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Fox News anchor Bret Baier says Democrats “did try to overturn an election” by impeaching Donald Trump
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From the January 5, 2021, edition of Fox News’ Outnumbered
LESLIE MARSHALL (FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR): When you talk about 74 million people who are upset about the outcome — four years ago, you know, over 60 million people were upset with the outcome. But you know, we didn't have Democratic House and Senate members spitting in the face of the Constitution. And I think —
HARRIS FAULKNER (FOX NEWS ANCHOR): Wait a minute, the former candidate Hillary Clinton was still writing books about what happened. All right, I’ve got to get to Kennedy —
MARSHALL: She wasn't trying to overturn the election. She wasn't calling states she lost, and asking them to find votes.
LISA “KENNEDY” MONTGOMERY (FOX BUSINESS HOST): And Leslie, Leslie — Leslie, with all due respect, with all due respect, you've had a moment — and Hillary Clinton was the one who told Joe Biden, no matter what happens, don't concede.
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FAULKNER: Bret, last words.
BRET BAIER (FOX NEWS ANCHOR): Yeah, just want to say that, listen, the Democrats did try to overturn an election. It lasted for a long time —it led to an impeachment, trying to kick a president out of office.
FAULKNER: Exactly.
BRET BAIER: There was nonstop objection to the last election. There was even a formal objection — it didn't work, didn't get as much coverage as this.
It is legitimate to say people have to have a voice. What I was trying to do is, the reality of what's actually going to come from it, and what the Constitution says about the process. And we just have to be real with people that the president is going to leave the White House, and President-elect Biden will become President Joe Biden.