Council. Five of the seven joint chiefs issued tweets denouncing racism and bigotry, former president George Herbert walker are bush and george w. Bush put out statement the same. But former kkk leader david duke thanked the president for his honesty and courage. That prompted South Carolinas Lindsey Graham to plead with the president , you are now receiving praise from some of the most racists and hatefilled individuals and groups in our country. For the sake of our nation as our president , please fix this. How will he fix it . Well ask South Carolinas other republican senator tim scott who said this week the president s moral authority is now compromised. Virginia democratic senator tim kaine will also join us to discuss the debate over confederate monuments that has mushroomed since playing a role in the protest. Plus, just days after defending his chief strategist steve bannon. He is not a racist i can tell you that. Hes a good person. He actually gets a very unfair press in that
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I want to thank each of the witnesses for coming today. I also want to thank you for your testimony and your time and commitment, each of you, fighting for this issue and fighting to see justice served. I am proud. I want to thank senator cornyn, senator blumenthal and senator schumer for joining with me and introducing this legislation. I am particularly grateful for chairman grassleys offer to expedite this legislation through the full judiciary committee. There are many times when washington doesnt work or facet work well and we gridlock. Im hopeful that this will be an issue in which we see some real bipartisan cooperation and we see both the senate and house of representatives act and act expeditiously. Seven decades is far too long to wait for justice. Grassleys full written statement will be admitted to the record without objection. And we will keep the hearing record open for an additional five business days. That means that the record will be closed at the end of business day
Important job done. What the president peddled today will not cut it. We do have a National Strategy but ultimately it is up to the governors of the states. I would like to see the schools open a hundred percent safely and carefully but when you look at the statistics i just read having to do with children and safety, they are very impressive. They have very strong immune systems. They do say that they dont transmit very easily and a lot of people are saying they dont transmit, they dont catch it easily. They dont bring it home easily. If they do catch it they get better fast. Were looking at that fact. Not a fact. Something that is unknown, and we do not know how asymptomatic people including kids present as spread risks. So if it is unknown it is not a fact. What about the people teaching them . What about the people taking care of the schools . What about if they get sick . You have to have a plan. You have to think. You cant just want things to happen. It is also not a fact that we
Telling us what will be done to help the states because just look around you. They clearly dont have the resources or wherewithal to go it alone. Every day that passes without a plan is a day that makes it less likely we will get this all important job done. What the president peddled today will not cut it. We do have a National Strategy but ultimately it is up to the governors of the states. I would like to see the schools open a hundred percent safely and carefully but when you look at the statistics i just read having to do with children and safety, they are very impressive. They have very strong immune systems. They do say that they dont transmit very easily and a lot of people are saying they dont transmit, they dont catch it easily. They dont bring it home easily. If they do catch it they get better fast. Were looking at that fact. Not a fact. Something that is unknown, and we do not know how asymptomatic people including kids present as spread risks. So if it is unknown it is no