MONOLITHIC, A LOT OF US TAKE GREAT GRATITUDE HE’S OUR
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. >> THANKS FOR COMING ON.
I HOPE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY HAVE
A MERRY CHRISTMAS.
>> CHUCK, HAPPY HOLIDAYS.
>>> JOINING ME NOW FROM
URBANDALE, IOWA, SENIOR
CANDIDATE COREY BOOKER.
WELCOME BACK TO "MEET THE
PRESS."
PRESS." >> IT’S GREAT TO BE ON.
>> SO HAVE YOU TO BE A JUROR
WHILE A CANDIDATE.
SO LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT█ç YOUR
JUROR ROLE HERE FIRST.
I ALMOST WANT YOU TO RESPROND TO
SOMETHING YOUR COLLEAGUE BILL
CASSIDY A REPUBLICAN SENATOR
IMPLIED IN OUR SETUP PIECE.
THIS IDEA OF A FAIR TRIAL,
ESSENTIALLY, WHO IS NOT
IMPARTIAL HERE?
IMPARTIAL HERE? WHAT DO YOU THINK A SENATE TRIAL
SHOULD LOOK LIKE?
>> I THINK WE ALL SWEAR AND OATH
AND WE WILL SWEAR A SPECIAL
OATH.
OATH. WE WILL LITERALLY SWEAR TO THIS
IDEA OF IMPARTIALITY.
I HEARD FROM MY DEMOCRATIC
COLLEAGUES FOLKS TELL ME THIS IS
NOT A GOOD THING FOR AMERICA I
DON’T THINK THE COLLEAGUES THAT
I KNOW ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
AISLE THINK THIS IS A GOOD
THING.
THING. NONE OF US ARE HAPPY ABOUT THIS.
AS A GUY, A BIG COMPETITOR.
I WANT TO BEAT DONALD TRUMP MONO
EMONO, FACE HIM DOWN ON THE
DEBATE FLOOR.
DEBATE FLOOR. SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING I WANT
TO DO.
TO DO. YEAH, I WILL EVALUATE THE FACTS
OBJECTIVELY AND HONOR THE OATH
THAT I SWORE, EVEN THOUGH I FEEL
HE HAS VIOLATED HIS OATH OF
OFFICE.
OFFICE. >> SPEAKER PELOSI DELAYED
ACCEPTING OVER THE ARTICLES.
DO YOU THINK THAT IS A GOOD
MANEUVER.
MANEUVER. DO YOU THINK THAT’S A POINT
WHERE YOU THINK SHE SHOULD SEND
THEM OVER NO MATTER WHAT?
OR IS THERE A TIME TABLE IN YOUR
HEAD?
HEAD? >>
>> >>.
>>. >> LOOK, NANCY PELOSI, SHE HAS
BEEN A LIGHT WORKER IN DARK
TIMES.
TIMES. BALANCING THE MOST DIFFICULT
CIRCUMSTANCE FOR THE THIRD TIME
IN MARINE HISTORY THE UNITED
STATES PRESIDENT HAS BEEN
IMPEACHED.
IMPEACHED. THOSE ARTICLES WILL COME OVER.
I TALKED█ç TO CHUCK SCHUMER THIS
WEEK.
WEEK. I THINK WHAT SHE IS TRYING TO DO
IS MAKE THE BEST POSSIBLE CASE
FOR A FAIR TRIAL HAPPENS.
OF THIS THIS ALL HAPPEN IN THE
CONTEXT THAT MITCH McCONNELL IS
OPENLY SAYING HE WILL VIOLATE
HIS OATH AND NOT BE IMPARTIAL.
>> THAT WE HAVE A SITUATION
HERE, TO ME IS VERY SIMPLE.
WILL YOU HAVE A TRIAL, HAVE THE
FIRST-HAND WITNESSES.
FIRST-HAND WITNESSES. IF YOU ARE INNOCENT, HAVE ACTING
CHIEF MULVANEY COME BEFORE THE
SENATE.
SENATE. SWEAR TO AN OATH.
SETTLE THIS WHOLE THING.
SHE’S TRYING TO SAY LET’S NOT
MAKE THIS A CIRCUS.
A PARTISAN CIRCUS.
LET’S GET TO THE FACTS AND GET
THIS TRIAL CONDUCTED RIGHTLY AND
THEN BEHIND US.
>> DO YOU VIEW THE ASK OF HUNTER
BIDEN AND JOE BIND AS WITNESSES
AS BASICALLY AN A.
THE BY WHETHER IT’S THE
REPUBLICANS OR THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION AS SORT OF TO
MAKE THE WITNESS REQUESTS A
MUTUAL ASSURED POLITICAL DRUGS
DESTRUCTION?
DESTRUCTION? >> I’M EXHAUSTED, FRANKLY, OF
THE BIDEN ASPECT OF THIS.█ç
THIS DOES NOT SPEAK IN AANYWAY
THIS GERMANE TO THE PRESIDENT’S
BEHAVIOR.
BEHAVIOR. THE PRESIDENT OR NO THERE WERE
WITNESSES IN THE ROOM, THAT HE
VIOLATED HIS OATH.
>> THAT HE VIOLATED NATIONAL
SECURITY, DID HE PURSUE HIS OWN
PRINCIPLE INTERESTS WITH OUR
TAXPAYER DOLLARS ACCOUNTED NO
THE MANDATES OF CONGRESS.
THIS IS A VERY CLEAR CUT AND DRY
THING AND THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO
COULD BE TESTIFYING IN FRONT OF
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND SET HIM
THIS ONCE AND FOR ALL UNDER
OATH, WHAT DID YOU WITNESS?
AND WE SHOULD BE DOING THAT.
GOD, ALL OF US ON BOTH SIDES OF
THE AISLE, WE’RE FATIGUED OF
THIS, SO MUCH NOISE, SO MUCH
DISTRACTION.
DISTRACTION. LET’S GET TO THE FACTS AND MOVE
ON FROM THE NATION FROM THIS SAD
PERIOD.
PERIOD. >> I ACTUALLY WANT TO PLAY YOU A
CLIP OF A COUPLE OF BASICALLY
VOTER RESPONSES TO THE
IMPEACHMENT.
IMPEACHMENT. ONE IS FROM 1998.
ONE IS FROM A VOTENER IOWA FROM
THE LAST WEEK.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> HIM DROPPING HIS PANTS WITH
SOMEBODY IN THE WHITE HOUSE
ISN’T GOING TO AFFECT MY BOTTOM
LINE.
LINE. >> I THINK HE’S A JERK, BUT
THINGS ARE GETTING DONE.
I THINK IT’S A PLOY TO TRY TO
NOT GET TRUMP ELECTED.
>> SENATOR, I BRING THIS UP,
THERE IS THIS FATIGUE YOU
BROUGHT UP YOURSELF.
I THINK THERE IS FATIGUE OUT
THERE IN THE COUNTRY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT
THIS IN SORT OF THROUGH THEIR
OWN POCKETBOOKS AND THE ECONOMY
IS DOING WELL.
HOW MUCH SHOULD PUBLIC OPINION’S
EXHAUSTION FROM THIS FACTOR INTO
HOW YOU CONDUCT THE SENATE
TRIAL?
TRIAL? >> IT SHOULD NOT AT ALL.
NOT AT ALL.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I WALK ON TO THAT
SENATE FLOOR, I’M ONE OF THESE
FOLKS THAT GETS THIS
OVERWHELMING SENSE OF GRAVITY.
WE HAVE THESE INSTITUTIONS,
THESE TRADITIONS.
THESE TRADITIONS. CONSTITUTION.
CONSTITUTION. THIS IS NOT A QUESTION OF
POPULAR OPINION RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS A QUESTION ABOUT THE
IDEALS OF OUR NATION.
DID THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES VIOLATE HIS OATH OF
OFFICE?
OFFICE? DID HE VIOLATE THE VALUES OF
THIS NATION?
THIS NATION? WE CREATED A SYSTEM OF CHECKS
AND BALANCES TO HOLD HIM
ACCOUNTABLE.
ACCOUNTABLE. HE█ç IS NOT ABOVE THE LAW.
HE SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE
CONSTITUTIONAL MANDATES.
CONSTITUTIONAL MANDATES. AND SO WE SHOULD DO THIS.
INDEPENDENT OF PUBLIC OPINION.
THERE IS A TIME, HISTORY WILL
LOOK BACK ON THIS MOMENT, DID A
PRESIDENT VIOLATE HIS OATH?
DID HE VIOLATE THE SANCTITY OF
OUR CONSTITUTION?
OUR CONSTITUTION? IF█ç HE DID, HE SHOULD BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE, MOVE ON, DO THE
RIGHT THING AS A NATION.
>> YOU WERE NOT ON THE DEBATE
STAGE LAST WEEK.
SOMETHING THAT OBVIOUSLY THAT’S
NOT SOMETHING THAT PLEASED YOUR
CAMPAIGN AND YOU MADE YOUR VIEWS
KNOWN THE PARAMETERS ARE TOO
LIE.
LIE. THE DNC RAISED THE BAR HIGHER
FOR JANUARY.
FOR JANUARY. LET ME ASK THIS, WHAT DO YOU
BELIEVE WAS MISSING YOUR VOICE
WOULD HAVE ADDED?
>> SPLETS BE CLEAR WHAT YOU HEAR
FROM LOCAL MEDIA IN IOWA AND DNC
OFFICIALS IN WASHINGTON
DETERMINING WHO WE GET TO
EVALUATE, BECAUSE HERE ON THE
GROUND, OUR CAMPAIGN IS 3rd OR
FOURTH IN NET FAVORABILITIES.
OUR CAMPAIGN IS NUMBER ONE OR
TWO IN OVERALL ENDORSEMENTES
FROM LOCAL LEADERS.
WE’RE PICKING UP COUNTY
CHAIRMAN, LOCAL MAKERS STATE
REPS.
REPS. WE ACCORDING TO REGISTER HAVE
TOP TEAMS SETTING UP.
THERE ARE ARTICLES WHY COREY
BOOKER IS GOING TO UPSET IN IOWA
JOHNMENT JOHN
JOHNMENT JOHN BARACK OBAMA AROUND THIS TIME
WAS 15, 20 POINTS BEHIND HILLARY
CLINTON.
CLINTON. THE POLLS HAVE NEVER PREDICT
WHO’D WOULD GO ON.
OUR CAMPAIGN IS SURGINGE RIGHT N
THIS IS WHY I AM GRATEFUL TO THE
AMERICAN PUBLIC.
AMERICAN PUBLIC. THERE IS A BACKLASH.
WE HAD THE BEST FUNDRAISING
PERIODS THE ENTIRE CAMPAIGN AND
I HOPE PEOPLE WHO WANT MY VOICE
IN THIS RACE WILL CONTINUE TO GO
TO COREY BOOKER.COM AND HELP US
TO SURGE LIKE WE ARE RIGHT NOW
AND WIN WHEN IT COMES TO
FEBRUARY.
FEBRUARY. >> YOUR HISTORY IS CORRECT,
SENATOR BOOKER.
SENATOR BOOKER. DECEMBER LEADERS IN IOWA OFTEN
DON’T FINISH AS THE LEADER WHEN
THE CAUCUSES ACTUALLY HAPPEN.
SO YOU DEFINITELY HAVE TO WATCH
OUT FOR UPSETS THERE.
THANK YOU FOR COMING ON.
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE
CAMPAIGNING HARD.
CAMPAIGNING HARD. YOU GOT THE SUNDAY MORNING.
YOU HAVE BEEN CAMPAIGNING A LOT
THERE.
THERE. STAY SAFE ON THE TRAIL.
REST THAT VOICE AND HAVE A --