CONVERSATION RECORDED A SHORT

WHILE AGO.

>> THE DEMOCRATS HAVE COME OUT

SWINGING.

FORMER FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA

SAID PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WAS

IN OVER HIS HEAD AND REPUBLICANS

MADE THEIR PITCH TO VOTE FOR JOE

BIDEN AND BERNIE SANDERS CALLED

TRUMAN ATHOR TEARIAN AND THAT IS

NIGHT ONE OF THE VIRTUAL

DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION

AMID THE NEWS THAT THE U.S.

POSTMASTER GENERAL WILL SUSPEND

CUTS TO THE POSTAL SERVICE AFTER

CONCERNS THAT CUTS WERE AN

ATTEMPT TO ALTER MAIL-IN VOTING.

HERE TO JOIN US NOW ARE

CONGRESSMAN JESUS "CHUY" GARCIA

A DEMOCRAT WHO REPRESENTS THE

FOURTHTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

INCLUDING PARTS OF THE NORTHWEST

AND SOUTHWEST SIDES OF CHICAGO.

>> AND CONGRESSMAN DANNY DAVIS A

DEMOCRAT OF THE 7TH

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WHICH

INCLUDES PARTS OF THE WEST SIDE

OF CHICAGO AND WESTERN SUBURBS.

GENTLEMEN THANK YOU FOR BEING

BACK HERE ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT".

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THE NEWS OF THE DAY, THE

POSTMASTER GENERAL ANNOUNCING

THAT THE POSTAL SERVICE WILL

SUSPEND ANY FURTHER SERVICE

CUTS.

REMOVAL OF MAILBOXES AND SORTING

MACHINES UNTIL AFTER THE

ELECTION TO AVOID THE APPEARANCE

OF IMPROPRIETY.

CONGRESSMAN DAVIS DOES THIS

ASAGE YOUR CONCERNS?

>> I THINK THERE WAS ACTION ALL

OVER THE NATION BY DEMOCRATS WHO

WERE HOLDING PRESS CONFERENCES,

HAVING DEMONSTRATIONS, TALKING

ABOUT HOW RIDICULOUS IT WAS THAT

THOSE DECISIONS WERE BEING

CONTEMPLATED.

SO I THINK THE BACK OFF OR THE

BACK DOWN FOR THE MOMENT BUT WE

ARE NOT GOING TO SLEEP ABOUT IT.

WE ARE GOING TO STAY AWAKE AND

STAY WOKE AND WE ARE GOING TO

MAKE SURE THAT WE HOLD HIM TO

THE DECISIONS THAT HE SAY HE

MADE TODAY.

>> AND SOME ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS

JOINED OTHER DEMOCRATS IN

CALLING FOR A CRIMINAL

INVESTIGATION TO WHAT HAS

HAPPENED AT THE POSTAL SERVICE.

WHAT WRONGDOING DO YOU BELIEVE

MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED?

>> I THINK THAT MANY OF US HAVE

SUSPECTED THAT THE INITIATIVES

BY DeJOY TO CUT BACK ON

OVERTIME TO REDUCE HOURS, TO

PROHIBIT THE NORMAL DELIVERY OF

MAIL WAS AN ATTEMPT ON BEHALF OF

THE PRESIDENT TO DELIBERATELY

TAMPER WITH THE ELECTION OUT

COMES IN NOVEMBER.

I THINK THE RESPONSE FROM THE

PUBLIC INCLUDING THE POLLING

THAT HAS BEEN DONE ON THIS ISSUE

TOLD THEM THAT THEY BETTER NOT

GO FORWARD WITH IT, BECAUSE IT

WOULD BOOMERANG.

IT WOULD AFFECT THEM IN A

NEGATIVE WAY.

AND YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE CAME

TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WAS

AFFECTING PEOPLE'S MEDICATIONS,

THEIR UNEMPLOYMENT CHECKS THEIR

BENEFITS THEIR IMMIGRATION

PAPERWORK, THEY STARTED TO SPEAK

OUT AND I THINK THE CLAMOUR THAT

THEY CAUSED HAS FORCED THE

ADMINISTRATION TO RECONSIDER.

I'M GLAD WE WILL BE THERE

SATURDAY IN THE HOUSE OF

REPRESENTATIVES TO TAKE ACTION

TO PROVIDE THE FUNDING NECESSARY

TO TAKE MEASURES TO MAKE SURE

THAT THIS DOESN'T AFFECT THE

OUTCOME OF THE ELECTION.

>> AND THIS IS THE $25 BILLION

APPROPRIATION TO THE POSTAL

SERVICE THAT YOU ARE GOING TO

VOTE ON.

DOES THAT HAVE BIPARTISAN

SUPPORT?

I HAVE SEEN SOME REPUBLICAN

CONGRESS PEOPLE COME IN FORWARD

WITH SUPPORT?

>> IT DOES HAVE SOME BIPARTISAN

SUPPORT.

WE PASSED IT MORE THAN TWO

MONTHS AGO.

WE HAVE BEEN WAITING ON THE

REPUBLICANS TO COME AROUND.

AND I THINK THE HUMAN CRY OF THE

PUBLIC IS SUCH THAT THEY WILL

COME AROUND AND WE'RE GOING TO

HAVE THE RESOURCES NEEDED BY THE

POSTAL SERVICE TO FUNCTION IN AN

EFFICIENT WAY AND MAKE SURE THAT

WHEN PEOPLE VOTE THAT THEY DON'T

HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHETHER OR

NOT THEIR VOTE IS GOING TO BE

DELAYED OR WON'T GET COUNTED OR

WON'T BE WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO

BE IN TIME.

>> I WANT TO MOVE ON TO

POLITICS.

IT WAS DAY ONE OF THE CONVENTION

LAST NIGHT.

DIFFERENT CONVENTION VIRTUAL.

CONGRESSMAN GARCIA ALL THIS IS

HAPPENING AS THE LEADER OF YOUR

PARTY, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN

ILLINOIS, MICHAEL MADIGAN IS

UNDER SCRUTINY FOR HIS ALLEGED

TIE TO THE ComEd BRIBERY

SCHEME.

DO YOU BELIEVE HE SHOULD STILL

SERVE AS THE LEADER OF THE

DEMOCRATIC PARTY?

>> I AM A STRONG BELIEVER IN DUE

PROCESS.

I AM LEADING A BILL IN CONGRESS

TO RESTORE DUE PROCESS IN THE

IMMIGRATION SYSTEM IN THE

COUNTRY AND PROTECT PEOPLE'S

RIGHTS TO DUE PROCESS.

BECAUSE THERE HAS NOT BEEN A

CHARGE BROUGHT AGAINST HIM I

THINK THAT WE SHOULD NOT

PREJUDGE HIM.

THERE'S REASON TO BE CONCERNED

AND SOME LEGISLATORS CALLED FOR

HIS RESIGNATION FROM THOSE

POSTS.

BUT I BELIEVE IN DUE PROCESS AND

I'M NOT READY TO SAY THAT HE

OUGHT TO RESIGN.

>> ALTHOUGH, THE CRIMINAL

INFORMATION AGAINST ComEd

MAKES IT CLEAR THAT MADIGAN IS

ALLEGEDLY PUBLIC OFFICIAL A.

CONGRESSMAN DAVIS ARE YOU

COMFORTABLE WITH MADIGAN LEADING

YOUR PARTY IN ILLINOIS?

>> WELL, I THINK WE HAVE TO

PRACTICE WHAT WE PREACH.

I'VE ALWAYS BEEN TAUGHT THAT

INDIVIDUALS ARE INNOCENT UNTIL

PROVEN GUILTY.

AND OFTENTIMES WHEN THERE ARE

SPECULATIONS AND ACCUSATIONS,

YOU GOT TO WAIT-AND-SEE WHAT

REALLY HAPPENED.

AND SO I BELIEVE IN THIS

CONCEPT.

I BELIEVE THAT UNTIL ONE IS

DETERMINED TO BE GUILTY, IT IS

AN ACCUSATION.

AND THE ACCUSATION HAS NOT BEEN

PROVEN.

SO WE HAVE TO WAIT-AND-SEE.

>> LET'S MOVE TO THE SPEECHES

FROM LAST NIGHT.

HERE'S FORMER FIRST LADY

MICHELLE OBAMA OF COURSE OF

CHICAGO NATIVE MAKING HER CASE

AGAINST DONALD TRUMP AND FOR JOE

BIDEN.

>> THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO

WITHHOLD OUR VOTES AND PROTESTS

OR PLAY GAMES WITH CANDIDATES

WHO HAVE NO CHANCE OF WINNING.

WE'VE GOT TO VOTE EARLY, IN

PERSON IF WE CAN, WE'VE GOT TO

REQUEST OUR MAIL-IN BALLOTS

RIGHT NOW, TONIGHT.

>> CONGRESSMAN GARCIA, TYPICALLY

THERE IS A BOOST IN POLLING

AFTER CONVENTIONS BECAUSE OF ALL

THE EXCITEMENT AND CROWDS.

DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT WILL

HAPPEN HERE WITH THIS ALL

VIRTUAL CONVENTION?

>> I THINK THAT WHEN PEOPLE HAVE

HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR THE

MANY MESSAGES INCLUDING THE

POWERFUL MESSAGE FROM THE FORMER

FIRST LADY LAST NIGHT, I THOUGHT

SHE HAD THE MOST MEMORABLE LINES

AND SPEECHES AND APPEAL TO YOUNG

PEOPLE TO COME OUT.

THAT THERE WILL BE A BOUNCE.

I THINK WHAT IS ALSO TOTALLY

DIFFERENT FROM PREVIOUS

CONVENTIONS IS THE FACT THAT WE

ARE LIVING IN A TUMULTUOUS

PERIOD IN HISTORY WITH THE

PANDEMIC COUPLED WITH THE

MOVEMENT FOR RACIAL JUSTICE

ACROSS THE NATION.

I THINK THAT WILL MOTIVATE

ESPECIALLY YOUNG VOTERS TO COME

OUT AND PARTICIPATE AND MANY

WITHHELD THEIR VOTE OR VOTED IN

PROTEST IN 2016 RECONSIDERED AND

I THINK THE FACT THERE ARE ALSO

SO MANY REPUBLICAN LIFELONG

REPUBLICANS WHO ARE QUESTIONING

DONALD TRUMP'S ABILITY TO LEAD

THE COUNTRY DURING THIS PERIOD,

IS ALL GOING TO GO WELL FOR

DEMOCRATS.

>> LET'S LOOK AT ONE OF THOSE

LIFELONG REPUBLICANS FORMER OHIO

GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH.

>> JOE BIDEN IS A MAN FOR OUR

TIMES.

TIMES THAT THE CALL FOR ALL OF

US TO TAKE OFF OUR PARTISAN HATS

AND PUT OUR NATION FIRST FOR

OURSELVES AND OF COURSE FOR OUR

CHILDREN.

>> CONGRESSMAN DAVIS, FOUR YEARS

AGO THE PARTY WAS NOT UNITED.

YOU HAD THE BERNIE SANDERS WING

AND THE HILARY BRANCH WING NOT

GET AGO LONG HOW DOES THIS

COMPARE TO THAT?

>> LET ME TELL YOU I WAS

TREMENDOUSLY IMPRESSED WITH

SENATOR SANDERS' SPEECH HIS CALL

FOR UNITY AND UNIFICATION AND

ACKNOWLEDGING THAT, YEAH THERE

MIGHT BE INSTANCES WHERE THERE'S

DISAGREEMENT BUT THOSE

DISAGREEMENTS CAN BE WORKED

THROUGH AND NO MATTER WHAT THOSE

DISAGREEMENTS MIGHT BE, NOTHING

IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN MAKING

SURE THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP CAN NO

LONGER BE CALLED PRESIDENT.

AND SO THE UNIFICATION WAS JUST

GOOD TO SEE.

>> WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE.