>>> ONE DAY UNTIL THE ELECTION
AND TENSIONS ARE RUNNING HIGH
ACROSS THIS COUNTRY.
I FEEL YOU.
THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WRITING TO
US AND SAYING YOUR ANXIETY IS
OFF THE CHARTS.
TAKE A BREATH.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO.
IT SHOWS A GROUP OF TRUMP
SUPPORTERS SURROUNDING A BIDEN
CAMPAIGN BUS ON ITS WAY TO AN
EVENT IN SAN MARCOS, TEXAS POP
FRIDAY, THE FBI SAYS IT’S
INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT, BUT
WE DON’T KNOW MORE THAN THAT.
INSTEAD OF CONDEMNING THE ACT,
THE PRESIDENT IS DEFENDING HIS
SUPPORTERS WRITING IN PART THIS.
IN MY OPINION, THESE PATRIOTS
DID NOTHING WRONG.
INSTEAD, THE FBI AND JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE
INVESTIGATING THE TERRORISTS,
ANARCHISTS AND AGITATORS OF
ANTIFA.
THE CHAOS SPREAD TO NEW YORK AND
NEW JERSEY YESTERDAY WHEN A
CARAVAN OF TRUMP SUPPORTERS
BLOCKED TRAFFIC ON TWO MAJOR
ROADWAYS.
OFFICIALS IN SEVERAL CITIES ARE
PREPARING FOR VIOLENCE THAT THEY
FEAR COULD BREAK OUT THIS WEEK.
BOARDING UP WINDOWS AND RUNNING
POLICE DRILLS.
JOINING ME TO SDURKSDISCUSS, FOR
SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY
AND FORMER GOVERNOR OF
PENNSYLVANIA, TOM RIDGE.
THE PRESIDENT’S FIRST REACTION
WAS TO CRITICIZE THE FBI FOR
INVESTIGATING THIS.
CAN YOU IMAGINE IF THIS SAME
PEOPLE WERE BLACK AMERICANS,
WOULD THE PRESIDENT HAVE THE
SAME RESPONSE?
>> YOU KNOW, STEPHANIE, YOU AND
I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF
COMMUNICATING FROM TOWN TO TOWN
OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS,
AND I’M AFRAID THAT NOTHING THIS
PRESIDENT DOES EVER SURPRISES
BUT HE CONTINUES TO DISAPPOINT.
THE MERE FACT THAT I’VE BEEN
PRIF
PRIVILEGED TO HAVE ELECTIONS IN
MY BACKGROUND, AND I ALWAYS
THOUGHT IT WAS ABOUT IDEAS.
FOR THE PRESIDENT TO INSIST THAT
HIS CAMPAIGN ISN’T ABOUT
PERSUASION, IT’S ABOUT
REPUDIATION.
IT’S ABOUT INTIMIDATION.
I WANT TO RESTATE THAT AGAIN.
IT’S NOT ABOUT -- POLITICS IS
ABOUT PERSUASION, NOT
INTIMIDATION.
THAT’S WHAT HE’S DOING IN TEXAS.
INSTEAD OF REPUDIATING WHAT HE
SAW, HE’S CONGRATULATING THEM.
WHY ARE WE SURPRISED?
>> OKAY.
THEN WE’RE NOT SURPRISED, BUT
DOES IT WORRY YOU HOW THE
PRESIDENT COULD RESPOND TO
POSSIBLE VIOLENCE THAT COULD
BREAK OUT IN THE WAKE OF THE
ELECTION?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THIS IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
WE’RE NOT TALKING ABOUT SOME
EMERGING DEMOCRACY IN A THIRD
WORLD COUNTRY.
THIS IS A PRESIDENT WHO HAS HAD
THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FOUR YEARS
TO CONVINCE AMERICANS THAT HE
DESERVES A SECOND TERM.
AND SO IT IS QUITE CLEAR THAT
HE’S UNSURE WHETHER OR NOT THAT
THREE-PLUS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
GETS HIM THERE LEGITIMATELY.
AND SO IT’S NOT BECOME A
QUESTION OF PERSUADING.
IT’S BECOME A QUESTION OF
INTIMIDATING.
IT’S BECOME A QUESTION OF
DIVISION.
IT’S A QUESTION OF CHAOS, WHICH
IS HARDLY WHAT AMERICANS SHOULD
EXPECT.
AND I SHOULD SAY, I THINK,
STEPHANIE, THERE ARE PROBABLY
VERY FEW VOTERS EVEN TODAY THAT
ARE UNDECIDED WHEN THEY GO TO
THE POLLS TOMORROW.
BUT IF THERE ARE A FEW UNDECIDED
VOTERS OUT THERE MAYBE THIS
ISSUE IN AND OF ITSELF, IF THE
FACT THAT THE PRESIDENT WOULD
CONGRATULATE RATHER THAN
REPUDIATE PUBLICLY HIS
SUPPORTERS FOR TRYING TO
INTIMIDATE VOTERS ACROSS THIS
COUNTRY.
IF THAT ISN’T THE LAST STRAW, I
DON’T KNOW WHAT IS.
>> WELL, THERE ARE A LOT OF
VOTERS OUT THERE THAT AREN’T
UNDECIDED.
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO VOTED
ALREADY AND THEY’RE WORRIED
THEIR VOTES WON’T COUNT.
IN YOUR HOME STATE OF
PENNSYLVANIA, THOSE ABSENTEE,
THOSE MAIL-IN BALLOTS DON’T EVEN
START GETTING COUNTED UNTIL
TOMORROW.
WE’RE NOT GOING TO GET THOSE
NUMBERS BY EARLY IN THE EVENING
OR EVEN LATE IN THE EVENING.
HOW WORRIED ARE YOU ABOUT HOW
THE PRESIDENT IS RESPONDING TO
THIS?
>> WELL, I’M DISAPPOINTED.
AGAIN, AM I WORRIED?
NO, IT’S BEYOND BEING WORRIED.
IT’S DISAPPOINTMENT, HIM
CREATING UNNECESSARY CHAOS AND
ANXIETY.
THE ONLY THING I KNOW IS IN TWO
STATEWIDE ELECTIONS YOU HAVE
REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATS AT THE
LOCAL LEVEL THAT ARE GUARDIANS
OF THE DEMOCRACY.
THEY’RE NOT GOING TO START
PROCESSING THESE BALLOTS UNTIL
TOMORROW.
WHAT THE PRESIDENT KNOWS AND
EVEN THE SUPPORTERS KNOW, AND I
WOULD CALL ON HIS SUPPORTERS.
AND HE’S GOT QUITE A FEW OF
THEM.
THIS IS A SWANGING STATE.
THAT’S WHY BOTH CANDIDATES ARE
SPENDING SO MUCH TIME HERE.
THEY KNOW WITH THEUNPRECEDENTED
NUMBER OF ABSENTEE BALLOTS AND
THEY’LL HAVE TO BE PATIENT.
AND ONE OF THE MORE INTERESTING
THINGS THAT’S HAPPENED IN
PENNSYLVANIA, STEPHANIE, IS THAT
BECAUSE OF THE SUPREME COURT
RULING, ALL THE BALLOTS THAT ARE
RECEIVED BY TODAY, WHETHER THEY
ARE EITHER DROPPED OFF OR
MAILED, THEY’LL BE COUNTED.
THE OTHERS RECEIVED WEDNESDAY,
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY ARE GOING TO
BE SEGREGATED.
SO IT’S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE IN
PENNSYLVANIA.
THE FINAL NEWS FLASH TO THE
PRESIDENT AND HIS SUPPORTERS,
CANDIDATES DON’T DECLARE
VICTORIES.
IT’S NOT ABOUT THE CANDIDATE.
THE STATE GOES ABOUT IT AND
DEPENDING ON THE STATE, COULD BE
TWO DAYS TO CERTIFY UP TO 30
DAYS TO CERTIFY.
SO I GUESS WE ASK ALL AMERICANS
WHETHER YOU ARE A RABID TRUMP
SUPPORTER -- RABID TRUMP
SUPPORTER OR A BIDEN SUPPORTER,
IT’S NOT OVER UNTIL IT’S OVER.
AND WHEN IT’S OVER, IT’S WHEN 50
STATES CERTIFY THEIR ELECTION.
NO CANDIDATES, NO MATTER WHAT
THEY SAY, CAN DECLARE VICTORY.
IT’S A FEDERAL SYSTEM, FOLKS.
THE STATES WILL DO IT.
THEY’VE BEEN DOING IT
HISTORICALLY.
THEY DO IT WELL.
BE PATIENT.
LET EVERY VOTE LEGITIMATELY BE
COUNTED.
>> YOU HAVE BEEN COVERING THIS
FOR MONTHS.
THIS IS VOTING SEASON.
WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT FOR
ALL THE VOTES TO BE COUNTED.
BUT JUST YESTERDAY, ONE OF THE
PRESIDENT’S CAMPAIGN ADVISERS
WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW ELECTION
NIGHT COULD PLAY OUT.
I WANT YOU TO SEE WHAT HE SAID.
>> THEY BELIEVE THAT PRESIDENT
TRUMP WILL BE AHEAD ON ELECTION
NIGHT, PROBABLY GETTING 280
ELECTORAL, SOMEWHERE IN THAT
RANGE.
AND THEN THEY’LL TRY TO STEAL IT
BACK AFTER THE ELECTION.
>> STEAL IT BACK?
WHAT ON EARTH IS HE TALKING
ABOUT?
YOU HAVE HALF THE PEOPLE IN THIS
COUNTRY THAT WATCH CONSERVATIVE
MEDIA, AND THEY HEAR MESSAGES
LIKE THAT.
>> WELL, I WOULD SAY TO YOU, ALL
THOSE PEOPLE WHO EMBRACE THAT
POINT OF VIEW, IT’S A SHAMEFUL
EMBRACE OF AN OUTRAGEOUS
POSITION, AND YOU’RE BASICALLY
SAYING YOU’RE WILLING TO
DISENFRANCHISE MILITARY.
YOU’RE WILLING TO DISENFRANCHISE
SENIORS.
YOU’RE WILLING TO DISENFRANCHISE
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WHO DON’T
WANT TO GO TO THE POLLS BECAUSE
OF THE COVID, BECAUSE OF THE
PANDEMIC THAT’S KILLED, BY THE
WAY, 225,000 AMERICANS AND YOU
CAN’T LISTEN TO THAT NONSENSE.
IT SHOULD BE IGNORED.
IT IS SUNDAY THE PALE FOR
ANYBODY SUPPORTING ANY CANDIDATE
TO SUGGEST, TO SUGGEST THAT THE
SYSTEM UNDER WHICH WE OPERATE
SUCCESSFULLY, PEACEFULLY FOR
HUNDREDS OF YEARS IS UNDER
DURESS BECAUSE OF A PRESIDENT
WHO AFRAID OF
LOSING AND WANTS TO CREATE THE
KIND OF CHAOS AND ANXIETY AROUND
A SYSTEM THAT DESIGNED TO LET
AMERICA’S VOICES BE HEARD.
IT’S NOT UP TO CANDIDATES AND
THEIR SUPPLICANTS AND ENABLERS
TO DECIDE WHO WINS.
IT’S UP TO THE AMERICANS.