Transcripts For WTXF Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace 2017

Transcripts For WTXF Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace 20171210

Then, the president recognizes jerusalem as israels capital igniting protests across the arab world. The president does want us to move in a very concrete, steadfast way to ensure the embassy is located in jerusalem. Chris we will sit down with nikki haley, the u. S. Ambassador to the United Nation United Nations. Plus, republicans hammer Robert Mueller and the fbi as the russia investigation closes in on the trump intercircle. We will ask our cigna panel about the g. O. P. Charges are top Law Enforcement agencies pursuing a political agenda . And are power player of the wee week. A conservative voice for the next generation. I think that you tend to be a little idealistic just as younger people are generally. Chris all right now on fox news sunday. And hello again from fox news in washington. A reckoning over allegations of Sexual Harassment came this week on capitol hill. Over the course of three days the political careers of three lawmakers ended. On tuesday the retirement of the longestserving member of congress, john conyers. And thursday, the resignations of senator al franken and congressman trent franks. All this ahead of Tuesdays Senate contest in alabama with a republican candidate, judge roy moore faces allegations of Sexual Misconduct with teenager teenagers. In a few minutes we will talk with two leading congresswoman, Barbara Comstock and Debbie Dingell. But first lets bring in peter doocy live in birmingham, alabama, with the latest on the special election. Peter. Reporter the Senate Candidate everybody has been talking about hasnt been seen in days. No events for judge roy moore so far this weekend, but the republican accused of Sexual Misconduct by multiple women is hoping to get by with a little help from President Trump and his friends. Election eve in alabama will feature a robo call from President Trump and a rally headlined by his former chief strategist steve bannon. In a statement to fox, the Deputy Campaign manager for the campaign, hannah ford, says are not as the key to victory and we have put all hands on deck to activate judge moores conservative and evangelical base. Our volunteers are on fire and are determined to stop proabortion, protaxes and proamnesty liberals from stealing the senate seat. That the Democrat Doug Jones is counting on heavy africanamerican turnout to flip the senate seat Jeff Sessions held for 20 years and called into potential 2020 contenders on saturday, Deval Patrick and new jersey senator cory booker, to help him beat up roy moore with suggestions that he wouldnt represent every alabamians who asked for help. Taking constituent calls, not caring if they are black or their way, dont let me get in trouble now. If they are gay or they are straight. Its about representing all of the people. Reporter something that has been overlooked lately, the write in candidate. Many voters here still plan to write in their preferred republican even though nobody ever staged a formal right in campaign, which means there are countless wild cards in this race. Chris peter doocy reporting from birmingham, thanks for that. Back here in washington we are joined now by republican congresswoman Arber Comstock of virginia and democratic congresswoman Debbie Dingell of michigan. Welcome both of you to fox news sunday. Lets start with george moore and the Senate Election in alabama on friday night. President drunk so we cant afford to have a liberal democrat who was completely controlled by nancy pelosi and chuck schumer, we cant do it. So get out and vote for roy moore. Chris congresswoman comstock, does that bother you as a republican to see President Trump and the Republican National committee both supporting judge more, who faces several allegations of misconduct with teenage girls, one as young as 14 . Congresswoman comstock i think the first republican woman for to call for him to step aside. Cory gardner, who heads up the senatorial committee, tim scott and many others take the other side of that. It we dont need to have him here. The voters are going to decide on tuesday, but i think what they are going to have is an ethics investigation and what weve been doing on my committees weve been hearing the voices of the women in the victims. Every woman has a story. Jeff sessions says he believed these women and i think if roy moore doesnt underperform like he has in the past and hes here, he will be facing the ethics committee. Chris i want to ask you directly, does it work bother you as a republican congresswoman to see President Trump and the Republican National Committee Supporting roy moore . Congresswoman comstock it doesnt represent me, i dont think it represents most of the republican women as well as my colleagues like senator tim scott and others in cory gardner have made clear. Chris democrats move fast this week to push both john conyers, your fellow congressman from michigan, and al franken, senator from minnesota, to step down. And there are signs that your party is trying to seize the moral high ground on this issue, take a look. Where is there outrage on the opposite end, they are coming forward to support roy moore. Totally inappropriate. Chris is there a difference in how the two parties are handling this issue of Sexual Harassment among members of congress, and is that a legitimate issue in the 2018 campaign . Congresswoman dingell i think the voters will hold everybody accountable, whether republican or democrat. This is probably you look at somebody like john conyers, who had the legacy that he did have to step aside. But this has been going on for a very long time. I dont consider this a partisan issue. Barbara and i totally agree on this issue. Ive also called that i think they should resign. It wasnt for nothing. We cannot have a double standard. And we still have somebody running for office. We still have somebody in the white house that has acknowledged that they have done things that are not okay, or at least the president has. So its disturbing. We have to know who we are and i think we are all going to be held accountable republican or democrat next november. Chris do you see a difference in the president and roy moore on the one hand and pushing out conyers and franken on the other, and Democratic Leaders demanding that they leave . Congresswoman dingell i think everybody has to be accountable. I think those that arent there are two seat sitting at this table. Republicans are calling for this meant to sit down. And they have even criticized the president for what he did. I think we know what our values are. I think we know what we stand for and i think the American People are going to hold people accountable. Congresswoman comstock it has been clear from the past month these issues are partisan. Theyve been in the media, theyve been in entertainment. Thats why we took a look in congress. Im on the committee of jurisdiction. We were looking at this issue even before some of the stories came forward because we knew if we were seeing what we saw in media and Entertainment Industries and across all industries that it was going to be in congress too and thats where we are going to change the procedures. Weve artie passed resolution, my bill, on having mandatory training. And we know theres a lot more that we need to do both in congress, as well as the public at large. I think its important that this not be seen as partisan because the watershed moment where men and women are coming together across the partisan divide to change the culture here, and thats why you are seeing people leaving, democrat and republican. There are still some democrats and republicans there who have been asked to leave who havent left yet. But this is still going to be playing out. But lets focus too on the women and their stories because we need to see what their stories are and how we can make them whole. Thats the real problem here, is that women have been denied their careers because of these men in power and its a power abuse, not really about sex so much. Chris we will talk about reforms in a moment. But lets review what we have seen on capitol hill just recently. Three members of Congress Resigned this past week. Three more have either settled Sexual Harassment cases or face allegations. Congresswoman dingle, how widespread do you this problem is . Ive heard reports that as many as 30 or 40 members of the house and senate may face allegations of Sexual Harassment. Congresswoman dingell im hearing the same rumors. I dont know what the truth is and im not going to deal in speculation. Im going to tell you what im the most worried about. Barbara touched upon this. I know this issue is very personal to me, but anyone says this is a watershed moment, is this really a watershed moment if its not real for the tip waitress or the factory worker, or somebody in the law firm or a teacher nurse or doctor . Need to look at the way that even those that have the courage to come forward in the last few weeks have been treated and then demonized. That has been the people we are all trying to wrap my head around this. Its happening so fast. Some had heard, some didnt know. We need to make sure that we come out of this, men and women together, changing the culture. Working together as we go forward. So we got to make sure that women who do have the courage to come forward arent hurt, that they are treated with respect. And that we have fair processes and that that we are improving workplaces across the country. Chris people have been shocked to learn how congress handles harassment cases. Lets put some of those on the screen. Theres a 90 day process, including counseling and a cooling off period before a staffer can file a complaint. The office of compliance has paid out more than 17 million in taxpayer funds to secretly settle workplace complaints, not all of them, but certainly some of them about Sexual Harassment. Congresswoman comstock, you are working on legislation. What you want to see . How much do you want to streamline that process for women to file complaints . How much disclosure, transparency, do you want to see for people who have settled complaints in the past, and should we be naming past people, or should they somehow be protected . Congresswoman comstock i think we should be naming past people and that should be fully disclosed. I think we may need to have maybe an outside counsel come in to totally any of these cases to make sure we get that all out there. I do fully support it. But also the priority needs to be on the victims and fundamentally changing the system so that the victims feel they have a process that works for them and advocates for them. Weve been advocating either having a counsel or some type of advocate that protects the victims so they feel theres a system that allows them to come forward. But i think first we have to know who in the past, those names should be disclosed. They will come out one way or the other, and they should. As you mentioned. All about not at all for Sexual Harassment. Whatever Sexual Harassment should come forward and i believe it will, and i support it. Also support nondisclosure for the not having to honor those nondisclosure agreements. The woman in the hastings case contacted my office. I spoke with her this weekend. Shes artie speaking out and we need to make sure that women like her will be protected to come forward and talk and i fully support protection for them. Chris less than a minute left. Congresswoman dingell, is this going to change . Its pretty easy to pass this resolution that everybody has to get training. But are we going to see a real change in the way congress handles these cases and the naming of people who have made some of these at taxpayers expense in the past . Congresswoman dingell we should never use taxpayers money to pay for somebodys irresponsible, despicable, unacceptable behavior. I think everybody is trying to figure out how do you make sure that you take care of the survivor and that the survivor doesnt have consequences. Too much of this has consequences. Going forward we need a conversation in this country that needs to happen at dinner tables and churches, and barbershops, in every types across the country. Men and women have to Work Together on this. Chris thank you, and we do need to point out that this is not just about members of congress, although that it certainly is egregious. Its an all businesses, including our own. Congresswoman dingell, congresswoman comstock, thank you both for coming in today. Up next we will bring in our sunday group to discuss how big an issue that harassment scandal may turn out to be in the 2018 midterm elections. [ mouse clicks, keyboard clacking ] [ mouse clicking ] [ keyboard clacking ] [ mouse clicking ] [ keyboard clacking ] good questions lead to good answers. Our advisors can help you find both. Talk to one today and see why were bullish on the future. Yours. Talk to one today and see why were bullish on the future. What we do every night is like something out of a strange dream. Except that the next morning. It all makes sense. Fedex powers Global Commerce with vast, farreaching networks. Deep knowledge of industries. And, yes. Maybe a little magic. I of all people am aware that there is some irony in the fact that i am leaving while a man who has bragged on tape about his history of Sexual Assault sits in the oval office and a man who was repeatedly prayed on young girls campaigns for the senate with the full support of his party. Chris al franken taking a parting shot at President Trump and roy moore in his resignation speech on the seventh floor. Time now for our sunday group. Former speaker of the house newt gingrich. Charles lane of the Washington Post. Rachael bade, who covers congress for politico. And the head of Heritage Action for america, michael needham. Democratic width to demand that al franken stepped down, heres a sample. Enough is enough. This is a conversation with been having for a very long time and its a conversation that this country needs to have. It was really difficult for each of us to come to this point, what i would call a Tipping Point for each of us. Chris speaker, i think its fair to say that you are no fan of al franken, but you had an interesting reaction to him being pushed out. You said this. This is a party which is losing its mind, talking about the democrats. They suddenly curled into this weird puritanism which feels a compulsion to go out in which people without a trial. Why was this a lynching . Hes never faced his accusers. Hes never had to process. Hes never had an opportunity to clear his name. Suddenly are sought in the way he described it. Although social pressure from the left and the Democratic Party came together, made it inappropriate for him to stay. A Million People had elected in 30 people decided he was inappropriate. Bob menendez, a much more interesting story to tell, inappropriate. This is purely and simply hysteria. Chris is also politics . It was interesting because i asked with a congresswoman that backed away from that. Do think the democrats trying to make this an issue . I was told by a reporter who really tries to Pay Attention to stuff that to some extent the blowback on nancy pelosi when she tried to defend john conyers was so intense from the left that everybody else on the left said lynch mobs are in this week, lets somebody, al franken is available. Wrote number one best seller from a giant in the senate, supposedly a very funny book. Hes a comedian. He was a comedian before he ran. And he just crumbles under the social pressure. Theres no objective forced to kick them out. He wasnt going to be expelled, he just couldnt take the social hostilities. Chris chuck . Democratic senator tim kaine said that we have a new standard here and that people who were elected to office will be judged, among other things, on their behavior before they took office. Do you have any problem with the pressure on franken to resign, was this, as the speaker said, a lynching . I think its highly inappropriate to call anything like this a lynching when you think about the history of what actual lynchings were in this country. Having said that, i would add that i think for a lot of women they may feel like, well, you know, in the past when these things came up there wasnt so much speed about addressing the complaints, they got swept under the rug. Of what are into right now, as these sort of extreme points of view show, is a situation where contrary, there isnt a standard. There is a shifting standard. There is not an established rule here either about what a fireball offense is, or what the procedure should be and at the end of the procedure, with the punishment should be. I think what the democrats politically are trying to do by ousting frankens established we are consistent. We are the party that means what it says and says what it means. I would suspect thats going to be very difficult actually to sustain a consistent view of this because every case is going to be a little different in the politics are going to change constantly and i think that was the wisdom of your two guests when they said this isnt a partisan matter, because truthfully as cases come along, you were going to

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