HARASSMENT BUT SHOULD NEVER BE
FREE FROM CRITICISM.
>> Harris: SENATOR MARSHA
BLACKBURN FROM TENNESSEE SERVES
ON THE SENATE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE THAT’S MEETING TODAY.
I WANT TO GET YOUR TOP LINE
INFORMATION COMING OUT OF THAT
HEARING TODAY AND WHERE YOU
THINK WE’RE GOING WITH
PROTECTING THE JUSTICES.
>> HARRIS, ONE THING WE KNOW IS
THE LEFT IS UPSET ABOUT THE
SUPREME COURT DOING THEIR
CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY.
AND SO THEY’VE CALLED FOR THIS
HEARING TODAY.
WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT THE
LEFT WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN
ACTIVIST COURT AND THEY ARE
UPSET THAT THIS IS NOT AN
ACTIVIST COURT.
NOW PROTECTING THE JUSTICES
SHOULD BE ITEM NUMBER ONE THAT
IS BEING DISCUSSED.
AND AS YOU AND I HAVE TALKED,
GOING TO THE HOMES OF JUSTICES,
APPROACHING THEM, TRYING TO
INFLUENCE THE DECISION, THE WAY
THEY HAVE CONDUCTED THEMSELVES,
THERE IS A WAY FOR PEACEFUL
PROTESTS AND THERE IS A WAY NOT
TO PROTEST.
WHAT WE ARE SEEING FROM THE
LEFT RIGHT NOW IS WHAT YOU
OUGHT NOT TO BE DOING.
I’M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE
SAFETY OF OUR JUSTICES AND
THEIR FAMILIES, WHETHER THEY
ARE AT HOME OR WHETHER THEY ARE
OUT FOR DINNER.
>> Harris: SENATOR, I WANT TO
MAKE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE
TWO THINGS AND IT IS A STARK
DIFFERENCE.
MAYBE YOU CAN EXPLAIN IT BETTER
THAN I.
BUT WHEN YOU OFFER GEO LOCATION
INFORMATION ON AN INDIVIDUAL
OUTSIDE OF A PUBLICLY EVENT.
YOUR SCHEDULE WE CAN GET, RIGHT?
A LOT OF SENATORS AND HOUSE
MEMBERS PUT THEIR SKILSD ON
THEIR WEBSITE.
THAT’S NOT WHAT WE’RE TALKING
ABOUT.
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT GOING TO
DINNER, TALKING ABOUT THE
THINGS YOU WOULD HAVE TO USE A
DEVICE, STALK, GEO LOCATOR.
FOLLOW PEOPLE TO FIGURE OUT
WHERE THEY ARE GOING AND IT IS
OUTSIDE THE BOUNDS OF WHAT YOU
ARE TALKING ABOUT IS PROTECTED. >> THAT IS RIGHT.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
AND THERE IS THAT STATUTE, 18
USC 1507 TO DO THIS, TO GO
PARADE AND PROTEST OUTSIDE OF
SOMEONE’S HOME, TO HARASS THEM,
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS
AGAINST THE LAW.
AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
NEEDS TO BE FOCUSED ON GOING
AFTER THE INDIVIDUALS, THE
GROUPS THAT ARE BREAKING THE
LAW AND THEY SHOULD BE VERY
INTENT ON KEEPING OUR SUPREME
COURT JUSTICES SAFE SO THEY CAN
DO THEIR JOB.
WE’VE GOT THREE CO-EQUAL
BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT.
YOU HAVE YOUR EXECUTIVE,
LEGISLATIVE, JUDICIAL.
EACH OF US ARE REQUIRED TO DO
OUR JOB IN ORDER TO KEEP THIS
NATION FREE, TO KEEP IT SAFE,
AND TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE
HAVE A GOVERNMENT THAT IS OF,
BY AND FOR THE PEOPLE.
>> Harris: QUICKLY THAT HEARING
TODAY WITH THE DEMOCRATS IS
SLOG FEST TO EXCITE THEIR
POLITICAL BASE.
CAN ANYTHING ELSE BE
ACCOMPLISHED?
JUST A QUICK THOUGHT ON THAT.
>> I THINK THE DEMOCRATS ARE
TERRIBLY MISREADING WHAT PEOPLE
ARE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT RIGHT
NOW.
HARRIS, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE
MID-TERMS AND WE ARE LOOKING AT
ISSUES THAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING
ABOUT, ONE, TWO AND THREE ARE
INFLATION, INFLATION, INFLATION.
>> Harris: YES.
YOU GOT IT.
ALL RIGHT.
LET’S MOVE TO THIS.
JUST UNDER FOUR MONTHS AWAY
FROM THE 2022 MID-TERM
ELECTIONS AND THE ABORTION
ISSUE, OF COURSE, EXPECTED TO
BE A FACTOR FOR SOME VOTERS.
YOU SAY DEMOCRATS MAY BE
OVERESTIMATING THAT FOR THEIR
PARTY WHILE THE ISSUE TYPICALLY
PITS DEMOCRATS AGAINST
REPUBLICANS IN STATE LIKE
FLORIDA AND ARIZONA IT IS
PLAYING OUT DIFFERENTLY IN SOME
RECENT PRIMARIES.
HERE IS A "POLITICO" HEADLINE.
ABORTION DIVIDES DEMOCRATS.
THEY HAVE INCREASINGLY STARTED
USING ABORTION AS A WEAPON
AGAINST EACH OTHER.
A SIGN HOW IT WILL BE USED TO
EXCITE VOTERS BEFORE THE
NOVEMBER ELECTION.
>> WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT MOST
WOMEN ARE ANTI-LATE TERM
ABORTION AND THEY ARE
ANTI-TAXPAYER DOLLARS BEING
USED TO FUND ABORTION.
AND WHEN WOMEN FIND OUT THAT
THIS IS NOT A BAN ON ABORTION,
THAT THIS IS RETURNING THE
ISSUE TO THE STATES, MOST WOMEN
AGREE THAT THIS IS WHERE IT
SHOULD BE.
AND THEN THEY TURN TO OTHER
ISSUES.
INFLATION, CRIME IN THE
STREETS, DRUGS, FENTANYL, THE
DEATHS THAT ARE THERE, THE OPEN
SOUTHERN BORDER, AND THOSE ARE
THE THINGS, KEEPING THEIR
FAMILIES SAFE, MAKING CERTAIN
THAT THE ECONOMY IS IN GOOD
SHAPE, THE PRICE AT THE PUMP,
THE PRICE AT THE GROCERY STORE,
THE FACT THAT FENTANYL IS
KILLING MIDDLE SCHOOLERS, HIGH
SCHOOLERS, YOUNG PEOPLE, THE
LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN 18 TO
40 YEAR OLDS.
THOSE ARE ISSUES THAT ARE AT
THE TOP OF THE TO-DO LIST FOR
MOST WOMEN THAT I’M HEARING
FROM.
>> Harris: LOOK, THE DIVIDE
AMONG DEMOCRATS ON THIS ISSUE
MAY SPEAK TO EXACTLY WHY FORMER
PRESIDENT OBAMA DIDN’T CODIFY
ROE V. WADE WHEN HE HAD
MAJORITIES AND DEMOCRATS HAD
THE WHITE HOUSE AGAIN.
IT’S NOT JUST REPUBLICANS THAT
HAVE THEIR OWN WAY OF LOOKING
AT IT.
AS YOU SAY WOMEN ARE DIVIDED ON
THE ISSUE IN SOME CORNERS AND
SOME CORNERS COMPLETELY
TOGETHER IN WAYS THAT MAYBE
DEMOCRATS CAN’T QUITE
UNDERSTAND OR WOULDN’T BE TABLE
PREDICT.
I WANT TO GET TO THIS.
UP TO 40,000 NATIONAL GUARD
SOLDIERS ARE SET TO BE FIRED
THIS WEEK OVER THEIR REFUSAL TO
TAKE THE COVID VACCINE.
SENATOR, YOUR PLAN TO INTRODUCE
LEGISLATION TO BACK THESE
GUARDSMEN IS PICKING UP STEAM.
TELL US ABOUT THE PLAN AND WHY
YOU THINK IT IS GETTING SUPPORT
RIGHT NOW.
>> YES.
IT IS GETTING BROAD SUPPORT AND
WE FOUND OUT THAT NOT ONLY IS
IT THE GUARDSMEN.
THEY’RE ADDING 20,000
RESERVISTS.
IT IS A TOTAL OF 60,000, HARRIS.
AND MY LEGISLATION IS
INTRODUCED.
IT IS PICKING UP STEAM.
WE ARE TRYING TO GET THIS
INCORPORATED INTO THE NDAA.
THE DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT.
WHAT IT WOULD DO IS PROHIBIT
THE USE OF TAXPAYER FUNDS TO
IMPLEMENT THIS FIRING OF OUR
NATIONAL GUARDSMEN AND WOMEN
AND ALSO OUR RESERVISTS.
WHAT WE KNOW IS THE PANDEMIC IS
OVER.
YOU CAN GET ON A PLANE, YOU CAN
GO WITHOUT A MASK, PEOPLE ARE
BACK TO WORK, BUT THIS WHITE
HOUSE WANTS TO DECLARE THE
PANDEMIC IN EFFECT AGAINST OUR
U.S. MILITARY.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS A FAR
REACH.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE AGAINST
IT AND I AM SO THRILLED TO HAVE
SO MUCH SUPPORT FROM EVERY
CORNER OF THIS COUNTRY TO GET
THIS INCLUDED IN THE NDAA TO
GET THIS BILL PASSED TO MAKE
CERTAIN THAT WE PRESERVE THE
RIGHTS OF OUR GUARDSMEN AND
WOMEN TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THIS
COUNTRY WITHOUT HAVING TO TAKE
A VACCINE.
WE’RE SEEING THE VACCINE DOES
NOT KEEP YOU FROM GETTING COVID.
LOOK AT THAT.
LOOK AT THE PEOPLE IN THE
SENATE, THE PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE
RIGHT NOW THAT HAVE COVID AND
THEY HAVE ALL BEEN DOUBLE
VAXXED AND BOOSTED AND THEY
STILL GET IT.
>> Harris: I’LL TALK WITH DR.
SIEGEL LATER THIS HOUR ABOUT
THE FACT THAT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IS PERCHED TO SEND
US BACKWARD ON FRIDAY DECLARING
THE FEDERAL LEVEL OF EMERGENCY
OVER COVID.
IT WILL STAY IN THE HEADLINES
AND LET US KNOW WHAT HAPPENS
WITH YOUR BILL.
WE NEED OUR MILITARY FOR SURE
IN WHOLE.
WE CAN’T GO FORWARD WITHOUT