A MINUTE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IF YOU HAVE BEEN PAYING ANY
ATTENTION TODAY, YOU KNOW THE
OUTLINES OF WHAT'S HAPPENING.
THE PRESIDENTS IMPEACHMENT TRIAL
HAS BEGUN IN THE SENATE AND ITS
SIMULCAST ON TELEVISION.
IF YOU WATCHED, THE SITUATION IS
COMPLEX AND TIRESOME AND VERY
BORING.
NO ONE CAN DO THE JOBS THEY WERE
ELECTED TO DO ALL THIS IS IN
PROGRESS.
THAT'S NOT A SIDE EFFECT OF
IMPEACHMENT.
IN MANY WAYS, IT WAS THE POINT
ALL ALONG OF IMPEACHMENT, TO
STALL THE PRESIDENT'S POLICY
AGENDA.
IT'S FRUSTRATING.
SO FRUSTRATING YOU MAY HAVE LOST
SIGHT OF THE REASON WE ARE HERE
IN THE FIRST PLACE.
WHAT IS THAT REASON?
THE ARTICLES BEFORE THE SENATE
ACCUSE THE PRESIDENT OF USE OF
POWER AND OBSTRUCTION OF
CONGRESS, THEY ARE BROAD CHARGES
AND COULD MEAN ANYTHING.
HERE'S WHAT THEY ACTUALLY MEAN.
DONALD TRUMP IS BEING IMPEACHED
BECAUSE HE ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT
WHAT THE VICE PRESIDENT'S SON
WAS BEING PAID HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS EVERY YEAR
BY FOREIGNERS FOR WHAT
EFFECTIVELY WAS A NO-SHOW JOB IN
INDUSTRY HE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT.
THE OBVIOUS ANSWER IS IT WAS A
CROOKED DEAL.
AT THE SAME TIME HUNTER BIDEN
WAS GETTING RICH FROM THE
UKRAINIAN ENERGY COMPANY, HIS
FATHER JOE WAS OVERSEEING THE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S UKRAINE
POLICY.
THAT'S CORRUPTION.
THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO
DESCRIBE IT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE
TELLING YOU ON CNN.
IT'S NOT THE ONLY EXAMPLE.
THE BIDEN NAME WAS ALSO USED AT
ONE POINT TO SELL A BOND SCHEME
THAT DEFRAUDED AN AMERICAN
INDIAN TRIBE IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
ONE OF HUNTER BIDEN'S CLOSEST
BUSINESS PARTNERS IS STILL
BATTLING CHARGES IN THAT CASE.
AND THEN THERE'S THE QUESTION OF
JOE BIDEN'S BROTHER FRANK.
ACCORDING TO ABC NEWS, IN 2009,
FRANK BIDEN SIGNED ON AS THE
FRONT MAN FOR A FLORIDA CHARTER
SCHOOL COMPANY CALLED MAVERICKS
FOR EDUCATION.
FRANK BIDEN OPENLY BRAGGED THAT
HIS LAST NAME WAS AN ASSET FOR
THE COMPANY.
THAT'S WHY THEY HIRED HIM OF, OF
COURSE.
HE BRAGGED IT WOULD ASSURE HIM
AUTOMATIC ACCEPTANCE AS THEY
SOUGHT REGULATORY APPROVAL AND
IT DID.
BIDEN'S BROTHER WORE
PRESIDENTIAL CUFFLINKS TO SCHOOL
BOARD MEETINGS.
THE ARRANGEMENT MADE FRANK BIDEN
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
IN THE COMPANY'S BEEN ACCUSED OF
MISMANAGING THE SCHOOL AND
INFLATING ENROLLMENT TO SECURE
MORE GOVERNMENT MONEY.
EVENTUALLY THE SCHOOLS WERE
SOLD.
FRANK BIDEN WAS SPECULATING IN
THE CARIBBEAN.
BIDEN BEGAN WORKING WITH THE
SOLAR ENERGY COMPANY SEEKING TO
BUILD PLANTS IN COSTA RICA AND
JAMAICA.
FRANK BIDEN HAD NO EXPERIENCE IN
SOLAR ENERGY.
HE HAD A BROTHER SERVING AS
VICE PRESIDENT.
BOTH THOSE PROJECTS WERE BOOSTED
BY LOANS FROM U.S. GOVERNMENT
BACKED BY YOU, THE TAXPAYER.
AND THEN THERE'S JOE BIDEN
HIMSELF.
IN AN ERA WHERE MILLIONS OF
AMERICANS ARE SUFFOCATING UNDER
MOUNTAINS OF HIGH INTEREST DEBT,
BIDEN SPENT HIS ENTIRE CAREER IN
THE SENATE SERVING CREDIT CARD
COMPANIES.
THE SAME TIME, MAKING IT HARDER
FOR REGULAR PEOPLE TO GET OUT OF
THEIR DEBT AND BANKRUPTCY.
IN RETURN FOR THAT SERVICE, THE
CREDIT CARD COMPANY MBNA GAVE
HUNTER BIDEN A JOB.
HERE IS NOTED NONRIGHT WINGER
TOM BROKAW CONFRONTING
JOE BIDEN.
>> YOUR SON WAS WORKING FOR THE
COMPANY THE SAME TIME.
IN RETROSPECT, WASN'T IT
INAPPROPRIATE FOR SOMEONE LIKE
YOU IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THIS TO
HAVE YOUR SON COLLECTING MONEY
FROM A BIG CREDIT CARD COMPANY
WHILE YOU ARE ON THE BOARD?
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
>> Tucker: SERVANT TO THE
CREDIT CARD COMPANIES?
THINK OF SOMETHING MORE THAN
DISGUSTING, MORE HARMFUL.
SELLING LIQUOR TO CHILDREN?
IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE WHAT'S
WORSE THAN THAT.
EVEN LEFTISTS ARE OFFENDED.
BERNIE SANDERS CAMPAIGN
SURROGATE RODE "BIDEN'S CAREER
WAS BANKROLLED BY THE
CREDIT CARD INDUSTRY.
HE DELIVERED FOR BY SPEARHEADING
A BANKRUPTCY BILL THAT MADE IT
HARDER FOR AMERICANS TO REDUCE
THEIR DEBT AND HELP CAUSED THE
FINANCIAL CRISIS.
HE NOT ONLY AUTHORED AND VOTED
FOR THAT BILL, HE SPLIT WITH
BARACK OBAMA AND LED THE BATTLE
TO VOTE DEMOCRATIC AMENDMENTS."
THAT'S ALL TRUE.
LOOK IT UP.
IS BIDEN APOLOGIZING FOR WHAT HE
DID?
NO, HE'S NOT.
SOMEHOW BERNIE SANDERS IS
APOLOGIZING.
FOR THE CRIME OF TELLING THE
TRUTH ABOUT JOE BIDEN.
THE ENTIRE DEMOCRATIC
ESTABLISHMENT HAD LANDED ON
BERNIE SANDERS WITH BOTH FEET
FOR DAYS HE'S BEEN SAVAGED BY
ESTABLISHMENT ROBOTS LIKE
PAUL KRUGMAN OF
"THE NEW YORK TIMES."
"
KRUGMAN TWEETED.
THERE IS NOTHING TO DISTRUST
ABOUT THE COLUMN.
IT WAS FACTUALLY ACCURATE IN
EVERY WAY.
SANDERS GOT THE MESSAGE.
APOLOGIZE OR WE WILL DESTROY
YOUR CANDIDACY.
HE PROBABLY GROVELED FOR MERCY.
>> I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR MANY, MANY
YEARS.
HE IS A DECENT GUY.
WE HAVE STRONG DISAGREEMENTS BUT
ARE NUMBER OF ISSUES AND WILL
ARGUE THOSE DISAGREEMENTS.
BUT IT'S ACTUALLY NOT MY VIEW
THAT JOE IS CORRUPT IN ANY WAY.
>> Tucker: JOE IS NOT
CORRUPTED ANYWAY, HE REPEATED.
THAT'S NOT A CAMPAIGN MESSAGE.
IT'S A HOSTAGE TAPE.
TAPED UNDER DURESS.
WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE?
SIMPLE.
THE SELF-SUSTAINING ORGANISM
THAT IS THE DEMOCRATIC
ESTABLISHMENT IS DUMPING
ANTIBODIES INTO THE SYSTEM TO
PROTECT ITSELF.
BERNIE SANDERS, LIKE
DONALD TRUMP, IS A THREAT TO
THEIR POWER.
JOE BIDEN IS NOT A THREAT TO
THEIR POWER.
IT'S LIKE THEY CARE ABOUT
JOE BIDEN AS A PERSON.
IF THEY CARED ABOUT JOE BIDEN,
THEY WOULD'VE CONVINCED HIM NOT
TO RUN.
BIDEN IS IN NO CONDITION TO BE
PRESIDENT OR EVEN TO RUN FOR THE
CHILD, AS YOU'VE NOTICED.
HE IS HUMILIATING HIMSELF AND
HIS FAMILY.
FOR NOW, BIDEN IS ALL THEY'VE
GOT.
IF HILLARY CLINTON JUMPS INTO
THE RACE OR MICHELLE OBAMA,
BIDEN WILL BE TOSSED ASIDE AND
FORGOTTEN.
THEY ARE VESSELS FOR TEMPORARY
USE.
WHAT THE LEFT CARES ABOUT IS
REGAINING CONTROL OF THE
COUNTRY.
THAT'S WHY THEY WILL DO
WHATEVER'S NECESSARY TO PROTECT