Thom Tillis will block President Trump on the next Fed Chair confirmation if…

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00:00 You find me a Republican that likes Tom Tillis and I'll show you a rhino through and through, ought to be in a zoo. Step right up, folks, look at the great rhino, claims to be a Republican, actually a Democrat on the inside. Absolute rhinos. Tom Tillis has declared that he will block 00:29 President Trump's next nominee, unless. Two pieces. One is the investigation of Jerome Powell. There will not be another Fed chair confirmed until that's disposed of or until for the first time since the allegations were made public, they can actually prove there's even a scintilla of criminal activity. We have seven Republican members of the banking committee saying there wasn't. Now, uh separate matter. 00:57 But for me, the threshold for somebody following Pam Bondi ends the moment I hear they said one thing that excused the events of January the 6th. I've been very clear on that. So I hope whoever they have in mind to follow General Bondi was very clear eyed on my position on January the 6th. That's why I didn't support two other nominees who were coming through Judiciary Committee and I won't support any nominee. Judiciary Committee. Who else is on the Judiciary? Oh, that's right. Lindsey Graham. Tom Tillis. 01:27 will not support listen tom quit lying stop lying 01:34 you will not support anybody that the president puts up. It doesn't matter who they are. As a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Tom Tillis has a lot of influence over confirmations for judges, prosecutors, top law enforcement officials. At the precise moment, the Department of Justice must be restored to impartiality. His previous veto of Ed Martin, U.S. Attorney for District of Columbia, 02:03 solely because Martin defended January 6th defendants has actually shown a pattern of prioritizing his partisan narrative over the president's constitutional authority. Senate committee assignments are controlled by each party's conference. The Republican leadership can reassign Tom Tillis immediately through the conference steering committee without needing the full floor vote. They could just do that in committee. 02:32 But again, they won't. Because if you show me a picture of Tom Tillis and you show me a picture of John Thune, you will not be able to tell the difference. They are exactly the same person. They could remove them. 02:51 I mean you've got Lindsey Graham, he's not gonna do it. John Cornyn, hell he's not gonna do it. Mike Lee might. Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley might. John Kennedy, I don't know. 03:06 So we'll see. 03:09 I don't understand. mean, we've got a president that won 312 electoral votes and the popular vote. He's got a mandate from the people. 03:21 and he's constantly being blocked by his own party. 03:26 I'm so glad Tom Tillis is going. Ari announced his retirement. 03:34 Of course you're going to get the typical media hysteria labeling the move as a purge if they do anything, but the real risk of inaction is continued obstruction of nominees essential to ending the weaponization of federal law enforcement. 03:49 The Senate Judiciary Committee, they stand as the gatekeeper for the most urgent task facing the nation, reclaiming the Department of Justice from years of politicized abuse under Merrick Garland. But one guy is drawing a line in the sand. I wonder if Lindsey agrees with that. I wonder if Lindsey agrees with what Tom Tillis says about January 6th. It wasn't peaceful. I was there. 04:18 If it had been up to me, I would have shot some of these people in the head. I would say Lindsay probably does agree with Tom Tillis on that. I would say Lindsay is probably right up there with Tom Tillis. 04:32 I-I-I-Listen. 04:36 To me, the most snake-like, the most slithery, 04:46 act a human being can perform is to pretend to be somebody's friend when they're really not. 04:54 And that is what I am seeing in Lindsey Graham. And we have seen it historically. You want to make America great again? Tell Donald Trump to ...

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