Thank you very much bring in Arkansas Republican, Senator Tom Cotton, a member of the Senate, Intel Committee and the old Guard at Arlington National Cemetery. Good morning to you, Senator, hey, Steve Good, to be on with you all Steve its great to have you. I know you were down campaigning for the twin Republicans running for the Senate, down in Georgia, Purdue and Loeffler. We will get to that in a second tell us a little bit about where we are right now, because we saw are Rudy Giuliani at that marathon, contentious press conference yesterday he made a lot of allegations and a lot of people are going. I wonder if there is anything to that or is there yeah Steve? I think where we are is the point that we need the evidence to be adduced in court, Rudy, Giuliani and the presidents lawyers have multiple lawsuits filed around the country. We are to the point, though, where this is the time not for politicians or press conferences that was during the election. This is a time for evidence in court, so you still have some recounts going on, as we heard in

Wisconsin. Potentially another recount in Georgia, this will be decided in the end on the law and the facts Ainsley. So Georgia is very important in January. The republican Senate majority is on the line. I know you were there tell us what your predictions are for those two races yeah. This is an election thats gone in overtime with David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler running against Jon, Ossoff and Raphael Warnock for all the states. Control of the Senate is on the line in Georgia. If Chuck Schumer gets his way if he gets the Senate majority. As we heard on the streets of New York just a couple of weekends ago from him that he plans to change America, I can tell you having been in Georgia yesterday, people there dont intend to let Chuck Schumer, take Georgia or to change America. His kind of change means packing the court, raising your taxes, making Washington D, DOT C, a state taking away your health insurance on the job, taking away your gun, giving amnesty to illegal immigrants,

thats, not what Georgia wants. Brian have you been there and the vice president is going. There shows the Republicans understand. Whats at stake. The one thing Senator Lindsey, Graham told us yesterday that has to change. Is this new thing where one person has the chance to judge the signature check for mail in balloting, or these absentee ballots that I guess have to be requested, for someone has got to change that because that one person, no one knows anything about, but you cant match signatures because they threw out the envelopes that Stacy Abrams Group has gotten in there and they havent broken the law, but its time for people to balance out whats taking place there. Brian. I think there needs to be more authentication of those signatures on absentee ballots. Brian. How do you get six hundred thousand applications already? Well? Both sides are encouraging voters if theyre worried about their health to vote by absentee ballot, absentee ballots have been used

in Georgia and other states. What there has to be is bipartisan authentication of signatures- Brian. Yes, if there is any question at all, those signatures and ballots have to be set aside, so you can actually give redress. So you can make sure if the signature doesnt match that that ballot hasnt been thrown in the hopper and can no longer be traced back to its signature. That needs to be done in Georgia during this run off it wasnt done effectively enough on the election on November. Third Steve a story earlier this week. Senator was the fact that Arlington National Cemetery decided because of coronavirus. They were going to cancel wreaths across America. A couple hours later news trickled out. The president asked the Secretary of Defense or army to change things. Next thing you know its back on. I know you were part of the old guard at Arlington. Explain for folks how important this is well. Wreaths across America is a great tradition.

It started out Uft company just providing excess wreaths to put on web sites, and now they provide wreaths for every grave in Arlington. We are concerned about the coronavirus pandemic and we want to be safe and responsible. I know there is a way to do it. The army leadership reconsidered. I have spoken to the Secretary of the army and chief staff, the army, to ask him to do just that as an old platoon sergeant used to say its only a mistake, if you dont fix it in time im glad families can participate in wreaths across America and honor our fallen heroes. This Christmas, Steve thats great anxiously. Ainsley. You gave a speech on the Senate floor about the Mayflower and pilgrims and Ilhan Omar. She tweeted out. She was critical of that New York Times. This is their headline. The thanksgiving myth gets deeper. Could we roll that back? So I could read it okay. Well, that was the New York Times. Lets see, gets a deeper look this year and then Ilhan Omar, her tweet when your sense of history doesnt go beyond your

third grade. Coloring books and actual history terrifies you whats your reaction. Well, Ainsley tomorrow is the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower Compact and the pilgrims landing in Massachusetts. I think we should be celebrating that we should be proud of our history. They wrote the first constitution and they established the principles that we still hold so dear, like religious freedom or the rule of law or the natural equality of all mankind, thats the actual facts and genuine history, you would think Ilhan Omar, who herself sought refuge in the United States, would be proud of this great land like the pilgrims are, but maybe not any event. I wish her a very happy Thanksgiving Brian, keep in mind. We have a thanksgiving special on the history of Thanksgiving. They found a story in one thousand, eight hundred and fifteen, about what happened in one thousand six hundred and twenty its just a remarkable story of native Americans, American Indians coming together able to save the lives of these pilgrims

that came across and through perilous times for religious freedom, whats wrong with that story. Yeah Brian. Nothing is wrong with that story. Daniel Webster, the great statementsman from Massachusetts, referred to the pilgrims on the 200th anniversary of this occasion as our pilgrim fathers, the pilgrims of one thousand six hundred and twenty deserve to be in the american Pantheon, along with the patriots of one thousand seven hundred and seventy six. As the fowrntiondz of this nation, we ought to be celebrating their anniversary tomorrow, Steve all right. Senator Tom Cot, con joining us.