Name: "We're Kind Of Under Siege Here" - Rep. Kinzinger On The President's Assault On The Capitol Building
Uploaded: 2021-01-07T18:21:17.000Z
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MY NEXT GUEST TONIGHT WAS ALSO IN THE CAPITOL WHEN IT WAS

WE TAPED THIS INTERVIEW RIGHT BEFORE CONGRESS RESUMED THEIR

HERE IS MY CONVERSATION WITH REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN OF

CONGRESSMAN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE ON THIS EXTRAORDINARY AND

I'M SO SORRY FOR WHAT HAPPENED TODAY ON THE CAPITOL FOR OUR

COUNTRY, BUT ALSO FOR YOU AND YOUR STAFF.

I ACTUALLY-- I'VE BEEN ANTICIPATING THIS FOR A WHILE,

AND SO I DIDN'T HAVE STAFF COME IN TODAY.

BUT WE'RE KIND OF UNDER SIEGE HERE, IT FEELS LIKE, A LITTLE

>> Stephen: THAT IS INTERESTING THAT YOU PERCEIVED

THIS THREAT AHEAD OF TIME BASED UPON KNOWING THAT THERE WAS

GOING TO BE THIS RALLY DOWN THE STREET AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

YOU KNOW, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS HEAR, YOU KNOW, THE WORDS OF THE

PRESIDENT TALKING ABOUT BASICALLY STORMING D.C. AND

DIFFERENT WORDS PRIOR TO THIS, CONVINCING PEOPLE THAT AN

IF YOU TRULY BELIEVE THAT AN ELECTION WAS STOLEN AND THE

GOVERNMENT'S RUN BY, YOU KNOW, AS QANON BELIEVES SAINT ANIST

PED FILES YOU CAN EXPECT SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO HAPPEN

AND YOU CAN SEE THE CHATTER ON TWITTER WITH PEOPLE TALKING

>> Stephen: WELL, TELL US WHAT IT WAS LIKE IN THE CHAMBER.

WHEN DID YOU FIND OUT THAT IT WAS HAPPENING?

AND HOW WERE YOU INFORMED THAT YOU NEEDED TO LEAVE FOR YOUR

>> YOU KNOW, I WAS LUCKY, BECAUSE I WAS ON THE HOUSE FLOOR

AND AS I STARTED TO LOOK AT TWITTER AND I WAS GETTING REALLY

KIND OF THAT FEELING THAT SOMETHING WAS ABOUT TO GO DOWN.

AND, YOU KNOW, PLUS THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH EARLIER IN

AND THEN I STARTED TO SEE THE BARRICADES WERE BEING STORMED.

AND I MADE THE DECISION THEN TO GO BACK TO MY OFFICE AND I'M

I MOO FRIENDS AND STUFF I TALKED TO ON THE FLOOR, IT WAS

OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING SURREAL, LIKE "END OF TIMES" KIND OF

AND WHEN THEY'RE PULLING THE ESCAPE HOODZ AND PUTTING THEM ON

THEIR HEADS, WHICH WE NEVER THOUGHT WE'D HAVE TO USE, THAT'S

>> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU THINK NEEDS TO BE SAID AND DONE TO

BECAUSE YOU WERE NEVER ONE-- YOU HAVE CONSTANTLY BEEN A CRITIC OF

THE IDEA OF OPPOSING THE CERTIFICATION OF THE ELECTION.

YOU'VE CALLED THE PRESIDENT'S BEHAVIOR IRRESPONSIBLE, EVEN

BUT WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN NOW SO THAT THIS IS NOT PERCEIVED AS

WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO THOSE PEOPLE, THE MAJORITY OF THE

REPUBLICANS IF YOU COMBINE THE SENATE AND THE MEMBERS OF THE

HOUSE, THOUGHT THAT THIS DENIAL OF THE CERTIFICATION ARGUMENT

WHAT-- WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN WITH THOSE PEOPLE?

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, THE ONLY THING

BUT ON LEADERSHIP, YOU KNOW, LEADERS IN THIS PARTY WHO

CONVINCED PEOPLE THAT SOMEHOW CONGRESS COULD MAGICALLY PICK

THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT IT

WAS GOING TO BE EASIER TO JUST AVOID THAT PAIN OF SAYING, "NO,

IT'S NOT POSSIBLE," THAN WHAT WE FACE NOW.

I MEAN, WE HAVE TO HAVE A REAL AWAKENING MOMENT IN OUR PARTY.

THE G.O.P. HAS GOT TO GET OUT OF THE BUSINESS OF CULTURE WARS AND

GET BACK INTO THE BUSINESS OF GIVING PEOPLE HOPE AND

OPPORTUNITY AND ACTUALLY MAKING THE CASE FOR WHAT WE BELIEVE,

INSTEAD OF THINKING WE CAN DO THAT THROUGH POWER AND ALL-CAPS

>> Stephen: THERE'S A QUOTE THAT IS SOMETIMES ATTRIBUTED TO

HUEY LONG AND SOMETIMES SAINT CLAIRE LEWIS "WHEN FASCISM COMES

TO AMERICA IT WILL BE CLOAKED IN AMERICAN FLAGS."

THE GOOD THING ABOUT THE UNITED STATES IS THE GUARDRAILS, THE

BUT THE ONE THING IT DOES SHOW US IS THE FRAGILITY OF

AND WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE STORMING THE CAPITOL, SAYING

THINGS LIKE 1776, A FEW PEOPLE WITH CONFEDERATE FLAGS COME AND

OCCUPY THE CAPITOL, YOU SEE GUNS DRAWN IN THE PEOPLE'S CHAMBER,

YOU KNOW, WHERE THIS DEBATE IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN AND YOU SEE A

PRESIDENT NON-REPENTANT ON TWITTER, IT'S ABSOLUTELY A COUP

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'D CALL IT IF IT HAPPENED IN BELARUS OR ANY

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