THAT IS -- THAT’S COMFORTING.
WORRYING AND COMFORTING IN THE
SAME WAY.
LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING ELSE
WHICH YOU’VE BEEN REALLY
OUTSPOKEN AND THAT IS WHAT WE
SHOULD SORT OF EXPECT OVER THE
NEXT I GUESS 83 DAYS AND THE
SMALL "D" DEMOCRATIC THREAT THAT
THE PRESIDENT WILL TRY TO
DELEGITIMIZE THE ELECTION, HE’LL
TRY TO MESS WITH PEOPLES ABILITY
TO VOTE, THAT HE WILL DEFY THE
RESULTS OF THE ELECTION IF IT
TURNS OUT HE LOSES HIS OFFICE.
HOW ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT THOSE
THINGS NOW?
AFTER A LIFETIME IN NATIONAL
SECURITY POSITIONS KNOWING VICE
PRESIDENT BIDEN AS WELL AS YOU
KNOW HIM, FACING DOWN THESE
KINDS OF CHALLENGES AND THREATS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD ALL
HAVE IN MIND OR WHAT DO YOU
THINK THE COUNTRY SHOULD BE
WORKING ONTO TRY TO SHORE
OURSELVES UP AND BRACE OURSELVES
FOR THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO IN
TERMS OF WHAT THIS PRESIDENT
MIGHT DO WITH A PEACEFUL
TRANSFER OF POWER?
>> WELL, RACHEL, THIS IS AN
EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE WE
FIND OURSELVES IN.
WE’VE NEVER AT LEAST IN OUR
LIFETIMES HAD A PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES WHO HAS TOLD US
THAT HE MAY NOT ABIDE BY THE
RESULTS OF THE ELECTION.
HAS TOLD US THAT HE MAY SEEK TO
DELAY THE ELECTION ITSELF.
HAS TOLD US THAT HE’S GOING TO
CAST DOUBT ON THE LEGITIMACY OF
MAIL-IN BALLOTS AND GO OUT OF
HIS WAY TO MAKE IT AS HARD AS
POSSIBLE FOR AMERICANS TO
EXERCISE THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHT TO VOTE.
IT’S UNBELIEVABLE.
AND THEN HE SENDS TROOPS INTO
THE STREETS OF OUR CITIES TO
ATTACK PEACEFUL PROTESTERS.
THE RANGE OF POSSIBLE THREATS
THAT HE POSES TO OUR DEMOCRACY
IS TRULY QUITE MIND-BOGGLING.
AND I THINK IT’S REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE TO BE AWARE OF THIS.
AND THAT’S BEFORE YOU GET TO
WHAT WE UNDERSTAND NOW FROM OUR
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY, THE
RUSSIANS CONTINUE DO AND HAVE
STEPPED UP THEIR EFFORTS TO
INTERFERE IN OUR ELECTIONS WITH
IT SEEMS THE BLESSING OF DONALD
TRUMP WHO SAID HE WOULD ACCEPT
FOREIGN HELP IN THE ELECTION,
AND HAS REFUSED TO CALL OUT
RUSSIA ON ANY NUMBER OF THINGS
LEAST OF ALL ITS INVOLVEMENT IN
THE 2020 ELECTION.
SO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FIRST OF
ALL HAVE TO BE AWARE.
SECONDLY I BELIEVE WE HAVE TO
COME OUT AND VOTE NO MATTER
WHAT.
HOPEFULLY THROUGH ABSENTEE
BALLOTS WHERE THAT’S DEEMED TO
BE THE SAFEST WAY THROUGH EARLY
VOTING, BUT WE HAVE TO VOTE.
AND THE RESULT SHOULD BE
OVERWHELMING.
THE MORE RESOUNDING THE OUTCOME
THE HARDER IT IS FOR DONALD
TRUMP TO MANIPULATE AND OBSCURE
A POTENTIAL LOSS.
AND WE JUST HAVE TO BE SUPER,
SUPER VIGILANT TO ALL OF THESE
DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.
I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
BIPARTISAN INTEREST IN ELECTIONS
BEING FAIR AND TRANSPARENT.
IT AFFECTS CANDIDATES UP AND
DOWN THE BALLOT NOT JUST AT THE
PRESIDENTIAL LEVEL.
SO EVEN IF REPUBLICANS THINK
THAT IT’S IN THEIR INTEREST FOR
DONALD TRUMP TO RETAIN POWER BY
ANY MEANS NECESSARY IT MAY NOT
BE IN THEIR INTEREST BECAUSE THE
SAME TOOLS THAT HE USES TO HIS
OWN ADVANTAGE CAN DISADVANTAGE
MEMBERS OF BOTH PARTIES.
SO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE JUST NEED
TO BE ON TOP OF THIS.
AND WE NEED TO BE VIGILANT, AND
WE NEED TO NOT LET ANYBODY
REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT GET AWAY
WITH ANY GAMES.
