m kennedy institute, hatch foundation and be our goal to foster a discussion. based on principles not politics. politics. passing some o and forming an unlikely friendship that transcended their partizan differences. in that spirit, in just a moment, we ll hear from democratic senator jeanne shaheen of new hampshire and republican senator joni ernst of iowa. they re used to facing off from their posts on the armed services committee in the senate, and clearly they have different views on the biggest issues facing the nation. but for the next hour, we ll try to find common ground through constructive disagreement we ll try to find common ground. through constructive disagreement. and search for the bipartisan compromise that has been hallmark of u.s. has been hallmark of u.s. senate for over two centuries, now. without further ado, let s get started welcome new hampshire senior jeanne shaheen and iowa senator joni ernst. [applause] senators welcome. you know senator sanders an
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that s news to the rest of the country because tomorrow is being billed as biden s first big campaign rally since formally announcing his reelection bid. and what better place to do it then? back in philadelphia, the site of the unifier in chief s dark divisive speech where he warned that republicans represent an extreme schism that threatens the very foundation of our republic. let me ask you, what could be more threatening to the republic than to deny your chief political opponent the opportunity to just like you. the 45th president of the united states has surrendered incident to federal law enforcement, and he s now in the custody of the government he once ran. donald trump arrested again advised of his rights again and booked time on 37 federal felony counts. the counsel watches from the front row as the ex-president pleads not guilty. just to give you a sense of how twisted all of this is, let s document what we ve learned over last 20 4 hours. so according to the f
n issues, including migrant plights and newsom s pathetic threat to throw them in jail. desantis thinks it s time for.s gaviit sn to up and get into the race for the white house. know what? stop pussyfooting around. are you going to.ow are you going to throw your hat in the ring. and challenge, joe? are you going to get in and do it? ard do e you just going to sit on the sidelines and chirp? so why don t you throw your hat in the rin g and then we ll go ahead and talk about what s happening? but i guess gavin likes being on the sidelines. herthe e he is repeatedly rug out a white house run. c are you considering runningon fo rr president in 2020 or 2028 not even. oh, not at all. it sit not my ambition and it s not the direction that i m leaning. how many times is your phonep ping a day? people saying, you need to get in this race. i see where you see where you re going with thating.? i m asking. no, and i m not answering. buweringt doesn t mean newsom wouldn t r
trump happen preso thes to be the leadingndb candidate to get the gop nomination and be on top inen s the primaries when it s all said and done, making him joe biden primars and main oppo. is that the man that s goingide, to be charging the president, the foreign press, the united states? statis that the justice departme that he controls? yes, the justice department der s specifically accusing trump of violating the espionage act. congress passed the espionage act right around a few years before world one. again the law was meant to target spies who might turn against unit warti states during wartime. now, joe biden s justice department is trying to argue that whichreally trump is a spy, whe is really absurd. now, the president said as much he a over the weekend.fi he addressed the indictment against him in public forst tir the first time. the baseless indictment of bye biden depar administration s weaponized department of injustictme will o down as among the most horrific