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GRIFF: TURN TO JOE BIDEN FACING
A BITTERLY DIVIDED CONGRESS BUT
ACCORDING TO THE NEW YORK TIMES
HE IS THE ONE TO HANDLE IT.
WILL: IN AN INTERVIEW WITH THE
"NEW YORK TIMES" BIDEN SAID HIS
DECADES LONG-BRAND OF CENTRIST
DEAL-MAKING WOULD EMPOWER HIM TO
MOVE BEYOND THE BITTER
PARTISANSHIP IN THE PAST FOUR
YEARS TO ADVANCE HIS AGAIN
TODAY.
AS PRESIDENT MR. BIDEN WILL NEED
TO BUILD BRIDGES TO DEMOCRATS AS
WELL AS REPUBLICANS.
>> HERE TO REACT, FOX NEWS
CONTRIBUTOR, MEDIA OPINION
COLUMNIST FOR "THE HILL," JOE
CONCHA.
WELCOME.
IS IT TRUE?
IS THE CENTRIST GUY THAT
"THE NEW YORK TIMES" SO
GLOWINGLY TELLING US IS GOING TO
BRING THIS COUNTRY TOGETHER AND
MAKE DEALS HAPPEN?
>> RACHEL, FOR NATALIE WE HAVE A
PREQUEL TO LOOK AT.
THAT WAS THE EIGHT YEARS
OF-OBAMA-BIDEN.
TELL ME HOW MANY DEALS MADE?
WAS OBAMACARE A DEAL OR PUSHED
THROUGH ON CHRISTMAS EVE ALONG
PARTY LINES?
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM,
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S SIGNATURE
ACHIEVEMENTS COULD HAVE BEEN
DONE UNDER BIDEN-OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION DID NOT GET DONE.
I DON’T SEE MUCH OF THAT.
"NEW YORK TIMES" EXACTLY THE
FOLKS TALKING ABOUT
BIPARTISANSHIP.
LAST TIME THEY ENDORSED A
REPUBLICAN FOR PRESIDENT WHEN
ELVIS PRESLEY HEART BREAK HOTEL
WAS NUMBER ONE, 1956.
30 YEARS BEFORE WE WERE BORN.
THEY HAVE YET TO REPORT ON THE
ERIC SWALWELL SPY STORY.
YEAH, "NEW YORK TIMES" PERFECT
PUBLICATION TO TALK ABOUT
PARTISANSHIP AT THIS POINT,
RACHEL.
GRIFF: JOE YOU TALKED ABOUT
RECORD.
LET’S TALK ABOUT HISTORY.
ASSUMING MITCH McCONNELL
CONTINUE TO BE SENATE MAJORITY
LEADER.
JOE BIDEN AND MITCH McCONNELL
DON’T HAVE A GREAT TRACK RECORD
TOGETHER.
>> NO THEY DON’T, DO THEY,
GRIFF?
THAT WILL BE HAPPENING
JANUARY 5th NINE OR 10 DAYS
AWAY IN GEORGIA.
THE TWO SENATE RUN OFFS WHO WILL
DECIDE WHO CONTROLS THE SENATE.
REMEMBER IF DEMOCRATS WIN THE
TWO SEATS A HOUSE CONTROLLED BY
DEMOCRATS.
YOU HAVE A SENATE CONTROLLED BY
DEMOCRATS ESSENTIALLY, AND YOU
HAVE A WHITE HOUSE, OBVIOUSLY
THE OVAL OFFICE CONTROLLED BY A
DEMOCRAT.
SO JOE BIDEN WILL PRACTICALLY A
PRISONER OF HIS OWN PARTY AT
THIS POINT, PARTICULARLY THE
PROGRESSIVE WING, WHAT THEY
WANT, IF THEY PASS WHATEVER THEY
WANT, ABOLISHES I.C.E.,
FILIBUSTER AROUND ELECTORAL
COLLEGE.
THEY HAVE WANT TO EXPAND THE
SENATE IN TERMS OF ADDING D.C.
AND PUERTO RICO AS STATES.
THAT MEANS FOUR MORE DEMOCRATIC
SENATE SEATS IN THE SENATE THAT
WILL OBVIOUSLY OVERTURN ANY
MAJORITY THAT REPUBLICANS HAVE.
THEY WANT TO EXPAND THE SUPREME
COURT TO LOOK LIKE A BASEBALL
ROSTER TO KEEP WIPE OUT THE
CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY.
THEY WANT TO BAN FRACKING.
REALLOCATE POLICE FUNDS.
RAISE TAXES, IF YOU WANT TO PAY
FOR THE GREEN NEW DEAL AND FREE
COLLEGE AND FORGIVING STUDENT
LOAN DEBTS.
THOSE TWO RACES IN GEORGIA, THAT
IS THE WHOLE BALL GAME, GUYS.
IF JOE BIDEN SECRETLY DEEP DOWN
IN PLACES HE DOESN’T TALK ABOUT
AT PARTIES HE WANTS A REPUBLICAN
SENATE.
HE WOULD HAVE TO DEAL WITH A
PARTY A WING HE DOESN’T EVEN
RECOGNIZE ANYMORE IN TERMS OF
ALL THE THINGS I LISTENED.
WILL: I WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT,
JOE, FOR A MOMENT.
GO BACK TO "THE NEW YORK TIMES."
DESCRIBED ACCURACY, JOE BIDEN AS
CENTRIST, DEAL-MAKER, LOOKING
BACK WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS A
TIME BEFORE PRESIDENT TRUMP THAT
WASN’T AS PARTISAN.
BEYOND THE ACCURACY, WHAT I’M
SURPRISED IS THE YEARNING.
THE YEARNING TO GO BACK TO
BUSINESS AS USUAL.
YEARNING TO GO BOOK TO THE SWAMP
QUITE HONESTLY, QUITE BLUNTLY.
GO BACK TO LOBBYISTS BEING IN
CHARGE.
TRADITIONAL POLITICAL BATTLE
LINES BEING DRAWN.
SAME OLD WE’VE HAD FOR DECADES.
HERE IS THE "NEW YORK TIMES"
ASKING FOR MORE OF THAT.
>> ISN’T THAT AMAZING, RIGHT?
REMEMBER WHO DID JOE BIDEN
CHOOSE AS HIS RUNNING MATE?
WHO WAS THE VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT
RIGHT NOW?
IT IS KAMALA HARRIS.
IF YOU LOOK AT GOV TRACK, THEY
DON’T HAVE ANY PARTISAN
LEANINGS.
THEY RANK SENATORS IN TERMS OF
WHO IS LEAST LIBERAL AND MOST
LIBERAL IN THIS CASE IN TERMS OF
THIS CONVERSATION.
GUESS WHO WAS VOTED MOST LIBERAL
SENATE IN THE 2019?
KAMALA HARRIS.
IF JOE BIDEN’S PLAN I WANT
COMPROMISE I WANT DO GO DOWN THE
MIDDLE, THAT PICK DIDN’T SHOW
IT.
GOING BACK TO THE ESTABLISHMENT
FOLKS FILLING ADMINISTRATION
FROM THE OBAMA YEARS, GO BACK TO
THE BEGINNINGS OF CONVERSATION
DIDN’T REALLY LIKE TO COMPROMISE
ALL THAT MUCH.
BOTTOM LINE, GUYS, WE HAVE A
MEDIA AS WELL NOT BUILT ON
PLAYING NICE AND COMPROMISE.
IT IS SO TRIBAL AT THIS POINT.
IT IS BUILT ON CONFLICT.
YOU WILL ALSO HAVE FOLKS FROM --
GRIFF: WHAT ARE YOU TALKING
ABOUT?
>> THEY WON’T BE HAPPY ABOUT
PLAYING NICE.
THEY WANT CONFLICT.
THAT IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS, GUYS.
I THINK I GOT TO GO GO AT THIS
POINT.
GRIFF: WE’LL HAVE YOU BACK ON IN
2021 ON NEWFOUND
McCONNELL-BIDEN BROMANCE.
WE’LL SEE IF JOE BIDEN NODES TO
ESCAPE THE LEFT OF HIS OWN
PARTY.
JOE, THANKS FOR JOINING US.
>> THANK YOU, GRIFF.
I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR
RACHEL IF THAT IS OKAY?
RACHEL: YES.
>> YOU HAVE NINE KIDS.
I HAVE TWO.
I’M STILL CLEANING UP FROM
CHRISTMAS.
THE PLACE IS TRASHED.
I DON’T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT?
I HOPE THE HUSBAND --
RACHEL: WHEN YOU HAVE THAT MANY
KIDS CAN DELIGATE.
I GET A LOT OF HELP.
>> THEY’RE OLD ENOUGH TO CLEAN
AFTER THEMSELVES.
MY KIDS CAN’T GET OLDER SOON