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Friday on C-SPAN Ceasefire. | |
| At a time when finding common ground matters most in Washington, former House Speaker, Republican California Congressman Kevin McCarthy and former Independent West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin come together to preview the year ahead in politics, including the upcoming midterm elections and the political and legislative battles ahead in Washington. | ||
| They join host Dasha Burns. | ||
| Bridging the Divide in American Politics. | ||
| Watch Ceasefire Friday at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. Eastern and Pacific, only on C-SPAN. | ||
| Welcome to today's Washington Journal. | ||
| Happy New Year, everybody. | ||
| We'll start with January. | ||
| The big news then was the second inauguration of President Trump. | ||
| So here is a portion of his speech. | ||
| The modern age of America begins right now. | ||
| From this day forward, our country will flourish and be respected again all over the world. | ||
| We will be the envy of every nation, and we will not allow ourselves to be taken advantage of any longer. | ||
| during every single day of the Trump administration, I will very simply put America first. | ||
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Our sovereignty will be reclaimed. | |
| Our safety will be restored. | ||
| The scales of justice will be rebalanced. | ||
| The vicious, violent, and unfair weaponization of the Justice Department and our government will end. | ||
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That was January 20th of this year. | |
| Then in February, the Doge cut started happening, and Doge was the Department of Government Efficiency, although it wasn't a department. | ||
| Here is Senator Corey Booker, a Democrat of New Jersey, talking about that at a rally. | ||
| First of all, in the United States Senate, we will not cooperate. | ||
| We are joining the leadership. | ||
| We are joining the leadership already stated by Brian Schatz of Hawaii that we will cooperate with no appointments when it comes to the State Department. | ||
| No appointments when it becomes of foreign policy. | ||
| The first thing we're going to do in the Senate is not cooperate with the illegal and unconstitutional acts that they are trying to do. | ||
| The second thing we are going to do, and we met this morning, it is in the legal perspective. | ||
| The second thing we are going to do is we are going to fight this legally in every way we can. | ||
| We will fight their violation of civil service laws. | ||
| We will fight their violation of civil rights laws. | ||
| We will fight their violations of separation of powers. | ||
| We will fight their violations of our Constitution of the United States of America. | ||
| We will not shut up. | ||
| We will stand up. | ||
| We will speak up. | ||
| We will rise up. | ||
| It is time, as the African Spiritual says, for us to lift every voice in condemnation of what's going on. | ||
| And that was in February of this year. | ||
| We're asking for your top news story. | ||
| Bayhan in Silver Spring, Maryland. | ||
| Democrat, you're up first. | ||
| Yeah, I think that that's exactly what I was going to say: that there's a crime syndicate operating out of the White House. | ||
| It's all criminal, led by a criminal. | ||
| And what's amazing is that the American people are so good that they are standing up. | ||
| Millions and millions of people have been out on the streets this year demonstrating against this assault on the Constitution and on the United States of America. | ||
| And I'm so proud of Americans. | ||
| And this is just the beginning. | ||
| And Mike in Ohio, aligned for Republicans. | ||
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Good morning, Mike. | |
| Yes, I think that Article 2, Section 4, is being overlooked when it comes to the bribery issue and also the pardoning of that cocaine leader there in Central America. | ||
| And then on the other hand, bombing these little boats. | ||
| It's kind of like a Disney production wrapped around the Twilight Zone. | ||
| There's no logic, there's no reason, and there's a poor explanation. | ||
| So Article 2, Section 4, is probably the most important thing that should be questioned at this point in time. | ||
| So I appreciate it. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| And Aaron in South Hill, Virginia, lying for Democrats. | ||
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Good morning, Aaron. | |
| Good morning, Aaron. | ||
| Yes, I'm concerned about the bombing in Nigeria and Venezuela. | ||
| Our president is doing things that's not sanctioned by Congress. | ||
| He has no right to be bombing these people. | ||
| He said they're killing Christians. | ||
| That's not true. | ||
| They're killing people of all religions, whether you're Muslim, Christian, whatever your faith is. | ||
| He said these terrorists are killing Christians. | ||
| That is not true. | ||
| Our president is overstepping his hand. | ||
| He's out of control. | ||
| He needs to be impeached and he needs to be stopped. | ||
| Congress needs to speak up. | ||
| All the Republicans that are supporting Trump need to be held accountable also along with this president because this regime that we have in America now is dragging us into wars that we should not be involved in. | ||
| And there's no explanation for it. | ||
| He's not seeking any support from Congress or any of his administration on this. | ||
| And this is a shame what's happening to America. | ||
| And Aaron mentioned strikes on Venezuela. | ||
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So the latest news on that from CNN, CIA carried out drone strike on port facility on Venezuelan coast. | |
| It says that it marks the first known U.S. attack on a target inside that country. | ||
| And that was Aaron who was calling about that. | ||
| And there's also this that happened in February. | ||
| So if you recall, President of Ukraine, Zelensky, was in the Oval Office, and there was that meeting. | ||
| And here's what happened. | ||
| And with him, me, like a new president. | ||
| In 2019, I signed with him the deal. | ||
| I signed with him, Macron, and Merkel. | ||
| We signed ceasefire. | ||
| Ceasefire. | ||
| All of them told me that he will never go. | ||
| We signed him with gas contract, gas control. | ||
| Yes, but after that, he broke this ceasefire. | ||
| He killed our people and he didn't exchange prisoners. | ||
| We signed the exchange of prisoners, but he didn't do it. | ||
| What kind of diplomacy, GD, you are speaking about? | ||
| What do you mean? | ||
| I'm talking about the kind of diplomacy that's going to end the destruction of your country. | ||
| Mr. President, with respect, I think it's disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media. | ||
| Right now, you guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems. | ||
| You should be thanking the president for trying to bring an end to this conflict. | ||
| Have you ever been to Ukraine that you say what problems we have? | ||
| I have been to... | ||
| Count one. | ||
| I have actually watched and seen the stories, and I know what happens is you bring people, you bring them on a propaganda tour, Mr. President. | ||
| Do you disagree that you've had problems bringing people in your military? | ||
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We have problems. | |
| And do you think that it's respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country? | ||
| A lot of questions. | ||
| Let's start from the beginning. | ||
| Sure. | ||
| First of all, during the war, everybody has problems. | ||
| Even you, but you have nice ocean and don't feel now. | ||
| But you will feel it in the future. | ||
| God bless you. | ||
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God bless you. | |
| God bless. | ||
| You're not having war. | ||
| Don't tell us what we're going to feel. | ||
| We're trying to solve a problem. | ||
| Don't tell us what we're going to feel. | ||
| I'm not telling you. | ||
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Because you're in no position to dictate that. | |
| Remember this. | ||
| You're in no position to dictate what we're going to feel. | ||
| We're going to feel very good. | ||
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We're going to feel very good and very strong. | |
| You're right now not in a very good position. | ||
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You've allowed yourself to be in a very bad position. | |
| And this happens to be right about. | ||
| From the very beginning of the war. | ||
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You're not in a good position. | |
| You don't have the cards right now. | ||
| With us, you start having cards. | ||
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Right now, you don't have to be a crazy person. | |
| You're gambling with the lives of millions of people. | ||
| You're gambling with World War III. | ||
| You're gambling with World War III. | ||
| And what you're doing is very disrespectful to the country, this country. | ||
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That's back to you. | |
| That's why I'm going to respect you. | ||
| Far more than a lot of people said they should have. | ||
| Have you said thank you once in this entire meeting? | ||
| No, in this entire meeting. | ||
| Have you said thank you? | ||
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And we'll leave this recorded program here. | |
| Finish watching with the C-SPAN Now app. | ||
| To New York City now as the celebration for the new year is getting underway. | ||
| We'll stay here until about 7 p.m. when we'll go live from the Washington Monument for New Year's Eve activities in the nation's capital. |