WEBVTT 00:01.264 --> 00:02.621 UNDERMINE DEMOCRACY AND OUR 00:02.622 --> 00:04.945 ELECTIONS, IT’S TIME TO SLOWLY 00:04.979 --> 00:06.604 STEP AWAY AND TELL THE PRESIDENT 00:06.605 --> 00:06.901 GOOD-BYE. 00:06.902 --> 00:08.413 >> I WAS GETTING THE SAME TEXTS 00:08.448 --> 00:10.061 YOU WERE YESTERDAY, JOE, WHICH I 00:10.095 --> 00:11.846 WOULDN’T CALL THEM PANICKED. 00:11.848 --> 00:15.202 I WOULD SAY THE CONCERN WAS A 00:15.204 --> 00:15.655 LITTLE ELEVATED. 00:15.689 --> 00:16.604 IS THIS REALLY HAPPENING WAS THE 00:16.605 --> 00:17.393 THEME. 00:17.427 --> 00:20.248 ARE WE GOING TO LOSE THIS THING? 00:20.249 --> 00:21.275 JOE BIDEN REMAINS THE 00:21.276 --> 00:21.994 PRESIDENT-ELECT OF THE UNITED 00:22.029 --> 00:22.206 STATES. 00:22.240 --> 00:22.948 HE JUST IS. 00:22.949 --> 00:23.879 THERE’S A LOT OF NOISE OUT 00:23.880 --> 00:24.245 THERE. 00:24.246 --> 00:26.505 THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. 00:26.506 --> 00:28.210 AS YOU SAY, THE COURTS ALREADY 00:28.211 --> 00:30.470 HAVE HELD UP SO THEY’LL CONTINUE 00:30.504 --> 00:32.280 TO HOLD UP IN THE FACE OF THE 00:32.314 --> 00:35.707 CHALLENGES BECAUSE THERE’S NOT 00:35.708 --> 00:38.291 EVIDENCE BEING PUT FORWARD. 00:38.293 --> 00:40.080 EVEN FOR THE TWO GEORGIAN 00:40.081 --> 00:41.391 SENATORS WHO ASKED THE SECRETARY 00:41.392 --> 00:43.225 OF STATE TO STEP DOWN, HE SAID 00:43.226 --> 00:44.557 I’M NOT STEPPING DOWN THAT’S A 00:44.591 --> 00:45.643 FANTASY, DIDN’T PROVIDE ANY 00:45.678 --> 00:46.061 EVIDENCE. 00:46.095 --> 00:48.806 THEY THREW IT OUT INTO THE 00:48.840 --> 00:49.924 ATMOSPHERE AND THE ARGUMENT AS 00:49.926 --> 00:52.577 KASIE HUNT WILL TELL US IN A 00:52.612 --> 00:54.078 MINUTE WHEN SHE JOINS US IS THAT 00:54.079 --> 00:55.686 MITCH McCONNELL IS SO FOCUSED ON 00:55.720 --> 00:57.323 THE TWO SENATE SEATS HE IS 00:57.324 --> 00:59.847 TRYING TO FIRE UP THE BASE SO HE 00:59.849 --> 01:01.029 CAN KEEP THE MAJORITY IN THE 01:01.031 --> 01:01.889 SENATE. 01:01.890 --> 01:06.784 WELL, AT WHAT COST IS HE DOING 01:06.786 --> 01:07.084 THAT? 01:07.085 --> 01:09.787 HE’S FIRING UP THE BASE TO HOLD 01:09.788 --> 01:12.602 ON TWO SEATS AT THE COST OF 01:12.603 --> 01:14.264 CREATING THE CONFUSION AND THE 01:14.298 --> 01:15.163 DOUBT ABOUT THE ELECTORAL 01:15.197 --> 01:15.900 PROCESS. 01:15.901 --> 01:17.938 THE MARGINS ARE SO MUCH BIGGER 01:17.972 --> 01:20.087 THIS TIME THAN IN 2000 WHEN IT 01:20.088 --> 01:21.101 WAS 537 VOTES. 01:21.136 --> 01:23.802 IT IS NOT COMPARABLE, BUT THERE 01:23.836 --> 01:26.037 ARE A LOT OF REPUBLICANS, THERE 01:26.038 --> 01:29.467 IS AN ATTORNEY GENERAL, WHO ARE 01:29.501 --> 01:30.454 INDULGING THIS TANTRUM. 01:30.455 --> 01:33.042 I DON’T THINK THREE OF US OR ANY 01:33.076 --> 01:35.722 PARENT WATCHING THIS SHOW WOULD 01:35.756 --> 01:37.629 ALLOW THE TANTRUM TO GO ON LIKE 01:37.630 --> 01:39.653 THIS OR ALLOW THE TODDLER TO 01:39.655 --> 01:41.497 SCREAM AT THE TOP OF THEIR LUNGS 01:41.531 --> 01:42.789 AND SAY, WHAT MORE CAN I GET FOR 01:42.790 --> 01:43.051 YOU? 01:43.085 --> 01:44.565 IT’S THE WAY THAT MITCH 01:44.599 --> 01:46.272 McCONNELL IS DOING IT, IT’S THE 01:46.306 --> 01:47.463 WAY THAT SOME REPUBLICAN 01:47.464 --> 01:49.269 SENATORS ARE DOING IT. 01:49.303 --> 01:52.126 IT’S THE WAY THE GSA, THE OFFICE 01:52.161 --> 01:54.485 THAT ENSURES A SMOOTH TRANSITION 01:54.486 --> 01:55.884 IS HANDLING IT. 01:55.886 --> 01:57.322 IT’S THE WAY THAT PRESIDENT 01:57.324 --> 01:59.596 TRUMP IS HANDLING IT BY FIRING 01:59.598 --> 02:01.282 THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. 02:01.283 --> 02:03.659 IT’S ON US TO STAY FOCUSED AND 02:03.694 --> 02:04.906 KNOW THE TRUTH AND TELL THE 02:04.941 --> 02:08.690 TRUTH ABOUT WHAT’S HAPPENING IN 02:08.691 --> 02:10.758 A FAIR ELECTORAL PROCESS AS 02:10.793 --> 02:13.042 REPUBLICAN SECRETARY OF STATES 02:13.076 --> 02:14.392 AND ELECTORAL BOARDS HAVE TOLD 02:14.426 --> 02:18.097 US AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN, 02:18.131 --> 02:19.533 THERE IS NOTHING SHADY HERE. 02:19.534 --> 02:21.201 IN FACT, THIS WAS A SMOOTH 02:21.235 --> 02:24.605 ELECTION THAT JOE BIDEN WON. 02:24.639 --> 02:26.832 >> THE SOUND AND FURY SIGNIFYING 02:26.833 --> 02:27.358 NOTHING. 02:27.392 --> 02:29.391 THE ONLY THING I WILL SAY, YES, 02:29.393 --> 02:30.819 MITCH McCONNELL WILL WHATEVER HE 02:30.821 --> 02:32.173 HAS TO DO TO REMAIN THE MAJORITY 02:32.208 --> 02:35.485 IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE BUT 02:35.487 --> 02:37.113 RIGHT NOW WHAT HE’S SEEING IN 02:37.115 --> 02:38.471 THE STATE OF GEORGIA WHERE 02:38.505 --> 02:40.028 DEMOCRATS AND INDEPENDENTS ARE 02:40.062 --> 02:42.296 GOING TO BE UNITED TO ACTUALLY 02:42.331 --> 02:45.335 PUT DEMOCRATS IN CHARGE OF THE 02:45.369 --> 02:47.191 SENATE, AND TO RUN MITCH 02:47.192 --> 02:48.867 McCONNELL OUT OF THE MAJORITY 02:48.868 --> 02:51.846 SPEAKER -- MAJORITY LEADER’S 02:51.847 --> 02:53.654 OFFICE, WHAT HE’S ALLOWING TO 02:53.688 --> 02:55.952 HAPPEN RIGHT NOW IS A CIVIL WAR. 02:55.953 --> 02:56.803 HAPPENING IN GEORGIA. 02:56.837 --> 02:58.549 THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA ELECTED 02:58.583 --> 02:59.463 THE REPUBLICAN SECRETARY OF 02:59.464 --> 03:00.619 STATE AND THEY KNOW HIM VERY 03:00.653 --> 03:01.271 WELL. 03:01.305 --> 03:03.742 AND, YOU KNOW, HE’S RUN A FAIR 03:03.776 --> 03:04.147 ELECTION. 03:04.148 --> 03:05.257 >> YEAH. 03:05.258 --> 03:07.579 >> AND IT’S OBVIOUS -- BECAUSE 03:07.614 --> 03:10.624 THE -- THERE WERE NO SPECIFIC 03:10.659 --> 03:12.201 CHARGES AGAINST HIM AT ALL. 03:12.203 --> 03:14.818 IT HAS BEEN A CLEAN RACE. 03:14.853 --> 03:16.774 AND WHAT -- SO LET’S SAY, FOR 03:16.808 --> 03:18.180 INSTANCE, THIS REPUBLICAN CIVIL 03:18.181 --> 03:19.550 WAR WHERE REPUBLICANS ARE 03:19.551 --> 03:20.849 ATTACKING REPUBLICANS, WHICH IS 03:20.850 --> 03:22.731 JUST SO IDIOTIC. 03:22.732 --> 03:25.375 LET’S SAY IT PEELS OFF 5% OF THE 03:25.376 --> 03:25.861 VOTE. 03:25.862 --> 03:27.777 WELL, YOU’VE GOT SENATOR OSSOFF 03:27.778 --> 03:29.680 IF THAT’S THE CASE. 03:29.682 --> 03:33.382 LET’S SAY IT PEELS OFF A LITTLE 03:33.417 --> 03:34.332 MORE THAN THAT. 03:34.367 --> 03:35.320 WELL, MAYBE. 03:35.321 --> 03:37.555 JUST MAYBE YOU HAVE DEMOCRATS IN 03:37.556 --> 03:38.857 CHARGE OF THE UNITED STATES 03:38.858 --> 03:39.390 SENATE. 03:39.391 --> 03:41.835 IT SURE SEEMED LIKE A LONG -- 03:41.836 --> 03:44.386 LIKE A LONG SHOT ON ELECTION DAY 03:44.420 --> 03:45.994 WHEN WE FOUND OUT ABOUT THESE 03:46.028 --> 03:46.594 RUNOFFS. 03:46.629 --> 03:48.667 BUT IF THE REPUBLICANS ARE GOING 03:48.702 --> 03:51.180 TO BE FIGHTING REPUBLICANS IN 03:51.181 --> 03:53.667 THE STATE OF GEORGIA LEADING UP 03:53.668 --> 03:55.265 TO THIS ELECTION, THEN SUDDENLY 03:55.266 --> 03:57.282 ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE INCLUDING 03:57.316 --> 03:58.519 MITCH McCONNELL LOSING THE 03:58.553 --> 03:59.014 MAJORITY. 03:59.048 --> 04:00.049 >> YEAH. 04:00.083 --> 04:01.559 AND JOE, YOU MENTIONED JONES 04:01.593 --> 04:01.889 DAY. 04:01.923 --> 04:03.388 THAT’S NOT THE ONLY, YOU KNOW, 04:03.422 --> 04:05.215 LAW FIRM THAT’S DEALING WITH 04:05.250 --> 04:06.055 THESE THINGS. 04:06.090 --> 04:08.777 BUT SOME OF THE SENIOR LAWYERS 04:08.812 --> 04:09.980 THERE ARE EXPRESSING CONCERNS. 04:09.982 --> 04:11.584 THEY’RE PRETTY EMBARRASSED 04:11.586 --> 04:13.076 ACTUALLY THAT THEIR FIRM -- THEY 04:13.077 --> 04:14.402 HAVE TAKEN ON A LOT OF 04:14.403 --> 04:15.174 CONTROVERSIAL CASES. 04:15.175 --> 04:17.161 THERE’S A PIECE IN "THE NEW YORK 04:17.195 --> 04:19.819 TIMES" THAT REACHED OUT TO THESE 04:19.853 --> 04:22.526 LAW FIRMS. 04:22.527 --> 04:26.200 THERE’S ANOTHER ONE PORTER 04:26.201 --> 04:27.864 WRIGHT MORRISON ARTHUR ONE 04:27.865 --> 04:29.999 LAWYER HAS QUIT IN PROTEST. 04:30.000 --> 04:31.062 THEY’RE SO EMBARRASSED. 04:31.096 --> 04:33.666 EVEN THE FIRMS THAT HAVE SUCH AN 04:33.700 --> 04:35.799 INCREDIBLE REPUTATION AND LAW 04:35.801 --> 04:37.324 FIRMS, YOU KNOW, OFTEN, YOU 04:37.358 --> 04:38.540 KNOW, RELISH TAKING ON 04:38.541 --> 04:40.107 CONTROVERSIAL CLIENTS AND REALLY 04:40.142 --> 04:41.588 EXPLORING THE LIMITS OF THE LAW 04:41.622 --> 04:43.453 TO MAKE SURE THAT DUE PROCESS IS 04:43.488 --> 04:45.205 THERE, THEY’RE LOOKING AT THIS 04:45.238 --> 04:46.620 AND JUST SAYING, PLEASE, ARE YOU 04:46.621 --> 04:47.510 KIDDING ME? 04:47.545 --> 04:50.668 YOU’RE GOING TO TAKE THIS? 04:50.702 --> 04:54.791 >> WHAT’S HAPPENING NOW IS THIS 04:54.792 --> 04:56.548 IS WHAT TOTALITARIAN REGIMES 04:56.550 --> 04:57.845 DO -- AND STAY WITH ME. 04:57.879 --> 04:58.800 TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND STAY WITH 04:58.834 --> 04:59.568 ME. >> YOUR HAIR IS NOT ON FIRE. 04:59.570 --> 05:02.589 >> YOUR HAIR IS NOT ON FIRE. 05:02.623 --> 05:07.656 >> WHAT TOTALITARIAN REGIMES DO, 05:07.657 --> 05:11.025 THEY THE SIDE WHAT THE LEGAL 05:11.026 --> 05:12.429 RESULT WANTS TO BE. 05:12.430 --> 05:14.939 THEN THEY WORK BACK FROM THAT 05:14.940 --> 05:17.497 AND TRY TO FIND EVIDENCE. 05:17.499 --> 05:19.379 TRY TO MAKE UP EVIDENCE TO LEAD 05:19.413 --> 05:20.334 TO THAT CONCLUSION. 05:20.336 --> 05:21.927 >> THAT’S THE PHONE LINE, YOU 05:21.962 --> 05:23.745 KNOW WHAT I MEAN? 05:23.746 --> 05:25.973 >> SO THAT’S WHAT’S HAPPENING 05:25.974 --> 05:26.704 HERE. 05:26.705 --> 05:30.236 SO AGAIN, LET ME SAY IT AGAIN. 05:30.270 --> 05:31.599 EVERY REPUBLICAN, EVERY 05:31.634 --> 05:34.678 DEMOCRAT, EVERY PERSON THAT RUNS 05:34.679 --> 05:36.419 FOR OFFICE HAS THE RIGHT AS 05:36.454 --> 05:38.879 MITCH McCONNELL SAID TO HAVE ALL 05:38.880 --> 05:40.454 THE VOTES COUNTED AND TO PRESENT 05:40.455 --> 05:41.323 MY LEGAL CHALLENGES THEY MAY 05:41.325 --> 05:42.670 HAVE. 05:42.704 --> 05:47.661 BUT HERE WE ARE, SIX DAYS INTO 05:47.695 --> 05:48.754 THIS. 05:48.789 --> 05:52.000 AND THERE’S NOT BEEN ONE 05:52.034 --> 05:54.270 CREDIBLE CLAIM PUT FORWARD BY 05:54.271 --> 05:55.773 ONE REPUBLICAN. 05:55.774 --> 05:58.744 YOU HAVE RUDY GIULIANI IN FRONT 05:58.745 --> 06:01.685 OF SEX SHOPS AND LAWN SCAPE 06:01.719 --> 06:02.975 PLACES, JUST BLABBERING, TALKING 06:02.977 --> 06:03.907 GENERALITIES. 06:03.941 --> 06:06.282 YOU HAVE GENERALITIES COMING 06:06.317 --> 06:08.902 FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. 06:08.937 --> 06:11.112 AGAIN, NOTHING SPECIFIC AT ALL. 06:11.146 --> 06:13.178 IT’S REALLY EMBARRASSING. 06:13.179 --> 06:15.132 THE FEW PEOPLE THAT MAKE UP 06:15.133 --> 06:16.809 SPECIFIC THINGS, I WON’T EVEN 06:16.810 --> 06:17.901 SAY THEIR NAMES BECAUSE THEY 06:17.903 --> 06:19.534 DON’T DESERVE TO HAVE THEIR 06:19.535 --> 06:20.970 NAMES MENTIONED ON THIS SHOW, 06:21.004 --> 06:23.877 THEY PRESENT NO EVIDENCE OF IT. 06:23.911 --> 06:25.941 IT’S ALL JUST ALLEGATIONS AND 06:25.942 --> 06:28.086 THEY’RE JUST LOOKING -- AGAIN, 06:28.087 --> 06:29.887 THEY’VE GOT THEIR CONCLUSION AND 06:29.888 --> 06:30.618 NOW THEY’RE DESPERATELY 06:30.619 --> 06:31.958 SEARCHING FOR ANY EVIDENCE THAT 06:31.959 --> 06:33.082 WILL LEAD TO THAT CONCLUSION AND 06:33.083 --> 06:33.917 IT’S NOT THERE. 06:33.919 --> 06:35.771 SO THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY TO 06:35.772 --> 06:37.665 LAW FIRMS, THE ONLY THING I 06:37.699 --> 06:39.439 WOULD SAY TO ELECTED OFFICIALS 06:39.474 --> 06:42.406 IS IF YOU HAVE THE EVIDENCE, 06:42.408 --> 06:42.606 BRING IT FORWARD.