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BRIAN: THE HOUSE VOTED OVER
OVERWHELMINGLY TO PASS
$1 BILLION IN ISRAEL’S IRON DOME
MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM AND THE
NINE MEMBERS WHO OPPOSED IT
ARE FACING HUGE CRITICISM,
MICHIGAN
CONGRESSWOMAN RASHIDA TALLIB FAC
ING ACCUSATIONS OF ANTI-SEMITISM
AGAIN AND AOC ROASTED FOR
BREAKING DOWN IN TEARS IF
YOU BELIEVE THAT ON THE HOUSE
FLOOR AFTER FAILING TO HELP HER
PARTY BLOCK THE BILL, SHE VOTED
"PRESENT."
JOINING US RIGHT NOW IS SENATOR
TIM SCOTT.
DO YOU BELIEVE WE’RE TALKING
ABOUT AN IRON DOME DEFENSE
SYSTEM BEING DEBATABLE IN THE
HOUSE?
>> I CAN’T BELIEVE IT.
IF THERE’S ANYTHING THAT IS NOT
DEBATABLE, IT IS STANDING STRONG
WITH OUR ALLIES.
IRON DOME HAS SAVED THOUSANDS
UPON THOUSANDS OF LIVES JUST
RECENTLY, OVER THE LAST DECADE,
I CAN’T EVEN COUNT THE NUMBER OF
LIVES THAT HAVE BEEN SAVED
BECAUSE OF IRON DOME BUT MORE
IMPORTANTLY, THINK ABOUT THIS
WAY, BRIAN.
IRON DOME PREVENTS DEATHS WHICH
THEN ALLOWS FOR US NOT TO SEE A
WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST BECAUSE
IF YOU START KILLING THOUSANDS
OF ISRAELIS, THEY HAVE TO
RESPOND.
IT IS THEIR ABILITY TO DEFEND
THEMSELVES THAT REDUCES THE
LIKELIHOOD OF WAR IN THE
MIDDLE EAST AND WHY WOULD WE
NOT STAND BY OUR ALLIES, IT
FEELS AKIN TO THE AFGHAN CRISIS,
NOW AN IRON DOME CRISIS, IT’S
JUST DEAD WRONG.
BRIAN: IT IS.
IT’S A DANGEROUS TIME TO BE AN
AMERICAN ALLIE FROM FRANCE,
TO NATO, ON DOWN.
WE’RE SEEING --
>> IT’S AMAZING.
BRIAN: I WANT TO PIVOT TO
SPENDING.
THIS IS A BIG A COUPLE OF WEEKS
AS THERE WILL BE FOR THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION.
THEY ARE LOOKING TO GET THE
BIPARTISAN BILL PASSED
WITH 19 REPUBLICAN SENATORS AND
THEN GET A 3.5 TRILLION MAYBE
4.5 TRILLION ON A RECONCILIATION
SIMPLY VOTE.
THE QUESTION IS HOW WILL THEY
PAY FOR IT?
OUT OF NOWHERE, MAJORITY LEADER
SENATOR SCHUMER SAID THIS
YESTERDAY.
>> THE WHITE HOUSE, THE WHITE
HOUSE, AND THE SENATE, HAVE
REACHED AGREEMENT ON A FRAME
WORK THAT WILL PAY FOR ANY FINAL
NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT.
SO THE REVENUE SIDE OF THIS , WE
HAVE AN AGREEMENT ON.
BRIAN: MOST DEMOCRATS DIDN’T
EVEN KNOW THIS , DID YOU KNOW
ABOUT THIS?
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT, AND WHAT
THAT TELLS ME IS THAT A) IT’S
IMPOSSIBLE TO RAISE TAXES ENOUGH
TO SPEND $3.5 TRILLION, SO THE
SIZE OF THAT DEAL IS COMING
DOWN, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHEN
YOU START TALKING ABOUT TAX
INCREASES, YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE
A REDUCTION IN REVENUE YEARS 5-
10.
THE FIRST FEW YEARS YOU MAY SEE
A SPIKE BUT THEN IT PLATEAUS
AND IT GOES DOWN.
THE MORE YOU TAX IT THE LESS YOU
GET OF IT.
CAN YOU IMAGINE RAISING OUR
INDICATE GAINS TAX FROM 23% TO
43%?
YOU’RE GOING TO ATTACK FARMERS
BY CUTTING THE INHERITANCE TAX
DOWN, THE THRESHOLD THAT THE
DEDUCTIBLE THAT’S RELATED TO
IT.
HOW WOULD YOU DO THAT TO OUR
FARMERS IN AMERICA?
YOU’RE GOING TO MAKE IT HARDER
TO PASS ASSETS FROM ONE
GENERATION TO THE NEXT
GENERATION, AND THEN WE’RE GOING
TO ASK THEM TO CONTINUE TO
PROVIDE THE FOOD AND THE
RESOURCES THAT WE NEED
AROUND THIS COUNTRY.
IT IS THE WRONG DIRECTION, BUT
BRIAN, DON’T LET THE PRICE TAG
FOOL YOU.
THE CONTENT MIGHT BE MORE
IMPORTANT THAN THE COST.
THE CONTENT OF THIS PACKAGE
COULD LITERALLY CREATE A
SOCIALIST STATE AS WE GIVE MORE
MONEY AWAY, NOT CONNECTED TO
WORK.
THAT’S WHAT THEY STARTED IN JULY
, THEY ARE GOING TO SEE AN
ACCELERATION OF THE PATH
TOWARDS SOCIALISM IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE CONTENT OF THIS PACKAGE.
BRIAN: GREAT POINT.
THE FREE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, FREE
PRESCHOOL, FREE SCHOOL LUNCHES,
FREE ELDER CARE, EXPANDING
MEDICARE, THAT’S JUST OFF THE
TOP OF MY HEAD THAT THE
GOING TO BE JAMMED IN THIS
BILL.
LASTLY YOU’VE BEEN WORKING FOR
OVER A YEAR ON BIPARTISAN
POLICE REFORM.
IT COLLAPSED.
THEY ARE BLAMING, COREY BOOKER
IS BLAMING REPUBLICANS.
"WE MADE IT CLEAR FROM THE
BEGINNING OF OUR
NEGOTIATIONS THAT A BILL MUST
ENSURE TRUE ACCOUNTABILITY,
TRANSPARENCY AND THE POLICING
STANDARD NECESSARY TO BRING AN
END TO THE HORRIFIC INCIDENCE
OF VIOLENCE AMERICANS ARE
ROUTINELY SEEING LIKE THE MURDER
OF GEORGE FLOYD."
UNFORTUNATELY EVEN WITH THAT LAW
ENFORCEMENT SUPPORT AND OTHER
COMPROMISES, THERE WAS STILL TOO
WIDE OF A GULF WITH OUR
NEGOTIATING PARTNERS AND WE FACE
SIGNIFICANT OBSTACLES SECURING A
BIPARTISAN DEAL.
ONE OF THE THINGS THEY SAID IS
REPUBLICANS WANT TO PROTECT BAD
COPS.
SENATOR, WHAT HAPPENED?
>> THAT IS RIDICULOUS.
THE BILL THAT WE HAD NEGOTIATED
INCLUDED DEALING WITH BAD COPS.
HERE IS WHAT I’M NOT GOING TO DO
I’M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT A BILL
THAT DEMORALIZES AND DEFUNDS
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.
WHEN YOU DO THOSE TWO THINGS,
YOU DESTABILIZE THE COMMUNITIES
WHERE THEY SERVE.
EVERYONE KNOWS THAT CHANGE
REQUIRES RESOURCES, AND WHAT THE
DEMOCRATS WANTED TO DO WAS
TO TRY A CREDIT ACCREDITATION TO
MORE MONEY OR LESS MONEY.
THEY LITERALLY SAID, IF YOU DO
NOT BECOME AN ACCREDITED
DEPARTMENT AROUND THIS NATION,
WE WILL CUT YOUR ABILITY TO
APPLY FOR GRANTS.
I’M NOT GOING TO BE A PART OF DE
FUNDING THE POLICE BY MAKING
THEM IN ELIGIBLE FOR THE TWO
MAJOR GRANTS THAT COME FROM THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO LOCAL
POLICE AND REMEMBER, BRIAN, THIS
IS AN ISSUE THAT WAS CAUSED
BY BIG LIBERAL CITIES, FAILING
TO DO WHAT THEY’RE ASKINGS TO DO
, THEY COULD HAVE DONE IT
THEMSELVES.
MINNEAPOLIS, PORTLAND, SEATTLE,
THESE BIG CITIES WITH A BLUE
MAYOR AND BLUE CITY COUNCIL
COULD HAVE DONE ALL OF THIS
THEMSELVES.
BRIAN: DON’T LET THEM STEAL THE
MICROPHONE GET YOUR SIDE OUT