Keller @ Large: Warren Gets Rare Rebuke

AFTERNOON DRIVE WITH A SPECIAL
EDITION OF WBZ NEWS TOMORROW AT
4:00 P.M.
MR. PRESIDENT, I AM
SURPRISED THAT THE WORDS OF
CORETTA SCOTT KING ARE NOT
SUITABLE FOR DEBATE IN THE
UNITED STATES SENATE.
THE SENATOR WILL TAKE HER
SEAT.
A CLASH ON THE SENATE FLOOR.
MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRAT SENATOR
ELIZABETH WARREN SILENCED.
WARREN WAS TRYING TO READ A
1986 LETTER.
POLITICAL ANALYST JOHN KELLER
SPOKE TODAY WITH SENATOR
WARREN.
WE DON'T SEE THIS OFTEN IN THE
SENATE.
NO LIAM, WE CERTAINLY DON'T.
WE MAY SEE IT MORE OFTEN NOW.
AS THE PAR SAN PARTISAN GETS
WORSE.
THEY DON'T DENY THIS.
THEY DON'T WANT US TO TALK
ABOUT IT.
THAT CAN'T BE RIGHT.
SENATOR WARREN FURIOUS OVER
BEING MUZZLED FOR THE DURATION
OF THE SESSION'S BATTLE.
BUT WITH HIS CONFIRMATION
REPORTEDLY A SLAM DUNK, WE
WONDERED.
WHAT WAS THE POINT OF DOING
WHAT YOU DID?
OH JOHN, YOU'RE NOT ASKING A
QUESTION THAT SAYS IF YOU DON'T
HAVE THE VOTE YOU SHOULD JUST
ROLL OVER AND PLAY DEAD ARE
YOU?
NO.
THE PRINCIPLE TOOL WE'VE GOT IS
TO TALK TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
ABOUT WHAT IS AT ISSUE AND TALK
TO OUR FELLOW SENATORS.
WE HAVE RULES AROUND HERE.
AND THE RESUMES ARE VERY CLEAR
THAT -- RULES ARE VERY CLEAR
THAT YOU DON'T IMPUGN ANOTHER
SENATOR.
SHE WAS WARNED.
SHE WAS GIVEN AN EXPLANATION.
NEVER THE LESS, SHE PERSISTED.
THIS IS FROM CORETTA SCOTT
KING.
BUT SEVERAL DEMOCRATIC
COLLEAGUES READ FROM THE LETTER
ON THE SENATE FLOOR THIS
MORNING WITHOUT REBUKE.
WHOEVER IS TO BLAME, SENATOR
WARREN, AREN'T WE RIGHT BACK
WHERE WE WERE DURING THE OBAMA
YEARS, HARSH PARTISANSHIP
CONSUMING THE CONGRESS AND
DESTINED FOR YEARS OF
OBSTRUCTION BY THE MINORITY
PARTY.
LOOK, I HOPE NOT.
WHAT I WANT TO DO IS SEE THEM
COME UP WITH SOMEONE BETTER.
NOW AS YOU KNOW, SENATOR
WARREN SOMETIMES GOES OUT ON A
LIMB WHERE HER DEMOCRATIC
COLLEAGUES DON'T CARE TO
VENTURE.
BUT NOT THIS TIME.
THEY'RE WITH HER ON THIS ONE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S DECISION TO
OFFER UP HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL
CABINET NOMINEES AND FOCUS ON
POLARIZING ISSUES LIKE THE
TRAVEL BAN TURNED UP THE HEAT
UNDER A BELT WAY THAT WAS ALL
READY BOILING OVER WITH ANGER
AND CONTEMPT.
SO OFF WE GO.
THIS WAS VERY INTERESTING.
THE CONFRONTATION THERE WENT
VIRAL ALMOST IMMEDIATELY.
LAST NIGHT.
AND THEN THIS SHOWS THE MOST
POPULAR TWITTER TRENDS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY TODAY.
NOW LOOK AT THE MOST POPULAR
TOPICS IN THAT CROWD FROM THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST TO THE EAST
COAST DOWN TO THE SOUTH.
THE HASHTAGS WERE SHE PERSISTS,
RESIST, AND LET LIZ SPEAK,
THOSE WERE ALL TRENDING.
AS YOU MENTIONED, SHE CAN'T
SPEAK AGAIN UNTIL AFTER THE
VOTE ON SESSIONS.
I THINK SHE KEEPS DOING WHAT
SHE'S DOING.
THOSE OF US HERE IN
MASSACHUSETTS WHERE SHE WAS
SELECTED WHO FOLLOWED HER
CLOSELY DON'T SEE ANYTHING
THAT'S SURPRISING IN THIS
BEHAVIOR BY HER.
HER WHOLE THING IS SORT OF
DESIGNED TO PROVOKE.
BECAUSE SHE TAKES STRONG
POSITIONS, EXPRESSES THEM
EMPHATICALLY.
AND RIGHT NOW, A LOT OF HER
PROJECTS ARE UNDER FIRE.
THAT CONSUMER PROTECTION BOARD
IS ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK.
YOU'LL SEE MORE OF THIS KIND OF
THING.

Keller @ Large: Warren Gets Rare Rebuke

Latest Posts