CHARLES: JEFF, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, APPRECIATE IT.
NOW I WANT TO BRING IN
REPUBLICAN SENATOR MARSHA
BLACKBURN OF TENNESSEE, AND
SENATOR, JUST YOUR THOUGHTS WHAT
ARE THE LATEST ATROCITIES AND
WHAT SHOULD AMERICA, WHAT SHOULD
OUR RESPONSE BE?
>> WHAT WE NEED TO BE DOING,
WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION NEEDS TO
BE DOING IS WHAT REPUBLICANS
HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDING, CHARLES,
THESE SANCTIONS NEED TO BE MORE
AGGRESSIVE.
YOU NEED TO ALSO BE SURE YOU’RE
SANCTIONING NORD STREAM.
YOU NEED TO CUT OFF PUTIN’S
ABILITY TO SELL OIL AND
PRESIDENT BIDEN SHOULD BE PRETTY
FIRM WITH FRANCE, WITH THE EU,
WITH GERMANY AND SAY STOP BUYING
RUSSIAN OIL.
LIKEWISE, WE NEED TO BE PICKING
UP OUR PRODUCTION HERE IN THE
U.S., FINISHING KEYSTONE,
DRILLING IN THE ANWR, APPROVING
THOSE DRILLING PERMITS FOR
LEASES THAT SOME OF THE
INDEPENDENTS, THE WILDCATTERS,
THE BIG OIL COMPANIES, THEY ALL
HAVE THESE LEASES AND THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION IS NOT JUST
APPROVING THE DRILLING PERMITS.
THEY HAVE ONE PERSON OVER THERE
WORKING ON THIS.
ALL OF THOSE ARE THINGS THAT
NEED TO BE DONE.
LIKEWISE QUICKLY, QUICKLY, ON A
TIMETABLE THAT WE KEEP ASKING
FOR AND CAN’T SEEM TO GET, WHEN
ARE WE GETTING EQUIPMENT, LETHAL
AID, KILLING SYSTEMS INTO
UKRAINE, INTO THE HANDS OF THE
UKRAINIAN MILITARY?
THEY NEED THESE SHORT-RANGE
MISSILES AND THE SWITCHBLADES
AND, THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO
COUNTER THE DRONES.
ALL THAT SHOULD BE DONE AND
THEY’RE JUST KIND OF DRAGGING
THEIR FEET.
I WANT TO KNOW WHEN THESE THINGS
ARE SHIPPING BUT ALSO WHEN ARE
THEY DELIVERED TO THE UKRAINIAN
MILITARY?
WE CAN’T GET THOSE ANSWERS.
CHARLES: THAT’S A GREAT POINT
BECAUSE A LOT OF THINGS ARE
BEING PROMISED BUT HAVEN’T BEEN
DELIVERED YET.
YOU KNOW, SENATOR, DESPITE THIS
LATEST ATROCITY, REALLY AGAINST
HUMANITY IT SEEMS UNLIKELY
EUROPEANS WILL DO MUCH MORE THAN
SAY IT IS AN AWFUL ACT BUT
HERE’S THE PROBLEM, THEY HAVE
BOXED THEMSELVES IN THE CORNER.
THEY GOT RID OF NUKES, THEY
DON’T DRILL AND THEY BUY RUSSIAN
GAS.
SEVEN OUT OF 10 U.S. LNG TANKERS
HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED TO THE
CONTINENT.
SO WE’VE DONE WHAT WE COULD,
CONSIDERING HOW MUCH PRESSURE
OUR INDUSTRY HAS BEEN UNDER.
YOU KNOW, WHY DON’T YOU THINK
THAT THE ADMINISTRATION SEES
THIS AS A CAUTIONARY TALE OF
TRYING TO GET OFF OF FOSSIL
FUELS?
WHY ARE THEY CONTINUING THIS
PUBLIC RELATIONS WARS AGAINST
THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY?
>> IT IS ASTOUNDING AND WHEN I
TALK TO PEOPLE THAT ARE SOME OF
THE INDEPENDENTS THAT ARE
DRILLING, THEY’RE HAVING A HARD
TIME GETTING FINANCING BECAUSE
YOU HAVE -- THIS ADMINISTRATION
IS PUTTING ON THE BIG BANKS NOT
TO BANK THE FOSSIL FUEL
COMPANIES AND IT MAKES NO SENSE.
CHARLES: YEAH.
>> THEY NEED TO BE INCENTIVIZING
THIS.
LIKEWISE, THEY NEED TO BE SAYING
TO OUR NATO ALLIES, TO THE EU,
LOOK, RUSSIA IS A BIG OIL DEPOT
WITH AN ARMY, WITH NUCLEAR
WEAPONS.
WE’VE GOT TO STAND TOGETHER ON
THIS BUT JOE BIDEN HAS GOT TO
STAND UP THERE AND SAY LOOK,
THIS IS A GENOCIDE, THIS IS WAR
CRIMES, WE’RE NOT GOING TO PUT
UP WITH THIS, WE’RE GOING TO
HOLD PUTIN TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS.
CHARLES: YEAH.
>> AND BE THE LEADER OF THE FREE
WORLD.
THIS IS A MOMENT IN TIME WHERE
HE COULD STEP UP AND HE COULD
LEAD AND HE IS CHOOSING NOT TO
DO THAT.
IT IS DISAPPOINTING.
>> IT IS HEARTBREAKING, I HAVE
GOT A MINUTE TO GO, I GOT TO GET
THIS IN.
I WAS WATCHING YOU EARLIER ON TV
THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
EXPECTED TO VOTE ON JUDGE
KETANJI BROWN JACKSON, SEND THE
RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL
SENATE.
YOU IS ASKED SOME MORE PROBING
PROVOCATIVE HEADLINES.
YOU MADE HEADLINES.
I HEARD YOU AGAIN SAY YOU’RE A
NO.
WHAT STANDS OUT MOST TO YOU
ABOUT THIS PROCESS?
>> ONE OF THE THINGS I’VE SPOKEN
ABOUT IN THE PROCESS HOW
CHAIRMAN DURBIN CHOSEN TO GO
AFTER SOME OF US FOR ASKING
QUESTIONS.
I’VE ALSO BEEN DISAPPOINTED HOW
THE WHITE HOUSE GAVE INFORMATION
TO THE DEMOCRATS ON THESE
PRE-SENTENCING MEMOS BUT DID NOT
SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH US.
WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET
THAT INFORMATION.
THAT IS A DISAPPOINTMENT.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS THE
LACK OF FULSOME ANSWERS ON SOME
QUESTIONS.
THE EVASIVENESS THIS IS A
LIFETIME APPOINTMENT.
THIS IS THE ONE TIME THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE CAN HEAR FROM
THIS NOMINEE BEFORE THEY ARE
SEATED ON THE SUPREME COURT.
THEY ARE WANTING TO HAVE ANSWERS
TO THESE QUESTIONS THERE IS
NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE
RIGHT NOW THAN PARENTS, PARENTAL
RIGHTS, BEING ABLE TO REAR THEIR
CHILDREN AND MAKING CERTAIN THAT
OUR CONSTITUTIONAL GUARANTIES
AND OUR FREEDOMS ARE NOT ERODED
THROUGH ACTIONS OF THE COURT.
CHARLES: ABSOLUTELY.