With the midterms just days away, President, who knows it starts with Joe
but is iffy on the back half, Joe Biden, is offering this closing argument
to the American people.
There's different ways of looking at our country.
One is the view from Park Avenue,
which says help the very wealthy and maybe it'll trickle down to everyone else.
The other view is from Scranton, Pennsylvania where I grew up.
The middle class built America, and unions built the middle class.
Joe Biden needs to stop demonizing rich people.
They create good jobs with great benefits
like being able to take a leak every 72 hours.
Here to agree with us is Democratic Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey.
Thanks for stepping away from wringing palm sweat from your handkerchief
after a Ted Cruz handshake to join us today, Senator.
It is very, very good to be with you. Thank you.
Now, Senator,
are you confident Democrats have made a compelling case to remain in power?
And when you answer, please try to restrain yourself
from saying the word "abortion" more than 500 times.
Well, I have to remind folks that
where the economy was, we were in a terrible, terrible place
when President Biden took over because COVID had shut down our economy.
And the American rescue plan that Biden signed into law rescued
thousands and thousands of small businesses,
helped us to get back out there and back to work.
And he's continuing to pass more bills, I think that we've seen done, since LBJ.
Now, while Democrats are appealing to voters' wallets, some Republicans
are appealing to the most bigoted nerve receptors in voters' brain stems.
Senator Booker, here is your colleague, leather-upholstered Republican Senator
Tommy Tuberville at a Trump rally in Nevada talking about Democrats.
Some people say, well, they're soft on crime.
No, they're not soft on crime. They're pro-crime.
They want crime.
They want crime because they want to take over what you got.
They want to control what you have.
They want reparations
because they think the people that do the crime are owed that.
Bullsh*t!
They're not owed that.
Senator, given these comments, should Tommy Tuberville
continue to serve in the Senate, or will resigning
just give him more time to prepare for his primetime slot on Fox News?
You know, I learned a long time ago that what we say about other people
is more of a reflection of who we are than who we're talking about.
I think anybody can understand fairly looking at his comments
how hurtful they could be to a lot of folks.
And what's frustrating to me is
because they reflect just this sort of vicious culture
of contempt that we have in this country where we're just trying to pit each other
against each other.
We need leaders, frankly, that are not going to divide us
or teach us to hate each other or create these ridiculous tropes
that I thought would be gone at my parents' generation.
Finances are a thorny issue for Tuberville.
A New York Times review included a small charitable foundation created by Mr.
Tuberville finding that its tax records indicated that less than a third of
its proceeds went to the veterans causes it was set up to advance.
He should be for reparations.
It puts more money in the pockets of Americans to give to a scam charity.
Now, let's turn to the bipartisan
congressional investigation into the January 6th insurrection.
Senator, do you think the Department of Justice
should consider charging the former president with crimes,
or will that just cause division between Democrats
and the people frequently posting violent threats against Democrats?
You know, our capital was only attacked like that twice in history,
once during the war of 1812, in the year 1814.
And the other time was on January 6th where we saw the ugliness.
I remember turning on the news after they literally
led us out of the Senate floor.
I saw injured police officer after injured police officer
by the time I got back to my office and turned on the TV,
what I saw was these folks who stormed our Capitol
waving Confederate flags wearing Camp Auschwitz T-shirts.
And so should the President of the United States
be held accountable for inciting riots?
Well, we tried to convict him in an impeachment trial.
I think if there are any indication that there's a criminal activity here,
he should be held accountable because no one,
not even the President of the United States
or former President of the United States is above the law.
I don't like that this report is coming out right before the election.
It unfairly biases the public against the violent insurrectionists on the ballot
this November.
Now, moving on, Senator,
this is a little uncomfortable, but we heard you support filibuster reform.
And we are religious supporters of government inaction,
and it is our position that anyone who supports filibuster
reform is possessed by the devil.
So we used forgiven PPP loan money to hire a bishop
to exorcize these demon spirits, telling you the Senate should help people.
Let's bring him in.
Bishop, whenever you're ready, perform the exorcism.
And Bishop, watch where you point that cross.
The devil inside has actually been pretty good to us.
I think Senator sees the light, but let's pray.
Saint Michael the Archangel defend us in battle,
be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray unto Thou O prince of the heavenly host.
By the power of God cast into hell Satan and all evil spirits
who wander through the world seeking the ruin of souls.
Amen. Okay, let's see if it worked.
Senator Booker, why is the filibuster
the benchmark of a strong democracy?
I still-- hallelujah, amen--support filibuster reform.
Goddamnit, Bishop Long, we want our money back.
This isn't like your church services.
This actually matters