WEBVTT NOTE recognizability 0.943 NOTE language en-us 00:00:00.140 --> 00:00:06.090 congressman thank you very much for joining us and I'm so glad you're okay after what happened 00:00:06.090 --> 00:00:10.520 on wednesday meticulously today said that she had a call with the general 00:00:10.520 --> 00:00:14.830 ...joint chiefs and she said that she was asking 00:00:14.830 --> 00:00:19.970 him whether there were safeguards in place is for donald trump getting access to 00:00:19.970 --> 00:00:25.390 the nuclear codes and she said that he assured her there were if she so worried 00:00:25.390 --> 00:00:30.380 about his position right now the president's position right now the danger 00:00:30.380 --> 00:00:35.980 that he is to this country why we're weak to start impeachment proceedings. 00:00:35.980 --> 00:00:38.940 Well, first of all I don't think we'll wait a week number one 00:00:38.940 --> 00:00:41.520 ...move as quickly as we possibly 00:00:41.520 --> 00:00:46.450 can and move with every tool we have available to 00:00:46.450 --> 00:00:50.810 remove donald trump from the white house as fast as we can 00:00:50.810 --> 00:00:55.400 twenty-fifth amendment his resignation which obviously won't happen but, you know, 00:00:55.400 --> 00:00:59.920 we feel obligated to call on republicans to do what they did in 00:00:59.920 --> 00:01:04.150 the nixon era in...some stealing is fine go down to the 00:01:04.150 --> 00:01:08.790 white house and tell the president to quit at least put their marker in history 00:01:08.790 --> 00:01:12.040 that they are not going to let another twelve or eleven days 00:01:12.040 --> 00:01:15.790 past with us being at this risk but it comes to impeachment 00:01:15.790 --> 00:01:21.210 ...we will have it articles of impeachment I'm pushing them I will call sponsor them 00:01:21.210 --> 00:01:25.080 ...don't have any faith that it will lead to the removal 00:01:25.080 --> 00:01:27.640 of the president because it takes 00:01:27.640 --> 00:01:30.870 two-thirds of the senate to convict 00:01:30.870 --> 00:01:35.410 and despite all of these press releases and commentary in 00:01:35.410 --> 00:01:39.940 hand-wringing by these republicans who have coddled 00:01:39.940 --> 00:01:44.520 this president for four long years when they 00:01:44.520 --> 00:01:49.740 finally have a chance to stand-up against an insurrection against 00:01:49.740 --> 00:01:53.780 against this country...have a chance to stand against 00:01:53.780 --> 00:01:59.110 an insurrection all of this in their hands are in their pockets...the shuffling 00:01:59.110 --> 00:02:03.630 their feet again what is wrong with these people. 00:02:03.630 --> 00:02:09.250 I don't get I just don't I honestly...I'm fairly intelligent 00:02:09.250 --> 00:02:14.140 I'll get how they continue to make excuses and 00:02:14.140 --> 00:02:18.510 pave the way from this guy to stay in office. 00:02:18.510 --> 00:02:22.150 Is insanity? 00:02:22.150 --> 00:02:26.150 Let me ask you brick impeachment of the twenty-fifth amendment is the best 00:02:26.150 --> 00:02:30.940 move right now because there's some argument out there about what it would do to donald trump as 00:02:30.940 --> 00:02:35.640 a figurehead for these supporters and whether it would make anything any better bob 00:02:35.640 --> 00:02:40.480 coworker was on with my colleague andrea mitchell and he worried about that very thing 00:02:40.480 --> 00:02:44.970 donald trump becoming a martyr to his base and solidifying his control 00:02:44.970 --> 00:02:50.860 over them even more what do you think about that, you know, after what we saw in the last 00:02:50.860 --> 00:02:57.000 couple of days if there are people who still support donald trump. 00:02:57.000 --> 00:03:01.960 No, all move that we make is going to have any effect on the way they think 00:03:01.960 --> 00:03:07.070 that this is just such a crazy theory...it from even some of 00:03:07.070 --> 00:03:11.490 my own colleagues that we will strengthen him if people. 00:03:11.490 --> 00:03:16.450 Because we took action...is constitutional to remove him as a threat. 00:03:16.450 --> 00:03:18.650 Somehow...more support for a 00:03:18.650 --> 00:03:23.900 guy who is essentially the leader of a mob that attacked the us capitol there's nothing 00:03:23.900 --> 00:03:28.740 we can do to bring reason to the rational people who might take 00:03:28.740 --> 00:03:31.940 ...position but my view has been this. 00:03:31.940 --> 00:03:36.830 What we need to focus on are the people who are willing 00:03:36.830 --> 00:03:40.010 to be rational the democrats and republicans 00:03:41.340 --> 00:03:46.250 ...stood strong the other day against this effort to undo 00:03:46.250 --> 00:03:50.800 the electoral college that we disagree with some of these folks and lots of different things I had 00:03:50.800 --> 00:03:54.040 an exchange with chip roy on the floor the night we 00:03:54.040 --> 00:03:58.160 unite of all of this or I went up to chip in on I have a lot of disagreement 00:03:58.160 --> 00:03:59.990 ...but I went to and I said, 00:03:59.990 --> 00:04:03.630 you know, I don't know-how long this is going to last chip there right now you and 00:04:03.630 --> 00:04:08.800 I were good you stand tall we need to 00:04:08.800 --> 00:04:15.290 work together with those people who actually respect this country and I gotta tell you? 00:04:15.290 --> 00:04:20.640 You can tell me angry my wife was it was at risk I was one of those people 00:04:20.640 --> 00:04:25.390 stuck in the gallery when they attacked I couldn't get out, you know, so, 00:04:25.390 --> 00:04:30.240 I'm personalizing this to a certain extent...will admit that but what's more frightening 00:04:30.240 --> 00:04:35.030 to me is the extent to which these republicans after the 00:04:35.030 --> 00:04:39.940 attacks when back to the floor and continued to recite 00:04:39.940 --> 00:04:43.710 the big why that added fuel. 00:04:43.710 --> 00:04:48.920 To this...was fire the way through another log on fire. 00:04:48.920 --> 00:04:53.120 The after the fight airing after the attack they threw another, 00:04:53.120 --> 00:04:57.690 another also fuel on this...burning fire. 00:04:57.690 --> 00:05:01.670 What we've seen? 00:05:01.670 --> 00:05:03.440 Is a deadly weapon?