BREAKING: FBI pulls BOMBSHELL stunt for Trump

I'm joined now by the US Senator in. Georgia, John Oaf. Senator, thanks so. much for joining me. >> Brian, good to see you. Thank you. >> So, we have a lot of breaking news as it. relates to your position in the Senate, as it relates to Georgia. So, I want to. first start off with the news that the. FBI has executed a search warrant at the. Fulton County Elections Office, and. that's near Atlanta. Um, we have seen so. many instances of Donald Trump and his. law enforcement agencies weaponizing the. government. Is this just one more. instance of exactly that? I suspect. that's exactly what it is. And remember,

Georgia has been at the center of Donald. Trump's conspiracy theories about the. 2020 elections and his schemes to. overturn that election from the very. beginning. The phone call where he. pressured Georgia's state election. officials to quote, "Find him the votes. he needed to win in a state he had. lost." the conspiracy theories about. what happened in Georgia that helped jin. up the mob that sacked the United States. capital on his behalf and tried to.

prevent the peaceful transfer of power. Some of what he did trying to press the. Department of Justice into improperly. intervening in that election happened in. Georgia, triggering the resignation at. the time of DOJ officials in Georgia. So, I don't know exactly the. circumstances and details of this raid. I expect that we'll learn more very. soon. But what I can tell you is that we. are witnessing a president who is. wielding the apparatus of state, who is.

using the entirety of the federal. government and federal law enforcement. as an instrument to pursue personal. vendettas. to pursue vengeance and retribution. against people he believes are his. enemies and to pursue conspiracy. theories. To that end, I mean, as far as. this presidency and the abuses are. concerned, one area of particular focus. obviously is ICE. Now, you're in the.

Senate right now. There is a lot of uh a. lot of talk about whether this DHS. funding bill is going to pass alongside. the rest of the budget or if it's going. to be spun out. Is there any update you. can give in terms of where where that. whole process stands? and and beyond. that, is there a commitment by the the. Democratic um Senate caucus to to not. fund DHS in light of the abuses that. we're seeing right now? >> I can assure you that this measure does.

not have the votes to proceed this week. unless that portion is removed or. significant protections for civil. liberties are added. And the American. people are appalled. by what they've seen in Minnesota. This. is about our core civil liberties and. our constitutional rights. Just read the. Bill of Rights, the core guarantees at the founding of. our republic that animated the American.

Revolution. The rights to peaceibly. assemble and to dissent and to speak. the right to the sanctity of our bodies. and our homes against searches without. warrants, equal justice under the law. what we've. seen in Minnesota, the lawless [snorts] chaos, the beatings. and killings of Americans, American homes with doors beaten down.

and masked agents raiding in without so. much as a judge's warrant. the immediate slander of Americans. killed by federal agents with political. appointees in Washington calling those. dead Americans terrorists. and immediately trying to cover up the. facts of their killings. This is the. kind of thing that you see in. authoritarian societies.

and it is deeply corrosive to our. fundamental civil liberties. And look, here's the thing. We're hearing some of. that now. cautiously, but some of it from even Republicans in. the Senate. And what we need to do is. persuade some of those Republicans to. join us in reforming and reigning in an. outofcrol federal agency. >> So, Senator, one of the options that you. gave, you know, if if there are to be. any Democrats who sign on to this effort. to fund DHS in any way is assurances.

that there's going to be protections for. civil liberties. But I mean any. assurances that this federal government. gives are hardly worth the paper that. they're printed on. And so how can you. even trust when you know that the the. same people who would commit these. atrocities in the first place and and. then have enough you know shame have. have no shame to the point where they. can lie about it in such a bald-faced. manner when they say, "Oh yeah, we're. totally definitely going to protect. civil liberties." How is that even. enough given the fact that that they. could, you know, that their word isn't.

worth anything? Well, two points. First. of all, that's why we need to pursue. these protections for civil liberties in. the law and not merely promises and. assurances. >> Yeah. >> From the executive branch. But look, here's the second point. This. administration is out of control. And even if we are able to make positive. changes to the law that better protect. American civil liberties, when you have.

these kinds of people who are unbound by. any commitment to the truth, who act with alarming frequency outside. of the law, who try to defy federal. judges, the only real solution here, the only. enduring solution is victory in the. midterm elections. The only real. solution is for the American people to.

restore checks and balances. by voting in such overwhelming numbers. that we decisively rebuke this depth of. corruption, these appalling abuses of. power. and by voting in such decisive. numbers that we deliver a landslide that. the schemes that they will inevitably. hatch to try to foil the will of the. people just like he did back in 2020. cannot silence us. >> So, I'm glad you brought up the. election. One of the Republicans running.

in uh the primary for the US Senate seat. in Georgia, which will ultimately be. against you, is Mike Collins. And in. response to a big walk out that happened. today, an anti-ICE walk out, which I. think the vast majority of this country. would think is certainly justified in. light of the fact that these rogue ICE. agents, the secret police force seems uh. seems to have taken a liking to just. executing people in the streets, unarmed. people in the streets, with obviously. the latest one being uh a nurse at the. VA, uh Alex Prey, who was brandishing.

his cell phone. Apparently, that's a. crime in this country. Mike Collins took. to Twitter, and I'm going to put that. tweet right here on the screen. He said, "This Georgia high school staged a. massive anti-ICE walk out. This school. has 6% math proficiency and 16% reading. proficiency. Our problem isn't ICE. Our. problem is woke indoctrination." So, he's basically suggesting, not exactly. subtle language here, that anybody. walking out to protest what's happening. uh against ICE is stupid. So, can I have. your reaction to Mike Collins tweet. here?

>> Yeah. Well, look, I think it's. disgraceful. And look, none of my. opponents, none of my opponents will even call for. an independent and transparent. investigation. of Mr. Py's killing in Minnesota. This. is the killing of an American citizen by. federal agents. They are all, my opponents, so. desperately grasping for Donald Trump's. endorsement that they're afraid even to.

call for an independent investigation of. the killing of an American by federal. law enforcement. And I want to return to. the thing that you picked out there that. I think people have really found so. disgraceful, which is the way the White. House or Christy Gnome have slandered. these Americans in death. Americans. gunned down by federal agents who are. immediately branded as terrorists.

by their own government. It it just demonstrates the complete. lack of integrity of this. administration, their total contempt for. the American people and our fundamental. rights. Well, frankly, what Mike Collins. said is is relatively tame compared to. uh what another Republican running in. the primary said, and that is Buddy. Carter, who asked Donald Trump for ICE. to target Atlanta. So in light of what. we've seen at the hands of this rogue. agency where people again are executing.

people on the streets executing innocent. Americans who are exercising their first. amendment right and frankly their second. amendment right because Alex Prey for. example uh had a legal carry uh. concealed carry permit and and you know. uh and didn't even wasn't even holding. his gun. It was holstered. So, so in. light of that, in light of the fact that. we're seeing this death at the hands of. these ICE agents, for him to come out. and say we want that in our state of. Georgia, can I have your reaction to. that?

Well, I think it says everything you. need to know about the congressman's. judgment that he would look at what's. unfolded in Minneapolis and want that to. come to his state. In terms of hearing. from some of these people, whether it's. Pam Bondi, whether it's Christy Nome, do. you have any any update in terms of when. they're going to be coming uh in front. of the Senate or or whether we're going. to actually be able to get straight. answers from these people as opposed to, you know, obuscation efforts, which uh. which frankly this DOJ seems to be uh.

the that seems to be the one area where. they're especially competent is uh. making sure that they don't give. answers, whether it's uh you know, responding to the atrocities committed. at the hands of their law enforcement. agencies or ICE or you know on and on. >> My understanding is that Secretary Gnome. is uh scheduled to appear sometime. relatively soon in front of the. judiciary committee. She should be gone. She never should have been confirmed to. that role. She was obviously unqualified. when I met with her while she was. seeking confirmation. Uh she she needs.

to be fired. Two Republican senators. called for her today to resign. So if. she survives in the role that long, she's going to come and testify. But no, I do not expect cander from these folks. They have been cast by this president. precisely for. >> their performance on camera, their. ability to evade and lie and dissemble. under questioning. When you watch them. appear before the Congress, they show.

complete contempt for Congress. They. just counterattack, dodge the question, and the the weak and irrelevant. Republican committee chairs are. completely unwilling to use any power to. hold them to account to answer questions. before the people's elected. representatives. >> Were you surprised to see Tom Tillis and. Lisa Marowski call for Christine's. resignation? And do you presume that. there are going to be any more. Republicans uh who who follow in their. footsteps? Look, I think that Senator Tillis and.

Senator Marowsky have both shown some. independence. uh over the last few months. But look, I'll tell you, Brian, we are so far past. so many red lines that should have. triggered. >> Yeah. >> this Republican party and Republicans in. Congress uh to turn against this. president. Uh I mean, we've been talking. about his election conspiracy theories, right? the fact that the majority of. Republicans in Congress are still behind.

the guy who jinned up the mob that. sacked the capital and then pardoned. everybody who engaged in that violence. and still they bend the knee and what do. they get for it? I mean, look at Bill. Cassidy in Louisiana, right? This is a. guy who had the clarity at the time we. were trying President Trump over the. events before and leading up to January. 6th. He voted to convict Donald Trump. And then when Donald Trump was. reelected, Bill Cassidy, a medical. doctor, the head of the health committee. to try to avoid Trump's eye,

helped despite his reservations, despite. knowing RFK was unqualified, put RFK in. charge of public health for the American. people. And what did Senator Cassidy get. for it? Nothing. Donald Trump just. endorsed his opponent as a primary. So, you know, they all bend the knee. Uh, but they're all just tools for this. guy's plots and games. He has no loyalty. to them. Uh, and they're not going to.

turn on him. The way that we are going. to constrain this president is by. winning these elections. We need to. focus on winning these elections. We. need to recognize that victory in the. midterm elections is the only real. solution here. And in Georgia, I am the. only Democratic senator running for. reelection in a state the president won. You see what they're doing in Georgia. this week, right? They they are. absolutely determined. to take back this Senate seat by hook or.

by crook. And I need folks to help me to. defend voting rights and to get out the. vote like never before. And you can help. me at electjoh.com. That's electjn.com. >> Perfectly put. I'm going to put that. link to your website right here on the. screen and also in the post description. And I would just let everybody know. that, you know, there are going to be a. lot of competitive races. Georgia is. chief among them. And there is no path. to victory in the Senate without. Georgia. So that's going to be ground.

zero in terms of this fight that's. coming up. and uh and every dollar spent. now, especially early, is going to help. make sure that uh that you know uh. Senator Osaf can define himself before. Republicans are able to define him for. them. So, I'm going to put that link. again right here on the screen and also. in the post description of this video. >> Thank you. And and and you know, if. you're if you're looking at everything. happening in our country and your head. is spinning and you're overwhelmed and. you're having trouble getting oriented. and figuring out what to do, this is. something you can do right now that. actually makes a difference. Send $5 or.

$10 to support my campaign in Georgia. This will be the number one United. States Senate race in the country. >> We'll leave it there. Senator Oaf, thanks so much for taking the time. >> Thank you, Brian. Take care. [music].