[barack] i believe governor romney s a good man, but when he said 47% of the country consider themselves victims, think about who he was talking about. [tim] for conservatives across the country, they ve been frustrated for a long time. justice antonin scalia has died. i simply ask republicans to give merrick garland a fair hearing. i am running for president of the united states. there are questions swirling tonight around hillary clinton and they concern a personal email account. you say that you have the most transparent administration ever. it s true. it can be frustrating, this business of democracy. mahalo. as some of you heard, the state of hawaii released my official long-form birth certificate. [amy] president obama, a first black president, was constantly questioned not really because of the policies but literally because of who he was. it s not just that they disagreed with obama, the undertones of it were pretty clear. he is an other. [chip] donald trump called th
ago ketanji brown jackson was sworn in as the newest justice and first black woman in the court s history. but while she brings new diversity to the court, she won t change the ideological makeup and that s a big issue for those concerned with a string of decisions are just the start of a broader push, reshaping the cultural face of america. and it was roe today that pushed president biden to reverse his long held position. now calling on congress to carve out an exception to the 60-vote filibuster and pass new laws that would protect abortion rights. i believe we have to codify roe v. wade in the law and the way to do that is to make sure the congress votes to do that. and if the filibuster gets in the way, it s like voting rights, it should be, we provide an exception for this, require an exception to the filibuster for this action. his speech came just hours before two new decisions. the first actual delivering a win for the biden administration ruling that it acted pr
Here. Everybody said you couldnt get that. Theyve been trying to get that passed for 40 years. We have great legislation. Have you heard the liars when they say trump didnt have legislation. I think we have more in the past seven months, i think we have more than even Harry Trueman o who , people treating their veterans badly or not harry truman. We can fire people who are doing their job badly or arent doing a good job. We also obtained historic increase in Defense Spending to prevent and deter conflict. We believe in peace through strength. Were building up our military
like never before. Thousand and thousand of Brave Americans have paid for our freedom and now its time to preserve and protect their legacy. Last night i laid out a vision for an honorable and enduring outcome in a tough place. A place where our country has failed, afghanistan. This is a place where terrorists are trained. You have people that are not exactly United States fans. Can i say that . I will tell you what w
the bipartisan compromise to expand background checks on guns just failed to break a republican filibuster. you had newtown families going around and they just could not convince enough of these senators to go along with it. i can t imagine a better litmus test to prove that our ph balance was off. it should ve led to a moment of, oh, my god, we ve gotta rally together to fight this problem. but it divided us further. what happened last night, the defeat of a majority leader in congress never happened before. eric cantor, the number-two-ranking republican in the power structure, is gone. you had to imagine the shock when not only does eric cantor lose but he loses by 11 points to a guy no one had ever heard of before, dave brat. he s this conservative who basically ran against the republican party. i will be stepping down as majority leader. it is with great humility that i do so, knowing the tremendous honor it has been