LEMIRE IN A SECOND, BUT I WANT TO GO -- AND THANK YOU FOR THAT
INSIGHT, YAMICHE, YOU’RE SO
RIGHT.
RIGHT. I WANT TO GOOD TO CLAIRE
McCASKILL.
McCASKILL. CLAIRE, I’M GOING TO SAY
SOMETHING THAT’S GOING TO BE
EXTRAORDINARILY UNPOPULAR NOT
ONLY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
WATCHING, BUT ALSO IN MY OWN
HOUSEHOLD.
HOUSEHOLD. I THINK IF THE SENATE HASN’T
COMPLETED WRITING THIS BILL, I
THINK IT’S EXTRAORDINARILY
IMPORTANT FOR THE HEALTH OF THIS
NATION, AND I JUST GOT A NOTE,
I’VE BEEN WORRIED ABOUT THIS ALL
NIGHT AND I JUST GOT A NOTE FROM
AN AMBASSADOR WHO HAS THE SAME
CONCERNS, IT’S EXTRAORDINARILY
IMPORTANT THAT DONALD TRUMP’S
OWN COMPANIES ARE NOT EXEMPTED
FROM THIS BILL, FROM THIS RELIEF
BECAUSE BY EXEMPTING DONALD
TRUMP’S COMPANIES, YOU GIVE HIM
THE WORST INCENTIVES TO REOPEN
THIS GOVERNMENT -- OR TO REOPEN
THIS COUNTRY QUICKLY.
DONALD TRUMP, AS I SAID EARLIER,
HE MAKES DECISIONS BASED ON HIS
BOTTOM LINE.
BOTTOM LINE. IT’S ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY.
BY EXEMPTING DONALD TRUMP AND
HIS BUSINESSES FROM GETTING
RELIEF, WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS
YOU’RE ACTUALLY ENCOURAGING HIM
TO MAKE RASH DECISIONS THAT ARE
GOING TO HURT AMERICA.
AND SINCE WE HAVE A FIVE-PERSON
PANEL TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS
ISN’T A SLUSH FUND, DON’T YOU
THINK THE WISEST MOVE, THE MOST
PRUDENT MOVE, AND, YES, I WILL
SAY THIS, THE FAIREST MOVE THAT
THE SENATE CAN MAKE IS TO LET
DONALD TRUMP AND HIS COMPANIES
GET THE SAME RELIEF THAT EVERY
OTHER BUSINESS IN THEIR POSITION
WILL BE GETTING?
AND THE SAME HOLDS TRUE FOR THE
SENATORS, FOR THE CONGRESSMEN
AND WOMEN, AND FOR OTHER
LEADERS, THEY SHOULD BE TREATED
NO BETTER THAN EVERYBODY ELSE,
BUT SHOULD BE TREATED THE SAME
AS EVERY OTHER BUSINESS OWNER.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. AS HARD AS IT IS TO RECONCILE
THE FACT THAT THIS PRESIDENT HAS
MADE A LOT OF MONEY OFF OF BEING
PRESIDENT AND USES HIS
PROPERTIES AND PROMOTES HIS
PROPERTIES LIKE A HUCKSTER FROM
THE OVAL OFFICE, I DO THINK THAT
NOW THAT THERE’S GOING TO BE AN
INSPECTOR GENERAL AND THERE’S
GOING TO BE BIPARTISAN
CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT, HIS
COMPANIES, HIS BUSINESS
INTERESTS SHOULD BE TREATED NO
BETTER OR NO WORSE THAN ANY
OTHER COMPANIES.
OTHER COMPANIES. AND YOU’RE EXACTLY RIGHT.
I MEAN, IT’S SAD SO SAY THAT HE
WOULD BEHAVE LIKE A.
HE CHEW LENT CHILDILD AND PROBAB
IRRATIONAL THINGS IF HIS COMPANY
WAS EXEMPTED.
WAS EXEMPTED. WE CAN’T DECIDE WE’RE GOING
BEHAVE THE WAY HE DOES
ESPECIALLY IN A MOMENT OF
NATIONAL CRISIS.
NATIONAL CRISIS. HE SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN A FAIR
AND TRANSPARENT WAY.
AND MAYBE THAT’S THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING THAT CHUCK
SCHUMER GOT OUT OF HIS
NEGOTIATION WAS THERE’S NOW
GOING TO BE SOME TRANSPARENCY.
SO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CAN SEE
WHERE THIS MONEY IS GOING, HOW
IT IS BEING USED.
AND THE OTHER THING THAT I
DIDN’T MENTION BEFORE THAT NEEDS
TO BE NOTED IS THEY MAKE SURE
THAT STATES WILL GET THIS MONEY
NOT BASED ON WHETHER THEY’RE
BLUE OR RED.
WE’VE WATCHED WHEN TRUMP HAS
TRIED TO WITHHOLD FEDERAL
FUNDING FROM BLUE STATES BECAUSE
THEY DON’T DO THE THINGS HE
WANTS THEM TO DO.
THAT WOULD BE A DISASTER IN THIS
SITUATION WHEN YOU SEE THE KIND
OF PAIN THAT NEW YORK IS GOING
THROUGH AND THE KIND OF PAIN
THAT CALIFORNIA HAS GONE
THROUGH.
THROUGH. SO I THINK THAT THE TRANSPARENCY
AND OVERSIGHT ABSOLUTELY DONALD
TRUMP’S BUSINESSES SHOULD BE
TREATED FAIRLY AND IN A WAY THAT
ALL AMERICA CAN HAVE EYES ON IT.
>> AND SO I WANT TO MAKE A PLEA
RIGHT NOW, I USUALLY MAKE PLEAS
TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES THAT LARGELY GO UNHEEDED.
I WANT TO MAKE A PLEA ON BEHALF
OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHO,
AGAIN, THEY MAY DISAGREE WITH
ME, BUT ON BEHALF OF THEIR
HEALTH TO CHUCK SCHUMER AND
NANCY PELOSI, NOW THAT THERE IS
TRANSPARENCY, NOW THAT YOU HAVE
AN INSPECTOR GENERAL AND OTHER
PEOPLE THAT YOU’RE GOING TO HELP
APPOINT TO OVERSEEING THIS, I
THINK IT’S VERY IMPORTANT THAT
YOU ALLOW DONALD TRUMP’S
COMPANIES, THE COMPANIES OF
SENATORS, THE COMPANIES OF
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO BE ABLE
TO BE TREATED NO BETTER OR NO
WORSE THAN EVERY OTHER SMALL,
MID SIDE, OR LARGE BUSINESS IN
AMERICA.
AMERICA. I UNDERSTAND THE INSTINCTS OF
PUTTING THIS PROVISION IN.
BUT FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH OF
THIS COUNTRY, AND SO THE
PRESIDENT’S ONLY INCENTIVE IN
HIS MIND WILL BE MAKING
AMERICANS SAFE AND HEALTHY, YOU
NEED TO STRIP THAT PROVISION OUT
AND TREAT THE PRESIDENT NO
BETTER OR NO WORSE THAN
EVERYBODY ELSE.
EVERYBODY ELSE. YES, I UNDERSTAND, I CAN HEAR IT
ALREADY.
ALREADY. I HEAR WHAT YOU’RE SAYING, ISN’T
IT SAD, ISN’T IT TERRIBLE THAT
WE HAVE A PRESIDENT THAT’S THIS
WAY?
WAY? WELL I HAD A LAW PROFFER THATESS
SAYS YOU HAVE IS AND YOU HAVE
OUT.
OUT. WHAT IS THE LAW AND WHAT OUGHT
THE LAW BE?
WE’RE AT THE IS HERE.
WHAT IS OUR REALITY?
OUR REALITY IS THAT THE
PRESIDENT IS THE PRESIDENT.
DONALD TRUMP IS THE PRESIDENT.
AND IT’S CRITICAL THAT HIS ONLY
INCENTIVE IS GETTING AMERICANS
HEALTHY.
HEALTHY. AND YOU CAN HELP MOVE HIM CLOSER
TO THAT SIDE OF THAT LINE BY
STRIPPING OUT THAT PROVISION AND
PUTTING IN A PROVISION THAT
TREATS HIM AND OTHER ELECTED
OFFICIALS NO BETTER OR NO WORSE