%FOR JOINING US.
%>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
%>> HOW DO OTHER CONGRESSIONAL
%REPUBLICANS SQUARE THE
%PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULTS?
%AND WHAT ABOUT COVID RELIEF OUT
%OF WASHINGTON?
%WE TURN TO U.S. REPRESENTATIVE
%TOM TIFFANY FROM THE 7TH
%CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IN
%NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.
%HE JOINS US FROM WASHINGTON AND
%THANKS VERY MUCH FOR DOING SO.
%>> GOOD TO BE HERE, FREDERICA.
%>> SO SENATOR JOHNSON TOLD A
%CONSTITUENT HE KNEW THAT JOE
%BIDEN HAD WON BUT HE SAID IT
%WOULD BE PLAT POLITICAL SUICIDE TO
%SAY SO PUBLICLY.
,
%WHAT DO YOU SAY PLUCKILY?
%>> I DID NOT SEE SENATOR'S
%JOHNSONS SO I CAN'T COMMENT ON
%HIS RACKS, BUT IT'S ALL PART OF
%THE PROCESS AT THIS POINT.
%WHEN YOU LOOK AT PENNSYLVANIA
%AND GEORGIA, THERE'S QUESTIONS
%WHETHER BALLOTS CAME OUT AT A
%VERY LATE HOUR AND WERE COUNTED
%THAT PERHAPS SHOULD NOT HAVE.
%PENNSYLVANIA HAS A VERY
%PROBLEMATIC SITUATION WHERE THEY
%COUNTED BALLOTS AFTER THE
%ELECTION DAY AND THAT CLEARLY
%VIOLATES THE LAW IN
%PENNSYLVANIA.
%SO I THINK THERE'S CERTAINLY
%ANOMALIES OUT THERE AND THE
%PROCESS SHOULD BE WORKED THROUGH
,
%HERE.
%>> SO AT THIS JUNCTURE YOU'RE
%NOT READY TO SAY THAT JOE BIDEN
%IS PRESIDENT-ELECT?
%>> NO.
%NOT UNTIL THE PROCESS IS
%COMPLETED AND THE ELECTORAL -- I
%MEAN, WHO ESTABLISHES THE NEXT
%PRESIDENT IS THE ELECTORAL
%COLLEGE.
%THEY HAVE NOT MET YET AND WE
%HAVE NOT COMPLETED THAT PROCESS.
%>> SO, AS YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE
%KIND OF DISCUSSING THIS, THE
%TRUMP CAMPAIGN LAWSUITS ALLEGING
%FRAUD AND ELECTION
%IRREGULARITIES HAVE FALLEN
%ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
,
%THEY CONTINUE WENDING THEIR WAY
%THROUGH WISCONSIN COURTS RIGHT
%NOW.
%IS IT YOUR POSITION THAT THE
%ELECTION WAS RIGGED, AS THE
%PRESIDENT SAYS, OR RIFE WITH
%FRAUD AND OUGHT TO BE CHALLENGED
%IN THIS WAY IN WISCONSIN?
%>> I USED THE TERM ANOMALIES
%EARLIER.
%AND THAT CLEARLY HAPPENED AT A
%MINIMUM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
%WHEN YOU SEE WINDOWS THAT ARE
%BOARDED UP, I BELIEVE THAT WAS
%IN PHILADELPHIA, POLL WATCHERS
%BEING TOSSED OUT OF BEING ABLE
%TO DO THEIR JOB, OF BEING ABLE
%TO REVIEW BALLOTS, THERE'S
,
%CERTAINLY CONCERNS THAT ARE
%THERE.
%I THINK THE BIGGER ISSUE FOR ME,
%THOUGH, I THINK IT'S TWOFOLD.
%ONE IS THIS ACCEPTING BALLOTS
%AFTER ELECTION DAY I DO NOT
%BELIEVE SHOULD HAPPEN.
%THE SECOND THING IS MAIL-IN
%BALLOTS, WHICH ARE DIFFERENT
%THAN THE ABSENTEE SYSTEM HERE IN
%WISCONSIN.
%MAIL-IN BALLOTS, I BELIEVE THAT
%THAT NEEDS TO BE ENDED ALSO
%BECAUSE AS PRESIDENT CARTER SAID
%WHEN HE WAS COCHAIRMAN OF A
%COMMISSION 15 YEARS AGO, IT
%LEAVES THE POSSIBILITY FOR FRAUD
,
%TO BE MUCH MORE RAMPANT.
%>> MAIL-IN BALLOTS, ABSENTEE
%BALLOTS ARE OFTEN MAILED IN IF
%THEY ARE NOT DROPPED IN DROP
%BOXES.
%>> YEAH.
%THAT'S RIGHT.
%SO THERE'S A DIFFERENCE.
%I THINK WISCONSIN'S ABSENTEE
%SYSTEM WORKS BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO
%REQUEST IT.
%THE DIFFERENCE I SEE IS WHEN YOU
%MAIL BALLOTS TO EVERYONE.
%THAT'S WHAT PRESIDENT CARTER AND
%THE COMMISSION HE CO-CHAIRED
%TALKED ABOUT, IS IT LEAVES THE
%POSSIBILITY FOR FRAUD TO BE
%GREATER IN THAT SITUATION.
%THERE'S A DIFFERENCE.
,
%>> ALL OF THIS DISCUSSION OF
%FRAUD AND IRREGULAR LAIRTSZ, DO
%YOU THINK IT DOES DAMAGE TO THE
%CONFIDENCE OF THE U.S. ELECTORAL
%SYSTEM?
%>> I THINK POSSIBLY IT COULD.
%BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO HEALTHY
%FOR US TO REVIEW OUR
%INSTITUTIONS.
%AND IF THERE'S ONE THING THAT I
%BELIEVE ABOUT DONALD TRUMP, EVER
%SINCE HE CAME DOWN THAT
%ESCALATOR AND ANNOUNCED HE WAS
%GOING TO RUN FIVE YEARS AGO, HE
%HAS LIFTED THE LID ON
%INSTITUTIONS THAT WE'VE ALWAYS
%HAD GREAT FAITH IN IN THIS
%COUNTRY, INCLUDING LIKE THE FBI,
%THE STATE DEPARTMENT.
%AND WE'VE FOUND THAT THERE'S
,
%SOME ROT IN THERE THAT NEEDS TO
%BE CLEANED UP.
%AND I THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME
%INSTANCES WHERE OUR ELECTION
%SYSTEM CAN DO BETTER, AND I
%THINK HE'S HIGHLIGHTING THAT,
%AND I THINK THAT'S HEALTHY FOR
%OUR COUNTRY.
%>> AS TO ELECTED OFFICIALS DOING
%WORK IN WASHINGTON, THERE'S A
%COVID RELIEF PACKAGE ON THE
%TABLE, SOMETHING SHY OF $1
%TRILLION.
%WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE IN THAT
%SPECIFICALLY AND WHAT DO YOU
%THINK WISCONSIN NEEDS TO TAKE
%FROM THAT?
%>> THERE'S TWO THINGS THAT I
%BELIEVE SHOULD BE IN THERE.
,
%ONE IS LIABILITY PROTECTIONS.
%AND THE OTHER ONE IS TO HAVE
%TARGETED RELIEF FOR -- FOR
%EXAMPLE, WE'VE BEEN PROMOTING
%FOR THREE MONTHS TO DO THE
%PAYCHECK PROTECTION EXTENSION
%PLAN AUTHORED BY REPRESENTATIVE
%OUT OF OHIO.
%SPEAKER PELOSI REFUSES TO TAKE
%THAT BILL UP.
%IT TARGETS RELIEF TOWARD SOME
%BUSINESS SECTORS THAT REALLY
%NEED HELP, ESPECIALLY
%HOSPITALITY, HOTELS,
%RESTAURANTS.
%SOME OF THEM ARE REALLY IN DIRE
%SHAPE.
,
%AND THERE IS A PLAN THERE TO BE
%ABLE TO PASS THAT.
%ONCE AGAIN NOW THIS WEEK, WE SAW
%NOTHING HAPPENED UNDER THE
%LEADER ER SHIP OF SPEAKER
%PELOSI.
%WE HAD A BILL IN REGARDS TO
%TIGERS AND LEGALIZING MARIJUANA.
%NOTHING TO GET RELIEF FOR THOSE
%BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN HURT
%BECAUSE OF LOCKDOWNS THROUGH NO
%FAULT OF THEIR OWN.
%>> WE LOOK FORWARD TO SOME
%POTENTIAL ACTION ON THAT NEXT
%WEEK.
%BUT REPRESENTATIVE TOM TIFFANY,
%THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING
%US FROM
,