>>YESTERDAY NEWS BROKE THAT ARIZONA REPRESENTATIVE TRENT
FRANKS WILL BE RESIGNING AT THE BEGINNING OF 2018 DUE TO SOME
ALLEGATIONS THAT WERE GOING TO BE MADE AGAINST HIM, HE HAD
STATED IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT HE HAD DISCUSSED
SURROGACY WITH TWO OF HIS STAFFERS.
BUT HE DIDN'T REALLY
DIG INTO THE DETAILS OF THAT.
TODAY THINGS CHANGED A LITTLE
BIT, HE HAS DECIDED HE WILL RESIGN IMMEDIATELY, AND THE
ASSOCIATED PRESS BROKE NEWS THROUGH A TWEET THAT SAID THE
FOLLOWING --
>>WOW.
>>JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME MORE BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT INTO THIS
STORY, TRENT FRANKS AND HIS WIFE WERE HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME
CONCEIVING, SO THEY HAD A SURROGATE TO CARRY THEIR TWINS,
BUT THEN LATER THEY DECIDED THEY WANTED TO HAVE MORE CHILDREN,
HIS WIFE HAD HAD SEVERAL MISCARRIAGES AND APPARENTLY THEY
FINALLY FOUND ANOTHER SURROGATE TO HAVE MORE OF THEIR CHILDREN.
BUT I GUESS THESE CONVERSATIONS WERE GOING ON AMONG HIS
STAFFERS, AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM WHAT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
IS REPORTING, ONE OF HIS STAFFERS WAS OFFERED $5 MILLION
TO CARRY HIS CHILD.
>>FIRST OF ALL, WHERE THE HELL IS HE GETTING $5 MILLION?
IF YOU
RUN FOR CONGRESS, WE NOW KNOW THIS BECAUSE OF JUSTICE
DEMOCRATS -- WE HAVE AVERAGE, REGULAR, MIDDLE-CLASS AMERICANS
RUNNING FOR CONGRESS, LIKE IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE IN A DEMOCRACY,
AND THEN YOU REALIZE YOU AREN'T ALLOWED TO GET PAID FOR A LOT OF
THE TIME YOU ARE RUNNING, YOU HAVE TO QUIT YOUR JOB AND NOT
GET PAID.
YOU ALMOST HAVE TO BE A MILLIONAIRE TO RUN FOR OFFICE
IN THE FIRST PLACE.
AND THEN ONCE YOU RUN, IF YOU EVER ARE
GOING TO GO OUT AND GET MILLIONS TO BE A LOBBYIST, ETC., I GUESS
A LOT OF THESE CONGRESSMEN HAVE $5 MILLION SITTING AROUND TO
OFFER THEIR STAFFERS FOR SEX.
LET'S KEEP IT REAL, HE SAID IT
WAS BECAUSE THEY WERE HAVING A DISCUSSION OF SURROGACY WITH TWO
PREVIOUS FEMALE SUBORDINATES, MAKING EACH FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE.
THIS WAS NOT ABOUT A DISCUSSION OF SURROGACY, THIS WAS NOT
THEORETICAL -- MY WIFE AND I WERE GOING THROUGH THIS
SURROGACY AND I HAPPENED TO BE TALKING ABOUT IT AT THE OFFICE
AND I GUESS SOME WOMEN HEARD ABOUT IT AND THEY WERE
UNCOMFORTABLE SO I'M RUNNING FOR THE HILLS.
THAT IS NOT WHAT A
REPUBLICAN RESIGNS OVER.
AND PAUL RYAN SAYS THAT HE FOUND THE
ALLEGATIONS TO BE SERIOUS AND REQUIRING ACTION, AND THAT THE
SPEAKER TAKES SERIOUSLY HIS OBLIGATION TO ENSURE A SAFE
WORKPLACE IN THE HOUSE.
NO, TRENT FRANKS DID WAY WORSE THAN
HAVING AN INNOCENT CONVERSATION ABOUT SURROGACY.
NO WAY THAT IS
WHY HE STEPPING DOWN, THE REALITY IS AT A MINIMUM HE ASKED
THESE STAFFERS TO BE HIS SURROGATES, I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW
HOW HE ASKED THEM.
>>I DON'T THINK THIS STORY IS COMPLETE, I THINK MORE
INFORMATION WILL COME OUT IN THE COMING DAYS, AND I THINK THE
REASON WHY HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO RESIGN YESTERDAY WAS BECAUSE
HE WANTS TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF IT, HOPING MORE DETAILS DON'T
GET LEAKED, THAT NO MORE REPORTS COME OUT.
BUT I THINK REGARDLESS
OF WHAT HE DOES, MORE REPORTS WILL COME OUT AS WE HAVE SEEN
WITH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
I DO WANT TO REDO HIS STATEMENT FROM
TODAY, HE WROTE THE FOLLOWING --
>>AS MY OLD JAMAICAN GIRLFRIEND USED TO SAY -- [GIBBERISH].
>>HOW CAN ANYONE THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO ASK SUBORDINATES TO
CARRY THEIR CHILDREN?
>>I GUARANTEE THAT'S NOT ALL.
>>CENK, IF YOU OFFERED ME $5 MILLION I WOULD CARRY A WOMBAT
TO FULL TERM.
>>GOOD TO KNOW, JIMMY, BUT I ASSURE YOU I WILL NOT ASK.
>>IF TRENT FRANKS ASKED ME TO DO THAT FOR $5 MILLION HE WOULD
HAVE A KID RIGHT NOW.
>>OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN'T DO THAT FOR PEOPLE WHO WORK WITH YOU.
>>YOU THINK HE OFFERED 5
MILLION FOR SOMEONE TO HAVE SEX WITH HIM?
>>WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE, THAT'S WHY WE ARE TELLING YOU WHAT WE
DO KNOW AND WHAT WE DON'T KNOW YET.
NOW I WILL ADD MY ANALYSIS
TO THIS, IS THAT IN THE HISTORY OF COVERING POLITICS I'VE NEVER
SEEN A REPUBLICAN RESIGN FOR LIGHT REASONS.
THEY WILL NOT
STEP DOWN ALMOST UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE.
A GUY LIKE TRENT
FRANKS, WHO IS DEEPLY RIGHT WING, AND HE OFFERED $5 MILLION
LIKE, WE WILL PROBABLY USE TEST TUBES OR SOMETHING --
THERE IS WAY MORE TO THIS STORY.
>>I'M VERY CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT COMES OUT, BUT I WILL SAY ONE
THING -- I NOW UNDERSTAND HIS OBSESSION WITH ABORTION.
BECAUSE
OFTEN TIMES WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ABORTION IT'S BECAUSE
POLITICIANS ARE LOOKING FOR BROWNIE POINTS FROM THEIR
EVANGELICAL BASE OR CONSERVATIVE VOTERS, IT IS USUALLY NOT
GENUINE.
BUT I FEEL LIKE NOW THAT I KNOW SOME OF HIS
BACKGROUND AND WHAT HIS WIFE HAS GONE THROUGH, I GET IT.
I DON'T
AGREE WITH IT, BUT AT LEAST I GET IT.
>>IT DOESN'T JUSTIFY ANYTHING HE HAS EVER SAID.
>>I AGREE.
>>HE IS COMPARED ABORTION TO SLAVERY AND THE HOLOCAUST, THE
LIST GOES ON.
BUT GOOD NEWS, NOT ONLY CAN WE REPLACE TRENT
FRANKS, WE CAN REPLACE HIM WITH THE FIRST TRANSGENDER WOMAN TO
EVER SERVING CONRESS.
WE ALREADY HAD A JUSTICE DEMOCRAT
IN THAT RACE, BRIANNA WESTBROOK, SHE IS FANTASTIC, UNCORRUPTED --
WOULDN'T IT BE AMAZING TO HAVE SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T HAVE TO
ANSWER TO CORPORATE PACS AS YOUR CONGRESSMAN, AND TO REPLACE
TRENT FRANKS?
THAT WILL BE AWESOME.
NOW SHE HAS A GREAT
CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
IF YOU WANT TO CHECK OUT WHO SHE IS
GO TO WESTBROOKFORCONGRESS.COM, IF YOU WERE IN THAT DISTRICT
VOLUNTEER TO MAKE IT HAPPEN, OR IF YOU WANT TO HELP IN OTHER
WAYS, GO TO JUSTICEDEMOCRATS.COM/BRIANNA.
I JUST HAVE TO SAY FOR THE LIVE AUDIENCE, THAT WASN'T BRIANNA.
WHENEVER WE TALK ABOUT THESE LINKS, THE LINKS ARE ALWAYS IN
THE DISCRETION BOX, NOW THERE IS A COOL LEFT CORNER ON THE
YOUTUBE VIDEOS.
IS THAT THE LEFT CORNER?
>>NO.
>>ANYWAY, THAT CORNER, THERE IS A LITTLE EYE, IF YOU CLICK
ON THAT IT ALSO BRINGS YOU TO THE LINKS.
GO HELP REPLACE TRENT FRANKS WITH AN AWESOME PROGRESSIVE.