Well, we are back, it is 20, 21, it is great to be back with you and there is just so much
to talk about that I think these last few weeks for Donald Trump. As we get to the end, these
may be the craziest. Let's just get right into it. Donald Trump has now been caught on an audio
recording of a phone call pressuring the Georgia Republican Secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger,
to, quote, recalculate the election results in Georgia in order to find about 11000 votes
for Donald Trump. And everything about this is absolutely nutty. The Washington Post obtained a
recording of Donald Trump urging Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to find a way to give
Donald Trump the victory. In Georgia, of course, won by Joe Biden, the current president elect,
and Donald Trump. On this phone call we're going to listen to is speaking not just to Republican
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, but also to the secretary of state's general counsel,
Donald Trump's chief of staff, Mark Meadows. Also on the call. It's an hour long call. The
phone call is available for you. We're just going to listen to a few clips.
And this is really something else. So please understand what this audio shows as if we
didn't know it is that the president of the United States is leading a campaign, a pressure campaign
against democratic elections in order to remain in power despite the results of that election.
Here is the first clip Donald Trump asks Raffensperger to please recalculate.
We have won this election in Georgia based on all of this. And there's nothing wrong with saying
that bread. You know, I mean, having having a correct if the people of Georgia are angry
and these numbers are going to be repeated on Monday night along with others that we're
going to have by that time, which are much more substantial even. And the people of Georgia are
angry, the people of the country are angry. And there's nothing wrong with saying that, you know,
that you've recalculated. Well, Mr. President,
the challenge that you have is the data you have is wrong.
Now, do you think it's possible that they shredded ballots in Fulton County because
that's what the rumor is and also that Dominion took out machines, that Dominion
is really moving fast to get rid of their. Machinery, do you know anything about that?
Because that's illegal in Germany, no dominion has not moved any machinery out of Fulton County,
where have they moved you? Have they have they moved the
inner parts of the machines and replaced them with other parts?
No, he's you're right, I'm sure, so just no to everything, to every one of Donald Trump's
notions, they on the call saying, no, no, it's just that this isn't the case. That's not the
case. And Trump, you know that little. Are you sure from Trump that's like a mob boss type of.
Are you sure? Because it would really be a shame if something were to happen to this
beautiful family of yours after being told none of this is happening. Donald Trump pulls out the
big one and starts speaking in more clear terms, says, I just need you to find 11000, 780 votes.
And they are removing machinery and they're moving it as fast as they can,
both of which are criminal fines. And you can't let it happen and you
are letting it happen. You know, I mean, I'm notifying you that you're letting it happen.
So like, oh, I want to do is this I just want to find
eleven thousand seven hundred eighty votes, which is one more that we have because we won the state.
When we say high crimes and misdemeanors, this is exactly under that umbrella. That is the ask.
I need you to find eleven thousand seven hundred and eighty votes so that I win Georgia. And Trump
says it again later. He says, Come on, guys, give me a break. I only need 11000 votes here.
So what? So what are we going to do if I only need 11000 votes? I promise
I need 11000 votes. Give me a break. This is criminal presidential obstruction
in an election where Trump himself is a candidate. It's not Trump obstructing
some other election between two people other than him. He's a candidate in this election,
it is actually hard to find something a president can do that is worse than this
in terms of its impact on the democratic systems. I know you know, there are other things that have
a death toll that we assign, which are much more gruesome in nature for sure. And killing people
in in many ways is, of course, worse than making a phone call during which you ask
someone to cheat for you from the standpoint of what it does to the pillars of democracy, this is
almost as bad a thing as a president can do. The call is nuts. And Trump kind of switches between
attacking and criticizing Raffensperger and trying to sort of placate him and flatter him.
It's very weird. Take a look at this last clip. We won the election and it's not fair to take
it away from us like this. And it's going to be very costly in many ways. And I think
you have to say that you're going to reexamine it and you can reexamine it. But but reexamine
it with people that want to find answers, not people that don't want to find answers.
For instance, I'm hearing, Ryan, that he's probably.
I'm sure a great lawyer and everything, but he's making statements about
those ballots that he doesn't know when he's making it was said he did make a majority,
but now I think he's less sure because the answer is they all went to bed
and that alone wins the election by a lot. You know, you have people that submit information
and we have our people that submit information, and then it comes before the court and the court
then has to make a determination. We have to stand by our numbers. We believe our numbers are right.
Well, under the law, you're not allowed to give faulty election results,
OK? You're not allowed to do that. And that's what you've done. This is a faulty election result.
This really is like nothing we have seen before. It's not an exaggeration. This is
not this is unlike anything we've seen in the United States. Carl Bernstein,
I believe saying that this is far worse than Watergate. Dan Rather saying this
is far worse than Watergate. We've seen this stuff in other countries, no doubt,
but we've not seen it like this in the United States. An ethical moral person would say.
I think maybe the count is wrong, count the votes and give us the results, Trump says. Come on,
guys, give me a break. I need 11000 votes. The difference could not be more stark.
Now, trumpets are split of two minds on this. Right now. There are some Trampas who are playing
coy and they're saying Trump didn't do anything wrong. Trump said, calculate the correct results,
which we won with. I believe if you listen to the call, it's very hard to make that case. Trump
is very clearly saying something different. He's saying regardless of the real results.
Come on, guys, give me a break. I need 11000 votes. Other Trump ists who can't make that
dumb argument I just mentioned are just pretending this isn't going on.
If you look at some pro Trump enclaves on the Internet, they've been immediately deleting all
references to this story, removing all links to this story as quickly as they're being posted,
they're being deleted. They're just suppressing the story altogether. So is anybody surprised by
this? The guy who said to Ukraine, dig up dirt on Biden for me? No, we can't be surprised by
this. Now, a quick word on Brad Raffensperger. There's been some praise of Brad Raffensperger
floating around for holding firm here. And, you know, he did he didn't bow to Trump's
pressure. And it takes some strength when the president, who happens to be from your own party
is telling you what to do. It takes some strength to say no. But remember that this election didn't
come down to just Georgia. When this phone call took place. It was clear that even if
Brad Raffensperger could somehow steal Georgia for Trump, Trump still doesn't win the election. So I
am wondering I don't know. I'm wondering, would Raffensperger and Brian Kemp from Georgia,
would they have held this firm if flipping Georgia would have given Trump the presidency? I don't
know the answer to that. I'm just asking. Trump's participation certainly justifies impeachment and
removal. We have 16 days left in this presidency. Trump will be gone before impeachment could
happen. You can impeach a president after they've left office. It's warranted. I doubt it will
happen, but completely impeachable behavior. There is a reason that companies often escort
former employees out of the building right away with presidents. It's never been necessary before.
It's different with Trump. And that's sort of the final thought on this.