AND THE FIRST GREEN BERET EVER ELECTED TO CONGRESS.
FIRST, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SERVICE.
SERVICE. LET’S TALK ABOUT YOUR POSITION
TODAY.
TODAY. YOU VOTED WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP
OVER 90% OF THE TIME, WHY ARE
YOU BREAKING WITH HIM ON SYRIA,
WHAT CHANGED?
WHAT CHANGED? >> I THINK WE’RE MAKING A
MISTAKE HERE.
MISTAKE HERE. THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO PUT IT,
I’M VERY CONCERNED THAT WE’RE
CREATING CONDITIONS AND NOW
THEY’RE NO LONGER JAILING THOSE
FIGHTERS.
FIGHTERS. THE LEADER OF ISIS IS STILL
ALIVE AND IS KOLCALLING FOR HIS
GORILLA FIGHTERS TO ATTACK THESE
CAMPS.
CAMPS. I UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION FOR
HOW LONG THE EFFORTS HAVE TAKEN,
BUT I THINK THERE IS A
MISCONCEPTION AMONG MANY THAT
THERE ARE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
SOLDIERS THERE.
SOLDIERS THERE. THEY WERE A DEPERSONAL BY
ESTABLISHING THAT BUFFER ZONE
THAT WAS WORKING AND KEEPING
EVERYONE FOCUSED ON KEEPING A
LIED ON THAT PANDORA’S BOX.
WE HAVE TO STAY ON THE OFFENSE.
WE HAVE TO FIGHT THESE WARS OVER
THERE, STEFANIE, NOT BACK AT
HOME.
HOME. >> AS A COUNTER TERRORISM
EXPERT, THEY SAY IF ISIS MAKES
THEIR WAY TO EUROPE, THAT’S NOT
OUR PROBLEM.
OUR PROBLEM. >> FRANCE, GERMANY AND UK DID
DEFECT OVER TO THOSE CAMPS AND
THEY’RE NOT HELPING IN A
MEANINGFUL WAY.
MEANINGFUL WAY. BUT THEY ARE ALLIES.
THEY WERE ATTACKING EUROPE, AND
YOU KNOW I WAS JUST DOWN IN
ARNOLD, AND IT WAS INSPIRED BY
AN ISIS LONE WOLF, AND THAT HAS
NOT HALLED AND THAT IS BECAUSE
WE HAVE OUR FOOT ON THEIR NECK
OVERSEAS.
OVERSEAS. >> YOU’RE TAKING ACTION, YOU’RE
COSPONSORING A BILL TO SANCTION
AND ASSAULT ON THE CURDS, TELL
US ABOUT IT.
>> I THINK THIS WILL BE A
BIPARTISAN EFFORT.
BIPARTISAN EFFORT. WE’RE SANCTIONS ERDOGAN AND HIS
LEADERSHIP.
LEADERSHIP. WE’RE SANCTIONING THOSE THAT
WILL DO BUSINESS WITH THE
TURKISH ARMY, AND WE NEED TO
KEEP EVERYONE FOCUSED.
>> IN STARTING WITH OUR KURDISH
ALLIES, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE
MEN AND WOMEN THAT SERVED WITH
THE KURDS.
THE KURDS. >> I SPOKE TO THEM AND THEY’RE
JUST DISHARTENNEDED AND
DEMORALIZED.
DEMORALIZED. THAT IS THE MOTTO FOR THESE
FUTURE EFFORTS, LET’S TRAIN THEM
TO CAKE CARE OF THEIR SECURITY
FOR US.
FOR US. WELL WE STILL HAVE 50,000 IN
JAPAN, THROWOUSANDS IN GERMANY.
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF AREAS THAT
WE CAN SHAVE A FEW TROOPS AND
BRING THEM HOME AND IT IS NOT
NEARLY AS DANGEROUS.
>> I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE
IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY BEFORE WE
GO.
GO. IS IT APPROPRIATE FOR ANY
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
TO INVESTIGATE A POLITICAL
RIVAL?
RIVAL? >> I EVERYBODY IS PROJECTING
INTENT ON THAT CONVERSATION.
I AMONG MANY THINK THAT HE WAS
LOOKING AT CORRUPTION THAT COULD
HAVE HAPPENED.
HAVE HAPPENED. IF WE’RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING
SO CONSEQUENCETIAL AS IMPEACHING
PRESIDENT, LET’S STAND UP AND
TAKE A VOTE, AND NOT RUN TO THE
CAMERA AND SPIN THE STORY.
IT SHOULD BE OPEN, AND WE SHOULD
VOTE, AND THEN WE WILL MAKE A
DECISION ON IF THAT TRANSCRIPT
WAS TREASON, BRIBERY, HEALTH
CARE, -- I’M WITH YOU ON ALL OF
THOSE KITCHEN TABLE ISSUES, TO
WHY DON’T YOU ASK MITCH
McCONNELL WHAT HE IS SITTING ON.
WHY DON’T YOU ASK THEM WHAT THE
PRESIDENT IS DOING TWO MONTHS
AGO.
AGO. I JUST SPENT TWO WEEKS ON FOUND
HALLS AND PEOPLE HAVE HAD IT UP
TO HEAR.
TO HEAR. THEY WANT TO HAVE IT OUT AT THE
BALLOT BOX IN LESS THAN A YEAR
AND LET’S GET DOWN TO THE
NATION’S BUSINESS.
NATION’S BUSINESS. EVEN IN THE LAST CONGRESS WHERE
THEY HELD BOTH HOUSES WE HELD
OVER 400 BILLS.
WE WANT TO HAMMER THESE THINGS
OUT AND IF YOU CAN’T STAND THIS
PRESIDENT AND HIS POLICIES, THEN
BEAT HIM AT THE BALLOT BOX.
>> AND FROM THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY IG AND TALKING TO MY
LEAGUES ON BOTH SIDES OF THEIZE,
THEY SAY IT IS COUNTER TO THE
NARRATIVE.
NARRATIVE. THOSE ARE THINGS WE SHOULD ALL
BE ASKING FOR.
>> ARE YOU INTERESTED?
THE FULL TRANSCRIPT OF THE CALL
WITH THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE.
>> THEY WERE ESSENTIALLY PEOPLE
IN THE COMMUNICATIONS ROOM
TAKING NOTES AND THEY WERE
COMPARED AND CLASSIFIED BUT DIS
DISSEMINATING AROUND.
DISSEMINATING AROUND. THERE IS NO AUDIO VERBATIM
TRANSCRIPT AS FAR AS I’M AWARE.
>> DO YOU FWLOOEF IS APPROPRIATE
FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES TO ASK A FOREIGN
GOVERNMENT TO DIG UP INFORMATION
ON A POLITICAL OPPONENT?
WELL LOOK, AGAIN I THINK HE WAS
LOOKING AT CORRUPTION.
THAT IS NOT WHAT I SAW IN THAT
STRANS SCRIPT, NOT AT ALL.
>> HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET MORE