the honorable malcolm kenyatta. the honorable gerald lawrence. the honorable cliff levine. the honorable virginia mcgregor. you know, as we practice social distancing, i probably should have brought a little song to seeing or history about the electoral college. , when i reflect and watch as people come and think days of whenarly it was only men who were electors, when you look at the diversity of electors here in 2020, truly it's astounding not only how far we have to come, -- no -- astounding not only how far we have come, but how far we have to go. and the honorable mayor marian oskowitz. -- m the honorable josh schapiro -- shapiro.piro -- josh the honorable sharif street. the honorable connie williams. and myself, the honorable rick bloomingdale. [applause] >> the signed documents must now be directed to the appropriate authorities. the chair recognizes the honorable marion moscowitz for the purposes of honoring -- proposing a resolution. >> thank you, madam president. resolve that the president appoint one elector to take charge and ensure that one package of all legal

the honorable malcolm kenyatta. the honorable gerald lawrence. the honorable clifford levine. the honorable virginia mcgregor. the honorable nancy mills.

i'm joined by malcolm kenyatta, a pennsylvania elector for joe biden. good evening to you. >> hi. >> how are you? >> we got a little camera -- a little camera switch. we're going to be joined in a moment by bill but i see representative there. how are you? >> i'm doing well. a little switchoff. it's okay. >> i'll let everyone know at home, you know, sometimes we have guests lined up and now it's a spoiler alert. we have another elector coming up but representative kenyatta, tell us what today was about for you. >> you know, today was a great day for our country. you know, democracy is in, donald trump is out. and what this did was put a real button on a process that has been incredibly divisive. i think we saw 59 lawsuits if i remember correctly, you know, some of which i've actually been

joining us now is malcolm kenyatta. representative kenyatta, it's nice to see you again. thank you for being here. >> always a pleasure, rachel. >> it feels both like an end to have the supreme court just put up the hand today and say, no, we are not taking this lawsuit. we are not taking this up at the level of the united states supreme court. there isn't anything here for you that you're not going to -- that you have been unable to get in the lower court. at the same time, it feels like this is going to continue to generate new and ever more creative lawsuits, including this one that names you as a defendant. >> you know what, rachel? it has to stop at this point. it absolutely has to stop. just think about this. my republican house colleagues have sent a letter to congress asking them to object to the electoral votes. they've demanded a special session. but not a special session to do something about our frontline workers who need hazard pay or ppe. they're not writing a letter to congress saying make sure you pass a stimulus package that gets direct cash payments to p

they need to cut it out. >> pennsylvania state representative malcolm kenyatta.for joining us tonight. >> thank you, rachel. congratulations on the book. congratulations on the book. i listen to every episode of the podcast. i can't wait to read it. >> you are very, very kind. also i'm coming to your house to steal that nutcracker from behind you. when you hear the noise of your house being broken into, it's me. >> thank you. >> all right. i'll leave it there on the mantle. that's a creepy santa thing we're going to do here. >>> coming up next, i've got some of the british news coverage today from the day -- from the first day of people actually getting administered the coronavirus vaccine today in the uk. you're going to want to see this. stay with us. we'll be right back. 'll be righ. d'shea: i live in south jamaica, queens, born and raised. i'm a doordasher, i'm a momma with a special needs child, she is the love of my life. doordash provides so much flexibility. if something happens with her, where i need to be home, i can just log out and just say "okay, my

cut it the heck out. >> pennsylvania state representative malcolm kenyatta.ou, rachel. congratulations on the book. congratulations on the book. i listen to every episode of the podcast. i can't wait to read it. >> you are very, very kind. also i'm coming to your house to steal that nutcracker from behind you. when you hear the noise of your house being broken into, it's me. >> thank you. >> all right. i'll leave it there on the mantel. that's a creepy santa thing we're going to do here. >>> coming up next, i've got some of the british news coverage today from the day -- from the first day of people actually getting administered the coronavirus vaccine today in the uk. you're going to want to see this. stay with us. we'll be right back. what if i sleep hot? ...or cold? introducing the new sleep number 360 smart bed. now temperature balancing, so you can sleep better together. can it help keep me asleep? absolutely, it intelligently senses your movements and automatically adjusts to keep you both effortlessly comfortable can it help with snoring? i've never he

the honorable malcolm kenyatta. the honorable gerald lawrence. the honorable cliff levine. the honorable virginia m cgregor. as we practice social distancing, i probably should have brought a little song to sing or a history of the electoral college. you know, when i reflect and watch as people come up and days ofck to the early when it was only white men that were electors and look at the diversity of the electors here today in 2020, truly astounding at how far america has come and how far we have to go. the honorable nancy mills. moskowitz.ble marian honorable josh shapiro. honorable sharif street. honorable connie williams. and myself, the honorable rick bloomingdale. [applause] >> the signed document must now be directed to the appropriate authorities. the chair recognizes the moskowitz ofrian chester county for the purposes of offering a resolution. >> thank you, madam president. resolved that the president appoint one elector to take charge and ensure that one package of all legally required documents is delivered to the president of the senate of the united states in

today we heard from democratic representative malcolm kenyatta in pennsylvania, who we've talked to repeatedly. he alerted us to this. that 75 republican legislators in pennsylvania, 75 house and senate republicans in pennsylvania signed on to a letter today telling their state's congressional delegation that they should contest season's election results for the electoral college. somehow in congress they should contest what the state reports. okay. knock yourself out. what's the cost, right? why not? just keep this charade going. what is the cost? interestingly, today the handpicked director of national intelligence for the trump administration, john ratcliffe, again not a man who's covered himself in glory in this position, but nevertheless today john ratcliffe admitted to cbs news -- it appeared he admitted it sort of under duress. he appeared pained by the admission. but john ratcliffe told cbs news this morning that the people who are getting the most out of this ongoing charade where republicans pretend that maybe biden didn't really win, that maybe trump secretly won and we just have to