MSNBC "All in with Chris Hayes" - Transcript: Russian Investigation
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REID: I appreciate it. All right, with me now, Democratic Congressman Maxine Waters of California. And Congresswoman, I think what most people - - most people don`t care and really don`t want to hear a lot about Donald Trump`s sex life to be blunt. But I think what a lot of people look at is that there are only a couple people that Donald Trump won`t attack, Vladimir Putin and Stormy Daniels. And he has tried everything he could to stop Stormy Daniels from talking.
She must have something he`s afraid of hearing. Are you concerned that Donald Trump`s acting out this weekend might mean he lashes out for instance at Bob Mueller, that he lashes out at Rosenstein and starts firing more people in a way that could actually jeopardize the investigation against him?
REP. MAXINE WATERS (D), CALIFORNIA: Well, Joy, I am very concerned about our Special Counsel Mueller, a lot of us are. While he has said that he would be happy to sit down with him, obviously he has a strategy to discredit him and he`s brought in the Bulldogs to do that. And so some even on the opposite side of the aisle have said this would be crossing the line and I think so. But Donald Trump is out of control and I think he will go there and I think the American people should be very concerned about him. You have described very vividly this evening how he has acted this past weekend and what he has done.
I was in the airplane on my way to the funeral of Louise Slaughter when we heard he may not sign the omnibus bill that we had just passed even though he had been involved in the negotiations and his people were right there. They agreed. He said he would sign it then changed his mind. And then he changed his mind again and signed it so the American people should be concerned about this man`s behavior. First of all, he doesn`t deserve to be President of the United States of America.
He has defined himself thoroughly, and I think that his character is more than concerning. And I`m just hopeful the Republicans will stand up and accept their responsibility, call him out, call him for what he is, help the American people to know that they will not stand for him and what he`s doing and join me in impeachment.
REID: You know, you talk about this erratic behavior. He seems to watch Fox And Friends. They criticize the bill, suddenly he`s tweeting "I`m going to veto it." Then he turns around and signed it after Mick Mulvaney, his budget representative said, no he`s going to sign it. The -- you know, suddenly getting rid of McMaster even though people thought he`s going to get rid of people then he gets rid of him, hires John Bolton without John Bolton even knowing that it`s happening.
WATERS: John Bolton didn`t even know what he was being hired for let alone not knowing that he was being hired. And John Bolton is a dangerous man. I know a lot about him, I think folks know about him. I think people in the intelligence community know an awful lot about him. He is a warmonger. He is someone who would advise this President to go to war with Iran, to go to war with North Korea and so I`m just really concerned that not only you know, is he erratic in this behavior that he has demonstrated is such that we can keep the confusion going, I think this man that he has just put on Bolton is going to advise him to strike on North Korea.
REID: And I mean, given the fact that Donald Trump is so suggestible, John Bolton also comes from Fox News. He`s very suggestible to the T.V. as we know, and he`s behaving so erratically and he is so obviously freaked out by what`s coming on Sunday. Behind the scene, I feel like I ask you this a lot, Congresswoman.
WATERS: Yes.
REID: Do Republicans understand that this is -- usually it`s dangerous. Do your colleagues on the other side feel that way too and if so why won`t they do anything about it?
WATERS: I am so disturbed by their lack of responsibility. They`re intimidated by Donald Trump and they are frightened that some of those who come from districts where he won feel that he will come into their districts and campaign against him but if they just take a look at what happened in Pennsylvania where he supposedly won by 22 percentage points and he lost even though it was close, that was huge.
That was big. He lost in Alabama which was supposed to be the reddest state. And so they should not be intimidated but obviously, they are and they are and they are going to be recorded in history very poorly that they allowed their colleague to go in the way he`s going and do what he`s doing.
REID: Where is the Speaker of the House? Because I mean, the -- he`s the Speaker of the House not the Speaker of the Republican Party. When you were insulted by the President of the United States he said nothing. These allegations that come out about this woman, he says nothing. Where is the Speaker?
WATERS: Well, everybody know that this is Speaker has been compromised. That he`s afraid of some of his own colleagues on the opposite side of the isle, on the Republican side and so I have no faith in him and I don`t think that his leadership is worthy of him being you know, the Speaker of the House. He`s not going to do anything. As a matter of fact, following this election no matter what happens he`s out.
REID: Even if Trump finds a way to fire Rosenstein or Mueller, you think he`ll do nothing?
WATERS: He`ll do nothing. He will do absolutely nothing. Nothing is going to happen, I think until the people in this country stand up and say that they will not tolerate what is going on in the White House any longer. American people must stand up and I say they must call for his impeachment. Some people are saying that well, we`ll vote in 2020. We cannot stay that. We cannot wait for that. It`s too dangerous.
REID: Congresswoman Maxine Waters, thank you so much.
WATERS: You`re so welcome.
REID: I always appreciate the opportunity to talk to you. Thank you.
WATERS: Yes, thank you.
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