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♪ (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYS) ♪
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The only thing worse in politics
than being wrong,
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is being boring.
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I'm not sick of winning yet.
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And we're crying out
as a nation.
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♪ (MUSIC INTENSIFIES) ♪
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Thank you for having me.
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♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
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(dramatic,
patriotic music playing)
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Narrator 1:
The Capitol is
the very heart
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of our system
of representative
government.
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Members of the
House of Representatives
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are elected for short terms:
two years.
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But since they have to
come up for reelection
so often,
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they must constantly
be responsive to
the wishes of the voters.
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Narrator 2: The American
people are very proud
of their government,
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for it is a republic.
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This means a form
of democratic government
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where the people
are the rules of their l---
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(TV clicks off)
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Woman:
It's day eight of the
government shutdown,
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and neither side
is willing to budge.
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Man:
Discussions have broken down.
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We do expect this
to go on for a while.
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Matt Gaetz:
We are in, uh, what
used to be a work closet
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for the former Congressman
that had this office.
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Of the 435
members of Congress,
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more than 100 actually
live in the building.
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For some people,
it's an economic decision.
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For me, frankly,
it's just that,
I like being at work,
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and, uh, it gives me
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the maximum opportunity to get
the most out of every day.
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Gotta get the makeup on
first thing in the morning.
Got a lot of... hits.
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We usually do our TV
in the morning from here
in the Capitol,
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and there's no Fox News
makeup lady, so...
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you gotta contour the sides.
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Got my, uh,
weight loss chart here.
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My mother joked that
the camera added 10 pounds,
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so I needed to drop a few.
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All right, this is
the critical choice
of the day, here.
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The tie selection.
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Gotta figure out
what shoes go with
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purple and pewter.
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(chuckles)
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These are Ivanka's favorite.
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She was telling me
she liked my shoes.
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I wore 'em to the White House.
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♪
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When a Congressional seat
came open,
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I'd really started
to think about
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what this country
would be like in
a Donald Trump Presidency,
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and I knew that it would
not be like anything
we'd experienced before
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with any other type of
Republican or Democrat.
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I thought, this guy's got
some rough edges.
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He is very uncharacteristic
as a politician,
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but I felt like he was
exactly the type of person
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that could bring
the fight to a town
that badly needed it.
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That could be a change agent.
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And if I could be there,
and be of assistance,
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then I could contribute
to that change in
a positive way.
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Newscaster 1:
Nine percent
of Americans
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approve of the job
Congress is doing.
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That's the lowest
in our history.
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Newscaster 2:
All you see is gridlock.
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No one can agree on anything.
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Newscaster 3:
Congress is less popular
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than a colonoscopy.
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Man 4:
The American people
know that Congress
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is broken.
And it is broken.
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Woman:
I believe the voting system
is corrupt.
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I believe the politicians
are corrupt.
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I believe the Congress
is corrupt.
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Man 6:
Each and every
piece of legislation
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virtually has its own
price tag on it.
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Elizabeth Warren:
Giant corporations have
bought off our government.
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Bernie Sanders:
The American political system
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has become totally corrupted,
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and the foundations
of American democracy
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are being undermined.
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Donald Trump:
The unholy alliance of
lobbyists and donors
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and special interests
is bleeding our country dry.
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Man:
Trump is different because
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he doesn't have to
answer to any donors,
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and the lobbyists.
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It's time to drain the swamp
in Washington, DC.
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We are going to
drain the swamp...
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It's time to drain the swamp
of corruption...
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We're gonna drain the swamp
of Washington...
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We're gonna have fun doing it,
and we're all doing it
together.
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Crowd (chanting):
Drain the swamp!
Drain the swamp!
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Drain the swamp!
Drain the swamp!
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Gaetz:
You ask whether it's ever
possible to drain the swamp.
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As President Trump
loves to say,
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"We'll see."
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♪
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♪
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Nancy Pelosi:
Thanks to you,
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tomorrow will be
a new day in America.
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Newscaster:
Democrats rode a blue wave
to the majority,
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setting up what should be
a contentious atmosphere
in Washington,
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in 2019 and beyond.
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Kevin McCarthy:
Fellow citizens and friends,
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let us lead together
to show the people that
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we are truly their voice,
and their vote.
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In that spirit,
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I extend my hand of friendship
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to every member of this body.
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And to the
Speaker of the House,
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Nancy Pelosi,
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I extend to you this gavel.
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-(cheering and applause)
-Thank you...
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Gaetz:
There is an essence
of this place
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that doesn't change
no matter who wins
the elections.
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Republicans. Democrats.
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And the majority party
is simply the party that
is first in line
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to be the servant
to the special interest
overlords.
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I think that machinery,
that infrastructure,
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that's the swamp.
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A member of Congress
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cannot ask another
member of Congress
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for money in this building.
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We are in the
Longworth office building.
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Or the Cannon office building,
or anywhere else.
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Except the floor of the
House of Representatives.
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So, like, when we were
on the floor today,
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I had a more senior member
come to me,
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and they gave me
my assessment card.
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And so, your assessment card
lets you know
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how much money you owe
the party bosses.
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It says my name,
the Honorable Matt Gaetz,
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that my spring dinner assessment
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is $55,000.
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This is a call
to wealthy people,
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who, by virtue of
their commitment,
or their special interest,
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would like to give me $55,000
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to come have dinner
with me and my colleagues.
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Now, like, I find myself
to be a very pleasant,
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uh, dinner guest,
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but I cannot imagine anyone,
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uh, willing to pay $55,000
to have dinner with me.
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This is my namesake,
Matt Gaetz, the first.
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Uh, he built railroads
in North Dakota.
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And this is my grandfather,
Jerry Gaetz.
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He was a state Senator,
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and, uh, ran for
lieutenant governor.
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Gave the speech
to be nominated,
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and as soon as he
walked off the stage,
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had a heart attack and died.
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My father served
as a state Senator,
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and so I am the
fourth generation of Gaetz
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to be in public life.
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I keep this picture
of a bill signing
with President Trump,
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mostly because I have
no idea why I was there.
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This is a bill that I had
almost no role in crafting.
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Uh, I think I voted for it,
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but, uh, sometimes the President
just likes to be around
some of his buddies.
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Trump:
You ever watch this guy
on television?
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He's like a machine.
He's great.
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Matt Gaetz.
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(cheering, whistling)
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Great guy.
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Gaetz:
I think the President
is doing
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all that he can to change
the ways of Washington.
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And it'd be a hell of a note
if we'd have his back
in Congress
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every once in a while.
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Wolf Blitzer:
One hour from now,
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President Trump's
former lawyer,
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his confidante, his fixer,
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will unleash a point-by-point
take down
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like none seen against
a sitting President of
the United States.
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Cohen made millions of dollars
by promising access
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to his client, the President.
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Mika Brzezinski:
Florida Congressman
Matt Gaetz,
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a staunch defender
of President Trump,
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took to Twitter
yesterday evening.
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"Hey, Michael Cohen,
do your wife and father-in-law
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"know about your girlfriends?
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"Maybe tonight would be
a good time for that chat.
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"I wonder if she'll
remain faithful
when you're in prison.
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She's about to learn a lot."
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A ll the replies and comments
on Twitter was like,
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"That's witness intimidation.
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That's witness tampering.
You're gonna go to jail."
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Reporter: Were you
trying to intimidate him
with those tweets?
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Listen, I didn't want
to intimidate Cohen.
I want Cohen here.
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It's not intimidation
and it's entirely appropriate
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to provide context for people
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who have a history of lying
and likely a future of lying.
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There were some
who thought it was threatening,
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and that was absolutely
not my intent.
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And so I deleted it
for that purpose.
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Reporter 2:
Why did you come down
to the hearing today?
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'Cause I'm a member of Congress.
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Um, some people think
it was inappropriate
for you to be there
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considering your tweet.
What do you have to say
about that?
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-Nothing.
-Thank you.
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I believe that right now,
with the start of
the Cohen hearing,
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we're in the first quarter
of the impeachment.
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I think that Democrats
are certain to impeach
the President,
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and while it's terrible that
we're gonna go through
this impeachment process,
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it will not result in
a conviction.
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At least the forgotten
men and women of this country
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will have every reason
to show up in 2020
and re-elect their President.
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I think that's gonna be
the ultimate result.
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Michael Cohen:
This conversation
with Mr. Trump started--
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I didn't ask whether
you were a good fixer.
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I asked whether you were
a good lawyer.
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Sometimes you have to
meld both together.
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Massie, he said he was gonna
yield me some of his time
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if I'd been given unanimous
consent to participate.
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I'm kind of glad he didn't.
His questions are very good.
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Thomas Massie (over TV):
...good job. You said
you were a good lawyer, right?
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Is that being a good lawyer?
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To not even consider
whether it's legal or not?
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Gaetz:
What do you think that
what we've seen now
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does to the Democrats'
obvious desire to engage
in impeachment?
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Um, I think if this
was the foundation,
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it's, it's shifting
on them already.
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(chuckling)
It's very unstable.
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He admitted to being
a scumbag lawyer.
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-Those are two
different things.
-(laughs)
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-They're not blended.
-I'm not a lawyer. He is.
(chuckles)
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Massie:
I'm an engineer at heart,
and by training.
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Growing up, I liked
taking things apart
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and putting them
back together.
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So, I went to M.I.T.
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to get an electrical
engineering degree,
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and I hung around
and got a mechanical
engineering degree,
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and started my own company.
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When you hold the PHANTOM
in your hand,
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you can actually feel the shape
that's on the computer screen.
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I invented
a virtual reality device
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that lets you touch and feel
three-dimensional objects.
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So I started out in
the virtual reality industry,
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and then after 10 years,
I sold my ownership in that,
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moved back to Kentucky,
and got back to reality
on the farm.
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But then I ran for Congress
and entered virtual reality
again.
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I'm kind of a Libertarian,
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but kind of prefer the label
Constitutional Conservative.
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I think we should
get back to the Constitution,
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and put government
within the bounds
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that the founding
fathers put on it.
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Newscaster:
After three months now
of bucking the system,
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freshman Republican
Thomas Massie
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has already earned a nickname
on Capitol Hill:
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"Mr. No."
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Massie:
Up here, they've called me
"Mr. No."
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If you heard that nickname,
you'd think I vote no
all the time,
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but I looked this up.
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I only vote no, like,
25 percent of the time.
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Twenty-five percent
dissension with your party
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is a heretic in Washington, DC.
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And if people are gonna
drain the swamp,
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like the President
wants to do,
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they need better information
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about how
this place is broken.
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And that's my mission
in Congress.
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So, my friend Justin Amash--
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he's a Congressman
from Michigan--
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got me this for my birthday,
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because we both kind of
look at the Capitol
as the Death Star.
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("Star Wars" soundtrack playing)
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I mean, if you come up here
to visit, there's scaffolding
on it all the time.
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It looks like
it's being worked on,
but it's fully functional.
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And it can destroy happiness
and life anywhere
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on the globe.
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(exploding)
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What I'm doing up here
is looking for the one
weakness in the Death Star.
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(soundtrack continues)
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But sometimes I end up
in the trash compactor.
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Interviewer:
Who's Darth Vader?
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(Massie laughing)
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Massie:
Well, Darth Vader
was Paul Ryan,
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but now it's Nancy Pelosi.
(laughing)
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(elevator dings)
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So this one is reserved
for members of Congress.
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Not many of us have the heart
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to kick somebody off
who's not a member.
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Virginia Foxx is notorious
for kicking people off,
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but she won't just kick
the staffers off the elevator.
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She asks them
who they work for,
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'cause she tells on 'em, too.
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Hey, Virginia.
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I was just telling them,
you keep,
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you keep our elevator
for members only.
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-These folks are-- (laughs)
-I do my best.
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Massie:
It's so exhausting
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to run in place.
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And to get nothing done.
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That's the frustrating thing
to me.
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The most frustrating thing
to me is the fact that
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we know what's wrong.
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Every year, we don't pass
a budget on time.
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We wait until the day
before Christmas,
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and everybody
wants to get out of town.
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Everybody votes for this
ridiculous spending bill
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that nobody's read.
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And then we pretend that
we're fiscal Conservatives,
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and the hypocrisy of,
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uh, pretending that
we care about spending,
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and "we," as the general "we,"
we care about spending.
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-Massie: Please use
the general "we."
-Yeah.
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-'Cause I don't like to think...
-It's not you and I.
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-...we're doing any of that.
-Right.
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Ken Buck:
My name is Ken Buck,
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and I was the founding member
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of the Freedom Caucus
in the House,
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which is the
Conservative group
that was formed in 2015.
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Freedom Caucus
has always been
a loyal opposition
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within the Republican party,
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and so I don't expect, uh,
members of the Freedom Caucus
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to get leadership positions.
That's not our role.
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Our role is to try to be
the conscience of the party.
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I had stage 4
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma,
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and my sense of purpose
is different
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after cancer than before,
so I feel like
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whether I get
reelected or not,
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I'm here to do
the right thing.
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And the right thing to me
was to expose what goes on
in Congress,
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and make sure
the American public
knows about it.
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For many of
the members of Congress,
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it's a job that they
don't want to give up,
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and so, their reelection
is more important than
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the actual problem solving
that, that needs to go on in DC.
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I wrote "Drain the Swamp"
during my first term
in Congress,
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because we were
told by leadership
right from the beginning,
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"Here are all the goodies
that you can enjoy
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if you play the game
the way we want you
to play the game."
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And the game is
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agreeing with leadership.
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Agreeing with
the special interest groups
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on, on how to vote.
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And, and how to govern.
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I'm not one of those people
that's not very agreeable.
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The problem with
the Republican party now is,
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we have such a fresh history
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of violating the Constitution,
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of violating
fiscal responsibility,
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of violating personal
accountability,
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that we don't have a high ground
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to stand and say,
"You guys are doing
the wrong thing."
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♪
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Lawrence Lessig:
I'd spent many years
trying to push policy
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that would make the regulation
of culture more sensible.
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And the regulation
of the internet more effective.
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And while in the courts
we made progress,
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Congress was constantly
resisting.
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At a certain point,
a friend of mine
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basically said to me,
"So, why do you think
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"you're ever going to
make any progress,
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"so long as we have
this deep corruption
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in our government?"
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I realized he was
exactly right,
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so literally that night,
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I promised him I would
give up my old career,
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and take up a new career.
That was about a dozen
years ago.
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Before we were Republicans,
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before we were Democrats,
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we were citizens first.
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We need citizen soldiers
fighting for a democracy
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that is beyond party.
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That is above party.
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That is focused on
citizens first.
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♪
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The Constitution,
in Article One,
sets up Congress.
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Framers gave
the pride of place
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to the most important
democratic institution
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within our republic.
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Madison describes Congress
as being a body
that would be, quote,
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"...dependent on
the people alone."
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And I think
the most important man
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in the history of Congress,
after Madison,
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is Newt Gingrich.
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And I think Newt Gingrich
destroyed Congress.
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Newt was a very ambitious
history professor
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who came to Congress
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and was keen to
turn the Republicans
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into a kind of
militant opposition,
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and then he won control
of the House for
the Republicans
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for the first time in 40 years
in the 1994 election.
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And starting in 1995,
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he began to change the
institution fundamentally.
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On the first day of
the 104th Congress,
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the new Republican majority
will immediately pass
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the following major reforms.
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Lessig:
One of the ways
he changed the institution
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was to basically
begin the process
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of shifting Congress people over
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to the life as fundraisers.
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He told them, "Don't move
your families to Washington.
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We'll work three days a week."
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The rest of the time,
you know,
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he said you could be
going home,
but what happens is,
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the rest of the time,
they're out there
raising money.
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It becomes their
perpetual campaign,
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which dramatically increases
the amount of money
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that both sides are
bringing into the process.
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He has changed the culture,
changed the agenda,
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changed the language,
and changed the dialogue.
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Lessig: Gingrich's change
in the structure of power
in the House
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was all about assuring
that the Speaker
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could direct everything.
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And the Democrats followed.
It's not like it's different
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on the Democrats' side.
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Buck:
The Speaker controls
the schedule,
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what bills go to the floor,
what comes out of committee,
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who the members are
of the committee.
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Massie:
I think a lot of people would
be surprised to find out
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that members of Congress
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are expected
to pay their party
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for their
committee assignments.
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And this is, like,
$200,000, $500,000
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every election cycle,
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just to get a certain
committee seat.
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Now, where are you
gonna get that money?
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You're not gonna go back home
and have a fundraiser
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in somebody's living room.
That just doesn't work.
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The people that fund
your purchase of
the committee seat
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are the people who have
an interest
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in the work product
of that committee,
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i.e. the lobbyists.
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Gaetz:
Every committee
in the Congress
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has a letter grade
associated with it--
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A, B, or C.
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That letter grade
is solely lashed to
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that committee's ability
to generate campaign cash
for its members.
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If you're on
the ways and means
committee,
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then you have jurisdiction
over the entire tax code.
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There is no lobbyist
in this town
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that would not swim
across the Potomac
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to deliver you
a $5,000 back check.
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But if you're on
the Veterans Affairs Committee,
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which is really important,
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you just don't have the same
bevy of special interests
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thirsting for your attention
with donations.
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Lessig:
Under Newt Gingrich,
committee chairmanships
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were increasingly assigned
to people who raised money.
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And if you didn't
raise that money--
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the Democrats did this,
Nancy Pelosi did this--
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you kicked somebody off
the chairmanship.
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So this is all about changing
what was supposed to be
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a really critical
institutional role
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played by a chairman--
somebody who knows
something about the field--
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into just the most effective
fundraiser in that field.
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Massie:
So there's a price tag
assigned to every committee.
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But there's also a price tag
assigned to being the Speaker.
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So, the Speaker up here
is expected to raise about
$80 million
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every election cycle,
and dole that out.
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Buck:
The Speaker and
the minority leader
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control distribution
of funds to members,
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so it's the rank-and-file
that chooses the leadership,
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but people misunderstand
that somehow we're
choosing people,
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you know, that we think
are the best at articulating
our positions.
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That's not true.
It's who can raise the money,
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and the special
interest groups
control the money.
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So, the hierarchy of power
in Washington, DC,
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is special interest groups,
leadership,
rank-and-file members.
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Lessig:
That system is a system that
makes the members of Congress
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so sensitive to what
the lobbyists want
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that it's hard for them
to see above the water
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and recognize what
the public needs.
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And that dynamic
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is the corruption,
I think of, as the swamp.
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Gaetz:
The special interests
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don't really want anything
to get done in this town,
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because if we actually
started working together
on some stuff,
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things would change.
And if things change,
469
00:21:16,333 --> 00:21:18,625
the people who
are getting rich
off the current system
470
00:21:18,709 --> 00:21:21,000
would not be getting rich
off that system.
471
00:21:21,083 --> 00:21:24,000
That's why I think that
the greatest challenge we face
472
00:21:24,083 --> 00:21:25,917
is not Republicans
versus Democrats.
473
00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:29,583
It's reformers against
those who want to maintain
the status quo.
474
00:21:29,667 --> 00:21:32,792
And we got Republicans
and Democrats in both groups.
475
00:21:34,667 --> 00:21:36,417
Ro Khanna:
My view is,
476
00:21:36,500 --> 00:21:39,208
we need a more progressive
vision for America,
477
00:21:39,291 --> 00:21:40,959
but a vision is insufficient
478
00:21:41,041 --> 00:21:43,250
if you don't get things done.
479
00:21:43,333 --> 00:21:45,458
And I do think that
there is an appetite
480
00:21:45,542 --> 00:21:47,792
among the newer generation
of members of Congress
481
00:21:47,875 --> 00:21:49,291
to build broad coalitions,
482
00:21:49,375 --> 00:21:51,875
and we always have to
listen to criticism
483
00:21:51,959 --> 00:21:55,208
from the other side,
and understand that
they're representing
484
00:21:55,291 --> 00:21:57,208
a particular
constituency in America
485
00:21:57,291 --> 00:22:00,083
and a particular perspective.
486
00:22:00,166 --> 00:22:02,792
Gaetz:
We would be sort of
an odd couple, politically.
487
00:22:02,875 --> 00:22:05,500
I am a Tea Party Republican
from Florida.
488
00:22:05,583 --> 00:22:09,125
Ro served in the
Obama administration and
represents Silicon Valley.
489
00:22:09,208 --> 00:22:12,625
But folks like Ro even,
who maybe don't hold
my ideology
490
00:22:12,709 --> 00:22:14,125
or my view on every subject,
491
00:22:14,208 --> 00:22:16,834
understand that
this place has to change
492
00:22:16,917 --> 00:22:19,291
if we want to do right
by the American people.
493
00:22:19,375 --> 00:22:21,834
Khanna:
We came here to work for
the people who sent us here.
494
00:22:21,917 --> 00:22:24,500
Not for the leadership,
not for committee chairs.
495
00:22:24,583 --> 00:22:26,500
And not, certainly,
for the lobbyists.
496
00:22:26,583 --> 00:22:30,417
All right, so, some reforms
that would surprise people
we would agree on.
497
00:22:30,500 --> 00:22:32,500
-Would you vote
for term limits?
-I would.
498
00:22:32,583 --> 00:22:34,667
I'm one of two Democrats
or so who will.
499
00:22:34,750 --> 00:22:36,250
See, I would vote
for term limits.
500
00:22:36,333 --> 00:22:38,250
Would you vote
for non-partisan
redistricting commissions?
501
00:22:38,333 --> 00:22:40,291
-I would.
I think that would be great.
-I would vote for that.
502
00:22:40,375 --> 00:22:43,500
Would you vote on
a lifetime ban on lobbying
for members of Congress?
503
00:22:43,583 --> 00:22:47,125
I would. I think there
should be a--
no revolving door.
504
00:22:47,208 --> 00:22:48,542
And would you ban lobbyists
505
00:22:48,625 --> 00:22:50,458
from giving money
to members of Congress?
506
00:22:50,542 --> 00:22:53,000
I would, and, and, uh,
I don't take lobbyists' money,
507
00:22:53,083 --> 00:22:54,834
and I think we should
ban lobbyists from doing that.
508
00:22:54,917 --> 00:22:57,166
See? That's the
"drain the swamp" agenda.
Khanna-Gaetz.
509
00:22:57,250 --> 00:23:00,583
We could run on that
and unite 80 percent
of the country.
510
00:23:00,667 --> 00:23:04,125
♪
511
00:23:09,041 --> 00:23:10,709
-Good morning.
-Massie: How you doing?
512
00:23:10,792 --> 00:23:12,709
-I'm Diana Ohlbaum from FCNL.
-Oh, okay.
513
00:23:12,792 --> 00:23:14,750
-Nice to meet you, Diana.
-Thank you so much for
your vote on this,
514
00:23:14,834 --> 00:23:16,208
-and your support.
-Yeah, well...
515
00:23:16,291 --> 00:23:17,583
Diana Ohlbaum:
You're a real key person.
516
00:23:17,667 --> 00:23:19,041
Massie:
I think you might be surprised
517
00:23:19,125 --> 00:23:22,291
how many Conservatives
are just done with war.
518
00:23:22,375 --> 00:23:24,125
Right now,
as I'm serving in Congress,
519
00:23:24,208 --> 00:23:25,709
this is one of my top issues,
520
00:23:25,792 --> 00:23:29,375
is to reclaim the constitutional
power of Congress to declare war
521
00:23:29,458 --> 00:23:31,667
back from the executive branch.
522
00:23:31,750 --> 00:23:34,083
Newscaster:
California Democratic
Congresswoman Barbara Lee
523
00:23:34,166 --> 00:23:36,625
and Kentucky Republican
Congressman Thomas Massie
524
00:23:36,709 --> 00:23:39,834
want to repeal
the 2001 authorization
525
00:23:39,917 --> 00:23:42,000
for the use of military force.
526
00:23:42,667 --> 00:23:44,417
Massie:
After 9-11,
527
00:23:44,500 --> 00:23:47,375
there was so much appetite
for doing something
528
00:23:47,458 --> 00:23:50,333
that it was almost
political suicide
529
00:23:50,417 --> 00:23:52,667
if you decided not to vote
for an AUMF
530
00:23:52,750 --> 00:23:55,250
that was responsive
to the terrorist attacks.
531
00:23:55,333 --> 00:23:57,333
George W. Bush:
We will make no distinction
532
00:23:57,417 --> 00:24:00,625
between the terrorists
who committed these acts
533
00:24:00,709 --> 00:24:02,333
and those who harbor them.
534
00:24:02,417 --> 00:24:03,917
Barbara Lee:
As we act,
535
00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:08,959
let us not become the evil
that we deplore.
536
00:24:09,041 --> 00:24:12,834
Massie:
Barbara Lee was the lone vote
against the AUMF,
537
00:24:12,917 --> 00:24:17,709
and she did prove that
you could stand on principle,
538
00:24:17,792 --> 00:24:20,709
and eventually be right,
539
00:24:20,792 --> 00:24:22,667
and still survive politically,
540
00:24:22,750 --> 00:24:24,959
but a lot of the people
who went against the grain
541
00:24:25,041 --> 00:24:26,875
did not survive politically.
542
00:24:26,959 --> 00:24:29,667
Lee:
Our constituents
sent us to Congress
543
00:24:29,750 --> 00:24:31,667
to make the hard decisions.
544
00:24:31,750 --> 00:24:35,291
We owe it to the American people
to take these tough votes,
545
00:24:35,375 --> 00:24:39,166
and repeal the 2001
authorization.
546
00:24:39,250 --> 00:24:41,458
Ari Melber:
Bush invoked the bill
for potential actions
547
00:24:41,542 --> 00:24:42,959
in over 11
different countries.
548
00:24:43,041 --> 00:24:44,333
His successor
added nine more,
549
00:24:44,417 --> 00:24:46,917
including places that had
no tie to 9-11.
550
00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:48,792
The overreach here
began with Bush,
551
00:24:48,875 --> 00:24:51,625
but the Pentagon
and Presidents in both parties
552
00:24:51,709 --> 00:24:55,417
tend to hold on to major powers,
not just give them up.
553
00:24:55,500 --> 00:24:58,250
Buck:
Our founding fathers
wanted to make sure
554
00:24:58,333 --> 00:25:00,542
that a decision
that was as significant
555
00:25:00,625 --> 00:25:05,125
as sending Americans
overseas to fight
and lose their lives
556
00:25:05,208 --> 00:25:07,500
would only be made
with a vote
557
00:25:07,583 --> 00:25:09,792
in the people's House,
and in the Senate,
558
00:25:09,875 --> 00:25:12,000
and so I think it's really
important that we respect that.
559
00:25:12,083 --> 00:25:14,417
I think it was the right move
in the Constitution,
560
00:25:14,500 --> 00:25:15,792
and we've gotten away from that.
561
00:25:15,875 --> 00:25:19,792
There's a reason that
our founders gave Congress
562
00:25:19,875 --> 00:25:21,500
the power over war and peace.
563
00:25:21,583 --> 00:25:24,333
Because we have to go
and answer to our constituents.
564
00:25:24,417 --> 00:25:27,625
And I'll tell you something.
There's not a single American
565
00:25:27,709 --> 00:25:30,000
who wouldn't want
the violence to end,
566
00:25:30,083 --> 00:25:34,291
and allow food and medicine
to get to those kids
567
00:25:34,375 --> 00:25:37,166
who are gonna face death
if we do nothing.
568
00:25:37,250 --> 00:25:40,000
I built a coalition
in the House
569
00:25:40,083 --> 00:25:43,583
to try to end support
for the war in Yemen,
570
00:25:43,667 --> 00:25:45,875
and we passed
a war powers resolution,
571
00:25:45,959 --> 00:25:49,208
and there were 16 Republicans
who helped with that effort.
572
00:25:49,291 --> 00:25:51,291
Buck:
That was something
where we had
573
00:25:51,375 --> 00:25:53,083
a number of
Freedom Caucus members
574
00:25:53,166 --> 00:25:54,959
and a number of
progressive caucus members
575
00:25:55,041 --> 00:25:57,208
working together to pass that.
576
00:25:57,291 --> 00:25:59,625
When it comes to war powers,
577
00:25:59,709 --> 00:26:01,458
those two groups
can work together.
578
00:26:01,542 --> 00:26:04,709
Massie:
This is not a partisan issue
and that's why I'm here today.
579
00:26:04,792 --> 00:26:09,291
There are only about
70 members of Congress
out of the 435
580
00:26:09,375 --> 00:26:11,625
that are serving today
who were actually here
581
00:26:11,709 --> 00:26:14,000
for the original AUMF vote.
582
00:26:14,083 --> 00:26:18,041
And I can tell you,
those 70 who voted for it
never imagined,
583
00:26:18,125 --> 00:26:20,125
except perhaps
Barbara Lee imagined,
584
00:26:20,208 --> 00:26:23,542
that this would be used
to justify all of the wars
585
00:26:23,625 --> 00:26:26,500
that have gone on since then,
and all of the military
engagements,
586
00:26:26,583 --> 00:26:30,375
and possible future engagements
from here on out.
587
00:26:33,792 --> 00:26:35,917
Gaetz:
I represent the district
that's got the highest
588
00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:39,083
concentration of active duty
military in the country.
589
00:26:39,166 --> 00:26:41,583
But I am no cheerleader
for war.
590
00:26:41,667 --> 00:26:44,542
Emcee: I'd just like
to welcome to the stage
Congressman Matt Gaetz.
591
00:26:44,625 --> 00:26:47,834
-Gaetz: Thank you.
Oh, thank you, guys.
-(applause)
592
00:26:47,917 --> 00:26:51,000
Gaetz:
I've seen my whole life,
living in my district,
593
00:26:51,083 --> 00:26:53,917
what the impacts of war
really are for families.
594
00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:57,417
Parenting disrupted.
Marriages destroyed.
595
00:26:57,500 --> 00:27:01,542
Drug abuse.
Domestic abuse.
Veteran suicide.
596
00:27:01,834 --> 00:27:04,333
Caskets draped in flags.
597
00:27:04,417 --> 00:27:07,291
As I travel home to
north Florida this week,
598
00:27:07,375 --> 00:27:09,375
I will meet with
commanding officers.
599
00:27:09,458 --> 00:27:13,166
They will brief me
on the missions and
preparations undertaken,
600
00:27:13,250 --> 00:27:16,750
and if called to combat,
my neighbors will go first,
601
00:27:16,834 --> 00:27:18,417
and they'll fight the hardest.
602
00:27:18,500 --> 00:27:20,125
Now I'm at a place
with the President
603
00:27:20,208 --> 00:27:22,208
where we speak
very regularly.
604
00:27:22,291 --> 00:27:25,208
And so if I can be
a good advisor, supporter,
605
00:27:25,291 --> 00:27:27,291
influencer to President Trump,
606
00:27:27,375 --> 00:27:30,417
that will give me a chance
to impact the world by
607
00:27:30,500 --> 00:27:32,917
contributing to, you know,
the most valuable real estate
608
00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:34,375
that exists in Washington,
609
00:27:34,458 --> 00:27:36,875
and that's between
the President's ears.
610
00:27:37,208 --> 00:27:41,000
♪
611
00:27:42,875 --> 00:27:44,333
We're here in Seaside.
612
00:27:44,417 --> 00:27:46,917
This is, uh, where my family
has spent our,
613
00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,917
really most of our family time
most of my life.
614
00:27:50,750 --> 00:27:53,041
This little gazebo up here,
615
00:27:53,125 --> 00:27:56,625
critical spot in the life
of Matt Gaetz.
616
00:27:56,709 --> 00:28:00,250
It's the, uh,
site of my first kiss,
right here.
617
00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:04,917
I'd tell you who,
but it would probably be
very embarrassing for them.
618
00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:08,583
So this is the Truman house,
and in the mid '90s,
619
00:28:08,667 --> 00:28:13,333
one day some producer
just shows up in a golf cart,
620
00:28:13,417 --> 00:28:17,417
and, uh, tells my mother
that they want to make
a movie in this house,
621
00:28:17,500 --> 00:28:19,041
starring Jim Carrey.
622
00:28:19,792 --> 00:28:20,750
Good morning!
623
00:28:20,834 --> 00:28:22,709
-Morning!
-Good morning!
624
00:28:22,917 --> 00:28:24,291
Oh, and in case
I don't see you,
625
00:28:24,375 --> 00:28:26,291
good afternoon,
good evening,
and good night.
626
00:28:26,375 --> 00:28:28,333
Gaetz:
He made a few other movies
and then ended up
627
00:28:28,417 --> 00:28:29,667
painting a portrait of me.
628
00:28:29,750 --> 00:28:31,709
And so,
it wasn't the most flattering,
629
00:28:31,792 --> 00:28:35,458
but nonetheless,
it was pretty cool
to see it come full circle.
630
00:28:35,542 --> 00:28:37,709
So, this is the house
I grew up in,
631
00:28:37,792 --> 00:28:41,959
and this was my bedroom
during my formative years.
632
00:28:44,959 --> 00:28:48,500
And voila! Love America.
633
00:28:48,583 --> 00:28:50,959
Hey, everyone.
This is Congressman
Matt Gaetz.
634
00:28:51,041 --> 00:28:52,834
I'm out on Navarre Beach now,
635
00:28:52,917 --> 00:28:55,959
but today is our
Won't Back Down
Town Hall tour.
636
00:28:56,041 --> 00:28:59,125
("I Won't Back Down"
by Tom Petty playing)
637
00:29:01,583 --> 00:29:03,333
Good to see you guys.
638
00:29:03,417 --> 00:29:05,792
(cheering and applause)
639
00:29:07,125 --> 00:29:11,166
I am proud of the fact that
I have been a leading member
of the Congress
640
00:29:11,250 --> 00:29:14,542
to expose the 22-month
witch hunt,
641
00:29:14,625 --> 00:29:18,083
lie, unfair investigation
of our President.
642
00:29:18,166 --> 00:29:20,333
(cheering and applause)
643
00:29:22,333 --> 00:29:25,083
What will it take
to reinitiate
644
00:29:25,166 --> 00:29:28,834
going after Hillary Clinton
for obstruction of justice,
645
00:29:28,917 --> 00:29:32,041
-and Benghazi?
-(all cheering)
646
00:29:35,917 --> 00:29:38,625
We gotta call on more people
from the bar area.
647
00:29:38,709 --> 00:29:40,959
They got it going on.
648
00:29:41,041 --> 00:29:45,166
Woman: I'm concerned
about our young kids
in elementary school
649
00:29:45,250 --> 00:29:47,583
that do not know
the Pledge of Allegiance.
650
00:29:47,667 --> 00:29:51,125
And then when you go
to a football game and
they're in high school,
651
00:29:51,208 --> 00:29:52,667
nobody sings the words.
652
00:29:52,750 --> 00:29:55,709
Everybody just stand there
like a dummy.
653
00:29:55,792 --> 00:29:58,083
(scattered applause)
654
00:29:58,166 --> 00:30:01,792
You want to sing a few bar--
You want to sing a few bars
for us?
655
00:30:01,875 --> 00:30:05,959
Both:
♪ O say, can you see ♪
656
00:30:06,041 --> 00:30:10,208
♪ By the dawn's early light ♪
657
00:30:10,291 --> 00:30:14,458
♪ What so proudly we hail ♪
658
00:30:14,542 --> 00:30:18,709
♪ At the twilight's
last gleaming ♪
659
00:30:18,792 --> 00:30:23,542
-(crowd joins in)
-♪ Whose bright stripes
and bright stars ♪
660
00:30:23,625 --> 00:30:27,291
♪ Through the perilous fight ♪
661
00:30:27,375 --> 00:30:30,959
Gaetz: My district is
one of the most Conservative
districts in the country.
662
00:30:31,041 --> 00:30:35,083
But one of the little pockets
of liberalism that we have
663
00:30:35,166 --> 00:30:37,083
is in downtown Pensacola.
664
00:30:37,166 --> 00:30:39,500
It's the most urban area
of my district,
665
00:30:39,583 --> 00:30:42,959
and so I guess it would be easy
for me to only go to the places
666
00:30:43,041 --> 00:30:45,041
where everyone's
a Matt Gaetz cheerleader,
667
00:30:45,125 --> 00:30:47,417
but I have an obligation
668
00:30:47,500 --> 00:30:50,917
to serve and appear
before people who
don't agree with me.
669
00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:52,917
Crowd (chanting):
Love, not hate!
670
00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:54,583
Makes America great!
671
00:30:54,667 --> 00:30:56,583
Love, not hate!
672
00:30:56,667 --> 00:30:58,667
Makes America great!
673
00:30:58,750 --> 00:31:00,750
Love, not hate!
674
00:31:00,834 --> 00:31:02,875
Makes America great!
675
00:31:02,959 --> 00:31:04,667
Love, not hate!
676
00:31:04,750 --> 00:31:06,542
Makes America great!
677
00:31:06,625 --> 00:31:08,458
Gaetz:
Thank you all for coming.
678
00:31:08,542 --> 00:31:11,041
Appreciate seeing you here.
679
00:31:11,125 --> 00:31:13,417
-(chanting continues)
-Woman: Love, not hate!
680
00:31:13,500 --> 00:31:15,125
Gaetz:
Thank you all for coming.
681
00:31:15,208 --> 00:31:17,250
Hey, good to see you all.
Thanks for coming.
682
00:31:17,333 --> 00:31:18,875
Man: Hey, Matt,
thanks for coming.
683
00:31:18,959 --> 00:31:21,125
Oh, I'm honored.
I'm honored.
Hey, thank you all for coming.
684
00:31:21,208 --> 00:31:23,166
(applause)
685
00:31:23,250 --> 00:31:24,750
Man:
Hallelujah!
686
00:31:24,834 --> 00:31:27,500
-(cheering)
-Hey. Hey, it's good to see you.
687
00:31:28,375 --> 00:31:30,125
I am concerned
for our government.
688
00:31:30,208 --> 00:31:33,208
If there could ever be
a takeover or a coup,
689
00:31:33,291 --> 00:31:36,750
it really bothers me, that,
uh, that this could happen.
690
00:31:36,834 --> 00:31:41,000
You know, when I first
started to uncover this
troubling evidence
691
00:31:41,083 --> 00:31:43,709
of people who didn't view
their obligations
692
00:31:43,792 --> 00:31:45,709
as conducting investigations,
693
00:31:45,792 --> 00:31:48,417
but instead thought that
their role was to remove
694
00:31:48,500 --> 00:31:50,875
the duly elected President
of the United States.
695
00:31:50,959 --> 00:31:53,834
I came out and said,
"That is what a coup is."
696
00:31:53,917 --> 00:31:55,875
-Woman: Not true!
-That is what treason
looks like,
697
00:31:55,959 --> 00:31:59,333
and that's what we're
gonna find out with
Attorney General Barr
698
00:31:59,417 --> 00:32:01,375
who is gonna turn the tables
on the people
699
00:32:01,458 --> 00:32:04,000
who are trying
to destroy our country.
700
00:32:04,083 --> 00:32:05,792
Woman:
That's a lie!
701
00:32:06,500 --> 00:32:07,959
Speak the truth!
702
00:32:08,041 --> 00:32:09,291
Boo!
703
00:32:09,375 --> 00:32:11,500
Crowd (chanting):
Hey hey! Ho ho!
704
00:32:11,583 --> 00:32:13,417
Baby Gaetz has got to go!
705
00:32:13,500 --> 00:32:15,166
Hey hey! Ho ho!
706
00:32:15,250 --> 00:32:17,041
Baby Gaetz has got to go!
707
00:32:17,125 --> 00:32:19,417
-Hey hey! Ho ho!
-Man: 1.2 million dollars!
708
00:32:19,500 --> 00:32:21,834
Hey! Thank you all--
709
00:32:22,667 --> 00:32:24,750
-(woman chanting)
-Who threw that?
710
00:32:24,834 --> 00:32:26,208
Who threw that?
You go get them.
711
00:32:26,291 --> 00:32:28,250
Woman (chanting):
Whose beach? Whose beach?
712
00:32:28,333 --> 00:32:30,000
Whose beach?
713
00:32:30,083 --> 00:32:31,709
Thank you all so much
for coming.
714
00:32:31,792 --> 00:32:34,083
I'm grateful you're here.
Thank you.
715
00:32:34,166 --> 00:32:36,750
-Whose beach? Whose beach?
-Our beach! Our beach!
716
00:32:36,959 --> 00:32:39,000
Woman:
You're embarrassing us.
717
00:32:43,417 --> 00:32:45,959
Luke Ball:
When that went viral
on social media,
718
00:32:46,041 --> 00:32:50,291
we started seeing increasingly
violent responses to it.
719
00:32:50,375 --> 00:32:52,333
And it led to people saying,
720
00:32:52,417 --> 00:32:53,792
"We're gonna throw
urine on you,"
721
00:32:53,875 --> 00:32:55,542
and then it led to
a death threat.
722
00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:57,750
I'll play it for you.
723
00:32:57,834 --> 00:32:59,834
Man (on phone):
Hey, Gaetz,
724
00:32:59,917 --> 00:33:02,041
you pathetic piece of shit.
725
00:33:02,125 --> 00:33:05,458
Do you know that I could
blow your fucking head
726
00:33:05,542 --> 00:33:09,250
clean off your shoulders
from over a mile away?
727
00:33:09,333 --> 00:33:12,166
You got your head
so far up Trump's ass...
728
00:33:12,250 --> 00:33:15,667
Ha, ha, ha!
I could still take it
off your shoulders.
729
00:33:15,750 --> 00:33:19,000
I'm coming after you
and your family, Gaetz.
730
00:33:19,083 --> 00:33:22,417
This Congress,
we're on record
for 10,000 threats
731
00:33:22,500 --> 00:33:24,875
against members of Congress,
and I condemn them,
732
00:33:24,959 --> 00:33:27,000
whether they're against
Republicans, Democrats,
733
00:33:27,083 --> 00:33:28,458
-Liberals, Conservatives.
-Of course.
734
00:33:28,542 --> 00:33:30,291
You know, this is just no way
735
00:33:30,375 --> 00:33:31,834
to operate within our country.
736
00:33:31,917 --> 00:33:33,375
Lessig:
Congress operates
737
00:33:33,458 --> 00:33:36,000
inside of a media environment,
738
00:33:36,083 --> 00:33:39,542
that itself profits from
the politics of hate.
739
00:33:39,625 --> 00:33:42,458
Everybody profits from
the politics of hate.
740
00:33:42,542 --> 00:33:44,583
The liars in
the Democratic party,
741
00:33:44,667 --> 00:33:46,834
you can never
trust these people, ever.
742
00:33:46,917 --> 00:33:49,834
The Republican party is now
fully and totally responsible
743
00:33:49,917 --> 00:33:53,417
for these racist, divisive,
un-American ideas.
744
00:33:53,500 --> 00:33:55,917
Do you want people here
on merit, or not?
745
00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:58,834
Do you want people to come here
to speak English, or not?
746
00:33:58,917 --> 00:34:01,542
This is not just a group
of desperate migrants.
747
00:34:01,625 --> 00:34:04,041
We have people
who are criminals,
748
00:34:04,125 --> 00:34:07,083
thugs, special interest aliens,
jihadists.
749
00:34:07,166 --> 00:34:09,583
You brought to the
State of the Union,
or you gave a ticket to,
750
00:34:09,667 --> 00:34:13,709
somebody who is a fairly
notorious racist
and Holocaust denier.
751
00:34:13,792 --> 00:34:15,458
Look, he's
a controversial figure.
752
00:34:15,542 --> 00:34:18,500
There were plenty
of controversial folks at
the State of the Union.
753
00:34:18,583 --> 00:34:22,166
The way that you're able
to elevate your profile
in Washington
754
00:34:22,250 --> 00:34:23,792
is to drive conflict,
755
00:34:23,875 --> 00:34:25,792
because conflict
is interesting.
756
00:34:25,875 --> 00:34:28,709
And I think that the really
powerful people in this town
757
00:34:28,792 --> 00:34:31,917
are the ones that can
go on television
and make an argument.
758
00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:35,041
And that's power that
the leadership can
never take away from you.
759
00:34:35,125 --> 00:34:37,041
-We're still on for Cuomo
tonight, right?
-Woman: Correct.
760
00:34:37,125 --> 00:34:38,375
-In person?
-Right.
761
00:34:38,458 --> 00:34:40,250
The right says that
all the time--
762
00:34:40,333 --> 00:34:43,375
You think people
on the right are rooting for
more school shootings?
763
00:34:43,458 --> 00:34:45,250
-I see it all the time,
and so you do.
-Wow, I have never--
764
00:34:45,333 --> 00:34:49,417
You spend all this time
on fake news CNN,
and nobody watches you.
765
00:34:49,500 --> 00:34:51,500
-Oh, man...
-And I'm like,
you're wasting your time.
766
00:34:51,583 --> 00:34:53,083
Man-- Okay, true or false?
767
00:34:53,166 --> 00:34:55,083
Lessig:
You know, you look at
the partisan spin
768
00:34:55,166 --> 00:34:56,333
of cable television--
769
00:34:56,417 --> 00:34:58,959
Fox News and MSNBC
and CNN.
770
00:34:59,041 --> 00:35:02,000
Up until 2001,
they're basically the same.
771
00:35:02,083 --> 00:35:04,667
And then beginning
in 2002 or 2003,
772
00:35:04,750 --> 00:35:06,625
they start splitting
dramatically,
773
00:35:06,709 --> 00:35:08,917
so that they are
deeply partisan.
774
00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:11,417
And that bleeds into Congress.
775
00:35:11,500 --> 00:35:14,166
You know,
you want to rally your base
against the other side.
776
00:35:14,250 --> 00:35:17,041
You've gotta make sure
that the other side is devil,
777
00:35:17,125 --> 00:35:19,250
and if you don't call
the other side the devil,
778
00:35:19,333 --> 00:35:21,000
then they're not gonna be
interested in supporting you.
779
00:35:21,083 --> 00:35:23,625
What you see from
the radical left today
780
00:35:23,709 --> 00:35:26,875
is an attack on the democracy
of our country itself.
781
00:35:26,959 --> 00:35:31,208
The radical left just
wants to de-platform,
demonize, destroy--
782
00:35:31,291 --> 00:35:34,458
We have Democrats who have
no interest in legislating.
783
00:35:34,542 --> 00:35:37,792
It is all about continuing
on the next witch hunt
784
00:35:37,875 --> 00:35:39,250
with a new broomstick.
785
00:35:39,333 --> 00:35:40,625
I don't think of
a television clip
786
00:35:40,709 --> 00:35:42,417
about how it's going
to play on TV.
787
00:35:42,500 --> 00:35:45,125
I think about a clip
that's on Twitter or YouTube,
788
00:35:45,208 --> 00:35:48,125
and how do you create
an exciting or viral moment
789
00:35:48,208 --> 00:35:49,458
that people are eager to share
790
00:35:49,542 --> 00:35:51,625
and that might offer
some new insight.
791
00:35:51,709 --> 00:35:55,208
Lessig:
On social media, everything
that increases engagement
792
00:35:55,291 --> 00:35:57,917
increases the opportunity
to sell ads.
793
00:35:58,000 --> 00:35:59,709
And people are more engaged
794
00:35:59,792 --> 00:36:03,041
the more polarized
the environment becomes.
795
00:36:04,291 --> 00:36:06,500
And that bleeds into Congress,
too.
796
00:36:08,208 --> 00:36:11,959
If you look at
the number of bills
that it has passed
797
00:36:12,041 --> 00:36:14,458
in a cross-partisan way,
798
00:36:14,542 --> 00:36:16,208
it's gone in the 1970s
799
00:36:16,291 --> 00:36:19,500
from a very significant
cross-partisan institution
800
00:36:19,583 --> 00:36:23,166
to an institution now
that just literally cannot
do anything
801
00:36:23,250 --> 00:36:24,917
in a cross-partisan way.
802
00:36:27,375 --> 00:36:30,166
You know, compromise,
since Ronald Reagan,
803
00:36:30,250 --> 00:36:33,458
has had this framing
of weakness,
804
00:36:33,542 --> 00:36:35,458
or duplicity.
805
00:36:35,542 --> 00:36:37,500
So, if you compromise,
806
00:36:37,583 --> 00:36:41,166
as a member of Congress,
it's like you're lying
to your base.
807
00:36:41,250 --> 00:36:45,959
And that's the dynamic
which Newt Gingrich
encouraged.
808
00:36:46,041 --> 00:36:48,625
He knows that the way
you raise money
809
00:36:48,709 --> 00:36:52,375
is to trigger the hatred
of the other side
in your favor.
810
00:36:52,458 --> 00:36:56,333
Politics of hate is the most
productive technique
811
00:36:56,417 --> 00:36:58,041
for fundraising we have.
812
00:36:58,125 --> 00:37:01,375
I am sickened by
how unpatriotically
813
00:37:01,458 --> 00:37:04,500
they undermine
the Constitution
of the United States.
814
00:37:05,375 --> 00:37:07,208
Pelosi:
We are here today
815
00:37:07,291 --> 00:37:10,375
because the Republicans
in the House are paralyzed
816
00:37:10,458 --> 00:37:12,500
with hatred of
President Clinton.
817
00:37:12,583 --> 00:37:15,709
And until the Republicans
free themselves of this hatred,
818
00:37:15,792 --> 00:37:17,583
our country will suffer.
819
00:37:17,667 --> 00:37:20,458
But of course,
an institution like Congress
820
00:37:20,542 --> 00:37:25,250
is supposed to find
a common ground for
the nation as a whole.
821
00:37:25,333 --> 00:37:29,166
And if you're not willing
to find a solution that
could represent America,
822
00:37:29,250 --> 00:37:32,583
then you're not
doing your work
as a representative.
823
00:37:32,667 --> 00:37:35,917
And if we get nothing done,
I tell you the status quo
824
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:37,542
will really love that,
825
00:37:37,625 --> 00:37:40,667
because they benefit
from nothing getting done.
826
00:37:48,500 --> 00:37:52,333
We're kind of slumming it here,
going to Longworth, you know.
827
00:37:52,417 --> 00:37:54,542
The senior members
are in Rayburn.
828
00:37:54,625 --> 00:37:56,166
Matt's still stuck over here,
829
00:37:56,250 --> 00:37:58,792
but with the kind of
TV time he gets,
830
00:37:58,875 --> 00:38:01,834
he'll have an office
in the Capitol soon.
831
00:38:07,500 --> 00:38:10,875
Gaetz:
I've seen the way you've been
an independent member here.
832
00:38:10,959 --> 00:38:12,417
I'm starting to get a sense that
833
00:38:12,500 --> 00:38:15,792
when you don't always adhere
to kind of the establishment,
834
00:38:15,875 --> 00:38:17,959
leadership viewpoint on things
835
00:38:18,041 --> 00:38:20,166
that you see an impact
in your fundraising.
836
00:38:20,250 --> 00:38:22,417
I raised about a couple
hundred thousand dollars
837
00:38:22,500 --> 00:38:24,625
here in Washington, DC,
in my first term,
838
00:38:24,709 --> 00:38:28,125
but after they found out
I wasn't here to go along
to get along,
839
00:38:28,208 --> 00:38:30,125
it went almost to zero.
840
00:38:30,208 --> 00:38:32,583
In fact, there was
a six-month period
841
00:38:32,667 --> 00:38:36,333
where they ranked me
number 437 in the House
for fundraising.
842
00:38:36,417 --> 00:38:38,208
Gaetz:
I thought there were
only 435 members.
843
00:38:38,291 --> 00:38:40,500
There are only 435
voting members,
844
00:38:40,583 --> 00:38:42,125
but Guam and Puerto Rico,
845
00:38:42,208 --> 00:38:44,458
-their delegates
raised more money.
-They don't have a vote!
846
00:38:44,542 --> 00:38:46,709
They don't have a vote,
and they raised more money
847
00:38:46,792 --> 00:38:48,667
than me in that
six-month period.
848
00:38:48,750 --> 00:38:51,291
But what have you got there?
Like, is this your
fundraising plan?
849
00:38:51,375 --> 00:38:53,333
-Your campaign?
-This meeting I recently had,
850
00:38:53,417 --> 00:38:54,583
I somewhat resented it,
851
00:38:54,667 --> 00:38:56,542
I meet with these guys,
and they say, "Gaetz,
852
00:38:56,625 --> 00:38:59,333
"you know, you're on TV,
people know who you are
in your state,
853
00:38:59,417 --> 00:39:01,417
"and we really think
you can run for higher office,
854
00:39:01,500 --> 00:39:02,834
but you don't
raise enough money."
855
00:39:02,917 --> 00:39:05,959
And so, they write me this plan,
and it's just, like,
856
00:39:06,041 --> 00:39:09,041
it's basically how to
whore yourself out for money.
857
00:39:09,125 --> 00:39:11,500
And when I say, like,
"Who's, who's gonna do this?"
858
00:39:11,583 --> 00:39:14,166
Like, "Who wants to
give me $100,000?"
859
00:39:14,250 --> 00:39:15,625
They basically say,
"Well, what--"
860
00:39:15,709 --> 00:39:17,875
The next question is,
"What committees are you on?"
861
00:39:17,959 --> 00:39:20,458
How can you use
your Congressional pin
862
00:39:20,542 --> 00:39:23,542
to go and, and help a lobbyist
863
00:39:23,625 --> 00:39:25,166
as your primary objective.
864
00:39:25,250 --> 00:39:29,291
It's demoralizing,
and folks like AOC,
Bernie Sanders,
865
00:39:29,375 --> 00:39:31,792
have proven that
you don't need that.
866
00:39:33,375 --> 00:39:35,166
Massie:
This is my Congressional pin,
867
00:39:35,250 --> 00:39:38,750
and you'll see a lot of people
around here wearing them.
868
00:39:38,834 --> 00:39:41,917
I started to call this pin
"Precious."
869
00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:45,083
If you've ever seen
"Lord of the Rings"
or "The Hobbit"...
870
00:39:45,333 --> 00:39:47,291
My Precious...
871
00:39:47,458 --> 00:39:49,041
"Precious"?
872
00:39:49,125 --> 00:39:51,375
Massie:
And the reason
I call it Precious is,
873
00:39:51,458 --> 00:39:53,375
it affects how you think.
874
00:39:53,458 --> 00:39:55,709
You can come here
as a hobbit,
875
00:39:55,792 --> 00:39:57,500
and put this thing on,
876
00:39:57,583 --> 00:40:00,375
and become Gollum
in very short order.
877
00:40:00,458 --> 00:40:04,291
My... Precious!
878
00:40:04,375 --> 00:40:07,250
Massie:
Just like Precious
made the hobbit invisible,
879
00:40:07,333 --> 00:40:09,375
you walk past
the metal detectors here.
880
00:40:09,458 --> 00:40:13,000
You don't go through them,
you walk around them
if you wear this.
881
00:40:13,083 --> 00:40:15,417
The police do what you
tell them to do,
882
00:40:15,500 --> 00:40:16,959
if you're wearing Precious.
883
00:40:17,041 --> 00:40:20,000
The tourists figure out
what Precious is.
884
00:40:20,083 --> 00:40:21,417
And if you're wearing
Precious,
885
00:40:21,500 --> 00:40:23,750
they know that you
must be precious.
886
00:40:23,834 --> 00:40:26,917
And so, because people
behave differently around you,
887
00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:29,500
it gives you
a feeling of power.
888
00:40:29,583 --> 00:40:31,917
An uncomfortable feeling
for me.
889
00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:35,500
And so, I try not to wear it
any more than I have to,
890
00:40:35,583 --> 00:40:38,917
because I think eventually
it will turn me from a hobbit
891
00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:42,458
into a Gollum,
and I see that happen up here.
892
00:40:50,333 --> 00:40:52,458
So, here's two
briefing sheets.
893
00:40:52,542 --> 00:40:55,333
This morning,
it was reported that
894
00:40:55,417 --> 00:40:58,917
Iran shot down
one of our drones.
895
00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:01,417
-There's an in-depth Fox News
article in there--
-Call Charlie.
896
00:41:01,500 --> 00:41:02,583
Just call Charlie.
897
00:41:03,750 --> 00:41:05,333
Hey, man. It's Luke.
898
00:41:05,583 --> 00:41:07,125
Um, I got the boss here.
899
00:41:07,208 --> 00:41:08,792
Let me put you on speaker
for this part.
900
00:41:08,875 --> 00:41:10,625
-Charlie.
-Charlie Truxal (on phone):
Yes, sir.
901
00:41:10,709 --> 00:41:13,291
-Tell me what you know.
- It's confirmed that
one of our drones
902
00:41:13,375 --> 00:41:16,166
was shot down over the evening
by the Iranians.
903
00:41:16,250 --> 00:41:18,834
This one was a high-altitude
flying MQ-9
904
00:41:18,917 --> 00:41:20,709
from what I am tracking,
one of the threads.
905
00:41:20,792 --> 00:41:24,333
And they were able to hit it
effectively at high altitude,
906
00:41:24,417 --> 00:41:26,458
-which is unbelievable.
-Gaetz: An MQ-9?
907
00:41:26,542 --> 00:41:28,125
Truxal:
...I think ever done that
once before.
908
00:41:28,208 --> 00:41:30,667
Gaetz:
Jesus. All right,
thanks, Charlie.
909
00:41:30,750 --> 00:41:32,208
Jake Tapper:
The Pentagon is deploying
910
00:41:32,291 --> 00:41:33,500
an additional thousand troops
911
00:41:33,583 --> 00:41:35,792
to the region as
a deterrent against
912
00:41:35,875 --> 00:41:37,542
what the Trump
administration calls,
913
00:41:37,625 --> 00:41:39,375
"increased Iranian
aggressions."
914
00:41:39,458 --> 00:41:41,709
Reporter:
Do you believe right now
that you have the authority
915
00:41:41,792 --> 00:41:43,583
to strike Iran
without Congress?
916
00:41:43,667 --> 00:41:45,250
Uh, I do like keeping them
abreast,
917
00:41:45,333 --> 00:41:47,125
but I don't have
to do it legally.
918
00:41:47,208 --> 00:41:49,083
I have not seen intel
919
00:41:49,166 --> 00:41:53,458
that would justify utilizing
the 2001 Global War on Terror
920
00:41:53,542 --> 00:41:56,709
authorization to use
military force against Iran.
921
00:41:56,792 --> 00:41:59,291
So I'm proud to work
with Ro Khanna
922
00:41:59,375 --> 00:42:01,500
and other folks
on the political left
923
00:42:01,583 --> 00:42:03,709
to try to achieve
a bipartisan consensus,
924
00:42:03,792 --> 00:42:07,166
because if my constituents
have to have the courage
and bravery
925
00:42:07,250 --> 00:42:10,125
to go and fight these wars
and die in these wars,
926
00:42:10,208 --> 00:42:11,667
then politicians in Washington
927
00:42:11,750 --> 00:42:13,500
need the courage
to actually vote on them,
928
00:42:13,583 --> 00:42:16,750
and decide what's worthy
of spilling American blood,
929
00:42:16,834 --> 00:42:18,625
and what isn't.
930
00:42:18,709 --> 00:42:20,667
Khanna:
We're at risk of
a serious escalation
931
00:42:20,750 --> 00:42:22,500
that could spiral
out of control.
932
00:42:22,583 --> 00:42:24,083
Congress has to be the check,
933
00:42:24,166 --> 00:42:26,709
and that's why I've been
working with Matt Gaetz
934
00:42:26,792 --> 00:42:29,875
to have an amendment
that we're going to
introduce tomorrow.
935
00:42:29,959 --> 00:42:32,166
And the amendment is going
to make it very clear.
936
00:42:32,250 --> 00:42:35,959
The President can't take
any action in declaring
war in Iran,
937
00:42:36,041 --> 00:42:38,333
uh, without Congressional
authorization,
938
00:42:38,417 --> 00:42:41,125
and we will defund
any such activity.
939
00:42:46,625 --> 00:42:48,208
-Gaetz: Jillian?
-Jillian Lane Wyant:
I'm here.
940
00:42:48,291 --> 00:42:50,709
-I knew this would happen.
-Wyant: I had this--
941
00:42:50,792 --> 00:42:53,333
I asked you, I said three times,
I said, "We will get down here,
942
00:42:53,417 --> 00:42:56,083
and we will not have
a person here."
943
00:42:56,166 --> 00:42:58,000
I specifically
want to reference
944
00:42:58,083 --> 00:43:00,750
information that
we've received
in a classified setting,
945
00:43:00,834 --> 00:43:02,125
and so for us to discuss that,
946
00:43:02,208 --> 00:43:04,500
there are rooms tucked
throughout the basements
947
00:43:04,583 --> 00:43:06,583
and tunnels at
the Capitol complex
948
00:43:06,667 --> 00:43:09,917
that are available for a more
secure discussion or brief.
949
00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:12,125
Sir, are all your, uh,
electronics--
950
00:43:12,208 --> 00:43:14,667
You can take the key
of one of those.
951
00:43:15,500 --> 00:43:17,250
-No Apple watch, Ro?
-I mean...
952
00:43:17,333 --> 00:43:20,291
-What kind of Silicon Valley
Congressman are you?
-You know.
953
00:43:24,583 --> 00:43:26,667
Gaetz:
So have you done this with
a lot of your legislation?
954
00:43:26,750 --> 00:43:28,792
-File it directly in the Hopper?
-Khanna: No.
955
00:43:28,875 --> 00:43:32,583
We are going to submit
our joint amendment
to the Hopper,
956
00:43:32,667 --> 00:43:36,166
which is, uh, how you submit
an amendment or a bill
957
00:43:36,250 --> 00:43:38,000
to the House floor
to get it for a vote.
958
00:43:38,083 --> 00:43:40,291
We're coming together
with this unique coalition
959
00:43:40,375 --> 00:43:43,333
in constitutional prerogative
to prevent war.
960
00:43:43,417 --> 00:43:48,291
So, I, I actually think this
is a great example of
Congress actually working.
961
00:43:48,375 --> 00:43:49,792
Wyant:
Trump just came out
with a statement
962
00:43:49,875 --> 00:43:51,041
while you guys were
talking about Iran.
963
00:43:51,125 --> 00:43:52,959
-Oh. What'd he say?
-"Any attack by Iran
964
00:43:53,041 --> 00:43:54,250
"on anything American
965
00:43:54,333 --> 00:43:56,458
"will be met with great
and overwhelming force.
966
00:43:56,542 --> 00:43:59,625
"In some areas,
overwhelming will mean
obliteration.
967
00:43:59,709 --> 00:44:01,875
No more John Kerry
and Obama."
968
00:44:01,959 --> 00:44:04,208
We better hurry.
969
00:44:04,291 --> 00:44:06,083
Neil Cavuto:
I was just checking.
Are pigs flying?
970
00:44:06,166 --> 00:44:08,041
Because Democrats
and Republicans
971
00:44:08,125 --> 00:44:10,125
have apparently found
something to agree on.
972
00:44:10,208 --> 00:44:11,750
Or at least,
these next two gentlemen have.
973
00:44:11,834 --> 00:44:13,291
Recent reporting
that was in "The Hill,"
974
00:44:13,375 --> 00:44:15,625
I believe, showed that by
a margin of two-to-one,
975
00:44:15,709 --> 00:44:20,333
Americans favored diplomacy
and negotiation over war.
976
00:44:20,417 --> 00:44:23,667
Newscaster:
President Trump says the
military was cocked and loaded
977
00:44:23,750 --> 00:44:26,125
to carry out air strikes
against Iran overnight
978
00:44:26,208 --> 00:44:28,000
when he suddenly
decided not to do it.
979
00:44:28,083 --> 00:44:29,375
Trump:
I'm not looking for war,
980
00:44:29,458 --> 00:44:31,375
and if there is,
it'll be obliteration
981
00:44:31,458 --> 00:44:33,041
like you've never seen before.
982
00:44:33,125 --> 00:44:35,542
Newscaster:
Tonight, senior administration
officials say
983
00:44:35,625 --> 00:44:38,083
all options are still
on the table.
984
00:44:38,166 --> 00:44:41,375
Buck:
As long as the President
is engaging in wars,
985
00:44:41,458 --> 00:44:42,834
we don't have to vote
on a war.
986
00:44:42,917 --> 00:44:44,542
And if some
American soldier,
987
00:44:44,625 --> 00:44:46,500
a Marine airman dies,
988
00:44:46,583 --> 00:44:50,417
we don't have to accept
the blame for that.
We can point a finger.
989
00:44:50,500 --> 00:44:52,583
So, all the tough decisions
are pushed off
990
00:44:52,667 --> 00:44:57,583
to the executive branch,
and power has shifted
as a result.
991
00:44:57,667 --> 00:44:59,583
Massie:
The military
industrial complex,
992
00:44:59,667 --> 00:45:02,667
they got a lot
of money to make
when we're in war.
993
00:45:02,750 --> 00:45:05,375
They're up here donating
to Congressmen.
994
00:45:05,458 --> 00:45:07,792
And so that's a force
that keeps war going.
995
00:45:08,750 --> 00:45:12,291
And unfortunately,
I serve with some real cowards.
996
00:45:12,375 --> 00:45:15,125
They would rather not ever
have to take that vote.
997
00:45:15,208 --> 00:45:16,583
(applause)
998
00:45:16,667 --> 00:45:18,375
Khanna:
The biggest thing I found
in Washington
999
00:45:18,458 --> 00:45:20,208
is just this total
risk aversion.
1000
00:45:20,291 --> 00:45:23,375
I mean, people, they don't
want to rock the boat.
1001
00:45:23,458 --> 00:45:25,583
And people who are in power
1002
00:45:25,667 --> 00:45:28,208
have a stake in
preserving that power.
1003
00:45:28,291 --> 00:45:29,792
(explosion)
1004
00:45:34,500 --> 00:45:36,667
(lawnmower puttering)
1005
00:45:41,458 --> 00:45:43,375
Gaetz:
How many media
appearances today,
1006
00:45:43,458 --> 00:45:45,000
including Facebook Lives?
1007
00:45:45,083 --> 00:45:47,917
-Four? Five?
-Wyant: Uh, I think four.
1008
00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:50,667
Gaetz:
Charles, it's like we're
going through "Groundhog Day"
1009
00:45:50,750 --> 00:45:52,542
each and every week in the
House Judiciary Committee.
1010
00:45:52,625 --> 00:45:55,375
We are going over the same facts
that were in the Mueller Report.
1011
00:45:55,458 --> 00:45:58,250
And it doesn't seem to be
moving, uh, the fact that
1012
00:45:58,333 --> 00:46:01,875
sixty percent of the country
doesn't want to see impeachment
go forward.
1013
00:46:01,959 --> 00:46:04,750
There was no collusion
with Russia.
1014
00:46:04,834 --> 00:46:07,250
There was no obstruction,
1015
00:46:07,333 --> 00:46:09,208
and none whatsoever.
1016
00:46:09,291 --> 00:46:11,041
Newscaster:
On the collusion
conspiracy issue,
1017
00:46:11,125 --> 00:46:12,625
the President is right.
1018
00:46:12,709 --> 00:46:14,083
The Mueller Report
does not establish
1019
00:46:14,166 --> 00:46:15,709
any such wrongdoing.
1020
00:46:15,792 --> 00:46:17,458
But on the issue of obstruction,
1021
00:46:17,542 --> 00:46:19,500
Mueller does not agree
with the President.
1022
00:46:19,583 --> 00:46:21,959
Jerry Nadler:
Responsibility
now falls to Congress
1023
00:46:22,041 --> 00:46:24,583
to hold the President
accountable for his actions.
1024
00:46:24,667 --> 00:46:28,083
This has nothing to do with
volume one or volume two
of the Mueller Report.
1025
00:46:28,166 --> 00:46:30,000
(indistinct arguing)
1026
00:46:30,083 --> 00:46:31,917
Man:
They don't know anything
about the Mueller Report!
1027
00:46:32,000 --> 00:46:33,375
Nadler:
Gentleman will suspend.
1028
00:46:33,458 --> 00:46:35,375
Gaetz:
Chairman Nadler
and the Democrats
1029
00:46:35,458 --> 00:46:36,458
on the Judiciary Committee
1030
00:46:36,542 --> 00:46:38,375
are dying to impeach
Donald Trump.
1031
00:46:38,458 --> 00:46:40,625
They would have impeached
him yesterday if they could.
1032
00:46:40,709 --> 00:46:42,542
But Nancy Pelosi knows
1033
00:46:42,625 --> 00:46:44,875
that impeachment is like
poisonous candy.
1034
00:46:44,959 --> 00:46:47,083
You know,
you can look at the candy,
you can want the candy,
1035
00:46:47,166 --> 00:46:49,166
but if you eat the candy,
you're gonna die.
1036
00:46:49,250 --> 00:46:51,959
Newscaster:
She doesn't want Democrats
in swing districts
1037
00:46:52,041 --> 00:46:54,417
having to take a tough vote
on impeachment.
1038
00:46:54,500 --> 00:46:56,166
That's a really ugly vote.
1039
00:46:56,250 --> 00:46:58,417
Gaetz:
It's my view that
the Mueller Report
1040
00:46:58,500 --> 00:47:00,875
was the dispositive word
on collusion,
1041
00:47:00,959 --> 00:47:02,959
and that we all ought
to move on as a country.
1042
00:47:03,041 --> 00:47:05,458
But if Democrats really want
to probe these issues,
1043
00:47:05,542 --> 00:47:06,959
why are we eating
around the edges?
1044
00:47:07,041 --> 00:47:08,792
Why don't they just
call Robert Mueller?
1045
00:47:08,875 --> 00:47:11,458
(news theme playing)
1046
00:47:11,542 --> 00:47:13,250
Newscaster:
The former special counsel
is about to make
1047
00:47:13,333 --> 00:47:16,291
back-to-back appearances
before the House Judiciary
1048
00:47:16,375 --> 00:47:17,917
and Intelligence committees.
1049
00:47:18,000 --> 00:47:20,667
Gaetz:
I don't think I slept
very much last night.
1050
00:47:20,750 --> 00:47:22,959
This is kind of our version
of the Super Bowl.
1051
00:47:23,041 --> 00:47:25,458
Getting ready for
an opportunity to
1052
00:47:25,542 --> 00:47:28,583
display the work of our office
over the last two years
1053
00:47:28,667 --> 00:47:32,083
in a very condensed, uh,
high-intensity setting.
1054
00:47:32,583 --> 00:47:34,041
All right.
1055
00:47:35,083 --> 00:47:36,709
Off to see the wizard.
1056
00:47:36,792 --> 00:47:38,250
For the last couple weekends,
1057
00:47:38,333 --> 00:47:40,166
I have, uh,
spent a lot of time
on the phone
1058
00:47:40,250 --> 00:47:43,250
with some of my colleagues:
Jim Jordan, John Ratcliffe.
1059
00:47:43,333 --> 00:47:45,125
We have had a number
of mock sessions
1060
00:47:45,208 --> 00:47:47,667
where I'll pretend
it's my five minutes,
1061
00:47:47,750 --> 00:47:50,834
and ask one of my colleagues,
as if they're Mueller,
the questions I have,
1062
00:47:50,917 --> 00:47:53,667
and then they'll turn around
and ask those questions of me.
1063
00:47:53,750 --> 00:47:55,959
Who's the one member of
the Judiciary Committee
1064
00:47:56,041 --> 00:47:58,500
who has refused to show up
to a single prep session,
1065
00:47:58,583 --> 00:48:01,000
a single practice,
a single mood court?
1066
00:48:01,083 --> 00:48:03,208
Ken Buck. Ken Buck.
A gamer.
1067
00:48:03,291 --> 00:48:05,458
Doesn't wanna leave
any on the practice field.
1068
00:48:08,166 --> 00:48:10,875
Christopher Jaarda:
Um, what we're doing is
we're laying forward that
1069
00:48:10,959 --> 00:48:14,083
there are ten separate
fact patterns covered
in the Mueller Report.
1070
00:48:14,166 --> 00:48:15,500
And in many of those,
1071
00:48:15,583 --> 00:48:18,208
Mueller could have reached
a prosecutorial decision,
1072
00:48:18,291 --> 00:48:20,709
which he did not do,
even though the regulations
1073
00:48:20,792 --> 00:48:24,041
require him to make
that decision.
1074
00:48:24,125 --> 00:48:26,458
Newscaster:
This is really a critical
test for Democrats,
1075
00:48:26,542 --> 00:48:28,375
who are looking to impeach
this President.
1076
00:48:28,458 --> 00:48:31,625
This may be their
final moment to lay out
for the American public
1077
00:48:31,709 --> 00:48:34,583
why that is something, uh,
that should be on the table.
1078
00:48:34,667 --> 00:48:36,417
Newscaster 2:
Now, when it
comes to Republicans,
1079
00:48:36,500 --> 00:48:38,792
they are going to focus
on the origins
1080
00:48:38,875 --> 00:48:40,375
of the Mueller investigation.
1081
00:48:40,458 --> 00:48:42,583
I think there were
a lot of facts, uh,
1082
00:48:42,667 --> 00:48:46,709
regarding the interaction
of people who didn't like
the President and Russians...
1083
00:48:46,792 --> 00:48:48,333
-that weren't fully developed.
-Reporter: Who do you mean,
specifically?
1084
00:48:48,417 --> 00:48:50,834
Well, uh, you'll,
you'll see in just a moment.
1085
00:48:54,500 --> 00:48:56,750
Do you have any basis
as you sit here today
1086
00:48:56,834 --> 00:48:58,542
to believe that Steele
was lying?
1087
00:48:58,625 --> 00:49:00,750
As I said before
and I'll say again,
1088
00:49:00,834 --> 00:49:03,417
it's not my purview.
Others are investigating
what you--
1089
00:49:03,500 --> 00:49:05,250
Gaetz (on TV):
So it's not your purview
to look into
1090
00:49:05,333 --> 00:49:06,625
whether or not Steele's lying.
1091
00:49:06,709 --> 00:49:08,417
It's not your purview to
look into whether or not
1092
00:49:08,500 --> 00:49:10,417
anti-Trump Russians
are lying to Steele.
1093
00:49:10,500 --> 00:49:12,542
And here's what
I'm kind of noticing,
Director Mueller.
1094
00:49:12,625 --> 00:49:15,542
When people associated
with Trump lied,
you threw the book at 'em.
1095
00:49:15,625 --> 00:49:17,750
When Christopher Steele lied,
nothing.
1096
00:49:17,834 --> 00:49:21,208
Maybe the reason why
there are this discrepancies
in what you focused on,
1097
00:49:21,291 --> 00:49:23,291
because the team
is so biased...
1098
00:49:23,375 --> 00:49:25,417
-Man: Time of the gentlemen
has expired.
-... pledge to stop Trump.
1099
00:49:25,500 --> 00:49:27,667
Man:
Mr. Jeffries of New York
is recognized.
1100
00:49:27,750 --> 00:49:29,333
I guess he didn't
get to the closing.
1101
00:49:29,417 --> 00:49:31,834
- All right. I'm gonna
start pulling it.
-Yeah.
1102
00:49:31,917 --> 00:49:34,625
All right, uh,
we're starting to pull,
1103
00:49:34,709 --> 00:49:36,166
go on critical mention,
1104
00:49:36,250 --> 00:49:38,917
try to search for that
Florida keyword that I found,
1105
00:49:39,000 --> 00:49:41,625
and then you should be able
to copy and paste
1106
00:49:41,709 --> 00:49:44,166
-the transcript portion.
-Is it up here?
1107
00:49:44,250 --> 00:49:45,709
Wyant:
This is a huge moment.
1108
00:49:45,792 --> 00:49:47,166
Now I don't just think
in Congress, though.
1109
00:49:47,250 --> 00:49:48,625
I think this is
in the country, as well.
1110
00:49:48,709 --> 00:49:51,709
Because this kind of can dictate
where we go next.
1111
00:49:51,792 --> 00:49:56,083
Buck:
Was there sufficient evidence
to convict President Trump,
1112
00:49:56,166 --> 00:49:59,291
or anyone else,
with obstruction of justice?
1113
00:49:59,375 --> 00:50:00,875
In Office of Legal Counsel,
1114
00:50:00,959 --> 00:50:03,792
indicates that we cannot
indict a sitting President.
1115
00:50:03,875 --> 00:50:06,291
Could you charge the President
with a crime
1116
00:50:06,375 --> 00:50:08,333
-after he left office?
-Yes.
1117
00:50:08,417 --> 00:50:10,000
You believe that he committed--
1118
00:50:10,083 --> 00:50:11,667
You could charge the President
of the United States
1119
00:50:11,750 --> 00:50:15,041
-with obstruction of justice
after he left office.
-Yes.
1120
00:50:17,208 --> 00:50:20,208
Buck:
The liberals will use
the answers
1121
00:50:20,291 --> 00:50:22,041
that Mueller gave
on his report,
1122
00:50:22,125 --> 00:50:24,834
and they will allege that
the President committed
obstruction,
1123
00:50:24,917 --> 00:50:26,417
and it's an impeachable
offense.
1124
00:50:26,500 --> 00:50:30,166
The Republicans will talk
about how unfair this
investigation was,
1125
00:50:30,250 --> 00:50:33,125
that the people that were
involved in the investigation
were biased.
1126
00:50:33,208 --> 00:50:35,542
So, I think both sides
have takeaways,
1127
00:50:35,625 --> 00:50:38,625
and depending on which
news organization you listen to,
1128
00:50:38,709 --> 00:50:41,000
you're gonna hear,
uh, that takeaway.
1129
00:50:41,083 --> 00:50:43,625
Ritika Robertson:
I think the people that were
pro-impeachment before
1130
00:50:43,709 --> 00:50:46,458
are still pro-impeachment.
The people that were
anti-impeachment
1131
00:50:46,542 --> 00:50:49,458
are still anti-impeachment.
And most of the country
just doesn't care.
1132
00:50:49,542 --> 00:50:51,583
Newscaster:
This is absolutely not the day
1133
00:50:51,667 --> 00:50:54,333
the Democrats
had wanted it to be.
I agree...
1134
00:50:54,417 --> 00:50:57,166
The Democrats in
the committee on the dais
1135
00:50:57,250 --> 00:51:00,834
looked like they had been held
at a funeral for too long.
1136
00:51:00,917 --> 00:51:03,458
Newscaster:
The President, by the way,
we know is watching this.
1137
00:51:03,542 --> 00:51:05,709
He's been doing so, we're told,
from inside the residence.
1138
00:51:05,792 --> 00:51:08,000
not in the West Wing
of the White House here.
1139
00:51:08,875 --> 00:51:11,208
(voice over phone)
1140
00:51:11,291 --> 00:51:14,542
Hey, Mr. President.
It's your favorite Congressman,
Matt Gaetz.
1141
00:51:14,625 --> 00:51:17,792
Great day to be an American.
Give me a ring at your
convenience.
1142
00:51:18,625 --> 00:51:20,583
I'll call him at the office.
1143
00:51:27,709 --> 00:51:29,166
Mr. President.
1144
00:51:30,542 --> 00:51:32,709
I think we won the day, sir.
1145
00:51:33,166 --> 00:51:35,125
(Trump speaking)
1146
00:51:44,333 --> 00:51:45,875
No, I, I--
1147
00:51:46,667 --> 00:51:47,875
Yeah, he is.
1148
00:51:48,166 --> 00:51:49,792
No, I think we--
1149
00:51:53,667 --> 00:51:56,750
Well, I think the--
the biggest mistake
was Nadler.
1150
00:51:56,834 --> 00:51:58,667
Bringing this guy in.
I mean, this was--
1151
00:51:58,750 --> 00:52:00,166
this was a train wreck for them.
1152
00:52:00,250 --> 00:52:03,166
I will guarantee you
that when, uh,
they are polling,
1153
00:52:03,250 --> 00:52:05,083
you know, ten days,
two weeks from now,
1154
00:52:05,166 --> 00:52:07,417
that the Democrats will have
gained zero momentum
1155
00:52:07,500 --> 00:52:09,041
in their push for impeachment.
1156
00:52:09,125 --> 00:52:10,583
(Trump speaking)
1157
00:52:21,709 --> 00:52:24,875
We'll tell 'em, sir.
Well, hey, thank you.
1158
00:52:24,959 --> 00:52:26,583
Oh, Melania said I was handsome.
1159
00:52:26,667 --> 00:52:29,000
You keep telling me that,
but she never confirms it.
1160
00:52:29,083 --> 00:52:31,500
(Trump speaking)
1161
00:52:32,333 --> 00:52:33,709
Take care.
1162
00:52:37,375 --> 00:52:39,083
He's very happy.
1163
00:52:41,959 --> 00:52:47,500
♪
1164
00:52:52,083 --> 00:52:54,792
Massie:
I haven't read the whole
Mueller Report.
1165
00:52:54,875 --> 00:52:57,333
I've probably only read
about 20 percent of it,
1166
00:52:57,417 --> 00:53:01,917
but I read enough
of it to decide that
it didn't matter.
1167
00:53:02,000 --> 00:53:03,792
It's a weapon of
mass distraction.
1168
00:53:03,875 --> 00:53:08,000
I don't think this is gonna
change anything here, really.
1169
00:53:08,083 --> 00:53:09,709
We have wasted a lot of time,
1170
00:53:09,792 --> 00:53:12,625
but that's what Congress
sort of does on its own--
1171
00:53:12,709 --> 00:53:14,417
it wastes time.
1172
00:53:14,500 --> 00:53:16,750
♪
1173
00:53:20,583 --> 00:53:23,291
We're at a very
important location
1174
00:53:23,375 --> 00:53:25,500
that defines the edge of where,
1175
00:53:25,583 --> 00:53:27,625
uh, Congress does
official business,
1176
00:53:27,709 --> 00:53:31,041
and where Congress switches
into fundraising mode.
1177
00:53:31,125 --> 00:53:35,125
I can't ask anybody for money
on federal property,
1178
00:53:35,208 --> 00:53:37,667
so, when you want
a new committee assignment,
1179
00:53:37,750 --> 00:53:40,583
let's say you're tired of being
stuck on the Ethics Committee,
1180
00:53:40,667 --> 00:53:42,792
and you want on the powerful
Ways and Means Committee,
1181
00:53:42,875 --> 00:53:45,667
the first thing the Speaker
is gonna tell you is--
1182
00:53:45,750 --> 00:53:48,125
They're gonna get out
the fundraising numbers
and say,
1183
00:53:48,208 --> 00:53:50,834
"You're not doing enough work
across the street."
1184
00:53:50,917 --> 00:53:54,208
So when you hear
that code sentence,
we all know what it means.
1185
00:53:54,291 --> 00:53:57,917
Come down here,
cross the street,
get a list of rich people,
1186
00:53:58,000 --> 00:53:59,583
and start begging for money.
1187
00:53:59,667 --> 00:54:01,709
Not for yourself,
not for your own reelection,
1188
00:54:01,792 --> 00:54:03,500
but for the party.
1189
00:54:05,125 --> 00:54:07,417
Gaetz:
We just concluded
our monthly meeting.
1190
00:54:07,500 --> 00:54:09,959
I got the, uh, somewhat
unfortunate news that
1191
00:54:10,041 --> 00:54:16,083
I have $124,500 left
that I owe to pay
the party for my dues.
1192
00:54:16,166 --> 00:54:17,750
And a lot of times
they're telling you,
1193
00:54:17,834 --> 00:54:19,375
"Hey, if you're on
this committee,
1194
00:54:19,458 --> 00:54:21,458
these are the lobbying groups
that you need to go see."
1195
00:54:21,542 --> 00:54:23,417
Or, "These are
the lobbying firms
that are most likely
1196
00:54:23,500 --> 00:54:25,083
to give to your campaigns."
1197
00:54:25,166 --> 00:54:28,375
Taking just a candid look at
where you've told me we are,
1198
00:54:28,458 --> 00:54:31,458
-we will be out of money
in a few months.
-Wyant: Yeah.
1199
00:54:31,542 --> 00:54:33,333
-We'll be, we'll be broke.
-Yes.
1200
00:54:33,417 --> 00:54:36,792
If you make me do
the typical Washington thing
1201
00:54:36,875 --> 00:54:38,750
where I have to go and sit
with these lobbyists...
1202
00:54:38,834 --> 00:54:40,959
-Yeah.
-...and PAC fundraisers,
I will quit.
1203
00:54:41,041 --> 00:54:43,083
I really think we need
to hire a fundraiser.
1204
00:54:43,166 --> 00:54:45,625
Is there any projection
in which,
1205
00:54:45,709 --> 00:54:47,375
if we grow that renewable
1206
00:54:47,458 --> 00:54:49,375
-small dollar donor base,
-Yeah.
1207
00:54:49,458 --> 00:54:52,250
-people who give me
$50 from, you know--
-Well, that's the whole point.
1208
00:54:52,333 --> 00:54:54,917
The whole point is to
one day not need to hire
a fundraiser at all.
1209
00:54:55,041 --> 00:54:56,792
It really--
The whole point
is to get there,
1210
00:54:56,875 --> 00:54:58,959
but it just takes time,
because you need to get
that database.
1211
00:54:59,041 --> 00:55:02,458
And at our current
operational spend, we'll
be broke in a few months.
1212
00:55:02,542 --> 00:55:04,458
-Right. Exactly.
-Great talk.
1213
00:55:04,542 --> 00:55:05,834
Yeah, exactly.
1214
00:55:10,959 --> 00:55:14,125
Well, here we are,
across the street
at the NRCC.
1215
00:55:14,208 --> 00:55:16,291
I'm sort of persona non grata
in this building.
1216
00:55:16,375 --> 00:55:19,125
They don't want me in there,
because I haven't been
doing my work in there
1217
00:55:19,208 --> 00:55:20,834
for the past six years.
1218
00:55:21,542 --> 00:55:22,959
If you go in there,
1219
00:55:23,041 --> 00:55:25,333
you're gonna see Congressmen
sitting in cubicles
1220
00:55:25,417 --> 00:55:29,542
going down lists of people
who've donated to Republicans
before.
1221
00:55:29,625 --> 00:55:31,959
In many cases,
cold calling them.
1222
00:55:32,041 --> 00:55:34,959
Basically glorified
telemarketers,
1223
00:55:35,041 --> 00:55:39,542
and the same exact thing
goes on at the D-triple-C
1224
00:55:39,625 --> 00:55:42,667
as goes on here at the NRCC.
1225
00:55:42,750 --> 00:55:45,333
I'm not gonna lie to you.
I crossed the street myself.
1226
00:55:45,417 --> 00:55:48,000
Like, my campaign
doesn't run on fairy dust.
1227
00:55:48,083 --> 00:55:51,000
So, even though I don't
spend any time there,
1228
00:55:51,083 --> 00:55:53,166
there's another building
right next to us
1229
00:55:53,250 --> 00:55:56,125
where I do spend a lot of time
wining and dining.
1230
00:55:56,208 --> 00:55:58,583
The difference is,
I don't pay the extortion
1231
00:55:58,667 --> 00:56:00,750
that my party asks of me.
1232
00:56:02,959 --> 00:56:05,792
There's somebody doing
their work across the street.
1233
00:56:06,709 --> 00:56:08,959
His district borders mine.
1234
00:56:11,583 --> 00:56:15,291
(light guitar music playing)
1235
00:56:21,458 --> 00:56:23,208
I think the topography here
1236
00:56:23,291 --> 00:56:26,542
shaped my thinking
about government.
1237
00:56:26,625 --> 00:56:28,125
We're organized in hollers.
1238
00:56:28,208 --> 00:56:31,208
There's a holler,
there's a holler.
This is a main holler.
1239
00:56:31,291 --> 00:56:34,542
And as long as you're
minding your own business
in your holler,
1240
00:56:34,625 --> 00:56:37,667
you don't go over
in your neighbor's holler
and tell them what to do.
1241
00:56:38,208 --> 00:56:39,250
Hey!
1242
00:56:40,291 --> 00:56:41,417
Hey, cows!
1243
00:56:41,500 --> 00:56:43,125
(mooing)
1244
00:56:43,208 --> 00:56:44,917
It's not very Libertarian
of somebody
1245
00:56:45,000 --> 00:56:47,583
to throw their trash
on my field.
1246
00:56:51,333 --> 00:56:55,458
Oh. They were having
a Budweiser here.
1247
00:56:55,542 --> 00:56:57,792
I'm definitely the greenest
member of Congress.
1248
00:56:57,875 --> 00:56:59,583
I've put that on
my Twitter profile.
1249
00:56:59,667 --> 00:57:03,458
Nobody will even challenge me
on that point.
1250
00:57:03,542 --> 00:57:06,000
Everything in my house
runs off solar power.
1251
00:57:06,083 --> 00:57:08,000
We're off the grid.
1252
00:57:08,083 --> 00:57:10,625
My whole house right now
is running off of
1253
00:57:10,709 --> 00:57:16,792
7,104 little batteries
out of a wrecked
Tesla model S.
1254
00:57:16,875 --> 00:57:19,041
I hate pollution, okay?
1255
00:57:19,125 --> 00:57:21,333
Lead, mercury, sulfur dioxide...
1256
00:57:21,417 --> 00:57:24,000
All the things that
we can prove are bad,
1257
00:57:24,083 --> 00:57:26,709
I, I'm against.
1258
00:57:26,792 --> 00:57:31,792
One of the things that
I disagree on, though,
is carbon dioxide.
1259
00:57:31,875 --> 00:57:33,834
One of the best things
that could happen
1260
00:57:33,917 --> 00:57:36,417
for the life on this farm
to flourish
1261
00:57:36,500 --> 00:57:38,542
is that CO2 goes up.
1262
00:57:38,625 --> 00:57:41,625
People forget that.
They forget that CO2
is a plant food,
1263
00:57:41,709 --> 00:57:43,625
and we're now calling it
a pollutant.
1264
00:57:43,709 --> 00:57:45,583
Interviewer:
You don't think that
climate change
1265
00:57:45,667 --> 00:57:48,709
is an existential threat
to human beings?
1266
00:57:48,792 --> 00:57:53,250
I absolutely don't think
that CO2,
1267
00:57:53,333 --> 00:57:55,959
uh, man-made
or man-produced CO2,
1268
00:57:56,041 --> 00:57:58,208
is an existential threat
to us.
1269
00:57:59,834 --> 00:58:03,834
And even if we thought CO2
was not good for the planet,
1270
00:58:03,917 --> 00:58:06,792
it's probably not
the best place
to spend your money,
1271
00:58:06,875 --> 00:58:10,250
or to spend other
people's money that
you're taxing them on.
1272
00:58:10,333 --> 00:58:12,291
Where's the cost benefit?
1273
00:58:12,375 --> 00:58:14,500
Interviewer:
What do you say to
the people who might say,
1274
00:58:14,583 --> 00:58:16,125
"Oh, well,
you're from Kentucky.
1275
00:58:16,208 --> 00:58:18,917
Are you just protecting
the coal miners?"
1276
00:58:19,000 --> 00:58:21,291
So, it's true
I'm from Kentucky,
1277
00:58:21,375 --> 00:58:25,667
but there's not a single
operating coal mine
in my Congressional district.
1278
00:58:25,750 --> 00:58:28,083
Do I have a parochial interest
1279
00:58:28,166 --> 00:58:31,583
because of coal-fired
electricity generation?
1280
00:58:31,667 --> 00:58:33,041
Yes, I do.
1281
00:58:33,542 --> 00:58:36,166
But we look to the government
to solve every problem,
1282
00:58:36,250 --> 00:58:37,834
and I think that's wrong.
1283
00:58:37,917 --> 00:58:42,208
♪
1284
00:58:48,417 --> 00:58:50,125
Lessig:
In 2010,
1285
00:58:50,208 --> 00:58:51,917
the Koch brothers signaled
1286
00:58:52,000 --> 00:58:55,166
that any Republican who
acknowledged climate change
1287
00:58:55,250 --> 00:58:58,166
would be taken out.
They'd be primaried.
1288
00:58:58,250 --> 00:59:01,834
And what that demonstrates
is the extraordinary power
1289
00:59:01,917 --> 00:59:05,041
of the threat value of money.
1290
00:59:08,959 --> 00:59:11,041
The iceberg effect is
1291
00:59:11,125 --> 00:59:14,333
we see a tiny bit
of the contributions
on the surface.
1292
00:59:14,417 --> 00:59:17,375
But below the water,
there's an extraordinary
amount of
1293
00:59:17,458 --> 00:59:19,291
threatened contributions
1294
00:59:19,375 --> 00:59:22,083
that have the effect
of disciplining members
of Congress,
1295
00:59:22,166 --> 00:59:25,375
and that's what happening
with climate change.
1296
00:59:25,458 --> 00:59:28,917
But whether or not
the Republicans
are more extreme,
1297
00:59:29,000 --> 00:59:32,083
the Democrats are also
extremely sensitive,
1298
00:59:32,166 --> 00:59:33,709
and constrained,
1299
00:59:33,792 --> 00:59:36,083
by the way they
need to raise money.
1300
00:59:36,166 --> 00:59:39,417
Newscaster:
Senate Democrats have
a super majority of 60.
1301
00:59:39,500 --> 00:59:42,208
Republicans will be powerless
to stop them.
1302
00:59:42,291 --> 00:59:45,375
Lessig:
The Democrats couldn't bring
climate change legislation
1303
00:59:45,458 --> 00:59:47,250
when they had
a super majority
1304
00:59:47,333 --> 00:59:49,792
in the House and in the Senate,
1305
00:59:49,875 --> 00:59:53,625
because they knew the cost
from the carbon industries
1306
00:59:53,709 --> 00:59:57,417
jumping in and defeating
Democrats would be too great.
1307
00:59:57,500 --> 01:00:00,583
And what we need is an
opportunity for Congressmen
1308
01:00:00,667 --> 01:00:04,792
to decide what to do
on the basis of what
they think is right,
1309
01:00:04,875 --> 01:00:06,875
independent of this anxiety
1310
01:00:06,959 --> 01:00:11,583
that these tiny numbers
of very powerful funders
1311
01:00:11,667 --> 01:00:15,166
will make it so that
their decision is too costly
1312
01:00:15,250 --> 01:00:17,125
for them and their party.
1313
01:00:19,375 --> 01:00:21,125
Announcer:
Chipping away at your rights.
1314
01:00:21,208 --> 01:00:23,542
Chipping away at your freedom.
1315
01:00:23,625 --> 01:00:27,125
And now they're attacking
our Second Amendment rights.
1316
01:00:28,250 --> 01:00:30,500
Chipping away at your future.
1317
01:00:30,583 --> 01:00:32,959
But you can stop them
right now.
1318
01:00:33,041 --> 01:00:35,792
On November 2nd,
vote Ken Buck.
1319
01:00:35,875 --> 01:00:37,959
He defends our
Second Amendment rights.
1320
01:00:38,041 --> 01:00:41,834
The NRA Political Victory Fund
is responsible for the content
of this advertising.
1321
01:00:41,917 --> 01:00:44,125
Sure, I ran for
the Senate in 2010,
1322
01:00:44,208 --> 01:00:46,750
and the NRA spent a lot of money
in that campaign.
1323
01:00:46,834 --> 01:00:50,125
The truth is that
I've never received, um,
1324
01:00:50,208 --> 01:00:52,458
more than one or two percent
1325
01:00:52,542 --> 01:00:56,667
of my total campaign
contributions from, uh, the NRA.
1326
01:00:56,750 --> 01:01:00,000
I'm not influenced by anybody
in the gun area.
1327
01:01:00,083 --> 01:01:02,834
I am a firm believer
in our Second Amendment rights,
1328
01:01:02,917 --> 01:01:05,041
and that's why I vote
the way I do.
1329
01:01:10,709 --> 01:01:12,500
I was a district attorney
for 10 years,
1330
01:01:12,583 --> 01:01:14,792
and it's the best job
I've had.
1331
01:01:14,875 --> 01:01:18,208
As a district attorney,
you really get
the 30,000-foot view
1332
01:01:18,291 --> 01:01:19,875
of crime in a community,
1333
01:01:19,959 --> 01:01:22,291
and what can you do
to solve that crime,
1334
01:01:22,375 --> 01:01:24,834
and to change the way
a community looks at crime.
1335
01:01:24,917 --> 01:01:27,083
Man:
You wanna shoot bad guys,
or you wanna shoot targets, or--
1336
01:01:27,166 --> 01:01:29,041
-Buck: Bad guys.
-Chief of Staff?
What do you say?
1337
01:01:29,125 --> 01:01:30,792
-Oh.
-Woman: Do you
have any terrorists?
1338
01:01:30,875 --> 01:01:33,250
Um, do we have any Osamas left?
1339
01:01:33,333 --> 01:01:36,750
That, that guy looks great.
The third from the bottom there
looks great.
1340
01:01:38,083 --> 01:01:39,667
I think candidates,
1341
01:01:39,750 --> 01:01:42,542
elected officials,
and political parties
1342
01:01:42,625 --> 01:01:47,083
all react to
a narrative created by
special interest groups.
1343
01:01:47,166 --> 01:01:50,250
And that narrative is often
single issue.
1344
01:01:50,333 --> 01:01:52,333
And the narrative
is often extreme.
1345
01:01:52,417 --> 01:01:54,875
Woman:
The only way
we save our country
1346
01:01:54,959 --> 01:01:59,041
and our freedom is to fight
this violence of lies
1347
01:01:59,125 --> 01:02:01,250
with the clenched fist of truth.
1348
01:02:01,333 --> 01:02:04,625
I'm the National
Rifle Association of America.
1349
01:02:04,709 --> 01:02:07,417
And I'm freedom's
safest place.
1350
01:02:07,500 --> 01:02:08,792
(fires)
1351
01:02:08,875 --> 01:02:11,542
(shots firing)
1352
01:02:11,959 --> 01:02:14,417
Man: Boom!
That's what I'm talking about.
1353
01:02:14,500 --> 01:02:17,542
Buck:
And if you don't conform
to that narrative,
1354
01:02:17,625 --> 01:02:19,667
you lose support financially,
1355
01:02:19,750 --> 01:02:22,834
you lose support of
a certain group of voters,
1356
01:02:22,917 --> 01:02:24,875
who say, "I'm not gonna
vote for that candidate.
1357
01:02:24,959 --> 01:02:27,375
"I want this person
who is the most extreme,
1358
01:02:27,458 --> 01:02:30,083
the, the person who's gonna
throw out the most red meat."
1359
01:02:30,166 --> 01:02:32,875
So, yes, I think, that,
uh, part of the problem
1360
01:02:32,959 --> 01:02:36,000
with nuancing is that
people expect to hear
red meat,
1361
01:02:36,083 --> 01:02:37,542
or they consider it a weakness.
1362
01:02:37,625 --> 01:02:41,000
(firing)
1363
01:02:44,625 --> 01:02:46,583
Newscaster:
Panic in El Paso this morning
1364
01:02:46,667 --> 01:02:48,834
when a day of shopping
turned into horror,
1365
01:02:48,917 --> 01:02:50,750
with an active shooter
on the loose.
1366
01:02:50,834 --> 01:02:52,667
Newscaster 2 :
Law enforcement officials
in Texas say
1367
01:02:52,750 --> 01:02:56,125
they believe the attack
was motivated by
anti-immigrant hatred.
1368
01:02:56,208 --> 01:02:59,792
The weapon used
in today's shooting
was an AK-47
1369
01:02:59,875 --> 01:03:02,083
semi-automatic
assault-style rifle.
1370
01:03:02,458 --> 01:03:05,792
You know, I'm a proud
lifetime member of the NRA.
1371
01:03:05,875 --> 01:03:08,125
I'm a gun owner.
1372
01:03:08,208 --> 01:03:10,333
America has nothing to fear
1373
01:03:10,417 --> 01:03:12,417
from law-abiding gun owners.
1374
01:03:12,500 --> 01:03:14,542
Newscaster:
Right now, here in studio,
1375
01:03:14,625 --> 01:03:17,166
Congressman Matt Gaetz
from, uh, the great state
of Florida.
1376
01:03:17,250 --> 01:03:19,834
Gaetz:
It is a tough time
for our country
1377
01:03:19,917 --> 01:03:22,625
in these instances
of great casualty.
1378
01:03:22,709 --> 01:03:24,542
President Trump was right
when he said that,
1379
01:03:24,625 --> 01:03:26,333
"It's not the gun
that pulls the trigger."
1380
01:03:26,417 --> 01:03:28,208
It is this hate-filled
motivation
1381
01:03:28,291 --> 01:03:29,959
that we've gotta
get to the bottom of.
1382
01:03:30,041 --> 01:03:32,500
-Man: Always a pleasure.
-Thank you guys
for having us on.
1383
01:03:32,583 --> 01:03:33,792
-Yeah, thanks again, Todd.
-Absolutely.
1384
01:03:33,875 --> 01:03:35,333
Gaetz: All right.
Best of luck to you.
1385
01:03:35,417 --> 01:03:36,667
Hi, there. Matt Gaetz.
1386
01:03:36,750 --> 01:03:38,917
-Marlene. Marlene June.
-Where are you guys from?
1387
01:03:39,000 --> 01:03:40,792
-Red Bank, New Jersey.
-Oh, wonderful.
1388
01:03:40,875 --> 01:03:42,667
-Happy to see you, meet you.
-Nice to see you, as well.
1389
01:03:42,750 --> 01:03:46,667
I want to be thin,
sexy, happy...
Republican.
1390
01:03:46,750 --> 01:03:48,458
I want to be all
those things, too.
1391
01:03:48,542 --> 01:03:50,583
-(laughing)
-We'll use the soft lens.
1392
01:03:50,667 --> 01:03:52,458
-Marlene June:
Thank you so much.
-No, thank you guys.
1393
01:03:52,542 --> 01:03:54,875
-Man: Are you gonna do anything?
-I appreciate you.
Have a great day.
1394
01:03:54,959 --> 01:03:57,834
Man: Or you just gonna
do the same thing?
Sit on your hands?
1395
01:03:58,458 --> 01:04:01,583
Do something!
Stop letting people
die all the time
1396
01:04:01,667 --> 01:04:04,083
from these white
supremacist terrorists!
1397
01:04:09,125 --> 01:04:11,333
John Sarbanes:
If you're angry and passionate
1398
01:04:11,417 --> 01:04:16,083
about the fact that
we can't get the most basic,
1399
01:04:16,166 --> 01:04:19,667
common sense gun
safety measures in place,
1400
01:04:19,750 --> 01:04:23,000
then be angry about the fact
that the gun lobby and the NRA
1401
01:04:23,083 --> 01:04:25,000
have been spending
millions of dollars up here
1402
01:04:25,083 --> 01:04:26,667
to advance their agenda.
1403
01:04:26,750 --> 01:04:29,041
That's just connecting the dots.
1404
01:04:29,125 --> 01:04:32,333
You care about tax policy,
health care, the environment,
1405
01:04:32,417 --> 01:04:35,000
you gotta care about
where the money's coming from.
1406
01:04:35,083 --> 01:04:36,709
And members of the public,
1407
01:04:36,792 --> 01:04:40,500
voters out there,
they're starting to
connect these dots.
1408
01:04:40,583 --> 01:04:42,917
Somewhere in America,
1409
01:04:43,000 --> 01:04:45,000
there's a family
in their living room
1410
01:04:45,083 --> 01:04:47,208
hearing another report
about how billionaires
1411
01:04:47,291 --> 01:04:50,083
and super PACs and insiders
are running Washington,
1412
01:04:50,166 --> 01:04:52,917
and calling the shots
on what happens
in their lives.
1413
01:04:53,000 --> 01:04:56,709
And they're asking themselves,
"Do we matter anymore?"
1414
01:04:56,792 --> 01:05:00,041
H.R. 1 says to that family,
1415
01:05:00,125 --> 01:05:02,417
and millions of families
across the country
1416
01:05:02,500 --> 01:05:03,709
who feel the same way,
1417
01:05:03,792 --> 01:05:06,625
"We get it. We hear you.
1418
01:05:06,709 --> 01:05:08,709
We want to change this place."
1419
01:05:08,792 --> 01:05:12,542
Lessig:
Nancy Pelosi was convinced
by John Sarbanes
1420
01:05:12,625 --> 01:05:16,875
to make H.R. 1 the first thing
that Congress took up
after 2018.
1421
01:05:16,959 --> 01:05:19,750
And H.R. 1 was
the most important
1422
01:05:19,834 --> 01:05:22,417
reform legislation
that Congress has considered
1423
01:05:22,500 --> 01:05:25,834
since the Voting Rights Act
of 1965.
1424
01:05:25,917 --> 01:05:28,417
Sarbanes:
The reforms we proposed:
1425
01:05:28,500 --> 01:05:30,875
fixing partisan
gerrymandering,
1426
01:05:30,959 --> 01:05:33,417
making it easier
for people to vote,
1427
01:05:33,500 --> 01:05:35,875
boosting election security,
1428
01:05:35,959 --> 01:05:39,250
more disclosure on where
dark money is coming from,
1429
01:05:39,333 --> 01:05:42,625
public financing to power
campaigns in this country,
1430
01:05:42,709 --> 01:05:44,625
so we don't have to go
hat in hand
1431
01:05:44,709 --> 01:05:46,625
to lobbyists
and big money donors.
1432
01:05:46,709 --> 01:05:51,250
Every single one of those
polls at 75, 80, 85 percent
in the public,
1433
01:05:51,333 --> 01:05:55,500
so there's a lot of Republicans
that support these reforms.
1434
01:05:55,583 --> 01:05:59,792
It's just a matter of getting
their representatives
in Washington
1435
01:05:59,875 --> 01:06:02,917
to pay more attention to that
and deliver on that.
1436
01:06:03,041 --> 01:06:06,333
Newscaster:
House Democrats passed
sweeping anti-corruption
1437
01:06:06,417 --> 01:06:08,291
and voting rights legislation,
1438
01:06:08,375 --> 01:06:13,458
234 to 193 on party lines.
1439
01:06:13,542 --> 01:06:16,458
Massie:
There are these
messaging bills, like H.R. 1,
1440
01:06:16,542 --> 01:06:18,792
where the party in power
in the House
1441
01:06:18,875 --> 01:06:21,625
never really intends for them
to pass the Senate.
1442
01:06:21,709 --> 01:06:24,583
They're just trying
to send a message.
1443
01:06:24,667 --> 01:06:26,625
Buck:
It was a Democrat bill
1444
01:06:26,709 --> 01:06:29,834
that focused on getting folks
that had low turnout
1445
01:06:29,917 --> 01:06:32,166
to turn out to vote,
because they believe that
1446
01:06:32,250 --> 01:06:35,208
if they could turn out
those voters, they would
win more elections.
1447
01:06:36,375 --> 01:06:37,834
Gaetz:
I voted against H.R. 1
1448
01:06:37,917 --> 01:06:41,250
because I do not support
public financing of campaigns.
1449
01:06:41,333 --> 01:06:43,834
It is taking money
away from taxpayers
1450
01:06:43,917 --> 01:06:48,375
to fund efforts that annoy
the shit out of taxpayers.
1451
01:06:48,458 --> 01:06:52,166
Lessig:
If you are not willing
to take on the role of money
1452
01:06:52,250 --> 01:06:54,291
in the election of members
to Congress,
1453
01:06:54,375 --> 01:06:56,333
you're not a serious reformer.
1454
01:06:56,417 --> 01:06:58,625
Like, you can call yourself
a reformer.
1455
01:06:58,709 --> 01:07:00,166
But you're not changing anything
1456
01:07:00,250 --> 01:07:03,667
if you don't change
the core dynamic of incentives
1457
01:07:03,750 --> 01:07:05,417
for electing people
into Congress.
1458
01:07:05,500 --> 01:07:07,834
A party line vote,
Republicans have been
killing it,
1459
01:07:07,917 --> 01:07:10,166
noting it would use
taxpayer dollars
1460
01:07:10,250 --> 01:07:11,834
to help fund
political campaigns.
1461
01:07:11,917 --> 01:07:13,375
Majority leader
Mitch McConnell says
1462
01:07:13,458 --> 01:07:15,333
it's dead on arrival
in the Senate.
1463
01:07:15,417 --> 01:07:16,667
A power grab
1464
01:07:16,750 --> 01:07:18,959
is smelling more and more
1465
01:07:19,041 --> 01:07:21,667
like exactly what it is.
1466
01:07:21,750 --> 01:07:26,166
Lessig:
Mitch McConnell called H.R. 1
a Democratic power grab.
1467
01:07:26,250 --> 01:07:31,041
And it is, in a small "d,"
democratic sense,
1468
01:07:31,125 --> 01:07:33,500
because the existing system
we have right now
1469
01:07:33,583 --> 01:07:37,625
disables incredibly important
swaths of Americans
1470
01:07:37,709 --> 01:07:40,166
from being able to
participate equally
1471
01:07:40,250 --> 01:07:42,083
in our political system.
1472
01:07:42,166 --> 01:07:45,542
Pelosi:
H.R. 1 restores
the people's faith
1473
01:07:45,625 --> 01:07:48,625
that government works
for the people's interest.
1474
01:07:48,709 --> 01:07:51,291
Not the special interests.
1475
01:07:51,375 --> 01:07:53,417
I've been critical
of Nancy Pelosi.
1476
01:07:53,500 --> 01:07:57,875
I think in many ways,
she practiced exactly
the kind of corruption
1477
01:07:57,959 --> 01:08:00,083
that I care about addressing.
1478
01:08:00,166 --> 01:08:02,291
I don't think she was
ever personally corrupt.
1479
01:08:02,375 --> 01:08:05,542
But she was one of
the biggest fundraisers
in Congress.
1480
01:08:05,625 --> 01:08:08,583
But I know that many
in that Democratic caucus
1481
01:08:08,667 --> 01:08:11,417
did not want to vote in favor
of H.R. 1.
1482
01:08:11,500 --> 01:08:14,709
And she basically
made it a requirement.
1483
01:08:14,792 --> 01:08:17,250
Sarbanes:
The hardest thing
in the world to do
1484
01:08:17,333 --> 01:08:20,375
would be to get
these reforms passed.
1485
01:08:20,458 --> 01:08:23,834
Even if Democrats end up
getting the opportunity
1486
01:08:23,917 --> 01:08:27,083
to do it across the Capitol
and in the White House,
1487
01:08:27,166 --> 01:08:30,417
because it's human nature
to feel like
1488
01:08:30,500 --> 01:08:33,625
if you're in control,
order has been restored,
1489
01:08:33,709 --> 01:08:36,917
and maybe you don't
have to go do all those
dramatic things
1490
01:08:37,000 --> 01:08:38,750
that you talked about.
1491
01:08:38,834 --> 01:08:42,250
But the power of this message,
as it's been used,
1492
01:08:42,333 --> 01:08:44,917
this fighting corruption,
fixing democracy,
1493
01:08:45,000 --> 01:08:47,208
draining the swamp,
whatever you want to call it,
1494
01:08:47,291 --> 01:08:50,709
the electoral power of that
is a validation
1495
01:08:50,792 --> 01:08:53,291
that the public
across the spectrum
1496
01:08:53,375 --> 01:08:55,083
wants to see these changes.
1497
01:08:55,166 --> 01:08:57,667
(cheering and applause)
1498
01:08:57,750 --> 01:09:00,250
Trump:
The special interests,
Wall Street,
1499
01:09:00,333 --> 01:09:02,250
the career politicians...
1500
01:09:02,333 --> 01:09:03,834
The system is rigged,
1501
01:09:03,917 --> 01:09:06,000
and I've been saying it
for a long time.
1502
01:09:06,083 --> 01:09:08,834
The super PACs are a scam.
1503
01:09:08,917 --> 01:09:10,875
They have total control
over the candidates.
1504
01:09:10,959 --> 01:09:13,458
These interests have rigged
1505
01:09:13,542 --> 01:09:15,792
our political
and economic system
1506
01:09:15,875 --> 01:09:18,333
for their exclusive benefit.
1507
01:09:18,417 --> 01:09:21,792
But with your help,
we're going to beat the system,
1508
01:09:21,875 --> 01:09:24,458
and we're gonna
un-rig the system.
1509
01:09:24,542 --> 01:09:26,375
John Roberts:
Congratulations,
Mr. President.
1510
01:09:28,542 --> 01:09:31,709
Lesley Stahl:
You said that lobbyists
own politicians
1511
01:09:31,792 --> 01:09:33,125
because they give them money.
1512
01:09:33,208 --> 01:09:35,333
-You admitted you
used to do it yourself.
-Sure.
1513
01:09:35,417 --> 01:09:39,000
But your own transition team,
filled with lobbyists.
1514
01:09:39,083 --> 01:09:40,500
Everybody's a lobbyist
down there.
1515
01:09:40,583 --> 01:09:41,667
-That's what they are.
They're lobbyists
-No, wait!
1516
01:09:41,750 --> 01:09:43,291
On your own transition team--
1517
01:09:43,375 --> 01:09:45,000
We're trying to clean up
Washington. Look--
1518
01:09:45,083 --> 01:09:46,250
How can you clean it up--
1519
01:09:46,333 --> 01:09:48,333
Everything--
everything down there...
1520
01:09:48,417 --> 01:09:51,458
There are no people.
They're all people that work--
1521
01:09:51,542 --> 01:09:53,500
That's the problem
with the system.
1522
01:09:53,583 --> 01:09:57,250
Interviewer:
What has President Trump done
to drain the swamp?
1523
01:09:59,125 --> 01:10:03,291
President Trump's most,
I think, uh,
1524
01:10:03,375 --> 01:10:06,041
antiseptic impact on the swamp
1525
01:10:06,125 --> 01:10:07,834
has come through a mentality
1526
01:10:07,917 --> 01:10:11,834
that the professional
class around here
is not in charge anymore.
1527
01:10:11,917 --> 01:10:13,875
Interviewer:
But we're talking about
draining the swamp.
1528
01:10:13,959 --> 01:10:17,875
I thought he was talking about
getting rid of the lobbyists
1529
01:10:17,959 --> 01:10:20,125
and special interests'
hold on this town.
1530
01:10:20,208 --> 01:10:22,333
With President Trump in office,
1531
01:10:22,417 --> 01:10:24,500
the lobbyists
and special interests
1532
01:10:24,583 --> 01:10:26,417
have never been
less empowered.
1533
01:10:26,500 --> 01:10:29,542
Reporter 1:
President Trump said that
he would "drain the swamp,"
1534
01:10:29,625 --> 01:10:33,250
taking power away from
Washington lobbyists
and special interests.
1535
01:10:33,333 --> 01:10:37,041
Now, more of them
have seats at his table
in his cabinet.
1536
01:10:37,125 --> 01:10:40,500
Reporter 2: In total,
more than 300 lobbyists
1537
01:10:40,583 --> 01:10:42,875
now work in the Trump
administration,
1538
01:10:42,959 --> 01:10:46,333
many overseeing the industries
they used to lobby for.
1539
01:10:46,417 --> 01:10:48,792
Reporter 3:
They've essentially sold out
government agencies,
1540
01:10:48,875 --> 01:10:50,500
and the White House,
to industry.
1541
01:10:50,583 --> 01:10:53,125
Reporter 4:
Wall Street
loves Donald Trump.
1542
01:10:53,208 --> 01:10:56,083
Reporter 5:
Big money contributions
from friendly donors
1543
01:10:56,166 --> 01:10:57,875
are paying off for them.
1544
01:10:57,959 --> 01:10:59,500
Reporter 6:
Large political contributors
1545
01:10:59,583 --> 01:11:01,083
buy access to President Trump
1546
01:11:01,166 --> 01:11:04,250
using political contributions
to Trump's super PAC...
1547
01:11:04,333 --> 01:11:06,375
Reporter 7:
Trump businesses
are making a killing
1548
01:11:06,458 --> 01:11:08,792
from political groups
and federal agencies.
1549
01:11:08,875 --> 01:11:12,208
Reporter 8:
President Trump's landmark
Washington, DC, hotel.
1550
01:11:12,291 --> 01:11:14,250
It's been a hot spot
for lobbyists
1551
01:11:14,333 --> 01:11:17,709
who want to gain favor
with the Trump administration.
1552
01:11:17,792 --> 01:11:21,291
But if you look at
drain the swamp,
I am draining the swamp.
1553
01:11:21,375 --> 01:11:23,000
Thank you very much.
1554
01:11:32,583 --> 01:11:35,417
So what are you hearing
about our amendment?
1555
01:11:35,500 --> 01:11:38,375
Khanna:
That it's still
a little bit uphill,
1556
01:11:38,458 --> 01:11:40,125
but, uh, they're pushing it.
1557
01:11:40,208 --> 01:11:42,125
-What are you hearing
on your side?
-Same thing.
1558
01:11:42,208 --> 01:11:46,709
I'm hearing that there
are definitely some
members of the war lobby
1559
01:11:46,792 --> 01:11:48,959
who are singularly focused on
1560
01:11:49,041 --> 01:11:51,458
ensuring that our
work product's not included.
1561
01:11:51,542 --> 01:11:53,959
Gaetz:
The Khanna-Gaetz amendment
passed
1562
01:11:54,041 --> 01:11:55,500
in the
House of Representatives.
1563
01:11:55,583 --> 01:11:57,333
Woman:
The "yeas" are 251,
1564
01:11:57,417 --> 01:11:59,041
and the "nays" are 170.
1565
01:11:59,125 --> 01:12:00,542
The amendment is adopted.
1566
01:12:00,625 --> 01:12:02,667
Gaetz:
We got essentially
every Democrat vote,
1567
01:12:02,750 --> 01:12:05,375
and we got 27 Republicans
to vote for it,
1568
01:12:05,458 --> 01:12:08,417
so it is in the House version
of the NDAA,
1569
01:12:08,500 --> 01:12:10,625
and when it was voted on
in the Senate,
1570
01:12:10,709 --> 01:12:14,333
we got 50 votes,
and there were fewer
than 50 votes against it.
1571
01:12:14,417 --> 01:12:17,458
But in the crazy rules
of the United States Senate,
1572
01:12:17,542 --> 01:12:20,583
even when you get
the most votes,
you can still lose
1573
01:12:20,667 --> 01:12:22,834
if you have not reached
a 60-vote threshold.
1574
01:12:22,917 --> 01:12:24,959
And we're making the case that
1575
01:12:25,041 --> 01:12:28,583
because of the broad
bipartisan support of
Khanna-Gaetz in the House,
1576
01:12:28,667 --> 01:12:31,208
and because more people
voted for it than against it
in the Senate,
1577
01:12:31,291 --> 01:12:34,542
it should absolutely be
presented to the President
for his signature.
1578
01:12:34,625 --> 01:12:37,792
Where has McConnell
traditionally been on these
war powers issues?
1579
01:12:37,875 --> 01:12:41,667
I think the best guess
of where he's gonna be
on this issue
1580
01:12:41,750 --> 01:12:44,834
is, uh, where the President
wants him to be on this issue.
1581
01:12:44,917 --> 01:12:46,583
And the President sees this
1582
01:12:46,667 --> 01:12:49,333
as an important part of his
rebuilding the military,
1583
01:12:49,417 --> 01:12:51,583
and he's not gonna
send the signal
to Mitch McConnell to,
1584
01:12:51,667 --> 01:12:53,417
to, uh, work with us on this.
1585
01:12:54,750 --> 01:12:56,083
Huh.
1586
01:12:56,166 --> 01:12:57,917
Trump:
This destructive cycle
1587
01:12:58,000 --> 01:13:00,500
of intervention and chaos
1588
01:13:00,583 --> 01:13:04,291
must finally, folks,
come to an end.
1589
01:13:04,375 --> 01:13:05,834
Come to an end.
1590
01:13:05,917 --> 01:13:08,250
We need to ask those
who voted for the war
1591
01:13:08,333 --> 01:13:11,208
how can you give the President
a blank check,
1592
01:13:11,291 --> 01:13:13,834
and then act surprised
when he cashes it?
1593
01:13:13,917 --> 01:13:16,542
We keep trying to
elect Presidents to end wars.
1594
01:13:16,625 --> 01:13:18,500
It's no coincidence
that Donald Trump
1595
01:13:18,583 --> 01:13:20,458
became President
in the Republican field.
1596
01:13:20,542 --> 01:13:23,125
He said that the war in Iraq
was a blunder
1597
01:13:23,208 --> 01:13:24,458
in the Republican primary.
1598
01:13:24,542 --> 01:13:28,333
The war in Iraq was
a big, fat mistake.
1599
01:13:28,417 --> 01:13:31,542
And yet, we've been too slow
to roll back these wars.
1600
01:13:31,625 --> 01:13:33,500
And I think we need a Congress
1601
01:13:33,583 --> 01:13:37,000
willing to stand up
to a President,
regardless of party.
1602
01:13:37,083 --> 01:13:40,709
Massie:
It would be a very solid
brick in the wall
1603
01:13:40,792 --> 01:13:42,583
in reestablishing
1604
01:13:42,667 --> 01:13:44,500
our Congressional war powers
1605
01:13:44,583 --> 01:13:46,500
if something like
Ro Khanna's amendment
1606
01:13:46,583 --> 01:13:51,250
could get placed in
the National Defense
Authorization Act.
1607
01:13:51,333 --> 01:13:54,583
But it always feels like
Charlie Brown and Lucy.
1608
01:13:54,667 --> 01:13:57,917
We get ready to
kick the football,
and Lucy pulls it away.
1609
01:13:58,000 --> 01:13:59,625
Charlie Brown:
(screams) Ugh!
1610
01:13:59,709 --> 01:14:01,542
-(thuds)
-(grunts)
1611
01:14:03,083 --> 01:14:08,166
♪
1612
01:14:09,875 --> 01:14:12,917
Announcer:
This is an "ABC News"
Special Report.
1613
01:14:13,000 --> 01:14:14,291
George Stephanopoulos:
Good afternoon.
1614
01:14:14,375 --> 01:14:15,709
We're coming on
the air right now
1615
01:14:15,792 --> 01:14:17,750
with major breaking news
from Capitol Hill.
1616
01:14:17,834 --> 01:14:20,709
The House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
has made that dramatic shift
1617
01:14:20,792 --> 01:14:23,917
to decide to open a formal
impeachment inquiry
of President Trump.
1618
01:14:24,000 --> 01:14:27,041
It comes in the wake of
President Trump's confirmation
1619
01:14:27,125 --> 01:14:29,291
that he withheld
military aid from Ukraine
1620
01:14:29,375 --> 01:14:31,750
about a week before
a July 25th phone call
1621
01:14:31,834 --> 01:14:33,583
with the Ukrainian
President,
1622
01:14:33,667 --> 01:14:36,291
where he was reported
to have encouraged
the Ukrainian President
1623
01:14:36,375 --> 01:14:39,208
to investigate Joe Biden
and his son Hunter,
1624
01:14:39,291 --> 01:14:41,458
who had business interests
in the Ukraine.
1625
01:14:41,542 --> 01:14:45,291
Newscaster:
Zelensky was interested in
Javelin anti-tank missiles
1626
01:14:45,375 --> 01:14:48,583
to defend himself from
Russian-backed rebels.
1627
01:14:48,667 --> 01:14:50,333
Mr. Trump replied,
1628
01:14:50,417 --> 01:14:52,959
"I would like you to
do us a favor, though."
1629
01:14:53,041 --> 01:14:54,875
What you just described
is a quid pro quo.
1630
01:14:54,959 --> 01:14:57,041
We do that all the time.
Get over it.
1631
01:14:57,125 --> 01:15:00,834
The fact that Trump
called Zelensky a day
after Mueller testified,
1632
01:15:00,917 --> 01:15:02,583
tells you everything
you need to know
1633
01:15:02,667 --> 01:15:04,542
about the hubris
of this President.
1634
01:15:04,625 --> 01:15:07,667
-He's very happy.
-Pelosi: The President
of the United States
1635
01:15:07,750 --> 01:15:09,458
used taxpayer dollars
1636
01:15:09,542 --> 01:15:12,166
to shake down the leader
of another country
1637
01:15:12,250 --> 01:15:14,417
for his own political gain.
1638
01:15:17,750 --> 01:15:20,834
Gaetz:
Why are Nancy Pelosi
and today's House Democrats
1639
01:15:20,917 --> 01:15:24,208
not giving President Trump
the same due process rights
1640
01:15:24,291 --> 01:15:26,166
that Newt Gingrich
and Republicans
1641
01:15:26,250 --> 01:15:29,000
gave to Bill Clinton during
his impeachment process?
1642
01:15:29,083 --> 01:15:32,667
Instead, what you see
are secret hearings,
secret depositions,
1643
01:15:32,750 --> 01:15:36,583
and then selective leaks
to try to fit a predetermined
narrative.
1644
01:15:36,667 --> 01:15:38,667
What we see in this impeachment
1645
01:15:38,750 --> 01:15:40,166
is a kangaroo court.
1646
01:15:40,250 --> 01:15:42,000
And Chairman Schiff
is acting like
1647
01:15:42,083 --> 01:15:43,542
a malicious Captain Kangaroo.
1648
01:15:43,625 --> 01:15:47,500
"Chairman Schiff is acting like
a malicious Captain Kangaroo."
1649
01:15:47,583 --> 01:15:51,417
Trump's being railroaded
by the terrifying
Thomas the Tank engine.
1650
01:15:51,500 --> 01:15:53,917
This whole thing is
a load of Howdy Doody,
1651
01:15:54,000 --> 01:15:57,500
and is brought to you
by the letters "F" and "U."
1652
01:16:02,291 --> 01:16:04,417
Gaetz:
A lot of younger Republicans
1653
01:16:04,500 --> 01:16:05,917
who've just been elected
come to me,
1654
01:16:06,000 --> 01:16:09,166
asking for advice about
how to grow their profile
1655
01:16:09,250 --> 01:16:12,875
and become more proficient
in media, and online.
1656
01:16:12,959 --> 01:16:15,083
And I tell 'em at the outset,
1657
01:16:15,166 --> 01:16:17,792
"You make yourself a target
when you live like I live."
1658
01:16:17,875 --> 01:16:20,875
I mean, if you want to
really get in the fight,
1659
01:16:20,959 --> 01:16:23,375
there's going to be
some return fire.
1660
01:16:23,458 --> 01:16:27,500
And most of the time,
when I let folks know
that that's the case,
1661
01:16:27,583 --> 01:16:30,792
they're not interested
in any more advice
about how to do it.
1662
01:16:32,500 --> 01:16:35,959
I, uh, don't go out
to eat much, because...
1663
01:16:36,041 --> 01:16:38,291
in this town, you know,
if you go out to eat,
1664
01:16:38,375 --> 01:16:40,375
it's always the opportunity,
for...
1665
01:16:40,458 --> 01:16:43,500
you know, someone with
an iPhone and an axe to grind
1666
01:16:43,583 --> 01:16:46,250
to come up and try
to have their viral moment
1667
01:16:46,333 --> 01:16:47,917
at your expense, so...
1668
01:16:48,000 --> 01:16:51,000
Most nights, it's not,
uh, any fancy restaurant.
1669
01:16:51,083 --> 01:16:52,792
It's Uber Eats.
1670
01:16:52,875 --> 01:16:56,041
And, uh, I'm feeling
lamb chops tonight.
1671
01:16:56,125 --> 01:16:58,166
Thanks, I appreciate it.
1672
01:16:59,333 --> 01:17:01,000
(elevator dings)
1673
01:17:02,166 --> 01:17:04,041
This Ukraine stuff
1674
01:17:04,125 --> 01:17:06,917
is not impeachable conduct.
1675
01:17:07,000 --> 01:17:10,667
But it is a different dynamic
to litigate for us
1676
01:17:10,750 --> 01:17:15,166
as members of Congress
than the Russia probe,
1677
01:17:15,250 --> 01:17:19,125
because so many of us
were involved in the
President's campaign.
1678
01:17:19,208 --> 01:17:22,959
Gotta watch a little CNN.
Opposition research.
1679
01:17:23,041 --> 01:17:27,959
In 2016, I was speaking
at Trump rallies all over
the country,
1680
01:17:28,041 --> 01:17:29,792
I was communicating
with people who were
1681
01:17:29,875 --> 01:17:32,709
running the President's campaign
in various states.
1682
01:17:32,792 --> 01:17:35,792
And so I had an insight
that this was not someone
who was engaged
1683
01:17:35,875 --> 01:17:38,750
in some vast criminal
conspiracy with
the Russian Federation
1684
01:17:38,834 --> 01:17:41,542
to negatively impact
the US election.
1685
01:17:42,542 --> 01:17:44,250
But this ain't Russia.
1686
01:17:49,333 --> 01:17:52,083
(TV playing indistinctly)
1687
01:17:54,667 --> 01:17:56,917
Hey, Mr. President.
It's Matt Gaetz.
1688
01:17:58,875 --> 01:18:01,375
I don't need anything, sir.
Just calling to tell you
1689
01:18:01,458 --> 01:18:02,667
you did a great job today.
1690
01:18:02,750 --> 01:18:04,333
Don't let these people
get you down.
1691
01:18:04,417 --> 01:18:06,667
We're gonna keep fighting
for you with all we got.
1692
01:18:06,750 --> 01:18:08,750
(Trump speaking)
1693
01:18:08,834 --> 01:18:10,375
Well, thank you.
1694
01:18:11,959 --> 01:18:14,250
(Trump speaking)
1695
01:18:19,083 --> 01:18:20,542
(chuckles)
1696
01:18:23,834 --> 01:18:25,291
All right.
1697
01:18:39,250 --> 01:18:40,375
Yeah.
1698
01:18:40,458 --> 01:18:42,792
Well, wait till you see
what we got for tomorrow.
1699
01:18:52,250 --> 01:18:53,625
Right.
1700
01:18:59,625 --> 01:19:04,291
Well, and, and Zelensky
was shit-talking Macron
and Merkel.
1701
01:19:05,250 --> 01:19:07,917
About how they don't
do anything, and it's
the United States,
1702
01:19:08,000 --> 01:19:09,709
it's your movement
to drain the swamp
1703
01:19:09,792 --> 01:19:12,458
that inspired Ukraine
to better days.
1704
01:19:28,375 --> 01:19:31,208
Thank you. You're the best,
Mr. President.
1705
01:19:32,041 --> 01:19:33,333
Will do.
1706
01:19:33,959 --> 01:19:35,875
We will. See you.
1707
01:19:47,166 --> 01:19:49,834
(TV unmutes)
1708
01:19:51,875 --> 01:19:56,250
♪
1709
01:19:56,333 --> 01:19:57,834
Gaetz:
Our central point is that
1710
01:19:57,917 --> 01:19:59,959
regardless of how people
feel about the President,
1711
01:20:00,041 --> 01:20:01,500
this is no way
to run a railroad.
1712
01:20:01,583 --> 01:20:03,291
You know, that we
should not be, uh,
1713
01:20:03,375 --> 01:20:06,166
hiding things from
the American people,
and from members of Congress.
1714
01:20:06,250 --> 01:20:08,792
So, uh, those who want
to say a piece, say that.
1715
01:20:08,875 --> 01:20:10,166
Just kind of keep on
that message.
1716
01:20:10,250 --> 01:20:12,625
And then, after we're done,
we roll back there.
1717
01:20:12,709 --> 01:20:14,875
Andy Biggs:
It's another moment
in history, actually.
1718
01:20:14,959 --> 01:20:18,458
Ten years from now,
you'll be able to say,
we went down there.
1719
01:20:18,542 --> 01:20:19,667
We demanded it.
1720
01:20:19,750 --> 01:20:21,834
And we're not--
And we're not allowed in.
1721
01:20:21,917 --> 01:20:23,625
Yeah, we weren't allowed in.
1722
01:20:23,709 --> 01:20:25,417
-Let's do it!
-(indistinct chatter)
1723
01:20:28,208 --> 01:20:30,959
Gaetz:
I'm gathered here
with dozens
1724
01:20:31,041 --> 01:20:33,709
of my Congressional
colleagues
1725
01:20:33,792 --> 01:20:35,834
in the basement
of the Capitol.
1726
01:20:35,917 --> 01:20:37,458
because if
behind those doors,
1727
01:20:37,542 --> 01:20:40,166
they intend
to overturn the results
1728
01:20:40,250 --> 01:20:42,291
of an American
Presidential election,
1729
01:20:42,375 --> 01:20:44,125
we want to know
what's going on.
1730
01:20:44,208 --> 01:20:46,166
And so we're gonna
try to go in there
1731
01:20:46,250 --> 01:20:48,458
on behalf of
the millions of Americans
1732
01:20:48,542 --> 01:20:49,792
that we represent
1733
01:20:49,875 --> 01:20:52,166
that want to see this Congress
working for them,
1734
01:20:52,250 --> 01:20:54,834
and not obsessed with
attacking a President
1735
01:20:54,917 --> 01:20:58,417
who we believe
has not done anything
to deserve impeachment.
1736
01:20:58,500 --> 01:21:01,208
We're gonna go,
and see if we can get inside.
So...
1737
01:21:01,291 --> 01:21:03,542
Let's, uh...
Let's see if we can get in.
1738
01:21:03,625 --> 01:21:05,166
Newscaster:
Congressional Republicans
1739
01:21:05,250 --> 01:21:09,208
stormed this closed-door
deposition in a secure room
1740
01:21:09,291 --> 01:21:11,125
and disrupted the testimony
1741
01:21:11,208 --> 01:21:12,917
of the Deputy Assistant
Defense Secretary.
1742
01:21:13,000 --> 01:21:15,000
Congressman:
Do it in front of everybody!
1743
01:21:15,083 --> 01:21:17,750
In public! In public!
1744
01:21:17,834 --> 01:21:20,709
We just want to see
what you're doing!
Why are you hiding?
1745
01:21:20,792 --> 01:21:22,917
(indistinct chatter)
1746
01:21:23,750 --> 01:21:26,166
There's three doors to
get into the actual SCIF,
1747
01:21:26,250 --> 01:21:27,542
into the actual
intel committee.
1748
01:21:27,625 --> 01:21:28,709
So after the press conference
1749
01:21:28,792 --> 01:21:30,250
they all went to
the second door,
1750
01:21:30,333 --> 01:21:31,875
which is where
the police officer
actually is,
1751
01:21:31,959 --> 01:21:33,083
and he won't let anyone in.
1752
01:21:33,166 --> 01:21:35,000
But then they start chanting,
"Let us in,"
1753
01:21:35,083 --> 01:21:36,208
over and over again.
1754
01:21:36,291 --> 01:21:37,875
And then they kind of
bum-rush the door,
1755
01:21:37,959 --> 01:21:40,667
to where all the members
just kind of went past
the police officer,
1756
01:21:40,750 --> 01:21:42,458
and they weren't, obviously,
going to arrest them.
1757
01:21:42,542 --> 01:21:44,166
Newscaster:
It isn't over yet.
1758
01:21:44,250 --> 01:21:47,375
Those Republicans are still
in that secure room,
1759
01:21:47,458 --> 01:21:49,041
refusing to leave.
1760
01:21:49,125 --> 01:21:52,709
One Democratic Congressman
tells CNN that snacks were
brought in,
1761
01:21:52,792 --> 01:21:55,542
and they are now eating pizza.
1762
01:21:55,625 --> 01:21:58,959
♪
1763
01:22:04,166 --> 01:22:08,875
We're happy that everything
turned out favorably, and...
1764
01:22:08,959 --> 01:22:11,083
-Khanna:
Making news all over the place.
-Gaetz: Hey, man.
1765
01:22:11,166 --> 01:22:13,125
Um, I, uh, I talked to Smith,
1766
01:22:13,208 --> 01:22:15,250
and, uh, you know, I mean...
1767
01:22:15,333 --> 01:22:17,208
-Yeah.
-News looks bad.
1768
01:22:17,291 --> 01:22:19,542
-Does it?
-Yeah. I mean, I don't
know if they're, like,
1769
01:22:19,625 --> 01:22:21,750
getting ready to give up
fighting or what, but,
1770
01:22:21,834 --> 01:22:23,625
-doesn't look good.
-I haven't, I haven't heard.
1771
01:22:23,709 --> 01:22:25,375
-Yeah, he just said that--
-He keeps telling me that
1772
01:22:25,458 --> 01:22:27,125
-they're still fighting,
pushing, so--
-Yeah.
1773
01:22:27,208 --> 01:22:29,083
-Maybe he's just trying
to encourage me.
-(laughs)
1774
01:22:29,166 --> 01:22:30,750
-All right.
-See you, Ro.
1775
01:22:30,834 --> 01:22:33,834
Well, it was a scene not in
the United States Congress,
1776
01:22:33,917 --> 01:22:35,208
but at a fraternity.
1777
01:22:35,291 --> 01:22:38,083
I mean, you had about
20 Republicans come in.
1778
01:22:38,166 --> 01:22:40,208
They were yelling,
they brought in
1779
01:22:40,291 --> 01:22:41,750
their phones
into the SCIF,
1780
01:22:41,834 --> 01:22:44,458
which everyone knows
is against, uh, the law.
1781
01:22:44,542 --> 01:22:48,333
Uh, and then they started
ordering pizza, and there
were pizza boxes
1782
01:22:48,417 --> 01:22:50,250
strewn all over the SCIF.
1783
01:22:50,333 --> 01:22:51,583
I mean,
they didn't even clean up.
1784
01:22:51,667 --> 01:22:53,625
I mean, it was really
just an embarrassment.
1785
01:22:53,709 --> 01:22:56,458
And by the way,
Republicans are in that room,
1786
01:22:56,542 --> 01:22:59,834
they get to ask questions,
they get equal time
as the Democrats,
1787
01:22:59,917 --> 01:23:01,792
so it's the height
of hypocrisy
1788
01:23:01,875 --> 01:23:03,834
for Republicans to complain.
1789
01:23:04,875 --> 01:23:06,333
Passerby 1:
Shame!
1790
01:23:09,959 --> 01:23:12,083
Passerby 2:
What an asshole.
1791
01:23:14,208 --> 01:23:15,834
TMZ reporter: You know,
you just single-handedly
1792
01:23:15,917 --> 01:23:19,291
led a group to shut down
this entire impeachment
investigation.
1793
01:23:19,375 --> 01:23:21,208
What-- What were
you thinking, man?
1794
01:23:21,291 --> 01:23:23,667
We were, uh, like,
you know, the 300,
1795
01:23:23,750 --> 01:23:26,375
standing in the breach,
to try to stop the radical left
1796
01:23:26,458 --> 01:23:28,667
from starm--
storming over our democracy.
1797
01:23:28,750 --> 01:23:31,166
Did the President
tell you guys to do this
or did you decide on your own?
1798
01:23:31,250 --> 01:23:33,458
No, I, uh, haven't chatted
with the President about it,
1799
01:23:33,542 --> 01:23:36,792
thought I suspect he may
have a view he might
want to share after today.
1800
01:23:36,875 --> 01:23:38,667
Lou Dobbs:
The President tweeted this:
1801
01:23:38,750 --> 01:23:42,208
"Thank you
to House Republicans
for being tough, smart,
1802
01:23:42,291 --> 01:23:44,208
"and understanding in detail
1803
01:23:44,291 --> 01:23:47,250
the greatest witch hunt
in American history."
1804
01:23:48,125 --> 01:23:50,500
♪
1805
01:23:50,583 --> 01:23:53,959
Khanna:
You know, when you read
Madison's "Federalist 51,"
1806
01:23:54,041 --> 01:23:57,000
his theory of separation
of powers was very simple.
1807
01:23:57,083 --> 01:23:59,500
He said,
"Politicians are ambitious,
1808
01:23:59,583 --> 01:24:02,166
and ambition will
counteract ambition."
1809
01:24:02,250 --> 01:24:05,208
You don't really have to
worry about the President
being too powerful,
1810
01:24:05,291 --> 01:24:07,583
because there will be
ambitious people in Congress.
1811
01:24:07,667 --> 01:24:09,250
They'll want to have
their own power,
1812
01:24:09,333 --> 01:24:11,709
and they'll make sure
that they put a check
1813
01:24:11,792 --> 01:24:13,500
on the Presidency.
1814
01:24:13,583 --> 01:24:15,333
Madison didn't
count on partisanship.
1815
01:24:15,417 --> 01:24:18,542
He didn't anticipate that
people would be less loyal
1816
01:24:18,625 --> 01:24:22,542
to the institution they serve in
and more loyal to their party.
1817
01:24:22,625 --> 01:24:26,875
And what you've seen now
is a total abdication
by Republicans
1818
01:24:26,959 --> 01:24:31,375
of willingness to hold
the President accountable.
1819
01:24:31,458 --> 01:24:35,250
Gaetz:
I didn't run as someone
to unify Washington.
1820
01:24:35,333 --> 01:24:36,917
I ran to change Washington.
1821
01:24:37,000 --> 01:24:40,834
And I do believe that
there is a consensus
in the country
1822
01:24:40,917 --> 01:24:42,291
that that is necessary.
1823
01:24:42,375 --> 01:24:45,166
Interviewer:
Do you think that you
exacerbate partisanship?
1824
01:24:45,625 --> 01:24:47,417
(laughs)
Uh...
1825
01:24:47,500 --> 01:24:51,041
You know, I, I, I'm sure
that there are days
1826
01:24:51,125 --> 01:24:53,250
when I advance partisanship.
1827
01:24:53,333 --> 01:24:56,417
I think there are days
when I advance
bipartisanship.
1828
01:24:56,500 --> 01:24:59,875
I don't think you
sort of choose one style
or the other.
1829
01:24:59,959 --> 01:25:03,333
I think you can be partisan,
bipartisan fluid.
1830
01:25:03,917 --> 01:25:07,750
(wind whistling)
1831
01:25:07,834 --> 01:25:10,750
Pelosi:
Today, the House takes
the next step forward
1832
01:25:10,834 --> 01:25:12,750
as we establish the procedures
1833
01:25:12,834 --> 01:25:14,250
for open hearings
1834
01:25:14,333 --> 01:25:16,917
conducted by the
House Intelligence Committee,
1835
01:25:17,000 --> 01:25:20,583
so that the public can see
the facts for themselves.
1836
01:25:20,667 --> 01:25:23,250
Jackie Speier (on TV):
You have endured
and orchestrated
1837
01:25:23,333 --> 01:25:24,917
character assassination
1838
01:25:25,000 --> 01:25:28,917
that was laced with
enormous campaign
contributions
1839
01:25:29,000 --> 01:25:31,542
to the President's
reelection campaign.
1840
01:25:31,625 --> 01:25:34,250
Gaetz:
Honestly, I did not
sleep last night.
1841
01:25:34,333 --> 01:25:37,041
So frustrated that I am
not able to participate
1842
01:25:37,125 --> 01:25:38,750
in these hearings
as a questioner.
1843
01:25:38,834 --> 01:25:42,125
If we were doing this
with all cards face up
as a fair process,
1844
01:25:42,208 --> 01:25:45,375
this would actually be going on
in the House Judiciary Committee
where I serve.
1845
01:25:45,458 --> 01:25:48,041
But because we kicked
the Democrats' ass on Mueller,
1846
01:25:48,125 --> 01:25:50,500
they've moved to the
Intelligence Committee.
1847
01:25:50,583 --> 01:25:53,792
You confirmed to
President Trump
that you were in
1848
01:25:53,875 --> 01:25:55,917
Ukraine at the time.
1849
01:25:56,000 --> 01:25:59,917
And that President Zelensky,
quote, "Loves your ass."
Unquote.
1850
01:26:00,000 --> 01:26:01,792
Do you recall saying that?
1851
01:26:01,875 --> 01:26:04,000
Yeah, it sounds like
something I would say.
1852
01:26:04,083 --> 01:26:05,750
(laughs)
1853
01:26:05,834 --> 01:26:07,417
Massie:
Can you get a number
from Jonathan
1854
01:26:07,500 --> 01:26:09,834
how many people have completed
our impeachment poll?
1855
01:26:09,917 --> 01:26:11,792
John Ferland:
Yeah. I'll get that for us.
1856
01:26:11,875 --> 01:26:14,917
Massie:
Has the impeachment
been a fundraising boon
1857
01:26:15,000 --> 01:26:17,750
for both sides?
Absolutely.
1858
01:26:17,834 --> 01:26:20,959
But I have resisted
the temptation
1859
01:26:21,041 --> 01:26:23,166
to raise any money
off of impeachment.
1860
01:26:23,250 --> 01:26:26,000
I haven't even sent out
a fundraising letter
1861
01:26:26,083 --> 01:26:27,709
since the impeachment started.
1862
01:26:27,792 --> 01:26:30,500
Ferland:
So, around 3:40,
you head down to the HVC.
1863
01:26:30,583 --> 01:26:32,166
What's the meeting in HVC?
1864
01:26:32,250 --> 01:26:34,667
-Um, it's all impeachment.
-(scoffs)
1865
01:26:34,750 --> 01:26:36,834
-Okay.
-Impeachment,
impeachment.
1866
01:26:36,917 --> 01:26:39,333
Then 4:30, we're planning
on vote times.
1867
01:26:39,417 --> 01:26:41,125
-That'll run till about 5:30.
-There're, there're--
1868
01:26:41,208 --> 01:26:44,083
-There are no
committee hearings?
-Not a single one.
1869
01:26:44,166 --> 01:26:47,166
-Mm, okay. Makes it easy.
-Yeah.
1870
01:26:47,750 --> 01:26:51,000
-I'll just take some more
phone calls, then.
-Let's do it.
1871
01:26:51,083 --> 01:26:53,458
♪
1872
01:26:53,542 --> 01:26:54,959
Woman (on phone):
Yes, hello?
1873
01:26:55,041 --> 01:26:57,875
Hi, this is Thomas Massie.
Who am I talking to?
1874
01:26:57,959 --> 01:26:59,375
This is like
Russian roulette.
1875
01:26:59,458 --> 01:27:02,500
I don't know
if they are happy,
or angry,
1876
01:27:02,583 --> 01:27:03,625
or undecided.
1877
01:27:03,709 --> 01:27:05,542
I'm just taking their call
straight up.
1878
01:27:05,625 --> 01:27:07,792
Hi. This is Congressman
Ken Buck's office.
1879
01:27:08,583 --> 01:27:10,291
(woman speaking on phone)
1880
01:27:10,375 --> 01:27:12,000
This is Congressman Ken Buck.
1881
01:27:12,083 --> 01:27:14,291
(woman speaking on phone)
1882
01:27:21,333 --> 01:27:24,583
Tell me why you believe
I don't understand
the rule of law.
1883
01:27:24,667 --> 01:27:27,333
(man speaking on phone)
1884
01:27:31,291 --> 01:27:32,792
Mm-hmm.
1885
01:27:36,458 --> 01:27:39,208
(woman speaking on phone)
1886
01:27:48,458 --> 01:27:50,166
Here's, here's what
you have from me.
1887
01:27:50,250 --> 01:27:52,500
You have my commitment
to keep an open mind.
1888
01:27:52,583 --> 01:27:56,000
I'm gonna watch as much
of this hearing as I can today,
1889
01:27:56,083 --> 01:27:58,375
while I'm taking phone calls.
1890
01:27:58,458 --> 01:28:01,709
(man speaking on phone)
1891
01:28:06,125 --> 01:28:07,792
Buck:
I'm sorry.
1892
01:28:11,709 --> 01:28:14,333
(woman speaking on phone)
1893
01:28:20,959 --> 01:28:23,625
Massie:
Okay, well, I'm trying
not to interrupt you, but I do,
1894
01:28:23,709 --> 01:28:26,625
-I do have other people
I need to take calls from.
-Woman (on phone): I know.
1895
01:28:26,709 --> 01:28:29,375
(man speaking on phone)
1896
01:28:38,375 --> 01:28:39,959
Well, I appreciate--
1897
01:28:40,041 --> 01:28:41,792
I appreciate your feedback
very much.
1898
01:28:41,875 --> 01:28:44,083
-You have a great day.
-(man speaking on phone)
1899
01:28:44,667 --> 01:28:46,625
That's great. Take care.
1900
01:28:46,709 --> 01:28:48,166
Bye.
1901
01:28:49,041 --> 01:28:50,709
I've had enough.
1902
01:28:52,709 --> 01:28:55,625
I have to tell you,
I think that this place
has drained me
1903
01:28:55,709 --> 01:28:57,709
of a certain amount of life.
1904
01:28:59,583 --> 01:29:01,667
After having been here
for five years,
1905
01:29:01,750 --> 01:29:03,208
I have no illusion
1906
01:29:03,291 --> 01:29:07,000
that what I say
anybody cares about.
1907
01:29:07,083 --> 01:29:09,500
I have thought about leaving
and I don't know whether
1908
01:29:09,583 --> 01:29:12,417
this is my last term
or whether I'll run
for one more term.
1909
01:29:12,500 --> 01:29:15,583
Uh, I do know that a lot of
the folks at home
1910
01:29:15,667 --> 01:29:18,500
will not understand
the long-term implications
1911
01:29:18,583 --> 01:29:20,625
of what's happening
here in DC.
1912
01:29:20,709 --> 01:29:23,750
Throughout the White House
right now, they're going
to do an omni
1913
01:29:23,834 --> 01:29:26,458
that apparently is going
to bust the budget caps.
1914
01:29:26,542 --> 01:29:27,834
I just heard.
1915
01:29:27,917 --> 01:29:29,875
Buck:
This President has
presented budgets
1916
01:29:29,959 --> 01:29:31,458
that are huge.
1917
01:29:31,542 --> 01:29:34,583
Typically, the Freedom Caucus
would be leading the charge
1918
01:29:34,667 --> 01:29:37,834
to criticize an
executive branch proposal
1919
01:29:37,917 --> 01:29:39,333
that costs that much money.
1920
01:29:39,417 --> 01:29:41,208
Now, that's just not the case.
1921
01:29:41,291 --> 01:29:42,875
And it's not the case because
1922
01:29:42,959 --> 01:29:45,542
when Freedom Caucus members
look at their political base,
1923
01:29:45,625 --> 01:29:49,083
they realize that so much
of their base are Trump lovers,
1924
01:29:49,166 --> 01:29:52,542
where nothing
this President does
can possibly be wrong,
1925
01:29:52,625 --> 01:29:54,792
that they can't
criticize the President.
1926
01:30:09,500 --> 01:30:12,959
So, we did 40k
for October. 40k.
1927
01:30:13,041 --> 01:30:14,500
-Net?
-Yes, netted.
1928
01:30:14,583 --> 01:30:17,250
-Wow.
-And then for Nove--
1929
01:30:17,333 --> 01:30:19,834
So from November,
right now,
1930
01:30:19,917 --> 01:30:22,125
we are already at 15.
1931
01:30:22,208 --> 01:30:23,667
-Netted.
-Netted.
1932
01:30:23,750 --> 01:30:25,417
-Yeah, 15,000.
-So, what do you think we'll
1933
01:30:25,500 --> 01:30:28,208
-net then, this month?
-I think we're gonna get
around 40.
1934
01:30:28,291 --> 01:30:29,583
-That's amazing.
-Yeah.
1935
01:30:29,667 --> 01:30:32,291
So, when we met last
on fundraising,
1936
01:30:32,375 --> 01:30:34,667
you said we were
functionally bankrupt,
1937
01:30:34,750 --> 01:30:36,792
and now what has saved us
has been impeachment?
1938
01:30:36,875 --> 01:30:38,750
Yeah, so all of it
is mostly small dollar,
1939
01:30:38,834 --> 01:30:40,750
but everyone's
doing well off of it.
1940
01:30:40,834 --> 01:30:41,959
It's not just our office.
1941
01:30:42,041 --> 01:30:44,083
Some lobbyists have
randomly texted me
1942
01:30:44,166 --> 01:30:46,500
that they've donated
or given money.
1943
01:30:46,583 --> 01:30:49,875
Has there been any
revenue from the
special interest community?
1944
01:30:49,959 --> 01:30:51,750
I would say about $3,000.
Not much.
1945
01:30:51,834 --> 01:30:54,041
-(laughs)
As is usual, then.
-Yeah.
1946
01:30:54,125 --> 01:30:57,000
But, you know, I mean,
if we were to make
some announcement
1947
01:30:57,083 --> 01:30:59,875
that, like, we,
we have converted
to this new faith
1948
01:30:59,959 --> 01:31:04,125
that, that is absent
any lobbyist or PAC money--
1949
01:31:04,208 --> 01:31:06,250
I mean, once you
cross the Rubicon,
you can't go back.
1950
01:31:06,333 --> 01:31:07,834
Well, that's,
that's my only
concern with it.
1951
01:31:07,917 --> 01:31:09,709
What I don't want you to do
is shoot yourself in the foot
1952
01:31:09,792 --> 01:31:11,291
for a later time
in 20 years from now
1953
01:31:11,375 --> 01:31:13,125
when you want to run for
something that's bigger,
you know?
1954
01:31:13,208 --> 01:31:15,959
I assure you, I will not
be running for anything
in 20 years.
1955
01:31:16,041 --> 01:31:17,875
Never say never.
1956
01:31:17,959 --> 01:31:19,917
Sarbanes:
Before January,
1957
01:31:20,000 --> 01:31:22,250
there were seven
members of Congress
1958
01:31:22,333 --> 01:31:24,291
who were corporate PAC free.
1959
01:31:24,375 --> 01:31:27,291
And today it's 60. Six-zero.
1960
01:31:27,375 --> 01:31:30,041
So, in one election,
1961
01:31:30,125 --> 01:31:32,959
we've brought in
a whole new cohort
1962
01:31:33,041 --> 01:31:34,792
of members that are saying,
1963
01:31:34,875 --> 01:31:37,041
"We want to do something
different here."
1964
01:31:37,125 --> 01:31:39,333
So we have a proposal
in H.R. 1
1965
01:31:39,417 --> 01:31:41,709
to create a small donor
matching system.
1966
01:31:41,792 --> 01:31:46,041
This is something Larry Lessig
has worked on with me.
1967
01:31:46,709 --> 01:31:49,750
If voters give $50,
or $25,
1968
01:31:49,834 --> 01:31:53,000
a six-to-one match
comes in behind that
from the government
1969
01:31:53,083 --> 01:31:54,875
on those small donations.
1970
01:31:54,959 --> 01:31:57,291
When they go to candidates
who say, "You know what?
1971
01:31:57,375 --> 01:31:59,000
"I'm not gonna take
the big money.
1972
01:31:59,083 --> 01:32:00,750
"I'm not gonna take
the PAC money,
1973
01:32:00,834 --> 01:32:03,000
"and I'm gonna
step into a system
1974
01:32:03,083 --> 01:32:06,166
"where it's the average citizen
1975
01:32:06,250 --> 01:32:08,834
who's the most important
person to me."
1976
01:32:08,917 --> 01:32:11,000
I'm not a career politician.
1977
01:32:11,083 --> 01:32:14,083
Party leaders don't control me,
and they never will.
1978
01:32:14,166 --> 01:32:17,333
Corporations do not
run my campaign.
1979
01:32:17,417 --> 01:32:19,834
Gaetz:
Katie Hill was a new
member of Congress.
1980
01:32:19,917 --> 01:32:23,750
A freshman. She ran
a very different kind of
upstart campaign
1981
01:32:23,834 --> 01:32:26,000
without corporate PAC money,
1982
01:32:26,083 --> 01:32:28,750
and she was on the
Armed Services Committee
with me.
1983
01:32:28,834 --> 01:32:32,667
And then suddenly
Katie Hill was victimized
1984
01:32:32,750 --> 01:32:36,250
by a husband who had
pictures of her,
1985
01:32:36,333 --> 01:32:38,208
uh, where she wasn't
wearing any clothes,
1986
01:32:38,291 --> 01:32:39,542
or doing other weird stuff,
1987
01:32:39,625 --> 01:32:40,875
and he leaked them.
1988
01:32:40,959 --> 01:32:43,625
And she had to resign
from Congress as a result.
1989
01:32:43,709 --> 01:32:46,458
Newscaster:
You said about this situation,
"This is absurd."
1990
01:32:46,542 --> 01:32:48,000
"Who among us
would look perfect
1991
01:32:48,083 --> 01:32:51,375
if every ex leaked every
photo and text?"
1992
01:32:51,458 --> 01:32:54,125
I don't think these issues
should be partisan in nature.
1993
01:32:54,208 --> 01:32:56,000
I think that if someone
is trying to destroy
1994
01:32:56,083 --> 01:32:57,709
one of your coworkers,
1995
01:32:57,792 --> 01:32:59,959
you should sympathize
with the fact that
the only reason
1996
01:33:00,041 --> 01:33:02,041
that this information
is in the public square
1997
01:33:02,125 --> 01:33:05,375
is because someone is committing
the crime of revenge porn.
1998
01:33:05,458 --> 01:33:08,625
So I sent out a tweet
defending President Trump
1999
01:33:08,709 --> 01:33:11,291
and Katie Hill
in the same tweet.
2000
01:33:11,375 --> 01:33:13,291
So, Katie just saw the tweet
and texted me,
2001
01:33:13,375 --> 01:33:14,709
"Thanks for the shout out,
2002
01:33:14,792 --> 01:33:18,041
though I defs disagree
with you on Trump."
2003
01:33:18,125 --> 01:33:20,041
To which I replied,
"It's okay.
2004
01:33:20,125 --> 01:33:22,333
He disagrees with me
about you, too."
2005
01:33:22,417 --> 01:33:26,333
And she wrote back,
"LOL. You're a true
bridge builder."
2006
01:33:27,542 --> 01:33:30,583
Do you think that the way
money is raised here,
2007
01:33:30,667 --> 01:33:32,500
the way the lobbyists
and PACs operate
2008
01:33:32,583 --> 01:33:34,917
hurts us or helps us?
Like, what's the play
2009
01:33:35,000 --> 01:33:38,166
if you're a young person
and you're trying to
make it in DC,
2010
01:33:38,250 --> 01:33:40,166
'cause I'm not sure
I've figured it out from
2011
01:33:40,250 --> 01:33:41,875
the fundraising
side of things.
2012
01:33:41,959 --> 01:33:45,083
Well, a lot of my fundraising
was literally in a backlash
to Trump.
2013
01:33:45,166 --> 01:33:46,917
So we're coming from
very different places--
2014
01:33:47,000 --> 01:33:48,542
Yeah, but you weren't
raising money from lobbyists.
2015
01:33:48,625 --> 01:33:50,583
No, that's my point is
that, like, I came--
2016
01:33:50,667 --> 01:33:52,458
I, I was able to raise money
from individuals.
2017
01:33:52,542 --> 01:33:54,375
I didn't take a dime
of corporate money.
2018
01:33:54,458 --> 01:33:56,709
There are more Democrats
that are not taking corporate
PAC money
2019
01:33:56,792 --> 01:33:58,709
-than have ever happened.
-Right. How many are there now?
2020
01:33:58,792 --> 01:34:00,792
I think there, I--
The last I heard,
there were, like,
2021
01:34:00,875 --> 01:34:03,375
-over 65 or something like that.
-I think the only--
2022
01:34:03,458 --> 01:34:05,583
I think there are not many
Republicans who don't do it.
2023
01:34:05,667 --> 01:34:07,625
Right. Are you--
Do you not?
2024
01:34:07,709 --> 01:34:09,458
-Kinda?
-I'm thinking about it.
2025
01:34:09,542 --> 01:34:11,959
I think you'd be the first,
on the Republican side.
I'm pretty sure.
2026
01:34:12,041 --> 01:34:14,959
The first thing that
we have to do
to change things
2027
01:34:15,041 --> 01:34:16,792
is to get money
out of politics.
2028
01:34:16,875 --> 01:34:19,125
And so that's why, you know,
2029
01:34:19,208 --> 01:34:21,792
I feel strongly about
other parts of H.R. 1,
as well,
2030
01:34:21,875 --> 01:34:23,709
including the way
that districts are drawn.
2031
01:34:23,792 --> 01:34:26,834
-I think gerrymandering
needs to be gone.
-I agree.
2032
01:34:26,917 --> 01:34:28,125
-Do you?
-Yes.
2033
01:34:28,208 --> 01:34:30,333
Well, then,
why are you not for H.R. 1?
2034
01:34:30,417 --> 01:34:33,625
I don't like taking money
from the taxpayers
2035
01:34:33,709 --> 01:34:35,333
to fund political campaigns,
2036
01:34:35,417 --> 01:34:38,458
because I think that
that's like welfare
for politicians.
2037
01:34:38,542 --> 01:34:40,000
The reason that I'm for this,
2038
01:34:40,083 --> 01:34:41,959
and again,
I think even a few years ago
2039
01:34:42,041 --> 01:34:43,166
I would have been
differently--
2040
01:34:43,250 --> 01:34:45,083
By the way, I'm a fucking
good fundraiser.
2041
01:34:45,166 --> 01:34:47,000
-Yeah.
-So, like, I don't need
2042
01:34:47,083 --> 01:34:49,000
public financing.
It's not for me.
2043
01:34:49,083 --> 01:34:51,542
It's for people who couldn't
have access to that.
2044
01:34:51,625 --> 01:34:54,500
And you're talking about
people from, like,
North Dakota.
2045
01:34:54,583 --> 01:34:57,667
If you're not willing
to take oil money
from North Dakota,
2046
01:34:57,750 --> 01:34:59,667
like, how are you gonna
have a chance?
2047
01:34:59,750 --> 01:35:01,208
You know, I came from
a political family.
2048
01:35:01,291 --> 01:35:03,250
I had advantages other people
didn't have.
2049
01:35:03,333 --> 01:35:05,125
But, but I do think that,
like,
2050
01:35:05,208 --> 01:35:07,750
if you just say everybody gets
the same amount of cash,
2051
01:35:07,834 --> 01:35:10,834
-it does, like, shave off--
-But it's not about everybody
gets the same amount of cash.
2052
01:35:10,917 --> 01:35:12,959
Because, like,
you have to raise a certain
amount on your own,
2053
01:35:13,041 --> 01:35:15,875
-and then it's matched,
and it's like, one to five.
-That's a fair clarification.
2054
01:35:15,959 --> 01:35:19,417
So, you know, I--
So I think you have to show
a certain amount of grit.
2055
01:35:19,500 --> 01:35:21,500
And I was able to jump in
at the right moment
2056
01:35:21,583 --> 01:35:23,875
because women particularly,
2057
01:35:23,959 --> 01:35:27,250
were mobilized around the fact
that fucking Trump had
become President.
2058
01:35:27,333 --> 01:35:31,166
And I, and I was the,
I was the, like, antidote.
2059
01:35:31,250 --> 01:35:33,542
I was the thing that
they saw that, like,
could help
2060
01:35:33,625 --> 01:35:36,709
protect our country
from the guy
you're pals with.
2061
01:35:36,792 --> 01:35:38,208
-But, um--
-He's so great.
2062
01:35:38,291 --> 01:35:39,667
I'll never love
another President again.
2063
01:35:39,750 --> 01:35:41,542
-I love him so much.
-I remember you telling me that
2064
01:35:41,625 --> 01:35:43,500
like one of the first times
I talked to you as we were
getting on the elevator,
2065
01:35:43,583 --> 01:35:45,083
-and I'm like, is this real?
-I was trying to trigger you.
2066
01:35:45,166 --> 01:35:47,041
Like, do you really
believe this?
2067
01:35:47,125 --> 01:35:49,917
-I do.
-But, um... whatever.
(laughs)
2068
01:35:50,000 --> 01:35:52,375
You know, I, I, I,
I defend flawed people.
2069
01:35:52,458 --> 01:35:54,208
-It's sort of my thing
around here.
-I mean, that's fine.
2070
01:35:54,291 --> 01:35:55,667
I defend flawed people, too.
2071
01:35:55,750 --> 01:35:58,667
I just feel like I--
I'd have to defend
our Constitution.
2072
01:35:58,750 --> 01:36:00,500
But, um...
2073
01:36:11,041 --> 01:36:13,041
Can I get a picture
for the camera?
2074
01:36:13,125 --> 01:36:14,583
Oh, sure. Happy to.
2075
01:36:14,667 --> 01:36:16,250
I actually met you
at Janine's party
2076
01:36:16,333 --> 01:36:18,291
-two weeks ago.
-Yeah, yeah!
That was a great party.
2077
01:36:18,375 --> 01:36:20,458
All right.
Here, I got the selfie arm.
2078
01:36:20,542 --> 01:36:23,333
-Do we get some light?
-We'll see, see where
we can get a little Trump light
2079
01:36:23,417 --> 01:36:25,583
-in our background.
-Sounds good to me.
2080
01:36:25,667 --> 01:36:27,375
Gaetz:
All right, there you go.
Thank you.
2081
01:36:27,458 --> 01:36:28,583
-Good seeing you again.
-Keep up the great work.
2082
01:36:28,667 --> 01:36:30,417
(laughs) Will do.
We need more fighters.
2083
01:36:30,500 --> 01:36:32,291
-Nice seeing you.
-Nice seeing you.
2084
01:36:32,375 --> 01:36:35,792
("Deck the Halls" playing)
2085
01:36:36,583 --> 01:36:38,250
Hey. Good to see you,
my man.
2086
01:36:38,333 --> 01:36:40,041
Thanks for welcoming us again.
2087
01:36:40,125 --> 01:36:42,083
-All right, man.
-(laughing)
2088
01:36:42,166 --> 01:36:44,542
-You're awesome.
-(laughing)
2089
01:36:45,500 --> 01:36:47,667
♪ Don we now
our gay apparel ♪
2090
01:36:47,750 --> 01:36:49,959
♪ Fa la la, la la la, la la ♪
2091
01:36:50,041 --> 01:36:52,333
Thank you for what
you're doing every day.
You fight our fight.
2092
01:36:52,417 --> 01:36:55,208
And thanks for giving it
to 'em in those hearings.
2093
01:36:56,917 --> 01:36:59,333
♪ Fa la la la la,
la la, la la ♪
2094
01:36:59,417 --> 01:37:02,625
This is only the fourth time
that the House judiciary
2095
01:37:02,709 --> 01:37:04,792
has begun considering
articles of impeachment.
2096
01:37:04,875 --> 01:37:07,041
-There's my man.
Cheers to that.
-(glasses clink)
2097
01:37:07,125 --> 01:37:10,041
Chris Cuomo. He's one of
the great adversaries I have.
2098
01:37:10,125 --> 01:37:12,625
♪ Fa la la la la,
la la, la la ♪
2099
01:37:12,709 --> 01:37:14,792
♪ See the blazing
yule before us ♪
2100
01:37:14,875 --> 01:37:17,083
♪ Fa la la la la,
la la, la la ♪
2101
01:37:17,166 --> 01:37:18,417
I watch you
every night on Fox.
2102
01:37:18,500 --> 01:37:20,083
I thought you
were the bomb.
2103
01:37:20,166 --> 01:37:21,667
-Oh, thanks for saying so.
-Literally the bomb.
2104
01:37:21,750 --> 01:37:23,834
♪ Follow me in merry measure ♪
2105
01:37:23,917 --> 01:37:26,291
♪ Fa la la, la la la,
la la la ♪
2106
01:37:26,375 --> 01:37:28,417
♪ While I tell of
yuletide treasure ♪
2107
01:37:28,500 --> 01:37:30,917
♪ Fa la la la la,
la la, la la ♪
2108
01:37:31,000 --> 01:37:35,917
♪ Fa la la la la, la la,
la la ♪
2109
01:37:37,250 --> 01:37:39,709
Nadler:
Today, we begin consideration
2110
01:37:39,792 --> 01:37:44,000
of two articles
of impeachment against
President Donald J. Trump.
2111
01:37:44,375 --> 01:37:46,667
The first article charges
that the President
2112
01:37:46,750 --> 01:37:48,875
used the powers
of his public office
2113
01:37:48,959 --> 01:37:51,166
to demand that
a foreign government
2114
01:37:51,250 --> 01:37:53,375
attack his political rivals.
2115
01:37:53,458 --> 01:37:56,000
The second article charges
that the President
2116
01:37:56,083 --> 01:38:00,000
obstructed the Congressional
investigation into his conduct.
2117
01:38:00,083 --> 01:38:02,959
Buck:
How will history judge
this impeachment?
2118
01:38:03,041 --> 01:38:04,709
I believe the American people
2119
01:38:04,792 --> 01:38:07,041
will remember this
impeachment effort unkindly,
2120
01:38:07,125 --> 01:38:09,959
instead remembering Democrats
have been resisting,
2121
01:38:10,041 --> 01:38:12,709
and looking for an excuse
to impeach this President
2122
01:38:12,792 --> 01:38:14,834
since the day he was elected.
2123
01:38:14,917 --> 01:38:17,625
I hope you've had your fun.
2124
01:38:17,709 --> 01:38:20,208
Say goodbye to your
majority status,
2125
01:38:20,291 --> 01:38:24,500
and please join us
in January of 2021
2126
01:38:24,583 --> 01:38:28,083
when President Trump
is inaugurated again.
2127
01:38:28,792 --> 01:38:29,959
I yield back.
2128
01:38:30,041 --> 01:38:31,834
Man:
Gentleman yields back.
Mr. Gaetz.
2129
01:38:31,917 --> 01:38:35,375
House Democrats aren't
clarifying that no one's
above the law.
2130
01:38:35,458 --> 01:38:37,083
They're just clarifying
that none of them
2131
01:38:37,166 --> 01:38:39,375
are above partisanship,
and politics.
2132
01:38:39,458 --> 01:38:41,875
The only relevant quid pro quo
2133
01:38:41,959 --> 01:38:43,583
is the American
people's decision
2134
01:38:43,667 --> 01:38:45,750
to send President Trump
to the White House,
2135
01:38:45,834 --> 01:38:49,041
in exchange for Trump's
commitment to support
our workers,
2136
01:38:49,125 --> 01:38:51,667
restore our economy,
defend our troops,
2137
01:38:51,750 --> 01:38:53,250
and drain the swamp.
2138
01:38:53,333 --> 01:38:54,834
(crowd cheering)
2139
01:38:56,166 --> 01:39:00,083
We are going
to Washington, DC,
2140
01:39:00,166 --> 01:39:03,417
and we are going to do what?
2141
01:39:03,500 --> 01:39:06,542
Drain. The. Swamp.
2142
01:39:10,000 --> 01:39:11,583
I don't know those gentlemen.
2143
01:39:11,667 --> 01:39:13,834
Newscaster:
Fruman and Parnas
are charged with making
2144
01:39:13,917 --> 01:39:16,041
$325,000
2145
01:39:16,125 --> 01:39:19,250
in illegal straw donations
to a Trump super PAC.
2146
01:39:19,333 --> 01:39:21,041
Newscaster 2:
After making these
political contributions,
2147
01:39:21,125 --> 01:39:22,208
they were setting up
meetings
2148
01:39:22,291 --> 01:39:23,667
in order to push
for the removal
2149
01:39:23,750 --> 01:39:25,417
of Ambassador Yovanovitch.
2150
01:39:25,500 --> 01:39:27,291
Marie Yovanovitch:
Ukrainians who prefer
to play by the old,
2151
01:39:27,375 --> 01:39:30,250
corrupt rules,
sought to remove me.
2152
01:39:34,083 --> 01:39:37,834
Newscaster:
Her removal allowed
someone else to step in--
2153
01:39:37,917 --> 01:39:40,583
a Trump donor
and EU ambassador
2154
01:39:40,667 --> 01:39:42,250
who urged the Ukrainians
2155
01:39:42,333 --> 01:39:44,667
to look into the President's
campaign rival.
2156
01:39:44,750 --> 01:39:48,375
Was there a quid pro quo?
The answer is yes.
2157
01:39:48,458 --> 01:39:51,417
Newscaster:
The hotel mogul
donated a million dollars
2158
01:39:51,500 --> 01:39:53,792
to President Trump's
inaugural committee,
2159
01:39:53,875 --> 01:39:57,500
which helped him secure
his diplomatic post.
2160
01:39:57,583 --> 01:40:00,667
Lessig:
It's astonishing to think that
we went into the 2016 election
2161
01:40:00,750 --> 01:40:03,959
with Donald Trump appearing
to be the anti-corruption
crusader,
2162
01:40:04,041 --> 01:40:06,041
because he had called out
super PACs,
2163
01:40:06,125 --> 01:40:10,250
he had said politicians
were all owned by
the special interests.
2164
01:40:10,333 --> 01:40:13,041
But what's so tragic
about Donald Trump is
2165
01:40:13,125 --> 01:40:16,333
there was an opportunity
for him to change
the status quo.
2166
01:40:16,417 --> 01:40:18,834
But he was never interested
in doing it.
2167
01:40:18,917 --> 01:40:20,542
Crowd (chanting):
Drain the swamp!
2168
01:40:20,625 --> 01:40:23,750
Drain the swamp!
Drain the swamp!
2169
01:40:24,667 --> 01:40:27,000
You know, when I first
heard that term, I hated it.
2170
01:40:27,083 --> 01:40:29,000
I said,
"Oh, that's so hokey."
2171
01:40:29,083 --> 01:40:30,250
I said, "Oh, that's so hokey."
2172
01:40:30,333 --> 01:40:32,417
But I said,
"Look, let's give it a shot."
2173
01:40:32,500 --> 01:40:33,834
I tried to--
The place went crazy.
2174
01:40:33,917 --> 01:40:35,959
This place went crazy.
I said, "Whoa.
2175
01:40:36,041 --> 01:40:37,458
What's this?"
Then I said it again.
2176
01:40:37,542 --> 01:40:39,083
The place went crazy.
2177
01:40:39,166 --> 01:40:42,792
Then I started saying it
like I meant it, right?
2178
01:40:42,875 --> 01:40:44,792
Gaetz:
We will face this
illegitimate impeachment
2179
01:40:44,875 --> 01:40:46,667
with our heads high,
our facts straight,
2180
01:40:46,750 --> 01:40:49,500
and our commitment
to our transformational
President
2181
01:40:49,583 --> 01:40:50,875
deeply intensified.
2182
01:40:50,959 --> 01:40:54,250
We'll see you on the field
in 2020.
2183
01:40:54,333 --> 01:40:56,125
Lessig:
It's not clear it's possible
2184
01:40:56,208 --> 01:41:00,500
to get us beyond that blinder
of hyper-partisanship today.
2185
01:41:00,583 --> 01:41:03,166
There are real differences
we have to work out.
2186
01:41:04,667 --> 01:41:07,875
But Donald Trump
is a short-term problem.
2187
01:41:07,959 --> 01:41:11,792
Whether he gets reelected
or not, he will be gone.
2188
01:41:11,875 --> 01:41:15,208
And I am so
absolutely convinced
2189
01:41:15,291 --> 01:41:19,625
that we have broken
the core institution
of our democracy.
2190
01:41:19,709 --> 01:41:21,458
And at a certain point,
2191
01:41:21,542 --> 01:41:24,959
winning elections in
a broken system
doesn't get you anything.
2192
01:41:25,041 --> 01:41:28,250
It might get you a victory
on election night.
2193
01:41:28,333 --> 01:41:31,417
But it doesn't give you
the capacity to govern.
2194
01:41:31,500 --> 01:41:34,750
And if we can't rise above
the partisan difference,
2195
01:41:34,834 --> 01:41:37,333
country over party,
for the single purpose
2196
01:41:37,417 --> 01:41:40,208
of fixing the institution
of Congress,
2197
01:41:40,291 --> 01:41:43,542
then our government
will just continue to fail.
2198
01:41:46,667 --> 01:41:49,834
Massie:
We're looking at 3,488 pages
2199
01:41:49,917 --> 01:41:52,917
of the National Defense
Authorization Act
2200
01:41:53,000 --> 01:41:55,500
for the fiscal year 2020.
2201
01:41:55,583 --> 01:41:57,542
They introduced it at 10 p.m.
2202
01:41:57,625 --> 01:41:59,667
the night before
we had to vote on it.
2203
01:41:59,750 --> 01:42:03,875
The leadership assures you
that you do not need to read
this bill.
2204
01:42:03,959 --> 01:42:06,792
Nancy Pelosi and Kevin McCarthy
2205
01:42:06,875 --> 01:42:08,750
each have their own
summary of this bill
2206
01:42:08,834 --> 01:42:10,875
which is only two pages long.
2207
01:42:10,959 --> 01:42:12,458
One page front and back.
2208
01:42:12,542 --> 01:42:13,750
And it says, "Oh,
2209
01:42:13,834 --> 01:42:16,667
there's a pay raise in here
for the military."
2210
01:42:17,667 --> 01:42:19,875
The efforts that
I've undertaken
2211
01:42:19,959 --> 01:42:21,792
with Barbara Lee on
the other side of the aisle
2212
01:42:21,875 --> 01:42:24,250
to curb the wars
that we are in,
2213
01:42:24,333 --> 01:42:26,792
none of that made it
into this NDAA.
2214
01:42:26,875 --> 01:42:29,458
But the NDAA has never failed.
2215
01:42:29,542 --> 01:42:32,208
It's one of those trains that
when it leaves the station,
2216
01:42:32,291 --> 01:42:34,375
it's going to its destination.
2217
01:42:34,458 --> 01:42:37,333
And so, the vast majority
of the money in this bill
2218
01:42:37,417 --> 01:42:41,583
goes to the military
industrial complex,
not the soldiers,
2219
01:42:41,667 --> 01:42:43,917
but because they've got
a pay raise for soldiers
2220
01:42:44,000 --> 01:42:46,917
in this 3,488-page bill,
2221
01:42:47,000 --> 01:42:49,208
a lot of people don't
need to read any further.
2222
01:42:49,291 --> 01:42:51,917
Like, "Man,
I can't vote against that."
2223
01:42:56,750 --> 01:42:58,667
Gaetz:
We've just
stepped off the floor
2224
01:42:58,750 --> 01:43:01,125
where the National Defense
Authorization Act passed,
2225
01:43:01,208 --> 01:43:03,375
and pretty bittersweet for me,
you know.
2226
01:43:03,458 --> 01:43:06,000
I'm glad to see our troops
get a raise, I'm glad
to see a lot of
2227
01:43:06,083 --> 01:43:08,291
positive things
for our military families
in that bill,
2228
01:43:08,375 --> 01:43:12,083
but it is deeply saddening
that Khanna-Gaetz was left out,
2229
01:43:12,166 --> 01:43:14,458
despite having the support
of the people,
2230
01:43:14,542 --> 01:43:16,000
the support of the
House of Representatives,
2231
01:43:16,083 --> 01:43:18,000
and more votes
for it than against it
in the Senate.
2232
01:43:18,083 --> 01:43:20,166
The bipartisan amendment
2233
01:43:20,250 --> 01:43:22,041
to stop the war in Iran
2234
01:43:22,125 --> 01:43:24,000
stripped by the White House.
2235
01:43:24,083 --> 01:43:25,333
At some time,
2236
01:43:25,417 --> 01:43:27,834
we can't just rhetorically
give standing ovations
2237
01:43:27,917 --> 01:43:30,834
when the President says
we're gonna end endless wars,
2238
01:43:30,917 --> 01:43:33,583
and continue to vote
to fund them.
2239
01:43:33,667 --> 01:43:37,458
I voted no.
The defense budget
was too high in my view,
2240
01:43:37,542 --> 01:43:40,875
and the fact that
they had stripped
the Iran amendment,
2241
01:43:40,959 --> 01:43:43,417
and they had stripped
the Yemen amendment,
2242
01:43:43,500 --> 01:43:44,875
uh, I couldn't vote for it.
2243
01:43:44,959 --> 01:43:47,125
Now, I understand
it was a tough vote for people,
2244
01:43:47,208 --> 01:43:49,500
because they did have
increase for the troops,
2245
01:43:49,583 --> 01:43:51,583
and they did have,
uh, increase
2246
01:43:51,667 --> 01:43:54,333
in terms of parental leave
for federal employees.
2247
01:43:54,417 --> 01:43:58,583
But the fact is,
we shouldn't be having
these kind of votes.
2248
01:43:58,667 --> 01:44:00,750
We should have clean votes
on these issues,
2249
01:44:00,834 --> 01:44:02,041
as opposed to what they do,
2250
01:44:02,125 --> 01:44:04,583
which is force you
to cast a tough vote
2251
01:44:04,667 --> 01:44:08,083
because they lump in
pay increases for the troops
2252
01:44:08,166 --> 01:44:11,500
with, uh, not stopping
the war in Iran.
2253
01:44:11,583 --> 01:44:13,709
Gaetz:
I thought there was more
good than bad in the bill,
2254
01:44:13,792 --> 01:44:16,417
and so I voted for it,
but I also can understand why
2255
01:44:16,500 --> 01:44:18,792
someone would,
uh, would take
a different position,
2256
01:44:18,875 --> 01:44:20,917
because there's just
so much more that,
2257
01:44:21,000 --> 01:44:22,583
that should have
occurred here
2258
01:44:22,667 --> 01:44:26,750
to reflect the overwhelming
will of the people
in this country.
2259
01:44:26,834 --> 01:44:30,625
You know, anytime you see
the votes line up with
the people,
2260
01:44:30,709 --> 01:44:32,917
and yet the outcome
doesn't happen,
2261
01:44:33,000 --> 01:44:35,792
it is a reflection of
a broken system.
2262
01:44:38,125 --> 01:44:40,291
-Man 1: Are you
Congressman Gaetz?
-Yeah.
2263
01:44:40,375 --> 01:44:43,959
You have got be kidding me
with this defense of Trump.
2264
01:44:44,208 --> 01:44:46,625
-The guy used taxpayer money--
-I'm not kidding at all, man.
2265
01:44:46,709 --> 01:44:49,125
-Man 2: Don't listen to him.
-Man 1: No, no, no, no,
Wait a second.
2266
01:44:49,208 --> 01:44:52,041
-I'm an attorney--
-Man 3: We're with you,
Congressman Gaetz.
2267
01:44:52,125 --> 01:44:54,208
Don't listen to him.
The American people
are with you.
2268
01:44:54,291 --> 01:44:55,709
Man 2:
We need more people
like you in Congress.
2269
01:44:55,792 --> 01:44:57,458
Man 3:
The American people
are with you, sir.
2270
01:44:57,542 --> 01:45:01,041
Man 1: You don't think
that this man used
taxpayer money
2271
01:45:01,125 --> 01:45:05,583
to try to front
the Ukrainian government?
2272
01:45:05,667 --> 01:45:08,959
-To try to engage
the Biden administration?
-Man 3: What about Joe Biden?
2273
01:45:09,041 --> 01:45:10,375
What about Joe Biden?
2274
01:45:10,458 --> 01:45:12,542
Man 1:
Answer the question!
2275
01:45:13,250 --> 01:45:16,750
♪
2276
01:45:16,834 --> 01:45:19,166
Khanna:
I think what frustrates
people today is,
2277
01:45:19,250 --> 01:45:22,667
it seems that we're unable
to find a sense of,
2278
01:45:22,750 --> 01:45:25,041
what can we do together?
2279
01:45:25,375 --> 01:45:26,834
But at our best,
2280
01:45:26,917 --> 01:45:29,625
our country has risen
to the challenge
2281
01:45:29,709 --> 01:45:32,417
of finding common purpose,
or the common good.
2282
01:45:33,542 --> 01:45:36,208
We've done it when
we have defeated tyranny
2283
01:45:36,291 --> 01:45:37,959
in World War II,
2284
01:45:38,041 --> 01:45:41,166
when we've helped establish
the international order.
2285
01:45:41,250 --> 01:45:44,792
We've done it in building
the interstate highways,
2286
01:45:44,875 --> 01:45:47,125
winning the Cold War,
2287
01:45:47,208 --> 01:45:48,834
inventing the internet,
2288
01:45:48,917 --> 01:45:51,250
and sending a man to the moon.
2289
01:45:52,083 --> 01:45:54,333
Our country has done
extraordinary things,
2290
01:45:54,417 --> 01:45:58,333
and most of those
extraordinary achievements
have been bipartisan.
2291
01:45:58,417 --> 01:46:01,834
So the idea that we can't
rise to the occasion again
2292
01:46:01,917 --> 01:46:04,208
defies American history.
2293
01:46:06,125 --> 01:46:08,250
Lessig:
I don't know how to say this
2294
01:46:08,333 --> 01:46:10,083
as strongly as I feel it.
2295
01:46:11,125 --> 01:46:15,333
Because, you know,
I'm this sappy patriot,
2296
01:46:15,417 --> 01:46:18,333
who deeply loves
the traditions of our country.
2297
01:46:18,417 --> 01:46:20,291
Not that there aren't
things to criticize,
2298
01:46:20,375 --> 01:46:22,542
and I spend most of my time
finding how to criticize them,
2299
01:46:22,625 --> 01:46:24,750
but the dream, the ideals,
2300
01:46:24,834 --> 01:46:26,542
of this republic,
2301
01:46:26,625 --> 01:46:28,875
are things we all
should be proud of.
2302
01:46:28,959 --> 01:46:32,792
And we have to find a way
to convince people
to fix it,
2303
01:46:32,875 --> 01:46:36,041
because it's not as if
there aren't hard problems
2304
01:46:36,125 --> 01:46:39,000
in the future
we need to solve.
2305
01:46:39,083 --> 01:46:42,166
Everybody's so obsessed
in deciding what we should do,
2306
01:46:42,250 --> 01:46:44,041
as if we can do something.
2307
01:46:44,125 --> 01:46:47,291
Everybody's arguing about,
you know, should we have
single-payer health care,
2308
01:46:47,375 --> 01:46:48,875
or climate change legislation,
2309
01:46:48,959 --> 01:46:52,959
as if it's possible
to get those things done.
2310
01:46:53,041 --> 01:46:56,250
None of these issues
can be addressed sensibly
2311
01:46:56,333 --> 01:46:59,500
until we address the deep
corruption inside of
our government.
2312
01:47:00,959 --> 01:47:02,625
Sarbanes:
There are people
in the country,
2313
01:47:02,709 --> 01:47:05,125
and I can understand it,
I relate to it,
2314
01:47:05,208 --> 01:47:07,709
who are so angry
at Washington
2315
01:47:07,792 --> 01:47:11,458
that just the simple act
of handing someone
a baseball bat
2316
01:47:11,542 --> 01:47:13,417
and saying go up there
and poof...
2317
01:47:13,500 --> 01:47:15,333
shake things up.
2318
01:47:15,417 --> 01:47:17,458
gives them a certain
amount of satisfaction.
2319
01:47:17,542 --> 01:47:19,583
I, I understand that.
2320
01:47:19,667 --> 01:47:23,083
And what we're trying to do
with our reforms is say
2321
01:47:23,166 --> 01:47:24,709
these can be
as consequential
2322
01:47:24,792 --> 01:47:26,417
as any baseball bat
could ever be.
2323
01:47:26,500 --> 01:47:31,083
Because instead of tearing
your democracy down
2324
01:47:31,166 --> 01:47:33,250
to satisfy your anger,
2325
01:47:33,333 --> 01:47:34,750
we're gonna build it up,
2326
01:47:34,834 --> 01:47:38,208
and we're gonna put you
right back in the middle of it.
2327
01:47:38,291 --> 01:47:40,834
Buck:
There is no incentive
for leadership
2328
01:47:40,917 --> 01:47:44,917
to reduce its own power
by reforming Congress.
2329
01:47:45,041 --> 01:47:49,834
But Congress will react
when the people stand up
and demand action.
2330
01:47:51,250 --> 01:47:55,125
Massie:
The force than runs everything
is the electorate.
2331
01:47:55,208 --> 01:47:57,917
Everybody up here
can lose an election.
2332
01:47:58,000 --> 01:48:00,417
It doesn't matter
how powerful you are.
2333
01:48:00,500 --> 01:48:03,917
So, the final arbiters
of who holds power here
2334
01:48:04,000 --> 01:48:07,542
are still the voters back home.
2335
01:48:07,625 --> 01:48:10,250
Gaetz:
So many of the challenges
that are impacting our country
2336
01:48:10,333 --> 01:48:14,166
aren't going to impact
Republicans and Democrats
differently.
2337
01:48:14,250 --> 01:48:16,792
They're going to impact
us all the same.
2338
01:48:16,875 --> 01:48:19,166
And so I think
the thing we can do
2339
01:48:19,250 --> 01:48:21,291
to drain the swamp the most
2340
01:48:21,375 --> 01:48:24,125
would be to just achieve
some common understanding
2341
01:48:24,208 --> 01:48:27,000
that on a lot of this stuff,
we are in the same rowboat.
2342
01:48:27,083 --> 01:48:29,166
And if we're rowing
different directions
the whole time,
2343
01:48:29,250 --> 01:48:31,500
we're just gonna spin
on the top of the water.
2344
01:48:31,583 --> 01:48:35,458
♪
2345
01:48:35,542 --> 01:48:37,166
Reporter:
In 230 years,
2346
01:48:37,250 --> 01:48:40,000
since the
US House of Representatives
began its work,
2347
01:48:40,083 --> 01:48:43,750
only twice has it launched
the debate we will
witness today.
2348
01:48:43,834 --> 01:48:45,667
Democrats will bring
to the full House
2349
01:48:45,750 --> 01:48:48,375
two articles of impeachment
against President Trump.
2350
01:48:48,917 --> 01:48:53,208
("Impeach the President"
by The Honey Drippers playing)
2351
01:48:55,667 --> 01:48:58,500
♪ Some people say
that he's guilty ♪
2352
01:48:58,583 --> 01:49:00,667
♪ That he's guilty ♪
2353
01:49:00,750 --> 01:49:03,500
♪ Some people say
I don't know ♪
2354
01:49:03,583 --> 01:49:05,250
♪ I don't know ♪
2355
01:49:05,333 --> 01:49:08,375
♪ Some people say
give him a chance ♪
2356
01:49:08,458 --> 01:49:10,041
♪ Give him a chance ♪
2357
01:49:10,125 --> 01:49:13,375
♪ Aw, some people say
wait till they convict him ♪
2358
01:49:13,458 --> 01:49:14,875
♪ Till they convict him ♪
2359
01:49:14,959 --> 01:49:16,875
♪ Impeach the President ♪
2360
01:49:16,959 --> 01:49:19,375
♪ Impeach
the President ♪
2361
01:49:19,458 --> 01:49:21,542
♪ Impeach the President ♪
2362
01:49:21,625 --> 01:49:24,125
Woman 1:
Matt Gaetz,
country over party.
2363
01:49:24,208 --> 01:49:26,041
Come on, where's your soul?
2364
01:49:26,125 --> 01:49:27,625
Right here.
2365
01:49:27,709 --> 01:49:31,083
Matt Gaetz. Matt Gaetz...
2366
01:49:31,166 --> 01:49:34,959
Save our country.
You could be a hero, dude.
2367
01:49:35,041 --> 01:49:38,000
-You could be a hero.
-Woman 2: That's the
funny thing. He is a hero.
2368
01:49:38,083 --> 01:49:40,250
You could stand up
for our country.
2369
01:49:40,333 --> 01:49:43,583
-The Constitution, dude.
-Woman 3: Go back to Russia!
2370
01:49:43,667 --> 01:49:47,125
Oh, my goodness.
Oh, my goodness.
You people are something.
2371
01:49:47,208 --> 01:49:49,875
Come on, Matt.
You can do it!
I believe in you.
2372
01:49:50,000 --> 01:49:52,834
Go, Matt, go! Truth! Truth!
2373
01:49:53,375 --> 01:49:54,750
Truth, Matt!
2374
01:49:54,834 --> 01:49:57,291
♪ Impeach the President ♪
2375
01:49:57,375 --> 01:49:59,834
♪ Aw nah,
we can't do that, man ♪
2376
01:49:59,917 --> 01:50:02,250
♪ Impeach the President ♪
2377
01:50:02,333 --> 01:50:04,458
♪ Impeach
the President ♪
2378
01:50:04,542 --> 01:50:07,000
Article one is adopted.
2379
01:50:07,083 --> 01:50:09,333
♪
2380
01:50:12,000 --> 01:50:14,166
Mitch McConnell:
I'm coordinating with
White House counsel.
2381
01:50:14,250 --> 01:50:16,041
There will be
no difference between
2382
01:50:16,125 --> 01:50:18,250
the President's position
and our position.
2383
01:50:18,333 --> 01:50:20,083
We all know how it's gonna end.
2384
01:50:20,166 --> 01:50:21,583
There is no chance
2385
01:50:21,667 --> 01:50:24,000
the President's gonna be
removed from office.
2386
01:50:25,041 --> 01:50:27,375
♪ There's a lot of things ♪
2387
01:50:27,458 --> 01:50:30,583
♪ That we don't know about ♪
2388
01:50:30,667 --> 01:50:33,125
Khanna:
The President should not have
taken an offensive action
2389
01:50:33,208 --> 01:50:35,834
against Iran without
coming to Congress,
2390
01:50:35,917 --> 01:50:38,625
and this could get us into
another Middle East war
2391
01:50:38,709 --> 01:50:40,625
where American lives
are at risk,
2392
01:50:40,709 --> 01:50:42,792
and trillions of dollars
are wasted.
2393
01:50:42,875 --> 01:50:45,125
♪
2394
01:50:45,208 --> 01:50:47,500
♪ Impeach the President ♪
2395
01:50:47,583 --> 01:50:50,125
♪ Impeach
the President ♪
2396
01:50:50,208 --> 01:50:52,000
♪ Impeach the President ♪
2397
01:50:52,083 --> 01:50:54,166
Massie:
An hour before I went
to vote on that,
2398
01:50:54,250 --> 01:50:55,959
I got a call from
the President,
2399
01:50:56,041 --> 01:50:59,125
and he wanted me to vote
with the party,
2400
01:50:59,208 --> 01:51:02,625
or I was gonna get
a primary challenge.
2401
01:51:02,709 --> 01:51:05,667
And sure enough,
within 12 hours of voting
2402
01:51:05,750 --> 01:51:07,959
the way that I felt
I should vote,
2403
01:51:08,041 --> 01:51:09,834
I got a primary opponent.
2404
01:51:09,917 --> 01:51:13,333
And now,
the next 90 days of my life
2405
01:51:13,417 --> 01:51:15,333
are gonna be a sort of hell
2406
01:51:15,417 --> 01:51:17,583
where I have to go do
what I hate to do
2407
01:51:17,667 --> 01:51:19,834
which is get on the phone,
grovel,
2408
01:51:19,917 --> 01:51:22,291
raise money,
and try to beat this guy.
2409
01:51:22,375 --> 01:51:24,667
And I can trace it all back
to that one vote.
2410
01:51:24,750 --> 01:51:26,083
Interviewer:
Do you regret your vote?
2411
01:51:26,166 --> 01:51:28,625
I don't regret that vote at all.
I told the President,
2412
01:51:28,709 --> 01:51:32,000
"Look, if the worst thing that
happens to me for this vote
2413
01:51:32,083 --> 01:51:35,208
"is I have to go back
to my farm and live out
my days,
2414
01:51:35,291 --> 01:51:37,291
I'm okay with that!"
2415
01:51:37,917 --> 01:51:40,750
♪
2416
01:51:43,875 --> 01:51:46,333
Buck:
Taking on President Trump
is unwise.
2417
01:51:46,417 --> 01:51:50,000
And President Trump
has no problem doing
a touchdown dance
2418
01:51:50,083 --> 01:51:52,667
every time a Republican
critic loses.
2419
01:51:52,750 --> 01:51:55,375
And so he reinforces the idea
2420
01:51:55,458 --> 01:51:57,959
that it is a bad idea
to take him on.
2421
01:51:58,041 --> 01:52:02,125
♪
2422
01:52:03,458 --> 01:52:05,166
Gaetz:
I will never again
2423
01:52:05,250 --> 01:52:09,250
accept a donation from
a federal political action
committee.
2424
01:52:09,333 --> 01:52:10,792
Not one red cent.
2425
01:52:10,875 --> 01:52:15,166
The American people
are my one and only
special interest.
2426
01:52:15,750 --> 01:52:18,375
(cheering and applause)
2427
01:52:18,458 --> 01:52:19,792
Interviewer:
How do you feel?
2428
01:52:19,875 --> 01:52:22,875
I feel great, man.
Feel relieved.
Feel like, uh...
2429
01:52:22,959 --> 01:52:25,208
Just like a tremendous weight
has been lifted.
2430
01:52:25,291 --> 01:52:27,208
Don't know what
it's gonna mean, but
2431
01:52:27,291 --> 01:52:30,083
I tell you, it's one of
my best days in Congress.
2432
01:52:30,166 --> 01:52:34,291
♪
2433
01:52:59,667 --> 01:53:03,041
(dramatic orchestral
music playing)
2434
01:53:04,917 --> 01:53:10,000
♪
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