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garland: i was at nogales. it's what they were doing at the border -- senator graham: they never mentioned to you that they got a problem with being overrun by asylum seekers? a.g. garland: i know from reading the news media that border patrol agents feel that way. senator graham: it's not about reading the paper. you talked to them. a.g. garland: i am not -- senator graham: i am stunned you can't recall that. host: your confidence level in merrick garland as attorney general, that's the conversation with you this morning. lawayne in georgia. caller: i'll get to merrick garland. let me address that guy from arizona. he sounds about the same age i am. he is better to be thought a fool than remove your mouth and relieve all doubt. don't go up there with that crazy talk. discussing the issue that's made up. now, as far as merrick garland goes, i'm upset with him because the minute -- the day after congress voted to hold steve bannon in contempt, he should have had a memo -- he should have had him in prison. merric
garland: i was at nogales. it's what they were doing at the border -- senator graham: they never mentioned to you that they got a problem with being overrun by asylum seekers? a.g. garland: i know from reading the news media that border patrol agents feel that way. senator graham: it's not about reading the paper. you talked to them. a.g. garland: i am not -- senator graham: i am stunned you can't recall that. host: your confidence level in merrick garland as attorney general, that's the...
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garland tries to explain that. watch. >> what about harassment and intimidation, are those federal crimes? >> they are federal crimes. >> are you referring to witness tampering under 1512? >> 6261-a, makes it a crime, intent to injury, harass or intimidate, placing a person in reasonable fear of serious bodily injury through communication over the internet, likewise 47usc 23-aa making telephone calls with intention to harass. >> ayesha: now we have a definition on that, garland's memo came mere days after the national school board association ask the president to use the patriot act to deal with threats. garland has not admitted if the white house directed him to issue the memo. several senators raised red flag over doj press release that mentioned national security division would get involved in school board investigations. watch this. >> what on earth does the national security division have to do with parents who are expressing disagreements at school boards? >> nothing in this memorandum or any memorandum is ab
garland tries to explain that. watch. >> what about harassment and intimidation, are those federal crimes? >> they are federal crimes. >> are you referring to witness tampering under 1512? >> 6261-a, makes it a crime, intent to injury, harass or intimidate, placing a person in reasonable fear of serious bodily injury through communication over the internet, likewise 47usc 23-aa making telephone calls with intention to harass. >> ayesha: now we have a definition on...
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it's really sinister and i think jim jordan again kneeled the question to merrick garland, where garland just could not answer, where he initially said they were domestic terrorist moms dads but then why was he employing the national security division the department of justice to go after the school board meetings? and then he said that we are not sending the fbi to the school board meetings but again, why are they employing the only apparatus of the department of justice which is used against domestic terrorists which is meant to be al qaeda and these threats to our life and plan. it's expressing their desire to control what is taught to their children and they don't want to waste. are out. is problematic about merrick garland's son-in-law selling these and -- a benefit of the doubt and he should go through some sort of ethics a process to demonstrate to all the people that are pulling his credibility into question that there is nothing wrong. that's what you do. it's not just about being unethical but it's about not giving the appearance of being unethical and here everybody should kno
it's really sinister and i think jim jordan again kneeled the question to merrick garland, where garland just could not answer, where he initially said they were domestic terrorist moms dads but then why was he employing the national security division the department of justice to go after the school board meetings? and then he said that we are not sending the fbi to the school board meetings but again, why are they employing the only apparatus of the department of justice which is used against...
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remember this exchange from garland's confirmation hearing? >> under the obama administration, the irs targeted the political opponents of the president. it targeted conservatives for their speech. will you commit as attorney general that you will not allow the department of justice to be used to target those who are perceived as political opponents because they are political opponents? >> absolutely. i will not. >> so that was clearly a lie. but garland just following the lead of eric holder and using the department of justice to squash political dissent. maybe if the a.g. considered the ramifications of his memo, he would consider walking it back. >> did you consider. >> i do not. >> the chilling effect that this sort of threat of federal prosecution would have on parents exercise of their constitutional rights to be involved in their children's education? >> i don't believe it's reasonable to read this memorandum as chilling anyone's rights. >> lawrence: but it looks like this was the goal of the memo the whole time. the shutdown political
remember this exchange from garland's confirmation hearing? >> under the obama administration, the irs targeted the political opponents of the president. it targeted conservatives for their speech. will you commit as attorney general that you will not allow the department of justice to be used to target those who are perceived as political opponents because they are political opponents? >> absolutely. i will not. >> so that was clearly a lie. but garland just following the...
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well, merrick garland doesn't have a constituency.ng to move forward. i think that you know, there is a lot of threat to school boards and because there is no threats of terrorism around the world, i should spend my time going after parents, which is absolute insanity. that he is so out of touch. sit back and watch this election in virginia. terry mcauliffe is please, please walk this policy back. give me a shot at winning in virginia. you are killing me merrick garland. stop. todd: yeah. i don't get why garland didn't say we messed up as well. let's move on. senator cotton not holding back. take a listen. >> that letter and those reports were the basis for your. >> no, no senator, that's wrong. >> that's shameful. this testimony, your directive, your performance is shameful. >> that's not correct. >> thank god you are not on the supreme court. you should resign in disgrace, judge. >> sean, look, merrick garland was portrayed as a moderate during the time of the supreme court nomination. did we dodge a bullet by garland not getting on
well, merrick garland doesn't have a constituency.ng to move forward. i think that you know, there is a lot of threat to school boards and because there is no threats of terrorism around the world, i should spend my time going after parents, which is absolute insanity. that he is so out of touch. sit back and watch this election in virginia. terry mcauliffe is please, please walk this policy back. give me a shot at winning in virginia. you are killing me merrick garland. stop. todd: yeah. i...
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let me say it again, garland -- general garland is just a vessel. this is all coming out of the white house. the national school board association wrote this letter because they're tired of parents asking them about the teaching of critical race theory, the national school board association colluded with president biden and the white house to craft the letter. as soon as they got the letter they sent it to merrick garland and told merrick garland to sic the f.b.i. on our parents. and call them if not explicitly and implicitly dangerous domestic terrorists. and to try to chill -- it did have a chilling affect on parental involvement and parental activism with respect to what their kids are learning. what's ironic, we have tens of thousands of kids today who are more likely to grow up and commit a crime than to own a home or get married. and why? a big part of the problem is lack of parental involvement. what is our president and attorney general doing? they're trying to diminish the involvement of parents in their kids' schools. you can't make this s
let me say it again, garland -- general garland is just a vessel. this is all coming out of the white house. the national school board association wrote this letter because they're tired of parents asking them about the teaching of critical race theory, the national school board association colluded with president biden and the white house to craft the letter. as soon as they got the letter they sent it to merrick garland and told merrick garland to sic the f.b.i. on our parents. and call them...
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the problem for merrick garland is that the events make it look otherwise.iation sending out this memo, then the back story, and "they have been going back and forth with the white house. we are upset with what's been going on in meetings, and people are under assault or in danger." over the weekend, from friday, the letter goes out. monday, there is an announcement that the fbi will be watching all of this. now, under scrutiny and questioning, merrick garland goes "i based it on the letter from the national school board association," which they have walked back on, the language in it. reports that i read in the media, an investigation that does not make that you do not have to be a lawyer to understand that. even when i read this from the first moment, it said that there has been a dangerous spike. "let's see. what's the dangerous spike? let's see the example." there is a response from the department of justice, not just local law enforcement. it's been a tough couple of hearings for merrick garland. >> greg: katie, we seen so many hearings. to me, this is
the problem for merrick garland is that the events make it look otherwise.iation sending out this memo, then the back story, and "they have been going back and forth with the white house. we are upset with what's been going on in meetings, and people are under assault or in danger." over the weekend, from friday, the letter goes out. monday, there is an announcement that the fbi will be watching all of this. now, under scrutiny and questioning, merrick garland goes "i based it on...
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carley: what did you make of what you saw yesterday with ag garland?i saw somebody that is not in control of his own justice department. what happened here is there were reports the white house was aware of the letter and working with the national school board association weeks before they put out this letter. i suspect some of garland's deputies and staffers were working at the white house and i would not be surprised if this attorney general memo was already prewritten and ready to go and signed by garland. they sent it on september 20 ninth and the ag memo came out october 4th. it takes longer to coordinate with various components, nevermind other departments, other agencies at the white house and us attorneys, no way they did that in two business days. >> why do you think the attorney general want to the fbi to get involved, these are just going to be incidents of threats to school board members focused on violence but the local police department can handle that. >> what happened was the play of this ag memo was not to do these investigations but t
carley: what did you make of what you saw yesterday with ag garland?i saw somebody that is not in control of his own justice department. what happened here is there were reports the white house was aware of the letter and working with the national school board association weeks before they put out this letter. i suspect some of garland's deputies and staffers were working at the white house and i would not be surprised if this attorney general memo was already prewritten and ready to go and...
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but attorney general garland refused to back down the senate judiciary committee. will congressional correspondent aishah hasnie is on capitol hill with fiery testimony today. good evening, aishah. >> good evening to you, bret. that's right. republicans sent the better part of nearly five hours grilling a.g. garland here on the hill. some calling him a vessel for the politicization of the doj. others call for step down. >> it's wrong, it is unprecedented, to my knowledge, in the history of this country. and i call on you to resign. >> fireworks at the senate judiciary hearing of attorney general merrick garland as republicans drilled into the a.g.'s controversial october 4th memo. look into threats of violence made against school board members. the memo coming days after the national school board's association asked president biden to step in. >> you are just the vessel, isn't that correct? >> senator, i did not speak with anyone from the white house arguments against school boards are protected by the first amendment, threats are not protected by the first amendme
but attorney general garland refused to back down the senate judiciary committee. will congressional correspondent aishah hasnie is on capitol hill with fiery testimony today. good evening, aishah. >> good evening to you, bret. that's right. republicans sent the better part of nearly five hours grilling a.g. garland here on the hill. some calling him a vessel for the politicization of the doj. others call for step down. >> it's wrong, it is unprecedented, to my knowledge, in the...
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i frankly was shocked reading what merrick garland, attorney general garland allegedly said about worrying about that prosecuting these people for committing this crime would further radicalize them. i know he was involved during the 1990s when did prosecute domestic terrorists, and he didn't worry about that. and suddenly, i worry the reason that he is saying that is just because they are supporters of a former republican president. this is what rob reiner, actor rob reiner who is also a very strong political activist tweeted. >> the only reason a prosecutor would choose not to indict trump is the near if he did, it would start a cult of civil war. this is what laurence tribe respond, how he responded. he said a sobering thought. so let's hope ag garland hasn't already decided not to bring criminal charges against the probably guilty former president. do you worry as i do that he has already made that decision, and it is a political decision, that he does not want to go after the supporters of the former president? >> i don't think he is making that decision based on politics. i actually
i frankly was shocked reading what merrick garland, attorney general garland allegedly said about worrying about that prosecuting these people for committing this crime would further radicalize them. i know he was involved during the 1990s when did prosecute domestic terrorists, and he didn't worry about that. and suddenly, i worry the reason that he is saying that is just because they are supporters of a former republican president. this is what rob reiner, actor rob reiner who is also a very...
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have you met the garland biden because it seems to me that garland it has his hand in different investigationsld and i'm never seen the doj do that type of thing the fbi in investigating parents and schools semi- check that out and technically - >> was there one in particular pretty. >> so yeah, so the last point, i'm garland, i'm guessing recordings that is blurring lines between joe biden and him and not recording of joe biden saying listen in need you to do this and that senate can be secured in my second term. that is a problem and i saw that i would talk on it in the first point, yes you are right that the electoral count, the old statute that a mention does allowto members of congress to object to say certifications that has happened inas the pasts still open ceremonial and no one expected there would be enough votes to create trigger process where the congress would pick the president netsuite shifted in january and if you watch the footage and there wasta death ad there was instruction and widespread desecration of the capitol building itself. this was a historical, there's no equivale
have you met the garland biden because it seems to me that garland it has his hand in different investigationsld and i'm never seen the doj do that type of thing the fbi in investigating parents and schools semi- check that out and technically - >> was there one in particular pretty. >> so yeah, so the last point, i'm garland, i'm guessing recordings that is blurring lines between joe biden and him and not recording of joe biden saying listen in need you to do this and that senate...
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garland's son-in-law. we were anticipating someone might ask about him because of his ties to what is being taught but i will let you speak on what you saw. >> i have to tell you i feel like i saw the tail of two congress. it is the democrats who are very much stuck on trump, very much stuck on seeing if the department of justice will further investigate trump as a private citizen in a defamation lawsuit. they are still very focused on january 6 and you have the republicans very focused on critical race theory on the fact that garland did move very quickly on asking the f.b.i. to investigate these incidents that are happening across the country in the school boards. so i think for congressman mike johnson, i think he was very effective in just asking a very simple question. will you allow to be -- to go under an ethics review based on this potential conflict of interest? and i have to tell you, i was surprised attorney general garland wouldn't just say yes. he said he did due diligence but i don't think it
garland's son-in-law. we were anticipating someone might ask about him because of his ties to what is being taught but i will let you speak on what you saw. >> i have to tell you i feel like i saw the tail of two congress. it is the democrats who are very much stuck on trump, very much stuck on seeing if the department of justice will further investigate trump as a private citizen in a defamation lawsuit. they are still very focused on january 6 and you have the republicans very focused...
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welcome, general garland. i feel it's a difficult position for me to question you because i have such respect for your acumen, your probity, and your rectitude, which is widely recognized. but there are questions i must ask. the senate judiciary committee had a report recently about the attempts of president trump to get department of justice employees involved in the stop the steal campaign, trying to subvert the election. are any of those people that were involved in that still in the justice department? >> all the bold face names i know about were political appointees, all of whom are not at the department. i don't know the answer otherwise. i don't believe so. but -- >> thank you. i would appreciate if you would check into that, if they were and they participated in this in any way, that they should come to your attention and they should have certain sanctions, i believe. you have defended or sought to continue to defend president trump in his defamation action brought by e. jean carroll. he called her a l
welcome, general garland. i feel it's a difficult position for me to question you because i have such respect for your acumen, your probity, and your rectitude, which is widely recognized. but there are questions i must ask. the senate judiciary committee had a report recently about the attempts of president trump to get department of justice employees involved in the stop the steal campaign, trying to subvert the election. are any of those people that were involved in that still in the justice...
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did people seek merrick garland testify today?y have two types of people they appoint in this administration, radical marxist kooks and evil types. here you have merrick garland that doesn't know anything that is going on. there was a real insurrection of the interior department last week. merrick garland was unaware of it. how is he unaware of it? they pushed through, they injured a police officer, nobody gives a damn when the portland courthouse, a federal courthouse was attacked night after night with fire and all kinds of stuff, when the police were under attack, who nancy pelosi called stormtroopers, merrick garland says "well, that is not domestic terrorism because nobody there, it was happening at night." meanwhile, they got your parents. liz cheney concerned about that? not in the least. now we have a big problem in this country, ladies and gentlemen, we have a rogue presidency, we have a rogue department of justice, we have an out-of-control democrat-controlled house. by three votes. the democrat-controlled senate. 50/50.
did people seek merrick garland testify today?y have two types of people they appoint in this administration, radical marxist kooks and evil types. here you have merrick garland that doesn't know anything that is going on. there was a real insurrection of the interior department last week. merrick garland was unaware of it. how is he unaware of it? they pushed through, they injured a police officer, nobody gives a damn when the portland courthouse, a federal courthouse was attacked night after...
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merrick garland was unaware of it. how is he unaware of it?y pushed through, they injured a police officer, nobody gives a damn. when the portland courthouse, a federal courthouse was attacked night after night with fire and all kinds of stuff, when the police were under attack, who nancy pelosi called stormtroopers, merrick garland says "well, that is not domestic terrorism because nobody there, it was happening at night." meanwhile, they got your parents. liz cheney concerned about that? not in the least. now we have a big problem in this country, ladies and gentlemen, we have a rogue presidency, we have a rogue department of justice, we have an out-of-control democrat-controlled house. by three votes. the democrat-controlled senate. 50/50. by the luck of the constitution, the vice president breaks the tie, and what do they want to do? what do they say they want to do? fundamentally transform our economic system. well, you have a choice. free-market economic system that you have in free countries, that respects individuals, creates growth an
merrick garland was unaware of it. how is he unaware of it?y pushed through, they injured a police officer, nobody gives a damn. when the portland courthouse, a federal courthouse was attacked night after night with fire and all kinds of stuff, when the police were under attack, who nancy pelosi called stormtroopers, merrick garland says "well, that is not domestic terrorism because nobody there, it was happening at night." meanwhile, they got your parents. liz cheney concerned about...
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>> the doj is getting and merrick garland led by merrick garland is getting involved in this issue because this is a replay -- the beginning of a replay of the obama biden justice department, which was highly politicized. the doj was used as a political weapon. i point to the irs case under obama and biden. merrick garland is trying to clean up what he has been saying he kept repeatedly saying even to senator cotton, this is not about parents at school. it's about violence and threats of violence. cotton says that's not what your memo says. he's trying to sweep up what he's done so far. i want to quickly point out that -- the first amendment protects speech unless it unambiguously calls for the use of force that the speaker clearly intends which would result in the likelihood of violence being real and eminent. that's the standard that he's not talking about. >> harris: i wonder if we'll hear from fbi agents about this. i don't know. i don't know what their recourse is, maybe they're parents and saying we have so many things to do. wouldn't that be a fascinating interview to watch? meanwhi
>> the doj is getting and merrick garland led by merrick garland is getting involved in this issue because this is a replay -- the beginning of a replay of the obama biden justice department, which was highly politicized. the doj was used as a political weapon. i point to the irs case under obama and biden. merrick garland is trying to clean up what he has been saying he kept repeatedly saying even to senator cotton, this is not about parents at school. it's about violence and threats of...
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have you met the garland-biden team? seems to me garland has his hands in a bunch of investigations -- i would wonder how in the world, i have never seen the do that type of thing, the fbi get involved in investigating parents in schools. check that out. have a great day. guest: one in particular? host: take up the one you want. guest: the last point on garland, i have not seen reporting he is blurring lines between joe biden and him. i have seen reporting of joe biden saying i need you to do this so i can be secured in my second term. that is the problem. if i saw that i would be just as hawkish on it. the first point, yes, you're right, the electoral count act, the old statute, does allow members of congress to object to state certifications. that has happened in the past. it has still been ceremonial. no one expected there would be enough votes to trigger a process where the congress would pick the president. that is what shifted in january. if you watch the footage, there was death, destruction, widespread desecratio
have you met the garland-biden team? seems to me garland has his hands in a bunch of investigations -- i would wonder how in the world, i have never seen the do that type of thing, the fbi get involved in investigating parents in schools. check that out. have a great day. guest: one in particular? host: take up the one you want. guest: the last point on garland, i have not seen reporting he is blurring lines between joe biden and him. i have seen reporting of joe biden saying i need you to do...
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but merrick garland didn't say that.ce, the fbi, et cetera, et cetera, in trying to lend some sense of protection to the climate. do we really need to wait for some school board member to have harm done to them before we then wake up and say, my god, why didn't we act sooner in this particular case? so, garland is on the side of right. and, brianna, you referenced having interviewed school board members. i had a wonderful public k through 12 education. and in my school district, the community in which i was born and raised, they recently had a school board meeting, it was so large, they had to put it in my high school auditorium, not the normal venue, after a meeting on masks, one of the school board members resigned after being given a police escort and said i can no longer take the threats to my life. guess what, it pays zero to be on the school district where i was born and raised and educated. so that's the precise example of what i'm thinking about. that poor guy who for all the right reasons wanted to serve and now
but merrick garland didn't say that.ce, the fbi, et cetera, et cetera, in trying to lend some sense of protection to the climate. do we really need to wait for some school board member to have harm done to them before we then wake up and say, my god, why didn't we act sooner in this particular case? so, garland is on the side of right. and, brianna, you referenced having interviewed school board members. i had a wonderful public k through 12 education. and in my school district, the community...
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how can garland navigate this? >> look, i think he stands by his reputation and his career, much of which was as a federal circuit court judge in the d.c. circuit court of appeals. he's made statement after statement about his independence. you'll recall just a few days ago when joe biden was asked a question about this and i think he probably said what he shouldn't have said, and said he thought that bannon should be prosecuted if he defies the subpoena. merrick garland's spokesperson at the justice department made a very strong statement about how this is the decision of the independent doj. that's how it operates. that's how it goes. and he'll make that decision. the law under which bannon could be prosecuted, i believe title 2, section 194, has language in it that says once a certification is made as we expect to happen in the coming days, about a refusal to testify, the relevant u.s. attorney shall present it to the grand jury. the department of justice going back multiple administrations has taken the positio
how can garland navigate this? >> look, i think he stands by his reputation and his career, much of which was as a federal circuit court judge in the d.c. circuit court of appeals. he's made statement after statement about his independence. you'll recall just a few days ago when joe biden was asked a question about this and i think he probably said what he shouldn't have said, and said he thought that bannon should be prosecuted if he defies the subpoena. merrick garland's spokesperson at...
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attorney general merrick garland in the hot seat answering multiple questions from republicans about his october 4th memo that directs the federal bureau of investigation working with each united states attorney to convene meetings in each federal judicial district within 30 days of the issuance of this memorandum. >> i think your memo was the last straw. i think it was the catalyst for a great awakening that is just getting started. >> the memo issued five days after the national school board association wrote to president biden about the rise of threats by parents to school board officials writing these heinous actions could be the equivalent of a form of domestic terrorism and hate crimes. >> not in a million years did we dream that one day we would see the justice department treat american parents as domestic terrorists. >> but garland said his memo doesn't use the words domestic terrorism or patriot act. >> i can't imagine any circumstance in which the patriot act would be used in the circumstances of parents complaining about their children, nor can i imagine a circumstance whe
attorney general merrick garland in the hot seat answering multiple questions from republicans about his october 4th memo that directs the federal bureau of investigation working with each united states attorney to convene meetings in each federal judicial district within 30 days of the issuance of this memorandum. >> i think your memo was the last straw. i think it was the catalyst for a great awakening that is just getting started. >> the memo issued five days after the national...
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chairman and judge garland for being here.agine a parent being labeled a domestic terrorist but parents all over the country believe that's exactly what you labeled them by your memo indicating you were going to get involved in board meetings, school board meetings because of the threat of domestic terrorism. so if you can't imagine a parent being labeled a domestic terrorist, i would encourage you to redo your memo so it is not perceived as being so threatening to people concerned about their kids' education. but i want to take you to january 6. it's a very common topic here for people. has any defendant involved in the january 6 events been charged with insurrection? >> i don't believe so. >> well, that is the word most used by democrats here on capitol hill about january 6 but no one has been charged with it that we could find, either. how many protestors on january 6 were charged with obstructing an official proceeding for four to six hours, do you know? >> i don't know the exact number. obviously there are 650 arrested, s
chairman and judge garland for being here.agine a parent being labeled a domestic terrorist but parents all over the country believe that's exactly what you labeled them by your memo indicating you were going to get involved in board meetings, school board meetings because of the threat of domestic terrorism. so if you can't imagine a parent being labeled a domestic terrorist, i would encourage you to redo your memo so it is not perceived as being so threatening to people concerned about their...
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merrick garland gets schooled. mr. suggest an escalation in the violence against school boards and no explanation for why such facts, even if criminal, are federal offenses. republicans hit garland on any coordination there might be between the d.o.j. and white house before sending out that controversial memo targeting parents at school board meetings. here is how he answered. >> has the white house told you to white the memo? >> no one spoke to me about the memo at all. i'm sure i -- at least i certainly would believe that the white house communicated its concerns about the letter to the justice department and that is -- >> my next question, did you or anyone at the justice department discuss the memo with white house personnel or with anyone at the white house before the memo was sent? >> i did not. >> harris: okay. let's add this into it. new emails show the white house collaborated with the national school board association on that very letter it sent to the d.o.j. that prompted the controversial memo. one email re
merrick garland gets schooled. mr. suggest an escalation in the violence against school boards and no explanation for why such facts, even if criminal, are federal offenses. republicans hit garland on any coordination there might be between the d.o.j. and white house before sending out that controversial memo targeting parents at school board meetings. here is how he answered. >> has the white house told you to white the memo? >> no one spoke to me about the memo at all. i'm sure i...
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that probably includes your daughter, merrick garland. did you do that? be sure that no one is investigating that question tonight. instead they are promising to go after people to designate people domestic terrorists. a mother who has fought back against the indoctrination of her kids out of school in philadelphia. thanks so much for coming on. you have made a particularly eloquent case for a while the school should just teach your kids academics. how does it feel to be designated a domestic terrorist for demanding that? >> that is funny that when i was on your show the first time, i was a concerned parent and look at what happened within a year. i was elevated to the status of domestic terrorist by the doj and the biden administration. this is indeed appalling, outrageous, insane that the doj is weaponizing the fbi to oppose the policies and actions of the school board. this is something that should be very worrisome to every single parent in our country. >> tucker: and the media are defending it. this maybe the low point that i've ever seen in 30 years
that probably includes your daughter, merrick garland. did you do that? be sure that no one is investigating that question tonight. instead they are promising to go after people to designate people domestic terrorists. a mother who has fought back against the indoctrination of her kids out of school in philadelphia. thanks so much for coming on. you have made a particularly eloquent case for a while the school should just teach your kids academics. how does it feel to be designated a domestic...
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and by the way, garland should resign and take responsibility.happened on his watch, and especially because the ag merrick garland, has a serious conflict of interest here. while the attorney general was busy looking into the potential parents that are threatening to school boards, these are parents that have concerns about the curriculum, crt. his family happens to be making a lot of money creating crt curriculum for schools. oh, that is called a conflict where i grew up. take a look. >> your son-in-law makes a very substantial sum of money from a company involved in the teaching of critical race theory. did you seek and receive a decision from an ethics advisor at the department of justice before you carried out an action that would have a predictable financial benefit to your son-in-law? >> this memorandum is aimed at violence and threats -- >> i just asked a question -- >> no predictable -- >> did you seek an ethics opinion? yes or no? >> this memorandum -- >> did you seek an ethics opinion? >> this memorandum -- >> general, are you refusing
and by the way, garland should resign and take responsibility.happened on his watch, and especially because the ag merrick garland, has a serious conflict of interest here. while the attorney general was busy looking into the potential parents that are threatening to school boards, these are parents that have concerns about the curriculum, crt. his family happens to be making a lot of money creating crt curriculum for schools. oh, that is called a conflict where i grew up. take a look. >>...
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garland. this is live coverage here on c-span3. >> i'm going to countdown to start, four, three, two, one. you can begin. >>> house committee on judiciary will come to order. without objection the chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. welcome everyone to this morning's hearing and oversight of the department of justice. before we begin i would like to remind members we have established an e-mail address and distribution list dedicated to circulating exhibits, motions or other materials members might want to offer as part of our hearing today. fuld like to submit materials please distribute them and we'll circulate them to members and staff as quickly as we can.if y materials please distribute them and we'll circulate them to members and staff as quickly as we can. also face conversation are required for all meetings in enclosed space such as committee hearings except when you are recognized to speak. i will now recognize myself in opening statement. good morning
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garland. you've been vilified and castigated by numbers of this committee for your responsiveness to the national school board association, the members of school boards across the country who are reporting this dramatic uptake and violence against school board members and education administrators, other parents who have the temerity to go to a school board meeting wearing a mask. did you tell the school board administration to reach out to you? did you coach them to reach out to the fbi? >> no. >> the letter signed by the an sba president viola garcia, and that's an sba executive director and ceo chip slaven said, americans public schools and its education leaders are under an immediate threat. did you write those words or tell them to write those words? >> no. >> did you violate any rule of ethics or any rule of law by responding to this clamor across the country to try to restore some column and some peace to the schools of america? >> no i didn't, i followed my duty as i saw it. >> i notice
garland. you've been vilified and castigated by numbers of this committee for your responsiveness to the national school board association, the members of school boards across the country who are reporting this dramatic uptake and violence against school board members and education administrators, other parents who have the temerity to go to a school board meeting wearing a mask. did you tell the school board administration to reach out to you? did you coach them to reach out to the fbi?...
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it's-maker garland. now, again, nobody knows what-maker garland would do so far as contempt is concerned, but i think since they have been through it before, they feel like they are not going to put up with it anymore, so they must have a plan. you know, it used to be you could throw people in jail in congress. there's no jail apparently anymore in congress, but it used to be you would take them down to the basement somewhere and put them in jail. they can no longer do that, but i feel from talking to one member of the committee yesterday that they are all united that they are not going to stand for it anymore, so we have to see what their next move is vis-a-vis contempt and how they can try to make something like this stick quickly. now i don't know how they would do that. >> elie, you mentioned they could move quickly within hours. we're told they may start this process of the criminal contempt charges, but attorney general-maker garland would play this key role. as you pointed out, congress moves forw
it's-maker garland. now, again, nobody knows what-maker garland would do so far as contempt is concerned, but i think since they have been through it before, they feel like they are not going to put up with it anymore, so they must have a plan. you know, it used to be you could throw people in jail in congress. there's no jail apparently anymore in congress, but it used to be you would take them down to the basement somewhere and put them in jail. they can no longer do that, but i feel from...
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so what will garland do? >>> and new hampshire's republican governor clashing with republicans in his own state who are saying this about covid vaccines. >> see deaths in other countries. >> there's something in the shot that will help them control us. >> so how is governor chris sununu countering that craziness? i'll ask him. that was in these clothes...ugh. but the clothes washed in tide- so much cleaner! if it's got to be clean, it's got to be tide hygienic clean if you're 55 and up, t- mobile has plans built just for you. whether you need a single line or lines for family members, you'll get great value on america's most reliable 5g network. like 2 lines of unlimited for just $27.50 a line. only at t-mobile. thanks for coming. now when it comes to a financial plan this broker is your man. let's open your binders to page 188... uh carl, are there different planning options in here? options? plans we can build on our own, or with help from a financial consultant? like schwab does. uhhh... could we adjust ou
so what will garland do? >>> and new hampshire's republican governor clashing with republicans in his own state who are saying this about covid vaccines. >> see deaths in other countries. >> there's something in the shot that will help them control us. >> so how is governor chris sununu countering that craziness? i'll ask him. that was in these clothes...ugh. but the clothes washed in tide- so much cleaner! if it's got to be clean, it's got to be tide hygienic clean...
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jeff, are the comments from senator grassley saying garland has politicized the doj accurate?ot accurate. and as you pointed out, they are rich with irony since he spent four years defending the incredibly politicized justice department of william barr and jeff sessions. but as you point out, this was theater where famerrick garland was really a prop more than a witness so that some senators -- some republican senators could campaign for president. some republican senators, like grassley, could run for re-election. but it all had very little to do with merrick garland. >> what does it say that grassley's suggesting the justice department is politicized when the former president whom grassley is clinging to for re-election tried nine times to get his justice department to undermine the election according to this committee's report? >> well, this is sort of the fantasy world in -- in -- in which we live. but, you know, anderson, it's really important to remember why we are talking about school boards at all. because it's about white supremacy and that's on the rise in the republ
jeff, are the comments from senator grassley saying garland has politicized the doj accurate?ot accurate. and as you pointed out, they are rich with irony since he spent four years defending the incredibly politicized justice department of william barr and jeff sessions. but as you point out, this was theater where famerrick garland was really a prop more than a witness so that some senators -- some republican senators could campaign for president. some republican senators, like grassley, could...
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merrick garland did not give birth to your kids. they are yours, not his. but they don't acknowledge that anymore. so they are happy to use armed agents of the state to enforce their ideology, and they have to, because that ideology is deeply unpopular with most americans. now, why did the doj issue this letter? because they received a complaint from the national school boards association, huge donors, of course, the democratic party in the complaint cited citizens who were upset over the teachings of "critical race theory and masking of children," which is medically unnecessary. the group wrote to the biden administration and said some of the actions against the school board "could be the equivalent to a form of domestic terrorism and hate crimes." oh, so school administrators are now a protected group. if you disagree with them you're committing a hate crime, not voicing an opinion, which is constitutionally protected. no, it's an act of violence to disagree with them, let's get specific. according to national school boards association it is things like t
merrick garland did not give birth to your kids. they are yours, not his. but they don't acknowledge that anymore. so they are happy to use armed agents of the state to enforce their ideology, and they have to, because that ideology is deeply unpopular with most americans. now, why did the doj issue this letter? because they received a complaint from the national school boards association, huge donors, of course, the democratic party in the complaint cited citizens who were upset over the...
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garland sent out to the fbi and u.s.orneys offices wanted to involve them in local school board matters. number of questions raised about, one came out it seems to have been a political decision. it followed just three or four days after the national school board association certainty basically a demand letter to the white house. it appears by mr. garland's testimony today the attorney general relied upon kind of that politicized letter where they characterized as you said parents, concerned parents with domestic terrorists. he used that as the basis for this really unprecedented level of activity to insert the federal government and the doj in the local matters. but the bigger issue -- go ahead. elizabeth: finish your thought. >> bigger issue with me where i focused my questions the apparent conflict of interest. his son reported now, you noted moment ago, is profiting off the critical race theory curricula, sexual identity curricula parents are upset and going to school boards about. it seems to us the attorney general
garland sent out to the fbi and u.s.orneys offices wanted to involve them in local school board matters. number of questions raised about, one came out it seems to have been a political decision. it followed just three or four days after the national school board association certainty basically a demand letter to the white house. it appears by mr. garland's testimony today the attorney general relied upon kind of that politicized letter where they characterized as you said parents, concerned...
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garlands son-in-law profited from racist theories taught to your children.. we will be right back. ♪ ♪ aaaand welcome back to guess what it is. now sally guess what this futuristic gadget is and you'll win a very special prize. ohhhhh i need a hint. well. they're sleek, rechargeable, incredibly comfortable and virtually invisible in your ear, and they sound amazing. (tick tock tick tock) ummm, hearing aids you are.... correct (bell dings) these top of the line hearing aids from eargo are straight out of the future. they're rechargeable and virtually invisible in your ears host: convenient. right? do i win them? johnny, tell her what she won. johnny: it's a decorative badger but i want the eargos you can't have them. these eargos are mine. we'll be back right after this. eargo 5 is here. our latest device that allows you to personalize your hearing experience. we're here and ready to help you with your hearing loss, with free remote hearing checks and consultations by our licensed hearing professionals. ♪ ♪ >> tucker: merrick garland, the radical and now we l
garlands son-in-law profited from racist theories taught to your children.. we will be right back. ♪ ♪ aaaand welcome back to guess what it is. now sally guess what this futuristic gadget is and you'll win a very special prize. ohhhhh i need a hint. well. they're sleek, rechargeable, incredibly comfortable and virtually invisible in your ear, and they sound amazing. (tick tock tick tock) ummm, hearing aids you are.... correct (bell dings) these top of the line hearing aids from eargo are...
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merrick garland in the hot seat on capitol hill thursday.cans on the house judiciary committee peppering the ag over his recent memo focusing on parents and students over their conduct and comments at school board meetings and beyond. the attorney general said he defends the right to free speech and that the parents are not domestic terrorists but that issue and others made for heated moments in that hearing. rick has a story for us. speak out and two and a half weeks after warning of an increase in threats of violence against school administrators, attorney general merrick garland appeared before the house judiciary committee defending department of justice against criticism that the government is unfairly targeting parents. >> when did you first review the data showing the soap called disturbing uptake? >> i read the letter and we've been seeing over time -- >> i didn't asked -- you read the letter. that is your source? >> that letter is a september 30th plea from the national school boards association to president biden. to "investigate,
merrick garland in the hot seat on capitol hill thursday.cans on the house judiciary committee peppering the ag over his recent memo focusing on parents and students over their conduct and comments at school board meetings and beyond. the attorney general said he defends the right to free speech and that the parents are not domestic terrorists but that issue and others made for heated moments in that hearing. rick has a story for us. speak out and two and a half weeks after warning of an...
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merrick garland says he will apply facts. chad pergram is watching that and all of the movement going on to try to get towards a reconciliation bill on the hill as well. update us, chad. >> good afternoon, martha. steve bannon rejected a subpoena by the 1-6 committee. he claimed executive privilege even though he was long gone from the white house. house gop leaders oppose wheeling in bannon. >> they're issuing an invalid subpoena. issuing that weakens our power. he has a right to go to the court to see if he has executive privilege or not. i don't know if he does or not, but neither does the committee. >> when the gop controlled the house, it held irs figure lois learner contempt of congress and eric holder. nancy pelosi said the gop should hold bannon in contempt. >> the genius of our constitution and:0 our founders was the separation of power, checks and balances. if in fact you went to negate the ability of one check of another branch of government over another, your undermining the constitution. >> the vote on the bannon
merrick garland says he will apply facts. chad pergram is watching that and all of the movement going on to try to get towards a reconciliation bill on the hill as well. update us, chad. >> good afternoon, martha. steve bannon rejected a subpoena by the 1-6 committee. he claimed executive privilege even though he was long gone from the white house. house gop leaders oppose wheeling in bannon. >> they're issuing an invalid subpoena. issuing that weakens our power. he has a right to...
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garland.because you have been vilified you have been castigated by members of this committee for your responsiveness to the national school boards association that is members of school boards across the country who are reporting this dramatic uptick in violence against school board members, education administrators other parents who have the temerity to go to a school board meeting wearing a mask. did you tell the school board association to reach out to you? did you coach them to reach out to the fbi? >> no. >> the letter signed by the nsba president viola garcia nsba executive director and ceo chip slaven said america's public schools and its education leaders are under an immediate threat. did you write those words or tell them to write those words? >> no. >> okay. did you violate any rule of ethics or any rule of law by responding to this clamor across the country to try to restore some calm and some peace to the schools of america? >> no i didn't. i followed my duty as i saw it. >> i noti
garland.because you have been vilified you have been castigated by members of this committee for your responsiveness to the national school boards association that is members of school boards across the country who are reporting this dramatic uptick in violence against school board members, education administrators other parents who have the temerity to go to a school board meeting wearing a mask. did you tell the school board association to reach out to you? did you coach them to reach out to...
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lawrence, merrick garland is probably concerned about the independence of the department. he doesn't want to look like you're bringing political prosecutions against the former administration. but he also has to be concerned about the message it would send if he does not bring a case and lets steve bannon get away with giving congress the finger. nobody likes to be hauled in front of congress of the united states and forced to turn over documents and submit to a deposition. why would anyone else show up if there are no consequences? >> jennifer, when we see the committee moving to the stage of criminal contempt as quickly as they have, it is another public declaration by the committee in effect that we know how urgent this is. we know that if we don't move immediately we can lose all of the ground here that we have and the time can run out. we heard committee members today saying that they are in some negotiations with some other witnesses but if they get the feeling that those negotiations are just a delay game, they're going to hit them with the criminal contempt also. >
lawrence, merrick garland is probably concerned about the independence of the department. he doesn't want to look like you're bringing political prosecutions against the former administration. but he also has to be concerned about the message it would send if he does not bring a case and lets steve bannon get away with giving congress the finger. nobody likes to be hauled in front of congress of the united states and forced to turn over documents and submit to a deposition. why would anyone...
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attorney general garland, do you know where broad run high school is? do you know where broad run high school is? it's in ashburn, virginia, loudoun county, virginia.■t do you know why i care? because i'm a graduate of loud on county high school despite my family having texas roots back to the 1850s, grew up in loudoun, it was my home. also i care because on october 6, a mere 15 days ago, inside broad run high school in lououn high school, a young girl was sexually assaulted. are you aware that the boy who assaulted this young girl is the same boy who wore a skirt and went into a girl's bathroom, sodomized and raped a girl on may 28? are you aware of those facts? the boy was -- are you aware further that the boy was arrested and first assault in july but released from juvenile detention? > it sounds like a state indication and i'm sorry. >> you said it is not okay to allow a child who has been charged with rape to go back to school in the public school system. >> again, i don't know any of the facts of this case. but the way you put it, it certainly sou
attorney general garland, do you know where broad run high school is? do you know where broad run high school is? it's in ashburn, virginia, loudoun county, virginia.■t do you know why i care? because i'm a graduate of loud on county high school despite my family having texas roots back to the 1850s, grew up in loudoun, it was my home. also i care because on october 6, a mere 15 days ago, inside broad run high school in lououn high school, a young girl was sexually assaulted. are you aware...
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chairman and attorney general garland, thank you so much for being with us today. i also want to thank you for mentioning the work of the department of justice with respect to the colonial pipeline in your opening remarks. i want to begin with a few questions about cyber security. ransomware attacks are concerns throughout the country but particularly in my district. in may nearly three quarter of raleigh gas stations were left without fuel. the colonial pipeline paid ransom demanded by the hackers in order to unlock their systems and resume operations. while the doj recreptly launched ransom ware and digital extortion task force was able to recoup some of the money. victims are often left to negotiate with attackers to recover the systems without any federal help. i'd like for you to share why doj chose to be more aggressive in the colonial pipeline situation and what are the factors that lead doj to get involved directly in a ransomware case? >> the problem is generally not all victims of ransomware tell us. not all victims tell us before they make ransom payment
chairman and attorney general garland, thank you so much for being with us today. i also want to thank you for mentioning the work of the department of justice with respect to the colonial pipeline in your opening remarks. i want to begin with a few questions about cyber security. ransomware attacks are concerns throughout the country but particularly in my district. in may nearly three quarter of raleigh gas stations were left without fuel. the colonial pipeline paid ransom demanded by the...
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republicans try to get merrick garland to admit he's sending fbi s.w.a.t.ms to bust pta bake sales. he characterized it this way, he said the cumulative effect of all this ranting and raving was to leave the unmistakable impression that republicans were defending the intimidation of inconvenient local officials. do you think it's important to have a distinction between parents who are angry and show up and are using their first amendment rights, and those who would actually threaten violence? it makes it look like republicans are actually saying that you should be able to intimidate local officials. >> we know that no one is in favor of violence but what we are protecting his freedom of speech and the right of parents to be involved in the education of their children, their right to petition their government, these are people who are elected to represent them on these local school boards. when parents have questions about curriculum, about mandates, about material that is in the library, about the safety of children in school, of course they should be at th
republicans try to get merrick garland to admit he's sending fbi s.w.a.t.ms to bust pta bake sales. he characterized it this way, he said the cumulative effect of all this ranting and raving was to leave the unmistakable impression that republicans were defending the intimidation of inconvenient local officials. do you think it's important to have a distinction between parents who are angry and show up and are using their first amendment rights, and those who would actually threaten violence?...
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but garland does have a link to schools. daughter married the cofounder of panorama education. it serves 1500 school crickets encouraging d -- districts encouraging social-emotional learning. now, some parents find the company's emphasis on equity and inclusion in the classroom similar to the highly debated critical race theory, but according to the company panorama is not connected to crt, and it is not a tool for teaching crt. the student surveys have also, though, sparked some concern. >> big tech is data mining our children with surveys and screeners, and one of the recipients of the money that school boards are approving is merrick garland's son-in-law's company, panorama education. >> reporter: now, mark zuckerberg is an investor for panorama, but the company states they do not sell the data collected from surveys or provide them to facebook. mike? mike: alex, thanks very much is. new york city mayor bill de blasio cancel ises gifted and talented programs while democratic mayoral nominee eric adams signals he might rev
but garland does have a link to schools. daughter married the cofounder of panorama education. it serves 1500 school crickets encouraging d -- districts encouraging social-emotional learning. now, some parents find the company's emphasis on equity and inclusion in the classroom similar to the highly debated critical race theory, but according to the company panorama is not connected to crt, and it is not a tool for teaching crt. the student surveys have also, though, sparked some concern....
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i saw some of your sort of tweets about garland's testimony yesterday.protect these people, public servants who are being assaulted by disinformation by people like you senator cruz? >> i think he is still getting used to the public part this job. i think he has been good in terms of running the department and getting back to its historic non-political stature. the part i don't think he has figured out yet is how to run the non-political part of the job where you have to be a spokesman and come up to the hill and do battle with people who think the justice department is not doing what it should be doing. the memo he sent out is innocuous. all he did was tell the fbi to start working with local law enforcement officials to investigate and try to prevent violence and threats of violence against school board officials. that ought to be something everyone can agree on. the response from republican officials, not just ted cruz has been an plek particular. they have been berating him in committee hearings. they have been berating him, they are trying to intimi
i saw some of your sort of tweets about garland's testimony yesterday.protect these people, public servants who are being assaulted by disinformation by people like you senator cruz? >> i think he is still getting used to the public part this job. i think he has been good in terms of running the department and getting back to its historic non-political stature. the part i don't think he has figured out yet is how to run the non-political part of the job where you have to be a spokesman...
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however, garland said today, facts and law, that's prosecutor speak for nothing at all. and what people need to understand, and i don't think they have yet, is there are policies at the department that not only say they get to decide but actually say they will not bring these cases, victor mentioned 1983, it didn't even happen then. it hasn't happened since 1960. usually it's because they accommodate the others and they talk about it. that's the hope here, because garland would really be bucking tradition and policy to charge a former member of the executive branch with criminal contempt of congress. he's got a way to do it because the opinions say we won't do it if there's a valid claim, and he can say, this claim is spurious. but it's got -- he's got a lot more hurdles and obstacles to run than people generally understand, including two olc memos. >> so, harry, let me stay with you, and i want your take on an option that we haven't really discussed much but bob woodward of the "washington post" co-wrote this new book, "peril" that we've been talking about for some time
however, garland said today, facts and law, that's prosecutor speak for nothing at all. and what people need to understand, and i don't think they have yet, is there are policies at the department that not only say they get to decide but actually say they will not bring these cases, victor mentioned 1983, it didn't even happen then. it hasn't happened since 1960. usually it's because they accommodate the others and they talk about it. that's the hope here, because garland would really be...
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garland is out of touch with that. the memo that was sent out, my kids go to these school board meetings. they have concerns and they should be able to be respected. if i could add one thing, i'm a registered independent. i had been a democrat my whole life. i fought for justice for people in my union for years and when we had the supreme court nomination and our now standing vice president did such a disgraceful job on discrediting the gentleman who had a family, and because i'm upset his name went through my mind. host: justice kavanaugh. caller: yes, thank you. i wish i was a professional talker, i would have my things all written down. host: it upset you so much that you became independent? caller: the next day, the next day, it hurt me to do it, but i went to city hall and i changed. host: all right, johnny. what is your confidence in the attorney general, chris? caller: zero. we can all thank god in jesus that that man, merrick garland, is not on the supreme court. america, that is why you vote in our republic be
garland is out of touch with that. the memo that was sent out, my kids go to these school board meetings. they have concerns and they should be able to be respected. if i could add one thing, i'm a registered independent. i had been a democrat my whole life. i fought for justice for people in my union for years and when we had the supreme court nomination and our now standing vice president did such a disgraceful job on discrediting the gentleman who had a family, and because i'm upset his name...