Meet The Press – January 8, 2017

Guests:

Sen. John McCain

Sen. Lindsey Graham

Ashton Carter – U.S. Secretary of Defense

Rep. Donna Edwards

Andrea Mitchell

David Brooks

Rick Santelli

Todd: omg Vladimir Putin committed

crimes to denigrate Hillary Clinton 

and elect Donald Trump

Todd: Putin stole John Podesta's

risotto recipe and gave it to wikileaks!

Trump: boy do I love WikiLeaks!

Todd: the Kremlin celebrated their big win!

Trump: why is everybody

always attacking Russia?

It's like Russia Russia Russia!

Trump: the CIA has no idea

about anything those big dummies

[ break ]

Todd: welcome Senators

John McCain and Lindsey Graham

Johndsey: hi todd

Todd: Trump says criticizing

Russia is just a witch hunt

McCain: that's crazy

Graham: he thinks discovering

Russia hacked the election

will undermine his Presidency

Todd: he's right

Graham: but not even Democrats

are saying he's not going to 

get to be the President

Todd: he gets the big round office 

and everything!

Graham: there's no doubt that 

Podesta's e-mails were stole by 

Russia and given to wikileaks

Todd: and now ISIS is enjoying

some sweet creamy risotto

Graham: soon Trump will be

the leader of all democracies

McCain: dear god

Todd: what is wrong with Donald Trump?

Graham: he's worried these

revelations about Russia

make him look like Putin's stooge

Todd: he's doing just fine on his own

Graham: as a democracy we cannot

ignore foreign interference in our elections

Todd: right – so we should 

stop being a democracy

Graham: that's not what I meant

Todd: oh okay

Graham: all I ask is for Donald Trump

to show some integrity and leadership

and defend America

Todd: that seems like a lot actually

Graham: the KGB celebrated Trump's win!

Todd: high fives all around

McCain: it's obvious they committed

all kinds of crimes to elect this crazy person

Todd: was Trump was in 

contact with Moscow?

McCain: we need to find out!

Todd: will we?

McCain: no because the GOP

doesn't want to know the answer

Graham: we should have a big

investigation and get to the bottom of this

Todd: wherever it leads?

Graham: yes!

Todd: golly

Graham: I tell my Republican friends

if you are gleeful about this you are

hack and you are not a patriot

McCain: you tell 'em Linds

Graham: we should hit them where it hurts!

Todd: kick to the groin?

Graham: no I was thinking

of oil and gas sanctions

Todd: we support democracy

so aren't we just as bad?

McCain: Todd you simpleton they

are taking down our electric plants

Graham: ooh snap John

Todd: Trump seems to really

really like Vladimir Putin

McCain: he's slaughtering Ukrainians!

Graham: I want to punch Putin!

McCain: you go Lindsey

Graham: ooh I would

give him such a smack

Todd: I bet he's nervous now

Graham: I want to see U.S. soldiers

in the Baltics and seamen in tropics

Todd: admit it – wouldn't Hillary be better

McCain: no because of 

Benghazi and Wikileaks

Graham: no because I really

want tax cuts for rich people

Graham: if he bashes Russia

then he will be a hero

Todd: judge Barack Obama for me

McCain: he's the first black President

proving there is no more racism in America

Todd: I thought as much

McCain: but he didn't bomb

Assad which made me sad

Graham: Michelle is very dignified

Todd: say something bad about him

Graham: he's weak America and let evil thrive

Todd: what else?

Graham: he's weak

Todd: any other words?

Graham: also weak

Todd: thanks for coming guys

[ break ]

Conway: sure Russia tried to 

hack the election to try to elect 

Donald Trump but they did not 

succeed in electing Donald Trump

Todd: so he plans plans to punish Russia

Conway: I didn't say that!

Todd: okay

Conway: Nyet! Nyet!

Todd: so panelists Trump is finally

accepting that Russia hacked

Mitchell: no he's not – only Kelly Conway did

Todd: close enough

Mitchell: it's not just hacking –

it's about fake news

Todd: are you talking about me

Mitchell: whether they 

succeeded isn't the issue

Todd: although they did

Brooks: Trump's ego won't let

him admit he won with Putin's help

Todd: or anyone else's

Brooks: but this is really about

the post WWII order

Brooks: they see Russia as an ally of

Christian autocracy against radical Islam

Santelli: when a crime is committed

no one ever asks 'who did it?'

Todd: um really?

Santelli: the media is being so unfair!

Santelli: no one talked about 

the hack at the time!

Santelli: this is about Hillary's 

private e-mail server!

Todd: whoa Rick slow down

we can only take so much bullshit

Edwards: the next time it might Republicans

Brooks: Putin guys murders journalists!

Santelli: you all just hate Trump

Mitchell: that's not true Rick

Brooks: yes it is but that's not the point

Santelli: we hacked Angela Merkel

– everybody does it!

Mitchell: you sir an idiot

Santelli: there were no headlines at the time!

Santelli: it's all kabuki theater!

Santelli: the CIA are a bunch of liberals!

Mitchell: who is this lunatic

[ break ]

Todd: welcome Secretary Carter

Carter: nice to be here Chet

Todd: John McCain calls

Russia's hacking an act of war

Carter: well it's very serious

Todd: how should we respond

Carter: it's a secret but it's very clever

Todd: why won't Obama attack Russia?

Carter: well first we had to have a written report

Todd: Trump says “stupid” 

people don't like Russia

Carter: Putin is very hostile to the U.S.

Todd: is Russia an ally against ISIS?

Carter: no not at all they lied

Todd: really?

Carter: yeah we're doing it all on our own

Todd: well good luck

Carter: U.S. troops are on the 

Tigris river today

Todd: say hi to Hammurabi for me

Carter: will do

Todd: Obama's Syria red line was the

most important world event since the

Peace of Westphalia

Carter: that might be overstating it

Todd: but there would be World Peace

if not for Obama's red line

Carter: the Russians are evil dipshits

Todd: should we bomb North Korea?

Carter: no Chuck

Todd: but I'm bored

Carter: we have 28,000 troops in

Korea with the slogan 'Fight Tonight'

Todd: but there's a big NFL game tonight

Carter: I didn't mean that literally

Todd: would we shoot down

a missile from North Korea?

Carter: you betcha

Todd: the Fort Lauderdale

shooter was a troubled vet

Carter: we take PTSD very seriously

Todd: have we done enough?

Carter: no

Todd: thanks for coming

[ break ]

Todd: time to crunch some numbers!

Todd: people with Obamacare

care voted for Trump

Todd: an Iowa country had a 50 %

drop in uninsured and still voted

overwhelming for Trump

Todd: same thing in Ohio

Todd: the GOP has no choice but

to pretend to repeal the ACA

Todd: but then they may take

away people's health care

Rand Paul: we have to replace 

not just replace

Corker: yes we must do both simultaneously

[ break ]

Santelli: your health care

coverage will not be interrupted

so stop worrying you losers

Santelli: competition will solve all this!

Mitchell: if Republicans repeal the

ACA they will lose billions in tax revenue

Todd: lucky for us repeal will take years

Brooks: there's no proof of that

Santelli: people will have worse

health care but so what

Edwards: if they had replacement

for Obamacare they would have a

replacement for Obamacare

Todd: can Trump make a deal

to fix the ACA with Chuck Schumer?

Mitchell: Trump just called him a clown

Todd: what is a GOP version of Obamacare?

Edwards: Obamacare is the Republican plan

Santelli: cars have tires so stop whining

Brooks: the GOP won't 

commit political suicide

Todd: are you sure?

Todd: Democrats made a mistake

when the didn't bring Republicans

into the health care process

Edwards: that's not what happened Charles

Santelli: I predict you will see compromise

Todd: I fucking love compromise!!

Todd: ha ha ha the Murdoch paper

NY Post want Hillary Clinton to run

for Mayor of New York

Mitchell: they just hate Bill Di Blasio

Mitchell it's a trial balloon

Brooks: she should go on 

Celebrity Apprentice

Todd: I love that idea!

Todd: we have a conflict of interest

because that show is on NBC

Todd but let's talk about it anyway

Todd: Trump is in a twitter feud

with Arnold Schwarzenegger

bashing the show

Todd: but he's still the executive

producer so he's trashing his own show

Santelli: yeah maybe not do that

Mitchell: and he sent that tweet

just before he got the security briefing!

Todd: he's a tweeting machine

Brooks: just ignore him

Mitchell he's the damn incoming president

Todd: Trump is interfering 

with U.S. businesses

Santelli: it's okay when a Republican does it

Mitchell: we haven't even talked

about Trump's ethics issues!

Todd: sorry we're out of time

Todd: and that's another

episode of Meet The Press