Way Too Early 12/13/22
Way Too Early with Ali Vitali
MS NOW, Ali Vitali
4.5 • 538 Ratings
🗓️ 13 December 2022
⏱️ 37 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Conspiracy theories, a plea for martial law, and other plots to overturn the election. |
| 0:06.2 | We're learning more about what dozens of Republican lawmakers were reportedly texting to Donald Trump's chief of staff in the days and weeks leading up to January 6th. |
| 0:17.0 | Meanwhile, today on Capitol Hill, senators are trying to buy themselves some time to avoid a government shutdown. |
| 0:24.3 | Plus, the Biden administration gives an update on the negotiations to bring home another American who was locked up in Russia. |
| 0:45.0 | Good morning and welcome to way too early on this Tuesday, December 13th. |
| 0:48.0 | I'm Jonathan Lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. |
| 0:56.3 | Almost two years after the January 6th insurrection, thousands of previously unseen text messages are revealing the lengths that Republican lawmakers went in their efforts to overturn the 2020 election. |
| 1:01.5 | The 2,319 texts, which were obtained by Talking Points memo, were turned over to the House |
| 1:08.3 | January 6th committee earlier this year by former White House |
| 1:11.6 | Chief of Staff, Mark Meadows. They show Meadows in conversation with at least 34 Republican |
| 1:17.7 | members of Congress, with many of those lawmakers sharing debunked conspiracy theories about a stolen |
| 1:24.3 | election in order to help then-president Donald Trump stay in office. |
| 1:29.5 | In one text sent to Meadows just three days before Joe Biden's inauguration. |
| 1:35.2 | South Carolina Congressman Ralph Norman writes, quote, |
| 1:38.3 | Our last hope is invoking martial law. |
| 1:42.0 | Please urge the president to do so. It's unclear if Meadows responded to |
| 1:47.2 | that particular message. He did, however, respond to a plan to overturn the election |
| 1:51.9 | floated by Arizona Republican Andy Biggs. After Biggs raised debunk claims that a substantial |
| 1:58.2 | number of illegal immigrants cast ballots. Meadows responded, |
| 2:02.9 | I like it. The text also show extensive efforts by Pennsylvania Congressman Scott Perry to have |
| 2:10.2 | environmental lawyer Jeffrey Clark installed as Attorney General in the final days of the Trump |
| 2:16.0 | administration. After responding once, the text exchange shows Meadows ignoring multiple messages from Perry. |
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