EXCERPT:
GEIST: "Yeah, that’s a joke about an 82-year-old man having his home broken into and being beaten over the head with a hammer, to laughs from the crowd. NBC News reached out to Lake's campaign. The campaign responded by saying her remarks do not need clarifying, meaning, Mika, she stands by the joke. We also have Ted Cruz, a prominent United States senator, amplifying that conspiracy theory. And we should point out, in that FBI affidavit, Mr. DePape confesses to this being politically motivated. He describes explicitly what he wanted to do and why he wanted to do it, because of politics, debunking in his own words the conspiracy theory."