TREBLE. >>NOAH, JENNIFER, JONATHAN,
EUGENE, STICK AROUND.
I’M GOING TO BRING IN A MEMBER
OF THE HOUSE DEMOCRATIC
LEADERSHIP, MASSACHUSETTS
LEADERSHIP, MASSACHUSETTS CONGRESSWOMAN KAT LYNN CLARKHERI
THANK YOU FOR TAKING A FEW
MINUTES.
MINUTES. LET ME JUST ASK YOU, FIRST,
TRANSLATE FOR ALL OF US WHAT
EXACTLY IS HAPPENING ON THE
HOUSE FLOOR RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE
WE SAW THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE,
NANCY PELOSI, ON THE FLOOR OF
THE HOUSE READING FROM THAT
RESOLUTION, SAYING THE
PRESIDENT’S WORDS WERE RACIST,
WE SAW AN OBJECTION FROM
REPUBLICANS SAYING THEY WANT TO
TAKE DOWN HER WORDS.
WE SAW A ONE-HOUR DELAY, STENY
HOYER APPEAR TO SAY HER WORDS
DID VIOLATE HOUSE RULES, BUT NOW
WE SEE THIS VOTE TO STRIKE HER
WORDS FAILING, GOING DOWN.
XA
XA WHAT EXACTLY IS HAPPENING RIGHT
NOW?
NOW? >> STEVE, IT’S GOOD TO BE WITH
YOU.
YOU. LET ME TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT IS
HAPPENING.
HAPPENING. ONCE AGAIN, WE ARE SEEING THE
GOP DECIDE TO ATTACK DEMOCRATS
INSTEAD OF STANDING UP AND
SAYING TO THE PRESIDENT, IT IS
NOT OKAY TO MAKE RACIST ATTACKS
AGAINST SITTING MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS.
CONGRESS. IT IS NOT OKAY TO SAY THERE ARE
GOOD PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES IN
CHARLOTTESVILLE.
CHARLOTTESVILLE. IT IS NOT OKAY TO HAVE A MUSLIM
BAN.
BAN. IT IS NOT OKAY TO TRY AND
CONTINUE TO DIVIDE THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE INSTEAD OF WORKING FOR
AMERICAN FAMILIES AND PUTTING
THEIR INTERESTS ON THE TABLE IN
CONGRESS AND AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> WHAT -- THIS IS GETTING -- WE
TALKED ABOUT THIS WITH KASIE
HUNT.
HUNT. THERE’S A LEVEL OF SORT OF ABOUT
KHANNA HERE, OBSCURE HOUSE
PROCEDURE.
PROCEDURE. WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED.
IS IT OR WAS IT BEFORE THIS
HOUSE A VIOLATION OF HOUSE RULES
FOR A MEMBER TOLL SAY SAY SOMETH
THAT THE PRESIDENT SAID WAS
RACIST?
RACIST? IS THAT A VIOLATION OF HOW
RULES?
RULES? >> MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WAS
THE RULING OF THE
PARLIAMENTARIAN.
PARLIAMENTARIAN. BUT LET’S NOT LET THE ARCANE
RULES OF THE HOUSE DISTRACT US
FROM WHAT’S REALLY HAPPENING.
WE HAVE THE PRESIDENT, WHO HAS
MADE BLATANT, RACIST TWEETS
AGAINST FOUR SITTING MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS, USING LANGUAGE THAT
HAS ALWAYS BEEN USED
HISTORICALLY WHEN WE ARE TRYING
TO SUPPRESS PEOPLE OF COLOR.
JUST THE OTHER NIGHT, JOHN LEWIS
SAID, WHEN HE WAS MARCHING IN
CIVIL RIGHTS ERA, THEY WOULD
ALWAYS CHANT TO HIM, GO BACK TO
WHERE YOU CAME FROM.
THIS LANGUAGE IS SPECIFIC.
AND WE KNOW WHAT IT MEANS.
AND WE KNOW WHAT IT SAYS TO ALL
AMERICANS.
AMERICANS. THAT THIS PRESIDENT IS WILLING
TO USE RACISM TO DIVIDE, TO
DISTRACT, FROM HIS POLICIES THAT
ARE PUTTING THE 1% AHEAD OF
EVERYONE ELSE.
EVERYONE ELSE. AND WHAT WE HAVE TODAY IS THE
GOP USING VERY DETAILED, ARCANE
RULES OF THE HOUSE TO TRY AND
SOMEHOW DEFEND THIS OUTRAGEOUS
BEHAVIOR.
BEHAVIOR. IT IS NOT OKAY.
IT IS NOT OKAY FOR THE
PRESIDENT, IT IS NOT OKAY FOR
THE GOP TO BE TRYING TO USE
THESE RULES TO GIVE HIM COVER
FOR BLATANT RACIST COMMENTS.
>> WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING, FIRST
OAF ALL
OAF ALL OF ALL, AGAIN, WE ARE SEEING A
DELAY HERE.
DELAY HERE. THIS VOTE TONIGHT, IS IT STILL
GOING TO HAPPEN?
WHEN IS IT GOING TO HAPPEN?
AND WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?
WHAT DO YOU THINK, FROM YOUR
REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES THERE ON
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE, HOW
MANY DO YOU THINK ARE GOING TO
CROSS OVER?
CROSS OVER? >> YOU KNOW, I REMAIN HOPEFUL
THAT SOME OF THEM, WE SAW A
HANDFUL OF REPUBLICANS ACTUALLY
SAY, THIS GOES TOO FAR.
THIS IS -- IT’S NOT WITHIN HOW
WE CONDUCT OURSELVES.
IT DOESN’T LIVE UP TO OUR
AMERICAN VALUES TO HAVE THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
MAKING THESE BLATANT TWEETS.
SO, ONCE AGAIN, WE’RE GOING TO
PUT IT BEFORE THE GOP.
I BELIEVE WE WILL VOTE ON THIS
TONIGHT AND I BELIEVE IT WILL
PASS.
PASS. AND IT’S A CONDEMNATION OF A
PRESIDENT AND THOSE WHO BLINDLY
SUPPORT HIM AND I’M NOT TALKING
ABOUT PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR HIM,
BUT PEOPLE IN POWER HERE IN
CONGRESS WHO CONTINUE TO MAKE
EXCUSES FOR THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS
BEHAVIOR.
BEHAVIOR. AND JUST SAY IT’S ALL OKAY.
MAYBE IT VIOLATED A
PARLIAMENTARY RULE.
PARLIAMENTARY RULE. WHAT’S IMPORTANT TO FAMILIES AT
HOME IS WHO IS FIGHTING FOR
THEM?
THEM? AND I CAN TELL YOU, IT IS NOT
THIS PRESIDENT AND IT IS NOT HIS
ENABLERS IN THE GOP.
>> AGAIN, LET ME JUST -- IT’S A
PARLIAMENTARY RULE, BUT IT DOES
SEEM -- I IMAGINE IT STRIKES
PEOPLE AS MAYBE A LITTLE
SURPRISING THAT THERE IS A
PARLIAMENTARY RULE IN THE HOUSE
THAT NO MEMBER COULD SAY OF THE
PRESIDENT, HEY, SOMETHING THE
PRESIDENT SAID IS RACIST.
THAT’S THE GENESIS OF THIS -- OF
THIS SORT OF DELAY ON THE HOUSE
FLOOR RIGHT NOW.
I’M JUST ASKING PROCEDURELY, IS
THAT A RULE THAT RIGHT NOW
YOU’RE IN THE PROCESS OF
CHALLENGING OR CHANGING, IS THAT
WHAT WE’RE SEEING HAPPEN ON THE
HOUSE FLOOR RIGHT NOW?
>> NO.
>> NO. WHAT WE’RE SEEING HERE IS JUST
THAT ACTING OUT.
IT’S A STRANGE TERM, BUT IT’S
CALLED STRIKING THE WORDS.
IT WOULD REMOVE THOSE COMMENTS
FROM THE OFFICIAL CONGRESSIONAL
RECORD.
RECORD. AND THEN WE’LL PROBABLY TAKE
ANOTHER VOTE TO ALLOW NANCY
PELOSI TO CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO
ADDRESS CONGRESS TODAY.
SO, THERE WILL BE TWO PROCEDURAL
VOTES, BUT WE SHOULDN’T GET LOST
IN THE PROCESS HERE.
WHAT’S IMPORTANT IS WHAT IS
HAPPENING WITH THIS WHITE HOUSE
AND THIS ADMINISTRATION.
AND THE WAY THEY CONTINUE TO TRY
AND DISTRACT US AND DIVIDE US SO
THAT WE DON’T SEE WHAT THEY’RE
REALLY DOUG, WHICH IS NOT
WORKING FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE,
NOT MAKING SURE THERE IS A PATH
OF OPPORTUNITY FORWARD.
WHETHER YOU ARE BLACK, BROWN,
ASIAN, WHITE OR NATIVE AMERICAN
IN THIS COUNTRY.
THAT’S WHAT DEMOCRATS ARE
WORKING FOR.
WORKING FOR. OUR FOR THE PEOPLE AGENDA IS
CALLED THAT FOR A REASON,
BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO RESTORE
THOSE ISSUES, THOSE ISSUES
AROUND ECONOMIC SECURITY FOR
FAMILIES, TO CONGRESS, TO BREAK
THROUGH THE HOLD OF SPECIAL
INTERESTS, AND THIS PRESIDENT’S
OBSESSION WITH CONTINUING TO
GIVE WEALTH AND POWER TO ONLY
THE WEALTHY AND THE POWERFUL.