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All across america who previously sent a democrat to washington only to discover they elected a proxy vote for chuck schumer and nancy pelosi. these are people that don't believe in porters. don't believe inde fighting cri. don't believe in making a strong military. they don't believe in what the people in this room believe, that i can tell you. so we have to do a great job. if democrats ever gain power, they will try to put up the taxes, so many things, open those borders, they don't want walls, they don't want people stopping, and the other day, just the other day, nancy pelosi came out in f...

We will appeal to voters all across america who previously sent a democrat to washington only to discover they elected a proxy vote for chuck schumer and nancy pelosi. these are people that don't believe in borders, don't believe in fighting crime, don't believe in a strong military. they don't believe in what the people in this room believe, that i can tell you. so we have to do a great job. if democrats ever gain power they would try to put up the taxes so many things, open those borders. they don't want walls. they don't want people stopping. the other day, just the other day, nancy pelosi ...

>> reporting to the floor in a positive manner. want to thank the members of this committee for the dill jennings they've displayed. i think we've done the right thing together. brian: cia director mike pompeo on course to be confirmed as secretary of state after a last-minute vote in the senate foreign relations committee. you just were listening to the chairman bob corker who got pretty emotional. what's next? joining us right now is a member of the senate foreign relations committee colorado senator cory gardner. senator, first off, the dramatics that got corker emotional. it's all about ch...

What will that say to you if the full senate doesn't get the recommendation of the foreign relations committee, how much does that damage mike pompeo should he be confirmed as he goes into that job? >> i think it's damaging on two levels. it's damaging to the institution of the senate foreign relations committee and the senate. i worked on the senate foreign relation committee for two years. we confirmed hundreds of obama administration nominees, the test is whether this person is individually qualified. not a proxy vote on the president's policies, clinton and kerry were both confirmed with 9...

Friends, who know that the base, i hate that word, but the base will view this as a vote, a proxy vote in support of trump. obviously, are finding ways to not vote for him. this is very much against any kind of tradition that we have had here. you know that. >> senator bob corker, the foreign relations chairman, moments ago here on nbc. joining me is democratic senator jean that shaheen on armed services. senator, are you saying you are against mike pompeo? >> that's a good talking point because it allows them to not deal with the very real challenges that director pompeo has when we think abo...