HERE RIGHT NOW, MICHAEL BENNET, KASIE HUNT, YOU ARE DE-TETHERED.
WE PLAYED EARLIER, SENATOR,
YOU’RE VERY FIERY SPEECH ON THE
SENATE FLOOR, BUT BEFORE I GO TO
THAT
THAT THAT.
THAT. IS THERE MORE, I CHOOSE TO PICK
GREEN CHUTES.
GREEN CHUTES. THIS HAS GONE ON FOR FAR TOO
LONG.
LONG. THERE IS NOT A PERSONAL IN THIS
BUILDING VIRTUALLY THAT DOESN’T
WANT THIS GOVERNMENT REOPENED.
THE QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT
WE CAN GET TO A RATIONAL DEAL
BETWEEN THE LEADERS AND THE PIRS
OF THE UNITED STATES.
THAT IS A OPEN QUESTION.
>> WE JUST USE THE WORD
REASONABLE.
REASONABLE. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE PRESIDENT
THINKS IS REASONABLE?
>> I DON’T HAVE ANY IDEA, AND
WHAT I WORRY ABOUT WITH HIM IS I
WANT US TO ACHIEVE A DEAL
BECAUSE I WANT TO BE REOPENED
AGAIN, THIS IS NOT OUR
GOVERNMENT BY THE WAY, THIS IS
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE’S
GOVERNMENT, AND THE PROBLEM ON
THIS ISSUE IS, AS ON OTHER
ISSUES, IS THE PRESIDENT IS SO
VALUE OO TILE, THAT ONE MINUTE
HE IS SAYING ONE THING, AND YOU
HEARD HIM SAY WE NEED MORE LEGAL
IMFWRAGS, HIS WHITE HOUSE HAS
BEEN SAYING WE SHOULD BE CUTTING
LEGAL IMMIGRATION BY 50%, IT’S
NOT LIKE THERE IS AN ABUNDANCE
OF CLARITY.
OF CLARITY. BUT WE SHOULD HOPE FOR THE BEST
AND I HOPE THAT CHUCK SCHUMER
AND MITCH McCONNELL WILL COME TO
A DEAL THAT WILL WOW THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE TO BEGIN THIS
EXERCISE IN SELF-GOVERNMENT
AGAIN.
AGAIN. >> I KNOW A GROUP OF YOU WERE
TRYING TO COBBLE TOGETHER YOUR
OWN COMPROMISE.
OWN COMPROMISE. WHERE DOES THAT STAND?
>> I WAS NET IN THAT GROUP,
USUALLY I AM.
>> SORRY, USUALLY I AM BUT THIS
TIME I WASN’T BECAUSE I THOUGHT
THAT THERE WAS ONLY ONE PERSON
THAT COULD MAKE A DECISION ABOUT
WHETHER OR NOT IT WOULD BE A
DEAL AND THAT WAS TRUMP.
THERE WAS NO PERMISSION THAT
COULD COME FROM THE WHITE HOUSE,
AND UNTIL THAT HAPPENED AND IT
SOUNDS LIKE TONIGHT IT IS
FINALLY HAPPENING.
FINALLY HAPPENING. >> YOU REALLY LOST PATIENCE
TODAY ON THE SENATE FLOOR.
IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE, YOU
SHOWED A LOT OF FRUSTRATION
THERE.
THERE. AND WHY?
AND WHY? >> WELL, IT IS NOT JUST THIS
EPISODE, SO THE REASON I LOST MY
PATIENCE WAS THAT TED CRUZ WAS
ON THE FLOOR, THE SENATOR FROM
TEXAS BE MOANING THE FACT THAT
COAST GUARD MEMBERS WERE NOT
GETTING PAID, AND THEY SHOULD
BE, BUT I REMEMBER WHEN HE SHUT
THE GOVERNMENT DOWN TO READ
"GREEN EGGS AND HAM" WHILE
COLORADO WAS BEING FLOODED AND
PEOPLE WERE DYING IN MY STATE
WHEN THIS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WAS
SHUT DOWN OVER STUPID PETTY
POLITICS.
POLITICS. I FOUND IT DISGRACEFUL THAT HE
WOULD BE ON THE FLOOR SAYING
WHAT HE WAS SAYING.
BUT EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN
THAT, FROM MY POINT OF VIEW,
CHUCK, IS THAT THE LAST TEN
YEARS OF OUR POLITICS IN
WASHINGTON, WE HAVE BEEN
TIERENIZE BY THEMSELVES WHO HAVE
IMPOSED THEIR VIEW ON AMERICA ON
AMERICA.
AMERICA. AND I THINK IT IS TIME FOR US TO
GET OUT OF THIS MESS THAT WE’RE
IN, BUT IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE
SHUT DOWN, IT’S OUR FAILURE TO
INVEST.
INVEST. OUR FAILURE TO EDUCATE OUR
CHILDREN.
CHILDREN. CHIE THAT IS RISING.
RUSSIA IS PUTTING OUT AND IT
MATTERS A LOT.
WE SEEM TO HAVE LOST TRACK OF
THE STUFF THAT REALLY MATTERS.
IF YOU WERE TO LISTEN TO
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
PRESIDENT TRUMP. IT IS NOT THAT MILLIONS OF POOR
KIDS GET PERSONAL KEGSEDUCATION,
IT’S THAT WE HAVE TO BUILD HIS
VERSION OF A WALL.
IT IS NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING, AND I WAS PART OF THE
GANG OF EIGHT WHERE WE
NEGOTIATED $45 BILLION OF REAL
BORDER SECURITY INCLUDING 350
MILES --
MILES -- >> LET ME ASK YOU THIS.
YOU POINTED OUT YOUR
FRUSTRATIONS WITH THE SENATE AND
THAT IT IS A MINORITY OF A
MINORITY ESSENTIALLY THAT IS
PULLING SOME STRINGS HERE
PARTICULARLY IN CONGRESSIONAL
POLITICS.
POLITICS. I HAD PLENTY OF PEOPLE NOW ASK
ME WHY IS IT THAT YOU CAN STOP
PAYING PEOPLE WITH THE
GOVERNMENT, WHY DOES THAT EVER
HAPPEN?
HAPPEN? IS THERE A REAL MOVEMENT NOW TO
FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE IT
IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP THE FLOW OF
MONEY TO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
WORKERS WHEN THERE IS A
POLITICAL SPAT.
POLITICAL SPAT. THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT
HURT BY THIS BEHAVIOR IS CRAVEN
POLITICIANS.
POLITICIANS. THOSE ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE,
EVERYONE ELSE IS HURT.
WE SHOULD TAKE IT OFF OF THE
TABLE.
TABLE. WE SHOULD NOT SHUT THE
GOVERNMENT DOWN FOR POLITICS.
NO OTHER GOVERNMENT IN AMERICA
SHUTS ITSELF DOWN OVER POLITICS.
NO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, NO SCHOOL
DISTRICT.
DISTRICT. I USED TO BE A SCHOOL
SUPERINTENDENT, NONE OF OUR
INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES DO IT.
THE PRESIDENT WAS SAYING OH, NO,
BE AWARE OF BECOMING VENN ZAEZUE
AND I DON’T WANT THAT, BUT WE
HAVE TO DO BETTER IN THIS
REPUBLIC ATTENDING TO THE
BUSINESS THAT THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE NEED US TO ATTEND TO, AND
THIS WHOLE DRAMA, THIS DOESN’T
HELP.
HELP. >> ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVEN’T
YET SEEN IS YOU GUYS GETTING
INTO FISARGUMENTS.
INTO FISARGUMENTS. HOW BAD IS THE DIVIDE IN THE
SENATE, OR IS THIS REALLY DRIVEN
BY THE PRESIDENT?
ARE YOU GUYS UNABLE TOWORK WITH
EACH OTHER?
EACH OTHER? IS IT THIS PAD NOW?
>> WE’RE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER
ON SMALL THINGS.
AT THIS POINT.
WE’RE NOT ABLE TO WORK
PARTICULARLY WELL WITH LARGE
COMPLICATED THINGS LIKE
IMMIGRATION.
IMMIGRATION. BUT IT WONT THAT LONG AGO WHEN
WE WERE SITTING IN A ROOM
WRITING A BILL THAT STARTED WITH
THE WORDS BORDER SECURITY AND
CREATED A PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP
FOR THOSE HERE.
AND THAT WAS A BIPARTISAN
EFFORT.
EFFORT. TODAY IT WAS IS STUPIDEST RULE
IN THE WORLD.
AND IT IS JUST ANOTHER WAY
THAT -- YOUR VIEWERS KNOW, THAT
IS ANOTHER WAY OF THE MINORITY
OF THE MINORITY BEING ABLE TO
EXERCISE THEIR TYRANNY HERE.
THIS WILL REQUIRE REPUBLICANS
AND DEMOCRATS TO COME TOGETHER
NOT JUST TO WORK IN A BARD WAY
BUT OVERCOME PEOPLE IN OUR
POLITICAL SYSTEM THAT BELIEVE
THEY HAVE A MYONOPOLY ON WISDOM.
>> AND F IF THEY MOVE TO
INVESTIGATE THE PRESIDENT THAT
WILL NOT HELP RELATIONS ON
CAPITOL HILL.
CAPITOL HILL. >> THAT’S TRUE BUT I THINK
PEOPLE IN THESE JOBS HAVE A
DECISION TO MAKE ABOUT WHETHER
OR NOT THEY WANT TO MAKE A
CONTRIBUTION TO PRESERVING THESE
INSTITUTIONS AND I THINK WE
NEVER THOUGHT -- I’M NOT EVEN
GOING TO SAY WE’RE AT ROCK
BOTTOM, BUT WE’RE SCRAPING.
>> I’LL BE HONEST, IT IS
TERRIBLE.
TERRIBLE. >> BEFORE I LET YOU GO, ARE YOU
RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT?
I KNOW YOU HAD SOME PEOPLE TRY
TO GET YOU INTO THIS THING.
YOU SHOWED A LOT OF PASSION
TODAY.
TODAY. DO YOU HAVE PLANS FOR DES MOINES
OR MANCHESTER ANY TIME SOON?
>> I’M THINKING ABOUT IT, CHUCK,
LIKE EVERY SINGLE OTHER AMERICAN
THIS BUILDING IS THINKING ABOUT
IT.
IT. I’LL LET YOU KNOW.
>> I APPRECIATE THE
STRAIGHTFORWARDNESS THERE.
STRAIGHTFORWARDNESS THERE. WHAT -- WHY ARE YOU THINKING
ABOUT IT AND WHAT WOULD STOP
YOU.
YOU. >> I THINK THE COUNTRY IS MOVING
IN A TERRIBLY -- IN A TERRIBLE
DIRECTION.
DIRECTION. I THINK DONALD TRUMP IS MUCH
MORE A SYMPTOM OF OUR PROBLEMS
THAN HE IS THE CREATOR OF OUR
PROBLEMS.
PROBLEMS. HE IS THE ACCELERATOR.
GUESS WHAT, THEY SUCCEEDED.
NOW WE HAVE TO PICK UP THE
PIECES AND START TO MAKE
INVESTMENTS ON THE NEXT
GENERATION OF AMERICANS AGAIN
AND MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN
FULLY PARTICIPATE AS CITIZENS IN
THIS DEMOCRACY.
THIS DEMOCRACY. THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS TO DO
GOING FORWARD, THERE IS WAYS TO
WORK ON THAT GOING FORWARD AND
IN A PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.
>> MICHAEL BENNET, I WILL LET