LEMON: They are not because those - because they look at those people as rhinos.
Where you can do run shot over the Constitution -ĬUOMO: But who, anybody like that, who would they ever vote for -ĬUOMO: - except someone on that side of the aisle. Where you can wear a Camp Auschwitz sweatshirt. And so, they want to continue with that America, and in an American where you can be a white supremacist. That's what they - that's what they prioritize. So, they prioritize that part over the discrimination of other people, over all of the crazy rhetoric that he did. And so, they found - they see themselves in him with that particular part. But he has - he was the most vocal in all of the things that they're afraid of. They're afraid of the diversity in this country. LEMON: There are a lot of people who as I have been telling you forever, there are a lot of people in this country who are afraid of what is happening. OK? LEMON: Yes.ĬUOMO: To get your party back from this guy. One, punitively most people who describe themselves as Democrat or Republican vote that way regardless. My political brain doesn't understand what they're doing. It's obvious, but I don't know if many in the Senate will have the courage and the you know what fortitude to stand up.ĬUOMO: I think you're probably right. Even, I mean, you want to say year, so you can say a year where he talked about if I lose this election it's going to be rigged. I'm talking about the phone call to Georgia. Not just - we're not even talking about the day of. So that is all B.S., and we know it.īut the other part is, what I said, if there were - if it weren't for the lie. So, this whole idea about you can't impeach a sitting - a private citizen, he wasn't a private citizen. When they sent those impeachment papers off, he was in office. We know it's constitutional because when he was impeached, he was in office. And the constitutionality doesn't matter. LEMON: Well, I said - I said last night what I believe. What if he died?ĬUOMO: And I really think that's where we are right now. How about her? How about him? Well, this have done it for you. Who needed to die? If they had gotten Pelosi, God forbid, if they had gotten Schiff, if they had gotten Pence, God forbid, would you vote to convict then? Who did they have to get? I would be pointing. But I really do believe this is the question, Don. This is all about votes so you'll piss these people off and make it more likely they vote against you. And I really believe the House managers won't do it because it's too incendiary. You have men and women who are witnesses and potential victims of an act that they refuse to hold someone they know is responsible to account for.ĬUOMO: They refuse.
It is a low point of our politics in our lifetime. We have never experienced anything like this before. You have never seen anything like this before. I do believe that the most powerful point of this because you're, ofĬourse, right. They don't need someone to tell them what to do, so he didn't incite them, he didn't tell them what to do. All these people are acting on their own. And everybody did what they were supposed to do. And maybe that was just the strategy -ĬUOMO: On one level they have to say look, the election was decided. I was just surprised at the rambling and the stories and I thought that they were making the other side's case. LEMON: I'm not saying it's going to affect the outcome. They have the jury rigged in their favor.ĬUOMO: So, they can do as bad a job as you think they did, and they're still in better position.
And what they do have overcomes all of that. It was awfulĬUOMO: They don't have the law. I was stunned by the Trump lawyers' performance. Lemon.ĭON LEMON, CNN HOST: I got to tell you, I've never seen anything like it. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.ĬHRIS CUOMO, CNN HOST: Special coverage tonight, we'll be back Midnight Eastern, special live, late night edition of PRIME TIME.īut now, it's time for the big show, "CNN TONIGHT" with the big man, D. Jamie Raskin Shaken By The January 6th Riot. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) Is Interviewed About The Reaction Inside The Senate Floor After Video Of Insurrection Was Played Trump Defense Team Weak On Defending Their Client Rep. GOP Lost The Constitutionality Argument Donald Trump Not Pleased By His Lawyers Sen.