inconsistent speeches? you would think that this president, if he really made a perfect call, would want people, all the president s men, to come there and testify about the level of his perfection. that is the weakness. that is the weakness of the argument, which is if everything was good and everybody can defend him and excuse him and exonerate him, why is he keeping them from testifying? all right. but then we bounce back to the idea of what is being asked for vr versus what is being offered on the democrats. you brought up the issue of witnesses. it s the perfect pivot. former v.p. joe biden obviously running for the democratic nomination in 2020 for president. he was asked about, well, what if you re called? that s one of the horse trading arguments here. the democrats are going to have to give if they want to get anybody. they don t have the numbers. here s what he said. do you stand by your earlier statements that you wouldn t comply if you were subpoenaed to testify in an i
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that s something fueling amy klobuchar s slow climb in iowa, just trying to chip away and gain the votes before iowa caucuses in february. we know impeachment is coming to the senate, and with that means it might be a little harder for her to be on the ground as consistently as she has in iowa. we talked about that. listen to what she told me. i ve also said it in leadership meetings. i m in leadership in senate. i was the only presidential candidate in the room with senator schumer and others and the few of us, i said, look, i m not going to change anything. i think we should have the trial that is the best. we should get the most witnesses we can. and the chips will fall where they may. when you ve got a situation where 64% of republicans in the latest poll say that these witnesses should testify, all the president s men, the people closest to the president, i think it s pretty clear where the american people are. they want to see the witnesses.
if the president claims that he is so innocent then why doesn t he have all the president s men testify? richard nixon had his top people testify. with only 45 days until the iowa caucuses, many on that stage last night were giving their front-runner treatment which means a bad time to mayor pete buttigieg who leads in the polls in iowa. here goes. our good friend joe and he is a good friend, he s received contributions from 44 billionaires. pete, on the on the other hand he s trailing, pete. you ve only got 39 billionaires contributing. so, pete, we look forward to you. i know you re an energetic guy and competitive guy to see if you can take on joe on that issue. the mayor just recently had a fund-raiser that was held in a wine cave full of crystals and served $900 a bottle wine. we made the decision many years
folks understood his long career of public service, always putting service above self. he really made us proud here in michigan. to have the president say what he did. to have a president of the united states basically attack someone who has passed away and who served with such honor and distinction is clearly reprehensible. my heart goes out to debbie dingell. someone who has been a friend of mine for years, just like john was. the fact that i know she is still grieving. it is something beneath anybody but for a president of the united states to speak that way is something we should loudly condemn. thank you. appreciate your time on this saturday. have a good holiday. coming back, all the president s men.