>> Shannon: YES WE WILL. KEVIN CORKE, THANK YOU.
>> YOU BET.
>> Shannon: LEADER
CHUCK SCHUMER NOW SAYS HIS
COMMENTS WERE DIRECTED AT REPUBL
THEY, NOT THE TWO JUSTICES
APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP,
STAND TO PAY A PRICE FOR
DECISIONS ON DECISIONS.
JOINING US TONIGHT IN A
"FOX NEWS @ NIGHT" EXCLUSIVE,
REPUBLICAN FROM KENTUCKY, GOOD
TO HAVE YOU BACK WITH US, SIR.
>> Senator McConnell: GOOD TO
BE HERE, SHANNON.
>> Shannon: I WANT TO PLAY
RECAP FOR THOSE WHO MAY HAVE
MISSED HOW WE GOT HERE.
>> I WANT TO TELL YOU, GORSUCH.
I WANT TO TELL YOU, KAVANAUGH,
YOU HAVE RELEASED A WHIRLWIND,
AND YOU WILL PAY THE PRICE.
[APPLAUSE]
[APPLAUSE] YOU WON’T KNOW WHAT HIT YOU IF
YOU WILL FORWARD WITH THESE
AWFUL DECISIONS.
AWFUL DECISIONS. >> NOW I SHOULD NOT HAVE USE THE
WORDS I USED YESTERDAY.
THEY DIDN’T COME OUT THE WAY I
INTENDED TO.
INTENDED TO. MY POINT WAS THAT THERE WOULD BE
POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES --
POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES -- FOR
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND SENATE
REPUBLICANS.
REPUBLICANS. IF THE SUPREME COURT, WITH THE
NEWLY CONFIRMED JUSTICES,
STRIPPED AWAY A WOMAN’S RIGHT TO
CHOOSE.
CHOOSE. >> Shannon: SO HE SAYS YOU
KNOW THAT HE WAS NOT THREATENING
ANYONE AND THAT THIS IS BEING
MANUFACTURED INTO SOMETHING THAT
DIDN’T ACTUALLY HAPPEN.
YOUR RESPONSE?
YOUR RESPONSE? >> Senator McConnell: I WANT
TO ASSOCIATE MYSELF WITH THE
REMARKS OF LAWRENCE TRIBE.
AS A SUPREME COURT REPORTER, YOU
KNOW THAT HE WAS PROBABLY THE
MOST PROMINENT LIBERAL LAW
PROFESSOR IN AMERICA, WHO ISSUED
A STATEMENT YESTERDAY SAYING
WHAT SCHUMER DID WAS COMPLETELY
INAPPROPRIATE.
INAPPROPRIATE. AND HE OUGHT TO APOLOGIZE.
NOW IF THAT WAS AN APOLOGY, IT
WASN’T MUCH OF AN APOLOGY.
HE NAMED THE JUSTICES BY NAME,
HE USED WORDS THAT GENERALLY ARE
ASSOCIATED WITH INCITING
VIOLENCE.
VIOLENCE. CHUCK SCHUMER OUGHT TO KNOW
BETTER THAN THAT.
HE DIDN’T JUST SHOW UP
YESTERDAY.
YESTERDAY. IT REMINDS ME OF THE SPEAKER OF
THE HOUSE TEARING UP THE
PRESIDENT’S STATE OF THE UNION,
RIGHT AFTER HE FINISHED
SPEAKING.
SPEAKING. WE HAVE A BEHAVIOR PROBLEM.
AND I THINK THE LEADERS OF
CONGRESS OWE IT TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE TO ACT LIKE ADULTS, AND
TO NOT ENGAGE IN SHENANIGANS
LIKE GOING OVER IN FRONT OF THE
SUPREME COURT WITH A ROWDY MOB
AND THREATENING THE JUSTICES BY
NAME.
NAME. THAT WASN’T ENOUGH OF AN APOLOGY
TO SATISFY ME, AND I DON’T THINK
ANY OF OUR COLLEAGUES, EITHER.
>> Shannon: SO THE
CHIEF JUSTICE ISSUED A
STATEMENT, RATHER RARE FOR HIM.
SCHUMER FOLLOWED UP AND SAID IT
WAS ESSENTIALLY HYPOCRITICAL
BECAUSE PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SAID
THINGS ABOUT JUSTICES, AND THE
CHIEF JUSTICE HASN’T CALLED THEM
OUT.
OUT. HE DID CALL HIM OUT FOR
REFERRING PEOPLE AS OBAMA
JUDGES, BUT THEY SAY HE HAS
ENGAGED IN LANGUAGE REGARDING
JUSTICES GINSBURG AND SOTOMAYOR.
AND THEY ARE NOT PLAYING IT
STRAIGHT ON THE LINE BECAUSE HE
DID NOT CALL VOLVO STATEMENTS.
>> Senator McConnell: THE
PRESIDENT NOWHERE IN FRONT OF
THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES
NAMING JUSTICES AND THREATENING
THEM WITH SOME KIND OF
CONSEQUENCES.
CONSEQUENCES. PRESIDENTS HAVE CRITICIZED
SUPREME COURTS.
SUPREME COURTS. I REMEMBER PRESIDENT OBAMA
SHAKING HIS FINGER AT THE
JUSTICES DURING THE STATE OF THE
UNION SPEECH OVER A DECISION
THEY MADE.
THEY MADE. BUT THAT IS QUITE DIFFERENT FROM
JOINING A MOB SCENE OVER IN
FRONT OF THE SUPREME COURT
BUILDING, MENTIONING
BUILDING, MENTIONING SUPREME COURT JUSTICES BY NAME,
AND USING LANGUAGE THAT IS
TYPICALLY USED TO BRING ABOUT
SOME KIND OF A VIOLENT REACTION.
>> Shannon: YOU BEEN BUSY THIS
AFTERNOON, ALL OF YOU ON THE
SENATE SIDE, PASSING FUNDING
RELATED TO THE CORONAVIRUS.
AT THE SAME TIME, THERE HAS BEEN
PLENTY OF CRITICISM OF THIS
ADMINISTRATION OF REPUBLICANS
NOT GETTING THINGS DONE
CORRECTLY.
CORRECTLY. THERE IS AN AD THAT IS RUNNING
ON FACEBOOK.
ON FACEBOOK. WE WANT TO PLAY SOME OF THIS.
IT SAYS, ESSENTIALLY, ON ITS
FACE, THERE IS TEXT ON THE
SCREEN FOR THIS, AND IT’S IS THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WOULD
RATHER PAD THE POCKETS OF DRUG
MANUFACTURERS THEN PROVIDE
ACCESS TO AN AFFORDABLE
CORONAVIRUS VACCINE.
CORONAVIRUS VACCINE. WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT WHERE WE
ARE WITH VACCINE MAKERS,
DRUGMAKERS, BIG PHARMA, IN THIS
CONVERSATION?
CONVERSATION? >> Senator McConnell: WHAT I
CAN SAY, IN A TIME OF INTENSE
PARTISANSHIP, REPUBLICANS AND
DEMOCRATS CAME TOGETHER IN A
MATTER OF DAYS, REACHED AN
AGREEMENT WITH THE
ADMINISTRATION, AND JUST PASSED,
IN THE SENATE, AFTER HAVING
PASSED IN THE HOUSE, A
BIPARTISAN, BICAMERAL RESPONSE
BASED UPON THE BEST EVIDENCE WE
GOT FROM HEALTH CARE
PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE TELLING US
WHAT THEY THINK THEY NEED.
SO I THINK THE CONGRESS OVERCAME
ALL OF THE PARTISANSHIP GOING
ON.
ON. I DON’T KNOW ABOUT THAT
PARTICULAR AD, BUT I CAN TELL
YOU THOSE OF US WHO WORK HERE
AND ARE ELECTED TO COME HERE AND
REPRESENT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
ROSE ABOVE ALL OF THIS
TEMPTATION TO ENGAGE IN PARTISAN
JABS AND DID THE RIGHT THING FOR
THE COUNTRY.
THE COUNTRY. >> Shannon: SOMETHING ELSE
GOING ON IN THE SENATE THAT SOME
VIEW AS PARTISAN IS THE THE
INVESTIGATION SENATOR JOHNSON IS
HEADING UP WITH RESPECT TO
BURISMA AND HUNTER BIDEN.
HE SAID HE WANTS TO GET A
SUBPOENA AUTHORIZED, BUT
THERE’VE BEEN LEAKS TO THE MEDIA
AND OTHERWISE.
AND OTHERWISE. ADAM SCHIFF, WHO WAS THE
IMPEACHMENT MANAGER, HEADS OF
THE HOUSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY,
SAID THIS.
SAID THIS. I’M CONCERNED TO SEE THAT IN THE
SENATE THERE SEEMS TO BE A
RENEWED INTEREST IN FURTHERING
THESE BOGUS RUSSIAN NARRATIVES
THROUGH THE USE OF THEIR
INVESTIGATIVE POWERS.
INVESTIGATIVE POWERS. I THINK IT IS SO DEEPLY
DESTRUCTIVE TO THE EFFECTIVELY
WORKING IN CONCERT WITH
RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA ARTIST.
THERE IS A REPUBLICAN SPEAKING
OUT AS WELL FROM YOUR SIDE OF
THE AISLE.
THE AISLE. HERE IS SENATOR MITT ROMNEY.
>> THE APPEARANCE OF LOOKING TO
BURISMA AND HUNTER BIDEN,
APPEARS POLITICAL.
APPEARS POLITICAL. AND I THINK PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF
THESE KIND OF POLITICAL
INVESTIGATIONS.
INVESTIGATIONS. >> Shannon: WHAT YOU MAKE OF
THE CHARACTERIZATION OF WHAT
SENATOR JOHNSON AND OTHERS ARE
DOING IS ALL ABOUT POLITICS?
>> Senator McConnell: WELL, I
THINK IT IS WORTH TAKING A LOOK
AT, I DON’T TELL MY COMMITTEE
CHAIRMAN WHAT TO INVESTIGATE.
SENATOR JOHNSON IS VERY
RESPONSIBLE.
RESPONSIBLE. NOT INCLINED TO BE OVERLY
PARTISAN ON EVERYTHING THAT
COMES ALONG.
COMES ALONG. AND HE HAS BEEN TRYING, AS
INDICATED, TO KIND OF QUIETLY
LOOK AT THIS FOR SOMETIME,
BEFORE BIDEN’S COMEBACK
YESTERDAY YESTERDAY, WHICH MADE
IT MORE LIKELY THE NOMINEE.
LOOK, IF YOU BECOME THE
FRONT-RUNNER, YOU COME UNDER A
LOT OF SCRUTINY, FROM THE PRESS,
FROM BOTH SIDES.
JOE HAS BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME.
HE KNOWS THIS SORT OF THING WILL
BE LOOKED AT.
WHEN YOU BECOME THE LIKELY
NOMINEE OF YOUR PARTY.
>> Shannon: SO WITH THAT NOW
COMING DOWN THE PIKE,
SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM HAS SAID
HE ACTUALLY THINKS
BERNIE SANDERS IS A BETTER MATCH
UP FOR THE PRESIDENT BECAUSE
THERE IS MORE OF A CONTRAST
ABOUT THEIR POLICIES ON THE
ECONOMY AND OTHER THINGS.
ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT JOE BIDEN
BEING AT THE TOP?
>> Senator McConnell: I THINK
WE OUGHT NOT TO BE PULLING FOR
ANY PARTICULAR NOMINEE.
I THINK THEY ARE ALL PRETTY MUCH
HARD LEFT.
HARD LEFT. AND REGARDLESS OF WHICH ONE THE
DEMOCRATS FINALLY CHOOSE TO BE
THEIR STANDARD-BEARER, I THINK
THE ARGUMENTS ARE GOING TO BE
LARGELY THE SAME.
WHAT KIND OF AMERICA DO YOU WANT
TO HAVE?
TO HAVE? A CAPITALIST COUNTRY, OR ONE
THAT IS GOING ALL, STRAIGHT IN
TO THE LEFT?
THEY ALL GOT PULLED THAT WAY,
INCLUDING JOE BIDEN, DURING
THESE PRIMARIES.
THESE PRIMARIES. SO I THINK WE HAVE PLENTY OF
ISSUES TO RUN ON IN THE FALL, NO
MATTER WHICH WHEN THEY PICK.
>> Shannon: QUICKLY BEFORE YOU
GO, I WANT TO AGAIN TOUCH ON THE
ISSUE WITH SENATOR SCHUMER.
SENATOR HAWLEY AND MANY OTHERS
ARE NO COSPONSORING A RESOLUTION
TO CALL HIM OUT FOR ESSENTIALLY
ATTEMPTING TO INTIMIDATE
SUPREME COURT JUSTICES.
DOES THAT RESOLUTION GO
ANYWHERE?
ANYWHERE? YOU EXPECT THE DEMOCRATS TO GET
ON BOARD?
ON BOARD? >> Senator McConnell: I
CERTAINLY RESPECT SENATOR HAWLEY
AND I UNDERSTAND HIS REPULSION
OF WHAT WE SAW YESTERDAY ON THE
PART OF SENATOR SCHUMER IN FRONT
OF THE SUPREME COURT.
THE BEST WAY TO EXPRESS THAT, WE
ARE DISCUSSING AMONG OURSELVES,
AND MANY MEMBERS ARE SPEAKING
OUT.
OUT. I CERTAINLY DID TODAY, WHICH IS
WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
EARLIER.
EARLIER. >> Shannon: ALL RIGHT, KEEP US