Attack on the government infrastructure and remains to be seen how the administration will interact with the kremlin in response. Once putin acknowledged its over for his number one western client the path was cleared for moscow mitch to come out of his shell and do the same. On the senate floor this morning. After fawning over trump and accomplishments as all republicans are required to do. So as of this morning our country officially a president elect and a Vice President elect. Today i want to congratulate president elect joe biden. And congratulate the Vice President elect. Colleague from california senator harris. Doing the minimum. On his way to georgia today to rally for Democratic Senate candidates. Warnock and jon ossoff. Ahead of the january 5 run off. He had spoken with mcconnell and other republicans. I called him to thank him for the congratulations. Told him we disagree, we can work together. We agree well get together sooner than later. Im looking forward to working with him. I spoke with some other members as welt. A dozen calling. Ill tell you who i have spoken to. Good luck with that, joe. Since the electors made it official republican senators have creeped out of hiding to acknowledge reality in public. Some are holding onto delusions. A Conference Meeting today mcconnell warned republican senators against objecting to the Election Results on january 6. When congress meets to affirm the results. Objecting would force republicans to take a terrible vote to look like theyre against trump. Which is forboden. It is really not that farfetched. New york times reports trump lackies in the house are working on a plan to force a vote. The effort is led by republican of alabama. Along with allies in the house. Hes eyeing challenges to the Election Results in five states. In the constitution and electoral count act of 1887 the challenges would be submitted in writing with a senator signature affixed. No republican senator has yet stepped forward to say they will back the effort. The times noted republican kentucky senator signalled openness to the idea and last week Wisconsin Republican senator indicated that he might go along with an effort. Today senator johnson admitted to that bidens election is legitimate. But holding a hearing tomorrow on what he calls irregularities in voting. Joining me now congresswoman of california. And former republican strategist and cofounder of the lincoln project. He plans to officially join the democratic party. Interesting. Two democrats we didnt plan that when we booked the show. Congresswoman first, you serve with moe brooks and some of the republican members of the house. What do you make of the idea that they are not down. They are planning on holding what would be a show vote in the senate january 6 . Its shocking. They would continue in their efforts to to do what i consider the highest form of voter suppression. We have never seen this. The president of the United States is going to 46 courts turned him down. And said you have no evidence. And he went to the supreme court. He has three members he helped to get on the court. They turned him down. They didnt let him file. They didnt let Texas Attorney general ahead of the brief he had didnt let them file in the supreme court. And they are still moving forward with trying to somehow invalidate the votes of millions of people in four states. It is just unbelievable they would continue this. Even they are so afraid, intimidated and bullied by the approximate of the United States they cant stand up for democracy. And the constitution. That is hard to believe, hard to understand. When people say to us, why dont you negotiate with them . On coronavirus and response. And help the people. Why cant you come to an agreement . Do you understand what were dealing with . People who willing to under mine democracy. People who claimed to be patriots. They dont have respect for the constitution and you expect us to be able to sit down with them and for them to negotiate with us in good faith . This is awful. The world is watching. I want to tell you while we have been the leader of the world, particularly on democracy and encouraging other countries around the world to become democratic, we have now taken the bloom off our of leadership. Its unthinkable that this could be happening. Steve, to that very point, every political incentive for a ron johnson or rand paul in 2022 and wants the base to vote for them. Is go ahead and do the show vote. It helps them. You have whats his name. Who won in alabama. With moe brooks he has six years. Unfortunately the political incentive says do the show trial. The fake vote. Fst good for the them politically. Has this driven you out of the Republican Party . Indeed. At the end of the day theres now one prodemocracy Political Party in the United States ov america. Thats the democratic party. I am a member of that party because of that. Im a single issue voter. I believe in american democracy. What happened in the month of november premeditated, deliberately, faith and belief in american democracy was poisoned by president trump, culminating with 126 members of the house of representatives and 18 republicans attorney generals signing a brief to a garbage lawsuit that in essence a declaration of repudiation of american democracy. Do not look at their signing onto that brief as some type of legal action. It was not. It was a political declaration. And the political declaration was one in where they turn their backs on the tradition of american democracy. We should understand what were looking at. We should understand what we saw in washington d. C. This weekend. This was fascist, political, right wing extremist violence on the streets of the nation capitol. We have seen in this country our cities burn. We have seen the rage that rises up from injustice and people who feel they have nothing burning down the property of people that they feel have something. Its not right. I dont approve of it. This was different type of violence than that type of violence this weekend. This was an assertion of right wing Political Violence by the president of the United States. We saw that in 1930s in germany. We would have recognized it. They had black and brown uniforms. Were at a dangerous hour in this country. Theres a coalition that now exists that didnt exist in the past. Its a prodemocracy coalition. And it has people on the left in the center, some on the right, who believe still the people in the country are sovereign. Were a nation of people by the people for the people. The people decide what are leaders are. The leaders dont decide how long they get to serve. We decide. So, we now have a fundamental question in the country that will play out over many years ahead. And im very worried about it. What i believe is the prodemocracy side of the coalition can never again lose the president ial election to the side. We may not have an election after that one. This played out as a farce. Mostly over the month of november. Except for the actual poisoning. It was a joke in a lot of ways but it was a coup. It was a failed coup. The way you get to a second coup in most countries is by having your first unsuccessful one. Its a shameful conduct. Dangerous conduct. And the country is in a dangerous hour. Unlike one we have been in before. Because of the sedition activity. Theres also an oligarch piece too. Were in a pandemic. There was a great oped in the washington post. Line cutting is a thing. You have the administration throwing out it maybe they should get the vaccine first. You have giving friends of the president personal friends of donald trump getting exclusive treatment that nobody else can get. Chris christy and Rudy Giuliani and others. Christy skipping doing he didnt want to be in the trial. He wanted to make sure he got the real drug. Now theres talk of mcconnell being able to distribute to the senate when hes not distributing covid relief. This is a problem. What you make of it . Unfortunately, black people in particular expect them to be unfair. In their distribution. They dont trust that were going to be treated right. And even though theres some suspicion about whether or not there will be some experimentation on black people because of the history. Of this having happened. They know and expect that something was going to go wrong. Its absolutely unpatriotic. Its unthinkable. Its unheard of for the oligarchs, for the head of the government as were referring to them. To stand in line first. They are not going to stand in line. They will be treated before anybody else. And even for people who are suspicious about some of this. When they see that they are taking this kind of action, that just helps them to understand they are going to be unfair in more ways than one. And i want to tell you, i dont believe that members of the senate or the house of representatives are any of us should be first and in getting the vaccine. If this is what we want. We want to get vaccinated, we need to stand in line like everybody else. It is not fair for those in high office to be treated first. I was always concerned about the fact that the president who was infected somehow got extraordinary treatment. That allowed him to come back out as if very little happened to him. Giuliani gets to hospital the minute hes tested positive. Most people cant get in the hospital when the minute they are tested positive. Most people who are get the virus have to certainly exhibit signs of horror. Of being very very sick. Of needing ventilators and etc. So no, this is not fair. You know, this is a dishonorable president. From the minute that he stepped on the National Scene running for the presidency. It could be seen. I saw it. Hes acting how who he is. Indeed. We know you lost your sister sot virus. Congresswoman, thank you very much. Steve, we hope everyone listens to the pod cast about your change of party. Trump refuses to concede affleck tors ca t after electors voted. Does the president acknowledge joe biden is the president elect . Does he have plans to invite him to the white house. The president is involved in ongoing litigation. I will leave that to him and refer you to the campaign. Joining me now. Founder of the democracy docket. Mark, thank you for being here. Its really exciting to have you here. Lets start with the facts. As far as the law, the constitution in the legal sense, is not joe biden in every sense of the word the president elect . Or is Kayleigh Mcenany have some point theres a legal avenue that is left for donald trump to pursue. Theres no legal avenue. Theres not a culdesac. Hes at the end of the road. Dead end. Curb in front of him. Theres no place to go. Joe biden and Kamala Harris won the election. They will be sworn in january 20. At noon. Theres nothing donald trump obama Kayleigh Mcenany or anyone will do about it. Then you have this for a will the of particularly democrats and independents and those who wanted this era to end. Theres always the fears. Its been in blocks. First we have to make sure they dont out right steal the election and do so much voter suppression. And the attack on the mailing system. Will dejoy destroy the postal service. And we moved on and that was over. Then the other tricks. Latest trick now trump ordered or trying to get governors and legislators to stop the electors from voting. That didnt work. The last ditch effort seems to be the january 5 effort. That congressman of alabama is attempting. Is there any chance at all his effort to force a vote in the house in the United States senate invalidating the electors in to five states can that change the out come . No. It can make it a long day for congress. He can slow down the process. By a couple hours. It wont change the out come. The fact is, americans we voted on november 3. The election was certified at the county. Certified by the state. The electors met in the college. Its done. Theres nothing left for congress to do other than accept the results, Mitch Mcconnell who i dont give credit for anything was at least clear on that point. No. No one else will be able to do anything other than slow it down. You heard it firsthand from the person who defeated the cracken. One of the biggest heros of the election season. Thank you for being here. Thank you for clearing that up. Up next, back on the campaign trail, president elect joe biden. Its over. He was in georgia today making the case for reverend warnock and jon ossoff. 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Com we are just three weeks from Georgia Senate run off election. Early voting is under way. More than 168,000 georgiaens showed up yesterday on the fist day of in person early voting. 40,000 more than on the first day of early voting for the general election. Fresh off the Electoral College win president elect joe biden made his way to the peach state to make the case for democratic candidates. Warnock and jon ossoff. They know Public Service isnt about them, its about you. They know its about enriching themselves its about making peoples lives better. Its to the people of georgia. Of course donald trump also weighed in on georgia today. Im not sure so sure how helpful it was for the republican candidates. Retweeting a post claiming the secretary of state kp republican governor will be going to jail. For not accepting his conspiracy theories about voter fraud in the state. Im joined by the House Majority whip. Clyburn of south carolina. Im sorry to laugh. Its funny that his attempt to help out in georgia is to say put them in jail. Put the governor in jail. How do you think the race is looking to you right now and is the message he sent today in georgia is that a winning message for the two candidates . It is a winning message. Theres no question about that. I know that georgia is still georgia. South carolina is south carolina. We are trying to make breakthroughs in the south. I think joe biden did a remarkable job on november 3. Now the question is whether or not we get the voters back out on january 5. If they come back, well do well. Well have to wait and see. Whornt whether or not they come back. The governor trump wants to put him in jail. Hes an expert vote suppresser. The threats to shut down mail in voting and make it harder for people to vote. Whether those messages and what looks like we may see legislative voter suppression. Are you concerned that will turn off black voters . I am. Im very concerned. We have notice already they reduce the number of polling places from november 3. Any time you make the changes, you are in fact getting people out of their natural routine of voting. And thats a problem. I am concerned about that. And the fact that georgia is not beyond doing other things to suppress votes. I have seen it all in my life. Im very concerned that people will get turned off through the process. Im hoping that they wont. When i hear there are incented to go out and vote and i hope they hold. I will note that the fund raising side it does appear trump isnt being that helpful. Hes doing a fund raising blitz. They are giving money to his pack. Not the georgia senators. Which is wild. I want to let people know its wild down there. I want to ask about moe brooks and attempt. It feels to me like we are seeing the old dixie cats revived in the party. It feels like the old behavior. They are talking about holding a show vote to essentially negate the result of the election. Which they cant do. But make them dpet on the record. Do you think house members who participate of that should be stripped of Committee Assignments or not be able to take the oath . Were dealing with two Different Things here. Committee assignments are determined by each party. And therefore is not the business of the house. I think moe brooks is being what i consider the to be a very nonpatriotic person. The fact of the matter is he knows that biden won by more than 7 million votes. He knows. He got the same number of votes in the Electoral College that his candidate got four years ago. What is this all about . This is just like you said, its about i remember growing up they tell us i know well wait on the feds to make us do it. This is the kind of thing that we thought we had behind us. Moe brooks ought to be ashamed of himself. We are trying to work to improve the country, to improve the state. That we represent. And this is not an improvement for the state of alabama. For him to take this on. Yeah. Indeed. Congressman james clyburn, leader. Thank you so much for being here. We wish you a happy holiday, thank you. Meanwhile, while both Democratic Senate candidates are fending off attacks right is taking aim at reverend warnock over his faith. You see this warnock fellow. Whos coming down here and disguising himself as a moderate pastor from the south. If you look at him really what he believes, he is a radical. He wants to defund police. Hes all about abortion. He doesnt represent what real americans believe. Huh . I wonder what this particular guy thinks institutes a real american. Im sure it will come to me. We have seen real life physical attacks on black churches. Vandalized. Reportedly by a group of proud boy thugs. Ripped signs off the churches ask set them on fire. Reminiscent of cross burnings. The pastor of the c