>>> AND THE BIDEN CAMP IS
EXPRESSING CONFIDENCE ABOUT
MICHIGAN AND PENNSYLVANIA.
WHO HAS THE BEST SHOT TO CARRY
THOSE STATES?
JOINING US, CONGRESSWOMAN DEBBIE
DINGELL AND CONGRESSWOMAN
MADELEINE DEAN.
WELCOME, BOTH.
WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
PENNSYLVANIA, CONGRESSWOMAN
DEAN, LET ME ASK YOU, YOU’RE
FROM ONE OF THE COLLAR COUNTIES
AND WE EXPECT THEY WILL DELIVER
A LOT OF THIS MAIL-IN VOTE.
ARE YOU CONFIDENT, AS THE BIDEN
CAMP IS TODAY, THAT YOU’LL CARRY
PENNSYLVANIA?
>> I’M FEELING VERY OPTIMISTIC.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, AND
HELLO, DEBBIE, GREAT TO SEE YOU
AND THE GREAT WORK YOU’VE BEEN
DOING.
I’M FEELING CONFIDENT AND
OPTIMISTIC BUT WE HAVE TO LET
PEOPLE FINISH THE WORK AHEAD OF
US.
IT’S VERY HARD TO PRACTICE BUT
I’VE BEEN SAYING ALL ALONG, WE
HAVE TO HAVE PATIENCE AND LET
THE PEOPLE DO THE WORK OF
COUNTING ALL THE VOTES.
HERE IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, AS
YOU WERE POINTING OUT ON THE
BOARD, WE STILL HAVE 60,000
MAIL-IN BALLOTS, A LITTLE MORE
THAN THAT, TO BE COUNTED IN
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
AND JOE BIDEN, KAMALA HARRIS,
HAVE A 61-37 POINT LEAD.
I EXPECT THAT LEAD WILL CONTINUE
AND WIDEN.
I’M FEELING OPTIMISTIC.
WE HAVE TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE,
WE HAVE TO BE PATIENT.
THIS PROCESS IS WORKING AND IT
IS SECURE AND IT’S INTERESTING
THAT DONALD TRUMP WOULD LIKE TO
STOP THE COUNT.
>> AND CONGRESSWOMAN DINGELL,
AND I SHOULD BE CONGRATULATING
BOTH OF YOU BECAUSE BOTH OF YOU
CAME THROUGH WITH FLYING COLORS,
BUT CONGRESSWOMAN DINGELL, WHAT
ABOUT MICHIGAN?
WE’RE SEEING THE BIDEN VOTE
COMING IN THROUGHOUT THE
MORNING.
WHAT DO YOU THINK, WHEN DO YOU
THINK THE STATE CAN BE CALLED?
>> I THINK OUR SECRETARY OF
STATE SAID IT TAKES UNTIL
FRIDAY.
I THINK WE COULD KNOW AS EARLY
AS LATE AFTERNOON TODAY.
WE’RE WAITING FOR THE COUNTS TO
COME IN FOR A NUMBER OF THE
LARGER CITIES, WHICH JUST AS
MADELEINE SAID, IT’S THE
ABSENTEE BALLOTS WE’RE COUNTING,
AND THEIR SPLIT HAS BEEN ALMOST
IDENTICAL TO PENNSYLVANIA, 61%
FOR JOE BIDEN, 38, 39% FOR
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
LOOK, ANDREA, AS YOU KNOW, I
REFUSED TO SAY WHAT WAS GOING TO
HAPPEN, WHAT I THOUGHT WOULD
HAPPEN IN THIS ELECTION UNTIL
OVER THE WEEKEND.
I HAVE BEEN OUT THERE, I’VE BEEN
TALKING TO PEOPLE, I’VE BEEN
LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS.
WOMEN CAME OUT AND MADE A
DIFFERENCE, VOTED IN FAR LARGER
NUMBERS THAN THEY DID FOUR YEARS
AGO.
AND AS MADELEINE SAID, AND I
LOVE BEING WITH HER, LOVE BEING
WITH YOU, NONE OF US HAVE BEEN
TO BED, PROBABLY, IN TWO DAYS,
BUT WHEN ALL THE VOTES ARE
COUNTED, AND WE ALL THAT TO
EVERY SINGLE PERSON ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, TO COUNT THEM IN A
METHODICAL, CALM, SECURE WAY,
JOE BIDEN’S GOING TO WIN
MICHIGAN.
>> YOU’RE WAITING ON DETROIT,
FLINT, GRAND RAPIDS.
WHERE DO YOU SEE IT COMING DOWN,
WHAT’S YOUR BEST ESTIMATE NOW,
BASED ON WHAT YOU KNOW IS COMING
IN?
>> I THINK IT WILL BE -- I’VE
ALWAYS SAID MAYBE 4%, 5%.
I THINK THAT IT IS GOING TO
BE -- IT WILL BE LARGER THAN
DONALD TRUMP WON MICHIGAN FOUR
YEARS AGO.
AND IT’S GOING TO BE A CLEAR --
IT WILL BE BY A LARGE ENOUGH
AMOUNT THAT IT WILL NOT GET AN
AUTOMATIC RECOUNT, THOUGH WE
KNOW THE LAWYERS ARE THERE.
EVERYBODY HAS TO STAY CALM AND
LET THE VOTES BE COUNTED.
ALL OF US, REPUBLICANS AND
DEMOCRATS, HAVE TO LEARN HOW
SPLIT THIS COUNTRY THIS AND WHY,
AND WE ALL HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY
TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING TO BRING
US TOGETHER WHEN THIS IS DONE,
NO MATTER WHO IS PRESIDENT,
THOUGH I THINK IT WILL BE JOE
BIDEN.
>> IF JOE BIDEN IS ELECTED, HE
IS GOING TO FACE THE SAME
PROBLEM A NEWLY-ELECTED DEMOCRAT
HAD, HE’S GOT MITCH McCONNELL
WHO WILL VOW FROM DAY ONE TO
BLOCK ANY OF HIS INITIATIVES.
LET ME ASK YOU, CONGRESSWOMAN
DINGELL.
>> WELL, FOR STARTERS, THAT
NUMBER WILL BE EVEN SMALLER.
I THINK THAT MANY OF THOSE
SENATORS ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING
AT ELECTIONS IN TWO YEARS FROM
NOW.
AND THIS IS WHERE I SAY TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE, YOU NEED TO
TELL THE PEOPLE THAT REPRESENT
YOU, YOU WANT ACTION.
I KNOW THEY WANT ACTION ON A
HEROES BILL.
THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS THAT
ARE HURTING FROM COVID RIGHT
NOW.
THEY ARE DESPERATE FOR THE
UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO STOP
THIS PARTISAN BICKERING AND GET
SOMETHING DONE THAT’S GOING TO
HELP THEM.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ISSUES
THAT WE’VE GOT TO ROLL UP OUR
SLEEVES.
AND PEOPLE LIKE MADELEINE AND I
WHO ARE COMMITTED TO WORKING
WITH OUR COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE
AISLE ARE GOING TO DO JUST THAT.
AND THAT’S OUR JOB.
AND I THINK JOE BIDEN WILL DO
THAT.
HE’S SAID HE WILL BE THE
PRESIDENT OF EVERYBODY.
HE HAS A HISTORY OF BRINGING
PEOPLE TOGETHER.
>> THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING
US.
I KNOW IT’S BEEN A LONG NIGHT