BENEFITED FROM, THE COMPETITION
HAS UNDERWHELMED SO FAR.
STUART: I’M MOVING ON.
PRO-CHOICE PROTEST THERES
GATHERED OUTSIDE THE HOMES OF
SUPREME COURT JUSTICES AFTER THE
ROE V. WADE DECISION WAS LEAKED.
ATTORNEY GENERAL MERRICK GARLAND
WAS QUESTIONED ABOUT WHY NO
LEGAL ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN
AGAINST THEM.
ROLL THAT TAPE.
>> HAVE YOU BROUGHT A SINGLE
CASE AGAINST ANY OF THESE
PROTESTERS THREATENING THE
JUSTICES?
>> SENATOR, YOU ASKED ME WHETHER
I SAT ON MY HANDS, AND QUITE THE
OPPOSITE.
I SENT 70 UNITED STATES MARSHALS
AGAIN.
HAVE YOU, HAS THE DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE BROUGHT EVEN A SINGLE
CASE?
IT’S A YES/NO QUESTION.
I RECOGNIZE YOU WANT TO GIVE A
SEPARATE SPEECH --
>> NO, I DON’T WANT TO --
>> HOW DO HOW YOU SIDE WHICH
ONES YOU ENFORCE AND WHICH ONES
YOU DON’T?
>> THE MARSHALS ON SCENE --
>> THE MARSHALS DO NOT MAKE A
DETERMINATION WHETHER THE
PROSECUTE.
YOU, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, MAKE
A DETERMINATION.
STUART: SENATOR TED THE CRUZ,
REPUBLICAN FROM THE STATE OF
TEXAS, JOINS ME NOW.
MR. SENATOR, IF THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN POLITICIZED
AS YOU SUGGEST, WHAT CAN WE DO
ABOUT IT?
>> WELL, UNFORTUNATELY, THERE
ARE CONSEQUENCES TO ELECTIONS,
AND IN THIS CASE THERE ARE
ENORMOUS IF CONSEQUENCES TO JOE
BIDEN BEING PRESIDENT, ONE OF
WHICH IS WE HAVE TODAY IN
MERRICK GARLAND THE MOST
POLITICAL, THE MOST PARTISAN
ATTORNEY GENERAL WE HAVE EVER
SEEN.
UNDER JOE BIDEN THE DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE AND THE FBI HAVE BEEN
WEAPONIZED, THEY’VE BEEN
POLITICIZED.
YOU KNOW, I JUST WROTE A NEW
BOOK CALLED "JUSTICE CORRUPTED:
HOW THE LEFT HAS WEAPONIZED OUR
LEGAL SYSTEM."
AND IT GOES THROUGH CHAPTER AND
VERSE, IT EXPLAINS HOW THE
POLITICIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE STARTED IN EARNEST
UNDER BARACK OBAMA, AND WE SAW
THE MACHINERY OF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT USED AS A WEAPON TO
TARGET THE ENEMIES OF THE OBAMA
WHITE HOUSE.
UNDER DONALD TRUMP MUCH OF THAT
MACHINERY BURROWED IN AS HARD
PARTISANS WANT TO SENIOR CAREER
POSITIONS AND WAGED WAR AGAINST
WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP.
AND NOW WITH JOE BIDEN THEY’RE
OUT IN THE OPEN, THEY’RE BRAZEN.
YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL SPENT ALL MORNING
TESTIFYING BEFORE THE SENATE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, AND HE
REFUSED TO GIVE ANY STRAIGHT
ANSWERS TO ANYTHING.
WHAT YOU JUST PLAYED THERE,
THERE’S A FEDERAL CRIMINAL
STATUTE, IT MAKES IT A CRIME TO
PROTEST OUTSIDE A JUDGE’S HOUSE
WITH THE INTENTION OF
INFLUENCING A CASE.
IT’S LIKE JURY TAMPERING.
YOU CAN’T GO OUTSIDE OF JURORS’
HOUSE EITHER.
NIGHT AFTER NIGHT AFTER NIGHT
HUNDREDS OF PROTESTERS, HUNDREDS
OF THREATENING PROTESTERS WENT
TO THE HOME OF SIX SUPREME COURT
JUSTICES THREATENING THEIR
FAMILIES, AND THIS DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE KID THE NOTHING.
AND THE -- DID NOTHING.
AND THE REASON THEY DID NOTHING,
THE REASON THEY HAVEN’T BROUGHT
EVEN A SINGLE CASE, A SINGLE
PROSECUTION IS JOE BIDEN AND
MERRICK GARLAND AGREE WITH THE
PROTESTERS AND DISAGREE WITH THE
JUSTICES.
AND THEY’RE PERFECTLY HAPPY TO
HAVE VIOLENT PROTESTERS THREATEN
JUDGES TO TRY TO GET THE
RULINGSINGS THEY WANT.
SENATOR.
STUART: MR. SENATOR, THE SENATE
VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO REJECT
PRESIDENT BIDEN’S WOKE INVESTING
RULES.
THAT’S A HUGE CHALLENGE NOW TO
THE PRESIDENT, ISN’T IT?
>> YES.
STUART: I MEAN, THAT’S A HUGE
CHALLENGE.
>> SO IT IS.
AND THIS IS A RULE THAT THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION PUT OUT
THAT WOULD ALLOW 401(K) PLANS
AND RETIREMENT PLANS TO INVEST
NOT BASED ON WHERE YOU GET THE
BEST RETURN, BUT INVEST BASED ON
ESG, BASED ON POLITICAL
OBJECTIVES.
AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT, I
MEAN, LOOK, LET’S BRING IT HOME
TO FOLKS AT HOME.
ROUGHLY 152 MILLION AMERICANS
THAT HAVE RETIREMENT PLANS THAT
ARE AFFECTED BY THIS.
LET ME GIVE YOU BLOOMBERG’S
ANALYSIS ON THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN AN ESG RETIREMENT FUN
AND A NON-ESG RETIREMENT FUND.
ACCORDING TO BLOOMBERG, QUOTE,
GLOBALLY ESG FUNDS HAVE
UNDERPERFORMED THE BROAD OR
MARKET IN THE PAST 5 YEARS
RETURNING AN AVERAGE OF 6.3% A
YEAR COMPARED WITH 8.9% FOR
BROADER FUNDS.
WHICH MEANS AN INVESTOR WHO PUT
$10,000 INTO AN AVERAGE GLOBAL
ESG FUND IN 2017 WOULD HAVE
$13,573 TODAY.
ROUGHLY 1,720 LESS THAN IF THEY
HAD PUT IT INTO A NON-ESG
PORTFOLIO.
SO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT
IMPACTING FOLKS AT HOME, THIS IS
YOUR RETIREMENT THAT JOE BIDEN
HAS SAID HIS POLITICS MATTERS
MORE THAN YOUR RETIREMENT, AND
HE’S PERFECTLY HAPPY FOR YOU TO
TAKE THE HIT.
THE SENATE STOOD TOGETHER WITH A
BIPARTISAN VOTE YESTERDAY AND
REVERSED THIS AND SAID YOU OUGHT
TO BE ABLE TO SAVE FOR YOUR
RETIREMENT WITHOUT POLITICIANS
IMPACTING AND HURTING YOUR
SAVINGS.
STUART: SENATOR CRUZ, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR BEING WITH US THIS
MORNING.
>> THANK YOU, STUART.
STUART: WE SHOULD ENFORCE THE
PRINCIPLES THAT THE GOVERNMENT
HAS NO RIGHT TO TELL ME OR
ANYBODY ELSEWHERE WE CAN INVEST