SENATORS CHILDREN.
AS A DUCTING PROTEST AND
CIVILITY HEAT UP HERE IN
WASHINGTON AND BEYOND, SOME ARE
FOCUSING ON COMMENTS FROM
PROMINENT DEMOCRATS I
CORY BOOKER EARLIER THIS SUMMER.
>> THAT IS MY CALL TO ACTION
HERE.
PLEASE DON'T JUST COME HERE
TODAY AND THEN GO HOME.
GO TO THE HILL.
GET UP AND PLEASE GET UP IN THE
FACE OF SOME CONGRESSPEOPLE.
>> Shannon: REPUBLICAN
SENATOR RAND PAUL'S WIFE
REMEMBERS WELL THE ATTACK ON HER
HUSBAND LAST YEAR HAS HAD A OPEN
LETTER TO HIM AND ASKING HIM TO
TAKE BACK THOSE COMMENTS.
"I KEEP A LOADED GUN BY MY BED.
IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS MY FAMILY
HAS EXPERIENCED THREATS AT A
HORRIFYING LEVEL."
WELCOME KELLY.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> Shannon: WHAT MADE YOU AT
THIS POINT REACH OUT.
WE ALWAYS MEMBER YOUR HUSBAND
WAS AT THE SHOOTING LESTER THAT
ALMOST KILLED A CONGRESSMAN.
HE WAS PERSONALLY ATTACKED.
SERIOUS LUNG DAMAGE.
PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE EXTENT OF
HIS INJURIES AND WHERE WE AT NOW
FOR YOU GUYS?
>> I WAS MOTIVATED TO WRITE THE
LETTER JUST FOR ME.
INCREDIBLE ACTIVITIES I HAVE
WATCHED THE LAST WEEK.
SEEING HEIDI AND TED CRUZ FORCED
OUT OF THEIR RESTAURANT IN D.C.
LAST WEEK.
PEOPLE IN THEIR FACE.
WAVING THEIR MIDDLE FINGER,
GETTING IN THEIR FACE.
NOT ALLOWING THEM TO EVEN EAT
THEIR MEAL AND THEN WHEN THEIR
HOME ADDRESS WAS RELEASED ON THE
INTERNET IN KENTUCKY AND HIS
CELL PHONE NUMBER WAS RELEASED.
I FELT INCREDIBLY THREATENED AND
FRIGHTENED.
I HAD BEEN FRIED WHEN HE LEFT
FOR D.C. THAT WEEKEND.
THE NEW MESSAGES GET UP IN THEIR
FACE.
GET UP IN PEOPLE'S FACE.
I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE
JUST HOW THREATENING THAT FEELS.
HOW VIOLATED YOU FEEL WHEN
SOMEBODY INVADES YOUR PERSONAL
SPACE LIKE THAT.
IT CERTAINLY DOESN'T HELP TO
MOVE THE DISCOURSE ALONG.
THE NIGHT I WROTE THAT I WAS
SITTING IN MY HOUSE AND I SAW
THE SHERIFF'S CAR GO BY MY CAR
AND I WAS GRATEFUL FOR IT.
I WAS GRATEFUL FOR THEIR
SURVEILLANCE OF OUR HOME.
I JUST FELT SO SAD.
HOW DO WE GET HERE?
I WANT TO READ SOMETHING FROM
BOOKER, HE THINKS THAT CLIP WAS
TAKEN OUT OF THE CONTENT.
A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION
DEDICATED TO END HOMELESSNESS
AND TELL THEM ABOUT COMMENTS AND
SOLUTIONS.
HE SAID I DON'T WANT TO HATE
ANYBODY BECAUSE I KNOW THE
TRUTH.
WE HAVE SEEN ON THE HILL OVER
THE LAST FEW DAYS DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS ALIKE, AND ON MANY
OF THEM CHOOSING TO WALK WITH
POLICE ESCORTS BECAUSE WE HAVE
SEEN THE HALLWAYS AND THE
THREATS.
THIS HAS HAPPENED BOTH TIMES IN
THE AISLE.
HOW DOES IT CHANGE?
>> ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I
ADDRESS MY LETTER TO
SENATOR BOOKER'S BECAUSE HE AND
RAND HAVE WORKED TOGETHER ON A
BIPARTISAN WAY.
IT'S AN ISSUE THAT I FEEL REALLY
PASSIONATELY ABOUT.
I'VE BEEN VERY INVOLVED WITH THE
GROUP CALLED JUSTICE ACTION
NETWORK.
WE ARE PUSHING FOR THE FIRST
STEP.
I WAS PREPARING TO COME TO D.C.
FOR A CONFERENCE AT MICROSOFT
TOMORROW AND I STARTED THINKING,
THE WORLD IS SO POLARIZED RIGHT
NOW APPEAR.
I FEAR THAT WE WILL NEVER BE
ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD ON ANY OF
THESE ISSUES.
WORDS DO MATTER AND PERHAPS HE
DIDN'T MEAN IT AND SUCH AN
AGGRESSIVE WAY BUT WHEN YOU ARE
THE RECIPIENTS OF PEOPLE GETTING
UP IN YOUR FACE, IT DOES FEEL
EXTREMELY PERSONAL.
FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE SINCE HE
HAS BEEN SHOT AT AND PHYSICALLY
ATTACKED IN THE LAST YEAR, AND
THEN ON THE HEELS OF OUR
PERSONAL HOME ADDRESS BEING
RELEASED, I FELT EXTREMELY
VULNERABLE.
I FELT EXTREMELY THREATENED.
I HOPE THAT WE CAN MOVE BEYOND
THIS.
WHATEVER HAPPENS WITH THE
CONFIRMATION.
I DO HOPE THAT WE CAN MOVE
BEYOND THIS.
TO FIND SOME SOLUTIONS FOR
THINGS LIKE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
REFORM IN SPIRIT IN THE PAST IT
HAS BROUGHT BIPARTISAN SUPPORT.
PEOPLE ON ALL SIDES OF THIS