‘Whew!’ CNN’s Kaitlan Collins Lets Out Stunned Laugh Over Rep’s ‘MARSHALL Law’ Rant — Roasts Him With Maggie Haberman
CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins was stunned by Rep. Ralph Norman’s (R-SC) comments about urging then-President Donald Trump to institute “Marshall Law” and roasted the remarks with New York Times correspondent and CNN analyst Maggie Haberman.
Norman infamously sent Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows a text message urging Trump to institute “Marshall law” to prevent President Joe Biden from assuming office.
“Mark, in seeing what’s happening so quickly and reading about the Dominion lawsuits attempting to stop any meaningful investigation, we are at a point of no return in saving our Republic !! Our LAST HOPE is invoking Marshall Law!! PLEASE URGE TO PRESIDENT TO DO SO!!” Norman wrote on Jan. 17th, 2021.
On Wednesday night’s edition of CNN’s The Source with Kaitlan Collins, Collins confronted Norman — who just endorsed ex-Amb. Nikki Haley — about the text. He replied, “The only thing I regret, I misspelled martial law.”
After Collins wrapped up that interview, she let out a stunned laugh as she introduced Haberman with an astonished recap of Norman’s remark:
COLLINS: Congressman, it is striking to hear you say that you stand by, asking for martial law to be declared, three days before Biden was elected. I just wanted to make sure we talked to you about that.
So thank you, Congressman Ralph Norman, for your time tonight.
NORMAN: My pleasure. Thank you.
COLLINS: Whew! We’ll talk about that (laughs) — back half of that, in a moment.
I am joined tonight by CNN Political Analyst and Senior Political Correspondent from the New York Times, Maggie Haberman.
I mean, we’re supposed to talk about Trump. And I have a lot of questions on your reporting. But I’m–
MAGGIE HABERMAN: You have other things, on your mind, right now?
COLLINS: –kind of stunned that–
HABERMAN: Yes.
COLLINS: –he says the only — because — and for people, who didn’t see the text, he spelled martial, M-A-R-S-H-A-L-L, not M-A-R-T. He didn’t spell it correctly. He says that’s the only thing he regrets about that.
HABERMAN: Continuity has not really been anybody’s strong suit, in talking about elections, at least on the Republican side since 2020. He’s sent — he, as you noted, he is talking about how it’s up to the will of the voters. Martial law would not be in keeping with that, three days before the inauguration, so.
And saying there’s still questions. There’s still questions because Donald Trump keeps saying there’s questions. And so, there’s a whole group of people, who follow him, who are going along with that. But it is a prelude, I think, to what we are going to see over the next nine months.
And so, if you are hearing that, from the only person in the House, who is backing Donald Trump’s opponent, think about what that’s going to look like, on a broader scale.
COLLINS: Yes. And it is amazing, because he’s a really conservative member of Congress. And he is backing Haley over Trump–
HABERMAN: Yes.
COLLINS: –who has been appealing to more moderates.
And when you look at the numbers, last night, the people, who were voting for Nikki Haley, based on CNN’s exit polls, they were — they believe that Biden won the election, by overwhelming margins. It’s Trump voters, who do not.
HABERMAN: Well, and that’s a reminder to your point that the Congressman is a very conservative member. When people talk about how a lot of folks are up for grabs, or a number of folks or a swath of Republicans are up for grabs, there’s a lot who are not. And who — have Donald Trump is the nominee, people like Congressman Norman are going to be right behind him, and will, I suspect, promote what the former President says.
Watch above via CNN’s The Source with Kaitlan Collins.
