>> A NORTH CAROLINA LAWMAKER HAS
SHAKEN UP THE STATE LEGISLATURE
BY SWITCHING PARTIES,
EFFECTIVELY CEMENTING A
REPUBLICAN STRONGHOLD IN THAT
STATE.
THE STATE TATE REPRESENTATIVE HA
HARSH WORDS FOR DEMOCRATS.
>> MODERN-DAY DEMOCRATIC PARTY
HAS BECOME UNRECOGNIZABLE TO ME.
PARTY WANTS TO VILLAINIZE ANYONE
WHO HAS FREE THOUGHT.
IF YOU DON’T DO EXACTLY WHAT THE
DEMOCRATS WANT YOU TO DO, THEY
WILL TRY TO BULLY YOU.
>> REPUBLICANS NOW HAVE WHAT’S
CALLED A SUPERMAJORITY, AND CAN
OVERTURN DISAPPOINTED GOVERNOR
ROY COOPER’S VETOES.
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN JEFF
JACKSON CALLED IT A POLITICAL
EARTHQUAKE, SAYING HE CANNOT
OVERSTATE THE CONSEQUENCES OF
THIS SWITCH.
THE "WALL STREET JOURNAL" OPEN
SAID WROTE, QUOTE, THE THING
ABOUT ATTACKING POLITICAL ALLIES
FOR THEIR LACK OF PURITY IS
SOMETIMES THEY TAKE IT TO HEART.
THE RESULT IS A GOP
SUPERMAJORITY, QUITE THE HEADACHE FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR
HEADACHE FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR
ROY COOPER.
JASON CHAFFETZ JOINS US.
JASON, SOMETIMES THINGS HAPPEN,
PEOPLE DON’T KNOW ABOUT IT, BUT
EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT THIS,
BECAUSE WHEN YOU SWITCH A PARTY
AND GIVE THE OTHER PARTY A
SUPERMAJORITY IT DOES WHAT?
>> WELL, LOOK, A SUPERMAJORITY
IS IMPORTANT, IF THE LEGISLATURE
WANTS TO FLEX ITS MUSCLES.
BUT I THINK THE BIGGER, BROADER
STORY, FOR REPUBLICANS IN
GENERAL, AND IT IS REALLY
NEGATIVE FOR THE DEMOCRATS, IS
THE DEMOCRATS ATTACK ON THE
FIRST AMENDMENT, WHICH IS NOT
THE TRADITIONAL LIBERAL WAY.
I THINK SHE SPEAKS FOR A LOT OF
AMERICANS IN THAT THERE IS NO
HOME FOR SOMEBODY WHO ACTUALLY
HAS A LIBERAL MIND AND DOES NOT
APPRECIATE BEING SUPPRESSED AND
CAJOLED BECAUSE SOMEBODY HAS A
DIFFERENT WAY OF THINKING.
YOU KNOW, THE SHORT WAY OF
SAYING THIS IS, YOU KNOW, IT’S
AMAZING TO ME HOW THOSE WHO
EXPRESS THE IDEA OF DIVERSITY
ARE THE LEAST DIVERSIFIED AMONG
US.
IF YOU GET OUT OF LINE, DON’T DO
EXACTLY WHAT THEY SAY, THEY’RE
GOING TO COME AFTER YOU.
I THINK SHE GOT SICK AND TIRED
OF IT.
THERE’S NO HOME IN THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY TODAY.
YOU BELIEVE WHAT THEY BELIEVE OR
THEY’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU DOWN.
THEY’RE GOING TO RIDICULE YOU,
MOCK YOU, AND MAKE LIFE
DIFFICULT FOR YOU.
SHE WAS TIRED OF IT.
>> WELL, THEY’RE PROFESSIONAL
CANCELERS.
YOU KNOW, WE’RE ALREADY SEEING
THIS HAPPEN.
WE SAW WITH DEMOCRATIC
REPRESENTATIVE TIM RYAN WHEN HE
TRIED TO RUN FOR SPEAKER OF THE
HOUSE AGAINST NANCY PELOSI,
BEFORE SHE WAS READY TO GIVE UP
THAT SEAT APPARENTLY.
THERE WAS NO FREEDOM OF THOUGHT
THERE.
THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT
AGE-RELATED PROBLEMS BACK THEN.
THEN YOU LOOK AT THE PRESIDENT,
IN THE POLLING, MORE THAN 50% OF
PEOPLE WHO DECLARE THEMSELVES
DEMOCRATS WANT SOMEBODY OTHER
THAN THIS PRESIDENT TO RUN.
THEY DON’T THINK HE’S QUITE
THERE YET.
YOU DON’T HEAR THOSE VOICES
AMPLIFIED.
>> WELL, WHAT YOU DON’T SEE IS
YOU DON’T SEE REPUBLICANS
FLIPPING TO THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE.
YOU EVEN HAVE KIRSTEN CINEMA IN
THE UNITED STATES SAYING I HAVE
NO ROOM FOR ME ON THE DEMOCRATIC
SIDE OF THE AISLE.
THE GEORGIA STATE LEGISLATURE, A
LONGTIME DEMOCRAT WHO CAME OVER
TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. IT IS AMAZING HOW THE DEMOCRATS
IT IS AMAZING HOW THE DEMOCRATS
GAVE UP AND HAVE CREED CEDEED TH
FIRST AMENDMENT.
THEY DON’T BELIEVE IT IN
ANYMORE.
>> WHAT’S COMING UP IN 2024?
>> IT’S HARD TO GET TO THE WHITE
HOUSE WITHOUT DOMINATING AND
WINNING IN NORTH CAROLINA.
THAT’S A MUST-HAVE STATES.
BOTH SIDES WILL FIGHT VIGOROUSLY
FOR IT.
I THINK THE ADVANTAGE GOES TO
THE REPUBLICANS AT THIS POINT.
>> JASON CHAFFETZ, THANK YOU