THE SENATE. SHE SAID HE IS A GUEST IN OUR
HOUSE TONIGHT, AND WE HOPE HE
WILL BEHAVE AS A GUEST IN OUR
HOUSE.
HOUSE. JOINING NOW, MINORITY WHIP DICK
DURBIN OF ILLINOIS, GREAT TO
HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW.
>> SENATOR, GREAT TO HAVE YOU
HERE, I’M SURE YOU HAVE MIXED
FEELINGS WHEN YOU HEAR US.
THAT IS CERTAINLY SO MUCH
BETTER.
BETTER. BUT THE OFFICE, MARCO RUBIO SAYS
HE HAS COMMITTED IMPEACHABLE
POCHBSS, BUT NOT GOING TO HAVE
HIM REMOVED.
HIM REMOVED. I CAN GO DOWN THE LONG LIST.
LA MARCH ALEXANDER, I’M STILL
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HE
WOULD SAY, RIGHT?
THEY WON’T VOTE FOR A FAIR
TRIAL, WILL THEY VOTE FOR A
SENTURE.
SENTURE. >> JUST REMEMBER THAT A SENTURE
WOULD
WOULD -- CENTURE.
-- CENTURE. IT WOULD TAKE PLACE IN THE
SENATE.
SENATE. >> ALL RIGHT, WOULD YOU SUPPORT
A SENTURE RESOLUTION?
>> I CERTAINLY WOULD, BUT I HOPE
IT IS NOT VIEWED AS AN
ALTERNATIVE TO IMPUCHMENT.
SENATOR MURKOWSKI WHO IS MY
FRIEND AND WHO I RESPECT VERY
MUCH, THEY HAVE ALL BUT CONCEDED
THE FACTS OF THIS IMPEACHMENT
TRIAL, THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT HE
DID, WE ALL DO.
AND I THINK THEY PUT SOMETHING
ON IT.
ON IT. >> I GUESS THAT LEADS TO MY NEXT
QUESTION, ASSUMING THE KWLE FEEL
EVEN MORE EMBOLDENED, WHAT IS
THE NEXT PROCEDURAL.
IT IS CLEAR THAT EVEN DESPITE
THE ADMISSION BY MY REPUBLICAN
COLLEAGUES OF HIS WRONG DOING,
THEY WILL TAKE NO ACTION TO SHOW
HIM DOWN OR STOP HIM.
HIS AIDES OR STAFF HAVE NOW
EXACT ON THE MAN’S DECISION
MAKING, BUT PREPARED AND BE
READY.
READY. >> HEY SENATORE EROR DURBIN, YOU
BEEN IN THAT BODY FOR TOMSOME TI
NOW.
NOW. I’M CURIOUS WHAT YOU MAKE OF HIS
HE VOTED NOT TO ACQUIT THE
PRESIDENT, HE DIDN’T EVEN WANT
TO VOTE TO HAVE WITNESSES OR
EVIDENCE.
EVIDENCE. HOW DOES HE EXPLAIN THAT VOTE TO
YOU?
YOU? DID YOU LOBBY HIM AT ALL?
DID YOU SPEAK TO HIM PRIVATELY?
>> I DIDN’T WALK THE FLOOR OR
LOBBY MY FRIENDS ON THE OTHER
SIDE.
SIDE. I LISTENED TO HIM AND I KNOW
THEY’RE SADDENED BY THIS MOMENT.
.
. SEND THE IMPEACH MENTMENT THEY B
CLAIM.
CLAIM. I’M APHRASE THIS IMPEACHMENT
TRIAL WAS A SAD MOMENT IN THE
BODY.
BODY. >> THINKING ABOUT THE DOCUMENT
RENDERED NOW I HAVE THE VOTERS,
WHAT IS THE MESSAGE THAT YOU
WOULD LIKE THE SENATE TO ASK THE
VOTERS TO DELIVER.
PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL SAY THIS
VOTE ACQUITS HIM, SHOWING IT WAS
A WITCH HUNT, HOW DO YOU COUNTER
THAT AS YOU THINK ABOUT
NOVEMBER?
NOVEMBER? >> I JUST THINK IT DOESN’T
REFLECT THE MAJORITIES OF
AMERICA.
AMERICA. HE DOES NOT REFLECT WHO WE ARE
AND WHO WE WANT TO BE.
WHICH HE PUT ECONOMIC NUMBERS UP
AS LONG AS HE WISHES, BUT
INTUITIVELY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
ARE NOT BEING AS PUSHED AND
PRODDED AND PERSUADED BY THIS AT
ALL.
ALL. THEY UNDERSTAND THIS PRESIDENT
IS NOT SOMEONE THAT RESPECTS OUR
VALUES OUR SPEAKS FOR US.
LET’S NOT MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY.
>> WHETHER OR NOT IT IS TONIGHT
AT THE STATE OF THE UNION OR
SOME TIME IN THE VERY NEAR
FUTURE, WE EXPECT THE PRESIDENT
TO GO ON AND IT WILL HAPPEN
TOMORROW, BUT COULD YOU JUST
TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS FOR
THE SENATE ITSELF?
DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR COLLEAGUES
ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ISLE LIVED
UP TO WHAT THEY ASKED THEM TO
UPHOLD ABOUT DELIVERING
IMPARTIAL JUSTICE?
IMPARTIAL JUSTICE? IT WAS SAEVED HERE IN THE LAST
FEW WEEKS.
FEW WEEKS. CLOSING THE DOOR WAS THE END OF
ANY EFFORT TO SHOW.
AND I WILL GIVE YOU ONE NUMBER
TO REMEMBER.
TO REMEMBER. WE CONSIDERED EXACTLY 22
AMENDMENTS OPINION SIX WERE
THROW AWAY NO VOTES, 22 WERE
AMENDMENTS.
AMENDMENTS. BY SAYING WE’RE GOING TO TAKE UP
NO SUBSTANTIVE ELECTION, WE’RE
JUST FOCUSED ON FILLING FEDERAL
JUDICIAL SPOTS AND THAT IS IT.
THAT IS A CHANGE IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION AND THIS SENATE IS A
CAPSTONE OF THE McCONNELL
STRATEGY.
STRATEGY. >> YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS
RECOURSE.
RECOURSE. THERE WAS CONFUSION WHAT IS YOUR
REACTION TO WHAT YOU’RE SEEING.
THE FACT THAT WE HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT BECAUSE
OF THE TECHNOLOGY VOTE, DO YOU
THINK THE IOWA CAUCUS IS A GOOD
WAY TO ELECT A PRESIDENTIAL
NOMINEE.
NOMINEE. >> I SPENT A LOT OF TIME
CAMPAIGNING FOR THEM OVER THE
YEARS, THEY’RE WONDERFUL PEOPLE
AND THEY’RE A GREAT BUNCH.
HAVING SAID THAT I THINK THAT
THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS IN IOWA IS
A KWAURKQUARKY TRADITION THAT SH
COME TO AN END.
THE IOWA CAUCUS IS THE MOST
PAINFUL SITUATION WE FACE FOR
VOTING.
VOTING. PEOPLE THAT WORK ALL DAY, DO YOU
THINK THEY’RE GOING TO THE
CAUCUS NEXT?
CAUCUS NEXT? OF COURSE NOT.
WE HAVE TO HAVE A MEANS FOR FEEL
EXPRESS THEMSELVES AND THE
CAUCUS IS NOT IT.
>> YOU’RE THE SECOND MOST
POWERFUL DEMOCRATIC IN THE
UNITED STATES SENATE.
WE TALK ABOUT THIS ALL OF THE
TIME.
TIME. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY DOESN’T
LOOK TO TWO OF THE WHITEST
STATES IN AMERICA TO PICK THE
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE FROM -- FOR
A VERY DIVERSE PARTY.
HOW DOES THIS -- IT HAS TO STOP,
EVERYBODY SAYS IT HAS TO STOP.
THE SAME THING HAPPENS.
WHY NOT START WITH FLORIDA,
ILLINOIS, JAZZ EVEN.
THESE TWO VERY WHITE STATES.
>> I LOVE MY NEIGHBORS IN IOWA
AND I HAVE CAMPAIGNED WITH THEM
AND I RESPECT THEM VERY MUCH FOR
THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE PARTY,
BUT THE STATE OF IOWA DOES NOT
REFLECT OUR PARTY AND THE FACT
THAT WE’RE PUTTING SO MANY CHIPS
ON THE TABLE IN IOWA.
HERE WE ARE THE MORNING AFTER
WITH THE IOWA CAUCUS TO BE ONE
BIG POLITICAL ASTERISK.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A MORE
DIVERSE BEGINNING.