WEBVTT 00:00:13.281 --> 00:00:14.047 >>> WELCOME BACK, JOINING ME 00:00:14.048 --> 00:00:15.081 >>> WELCOME BACK, JOINING ME NOW IS REPUBLICAN SENATOR RAND 00:00:15.082 --> 00:00:15.648 NOW IS REPUBLICAN SENATOR RAND PAUL OF KENTUCKY. 00:00:15.650 --> 00:00:17.384 PAUL OF KENTUCKY. SENATOR PAUL, WELCOME BACK TO 00:00:17.385 --> 00:00:18.018 SENATOR PAUL, WELCOME BACK TO "MEET THE PRESS". 00:00:18.052 --> 00:00:19.075 "MEET THE PRESS". >> GOOD MORNING, THANKS FOR 00:00:19.086 --> 00:00:19.476 >> GOOD MORNING, THANKS FOR HAVING ME. 00:00:19.487 --> 00:00:22.122 HAVING ME. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING 00:00:22.156 --> 00:00:22.455 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 00:00:22.457 --> 00:00:23.357 HERE. OF COURSE, TODAY IS THE 00:00:23.358 --> 00:00:38.672 OF COURSE, TODAY IS THE MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR CHARLIE 00:00:38.673 --> 00:00:38.972 MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR CHARLIE KURT. 00:00:38.973 --> 00:00:40.297 KURT. I KNOW YOU HAVE CALLED HIM A 00:00:40.308 --> 00:00:41.307 I KNOW YOU HAVE CALLED HIM A FRIEND AND SENATOR, YOU OF 00:00:41.309 --> 00:00:42.309 FRIEND AND SENATOR, YOU OF COURSE, HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY 00:00:42.310 --> 00:00:43.200 COURSE, HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY POLITICAL VIOLENCE YOURSELF, IN 00:00:43.211 --> 00:00:44.344 POLITICAL VIOLENCE YOURSELF, IN 2017, YOU WERE ON THE BASEBALL 00:00:44.379 --> 00:00:45.579 2017, YOU WERE ON THE BASEBALL FIELD WHEN SHOTS RANG OUT WHEN 00:00:45.580 --> 00:00:46.370 FIELD WHEN SHOTS RANG OUT WHEN CONGRESSMAN STEVE SCALISE WAS 00:00:46.381 --> 00:00:46.680 CONGRESSMAN STEVE SCALISE WAS SHOT. 00:00:46.681 --> 00:00:47.237 SHOT. HE DID SURVIVE. 00:00:47.248 --> 00:00:48.415 HE DID SURVIVE. BUT SENATOR I WONDER, WHAT DO 00:00:48.416 --> 00:00:49.650 BUT SENATOR I WONDER, WHAT DO YOU THINK THE LEGACY OF CHARLIE 00:00:49.684 --> 00:00:50.474 YOU THINK THE LEGACY OF CHARLIE KIRK WILL BE? 00:00:50.485 --> 00:00:52.109 KIRK WILL BE? >> YOU KNOW, I WENT TO MANY OF 00:00:52.120 --> 00:00:55.412 >> YOU KNOW, I WENT TO MANY OF CHARLIE KIRK’S RALLIES. 00:00:55.423 --> 00:00:56.823 CHARLIE KIRK’S RALLIES. MY WIFE SPOKE AT HIS RALLIES, I 00:00:56.825 --> 00:01:05.833 MY WIFE SPOKE AT HIS RALLIES, I HAVE SPOKEN ON CAMPUS WITH HIM. 00:01:05.834 --> 00:01:06.867 HAVE SPOKEN ON CAMPUS WITH HIM. THE EVENTS EARLIER ON WEREN’T 00:01:06.901 --> 00:01:08.125 THE EVENTS EARLIER ON WEREN’T AS BIG, THEY GOT BIGGER OVER 00:01:08.136 --> 00:01:09.327 AS BIG, THEY GOT BIGGER OVER TIME, BUT HE WAS AN INCREDIBLE 00:01:09.338 --> 00:01:09.770 TIME, BUT HE WAS AN INCREDIBLE YOUNG MAN. 00:01:09.804 --> 00:01:11.862 YOUNG MAN. I THINK, ARTICULATE, 00:01:11.873 --> 00:01:12.840 I THINK, ARTICULATE, THOUGHTFUL, AND IF YOU REALLY 00:01:12.841 --> 00:01:14.241 THOUGHTFUL, AND IF YOU REALLY SEE THE PEOPLE WHO CAME UP TO 00:01:14.242 --> 00:01:15.275 SEE THE PEOPLE WHO CAME UP TO HIM WHO HAD A DIFFERENT 00:01:15.310 --> 00:01:16.333 HIM WHO HAD A DIFFERENT VIEWPOINT, HE WOULD HEAR THEM 00:01:16.344 --> 00:01:16.610 VIEWPOINT, HE WOULD HEAR THEM OUT. 00:01:16.611 --> 00:01:17.711 OUT. AND THAT’S DIFFERENT THAN A LOT 00:01:17.712 --> 00:01:18.745 AND THAT’S DIFFERENT THAN A LOT OF THE ARGUMENTATION THAT YOU 00:01:18.747 --> 00:01:25.753 OF THE ARGUMENTATION THAT YOU SEE EITHER ON TV OR THE 00:01:25.754 --> 00:01:26.544 SEE EITHER ON TV OR THE INTERNET WHERE EVERYBODY IS 00:01:26.555 --> 00:01:27.145 INTERNET WHERE EVERYBODY IS DROWNING PEOPLE OUT. 00:01:27.156 --> 00:01:28.155 DROWNING PEOPLE OUT. HE WOULD LISTEN TO PEOPLE. 00:01:28.156 --> 00:01:29.390 HE WOULD LISTEN TO PEOPLE. I THINK HE WILL BE REMEMBERED 00:01:29.424 --> 00:01:30.648 I THINK HE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR THAT AND ALSO BE REMEMBERED 00:01:30.659 --> 00:01:32.049 FOR THAT AND ALSO BE REMEMBERED FOR A GUY THAT WAS TRYING TO 00:01:32.060 --> 00:01:33.060 FOR A GUY THAT WAS TRYING TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF JESUS 00:01:33.061 --> 00:01:33.427 SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. 00:01:33.428 --> 00:01:34.561 CHRIST. THAT I THINK SHOULD BE 00:01:34.563 --> 00:01:34.996 THAT I THINK SHOULD BE APPLAUDED. 00:01:35.030 --> 00:01:35.853 APPLAUDED. >> THOUSANDS PAYING TRIBUTE TO 00:01:35.864 --> 00:01:36.764 >> THOUSANDS PAYING TRIBUTE TO HIM TODAY, SENATOR, SO WE 00:01:36.765 --> 00:01:37.331 HIM TODAY, SENATOR, SO WE APPRECIATE THAT. 00:01:37.332 --> 00:01:38.823 APPRECIATE THAT. I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT ABC’S 00:01:38.834 --> 00:01:44.729 I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT ABC’S DECISION THIS WEEK TO SUBSIDE 00:01:44.740 --> 00:01:45.807 DECISION THIS WEEK TO SUBSIDE AND -- SUSPEND JIMMY KIMMEL 00:01:45.841 --> 00:01:46.607 AND -- SUSPEND JIMMY KIMMEL SHOW. 00:01:46.608 --> 00:02:01.555 SHOW. HE WAS SUSPENDED AFTER COMMENTS 00:02:01.556 --> 00:02:02.780 HE WAS SUSPENDED AFTER COMMENTS THAT HE MADE, HOURS AFTER THE 00:02:02.791 --> 00:02:03.825 THAT HE MADE, HOURS AFTER THE FCC CHAIRMAN, BRENDAN CARR SAID 00:02:03.859 --> 00:02:04.158 FCC CHAIRMAN, BRENDAN CARR SAID THIS. 00:02:04.159 --> 00:02:05.650 THIS. >> WE CAN DO THIS THE EASY WAY 00:02:05.661 --> 00:02:06.451 >> WE CAN DO THIS THE EASY WAY OR THE HARD WAY. 00:02:06.462 --> 00:02:07.561 OR THE HARD WAY. THESE COMPANIES CAN FIND WAYS 00:02:07.563 --> 00:02:08.563 THESE COMPANIES CAN FIND WAYS TO CHANGE CONDUCT AND TAKE 00:02:08.564 --> 00:02:10.565 TO CHANGE CONDUCT AND TAKE ACTION, FRANKLY, ON KIMMEL OR 00:02:10.566 --> 00:02:11.566 ACTION, FRANKLY, ON KIMMEL OR THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL WORK 00:02:11.567 --> 00:02:12.424 THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL WORK FOR THE FCC AHEAD. 00:02:12.435 --> 00:02:13.635 FOR THE FCC AHEAD. >> SENATOR, DO YOU BELIEVE THAT 00:02:13.669 --> 00:02:19.307 >> SENATOR, DO YOU BELIEVE THAT BRENDAN CARR’S COMMENTS WERE 00:02:19.308 --> 00:02:29.941 BRENDAN CARR’S COMMENTS WERE APPROPRIATE? 00:02:29.952 --> 00:02:30.708 APPROPRIATE? >> ABSOLUTELY INAPPROPRIATE. 00:02:30.719 --> 00:02:31.609 >> ABSOLUTELY INAPPROPRIATE. BRENDAN CARR HAS NO BUSINESS 00:02:31.620 --> 00:02:32.777 BRENDAN CARR HAS NO BUSINESS WEIGHING IN ON THIS BUT PEOPLE 00:02:32.788 --> 00:02:33.821 WEIGHING IN ON THIS BUT PEOPLE HAVE TO ALSO REALIZE THAT 00:02:33.822 --> 00:02:34.655 HAVE TO ALSO REALIZE THAT DESPICABLE COMMENTS, YOU HAVE 00:02:34.690 --> 00:02:36.181 DESPICABLE COMMENTS, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO SAY THAT BUT YOU 00:02:36.192 --> 00:02:37.214 THE RIGHT TO SAY THAT BUT YOU DON’T HAVE THE RIGHT TO 00:02:37.225 --> 00:02:37.615 DON’T HAVE THE RIGHT TO EMPLOYMENT. 00:02:37.626 --> 00:02:38.416 EMPLOYMENT. VIRTUALLY EVERYBODY EMPLOYED 00:02:38.427 --> 00:02:39.260 VIRTUALLY EVERYBODY EMPLOYED PROBABLY INCLUDING YOURSELF HAS 00:02:39.295 --> 00:02:39.885 PROBABLY INCLUDING YOURSELF HAS A CODE OF CONDUCT. 00:02:39.896 --> 00:02:41.119 A CODE OF CONDUCT. IN YOUR CONTRACT, YOU HAVE TO 00:02:41.130 --> 00:02:41.662 IN YOUR CONTRACT, YOU HAVE TO ADHERE TO IT. 00:02:41.697 --> 00:02:42.754 ADHERE TO IT. NFL PLAYERS HAVE IT, BASEBALL 00:02:42.765 --> 00:02:43.931 NFL PLAYERS HAVE IT, BASEBALL PLAYERS HAVE IT, IF YOU DON’T 00:02:43.933 --> 00:02:45.190 PLAYERS HAVE IT, IF YOU DON’T ADHERE TO THAT CONDUCT IF YOU 00:02:45.201 --> 00:02:46.625 ADHERE TO THAT CONDUCT IF YOU SAY THINGS THAT ARE 00:02:46.636 --> 00:02:47.301 SAY THINGS THAT ARE REPREHENSIBLE OR GLORIFY 00:02:47.303 --> 00:02:48.270 REPREHENSIBLE OR GLORIFY SOMEONE’S DEATH, YEAH, YOU CAN 00:02:48.304 --> 00:02:48.727 SOMEONE’S DEATH, YEAH, YOU CAN BE FIRED. 00:02:48.738 --> 00:02:49.928 BE FIRED. THE FCC SHOULD HAVE NOTHING TO 00:02:49.939 --> 00:02:50.572 THE FCC SHOULD HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. 00:02:50.606 --> 00:02:56.811 DO WITH IT. BUT I DO THINK, A COUPLE OF THE 00:02:56.812 --> 00:03:00.638 BUT I DO THINK, A COUPLE OF THE NETWORKS PULLED OUT, SINCLAIR 00:03:00.649 --> 00:03:01.649 NETWORKS PULLED OUT, SINCLAIR PULLED OUT, THEY WERE DISGUSTED 00:03:01.650 --> 00:03:02.216 PULLED OUT, THEY WERE DISGUSTED BY THE COMMENTS. 00:03:02.218 --> 00:03:03.051 BY THE COMMENTS. THAT IS THEIR RIGHT. 00:03:03.052 --> 00:03:04.486 THAT IS THEIR RIGHT. YOU CAN BE FIRED FOR NOT BEING 00:03:04.520 --> 00:03:05.310 YOU CAN BE FIRED FOR NOT BEING POPULAR, ALSO, THIS IS 00:03:05.321 --> 00:03:06.111 POPULAR, ALSO, THIS IS TELEVISION, FOR GOODNESS SAKES. 00:03:06.122 --> 00:03:19.858 TELEVISION, FOR GOODNESS SAKES. YOU HAVE TO SELL SPONSORSHIPS, 00:03:19.869 --> 00:03:20.868 YOU HAVE TO SELL SPONSORSHIPS, COMMERCIALS AND IF YOU ARE 00:03:20.870 --> 00:03:22.127 COMMERCIALS AND IF YOU ARE LOSING MONEY, YOU CAN BE FIRED. 00:03:22.138 --> 00:03:23.138 LOSING MONEY, YOU CAN BE FIRED. THE GOVERNMENT HAS NO BUSINESS 00:03:23.139 --> 00:03:23.562 THE GOVERNMENT HAS NO BUSINESS IN IT. 00:03:23.573 --> 00:03:24.973 IN IT. THE FCC WAS WRONG AND I WILL 00:03:24.974 --> 00:03:26.007 THE FCC WAS WRONG AND I WILL FIGHT ANY ATTEMPT BY THE 00:03:26.042 --> 00:03:27.065 FIGHT ANY ATTEMPT BY THE GOVERNMENT TO GET INVOLVED IN 00:03:27.076 --> 00:03:27.366 GOVERNMENT TO GET INVOLVED IN SPEECH. 00:03:27.377 --> 00:03:28.633 SPEECH. >> YOU TAKE ME TO MY NEXT 00:03:28.644 --> 00:03:29.944 >> YOU TAKE ME TO MY NEXT QUESTION BECAUSE I DO WANT TO 00:03:29.946 --> 00:03:30.913 QUESTION BECAUSE I DO WANT TO ASK YOU BROADLY SPEAKING, ABOUT 00:03:30.947 --> 00:03:31.370 ASK YOU BROADLY SPEAKING, ABOUT FREE SPEECH. 00:03:31.381 --> 00:03:32.571 FREE SPEECH. I WANT TO PLAY SOMETHING THAT 00:03:32.582 --> 00:03:33.415 I WANT TO PLAY SOMETHING THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP PROMISED DURING 00:03:33.449 --> 00:03:34.239 PRESIDENT TRUMP PROMISED DURING HIS INAUGURAL ADDRESS FOLLOWED 00:03:34.250 --> 00:03:35.507 HIS INAUGURAL ADDRESS FOLLOWED BY COMMENTS THAT HE MAY JUST 00:03:35.518 --> 00:03:36.418 BY COMMENTS THAT HE MAY JUST THIS WEEK, TAKE A LOOK. 00:03:36.452 --> 00:03:37.709 THIS WEEK, TAKE A LOOK. >> I WILL ALSO SIGN AN 00:03:37.720 --> 00:03:38.520 >> I WILL ALSO SIGN AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TO IMMEDIATELY 00:03:38.554 --> 00:03:39.444 EXECUTIVE ORDER TO IMMEDIATELY STOP ALL GOVERNMENT CENSORSHIP, 00:03:39.455 --> 00:03:40.655 STOP ALL GOVERNMENT CENSORSHIP, AND BRING BACK FREE SPEECH TO 00:03:40.656 --> 00:03:41.012 AND BRING BACK FREE SPEECH TO AMERICA. 00:03:41.023 --> 00:03:44.125 AMERICA. >> WHEN SOMEBODY IS GIVEN 97% 00:03:44.160 --> 00:03:45.360 >> WHEN SOMEBODY IS GIVEN 97% OF THE STORIES THAT ARE BAD 00:03:45.361 --> 00:03:46.361 OF THE STORIES THAT ARE BAD ABOUT A PERSON, THAT’S NO 00:03:46.362 --> 00:04:02.777 ABOUT A PERSON, THAT’S NO LONGER FREE SPEECH, THAT’S JUST 00:04:02.779 --> 00:04:03.178 LONGER FREE SPEECH, THAT’S JUST CHEATING. 00:04:03.179 --> 00:04:08.540 CHEATING. >> SENATOR, DO YOU BELIEVE 00:04:08.551 --> 00:04:09.251 >> SENATOR, DO YOU BELIEVE PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SENDING THE 00:04:09.285 --> 00:04:10.008 PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SENDING THE MESSAGE THAT HE ONLY SUPPORTS 00:04:10.019 --> 00:04:10.676 MESSAGE THAT HE ONLY SUPPORTS FREE SPEECH WHEN IT’S SPEECH 00:04:10.687 --> 00:04:11.253 FREE SPEECH WHEN IT’S SPEECH THAT HE AGREES WITH? 00:04:11.287 --> 00:04:12.010 THAT HE AGREES WITH? >> WELL, THIS IS WHY IT’S KIND 00:04:12.021 --> 00:04:12.678 >> WELL, THIS IS WHY IT’S KIND OF RICH FOR GOVERNOR SHAPIRO 00:04:12.689 --> 00:04:13.422 OF RICH FOR GOVERNOR SHAPIRO ALSO TO COME ON AND BE OUTRAGED 00:04:13.423 --> 00:04:13.889 ALSO TO COME ON AND BE OUTRAGED BY CENSORSHIP. 00:04:13.890 --> 00:04:14.556 BY CENSORSHIP. WAS HE ASLEEP FOR THE FOUR 00:04:14.591 --> 00:04:15.114 WAS HE ASLEEP FOR THE FOUR YEARS OF THE BIDEN 00:04:15.125 --> 00:04:15.824 YEARS OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WHEN THEY DID 00:04:15.825 --> 00:04:16.358 ADMINISTRATION WHEN THEY DID HAVE CENSORSHIP? 00:04:16.393 --> 00:04:17.216 HAVE CENSORSHIP? THE FBI, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 00:04:17.227 --> 00:04:17.926 THE FBI, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WERE SENT TO THE 00:04:17.927 --> 00:04:18.517 SECURITY WERE SENT TO THE OFFICES OF TWITTER. 00:04:18.528 --> 00:04:19.561 OFFICES OF TWITTER. SENT TO THE OFFICER -- OFFICES 00:04:19.596 --> 00:04:21.821 SENT TO THE OFFICER -- OFFICES OF FACEBOOK, FACEBOOK WAS TOLD 00:04:21.832 --> 00:04:22.631 OF FACEBOOK, FACEBOOK WAS TOLD TO TAKE DOWN INFORMATION 00:04:22.666 --> 00:04:39.038 TO TAKE DOWN INFORMATION REGARDING THE ORIGINS OF THE 00:04:39.049 --> 00:04:39.438 REGARDING THE ORIGINS OF THE CORONAVIRUS. 00:04:39.449 --> 00:04:40.215 CORONAVIRUS. WE’VE HAD OFFICIAL CENSORSHIP 00:04:40.217 --> 00:04:41.441 WE’VE HAD OFFICIAL CENSORSHIP GOING ON FOR MANY YEARS NOW AND 00:04:41.452 --> 00:04:42.408 GOING ON FOR MANY YEARS NOW AND EVERYBODY ON THE LEFT JUST 00:04:42.419 --> 00:04:43.252 EVERYBODY ON THE LEFT JUST LOOKS THE OTHER WAY. 00:04:43.253 --> 00:04:44.553 LOOKS THE OTHER WAY. THEY ACTUALLY HAD AN OFFICE OF 00:04:44.554 --> 00:04:44.953 THEY ACTUALLY HAD AN OFFICE OF CENSORSHIP. 00:04:44.955 --> 00:04:46.012 CENSORSHIP. SO I APPLAUD TRUMP FOR BRINGING 00:04:46.023 --> 00:04:46.445 SO I APPLAUD TRUMP FOR BRINGING THAT DOWN. 00:04:46.456 --> 00:04:47.413 THAT DOWN. NOW, GOING AFTER THE FCC 00:04:47.424 --> 00:04:48.257 NOW, GOING AFTER THE FCC LICENSES IS WRONG AND 00:04:48.258 --> 00:04:53.662 LICENSES IS WRONG AND INCONSISTENT WITH THAT. 00:04:53.697 --> 00:05:12.405 INCONSISTENT WITH THAT. I APPLAUD TRUMP FOR GETTING RID 00:05:12.416 --> 00:05:13.616 I APPLAUD TRUMP FOR GETTING RID OF THE CENSORSHIP OFFICE IN OUR 00:05:13.650 --> 00:05:14.673 OF THE CENSORSHIP OFFICE IN OUR GOVERNMENT BUT I THINK PEOPLE 00:05:14.684 --> 00:05:15.651 GOVERNMENT BUT I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD DISCONTINUE THIS IDEA OF 00:05:15.652 --> 00:05:16.619 SHOULD DISCONTINUE THIS IDEA OF POLICING HATE SPEECH OR SENDING 00:05:16.653 --> 00:05:17.510 POLICING HATE SPEECH OR SENDING THE FCC AFTER NETWORKS. 00:05:17.521 --> 00:05:18.345 THE FCC AFTER NETWORKS. I’M OPPOSED TO THAT. 00:05:18.356 --> 00:05:19.579 I’M OPPOSED TO THAT. >> TO BE CLEAR, I MEAN, 00:05:19.590 --> 00:05:20.547 >> TO BE CLEAR, I MEAN, PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID THAT HE 00:05:20.558 --> 00:05:21.624 PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID THAT HE VOWED TO QUOTE STOP ALL 00:05:21.658 --> 00:05:22.448 VOWED TO QUOTE STOP ALL GOVERNMENT CENSORSHIP AND BRING 00:05:22.459 --> 00:05:23.459 GOVERNMENT CENSORSHIP AND BRING BACK FREE SPEECH TO AMERICA. 00:05:23.460 --> 00:05:24.951 BACK FREE SPEECH TO AMERICA. I HEAR WHAT YOU ARE SAYING BUT 00:05:24.962 --> 00:05:26.362 I HEAR WHAT YOU ARE SAYING BUT JUST TO FOCUS ON WHAT YOU ARE 00:05:26.363 --> 00:05:27.420 JUST TO FOCUS ON WHAT YOU ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW FROM THE 00:05:27.431 --> 00:05:28.398 SEEING RIGHT NOW FROM THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF, DO YOU THINK 00:05:28.399 --> 00:05:29.599 PRESIDENT HIMSELF, DO YOU THINK HE IS DOING THAT, IS HE 00:05:29.600 --> 00:05:30.266 HE IS DOING THAT, IS HE PROTECTING FREE SPEECH? 00:05:30.267 --> 00:05:31.234 PROTECTING FREE SPEECH? >> ACTUALLY, IT HAS OCCURRED 00:05:31.268 --> 00:05:32.125 >> ACTUALLY, IT HAS OCCURRED ALL THROUGHOUT GOVERNMENT, THE 00:05:32.136 --> 00:05:32.959 ALL THROUGHOUT GOVERNMENT, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 00:05:32.970 --> 00:05:35.762 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY IS NO LONGER SENDING OFFICERS 00:05:35.773 --> 00:05:37.040 IS NO LONGER SENDING OFFICERS TO TWITTER TO TALK TO THEM 00:05:37.074 --> 00:05:37.473 TO TWITTER TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT -- 00:05:37.474 --> 00:05:38.898 ABOUT -- >> BUT WHAT ABOUT WHAT TRUMP IS 00:05:38.909 --> 00:05:39.199 >> BUT WHAT ABOUT WHAT TRUMP IS SAYING? 00:05:39.210 --> 00:05:39.999 SAYING? >> WELL, I CAN’T CONTROL 00:05:40.010 --> 00:05:40.867 >> WELL, I CAN’T CONTROL EVERYTHING THE PRESIDENT SAYS, 00:05:40.878 --> 00:05:42.145 EVERYTHING THE PRESIDENT SAYS, AND I DON’T THINK HAVING THE 00:05:42.179 --> 00:05:47.974 AND I DON’T THINK HAVING THE FCC WEIGH IN ON LICENSES IS 00:05:47.985 --> 00:05:54.190 FCC WEIGH IN ON LICENSES IS WRONG -- IS RIGHT. 00:05:54.191 --> 00:05:55.448 WRONG -- IS RIGHT. I CAN TELL YOU THE CENSORSHIP 00:05:55.459 --> 00:05:56.426 I CAN TELL YOU THE CENSORSHIP APPARATUS THAT BIDEN PUT IN 00:05:56.427 --> 00:05:57.017 APPARATUS THAT BIDEN PUT IN PLACE IS GONE. 00:05:57.028 --> 00:05:58.494 PLACE IS GONE. I HAVE A BILL TO DO THAT 00:05:58.496 --> 00:05:59.496 I HAVE A BILL TO DO THAT THROUGH LEGISLATION BUT I CAN 00:05:59.497 --> 00:06:00.530 THROUGH LEGISLATION BUT I CAN TELL YOU THROUGHOUT THE TRUMP 00:06:00.531 --> 00:06:01.297 TELL YOU THROUGHOUT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, THEY’VE STOPPED 00:06:01.298 --> 00:06:01.664 ADMINISTRATION, THEY’VE STOPPED DOING IT. 00:06:01.699 --> 00:06:02.556 DOING IT. IT DOESN’T ALWAYS MATCH THE 00:06:02.567 --> 00:06:03.366 IT DOESN’T ALWAYS MATCH THE WORDS YOU ARE HEARING. 00:06:03.401 --> 00:06:04.324 WORDS YOU ARE HEARING. I THINK PEOPLE ARE RAW, 00:06:04.335 --> 00:06:05.134 I THINK PEOPLE ARE RAW, UNHAPPY, UNHAPPY, WE ARE 00:06:05.169 --> 00:06:15.869 UNHAPPY, UNHAPPY, WE ARE MOURNING THE LOSS OF CHERRY -- 00:06:15.880 --> 00:06:16.312 MOURNING THE LOSS OF CHERRY -- CHARLIE KIRK. 00:06:16.314 --> 00:06:17.281 CHARLIE KIRK. SOME PEOPLE THINK LET’S RESORT 00:06:17.315 --> 00:06:17.805 SOME PEOPLE THINK LET’S RESORT TO GOVERNMENT. 00:06:17.816 --> 00:06:19.139 TO GOVERNMENT. I’M NOT ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE BUT 00:06:19.150 --> 00:06:20.540 I’M NOT ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE BUT I ALSO DO THINK THERE ARE OTHER 00:06:20.551 --> 00:06:21.985 I ALSO DO THINK THERE ARE OTHER WAYS THAT PEOPLE CAN BE LET GO 00:06:22.019 --> 00:06:23.243 WAYS THAT PEOPLE CAN BE LET GO AND KIMMEL COULD BE LET GO 00:06:23.254 --> 00:06:24.254 AND KIMMEL COULD BE LET GO SIMPLY BECAUSE OF HIS CONTRACT, 00:06:24.255 --> 00:06:25.288 SIMPLY BECAUSE OF HIS CONTRACT, NOT MAKING ENOUGH MONEY OR 00:06:25.323 --> 00:06:26.113 NOT MAKING ENOUGH MONEY OR SAYING SOMETHING THAT DEFIES 00:06:26.124 --> 00:06:26.946 SAYING SOMETHING THAT DEFIES THE CODE OF CONDUCT. 00:06:26.957 --> 00:06:28.124 THE CODE OF CONDUCT. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH BETTER 00:06:28.125 --> 00:06:29.392 IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH BETTER IF THE FCC WOULD HAVE STAYED 00:06:29.427 --> 00:06:30.050 IF THE FCC WOULD HAVE STAYED OUT OF IT. 00:06:30.061 --> 00:06:31.194 OUT OF IT. >> A COUPLE OF MORE QUESTIONS 00:06:31.229 --> 00:06:32.453 >> A COUPLE OF MORE QUESTIONS TO GET TO WITH YOU HERE. 00:06:32.464 --> 00:06:33.654 TO GET TO WITH YOU HERE. I WANT TO ASK ABOUT SOMETHING 00:06:33.665 --> 00:06:39.302 I WANT TO ASK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT OCCURRED ON SATURDAY. 00:06:39.337 --> 00:06:53.040 THAT OCCURRED ON SATURDAY. PRESIDENT TRUMP PUBLICLY PUSHED 00:06:53.051 --> 00:06:54.074 PRESIDENT TRUMP PUBLICLY PUSHED HIS ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDI, 00:06:54.085 --> 00:06:54.885 HIS ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDI, TO PROSECUTE HIS POLITICAL 00:06:54.886 --> 00:06:56.086 TO PROSECUTE HIS POLITICAL OPPONENTS, LET ME READ A COUPLE 00:06:56.087 --> 00:06:57.120 OPPONENTS, LET ME READ A COUPLE OF THE PEOPLE HE MENTIONED, 00:06:57.155 --> 00:06:57.911 OF THE PEOPLE HE MENTIONED, FORMER FBI DIRECTOR JAMES 00:06:57.922 --> 00:06:58.722 FORMER FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY, DEMOCRATIC SENATOR ADAM 00:06:58.756 --> 00:06:59.756 COMEY, DEMOCRATIC SENATOR ADAM SHIFF OF CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK 00:06:59.757 --> 00:07:00.580 SHIFF OF CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMES. 00:07:00.591 --> 00:07:01.758 ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMES. HE WROTE THIS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, 00:07:01.759 --> 00:07:02.792 HE WROTE THIS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, QUOTE, WE CAN’T DELAY ANY 00:07:02.794 --> 00:07:03.127 QUOTE, WE CAN’T DELAY ANY LONGER. 00:07:03.161 --> 00:07:04.018 LONGER. IT’S KILLING OUR REPUTATION AND 00:07:04.029 --> 00:07:04.461 IT’S KILLING OUR REPUTATION AND CREDIBILITY. 00:07:04.462 --> 00:07:05.228 CREDIBILITY. THEY IMPEACHED ME TWICE AND 00:07:05.263 --> 00:07:06.286 THEY IMPEACHED ME TWICE AND INDICTED ME FIVE TIMES OVER 00:07:06.297 --> 00:07:06.630 INDICTED ME FIVE TIMES OVER NOTHING. 00:07:06.664 --> 00:07:07.487 NOTHING. JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED NOW. 00:07:07.498 --> 00:07:08.465 JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED NOW. DO YOU BELIEVE IT IS 00:07:08.466 --> 00:07:09.299 DO YOU BELIEVE IT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE PRESIDENT 00:07:09.300 --> 00:07:10.333 APPROPRIATE FOR THE PRESIDENT TO DIRECT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 00:07:10.368 --> 00:07:11.368 TO DIRECT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO GO AFTER HIS POLITICAL 00:07:11.369 --> 00:07:11.925 TO GO AFTER HIS POLITICAL OPPONENTS, SENATOR? 00:07:11.936 --> 00:07:16.039 OPPONENTS, SENATOR? >> I THINK, I THINK LAW FAIR IN 00:07:16.074 --> 00:07:17.474 >> I THINK, I THINK LAW FAIR IN ALL FORMS IS BAD, WHAT THEY DID 00:07:17.475 --> 00:07:18.475 ALL FORMS IS BAD, WHAT THEY DID BY CHANGING THE STATUTE OF 00:07:18.476 --> 00:07:19.499 BY CHANGING THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS, ADDING UP A BUNCH 00:07:19.510 --> 00:07:25.415 LIMITATIONS, ADDING UP A BUNCH OF MISDEMEANORS, ADDING UP UP 00:07:25.417 --> 00:07:26.450 OF MISDEMEANORS, ADDING UP UP BUNCH OF RECORDS VIOLATIONS AND 00:07:26.484 --> 00:07:27.240 BUNCH OF RECORDS VIOLATIONS AND MAKING THEM INTO FELONIES, 00:07:27.251 --> 00:07:28.051 MAKING THEM INTO FELONIES, APPROVING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS 00:07:28.086 --> 00:07:29.343 APPROVING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN FINES, WHEN THERE 00:07:29.354 --> 00:07:37.728 OF DOLLARS IN FINES, WHEN THERE WAS NO AGGRIEVED PARTY, NO ONE 00:07:37.729 --> 00:07:38.762 WAS NO AGGRIEVED PARTY, NO ONE COMPLAINED, THAT WAS LAW FAIR 00:07:38.797 --> 00:07:39.820 COMPLAINED, THAT WAS LAW FAIR BUT IT’S ALSO WRONG IF 00:07:39.831 --> 00:07:40.588 BUT IT’S ALSO WRONG IF REPUBLICANS DO IT, DO. 00:07:40.599 --> 00:07:42.023 REPUBLICANS DO IT, DO. WE NEED TO GET POLITICS OUT OF 00:07:42.034 --> 00:07:43.267 WE NEED TO GET POLITICS OUT OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM AS MUCH AS 00:07:43.301 --> 00:07:44.725 THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM AS MUCH AS WE CAN BUT WE CAN’T DO IT 00:07:44.736 --> 00:07:47.371 WE CAN BUT WE CAN’T DO IT WITHOUT ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE 00:07:47.405 --> 00:07:48.896 WITHOUT ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE KING OF LAW FAIR WAS BIDEN, SO 00:07:48.907 --> 00:07:50.498 KING OF LAW FAIR WAS BIDEN, SO IT’S WRONG IF WE DO IT BUT IT 00:07:50.509 --> 00:07:51.532 IT’S WRONG IF WE DO IT BUT IT CERTAINLY WAS WRONG WHEN BIDEN 00:07:51.543 --> 00:07:52.734 CERTAINLY WAS WRONG WHEN BIDEN AND THE DEMOCRATS WERE DOING IT 00:07:52.745 --> 00:07:53.434 AND THE DEMOCRATS WERE DOING IT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. 00:07:53.445 --> 00:07:54.545 THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. >> SENATOR, YOU ARE MAKING THE 00:07:54.546 --> 00:07:55.980 >> SENATOR, YOU ARE MAKING THE ARGUMENT IT WAS WRONG THEN, DO 00:07:56.014 --> 00:07:56.871 ARGUMENT IT WAS WRONG THEN, DO YOU EXPLICITLY DISAGREE WITH 00:07:56.882 --> 00:08:02.086 YOU EXPLICITLY DISAGREE WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP’S POST? 00:08:02.120 --> 00:08:06.180 PRESIDENT TRUMP’S POST? >> I JUST SAID LAW FAIR OF ALL 00:08:06.191 --> 00:08:07.191 >> I JUST SAID LAW FAIR OF ALL SORTS IS WRONG, REPUBLICAN OR 00:08:07.225 --> 00:08:08.449 SORTS IS WRONG, REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT, BUT YOU HAVE TO PUT 00:08:08.460 --> 00:08:09.460 DEMOCRAT, BUT YOU HAVE TO PUT IT INTO CONTEXT ALSO AND 00:08:09.461 --> 00:08:10.418 IT INTO CONTEXT ALSO AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE KING OF 00:08:10.429 --> 00:08:11.896 ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE KING OF ALL LAW FAIR WAS BIDEN AND THE 00:08:11.930 --> 00:08:24.999 ALL LAW FAIR WAS BIDEN AND THE DEMOCRATS, WHAT THEY DID TO 00:08:25.010 --> 00:08:25.977 DEMOCRATS, WHAT THEY DID TO TRUMP WAS AN ABOMINATION BUT 00:08:25.978 --> 00:08:27.412 TRUMP WAS AN ABOMINATION BUT YES, IT IS NOT RIGHT FOR THE 00:08:27.446 --> 00:08:28.446 YES, IT IS NOT RIGHT FOR THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO DO THE 00:08:28.447 --> 00:08:28.870 TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO DO THE SAME THING. 00:08:28.881 --> 00:08:30.271 SAME THING. >> I THINK THERE WOULD BE A 00:08:30.282 --> 00:08:30.915 >> I THINK THERE WOULD BE A DEBATE OVER THAT 00:08:30.949 --> 00:08:31.949 DEBATE OVER THAT CHARACTERIZATION, BUT I WANT TO 00:08:31.950 --> 00:08:33.174 CHARACTERIZATION, BUT I WANT TO MOVE ON BECAUSE WE ARE RUNNING 00:08:33.185 --> 00:08:33.718 MOVE ON BECAUSE WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME. 00:08:33.752 --> 00:08:35.209 OUT OF TIME. I HAVE TO ASK ABOUT THE BIG 00:08:35.220 --> 00:08:39.657 I HAVE TO ASK ABOUT THE BIG TOPIC THAT IS CONSUMING CAPITOL 00:08:39.658 --> 00:08:40.691 TOPIC THAT IS CONSUMING CAPITOL HILL, OF COURSE AT THE 00:08:40.693 --> 00:08:41.483 HILL, OF COURSE AT THE POSSIBILITY OF A GOVERNMENT 00:08:41.494 --> 00:08:41.859 POSSIBILITY OF A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. 00:08:41.860 --> 00:08:42.927 SHUTDOWN. YOU ARE ONE OF TWO REPUBLICANS 00:08:42.962 --> 00:08:43.752 YOU ARE ONE OF TWO REPUBLICANS THAT VOTED DEMOCRAT OPPOSING 00:08:43.763 --> 00:08:44.585 THAT VOTED DEMOCRAT OPPOSING THE GOVERNMENT FUNDING BILL, 00:08:44.596 --> 00:08:45.630 THE GOVERNMENT FUNDING BILL, SENATOR, DO YOU THINK THE 00:08:45.664 --> 00:08:46.664 SENATOR, DO YOU THINK THE GOVERNMENT IS HEADED TOWARDS A 00:08:46.665 --> 00:08:47.064 GOVERNMENT IS HEADED TOWARDS A SHUTDOWN? 00:08:47.066 --> 00:08:47.689 SHUTDOWN? >> I HOPE NOT. 00:08:47.700 --> 00:08:48.890 >> I HOPE NOT. I THINK IT IS DISRUPTIVE TO 00:08:48.901 --> 00:08:49.691 I THINK IT IS DISRUPTIVE TO CLOSE THE GOVERNMENT DOWN. 00:08:49.702 --> 00:08:50.659 CLOSE THE GOVERNMENT DOWN. THE REPUBLICAN PLAN WOULD ADD 00:08:50.670 --> 00:08:56.541 THE REPUBLICAN PLAN WOULD ADD $2 TRILLION TO THE DEFICIT. 00:08:56.575 --> 00:09:06.107 $2 TRILLION TO THE DEFICIT. THE DEMOCRAT PLAN WAS GOING TO 00:09:06.118 --> 00:09:07.309 THE DEMOCRAT PLAN WAS GOING TO ADD $3 TRILLION TO THE DEFICIT. 00:09:07.320 --> 00:09:08.109 ADD $3 TRILLION TO THE DEFICIT. THIS IS MY POINT. 00:09:08.120 --> 00:09:09.153 THIS IS MY POINT. BOTH PARTIES ARE TERRIBLE AT 00:09:09.188 --> 00:09:09.844 BOTH PARTIES ARE TERRIBLE AT ADDRESSING OUR DEFICIT. 00:09:09.855 --> 00:09:11.222 ADDRESSING OUR DEFICIT. WE HAVE A $37 TRILLION DEBT, $1 00:09:11.223 --> 00:09:12.180 WE HAVE A $37 TRILLION DEBT, $1 TRILLION IN INTEREST AND IT’S 00:09:12.191 --> 00:09:13.024 TRILLION IN INTEREST AND IT’S BECAUSE BOTH PARTIES ARE 00:09:13.025 --> 00:09:13.391 BECAUSE BOTH PARTIES ARE TERRIBLE. 00:09:13.392 --> 00:09:14.459 TERRIBLE. I’M NOT GOING TO VOTE THE 00:09:14.493 --> 00:09:20.822 I’M NOT GOING TO VOTE THE REPUBLICAN OR THE DEMOCRAT 00:09:20.833 --> 00:09:21.099 REPUBLICAN OR THE DEMOCRAT PLAN. 00:09:21.100 --> 00:09:22.033 PLAN. I THINK EVENTUALLY THEY COME 00:09:22.034 --> 00:09:22.824 I THINK EVENTUALLY THEY COME TOGETHER BUT TYPICALLY THE 00:09:22.835 --> 00:09:23.835 TOGETHER BUT TYPICALLY THE COMPROMISE IS TO MAKE THINGS 00:09:23.836 --> 00:09:24.202 COMPROMISE IS TO MAKE THINGS WORSE. 00:09:24.203 --> 00:09:24.969 WORSE. THE COMPROMISE THROUGH THE 00:09:25.004 --> 00:09:26.127 THE COMPROMISE THROUGH THE YEARS IS THE RIGHT GETS MORE 00:09:26.138 --> 00:09:27.172 YEARS IS THE RIGHT GETS MORE MILITARY SPENDING AND THE LEFT 00:09:27.206 --> 00:09:28.229 MILITARY SPENDING AND THE LEFT GETS MORE WELFARE SPENDING AND 00:09:28.240 --> 00:09:28.997 GETS MORE WELFARE SPENDING AND THE DEFICIT CONTINUES TO 00:09:29.008 --> 00:09:29.374 THE DEFICIT CONTINUES TO EXPLODE. 00:09:29.408 --> 00:09:30.198 EXPLODE. OUR DEBT HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED. 00:09:30.209 --> 00:09:31.466 OUR DEBT HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED. WE ARE HAVING OUR AAA RATING 00:09:31.477 --> 00:09:32.277 WE ARE HAVING OUR AAA RATING HAS BEEN TAKEN AWAY. 00:09:32.311 --> 00:09:33.434 HAS BEEN TAKEN AWAY. WE FACE SERIOUS PROBLEMS AS A 00:09:33.445 --> 00:09:33.745 WE FACE SERIOUS PROBLEMS AS A COUNTRY IF WE DON’T DO