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INSIDE TENNNESSEEE WITH SENATOR CORKER AS OUR GUEST DON BOSCH >>.
WELL AND WHILE WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT THE NATIONAL DEBT AND I
LIKE SUSAN AGREE THAT IT'S BEEN
A PROBLEM FOR BOTH DEMOCRATS
AND REPUBLICANS BUT WE'RE IN A
UNIQUE TIME RIGHT NOW WITH THE
PANDEMIC IN THE CORONAVIRUS.
AND I'M CURIOUS TO YOUR
THOUGHTS I REMEMBER IN 2008
WHEN GOVERNMENT BAILED OUT THE
AUTO INDUSTRY AND THE MONEY
WENT TO THE TOP AND THAT WAS A
PROGRAM WHERE IT WAS, YOU KNOW
,BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS OF A BAILOUT THAT
ACTUALLY WORKED.
IT SAVED JOBS.
IT SAVED INDUSTRY.
IT SAVED AMERICAN STATUS AS AN
AUTOMOBILE MAKER I'M CURIOUS
THOUGH, YOU KNOW, I HEAR YOU
SAY WE'VE GOT TO GET CONTROL OF
OUR DEBT.
REPUBLICANS TYPICALLY SAY THAT
.
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE
PANDEMIC AID THAT'S BEEN
PROPOSED THAT'S BEING PROPOSED
AND DO YOU THINK THAT'S
SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE DOING
BECAUSE I CERTAINLY DO.
THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT NEED IT.
THERE ARE BUSINESSES THAT NEED
IT.
THERE ARE BIG BUSINESSES THAT
USED IT.
BUT I'M CURIOUS TO WHERE YOU'RE
AT AND WHETHER IT'S SOMETHING
GOVERNMENT SHOULD DO.
WELL, LET ME GO BACK TO THE
AUTO SITUATION.
A LOT OF IT WORKED AND I'M
BEING A MONASTIR BUT PRESIDENT
BUSH AND PRESIDENT OBAMA
FOLLOWED THE CORE FOUR
PRINCIPLES WHICH BASICALLY
MEANT THAT BONDHOLDERS GOT 30
PERCENT THE UNIONS HAD TO FULLY
FUND THE VEBA.
THEY HAD TO BE COMPETITIVE WITH
THE TRANSPLANT COMPANIES LIKE
BMW AND VOLKSWAGEN AND OTHERS.
AND IF IT HADN'T FOR THOSE
PROVISIONS IT WOULDN'T HAVE
WORKED.
AND IF YOU REMEMBER GM ACTUALLY
WENT BANKRUPT.
THEY WENT THROUGH A PREPACKAGED
BANKRUPT BANKRUPTCY.
SO WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
DID WAS REALLY PUT IN PLACE
DEBTOR IN POSSESSION FINANCE
FINANCING WITH SCRIP WITH
STRICT THINGS BEING PUT IN
PLACE.
AND SO YES, IT DID WORK.
I'M PROUD OF THAT WORK EVEN
THOUGH WE WERE MALIGNED FOR
DOING IT.
I DON'T SUPPORT THIS BIG
PACKAGE.
I DON'T I THINK IT'S RIDICULOUS
TO SEND 14 DOLLARS NOW TO EVERY
AMERICAN UNDER A CERTAIN LEVEL
EVEN IF THEY'RE EMPLOYED.
I'M SORRY AND I'LL SUPPORT THAT
.
I DON'T SUPPORT SENDING MONEY
OUT TO THE BIG CITIES THAT
MISMATCH THE WHOLE PROCESS IN
STATES THAT MISMANAGED THE
WHOLE PROCESS.
SO I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO
PASS.
I MEAN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT USING
RECONCILIATION WHICH MEANS THEY
COULD PASS IT WITH ONLY 50
VOTES AND BYPASS THE FILIBUSTER
THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
EARLIER.
BUT JOE MANCHIN IS NOT GOING TO
VOTE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I DON'T THINK ANGUS KING IS NOT
GOING TO VOTE FOR SOMETHING
LIKE THAT.
SO DON, I DON'T SEE IT
HAPPENING PERSONALLY.
I DON'T SEE IT HAPPENING UNLESS
IT'S CHANGED A GREAT DEAL.
AND SO THERE ARE SOME
PROVISIONS THAT I SUPPORT.
YES, BUT THE ONES I JUST
MENTIONED AGAIN LIKE HELICOPTER
MONEY GOING OUT, WE NEED TO
SEND IT TO PEOPLE THAT NEED IT
BUT NOT TO EVERYONE.
AND AGAIN, I THINK THE BAILOUT
STATES AND CITIES THAT HAVE
MISMANAGED THIS PROCESS I'M
LIKE TENNNESSEEE IS THIS
SOMETHING I WOULD NOT SUPPORT?
SO >> SENATOR, YOU KNOW THAT WE
CAN'T JUST PICK UP WE JUST
CAN'T DECIDE BECAUSE IT WILL
BECOME A POLITICAL FREE FOR ALL
THAT THIS STATE DOES POORLY IN
THIS STATE DOESN'T EITHER.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO IT
FOR EVERYONE.
ALL STATES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
HURSDAY AND WE SHOULDN'T DO IT
FOR ANY OF THEM IN MY OPINION
WHAT WE COULD DO IS WE MIGHT
ALTER SOME OF THE MEDICAID
PROGRAMS SO THAT WHEN WHEN
THINGS ARE BAD AND WE REALIZE
THAT MEDICAID IS GOING TO BE
MORE OF A BURDEN ON CERTAIN
THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO
,DON.
BUT JUST SENDING OUT MONEY IN
THE WAY THAT IT'S NOW BEING
PROPOSED I'M SORRY I JUST
CHICAGO MY GOSH I JUST I JUST
DON'T SUPPORT THAT KIND OF
THING.
NEVER HAVE SUPPORTED THAT KIND
OF THING AND AND SOME MORE WORK
NEEDS TO BE DONE ALL THIS BILL
IN MY OPINION BEFORE IT'S EVER
GOING TO BECOME LAW BECAUSE I
THINK THERE'S A LOT OF
DEMOCRATS THAT COULDN'T SUPPORT
THAT KIND OF THING
.
. SENATOR
. SENATOR >>, THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A DEMOCRAT CALLING YOU
RIGHT THERE ABOUT THE
REPUBLICAN REPORTABLY MOVING
FORWARD.
YEAH.
FORWARD. YEAH. WHAT'S GOING TO BE A PART >> OF
THAT CONVERSATION IS THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY SPLIT >> IN
YOUR MIND AND WHAT PRINCIPLES
DO YOU THINK IT NEEDS TO ADHERE
TO PICK >> THREE.
WELL, IT'S EBBITTS EVOLVES AND
I THINK YOU KNOW, I'M A
LIFELONG REPUBLICAN.
I WAS NEVER A PARTY
INFRASTRUCTURE PERSON.
TO ME IT WAS ALL ABOUT SERVICE
AND POLICY AND I THINK YES,
AMERICA'S ROLE IN THE WORLD
FISCAL ISSUES APPROPRIATE TRADE
,APPROPRIATE IMMIGRATION.
I MEAN THESE ARE THINGS THAT
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY EMBRACED.
BUT LET ME JUST BE REAL BRIEF
ON THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OVER
THE LAST FOUR YEARS HAS BEEN A
PARTY THAT IN LARGE PART
EMBRACED A PERSONALITY WHEN I
GOT INTO INTO THE PUBLIC ARENA
WE EMBRACED POLICIES, NOT A
PERSONALITY AND MOST OF THE
PEOPLE RUNNING FOR OFFICE RIGHT
NOW ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE HAVE
TO PROVE FáILTE TO A
PERSONALITY.
THEY'VE GOT TO SHOW THAT
THERE'S NO SPACE BETWEEN THEM
NOT ONLY IN POLICY ON ANYTHING
ELSE THAT IS A DANGER PLACE FOR
OUR COUNTRY.
WE SAW HOW IT PLAYED OUT WHERE
HARD WORKING AMERICANS BELIEVED
ON TRUTHS AND THELKELD THAT
CONGRESS COULD OVERTURN
ELECTION OR THE VICE PRESIDENT
PENCE GOOD AND SO THEY WENT TO
THE CAPITOL.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS PLACE FOR
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY DEBATE TO
BE PERSONALITY BASED.
WE RESPECTED RONALD REAGAN.
WE RESPECTED BUSH FORTY ONE.
WE RESPECTED BUSH FORTY THREE.
WE RESPECTED THE OFFICE OF
PRESIDENT UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP
.
BUT YOU COULD ALWAYS DISAGREE
UNDER THIS PRESIDENT IT BECAME
AND YOU COULDN'T DO THAT AND
PEOPLE RUNNING FOR OF COURSE WE
DID BUT PEOPLE FELT THEY
COULDN'T DO THAT.
THAT'S A DANGEROUS PLACE TO BE
WORSHIPING TO BE SO CLOSE TO
PERSONALITY THAT WHEN THE
VOTERS WHEN YOU'RE RUNNING
SUSAN CAN ATTEST TO THIS I'M
SURE ON THIS LAST ELECTION
CYCLE ALL THEY WANT TO KNOW IS
ONE THING IN THE REPUBLICAN
BASE.
ARE YOU A TRUMPER INTERSTING
REALLY?
SO I WOULD SAY JOHN, MORE THAN
ANYTHING ELSE WE'VE GOT TO MOVE
BACK TO FOCUSING ON POLICIES
THAT STRENGTHEN OUR COUNTRY.
WE'RE GOING TO EVOLVE SOME ON
THAT BECAUSE THE PARTY IS
CERTAINLY MORE POPULOUS TODAY.
BUT WHERE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
HAS GONE IS A DANGEROUS PLACE
AND AS WE'VE SEEN IT UNDERMINED
OUR DEMOCRACY AND WE SAW HOW
FRAGILE OUR COUNTRY IS AND HOW
A PERSONALITY WITH BAD MOTIVES
CAN UNDERMINE OUR DEMOCRACY.
WE'VE GOT >> TO RUN, SENATOR.
BUT YES OR NO ARE YOU DONE WITH
PUBLIC OFFICE?
I HAVE >> NO PLANS WHATSOEVER
TO RUN FOR PUBLIC OFFICE.
I HAVE NO PLANS TO RUN FOR ANY
STATEWIDE OFFICE EVEN THOUGH IT
IS A GREAT PRIVILEGE TO DO WHAT
I DID.
I WANT TO BE IN THE DEBATE AND
IN THE DISCUSSION IN TWENTY