Chuck schumer and Senate Majority leader, mitchde mcconnell. Rose to my friends and colleagues, the senior senator from minnesota, eloquence passionate words that tells a story of how she has done so much good it is working so hard to heal the wounds of minnesota. We all appreciate it. Thank you. Now, mr. President , last night, citizens exercise their Constitutional Rights of protest in Lafayette Park across from the white house. Federal Law Enforcement officers were ordered to clear out the crowd with tear gas, and rubber bullets. So that President Trump could walk from the white house to a nearby church for a photo off. He did not answer the church, he did not enter it, he did not offer words of prayer. The grounds were dispersed with force. So that he could get his picture taken with the bible that was not his, heldd upside down in front of the church that he never asked to visit. I spoke at length about these events this morning. This abusive law, the force, on law abiding protest
Law abiding protesters was appalling. It was an abuse of president ial power. It may have been illegal. And it was certainly a violation of the Constitutional Rights of american citizens, the protesters, some of them children, many of them families, there in a public park to peacefully protest were met with rubber bullets and tear gas. This has no place in American Society or any democracy worthy of the name. The president must cease his behavior. The images from last night should disturb all of us and must be condemned by the United States senate. They cannot go unanswered the images from last night should disturb all of us and must be condemned by the United States senate. They cannot go unanswered lest the president be encouraged to take even do even greater abuse because he has no selfrestraint. So in a few minutes i will ask the senates consent to pass a simple resolution that says three things. First, that the Constitutional Rights of americans must be respected. Second, that vio
Story that show she has done so many good. We all appreciate it, minnesotans and americans. Thank you. Now, mr. President , last night, as peaceful citizens exercised their right to protest in lafeyette park, federal Law Enforcement officers were ordered to clear out the crowds with tear gas and rubber bullets so that President Trump could walk from the white house to a nearby church for a photoop. He did not enter the church. He did not offer words of prayer. The crowds were dispersed with force so that he could get his picture taken with a bible that wasnt his held upside down in front of a church he never asked to visit. I spoke at length about these ee vebts this morning events this morning. The aggressive use of force on law abiding protesters was appalling. It was an abuse of president ial power. It may have been illegal. And it was certainly a violation of the Constitutional Rights of american citizens, the protesters, some of them children, many of them families, there in a pub
The presiding officer the senator from illinois. Ms. Duckworth as if in legislative session, i ask unanimous consent that the Senate Judiciary committee be discharged from further consideration of senate bill 1938 and the senate proceed to its further consideration. Further, that the bill be read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The presiding officer is there objection . Mr. Graham yes. The presiding officer the senator from South Carolina. Mr. Graham senator duckworth, i think we can probably get there if we talk. We got this thing at 5 30 last night. Its a Grant Program to try to drive better policing, less bias. I get that. Count me in for that concept. There is a civilian review process about prosecutorial decisions. I dont quite understand it. Senator lee came up and asked me questions about the bill. With no animosity, i object at this time. I hope we can get it part of a bro
Her new netflix special, chucklebee. [ laughter and applause ] musician and Prospective Senate candidate, kid rock gave a political speech last night in detroit and said, i love black people and i love white people too, but neither as much as i love red, white and blue. [ laughter ] oh, god. Oh, god, hes gonna win. The white house announced today that President Trump will sign a resolution passed by congress that condemns white supremacists. Oh, i can see it now, okay, donald j. Trunch. What . I signed it, i signed it. [ laughter ] former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer was named a visiting fellow at Harvard University today, which is pretty much what he was at the white house. [ laughter and applause ] oh, sean hes just visiting. According to new data, american women earned about 80 as much as their male counterparts last year. Said one woman, i dont have male counterparts. [ laughter and applause ] former White House Communications director, Anthony Scaramucci went to twitter