David Axelrod on Trump's Refusal to Concede
Laura Coates Live
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🗓️ 11 November 2020
⏱️ 49 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Thank you, Kupai. I'm Chris Cuomo and welcome to Prime Time. |
| 0:03.3 | President-elect Biden once warned Trump would become even more irrational when the walls closed in. |
| 0:10.2 | He was right, and then some. |
| 0:12.3 | But the real problem, your real focus for your outrage and you should be outraged isn't just Trump |
| 0:19.4 | doing what he does worst, but all the Republicans motivating the madness, like this guy. |
| 0:26.2 | Senator, have you congratulated Vice President Biden yet? |
| 0:30.4 | No. |
| 0:31.4 | Why not? |
| 0:32.6 | Senator Johnson, I'm just a businessman trying to get things done. Boy, did he learn the game fast? |
| 0:42.8 | Remember him and all those who stand by and watch the Trumpery, firing the head of operation warp speed, |
| 0:50.9 | the Secretary of Defense, and now two main pentagon officials? |
| 0:55.9 | And replaced by who? Not just loyalists, but radioactive writers, like retired Brigadier General |
| 1:02.9 | Anthony Cater, who was previously nominated to be under Secretary of Defense for policy, |
| 1:08.3 | only to be removed for, among other things, calling President Obama a terrorist leader. |
| 1:15.2 | Also, remember what Secretary of State Mike Pompeo just said about this transition? |
| 1:22.2 | That will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration. |
| 1:27.4 | His defender said, oh, he was just joking. He was asked point blank if he was serious tonight |
| 1:34.8 | over on state TV. What do you think he said? He didn't say he was joking. They think they're |
| 1:40.4 | going to get by with this and that once Biden is in, they'll go back to being principled conservatives |
| 1:45.9 | who just worry about the Constitution. Enough. Your outrage cannot end at the polls. Never |
| 1:53.5 | forget their perfiddle. And we know why it's going on. Mitch McConnell, you know what he's doing? |
| 2:00.1 | He's making a play to get that base to vote in the Georgia Special Elections. He can't do anything |
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