The next is a transcript of an interview with Republican Rep. Tom Emmer of Minnesota that aired Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022, on "Face the Nation."
MARGARET BRENNAN: Now to the Chairman of the Nationwide Republican Congressional Committee, Minnesota Congressman Tom Emmer. Good morning. Good to have you ever right here in particular person.
REPRESENTATIVE TOM EMMER: Good morning.
MARGARET BRENNAN: I've to ask you about what we have simply been speaking about right here. How involved are you concerning the danger of political violence and the way ought to or not it's minimized?
REP. EMMER: There is not any place for violence, interval, in our society, bodily violence or violence in opposition to somebody's property. I feel you've got already lined that right here this morning, the incident in San Francisco, tragic as it's, I feel we want some extra details about it. However we should always all be feeling for Paul Pelosi and his household. Hopefully there might be a 100% restoration.
MARGARET BRENNAN: And simply to be abundantly clear, you denounce any type of assault on the Pelosi household?
REP. EMMER: Completely. There must be no assaults, interval. There must be no violence in our society. Once more, whether or not it is political or in any other case, there is no place for it in a civilized society.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Properly, I am glad you stated that, as a result of I need to ask you about one thing in our CBS Information ballot that exhibits that at the same time as Republicans are poised to guide this contest and- and take management of the Home, we see suspicion particularly amongst Republicans concerning the voting course of. A giant majority of Republicans help the thought of personal residents difficult election officers as they course of and report vote counts on election night time. We're seeing that on the display now. Two thirds of Republicans help the thought of personal residents patrolling round poll drop packing containers and polling locations. That is simply Republicans. We do not see this with Democrats. We don't see this with independents. Would you urge personal residents to not patrol polling locations?
REP. EMMER: Properly, you picked the phrases, Margaret. I might say that it's Republicans, Democrats, independents, all Americans are very acutely conscious, as your earlier visitor simply talked about, about our election course of. I feel that is going to be an excellent election as a result of persons are awake. They're paying consideration. They need to volunteer as ballot watchers, it is a state based mostly system. No matter your state requires and permits, it is best to undoubtedly be concerned. And I feel it is going to assist the method.
MARGARET BRENNAN: And simply to be abundantly clear, ballot watching is totally different than voter intimidation, which is illegal.
REP. EMMER: No one must be intimidated once they're exercising their most valuable proper to vote.
MARGARET BRENNAN: So while you see video, as we've seen in a spot like in Arizona, the place you see people with tactical gear, effectively, you see people with weapons outdoors drop packing containers, the place how do you classify that?
REP. EMMER: Once more, nobody ought to really feel intimidated once they're exercising their proper to vote--
MARGARET BRENNAN: So that's intimidating?
REP. EMMER: You've got acquired you've got acquired tales on each side of the aisle. You get tales in many alternative states about how individuals have felt as if their proper was infringed on. I feel cooler heads have to prevail.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Yeah.
REP. EMMER: I actually assume we'll have an excellent election. I feel you've got acquired 50 million plus which have already participated in early voting throughout this nation. I feel you are going to have an enormous turnout in 9 days any longer the election. And I feel, once more, Republicans, Democrats and others are effectively conscious of the problems that we had throughout COVID. Individuals had been stepping up and attempting to do issues to ensure we had been protected and protected, however they had been adjusting election legal guidelines on the fly. I feel quite a lot of that has been resolved. I feel you are going to see a extremely good expertise in 9 days.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Okay. So you'll urge residents to not patrol polling locations.
REP. EMMER: Once more, I urge everybody get involved--
MARGARET BRENNAN: Okay.
REP. EMMER: --whatever your state permits, get entangled. Volunteer. Precisely what your earlier visitor stated.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Okay. I need to ask you, as a result of on this bulletin, it additionally talks a few linkage in drawing and- and undermining confidence in elections due to 2020. And you're on this record that we've of 307 Republicans working for workplace who've raised doubts concerning the integrity of the election. I imply, they're drawing a direct line right here between sowing mistrust then and what we're seeing proper now. Do you remorse sowing doubts your self?
REP. EMMER: What you are referring to, I've by no means sowed doubts concerning the election. I've undoubtedly raised questions--
MARGARET BRENNAN: You signed onto this Texas amicus brief--
REP. EMMER: Completely, let's speak about it--
MARGARET BRENNAN: --that went to the Supreme Court docket to overturn it.
REP. EMMER: What it stated was, Margaret, what that stated, that amicus transient, is that lots of people, governors, attorneys normal, secretaries of state, took unilateral motion throughout COVID changing--
MARGARET BRENNAN: Yeah--
REP. EMMER: --changing the election legal guidelines themselves--
MARGARET BRENNAN: So you do not remorse these--
REP. EMMER: Once more, if I can end, altering election legal guidelines themselves to try to ensure that we had been protected whereas we exercised our proper to vote. That exact amicus transient, all it stated was that we have to reaffirm that state legislatures and legislatures alone make their election legal guidelines. In order we go ahead, as soon as we're out of COVID, we've to--
MARGARET BRENNAN: So--
REP. EMMER: --go again to that.
MARGARET BRENNAN: So to be clear, you do not think about your self an election denier?
REP. EMMER: Completely not.
MARGARET BRENNAN: And Joe Biden is the legitimately-elected President of United States of America
REP. EMMER: He is sworn, he is serving. He's the President of america.
MARGARET BRENNAN: He's the president of america.
REP. EMMER: We have an election in 9 days. We have had an election in 9 days that we have been engaged on for the final two years. You reported within the intro that eight out of ten Individuals in that very same ballot that you just're referring to are involved with the place this nation is. They are saying it is uncontrolled.
MARGARET BRENNAN: You are not undermining, you are not which means to undermine confidence within the 2020 election.
REP. EMMER: Eight out of ten Individuals proper now assume we're on the fallacious monitor. That is what they'll be voting on.
MARGARET BRENNAN: I do know. And I might love to speak about one thing aside from individuals worrying for his or her lives. However sadly, that is the place we're. I need to ask you about this in relation to political violence. In your Twitter feed, you posted this video we'll present - just some days in the past the place you are firing a gun and it says, "Loved exercising my Second Modification rights. Hashtag Hearth Pelosi." Why is there a gun in a political advert in any respect?
REP. EMMER: It wasn't an advert. I used to be tweeting out –
MARGARET BRENNAN: A tweet. Hashtag Hearth Pelosi with a weapon –
REP. EMMER – one thing I had simply executed.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Would not a pink slip be extra becoming if it is about firing her?
REP. EMMER: It is interesting--
MARGARET BRENNAN: Why a gun?
REP. EMMER: And it is fascinating, Margaret, that we're speaking about this this morning when a few years again when a Bernie Sanders supporter shot Steve Scalise--
MARGARET BRENNAN: Which was horrendous and horrific--
REP. EMMER: When a Bernie Sanders supporter--
MARGARET BRENNAN: Which is why we should always not--
REP. EMMER: shot Steve Scalise--
MARGARET BRENNAN: be placing weapons--
REP. EMMER: I by no means heard you or anybody else within the media attempting in charge Democrats for what occurred. We have to keep centered on what we're all doing--
MARGARET BRENNAN: We did in depth protection of what occurred to Steve Scalise.
REP. EMMER: Excuse me?
MARGARET BRENNAN: There was in depth protection, sir.
REP. EMMER: No one tried to equate Democrats' rhetoric- people--
MARGARET BRENNAN: I am not speaking about your rhetoric. I am speaking about what you posted. You are taking pictures a gun. Our viewers simply noticed it.
REP. EMMER: Yeah, proper.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Hashtag hearth Pelosi.
REP. EMMER: Exercising our Second Modification rights, having fun--
MARGARET BRENNAN: That is not a debate concerning the Second Modification.
REP. EMMER: --shooting a gun. Yeah.
MARGARET BRENNAN: That is not a debate concerning the Second Modification.
REP. EMMER: Sure it's.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Hashtag hearth Pelosi.
REP. EMMER: Sure it's. I- I am working the marketing campaign operation--
MARGARET BRENNAN: Do you not perceive that that's suggestive to people who find themselves in a foul state. And on this present atmosphere, how dangerous it's as you are speaking about--
REP. EMMER: Properly, I disagree, Margaret.
MARGARET BRENNAN: --these problems with reducing the rhetoric.
REP. EMMER: I disagree with you.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Why cannot you permit that out?
REP. EMMER: Once more, I by no means noticed anybody after Steve Scalise was shot by a--
MARGARET BRENNAN: I am speaking about proper now--
REP. EMMER: --Bernie Sanders supporter.
MARGARET BRENNAN: What simply is going on proper now.
REP. EMMER: Attempting to equate Democrat rhetoric with these actions. Please do not do this.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Okay. your candidates, Republican candidates have spent greater than 116 million on adverts that talked about Speaker Pelosi by identify of their cycle. If that is concerning the points, why should not make it concerning the points? Why not depersonalize it?
REP. EMMER: It's completely concerning the points. It is about the truth that we've double digit inflation exploding, exploding price of residing. We have a criminal offense wave throughout this nation that could be a direct end result, direct end result –
MARGARET BRENNAN: On this second, we're eight days out, do not you assume this wants to vary? Why not pull a few of these adverts? Why not simply delete your tweet?
REP. EMMER: I am certain individuals like to speak about something however what the Democrats have executed to this nation, which fairly frankly is exploding price of residing, a criminal offense wave in our main cities that's the results of this "defund the police" nonsense and cashless bail.
I imply, you take a look at New York Metropolis the place you set somebody in jail at 9 p.m. for assaulting somebody on the road and so they're again out on the road at 9 a.m. committing crimes. Once more, you take a look at my state of Minnesota, Minneapolis, it is has 6000 assaults because the starting of the yr. Margaret, These are the problems which can be high of thoughts for each voter on this nation. That is why they'll present up in - on the November eighth. And that is why Republicans are going to win within the midterms.
MARGARET BRENNAN: That is what our projections are exhibiting. However I might recommend extra pink slips, fewer weapons in our adverts on this atmosphere. Sir, thanks for becoming a member of us on Face the Nation. We'll be proper again. Stick with us.