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>>> WELCOME BACK. >>> WELCOME BACK. JOINING ME NOW IS SENATOR ADAM JOINING ME NOW IS SENATOR ADAM SCHIFF OF CALIFORNIA. SCHIFF OF CALIFORNIA. SENATOR SCHIFF, WELCOME BACK TO SENATOR SCHIFF, WELCOME BACK TO "MEET THE PRESS"? "MEET THE PRESS"?
THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
GREAT TO BE WITH YOU. GREAT TO BE WITH YOU.
>> IT IS GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE. >> IT IS GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE. LET'S START OUT BY TALKING ABOUT LET'S START OUT BY TALKING ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TARIFFS. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TARIFFS. HE CALLS THIS AN ECONOMIC HE CALLS THIS AN ECONOMIC REVOLUTION. REVOLUTION. HE SAYS THESE TARIFFS ARE HE SAYS THESE TARIFFS ARE NECESSARY TO RESET THE GLOBAL NECESSARY TO RESET THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC ORDER AND SO THAT THE ECONOMIC ORDER AND SO THAT THE UNITED STATES IS TREATED FAIRLY UNITED STATES IS TREATED FAIRLY ON THE WORLD STAGE. ON THE WORLD STAGE. HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THAT? HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THAT? DO YOU AGREE WITH ANY PART OF DO YOU AGREE WITH ANY PART OF THAT? THAT?
>> I DON'T AGREE WITH ANY PART >> I DON'T AGREE WITH ANY PART OF THAT, AND UNFORTUNATELY, HE'S OF THAT, AND UNFORTUNATELY, HE'S WRECKING OUR ECONOMY. WRECKING OUR ECONOMY. I THINK PEOPLE HAVE SEEN THEIR I THINK PEOPLE HAVE SEEN THEIR RETIREMENT SAVINGS ON FIRE, AND RETIREMENT SAVINGS ON FIRE, AND THERE HE IS OUT ON THE GOLF THERE HE IS OUT ON THE GOLF COURSE. COURSE. THAT MAY BE THE MOST ENDURING OF THAT MAY BE THE MOST ENDURING OF THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY, THAT IS THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY, THAT IS THE PRESIDENT OUT ON A GOLF CART PRESIDENT OUT ON A GOLF CART WHILE PEOPLE'S RETIREMENT IS IN WHILE PEOPLE'S RETIREMENT IS IN FLAMES. FLAMES. THE TREASURY SECRETARY SAYING THAT THE TREASURY SECRETARY SAYING THAT PEOPLE AREN'T LOOKING AT WHERE THE RETIREMENT SAVINGS PEOPLE AREN'T LOOKING AT WHERE THE RETIREMENT SAVINGS ARE. ARE. MAYBE HE DOESN'T HAVE TO. MAYBE HE DOESN'T HAVE TO. HE HAS THE WEALTH, HE DOESN'T HE HAS THE WEALTH, HE DOESN'T HAVE TO. HAVE TO. MAYBE THE PRESIDENT WITH HIS MAYBE THE PRESIDENT WITH HIS WEALTH DOESN'T HAVE TO, BUT WHAT WEALTH DOESN'T HAVE TO, BUT WHAT I'M HEARING FROM CALIFORNIANS IS I'M HEARING FROM CALIFORNIANS IS THOSE THAT HAVE JUST THOSE THAT HAVE JUST RETIRED AND THOSE ON THE EVE OF RETIRED AND THOSE ON THE EVE OF RETIRING ARE TERRIFIED OF THIS RETIRING ARE TERRIFIED OF THIS AND I HOPE AND PRAY WE HEAD OUT AND I HOPE AND PRAY WE HEAD OUT OF A RECESSION, BUT IT WILL BE OF A RECESSION, BUT IT WILL BE THE TRUMP RECESSION. THE TRUMP RECESSION. HE WILL COMPLETELY OWN IT. HE WILL COMPLETELY OWN IT. THIS IS A COMPLETELY THIS IS A COMPLETELY SELF-DESTRUCTIVE ECONOMIC ACT SELF-DESTRUCTIVE ECONOMIC ACT THAT HE'S ENGAGED IN, AND IT'S THAT HE'S ENGAGED IN, AND IT'S NOT JUST THE TARIFFS. NOT JUST THE TARIFFS. IT'S ALSO THE FREEZING OF FUNDS, IT'S ALSO THE FREEZING OF FUNDS, THE FIRING OF PEOPLE, ALLIES IN THE FIRING OF PEOPLE, ALLIES IN CALIFORNIA. CALIFORNIA. I'M HEARING FROM FARMERS WHO I'M HEARING FROM FARMERS WHO STILL HAVEN'T RECOVERED MARKET STILL HAVEN'T RECOVERED MARKET SHARE FROM THE TARIFFS DURING SHARE FROM THE TARIFFS DURING THE FIRST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. THE FIRST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. I'M HEARING FROM PEOPLE IN THE I'M HEARING FROM PEOPLE IN THE TOURIST INDUSTRY. TOURIST INDUSTRY. YOU HAVE PEOPLE FROM OTHER YOU HAVE PEOPLE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES WHO DON'T WANT TO COME COUNTRIES WHO DON'T WANT TO COME HERE, MOST PARTICULARLY HERE, MOST PARTICULARLY CANADIANS AND I'M HEARING FROM CANADIANS AND I'M HEARING FROM OTHER SMALL BUSINESS PEOPLE WHO OTHER SMALL BUSINESS PEOPLE WHO ARE TELLING ME THAT CANADIANS ARE TELLING ME THAT CANADIANS ARE SAYING DON'T SEND US ANY ARE SAYING DON'T SEND US ANY MORE OF YOUR PRODUCTS. MORE OF YOUR PRODUCTS. IN FACT, WE'RE SENDING YOU BACK IN FACT, WE'RE SENDING YOU BACK WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY SENT US. WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY SENT US. IT'S A WHOLE RANGE OF TRUMP IT'S A WHOLE RANGE OF TRUMP ECONOMIC POLICIES THAT ARE ECONOMIC POLICIES THAT ARE HURTING PEOPLE. HURTING PEOPLE.
>> SPEAKING OF WHAT YOU ARE >> SPEAKING OF WHAT YOU ARE HEARING FROM CALIFORNIANS, THE HEARING FROM CALIFORNIANS, THE GOVERNOR OF YOUR STATE, GAVIN GOVERNOR OF YOUR STATE, GAVIN NEWSOM ACTUALLY SAYS HE'S NEWSOM ACTUALLY SAYS HE'S PURSUING AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER PURSUING AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES TO TRY TO EXEMPT COUNTRIES TO TRY TO EXEMPT CALIFORNIA FROM RETALIATORY CALIFORNIA FROM RETALIATORY TARIFFS. TARIFFS. DO YOU THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE? DO YOU THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE? DO YOU SUPPORT CALIFORNIA DO YOU SUPPORT CALIFORNIA STRIKING UNILATERAL DEALS WITH STRIKING UNILATERAL DEALS WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES? FOREIGN COUNTRIES?
>> OH, ABSOLUTELY. >> OH, ABSOLUTELY. I APPLAUD THE GOVERNOR FOR DOING I APPLAUD THE GOVERNOR FOR DOING THIS, AND WHAT'S MORE I WANT TO THIS, AND WHAT'S MORE I WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM OTHER ENCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES IF THEY'RE CONSIDERING COUNTRIES IF THEY'RE CONSIDERING CANCELING THEIR VACATION PLANS CANCELING THEIR VACATION PLANS SOMEWHERE ELSE, COME TO SOMEWHERE ELSE, COME TO CALIFORNIA. CALIFORNIA. WE WILL WELCOME YOU IN WE WILL WELCOME YOU IN CALIFORNIA, AND I KNOW I SPEAK CALIFORNIA, AND I KNOW I SPEAK FOR A LOT OF MY CONSTITUENTS FOR A LOT OF MY CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE DESPERATELY CONCERNED ABOUT WHO ARE DESPERATELY CONCERNED ABOUT HOW WE ARE ALIENATING SOME OF HOW WE ARE ALIENATING SOME OF OUR CLOSEST FRIENDS AND ALLIES OUR CLOSEST FRIENDS AND ALLIES AND PICKING UNNECESSARY FIGHTS AND PICKING UNNECESSARY FIGHTS AND THAT IS GOING TO BE BAD FOR AND THAT IS GOING TO BE BAD FOR BUSINESS. BUSINESS. SMALL BUSINESS PEOPLE IN SMALL BUSINESS PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR ARE REALLY HURTING PARTICULAR ARE REALLY HURTING RIGHT NOW, AND ANYTHING WE CAN RIGHT NOW, AND ANYTHING WE CAN DO, ANYTHING THE GOVERNOR CAN DO, ANYTHING THE GOVERNOR CAN DO, ANYTHING I CAN DO TO IMPROVE ANYTHING I CAN DO TO IMPROVE THE BUSINESS CLIMATE WE WILL DO. THE BUSINESS CLIMATE WE WILL DO.
>> I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT >> I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT CONGRESS' ROLE BECAUSE YOU JUST CONGRESS' ROLE BECAUSE YOU JUST HEARD ME TALKING ABOUT SENATOR HEARD ME TALKING ABOUT SENATOR LANKFORD ABOUT THAT BILL THAT'S LANKFORD ABOUT THAT BILL THAT'S BEING PROPOSED IN THE SENATE BEING PROPOSED IN THE SENATE THAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY LIMIT THE THAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY LIMIT THE PRESIDENT'S POWER IN TERMS OF PRESIDENT'S POWER IN TERMS OF IMPOSING TARIFFS AND GOP IMPOSING TARIFFS AND GOP CONGRESSMAN DON BACON PLANS TO CONGRESSMAN DON BACON PLANS TO INTRODUCE THE SAME PIECE OF INTRODUCE THE SAME PIECE OF LEGISLATION IN THE HOUSE. LEGISLATION IN THE HOUSE. DO YOU THINK THERE IS ENOUGH DO YOU THINK THERE IS ENOUGH BIPARTISAN SUPPORT TO MOVE THAT BIPARTISAN SUPPORT TO MOVE THAT LEGISLATION FORWARD AND TO LEGISLATION FORWARD AND TO EFFECTIVELY BLOCK PRESIDENT EFFECTIVELY BLOCK PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ABILITY TO IMPOSE TRUMP'S ABILITY TO IMPOSE TARIFFS? TARIFFS?
>> I THINK SO. >> I THINK SO. WE SAW AN EARLY INDICATION OF WE SAW AN EARLY INDICATION OF THIS, ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES, THIS, ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES, SENATOR TIM CAIN HAD A SENATOR TIM CAIN HAD A RESOLUTION TO END THIS SO-CALLED RESOLUTION TO END THIS SO-CALLED EMERGENCY WITH CANADA. EMERGENCY WITH CANADA. THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO ESSENTIALLY CURTAIL AT LEAST ESSENTIALLY CURTAIL AT LEAST SOME OF THE TARIFFS AND THAT SOME OF THE TARIFFS AND THAT PASSED WITH REPUBLICAN SUPPORT. PASSED WITH REPUBLICAN SUPPORT. IT WOULD STILL HAVE TO GET IT WOULD STILL HAVE TO GET THROUGH THE HOUSE, BUT THERE IS THROUGH THE HOUSE, BUT THERE IS BIPARTISAN CONCERN WITH THIS BIPARTISAN CONCERN WITH THIS TRUMP TAX, WITH THIS TARIFF TRUMP TAX, WITH THIS TARIFF TAX, THE FACT THAT IT IS GOING TO TAX, THE FACT THAT IT IS GOING TO PUSH UP PRICES ON CONSUMERS AND PUSH UP PRICES ON CONSUMERS AND ALREADY IS. ALREADY IS. SO, YES, I THINK GIVEN TIME WE SO, YES, I THINK GIVEN TIME WE CAN GET THAT DONE, BUT WE DON'T CAN GET THAT DONE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TIME RIGHT NOW. HAVE TIME RIGHT NOW. THIS ECONOMY IS IN A TAILSPIN, THIS ECONOMY IS IN A TAILSPIN, AND WE NEED TO BE ARRESTING THAT AND WE NEED TO BE ARRESTING THAT NOW. NOW.
>> I DO WANT TO ASK ABOUT A >> I DO WANT TO ASK ABOUT A DEMOCRATIC PARTY, THERE IS A DEMOCRATIC PARTY, THERE IS A BOOK OUT BY DAVE WHIPPLE IN THE BOOK OUT BY DAVE WHIPPLE IN THE DAYS AFTER PRESIDENT BIDEN'S DAYS AFTER PRESIDENT BIDEN'S DEVASTATING DEBATE PERFORMANCE DEVASTATING DEBATE PERFORMANCE WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP, HIS FIRST WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP, HIS FIRST CHIEF OF STAFF RON KLAIN CHIEF OF STAFF RON KLAIN RETURNED TO HELP HIM PREP. RETURNED TO HELP HIM PREP. KLAIN REPORTS THAT HE WAS KLAIN REPORTS THAT HE WAS SURPRISED BY THE FACT THAT HE SURPRISED BY THE FACT THAT HE THOUGHT PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS THOUGHT PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS STRUGGLING TO FOCUS AND EVEN STRUGGLING TO FOCUS AND EVEN FELL ASLEEP BY THE POOL AFTER FELL ASLEEP BY THE POOL AFTER CUTTING ONE DEBATE PREP SESSION CUTTING ONE DEBATE PREP SESSION SHORT. SHORT. DO YOU THINK HIS ADVISORS MISLED DO YOU THINK HIS ADVISORS MISLED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ABOUT HIS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ABOUT HIS CAPACITIES? CAPACITIES?
>> IT'S HARD FOR ME TO GAUGE >> IT'S HARD FOR ME TO GAUGE WHAT THE CLOSEST ADVISERS OF THE WHAT THE CLOSEST ADVISERS OF THE PRESIDENT WERE SEEING AT THE PRESIDENT WERE SEEING AT THE TIME. TIME. I CAN ONLY SPEAK TO THE I CAN ONLY SPEAK TO THE INTERACTIONS THAT I HAD WITH HIM INTERACTIONS THAT I HAD WITH HIM WHICH WERE IN THE MONTHS LEADING WHICH WERE IN THE MONTHS LEADING UP TO HIS GETTING OUT OF THE UP TO HIS GETTING OUT OF THE RACE, LARGELY CEREMONIAL RACE, LARGELY CEREMONIAL OCCASION, BUT I WILL SAY THIS, OCCASION, BUT I WILL SAY THIS, HE MADE THE DECISION TO GET OUT HE MADE THE DECISION TO GET OUT OF THE RACE. OF THE RACE. I THINK THAT WAS THE RIGHT I THINK THAT WAS THE RIGHT DECISION. DECISION. THE VICE PRESIDENT, AS THE VICE THE VICE PRESIDENT, AS THE VICE PRESIDENT, I THINK RAN A GREAT PRESIDENT, I THINK RAN A GREAT CAMPAIGN, BUT COULD NOT RUN AWAY CAMPAIGN, BUT COULD NOT RUN AWAY FROM BEING A REPRESENTATIVE OF FROM BEING A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE STATUS QUO, AND THE FACT IS THE STATUS QUO, AND THE FACT IS THAT PEOPLE ARE HURTING AND HAVE THAT PEOPLE ARE HURTING AND HAVE BEEN HURTING FOR A LONG TIME. BEEN HURTING FOR A LONG TIME. THIS IS A, FRANKLY, DECADES IN THIS IS A, FRANKLY, DECADES IN THE MAKING PROBLEM WHERE PEOPLE THE MAKING PROBLEM WHERE PEOPLE ARE WORKING HARDER THAN EVER AND ARE WORKING HARDER THAN EVER AND STILL CAN'T GET BY. STILL CAN'T GET BY. WHAT DONALD TRUMP IS DOING IS WHAT DONALD TRUMP IS DOING IS MAKING SO MUCH WORSE. MAKING SO MUCH WORSE. BOTH PARTIES WILL HAVE TO BOTH PARTIES WILL HAVE TO ADDRESS THIS RIGHT NOW, THIS ADDRESS THIS RIGHT NOW, THIS BUDGET THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BUDGET THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WILL GIVE A MASSIVE TAX CUT FOR WILL GIVE A MASSIVE TAX CUT FOR BILLIONAIRES AND THEY'LL TAKE IT BILLIONAIRES AND THEY'LL TAKE IT OUT OF MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILIES OUT OF MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILIES AND THEY'LL EXPLODE THE DEFICIT AND THEY'LL EXPLODE THE DEFICIT AND DEBT. DEBT. THAT WILL MOVE US FURTHER IN THAT WILL MOVE US FURTHER IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. WRONG DIRECTION. SO WE'LL HAVE TO GRAPPLE WITH SO WE'LL HAVE TO GRAPPLE WITH SOME OF THE CENTRAL CHALLENGES SOME OF THE CENTRAL CHALLENGES AND THE STRUCTURAL CHALLENGES AND THE STRUCTURAL CHALLENGES IN OUR ECONOMY. IN OUR ECONOMY.
>> SENATOR CORY BOOKER, HIS 25+ >> SENATOR CORY BOOKER, HIS 25+ HOUR SPEECH ON THE FLOOR THIS HOUR SPEECH ON THE FLOOR THIS WEEK. WEEK. YOU ACTUALLY JUMPED IN AT ONE YOU ACTUALLY JUMPED IN AT ONE POINT TO ASK HIM A QUESTION, TO POINT TO ASK HIM A QUESTION, TO GIVE HIM A BREAK FROM SPEAKING. GIVE HIM A BREAK FROM SPEAKING. I WANT TO PLAY PART OF HIS I WANT TO PLAY PART OF HIS STATEMENT BACK TO YOU AND GET STATEMENT BACK TO YOU AND GET YOUR REACTION ON THE OTHER SIDE. YOUR REACTION ON THE OTHER SIDE.
>> I CONFESS THAT I HAVE BEEN >> I CONFESS THAT I HAVE BEEN IMPERFECT, I CONFESS THAT I'VE IMPERFECT, I CONFESS THAT I'VE BEEN INADEQUATE IN THE MOMENT BEEN INADEQUATE IN THE MOMENT AND I CONFESS THAT THE AND I CONFESS THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAVE MADE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAVE MADE TERRIBLE MISTAKES THAT HAVE TERRIBLE MISTAKES THAT HAVE GIVEN LANE TO THIS DEMAGOGUE. GIVEN LANE TO THIS DEMAGOGUE. I CONFESS WE ALL MUST LOOK IN I CONFESS WE ALL MUST LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND SAY WE WILL DO THE MIRROR AND SAY WE WILL DO BETTER. BETTER.
>> DO YOU AGREE WITH SENATOR >> DO YOU AGREE WITH SENATOR BOOKER THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, BOOKER THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, IN HIS WORDS, GAVE A LANE TO IN HIS WORDS, GAVE A LANE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP? PRESIDENT TRUMP?
>> I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH HIM. >> I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH HIM. I THINK WE'RE GUILTY OF NOT I THINK WE'RE GUILTY OF NOT THINKING BIG AND ACTING BIG. THINKING BIG AND ACTING BIG. YOU CAN MOVE THE COUNTRY FAR YOU CAN MOVE THE COUNTRY FAR AND FAST IF YOU HAVE THE COURAGE OF AND FAST IF YOU HAVE THE COURAGE OF YOUR CONVICTIONS AND BEING BOLD. YOUR CONVICTIONS AND BEING BOLD. THEY'RE BEING BOLD IN A THEY'RE BEING BOLD IN A HORRIBLY, DANGEROUS, DESTRUCTIVE HORRIBLY, DANGEROUS, DESTRUCTIVE DIRECTION WHICH IS HURTING DIRECTION WHICH IS HURTING WORKING FAMILIES, BUT THAT'S NOT WORKING FAMILIES, BUT THAT'S NOT EXCUSE FOR DEMOCRATS NOT BEING EXCUSE FOR DEMOCRATS NOT BEING BOLD IN OUR IDEAS AND PUSHING BOLD IN OUR IDEAS AND PUSHING THE COUNTRY FORWARD AND WE'LL THE COUNTRY FORWARD AND WE'LL DO THAT. DO THAT. THERE'S NOTHING THAT SUCCEEDS THERE'S NOTHING THAT SUCCEEDS LIKE WINNING. LIKE WINNING. WE JUST WON IN WISCONSIN AND WE JUST WON IN WISCONSIN AND THAT IS A SHOT IN THE ARM AND THAT IS A SHOT IN THE ARM AND THE ENERGY YOU'RE SEEING NOW AND THE ENERGY YOU'RE SEEING NOW MANIFESTS AROUND THE COUNTRY IN MANIFESTS AROUND THE COUNTRY IN THE MASS DEMONSTRATIONS SHOW THE MASS DEMONSTRATIONS SHOW THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS WAKING UP, AND I THINK CORY WAKING UP, AND I THINK CORY BOOKER DID A LOT TO HELP BOOKER DID A LOT TO HELP DEMOCRATS IN WASHINGTON IN DEMOCRATS IN WASHINGTON IN PARTICULAR TO SAY WAKE UP. PARTICULAR TO SAY WAKE UP. THESE ARE NOT NORMAL TIMES AND THESE ARE NOT NORMAL TIMES AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO FIGHT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO FIGHT WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN A NORMAL WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN A NORMAL FASHION AND PUSHING BACK FASHION AND PUSHING BACK AGGRESSIVELY AND HARD AND HOURS AGGRESSIVELY AND HARD AND HOURS IN A ROW LIKE CORY BOOKER, WE'LL IN A ROW LIKE CORY BOOKER, WE'LL HAVE TO BE PUSHING HARD ON OUR HAVE TO BE PUSHING HARD ON OUR OWN BIG IDEAS. OWN BIG IDEAS.
>> ALL RIGHT. >> ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT SOMEONE I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT SOMEONE ELSE WHO WAS IN THE DEMOCRATIC ELSE WHO WAS IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, MAYOR ERIC ADAMS. PARTY, MAYOR ERIC ADAMS. ALL OF THE CORRUPTION CHARGES ALL OF THE CORRUPTION CHARGES WERE DISMISSED AGAINST HIM. WERE DISMISSED AGAINST HIM. THE JUDGE SAID THAT THE MOVE, THE JUDGE SAID THAT THE MOVE, QUOTE, SMACKS OF A BARGAIN, QUOTE, SMACKS OF A BARGAIN, TRADING ILLEGAL DISMISSALS FOR TRADING ILLEGAL DISMISSALS FOR THE POLICIES. THE POLICIES. HOW DO YOU SEE THIS? HOW DO YOU SEE THIS?
>> THIS WAS A TOTALLY CORRUPT >> THIS WAS A TOTALLY CORRUPT DEAL BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND DEAL BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK. THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK. WE'LL MAKE THESE SERIOUS WE'LL MAKE THESE SERIOUS CORRUPTION CHARGES GO AWAY IF CORRUPTION CHARGES GO AWAY IF YOU'LL BE A LOYAL SOLDIER IN YOU'LL BE A LOYAL SOLDIER IN DONALD TRUMP'S MIGRATION ARMY, DONALD TRUMP'S MIGRATION ARMY, AND THAT'S WHAT THE CORRUPTION AND THAT'S WHAT THE CORRUPTION THE JUDGE WAS TALKING ABOUT AND THE JUDGE WAS TALKING ABOUT AND TRAGICALLY, WE'RE SEEING THAT TRAGICALLY, WE'RE SEEING THAT BARGAIN PLAY OUT. BARGAIN PLAY OUT. COUNTLESS, LAWLESS ACTIONS BY COUNTLESS, LAWLESS ACTIONS BY THE ADMINISTRATION GOING AFTER THE ADMINISTRATION GOING AFTER UNIVERSITIES, GOING AFTER LAW UNIVERSITIES, GOING AFTER LAW FIRMS, PATENTLY, ILLEGAL ACTION FIRMS, PATENTLY, ILLEGAL ACTION AND WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF AND WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF SURRENDER TO THIS ILLEGALITY. SURRENDER TO THIS ILLEGALITY. LAW FIRMS SURRENDERING, LAW FIRMS SURRENDERING, UNIVERSITIES SURRENDERING. UNIVERSITIES SURRENDERING. THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GOING TO GET THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH THIS IS IF WE STAND UP THROUGH THIS IS IF WE STAND UP WITH COURAGE AND DEFEND WITH COURAGE AND DEFEND OURSELVES AND OUR INSTITUTIONS OURSELVES AND OUR INSTITUTIONS AND DEFEND WORKING PEOPLE AND DEFEND WORKING PEOPLE BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THE AMERICANS BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THE AMERICANS ARE GOING TO BE HURT BY THIS ARE GOING TO BE HURT BY THIS BECAUSE TO THE DEGREE THAT THE BECAUSE TO THE DEGREE THAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS FIXATED TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS FIXATED ON RESCUING CORRUPT ALLIES OR ON RESCUING CORRUPT ALLIES OR PUNISHING LAW FIRMS THAT STOOD PUNISHING LAW FIRMS THAT STOOD UP TO HIM, THEY'RE DOING NOTHING UP TO HIM, THEY'RE DOING NOTHING ABOUT THE FENTANYL CRISIS, ABOUT THE FENTANYL CRISIS, THEY'RE DOING NOTHING ABOUT THEY'RE DOING NOTHING ABOUT ATTACKING VIOLENT CRIMINALS. ATTACKING VIOLENT CRIMINALS. THEY'RE SPENDING THEIR TIME ON THEY'RE SPENDING THEIR TIME ON PETTY RETRIBUTION AND ABUSING PETTY RETRIBUTION AND ABUSING THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. I'M HAVING A HEARING TOMORROW, I'M HAVING A HEARING TOMORROW, AS YOU KNOW, AT 3:30 ALONG WITH AS YOU KNOW, AT 3:30 ALONG WITH JAMIE RASKIN, WE'RE DOING