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we are still talking about mitch mcconnell. when mitch mcconnell first said let's make barack obama a one term president, that was the turning point to where be in this country saw that the republican party will only be about what they want. it will not be about what the country needs. he was one of the best for the republican party, but he was the worst for the american people. to cm leaving, i am happy to see him go. i cannot lie about that. he was just such a destruction for the country. and we cannot keep going on like this. someway, somehow, they have to reach a turning point. not even discrediting trump, who is now here and telling the country. he is the divisiveness that is coming from the republican party now. he knows he is leaving in a disgraceful way. he did so many things that turned this country against everything. host: donna, independent. caller: i think he must be doing something right because a lot of democrats and republicans do not like him. i actually like him. i am a true independent. i have voted democrat
we are still talking about mitch mcconnell. when mitch mcconnell first said let's make barack obama a one term president, that was the turning point to where be in this country saw that the republican party will only be about what they want. it will not be about what the country needs. he was one of the best for the republican party, but he was the worst for the american people. to cm leaving, i am happy to see him go. i cannot lie about that. he was just such a destruction for the country. and...
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mitch mcconnell is all about mitch mcconnell. i wonder how much money he had when he went into serve and how much money he has now. i want to know what good she has done at any point in time. there was a story on npr one day that talked all about mitch mcconnell. their assertion was that he is just for whatever works best for him to get more power. i remember a show that kiefer sutherland was in. we could use one of those. the whole government is useless. everybody is in it for themselves. they do not care about the american people, only what they can do for themselves. let's flush the toilet. mitch mcconnell and trump at the same time. let's put some people in. i want to know. host: state of the union is coming up next thursday. that is when it will take place. ruth in frankfort, kentucky. good morning. caller: the lady from, i believe ohio said frontline did an excellent documentary on mcconnell. i thought it was pretty balanced. i did not vote for him, but i do consider him a formidable legislator that i got -- that a lot of y
mitch mcconnell is all about mitch mcconnell. i wonder how much money he had when he went into serve and how much money he has now. i want to know what good she has done at any point in time. there was a story on npr one day that talked all about mitch mcconnell. their assertion was that he is just for whatever works best for him to get more power. i remember a show that kiefer sutherland was in. we could use one of those. the whole government is useless. everybody is in it for themselves. they...
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mitch mcconnell is saying we don't have a chance like this very often. we negotiated this and we got some things we like but not everything. in a divided government, you never get everything you want. let's take a win but then there are only four senate republicans who voted for that after trump came out against it. macconnell was not one of them so he saw the writing on the wall also. it's just a really tough issue especially in an election year and especially with trump making it the number one issue. a lot of different factors in a lot of different reasons why that bill failed. years from now, they might look back and say why did we do that? why did we have more people voting for that? that's our last chance to get a comprehensive or close to comprehensive immigration reform. those chances don't come along often and maybe we will come to regret it. host: santa barbara, california, jennifer, line for democrats. caller: my first comment is i find it appalling that trump has so much for in the political scheme when he's running for president but he's not
mitch mcconnell is saying we don't have a chance like this very often. we negotiated this and we got some things we like but not everything. in a divided government, you never get everything you want. let's take a win but then there are only four senate republicans who voted for that after trump came out against it. macconnell was not one of them so he saw the writing on the wall also. it's just a really tough issue especially in an election year and especially with trump making it the number...
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mitch mcconnell and others teamed up with democrats to betray our needs at the border. spare me the speech on how macconnell is playing the long game. i heard that from too many people who end up spending more of our money on liberal priorities. conservative americans have a choice in the months ahead. are we going to allow so-called conservatives to continue their america last policies? will we continue them to masquerade as conservatives but vote in the interest of liberals? will conservative leadership be allowed to throw their own party's under the bus? i say no. america used to roar like lions but now we delete like sheep for security. the establishment cares more about maintaining power than unleashing american liberty. this stops today. bold, true conservative leadership well restore our constitutional republic. america will fight for our own interest other than those of any other nation and uses full might and power to defended citizen and i am confident that as americans learn to roar like lions for liberty it will once again become a government of, by and for
mitch mcconnell and others teamed up with democrats to betray our needs at the border. spare me the speech on how macconnell is playing the long game. i heard that from too many people who end up spending more of our money on liberal priorities. conservative americans have a choice in the months ahead. are we going to allow so-called conservatives to continue their america last policies? will we continue them to masquerade as conservatives but vote in the interest of liberals? will conservative...
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[indiscernible] [indiscernible conversation] >> on capitol hill, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell also talked about efforts to keep the government
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[indiscernible] [indiscernible conversation] >> on capitol hill, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell also talked about efforts to keep the government funded. saying, under no circumstances does anybody want to shut the government down. and asked about the senate impeachment trial for homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas, he says he things it will be the best way to go forward. this is 15 minutes. but, better than we've done some years by getting this through, and then doing that balance a little bit later. >> president biden determine t ought to make a trip to the southern border after three years into his administration. people should make no mistake about it, this is president biden and the biden administration's crisis. it's created of their own making, it's totally avoidable, and they own this problem. you look at the numbers just alone, 7.2 5 million people apprehended trying to come across the border illegally. 1.7 million that doesn't include the unknown. that's almost 9 million people in three years. in this last year was a complete record, december was the biggest
[indiscernible] [indiscernible conversation] >> on capitol hill, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell also talked about efforts to keep the government funded. saying, under no circumstances does anybody want to shut the government down. and asked about the senate impeachment trial for homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas, he says he things it will be the best way to go forward. this is 15 minutes. but, better than we've done some years by getting this through, and then doing...
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[indiscernible] [indiscernible conversation] announcer: senate minority leader mitch mcconnell also talked about efforts to keep the government funded, saying under no circumstances does anybody want to shut the government down. when asked about the senate impeachment trial for alejandro mayorkas, he said he thinks that will be the best way to go forward. this is 15 minutes. sen. mcconnell: good afternoon, everyone. as you know, we were at the white house with president biden earlier in the day. and i think it is pretty safe to say we all agree we need to avoid a government shutdown. the speaker was optimistic that he will be able to move forward with the four bills. and under no circumstances does anybody want to shut the government down. so i think we can stop that drama right here before it emerges. we are certainly not going to do that. so, we are going to come close, i hope, to having an orderly appropriations process. obviously not by the time we should have done it, but better than we have done some years by getting this four through and then getting the balance of them done, many o
[indiscernible] [indiscernible conversation] announcer: senate minority leader mitch mcconnell also talked about efforts to keep the government funded, saying under no circumstances does anybody want to shut the government down. when asked about the senate impeachment trial for alejandro mayorkas, he said he thinks that will be the best way to go forward. this is 15 minutes. sen. mcconnell: good afternoon, everyone. as you know, we were at the white house with president biden earlier in the...
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this will be mitch mcconnell's legacy to get this across and i stand firmly with the speaker of the house that this will not come to the floor of the house. host: you are leading the texas republican delegation in backing the texas governor greg abbott in his efforts to be against the biden administration policies. why do you think texas should take the lead on this instead of the federal government? guest: because we have to. because the federal government is not doing his job. texas has to step up because the federal government will not do its job. the policy of the biden administration is an open border, period. i've been to shelby park twice in the last month and a half, once before texas took control them once after texas took control and we are doing what we have to because the federal government will not. host: would you recommend other border state governors taking similar actions? would you recommend the governors of say arizona and new mexico do the same thing? guest: they better because the cartels have moved the flow since texas stood up and started defending our own border. t
this will be mitch mcconnell's legacy to get this across and i stand firmly with the speaker of the house that this will not come to the floor of the house. host: you are leading the texas republican delegation in backing the texas governor greg abbott in his efforts to be against the biden administration policies. why do you think texas should take the lead on this instead of the federal government? guest: because we have to. because the federal government is not doing his job. texas has to...
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mitch mcconnell said when obama was running a second term, our only objective was to make sure obama doesn't get a second term. host: you made your point. representative carter, what about the perception the former president is calling all the shots on this border deal? guest: nothing upsets me more than to hear people say that. it's in the media and there's a train of thought out there that donald trump -- we're nothing more than puppets to him. nothing could be further from the truth. look, i respect our former president and hope he wins and i've supported him and will continue to support him and endorsed him. but at the same time, this is about policy. elections have consequences because policies have consequences. we're talking about policy. we didn't change our mind when donald trump came out and said one thing or another. we make our own decisions here. yes, he has influence, no question about that, as he should. he's the former president and hopefully will be our next president but at the same time, this is about policy. again, i go back to the one thing that bothered me the m
mitch mcconnell said when obama was running a second term, our only objective was to make sure obama doesn't get a second term. host: you made your point. representative carter, what about the perception the former president is calling all the shots on this border deal? guest: nothing upsets me more than to hear people say that. it's in the media and there's a train of thought out there that donald trump -- we're nothing more than puppets to him. nothing could be further from the truth. look, i...
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mitch mcconnell urged republicans to put against it once it was clear it would not be taken up in the house. let's get back to the calls on your top news story. paul is on the line. caller: the biden family needs to take a good look right now and look at his medical could -- his mental condition. that was a debacle the way he lashed out at reporters. i think it is a case of elder abuse. jill, you should be ashamed of what you are doing to your husband on the world stage. have a great day. host: next is dennis from memphis, tennessee on our democratic line. caller: good morning. what the previous caller just said, at least biden knows nancy pelosi -- we can leave that alone. my topic is israel and hamas. i want to ask my fellow colors, the main thing going on with netanyahu saying i want to destroy. destroy is a horrible word. who are you going to destroy? that is a hard word. it is time for him to go home. yell have a good day. host: next up is romain from falls church, virginia on our independent line. caller: thanks for taking my call. for me, the news story is also -- is gaza and t
mitch mcconnell urged republicans to put against it once it was clear it would not be taken up in the house. let's get back to the calls on your top news story. paul is on the line. caller: the biden family needs to take a good look right now and look at his medical could -- his mental condition. that was a debacle the way he lashed out at reporters. i think it is a case of elder abuse. jill, you should be ashamed of what you are doing to your husband on the world stage. have a great day. host:...
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mitch mcconnell urged republicans to put against it once it was clear it would not be taken up in the house. let's get back to the calls on your top news story. paul is on the line. caller: the biden family needs to take a good look right now and look at his medical could -- his mental condition. that was a debacle the way he lashed out at reporters. i think it is a case of elder abuse. jill, you should be ashamed of what you are doing to your husband on the world stage. have a great day. host: next is dennis from memphis, tennessee on our democratic line. caller: good morning. what the previous caller just said, at least biden knows nancy pelosi -- we can leave that alone. my topic is israel and hamas. i want to ask my fellow colors, the main thing going on with netanyahu saying i want to destroy. destroy is a horrible word. who are you going to destroy? that is a hard word. it is time for him to go home. yell have a good day. host: next up is romain from falls church, virginia on our independent line. caller: thanks for taking my call. for me, the news story is also -- is gaza and t
mitch mcconnell urged republicans to put against it once it was clear it would not be taken up in the house. let's get back to the calls on your top news story. paul is on the line. caller: the biden family needs to take a good look right now and look at his medical could -- his mental condition. that was a debacle the way he lashed out at reporters. i think it is a case of elder abuse. jill, you should be ashamed of what you are doing to your husband on the world stage. have a great day. host:...
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yesterday's vote was interesting because it was 67-27 and mitch mcconnell is pushing it forward with ukraine aid come the legacy issue for him and he's in old-school conservative institutionalists and he remembers the republican party that was very muscular on foreign policy. he sees the united states as being the global leader on things like this especially given vladimir putin's aggression in this case. he brought along 18 republicans. bernie sanders is an independent but he voted with the democrats. he voted against it to protest israel given all the debts in gaza for the democrats were largely united. now it just inching along we will see how they work this out. we expect this to pass ultimately this week we just don't know exactly when. host: for folks trying to follow this, why is this one getting so many votes on it for folks were used to of vote on final passage so why is this inching along? guest: because it's a very obscure body and has obscure rules. without an agreement from all 100 senators to move quickly on bills, one member can hold it up in this case rand paul from k
yesterday's vote was interesting because it was 67-27 and mitch mcconnell is pushing it forward with ukraine aid come the legacy issue for him and he's in old-school conservative institutionalists and he remembers the republican party that was very muscular on foreign policy. he sees the united states as being the global leader on things like this especially given vladimir putin's aggression in this case. he brought along 18 republicans. bernie sanders is an independent but he voted with the...
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mitch mcconnell wanted it, they wanted to hide what was in that bill from conservative no-show like newsmax, one america, fox, they wanted to hide that from the american people. but now it got exposed. itch mcconnell said today, this bill is dead because they wanted to hide it. he wanted it passed so he could fund ukraine, which we need to fund israel before ukraine, in my opinion. that's all they talk about is putin, putin, putin. one thing about the border thing, i think the mexican president is owned and paid by the mexican cartels. mexico only has a 400 mile border on their southern border. they could stop all of this illegal immigration in a heart aid. host: all right, mike in north carolina, you are talking about if these articles of impeachment come back to the house floor and if republicans are successful in getting the vote, it would then go automatically to the senate for just the senate floor. the associated press reports there is very little interest in the potential impeachment trial in the homeland security trial in that chamber. but they could do is send those articles of imp
mitch mcconnell wanted it, they wanted to hide what was in that bill from conservative no-show like newsmax, one america, fox, they wanted to hide that from the american people. but now it got exposed. itch mcconnell said today, this bill is dead because they wanted to hide it. he wanted it passed so he could fund ukraine, which we need to fund israel before ukraine, in my opinion. that's all they talk about is putin, putin, putin. one thing about the border thing, i think the mexican president...
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thursday morning, political reporter discusses mitch mcconnell's plan to step down and denise gilman at the university of texas, codirector of immigration talks about executive action president biden is considering to address a migrant surge. we will discuss the latest on the government funding deadline, border security and aid to israel and ukraine with republican congressman andy and john larson. washington journal, jewel and live at 7:00 eastern thursday on c-span, c-span now or online at c-span.org. >> the u.s. su
thursday morning, political reporter discusses mitch mcconnell's plan to step down and denise gilman at the university of texas, codirector of immigration talks about executive action president biden is considering to address a migrant surge. we will discuss the latest on the government funding deadline, border security and aid to israel and ukraine with republican congressman andy and john larson. washington journal, jewel and live at 7:00 eastern thursday on c-span, c-span now or online at...
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mitch mcconnell is saying we don't have a chance like this very often. we negotiated this and we got some things we like but not everything. in a divided government, you never get everything you want. let's take a win but then there are only four senate republicans who voted for that after trump came out against it. macconnell was not one of them so he saw the writing on the wall also. it's just a really tough issue especially in an election year and especially with trump making it the number one issue. a lot of different factors in a lot of different reasons why that bill failed. years from now, they might look back and say why did we do that? why did we have more people voting for that? that's our last chance to get a comprehensive or close to comprehensive immigration reform. those chances don't come along often and maybe we will come to regret it. host: santa barbara, california, jennifer, line for democrats. caller: my first comment is i find it appalling that trump has so much for in the political scheme when he's running for president but he's not
mitch mcconnell is saying we don't have a chance like this very often. we negotiated this and we got some things we like but not everything. in a divided government, you never get everything you want. let's take a win but then there are only four senate republicans who voted for that after trump came out against it. macconnell was not one of them so he saw the writing on the wall also. it's just a really tough issue especially in an election year and especially with trump making it the number...
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mcconnell and -- >> i got it, i got the gist. >> -- and morally responsible -- >> he doesn't say that anymore. so, let me just tell you that i heard and i watched, and the one thing i will a's they kept saying about what i said right after -- the insurrection was caused by nancy pelosi. if it was an insurrection -- there were no guns, no anything, except for the fact that they shot ashli babbitt. so unnecessary, so sad, so horrible. there were no guns, there were no anything. if you take a look at my words right after, my speech from the rose garden, which was very shortly after, or you take a look at -- i'm only on truth now, but that time we were tweeting and i was on twitter -- if you take a look at those five or six tweets, you will see very beautiful, very heartwarming statements, "go home, the police are doing their job," etc., etc. beautiful statements. if you see my statements in the rose garden -- you have to watch that, because today they said the words of trump. if you look at the words of democrats, look at schumer's statements on the steps of the supreme court. he sounded
mcconnell and -- >> i got it, i got the gist. >> -- and morally responsible -- >> he doesn't say that anymore. so, let me just tell you that i heard and i watched, and the one thing i will a's they kept saying about what i said right after -- the insurrection was caused by nancy pelosi. if it was an insurrection -- there were no guns, no anything, except for the fact that they shot ashli babbitt. so unnecessary, so sad, so horrible. there were no guns, there were no anything....
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senate minority leader mitch mcconnell confirmed yesterday that his members were prepared to take the legislation in a procedural vote today in the senate. that is what is expected to happen this morning. we are talking about it on "washington journal." democrats, (202)-748-8000. republicans, (202)-748-8001. independents, (202)-748-8002. holding open the fourth line specifically for border state residents, (202)-748-8003. we will get to the phones first. steven in ohio, independent. good morning. caller: i just wanted to say i think the whole process was a waste of time. there are so many problems that are real that need to be addressed and this is just another way of playing politics and not addressing any of the things we need. with all this stuff going on on the impeachment. host: you think the impeachment is a waste of time. what about the border bill negotiated i republicans and democrats but now expected to fail in the senate because republicans were not supported? caller: again, the same kind of thing. what is happening is they have these bills to make it convoluted that one pi
senate minority leader mitch mcconnell confirmed yesterday that his members were prepared to take the legislation in a procedural vote today in the senate. that is what is expected to happen this morning. we are talking about it on "washington journal." democrats, (202)-748-8000. republicans, (202)-748-8001. independents, (202)-748-8002. holding open the fourth line specifically for border state residents, (202)-748-8003. we will get to the phones first. steven in ohio, independent....
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so i do not understand what is the problem with mitch mcconnell and mike johnson. i seriously believe this is about trump, that is what all this is about, why they are holding off on it. and a couple of them have said literally, why should we do this to benefit biden, because they think by some miracle this will get trump in office again. that is what it is to me, all about trump. thank you. host: another marylander, chris on our oppose line. caller: good morning. i am opposed to the bill just on the premise that we should not be grouping together the ukraine funding along with israel funding and call it a border bill. that said, i appreciate the fact that it is the most balanced, in my opinion, border proposal we have seen in decades, at the least. i just wish it would be separated so it could be debated on the merits. host: another supporter, we will hear from ann in washington, d.c. caller: yes, look, this is a bipartisan bill. what i do not understand is, how does it go from a bipartisan bill to a no thank you bill? it is a strong bill. and i do not understand
so i do not understand what is the problem with mitch mcconnell and mike johnson. i seriously believe this is about trump, that is what all this is about, why they are holding off on it. and a couple of them have said literally, why should we do this to benefit biden, because they think by some miracle this will get trump in office again. that is what it is to me, all about trump. thank you. host: another marylander, chris on our oppose line. caller: good morning. i am opposed to the bill just...
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mitch mcconnell and others teamed up with democrats to betray our needs at the border. spare me the speech on how macconnell is playing the long game. i heard that from too many people who end up spending more of our money on liberal priorities. conservative americans have a choice in the months ahead. are we going to allow so-called conservatives to continue their america last policies? will we continue them to masquerade as conservatives but vote in the interest of liberals? will conservative leadership be allowed to throw their own party's under the bus? i say no. america used to roar like lions but now we delete like sheep for security. the establishment cares more about maintaining power than unleashing american liberty. this stops today. bold, true conservative leadership well restore our constitutional republic. america will fight for our own interest other than those of any other nation and uses full might and power to defended citizen and i am confident that as americans learn to roar like lions for liberty it will once again become a government of, by and for
mitch mcconnell and others teamed up with democrats to betray our needs at the border. spare me the speech on how macconnell is playing the long game. i heard that from too many people who end up spending more of our money on liberal priorities. conservative americans have a choice in the months ahead. are we going to allow so-called conservatives to continue their america last policies? will we continue them to masquerade as conservatives but vote in the interest of liberals? will conservative...
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this will be mitch mcconnell's legacy to get this across and i stand firmly with the speaker of the house that this will not come to the floor of the house. host: you are leading the texas republican delegation in backing the texas governor greg abbott in his efforts to be against the biden administration policies. why do you think texas should take the lead on this instead of the federal government? guest: because we have to. because the federal government is not doing his job. texas has to step up because the federal government will not do its job. the policy of the biden administration is an open border, period. i've been to shelby park twice in the last month and a half, once before texas took control them once after texas took control and we are doing what we have to because the federal government will not. host: would you recommend other border state governors taking similar actions? would you recommend the governors of say arizona and new mexico do the same thing? guest: they better because the cartels have moved the flow since texas stood up and started defending our own border. t
this will be mitch mcconnell's legacy to get this across and i stand firmly with the speaker of the house that this will not come to the floor of the house. host: you are leading the texas republican delegation in backing the texas governor greg abbott in his efforts to be against the biden administration policies. why do you think texas should take the lead on this instead of the federal government? guest: because we have to. because the federal government is not doing his job. texas has to...
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mitch mcconnell -- the full impeachment trial for homeland security secretary. democrats control the process. the impeachment articles are proving to be the next flashpoint for the minority leader. 13 liters planning to send a letter to mitch mcconnell. they democratic effort to dismiss the impeachment articles would be in action rarely contemplated the senators argue and a copy of the letter first obtained by axios. let's hear from ashley in new york. caller: i wanted to make the comment earlier about the immigration individual from the cato institute. he made a statement about 90% of the the very act of trespassing on someone else's property anywhere else in the country is illegal. if you're willing to commit the crime of crossing the border, then you're not necessarily a good person. he needs to get into the streets of new york, he needs to visit out in the hamptons, which is an easy visit for him, i'm sure, and see the two-tier work force that has been created. paying people cash under the table is what rich people want. they don't want anybody to be a legal
mitch mcconnell -- the full impeachment trial for homeland security secretary. democrats control the process. the impeachment articles are proving to be the next flashpoint for the minority leader. 13 liters planning to send a letter to mitch mcconnell. they democratic effort to dismiss the impeachment articles would be in action rarely contemplated the senators argue and a copy of the letter first obtained by axios. let's hear from ashley in new york. caller: i wanted to make the comment...
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host: mitch mcconnell talking to reporters on capitol hill. about 10 minutes left in this first segment of washington journal. a partial government shutdown at midnight on friday and yesterday's results from the michigan primary. this is carol in st. louis. democrat. good morning. caller: i would like to talk about the michigan primary. could you tell me since you have the figures on how much nikki haley, how many boats nikki haley got and how many know votes it was for biden? how many votes did biden get and how many votes did trump get? host: donald trump with 755,000 votes yesterday. nikki haley with 294,000 votes on the republican side. on the democratic side, joe biden with 617,000 votes. the uncommitted line getting almost 101,000 votes yesterday. host: -- caller: thank you. host: new jersey, democrat. good morning. caller: regarding the results in michigan, i have a hard time with it. i think biden's primary responsibility is to the american people. host: some people may assume that way what? caller: some people may assume he has more p
host: mitch mcconnell talking to reporters on capitol hill. about 10 minutes left in this first segment of washington journal. a partial government shutdown at midnight on friday and yesterday's results from the michigan primary. this is carol in st. louis. democrat. good morning. caller: i would like to talk about the michigan primary. could you tell me since you have the figures on how much nikki haley, how many boats nikki haley got and how many know votes it was for biden? how many votes...
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it was good enough for senator mitch mcconnell and dozens of g.o.p. senators. it was good enough for "the wall street journal." but the house magas would not take yes for an answer. why? because donald trump doesn't want a border solution, he wants a border problem, nothing else to run on. and vladimir putin certainly doesn't want $60 billion going to the heroic people of ukraine, defying his filthy imperialist invasion. democracy and freedom are under siege and all our colleagues can think to do is sell out our democratic allies and sell out the cause of human rights and impeach a cabinet secretary working diligently to solve the immigration problem that they claim to care about. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from mississippi reserves. the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. mr. green: i yield one minute to the gentleman from tennessee, mr. rose. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. mr. rose: secretary mayorkas swore an oath to defend the u.s. constitution from all enemies foreign and domestic. unform
it was good enough for senator mitch mcconnell and dozens of g.o.p. senators. it was good enough for "the wall street journal." but the house magas would not take yes for an answer. why? because donald trump doesn't want a border solution, he wants a border problem, nothing else to run on. and vladimir putin certainly doesn't want $60 billion going to the heroic people of ukraine, defying his filthy imperialist invasion. democracy and freedom are under siege and all our colleagues can...
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it was good enough for senator mitch mcconnell and dozens of g.o.p. senators. it was good enough for "the wall street journal." but the house magas would not take yes for an answer. why? because donald trump doesn't want a border solution, he wants a border problem, nothing else to run on. and vladimir putin certainly doesn't want $60 billion going to the heroic people of ukraine, defying his filthy imperialist invasion. democracy and freedom are under siege and all our colleagues can think to do is sell out our democratic allies and sell out the cause of human rights and impeach a cabinet secretary working diligently to solve the immigration problem that they claim to care about. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from mississippi reserves. the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. mr. green: i yield one minute to the gentleman from tennessee, mr. rose. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. mr. rose: secretary mayorkas swore an oath to defend the u.s. constitution from all enemies foreign and domestic. unform
it was good enough for senator mitch mcconnell and dozens of g.o.p. senators. it was good enough for "the wall street journal." but the house magas would not take yes for an answer. why? because donald trump doesn't want a border solution, he wants a border problem, nothing else to run on. and vladimir putin certainly doesn't want $60 billion going to the heroic people of ukraine, defying his filthy imperialist invasion. democracy and freedom are under siege and all our colleagues can...
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thursday morning, political reporter discusses mitch mcconnell's plan to step down and denise gilman at the university of texas, codirector of immigration talks about executive action president biden is considering to address a migrant surge. we will discuss the latest on the government funding deadline, border security and aid to israel and ukraine with republican congressman andy and john larson. washington journal, jewel and live at 7:00 eastern thursday on c-span, c-span now or online at c-span.org. >> the u.s. suprem court is considering whether the atf has the authority to regula bump stocks the same way it regulates machine guns, which are illegal. a bump stock is a device that enables set my automatic rifles to buyer like -- fire like machine guns. the truth -- the trump administration in las vegas, where a gunman used the device in a shooting that killed 58 people and wounded several hundred others. shortly after, a man filed suit and after multiple rounds of lower courts, the u.s. supreme court has until june to issua ruling. the oral argum an hour and 30 minut we will hear
thursday morning, political reporter discusses mitch mcconnell's plan to step down and denise gilman at the university of texas, codirector of immigration talks about executive action president biden is considering to address a migrant surge. we will discuss the latest on the government funding deadline, border security and aid to israel and ukraine with republican congressman andy and john larson. washington journal, jewel and live at 7:00 eastern thursday on c-span, c-span now or online at...
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axios political reporter discusses mitch mcconnell's plan to step down as senate republican leader . and denise gilman from the university of texas and codirector of the immigration clinic talks about the use of executive action president biden is reportedly considering to address the migrant surge at the u.s.-mexico border. we will discuss the latest on the upcoming funding deadline, border security, u.s. aid to israel and ukraine with angie vogel and john larson. washington journal. join the conversation at 7:00 eastern thursday morning on c-span, c-span now, or c-span.org. >> the director of the federal bureau of prisons joined the justice department expected general to talk about the rise of nonmedical related death in the federal prison system. he discussed the need for policy reforms, mental health and substance abuse treatment and more funding and resources. this is one hour 15 minutes. . you are watching live coverage on c- span3. >>> in recent years more than 300 people have died of unnatural causes in custody of the presence. does have too often been the result of this mana
axios political reporter discusses mitch mcconnell's plan to step down as senate republican leader . and denise gilman from the university of texas and codirector of the immigration clinic talks about the use of executive action president biden is reportedly considering to address the migrant surge at the u.s.-mexico border. we will discuss the latest on the upcoming funding deadline, border security, u.s. aid to israel and ukraine with angie vogel and john larson. washington journal. join the...
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and it ran over and mitch mcconnell killed it. when we had the senate, remember, it was 50-50. so we needed 10 republican votes to get things across. we needed nine republicans votes. we needed republican votes to get things over. republicans were not willing to fix things over there. our priorities have always been the middle class. their priorities were the rich and that's why we have this problem in the first place. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to enter into the record a 2023 center for american progress report titled "biden tax proposals would correct inequities created by trump tax proposals." the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. hier fernandez: this report -- we conditions taintly hear them want to make it permanent. we constantly hear them say oh, those were the greatest things. except for when they need to have a couple of their members get re-elected and we're looking for a repeat of what we saw yesterday. with that, mr. speaker, i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. langworthy: t
and it ran over and mitch mcconnell killed it. when we had the senate, remember, it was 50-50. so we needed 10 republican votes to get things across. we needed nine republicans votes. we needed republican votes to get things over. republicans were not willing to fix things over there. our priorities have always been the middle class. their priorities were the rich and that's why we have this problem in the first place. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to enter into the record a 2023 center...
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mcconnell yesterday saying they need to drop the poison pill rid ers the bill -- from the bill to move forward. we are all waiting to see how house republicans will proceed on the riders question. host: can you spell out some of those for us? what are some of those conservative policies that some house republicans are looking for? guest: there is a wide range. i will focus on one bill, which is the military construction v.a. bill. typically not a very controversial bill, paying for veterans health care and military construction, priorities of both parties. but in the house version of the bill, they had a couple provisions related to guns and abortion that republicans are pushing to keep in the bill. one example on the gun fund is there is a law that requires -- there is a new policy which would have them kind of other the national background check system if a veteran was seeking help on their finances. and republicans are trying to not let that happen so that is an example of one of the riders up for grabs. host: what has speaker johnson said? is he willing to work with the government
mcconnell yesterday saying they need to drop the poison pill rid ers the bill -- from the bill to move forward. we are all waiting to see how house republicans will proceed on the riders question. host: can you spell out some of those for us? what are some of those conservative policies that some house republicans are looking for? guest: there is a wide range. i will focus on one bill, which is the military construction v.a. bill. typically not a very controversial bill, paying for veterans...
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[video clip] >> speak to the arguments leading up to the day that was given voice by mitch mcconnell. >> yeah, i got the gist. he doesn't say that anymore. let me just tell you i heard and i watched and the one thing i said was they kept saying about what i said right after. if it was an insurrection, there were no guns except for the fact that they shot ashli babbitt. there were no guns, no anything. if you take a look at by words, my speech from the rose garden which was very shortly after. at that time i was on twitter. when you take a look at those 5, 6 tweets you will see very beautiful, heartwarming statements. go home, the police are doing their jobs. beautiful statements. today they said in the words of trump . but if you look at schumer and the supreme court, he sounded like a mob boss. if you take a look at any of them, we could put together a tape of vicious, violent statements made by democrats. maxine water and the vicious statements she made. i said peacefully and patriotically, he said that a statement was the exact opposite. take a look at the statements i made before
[video clip] >> speak to the arguments leading up to the day that was given voice by mitch mcconnell. >> yeah, i got the gist. he doesn't say that anymore. let me just tell you i heard and i watched and the one thing i said was they kept saying about what i said right after. if it was an insurrection, there were no guns except for the fact that they shot ashli babbitt. there were no guns, no anything. if you take a look at by words, my speech from the rose garden which was very...
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donald trump told him he didn't like the bhifl told mitch mcconnell he didn't like the bill. and the thing we've been working on a a healthy, bipartisan negotiation falls apart in a day. because donald trump wants to make ads about it. he wants to do political rallies about it. he wants to use it as a club against joe biden. he wants to use it for himself instead of doing what the country expects which is dealing with the crisis at the border. and the leaders who were elected to protect their constituents are bowing to this pressure with barely a bat of the eye. it's embarrassing, actually. it's sad. to watch. but definitely embarrassing. and another side of how toxic and ill our politics have become. i was trying to think about what would happen when i was a c.i.a. officer or at the pentagon if i had identified a real national security crisis, with fact, with data, had said, this is a threat to our country. talked about it publicly. constantly came back to it. to raise attention to this issue. and then refused to do anything about it. there is a term for this. in the militar
donald trump told him he didn't like the bhifl told mitch mcconnell he didn't like the bill. and the thing we've been working on a a healthy, bipartisan negotiation falls apart in a day. because donald trump wants to make ads about it. he wants to do political rallies about it. he wants to use it as a club against joe biden. he wants to use it for himself instead of doing what the country expects which is dealing with the crisis at the border. and the leaders who were elected to protect their...
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that's what was happening with mitch mcconnell. that's what's happening with the cadre of people in this town who desperately want to $60 billion of funding for ukraine. it's not about the border. head pat people and say we'll give you some crumbs on the border, give us our $60 billion for ukraine. we'll go out and thump our chest and put a blue and yellow flag pin on our lapel and say we love people and then go out and keep the war machine going. that's the truth. and let's be very clear. i love israel. talk to israelis, they will tell you a part of our annual $4 billion that we go to israel is a part of the same operation. $4 billion, oh, we'll spend that money, it will come back over here so defense contractors can keep doing what they do. are we getting the right planes? are they getting the right supplies? is it the right cost? is israel able to defend themselves without the united states or is that $4 billion, which i support, maybe that's counterproductive. maybe we want israel to be standing alone over there. when are we go
that's what was happening with mitch mcconnell. that's what's happening with the cadre of people in this town who desperately want to $60 billion of funding for ukraine. it's not about the border. head pat people and say we'll give you some crumbs on the border, give us our $60 billion for ukraine. we'll go out and thump our chest and put a blue and yellow flag pin on our lapel and say we love people and then go out and keep the war machine going. that's the truth. and let's be very clear. i...
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host: how much pressure are senate republicans pushing for toward the minority leader mitch mcconnell? guest: they are pushing the heavily. there's a lot of calls to have a full impeachment trial. the campaign arm for senate republicans, there is a memo out calling on other candidates to kind of urge for a full impeachment trial and that is something republicans really do want to see is a full impeachment trial. this is republicans first time taking the house back since then, so they filed his articles of impeachment against alejandro mayorkas that passed, and now they kind of want the opportunity to have a full trial as well. they feel like he has broken the law, dereliction of duty, is what they say. so they put the crisis at the border at his feet and they want the impeachment trial tools into account. he's never going to be charged, solely because the senate is controlled by democrats. host: north carolina, democrat, go ahead. caller: morning to everybody. this is the ridiculous thing that people appear are talking about donald trump as though he is a strong candidate for america.
host: how much pressure are senate republicans pushing for toward the minority leader mitch mcconnell? guest: they are pushing the heavily. there's a lot of calls to have a full impeachment trial. the campaign arm for senate republicans, there is a memo out calling on other candidates to kind of urge for a full impeachment trial and that is something republicans really do want to see is a full impeachment trial. this is republicans first time taking the house back since then, so they filed his...
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mcconnell. but again, it's not just republicans. it's democrats as well. unbelievable, this is an astounding fact, last year drug companies had over 1800 well-paid lobbyists here in d.c. to make sure that congress did their bidding. there are 535 members of congress, and 1800 well-paid lobbyists, over three for every member of congress so if you want to know why you're paying the highest prices in the world, america, that's why. now, here is some goodies in the midst of all that. we are beginning, beginning to take on the greed of the pharmaceutical industry. as result of inflation reduction act has several years ago, medicare for the first time ever is beginning to do what every major country on earth does and what the veterans administration has been doing for over 30 years, and that is to negotiate for lower prices of drugs, including stelara and eliquis. let me conclude by saying this. i am proud of what this committee up to this point has accomplished last year as you all remember the ceo o
mcconnell. but again, it's not just republicans. it's democrats as well. unbelievable, this is an astounding fact, last year drug companies had over 1800 well-paid lobbyists here in d.c. to make sure that congress did their bidding. there are 535 members of congress, and 1800 well-paid lobbyists, over three for every member of congress so if you want to know why you're paying the highest prices in the world, america, that's why. now, here is some goodies in the midst of all that. we are...
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secondly, mitch mcconnell said at the time, trump was guilty but he didn't want to do anything about it. if this is the case, over 62% of the american voters want to hear the verdict before the election. they are all putting trump above the law. the only one not dragging their feet is jack smith. no wonder the supreme court is so low in the polls. it is really disgusting. host: donna's thoughts in st. louis, missouri. front page of the new york times this morning, victory further trimmed the gop margin. this was in the special election that took place earlier this week in new york's third district to replace former congressman george santos. the democrat won, tom suozzi. he is coming back to congress, served before. the new york times reports this will give them almost no cushion, house republicans, to deal with the inevitable absences caused by illness, travel delays, weddings, funerals, unforeseen events that could keep republicans away from the house floor for votes. it comes as congress is facing a crush of issues including early march deadlines for funding the government and a p
secondly, mitch mcconnell said at the time, trump was guilty but he didn't want to do anything about it. if this is the case, over 62% of the american voters want to hear the verdict before the election. they are all putting trump above the law. the only one not dragging their feet is jack smith. no wonder the supreme court is so low in the polls. it is really disgusting. host: donna's thoughts in st. louis, missouri. front page of the new york times this morning, victory further trimmed the...
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mcconnell said if you don't like what he wants, hold your nose and vote for him anyway. i think biden is for the american people, he looks after the people, the world, because former president trump was always in the pocket of the vladimir putin and he still is in the pocket of vladimir putin. as a diabetic in pennsylvania, i am appreciative of the laws that were passed to help people with diabetes to get their medicine at a much more reasonable cost. i vote for president biden and i encourage all of my friends who listen to this program not to follow polls and think he's too old because that is trump's work. he keeps saying things over and over, he is old, but trump is old, too. my vote is for president biden. host: cindy you're also a vote for president biden. michigan. good morning. caller: thank you for what you give -- what you do. of course i'm voting for president biden. he is saving this country and he is getting the blame for everything. i can understand everyone's concerns. i thought mitchell was articulate and just now, what's her name, also. what it comes dow
mcconnell said if you don't like what he wants, hold your nose and vote for him anyway. i think biden is for the american people, he looks after the people, the world, because former president trump was always in the pocket of the vladimir putin and he still is in the pocket of vladimir putin. as a diabetic in pennsylvania, i am appreciative of the laws that were passed to help people with diabetes to get their medicine at a much more reasonable cost. i vote for president biden and i encourage...
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. >> mitch mcconnell will be leader in november.publican he served as party lead since 2007. he plans tin in the senate until his term expires in january 2027. here's the announcement he gave from the senate floor. particularly time for my family. we tragically lost elaine's younger sister angela just a few weeks ago. when you lose a loved one, particularly at a young age, there's a certain introspection that accompanies the grieving process. perhaps it is god's way of reminding you of your own life's journey to prioritize the impact of the world that we will all inevitably leave behind. i turned 82 last week. the end of my contributions are closer than i'd prefer. my career in the united states senate began amidst the reagan revolution. the truth is, when i got here i was just happy if anybody remembered my name. president reagan called me mitch o'donald. close enough, i thought. my wife elaine and i got married on president reagan's birthday, february 6. it's probably hot the -- not the most romantic thing to admit, but reagan meant a lot to both of us. for 31 years elaine
. >> mitch mcconnell will be leader in november.publican he served as party lead since 2007. he plans tin in the senate until his term expires in january 2027. here's the announcement he gave from the senate floor. particularly time for my family. we tragically lost elaine's younger sister angela just a few weeks ago. when you lose a loved one, particularly at a young age, there's a certain introspection that accompanies the grieving process. perhaps it is god's way of reminding you of...
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thursday morning, axios political reporter discusses mitch mcconnell's plan to step down as senate republican leader . and denise gilman from the university of texas and codirector of the immigration clinic talks about the use of executive action president biden is reportedly considering to address the migrant surge at the u.s.-mexico border. we will discuss the latest on the upcoming funding deadline, border security, u.s. aid to israel and ukraine with angie vogel and john larson. washington journal. join the conversation at 7:00 eastern thursday morning on c-span, c-span now, or c-span.org. >> the director of the federal bureau of prisons joined the justice department expected general to talk about the rise of nonmedical related death i
thursday morning, axios political reporter discusses mitch mcconnell's plan to step down as senate republican leader . and denise gilman from the university of texas and codirector of the immigration clinic talks about the use of executive action president biden is reportedly considering to address the migrant surge at the u.s.-mexico border. we will discuss the latest on the upcoming funding deadline, border security, u.s. aid to israel and ukraine with angie vogel and john larson. washington...