STARTING TOMORROW.
>> Ed: THANK YOU.
THE MOST VOCAL TRUMP CRITIC
LEAVING THE CENTAGE OFFICIALLY
TOMORROW, MANY ARE WONDERING
WILL MITT ROMNEY BE THE NEW JEFF
FLAKE QUESTION ARE JOINING OUT
TO DISCUSS A REPUBLICAN
SENATOR ELECT FROM TENNESSEE
MARSHA BLACKBURN.
WELCOME.
SO ONE OF YOUR INCOMING
COLLEAGUES THERE, SENATOR ELECT
ROMNEY, HAS MADE A LITTLE BIT OF
WAVES.
I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT AMONG
OTHER THINGS HE SAID HE IS
SPEAKING OUT AGAINST WHAT HE
CALLED DIVISIVENESS BY BEING
DIVISIVE, IT SEEMS, AND GOING
AFTER THE PRESIDENT.
BIG I HAVE TO TELL YOU I LEARNED
A LONG TIME AGO.
MY MOM USED THIS WITH ME AND I
USED IT WITH MY KIDS.
TEAM IS AN ACRONYM.
TOGETHER EVERYONE ACHIEVES MORE.
IF YOU WERE TO ASK TENNESSEANS
WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE, THEY WANT
TO SEE CONGRESS WORKING
TOGETHER, BOTH CHAMBERS WORKING
WITH THE PRESIDENT.
THEY WANT TO SEE THINGS DONE.
THEY ARE FOCUSED IS NOT ON THE
STORY OF THE DAY.
TENNESSEANS FOCUS ON THE STORY
OF THEIR LIVES.
>> Ed: I GET THAT YOU DON'T
BELIEVE MITT ROMNEY IS BEING A
TEAM PLAYER BUT YOU'RE NOT
NECESSARILY PUSHING BACK ON THE
SUBSTANCE.
LET'S GET INTO WHAT HE SAID.
HE SAID THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY
MADE A DEEP DISSENT IN DECEMBER,
DEPARTURE OF THE DEFENSE
SECRETARY WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF
STAFF, APARTMENT OF SENIOR
PERSONS OF LESSER EXPERIENCE,
THE ABANDONMENT OF ALLIES
WHO FIGHT BESIDE US IN THE
PRESIDENT'S THOUGHTLESS CLAIM,
ROMNEY SAYS, THAT AMERICA HAS
LONG BEEN A SUCKER IN WORLD
AFFAIRS ALL DEFINE HIS
PRESIDENCY DOWN.
CAN YOU DEFEND THE PRESIDENT'S
DECEMBER?
BIG I THINK WHAT TENNESSEANS
WILL TELL YOU THAT THEY WANT TO
SEE IS HAVING A U.S. SENATOR WHO
WAS GOING TO BE THERE TO HELP
THE PRESIDENT GET HIS AGENDA
DONE.
>> Ed: LOSING JIM MATTIS WAS A
BIG BLOW, YOU ADMIT.
>> YES.
WHAT THEY WANT IS SOMEBODY WHO'S
GOING TO CONTINUE TO THE FOR THE
PRESIDENT'S AGENDA.
JUSTICES, FEDERAL JUDGES,
DEALING WITH CHINA, GETTING THIS
ECONOMY GOING.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT THEY
WANT TO TALK ABOUT HERE LIKE I
SENT, THE STORY OF THE DAY, IT'S
NOT SOMETHING THEY'RE GOING TO
FOCUS ON.
>> Ed: I HEARD A VETERAN CAME
UP TO YOU IN THE SUPERMARKET
WHILE YOU ARE CAMPAIGNING AND
SAID BUILD THAT WALL.
>> BUILD THAT WALL.
THIS WAS LAST WEEKEND.
THE PRODUCE SECTION OF MY
HOMETOWN GROCERY STORE.
HE CAME BY ME AND HE SAID I'M AN
INDEPENDENT.
I'M A VETERAN.
I VOTED FOR YOU.
BUILD THE WALL.
OUR CITIZENSHIP IS NOT TO BE
GIVEN AWAY FREE.
>> Ed: YOU ARE IN THE HOUSE
BEFORE NOW BEING ELECTED TO THE
SENATE AND I HAVE TO PRESS YOU
ON THE FACT THAT IF THAT VETERAN
WANTS THE WALL BUILT, WHY DIDN'T
YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES BUILD
THAT WALL IN 2017 AND 2018?
>> I'VE HAD THE CHANCE TO VOTE
FOR BUILDING THAT WALL, EVERY
TIME I'VE DONE IT.
OUR CITIZENSHIP AND THIS COUNTRY
AND OUR SOVEREIGNTY IS PRECIOUS.
I SAY I FIGHT FOR FIVE THINGS
EVERY DAY.
FAITH, FAMILY, FREEDOM, HOPE,
OPPORTUNITY.
I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO IT
ANYTIME I CAN SUPPORT SECURING
OUR COUNTRY, ENDING SEX
TRAFFICKING, GANGS, LABOR
TRAFFICKING, I'M GOING TO DO IT.
>> Ed: SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T
SEEM TO --
PEOPLE IN TENNESSEE.
HERE'S WHAT NANCY PELOSI SAID
ABOUT THE WALL.
>> ARE YOU WILLING TO GIVE HIM
SOME OF THIS MONEY FOR THE WALL
BECAUSE APPARENTLY THAT'S THE
STICKING POINT?
>> NOTHING FOR THE WALL.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BORDER
SECURITY.
>> BUT THAT MEANS --
>> WE CAN GO THROUGH THIS
BACK-AND-FORTH, NO.
HOW MANY TIMES CAN WE SAY NO?
NOTHING FOR THE WALL.
>> Ed: HOW DO YOU WORK IN THAT
ENVIRONMENT?
SHE HAS NOT BEEN OFFICIALLY
SWORN IN OR ELECTED AS SPEAKER.
SHE HAS SAID NO, NO, NO.
>> AND OBSTRUCTIONISTS, THIS IS
WHY SHE WAS A VERY SHORT TIME
SPEAKER.
THE FIRST TIME AROUND FOR HER,
AND I TELL YOU WHAT.
BUYER'S REMORSE IS ALREADY
SETTING IN.
I WAS TALKING TO A DEMOCRAT
TODAY OUT OF TENNESSEE AND THEY
JUST SAID OH, MY GOODNESS.
DO YOU THINK PEOPLE REALIZE WHAT
THEY ARE IN FOR WITH
NANCY PELOSI?
I SAID IT'S NOT GOING TO TAKE
THEM LONG TO FIGURE OUT AND LOOK
AT THAT.
>> Ed: I HAVE 30 SECONDS.
THERE'S BEEN REPORTS, I KNOW
IT'S NOT OFFICIAL, THEY MIGHT
JOIN THE SENATE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE.
THERE IS LOT MADE BY CRITICS AND
THE MEDIA THAT THERE WERE NO
REPUBLICAN WOMEN ON THE PANEL
WHEN BRETT KAVANAUGH WAS OF HER
CONFIRMATION HEARINGS.
WHAT WOULD YOU PLAN TO DO?
FOR EXAMPLE, BILL BARR, AS THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL NOMINEE, HE
ANNOUNCED HIS CONFIRMATION WILL
BE IN MID-JANUARY.
IT'S GOING TO BE BIG.
>> IT WILL BE GOOD.
IF I'M FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO
SECURE A SEAT ON THE SENATE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, I WOULD BE
VERY DILIGENT IN DOING MY
HOMEWORK AND ALL OF MY DUE
DILIGENCE NECESSARY TO GO
THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND WOULD
BE HONORED TO SERVE.
I THINK THE SENATE REPUBLICANS
WOULD BE WELL SERVED TO HAVE A
CONSERVATIVE FEMALE ON THE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
>> Ed: DOING YOUR HOMEWORK AND