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>>> WELCOME BACK, IT HAS BEEN

>>> WELCOME BACK, IT HAS BEEN FASCINATING TO SEE HOW HOW

FASCINATING TO SEE HOW HOW SENATOR RON JOHNSON FOUND OUT ON

SENATOR RON JOHNSON FOUND OUT ON MEET THE PRESS.

MEET THE PRESS. >> I HAVE MY THIRD LETTER IN

>> I HAVE MY THIRD LETTER IN ASKING TO JUST CONFIRM ARE YOU

ASKING TO JUST CONFIRM ARE YOU INVESTIGATING THOSE LEAKS THAT

INVESTIGATING THOSE LEAKS THAT PETER STRUCK TALKED ABOUT.

PETER STRUCK TALKED ABOUT. >> I HAVE NO IDEA WHY --

>> I HAVE NO IDEA WHY -- >> I DON’T KNOW WHY A FOX NEWS

>> I DON’T KNOW WHY A FOX NEWS EXPERIENCE PROPAGANDA STUFF IS

EXPERIENCE PROPAGANDA STUFF IS PUPPING UP ON HERE.

PUPPING UP ON HERE. SENATOR I’M ASKING ABOUT --

SENATOR I’M ASKING ABOUT -- >> YOU’RE ASKING WHY PRESIDENT

>> YOU’RE ASKING WHY PRESIDENT TRUMP IS UPSET AND HIS

TRUMP IS UPSET AND HIS SUPPORTERS ARE UPSET.

SUPPORTERS ARE UPSET. >> THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE MEDIA.

>> THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE MEDIA. PLEASE, CAN YOU PLEASE ANSWER

PLEASE, CAN YOU PLEASE ANSWER THE QUESTION THAT I ASKED YOU

THE QUESTION THAT I ASKED YOU INSTEAD OF TRY TO MAKE TRUMP

INSTEAD OF TRY TO MAKE TRUMP FEEL BETTER HERE.

FEEL BETTER HERE. >>.

>>. >> I’M NOT, I’M NOT.

>> I’M NOT, I’M NOT. >> I’M JUST ASKING YOU WHAT

>> I’M JUST ASKING YOU WHAT MAIZE YOU WINCE.

MAIZE YOU WINCE. >> CHUCK TODD SHOWING US HOW IT

>> CHUCK TODD SHOWING US HOW IT IS DONE.

IS DONE. JEFF MASON, RON JOHNSON

JEFF MASON, RON JOHNSON REPRESENTS YOUR HOME STATE OF

REPRESENTS YOUR HOME STATE OF WISCONSIN, I’M GUESSING MOST

WISCONSIN, I’M GUESSING MOST PEOPLE WERE GETTING ROADWAY

PEOPLE WERE GETTING ROADWAY READY FOR THE PATTERS GAME, WHAT

READY FOR THE PATTERS GAME, WHAT DID THEY MAKE OF IT?

DID THEY MAKE OF IT? >> WHAT YOU SAW THERE WAS REALLY

>> WHAT YOU SAW THERE WAS REALLY THE REAL TRUMP DERANGEMENT

THE REAL TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME.

SYNDROME. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FALL INTO

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FALL INTO THE TRUMP OR BIT.

THE TRUMP OR BIT. YOU HAVE SOMEONE THAT IS A

YOU HAVE SOMEONE THAT IS A NONPOLITICIAN, ON MEET THE PRESS

NONPOLITICIAN, ON MEET THE PRESS SPEWING CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND

SPEWING CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND IT WAS A PAINFUL CINK WORTHY

IT WAS A PAINFUL CINK WORTHY EPISODE.

EPISODE. BUT IT SHOWS HOW DIDN’T IT IS TO

BUT IT SHOWS HOW DIDN’T IT IS TO MOUND A DEFENSE AGAINST HIM.

MOUND A DEFENSE AGAINST HIM. >> I WANT TO PLAY SOME BITS OF

>> I WANT TO PLAY SOME BITS OF WHAT OTHER REPUBLICANS HAD TO

WHAT OTHER REPUBLICANS HAD TO SAY, SPECIFICALLY MAKING THIS

SAY, SPECIFICALLY MAKING THIS ARGUMENT THAT IF CHINA SHOULD

ARGUMENT THAT IF CHINA SHOULD OPEN THIS INVESTIGATION, IT WAS

OPEN THIS INVESTIGATION, IT WAS ALL A JOKE.

ALL A JOKE. >> IS IT OKAY FOR PRESIDENT

>> IS IT OKAY FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP TO ASK THE MEDIA TO LOOK

TRUMP TO ASK THE MEDIA TO LOOK INTO JOE BIDEN.

INTO JOE BIDEN. >> I DOUBT THE CHINA COMMENT WAS

>> I DOUBT THE CHINA COMMENT WAS SERIOUS.

SERIOUS. >> DO YOU THINK HE WAS SERIOUS

>> DO YOU THINK HE WAS SERIOUS ABOUT CHINA INVESTIGATING THE

ABOUT CHINA INVESTIGATING THE BIDEN FAMILY?

BIDEN FAMILY? >> WHY CAN’T YOU ANSWER YES OR

>> WHY CAN’T YOU ANSWER YES OR NO?

NO? >> I DON’T THEY IS WHAT HE DID.

>> I DON’T THEY IS WHAT HE DID. >> ONNESTLY, STEPH, I DON’T

>> ONNESTLY, STEPH, I DON’T THINK WHAT MATTERS IS WHAT WE

THINK WHAT MATTERS IS WHAT WE THOUGHT, IT IS WHAT HE SAID.

THOUGHT, IT IS WHAT HE SAID. IT IS HARD TO ARGUE REGARDLESS

IT IS HARD TO ARGUE REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU STAND ON THIS THAT

OF WHERE YOU STAND ON THIS THAT WHEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED

WHEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WALKS OUTSIDE AND SAYS TO

STATES WALKS OUTSIDE AND SAYS TO REPORTERS THAT CHINA SHOULD DO

REPORTERS THAT CHINA SHOULD DO THIS OR WE’RE CONSIDERING ASKING

THIS OR WE’RE CONSIDERING ASKING CHINA TO DO THIS THAT THEY WOULD

CHINA TO DO THIS THAT THEY WOULD CONSIDER IT A JOKE.

CONSIDER IT A JOKE. HE ASKED RUSSIA TO LOOK FOR

HE ASKED RUSSIA TO LOOK FOR HILLARY CLINTON’S E-MAILS.

HILLARY CLINTON’S E-MAILS. WE KNOW THAT THE WHOLE WORLD IS

WE KNOW THAT THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING WHEN THE LEADER OF THE

WATCHING WHEN THE LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD SPEAKS, EVEN WHEN HE

FREE WORLD SPEAKS, EVEN WHEN HE SAYS SOMETHING THAT IS

SAYS SOMETHING THAT IS UNEXPECTED.

UNEXPECTED. FOR COMING OUT AND TRYING TO

FOR COMING OUT AND TRYING TO TEST OUT, BUT IT IS HARD TO

TEST OUT, BUT IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE THAT BAY SINKTHING WOULD

IMAGINE THAT BAY SINKTHING WOULD IT IN THE SAME WAY.

IT IN THE SAME WAY. >> CNN PUT OUT A REPORT THAT THE

>> CNN PUT OUT A REPORT THAT THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST BIDEN ARE

ALLEGATIONS AGAINST BIDEN ARE NOT SUPPORTED BY ANYTHING.

NOT SUPPORTED BY ANYTHING. YES THEY ARE.

YES THEY ARE. THEY ARE SUPPORTED BY THREE

THEY ARE SUPPORTED BY THREE CONFIDENCE

CONFIDENCE AFFIDAVITS.

AFFIDAVITS. THAT IS BETTER THAN

THAT IS BETTER THAN WHISTLE-BLOWERS.

WHISTLE-BLOWERS. WHAT JOOUG YAL ANY WAS HOLDING

WHAT JOOUG YAL ANY WAS HOLDING UP WERE NOT AFFIDAVITS.

UP WERE NOT AFFIDAVITS. IT WAS A PRINT OUT FROM A

IT WAS A PRINT OUT FROM A WEBSITE CALLED HOPELESSLY

WEBSITE CALLED HOPELESSLY PARTISAN WHO IS RUN BY A

PARTISAN WHO IS RUN BY A INDIVIDUAL GUY FROM JERSEY.GIGGL

INDIVIDUAL GUY FROM JERSEY.GIGGL NOT FUN ANY.

NOT FUN ANY. HE IS WAIVING AROUND A SERIOUS

HE IS WAIVING AROUND A SERIOUS SHERRY.

SHERRY. >> I MEAN, IT IS AND I DON’T

>> I MEAN, IT IS AND I DON’T THINK IT IS FUNNY AT ALL.

THINK IT IS FUNNY AT ALL. THIS IS NOT JUST SOMEONE BEING

THIS IS NOT JUST SOMEONE BEING RING ON THESE WEBSITES, A MIX OF

RING ON THESE WEBSITES, A MIX OF SKEERS THEORY AND PROP CANADA

SKEERS THEORY AND PROP CANADA BEING PUT OUT, BUT IT IS BEING

BEING PUT OUT, BUT IT IS BEING FORWARDED BY AG LIES AND WHAT

FORWARDED BY AG LIES AND WHAT SHE ASKING US TO BELIEVE IS A

SHE ASKING US TO BELIEVE IS A WILD SET OF SERIOUSES.CONSPIRACI

WILD SET OF SERIOUSES.CONSPIRACI AND IN FACT, IT WAS SOMEHOW YOU

AND IN FACT, IT WAS SOMEHOW YOU CRANE WITH A CONNECTION BY THE

CRANE WITH A CONNECTION BY THE BIDENS SOMEHOW DOING A FALSE

BIDENS SOMEHOW DOING A FALSE FLAG OPERATION TO FRAME RUSSIA.

FLAG OPERATION TO FRAME RUSSIA. THIS IS INSANE.

THIS IS INSANE. AND I THINK WE NEED TO CALL OUT

AND I THINK WE NEED TO CALL OUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FACT AND

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FACT AND FICTION.

FICTION. IT WILL NEVER CHANGE THE FACT

IT WILL NEVER CHANGE THE FACT THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED

THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ASKED UKRAINE TO

STATES ASKED UKRAINE TO INVESTIGATE A POLITICAL

INVESTIGATE A POLITICAL OPPONENT.

OPPONENT. THAT INVESTIGATION WHETHER OR

THAT INVESTIGATION WHETHER OR NOT IT TURNED UP ANYTHING OR NOT

NOT IT TURNED UP ANYTHING OR NOT WOULD BE A POLITICAL VALUE TO

WOULD BE A POLITICAL VALUE TO THE PRESIDENT.

THE PRESIDENT. HE ASKED WHOOI IN A TO DO IT

HE ASKED WHOOI IN A TO DO IT PUBLICLY AND BOTH OF THEM TO DO

PUBLICLY AND BOTH OF THEM TO DO IT PRIVATELY ACCORDING TO THE

IT PRIVATELY ACCORDING TO THE WHITE HOUSE CALL.

WHITE HOUSE CALL. AND BY THE REPORTING THAT WE

AND BY THE REPORTING THAT WE HAVE SEEN FROM HIS COMMENTS.

HAVE SEEN FROM HIS COMMENTS. >> WHAT IS THE PRICE OF SPEAKING

>> WHAT IS THE PRICE OF SPEAKING OUT AGAINST THE PRESIDENT.

OUT AGAINST THE PRESIDENT. BUT YOU WROTE THIS WEEKEND ABOUT

BUT YOU WROTE THIS WEEKEND ABOUT MITT ROMNY, BUT HE SEEMED TO BE

MITT ROMNY, BUT HE SEEMED TO BE A OKAY GOING PUMPKIN PICKING

A OKAY GOING PUMPKIN PICKING THIS WEEKEND.

THIS WEEKEND. HAVE THINGS CHANGED?

HAVE THINGS CHANGED? CAN YOU SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE

CAN YOU SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE PRESIDENT AND LET HIM LET IT RIP

PRESIDENT AND LET HIM LET IT RIP AND YOU STILL LET IT ROCK ON.

AND YOU STILL LET IT ROCK ON. BUT RIGHT NOW IT WAS ONLY MITT

BUT RIGHT NOW IT WAS ONLY MITT ROMNEY, PRESIDENT TRUMP GOING TO

ROMNEY, PRESIDENT TRUMP GOING TO ATTACK THEM ALL, WILL HE TWEET

ATTACK THEM ALL, WILL HE TWEET INSULTS AGAINST THEM AND HOW

INSULTS AGAINST THEM AND HOW DOES THAT PLAY WITH THEIR SENATE

DOES THAT PLAY WITH THEIR SENATE COLLEAGUES.

COLLEAGUES. NO ONE WANTS TO BE THE SECOND OR

NO ONE WANTS TO BE THE SECOND OR THE THIRD, BUT THIS IS A REAL

THE THIRD, BUT THIS IS A REAL DANGER FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP.

DANGER FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP. IF INSULT AND INTIMIDATION DOES