WEBVTT - A Simple Question, A Simple Answer.  Richard Grenell Talks to A&G

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<v Speaker 1>He on air meeting. We would absolutely love to talk

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<v Speaker 1>to mister Grannell. I think we're gonna do it right now.

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<v Speaker 1>Who cares, We'll take a break whatever, Okay, yep, excellent,

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the show. Richard Grannell, Acting Director of National

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<v Speaker 1>Intelligence President Trump's cabinets, among other things, US Ambassador to

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<v Speaker 1>Germany from twenty eighteen to twenty twenty. Special Presidential Envoy

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<v Speaker 1>for Serbian KOs of O peace negotiations from twenty nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>to twenty twenty one. Mister Grannell, how are you, sir?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm doing great.

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<v Speaker 1>What if you happen generally call you mister secretary or

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<v Speaker 1>oh no, I want to be respectful here.

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<v Speaker 2>You can just call me Rick.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, Rick, it's good to meet you.

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<v Speaker 2>Nice to meet you guys. Well, where are.

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<v Speaker 1>We on this whole story? Quick story, the assassination attempt.

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<v Speaker 2>Look, I'm I'm still in the angry phase. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>understand what happened. Yeah, I don't think we have answers.

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<v Speaker 2>It doesn't make any sense. People are are very angry

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<v Speaker 2>and nervous about what the government is and is doing.

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<v Speaker 2>We see a building that's not covered and that's unacceptable.

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<v Speaker 2>And when I say it's unacceptable. It means that it's

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<v Speaker 2>totally unacceptable to allow this to continue to happen. I

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<v Speaker 2>heard the Secret Service this morning announce that they're going

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<v Speaker 2>to brief Congress or a waste of time. What do

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<v Speaker 2>you mean you're going to brief Congress? This was a

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<v Speaker 2>public event. A member of the public was shot. We

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<v Speaker 2>all saw it. We all feel fear. They have a

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<v Speaker 2>responsibility to come clean and tell us very simple answer.

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<v Speaker 2>This is not going to be a lot of spin.

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<v Speaker 2>Why wasn't the building covered? That's a very simple question,

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<v Speaker 2>and there's a very simple answer. We didn't have enough

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<v Speaker 2>money to put someone there, or someone was supposed to

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<v Speaker 2>be there that wasn't and we didn't follow up, or

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<v Speaker 2>we didn't think of it us. I hope, I pray

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<v Speaker 2>to God that it's just incompetence, right, and not a strategy,

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<v Speaker 2>because a lot of people are nervous that it's a strategy.

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<v Speaker 1>Sure, because how did he know that building was I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>you don't show up with a gun and hope there's

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<v Speaker 1>a building in.

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<v Speaker 2>Central answer and we need to demand this answer. And

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<v Speaker 2>we also, by the way, Averralhines, the Director of National Intelligence,

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<v Speaker 2>has been getting away with being very silent for three

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<v Speaker 2>and a half years. What did our intelligence community know?

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<v Speaker 2>Why didn't they know something about this where they're even watching?

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<v Speaker 2>Is this an intelligence failure? It may well be, maybe

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<v Speaker 2>it's not. Maybe it's just a one off. But she

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<v Speaker 2>should come forward and tell us that it was just

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<v Speaker 2>a one off and we didn't have any information. Come clean, Averralhanes. Lastly,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll just say this. We have the media in Washington,

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<v Speaker 2>DC that we all know are just propaganda for the Democrats.

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<v Speaker 2>That's part of our problem here today. It's part of

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<v Speaker 2>why we are in such a divided country. Imagine a

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<v Speaker 2>world where the media are just skeptical of both Republicans

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<v Speaker 2>and Democrats. Agin going back to that holding Joe Biden

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<v Speaker 2>account to account, We've seen that he was senile for

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<v Speaker 2>three years. This is not a surprise to the New

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<v Speaker 2>York Times or Kristen Welker on Meet the Press. She's

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<v Speaker 2>watched this, and so when they don't ask proper questions,

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<v Speaker 2>we all suffer. So we've got to shake the media

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<v Speaker 2>into a moment here.

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<v Speaker 1>I've often said it's a miracle Republicans ever win elections

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<v Speaker 1>if you have the entirety of the media academia and

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<v Speaker 1>entertainment against you. I mean, I think that speaks to

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<v Speaker 1>the strength of conservative ideas honestly. But getting back to

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<v Speaker 1>the assassination attempt briefly, we tend not to go down

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<v Speaker 1>the rabbit holes of conspiracy quote unquote, yeah, a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of time conspiracy. It's an overused term. But to refute

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<v Speaker 1>the conspiracy theorists, you have to state that there was

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<v Speaker 1>such an astounding level of incompetence yeah, at that event,

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<v Speaker 1>that it's hard for people to buy exactly.

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<v Speaker 2>And this is my reason for calling upon a public briefing,

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<v Speaker 2>is to calm the public because we just need They're

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<v Speaker 2>very simple answers. You don't need to spin us. There

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<v Speaker 2>is a very simple answer to why that building wasn't covered,

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<v Speaker 2>and we've all seen the other social media posts about

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<v Speaker 2>possible people confronting seeing him. We also just need to

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<v Speaker 2>know the answer of why that wasn't immediately acted upon.

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<v Speaker 2>And I do think that the American public would get

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<v Speaker 2>and would if someone said it was just in competence.

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<v Speaker 1>We messed.

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<v Speaker 2>We understand things like that happen, right, we need to know.

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<v Speaker 1>That's why I think you're right that bigger picture, this

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<v Speaker 1>is a real crystallizing it moment of does anybody ever

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<v Speaker 1>get held accountable? Do we ever get an answer for anything?

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<v Speaker 1>Because it seems like no nobody ever gets held accountable

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<v Speaker 1>for a mistake. We never get an answer to anything.

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<v Speaker 2>And we could be having a funeral pronomine right, oh yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>oh yeah, well.

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<v Speaker 1>We could, but thank god right who entered my lord? Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>It just it strucks me that the American people wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>respond negatively to I dropped the ball. It was my department.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's what went wrong, Here's how we're going to figure

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<v Speaker 1>I think you'd be rewarded for that.

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<v Speaker 2>So I just well, after you are forced to resign,

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<v Speaker 2>there's that.

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<v Speaker 1>Haven't we all lost a job?

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<v Speaker 2>Now?

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<v Speaker 1>I want to get Rick Grenell, it's a great pleasure

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<v Speaker 1>to talk to you. After a couple of minutes, we

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<v Speaker 1>really appreciate all the best.