John Heilemann: ‘I Guarantee’ Trump Will Get Another Country to Interfere in 2020 If He’s Not Impeached

Heilemann To Joyce s ░░░░░░░░ and to your point ░░░░░░░░ feel like I m ░░░░░░░░ a M bius strip ░░░░░░░░ this Administration because we ░░░░░░░░ these discussions over and ░░░░░░░░ again It s the ░░░░░░░░ topics and the same ░░░░░░░░ about the Republican Party ░░░░░░░░ am beyond the ability ░░░░░░░░ address why Mitt Romney ░░░░░░░░ Mitt Romney in 2012 ░░░░░░░░ up in front of ░░░░░░░░ Obama and saying Russia ░░░░░░░░ our main geopolitical adversary ░░░░░░░░ being mocked on the ░░░░░░░░ stage by Barack Obama ░░░░░░░░ then by Democrats in ░░░░░░░░ advertising has now proven ░░░░░░░░ about the importance of ░░░░░░░░ about the centrality of ░░░░░░░░ about how much of ░░░░░░░░ enemy they are of ░░░░░░░░ people and having no ░░░░░░░░ being beyond Trump being ░░░░░░░░ of Trump His seat ░░░░░░░░ Utah is safe He ░░░░░░░░ richer than Croesus He ░░░░░░░░ nothing to fear other ░░░░░░░░ some Trump tweets And ░░░░░░░░ the people I talk ░░░░░░░░ on Capitol Hill still ░░░░░░░░ it s a coin ░░░░░░░░ on whether Mitt Romney ░░░░░░░░ vote to convict Donald ░░░░░░░░ So why is that ░░░░░░░░ don t know I ░░░░░░░░ no idea but it ░░░░░░░░ amazing that we are ░░░░░░░░ this place and having ░░░░░░░░ conversation but it is ░░░░░░░░ conversation we are having ░░░░░░░░ Neal says he finds ░░░░░░░░ remarkable I find it ░░░░░░░░ too But Republican behavior ░░░░░░░░ this front has been ░░░░░░░░ every day that Donald ░░░░░░░░ s been in office ░░░░░░░░ we are now in ░░░░░░░░ situation where what is ░░░░░░░░ to happen Wallace I ░░░░░░░░ but before it was ░░░░░░░░ him being a misogynist ░░░░░░░░ was about Access Hollywood ░░░░░░░░ it is literally about ░░░░░░░░ elections for sale Heilemann ░░░░░░░░ But it s been ░░░░░░░░ Trump and Russia and ░░░░░░░░ connections between Trump and ░░░░░░░░ and Republicans have been ░░░░░░░░ to look the other ░░░░░░░░ on this question as ░░░░░░░░ was demonstrated in the ░░░░░░░░ of justice and the ░░░░░░░░ criminal collusion but the ░░░░░░░░ that was demonstrated in ░░░░░░░░ Mueller report We ve ░░░░░░░░ that over the course ░░░░░░░░ three years We are ░░░░░░░░ in a situation Donald ░░░░░░░░ last summer after Bob ░░░░░░░░ testified got up the ░░░░░░░░ day picked up the ░░░░░░░░ and did foreign interference ░░░░░░░░ invited again from Zelenskyy ░░░░░░░░ is going to happen ░░░░░░░░ the end of January ░░░░░░░░ by all reasonable reckonings ░░░░░░░░ is acquitted in the ░░░░░░░░ What is going to ░░░░░░░░ What s going to ░░░░░░░░ is Donald Trump is ░░░░░░░░ to go and look ░░░░░░░░ foreign interference again I ░░░░░░░░ it He is going ░░░░░░░░ try to solicit foreign ░░░░░░░░ in the 2020 elections ░░░░░░░░ it will be from ░░░░░░░░ that is aligned with ░░░░░░░░ Putin Those are as ░░░░░░░░ as the notion that ░░░░░░░░ sun rises in the ░░░░░░░░ and sets in the ░░░░░░░░ And yet Republicans right ░░░░░░░░ there is not a ░░░░░░░░ one who will stand ░░░░░░░░ and do anything about ░░░░░░░░ or say anything about ░░░░░░░░ Why I don t ░░░░░░░░ because the Republican Party ░░░░░░░░ utterly bankrupt PANELIST It ░░░░░░░░ a national security argument ░░░░░░░░ mean that s why ░░░░░░░░ should all be making ░░░░░░░░ as a national security ░░░░░░░░ And the Speaker should ░░░░░░░░ making it as a ░░░░░░░░ security argument That s ░░░░░░░░ I ve been saying ░░░░░░░░ months and months we ░░░░░░░░ never use the word ░░░░░░░░ This was an invasion ░░░░░░░░ our sovereignty Wallace General ░░░░░░░░ called it a political ░░░░░░░░ 9 11 PANELIST It ░░░░░░░░ an act of war ░░░░░░░░ And they continue to ░░░░░░░░ that every day Remember ░░░░░░░░ Senate Intelligence report the ░░░░░░░░ report said there s ░░░░░░░░ more activity on the ░░░░░░░░ front since 2016 than ░░░░░░░░ was before So this ░░░░░░░░ continuing day in and ░░░░░░░░ out And he is ░░░░░░░░ it So even this ░░░░░░░░ about him using unsecured ░░░░░░░░ phones Well that s ░░░░░░░░ information to the enemy ░░░░░░░░ maybe that s even ░░░░░░░░ That s happening every ░░░░░░░░