Senator Dick Durbin
Appearances
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Confirmation Continuum: Day 3
Well, from the bottom half of American society, when these people have enormous influence over the media, when they spend huge amounts of money in both political parties to elect candidates. But Biden said last night is we're moving toward an oligarchy. I'm asking you that question. Do you think forget how they made their money?
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Confirmation Continuum: Day 3
Do you think that when so few people have so much wealth and so much economic and political power, that that is an oligarchic form of society?
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Confirmation Continuum: Day 3
This is not a condemnation of any one individual. I'm just asking, would so few people have so much wealth and power
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Confirmation Continuum: Day 3
I mean, even if you had that mobility, no matter who those individuals might be. All right, but let me ask you another question. Right now in America... We have over 22 million workers who are making less than $15 an hour and nearly 40 million people in our country earning less than $17 an hour.
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Confirmation Continuum: Day 3
Shamefully, the federal minimum wage, despite the efforts of myself and other people here, have not been raised since 2009 and remains an unbelievable $7.25 an hour. Will you work with those of us who want to raise the federal minimum wage to a living wage to take millions of Americans out of poverty?
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Confirmation Continuum: Day 3
No, sir. Okay. Mr. Besant, millions of working class Americans who are struggling to keep their heads above water are paying outrageously high interest rates on their credit cards. Over half the American people who take out new credit cards are being charged interest rates of over 24%. 24%.
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Confirmation Continuum: Day 3
During his campaign, President-elect Trump promised that he was going to cap credit card interest rates at 10%. I happen to think that that is a very good idea, and I will soon be introducing legislation to do just that. Will you, as if you are confirmed, be supportive of what President-elect Trump said and what I want to see happen, and that is to cap credit card interest rates at 10%? Okay.
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Confirmation Continuum: Day 3
Trump said he wants to cap credit card interest rates at 10%. I agree with him. Will you be supportive of what Trump and I would like to do?
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Confirmation Continuum: Day 3
Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Thank you very much. Next is Senator Smith.
The Matt Walsh Show
Ep. 1548 - Democrats Ignore The Will Of The People With This Insane Move
I also want to say a word about what we're going to vote on today, an issue that's going to come before us. I might ask my colleagues if they could answer the following question. How many NCAA athletes are there in the United States? I asked Mr. Baker, former governor of Massachusetts, that question, and he said, over 500,000, 500,000.
The Matt Walsh Show
Ep. 1548 - Democrats Ignore The Will Of The People With This Insane Move
And I said, of all those athletes, what percentage are transgender? Oh, fewer than 10. I said, fewer than 10%? No, fewer than 10 total out of 500,000 are transgender. And yet we're gonna come to the floor with a proposal from Senator Tuberville to vote on this issue.
The Matt Walsh Show
Ep. 1548 - Democrats Ignore The Will Of The People With This Insane Move
The bill, which has no enforcement mechanism, could subject women and girls to physical inspection by an adult if someone from an opposing team accused them of being transgender. Think about that for a second. Your daughter, someone in your family, going to play a sport. and someone on the other team challenges them, that's not a little girl, that's a transgender boy.
The Matt Walsh Show
Ep. 1548 - Democrats Ignore The Will Of The People With This Insane Move
This bill that we're about to vote on gives authority to someone to make a physical inspection of that little girl if someone from the opposing team accuses them of being transgender. Does that sound a little extreme to you? Well, it sure does to me too.
The MeidasTouch Podcast
YIKES! Senate Hearing GOES OFF THE RAILS over Trump Picks
Tell me about your J6 Choir. What is that?
The MeidasTouch Podcast
YIKES! Senate Hearing GOES OFF THE RAILS over Trump Picks
Who sings on this recording? I don't know, Senator. What did you have to do with it?
The MeidasTouch Podcast
YIKES! Senate Hearing GOES OFF THE RAILS over Trump Picks
My understanding is that the performers on this J6 choir were the rioters who were in prison. I'm not aware of that, sir. I didn't have anything to do with the recording. You weren't aware of who made the recording? No, Senator.
The MeidasTouch Podcast
YIKES! Senate Hearing GOES OFF THE RAILS over Trump Picks
Stu Peters, does that name ring a bell? I'm sorry, what? Are you familiar with Mr. Stu Peters?
The MeidasTouch Podcast
YIKES! Senate Hearing GOES OFF THE RAILS over Trump Picks
He made eight separate appearances on his podcast. He promoted outrageous conspiracy theories and worked with a prominent neo-Nazi. They're more Ted Nugent. It goes on, the list goes on. I'm just asking, when it comes to your association with individuals, why are so many of them in this category?
The Rachel Maddow Show
Even Republicans object as Trump DOJ nominees are disturbingly noncommittal on obeying courts
Thanks, Rachel. Good to be with you.
The Rachel Maddow Show
Even Republicans object as Trump DOJ nominees are disturbingly noncommittal on obeying courts
Rachel, you and I have heard many people use the phrase constitutional crisis and try to define exactly when it reaches a breaking point with our Constitution. And it seems to me that the final question is the one I raise with these witnesses.
The Rachel Maddow Show
Even Republicans object as Trump DOJ nominees are disturbingly noncommittal on obeying courts
If you are given a court order that says to this president, or any president for that matter, that there are certain actions that they cannot take or should not take or have to take, are you going to follow that order? And it turned out to be a debating topic. I thought the answer was a clear yes and let's move on. But they wanted to debate it.
The Rachel Maddow Show
Even Republicans object as Trump DOJ nominees are disturbingly noncommittal on obeying courts
You heard one of them qualify and say, well, generally, yes. And we had these equivocal answers. The most definitive answer came from John Kennedy, as you noted, a Republican of Louisiana, who made it clear what I think the law is. You may hate the order of the court, but you either follow it or resign, period. I can't think of an exception to that.
The Rachel Maddow Show
Even Republicans object as Trump DOJ nominees are disturbingly noncommittal on obeying courts
They tried to use an illustration, Korematsu, Dred Scott, those terrible decisions. One of the Republican senators used is an illustration of a court order that you could morally rationalize opposing. But the bottom line is you cannot take a subjective test on this issue. If you did, you'd have someone who might be a racist who says Brown versus Board of Education, integrating our schools.
The Rachel Maddow Show
Even Republicans object as Trump DOJ nominees are disturbingly noncommittal on obeying courts
I don't believe in that. That's morally reprehensible to me. And I will not enforce that order in my administration of education. So you see, that's a slippery slope. So I think we've raised the threshold question for the Department of Justice appointments by this administration. And we'd better debate it out because it gets to the heart of our democracy.
The Rachel Maddow Show
Even Republicans object as Trump DOJ nominees are disturbingly noncommittal on obeying courts
Well, I can tell you, I think this is going to be a standard inquiry of all those appointed to serve in the administration, particularly in the Department of Justice. As I said, I was a little bit surprised. Not totally, because we've seen some rather... amazing things done by this administration so far. But I was surprised by the answers yesterday.
The Rachel Maddow Show
Even Republicans object as Trump DOJ nominees are disturbingly noncommittal on obeying courts
We cannot take for granted that any of these nominees from the Trump administration will follow the basic tenets of our constitutional law. We have to ask the question. And if the answer comes back no, as did yesterday, or at least qualified as it did yesterday, it is right for us to continue to press the case.
The Rachel Maddow Show
Even Republicans object as Trump DOJ nominees are disturbingly noncommittal on obeying courts
As the minority, it's a frustration that we don't have controlling votes on the question. But I am hopeful, and I hope John Kennedy is an illustration. that there will come a moment when Republican senators will come out of hiding and speak up clearly on something as basic as this principle of constitutional law. Because if we abandon this, I'm afraid we've abandoned our democracy.