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>>> GOOD EVENING FROM NEW YORK.
HAPPY MONDAY.
I’M CHRIS HAYES.
WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT
THAT SHOWS JUST HOW DEEP THE ROT
IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY GOES,
BUT BEFORE GETTING TO THAT, WE
WILL IN JUST A MOMENT, TAKE A
STEP BACK JUST TO SORT OF SURVEY
THE LAST FEW WEEKS SINCE THE
ELECTION, RIGHT?
THE MOST CHARITABLE THING
SOMEONE COULD SAY ABOUT THE BULK
OF THE INSTITUTIONAL REPUBLICAN
PARTY AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL IN
THE WAKE OF THE ELECTION THAT
DONALD TRUMP LOST IS THAT
THEY’RE JUST KIND OF IGNORING
AND PRETENDING THAT DONALD TRUMP
IS NOT HAVING A TOTAL MELTDOWN
AND ATTEMPTING TO TORCH AMERICAN
DEMOCRACY.
THE NICEST THING THAT CAN BE
SAID ABOUT THE MITCH McCONNELLS
OF THE WORLD, FOR INSTANCE, IS
THEY’RE JUST LETTING HIM HAVE
HIS TANTRUM AND HOPING IT WILL
ALL GO AWAY.
THAT’S THE VERY BEST, MOST
CHARITABLE THING YOU CAN SAY.
WE HAVE EVIDENCE TONIGHT THAT IS
NOT WHAT IS HAPPENING, THEY ARE
ACTUALLY COLLABORATING WITH
DONALD TRUMP IN ATTEMPTING TO
OVERTHROW THE RESULTS OF A FREE
AND FAIR ELECTION BECAUSE
TODAY’S GEORGIA’S REPUBLICAN
SECRETARY OF STATE BRAD
RAFFENSPERGER SAID HE’S COME
UNDER PRESSURE FROM SENATOR
LINDSEY GRAHAM TO THROW AWAY
LEGAL BALLOTS.
GRAHAM ASKED WHETHER
RAFFENSPERGER HAD THE POWER TO
TOSS ALL MAIL BALLOTS IN
COUNTIES FOUND TO HAVE HIGHER
RATES OF NONMATCHING SIGNATURES.
RAFFENSPERGER SAID HE WAS
STUNNED THAT GRAHAM APPEARED TO
SUGGEST THAT HE FIND A WAY TO
TOSS LEGALLY CAST BALLOTS.
ABSENT COURT INTERVENTION,
RAFFENSPERGER DOESN’T HAVE THE
POWER TO DO WHAT GRAHAM
SUGGESTED, AS COUNTIES
ADMINISTER ELECTIONS IN GEORGIA.
IT SURE LOOKED LIKE HE WAS
WANTING TO GO DOWN THAT ROAD, HE
SAID.
THE REPUBLICAN SECRETARY OF
STATE IN GEORGIA SAYS THAT SOUTH
CAROLINA SENATOR LINDSAY GRAHAM,
THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE
JUDICIARY, PRESSURED HIM TO DUMP
LEGALLY CAST BALLOTS IN A STATE
WHERE DONALD TRUMP IS LOSING BY
A RELATIVELY NARROW MARGIN.
GRAHAM TOLD "THE WALL STREET
JOURNAL" REPORTER TONIGHT,
QUOTE, THAT’S RIDICULOUS.
WHAT I’M TRYING TO FIND OUT IS
HOW DO YOU VERIFY SIGNATURES
FROM MAIL IN BALLOTS IN THESE
STATES?
I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD
CONVERSATION.
I’M SURPRISED TO HEAR HIM
CHARACTERIZE IT THAT WAY.
OKAY.
BUT WHAT ON EARTH WAS A SENATOR
FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE
CHAIR DOING TALKING TO A STATE
ELECTION OFFICIAL IN GEORGIA
AMIDST A PRESIDENTIAL RECOUNT?
MARK ELIAS, THE LAWYER FIGHTING
AGAINST THIS RESPONDED TO THE
STORY SAYING, THIS IS BOTH
OUTRAGEOUS AND SHOULD BE
INVESTIGATED BY THE SENATE
ETHICS COMMITTEE.
AS YOU’LL REMEMBER ON ELECTION
NIGHT, IT DID LOOK LIKE
PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS WINNING IN
GEORGIA, THOUGH "THE NEW YORK
TIMES" NEEDLE PREDICTED
OTHERWISE LATE IN THE NIGHT.
AS VOTES CAME IN FROM DEMOCRATIC
COUNTIES AROUND ATLANTA, THAT
LEAD SLIPPED AWAY.
AS IT STANDS NOW NBC NEWS HAS
CALLED THE STATE FOR
PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN BY 14,000
VOTES AND THE STATES TWO
INCUMBENT SENATORS ARE HEADED TO
A RUNOFF ELECTION ON JANUARY
5th.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE
RAFFENSPERGER HAS ANNOUNCED A
RISK-LIMITING OUGHT DIDAUDIT WHI
TRIGGER A STATEWIDE RECOUNT.
14,000 VOTES MAY NOT SEEM LIKE A
LOT BUT IT IS A LOT IN TERMS OF
RECOUNTS.
IT IS VERY UNLIKELY THE RECOUNT
WILL CHANGE ANYTHING.
HERE IS WHAT SECRETARY OF STATE
RAFFENSPERGER SAID TODAY BEFORE
SPEAKING TO THE WASHINGTON POST.
>> WHEN PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE
MAKING BOLD FACED LIES, YOU HAVE
TO CALL IT OUT WITH FACTS, SO
WE’RE BASICALLY FACT BOMBING
THEM WITH THE TRUTH.
>> THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNORRE HAV
NO EXAMPLES OF SYSTEMIC FRAUD OR
IMPROPRIETIES AND THAT IT
CERTAINLY APPEARS THAT JOE BIDEN IS THE PRESIDENT-ELECT.
IS THE PRESIDENT-ELECT.
DO YOU AGREE WITH HIM?
>> THAT’S WHEN HE TAKES A DEEP
BREATH TO SAY THE OBVIOUS TRUTH
THAT WE ALL KNOW.
THE GENERAL COMPLAINT FROM
DONALD TRUMP AND HIS ALLIES
SEEMS TO BE, HOW DARE YOU NOT
FIX THIS ELECTION IN OUR FAVOR,
FELLOW REPUBLICAN?
RATHER THAN ACCEPT THE VERY
PLAIN RESULTS OF THE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS RESORTED TO
EATING THEIR OWN AND NOW JUST
LIKE FLIRTING WITH OUTRIGHT
CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR, LAWLESS
YANKING AWAY ELECTION RESULT.
ONE THING THAT’S BECOME MORE AND
MORE CLEAR IN THE TWO WEEKS
SINCE ELECTION DAY, THIS ISN’T
AN INDULGING TRUMP THING.
THERE’S SOMETHING DEEPLY
DEPRAVED HERE.
REPUBLICAN PARTY IS WILLING TO
DO JUST ABOUT ANYTHING NOrd TO
MAINTAIN POWER, AND WE ARE JUST
SEEING HOW WILDLY DANGEROUS IT
IS WHEN THE PRESIDENT IS
CREATING POLITICAL CONDITIONS
FOR THE ENTIRE REPUBLICAN PARTY
TO JOIN HIM IN ESSENTIALLY
SEEKING TO OVERTHROW OR IGNORE