Ted Cruz: The Democrats' agenda is 'power forever'

>> TO IMPLY THAT WASHINGTON, >> TO IMPLY THAT WASHINGTON, D.C. HAS NO REPRESENTATION IS ABSOLUTELY FALSE. ONE OF MY HOUSE REPUBLICANS COLLEAGUES SAID D.C. SHOULDN’T BE A STATE BECAUSE THE DISTRICT DOESN’T HAVE A LANDFILL. WITH ALL THE RACIST TRASH MY COLLEAGUES HAVE BROUGHT TO THIS DEBATE I CAN SEE WHY THEY’RE WORRIED ABOUT HAVING A PLACE TO PUT IT. >> THIS IS NOT ABOUT A BALANCE OF POWER BUT MORE POWER. >> THERE IS A BASIC CONSTITUTIONAL UNFAIRNESS WHEN YOU DENY PEOPLE THE RIGHT TO VOTE. >> HERE WE ARE TODAY PURE POWER GRAB TO GIVE TWO DEMOCRAT SENATORS TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. >> MY FRIENDS ACROSS THE AISLE COMPLAIN IT WOULD LEAD TO THE ADDITION OF TWO DEMOCRATIC SENATORS, SO WHAT? >> Harris: WELL, DID YOU HEAR SOME OF THOSE WORDS ON THE HOUSE FLOOR? DEMOCRATS PASSED LEGISLATION TO MAKE WASHINGTON, D.C. OUR 51st STATE. NOT ONE REPUBLICAN VOTED FOR THE BILL WHICH FACES AN UPWHEN HILL BATTLE IN THE SENATE. GOP LAWMAKERS CALL IT THE LEFT’S LATEST POWER GRAB SAYING DEMOCRATS WANT TO EXPAND THEIR RANKS BY ADDING TO SENATORS WHAT WOULD BE A SAFELY LIBERAL STATE. TED CRUZ JOINS ME NOW. I HAVE TO START WITH SOME OF THE INCENDIARY COMMENTS MADE THERE. RACIST TRASH? WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THE ARGUMENT? WHERE ARE WE GOING? >> WELL, UNFORTUNATELY THAT IS NOW THE GO-TO ATTACK FOR DEMOCRATS. THAT THEY EXCUSE ANYONE WHO DISAGREES WITH THEM ON ANY ISSUE IS RACIST. THEY USE INFLAMMATORY STATEMENTS. THEY DO IT ON ISSUE AFTER ISSUE. IT IS THEIR -- YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TALK ABOUT PLAYING THE RACE CARD. IT IS THE ONLY CARD THEY HAVE IN THEIR DECK AND THEIR STANDARD ATTACK. D.C. STATEHOOD. THE PUSH IS PART OF A BROADER EFFORT. WE HAVE DEMOCRATIC CONTROL OF THE WHITE HOUSE AND BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS AND THEIR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY NOT COVID, NOT VACCINATIONS, NOT REOPENING JOBS, NOT GETTING KIDS BACK IN SCHOOL. NOT DOING ANYTHING SUBSTANTIVE. THEIR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS THEY WANT TO STAY IN POWER FOREVER. SO YOU LOOK AT WHAT THEY ARE PUSHING. THEY ARE PUSHING D.C. STATEHOOD BECAUSE THEY WANT TWO NEW DEMOCRATIC SENATOR, HR1, THE CORRUPT POLITICIANS ACT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO FEDERALIZE ELECTIONS AND REGISTER MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL ALIENS AND FELONS TO VOTE AND KEEP DEMOCRATS IN POWER FOR THE NEXT 100 YEARS AND PACK THE U.S. SUPREME COURT AND ADD FOUR NEW LEFT WING JUSTICE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO CHANGE THE RULES AND MAINTAIN POWER. THAT’S THEIR PRIORITY AND IT IS NOT WHAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING. >> Harris: YOU KNOW, IN CASE THE PUBLIC DID NOT KNOW OR DID NOT RECOGNIZE WITH A MASK ON REPRESENTATIVE JONES IS ALSO THE PERSON WHO WAS THERE FOR THE ROLL-OUT OF PACKING THE COURT OUTSIDE THE SUPREME COURT ABOUT A WEEK OR SO AGO. THOSE REMARKS ARE GETTING A LOT OF HEAT TODAY AND I’M CURIOUS WHEN IT MAKES ITS WAY TO THE SENATE WHAT REALLY HAPPENS IN TERMS OF THE RHETORIC HERE? >> WELL, IN TERMS OF THE SUBSTANCE, THE CHANCES OF D.C. STATEHOOD OR PACKING THE COURT PASSING INTO LAW ARE ZERO IF -- THIS IS A BIG IF -- IF THE SENATE FILIBUSTER RULES REMAIN THE CASE. IF IT TAKES 60 VOTES TO MOVE FORWARD, WHICH HAS BEEN THE CASE IN THE SENATE FOR A LONG, LONG TIME, THEN BOTH OF THOSE ARE DEAD ON ARRIVAL. THE DEMOCRATS KNOW THAT. THAT’S WHY THEY WANT TO CHANGE, BLOW UP THE SENATE RULES, END THE FILIBUSTER IN ORDER TO CHANGE THE FUNDAMENTAL ELECTION RULES. IT ALL COMES DOWN TO REALLY JOE MANCHIN AND KRYSTEN SINEMA, THE LONE TWO DEMOCRATS SAID THEY WON’T END THE FILIBUSTER. IF THEY END THE FILIBUSTER THEY WILL MAKE D.C. A STATE AND PACK THE SUPREME COURT. IT IS ALL ABOUT POWER AND SO MUCH PRESSURE ON THOSE TWO DEMOCRATIC SENATORS. >> Harris: I STARTED WITH A TWO-PRONG POWER GRAB, D.C. STATEHOOD AND FILIBUSTER. THERE COULD BE MORE. WE’LL COVER IT WHEN IT HAPPENS. TWITTER WON’T SAY WHETHER THE CONTROVERSIAL POST BY SUPERSTAR IN THE NBA LEBRON JAMES VIOLATED ITS POLICIES. IN THE TWEET HE LATER DELETED LEBRON JAMES POSTED A PHOTOGRAPH, THE ONLY ONE WE’VE SEEN OF THE POLICE OFFICER AT THE SCENE OF MA’KHIA BRYANT’S SHOOTING WHO SHOT HER WITH THE CAPTION YOU’RE NEXT. #ACCOUNTABILITY. IN A STATEMENT TWITTER SAYS OUR TEAMS DO NOT EVALUATE DELETED TWEETS AS LONG AS THEY ARE NO LONGER ON SERVICE. RENDERING IT IMPOSSIBLE. FULL DISCLOSURE, GOT IT ON MY PHONE. YOU KNOW THE TWEET IS EVERYWHERE, YOU CAN GOOGLE IT. WHAT ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT? >> WELL LET ME START ACTUALLY BY COMMENDING LEBRON JAMES FOR DELETING THE TWEET. HE SHOULDN’T HAVE SENT IT. IT WAS GROSSLY IRRESPONSIBLE TO SEND IT BUT I’M GLAD HE DELETED IT. YOU OPEN THIS SEGMENT BY TALKING ABOUT THE RACIAL DIVISIONS IN OUR COUNTRY. THEY ARE REAL. THEY’RE RAW AND THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF YEARS OF HISTORY BEHIND THOSE TENSIONS AND WHEN YOU HAVE AN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING I THINK EVERYONE HAS AN OBLIGATION TO TAMP DOWN THE RHETORIC, NOT JUST IMMEDIATELY THROW STICKS OF DYNAMITE INTO THE BURNING FLAME. IN THE INSTANCE IN OHIO IN WHICH LEBRON JAMES WAS COMMENTING, WE’VE NOW SEEN THE OFFICER BODY CAM WHERE THE WOMAN WHO WAS SHOT WAS WIELDING A KNIFE, WAS OBVIOUSLY VIOLENT AND THREATENING THE LIFE OF ANOTHER YOUNG LADY. THE OFFICER IN THAT INSTANCE MAY WELL HAVE SAVED THAT OTHER YOUNG LADY’S LIFE. WE DON’T KNOW. THERE NEEDS TO BE AN INVESTIGATION. ANY TIME THERE IS AN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION IT’S RIGHT. LEBRON JAMES HAS 50 MILLION FOLLOWERS ON TWIT. WHEN HE TARGETS A POLICE OFFICER SOME MIGHT READ THE TWEET FOR VIOLENCE AGAINST THAT OFFICER. EVERYONE READS THAT TWEET AS AN INVITATION FOR THIS OFFICER TO BE DEMONIZED. THAT’S THE WRONG APPROACH. THE APPROACH THE LEFT TAKES SYSTEMATICALLY. WHENEVER EVERYTHING HAPPENS THE POLICE OFFICER IS ALWAYS IN THE WRONG AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE GOOD, HONORABLE AND RISKING THEIR LIVES TO KEEP US SAFE. ARE THERE BAD APPLES, SURE? THE CHAUVIN VERDICT WAS A JURY OF HIS PEERS CONVICTING HIM FOR VIOLATING THE LAW. WHAT HAPPENED TO GEORGE FLOYD WAS HORRIFIC AND WRONG AND THE SYSTEM WORKED. BUT WHAT LEBRON JAMES WAS DOING WAS NOT LOOKING TO THE FACTS OR THE SYSTEM BUT WAS INSTEAD UNFAIRLY TARGETING ONE INDIVIDUAL OFFICER FOR WHAT MAY WELL HAVE BEEN SAVING THE LIFE OF SOMEBODY ELSE. >> Harris: I’LL SEE IF LAWMAKERS ON THE HILL WILL RELOOK AT THAT SECTION 230 THAT PROTECTS SOME OF THESE TECH GIANTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. IT DIDN’T GO ANYWHERE LAST TIME. >> TWITTER IS UTTERLY ARBITRARY IN HOW THEY HANDLE THIS. THAT’S REALLY THE WHOLE POINT IS. THEY HAVE THE POWER, THEY ARE THE BLACK BOX. YOU REMEMBER RIGHT BEFORE THE ELECTION THEY TOOK DOWN THE TWITTER FEED OF THE "NEW YORK POST." THE NEWSPAPER WITH THE FOURTH LARGEST DISTRIBUTION IN AMERICA. WHY? BECAUSE THEY RAN AN ARTICLE ABOUT HUNTER BIDEN’S LAPTOP THAT WAS TRUE. THAT WE NOW KNOW IT WAS A TRUE AND ACCURATE ARTICLE AND YET TWITTER SAYS WE HAVE THE POWER TO SHUT DOWN THE PRESS IF WE DON’T LIKE WHAT WE’RE SAYING. IT IS COMPLETELY UNCHECKED POWER AND IT IS THE BIGGEST THREAT WE HAVE TO FREE SPEECH AND DEMOCRACY IN THIS COUNTRY. >> Harris: SENATOR TED CRUZ, GREAT TO HAVE YOU TODAY.

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Length: 7min 52sec (472 seconds)

Published: Fri Apr 23 2021