TAKE AWAY THE RIGHT
OF THOSE PEOPLE TO HAVE THEIR
BALLOTS COUNTED AND THEN HE IS
SETTING UP AMERICA FOR A
CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS OF ASKING
REPUBLICAN LEGISLATORS ONCE HE’S
CREATED THIS ANXIETY AND DOUBT,
EVEN WORSE TO POTENTIALLY SEND
REPUBLICAN SLATES OF LEGISLATORS
THAT DO NOT FOLLOW THE VOTE
COUNT AND TRY TO GET TO THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE MOST
EXTREME THREATS TO DEMOCRACY I
CAN IMAGINE.
WE WILL BE ABLE TO BLOCK IT IN
WASHINGTON BECAUSE WE HAVE A
DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATURE AND A
DECENT COURT.
I’M VERY CONCERNED IF HE HAD
BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN CREATING THE
VIRUS OF DOUBT ABOUT THESE
BALLOTS THAT OTHER REPUBLICAN
LEGISLATORS WILL CREATE THIS
CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS.
THE ANSWER IS TO VOTE AND MAKE
THE MARGIN BIG ENOUGH THAT THEY
WOULD BE EMBARRASSED NOT TO
COUNT THEM.
>> THE PRESIDENT TALKS ABOUT
SEATTLE, THE FBI.
REPORT IN THE WASHINGTON POST,
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND FBI
ARE PLANNING FOR ELECTION DAY
VIOLENCE.
STAND BACK OF THE PROUD BOYS.
SOMETHING YOU HAD TO FACE IN
WASHINGTON IN ADDITION TO
CORONAVIRUS.
HOW ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT THAT,
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DO NOT
HAVE A RESULT ON ELECTION NIGHT
OR THESE THINGS THAT YOU’RE
SAYING THE PRESIDENT MIGHT DO
COME TO PASS?
>> WE’RE KEEPING OUR EYE ON THE
BALL AND FIGHTING COVID WHICH IS
OUR GOAL RIGHT NOW AND WE’RE
DOING IT.
WE’VE GOT ALMOST ZERO HELP FROM
THE PRESIDENT WHO HAS
CONSISTENTLY TRIED TO DOWNPLAY
AND IGNORE THIS PROBLEM AND
WE’RE ASKING PEOPLE TO DO WHAT
IS NECESSARY AND HAS WORKED FOR,
YOU KNOW, A COUPLE CENTURIES
NOW, WHICH IS TO VOTE AND COUNT
THE VOTES.
IF WE DO THOSE TWO THINGS
DEMOCRACY IS GOING TO SURVIVE
THIS FOUR YEARS OF CHAOS AND
ANARCHY AND CONSTANT LIES.
I BELIEVE WE WILL GET THROUGH
THIS.
WE HAVE TO VOTE.
WE HAVE TO RAISE OUR VOICES.
THAT’S ONE OF THE REASONS I
ASKED TEN OTHER GOVERNORS TO
JOIN ME IN THIS STATEMENT.
WE NEED EVERYONE TO RAISE OUR
VOICES IN WARNING.
WE NEED A LOT OF PAUL REVERES OUT THERE THAT VOTER SUPPRESSION
OUT THERE THAT VOTER SUPPRESSION
IS COMING.
ELECTORAL DELEGATIONS MIGHT BE
COMING TO CONGRESS.
THIS IS NOT LIKE THE DARK FEAR
OF CONSPIRACY.
IT’S OUT IN THE OPEN.
DONALD TRUMP SAID, THIS IS WHAT
I’M GOING TO DO.
WE MUST STOP HIM.
WE ARE GUARDIANS OF SOMETHING
PRECIOUS HERE WHICH IS OUR
DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.
>> GOVERNOR, I WOULD LIKE TO
TALK ABOUT CLIMATE STUFF.
IT CAME UP FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
A PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE.
>> THANK GOODNESS.