Republican Leadership Remains Silent On Rep.-Elect George Santos — Transcript

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1. 0:01>> REALLY IN DOUBT
2. 0:02SOUTHWEST NOT THE ONLY ONE
3. 0:04ATTEMPTING TO DO DAMAGE CONTROL
4. 0:04IN THE LAST 24 HOURS, BECAUSE
5. 0:06WE'RE NOW LESS THAN A WEEK AWAY
6. 0:08FROM A NEW CONGRESSIONAL TERM
7. 0:09AND HOUSE LEADERSHIP, STILL
8. 0:11SILENT OVER WHAT, IF ANYTHING,
9. 0:12THEY WILL DO ABOUT, YOU KNOW
10. 0:14WHO, CONGRESSMAN-ELECT GEORGE
11. 0:16SANTOS
12. 0:16THE INCOMING LAWMAKER ADMITTED
13. 0:19EARLIER THIS WEEK TO
14. 0:20DELIBERATELY LYING ABOUT SEVERAL
15. 0:21KEY DETAILS OF HIS BACKGROUND,
16. 0:24INCLUDING EDUCATION, WORK
17. 0:25HISTORY AND EVEN PERSONAL LIFE
18. 0:26THAT'S ALL
19. 0:28JUST ALL OF IT
20. 0:29EVEN WITHOUT A WORD FROM
21. 0:31LEADERSHIP MANY ON THE RIGHT
22. 0:32CALLING FOR A RESPONSE
23. 0:34THEMSELVES
24. 0:34REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION
25. 0:36SLAMMED SANTOS IN A STATEMENT
26. 0:37THE GROUP'S CEO WRITES THIS --
27. 0:40HE DECEIVED US AND
28. 0:41MISREPRESENTED HIS HITAGE.
29. 0:43IN PUBLIC COMMENTS AND TO US
30. 0:45PERSONALLY HE PREVIOUSLY CLAIMED
31. 0:46TO BE JEWISH
32. 0:48FELLOW REPUBLICAN NEW YORK
33. 0:50CONGRESSMAN-ELECT VETERAN NICK
34. 0:57LALOTA A NEEF MAN WHO CAMPAIGNED
35. 1:00ON RESTORING ACCOUNTABILITY AND
36. 1:02INTEGRITY TO OUR GOVERNMENT, I
37. 1:05BELIEVE A FULL INVESTIGATION BY
38. 1:06THE HOUSE ETHICS COMMITTEE AND
39. 1:08IT IF REQUIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT
40. 1:11IS REQUIRED ALSO, DEEPLY
41. 1:13DISAPPOINTED IN MR. SANTOS AND
42. 1:15EXPECTED MORE THAN JUST A
43. 1:17BLANKET APOLOGY.
44. 1:18THE DAMAGE HIS LIES CAUSED MANY
45. 1:19PEOPLE ESPECIALLY THOSE IMPACTED
46. 1:21BY THE HOLOCAUST ARE PROFOUND.
47. 1:24HOWEVER, HE STOPPED SHORT OF
48. 1:25CALLING FOR SANTOS TO RESIGN
49. 1:28TRUMP ADVISER JASON MILLER WENT
50. 1:29ALL THE WAY.
51. 1:30IN A SOCIAL MEDIA POST SIMPLY
52. 1:32WROTE THIS --
53. 1:33GET RID OF THIS LOSER.
54. 1:35SANTOS APPEARED ON FOX NEWS
55. 1:37YESTERDAY IN AN INTERVIEW WITH
56. 1:39FILL-IN HOST FORMER DEMOCRATIC
57. 1:42CONGRESSWOMAN TULSI GABBARD
58. 1:43REPEATEDLY CALLED HIM OUT FOR
59. 1:45HIS LIES.
60. 1:45>> WHAT DOES THE WORD
61. 1:46"INTEGRITY" MEAN TO YOU?
62. 1:50>> WELL, TULSI, THANK YOU FOR
63. 1:51HAVING ME.
64. 1:53YOU KNOW, TO ANSWER YOUR
65. 1:54QUESTION, INTEGRITY IS VERY
66. 1:56IMPORTANT, AND LIKE I SAID TO
67. 1:58THE "NEW YORK POST,"
68. 2:00EMBELLISHING A RESUME WAS A
69. 2:02MISTAKE.
70. 2:02>> WHAT DOES IT MEAN
71. 2:03BECAUSE THE MEANING OF THE WORD
72. 2:05ACTUALLY MATTERS IN PRACTICE.
73. 2:06>> OF COURSE
74. 2:07IT MEANS TO CARRY YOURSELF IN AN
75. 2:10HONORABLE WAY, AND I MADE A
76. 2:12MISTAKE AND I THINK HUMANS ARE
77. 2:13FLAWED AND WE ALL MAKE MISTAKE,
78. 2:16TULSI.
79. 2:16>> THE THING IS,
80. 2:18CONGRESSMAN-ELECT, INTEGRITY
81. 2:19MEANS, YES, CARRYING YOURSELF
82. 2:21WITH HONOR, BUT IT MEANS TELLING
83. 2:23THE TRUTH.
84. 2:23BEING A PERSON OF INTEGRITY.
85. 2:27>> OF COURSE.
86. 2:28>> AND I WERE ONE ONE OF THE 3rd
87. 2:31DISTRICT AND BE FINDING OUT ALL
88. 2:33THESE LIES YOU TOLD, NOT JUST
89. 2:36ONE LITTLE LIE OR EMBELLISHMENT,
90. 2:40THESE ARE PLBLATANT LIES
91. 2:42MY QUESTION, DO YOU HAVE NO
92. 2:44SHAME?
93. 2:44NO SHAME IN THE PEOPLE YOU ARE
94. 2:45NOW ASKING TO TRUST AND BE THEIR
95. 2:47VOICE FOR THEM, THEIR FAMILIES
96. 2:48AND THEIR KIDS IN WASHINGTON
97. 2:51>> TULSI, I CAN SAY THE SAME
98. 2:52THING ABOUT THE DEMOCRATS AND
99. 2:54THE PARTY.
100. 2:54LOOK AT JOE BIDEN.
101. 2:55JOE BIDEN'S BEEN LYING TO THE
102. 2:57AMERICAN PEOPLE FOR 40 YEARS
103. 2:58HE'S PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
104. 3:00STATES
105. 3:01DEMOCRATS WHO RESOUNDLY SUPPORT
106. 3:03HIM DO THEY HAVE NO SHAME?
107. 3:06>> ARE YOU JEWISH?
108. 3:08WE'VE GOT A LETTER THAT YOUR
109. 3:11CAMPAIGN SENT OUT EARLIER THIS
110. 3:11YEAR READS AT FOLLOWS --
111. 3:14AS A PROUD AMERICAN JEW I'VE
112. 3:17BEEN TO ISRAEL NUMEROUS TIMES
113. 3:19FOR BUSINESS AND LEISURELY
114. 3:22TRIPS.
115. 3:23YOU SAID IN THAT LETTER THAT YOU
116. 3:23WERE "A PROUD AMERICAN JEW".
117. 3:27HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THAT?
118. 3:30>> MY HERITAGE A JEWISH, ALWAYS
119. 3:32IDENTIFIED AS JEWISH, RAISED A
120. 3:36PRACTICING CATHOLIC.
121. 3:36I THINK I'VE GONE THROUGH THIS
122. 3:38MOP NOT BEING RAISE ADD
123. 3:40PRACTICING JEW ALWAYS JOKED WITH
124. 3:43FRIENDS IN CIRCLES, GE
125. 3:55JEW-ISH.
126. 3:55>> HE DID NOT DO WELL WITH TULSI
127. 4:00GABBARD.
128. 4:01SANTOS APOLOGIZED IN ANOTHER
129. 4:03INTERVIEW ADMITTED TO
130. 4:05EMBELLISHING, YOU KNOW, ALL OF
131. 4:06HIS RESUME
132. 4:07NBC NEWS REACHED OUT TO SANTOS
133. 4:09FOR A STATEMENT.
134. 4:09NOTHING THERE.
135. 4:10IF REPUBLICANS FORCED HIM TO
136. 4:12RESIGN IT WOULD PROMPT A SPECIAL
137. 4:13ELECTION IN THE SWING DISTRICT
138. 4:14HE FLIPPED WHICH WOULD BE RISKY
139. 4:16FOR THE GOP'S VERY THIN HOUSE
140. 4:19MAJORITY
141. 4:19SANTOS ALSO PLEDGED TO VOTE FOR
142. 4:21REPUBLICAN LEADER KEVIN
143. 4:22McCARTHY, HOUSE SPEAKER.
144. 4:24A VOTE McCARTHY WILL NEED NEXT
145. 4:26WEEK AND SEEMS TO ME THAT'S THE
146. 4:27CRUX OF THIS
147. 4:29WE CAN MAKE FUN OF GEORGE
148. 4:31SANTOS
149. 4:32HE'S NOT JEWISH, HE'S JEW-ISH
150. 4:35AND BASICALLY MADE UP EVERYTHING
151. 4:37ABOUT HIS PAST, OR JUST ABOUT
152. 4:40EVERYTHING IN HIS PACE PAST, BUT
153. 4:42THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY
154. 4:44PUBLICATION FROM THE REPUBLICAN
155. 4:45LEADERSHIP
156. 4:46REMAINED SILENT.
157. 4:46CERTAINLY LOOKS LIKE HE'S ON
158. 4:47TRACK TO TAKE HIS SEAT AND
159. 4:49THAT'S IN LARGE PART, SEEMS TO
160. 4:51ME, BECAUSE KEVIN McCARTHY NEEDS
161. 4:52TO COUNT ON HIS VOTE
162. 4:54>> ABSOLUTELY, JOHN.
163. 4:56I MEAN, THE FACT THAT
164. 4:57REPUBLICANS WILL HAVE A LOT OF
165. 5:00HAMMERING BUT NO PUNISHMENT AT
166. 5:01ALL FOR GEORGE SANTOS.
167. 5:03THE FACT THEY AREN'T CALLING FOR
168. 5:06HIS RESIGNATION LET'S US KNOW
169. 5:07THEY WANT THAT SLIM MAJORITY IN
170. 5:09THE HOUSE AND MAKE A DIVIDED
171. 5:11GOVERNMENT
172. 5:11NO POLICIES COMING FROM THE
173. 5:12REPUBLICAN PARTY
174. 5:14LOTS OF HUNTER BIDEN, LOTS OF
175. 5:16HILLARY CLINTON RETREADS, BUT
176. 5:17THEY DON'T WANT TO RISK, AS YOU
177. 5:19SAID, POSSIBLY TURNING THIS INTO
178. 5:21A SPECIAL ELECTION AND LOSING
179. 5:22WHAT WAS A DEMOCRATIC SEAT
180. 5:24BEFORE GEORGE SANTOS WAS
181. 5:25NARROWLY ELECTED JUST THIS PAST
182. 5:28NOVEMBER.
183. 5:28>> SUSAN PAGE, HEILEMANN HERE.
184. 5:30AS A FELLOW JOURNAL-IST IN LONG
185. 5:34STANDING, YOU HAVE SHARP EYES
186. 5:35AND SHARP EARS
187. 5:37THE THING I'M NOTICING NOW ABOUT
188. 5:40SANTOS, ONLY BEEN ON AN APOLOGY
189. 5:42TOUR A COUPLE DAYS AND GETTING
190. 5:44PRICKLY ABOUT IT
191. 5:45YOU HEAR HIM SAY, I'VE DISCUSSED
192. 5:47THIS ALREADY, TULSI, AND -- AND
193. 5:49THE PEOPLE CAN PICK AT ME.
194. 5:52IN USUALLY AN ASIDE, SOMEBODY
195. 5:54WHO'S TRYING TO DIG THEMSELVES
196. 5:56OUT OF A HOLE, THEY ARE ABOUT TO
197. 5:57EITHER DIG DEEPER OR COMPLETELY
198. 6:00UNRAVEL WHEN THEY EARLY IN THE
199. 6:01APOLOGY TOUR START TO TRY TO
200. 6:03PLAY THE VICTIM IN THE APOLOGY
201. 6:05TOUR
202. 6:05ALWAYS TO ME, EARLY WARNING SIGN
203. 6:07FOR CANDIDATE IMPLOSION AHEAD.
204. 6:10>> YOU KNOW, REMINDS ME OF
205. 6:12SOUTHWEST AIRLINES
206. 6:14RIGHT?
207. 6:14CRISIS MANAGEMENT HAS A FEW
208. 6:15BASIC RULES.
209. 6:16THE FIRST IS, SAY YOU'RE SORRY
210. 6:18MAKE IT RIGHT.
211. 6:20PROMISE IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
212. 6:21I'M NOT SURE EITHER OF THESE
213. 6:26ENTITIES, THIS CONGRESSMAN-ELECT
214. 6:27OR THE AIRLINE HAS FULLY
215. 6:29DIGESTED WHAT IT IS THEY NEED TO
216. 6:31DO TO GET IT RIGHT WITH THEIR
217. 6:32CUSTOMERS OR THEIR VOTERS.
218. 6:35MAYBE HE'S GOT SOME TIME TO DO
219. 6:36THAT
220. 6:37IT'S HARD TO FORCE A MEMBER OF
221. 6:38CONGRESS TO RESIGN IF HE OR SHE
222. 6:40DOESN'T WANT TO.
223. 6:41HOUSE REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN
224. 6:42PRETTY TOLERANT OF QUESTIONABLE
225. 6:44BEHAVIOR BY THEIR MEMBERS,
226. 6:47INCLUDING THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED
227. 6:48IN THE JANUARY 6th ASSAULT ON
228. 6:50OUR DEMOCRACY.
229. 6:51SO I WOULD NOT HOLD MY BREATH
230. 6:52WAITING FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN
231. 6:54TO FORCE GEORGE SANTOS OUT
232. 6:56I WILL SAY IT IS