Trump’s speech was about ‘setting the stage’ to reject midterm election results: Top Intel Cmte. Dem

And so what the president did tonight was lie.And the issue I'm going to take with you, Lawrence, is that, yes, maybe it's partly about the SAVE Act, which is a ridiculous solution to a problem that does not exist.Foreigners do not vote in U .S.elections.That's the facts.

But what worries me and the reason you hear some emotion and some passion right now is because here's the scenario.Election Day is going poorly.John Ossoff has been clearly reelected in Michigan.A Democratic senator has.So the House of Representatives is about to change hands to a Democratic majority and maybe even the Senate.And what do you think happens?

I know what happens because I was stuck in the chamber on January 6, 2021, when a mob of thousands of people motivated by the president stopped, tried to stop the transfer of power.So when Donald Trump sees that those are the results, which are likely, he's going to say, remember, remember in July when I told you that the Venezuelans and the Chinese, that's exactly what happened.So what we're talking about here is not about the SAVE Act, which is an abomination, but it is about setting the record straight.the stage for Donald Trump to reject the results of the upcoming election and every American citizen.And I know it's hard to read some of the president's most closest acolytes, because I work with 220 of them in the United States House of Representatives.That's the Republican conference.

But this is a moment for the American people to say, what is going on here?Look at WhiteHouse .gov, look at the China section, and look at document after document after document, which is nothing but black lines of redaction.

That tells the story.I believe you and the New York Times and other members of Congress are going to completely dismantle, as you're doing right now, and I want to encourage you to keep doing it, these documents that he's talking about.But take me to this other point.Take me to that election.Now we're after the election.In the scenario you just came up with, we're counting votes in Georgia, and you said Donald Trump will reject the election.

And do what?

Here's what happens.Senator Ossoff, who you just had on tape there, has clearly won.Yeah.We know how the president feels about Georgia.You ran the clip.When he lost Georgia, did he concede?

No.He called up Brad Raffensperger, Republican Secretary of State, find me 11 ,000 votes.Clearly corrupt.No one can look at that and say that's anything other than criminal, but also corrupt.So when John Ossoff wins, this is just one example.And remember, there's a Senate race in Michigan.

There's a Senate race in North Carolina.Donald Trump looks at that, and he says, my people in Venezuela, because remember, Donald Trump and Marco Rubio are running Venezuela, have found secret intelligence, secret intelligence that shows that in Caracas, Maduro's cousin manipulated voting machines in Georgia.This is how this happens.This is how American democracy goes away.