WAS SO QUIET. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT JEFF FLAKE,
I WANT TO BRING IN SOMEBODY THAT
HAS BEEN SITTING WITH US
WATCHING THIS VOTE, ANNA MARIA
ARCHIE LA.
ARCHIE LA. SHE IS ONE OF THE WOMEN THAT
CONFRONTED JEFF FLAKE IN THAT
INFAMOUS ELEVATOR VIDEO.
JEFF FLAKE MOVING FORWARD FOR A
FINAL VOTE ON JUDGE BRETT
KAVANAUGH.
KAVANAUGH. STILL SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT
WHETHER HE’LL CHANGE HIS MIND
FOR THE FINAL VOTE TOMORROW.
>> HE HAS A TREMENDOUS
OPPORTUNITY TO DEMONSTRATE THAT
MEN HAVE A ROLE IN HELPING
CHANGE THE CULTURE THAT ALLOWS
SEXUAL VIOLENCE TO BE SO
PREVALENT.
PREVALENT. THE EXPERIENCE OF DR. FORD IS
NOT HERS ALONE.
THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS AND
THOUSANDS OF WOMEN ARE TELLING
THEIR STORIES TO ALLOW THE
COUNTRY TO LOOK AT US, TO LOOK
AT OURSELVES IN THE MIRROR AND
SAY IS THIS WHO WE WANT TO BE.
HE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY,
NO, THIS IS NOT WHO WE WANT TO
BE.
BE. >> WHAT KIND OF PRESSURE WILL
JEFF FLAKE FACE OVER THE NEXT 24
HOURS GIVEN THAT LAST WEEK, IF
YOU FLASH BACK TO THE END OF
LAST WEEK, JEFF FLAKE ANNOUNCED
HE WAS GOING TO BE A YES VOTE ON
JUDGE BRETT KAVANAUGH, WALKED
INTO THAT JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
HEARING BUT BEFORE HE GOT THERE
WAS STOPPED BY YOU AND SOMEBODY
ELSE THAT YOU KNOW WHO SHARED
YOUR VERY PERSONAL STORY OF
SEXUAL ASSAULT.
SEXUAL ASSAULT. >> YES, HE’S GOING TO -- THERE
ARE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE TODAY IN
THE SENATE BUILDING TRYING TO
HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH
SENATORS.
SENATORS. WE THINK IT IS FUNDAMENTAL THAT
THEY REMEMBER THAT THIS IS NOT
JUST ABOUT BRETT KAVANAUGH.
THIS IS ABOUT OUR DEMOCRACY
WORKING FOR PEOPLE.
WHAT THE LESSON THAT I WANT TO
DRAW FROM THE MOMENT IN THAT
ELEVATOR IS THAT WHEN WE FORCE
HUMAN CONNECTIONS WITH ELECTED
OFFICIALS WHO ALMOST NEVER
PRACTICE LISTENING TO US, WE CAN
ACTUALLY HELP THEM MAKE BETTER
DECISIONS.
DECISIONS. THE DECISION THAT SENATOR FLAKE
MADE ON FRIDAY WAS BETTER FOR
THE COUNTRY.
THE COUNTRY. HE SAID THE COUNTRY NEEDS AN
INVESTIGATION, AND NOW HE CAN --
HE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO YET
AGAIN LISTEN TO THAT WAY OF
GOVERN BY LISTENING.
>> THE PRESIDENT TALKED ABOUT
THESE PROTESTERS AND SEEMED TO
ALLUDE TO YOU FRANKLY IN A
TWEET.
TWEET. HE SAID THE VERY RUDE ELEVATOR
SCREAMERS ARE PAID PROFESSIONALS
ONLY LOOKING TO MAKE SENATORS
LOOK BAD.
LOOK BAD. HE SAID ALSO LOOK AT ALL THE
PROFESSIONAL MADE IDENTICAL
SIGNS PAID FOR BY SORROS AND
OTHERS.
OTHERS. THESE ARE NOT SIGNS MADE IN THE
BASEMENT FROM LOVE.
ARE YOU A PAID PROFESSIONAL?
>> I WORK FOR A COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATION.
ORGANIZATION. I WORK FOR A NETWORK OF
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. I’VE SPENT MY ENTIRE ADULT LIFE
BUILDING SPACES WHERE REGULAR
PEOPLE CAN COLLECTIVELY ACT SO
THAT POLITICIANS LISTEN TO US.
THAT’S MY JOB.
I SHOWED UP TO THE CAPITAL WITH
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT MY
ORGANIZATION AND OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS BROUGHT SO THAT WE
COULD TELL OUR STORIES, BUT WHEN
I WAS TALKING TO SENATOR FLAKE
IN THAT MOMENT, I WAS A WOMAN.
I WAS A MOTHER.
I WAS A SURVIVOR, AND I WAS
SOMEONE WHO BELIEVES THAT WE CAN
CONNECT AND THROUGH THOSE
CONNECTIONS MAKE BETTER
DECISIONS FOR EACH OTHER.
>> I WANT YOU TO ELABORATE ON
THAT.
THAT. PRIOR TO THE PRESIDENT’S TWEET
THIS MORNING, THERE WERE SOME
ARTICLES, SOME NEWS PIECES ON
FOX, ELSEWHERE, PLACES WE KNOW
HE WATCHES TALKING ABOUT YOU.
TALKING ABOUT THIS MOMENT,
SAYING IN BOTH OF THESE
INSTANCES THEY WERE SEEMINGLY
ORGANIC POWERFUL PROTESTS BUT IN
BOTH INSTANCES THE WOMEN HAVE
COME FROM A NONPROFIT THAT HAS
RECEIVED FUNDING FROM GEORGE
SOROS.
SOROS. THEY MENTIONED YOU AS THE
GROUP’S COEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
PERHAPS THAT IS WHERE THE
PRESIDENT IS TRYING TO DRAW THIS
LINK?
LINK? >> IF THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO
KNOW WHETHER I WORK FOR A SOCIAL
JUSTICE ORGANIZATION.
JUSTICE ORGANIZATION. THE ANSWER IS YES, AND I’VE
WORKED FOR A SOCIAL JUSTICE
ORGANIZATION SINCE I WAS 23.
THAT’S NOT NEWS.
COME ON.
COME ON. WHAT IS NEWS IS THAT WOMEN
ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE DOING
SOMETHING THAT’S REALLY
POWERFUL.
POWERFUL. WE’RE SHARING OUR STORIES.
IT TOOK ME 30 YEARS, AND I’VE
BEEN DOING SOCIAL JUSTICE WORK
FOR THE LAST 20.
IT TOOK ME 30 YEARS TO TELL MY