0:01He spoke for 67.
0:03>> [music] >> They answered 67.
0:05Same two numbers. One means everything.
0:08>> One means nothing.
0:09>> September 15th, house [music] floor noon, the [singing] room fills up. A man stands at the mic and doesn't sit back down.
0:14>> Doesn't sit?
0:15>> 67 minutes, 34 pages out loud. Eight articles of impeachment read straight to the crowd. Now, here's the part that'll break [music] your brain a little.
0:23He's a Republican, Kentucky, not the middle.
0:25>> He is?
0:25>> Not a Democrat, not [music] a plant, not a rival team. He's the president's own party reading out the scheme.
0:30>> His own party?
0:31>> And he didn't tell them, didn't [music] warn a single guy. Why? Cuz he knew they'd cancel session just to let it die.
0:36>> So he walked >> with 34 [music] pages in his hand and read every single charge out loud.
0:40>> That's the plan.
0:41>> That's the plan.
0:42>> 67 [music] >> 67 >> 67 >> 67 67 >> 67 >> He gave a minute.
0:47>> Save a minute.
0:47>> They gave him nothing.
0:48>> Nothing.
0:49>> 67 67 >> 67 >> Article one, the war was never legal from the start. No declaration, no vote, no authorization, no hop. No.
0:57>> Article two, Congress said, "Bring the troops back home." He kept going anyway.
1:01>> Kept the engines on.
1:02>> Article three, the clock ran [music] out on the War Powers Act. 60 days and 30 more, then just kept at it.
1:07>> Kept at it.
1:07>> Then the boat [music and singing] strikes in Yemen and grabbing the head of state. Then this one, and listen close, cuz this one's great.
1:12>> What?
1:13>> Suppressing free speech, [music] that's on the list right there. And the man he's charging, let's talk about him.
1:17Let's be fair.
1:18>> For the Pentagon press corps, [music] sign this pledge right here. Say you won't ask a question we didn't pre-clear.
1:23>> Pre-clear?
1:23>> Say you won't go looking, say you'll wait till we say go or [music] hand your badge in at the door. Simple code.
1:27>> Code.
1:28>> So nearly every reporter in that building walked away. Every major outlet, same week, same day.
1:33>> Same day.
1:33>> A federal judge [music] read the ruling and said it plain as day, the real purpose was to weed out journalists they don't like, okay?
1:38>> Okay.
1:39>> And when the biggest [singing and music] editors in America pushed back, Washington Post, New York Times, The Atlantic, all that, you know what he sent back? No statement, no defense. A little waving hand [music] emoji. That's it. That's the response.
1:49>> That's it.
1:49>> Grown man runs the military, biggest paper in the land, writes him a letter about the Constitution. [music] He waves his hand.
1:55>> He waves.
1:55>> 67 >> 67 >> 67 >> 67 67 >> 67 >> He gave them a minute.
2:00>> Gave them a minute.
2:01>> They gave them nothing.
2:01>> Nothing.
2:02>> 67. [music] >> 67.
2:04>> Okay.
2:06For everybody over 40, >> [music] >> let me explain something.
2:10There's a thing your grandkids say, two numbers, [music] 67. It doesn't mean anything.
2:16That's not me being rude. That's the actual definition. The dictionary made it word of the year and said the whole point is nobody can define it. And there's a hand [music] sign that goes with it. Palms up, rocking back and forth.
2:29Like you're holding [music] a scale weighing something. It means eh, maybe, who cares, so-so. Now hold that picture in your head. Palms up, weighing.
2:37That's the kids [music] joke about nothing. And that's also what the United States Congress did with eight articles of impeachment about a war.
2:45>> Gavel. Gavel.
2:46>> They didn't vote it down, they didn't [music] argue, didn't fight. Didn't say he's wrong, didn't say he isn't right.
2:51>> Didn't say.
2:51>> They just moved [music] the vote past the election, pushed it back, November after hope you forget. That's the tactic.
2:57>> That's it.
2:57>> 12 Democrats [music] sign on, 12, that's the count. And Massie said it himself, [singing] and I quote the man's own mouth. I think I'll have enough Democrats. [music] The question is my side. That's a Republican about Republicans. Let that ride.
3:07>> Let it ride.
3:08>> And the Pentagon [music] put out a statement, cool and clean, the entire department is unified behind the secretary's vision.
3:13>> Unified.
3:14>> Unified, eight articles of impeachment on the floor, sure unified, nothing to see here anymore.
3:19>> Nothing.
3:21Nothing.
3:22>> Now here's the part that actually kind of hits. Massie doesn't have a seat next year, he already lost it.
3:26>> He lost it.
3:27>> Trump backed the guy against [singing and music] him in the primary in May, and that guy won, so Massie's got no career, no play.
3:32>> None.
3:33>> No leverage, no future, nothing [music] left to trade. So what [singing] reporter asked him straight, "Why'd you even make the play?"
3:38>> Why?
3:38>> And he said, and this is the whole song right here, "I didn't do it cuz it worked. It needs to be a marker IN HISTORY."
3:43>> A MARKER?
3:44>> THEN THEY asked about the war ending after the election [music] and the promise checks, 5,000 for every citizen.
3:49>> 5,000?
3:50>> said, "I believe that as much as I believe the chance.
3:52>> Man's got nothing left to lose and he's landing every punch.
3:55>> Every punch.
3:56>> Every punch.
3:56>> Every punch.
3:57>> 67 >> 67 >> 67 [music] >> 67 >> He gave a minute, [singing] they gave him nothing.
4:02>> Nothing.
4:02>> 67 >> 67 >> 67 [music] >> One man standing, [singing] the rest just shrugging.
4:07>> Shrugging.
4:07>> Palms up, walk out.
4:09>> Nothing.
4:09>> Nothing.
4:10>> Nothing.
4:10>> 67 >> Hey.
4:12>> 67 minutes, 34 pages, eight articles, 12 cosponsors, one Republican.
4:17And the answer from the most powerful legislature on Earth was two numbers that a dictionary says don't mean anything.
4:2367
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