1 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:09,559 Speaker 1: I'd like to talk about dignity, respect, patriotism, and duty, 2 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 1: and I'd like to talk about Senator Bernie Sanders. He's 3 00:00:13,520 --> 00:00:17,319 Speaker 1: somebody that I have disagreements with, but over the last 4 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:22,080 Speaker 1: ten years is a person I have come to greatly admire. 5 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:25,639 Speaker 1: It's important to be able to look at somebody with 6 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:30,240 Speaker 1: whom you have political disagreements in a functioning democracy, in 7 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:35,040 Speaker 1: a republic, and be able to find virtue in their character, 8 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 1: in their decency, in their conviction. How many of you 9 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:45,880 Speaker 1: have the ability to sit across the table, to sit 10 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:50,520 Speaker 1: in a room with somebody that you have strong disagreements 11 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:54,160 Speaker 1: with and just be able to listen, just be able 12 00:00:54,240 --> 00:01:00,920 Speaker 1: to sit through the exposure to somebody's different perspectives. Because 13 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:05,400 Speaker 1: this quality has been eradicated in America over recent years. 14 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:10,039 Speaker 1: There is a brittleness, There is an intolerance to the 15 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:15,440 Speaker 1: concepts of dissent. People being exposed to a contrary opinion 16 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:21,600 Speaker 1: routinely lose their minds. And the only person that in 17 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:26,880 Speaker 1: the end all of that accumulates towards helping is, of course, 18 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 1: the person who believes in American democracy the least and 19 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 1: wants power the most, which is Donald Trump. But back 20 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:41,400 Speaker 1: to Senator Sanders, this is a man of conviction, a 21 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:45,560 Speaker 1: man of integrity, a man who looks you in the 22 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:50,560 Speaker 1: eye and tells you what he believes and why he 23 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 1: believes it. Bernie Sanders will never cut and run from 24 00:01:55,960 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 1: those convictions, even though I think he may be miss 25 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 1: guided here and there. The issue at this moment in America, 26 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 1: the great crisis we face, is a crisis of judgment 27 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 1: and a crisis of integrity, a crisis of decency and 28 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 1: of duty. And so I want you to watch the 29 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 1: pain on Senator Sanders face, watch it, observe it as 30 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:30,240 Speaker 1: this hearing starts to go off the rails. Now, let 31 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 1: me introduce the characters. Sitting at the witness table. In 32 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 1: the gray suit is Sean O'Brien. He is the president 33 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:45,480 Speaker 1: of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters with hundreds of thousands 34 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:52,519 Speaker 1: of members across North America. He's there under oath, testifying 35 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:57,800 Speaker 1: before a United States Senate hearing about working issues for 36 00:02:57,919 --> 00:03:04,639 Speaker 1: the American working man and woman. That's what he's there for. Normally, 37 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:09,639 Speaker 1: he would be at union headquarters, running the union, making 38 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 1: sure his members are getting the pay they deserve, the 39 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 1: benefits they deserve, fighting for the American workingman and woman. 40 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 1: That's what his job is. Of course, you have Senator Sanders, 41 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:27,000 Speaker 1: he's the chairman of the committee. He's the guy with 42 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:31,520 Speaker 1: the gavel, and next to him is the Republican member 43 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 1: Mark Wayne Mullen of Oklahoma. Now, before continuing, let's just 44 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 1: watch elements of the disgrace unfold, including Mark Wayne Mullen, 45 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 1: thug of the Senate, stand up and want to fistfight 46 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:53,120 Speaker 1: with the president of the Teamsters, in front of the media, 47 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:56,520 Speaker 1: in front of the other senators, in front of the 48 00:03:56,520 --> 00:04:01,040 Speaker 1: Senate staff, in fact, in front of the whole United 49 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 1: States of America. Let's watch this clown in action. But 50 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 1: before I do, let me apologize in advance to clowns 51 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:16,560 Speaker 1: who almost universally comport themselves with more dignity than this. 52 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 2: Fool's like he's self made, Sorr. I wish he was 53 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:22,279 Speaker 2: in the truck with me when I was building my 54 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 2: plumbing company, myself and my wife was running the office, 55 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 2: because I should remember working pretty hard in long hours. 56 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:35,919 Speaker 2: Rtunds like he's self made. What a clown? Fraud always 57 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 2: has been, always will be. Quit the tough guy act 58 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 2: in these Senate hearings. You know where to find me 59 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:49,120 Speaker 2: any place, anytime, cowboy. Sorry, this is a time. This 60 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 2: is a place. If you want to run your mouth, 61 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 2: we can be too consenting adults. If we can finish 62 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:53,800 Speaker 2: it here. 63 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 1: Okay, that's fine, perfect, you. 64 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:56,120 Speaker 2: Want to do it now. 65 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:57,160 Speaker 1: I'd love to do it right now. 66 00:04:57,200 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 2: We'll stand your butt up. 67 00:04:58,120 --> 00:04:59,440 Speaker 1: Then he stands you up on them. 68 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 2: Oh hold on, oh stop it your solution? 69 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:03,719 Speaker 1: Oh no, sit down? 70 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:06,760 Speaker 2: Okay, you know you're United States senator. 71 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 1: Okay, sit down? Please? 72 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:09,280 Speaker 2: All right? 73 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:11,480 Speaker 1: Can I respond it? Hold it? 74 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 2: If we can't, No, I have I'm sorry, this is 75 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:16,440 Speaker 2: old said. 76 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 1: You'll have your time. 77 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 2: Okay, Can I respond? 78 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 1: No, you can. This is a hearing. I remember when 79 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:27,480 Speaker 1: I was ten years old, distinctly, the first time I 80 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:32,160 Speaker 1: ever saw the United States Capital, I was in absolute 81 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 1: and utter awe of the building. And the truth is 82 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 1: I never stopped being in awe of it, not when 83 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 1: I worked there, not when I work near there, not 84 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 1: when I visit today to see a friend, or as 85 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 1: a tourist, or to walk one of my kids through 86 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:55,560 Speaker 1: the mighty Rotunda, the citadel of American democracy. When I 87 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:59,280 Speaker 1: was growing up, the United States Senate was known as 88 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:03,600 Speaker 1: the greatest delibered a body in the world. There were 89 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:09,239 Speaker 1: giants who served there, men like Daniel Patrick moynihan, Howard Baker, 90 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:17,360 Speaker 1: Nancy Cassenbaum, extraordinary people committed to the country, not always right, 91 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:26,520 Speaker 1: but usually decent and always serious. It is impossible, impossible 92 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:30,720 Speaker 1: to state what would the looks have been on the 93 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:34,680 Speaker 1: face of a Bob Dole or a George Mitchell if 94 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:37,640 Speaker 1: they were to witness the spectacle that played out in 95 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 1: the United States Senate yesterday. Of course, the looks on 96 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:47,320 Speaker 1: their face would have had the same pain etched on 97 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:54,039 Speaker 1: it as Bernie Sanders, who properly said, sit down, you're 98 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:58,240 Speaker 1: a United States Senator, and the American people have enough 99 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:02,719 Speaker 1: contempt for this institution. I want to say something about 100 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:08,479 Speaker 1: Bernie Sanders. Bernie Sanders has measured up in a time 101 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 1: we're everywhere you look, the leaders in this country, whether 102 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:21,040 Speaker 1: they be at top corporations, media institutions, political institutions, nonprofit institutions, 103 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 1: the Boy Scouts, whatever, none of them have measured up. 104 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:31,920 Speaker 1: They have not kept the faith. They have let the 105 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:36,600 Speaker 1: American people down with their profound selfishness. And they're taking 106 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:43,080 Speaker 1: but not Bernie Sanders. Bernie Sanders, at each crossing of 107 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:48,400 Speaker 1: the stream at each forging of the river has proved 108 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:53,680 Speaker 1: himself that he is who he says he is. He 109 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:57,239 Speaker 1: is one of the few that has passed the character 110 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:01,440 Speaker 1: test of recent years. It's a mistake to look at 111 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:05,520 Speaker 1: political leaders and to judge them on a checklist of issues, 112 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 1: because it's not an issues checklist type of job. The 113 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:14,120 Speaker 1: jobs we elect these people, too, are jobs of integrity 114 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:18,360 Speaker 1: and jobs of character. And when we elect people, regardless 115 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:20,640 Speaker 1: of what we think their positions are in any set 116 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:26,120 Speaker 1: of issues, lack judgment, lack integrity, lack character, like Mark 117 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:31,240 Speaker 1: Wayne Mullen, then the country Koreans towards disaster, because that 118 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:36,960 Speaker 1: is the inevitable consequence of electing unworthy people in a 119 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:42,400 Speaker 1: system of the people, by the people, for the people. 120 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:48,119 Speaker 1: If we elect the worst amongst us, the Lauren Boeberts, 121 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:52,200 Speaker 1: the Marjorie Taylor Greens, and the Mark Wayne Mullins, and 122 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:56,280 Speaker 1: we send them to positions of responsibility, what they will 123 00:08:56,320 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 1: do is do what they have done, which is break 124 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:05,720 Speaker 1: the country, break the institutions, and all around the world. 125 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:11,520 Speaker 1: Last night, our enemies got to laugh, got to laugh 126 00:09:11,559 --> 00:09:16,120 Speaker 1: at American democracy, got to laugh at the United States Senate, 127 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 1: got to laugh at the dignity of the United States, 128 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:26,440 Speaker 1: and that was brought on us by a United States 129 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:32,280 Speaker 1: Senator from Oklahoma, A small man, a petty man, an 130 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:38,439 Speaker 1: angry man, a belligerent man, and aggrieved man, a petulant man, 131 00:09:38,760 --> 00:09:43,120 Speaker 1: a weak man named Mark Wayne Mullen, the president of 132 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:49,360 Speaker 1: the Teamsters Sean O'Brien. He maintained his dignity, He kept 133 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:55,600 Speaker 1: faith with his members. Mark Wayne Mullen. What he is 134 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:59,320 Speaker 1: is worse than a joke. He's a United States Senator 135 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:03,880 Speaker 1: twenty twenty three. Is there a more shameful title in 136 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:08,280 Speaker 1: the land? Judging from the hearing, if your name isn't 137 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:12,360 Speaker 1: Bertie Sanders, then the answer to that question is no.