SOAPERING FIRST FEW MINUTES OF
THIS SHOW.
JOINING ME NOW IS JOAQUIN
CASTRO, A DEMOCRATIC
CONGRESSMAN.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
I’M SO GLAD THAT YOU’RE OKAY
ALONG WITH ALL OF YOUR
COLLEAGUES.
LET’S TALK ABOUT THE TIME LINE
INTO IMPEACHMENT -- AN
IMPEACHMENT ARTICLE WAS
INTRODUCED TODAY.
A VOTE COULD COME AS SOON AS
WEDNESDAY.
THIS IS A TIME LINE THAT IS
RAPIDLY SQUISHING DOWN BECAUSE
JOE BIDE LISTEN BE PRESIDENT IN
NINE DAYS.
WHAT IS THE GOAL HERE?
TO REMOVE HIM FROM OFFICE?
TO KEEP HIM FROM EVER RUNNING
AGAIN?
>> I CAN ONLY ANSWER FOR MYSELF
AT THIS POINT BECAUSE WE’RE
HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS,
BUT I THINK OTHERS SHARE MY
PERSPECTIVE.
AND TO SOME DEGREE IT IS ALL OF
THOSE THINGS.
I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO
REMOVE HIM RIGHT NOW
IMMEDIATELY.
I THINK THAT VICE PRESIDENT
PENCE AND THE CABINET SHOULD
INVOKE THE 25th AMENDMENT AND TO
KEEP HIM FROM RUNNING FOR OFFICE
AGAIN.
HE JUST LEAD AN INSURRECTION, A
COUP ATTEMPT ON THE UNITED
STATES GOVERNMENT.
I DON’T THINK HE SHOULD BE
PRESIDENT LET ALONE A SCHOOL
BOARD MEMBER ANYWHERE IN THE
UNITED STATES.
I THINK IT IS A COMBINATION OF
ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
>> SOME OF THE CONCERNS IS THE
ABILITY TO DO THIS WHEN JOE
BIDEN IS INAUGURATED.
JOE BIDEN WAS ASKED ABOUT THIS A
MOMENT AGO.
HERE IS WHAT HE SAID.
>> DEALING WITH THE IMPEACHMENT,
AND A HALF DAY GETTING MY PEOPLE
NOMINATED AND GIRLED IN THE
SENATE AS WELL AS MY
EXPECTATION.
>> CAN YOU DO BOTH AT THE SAME
TIME?
CAN THE INTENTION BE SPLIT IN
THAT WAY?
>> LOOK, THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT
IT IS A CHALLENGE, AND THIS TO
SOME EXTENT IT WILL TAKE UP LOT
OF FRAENGS WHAT JOE BIDEN,
KAMALA HARRIS, AND DEMOCRATS
IMAGINED WOULD BE THE FIST 100
DAYS OF HIS ADMINISTRATION.
AND THERE IS A LOT OF IMPORTANT
WORK TO DO FOR THE COUNTRY.
BUT THIS WAS AN ATTEMPTED COUP
BY A SITLE PRESIDENT LETING PRES
THIS IS THE MOST SERIOUS THING
THAT A DEMOCRACY CAN WITHSTAND.
WE HAVE TO TREAT IT THAT WAY AND
MAKE SURE THAT WE MOVE AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
AS EXPEDITIOUSLY WITHOUT DELAY
TO REMOVE TRUMP IF IT GOES PAST
JANUARY 20th, MAKING SURE THERE
IS CONSEQUENCES FOR HIM,
INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY THAT
HE WOULD RUN FOR PRESIDENT
AGAIN.
>> SO LET’S TAKE A STEP BACK.
THE ABILITY FOR TRUMP TO ENFLAME
TENSIONS THE WAY HE HAS, FOR HIM
TO CONTINUE PUSHING FORWARD AND
MOVING THE LINE, HE IS NOT ALONE
IN THAT.
HE WAS ENABLED FOR YEARS AND A
LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE, A LOT
OF LAWMAKERS DIDN’T HEAR IT,
DIDN’T SEE IT, SAID THEY DIDN’T
HEAR IT OR SEE IT, AND THEY WENT
ALONG WITH THIS.
NOW A LOT OF REPUBLICAN COLLEGES
ARE CALLING FOR UNITY WITHOUT
OWNING UP TO MAYBE THEIR NART
THIS.
YOU HAVE SENATORS HAWLEY AND
CRUZ AND A NUMBER OF HOUSE
MEMBERS GOING ON ABOUT THIS
FALSEHOOD THAT THE ELECTION WAS
SOMEHOW UNFAIR OR FRAUDULENT IN
SOME WAY. IN YOUR OPINION WHAT SHOULD
IN YOUR OPINION WHAT SHOULD
HAPPEN WITH THEM? >> I SAID EARLY ON, THAT TED
>> I SAID EARLY ON, THAT TED
CRUZ AND JAUSHOSH HAWLEY, TWO OF
CO-CONSPIRATORS
CO-CONSPIRATORS, THEY DIDN’T
PRODUCE A SINGLE SHRED OF
EVIDENCE THAT THAT IS THE CASE.
AND THEY’RE HIGHLY INTELLIGENT
GUY THAT’S KNOW BETTER, I THINK
THEY SHOULD FACE THE MOST SEVERE
CONSEQUENCES.
THEY SHOULD RESIGN, OR I THINK