ANOTHER SPECIAL SESSION GOVERNOR
EVERS HAD CALLED THIS WEEK TO
FIX THE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
SYSTEM WAS REJECTED BY THE
REPUBLICAN MAJORITY.
MORE TANGIBLE EVIDENCE OF THE
PEAR
PERSISTENT PARTISAN DIVIDE.
HOW WILL THE POLE POLARIZED POLITICAL
CULTURE FARE AT THE NATIONAL
LEVEL?
BKBILL MCCOSHEN AND SCOT ROSS,
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
AFTER EVERYTHING THE COUNTRY HAS
BEEN THROUGH, THE VIOLENCE, THE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND PEOPLE
WHO DON'T ACCEPT THE RESULTS,
CAN THERE TRULY BE THE UNITY JOE
BIDEN PREACHES?
>> I THINK IF THERE'S ANYBODY IN
THE UNITED STATES WHO'S GOING TO
BE ABLE TO BRING US BACK
TOGETHER, IT'S DEFINITELY JOE
BIDEN.
I MEAN, AFTER 50 YEARS IN THE
SENATE, AS THE VICE PRESIDENT,
THIS IS NOT A GUY WHO PEOPLE
THINK OF AS A HALF PARTISAN.
THIS IS A GUY WHO GETS THINGS
DONE.
HE'S PROVED IT.
HE'S GOING TO PROVE IT AS
PRESIDENT.
IT'S TIME WE GET SOME ADULT
LEADERSHIP IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
IT'S TIME TO FOCUS ON THE THINGS
THAT ARE IMPORTANT, THE ECONOMIC
CRISIS, BATTLING COVID.
HE'S TAKING STEPS TO TRY TO DO
THAT.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT
CALL FOR UNITY AND WHETHER IT'S
POSSIBLE?
>> REMEMBER, FOUR YEARS AGO WHEN
DONALD TRUMP WAS ELECTED,
DEMOCRATS' MANTRA WAS RESIST.
IT WASN'T UNITY.
BIDEN HAS SO MUCH D.C.
EXPERIENCE, HE KNOWS HOW TO GET
THINGS DONE, BUT REPUBLICANS
WON'T BE LISTENING TO HIS WORDS
NECESSARILY.
THEY'LL BE WATCHING HIS DEEDS.
SO IT DEPENDS ON HOW HE CONDUCTS
HIMSELF AND THE KINDS OF ISSUES
THAT HE TRIES TO PURSUE EARLY IN
HIS ADMINISTRATION AND HIS
WILLINGNESS TO REACH ACROSS THE
AISLE AND WORK WITH REPUBLICANS,
WHICH HAS BEEN HIS HISTORY, AT
LEAST AS A SENATOR, AND IF HE
CONTINUES THAT, I THINK HE'LL
GET SOME RESULTS.
>> MEANWHILE, THERE'S ALREADY A
POWER-SHARING FIGHT IN THE
SENATE, SPLIT 50/50, AT ODDS
OVER THE FILIBUSTER.
WHAT IS THIS GOING TO LOOK LIKE
IN PRACTICE WITH THE $2 TRILLION
COVID PACKAGE?
>> 20 YEARS AGO WHEN WE HAD A
50/50 SENATE, TOM DASCHLE AND
TRENT LOTT DID COME UP WITH A
POWER-SHARING AGREEMENT.
CHUCK SCHUMER HAS NO AGREEMENT
IN THAT.
SO DEMOCRATS WILL CONTROL THE
SENATE.
PROVIDED THE FILIBUSTER STAYS IN
PLACE, WE SHOULD HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO BLOCK THINGS
REPUBLICANS DON'T LIKE.
>> SCOT, WHAT DO YOU THINK OUGHT
TO HAPPEN?
>> WELL, I THINK THEY SHOULD GET
RID OF THE FILIBUSTER BECAUSE
MITCH MCCONNELL AND THE MCSENATE
HAVE BROKEN EVERY NORM OVER THE
SENATE.
MITCH MCCONNELL IS A PARTISAN
HAFNLGT HE WILL NOT DO ANYTHING
FOR THE GOOD OF THE COUNTRY,
ONLY TO INCREASE HIS POWER.
NOW THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY, I
DON'T THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO
LOOK TO MCCONNELL.
SCHUMER SHOULD LOOK INSIDE OF
HIS OWN CAUCUS.
HE HAS THE GAMUT IN THERE.
THEY'RE GOING TO COME UP WITH
SOLUTIONS THAT WILL WORK.
JOE BIDEN HAS ALREADY PROVEN.
HE'S NOMINATED TRUMP'S FBI
DIRECTOR TO STAY AT FBI.
BUT WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE
REPUBLICAN SIDE?
THEY'RE BLOCKING PRESIDENT
BIDEN'S NOMINEE FOR DEPARTMENT
OF HOMELAND SECURITY.
IT'S DISGRACEFUL.
I'D LIKE TO THINK THE SENATE
WILL COME TO ITS SENSES ON THE
REPUBLICAN SIDE.
I DON'T THINK IT WILL.
>> THE HOUSE WILL DELIVER THE
IMPEACHMENT ARTICLE TO THE
SENATE ON MONDAY TO START THE
TRIAL AGAINST DONALD TRUMP.
SHOULD THIS HAVE BEEN DELAYED SO
BIDEN COULD MOVE HIS AGENDA AND
TRUMP COULD ASSEMBLE HIS
DEFENSE?
BILL?
>> THERE AGAIN, IT GOES BACK TO
THE PRESIDENT.
THE PRESIDENT COULD SAY THE
ARTICLES SHOULD REMAIN IN THE
HOUSE AND THE IMPEACHMENT SHOULD
NOT MOVE FORWARD.
IF HE'S SERIOUS ABOUT UNITY,
THAT WOULD BE HIS BEST MESSAGE
AND WE COULD GET ON THE WITH THE
BIDEN AGENDA.
WE'VE SEEN A FLURRY OF EXECUTIVE
ORDERS THIS WEEK ALREADY.
BUT THINGS HE WANTS TO PASS
THROUGH THE CONGRESS ARE GOING
TO BE LESS LIKELY TO GET DONE IF
HE PROCEEDS DOWN THE IMPEACHMENT
PATH.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT,
SCOT?
>> I MEAN, WE HAD A PRESIDENT
WHO WAS GUILTY OF HELPING A
SEDITIOUS TERRORIST INSURRECTION
AND HE MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
CONGRESS AND EXECUTIVE BRANCH
ARE EQUAL.
IF PRESIDENT BIDEN WANTED TO
STAY STOP IT, I DON'T KNOW THAT
IT WOULD STOP IT.
THEY WANT TO HOLD TRUMP
ACCOUNTABLE.
>> IF HE SAID STOP IT, IT WOULD
MAKE THEM MORE INTERESTED IN
WORKING WITH HIM AT LEAST EARLY
IN THE ADMINISTRATION, IN THE
FIRST 100 DAYS, WHICH ARE
CRITICAL.
>> HERE AT HOME THE STALEMATE
CONTINUES.
REPUBLICANS ARE NOW GOING AFTER
THE LATEST EVERS' MASK MANDATE.
IS THIS DYSFUNCTION JUST AT A
NEW PLACE NOW?
>> I THINK SO.
I MEAN, IT'S BEEN 280 DAYS SINCE
THE REPUBLICANS PUT A BILL ON
GOVERNOR EVERS' DESK.
THE ONLY THING THAT THE ASSEMBLY
HAS PASSED IS A
SELF-CONGRATULATORY RESOLUTION
FOR ROBIN VOS.
THEY HAVEN'T WORKED IN TEN
MONTHS.
CONTINUES FOR ROBIN VOS AND
REPUBLICANS TO BE BUSINESS AS
USUAL AND THAT'S NO BUSINESS.
>> BUCK STOPS WITH THE GOVERNOR.
HE'S 0-7 IN SPECIAL SESSION.
92% OF THEM PRODUCED SOME
RESULTS.
TONY EVERS HAS NO RESULTS IN ANY
OF HIS.
>> WE NEED TO LEAVE IT THERE.
THIS DOESN'T LOOK LIKE UNITY,
BUT I KNOW YOU