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>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SET TO DELIVER AN ADDRESS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE ONE HOUR FROM NOW. WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS SAY HE WILL FOCUS ON ELECTION INTEGRITY AND PERCENT WITH THE WHITE HOUSE DESCRIBES IS NEW EVIDENCE REGARDING THE 2020 ELECTIONS. SINCE THAT ELECTION NUMEROUS RECOUNTS, AUDITS, COURT RULINGS AND INVESTIGATIONS HAVE FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF WIDESPREAD FRAUD THAT CHANGE THE OUTCOME, BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS MAINTAINED THAT ELECTION WAS STOLEN FROM HIM. WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS SAID THEY HOPE AMERICANS WILL TUNE IN TONIGHT TO HEAR THE PRESIDENT MAKE HIS CASE. AS WE WAIT FOR HIS REMARKS, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU ON PHONE LINES AS USUAL. WE'LL ALSO LOOK FOR YOUR POSTS, AS WELL.
PRESIDENT TRUMP REVIEWED HIS ADDRESS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE TUESDAY. THIS IS WHAT HE SAID. >> PEOPLE AROUND THE NATION ARE ANTICIPATING YOUR BIG ANNOUNCEMENT THURSDAY REGARDING ELECTION INTEGRITY. CAN YOU TELL US WHAT TO EXPECT?
PRES. TRUMP: IT WILL CONCERNED THAT SUBJECT THAT A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS. I WOULD RATHER SAVE IT. BUT IT'S REALLY BIG NEWS. IT'S REALLY, REALLY BIG NEWS. AND OUR COUNTRY HAS TO SHAPE UP. WHAT WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THURSDAY, IT DOESN'T GET BIGGER. WITHOUT FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS, YOU DON'T HAVE A COUNTRY. WE WILL BE DISCUSSING OTHER THINGS, BUT IT WOULD BE A VERY BIG ANNOUNCEMENT.
>> THAT WAS PRESIDENT TRUMP TUESDAY. HERE ARE SOME OF THE HEADLINES TODAY ABOUT THE ADDRESS TONIGHT. FROM REUTERS, WITH MIDTERMS ON DECK, TRUMP TO DELIVER PRIME TIME SPEECH ON ELECTION SECURITY. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HEADLINE, AFTER SIX YEARS, TRUMP FRAMES HIS ELECTION OBSESSION PRIME TIME AT THE WHITE HOUSE FULL TOP AND FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, A PRIMER ON WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT ELECTION INTERFERENCE CLAIMS AHEAD OF TRUMP'S SPEECH. U.S. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY FOUND NO INDICATION CHINA OR ANY OTHER FOREIGN ACTOR TEMPER MY EYES TO THE 2020 ELECTION THAT DONALD TRUMP LOST. WITH THE WALL STREET JOURNAL HEADLINE, WE ARE JOINED ON ZOOM BY THE WHITE HOUSE REPORTER OF THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. NATALIE ANDREWS, WHAT HAVE YOU FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS NEW EVIDENCE, WHEN THE PRESIDENT CAME IN POSSESSION OF IT? WHAT HAVE YOU FOUND IN YOUR REPORTING?
>> WE ARE ALL ANXIOUSLY AWAITING TO HEAR WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS GOING TO SAY TONIGHT. HE IS HOPING FOR A LOT OF VIEWERSHIP. IT IS NOT CLEAR IF ALL NETWORKS WILL TAKE IT IN PRIME TIME, BUT WE EXPECT THEM TO FOCUS A LOT ON 2020, WHICH IS SOMETHING HE BRINGS UP REPEATEDLY WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT JOE BIDEN. HE TALKS ABOUT PROBABLY JOE BIDEN AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK IN THE OVAL OFFICE. THIS WILL BE HIS FIRST MAJOR PRIMETIME ADDRESS SINCE HE SPOKE ABOUT THE IRAN WAR. THIS WILL FOCUS ON SOMETHING THAT TOOK PLACE NEARLY SIX YEARS AGO AND MAY FOCUS ON CHINA, SOME CLAIMS OF POTENTIAL ELECTION FRAUD TT WE PVIOUSLY INVESTIGATED, BUT IF HE HAS NEW INFORMATION WE ARE ALL ANXIOUSLY AWAITING TO SEE WHAT HE HAS TO SAY.
>> WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE MECHANICS OF THE ADDRESS, HOW LONG HE IS EXPECTED TO GO? IS HE GOING TO BE JOINED BY ANYBODY IN THIS ADDRESS?
>> WE DO EXPECT A TOP LAW ENFORCEMENT FIGURE TO BE WITH HIM IN THE OVAL OFFICE. EXPECT TO SEE TODD BLANCHE COME FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL, TOP FIGURES THAT LEND SOME MANPOWER AND CREDIBILITY TO TALKING ABOUT FRAUD AND ELECTION SECURITY.
>> LAST WEEK THERE WAS SOME NEWS THE PRESIDENT MADE ON ELECTIONS. HE FIRED THE REMAINING MEMBERS OF THE ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION. REMIND US WHAT THAT WAS. DOES THAT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH WHAT WE WILL HEAR TONIGHT?
>> IT MAY. THE HAS BEEN LOOKING AT THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY SP IN THE U.S. TO MAKE ELECTIONS MORE SECURE. HE FIRED THEM. HE WAS CRITICIZED EVEN BY SOME REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS FOR DOING THAT. THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE DESIGNED TO MONITOR ELECTIONS AND THE U.S. THE HARD THING FOR DONALD TRUMP IS PRESIDENTS DON'T HAVE A LOT OF AUTHORITY ON HOW STATES CONDUCT THEIR ELECTIONS. HE IS TRYING. EXPECT THEM TO TALK A LOT ABOUT THE SAVE AMERICA ACT, WHICH REQUIRES VOTER ID IN ELECTIONS AND PUTS FEDERAL GUIDELINES IN PLACE FOR ELECTIONS NATIONWIDE, BUT HAVE HIT ROADBLOCKS IN CONGRESS. HE IS TRYING TO IMPLEMENT FEDERAL STANDARDS, BUT THE CONSTITUTION DOESN'T REALLY PUT THAT IN PLACE TO BEGIN WITH.
>> ONE MORE QUESTION ON WHAT TO EXPECT AS WE TRY TO LOOK AHEAD, ABOUT 55 MINUTES FROM NOW, SENATOR BERNIE MORENO FROM OHIO, HE PUT A POST ON X SAYING HE WAS REACHED BY THE WHITE HOUSE ON WHAT TO EXPECT THIS EVENING. THIS WAS FROM ABOUT 90 MINUTES AGO. HE SAID I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERY AMERICAN TO TUNE IN TONIGHT TO THE PRESIDENT'S. THIS MAY BE THE MOST IMPORTANT OVAL OFFICE ADDRESS SINCE THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS. THE TIME FOR COMPLACENCY WITH CHINA IS OVER. WHAT DO YOU TAKE FROM THAT AND THE SPECIFIC FOCUS ON CHINA?
>> IT'S VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP JUST HAD A VISIT TO CHINA, WHICH HE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED AND HAS TALKED ABOUT PRESIDENT XI WITH QUITE A BIT OF PRAISE SINCE. THIS COULD BE AN ABRUPT PIVOT. THERE WERE CLAIMS AND AN INVESTIGATION AFTER THE 2020 ELECTION IN WHICH THEY LOOK AT WHETHER CHINA HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN INFLUENCING THE ELECTION. THE RESULTS FROM THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY THEN WAS CHINA HAD CONSIDERED IT BUT CARRIED OUT NO MEANINGFUL EFFORT. SO WILL THERE BE AN UPDATE ON THAT REPORT? WE KNOW THAT DONALD TRUMP HAS ASKED HIS INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL SINCE HE TOOK OFFICE LAST YEAR TO LOOK AT A LOT OF THE CLAIMS AND A LOT OF THE INVESTIGATIONS THAT WERE DONE AFTER 2020. THIS MAY BE PART OF THAT. DOES HE HAVE NEW INFORMATION? KAROLINE LEAVITT IN HER BRIEFING THIS AFTERNOON PROMISED IT WOULD BE BIG AND EXPLOSIVE. SO THEY ARE CERTAINLY HYPING IT UP AND WANTING PEOPLE TO TUNE IN.
>> NATALIE ANDREWS IS WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE JOURNAL -- WALL STREET JOURNAL, WHITE HOUSE REPORTER. SHE WILL BE COVERING IN TONIGHT AND YOU CAN READ IT ON THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING TIME TO CHAT WITH US.
>> THANK YOU.
>> NATALIE ANDREWS MENTIONING WHITE HOUSE SECRETARY KAROLINE LEAVITT SPEAKING WITH REPORTERS TODAY. LET ME PLAY THIS COME ABOUT ONE MINUTE, 30 SECONDS.
>> THE 2020 LET YOU HAD NUMEROUS RECOUNTS, AUDITS, INVESTIGATIONS, DEEMED TO BE SAFE AND SECURE.
>> THEY SAID IT WAS TOO BIG TO READ. A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF VOTES FOR THIS PRESIDENT.
>> NO ONE DISPUTES THAT COME AND THERE WERE A SIGNIFICANT IT AMOUNT OF VOTES FOR JOE BIDEN. WHY IS THE PRESIDENT UNABLE TO LET THIS GO?
>> FIRST OF ALL, GARRETT, PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THE MEDIA HAS REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE TENS OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY SHARE THE CONCERNS OF THIS PRESIDENT ABOUT THE SANCTITY OF OUR ELECTIONS. THE PREMISE OF YOUR QUESTION, YOU'RE JUMPING AHEAD TO A CONCLUSION OF THE SPEECH BEFORE HEARING IT. I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD TUNE IN TONIGHT, INCLUDING THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM, AND YOU SHOULD REPORT ON THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH AND THE FINDINGS HE WILL REVEAL WITH A LITTLE BIT OF HONESTY AND INTEGRITY. BECAUSE IT WILL SHOCK YF YOU HAVE AN HONEST I LISTENING TO THE PRESIDENT TONIGHT. EVERYTHING HE IS SAYING WILL BE BACKED BY FACTS AND EVIDENCE THAT WILL BE PROVIDED THIS EVENING. AGAIN, GARRETT, I THINK ALL AMERICANS, DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS, WE SHOULD AGREE WE ARE THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. WE SHOULD HAVE THE MOST SECURE ELECTIONS IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. WITH THE PRESIDENT WILL SHOW YOU TO KNOW IT IS PERHAPS THAT IS NOT THE CASE AND WE NEED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS MOVING FORWARD, INCLUDING THE SAVE AMERICA ACT AS A KEY LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY FOR THIS PRESIDENT ON CAPITOL HILL. HE WANTS TO SEE ALL SENATORS AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS VOTING IN FAVOR OF THE SAVE AMERICA ACT BECAUSE IT IS CRUCIALLY IMPORTANT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
>> WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY KAROLINE LEAVITT BACK IN THE WHITE HOUSE BRIEFING ROOM TALKING WITH REPORTERS TODAY. THAT ADDRESS TAKING PLACE IN ABOUT 50 MINUTES. WE WILL SHOW IT TO YOU WHEN IT HAPPENS FROM TOP TO BOTTOM HERE ON C-SPAN. WE ARE ALSO HEARING FROM YOU BEFORE AND AFTER. TO HELP PUT THIS INTO CONTEXT, WE ARE JOINED IN STUDIO BY THE HILL NEWSPAPER, WHITE HOUSE COLUMNIST. THE LATEST COLUMN, TROUBLES AND DOWNSIDES AND UPSIDES FOR THE PRESIDENT TONIGHT?
>> SEVERAL TROUBLES. THE WAR IN IRAN SEEMS TO BE BEING REIGNITED RIGHT NOW. THAT WAR HAS BEEN UNPOPULAR WITH THE AMERICAN ELECTORATE SINCE ITS INCEPTION. NOT LIKE OTHER CONFLICTS WERE POPULAR AT THE START AND THEN LOST SUPPORT. THERE IS A QUESTION OF WHAT HAPPENS THERE. DO WE START SEEING THE PRICE OF GAS GO UP AS WE'VE SEEN THE PRICE OF OIL EDGE UP? THERE IS CONTROVERSY OVER THE KILLINGS OF TWO PEOPLE BY ICE AGENTS WHICH AGAIN HAS REVELED THE PASSIONATE DEBATE ABOUT IMMIGRATION POLICY GENERALLY. THEN THE ARE JUSTLY PRESIDENT'S DIFFICULTIES WITH POPULARITY. HIS APPROVAL RATINGS ARE ROUND LOAF 40% MARK, NOT AN ALL-TIME LOW, BUT SLIGHTLY ABOVE, NOT WHERE ANY PRESIDENT WOULD LIKE TO BE AT THIS POINT.
>> POTENTIAL UPSIDE FOR THE PRESIDENT?
>> HE COULD MAKE THE CASE FOR HIMSELF GENERALLY BEYOND THE ELECTION. IF HE FOR EXAMPLE WERE TO MAKE A MORE COMPELLING CASE FOR WHATEVER HE'S DOING IN IRAN OR REPUBLICANS HAVE TOLD ME THEY WOULD LIKE TO HEAR HIM TALK MORE ABOUT THE COST OF LIVING, THE ECONOMY, ISSUES THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO AMERICANS.
>> THAT WILL NOT BE THE TOP LINE OF WHAT THE PRESIDENT WILL BE TALKING ABOUT WE ARE TOLD.
>> THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF THIS DOES APPEAR TO BE SOME SORT OF RESTATEMENT OR PERHAPS NEW EVIDENCE OF PERHAPS ELECTION INTERFERENCE OF SOME KIND. IT SEEMS FROM THE PREVIEW THAT IS GOING TO BE A HEADLINE THAT COMES OUT OF TONIGHT. EVEN SOME REPUBLICANS ARE NOT THRILLED WITH THAT, PARTLY BECAUSE AS NATALIE SAID DURING HER CONVERSATION WITH YOU WE ARE TALKING ABOUT EVENTS SIX YEARS AGO.
>> YOU MET A POINT TO WRITE THAT IT IS HARDER FOR THIS PRESIDENT, FOR A PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH TO HAVE THE IMPACT IT ONCE DID. WHY IS IT HARDER FOR THIS PRESIDENT TO HAVE THAT IMPACT WITH THE WHITE HOUSE ADDRESS?
>> BECAUSE THE IMPACT IS DILUTED BY THE AMOUNT OF TIMES HE DOES COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH THE MERC AND PEOPLE. I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS IN THE U.S. OVER 20 YEARS, WHICH MEANS I'M OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER WHENEVER THERE WAS AN IN A PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS PEOPLE IN THE BUSINESS WORLD WOULD SAY THIS IS A RARE CHANCE FOR THE PRESIDENT TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. PURSE SPEAKS DIRECTLY TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ALL THE TIME CARRY -- PRESIDENT TRUMP SPEAKS DIRECTLY TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ALL THE TIME CARRY PARTLY THROUGH THE WHITE HOUSE ACCOUNTS AND PARTLY THROUGH IMPROMPTU COMMENTS. IT IS NOT AS THOUGH THIS IS A VERY RARE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE. HE TALKS TO DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE SEVERAL TIMES A DAY, FOR GOOD OR BAD.
>> SOME TV NETWORKS ARE NOT GOING TO BE AIRING THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH LIVE. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE DEBATE OVER WHETHER TO AIR OR NOT TO AIR TONIGHT?
>> IT IS A GENUINELY DIFFICULT ISSUE. I KNOW EVERYONE LOOKS TO BEAT UP ON THE MEDIA, REGARDLESS OF WHAT SIDE THEY ARE ON A GIVEN TOPIC. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF CONSIDERATIONS. ONE IS IS THERE REALLY GOING TO BE SUBSTANTIAL NEWS MADE HERE? IT IS NOT APPARENTLY A DECLARATION OF WAR OR THE END OF WAR, IT IS NOT HISTORIC IN THAT SENSE.
>> BERNIE MORENO SAYING IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT OVAL OFFICE ADDRESS SINCE THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS.
>> WE SHALL SEE. MAYBE IT WILL SURPRISE US ALL. I THINK THE NETWORKS ARE EXPECTING THAT NOT TO BE THE CASE. CERTAINLY IN THE CASE OF NBC AND ABC, THEY ARE COVERING IT ON STREAMING SERVICES BUT NOT BREAKING INTO BROADCASTING. THERE IS ALSO GIVEN THE CENTRALITY OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S OFTEN SPECIOUS CLAIMS ABOUT ELECTIONS, THERE IS A DANGER OR CONCERN FROM THE NETWORKS OF ACTUAL DEFAMATORY THINGS BEING SAID. AFTER ALL, WE ALL REMEMBER FOX NEWS SETTLING THAT SUIT FROM DOMINION FOR WELL OVER 700 MILLION DOLLARS. THAT IS ANOTHER CONSIDERATION. THEN A THIRD DOUBT IN THE NETWORK'S MIND IS THIS JUST A CAMPAIGN SPEECH UNDER THE FACADE OF A PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS? ADMITTEDLY, THE LINE THAT SEPARATES THOSE CONCEPTS IS NOT ALWAYS BOLD AND CLEAR, BUT IT DOES PLAY INTO THEIR CONCERNS.
>> ON THE COVERAGE ISSUE, CONGRESSMAN RALPH NORMAN SENDING THIS OUT JUST BEFORE 7 P.M. EASTERN, THE LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD IS BEING CENSORED BY THE STATE NEWS MEDIA. HERE IS ONE MORE SOCIAL MEDIA POST FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE. A DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN SAYING, PERSON TRUMP IS TRYING TO REWRITE THE HISTORY OF THE 2020 ELECTION BY POLITICIZING INTELLIGENCE. HE IS TRYING TO CONVINCE AMERICANS HE WON AN ELECTION THAT HE LOST. SOME COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU ARE VIEWERS. ABOUT 45 MINUTES UNTIL THE PRESIDENT BEGINS HIS ADDRESS. THE NUMBERS TO CALL THIS EVENING TO JOIN ON THE PHONE LINES, DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS, AND INDEPENDENTS -- WE BEGIN IN YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. LAUREN, REPUBLICAN, WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING?
>> HELLO. WHAT I'M EXPECTING IS TO FIND OUT WHAT WE'VE KNOWN FOR SEVERAL YEARS IN THE PUBLIC. THAT THE 2020 ELECTION WAS FRAUDULENT. BEING RETIRED, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH THE HEARINGS, THE COURT CASES, THE TESTIMONY, AND IT'S ALL BEEN VERY CONDEMNING THAT THERE WAS FRAUD. THE PROBLEM IS I'VE WATCHED TO THE MEDIA, AND THE MEDIA TENDS TO WANT TO COVER FOR IT. IF YOU LOOK AT PROJECT A MOCKINGBIRD, THE CIA AND THE LATE 1950'S STARTED PUTTING MEDIA PEOPLE INTO THE MEDIA TO HELP BRAINWASH US INTO WHAT WE THINK.
>> HE SAID THERE IS CONDEMNING EVIDENCE. WHAT IS THE MOST CONDEMNING EVIDENCE YOU WOULD POINT TO?
>> IN ARIZONA THEY SHOWED THE BALLOTS THAT WERE PRINTED OFF CENTER. THEREFORE, EVERY TIME YOU VOTED FOR -- WHAT'S HER NAME, THE LADY FROM ARIZONA? ANYWAY, ANYTIME YOU VOTED FOR HER IT WOULD GO DOWN AND VOTE FOR KATIE. SO THAT WAS PART OF IT. I WATCHED A HEARING FOR TWO OR THREE DAYS WITH THE PHOENIX BOARD, AND BRET BAIER BOOK REPORTED THAT NIGHT THAT THEY CALLED THE BOARD AND SAID, HEY, WAS THERE ANY VOTER FRAUD AND THEY SAID, NO, THERE WAS FOUR CASES. THAT WOULD BE LIKE ME CALLING BANK ROBBERS AND SAYING, YEAH, MY SON TOOK A PIECE OF GUM FROM THE STORE.
>> THAT IS WORN IN YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. ON THIS STORY SIX YEARS LATER AND HOW IT HAS EBBED AND FLOWED OVER THE YEARS?
>> I THINK I SHOULD ETHICALLY JUST IMMEDIATELY SAY I DISAGREE WITH LAUREN. I DON'T THINK THERE IS CONVINCING OR COMPELLING EVIDENCE OF ANY KIND OF FRAUD. THE FACT THIS HAS CONTINUED FOR SIX YEARS I THINK DOES SPEAK TO HOW FAR PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SUCCEEDED IN SORT OF MOVING THE PARAMETERS OF THIS DEBATE. IT IS WORTH PERHAPS GOING BACK TO THE FACT THAT THERE WAS NOTHING SURPRISING ABOUT THE RESULT OF THE 2020 ELECTION. JOE BIDEN WON THE POPULAR VOTE BY SLIGHTLY LESS THAN HE WAS EXPECTED TO IN THE POLLS. PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS AT THE TIME A FAIRLY UNPOPULAR PRESIDENT WHO IS HANDLING OF A PANDEMIC HAD ALSO BEEN PRETTY UNPOPULAR. THE BATTLEGROUND STATE RESULTS WERE ALSO RATHER IN-LINE WITH THE POLLING. THERE WAS NOTHING SHOCKING ABOUT ANY OF THIS. IN FACT, SIX YEARS ON WE ARE STILL DISCUSSING THIS, ALMOST ACCEPTING THE PREMISE THERE WAS SOMETHING SINISTER THAT OCCURRED.
>> THE DISCUSSION MADE ITS WAY TO CAPITOL HILL A HEAD OF THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS TONIGHT. THIS IS THE HOUSE MINORITY LEADER HAKEEM JEFFRIES BEING ASKED ABOUT IT AT HIS PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY.
>> IN ADVANCE OF DONALD TRUMP'S SPEECH, LET ME BE CLEAR, THE LONG TRUMP LOST THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. SOMETHING'S REALLY WRONG WITH THIS GUY. I THINK HE ACTUALLY NEEDS TO BE CHECKED OUT. WHY DOES HE CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON A CONSPIRACY THEORY RELATED TO A 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION THAT EVERY RATIONAL PERSON IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA KNOWS HE LOST? AND YET INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON ACTUALLY DRIVING DOWN THE HIGH COST OF LIVING IN AN ECONOMY WHERE HARD-WORKING AMERICAN TAXPAYERS ARE SUFFOCATING FROM THE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS, DONALD TRUMP CONTINUES TO PEDDLE ELECTION CONSPIRACY THEORIES. HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A FREE AND FAIR ELECTION IN NOVEMBER. AND WHEN THAT OCCURS, WE ARE CONFIDENT WE WILL TAKE BACK CONTROL OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
>> CONGRESSMAN HAKEEM JEFFRIES, THE HOUSE MINORITY LEADER. THAT IS SOME OF THE REBUTTALS HAPPENING ON CAPITOL HILL TODAY. AS WE HEAR FROM YOU AHEAD OF THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH HAPPENING IN ABOUT 40 MINUTES. SHARON IS IN BUFFALO, NEW YORK, DEMOCRAT. GO AHEAD. WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING FROM THE PRESIDENT TONIGHT?
>> I'M EXPECTING TO LISTEN TO A GREAT MESSAGE BY HIM. AS A GREAT DEMOCRAT, THERE ARE SO MANY OF THEM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. BUT THEY HAVE SWAYED SO FAR LEFT THAT THEY ARE NOT SEEING WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON.
>> SHARON, ARE YOU A DEMOCRAT WHO VOTED FOR KAMALA HARRIS IN 2024?
>> NO, I DIDN'T.
>> DID YOU VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP?
>> YES I DID.
>> DID YOU VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP IN 2020 AND 2016?
>> YES, I DID.
>> OK, WHAT MAKES YOU A DEMOCRAT RIGHT NOW? WHAT ARE THE BELIEFS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY THAT YOU BELIEVE IN?
>> ABSOLUTELY NOTHING NOW. SO NOW I'M CHANGING MY PARTY. THE PARTY TODAY IS NOT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY I GREW UP WITH.
>> GOT YOU. WE ARE GOING TO HOLD THIS PHONE LINE FOR DEMOCRATS TO CALL INTO MAKE IT FAIR. WE HAVE PHONE LINES FOR REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS, AND OTHERS TO CALL. MATTHEW FROM ROCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, ON THE OTHER LINE. GO AHEAD.
>> HELLO. I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE SPEECH TONIGHT, I'M LOOKING AT IT AS I THINK HE WILL TRY TO HAVE MORE NONSENSE DESPITE THE FACT THERE HAS BEEN ZERO EVIDENCE OF ANY SORT OF ELECTION FRAUD. I THINK THAT HE IS IN SOME WAY SOCIOPATHIC OR SOMETHING IN A WAY THAT WE NEED TO START TO GET CHECKED OUT AND HAVE SOME BIPARTISAN TESTING OR SOMETHING TO IN SOME WAY FIGURE OUT IF WE NEED TO ENACT SOME SORT OF 22ND AMENDMENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> MATTHEW IN ROCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE. ON THE REPUBLICAN LINE, PAUL FROM SOUTH CAROLINA, GO AHEAD.
>> YES, I WANT TO FIRST OF ALL THANK PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR WHAT HE'S DONE FOR THIS COUNTRY SO FAR. I VOTED FOR HIM ALL THREE ELECTIONS. I THINK THE LORD ABOVE I MOVED FROM A BLUE STATE, CONNECTICUT, TO A NICE WONDERFUL RED STATE, SOUTH CAROLINA. I EXPECT HIM TO RELEASE INFORMATION THAT EVERYBODY HAS NOT HEARD OF YET, FROM WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING, THAT HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE SOME SORT OF CONVICTION AFTER THE SPEECH. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SPEECH SAY THAT HE HAS SUBPOENAING THOSE AND SENDING THEM TO COURT TO REALLY START CONVICTIONS. I THINK I SPEAK FOR A LOT OF REPUBLICANS AND CONSERVATIVES IN THIS COUNTRY, WE NEED MORE CONVICTIONS AT A HIGHER LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT PEOPLE. WE ARE TIRED OF ALL THE STORIES AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
>> ON THAT POINT, SOME ARE REPORTING TODAY THAT THE CIA DIRECTOR WILL BE JOINING PRESIDENT TRUMP TONIGHT. HIS DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE, KASH PATEL THE FBI DIRECTOR, THE HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY MARKWAYNE MULLIN. WE WILL KNOW FOR SURE WHEN THE CAMERA TURNS ON IN THE WHITE HOUSE. IF THAT REPORTING IS CORRECT, WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU TO WHAT PAUL IS TALKING ABOUT ON LEGAL CASES FOLLOWING WHATEVER THE PRESIDENT BRINGS UP TONIGHT?
>> I THINK THE PRESENCE OF THOSE PEOPLE COME IF THAT IS WHAT COMES OUT, IS OBVIOUSLY INTENDED TO GIVE EXTRA GRAVITAS TO THIS MOMENT. CRITICS OF THE PRESIDENT WOULD ARGUE THESE PEOPLE ARE SELECTED D THEREFORE NOT ONLY DEMOCRATSM, BUT OTHER CRITICS OF MR. TRUMP WILL I THINK FEEL DUBIOUS ABOUT EXACTLY HOW MUCH GRAVITAS THEY BRING TO BEAR. I DID WANT TO GET BACK TO PAUL'S COMMENT FROM ONE OTHER ELEMENT OF IT, WHICH WAS AT THE WHITE HOUSE BRIEFING TODAY -- I WAS NOT THERE PERSONALLY, BUT CAITLIN COLLINS OF CNN ASKED KAROLINE LEAVITT, WILL THERE BE CHARGES OF WHATEVER IS SAID TONIGHT? CAROLINE GAVE A VERY NONCOMMITTAL ANSWER TO THAT.
>> SHE SAID SHE DOESN'T SPEAK FOR THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, SHE SPEAKS FOR THE PRESIDENT.
>> EXACTLY. I THINK THIS POINTS TO THE FACT THAT EVEN PEOPLE SKEPTICAL OF WHATEVER THEY MIGHT HERE TONIGHT WANT TO SEE ARE THERE GOING TO BE CHARGES OR ACCUSATIONS THAT ARE TESTED IN A COURT OF LAW, OR ARE THEY SIMPLY GOING TO BE ASSERTED IN A PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS ALMOST AS A MESSAGING PLATFORM.
>> ON THE 2020 ELECTION, THE ELECTION PLAYED OUT YESTERDAY ON CAPITOL HILL WITH A HEARING OF THE PRESIDENT'S NOMINEE FOR THE NEXT DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ON WHO WON THE 2020 ELECTION. I WANT TO PLAY THIS. THIS IS ABOUT TWO MINUTES.
>> WHO WON THE 2020 ELECTION?
>> I'M NOT GOING TO DO THIS WITH YOU.
>> THIS IS A JOB INTERVIEW. WE'VE ESTABLISHED YOU HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO BE HONEST AND FORTHRIGHT WITH THE COMMITTEE, YES, YOU DO HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO BE HONEST AND FORTHRIGHT?
>> YES.
>> WHO WON THE 2020 ELECTION?
>> I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO THAT WITH YOU. IS ANYTHING I JUST SAID NOT HONEST AND FORTHRIGHT?
>> YES, YOU ARE NOT BEING HONEST OR FORTHRIGHT. WHO WON THE 2020 LUNCHEON?
>> WE CAN KEEP DOING THIS.
>> WE ARE GOING TO KEEP DOING IT BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT BEING HONEST AND FORTHRIGHT.
>> I'M NOT GOING TO ENGAGE IN THE THEATER.
>> IT IS A SIMPLE QUESTION, WHO WON THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION?
>> I'VE ANSWERED IT.
>> WHAT IS YOUR ANSWER?
>> I'VE GIVEN YOU MY ANSWER.
>> WHAT IS YOUR ANSWER? YOU REFUSE TO ANSWER A BASIC QUESTION ABOUT WHO WON A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, BUT YOU ASKED TO LEAD AMERICA'S INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY? ISN'T IT HUMILIATING TO BE UNABLE TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION? TWO HAVE TO INDULGE THE PRESIDENT'S DELUSIONS? WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM KNOWS THE TRUTHFUL ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. WHY CAN YOU NOT GIVE IT?
>> I GAVE YOU THE ANSWER.
>> WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THAT EXCHANGE AND SIMILAR EXCHANGES THAT HAVE HAPPENED ON THAT SAME TOPIC?
>> I FIND IT EXCRUCIATING TO WATCH, FRANKLY. ONE OF THE DIFFICULTIES IN THIS FULL DEBATE IS IT HAS BECOME SEEN AS A LIBERAL OR DEMOCRATIC POSITION TO SAY THAT JOE BIDEN WON THE 2020 ELECTION. THE EVIDENCE IS OVERWHELMING THAT JOE BIDEN WON THE 2020 ELECTION. WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS ALLIES HAVE SOUGHT TO MAKE ARGUMENTS TO THE CONTRARY, THOSE ARGUMENTS HAVE BEEN REJECTED AND COURTS REPEATEDLY SIX YEARS AGO. PEOPLE LIKE MR. CLAYTON, OBVIOUSLY NOMINATED BY THE PRESIDENT, I PLAINLY WANTS TO KEEP IN HIS GOOD GRACES. WE KNOW FROM A LOT OF REPORTING IS IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP IN HIS GOOD GRACES WHILE ACKNOWLEDGING JOE BIDEN WON THE 2020 ELECTION. SO YOU END UP WITH TOE CURLING MOMENTS LIKE THAT.
>> WE WILL FIND OUT WHAT PRESIDENT SAYS, WHAT EVIDENCE HE SAYS HE HAS FOUND. THE ADDRESS IS SET TO BEGIN AT 9:01:30. WE WILL BE THERE WHEN IT DOES HAPPEN. TAKING CALLS UNTIL THEN AND ALSO TAKING CALLS AFTER THE ADDRESS ONCE WE HEAR WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID. NICHOLAS IS IN CALIFORNIA, THE LINE FOR DEMOCRATS. WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING?
>> YES, I'M CALLING FROM CALIFORNIA AND I'M A DEMOCRAT, HAVE BEEN MY WHOLE LIFE. I'M INTERESTED TO HEAR WHAT THE PRESIDENT HAS TO SAY. IT BOTHERS ME THAT ABC AND NBC ARE CENSORING IT. I'M VOTING FOR -- BECAUSE GAVIN NEWSOM HAS RUINED OUR STATE. I'M INTERESTED TO HEAR WHAT HE HAS TO SAY. I THOUGHT SPENCER PRATT HAD EVERYTHING GOING FOR HIM. ALL THIS WOMAN COMES OUT --
>> THAT IS NICHOLAS IN CALIFORNIA. RAY IS IN BOWLING GREEN, OHIO. WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FOR US TO THINK IT IS NOT POSSIBLE THAT IT DID HAPPEN ONE WAY OR THE OTHER I THINK IS BLIND. THERE ARE SO MANY LIES. WE ARE IN A STATE OF DIVISION. AND YOU TALKED ABOUT THE THEATER. THE THEATER THE COUNTRY IS IN IS ONE OF THE STRONGEST DIVISIONS IN MY LIFETIME, AND I'M OVER 70 YEARS OLD. DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT, BLACK, WHITE, WHATEVER, IF YOU CAN MAKE A POINT AND REMOVE SOME DOUBT AS TO WHAT HE'S BEEN SAYING, WHAT OTHERS HAVE BEEN SAYING, WHATEVER EACH NETWORK HAS BEEN SAYING, I THINK IT WOULD BENEFIT US. SO WHAT IS WORTHY OF THE TIME. WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE TO BRING US TOGETHER? WE SEEM IN MY MEMORY, THAT IS A TIME WE WERE TOGETHER AS A COUNTRY. WHEN SOMETHING TRAGIC HAPPENED. IT'S PRAY TO GOD THAT WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS TIME. IT SEEMS LIKE WE ARE IN A HISTORY OF LIES. IF THERE IS SOME WAY WE CAN GET SOME BLACK, WHITE, DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT, TO GET TOGETHER.
HOST: THAT IS ARRAY IN OHIO. GUEST: HIS POINT IS INTERESTING. NOBODY REALLY SERIOUSLY CONSISTS THAT WE ARE DIVIDED. THERE IS SOME COMMON SENSE POSITION ON WHICH EVERYONE AGREES. THAT IS NOT TRUE. THERE ARE A WHOLE HOST OF SOCIAL ISSUES. WHERE PEOPLE OF GOOD FAITH HAVE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT VIEWS. THE IDEA THAT IT IS ONLY THE MEDIA OR SOCIAL MEDIA OR POLITICIANS WHO ARE DIVIDED IS NOT RIGHT. IT MAY BE THAT THE DIFFERENCES ARE EXACERBATED. THEY ARE EXACERBATED BY INFLAMMATORY RHETORIC. THAT IS NOT TO SAY HE IS THE ONLY PERSON THAT ENGAGES THE THOUGHT. HE IS NOT. I THINK THE IDEA THAT THERE IS SOME UNIFIED POLITICAL IDEA IS A HOST: FICTION. WAS THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS COUNTRY SUPPOSED TO BE THAT? GUEST: I THINK 9/11 IS A TERRIBLE EXAMPLE. BUT THERE WAS NATIONAL UNITY. AMERICA 250 I DO NOT THINK SERVED THAT PURPOSE. IT BECAME SO IDENTIFIED WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP. WITH THE UFC FIGHT AT THE WHITE HOUSE ON HIS BIRTHDAY. HE WANTED HIS FACE ON COINS. PEOPLE ARE NOT HAPPY ABOUT THAT. THE CONFLATION OF ANY PRESIDENT, THAT WILL ALWAYS BE DIVISIVE. IN A ROBUST DEMOCRACY. YOU WILL ALWAYS GET SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF NUMBERS OF PEOPLE. HOST: WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE THEME OF THE AMERICAN FLAG? THAT HE HAD ON STAGE LAST NIGHT? GUEST: THERE ARE ELEMENTS OF THE NARRATIVE OF AMERICA THAT CAN BE UTILIZED TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER. IT HAS DRAWN MANY OF PEOPLE WHO WERE BORN IN THIS COUNTRY TO LIVE OUR LIVES HERE. THERE IS AN ENORMOUS CAPACITY FOR THE AMERICAN STORY. TO BE A MAGNETIC THING. RATHER THAN A DIVISIVE THING. BUT HIS PRESIDENT FROM THE RIGHT VESSEL FOR THAT MESSAGE? HOST: BACK TO THE PHONES. GO AHEAD. CALLER: I AM CALLING IN AS A YOUNG REPUBLICAN WHO IS A MEMBER OF MY TURNING POINT USA CHAPTER HERE AT HOME. I AM DEEPLY ASHAMED OF MY PARTIES AND THE CONDUCT OF MY PRESIDENT. WE VOTED TO SOLVE ISSUES. TO DEAL WITH IMMIGRATION. INSTEAD WE ARE GETTING LIES. INTENDED TO UNDERMINE THE SYSTEM OF DEMOCRACY. THAT HAS HELD UP FOR 250 YEARS. HOST: WERE YOU ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN 2024? DID YOU VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP? >> BECAUSE OF A PERSONAL CONFLICT I HAD NOT A BAIL TO VOTE. I HAD VOTED BEFORE THAT. I THINK IT IS A DISSERVICE TO CALL IT A DELUSION. THESE ARE KNOWING LIES. THE PRESIDENT TRIED TO SEND FALSE COLLECTORS TO BE CERTIFIED. HOST: IN TERMS OF THE TEXAS POLITICS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHO ARE YOU GOING TO VOTE FOR IN THE TEXAS SENATE RACE THIS NOVEMBER? >> IF IT WAS JOHN CORNYN ON THE BALLOT, I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE VOTED FOR HIM. BUT I CANNOT STOMACH VOTING FOR SOMEBODY LIKE KEN PAXTON. A KNOWN FRAUDSTER, A KNOWN ADULTERER, SOMEBODY WHO BRIBES PEOPLE. VERSES EIGHT TO KEY MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER. HOST: WE GO TO SARASOTA FLORIDA. YOU ARE NEXT. GO AHEAD. CALLER: I APPRECIATE THE MAN FROM TURNING POINT. HE GAVE SOME GOOD POINTS. TRUMP IS PLAYING WITH GEORGIA. THE ENTIRE BALANCE OF EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ELECTION ITSELF. TRUMP IS DRIVING THE GOVERNMENT. THEY WILL LOCK IN. HE HAS THE RIGHT TO DO THAT. WHEN THIS HAPPENS IT IS LIKE I WANT TO BE THE ONE WHO HAS SAID IT. I DON'T KNOW. I AM NOT ACTIVATING NOW. BUT I'M SPEAKING WITH YOU. AND I'M FEELING GOOD ABOUT IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HOST: LET ME TAKE VIEWERS IS NOT TOO FAR BACK. TULSI GABBARD WAS ASKED ABOUT THIS. WHEN THERE WAS A RAID OF A GEORGIA ELECTION OFFICE. >> THE ENTIRE COUNTRY KNOWS YOU WERE RECENTLY INVOLVED IN AN FBI OPERATION TO SEIZE BALLOTS IN FULTON COUNTY, GEORGIA. THIS IS DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE WAR AIN'T SHOWED NO FOREIGN INTERFERENCE. WHERE THE AUTHORITY FOR YOU TO INVOLVE YOURSELF IN DOMESTIC LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY? >> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION. I HAVE ADDRESSED EVERY ISSUE RAISED IN DETAIL. IN THIS FORUM. CONGRESS PROVIDED US WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ELECTION INTEGRITY. AND COUNTERINTELLIGENCE. I AM ADDRESSING THE QUESTION. THEY HAVE PURVIEW OVER THAT. I WANT TO CORRECT ONE OF YOUR STATEMENTS. WOULD YOU HAVE MADE MULTIPLE TIMES. I DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN A LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY. NOR WOULD I. I WAS IN FULTON COUNTY. AT THE REQUEST OF THE PRESIDENT. TO WORK WITH THE FBI TO OBSERVE THIS ACTION. WHICH HAD LONG BEEN AWAITED. I WAS NOT AWARE OF WHAT WAS IN THE WARRANT. >> WHAT WAS THE REQUEST? >> TO GO AND OBSERVE THE FBI'S ACTIVITIES ON THIS ISSUE. >> DO YOU HAVE THE ANSWER OF WHY THE PRESIDENT WAS ASKING ABOUT THIS? >> I'M NOT SURE HE KNEW ABOUT AN AFFIDAVIT OF WHAT WAS SERVED. THIS OCCURRED THE DAY THAT THE FBI HAD THEIR WARRANT APPROVED BY A LOCAL JUDGE. THEY BEGAN TO EXECUTE THIS. >> WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THAT? >> THE ARGUMENT THAT TULSI GABBARD IS MAKING, TRYING TO DRAW A DISTINCTION, THAT SEEMS THIN. THERE IS ANOTHER QUESTION OF THE ELECTION IN GEORGIA. JUST TO COME BACK TO THAT. THE FIND ME THE VOTES CALL. THIS IS WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER. THIS IS A SUBJECT OF PARTISAN IDENTIFICATION. BRAD RAFFENSPERGER WAS A REPUBLICAN WHO WAS CALLED. HE DECLINED TO DO SO. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT FEW REPUBLICANS WOULD BE INCLINED TO DO. STAND UP TO THOSE KIND OF PRESSURES. WE WILL SEE IF THERE WILL BE MORE DETAILS ABOUT GEORGIA. CLEARLY IT IS A STATE LIKE THAT. HOST: WE WILL BE LIKELY HEARING ABOUT THE SAVE ACT. IT PASSED IN THE HOUSE. THE SENATE ACTION IS PENDING. HOW MUCH ARE YOU EXPECTING THIS TO BE ABOUT 2020? >> I THINK THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. THAT IS ONE OF THE CENTRAL QUESTIONS ABOUT TONIGHT'S EVENTS. THAT IS INCREASINGLY IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR. IT IS ABOUT ONE THING LEGISLATION PASSED. IT'S ABOUT CREATING A SEMBLANCE OF DOUBT? IS IT ABOUT GENUINE MEASURES TO STRENGTHEN ELECTION INTEGRITY? I THINK IT IS TELLING. THAT HE IS SEEMINGLY USING THIS. PARTLY AS A MECHANISM TO TRY TO GET THAT. HOST: WE MENTIONED THAT. IT IS VERY MUCH A QUESTION. THIS IS FROM EARLIER TODAY. >> THE ELECTION WILL BE HELD ON THE SECOND TUESDAY OF NOVEMBER. WE HAVE FEWER THAN 100 DAYS. TO SUPPORT THE ELECTION. YOU ARE TELLING ME THAT WHATEVER PROPOSAL IS BEING CONSIDERED IN THE HOUSE CAN COME AND GET DONE IN THE HOUSE. COME THROUGH THE SENATE. GET RATIFIED. LET'S JUST SAY A MIRACLE OCCURRED. PUT IT IN THE MICROWAVE. WE GET IT DONE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST. THREE MONTHS. TO IMPLEMENT. THREE MONTHS AFTER RATIFICATION. TO IMPLEMENT COMPLEX VOTER ID POLICY THAT IS GENERALLY ADMINISTERED AT THE STATE LEVEL. IN TIME FOR THE SELECTION. IT CANNOT BE IMPLEMENTED ON DAY ONE. SOUTH DAKOTA ACTUALLY STARTS VOTING 36 DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION. YOU HAVE TO GO BACK AND TELL THESE DIFFERENT ENTITIES, WE DON'T CARE ABOUT THE TIMING, WE HAVE TO IMPLEMENT THIS. THEIR MILITARY MEMBERS OVERSEAS. WE WILL GET YOU SOMETHING NEW AND 60 DAYS. I HAVE DONE IMPLEMENTATION WORK. THE MASS DOES NOT WORK. I HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE IVY LEAGUE EDUCATED, QUALIFIED TO GO TO THE SUPREME COURT, CAN DO BASIC MATH. IT CANNOT BE DONE. IT CANNOT BE A SERIOUS EFFORT. IF IT IS A SERIOUS EFFORT, I WOULD SUGGEST THEY ENGAGE SOMEONE WHO IS ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED IT BEFORE. INSTEAD OF ASSUMING THAT THEY CAN. BECAUSE THEY SIMPLY CANNOT. WHEN I ASKED SOMEONE TO PUT A MICROPHONE UP IN MY FACE AND I SAY WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS? I SAY FIRST DO YOUR HOMEWORK. I RATIFIED IT. I FULFILLED A PROMISE. PEOPLE ARE SELLING YOU A BILL OF GOODS. HOST: WE ARE ABOUT 100 DAYS UNTIL ELECTION. WHAT IS THE WHITE HOUSE SAY TO THAT POINT? DO THEY THINK OF THE SAVE ACT WAS PASSED TO COULD BE IMPLEMENTED BEFORE THE ELECTION? GUEST: THEY APPEAR TO DO SO. THE IMPLICATION IS IT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED. IS THAT THE REALITY? SENATOR TILLIS WAS RAISING SOME MISGIVINGS. THERE ARE SOME TACTICAL ISSUES THAT WOULD HAVE TO SWING. IT SEEMS ON ITS FACE IT IS UNLIKELY. EVEN WITH TRUMP GETTING INTO THE ROOM. WITH THAT IN FLAG BLOCK AMERICAN CITIZENS? THERE WAS SOMETHING PASSED IN KANSAS ABOUT A DECADE AGO. THEY WERE BLOCKED FROM VOTING. BECAUSE DOCUMENTATION DID NOT REACH. HOST: BACK TO YOUR PHONE CALLS. WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING TONIGHT? ARE YOU WITH US? YOU HAVE TO STICK BY YOUR PHONE. CALLER: THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL. THIS IS REALLY SAD. THIS ENTIRE PRESIDENCY. THIS ENTIRE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. IT IS SAD, EMBARRASSING, FRAUDULENT, HE WANTS TO DO A SPEECH ABOUT AN ELECTION THAT HE LOST SIX YEARS AGO. IT HAS BEEN PROVEN. EVEN HIS OWN PEOPLE SAID IT. IT IS REALLY SAD. WE WERE THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. NOW HE IS THE RICHEST MAN. US REGULAR PEOPLE THAT DO NOT HAVE A MERCEDES IN THEIR GARAGE. HOST: ARE YOU GOING TO WATCH. IT IS ABOUT 30 MINUTES FROM NOW. CALLER: I'M NOT GOING TO WATCH. IT WILL SPEED THE SAME INSANE OR RANTING THAT HE IS ALWAYS DONE. I DON'T HAVE ANY RESPECT FOR HIM. AS MANY PEOPLE OUT HERE WHO DO NOT WATCH THE NEWS OR DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON, IT IS SAD. IT IS SAD. WE ARE EMBARRASSING. HOST: WHO WILL AND YOU WILL NOT WATCH TONIGHT? MAYBE THE BETTER QUESTION IS WHO IS THE PRESIDENT'S TARGET AUDIENCE? GUEST: THAT I THINK IS A VITAL QUESTION. I DON'T THINK THAT WAS HIS TARGET AUDIENCE. SHE IS NOT WATCHING. BUT THERE IS A POLITICAL QUESTION HERE AS TO THE LIKELY EFFICACY OF THIS BEYOND THE ETHICS OF MAKING CLAIMS ABOUT ELECTION FRAUD. THE QUESTION IS CAN HE REACH PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT ALREADY IN HIS CAMP AND WILL STAND WITH HIM WHATEVER HE SAYS AND WHATEVER HE DOES? THE FEAR THAT EVEN SOME MORE MODERATE REPUBLICANS WILL SAY THAT THE CONCENTRATION OF ELECTIONS ACTUALLY TURNS OFF EVERYBODY MAGA BATTALIONS. THEY DO NOT SPEAK TO THE NONIDEOLOGICAL PEOPLE IN THEIR LIVES. THE BIGGEST ISSUES ARE THE ECONOMY AND INFLATION. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT EARLIER. IT SOUNDS LIKE IT MIGHT BE A PASSING MENTION. THEN WE GET BACK TO THE QUESTION THAT STARTED WITH WHO IS THE TARGET AUDIENCE FOR THIS? IS IT SIMPLY ABOUT GINNING UP AND ENERGIZING THOSE FERVENT OF HIS SUPPORTERS. THAT CAN BE IMPORTANT TO THE ELECTORAL CALCULUS IN THE MIDTERMS. WE KNOW FROM PAST PRESIDENCIES THAT IT IS NOT ALWAYS BAD. IF HE IS NOT ON THE BALLOT. THERE COULD BE SOME ELEMENT OF THAT. HOST: THIS IS A CALLER IN DELAWARE. INDEPENDENT LINE. GO AHEAD. >> GOOD EVENING. NOT SO MUCH AS AN INDEPENDENT AS A NONPARTISAN. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON. I AM VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT THIS EVENING AND WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS GOING TO SAY. I AM NOT OPTIMISTIC. I WILL NOT BE WATCHING. IT IS A REGURGITATION OF THESE THINGS ABOUT 2020. I REALLY DO NOT CARE TO LISTEN TO HIM. THIS IS COMING FROM SOMEONE WHO VOTED IN THE 2016 ELECTION AS A REGISTERED REPUBLICAN. VOTED MOSTLY REPUBLICAN AND THE STATE OF DELAWARE. I DID NOT VOTE FOR TRUMP. I. CANNOT I REGISTERED DEMOCRAT SURELY OUT -- SHORTLY THEREAFTER. I WAS REALLY LIT DOWN BY THE DEMOCRAT PARTY RESPONSE. I LOVE JOE BIDEN BUT IT IS UNFORTUNATE. THAT WE COULD NOT PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. HOST: HOW MUCH TIME WILL YOU GIVE THE PRESIDENT TONIGHT? CALLER: I WILL GIVE HIM MAYBE 20 MINUTES. IF HE STARTS AIRING HIS GRIEVANCES, I'M NOT GOING TO LOSE ANY SLEEP OVER IT. HOST: THERE IS SOME EXPECTATION THAT THIS COULD JUST BE A 20 MINUTE ADDRESS. THE PRESIDENT WILL NOT HAVE THE PRESCOS THERE. WHICH HE SEEMS TO ENJOY IT. WILL THIS LIKELY TO BE A SHORTER ADDRESS? GUEST: PREDICTING WHAT IS GOING TO DO IN ANY SITUATION IS A FOOLS AREA. TO GET BACK TO THE POINT BEING MADE EARLIER. THESE TEND TO BE BRIEF. TYPICALLY 15 MINUTES WOULD NOT BE AN UNUSUAL ADDRESS. SHE HAS BEEN BILLING THIS IN ADVANCE. IT HAS VERY BIG NEWS. I DON'T ENVISION THIS BEING LIKE A RALLY. HOST: WE ARE ABOUT EIGHT MINUTES AWAY FROM THE PRESIDENT SPEAKING. WE WANT TO SHOW ONE MORE. THIS IS THE SENATE MINORITY LEADER, CHUCK SCHUMER. >> DONALD TRUMP SELECTION SPEECH TONIGHT IS NOT ABOUT THE ELECTION THAT HE LOST SIX YEARS AGO. IT IS A THREAT AGAINST THE ELECTION HE IS AFRAID TO LOSE. HE WILL NOT CONTROL A VERDICT IN NOVEMBER. WE WILL FIGHT LIKE HELL TO MAKE SURE YOU CANNOT SILENCE VOTERS. HE WANTS TO UNDERMINE THE 2026 ELECTION BEFORE A SINGLE VOTE HAS BEEN CAST. HE WILL NOT EXPOSE ANYTHING OF SUBSTANCE. HE WILL JUST ECHO THE SAME STALE , BASELESS, PATHETIC LIES HE HAS REPEATED FOR SIX YEARS. YOU HAVE BEEN TRYING THIS STICK FOR 60 YEARS. NO ONE BELIEVES THEM. YOU CAN SAY IT TONIGHT. YOU CAN SAY IT TOMORROW. YOU CAN SEE IT EVERY NIGHT UNTIL ELECTION. NO ONE BELIEVES YOU. THE ELECTION WAS NOT STOLEN. TRUMP KEEPS CHASING HIS TAIL. GOING AROUND AND AROUND IN CIRCLES. SO MANY TIMES HE HAS LEFT A RUT IN THE GROUND. EVERY TIME HE TELLS A LIE HE DIGS HIMSELF DEEPER INTO THE HOLE. HIS FIXATION WITH THESE CONSPIRACY THEORIES REEKS OF DESPERATION. HOST: THAT WAS CHUCK SCHUMER TODAY. YOU WILL HEAR FROM ANOTHER MEMBER OF CONGRESS. THE QUESTION IS ABOUT THE DEMOCRAT STRATEGY. COMING OUT OF THIS. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS? WHAT WILL HAPPEN OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT 48 HOURS? HOWEVER LONG THE STORY HAS LEGS. GUEST: MY THOUGHT IS THERE A DICHOTOMY IN HOW DEMOCRATS LOOK AT THIS. ON THE ONE HAND, I THINK THEY ARE GENUINELY UPSET AND CONCERNED AND WORRIED ABOUT UNDERMINING THE PROBLEMS WITH ELECTIONS, FALSE CLAIMS BEING MADE. THE INFUSION OF TEXAS CITY -- TOXICITY. I DON'T THINK THEY STRATEGICALLY MIND TALKING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I THINK THEY TAKE THE VIEW THAT IS NOT PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE. IT IS NOT EFFECTIVE BEYOND HIS BASE. PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE ARE TURNED OFF. HOST: TIME FOR JUST A FEW MORE CALLS. BEFORE TRUMP MAKES HIS ADDRESS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. THANK YOU FOR WAITING. WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MINUTES? CALLER: I AM EXPECTING THEM TO FINALLY RELEASE THE CRACK IN. IT HAS BEEN A LONG SIX YEARS. I AM A. WE WILL BE JUSTIFIED. HOST: LET'S GO TO CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA. GO AHEAD. >> I AM DEFINITELY WATCHING TONIGHT. I WILL GET BEHIND HIM. IF YOU CAN ANSWER MY QUESTION. WHY DID HE RIGGED IT AGAINST HIMSELF? HOST: THAT POINT HAS BEEN MADE BY OTHERS. GUEST: IT HAS. IT IS A VALID POINT TO MAKE. THE ARGUMENT FROM THE TRUMP SIDE IS THIS IS ALL THE DEEP STATE. IT IS AN ELECTION THAT HE LOST AS AN INCUMBENT. THAT IS THE POINT THAT IS BEING MADE. HOST: KAROLINE LEAVITT WAS ASKED THAT TODAY. GUEST: IT SEEMS TO ME A BAD ARGUMENT. AT A TIME WHEN DONALD TRUMP WAS PRESIDENT, AND ELECTION WAS RIGGED AGAINST HIM. BUT AT A TIME WHEN JOE BIDEN WAS PRESIDENT, TRUMP WON LEGITIMATELY AND I WAS HONORED. EVEN IF YOU ARE SYMPATHETIC TO THE OVERALL VIEW, I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU AGREE. HOST: THANK YOU FOR WAITING. GO AHEAD. A COUPLE OF MINUTES BEFORE THE PRESIDENT SPEAKS. CALLER: I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME TALK. I BELIEVE THAT AMERICA IS NOW READY. HE WAS NEVER LOVED. HE HAS NEVER HAD ANYONE TELL HIM NO. I FEEL THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS GOING ON IN THAT WHITE HOUSE THAT REALLY NEED TO BE INVESTIGATED. LIKE REALLY INVESTIGATED. I FEEL IT HAS BEEN PUT OUT IN FRONT OF OUR EYES. I UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION ON THINGS. I BELIEVE HIS EGO IS PLAYING INTO ALL THIS. I BELIEVE WE ARE DEALING WITH A VERY DANGEROUS MAN. I FEEL THAT THESE NEXT MIDTERMS, IN MY OPINION, I WORRY THAT HE COULD GET UGLY. HERE WE HAVE THE SAME GUY BACK IN OFFICE AGAIN. HE DID NOT LEARN FROM HIS MISTAKES. I THINK OUR NATION IS REALLY IN TROUBLE. I AM A REGISTERED DEMOCRAT. I'M NOT HAPPY ABOUT THEM. I JUST THINK MORE THINGS COULD BE GOING ON THE WHAT IS GOING ON TO PROTECT OUR SYSTEM. I THINK TIFFANY ELECTION WILL BE LOOKED INTO, ISSUE WOULD BE THE LAST ELECTION. I FIND IT VERY SUSPICIOUS THAT ON TELEVISION THEY WERE SPEAKING ABOUT SOMETHING AT THE PODIUM AND TRUMP SAID WE HAVE A SECRET. HOST: ABOUT 30 SECONDS. FINAL THOUGHTS? GUEST: I THINK THE DANGER IN THIS ADDRESS AS IT WILL FUEL SOME OF THE DIVISIONS THAT MANY OF OUR CALLERS HAVE TALKED ABOUT. ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE INFLAMMATORY CLAIMS MADE WITH NOT MANY MUCH EVIDENCE. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE PRESIDENT WILL HAVE A BOMBSHELL OR SOME FAIRLY COMPELLING EVIDENCE. HOST: THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE TAKE YOU TO THE PRESIDENT.
PRES. TRUMP: I AM PROUD TO REPORT THAT HER COUNTRY IS SAFER, STRONGER, A FAR WEALTHIER THAN IT IS EVER BEEN BEFORE. LESS THAN TWO YEARS AGO WE INHERITED AN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DISASTER. AFTER THE WORST INFLATION AND 48 YEARS. THE WIDE OPEN BORDERS. WE HAD MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE POURING IN FROM ALL OF THE WORLD. INCLUDING CRIMINALS OF ALL TYPES. 11,000 MURDERERS. MANY HAVE HIM KILLED MORE THAN ONE PERSON. WE HAD TRANSGENDER FOR EVERYBODY. MAIN IN WOMEN'S SPORTS. CRIME ARE RAVAGING OUR CITIES. THE WORLD WAS LAUGHING AT US AS A NATION. BUT NOT ANYMORE. THREE YEARS AGO OUR COUNTRY WAS DEAD. NOW WE ARE THE HOTTEST COUNTRY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. AMERICA ISESCTED LIKE WE HAVE NEVER BEEN RESPECTED BEFORE. WE HAVE MORE MONEY BEING INVESTED IN THE UNITED STATES THAN AT ANY TIME IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. MORE AMERICANS ARE WORKING TODAY THAN EVER BEFORE. THIS WEEK IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT INFLATION SAW THE LARGEST MONTHLY DECLINE IN MORE THAN SIX YEARS. THIS WAS JUST GIVEN OUT. THE MEDIA REPORTED IT. THE BEST IN SIX YEARS. THE TAX CUTS ARE SAVING HARD-WORKING FAMILIES THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. LIKE WITH THE PROVISIONS NO TAX ON TIPS. NO TAX ON OVERTIME. AND NO TAX ON SOCIAL SECURITY FOR OUR GREAT SENIORS ALONG WITH THE INTEREST DEDUCTION ON A LOAN USED TO PURCHASE A CAR. BUT ONLY IF THE CAR IS MADE IN AMERICA AND A 100% EXPENSING FOR OUR JOB CREATING BUSINESSES. OUR STOCK MARKETS ARE AT THEIR HIGHEST POINT IN MANY YEARS. WE CAN ACTUALLY SAY OF ALL TIME. YOUR RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS ARE SETTING RECORDS EVERY SINGLE DAY. HIGHEST IN HISTORY. FOR YEARS WE PAID THE HIGHEST PRICE FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. NOW WE PAY THE LOWEST PRICE. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE REST OF THE WORLD. THIS WILL ULTIMATELY REDUCE THE COST OF HEALTH CARE. YOU HAVE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. THE COST OF HEALTH CARE IS COMING WAY DOWN. BECAUSE OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE WITH PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. AND WITH TRUMP ACCOUNTS EVERY CHILD IN AMERICA NOW HAS ACCESS TO A TAX-FREE INVESTMENT ACCOUNT. TO SAVE FOR THEIR FUTURE. BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF INVESTMENT. TO TAKE CARE OF OUR CHILDREN. SO AT AGE 18 THEY WILL POTENTIALLY HAVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN THEIR ACCOUNT. AND THEY WILL GET OFF TO A GREAT START. YOU CAN SIGN UP YOUR CHILD. OR ANY CHILD WOULD LIKE TO SIGN UP. OUR PREVIOUSLY WIDE OPEN BORDERS HAVE BEEN TRANSFORMED AS OF THE MOST SECURE BORDERS IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. WITH ZERO ILLEGAL ALIENS BEING ADMITTED TO THE U.S. IN THE PAST 14 MONTHS. THAT IS ZERO. NOBODY THOUGHT IT WAS POSSIBLE. WE HAD THE WORST BORDER IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. NOW WE HAVE THE BEST. CRIME IS PLUMMETING NATIONWIDE. THE MURDER RATE IS AT ITS LOWEST LEVEL SINCE 1900. WE ARE MAKING A RECORD INVESTMENT IN OUR ARMED FORCES. WE HAVE THE STRONGEST AND MOST POWERFUL MILITARY BY FAR. ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. I BUILT IT DURING MY FIRST TERM AND UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE FORCED TO USE IT NOW. VENEZUELA IS NOW WORKING WITH US TO PRODUCE BILLIONS OF BARRELS OF OIL. WE ARE WINNING BIG IN IRAN. YOU WILL SEE THE FRUITS OF THAT THEY WERE SHORTLY. AMERICA IS BACK AND DOING REALLY WELL. BUT WE STILL HAVE A MAJOR CHALLENGE THAT MUST BE URGENTLY ADDRESSED. NO COUNTRY CAN BE GREAT WITHOUT FAIR AND HONEST ELECTIONS. YOU HAVE TO TRUST YOUR COUNTRY BECAUSE IF THERE CAN BE NO TRUST, THERE CAN BE NO GREATNESS. IT IS VERY SIMPLE. NO TRUST, THEIR GREATNESS. FOR MANY YEARS I HAVE CALLED FOR DECISIVE ACTION TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF AMERICAN ELECTIONS. EVERY AMERICAN DESERVES TO KNOW THAT WHEN THEY CAST THEIR VOTE, THEY CAN MAKE THAT SYSTEM SECURE. ONE WHERE CHEATING AND INTERFERENCE ARE NOT JUST DIFFICULT BUT VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE. UNFORTUNATELY THE SYSTEM WE HAVE TODAY FALLS CATASTROPHICALLY SHORT OF THAT STANDARD. TONIGHT I AM ANNOUNCING THE IMMEDIATE DECLASSIFICATION ON CRITICAL INTELLIGENCE REVEALING SHOCKING VULNERABILITIES IN OUR ELECTION INFRASTRUCTURE. THIS EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT THE ELECTION SYSTEM WE HAVE DANGEROUSLY EXPOSES AT LEVELS NEVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE THE HACKING AND EXPLOITATION AND FOREIGN INTERFERENCE. THIS VITAL INFORMATION FOR MANY YEARS HAS BEEN COVERED UP AND HIDDEN FROM YOU. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. WE HAVE A TRANSPARENCY TASK FORCE. ALONG WITH AN ADVISORY BOARD. THEY HAVE ALL PERSONALLY REVIEWED THE FINDINGS. IT IS CONFIRMED. YOU CAN SEE THESE DOCUMENTS FOR YOURSELF. GO CHECK IT OUT. OUR PURPOSE IN EXPOSING THIS IS NOT TO WEAKEN CONFIDENCE BUT TO EARN THAT CONFIDENCE. BY CONFRONTING VULNERABILITIES. AND CORRECTING THEM. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING. THE DOCUMENTS COVER FIVE MAJOR AREAS OF CONCERN. FIRST TODAY SHOW THAT OVER YEARS STARTING IN THE 2020 ELECTION CYCLE, THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA CARRIED OUT WHAT WAS BELIEVED TO BE THE LARGEST COMPROMISE OF
ELECTION DATA AND HISTORY. RESULTING IN CHINA'S ILLICIT ACQUISITION OF 220 MILLION U.S. VOTER FILES. THAT INFORMATION INCLUDES NAMES, ADDRESSES, PHONE NUMBERS, POLITICAL PARTY PREFERENCES, AND THEIR SENSITIVE DATA THAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO REGISTER TO VOTE. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WAS HAPPENING. THIS DATA PRESENTS AN UNPRECEDENTED ELECTION SECURITY NIGHTMARE.
THE INTELLIGENCE EVEN SHOWS THAT CHINA SIGNED A DATA EXPLOITATION UNIT SPECIFICALLY TO THIS NEW PROJECT. COMPOUNDING THE TRAVESTY, THE SECOND SORT OF DOCUMENTS WE ARE RELEASING REVEAL THAT MEMBERS OF THE DEEP STATE, A VERY FAMOUS GROUP OF PEOPLE IN MANY CASES, AND OUR INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES AT WORK TO ACTIVELY SUPPRESS AND DOWNPLAY INFORMATION ABOUT THE EXTENT OF CHINA'S SINISTER OF CHINA'S SINISTER ELECTION MEDDLING. COVERING IT UP FROM BOTH THE PRESIDENT AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE LIKE NOBODY THOUGHT WAS POSSIBLE.
U.S. SPY AGENCIES BEGAN LEARNING ABOUT THE COMPROMISE OF VOTER REGISTRATION FILES IN 2020 WHEN THEY DISCOVER THAT TENS OF MILLIONS OF VOTER DATA, THINK OF THAT. TENS OF MILLIONS OF VOTERS DATA IN 18 STATES HAVE BEEN BOUGHT, STOLEN, OR HACKED BY CHINA. BUT THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR SOUNDING THE ALARM INSTEAD OF CAP THE INFORMATION SECRET AND HIDDEN. THEY DID NOT DISCLOSE TO ME AS PRESIDENT OR TO ANYONE ELSE. THEY DID NOT INFORM CONGRESS. ALL HE KEPT SAYING WAS THIS IS THE MOST SECURE ELECTION IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. THE STANDARD LINE.
THE COVER UP OF THIS COLOSSAL SECURITY BREACH IS EVEN MORE DISTURBING IN LIGHT OF THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SHOWING THAT CHINA ENGAGED IN OTHER RELATED ACTIVITIES TO UNDERMINE MY FIRST ADMINISTRATION. THEY DID NOT WANT. THEY DID NOT WANT IT. THEY FOUGHT LIKE HELL NOT TO HAVE IT. AND FOR GOOD REASON. AT THE DOCUMENTS WE ARE RELEASING SHOW, THE CA REPORTING EXPLICITLY STATED IN MID-2018, THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY POLICY WAS TO LEVERAGE ALL OF THE PET -- DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN ELEMENTS THAT WERE OPPOSED TO THE U.S. PRESIDENT AND A EOR TO REDUCE HIS VOTES AND MAKE HIM RESIGN OR PREVENT HIS REELECTION. ISN'T THAT NICE? ALSO IN MID-2018 THEY WERE WORKING TO INFLUENCE THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS. AND THE RESULTS OF THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
SEPARATELY, IN MID-2019, THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT STRATEGY AGAINST THE UNITED STATES WAS FOCUSED ON UNDERMINING DOMESTIC CONFIDENCE IN THE U.S. PRESIDENT. THEY WANTED TO MAKE YOU SOUND LIKE YOU'RE PRESIDENT WAS NOT SO HOT. WHEN ACTUALLY YOU'RE PRESIDENT HAS DONE A GREAT JOB. THEY DID EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO DO EXACTLY THAT. GOING ON WHAT THIS DOCUMENT SAID, THE STRATEGY INCLUDED EFFORTS TO USE CHINESE CONTACTS WITH BIG U.S. COMPANIES TO INFLUENCE U.S. BUSINESS LEADERS TO TURN AGAINST THE PRESIDENT. THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT SOUGHT TO IDENTIFY U.S. JOURNALISTS WHO HAD REPORTED NEGATIVELY ON THE U.S. PRESIDENT AND PAY THEM LARGE SUMS OF MONEY TO WRITE MORE NEGATIVE ARTICLES. IT DOESN'T CARE WHAT THEY SAID. THE REASON THEY WANTED ME TO LOSE WAS BECAUSE THEY KNEW I WAS WISE TO THEM. WE BUILT THE STRONGEST MILITARY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. WE HAVE THE STRONGEST MILITARY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. THE NAME OF THE PERSON IS NOW UNDER REVIEW. BUT IT GETS EVEN WORSE.
RAW INTELLIGENCE ATTAINED BY THE FBI IN 2020 AND YET BURIED BY ROGUE BUREAUCRATS STATED THAT CHINESE ACTIVITIES INCLUDED IN AN ATTEMPT TO MANUFACTURE ILLEGAL BALLOTS FOR JOE BIDEN. DOCUMENTS SHOW THAT DURING THIS TIME, DOZENS OF SIGNIFICANT REPORTS ABOUT CHINESE ELECTION TARGETING WERE KEPT OUT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL BRIEFING. THESE WERE BRIEFINGS I WOULD GET ALMOST EVERY DAY. EVERYTHING WAS KEPT OUT THAT WAS OF IMPORTANCE. ONE EMAIL AMONG INTELLIGENCE ANALYSTS ADMITTED THAT THEY HAD DELIBERATELY MASSAGED THE PRESIDENTIAL DAILY BRIEFING TO WITHHOLD INFORMATION REGARDING CHINESE ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE ELECTION. ANOTHER OFFICIAL INSIDE THE FBI WROTE THAT SHE WAS RUNNING A SHADOW GOVERNMENT. TO KEEP INTELLIGENCE ABOUT CHINA'S ELECTION MEDDLING FROM BECOMING KNOWN. AND TO KEEP IT AWAY FROM THE HONORABLE PRESS. OTHER OFFICIALS WHO WITNESS SUCH EFFORTS PERCEIVED THE MOTIVATIONS TO BE BLATANTLY POLITICAL.
RECENTLY WE FOUND SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF BURN BAGS. THIS IS A GROUP OF BAGS THAT WERE USED TO DESTROY INFORMATION. GIVEN BY PRESIDENT OBAMA. TO BE BURNED. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BURNED. THESE BAGS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL BY DIFFERENT PEOPLE INCINERATED AND CHECKED. BUT IT NEVER HAPPENED. MAYBE WE GOT LUCKY. WE BELIEVE THIS WAS NOT DONE ON PURPOSE BUT RATHER THROUGH GROSS INCOMPETENCE OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE SUPPOSED TO BURN THE BAGS. THE FINDINGS ARE STUNNING. TODAY WE ARE ASKING THE DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COME THE FBI, AND THE CIA TO INVESTIGATE HOW AND WHY SUCH CRUCIAL INFORMATION WAS HIDDEN. TO FILE CRIMINAL CHARGES IF APPROPRIATE AGAINST THESE PEOPLE. CONCEALING CHINA'S MEDDLING WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING.
THE THIRD SET OF DOCUMENTS WE ARE RELEASING SHOWS THAT FOR MANY YEARS AMERICANS WERE BLATANTLY LIED TO ABOUT THE SECURITY OF OUR ELECTION INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES AND BALLOT COUNTING SYSTEMS. DISHONEST, ALMOST ALL. THEY ARE VULNERABLE AND THEY ARE EASILY COMPROMISED. PEOPLE WITHIN OUR GOVERNMENT KNEW THAT. TONIGHT WE ARE PUBLISHING OUR PREVIOUSLY CLASSIFIED U.S. INTELLIGENCE. THERE ARE OTHER REPORTS SHOWING THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS KNOWN LONG THAT THESE MACHINES ARE EXTREMELY EXPOSED TO ATTACK. AS ONE ASSESSMENT STATES THEY SAID THAT THE U.S. ADVERSARIES INCLUDING AT A MINIMUM RUSSIA, CHINA, IRAN, NORTH KOREA, AS WELL AS NONSTATE GROUPS HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO COMPROMISE INFRASTRUCTURE. THIS WAS MADE FOR GREAT PATRIOTS OF OUR COUNTRY. THE DOCUMENT GOES ON TO FURTHER STATE THAT WE ASSESS THAT CENTRALIZED RELATED DATA DEPOSITORS SUCH AS VOTER REGISTRATION DATABASES, AND OTHER OFFICIAL WEBSITES ARE MOST VULNERABLE TO EXPLOITATION AND ADVERSARIES. THEY USE ACCESS TO THE SYSTEMS TO DISRUPT COLLECTION PROCESSES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. TONIGHT WE ARE RELEASING ALL OF THOSE FINDINGS SPANNING FROM JANUARY 2022 JUNE 2026. THIS IS A CYBER THREAT AIMED AT THE VERY HEART OF OUR DEMOCRACY. MANY PEOPLE QUESTION WHETHER CAN ACTUALLY BE POSSIBLE. ON THESE TERRIBLE MACHINES. THERE WAS A SPECIFIC PLOT TO DO A BIG NUMBER IN FAVOR OF THE CORRUPT REGIME IN VENEZUELA. THAT WAS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. CONSPIRING TO DIGITALLY RIG THOSE SELECTIONS. THIS REPORTING HAD PRECISE DETAILS ON METHODS TO DIGITALLY ALTER VOTE TOTALS IN WAYS THAT COULD NOT BE DETECTED. EVEN WITH AN AUDIT. NO MATTER HOW DEEP THEY WENT. THIS INTELLIGENCE UNDERSCORES WHY WE MUST TAKE URGENT ACTION TO ENSURE THAT OUR OWN SYSTEM CANNOT BE HACKED OR COMPROMISED. LIKE IT WAS IN THE PAST.
THE FOURTH SET OF DOCUMENTS REVEALS THAT EVEN WHEN SIGNIFICANT EVIDENCE OF FRAUD HAS BEEN DETECTED, IT HAS BEEN BURIED AND COVERED UP. AMONG THE DISCLOSURES TONIGHT ARE FBI FILES DETAILING EVIDENCE OF ALLEGED FRAUD. IN MICHIGAN. IN 2020 MICHIGAN STATE POLICE RAIDED A DEMOCRAT GET OUT THE VOTE ORGANIZATION. A CORRUPT GROUP. WE ARE SO CONCERNED BY WHAT THEY FOUND. THEY WERE SO CONCERNED THEY CANNOT EVEN BELIEVE IT. THEY CONTACTED THE FBI IN DETROIT. THE DOCUMENTS STATE THAT SOME CANVASSERS ADMITTED TO FBI AGENTS THAT THEY SIGNED VOTER REGISTRATION FORMS IN OTHER PEOPLE'S NAMES, SUBMITTED FRAUDULENT REGISTRATION FOR PEOPLE WHO DID NOT EXIST, AND RECEIVED GIFT CARDS TIED TO THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS THAT THEY PRODUCED. IT WAS PAY, PLAY, AND CHEAT. THE FBI AGENTS WORKING ON THE CASE BELIEVES THAT CRIMES WERE COMMITTED. YET THE BIDEN DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE KILLED THE INVESTIGATION. TONIGHT I AM ASKING THE FBI DIRECTOR TO ENSURE THAT THE MATTER IS FULLY INVESTIGATED AND TO WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO PROSECUTE THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY CRIMES.
TO REVEAL JUST HOW VULNERABLE ARE ELECTIONS CONTINUE TO BE, WE ARE RELEASING THE RESULTS OF A STUNNING INVESTIGATION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. ACCORDING TO THE REVIEW, STATE VOTER ROLLS AND PUBLIC RECORDS IDENTIFY THOUSANDS OF NONCITIZENS. WHO ARE REGISTERED TO VOTE IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS. SINCE DEMOCRAT STATES REFUSED TO SHARE THEIR VOTER FILES, THE REAL NUMBER IS PROBABLY HIGHER THAN THAT. EVEN THIS LIMITED ANALYSIS OF MORE THAN A QUARTER OF A MILLION FOREIGNERS ILLEGALLY REGISTERED TO VOTE PUT TOGETHER THESE DISCLOSURES REVEAL A SYSTEM SO BROKEN AND VULNERABLE THAT NO ONE CAN POSSIBLY DEFEND IT. IT IS NOT DEFENSIBLE. HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF U.S. VOTER FILES ARE IN THE HANDS OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. MACHINES AND BALLOT COUNTING SYSTEMS ARE EXPOSED TO HACKING, MANIPULATION, CORRUPTION. CHINA AND OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE BEEN TRYING TO MEDDLE IN OUR ELECTIONS. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF NONCITIZENS AND DEAD PEOPLE ARE LISTED IN ACTIVE VOTER ROLLS. YET WE STILL HAVE ELECTIONS WITH NO VOTER ID, NO PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP, AND TENS OF MILLIONS OF BALLOTS FLOATING AIMLESSLY THROUGH THE MAIL.
AS ONE EXAMPLE OF THE INSANITY, CALIFORNIA'S RECENT ELECTION FOR MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES AND GOVERNOR WAS HELD ON JUNE 2. A LONG TIME AGO. IT WAS JUST COMPLETED A FEW DAYS AGO ON JULY 10. MUCH MORE THAN ONE MONTH. IT TOOK A MONTH TO COUNT THE VOTES. I WONDER WHAT THEY WERE DOING. THIS IS WORSE THAN ANY THIRD WORLD COUNTRY. THERE IS NO THIRD WORLD COUNTRY THAT HAS ELECTIONS LIKE THOSE. IN A RARE MOVE NBC AND ABC FAKE NEWS HAVE SAID THEY WILL NOT COVER THIS SPEECH. THEY KNEW WHAT IT WAS ABOUT. BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THEY DO NOT LIKE THE TOPIC. THEY KNOW HOW CORRUPT OUR SYSTEM IS AND THEY DO NOT WANT TO REVEAL IT. THEY AND OTHERS IN THE MEDIA ARE PART OF A PLOT. THEY WANT TO CONTINUE THIS FRAUD FOR WHATEVER REASON. THEY WERE TO KEEP IT GOING. THEY WERE TO PROTECT THE RADICAL LEFT. YOU CANNOT HAVE A GREAT COUNTRY WITHOUT FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS. FRAUD LIKE THIS SHOULD MEAN A REVOCATION OF THEIR LICENSES. THEY USE OUR PUBLIC AIRWAYS FOR ABSOLUTELY NO MONEY. THEY PAY NOTHING. ALL WE WANT IS HONESTY IN OUR ELECTIONS AND HONESTY IN REPORTING. THEY PAID NOTHING. FOR A MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR ASSET. GREAT DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE TO OUR COUNTRY. OUR ELECTIONS WERE LEFT VULNERABLE. BEING RIGGED. THE TRUST OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WAS LOST. THIS CANNOT CONTINUE. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO AGREE THAT WE SECURE THE MOST HONEST SYSTEM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. WE SHOULD BE TOGETHER. EVERYBODY. IT SHOULD NOT BE PARTISAN. THERE SHOULD BE CALLS TO UNITE US, NOT TO PUT DIVIDE US. WE SHOULD BE UNITED, NOT DIVIDED.
THIS BRAND-NEW INFORMATION I HAVE REVEALED TONIGHT, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF NOTIFYING THE STATES WHOSE ELECTION DATA WAS COMPROMISED BY THE PEOPLE'S PUBLIC OF CHINA AND MANY OTHERS. WE WILL BE WORKING CLOSELY TO MITIGATE ANY HARM. AND TAKING SWIFT ACTION TO ENSURE THAT SENSITIVE VOTER DATA IS BETTER PROTECTED. SO CAN NEVER BE BOUGHT OR HACKED AND WE CAN NEVER WATCH IT GET STOLEN AGAIN. TOMORROW THE DIRECTOR OF HOMELAND SECURITY WILL HOLD A BRIEFING. CONFIRMING CYBER VOTER -- VULNERABILITIES. THERE ARE POTENTIAL ISSUES. IT IS IN SUCH BAD SHAPE AND SO MANY STATES. WE ARE COMMITTING TO BE WORKING WITH THOSE STATES. TO HELP THEM FIX TECHNICAL VULNERABILITIES BEFORE THE MIDTERM ELECTION. WE HAVE VERY IMPORTANT ELECTIONS COMING UP. WE WANT THOSE ELECTIONS TO BE HONEST. I HAVE ALSO ORDERED DHS TO NOTIFY EVERY STATE ABOUT NONCITIZENS ON THEIR VOTER ROLLS AND DIRECT THEM TO BE DEEMED INELIGIBLE. MOST IMPORTANTLY ADDRESSING THIS CRISIS OF ELECTION SECURITY DEMANDS THAT CONGRESS MUST PASS THE SAVE AMERICA ACT. HOW EASY IS THAT TO DO? UNLESS YOU WANT TO CHEAT. THE ONLY REASON YOU WOULD NOT DO IT IS YOU WANT TO CHEAT. BECAUSE YOUR POLICIES ARE SO BAD. YOUR CANDIDATES ARE SO PATHETIC. YOU CANNOT GET ELECTED IN ANY OTHER WAY. REQUIRES THAT ALL VOTERS MUST SHOW PHOTO VOTER ID. HOW SIMPLE IS THAT? PHOTO VOTER ID. ALL VOTERS MUST PROVIDE PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP. ARE YOU A CITIZEN OF OUR COUNTRY PLEASE? HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE NO CORRUPT MAIL-IN BALLOT SWITCH IF YOU WATCHED CALIFORNIA AND 70 OTHER PLACES, MAIL-IN BALLOTS ARE INHERENTLY CORRUPT. YOU HAVE NO MAIL-IN BALLOTS EXCEPT FOR ILLNESS, DISABILITY, MILITARY DEPLOYMENT, OR TRAVEL. IF YOU ARE GOING AWAY ON BUSINESS OR VACATION. THESE REFORMS ARE URGENTLY NEEDED TO STOP THE VULNERABILITIES THAT I HAVE MENTIONED. TO ALL AMERICANS I ASKED YOU TO PICK UP YOUR PHONE TOMORROW AND CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES AND HOUSE AND SENATE AND DEMAND THAT THEY PASS THE SAVE AMERICA ACT WITHOUT DELAY. TOGETHER WE WILL RESTORE FAITH AND CONFIDENCE IN OUR COUNTRY. WE WILL BE BIGGER, BETTER, AND STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE. THANK YOU, GOD BLESS YOU, GOD BLESS OUR GREAT MILITARY, AND GOD BLESS AMERICA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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HOST: THAT WAS PRESIDENT TRUMP FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. HE WENT JUST ABOUT 26 MINUTES. HE OUTLINED A NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT HE SAID WERE PROBLEMS WITH 20/20 ELECTION. INCLUDING WHAT HE CALLED MASSIVE VULNERABILITIES AND U.S. ELECTION SYSTEMS. WE ARE GETTING YOUR REACTION TONIGHT. THIS IS HOW YOU CAN CALL IN. AS YOU ARE CALLING IN, WE ARE JOINED BY A DEMOCRAT FROM NEW YORK. A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE THAT HAS OVERSIGHT OVER FEDERAL ELECTIONS. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO THAT WITH US. YOUR IMMEDIATE REACTION? >>