>> To be clear, you're not taking any arrows out of your quiver. You're not ruling anything
out. >> Good morning, Sunday morning. Yeah, we
have a responsibility, we take an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the
United States. We have a responsibility to meet the needs of the American people.
>> House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's interview with George Stephanopoulos over the weekend
did not inspire much confidence among Democratic voters. Who want Democratic lawmakers to fight
back against Donald Trump attempting to fill a vacant Supreme Court seat left behind by
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg due to her passing. Now, in the rest of the interview, maybe she
said something that does inspire some confidence, maybe she said something strong.
But if you've been following Nancy Pelosi for years now, you should know better than
to expect that because when it comes to simple things she can do, like refusing to fund the
next spending bill. That kind of stuff seems to be off the table. Here she is giving us
more of what she's unwilling to do.
>> That you said you want people to get out there and vote. But even that's no guarantee
that the White House and the Senate Republicans won't try to push through a Supreme Court
nomination in a lame duck session. Even if Joe Biden wins on November 3, even if Democrats
pick up seats in the House and maybe even the Senate.
So what can you do then? Some have mentioned the possibility if they try to push through
a nominee in a lame duck session. That you and the house could move to impeach President
Trump or Attorney General Barr as a way of stalling and preventing the Senate from acting
on this nomination.
>> Well, we have our options. We have arrows in our quiver that I'm not about to discuss
right now. But the fact is we have a big challenge in our country. This president has threatened
to not even accept the result of the election with statements that he and his henchmen have
made.
So right now, our main goal, and I think Ruth Bader Ginsburg would want that to be, would
be to protect the integrity of the election as we protect the American people from the
Coronavirus. >> Now, Cenk, I haven't seen her do anything
when it comes to protecting the integrity of the elections.
She held hearings for postmaster Louis DeJoy who we know was trying to dismantle the post
office to make it difficult for people to vote by mail. I don't know what action she
specifically took following those hearings. Just over the weekend, Trump protesters were
blocking voters from entering polling stations in Virginia.
I haven't really seen much action from Democratic leadership when it comes to protecting our
election process. I also don't see any strength from her when it comes to fighting back against
Trump's potential Supreme Court nominee. But maybe I'm missing something, I don't know,
you tell me. >> Yeah, so far every Democrat that's gone
on TV has been an absolute disaster and only hurt our cause.
So I'm gonna be very specific about what I mean by that. So I don't want you to think
it's loose talk. So sure, first there is her general appearance, which was just disastrous.
If you watch the whole interview, that line she had that we showed you in the beginning
about the good morning, it's Sunday, was not at the beginning of the interview.
It was weirdly in the middle of the interview, it made no sense at all. And so you could
tell, Stephanopoulos who, keep it real, is a huge corporate Democrat and wants to help
Pelosi. When Pelosi was saying that, had this look on his face like, that's uncomfortable,
right?
And so I don't know what she thought she was saying there, but that's the least of it.
So she kept on using her talking points about how they were gonna crush Coronavirus but
Trump wouldn't let them crush Coronavirus, she must have said that about five, six, seven
times.
Concentrate, he's asking you about the Supreme Court. I know you wanna do your regular talking
points about the election. God bless, squeeze that in once or twice, but answer the questions.
And if you don't, you look weird. He's asking you specific questions, which are really important,
and that is when you should energize Democratic voters, not what generic poll tests and stuff
from a month ago.
But from stuff today when everybody's super mad about Ruth Bader Ginsburg passing away,
and Mitch McConnell the republicans being hypocrites. This is when you go on TV to hit
them and hit them hard, instead she comes on TV and in that interview she said, a blocking
and the continuing of the resolution on the budget.
Nope, we would never do that, so we'll not shut down the government. Raising the debt
ceiling, Stephanopoulos didn't specifically asked about, but he should have, although
he did a great job on the interview overall. And she basically said it for both of those
options, which the house can do, we, I say we, but Democrats aren't, Democratic leadership
isn't we.
If they actually were on our side, that would be the very first thing they would have as
an option. If the Republicans, if the Republicans violate their own rule, it forces us to not
have any further votes. And the way you don't have further votes is you're blocked in continuing
resolution and the debt ceiling.
She immediately took that off the table. Okay, so already this surrender has begun. So you
went on TV to help Republicans by telling them don't worry, we will not use the most
powerful tool in our arsenal. Then she talks about hey, all the arrows are in my quiver.
No, they're not. You just took a giant one off. Then Tim Kaine goes on TV and says, we
don't and we won't definitely won't do impeachment. >> Okay.
>> No Democratic senator was in favor of that. Boom, there goes all of your leverage. They
just destroyed all of our leverage and surrendered on day one.
>> So I actually really do wanna go to that Tim Kaine video because Tim Kaine is a senator.
And so we never hear from Tim Kaine. So finally, he comes out of the shadows and has something
to say but it's the worst statement at a time when people are desperately seeking democratic
leadership, look.
>> Would you support impeaching either President Trump or Attorney General Bill Barr as a way
to essentially delay the Senate on a vote for the President's Court nominee?
>> Foolish idea, I can't see virtually any Senate Democrats agreeing with it.
>> Okay, so that seems off the table.
What about the idea of if you win a Senate majority next year and Republicans do get
this nomination through adding more seats to the Supreme Court.
>> I'm not playing an if game. What I'm doing, Halley, is asking Republicans to be true to
their word. So I'm just asking, are there four Republicans who are willing to keep their
word to the American public?
>> Senator, I understand you don't wanna talk hypotheticals, but this is potentially a reality
here. I wanna just ask you where you are on these positions. Halley, you could ask me
hypotheticals, but that doesn't mean I'm focused on them. I'm focused on trying to convince
Republicans to keep their word to the American public.
I don't want Republicans to try to destroy the Senate as an institution or the Supreme
Court as an institution. If they decide to violate their promises and violate their principles
and just say, well, the only thing that matters is raw power. If you have to vote, you can
do whatever you want.
I don't think that's gonna work out well for them. And I don't think it's gonna work out
well for the American public. So I just hope some of them will keep their word.
>> No, >> Just embarrassing, unbelievably embarrassing
that at this point in Trump's first term, that he thinks that maybe I can pressure Republican
lawmakers to do the right thing.
To have some moral high ground and actually follow through on what they promised to follow
through on. Because remember, Lindsey Graham and other Republican senators after blocking
Merrick Garland, argued that they would do the same if Trump or a Republican president
tried to nominate a Supreme Court justice during an election year.
It is about raw power. We all know that. Tim Kaine knows that. I feel like they wanna lose.
There has to be some reason behind it. It doesn't make any sense.
>> Okay, no, no, guys. So let me quickly go over cuz I did another video about this.
The five different ways that Democrats can actually do something about this. Well, one
is block every vote, demand unanimous consent in the Senate. Now, that doesn't block it
for good. What it does is it slows things down. So, so far they have not shown any inclination
to go in that direction but no one has taken that off the table.
Continuing resolution and debt ceiling, those are two and three. Pelosi took those off the
table at her ABC interview. Impeachment, Tim Kaine just took that off the table and said
no Democratic senator wants to do that, even though it'd be super simple and would actually
be effective because it gets prioritized above actual confirmation hearings on the Senate.
So the Senate would not have a choice. So it'd be very effective, Kaine eliminated that
now. And then the last part is packing the court cuz the court, nine members is not in
the Constitution. That is statutory, and you actually can put as many people on the Supreme
Court as you want.
Now, it is a harsh thing to do. But at the very minimum, you need to keep that as a possibility
to threaten to have leverage, right? Tim Kaine took it off the table, so they literally have
nothing left on the table because they're two idiots, went on TV and said, we're not
gonna do thatand we're not gonna do that and we're not gonna do that, we're not gonna do
that.
So Republicans, do whatever you want. And guys, I call them idiots for two reasons,
okay? If it was an accountant or a plumber or a dentist, I wouldn't call them idiots
cuz I'd say hey listen, they don't know all the inner workings of politics both legislatively
and technically what they could do in the Senate and the House.
And they don't know how this game is played, it's okay. But this Is their job. And the
second reason is the mainstream media come and gaslight and tell you that these guys
are master legislators. No, Tim Kaine, if you take all of our leverage off the table
when you go on television, that means you went on television to help Republicans, not
to help Democrats.
And so what was his answer? So his answer was, you so with your own eyes, I believe
I could put pressure on the Republicans to do the right thing. If I just talk to you
on TV and say, now guys, remember what you promised? No, but that's my point.
No one can be that stupid. Literally, then Tim Kaine is the most naive, foolish, ridiculous
man in Washington, or he's trying to help Republicans. He just went on there, no Republican
could have done a better job in assuring fellow Republicans that they would get exactly what
they want.
How could you have sat through the last 20 years, let alone the last four years, let
alone what happened to Merrick Garland, and say that we think we can get Republican senators
to do the right thing and not just to do something for their own power. No, you'd have to be
the dumbest man in America.
Remember, Tim Kaine was Hillary Clinton's pick to be her VP. Cuz the democrats never,
ever wanna fight for our side. All they care about is their own privilege
and power. They sicken me.