Now Donald Trumps recipe for loyalty and lies. Thats tonight on news night good evening. Im abby phillip in new york and tonight, its a new season of the donald trump show. But the plot is painfully familiar. Today, there was a new character brought in to play out an old story line. Mike johnson, he made that maralago pilgrimage today, traveling the same route as Kevin Mccarthy wants. Did the deja vu doesnt end there. Johnsons job is in jeopardy. Its under threat from the far right flank, just like mccarthys was once upon a time so johnson recycled the old formula kissing trumps ring and lending legitimacy to the illegitimate they want to turn these people into voters. When you go to a welfare office, they also ask you if you would like to register to vote and so many people, we think are going to do that. And you know what the numbers are so high, theres so many millions of illegals in the country but if only one out of 100 voted they would cast potentially hundreds of thousands of votes in the election that could turn an election. This, this could be a title election. And in our congressional races around the country, it could if there are enough votes affect the president ial election did you catch that . We think if only it could republicans doing trumps bidding want to turn fiction into fact . And maybe into probably a too bad for them. None of what you just heard is true heres what actually happens when you registered to vote according two decades of cold hard data, you provide your drivers license or your Social Security number and your identity gets checked against the database. You swear under penalty of perjury that you are who you say you are, that youre a Citizen Noncitizen voting almost never happens. And if you dont believe me, how about the Heritage Foundation . There are rightwing think tank and they track confirmed cases of Noncitizen Voting they found that fewer than 100 cases have happened not hundreds of thousands of cases of illegal votes. And thats not in one election either, or even two elections, or even three elections. But in every federal elections since 2002 thats more than 20 years, barely enough votes to swing a race for dog catcher, much less president of the United States. Donald trump is a onehit wonder. Hes been producing this same Press Conference for nearly nine years. Think back to that june de in 2015 trumps gold escalator ride might feel like forever ago, but his lies about immigrants today are a carbon copy of his script from then. Just listen to the overlap is people did not sending their best theyre not sending you theyre not sending you theyre sending people that have lots of problems and theyre bringing those problems with us bringing drugs. Theyre bringing crime theyre rapists, and some i assume are good people but i believe you could have 15 million already in some are terrorists they come from jails and prisons, they come from mental institutions and insane asylums the trump shells simply has not changed the themes are all the same. The prompts, like the speaker, are the same the rambling, ridiculous claims are attracted, no one laughs at anymore and his promises are the same to trump again, says, hell testify that he would take the stand and that he would Tell The Truth testifying, requiring yeah. I would test if i absolutely testifying, i Tell The Truth. I mean, all i can do is Tell The Truth today, trump is talking about his manhattan Hush Money Trial that starts on monday. And when he does, hell shatter history as the first expresident to be judged by his peers for 34 Felony Criminal Counts but just throw the what the where and the why into a blender and trump might as well have been talking about robert molar or impeachment or e jean carroll. All venues that he has said he would happily testify in and never did i would have no problem testified. I didnt do anything wrong really attend any of these things, get the trial. Will you testify in land . A lot of good lawyers . So if you have to go to trial, will you testify in your own defense . Oh, yes, absolutely stand. That. I did that. I look forward to you. I think that Obstruction Charges is going to get to trial. Mr. President. I would think that i would love to speak. I would love to nobody wants to speak for me. Would you be willing to speak under oath to give your version of 100 . Are you going to talk to molar . Im looking forward to it actually. Would you, sir, any more likely to sit for an interview . Now my lawyers are working on that. Ive always wanted to do an interview. I would love to speak. I would love to go nothing. I want to do more a classic trump promise that is classic bs and new tonight the judge that is presiding over that manhattan Hush Money Trial just denied and other hail mary effort by trumps legal team to delay its start joining me now as anthony scare munshi. Hes known donald trump four years and he once served as White House Communications director. Thanks for staying up with us mooc. Appreciate it so what do you think it would be here donald trump offering to testify. Do you take it literally seriously anything . Yeah. No. Theres a 0 chance that hes got get to testify, but its its right out of his playbook. The interesting thing though, is the date is going against him. Hes his base is getting louder. Hes getting a little louder but its shrinking on the edges and the money that he claimed that he raised, he didnt really raise so hes in trouble there. Therell be way more Field Offices for the biden campaign. Then the Trump Campaign and the swing states. So the playbook is tired, but the real question is, and you cant get any of these guys to join you, abby, but youd have to ask somebody like speaker johnson, what are you doing, stan and next to that guy . And what happened to the backbone of the Republican Party . How did you let this guy hijack the entire party, the party of lincoln and reagan, and throw it in the toilet like this. You know, the guys a criminal, you know, hes a bad, the good convicted in new york because Albon Grip Bragg would never be bringing this case. You have to think about the guts to bring a case like this. Its the first case to be brought against a president , a former president , and, you know, hes got overwhelming evidence and youre standing next to the guy runing the Republican Party. So itll be interesting to see what happens, but theres no chance abbe that he testifies in this or anything coming up in the following the upcoming trials. Yeah. I mean, luck all good questions and trust me, that the ask is out. For people to come on the show and answer them. But, ill answer quickly. Forum. I have no backbone and im so afraid of his base. And so i expect to be speaker for like 20 scare remove gs which are like 220 days im just trying to outlast Kevin Mccarthy that lasted 24 scare muji i mean, thats basically what he would say im measuring the speakership and Scare Mousavi is, is definitely a new one. But look, theres a Fundraising Email that trump and his campaign sent out today to supporters. Heres what it says. On monday. All hell breaks loose on monday, all hell breaks loose. I mean, you know him his supporters what is he trying to do here . Hes trying to foment anger. Hes trying to claim that theyre coming after him unfairly. Hes trying to play the victim to people who unfortunately feel aggrieved by the system, either theyre not doing well and ive talked about this with you before. We have a lot of people in the country that once economically aspirational there now economically desperation. They see donald trump as an avatar for their anger. He wants to tap into that. He wants to upset them. He wants the cause bad situations do you think that theyll versus money . Do you think that they will have the maga types will respond to that message the way he wants them to well, i think what hes hoping for thing number one is money because he wants to use their money to defend themselves the second thing is violence and i dont think anybodys ready to do that for him right now. But i think the country has to gird four when he loses in november and hes going to lose in november hell claim that the election was rigged in hell hell try to foment the same type of violence that he fomented on 6 january in 2021 . I dont think that letter is going to cause anything on monday other than some money coming into the coffers. But again, hes bled those people out already, abby, so theres not a lot of money coming in yeah. I mean, it actually is a little bit of a sign of financial desperation to put it mildly, there is on monday this trial starting Michael Cohen him well, he teased that there would be surprises at this Hush Money Trial. Do you think knowing cohen that he will actually have something to say on the stand that really would rattle trump and that really would make a difference in this case. I do, and listen, im very proud of Michael Cohen because i was with Michael Cohen in 2012 working with him on the romney campaign. And of course i was with him in 2016 when he was one of Donald Trumps righthand people working with him and the evolution of Michael Cohen. I think he is one of the people that history will look back upon and say, wow, america came very close to fascism he had a wellorganized campaign from a Proto Fascists Running who lost in 2020 tried to reclaim the situation in 2024. And there were people in the country like Michael Cohen that had the courage to speak out against the man. And hopefully knock them through the ropes. And so well see i predict youll get convicted in this case. Well have to see whether or not therell be a jail sentence. Thai to that. And then the real question is come november. Do you want a convicted felon to be the president United States that im hoping theres enough independence in the country and enough very smart, rational republicans and good democrats that will make sure that that doesnt happen. All right, anthony scare munshi. Thanks for joining us tonight happy friday. Good to be here and also tonight, a public quid pro quo. Mike johnson went to maralago and he got a version of what he wanted protection from the man who needs it. The most were getting along very well with the speaker and i get along very well with marjorie. Its not an easy situation for any speaker. I think hes doing a very good job. Hes doing about as good as youre going to do. And im sure that marjorie understands that shes a very good friend of mine and i know she has a lot of respect for the speaker also joining us tonight, former Virginia Republican congressman denver riggleman. He served as a special advisor to the january 6 committee. Congressman. Is that enough to save . Speaker johnsons job from a very angry Marjorie Taylor greene, but just not just her lots of members right now. And the Freedom Caucus wing are very unhappy with how things have gone over the last few months of his speakership hey, abby, you know, its great to be here happy friday night, and ill tell you this. It didnt save mccarthy in almost laughed when andy was talking about 24. 5 scare mood cheese, thats about i think where were going to see mike johnson at the end of this, but having to make the pilgrimage little moses, making a pilgrimage to maralago. I think thats what you have and today they have to do this everything runs through maralago logo and i tell you that speech had so many bizarre things in it. I know that we probably dont have enough tonight to go over after all the idioms and all the nonsequiturs that happened during that speech but i think i dont really think i dont think this saves mic but again, hes hoping it does, but they have to go to maralago. Thats just what they have to do. They have to have to show fealty. And thats what you saw mike johnson due today. It so it was so interesting to watch him tried to take this antiimmigrant message, and this Election Line Message and try to put them together in this sort of frankenstein type thing. But its lie after lie about this stuff. I mean at what point does this just kind of not make any sense at all . And voters at this point must, the ones who are not deep in the election lies the, the ones who are in earth, one must see this and say, wheres this coming from . Well, first you know, abby, it wasnt subtle xenophobia that you saw there today. There was Something Else that might john said, he said, well, if one in 100 Illegal Immigrants vote, thats hundreds of thousands. Well, guess what if a ufo crashes in my yard, i can prove theres aliens, you know, if cows fly, you need a stronger umbrella i mean, you could say this over and over again. It makes no sense if you look at statue, look at sourcing, you look at the nonsequiturs there. Its just fearbased politics. When you also look at the words or using an Election Integrity and things like that. Theyre just forecasting how theyre going to talk about the stolen election in 2024. This is exactly what happened in 2020. You are so right about about them playing the hits. Its the same playbook. It xenophobia, talking about a stolen election and talking about him going to testify. My goodness, abby, i mean he he cannot Tell The Truth, but again, it goes back to everythings a non sequitur. Everything hits people in the amygdala when youre talking about this inconsistency is really not a bug at all. Its a feature. When it comes to what theyre talking about with their conspiracy theories. And people coming over the border and crashing the border and taking jobs. This is where theyre going. I think people need to understand right now that the argument for the stolen election is being really, really being laid right now real quick, denver before you go, you probably heard trump today talking about abortion and kinda making a model of it. Frankly do you get the sense that hes worried that this political damage has been done and that it will hurt him in those key swing states and he needs to win you know what i think youve second, abby, i think hes thinking that women are actually going to beat them. I think women do save the election in 2024 i think they have a huge problem and i know other wife and three daughters, abby, i can tell you right now whats happening in roe v. Wade, all the things that are happening with ivf. What youre seeing with the 18 64 law, things like that, women are taking notice and i think what hes trying to do is hes trying to appease as base and also he knows he has to get back to the women and say, oh, i dont i mean, thats i dont mean that again, it goes back to lying. Thats what he does. But again, im going to tell you this, abby, i think women actually saved the country in 2024. If biden were to win, i dont think its a guarantee. I think trumps so as a great chance to win the election. But i think it comes down to he understands that women will be the voting block that takes him out in 2024. All right . Denver riggleman, always great to have you on the show. Thanks for joining us tonight. Have a great weekend. 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