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Youre saying that you believe the vice president, acting as president of the senate, can be the sole decision maker as to, under your theory, who becomes the next president of the united states? and, you said yes. i said, are you out of your effing mind? right? and i, you know, that was pretty blunt. i said, youre completely crazy. i said, youre going to turn around and tell 78-plus-million people in this country that your theory is this is how youre going to invalidate their votes because you t...

>> and what were your prior interactions with eastman? >> he described for me when he thought the ambiguity was in the statute, and he was walking through it at that time, and i said, hold on a second i would understand what youre saying. you are saying that you believe the vice president, acting as president of the senate, can be the sole decision-maker asked to, under your theory he becomes the next president of the united states? >> and he said yes. >> and i said, are you out of your mind? an...

Be the sole decision-maker, and according to your theory, becoming the next president of the united states. and he said, yes. i said, are you out of your f mine? that was pretty blunt. i set, you completely crazy. youre gonna turn around, and tell 78 plus million people in this country that your theory would not even count their votes, and you think the election was stolen. and theyre not gonna tolerate that, so youre gonna cause rights in the streets. and he said, worse to the effect of there h...

Face. even what he viewed as the more politically palaable option would violate options, but he thought the electoral count act was unconstitutional. >> that was former legal for mike pence, mr. jacob. the committee also played sound from former white house attorney eric hershman, who talked about hiss reaction to john eastmans scheme to overturn the election, and said eastman told him he did not care if that led to violence. >> i said, hold on a second. i want to understand what youre saying. y...

>> the prior actions with eastman, he describe for me what he thought the ambiguity was in the statute. and he was walking through it that time. and i said, hold on a second. i want to understand what you are saying. you are saying that you believe that the vice president, acting as president of the senate, can be the sole decision-maker, and according to your theory, becoming the next president of the united states. and he said, yes. i said, are you out of your f mine? that was pretty blunt. i ...

Be the sole decision-maker, and according to your theory, becoming the next president of the united states. and he said, yes. i said, are you out of your -- mind? that was pretty blunt. i said, you are completely crazy. youre gonna turn around, and tell 78 plus million people in this country that your theory would not even count their votes, and you think the election was stolen. and theyre not gonna tolerate that, so youre gonna cause rights in the streets. and he said, worse to the effect of t...

Certain spell over the judgment and values of many people who ive known over the years, who i always believed and still believe are people of great principle. i think that there is something to the clinging to power that is sort of underlying all of this that just seems wrong. >> the other part of my question is that what you testified today makes it clear that a successful recount -- donald trump lost by thousands in multiple states. he was looking for a recount. he was looking for a nullificat...

Is sort of underlying all of this that just seems wrong. >> the other part of my question is that what you testified today makes it clear that a successful recount -- donald trump lost by thousands in multiple states. he wasnt looking for a recount. he was looking for a nullification. what are the ramifications of that? >> the nullification is obviously the antithesis of a democracy and peoples right to vote being the decision-maker on who gets to sit in office. i think he was looking for the re...

He wasnt looking for a recount he was looking for a nullification. what is the ramifications of that. >> and it is the antithesis of a democracy and the peoples right to vote and being the decision maker who gets to sit in office. i think he was using the recount and using the contest procedures to make his, what turned out to be evidence-free allegations of a fraud and rigged election. so the important point about all of the cases that he brought is that he never came anywhere close to showing ...

President of the ohio federation of teachers. melissa, thank you for being with me. i know that you and your group oppose this new law. i want to start, though, with the governor, governor dewine defending his signature on this new legislation, lets watch. >> what this legislature has done, done by signing it, is giving schools an option based on their particular circumstances to make the best decision they can make with the best information they have. thats all any decision maker can do. >> now...