mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the democrat leader. mr. schumer: i

mr. schumer: okay, mr. president. shhh ... so our republican majority refused to consider the supreme court nominee of a duly elected democratic president on the supposed principle that the american people should have a voice in selecting their next supreme court justice. now they're moving forward with a supreme court nomination while a presidential election is already under way. this is the most rushed -- this is the most rushed, most partisan, least legitimate supreme court nomination process in our nation's history -- in our nation's entire history -- and it should not proceed. therefore, i will move to adjourn the senate until after the november 3 election, with the ability to come back into session if there is a bipartisan agreement on a covid relief package. so therefore i move to adjourn and then convene for a a pro forma session only with no business being conducted at 12:00 noon on the following dates and that following each pro forma session, the senate adjourn until the next pro forma session, tuesday october 20,,

mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the democrat leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum be dispensed inconsistency between what republicans are doing now with amy coney barrett's nomination and what they did with merrick garland in 2016. who would believe that? the contradiction is glaring. the contradiction will be a stain on the leader's forehead and on the entire republican caucus if it continues. we've heard -- we just heard another warped, distorted, and convoluted history lesson from leader mcconnell. we know how defensive he is about the blatant 180-degree hypocritical turn he has made on supreme court nominations. but a distorted, warped history lesson will not remove the stain. only one thing will, leader mcconnell. withdraw the nomination of amy coney barrett until after the election. plain and simple. now, we meet here on a rare saturday session because there is nothing, nothing remotely normal about the republican drive to confirm judge barrett to the supreme court only days before a presidential election. four

mr. schumer: i appeal the ruling of the chair and ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second?

mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: now, mr. president, covid-19 has changed just about every aspect of american life. every aspect. the bottom line is very simple. the way americans work, the way we send our kids to school, the way we run our businesses, has all changed. covid has derailed the economy. millions of americans have missed the rent, missed the mortgage, applied for unemployment, been forced to skip meals. american poverty is beginning to increase more dramatically. more than eight million have gotten sick. more than 220,000 have died. the response here in congress to a pandemic that affects our country in a way we haven't seen in decades should be to comprehensively provide relief. our mission is not to pick out one or two industries and say maybe later to the rest. we can't issue a -- we can't privilege a small issue here and there and ask everyone else to wait. our mission is to deliver bi

mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: we have just heard a tit for tat, convoluted version of history that the majority leader uses to justify steering the senate towards one of the lowest moments in its long history. might does not make right. you did something wrong, so we can do something wrong is no justification when the rights of the american people are at stake. the republican majority is steering the senate towards one of the lowest moments in its long history. the republican majority is on the precipice of making a colossal and historic mistake, and the damage it does to this chamber will be irrevocable. after thwarting the constitutional prerogative of a duly elected democratic president to support -- to appoint a supreme court justice because it was an election year, the republican majority is rushing to confirm a justice for a republican president one week before election day. consistency? afraid not. you don't have the right to argue consistency when you're doing what you're doing now. four short year

mr. schumer: well, mr. president, for more than a year and a half, leader mcconnell and senate republicans have refused to take action on the house-passed for the people act. at a time when our democracy is under siege in so many ways, the for the people act is a bold proposal that will restore people's trust in our democratic system, a trust that is fading. it is under -- it is for the people. in order to make a more perfect union. it would shore up our elections from threats from abroad. that's something we have just recently read more and more about. why aren't we doing more on that? in fact, when senator van hollen a few days ago put on the floor the -- an act u.c. of an act that would say russia should have sanctions imposed on it if they interfere with our elections, the other side blocked it. i hope they're not following donald trump's obeisance to russia and his view that putin's just okay. it would also dismantle systematic hurdles that discourage voter participation. one of the worst things the su

mr. schumer: so, mr. president, i make a point of order that it should not be in order to consider a nomination to the supreme court of the united states this close to a presidential election. the presiding officer: the point of order sf not -- is not ripe for decision and is not sustained. mr. schumer: i appeal the ruling of the chair. i move to table the appeal and ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. there is. the yeas and nays are ordered. the question is on the motion to table the appeal the ruling of the chair. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to change their vote or to vote? if not, the yeas are 51. the fays are 44. and -- nays are 44. the motion to table is agreed to. in the ruling of the -- and the roo-- the ruling of the chair stands. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: in about two weeks, the a

mr. schumer: thank you, madam president. it's as simple as that. are they with the people who want protection or not? are they standing with president trump who wants to destroy it? it is that simple. because if the president -- if president trump and the republican lawsuit is successful, every single american stands to lose vital health care protections or access to care. millions of americans would see drug costs skyrocket. tens of millions of families would lose health care coverage during the worst health crisis in a century. more than 130 million americans with preexisting conditions would lose vital protections, including every american who contacted -- who contracted covid. which would be treated as a preexisting condition. women would see their country hurdle backward at a time when they could be charged more than men for insurance simply because they were women. this vote, which i was fortunate enough to obtain, will show america which party stands with protecting americans' health care and protections for preexisting conditions and which

mr. schumer: well, mr. president, for more than a year and a half, leader mcconnell and senate republicans have refused to take action on the house-passed for the people act. at a time when our democracy is under siege in so many ways, the for the people act is a bold proposal that will restore people's trust in our democratic system, a trust that is fading. it is under -- it is for the people. in order to make a more perfect union. it would shore up our elections from threats from abroad. that's something we have just recently read more and more about. why aren't we doing more on that? in fact, when senator van hollen a few days ago put on the floor the -- an act u.c. of an act that would say russia should have sanctions imposed on it if they interfere with our elections, the other side blocked it. i hope they're not following donald trump's obeisance to russia and his view that putin's just okay. it would also dismantle systematic hurdles that discourage voter participation. one of the worst things the su

mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the minority leader. mr. schumer: today, monday, october 26, 2020, will go down as one of the darkest days in the 231-year history of the united states senate. let the record show that tonight the republican senate majority decided to thwart the will of the people and confirm a lifetime appointment to the supreme court in the middle of a presidential election after more than 60 million americans have voted. let the record show that tonight the republican majority will break 231 years of precedent and become the first majority to confirm a supreme court justice this close to election day. and let the record show that tonight the republican majority will make a mockery of its own stated principle, that the american people deserve a voice in the selection of supreme court justices, completing the partisan left of two seats on the supreme court using completely contradictory rash analysis. and let the record show that the american people, their lives and rights and freedoms, will suffer the consequences of this no

mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: now, mr. president, i want to just take -- could we have order, please? the presiding officer: please take your conversations off the floor. mr. schumer: i just want to tak, mr. president. i just want to take a moment to explain to the american people what's happening here on the floor of the senate. after putting the senate on pause for over five long months while businesses closed, millions lost their jobs, and hundreds of thousands of americans died, leader mcconnell is now using this week to hold show votes on coronavirus relief. the vote we just had was not even a real vote. leader mcconnell moved to table the bill, then voted against tabling it. it was a stunt, plain and simple. it goes to show how unserious the republican process is here on the floor of the senate. democrats, by their vote, called it for what it is. the truth is leader mcconnell is doing these stunts on the floor because there is a hard-right faction of the republican caucus that doesn't want to pass any bill, any other

mr. schumer: mr. president, by now the american people know the rank hypocrisy of the republican majority, who so many -- who when mayor rick garland was proposed as a -- when merrick gallled was proposed as a nominee said we must wait, even though it was eight months -- can we have order, please? the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. mr. schumer: thank you, mr. president. when merrick garland was nominated, eight months before an example, we have to wait for an election. now that an election is ongoing, we are rushing through this nomination. it is one of the worst moments the senate has ever seen. leader mcconnell and the republican majority have defiled the senate and one can wonder if it will ever recover from this kind of rank hypocrisy. and so, because this has been the most rushed, most partisan, and least legitimate process in the history of supreme court nominations, judiciary members will boycott the markup tomorrow and not provide the quorum that is required, because it is a b

mr. schumer: thank you, madam president. now i want to start today by talking about some breaking news that may at first glance not seem relevant to today's proceedings but in fact is a perfectly illustration of how broken this process is. we find ourselves in the middle of a pandemic that the republican party has never taken seriously enough -- can we have order, madam president. the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. please take your conversations out of the chamber. mr. schumer: as i said, the republican party has never taken this pandemic seriously enough and it's a pandemic that's worsening by the day. according to dr. fauci, the nomination ceremony for judge barrett was a super-spreader event. today the white house chief of staff conceded the white house is, quote, not going to control the pandemic and yet last night we learned that several aides close to vice president pence have tested recently positive for covid. now, we wish them and their families well. we wish the vice president and his family contin

mr. schumer: madam president? the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: now before i get into the subject of this pending vote, i do want to thank my colleagues from illinois and connecticut for their bringing this important topic before the senate. president trump's refusal to condemn violent white supremacist groups in the presidential debate, it's been around for several days. we've hardly heard anything out of most of our colleagues. and no one, no one, no one, is is going to buy the argument that it came too suddenly. white supremacy hasn't come too suddenly. the president's remarks has been utah there for several days. -- have been out there for several days. it is the filmsiest of excuses to avoid -- the overwhelming majority of americans would know he should be condemned. they don't care if you're democrat, republican, liberal being conservative. this is -- you never know how low president trump can go. but his refusal to condemn white supremacy is among the lowest things he has done, and boy oh, boy there's lots of them lined up. i'm asha

mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. mr. shelby. ms. sinema. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan, mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. toomey, mr. udall. mr. van hollen. mr. warner. ms. warren. mr. whitehouse. mr. ricker. mr. wyden. mr. young. >> martha: very dramatic thumbs down votes. this has gone through. 52 votes for amy coney barrett to the supreme court. shannon bream, your thoughts on some of the political showmanship here with some vote and walk out essentially by all the democrats? >> there has been a lot of drama around this particular nomination, confirmation process. it's something that's a lifetime appointment. quickly important to both sides. not surprisingly would have a little bit of drama tonight. we talked a little bit earlier about senator collins, republican running for reelection and main voting no. i have to think there was an understanding with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and other g.o.p. leadership that she would vote no because they knew they were covered otherwise. she's in a tough race. the no vote may hel

mr. schumer: thank you, mr. president, and i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from hawaii. ms. hirono: mr. president, every woman in this country owes a debt of gratitude to my friend, congresswoman patsy mink. americans probably know patsy best for her fiery advocacy to pass title 9 into law. this landmark piece of gender equity legislation which now bears her name has benefited millions of women and girls across our country, but i'd wager very few people know about how patsy changed the course of history for women's equality and helped to enshrine the right of women to control our own body in the supreme court. let me tell you a story. in 1970, the same year that hawaii became the first state in the country to decriminalize abortion, patsy did something no one has done before. she made women's rights a key issue in a supreme court nomination when she testified against the nomination of judge v. harold carswell. in her testimony, she brought up george carswell's decision in the case of ida phillips, a woman denied a factory j

mr. president, senator schumer earlier in the day noted that there are a lot of other things we should be taking up at this moment in time. i'm going to mention a few here this morning. these are measures which passed the house of representatives, sometimes months ago, sometimes over a year ago, sent to the desk of senator mcconnell. they were never taken up. they have been sitting there while we have done little or nothing on the floor of the senate except entertain his judicial nominations. the first one is personal to me, not that it affects me personally legally, but it's relating to a bill that i introduced a long time ago. on june 4, twint, the house of representatives passed h.r. 6, the dream and promise act. strong bipartisan vote, giving a path to citizenship to dreamers. mr. president, i introduced the first dream act 19 years ago. i have been producing on this ever since. these are young immigrants brought to the united states as toddlers, infants, and children. the dream and promise act has now been sitting on senator mcconnell's desk for more than a year. more than a year. on

mr. allott. regarding the supreme court, there is no doubt in my mind that if chuck schumer was the majority leader in 2016, mary garland would be on the court right now, so there is no disputing that. number two, i thought you would find this interesting, you know, the conservatives have been playing a clip of joe biden saying that "we believe in truth and not facts," and they are saying it is a gaffe. gaffe, believe it was a i believe it was a freudian slip. you know, take for instance "hands up, don't shoot." we know that was factually incorrect, yet a lot of african americans believe that it actually happened, so i think it is actually true that people, a lot of people, tribalism is a very accurate description, that people believe what they journal" live every day at 11:00. we take you to a news conference with michigan governor gretchen whitmer, after reports of fbi making arrests after a plot to allegedly kidnap the governor. earlier announced today. live coverture of governor whitmer's news conference on c-span. gov. whitmer: 13 members of two militia groups who were preparing to kidnap and

said,y, senator schumer every thing is on the table. i think you have observed, mr. chairman, that if the shoe were on the other foot, we have no doubt what they would do. but beyond that, senator schumer has said that the legislative filibuster is in jeopardy. that they will turn this into simply a partisan body, where you don't need to do the hard work to get bipartisan support. they would consider turning d.c. into a state, and the state would get two senators. and get two estate senators. they want to permanently transform this country. this is not about incremental change. this is about revolutionary changes in our country. finally, as we have all observed, they are advocating packing the supreme court with additional partisan judges. --ruth bader ginsburg pointed out, there goes the crown jewels of the american public, which is our independent judiciary. it becomes nothing but another political body. a second legislative branch. i wanted to take a minute and thank you for your patience to lay out my thoughts and observations with regard to these theatrics with w

schumer. [background chanting] mcconnell madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: yesterday evening, the directors of national intelligence and the f.b.i.

it's up to nancy pelosi and chuck schumer on the democratic side and the president's representative, mr. mnuchin, on their side. in fact, mcconnell is just not part of it. he's focused on filling one supreme court vacancy instead of filling the dinner tables of unemployed people across america. >> senator, as we are on-air, we are learning that your colleague, senator susan collins of maine, is going to vote "no" on the confirmation of amy coney barrett. your reaction? >> well, she predicted or at least gave us an indication that she was going to vote in that direction. and she and senator murkowski voted on the procedural side, same side today. i think senator murkowski has nou announced she's going the other way on the final vote. we'll have one additional republican vote and that doesn't really give us the numbers we need to stop this nomination. what's at stake is the affordable care act. health insurance from 23 million americans and protections for all the rest of us. and that, unfortunately, is going to be a casualty, i'm afraid, of this nomination. >> mitch mcconnell took an opp

how do you look chuck schumer in the eye and say i want to draw this? mr. gross: i am an independent. i am not beholden to the democratic party. i will caucus because the republicans have failed. i know how important oil and gas are here in the state. we would not have a permanent fund dividend in this state. i would never oppose ending fracking in the state like joe biden suggested last night. i am a strong advocate for continued development of our oil and gas fields because it is so important to our economy. dan has completely failed to deliver when he was commissioner of national resources. he pushed through senate bill 31, promising we would have one billion barrels of oil a day. we are down to 400,000 barrels of oil a day. is about to lose the dividend because of him. he has been a one man wrecking ball to the alaskan economy. mike: senator sullivan, you have one minute to respond. sen. sullivan: one of the most important issues in this senate race, my opponent is being funded by far-left groups who do not care about alaska. $25 million in this race in

mr. cuccinelli. unfortunately, democrat leader schumer is obstructing the workings of the senate. so, we are bound by some arcane senate rule that because of his lack of consent, his obstruction, our hearing has to have a hard stop two hours after the convening the senate for business. so, again, unfortunately we're going to have to -- i'm going to have to limit the amount of time of questioning to five-minute rounds to make sure that every senator gets a chance to ask a question. and i will keep people closely to that five minutes. so, you'll hear me interject if you're running over five minutes. i'll also ask the witnesses to be looking at their clocks as well and not ramble on past the five-minute time. i want to make sure every member gets a chance to ask questions. for the time being, i'll defer my questionsing, but i will for sure get it in even if a member doesn't get to ask questions toward the tail end of the hearing. but i'll defer to senator peters right now. >> thank you, mr. chairman. toks each of our witnesses for being here today. director wray, i'm going to start w

schumer? we need someone who will fight for us. sen. loeffler: i would like to respond. >> mr.ollins, do you feel you were attacked? rep. collins: i do. number one, we started an investigation into big tech talking about antitrust. voted for the bill president trump said he would veto. she just voted against a resolution he said he would sign. maybe your math is wrong. trumpoeffler: president supported the senate version of the ndaa and he did not put a remark out on the cr. -- just like the president, i am a political outsider and a conservative. >> and back. >> this is amazing, for a six month senator who took $14 million in lobbyists to make sure bills came out their way. let's get off the talking points and be honest. >> if i could. >> it was my question originally, if i could. they respond to each other by saying no, i am 100% aligned with trump, not you. look at my contract with georgia and my facebook page. i feel it represents georgia well. >> i would like to weigh in on this point, if you don't mind. lieberman, to mr. this is the whole point of me being here. i am not

mr. chairman. sen. graham: i will recognize senator cruz. in october -- a camper member when it was in 2013. i got a call from senator schumer saying we will change the rules regarding court nominations. it was relatively late in the evening. i said please don't do that. there will be no going back. you will live to regret it. my view is that set in motion a lot of things that have taken the senate in the wrong direction. no longer do you require 60 votes. that started with circuit courts. the belief in 2013 was we will pack the d.c. circuit court with people firmly to our cause. all litigation regarding the government goes there. nobody thought you would lose in 2016 including me. i have gotten to know the president that he voted for somebody i wouldn't know if they walked in the door. 2016 gave an outcome different than anybody in the country thought except the people who voted for the president and the right states. isn't that ironic? the american people actually get essay -- get a say. day forward there has been an effort to say that election was not legitimate. as much as i was disappointed that barack obama be john mcc

mr. harrison, when it was his turn to speak up, he said, bring out the kites, encouraging the filibuster of gorsuch, the first partisan filibuster in the history of the senate led by senator schumer, who has been the worst advocate when it comes for judges. when it came to kavanaugh, who i have known for 20 years, mr. harrison cheered on the destruction of this good man. he has said publicly, one of the main reasons he got into the race was because of the way i behaved. one of the main reasons i'm going to get reelected is because i stood up for justice kavanaugh. people in this state are fair-minded. we are a bite of centerstage, we don't want a little supreme court, no matter what he says tonight. the people in charge of the democratic party -- he is the associate chairman of the national democratic party -- have in mind changing the court to make it liberal. don't be fooled. mr. harrison: senator graham, for i'm a democrat -- i am a democrat -- before i'm a democrat, i'm a self-care lien. before that, i'm an american. i believe in the constitution, in this entity of the building you work in. when i see that dome lit up at night, i get goosebumps because i know the power that t

schumer. does it all the time. he is saying things that will disguise his radical socialist agenda. moderator: mr. ossoff. mr. ossoff: it is nonsense. i have been advocating for months for renewal of the program, which senator perdue allowed to expire in august. listen to his answers. it is always the other party's fault, somebody else's phone. no sense of personal responsibility. let's talk about who is hurting, not senator produce donors. -- senator's perdue donors. -- working parents who cannot figure out how they will afford the house payment and their health care because one of them is out of work. the senate has not delivered foref for georgia families small businesses since august. they have been rushing through a supreme court nominee who they hope will help them overturn the affordable care act and reveal protections for pre-existing conditions. 'sat is senator perdue priority right now, not financial relief ordinary people. senator perdue has been hard at work pushing through a judge in hopes she will roll on a lawsuit she supports to rent health care away in the middle of a pandemic and you voted f

mr. harrison cheered on theng destruction of brett kavanaugh. i voted for democratic traditional nominees, he joined schumer in opposing trump nominees but i guarantee there is no way god's green earth he would ever vote for barrett. that is important to the voters of south carolina part if you are looking for someone to support conservative judges, i am your guy. if you're looking for someone to reach across the aisle, i have done it. >> talk with that confirmation process. as a sound from a short time ago. >> if an opening comes in the last year of president trump's ter', and the primary process has started, we will wait until the next election. >> you said that senator, 28 weeks, the question is, how do people know the things you're saying tonight will not change when it is come and chant politically convenient for you or your party? >> gordon hyper should that question for and generate 2019 i was asked after the kavanaugh debacle but would you do if there is an opening? i was set i suit the market would bear. in august of this year i was asked by nbc if there's an opening on the supreme court, what woul

schumer said from new york. they threatened there would be consequences to what you just saw. the democratic senator from connecticut, mr. blumenthal said this. >> our republican colleagues are shattering the norms and breaking the rules and breaking their word and there will be consequences. there inevitably are consequences when one person breaks her or his word. speak to her his word. that's amy coney barrett of course he's talking about and the idea is that she would somehow undo obamacare entirely, invalidate. there is no indication in previous decisions that she would do something like that that's been a consistent talking point among democrats for the past several weeks. listen to cory booker who by the way voted himself to undo, to abolish obamacare. listen to cory booker warn you that amy coney barrett will do it. >> a future without the aca looks like being forced to sell your house if you can't afford your health care. it looks like not having access to a doctor when you're sick. it looks like having to choose between paying for groceries and paying for medicine. >> tucker: unfortunately now that amy coney ba

i agree with chuck schumer, please for the sake of the senate, for our health, maybe even your own, stay home. >> besides that verbal plea, what can you do to say, mr. vice president you're not welcome now, because people who work closest to you have tested positive and just simply for the protection of everyone here in the chambers, don't come. >> the bottom line is he has the constitutional right as vice president, and if he wants to exercise his constitutional right, i can guarantee those of us voting will be in the back of the chamber trying not to expose anybody to the danger of his presence. >> there have been some lessons learned out there from people who have either contracted coronavirus or at least come into close contact with, as it pertains to the white house's inner circle. governor christie -- former governor chris christie of new jersey said this today about his lessons learned. >> the whole getting of covid, to begins with, and the not wearing of masks has been a problem. i'm talked about that over the l.a. couple weeks. i think everybody has to put the health of the people they'll be in touch with first. when i found out i got covi

finally, senator schumer said everything is on the table if they win the majority. i think you've observed, mr. chairman, if the shoe were on the other foot we have no doubt what they would do under these circumstances. but beyond that, senator schumer has said that the legislative filibuster is in jeopardy. they'll turn it into a partisan body where you don't need to do the hard work to get bipartisan support. they would consider turning d.c. into a state. the state would get two senators, puerto rico, a state, and get two senators. they want to permanently transform this country. this isn't about incremental change. this is about revolutionary changes in our country. and then finally, as we have all observed, they are advocating packing the supreme court with additional partisan judges. and as ruth bader ginsburg pointed out, there goes the crown jewels of the american republic, which is our independent judiciary, it is nothing but another political body. a second political branch. i just wanted to take a minute and thank you for your patience to lay out my thoughts and observations with reg

schumer, anyone like that? we need someone who will fight for us. and that's why i'm in this race. >> i would like to respond. >> mrcollins, you feel like you were attacked in senator loeffler's answer? >> i do. number one, we're the ones who started the investigation into the big tech, talking about antitrust and breaking it up and also section 230. senator loeffler can't get with her own facts, she just voted against the continuing resolution in which the president signed. it doesn't look like 100% to me, senator. maybe your math is wrong or maybe your cue card is wrong. >> i would like to respond. president trump supported the senate version of the ndaa and he did not put out a remark on the cr. congressman collins is a tax and spend career politician. i'm a political outsider, conservative businesswoman who isn't going to rubber stamp everything that comes to the floor. >> back to mr. collins. >> again, this is amazing for a six-month senator who has been in washington for a long time paying over $14 million in lobbyists to make sure that the bills come out her way. there's a lot about ledge lagis. let's get of

schumer when it comes to judges. that's what's on the ballot here, folks. count me in for reforming the police. the nancy pelosi plan will cripple the police. mr.arrison had a chance to weigh in and be bipartisan. he chose pelosi over tim scott. i did not. gordon: carolyn? carolyn: our next subject is the issue of civil unrest in this country. social change has come about when women and racial minorities have protested. some of that has resulted in writing. -- rioting. certainly, no one supports lawlessness. in the past you have said that you support nobody supported black lives matter. have you met with members of that organization, first of all? i have met with -- sen. graham: i have met with pastors in that community and let me tell you the facts. racist an inherently state? no. let me tell you why. to young people of color, this is a great state. one thing i can say without any doubt, you can be an african-american and go to the senate. you just have to add the values of our state. tim scott is the only african-american senator in the country. nikki haley is the daughter of indian immigrants. she became governor. in south carolina, it's not