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July 7, 2024
they say he entered the office and struck two staffers with a metal bat. one was a senior aide struck in the head, the other one an internal, her first day on the job. our capitol hill team talked with congressman connolly on the phone. he said the attacker went on a rampage, smashing some of the windows inside in the conference room, also breaking computers. here is more from the fairfax city police sergeant. >> you could absolutely tell that the people inside were scared. they were h...
July 7, 2024
dividing line. >> when police officers dont show up to work, they get fired. thats how it should be for senators, too. as chief, i showed up every day and rereduced violent crime by 40%. marco rubio is one of the worst at showing up. and when he does, he hurts florida. >> instead of voting to condemn radicals who want to abolish police, demings refused. >> thats not just wrong. its dangerous. >> maybe she used to be a cop, but in washington val demings is just another radical rubber st...
October 14, 2018
Volunteering, thats when the real trouble starts. when people who have been unemployed are continuing to try to figure out how to make a living and take care of their families. i have will leverage the responsibility of the governor, the ability to connect with state, local and federal officials to make sure resources dont just end when the memory of the storm passes for the average person. i think thats what you need, someone who is thinking about this, not as a three-day or three-week return, ...
July 17, 2018
>> rick, go ahead. >> i think youre seeing a check on the president. i dont think theres any question that -- i havent heard a single republican defend the president today. in fact, theyve been quite tough on him. >> rand paul, darrell issa. >> okay. i put rand paul in his own party. >> im just saying. i would say that silence -- silence is aiding and abetting what the president is doing too. >> i think youre hearing a lot of folks speaking out very loudly. >> and bravo to you, rick. >> if you c...
July 17, 2018
>> if you can pull the graphic of who we saw today within the party when you get it, of the people who spoke out. a lot did. not all. weve also never seen anything like this before. this is a graphic of people within the trump administration. thats a good graphic. you can put that back up. these are people within the administration right now who have said otherwise than the president today. look, its a good baseline, rick, which is the damn truth. this is not an opinion point. its not about whet...
November 25, 2017
The administration can opinion point a current government official into a new job as long as theyre confirmed by the senate under the federal vacancies act to serve in an acting capacity. so the cfpb was created after the 2008 financial crisis to protect consumers and keep an eye on wall street. republicans argue the agency has too much power, not enough oversight and establishes what they see as anti business regulations. mulvaney has been a long-time critic. while serving in congress, he voted...
August 17, 2017
>> reporter: more republicans in a tweet this morning going after senator jeff flake, republican of arizona, who has also been critical of this president. he said this. he said great to see that dr. kelli ward is running against flake. jeff flake who is weak on borders, crime and a non-factor in the senate. hes toxic. clearly the president has arizona on his mind. he announced last night hes planning to do a campaign-style rally next week in phoenix, likely to have jeff flakes republican opinion...
July 10, 2017
Chose to vote. although you have a valid point flkts its hard to calculate the impact of the information disseminated. we need to know was the information disseminated true or false. if some of it was false, what was false? we need all that resolved. then you add into it the trump campaign allegedly may have melt with someone who may have had information on hillary clinton in opposition research. im familiar with opposition research. one of my opponents sent a team into my hometown trying to dig...
April 21, 2017
Steve largent, lindsey graham and i were there. we were going around to republicans who were having a hard time. we go into kentucky. im like, why are we landing in this part of kentucky. hes got a strong opponent. i pull the guy aside and ask him the questions, whats your money, whats your message, what message are you driving right now? how is your kbround support? answered all those correctly. okay. lets look at your opinion point. how bad is he on the second amendment? hes pro second amendme...
October 19, 2016
They are so worried. ill tell you what, well have big surprises. this is going to be brexit all over again. >> lets talk it all over here. ni nigel farrage, welcome to the circus and ahead of the debate. would you consider yourself mr. brexit and donald trump could be, im hoping theyll call me mr. brexit in 20 days from now. >> well, there are cross overs, we were taking on the establishment, we were behind in the opinion polls, we had very little support from mainstream media so theres big cros...