IT IS NOT A SECURITY ISSUE. THAT’S POLITICS AND YOU KNOW IT.
IT’S UNBECOMING OF A SPEAKER AND
YOU KNOW IT.
>> THEY TRIED TO TRACK DOWN
MITCH McCONNELL TODAY.
CONGRESSWOMAN McCARTHY SAID IT’S
UNBECOMING FOR THIS MODIFICATION
FOR HER INVITE.
>> LOOK, I THINK THE PRIORITY
RIGHT NOW IS THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. WE’RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE AN OPEN
FUNCTIONAL GOVERNMENT.
FUNCTIONAL GOVERNMENT. IT’S WHAT THE WORKERS WERE DOING
FOR OUR RESIDENTS BACK HOME AND
IT’S ABSOLUTELY OUR
RESPONSIBILITY AND WE HAVE TO
LEAD WITH COMPASSION, FOCUS ON
GETTING OUR GOVERNMENT OPEN AND
RUNNING.
RUNNING. WE DON’T HAVE TIME FOR SPEECHES
AND EVENTS WHEN WE’RE IN
JEOPARDY OF RISKING OUR PUBLIC
HEALTH, OUR ENVIRONMENT AND
SOMANY THINGS THAT ARE VERY MUCH
ESSENTIAL TO RESIDENTS BACK HOME
THAT NEED TO HAVE A FUNCTIONAL
WORKING GOVERNMENT THAT’S
WORKING FOR ALL OF US.
>> IF IT IS THAT IMPORTANT TO
GET THE GOVERNMENT BACK OPEN,
WHICH DEMOCRATS SEEM TO BE
MAKING THAT ARGUMENT MORE
STRENUOUSLY BUT IS THERE A POINT
AT WHICH IT IS WORTH TOOTOO
THROW HIM APPROPRIATIONS TO GET
THE THING BACK OPEN?
>> IT’S NOT ABOUT THE WALL.
YOU CAN SEE THAT.
THIS IS THE SAME BILL THAT WE
PASSED BEFORE WE TOOK THE
MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE.
THESE ARE THE SAME EXACT BILLS
SENATOR McCONNELL ANDMANY OF HIS
COLLEAGUES SUPPORTED.
COLLEAGUES SUPPORTED. WE HAVE BIPARTISAN SUPPORT.
WE SENT THEM AN APPROPRIATIONS
BILL THAT SAID WE’RE GOING TO
OPEN IT FOR TWO WEEKS SO THE
AMERICAN WORKERS THAT WORK FOR
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ACROSS
THIS NATION CAN ACTUALLY GET
BACK UP AND RUNNING AND GET
PAID.
PAID. WE JUST DON’T WANT TO NEGOTIATE
IN THESE TERMS.
THIS IS NOT THE WAY TO COME IN
THE GOOD FAITH AND WORK FOR THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
AMERICAN PEOPLE. I CAN TELL YOU I WENT INTO
McCONNELL’S OFFICE WITH MY
COLLEAGUES.
COLLEAGUES. IT’S VERY CLEAR THEY’RE HIDING.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT A CRISIS.
THE ONLY CRISIS WE HAVE IS THE
CRISIS HE CREATED IN SHUTTING
DOWN OUR GOVERNMENT.
>> WHAT DO YOU WANT TO TELL
MITCH McCONNELL?
MITCH McCONNELL? >> LOOK, YOU WORK FOR THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE, NOT PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES.
WE NEED YOU TO LEAD.
WE NEED YOU TO DO RIGHT FOR THE
PEEP.
PEEP. THIS IS SO CRITICAL FOR US TO
UNDERSTAND.
UNDERSTAND. THERE ARE PEOPLE GETTING EVICTED
FROM HUD HOUSING .
RIGHT NOW I HAVE ONE OF THE MOST
POLLUTED AREAS IN MICHIGAN AND
WE DON’T HAVE EPA INSPECTORS ON
THE GROUND WATCHING OUR AIR
QUALITY.
QUALITY. McCONNELL, LEAD, LEAD FOR THE
AMERICAN OF THE PEOPLE.
IN 10 DAYS IT BECOME AS FACT AND
EVEN IF HE TRIES TO VETO IT, WE
CAN OVERRIDE IT.
LET’S PUT PEOPLE FIRST BEFORE
THIS PRESIDENT.
THIS PRESIDENT. >> THIS IS YOUR FIRST FEW WEEKS
IN CONGRESS.
IN CONGRESS. I MEAN WHAT STRANGE EXPERIENCE
TO COME TO CONGRESS TO INHERIT
THIS SITUATION.
THIS SITUATION. WHAT HAS THAT BEEN LIKE?
>> THIS IS NOT NORMAL.
YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW CONSTITUENTS
CALLING ME, MY VETERANS WHO
CAN’T GET DEFERMENT OF LOANS
BECAUSE NO ONE IS THERE TO PICK
UP THE PHONE.
THIS IS NOT THE WAY TO NEGOTIATE
IN ANY ISSUES YOU’RE TRYING TO
RESOLVE.
RESOLVE. THE PRESIDENT KNOWS THIS.
HE’S BEING RECKLESS.
>> DO YOU STILL THINK THE
PRESIDENT SHOULD BE IMPEACH SND.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. JUST TODAY WE FOUND OUT THAT
EVEN THOUGH OUR NATIONAL PARKS
ARE CLOSED THAT THE TRUMP TOWER
HERE IN D.C., THE HOTEL IN DRK
IS BEING STAFFED BY PARK
RANGERS.
RANGERS. DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE NO
STAFFING, NO PARKS OPEN FOR THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE AND EVEN TODAY
THE INSPECTOR GENERAL SAID THE
FEDERAL AGENCIES WERE IN
VIOLATION OF THE UNITED STATES
CONSTITUTION BY CREATING A LEASE
AGREEMENT WITH THE TRUMP
ORGANIZATION.
ORGANIZATION. THIS IS LEADING CONTINUALLY ON
TO KNOW THERE’S A DIRECT
VIOLATION OF THE UNITED STATES
CONSTITUTION.
CONSTITUTION. ALLOWING A PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES NOT TO DIVEST IN
ALL OF HIS CORPORATIONS?
HE’S MAKING DECISIONS BASED ON
PROFIT AND NOT THE BEST INTERS
OF OUR PEOPLE.
>> YOU’RE NOT NEW HAND IN
POLITICS BUT ARE NEW IN
CONGRESS.
CONGRESS. YOU HAD THAT MOMENT BLOWN UP
INTO A FULL NEWS SUKAL.
I WONDER WHAT YOUR TAKE AWAY
FROM BEING UNDER THAT MICROSCOPE
FOR THAT PERIOD WAS.
>> I CAN TELL YOU I’M UNAPPALL
JTICALLY AUTHENTIC.
JTICALLY AUTHENTIC. I’M A MUSLIM AMERICAN BROWN
WOMAN LIVING IN THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA UNDER HIS
LEADERSHIP.
LEADERSHIP. SO I’M PASSIONATE.
I’M PASSIONATE ABOUT MAKING SURE
WE’RE FOLLOWING THE VALUES I
BELIEVE IN OF JUSTICE, EQUALITY
AND FREEDOM.
AND FREEDOM. AND MY PASSION GOT THE BT OF ME.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU MORE AND MORE
PEOPLE ARE WITH ME IN SAYING WE
DON’T WANT TO CREATE THE
SLIPPERY SLOPE OF HAVING A
PRESIDENT THAT REALLY IS FOR THE
BOTTOM LINE, FOR PROFIT AND NOT