WEBVTT 00:00.434 --> 00:02.635 THE DEMOCRATS WHO DID WELL THIS TIME, WHO BUCKED THE TREND, THEY 00:02.637 --> 00:05.739 TIME, WHO BUCKED THE TREND, THEY ARE THE ONES WHO DIDN’T RUN ON 00:05.740 --> 00:08.008 ARE THE ONES WHO DIDN’T RUN ON THESE BIG NATIONAL MESSAGES THAT 00:08.042 --> 00:09.933 THESE BIG NATIONAL MESSAGES THAT A LOT OF NATIONAL DEMOCRATS 00:09.944 --> 00:10.343 A LOT OF NATIONAL DEMOCRATS FOCUSED ON. 00:10.344 --> 00:12.035 FOCUSED ON. >> ALL OF YOU, IF YOU CAN, STAY 00:12.046 --> 00:12.903 >> ALL OF YOU, IF YOU CAN, STAY WITH ME. 00:12.914 --> 00:15.873 WITH ME. I WANT TO BRING IN REPUBLICAN 00:15.884 --> 00:17.084 I WANT TO BRING IN REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN DUSTY JOHNSON FROM 00:17.118 --> 00:18.008 CONGRESSMAN DUSTY JOHNSON FROM SOUTH DAKOTA. 00:18.019 --> 00:21.912 SOUTH DAKOTA. HE JUST LEFT THE CHAMBER AFTER 00:21.923 --> 00:22.446 HE JUST LEFT THE CHAMBER AFTER THE CERTIFICATION. 00:22.457 --> 00:23.147 THE CERTIFICATION. GOOD TO SEE YOU. 00:23.158 --> 00:25.281 GOOD TO SEE YOU. THERE IS NO DOUBT, TODAY IS 00:25.292 --> 00:27.260 THERE IS NO DOUBT, TODAY IS MARKING A REMARKABLE COMEBACK 00:27.261 --> 00:30.029 MARKING A REMARKABLE COMEBACK FOR DONALD TRUMP AFTER HIS 00:30.064 --> 00:30.630 FOR DONALD TRUMP AFTER HIS ELECTORAL VICTORY. 00:30.631 --> 00:31.287 ELECTORAL VICTORY. IT WAS DECISIVE. 00:31.298 --> 00:32.532 IT WAS DECISIVE. BUT THE FINAL RESULTS SHOW HE 00:32.567 --> 00:37.528 BUT THE FINAL RESULTS SHOW HE DID NOT GET A MAJORITY OF THE 00:37.539 --> 00:37.961 DID NOT GET A MAJORITY OF THE POPULAR VOTE. 00:37.972 --> 00:40.373 POPULAR VOTE. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. 00:40.375 --> 00:41.632 WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. AND CONGRESS IS SHARPLY DIVIDED. 00:41.643 --> 00:48.482 AND CONGRESS IS SHARPLY DIVIDED. SO IN A REAL OR PRACTICAL SENSE, 00:48.483 --> 00:49.783 SO IN A REAL OR PRACTICAL SENSE, IS IT UNWISE FOR CONGRESSIONAL 00:49.784 --> 00:52.042 IS IT UNWISE FOR CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS TO MOVE AHEAD AS IF 00:52.053 --> 00:53.310 REPUBLICANS TO MOVE AHEAD AS IF THEY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT MANDATE? 00:53.321 --> 00:53.978 THEY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT MANDATE? WHAT DO YOU SEE AHEAD? 00:53.989 --> 00:57.781 WHAT DO YOU SEE AHEAD? >> IT THINK YOU WILL SEE AN 00:57.792 --> 00:58.282 >> IT THINK YOU WILL SEE AN AGGRESSIVE AGENDA. 00:58.293 --> 01:00.494 AGGRESSIVE AGENDA. EVEN PEOPLE WHO DIDN’T VOTE FOR 01:00.495 --> 01:03.430 EVEN PEOPLE WHO DIDN’T VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP ACKNOWLEDGE THAT 01:03.465 --> 01:05.523 DONALD TRUMP ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE BORDER PLAYED A MASSIVE ROLE 01:05.534 --> 01:06.567 THE BORDER PLAYED A MASSIVE ROLE IN HIS WIN. 01:06.601 --> 01:07.968 IN HIS WIN. ROLLING BACK SOME OF THE 01:07.969 --> 01:10.527 ROLLING BACK SOME OF THE RIDICULOUS OVERREACHES OF THE 01:10.538 --> 01:12.072 RIDICULOUS OVERREACHES OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, THAT IS AN 01:12.107 --> 01:12.597 BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, THAT IS AN 80/20 ISSUE TOO. 01:12.608 --> 01:15.609 80/20 ISSUE TOO. I THINK AT SOME POINT THE PATH 01:15.610 --> 01:17.434 I THINK AT SOME POINT THE PATH FORWARD IS PRETTY CLEAR. 01:17.445 --> 01:19.079 FORWARD IS PRETTY CLEAR. IF REPUBLICANS DON’T WORK 01:19.114 --> 01:20.004 IF REPUBLICANS DON’T WORK AGGRESSIVELY TO ADDRESS THOSE 01:20.015 --> 01:20.705 AGGRESSIVELY TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES, SHAME ON US. 01:20.716 --> 01:22.306 ISSUES, SHAME ON US. >> LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT WHAT YOU 01:22.317 --> 01:23.941 >> LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT WHAT YOU FEEL IS GOING ON IN YOUR CAUCUS. 01:23.952 --> 01:25.987 FEEL IS GOING ON IN YOUR CAUCUS. I KNOW YOU ARE ONE OF THE FOLKS 01:26.021 --> 01:28.446 I KNOW YOU ARE ONE OF THE FOLKS WHO WILL BE GOING DOWN TO 01:28.457 --> 01:29.523 WHO WILL BE GOING DOWN TO MAR-A-LAGO OVER THE WEEKEND FROM 01:29.524 --> 01:31.592 MAR-A-LAGO OVER THE WEEKEND FROM THE REPUBLICAN SIDE AND GOING TO 01:31.626 --> 01:33.250 THE REPUBLICAN SIDE AND GOING TO BE TALKING TO THE PRESIDENT 01:33.261 --> 01:33.527 BE TALKING TO THE PRESIDENT ELECT. 01:33.528 --> 01:36.296 ELECT. HE DOES HAVE A VERY AGGRESSIVE 01:36.331 --> 01:36.654 HE DOES HAVE A VERY AGGRESSIVE AGENDA. 01:36.665 --> 01:41.902 AGENDA. IN FACT HIS DAY ONE COMMENTS 01:41.937 --> 01:42.703 IN FACT HIS DAY ONE COMMENTS HAVE BEEN AGGRESSIVE. 01:42.704 --> 01:44.161 HAVE BEEN AGGRESSIVE. HOW DO U FIGURE OUT A WIE TO 01:44.172 --> 01:46.674 HOW DO U FIGURE OUT A WIE TO COME TOGETHER AND IF YOU CAN DO 01:46.708 --> 01:51.011 COME TOGETHER AND IF YOU CAN DO THAT IN YOUR CAUCUS, WORK WITH 01:51.013 --> 01:51.469 THAT IN YOUR CAUCUS, WORK WITH THE DEMOCRATS? 01:51.480 --> 01:56.450 THE DEMOCRATS? WHERE ARE THE AREAS? 01:56.451 --> 01:58.018 WHERE ARE THE AREAS? YOU TALK ABOUT THE 80/20 BUT THE 01:58.053 --> 02:00.354 YOU TALK ABOUT THE 80/20 BUT THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS. 02:00.355 --> 02:00.945 DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS. >> IT IS. 02:00.956 --> 02:02.380 >> IT IS. BUT TALKING ABOUT ENERGY TO 02:02.391 --> 02:03.991 BUT TALKING ABOUT ENERGY TO MARKET, WE WILL GET DEMOCRAT 02:04.026 --> 02:04.482 MARKET, WE WILL GET DEMOCRAT VOTES ON THAT. 02:04.493 --> 02:07.094 VOTES ON THAT. ON BORDER SECURITY, WE WILL GET 02:07.129 --> 02:09.020 ON BORDER SECURITY, WE WILL GET DEMOCRAT VOTES ON THAT. 02:09.031 --> 02:10.655 DEMOCRAT VOTES ON THAT. I DON’T THINK REPUBLICANS SHOULD 02:10.666 --> 02:11.866 I DON’T THINK REPUBLICANS SHOULD MOVE IN HALF MEASURES. 02:11.867 --> 02:14.292 MOVE IN HALF MEASURES. I THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE 02:14.303 --> 02:15.960 I THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE NO TOLERANCE FOR DC GAMES AS 02:15.971 --> 02:16.304 NO TOLERANCE FOR DC GAMES AS NORMAL. 02:16.338 --> 02:19.997 NORMAL. I THINK THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE A 02:20.008 --> 02:20.741 I THINK THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE A BOLD AND AMBITIOUS AGENDA. 02:20.776 --> 02:21.933 BOLD AND AMBITIOUS AGENDA. THAT’S OBVIOUSLY WHAT TRUMP HAS 02:21.944 --> 02:23.978 THAT’S OBVIOUSLY WHAT TRUMP HAS BEEN CALLING FOR AND HOW HE HAS 02:23.979 --> 02:27.138 BEEN CALLING FOR AND HOW HE HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE FIRST SIX 02:27.149 --> 02:27.472 BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE FIRST SIX MONTHS. 02:27.483 --> 02:28.606 MONTHS. WHEN I’M DOWN HAVING DINNER WITH 02:28.617 --> 02:30.618 WHEN I’M DOWN HAVING DINNER WITH HIM ON SUNDAY NIGHT, OF COURSE 02:30.653 --> 02:32.277 HIM ON SUNDAY NIGHT, OF COURSE WE WILL TALK ABOUT TACTICALLY 02:32.288 --> 02:35.690 WE WILL TALK ABOUT TACTICALLY HOW DO WE GET THAT DONE BECAUSE 02:35.691 --> 02:36.915 HOW DO WE GET THAT DONE BECAUSE FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION. 02:36.926 --> 02:39.927 FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION. OUR INCREDEBLE TIGHT MARGINS IN 02:39.962 --> 02:41.162 OUR INCREDEBLE TIGHT MARGINS IN THE HOUSE ARE ACTUALLY 02:41.163 --> 02:41.562 THE HOUSE ARE ACTUALLY CLARIFYING. 02:41.564 --> 02:43.188 CLARIFYING. IT MAKES IT CLEAR TO EVERYONE IN 02:43.199 --> 02:45.567 IT MAKES IT CLEAR TO EVERYONE IN THE HOUSE THAT WE DON’T GET THE 02:45.568 --> 02:46.301 THE HOUSE THAT WE DON’T GET THE LUXURY OF VOTING NO. 02:46.302 --> 02:48.260 LUXURY OF VOTING NO. WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO 02:48.271 --> 02:48.726 WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET TO YES. 02:48.737 --> 02:50.195 GET TO YES. WE HAVE TO DESIGN A PACKAGE THAT 02:50.206 --> 02:51.773 WE HAVE TO DESIGN A PACKAGE THAT GETS DONE WHAT WE HAVE TO GET 02:51.807 --> 02:57.335 GETS DONE WHAT WE HAVE TO GET DONE AND MAKE SURE WE GET EVERY 02:57.346 --> 02:57.903 DONE AND MAKE SURE WE GET EVERY SINGLE VOTE. 02:57.914 --> 02:59.213 SINGLE VOTE. >> YOUR SOUTH DAKOTA COLLEAGUE, 02:59.215 --> 03:00.906 >> YOUR SOUTH DAKOTA COLLEAGUE, SENATOR JOHN THUNE WAS ASKED 03:00.917 --> 03:03.184 SENATOR JOHN THUNE WAS ASKED ABOUT TRUMP’S PLAN TO PARDON 03:03.219 --> 03:03.785 ABOUT TRUMP’S PLAN TO PARDON JANUARY 6th RIOTERS. 03:03.786 --> 03:05.720 JANUARY 6th RIOTERS. I WANT TO PLAY FOR YOU WHAT HE 03:05.721 --> 03:06.187 I WANT TO PLAY FOR YOU WHAT HE SAID ABOUT THAT. 03:06.188 --> 03:07.945 SAID ABOUT THAT. >> WHAT MESSAGE DO YOU THINK IT 03:07.956 --> 03:10.291 >> WHAT MESSAGE DO YOU THINK IT WOULD SEND TO GIVE PARDONS TO 03:10.326 --> 03:12.017 WOULD SEND TO GIVE PARDONS TO PEOPLE WHO PLEADED GUILTY TO 03:12.028 --> 03:14.052 PEOPLE WHO PLEADED GUILTY TO ATTACKING POLICE OFFICERS, WHO 03:14.063 --> 03:16.465 ATTACKING POLICE OFFICERS, WHO STORMED THIS BUILDING FOUR YEARS 03:16.499 --> 03:16.755 STORMED THIS BUILDING FOUR YEARS AGO? 03:16.766 --> 03:17.465 AGO? >> AGAIN, THAT’S ULTIMATELY 03:17.500 --> 03:19.334 >> AGAIN, THAT’S ULTIMATELY GOING TO BE A DECISION FOR THE 03:19.335 --> 03:21.026 GOING TO BE A DECISION FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 03:21.037 --> 03:22.528 PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. THE PARDON POWER EXISTS WITH 03:22.539 --> 03:22.794 THE PARDON POWER EXISTS WITH HIM. 03:22.805 --> 03:23.905 HIM. THAT IS FOUR YEARS AGO AND I 03:23.906 --> 03:25.006 THAT IS FOUR YEARS AGO AND I THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE 03:25.007 --> 03:26.741 THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN THE PRESENT AND THEY 03:26.742 --> 03:28.233 LIVING IN THE PRESENT AND THEY WANT THE WORK WE ARE DOING WITH 03:28.244 --> 03:30.669 WANT THE WORK WE ARE DOING WITH AN EYE TOWARDS WHAT WE CAN DO TO 03:30.680 --> 03:31.579 AN EYE TOWARDS WHAT WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVES TODAY. 03:31.614 --> 03:34.139 IMPROVE THEIR LIVES TODAY. >> YOU HAVE SAID THAT PEOPLE WHO 03:34.150 --> 03:35.674 >> YOU HAVE SAID THAT PEOPLE WHO ATTACKED POLICE OFFICERS, YOU 03:35.685 --> 03:37.952 ATTACKED POLICE OFFICERS, YOU SAID THAT IS NOT SOMETHING WE 03:37.954 --> 03:38.687 SAID THAT IS NOT SOMETHING WE SHOULD EVER CONDONE. 03:38.721 --> 03:41.179 SHOULD EVER CONDONE. SO WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IF DONALD 03:41.190 --> 03:43.358 SO WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IF DONALD TRUMP DOES END UP PARDONING 03:43.359 --> 03:44.693 TRUMP DOES END UP PARDONING THOSE WHO ATTACKED OFFICERS AND 03:44.727 --> 03:46.728 THOSE WHO ATTACKED OFFICERS AND IF HE ASKED YOU, WOULD YOU TELL 03:46.729 --> 03:47.562 IF HE ASKED YOU, WOULD YOU TELL HIM NOT TO DO IT? 03:47.563 --> 03:49.230 HIM NOT TO DO IT? >> I THINK THE PRESIDENT IS 03:49.232 --> 03:52.167 >> I THINK THE PRESIDENT IS GOING TO BE LOOKING AT EVERY ONE 03:52.168 --> 03:53.058 GOING TO BE LOOKING AT EVERY ONE OF THESE CASES INDIVIDUALLY. 03:53.069 --> 03:55.737 OF THESE CASES INDIVIDUALLY. THE FACTS ARE DIFFERENT FOR 03:55.738 --> 03:57.329 THE FACTS ARE DIFFERENT FOR EVERY ONE OF THEM. 03:57.340 --> 04:00.232 EVERY ONE OF THEM. A NUMBER OF THESE FOLKS, THE 04:00.243 --> 04:01.243 A NUMBER OF THESE FOLKS, THE COURTS HAVE REJECTED THE 04:01.244 --> 04:01.567 COURTS HAVE REJECTED THE CHARGES. 04:01.578 --> 04:04.046 CHARGES. WE HAVE TO BE OPEN TO THE IDEA 04:04.047 --> 04:05.671 WE HAVE TO BE OPEN TO THE IDEA THAT TRESPASSERS SHOULD BE 04:05.682 --> 04:08.374 THAT TRESPASSERS SHOULD BE TREATED DIFFERENTLY THAN THOSE 04:08.385 --> 04:09.241 TREATED DIFFERENTLY THAN THOSE WHO ATTACKED POLICE OFFICERS. 04:09.252 --> 04:10.552 WHO ATTACKED POLICE OFFICERS. I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT DONALD 04:10.553 --> 04:12.044 I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT DONALD TRUMP WILL LOOK AT THESE 04:12.055 --> 04:14.013 TRUMP WILL LOOK AT THESE INDIVIDUALLY AND MAKE A GOOD 04:14.024 --> 04:14.356 INDIVIDUALLY AND MAKE A GOOD DECISION. 04:14.391 --> 04:15.882 DECISION. >> I’M CURIOUS WHAT YOU MAKE OF 04:15.893 --> 04:18.460 >> I’M CURIOUS WHAT YOU MAKE OF WHAT YOU JUST CAME OUT OF, THE 04:18.461 --> 04:20.519 WHAT YOU JUST CAME OUT OF, THE CERTIFICATION AND WHAT YOU MAKE 04:20.530 --> 04:22.331 CERTIFICATION AND WHAT YOU MAKE OF HOW YOUR DEMOCRATIC 04:22.365 --> 04:23.098 OF HOW YOUR DEMOCRATIC COLLEAGUES HANDLED THE PROCESS. 04:23.099 --> 04:29.161 COLLEAGUES HANDLED THE PROCESS. FOUR YEARS AGO, YOU WERE STRONG 04:29.172 --> 04:30.372 FOUR YEARS AGO, YOU WERE STRONG IN YOUR SUPPORT OF 04:30.373 --> 04:31.230 IN YOUR SUPPORT OF CONSTITUTIONAL NORMS THAT HOLD 04:31.241 --> 04:37.379 CONSTITUTIONAL NORMS THAT HOLD CONGRESS A WITNESS NOT A JUDGE 04:37.414 --> 04:37.837 CONGRESS A WITNESS NOT A JUDGE OF THE. 04:37.848 --> 04:38.747 OF THE. BUT SEVERAL REFUSED TO CERTIFY 04:38.782 --> 04:41.517 BUT SEVERAL REFUSED TO CERTIFY THE VOTE AFTER THE ATTACK ON THE 04:41.518 --> 04:41.841 THE VOTE AFTER THE ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL. 04:41.852 --> 04:42.551 CAPITOL. TALK ABOUT THAT COMPARISON TO 04:42.586 --> 04:43.686 TALK ABOUT THAT COMPARISON TO WHAT WE ARE SEEING TODAY AND 04:43.687 --> 04:46.479 WHAT WE ARE SEEING TODAY AND WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE IN THAT 04:46.490 --> 04:46.789 WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE IN THAT ROOM? 04:46.790 --> 04:48.624 ROOM? >> THIS HAS BEEN AN INFECTION 04:48.625 --> 04:49.648 >> THIS HAS BEEN AN INFECTION THAT UNFORTUNATELY HAS BEEN 04:49.659 --> 04:54.630 THAT UNFORTUNATELY HAS BEEN GROWING OVER THE COURSE OF THE 04:54.631 --> 04:55.221 GROWING OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST TWO DECADES. 04:55.232 --> 04:57.900 LAST TWO DECADES. YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE 2004 04:57.934 --> 04:59.458 YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE 2004 ELECTION WHERE SENATOR BOXER 04:59.469 --> 05:01.437 ELECTION WHERE SENATOR BOXER OBJECTED AND IT HAS CONTINUED. 05:01.438 --> 05:03.739 OBJECTED AND IT HAS CONTINUED. WE HAVE HAD OBJECTIONS TO EVERY 05:03.740 --> 05:05.631 WE HAVE HAD OBJECTIONS TO EVERY ELECTION SINCE THEN EXCEPT FOR 05:05.642 --> 05:05.941 ELECTION SINCE THEN EXCEPT FOR TODAY. 05:05.943 --> 05:06.976 TODAY. I DO THINK THE CONSTITUTION 05:07.010 --> 05:08.767 I DO THINK THE CONSTITUTION MAKES IT REAL CLEAR WHAT MY ROLE 05:08.778 --> 05:09.011 MAKES IT REAL CLEAR WHAT MY ROLE IS. 05:09.046 --> 05:11.971 IS. IT SAYS THAT THE PRESIDENT OF 05:11.982 --> 05:13.683 IT SAYS THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE SHALL IN THE PRESENCE 05:13.717 --> 05:15.975 THE SENATE SHALL IN THE PRESENCE OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE OPEN THE 05:15.986 --> 05:16.743 OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE OPEN THE CERTIFICATES AND COUNT THE 05:16.754 --> 05:17.052 CERTIFICATES AND COUNT THE VOTES. 05:17.054 --> 05:18.645 VOTES. THAT DOES NOT TELL ME THAT I GET 05:18.656 --> 05:22.792 THAT DOES NOT TELL ME THAT I GET TO BE A SUPER JUDGE WITH A SUPER