HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS?
WE DONT KNOW.
THATS WHY WEVE GOT TO ASK
THESE QUESTIONS AND GET THE
EVIDENCE.
LETS BRING IN HOUSE MINORITY
WHIP STEVE SCALISE TO HELP US
WITH THAT.
STEVE, WE HAD GOVERNOR MIKE
HUCKABEE ON EARLIER, AND HE
POINTED OUT WHICH IS SIMPLY A
FACT, THAT, YOU KNOW, MEDIA
ORGANIZATIONS DONT VALIDATE
PRESIDENCIES.
ULTIMATELY ITS VOTERS AND
REELECTS THAT DO.
SO THERES A LEGAL CHALLENGE
COMING FROM THE PRESIDENT RIGHT
NOW.
WHERE DO YOU BELIEVE WE ARE ON
THIS AND AS FAR AS PERTAINS TO
EVIDENCE AND CHALLENGES?
>> GOOD MORNING.
GOOD TO BE WITH YOU.
AND --
PETE: GOOD MORNING.
>> -- WERE REALLY AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE LEGAL SIDE OF
THIS.
OF COURSE YOU HAD ELECTION NIGHT
TUESDAY NIGHT.
THEN YOU HAD SOME STATES STILL
COUNTING, SOME VERY QUESTIONABLE
THINGS HAPPEN, ESPECIALLY WHEN
YOU LOOK AT MANY STATES THAT
HAVE THE LAWS THAT ALLOW A POLL
WATCHER TO WATCH THE COUNTING.
ITS PART OF THE TRANSPARENCY
PROCESS THATS A LAW IN MOST
STATES.
THAT WAS NOT BEING FOLLOWED.
THEY WERE NOT ALLOWING TRUMPS
POLL WATCHERS TO WATCH WHAT WAS
GOING ON.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU
DOING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS WHERE
YOURE AFRAID TO LET OTHER
PEOPLE WATCH YOU WHEN THE LAW
SAYS YOU HAVE TO?
CLEARLY THE PENNSYLVANIA LAW
WHICH IS CLEAR AFTER 8 P.M. ON
TUESDAY NIGHT, BALLOTS CANT BE
COUNTED YET THEY WERE COUNTING
THOSE BALLOTS.
THE SUPREME COURT SAID YOU HAVE
TO KEEP EM SEPARATE.
THERE WERE QUESTIONS OF WHETHER
OR NOT THEY SEPARATED ALL OF
THOSE BALLOTS, AND THE SECRETARY
OF STATE HAS YET TO SET HOW MANY
THERE ARE.
SHELL A, "WELL, WE DONT THINK
ITS ENOUGH TO BE OUTSIDE THE
MARGIN."
WELL, THEN HOW MANY IS IT?
WHY ARENT THEY TRANSPORT ABOUT
THESE THINGS?
THESE ARE LAWS ON STATES BOOKS
THAT ARENT BEING FOLLOWED.
DEAD PEOPLE HAVE CLEARLY BEEN
IDENTIFIED AS HAVING CAST
BALLOTS.
THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT RAISE
VERY SERIOUS CONCERNS, AND ITS
PART OF THE LEGAL PROCESS.
YOU GO BACK TO BUSH V. GORE, IT
WASNT TIL THE SECOND WEEK OF
DECEMBER THAT THAT GOT RESOLVED
BY THE COURTS.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE
THERES STILL A LOT OF THESE
CASES THAT HAVE TO BE MADE AND
LET THE COURTS RESOLVE THESE
DISPUTES.
JEDEDIAH: CONGRESSMAN, I WANT TO
ASK YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE
RESULTS AND WHAT WEVE SEEN IN
THE HOUSE.
HOUSE REPUBLICANS HAVE REALLY
CHIPPED AWAY AT THAT DEMOCRAT
MAJORITY.
THEY FLIPPED AT LEAST EIGHT
HOUSE SEATS, MANY OF THEM WON BY
FEMALE G.O.P. CANDIDATES.
WE HAVE A BIT OF A MONTAGE FROM
TWO CONGRESSWOMEN ELECTS.
WE WANT TO PLAY THAT FOR YOU AND
WELL TALK ABOUT IT.
>> IM AN EVERYDAY IOWAN AND
THATS WHAT IT CAME DOWN TO.
I LISTENED TO THE CONCERNS OF
THE PEOPLE IN MY DISTRICT AND I
THINK IT WAS A VERY CLEAR
MESSAGE THAT THEY SAID THEYRE
TIRED OF THE LEFT LEANING
RHETORIC ABOUT MEDICARE FOR ALL,
THE GREEN NEW DEAL, AND NANCY
PELOSI STALLING OF MUCH NEEDED
AID FOR IOWA FAMILIES.
>> IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THAT
"AMERICA FIRST" AGENDA, MAKING
IT SO THAT AMERICANS CAN MAKE
THE BEST DECISIONS FOR
THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES.
I DONT BELIEVE THAT A BIG,
BUREAUCRAT GOVERNMENT IS BEST SUITED FOR THAT.
SUITED FOR THAT.
EITHER.
SO HAVING THAT MESSAGE REALLY
EMPOWERING PEOPLE AND MAKING IT
SO THAT THERES EQUAL
OPPORTUNITY OUT THERE RATHER
.
JEDEDIAH: YOUR RESPONSE TO THESE
ELECTION WINS IN THE HOUSE.
>> YEAH, WEVE GOT SOME GREAT,
GREAT NEW MEMBERS COMING IN IN
THIS FRESHMAN CLASS.
I KNOW YOU RAN ASHLEY HINSON
THERE IN IOWA.
I WAS THERE A WEEK AND A HALF
AGO CAMPAIGNING IN IOWA AND BOY,
THE ENERGY LEVEL ON THE GROUND
IN IOWA AND ALL OF THESE
CANDIDATES THAT WON WAS OFF THE
CHARTS, THEY REALLY ORGANIZED
WELL, AND THEY WENT AGAINST, YOU
KNOW, STREAM OF THE MEDIA
PROJECTION THAT NANCY PELOSI WAS
GOING TO GAIN ANOTHER TEN SEATS.
INSTEAD THE OPPOSITE HAPPENED.
WERE PROBABLY UP BY ABOUT TEN
ON OUR SIDE.
AND THERE ARE A FEW RACES ON THE
WEST COAST THAT STILL HAVENT
BEEN CALLED THAT ARE LEANING OUR
WAY SO IM REAL EXCITED ABOUT
THIS FRESHMAN CLASS.
ITS A MUCH MORE DIVERSE CLASS
THAN WEVE EVER SEEN BEFORE,
MORE WOMEN, MORE
AFRICAN-AMERICANS, MORE
HISPANICS, CUBAN-AMERICANS.
ITS GOING TO BE A GREAT GROUP
OF MEMBERS TO COME IN AND HELP
US FIGHT AGAINST THE SOCIALIST
WAVE THAT YOURE SEEING ON THE
LEFT.
AND, FRANKLY, INTERNALLY THEYRE
HAVING SOME VERY BIG FIGHTS
BECAUSE NANCY PELOSI DROVE EM
SO FAR TO THE LEFT THAT A LOT OF
THOSE MEMBERS GOT BEAT IN THOSE
SWING DISTRICTS AND MANY OF THEM
CAME CLOSE AND WERE GOING TO
WIN THE HOUSE BACK IN TWO YEARS