Inside with Jen Psaki | Interview with Jim Messina on Democracy Defenders PAC

>>> WITH 57 DAYS TO GO UNTIL NOVEMBER 5th AND WITHOUT A SINGLE VOTE COUNTED, DONALD TRUMP IS ALREADY CLAIMING THERE HAS BEEN MASSIVE FRAUD IN THE 2024 ELECTION. I MEAN EARLIER TODAY HE POSTED THIS TO HIS TRUTH SOCIAL ACCOUNT. QUOTE, AN INTERVIEW BY TUCKER CARLSON OF AN ELECTION EXPERT INDICATES THAT 20% OF THE MAIL IN BALLOTS IN PENNSYLVANIA ARE FRAUDULENT. HERE WE GO AGAIN. OF COURSE THERE'S NO CREDIBLE EVIDENCE TO BACK THOSE CLAIMS. BUT THAT IS NOT STOPPING TRUMP AND MANY IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY APPARATUS FROM RUNNING THEIR ELECTION PLAY BOOK ONCE AGAIN. THE GOOD NEWS IS THE DEMOCRATS ARE MUCH MORE PREPARED THIS TIME AROUND. JOINING ME NOW IS JAY MECINA HE WAS THE CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR OF BARACK OBAMA'S SECOND PRESIDENTIAL RACE AND PART OF A PACK TO BRINK DOWN TRUMP'S LIES. WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOW AND HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT HAPPENED IN 2020 AND WHAT THE DEMOCRATS DID IN 2020. >> WELL, JEN, FIRST OF ALL ON BEHALF OF MY TWO DOGS AND TWO CATS AND THEIR MAMA BACK HOME IN MONTANA, THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT NOBODY IS GOING TO EAT DOGS AND CATS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. I CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS 57 DAYS OUT. BUT IT'S PROBABLY GOOD FOR THE DEMOCRATS TO. >> HERE WE ARE, HARRIS IS NOT GOING TO COME AFTER YOUR CATS AND BRING IMMIGRANTS IN TO EAT THEM. NO WORRIES. YES. >> WHAT IS HAPPENING OUT THERE IN THE 57 DAYS LEFT IS THAT, THE REPUBLICANS HAVE FILED OVER 100 LAWSUITS CONTESTING EVERYTHING FROM MAIL IN BALLOTS IN MICHIGAN AND NEVADA. THEY'RE TRYING TO KICK OFF VOTERS FROM THE VOTING ROLES. THEY'RE BASICALLY KICKING OFF 2020 AND PUTTING IT ON STEROID. WE WERE FORCED TO PUT TOGETHER THIS PACK AND FIGHT THE LAWSUITS COMING IN THE NEXT 57 DAYS AND GET READY FOR THESE CRAZY OUTLANDISH CHALLENGES. IN A COUPLE OF STATES INCLUDING MICHIGAN, SOME LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE ALREADY THREATENING NOT TO CERTIFY THE ELECTIONS IF TRUMP WINS. SO WE HAVE TO BE READY FOR THIS IN A WAY THAT, IN 2020, THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN DID A GREAT JOB BUT REPUBLICANS ARE TAKING THIS AND PUTTING IT ON STEROID. SO WE HAVE TO BE READY FOR WHAT'S GOING TO OCCUR ON ELECTION DAY AND AFTER. >> NEARLY, THIS IS SO HARD TO BELIEVE THE STATISTICS BUT NEARLY 20% OF AMERICANS STILL BELIEVE IN TRUMP'S BIG LIE THAT THE 2020 ELECTION WAS STOLEN FROM HIM. HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THAT? DO YOU TRY TO COMBAT THAT OR DO YOU JUST THINK, WE JUST HAVE TO PROTECT VOTERS, PROTECT ELECTION OFFICIALS, BE PREPARED AT THIS POINT. >> I THINK YOU HAVE TO COMBAT IT. I THINK YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT. BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW THE PROBLEM IS VOTERS LOOK AT ALL OF THIS AND START TO THINKING, MIGHT BE HARD TO VOTE. MAYBE I SHOULDN'T GO ON ELECTION DAY. MAYBE IT'LL BE A PAIN IN THE BUTTE, I DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH THIS. YOU HAVE TO ASSURE PEOPLE THAT THE PROCESS IS OKAY AND PUSH BACK ON SOME OF THIS CRAZY STUFF. BUT IT IS CRAZY, TO YOUR WORD, WEIRD, THAT EVERY DAY THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN IS HAVING RALLIES SAYING, DO EARLY VOTE, AND THEN EVERY NIGHT DONALD TRUMP IS SAYING NO DON'T DO EARLY VOTE BECAUSE 20% ARE FRAUDULENT. THESE GUYS CAN'T DECIDE WHAT THEIR MESSAGE IS AND THEIR CANDIDATE AS ALWAYS IS BLOWING UP THEIR MESSAGE. BUT IT COULD BE THAT VOTERS GET CONFUSED SO WE JUST CAN'T ASSUME ANYTHING. YOU KNOW ME MY ONLY SUPER POWER IS TO BE SUPER SUPER ANAL AND BREAK DOWN EVERY DETAIL. >> WE LOVE THAT ASPECT OF YOU MESINA. YOU MANAGED THE 2012 CAMPAIGN. YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE WHEN YOUR CANDIDATE BOMBS AS IN THAT FIRST DEBATE WHICH WE ALL REMEMBER. AND WHEN THEY DO WELL, BUT DEBATES ARE ALL ABOUT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE MOMENT AND DRAWING THAT CONTRAST. WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR KAMALA HARRIS TO DO TOMORROW NIGHT IF YOU WERE SITTING ON THE CAMPAIGN MANAGING THAT CAMPAIGN RIGHT NOW. >> I WOULD SAY TO HER EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE SAYING TO HER, WHICH IS JUST PASS THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF TEST. YOU AND I REMEMBER IN 2008 AFTER THE FIRST MCCAIN DEBATE IT WAS OVER BECAUSE PEOPLE LOOKED TO BARACK OBAMA AND SAID HE COULD BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. THE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY TO HER IS LOOK, DONALD TRUMP IS THE BEST COUNTER PUNCHER I'VE SEEN AND HE'S GOING TO TRY TO THROW YOU OFF YOUR GAME. THE ONLY THING HE CAN DO IS PULL YOU DOWN. YOU JUST HAVE TO CONTINUE TO TELL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO TO MAKE THEIR LIVES BETTER. THAT'S WHAT SHE'S DONE THESE FIRST AMAZING SEVEN WEEKS OF THE CAMPAIGN. THAT'S WHAT SHE DID IN HER DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION SPEECH AND IF WE COME OUT OF THERE TOMORROW NIGHT WITH THAT, HAVING BEEN WHAT SHE WAS ABLE TO DO,