While Congress is
talking, the Russians are doing. WOMAN: A senior intelligence
official with direct knowledge of the top secret report says several states had their
voting registration system successfully compromised
by the Russian government. I can't talk about classified
information publicly. We saw targeting of 21 states, and an exceptionally
small number of that-- 21-- were actually
successfully penetrated.
Okay, wait, wait, wait. Did she just say, yes, the Russians hacked
America's voting rolls, but in an exceptionally
small number of states? She delivered that line like it was supposed
to sound comforting. It's like a doctor saying,
"Good news, Brian. You have an exceptionally small
number of tumors in your brain." "Oh, good.
Wait. What?!" (Laughter) Like, the only thing
that should concern you more than the Russians successfully
hacking voter rolls is the lack of concern from Secretary of State
Rex Tillerson. I don't know that I would say
we're better prepared, because the Russians will adapt,
as well. 'Cause if it's their intention
to interfere, they're going
to find ways to do that.
And we can take steps,
we can take, uh, but this is something that,
once they decide they're going to do it, it's
very difficult to preempt it. It's so weird to hear
such a badass voice say such a wimpy thing. He's like, "Go ahead, punk. "(Bleep) my wife.
Nothing I can do about it." Now... Like, I'm sorry, Tillerson's response
is mind-boggling. There's a good chance
the Russians will interfere in America's upcoming election, and the secretary of state is
like, "Don't hate the player. I mean,
what are you gonna do?" It's mind-boggling.
And, now, look,
maybe Trump's administration isn't addressing Russia
more forcefully because they're protecting
the president's ego, right, which is more unstable
than the back of his hair. We don't know. -(Applause)
-Or... Or...
Maybe they just don't have time to deal with Russia. And frankly, neither do we. Because today the thing
we've got to talk about is this. BRIAN WILLIAMS: White House
Staff Secretary Rob Porter resigned today after
his two ex-wives came forward to the Daily Mail website
with disturbing allegations of verbal and physical abuse.
REPORTER: Porter's first wife,
Colbie Holderness, shared photos
with The Intercept website, showing what her face looked
like after he allegedly punched her while on vacation. REPORTER 2: We've learned
that, uh, John Kelly knew about these allegations
for months, and apparently
did nothing about them. You know, every time
I think I've reached the highest level of disgust
with this administration, I'm right, but then
they invent another level. 'Cause I mean, like,
I don't know, I missed the days when White House staffers
got fired for fun stuff.
You know, Spicey couldn't talk.
The Mooch couldn't shut up. Steve Bannon
couldn't shower. But... But I'm sorry, like,
this-this story hits me hard, because not only
did the White House have a domestic abuser
in its midst, a lot of the people there--
especially chief of staff and alleged "adult in the room"
John Kelly-- just ignored it for months.
And with the job Porter had,
there's no reason that they couldn't
get somebody else. The role of staff secretary is
one of the most important jobs in the White House. They
oversee every piece of paper that lands
on the president's desk, from articles to classified
briefing materials. Ooh! You oversee
every piece of paper that lands on Trump's desk? You mean this desk? Oh! Tough job.
Trump's desk is balder
than his head, people. I'm never gonna get over that.
I'm just gonna -keep on showing it to you.
-(Cheering, applause) That shit was weird.
W-What happened there? What was that? It was like an alien
when the thing does that thing. Like, I'm sorry, man, don't
try and... Like, if your job is to bring reading materials
to a guy without doesn't read, then that's not much of a job.
Yeah it's like being
Kevin Spacey's agent. "Yup, uh, still no calls.
Nope, nothing. Yup. " Doop, de-doop, de-doo-doop,
de-doop, doop, doop Doo-doo-de-doop, doop doop.
" Honestly, it seems like
every day now, someone else is leaving
the Trump administration. They either mistreated women
or they were too racist or too crazy
or just completely unqualified. Fortunately, there's still
one job in government where none of that
seems to matter..
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