GOOD NIGHT.

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>> Tucker: GOOD

>> Tucker: WEOD

>> Tucker: WELL, GOOD

EVENING AND WELCOME TO

TUCKER KARL TONIGHT.

WE ARE NEARING THE END OF

OUR SECOND FULL WEEK OF

TOTAL SATURATION UKRAINE

COVERAGE.

THAT MEANS EVERY CHANNEL,

EVERY HOUR OF THE DAY.

SO AT THIS POINT YOU WOULD

THINK IT WOULD BE OBVIOUS

WHAT EXACTLY THE FUSS IS

ABOUT.

AFTER THIS MUCH TALKING, YOU

WOULD ASSUME EVERY PERSON IN

AMERICA WOULD UNDERSTAND

WHAT CRIMES DONALD TRUMP IS

BEING ACCUSED OF COMMITTING.

EVEN NOW THE STORY STILL

FEELS OBSCURE AND STRANGELY

LIGHT.

THERE IS NOTHING MYSTERIOUS

OR WEIGHTY ABOUT IT.

WE ALREADY KNOW ALL OF THE

FACTS.

THERE'S A TRANSCRIPT.

YET THEY STILL DON'T SEEM

VERY SHOCKING.

MAYBE FOR THAT REASON OUR

NEWS ANCHORS HAVE BEEN DOING

VERY BEST TO KEEP THE BLOOD

PRESSURE HIGH.

THE GAME IS BORING SO THE

CHEERLEADERS HAVE TO WORK

OVERTIME, TWICE AS HARD.

FOR EXAMPLE, HERE WAS

MSNBC'S BEST ATTEMPT TO GET

YOU TO CARE.

>> I DON'T SAY THIS LIGHTLY

BUT LET'S BE FRANK THE

NATIONAL NIGHTMARE IS UPON

US.

BASIC RULES OF DEMOCRACY

UNDER ATTACK FROM OUR

PRESIDENT.

WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH A

SERIES OF ADMISSIONS BY THE

PRESIDENT BUT ALL BUT

ASSURES IMPEACHMENT BY THE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

NATIONAL EMERGENCY THE

FOUNDING FATHERS WOULD HAVE

CONSIDERED IT A NATIONAL

EMERGENCY THE PUBLIC

PUBLICLY LOBBIED FOREIGN

GOVERNMENTS TO INTERFERE IN

THE NEXT ELECTION.

HARD TO SAY LIGHTLY BUT THIS

THE IS MOMENT THAT WE ARE

AT.

>> Tucker: I THINK A CLICHE

BOMB WENT OFF.

TRY TO FORGET HOW BAD HACK

KNEED.

THE STATE OF OUR NATION IS

IN RAPID DECLINE.

NOBODY CAN WRITE A DECENT

PARAGRAPH ANYMORE.

SOME DAY WE WILL DO A STORY

ON THAT.

THE BASIC RULES OF OUR

DEMOCRACY ARE UNDER ATTACK.

THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE TELLING

YOU.

SO WHAT EXACTLY ARE THE

BASIC RULES OF OUR

DEMOCRACY?

WELL, THE MOST BASIC RULE OF

ALL IS THAT THE PEOPLE RULE.

IN A DEMOCRACY, THE BIG

DECISIONS ARE MADE BY VOTERS

IN ELECTIONS.

THEY ARE NOT MADE BY LEFT

WING TALK SHOW HOSTS OR BY

"THE WASHINGTON POST" OR

EVEN BY HIGH LEVEL CIA

EMPLOYEES ACTING ANONYMOUSLY

AS WHISTLEBLOWERS.

NO.

IN A DEMOCRACY, THE MAIN

DECISIONS ARE MADE BY

CITIZENS CASTING BALLOTS.

THAT FOR EXAMPLE IS, HOW YOU

REMOVE A PRESIDENT.

BY BEATING HIM IN AN

ELECTION.

THAT'S ALWAYS THE WAY WE DID

IT HERE IN AMERICA.

NOT ANYMORE.

SO, YES, OUR DEMOCRACY IS

UNDER ATTACK.

THEY ARE RIGHT ABOUT THAT.

AND, YET FOR ALL HIS FAULTS

DONALD TRUMP IS THOUGHT THE

ATTACKER.

BUT WAIT A SECOND THEY ARE

TELLING YOU.

WE UNDERSTAND HOW GRAVE A

DECISION IMPEACHMENT IS WE

ARE PRAYING OVER IT, PEOPLE

OF FAITH THAT WE'RE.

IN THIS CASE IMPEACHMENT IS

UNAVOIDABLE.

SOLICITING INFORMATION FROM

FOREIGN COUNTRIES IS CORRUPT

AND EVIL.

THESE WHAT THEY ARE TELLING

YOU OKAY.

FINE.

LET'S AT LEAST ACKNOWLEDGE

THAT THIS STANDARD IS A

BRAND NEW STANDARD.

I MEAN, BRAND NEW STANDARD

LIKE 20 MINUTES AGO BECAUSE

IT WASN'T THAT LONG AGO,

LESS THAN A YEAR.

YOU WILL REMEMBER THIS.

THAT ALL OF AMERICAN

POLITICS REVOLVED AROUND

INFORMATION SOLICITED FROM

FOREIGN COUNTRY, IT WAS

CALLED THE STEELE DOSSIER

BACK THEN THE PRESS CORPS

STRONGLY AGREED WITH IT.

>> THE ALLEGATIONS IN THEIR

STEELE DOSSIER AND YOU WENT

THROUGH THE TIMELINE A WHILE

AGO ARE STUNNING.

>> SUBSTANTIAL PORTIONS IN

THE STEELE DOSSIER A RAW

INTELLIGENCE DOCUMENT THAT

HAVE INDEED CHECKED OUT.

>> BASED ON OUR OWN

REPORTING AND WORD FROM

NUMEROUS OFFICIAL SOURCES

THE DOSSIER, IN FACT IS FAR

FROM BOGUS.

>> I THINK WE ARE GOING TO

HAVE TO ACTUALLY CALL IT THE

INFAMOUS DOSSIER.

INCREASINGLY IT'S THE

ACCURATE DOSSIER.

INCREASINGLY IT'S THE

DAMNING DOSSIER.

INCREASINGLY THE DOSSIER

GOING TO HANG AROUND THE

NECK OF THE TRUMP

ADMINISTRATION AND DRAG THEM

DOWN.

>> Tucker: OH, THE DOSSIER.

TOTALLY FINE.

IN CASE YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN

AND YOU MAY HAVE FORGOTTEN

BECAUSE WHY WOULD YOU

REMEMBER BUT CHRISTOPHER

STEELE WHO WROTE THE DOSSIER

WAS A FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE

OPERATIVE HE GATHERED HIS

MATERIAL ABROAD IN FOREIGN

COUNTRIES.

SOME OF IT CLEARLY FROM

FOREIGN GOVERNMENT

OFFICIALS.

AT THE TIME THAT WAS

ABSOLUTELY FINE WITH

DEMOCRATS.

THEY WEREN'T EMBARRASSED TO

SAY.

SO CLINTON CAMPAIGN STAFFER

BRIAN FALLON TWEETED THIS WE

COULD GIVE YOU A MILLION

EXAMPLES.

HERE IS HIS TWEET.

I DENY I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT

CHRISTOPHER STEELE'S HIRING

PREELECTION IF I HAD I WOULD

HAVE AGREED TO GO TO EUROPE

AND TRY TO HELP HIM.

OKAY.

AND BY THE WAY IF FOREIGN

INTERFERENCE IS SUCH A

CONCERN AND BY THE TWAY

SHOULD BE A CONCERN, THEN

WHY AREN'T WE MORE WORRIED

ABOUT FOREIGN COMPANIES

SENDING DE FACTO BRIBES TO

THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF

CONNECTED POLITICIANS?

THERE ARE A LOT OF THOSE.

WE ARE PICKING ON JOE

BIDEN'S SON BECAUSE HE IS IN

THE NEWS.

IT COULD BE A LOT OF

PEOPLE'S SONS.

TRUST ME.

S IN THE CASE OF BIDEN'S

SON, NOBODY THINKS IS HE

EXPERT ON UKRAINIAN ENERGY

POLICY.

HE GOT THE GIG BECAUSE OF

HIS DAD WHO WAS INFLUENCE

PEDDLING, OBVIOUSLY.

IN THIS CASE THAT'S OKAY

THOUGH FOR SOME REASON TO

BELIEVE.

BE TOTALLY HONEST.

LET'S STOP LYING IF WE CAN

FOR A SECOND.

I KNOW IT'S HARD IN AMERICA

WHERE EVERYONE IS REQUIRED

TO LIE ALL THE TIME.

IN WASHINGTON THERE ARE NO

ACTUAL RULES.

PARTISANS SIMPLY INVENT

STANDARDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF

DESTROYING THEIR POLITICAL

ENEMIES.

JUST TODAY HILLARY CLINTON

TWEETED THIS FROM THE LATE

DEMOCRATIC MEMBER OF

CONGRESS.

THIS QUOTE IF THE

IMPEACHMENT PROVISION IN THE

CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED

STATES WILL NOT REACH THE

OFFENSES CHARGESD HERE, THEN

PERHAPS THAT 18TH CENTURY

CONSTITUTION SHOULD BE

ABANDONED TO A 20TH CENTURY

PAPER SHREDDER.

BARBARA.

SHE THINKS WE OUGHT TO SCRAP

THE CONSTITUTION.

OH, PROBABLY NOT A QUESTION

THAT THAT CONCEPT APPEALS TO

MICHIGAN CONGRESSWOMAN

RASHIDA TLAIB THIS WEEK SHE

TOLD HER CONSTITUENTS THAT

THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS NOW

CONSIDERING WAYS TO ARREST

MEMBERS OF TRUMP'S CABINET.

JAILING THEM IN DETROIT

WOULD BE A GOOD OPTION SHE

EXPLAINED.

WATCH THIS.

>> SO WE ARE TRYING TO

FIGURE OUT, NO JOKE, WE ARE

TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WELL,

IS IT THE D.C. POLICE THAT

GOES AND GETS HIM?

NO, NO.

WHAT ARE WE HOPING?

SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW I

WILL RELAY YOUR MESSAGE.

I WILL TELL THEM THEY CAN

HOLD OFF PEOPLE HERE IN

DETROIT.

WE WILL TAKE CARE OF THEM

AND MAKE SURE THEY SHOW UP

TO THE COMMITTEE HEARING.

>> Tucker: JUST GOING TO

ARREST THEM.

THAT'S NOT THIRD WORLD OR

ANYTHING.

ARREST THE CABINET.

GIVE TLAIB CREDIT FOR

HONESTY.

SHE IS NOT PRETENDING TO BE

PRAYERFUL LIKE NANCY PELOSI.

SHE SAYS WHAT SHE THINKS.

AND SPEAKS FOR QUITE A FEW

PEOPLE IN HER PARTY.

WHAT YOU JUST WATCHED IN

THAT CLIP IS POLITICS ITSELF

BREAKING DOWN.

THAT'S NOT POLITICS, OF

COURSE.

THAT'S NOT PERSUADING PEOPLE

AND BRING THEM OVER TO YOUR

SIDE THROUGH REASON.

THAT'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

MODERN PARTISANS ON THE LEFT

DON'T WANT TO JUST WIN THE

NEXT ELECTION.

ELECTORAL POWER IS TOO TRAN

JENT.

IT HAPPENED BY THE WAY IN

2016.

DEMOCRATS DON'T WANT TO TAKE

THAT RISK AGAIN.

SO THEY MOVED ON FROM THE

GOAL OF WINNING VOTES TO

UTTERLY DESTROYING THEIR

OPPONENTS.

THEIR ENEMIES.

THEY WANT THEM IMPRISONED.

THEY WANT THEIR FAMILIES

INTIMIDATED AND SUPPORTERS

INTIMIDATE AND DEMORALIZED.

VANQUISH RATHER THAN WIN

OVER.

THAT'S NOT A GOOD WAY TO RUN