>>> REPUBLICANS TRYING TO
DISTANCE THEMSELVES IN THE
PRESIDENT IMPLICITING VIOLENCE
TO STAY IN OFFICE.
BUT THE WAY THE REPUBLICANS ARE
TRYING TO DISTANCE THEMSELVES
FROM THAT COMMENT IS EXTREMELY
UNNERVING IN ITSELF.
THE THEME FROM REPUBLICANS IS
LESS, WELL, THE PEOPLE WILL
DECIDE WHO OUR NEXT PRESIDENT IS
AFTER WE COUNT EVERY VOTE AND
THE WINNER OF THE ELECTORAL
COLLEGE WILL DECIDE THE NEXT
PRESIDENT AND IT SEEMS TO BE WE
WILL ABIDE BY THE DECISION OF
THE COURTS.
BUT THE COURTS ARE AN EMERGENCY
BACKSTOP HERE.
THE COURTS SHOULD NOT BE THE
MAIN PLAN.
LINDSEY GRAHAM SAID, QUOTE,
PEOPLE WONDER ABOUT THE PEACEFUL
TRANSFER OF POWER.
I CAN ASSURE YOU IT MAY BE
PEACEFUL.
THE COURT WILL DECIDE, AND IF
REPUBLICANS DECIDE, WE WILL
ACCEPT THAT RESULT.
THIS IS PARTICULARLY UNNERVING
AFTER THE DEATH OF RUTH BADER
GINSBURG WHEN THE PRESIDENT AND
ALL REPUBLICANS ARE SAYING WE
NEED TO RAM THROUGH A JUSTICE SO
THAT THAT PERSON CAN RULE,
PRESUMABLY IN OUR FAVOR, IF
THERE IS AN ELECTION LAWSUIT.
>> AN EQUALLY DIVIDED COURT 4-4
CAN’T DECIDE ANYTHING.
THAT COULD MAKE THIS
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION DRAG ON
WEEKS AND MONTHS AND WELL INTO
NEXT YEAR.
THAT IS AN INTOLERABLE SITUATION
FOR THE COUNTRY.
WE NEED A FULL COURT ON ELECTION
DAY GIVEN THE VERY HIGH
LIKELIHOOD THAT WE’RE GOING TO
SEE LITIGATION THAT GOES TO THE
COURT.
WE NEED A SUPREME COURT THAT CAN
GIVE A DEFINITIVE ANSWER FOR THE
COUNTRY.
>> WITH ALL OF THE TALK ABOUT
UNIVERSAL, UNSOLICITED MAIL-IN
BALLOTING WHERE WE SEE STATES
AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT ARE NOW
EXTENDING THE DEADLINE, THERE IS
A POSSIBILITY THAT ELECTION
ISSUES MAY COME BEFORE THE
SUPREME COURT IN THE DAYS
FOLLOWING THE ELECTION AND ALL
THE MORE REASON WHY WE SHOULD
HAVE NINE JUSTICES ON THE
SUPREME COURT TO BE ABLE TO
RESOLVE ANY ISSUES THAT MAY
ARISE THEN.
>> HERE WITH ME NOW ONE OF THOSE
SENATORS WHO WILL VOTE, SENATOR
ELIZABETH WARREN, A DEMOCRAT OF
MASSACHUSETTS.
LET ME GET YOUR RESPONSE TO THIS
LINE, THIS SORT OF -- I FIND IT
A STRANGE LINE FROM SOME OF YOUR
REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES ABOUT,
WELL, YOU KNOW, WE’LL LISTEN TO
THE COURTS.
THE COURTS WILL DECIDE.
WE ALSO NEED TO GET THIS JUSTICE
ON THE COURT BECAUSE THE COURT
WILL DECIDE THE ELECTION, AS IF
THAT’S A FAIT ACCOMPLI.
WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU HEAR
THAT?
>> SO, YOU KNOW, LET’S START
WITH DONALD TRUMP.
WHEN DONALD TRUMP SAYS THAT HE
IS NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO
ACCEPT THE WILL OF THE VOTERS,
HE’S FLIRTING WITH TREASON.
HE’S SAYING PEACEFUL TRANSITION
OF POWER DOESN’T MATTER TO HIM.
ALL THAT MATTERS TO HIM, ONCE
AGAIN, IS DONALD TRUMP AND
WHATEVER DONALD TRUMP WANTS.
AND FOR REPUBLICANS, ONCE AGAIN,
TO STEP UP, THESE REPUBLICAN
SENATORS TO ENABLE HIM IN THAT,
TO SUPPORT HIM IN THAT AND TO
START TO TALK ABOUT THE NOVEMBER
3rd ELECTION AS IF THIS ISN’T
ABOUT VOTERS GETTING THEIR
CHOICE BUT IT IS ABOUT SUPREME
COURT JUSTICES GETTING THEIR
CHOICE MEANS THAT THEY ARE A
PARTY TO IT.
AND THAT MEANS TO ME THAT COME
NOVEMBER 3rd WE NEED TO HOLD
THEM ALL ACCOUNTABLE.
AND WHEN I SAY HOLD THEM ALL
ACCOUNTABLE, I MEAN DONALD
TRUMP.
I MEAN THOSE REPUBLICAN
SENATORS.
I MEAN THOSE REPUBLICANS UP AND
DOWN THE BALLOT, AND WE NEED TO
NOT JUST BEAT THEM BY A LITTLE
BIT.
THE IDEA THAT THEY CAN GO
LITIGATE WHEN IT’S CLOSE, I MEAN
BEAT THEM BIG.
THAT’S WHAT WE GOT TO DO.
>> YOU KNOW, THERE IS -- AFTER
THE DEATH OF JUSTICE RUTH BADER
GINSBURG, THERE IS A SORT OF
OPEN QUESTION ABOUT, OKAY, WELL,
WHAT NOW?
AND RELATIVELY SHORT ORDER IT
LOOKED LIKE MITCH McCONNELL
ASSEMBLED THE VOTERS HE NEEDED
TO MOVE FORWARD.
LINDSEY GRAHAM ASSURED US THAT
SIGHT UNSEEN HE HAS THE VOTES.
>> BY THE WAY, HE HAS PUT NEW
MEANING TO THE WORDS ADVICE AND
CONSENT IN THE CONSTITUTION OF
THE UNITED STATES REQUIRES.
RIGHT?
LINDSEY GRAHAM HAS CERTAINLY
SAID DONALD TRUMP HAS MY PROXY
ON THIS.
THE SENATE DOESN’T NEED TO LOOK
AT IT.
IF THE PRESIDENT IS GOOD,
LINDSEY GRAHAM IS GOOD.
THERE IS A MAN WITH A SPINE, A
SPINE KEPT IN A BOX SOMEWHERE
ELSE BECAUSE HE CERTAINLY
DOESN’T HAVE IT TO EXERCISE FOR
HIMSELF.
>> LET’S TALK ABOUT SPINE AND
ABOUT FIGHTING HERE.
I MEAN, THERE IS SOME SENSE.
I GET THAT THERE IS NO MAGIC
BUTTON, AND I GET THAT THEY
PROBABLY HAVE THE VOTES.
BUT THERE IS SOME SENSE OF,
LIKE, WHAT DO YOU DO, RIGHT, AS
A SENATE MINORITY?
DO YOU NOT AGREE TO UNANIMOUS
CONSENT?
DO YOU VOTE FOR JUDGES?
BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS ALL THAT
STUFF HAS HAPPENED, RIGHT?
I MEAN, THE SENATE IS
FUNCTIONING NORMALLY.
I THINK THERE WAS A CONFIRMATION
VOTE ON A DISTRICT JUDGE TODAY
93-2.
I’M NOT SURE HOW YOU VOTED.
BUT THERE IS KIND OF NORMAL
BUSINESS HAPPENING.
LIKE EXPLAIN TO ME WHY THAT IS
HAPPENING.
>> LOOK, WE NEED TO USE EVERY
TOOL, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF
TOOLS THAT DEMOCRATS HAVE TO TRY
AND FIGHT THIS.
WE GOT TO BE STRATEGIC ABOUT HOW
WE USE THEM, BUT IT CAN’T BE
BUSINESS AS USUAL IN THE SENATE.
WE NEED TO THINK SERIOUSLY ABOUT EVERYTHING WE CAN DO TO TRY TO
EVERYTHING WE CAN DO TO TRY TO
SLOW THIS DOWN AND TO SHOW HOW
ILLE
ILLEGITIMATE THIS WHOLE PROCESS
IS.
WE NEED, NOPE, WE’RE GOING TO
RUN IT FOR THE FULL LENGTH OF
TIME IT TAKES, AND, YEAH, IT
WILL BE VOTED ON, BUT IT’S GOING
TO BE NEXT WEDNESDAY.
THAT’S WHY I’M STILL HERE IN
WASHINGTON.
WE’RE GOING TO USE EVERY TOOL
WE’VE GOT.
BUT GRASS ROOTS ENERGY IS
CRUCIAL IN THIS KIND OF FIGHT AS
WELL.
THE MORE ENERGY INJECTED INTO
THIS, THE MORE NERVOUS THE
REPUBLICANS ARE GONNA GET.
LOOK, REMEMBER BACK IN 2017 THE
REPUBLICANS THOUGHT THEY HAD THE
VOTES TO REPEAL THE HEALTH CARE
FOR MILLIONS OF AMERICANS, AND
THEY DIDN’T.
>> RIGHT.
>> THEY BLAMED -- AND IT’S IN
LARGE PART BECAUSE PEOPLE STOOD
UP AND SAID NO.
WELL, TO ME THAT’S WHAT THIS IS.
THIS IS ANOTHER FIGHT OVER THE
VOTE TO REPEAL HEALTH CARE FOR
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS THAT’S
GOING TO BE IN FRONT OF THE
SUPREME COURT IN NOVEMBER.