STAND BY ONE MOMENT.
SENATOR MCCONNELL NOW.
>> JUSTICES, CLERKS AND STAFF
HAVE PRIZED AND PROTECTED THE
COURT’S CONFIDENTIALITY.
THE JUSTICES MUST BE ABLE TO
DISCUSS AND DELIBERATE IN AN
ENVIRONMENT OF TOTAL TRUST AND
PRIVACY.
AMERICANS CANNOT RECEIVE A FAIR
TRIAL IF POLITICIANS, PUNDITS,
BULLIES, AND MOBS GET A SAY IN
COURT.
JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE IS VITAL.
BUT THE FAR LEFT HAS SPENT
YEARS SHAMELESSLY ATTACKING IT.
DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS HAVE
ENDORSED PLANS FOR PARTISAN
COURT PACKING.
THEY’VE SENT THE JUSTICES
THREATENING LEGAL BRIEFS.
THEY’VE SCHEDULED SHAM HEARINGS
TO SMEAR JUDGES.
IN 2020, THE SENATE DEMOCRATIC
LEADER MARCHED ACROSS THE
STREET TO THE COURT AND SHOUTED
THREATS -- THREATS AT MULTIPLE
JUSTICES BY NAME IF THEY DIDN’T
RULE HOW HE WANTED.
IN 2018, ACTIVISTS CHASED
SENATORS AROUND THE CAPITOL AND
NOW LAST NIGHT A SHOCKING --
SHOCKING NEW BREACH.
SOMEBODY, LIKELY SOMEBODY
INSIDE THE COURT ITSELF, LEAKED
A CONFIDENTIAL INTERNAL DRAFT
TO THE PRESS.
ALMOST CERTAINLY IN AN EFFORT
TO STIR UP AN INAPPROPRIATE
PRESSURE CAMPAIGN TO SWAY AN
OUTCOME.
THE RADICAL LEFT IMMEDIATELY
RALLIED AROUND THE TOXIC STUNT,
THE CHEERLEADERS FOR PARTISAN
COURT PACKING APPLAUDED WHAT
THEY SUGGESTED WAS THE WORK OF,
QUOTE, A BRAVE CLERK.
MAKING A LAST-DITCH HAIL MARY
ATTEMPT TO CAUSE A POLITICAL
FIRESTORM AND CAUSE THE COURT
TO RECONSIDER.
LIBERALS WANT TO RIP THE
BLINDFOLD OFF LADY JUSTICE.
THEY WANT TO OVERRIDE
IMPARTIALITY.
WITH INTIMIDATION.
THEY WANT TO ELEVATE MOB RULE
OVER THE RULE OF LAW.
THE SAME POLITICAL MOVEMENT
THAT USED A LEAK TO MOVE UP THE
TIMELINE OF JUSTICE BREYER’S
RETIREMENT PROCESS IS TRYING TO
USE YET ANOTHER LEAK TO MAKE
THE COURT LESS SECURE AND LESS
IMPARTIAL.
NEVER BEFORE -- NEVER BEFORE IN
MODERN HISTORY HAS AN INTERNAL
DRAFT BEEN LEAKED TO THE PUBLIC
WHILE THE JUSTICES WERE STILL
DECIDING A CASE.
NEVER BEFORE.
WHOEVER COMMITTED THIS LAWLESS
ACT KNEW EXACTLY WHAT IT COULD
BRING ABOUT.
THE JUSTICES ALREADY REQUIRE
SECURITY.
LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AGO AN
UNBALANCED PERSON LIT HIMSELF
ON FIRE ON THE COURT STEPS.
LESS THAN THREE YEARS AGO, A
LIBERAL MOB TRIED TO STORM THE
COURT SHOVING PAST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND POUNDING ON THE
DOORS.
LOOK, EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT KIND
OF CLIMATE THE FAR LEFT IS
TRYING TO FUEL.
ONE THAT IS ANTITHETICAL TO
THE RULE OF LAW.
RIGHT ON CUE.
TOP DEMOCRATS BEGAN PUBLISHING
WILD STATEMENTS ABOUT WHAT THE
COURT MIGHT DECIDE.
PACKED WITH USING UNHINGED
RHETORIC THAT COULD EASILY
INCITE, LIGHT THE MATCH.
SO WHAT ELSE HAPPENED?
ACTIVISTS FLOCKED TO THE COURT.
AN ANGRY CROWD SURROUNDED THE
COURT CHANTING JUSTICES’ NAMES,
THEIR RENEWED CALLS TO SMASH
THE INSTITUTIONS OF BOTH THE
SENATE AND THE COURT AT THE
SAME TIME.
ONE OF THE COURT’S MOST
ESSENTIAL AND SACRED FEATURES
WAS SMASHED JUST TO BUY THE
INDUSTRY ALL CONPLEX A FEW EXTRA DAYS TO SCREAM NONSENSE
EXTRA DAYS TO SCREAM NONSENSE
ABOUT WHAT THE COURT MIGHT RULE.
THIS LAWLESS ACTION SHOULD BE
INVESTIGATED AND PUNISHED TO
THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE.
I’M CERTAIN THAT CHIEF JUSTICE
WILL SEEK TO GET TO THE BOTTOM
OF THIS.
IF A CRIME WAS COMMITTED, THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE MUST
PURSUE IT COMPLETELY.
SO LISTEN, I WANT ALL NINE
JUSTICES TO KNOW THERE ARE
STILL PRINCIPLED SENATORS WHO
HAVE THEIR BACKS NO MATTER WHAT.
THERE ARE STILL SOME PEOPLE IN
THIS CAPITOL AND A MAJORITY IN
THE SENATE WHOSE SUPPORT FOR
THE RULE OF LAW IS NOT
CONDITIONAL, NOT CONDITIONAL.
THE COURT SHOULD TUNE OUT THE
BAD FAITH NOISE AND FEEL
COMPLETELY FREE TO DO THEIR
JOBS.
THEY SHOULD FOLLOW THE FACTS
AND THE LAW WHEREVER THAT LEADS.
AS I’VE WARNED IN THE PAST,
COURTS BOWING TO ACTIVIST
PRESSURE WOULD NEVER ENHANCE
JUDICIAL LEGITIMACY.
IT COULD ONLY ERODE IT. AND THE HOSTAGE TAKERS WOULD
AND THE HOSTAGE TAKERS WOULD
NEVER SETTLE FOR HALF A LOAF.
NOW, MR. PRESIDENT, ON ANOTHER
MATTER.
UNFORTUNATE ROUTINE KEEPS
PLAYING ITSELF OUT WITH THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.
FIRST THEY IMPLEMENT BAD
POLICIES THAT CREATE PROBLEMS,
THEN THEY PROPOSE SOLUTIONS
THAT ARE REALLY JUST MORE BAD
IDEAS.
CASE IN POINT IS INFLATION.
DEMOCRATS SPENT LAST SPRING
UNLEASHED A DELUGE OF RECKLESS
SPENDING ON OUR RECOVERING
ECONOMY AND SPENT THE REST OF
THE YEAR TRYING TO PULL OFF YET
ANOTHER TAXING AND SPENDING
SPREE AND NOW THEY WANT TO PASS
A MASSIVE TAX HIKE WHILE
FAMILIES ARE ALREADY HURTING.
UNFORTUNATELY FOR THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE, THE SAME THING IS
PLAYING ITSELF OUT IN THE WORLD
OF ENERGY POLICY.
SINCE DAY ONE, BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE ITS
BEST TO WAGE HOLY WAR ON
AMERICAN DOMESTIC ENERGY
PRODUCTION.
THE PREDICTABLE RESULT, THANKS
TO THESE POLICIES AND THE
BROADER INFLATION THAT