Frustration in this country. The president cleared a peaceful protest in order to do a photoop in front of a church. Its ridiculous. Using the federal military against our states, this is an abuse of power by the president. Look there is pentup frustration in this country in regards to our incarceration system. Protesters are protesting that injustice. There are those that commit violent acts. They need to be held accountable. There are those who are going to try to provoke. They need to be held accountable. Dont flame the unrest by the comments we heard yesterday from president trump. Take a look at the front page of your home state paper Baltimore Sun their lead story i should say. Thousands take to baltimore streets i83 to protest the death of george floyd and police brutality, seemingly peaceful protest there is in baltimore. Overall, how do you think the city of baltimore, the state, has faired under its leadership . Baltimore has done well. Protests have been all peaceful, have h
Seller more post over at the pentagon. So, has sadly become the norm over the last three years, the senate will be spending floor time and multiple rollcall votes on each of the following. An assistant secretary of defense the under secretary of defense, if you can believe this, alf file a closure of the incoming Inspector General for the pandemic recovery. Mr. President if we had aad nickel, a nickel for every democratic colleagues have claimed congressional oversight of the recovery programs was important, the cares act would have paid for itself. And yet, democrats blocked the confirmation of this Inspector General to look over the programs this week. So the senate will prepare to confirm these qualified people the hard way. Three years and counting of democratic heel dragging continues. Have course that will be plenty of legislative business before us as well. Senators will continue to monitor the Pandemic Response and discuss ways to help the nation pivot towards reopening an econ
Pleasure, but obviously the reason that brings us together is not fun. Thank for inviting me. Is one overriding apply from your book, to to 20 20, what would it be . A pretty easy question to answer. Tell the truth. People in authority need to be transparent and tell the truth. The countries that have done that have done pretty well, not only Asian Countries like south korea and so forth, but also germany, austria. There are some countries that have done this right, and there has been much less confusion, much better organized, much better results. Much fewer deaths. Host what were the biggest mistakes of then president Woodrow Wilson in 1918 . Was entirely focused on world war i. The disease, the second wave, the serious wave in september 1918. He was not going to be distracted by anything, and he did not want anyone in the country distracted. He thought it would hurt the war effort. He never made a single Public Statement. They had created a propaganda , it was fake because they were
Congressman incumbent, republican congressman steve king and joni ernst, the senator from iowa. Yeah. So congressman steve king, hes a nineterm incumbent from the Fourth District which is the northwestern corner of iowa and he has long been a very controversial member of congress. Hes got a history of making statements that border if not cross into pretty openly racist territory and he has a history of supporting White Nationalist candidates in europe and in canada and has long been a thorn in the side of the Republican Party. Hes never really had a tough election until recently. In 2018, he was actually dropped by the Republican Congressional Campaign committee. He was called a racist by their chairman and his corporate sponsors all pulled out. He won by just three points. Right after he won, he turned around and gave an interview to the New York Times where he defended White Nationalism and white supremacy. Following that interview, the House Republican caucus actually stripped him o
Look, there is pent up frustration in this country in regards to our criminal Justice System and overwhelming number of protesters are protesting that injustice. There are those that commit violent acts. They need to be held accountable. There are those that are going to try to provoke, they need to be held accountable. Dont blame the unrest by the comments that we heard yesterday from president trump. Took a look at the home state paper the baltimore sun. Com, thousands take to Baltimore States i83 to protest the death of george floyd and police brutality, seemingly peaceful protests in baltimore. Overall, how do you think the city of baltimore and the state has fared under its leadership . Baltimore has done very well. The protests have been almost all peaceful, had very little incidents as far as vandalism is concerned. What they are protesting is the fact that we have discriminatory Law Enforcement, criminal Justice System. I would hope once and for all, legislation ive authored to