>> Harris: REPUBLICANS ARE
OUTRAGED AS DEMOCRATS AND
PRESIDENT BIDEN KEEP CLAIMING
THOSE OPPOSED TO THEIR VETTING
BILLS ARE RACIST AND BIDEN
ACCUSED THE GOP OF TRYING TO
PREVENT MINORITIES FROM VOTING.
A DEMOCRAT CONGRESSMAN FROM
GEORGIA IS GETTING IN ON THE
ACT SAYING THIS AFTER THE
DEMOCRATS’ PLANS TO CHANGE THE
FILIBUSTER FAILED.
>> IT’S NOT GOING AWAY EVEN
THOUGH THE SENATE LAST NIGHT
FAILED TO DO WHAT IT SHOULD
HAVE DONE AND IN SOME RESPECTS
WE CAN CALL IT A RACIST SENATE.
WHEN YOU MENTION ABOUT HOW MUCH
OF RACISM STILL EXISTS IN THE
SOIL OF AMERICA, THEY WANT TO
PLANT THEIR HEADS IN THAT SOIL
AND REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT
IS IN THE SOIL.
>> Harris: HOW DO REPUBLICAN
SENATORS FEEL ABOUT THAT?
SENATOR JOHN KENNEDY A MEMBER
OF THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE IS
IN "FOCUS" NOW.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.
FIRST OF ALL, WHAT IS YOUR
IMMEDIATE REACTION TO WHAT HE
JUST SAID?
>> DISGUST.
BUT FIRST I WANT TO SAY
SOMETHING POSITIVE, HARRIS.
YOU KNOW, REST IN PEACE MEAT
LOAF.
HE WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST
VOCALISTS AND ROCK-N-ROLLERS OF
ALL TIMES.
ONE OF HIS BEST SONGS WAS
PARADISE BY THE DASHBOARD
LIGHTS AND I HOPE HE IS IN
PARADISE RIGHT NOW.
I THINK HE IS.
LET ME ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
THE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN, HE
TAKES HIS CUES FROM HIS LEADER,
PRESIDENT BIDEN.
I DON’T HATE ANYBODY.
I LOOK FOR GRACE WHEREVER I CAN
FIND IT.
I HAVE SPENT TIME WITH HIM.
PRESIDENT BIDEN IS A NICE GUY.
HE IS.
IS PRESIDENT BIDEN A PERFECT
PERSON?
NO.
DOES HE TRY TO DO BETTER EVERY
DAY?
ALSO NO.
THERE LIES THE PROBLEM.
HE KEEPS TRYING TO STUFF MORE
DIAPERS DOWN THE TOILET.
HE GOES DOWN TO GEORGIA TWO
WEEKS AGO AND DEMONSTRATED RAW
GUT RACIAL DEMAGOGUERY.
THAT’S WHAT THE CONGRESSMAN IS
PARROTING, THE CLIP YOU JUST
SHOWED.
PRESIDENT BIDEN BASICALLY SAID
TO TENS OF MILLIONS OF
AMERICANS WHO DON’T WANT TO
HAVE AN ELECTION MONTH.
THEY WANT TO HAVE AN ELECTION
DAY.
WHO BELIEVE THAT IF YOU VOTE,
YOU OUGHT TO HAVE TO PROVE YOU
ARE WHO YOU SAY YOU ARE.
HE BASICALLY TOLD ALL THE TENS
OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WHO
BELIEVE THAT THAT THEY ARE BULL
CONNOR, GEORGE WALLACE RACIST.
NOW, IT OFFENDED ME, IT
OFFENDED TENS OF MILLIONS OF
AMERICANS.
I WAS OFFENDED WHEN VICE
PRESIDENT HARRIS, WHEN SHE WAS
RUNNING AGAINST PRESIDENT BIDEN
IN THE PRIMARIES, I WAS
OFFENDED WHEN SHE ALL BUT
CALLED PRESIDENT BIDEN A RACIST
FOR NOT SUPPORTING GETTING
10-YEAR-OLD KIDS UP AT 4:30 IN
THE MORNING AND BUSING THEM FOR
TWO HOURS.
LOTS OF AMERICANS OPPOSE, BLACK
AND WHITE OPPOSE THE BUSING.
SHE CALLED HIM A RACIST FOR IT.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS RACIAL
DEMAGOGUERY.
IT IS NOT HELPING OUR COUNTRY
AT ALL.
I WILL SAY THIS.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE GETTING
PRETTY TIRED OF BEING CALLED A
RACIST OR A TRAITOR OR A NAZI
BECAUSE THEY DON’T AGREE WITH
THE PRESIDENT’S WOKE
NEOSOCIALIST AGENDA.
AND THAT IS WHY HIS POLL
NUMBERS ARE ON A JOURNEY TO THE
CENTER OF THE EARTH.
AND HE NEEDS TO STOP IT.
>> Harris: SENATOR, I WANT TO
BRING IN NOW THE MINORITY
LEADER IN THE SENATE MITCH
MCCONNELL HITTING BACK ON
PRESIDENT BIDEN’S CLAIM THAT
REPUBLICANS DON’T STAND FOR
ANYTHING.
LET’S WATCH.
>> MY GOOD FRIEND THE PRESIDENT
GOT IT WRONG ONCE AGAIN.
IF THE PRESIDENT STARTS ACTING
LIKE A MODERATE LIKE HE
CAMPAIGNED, WE CAN DO BUSINESS.
THE REASON WE’VE NOT BEEN
SPEAKING RECENTLY THIS YEAR IS
BECAUSE HE ADOPTED THE BERNIE
SANDERS PRESCRIPTION FOR
AMERICA.
>> Harris: WHAT IS YOUR
REACTION TO THAT?
>> I THINK MCCONNELL IS RIGHT.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHO VOTED
FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN THOUGHT
THEY WERE GETTING THE SECOND
COMING OF PRESIDENT OBAMA.
THEY GOT THE SECOND COUSIN OF
BERNIE SANDERS.
THAT’S NOT WHAT THEY WANTED.
I LIKE BERNIE BUT HE TESTED
NEGATIVE FOR PRESIDENT.
HE LOST.
AND PRESIDENT BIDEN OR WHOEVER
IS ADVISING HIM HAVE TOLD HIM I
DON’T CARE WHAT THE PRESIDENT
SAYS HE HAS ADOPTED BERNIE
SANDERS’ AGENDA AND IT’S NOT
WHAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT
AND HE ALSO SAID, PRESIDENT
BIDEN SAID, IF YOU DON’T AGREE
WITH ME YOU ARE A BULL CONNOR,
GEORGE WALLACE RACIST.
HAVE WE SUNK THAT LOW?
>> Harris: WHEN HE WAS ASKED
ABOUT THAT HE SAID I DIDN’T SAY
THAT.
THE EXCHANGE WAS PRETTY NASTY
IN TERMS OF ATTITUDE FROM THE
PRESIDENT BECAUSE HE WAS TRYING
TO CORRECT THE REPORTER FOR
ASKING HIM THE QUESTION
CORRECTLY.
THE REPORTER SAID, YOU KNOW,
ARE THEY IN THE SAME LANE?
DO THEY HAVE THE SAME SORT OF
TINGE THAN THAT I’M
PARAPHRASING THE REPORTER NOW.
THE PRESIDENT SAID I DIDN’T SAY
THAT.
HE SAID THAT.
THEY WOULD BE JUST LIKE THAT
PERSON.
I GUESS A SHADE OF DIFFERENCE
THERE BUT HE IS MORE CONCERNED
ABOUT THE QUESTION AND ANSWER
PERIOD ON THAT THAN ACTUALLY
WHAT IS HAPPENING IT WOULD SEEM.
I WANT TO GET TO YOU ON THIS.
MASSIVE BACKLASH AGAINST FORMER
CLINTON LABOR SECRETARY ROBERT
REICH.
HE TWEETED DEMOCRATIC SENATORS
SHOULD HAVE GIVEN SENATOR
KYRSTEN SINEMA QUOTE, THE BACKS
OF THEIR HANDS AFTER SHE
REFUSED TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF
BLOWING UP THE FILIBUSTER.
ONE TWEET SAYS FEMINISTS SURE
GOT QUIET ON THIS ONE.
FRIEND OF THE SHOW JASON RANTZ
WROTE WELL THIS IS ROBERT REICH
SAYING DEMOCRATS SHOULD ASSAULT
A FEMALE SENATOR BECAUSE THE
DEMOCRAT PARTY IS THE CHAMPION
OF WOMEN.
OH OH.
AND SOME HIGH SNARK FROM ROBERT
REICH HIMSELF -- NOT FROM HIM
BUT ABOUT HIM.
ROBERT REICH IS 411.
IF HE WANTED TO BACKHAND
SINEMA, HE WOULD BE THE SET OF
DOGGY STAIRS.
HE DELETED AND CLARIFIED THE
TWEET AND CLAIMED THE
CONSERVATIVE MEDIA DISTORTED
HIS WORDS.
SENATOR KENNEDY.
YOUR RESPONSE TO ALL THIS.
>> HERE IS MY RESPONSE TO
FORMER SECRETARY REICH.
I WOULD SAY YOU CAN ONLY BE
YOUNG ONCE BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS
BE IMMATERIAL.
I THINK HE JUST DEMONSTRATED
THAT.
NOBODY PAYS ATTENTION TO HIM
AND I’M SORRY HE SAID IT.
LET ME SAY A WORD ABOUT SENATOR
SINEMA.
WE AGREE ON SOME THINGS BUT NOT
OTHERS.
SHE IS WHIP SMART.
SHE IS VERY INDEPENDENT.
SHE IS CHARMING.
SHE LOVES HER PEOPLE.
AND SHE IS TOUGH AS A BOOT.
AND THEY CAN BEAT ON HER AND
HIT HER WITH EVERYTHING BUT A
CHAIR AND SHE IS GOING TO DO
WHAT SHE THINKS IS RIGHT AND
THAT’S WHAT SHE DID.
>> Harris: WOW.
>> IF IT WASN’T FOR DOUBLE
STANDARDS AMONG MY WOKE
FRIENDS, THERE WOULDN’T BE ANY
STANDARDS AT ALL.
>> Harris: SENATOR, THERE IS A
VIOLENT TINGE TO THIS, THOUGH.
I GUESS IN LOOKING AT THIS FROM
THE PARTY IN PARTICULAR AND
BOTH PARTIES DO THIS, THEY SAY
THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD BE
TREATED THE SAME AND THERE
SHOULD BE NON-VIOLENCE AND
NON-VIOLENT PROTESTING AND SO
FORT.
THERE MIGHT BE HYPOCRISY ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE ON THIS
ONE.
YOUR QUICK TAKE.
>> I THINK THERE IS PROBABLY
HYPOCRISY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
AISLE ON THAT BUT I ALSO
BELIEVE MY DEMOCRATIC
COLLEAGUES ARE WRONG TO CALL
EVERYBODY IN THE MILL BEINGY
WAY A RACIST WHO DOESN’T AGREE
WITH THEM.
>> Harris: LIBERAL MEDIA
GUSHING OVER PRESIDENT BIDEN’S
WEDNESDAY NEWS CONFERENCE.
THEY APPARENTLY MISSED THE
MESSY PART WHEN HE TOOK ON
RUSSIA AND UKRAINE AND THE
QUESTIONING ON THAT ABOUT THE
LEGITIMACY OF THE MID-TERMS AND
AT ONE POINT YELLED AT A
REPORTER.
HERE IS JUST A TASTE FROM AN
MSNBC ANALYST.
LET’S WATCH TOGETHER.
>> TO GO FOR AN HOUR AND 45
MINUTES AND NOT SCREW UP REALLY
AT ALL.
REALLY HARD TO DO THAT.
THE BEST ANSWER WAS HEY, IF YOU
THINK I’M SENILE AND I’M
DODDERING, YOU GET UP HERE AND
TRY TO DO AN HOUR AND 45
MINUTES IF FRONT OF YOU AND
YOUR COLLEAGUES AND NOT SCREW
UP.
IT WAS THE BEST DEMONSTRATION
OF THE FACT THE PRESIDENT’S
MIND IS PERFECTLY FINE. >> Harris: OKAY.
>> Harris: OKAY.
WHAT DO YOU SAY, SENATOR?
>> WELL, THE AUTHOR THERE MUST
HAVE MISSED THE PART ABOUT
UKRAINE.
WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID ABOUT
UKRAINE WAS DANGEROUS AND
STUPID.
HE BASICALLY -- I THINK THIS IS WHAT PUTIN HEARD.
WHAT PUTIN HEARD.
HE SAID IF YOU GO IN AND IT’S A
MINOR INCURSION, THE PENALTIES
WON’T BE AS BAD.
NOW THE WHITE HOUSE WILL DENY
HE SAID THAT BUT THAT’S WHAT HE
SAID.
I HEARD IT.
EVERYBODY HEARD IT.
YOU KNOW, WEAKNESS INVITES THE
WOLVES.
YOU HAVE TO BE ARMED FOR PEACE
AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
FOR A MONTH HAS JUST SAT HERE
LIKE A BUMP ON A LOG SUCKING ON
THEIR TEETH.
HERE IS WHAT PRESIDENT BIDEN
SHOULD HAVE SAID TO PUTIN RIGHT
AWAY AS SOON AS HE SAW THE
FIRST TROOPS ON THE BORDER.
HE SHOULD HAVE CALLED HIM AND
SAID VP, I DON’T WANT TO MESS
IN YOUR COUNTRY’S AFFAIRS BUT
AT SOME POINT WE’RE THINKING
ABOUT ALLOWING OUR FRIENDS IN
UKRAINE TO JOIN NATO, THEY’RE
ALLIES AND DON’T GO IN.
I’M TAKING ALL -- NO OPTIONS
OFF THE TABLE AND IF YOU GO IN,
YOU WILL REGRET IT.
I WILL -- IF YOU GO IN I AND
ALL MY ALLIES WILL TEACH YOU
ABOUT TIME TRAVEL AND KNOCK YOU
INTO NEXT WEEK.
NOW, DO I SUPPORT SENDING
TROOPS INTO THE UKRAINE?
NO.
BUT WHY DID THE PRESIDENT TAKE
THAT OFF THE TABLE?
AND NOW PUTIN THINKS WE’RE WEAK.
I CAN’T SEE ANYTHING THAT
PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS DONE TO PUT
TOGETHER A COALITION TO STAND
WITH US.
WHERE IS FRANCE, WHERE IS
GERMANY?
WHERE IS CANADA AND JAPAN AND
SOUTH KOREA?
SECRETARY BLINKEN SHOULD HAVE
PUT TOGETHER THIS COALITION,
ALL OF OUR FREEDOM-LOVING
ALLIES AND WE NEED TO HOLD A
JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE HELD BY
PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYING MR.
PUTIN, WE’RE TOGETHER.
DON’T DO THIS.
AND IF YOU DO DO IT, YOU ARE
GOING TO REGRET IT.
TAKE NO OPTIONS OFF THE TABLE.
>> Harris: THAT WOULD BE
REMARKABLE AND I’M WONDERING IF
THE PRESIDENT WOULD LISTEN TO
YOU ON THAT ONE.
IF IT’S TOO LATE.
>> IT IS COMMON SENSE.
>> Harris: MY PARENTS TAUGHT ME
IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO DO
SOMETHING GREAT.
>> I HOPE IT’S NOT TOO LATE.
THESE ARE HIGH STAKES.
>> Harris: THEY ARE INDEED AND
YOU LAID IT OUT BEAUTIFULLY.
YOU, GENERAL KEANE TELLING AND
SHOWING US WHAT’S NEXT
POTENTIALLY BECAUSE OF WHAT
HAPPENED JUST A FEW DAYS AGO
JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.
JUST IN TERMS OF HOW WE MIGHT
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CHANGE IT OR
STILL COULD.
THEY COULD STILL DO ALL THE
THINGS YOU JUST SUGGESTED.
SENATOR KENNEDY OF THE GREAT
STATE OF LOUISIANA, THANK YOU