YOU ARE
THE
ONLY
PERSON
WHO
CAN
CALL THIS
OFF.
CALL IT
OFF.>>
THAT
WAS
WISCONSIN
U.S.
REPRESENTATIVE MIKE GALLAGHER
INA TWEET
DURING
THE
SIEGE ON
THE
U.S. CAPITOL ON
WEDNESDAY.
HE
WENT
ON
TO
VOTE
TO
CERTIFY
THE
HE
ELECTORAL
COLLEGE
VOTES
OF STATES
AS
HE
HAD
SUPPORTED
BEFORE THE
RIOTING.
TAMMY
BALDWIN
AND RON
JOHNSON
ALSO
VOTED
TO
CERTIFY,
THOUGH
JOHNSON WAS
FULLY
BEHIND
VOTING
TO
REJECT
UNTIL
THE
CAPITOL
WAS
OVERRUN.
WISCONSIN'S OTHER
MEMBERS
OF
CONGRESS, SCOTT
FITZGERALD
AND
U.S.
REPRESENTATIVE TOM
TIFFANY VOTED
TO
REJECT
ELECTORAL
VOTES.
THOSE
HAVE
THE
STATE'S
LARGEST
NEWSPAPER CALLING FOR
THEM
AND
SENATOR JOHNSON TO BE
IMMEDIATELY
EXPELLED
FROM
THEIR
SEATS OR
TO
RESIGN
AS
MEMBERS
OF
WHAT'S BEEN
DUBBED
THE
SEDITION
CAUCUS.
TOUGH
WORDS FOR
ACTIONS
IN A
FAILED
ATTEMPT
TO
OVER
OVERTURN
RESULTS OF
THE
ELECTION.
WE WILL
BE
JOINED
BY GLENN
GROTHMAN.
JOINING US
NOW
IS
DEMOCRATICMARK POCAN
AND THANK
YOU
VERY
MUCH
FOR BEING
HERE.
>>
GLAD TO
BE
HERE.>>
A
T
THIS
POINT,
YOU
ARE
AMONG
THOSE
CALLING
TO
IMPEACHPRESIDENT
TRUMP,
BUT
WHY
WITH
ONLY 12
DAYS
LEFT
IN
HIS
TERM?
>>
BECAUSE
WITH
14
DAYS
LEFT
IN
HIS
TERM
WE
HAD AN
ATTEMPTED
COUP ON
THE
U.S.
CAPITOL.
DONALD
TRUMP
IS
NOT
NORMAL
BY
ANY STRETCH OF
THE
DEFINITION.
NO PREVIOUS
DEMOCRATIC
OR
REPUBLICAN
HAS
BROUGHT
FOLLOWERS
INTO WASHINGTON D.C.
WHEN
YOU'RE
THERE
TO
CERTIFY
THE
ELECTORS,
ASK THEM
TO
MARCH ON
THE
CAPITOL.
WE
DON'T
KNOW
WHAT
ELSE
HE
COULD
DO
IN
THE
REMAINING
TWO
WEEKS.
TODAY
NANCY
PELOSI
HAD
T
O
REACH
OUT TO
THE
HEAD OF
THE
JOINT
CHIEFS
AND
WORRY
ABOUT
ACCESS
TO
THE
NUCLEAR
CODES.
IT'S
THE WALL STREET
JOURNAL,
ASSOCIATION
OF
MANUFACTURERS,IT'S
REPUBLICANS AND
DEMOCRATS
CALLING
FOR
THIS
BECAUSE WE HAVE
REAL
CONCERN
FOR
OUR
COUNTRY.
>> SOME
REPUBLICANS
SAY
SUCH
MOVES
JUST
ENHANCE
DIVISIONS
ATA
TIME
WHEN
PRESIDENT-ELECTBIDEN IS
CALLING
FOR
UNITY.
>> YOU
CAN'T
HAVE
UNITY
IF
YOU'VE GOT
SOMEONE
WHO
COULD
DOA DANGEROUS ACTION.
THE LAST
TIME
THAT THERE
WAS A
STORMING OF THE
U.S.
CAPITOL
W
AS
IN
THE
WAR
OF
1812
BY
THE
BRITISH.
SO
SINCE THIS IS
SOMETHING
THATDONALD TRUMP
DID
THAT
HASN'T
HAPPENED
IN
SEVERAL
HUNDRED
YEARS AFTER
FOLLOWING A
PANDEMIC
THAT WE
HAVEN'T
HAD A
100
YEARS,
WE'RE
STARTING
TO
NOTICE A
PATTERN HERE.
THIS PRESIDENT HAS
ACTED
IN
UNPRECEDENTED
WAYS.
DONALD TRUMP
DOESN'T CARE
ABOUTTHE COUNTRY.
HE
CARES
ABOUT DONALD TRUMP
AND
HIS FAMILY AND
HIS
FAMILY'S
BUSINESS.AND
I
THINK
PEOPLE
REALLY WOKE
UP THIS
WEEK
TO
THAT.
BUT ALL
THE MORE
WE'VE
GOT
TO
PROTECT
OUR
DEMOCRACY AND
THE
INTEGRITY OF THE COUNTRY.
AND YOU
DO
THAT
BY
EITHER,
ONE,
HAVING
THE
CABINET
INVOKE
THE
25TH AMENDMENT
OR,
TWO,
I
F
THEY
WON'T, WE
HAVE
TO
DO
IMPEACHMENT.>>
WHAT'S
YOUR
RESPONSE
TO
CAPITOL POLICE
LOSING
CONTROL
AND
ALLOWING
THE
BUILDING TO
BE
PREACHED IN
THAT
WAY?
>>
YEAH.
IT
WAS
SAD.
THE FEELING
I
STILL
HAVE
IS
SADNESS FROM WHAT HAPPENED THE
OTHER
DAY.
ONE,
I
THINK THERE WAS
SOME
ILL
PREPAREDNESS.
THEY
WEREN'T
READY
AND THEY
SHOULD HAVE
BEEN BETTER
PREPARED.
WE
LOST
ONE OF
THE
OFFICER'S
LIVES
DURING
THIS.
AND, YOU
KNOW,
BY
THE END OF
THE
DAY
THEY
HAD
1800
PEOPLE
TO
MAKE
SURE WE COULD
GET
THE
REST OF
THE BUSINESS DONE.
I'M GLAD
WE
WENT
BACK
INTO
SESSION AND
GOT
THE
BUSINESS
DONE THAT
WE
HAD
TO.
BUT
IT
NEVER SHOULD HAVE
GOTTEN
THAT FAR.
WE
NEVER SHOULD HAVE
HAD
TO
WORRY ABOUT
SOMETHING
LIKE
THAT.
DONALD
TRUMP
INVITED
THOSE
PEOPLE TO
COME
THAT
DAY
AND HE
WENT
TO A
RALLY
AND
HE
AND
HIS
FAMILY AND
LAWYER
EGGED
THEM
ON
FOR THEIR
ACTIONS.
SO NO ONE
CAN
ACT
LIKE DONALD
TRUMP IS
INNOCENT
ON
THIS
AND
UNFORTUNATELY, AS YOU
SAW
FROM
THE
EDITORIAL,
THE MILWAUKEE
JOURNAL
SENTINEL
AND
OTHER
PLACES,
THEY'RE
NOW
REFERRING
TOPEOPLE AS
THE
SEDITION
CAUCUS.
NONE
OF THIS
IS
NORMAL.
I'M JUST
HOPING
THAT
IN A
COUPLE
WEEKS WE
CAN
GET BACK
TO A
PLACE
WHERE
BUSINESS
IS
DON
E
THE
WAY
IT
TRADITIONALLY HAS BEEN
DONE
WITH JOE BIDEN IS
PRESIDENT.
BUT IN
THE
NEXT
TWO
WEEKS
I'M
STILL VERY
CONCERNED
FOR
WHAT
COULD HAPPEN.>>
I
JUST
WANTED
TO POINT TO
THIS.
HOW DIFFERENT DO YOU
THINK
THISWOULD HAVE BEEN FOR
THE
PROTEST
PROTESTORS
HAD
THEY
BEEN
BLACK
LIVES MATTER
DEMONSTRATORS?>>
NO
QUESTION.
THERE
WERE
OVER
200
ARRESTS
DURING
THE BRETT
BRETT
KAVANAUGH
HEARINGS.THIS
WAS A
POORLY-EXECUTED
EFFORT.
MY
COMMITTEE
IS
HAVING A
HEARING.
THERE'S
PROBABLY
GOING TO
BE
MORE
REVIEWS
AND REPORTS
DONE.
THE CHIEF OF
THE
CAPITOL
POLICE
IS
RESIGNING.
THIS
CLEARLY
WAS
DONE
POORLY.
AND TO
SAY
YOU'RE
GOING TO
GO
AND ARREST
PEOPLE AFTER
THE
FACT,
ARRESTS
THAT
DAY WOULD
HAVE HELPED
QUITE A
BIT.
>>
DO YOU
HAVE
REAL CONCERNS
FOR
THE NEXT
DAYS
IN
TERMS
OF
NATIONAL
SECURITY
WITH DONALD
TRUMP STILL
THE
SITTING
PRESIDENT?
>>
ABSOLUTELY.
ABSOLUTELY.DONALD TRUMP
IS
SO
UNPREDICTABLE.
HE'S
SUCH A
NARCISSIST.
WHO
KNOWS
WHAT
ELSE
HE
COULD
DO?
AND THAT'S
WHAT
I
THINK
OUR
REAL
WORRIES ARE.
HE'S ALREADY
BEEN
TALKING
ABOUT
BEING
TOUGHER
ON
IRAN.
WE DON'T
NEED
TO
START A
LAST
COUPLE WEEKS
OF
ANYONE'S
PRESIDENCY
WHEN
YOU'VE
GOT
SOMEONE NEW COMING
IN.
THAT'S WHY
WE'RE
SO
CONCERNED.
NOT ONLY
DOES
HE
HAVE TO
BE
PUNISHED FOR
WHAT HE
DID, WHAT
WAS AN
ASSAULT
ON
OUR
DEMOCRACY
ON
WEDNESDAY, BUT WE
HAVE
TO
MAKE SURE
THAT
HE
DOESN'T
DO
ANY
MORE
DAMAGE
TO
THIS
COUNTRY.
>>
MEANWHILE, NEARLY
LOST IN
ALL
OF
THIS,
DEMOCRATS
JUST
WON
CONTROL OF THE SENATE.
WHAT WILL
DEMOCRATS DO
WITH
THIS
LEADERSHIP?>> SO
IT'S A
TIGHT
MARGIN.
IT'S A
50-50
SENATE.
THE
TIE-BREAKING
VOTE WILL
BEKAMALA HARRIS.
OUR
HOUSE
MARGIN
IS A
SMALL
MARGIN.
SO
IT'S
NOT
LIKE
YOU'RE
GOING TO
SEE A LOT
OF
ACTION
HAPPENING
ON
THINGS THAT
I
MIGHT
LIKE TO
SEE
AS
SOMEONE
WHO'S
MORE
OF A
PROGRESSIVE
DEMOCRAT.
BUT IT
DOES
MEAN
THAT
HOPEFULLYWE
CAN
GET
SOME OF
THE
APPOINTMENTS THROUGH
THAT WE
NEED
TO, WE
CAN
GET
SOME BASICBILLS THAT NEED TO
FIX
SOME OF
THE DAMAGE THAT WAS
DONE
BY
THE
TRUMP
PRESIDENCY THROUGH
CONGRESS.
BUT IT'S
NOT
EXACTLY A
HUGE
MARGIN IN
EITHER
HOUSE.>> ALL
RIGHT.
U.S.
REPRESENTATIVE MARK
POCAN,
THANKS FOR
J