John Heilemann: Trump's VP contenders need 'a psychiatrist, not a VP job'

Published: Jun 30, 2024 Duration: 00:04:12 Category: News & Politics

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>>> IN 2000, THE DEMOCRATS CHALLENGED. IT CAME DOWN TO BROWARD COUNTY IN FLORIDA. HILLARY CLINTON CONCEDED, BUT WHAT IS STILL GOING ON IS A SMEAR CAMPAIGN ABOUT WHETHER THE 2016 RESULTS WERE LEGITIMATE. AS A COUNTRY, IF YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD, WE HAVE TO HAVE ELECTIONS BOTH PARTIES AGREE TO. >> THEREIN LIES THE DIFFERENCE. EVERYONE HAS A RIGHT TO CHALLENGE THE ELECTIONS. DONALD TRUMP CHALLENGED THE RESULTS, HAD A RIGHT TO DO THAT, YET HILLARY CLINTON AND AL GORE CONCEDED. DONALD TRUMP HAS YET TO CONCEDE. IS THAT NOT UNDEMOCRATIC, PARTICULARLY FOR SOMEONE RUNNING TO BE THE LEADER OF THE COUNTRY AND THE FREE WORLD AGAIN? >> DONALD TRUMP ON JANUARY 20th HAD A SMOOTH TRANSMISSION. >> JANUARY 6th WASN'T A SMOOTH TRANSITION, GOVERNOR. >> I THINK WE HAVE TO SAY THAT THERE WAS A SMOOTH TRANSITION, AND EVERYBODY IN BOTH PARTIES IS GOING TO CHALLENGE ELECTIONS IF THEY DON'T THINK THEY'RE FAIR. >> REPUBLICAN NORTH DAKOTA GOVERNOR DOUG BURGUM, A TOP CONTENDER TO BE SELECTED AS DONALD TRUMP'S RUNNING MATE, CLAIMING THERE WAS A SMOOTH TRANSITION OF POWER AT THE END OF DONALD TRUMP'S PRESIDENCY. JOHN HEILEMANN, HE SAID, "I THINK WE HAVE TO SAY THERE WAS A SMOOTH TRANSITION." YES, IF YOU WANT TO BE DONALD TRUMP'S VICE PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE TO SAY THAT. BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO SAY WHAT HE WANTS YOU TO SAY. BUT IF YOU COULD, JOHN HEILEMANN, PLEASE, DEFINE SMOOTH. >> WELL, I WOULD SAY IT'S EASY TO DEFINE SMOOTH BY WHAT IT ISN'T AS WHAT IT WAS, MIKA, IN THIS CASE. >> IT WAS A RIOT. >> UNLIKE EVERY OTHER TRANSITION OF POWER IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, THIS ONE HAD A RIOT AT THE CAPITOL WHERE PEOPLE DIED. SO NOT THAT SMOOTH. AND, YOU KNOW, INDEED, NOT ONLY THAT, WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO IS NOW -- A REPUBLICAN NOMINEE WHO NOT ONLY CONTINUES TO SAY THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN, CONTINUES TO CONTEST IT, BUT CONTINUES TO TALK ABOUT HOW THESE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE SHOWING ON SCREEN RIGHT NOW ARE PATRIOTS, WARRIORS FOR TRUTH, THAT THEY WERE SET UP BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. HE PROMISES NOW TO PARDON THEM IF HE GETS BACK, INCLUDING THE ONES WHO HAVE BEEN CONVICT AND HAD ARE CURRENTLY SERVING TIME. SO, I MEAN, THE LACK OF SMOOTHNESS TO THE TRANSITION CONTINUES TO THIS DAY, NEARLY FOUR YEARS LATER. I WILL SAY ABOUT DOUG BURGUM, A MAN WHO WAS ONCE CRITICAL OF DONALD TRUMP, A MAN WHO WAS -- SAID A LOT OF NEGATIVE THINGS ABOUT HIM WHEN HE RAN FOR PRESIDENT THAT SEEMED SENSIBLE AND TETHERED TO THE REALITY OF THE COMMUNITY, HE IS NOW A MAN WHO IS OPENLY PINING FOR A JOB WHOSE PREVIOUS OCCUPANT, UNDER THE SAME BOSS, WAS NEARLY HUNG ON THE SOUTH LAWN OF THE CAPITOL. NOW, IF THAT'S NOT -- IT'S ALMOST LIKE KIND OF THE DEFINITION OF, IF THE ONLY REAL THING YOU NEED TO BE VICE PRESIDENT IS TO BE READY FROM DAY ONE TO BE PRESIDENT, ANYBODY WHO WANTS THIS JOB IS KIND OF INHERENTLY DISQUALIFIED FROM HAVING THIS JOB. ANYBODY WHO WANTS THE JOB WHERE THE PREVIOUS OCCUPANT WAS THROWN TO THE WOLVES BY THE BOSS IS SOMEONE WHO SHOULD BE ON A PSYCHIATRIST COUCH AND POTENTIALLY MEDICATED, NOT CONSIDERED READY FROM DAY ONE TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, IN MY OPINION. >> CERTAINLY HIS JUDGMENT COULD BE QUESTIONED

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