CAROLINA SENATE HAS BEEN VOTING AND NEGOTIATING ON A BUDGET.
VERY RECENTLY THEY VOTED IN FAVOR THAT ACTUALLY STRIPS
FUNDING AWAY FROM SCHOOLS AND PROGRAMS IN DEMOCRATIC
DISTRICTS.
THEY DID THIS AS A PUNITIVE MEASURE.
LET ME GIVE
YOU
THE DETAILS.
DEMOCRATS IN NORTH CAROLINA ARE HAVING FUN, I
LOVE IT.
BUT THEY NEED TO READ LEGISLATION BEFORE THEY VOTE ON
IT AND READ BUDGET PROPOSALS BEFORE THEY VOTE ON IT.
IN THIS
CASE THEY DIDN'T. WE KNOW THEY WANT FUNDING FOR OPIOID
ADDICTION.
BUT WHAT THEY DIDN'T TELL DEMOCRATS WAS THAT IN ORDER
TO PAY FOR THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO STRIP FUNDING FOR PUBLIC
EDUCATION AND OTHER PROGRAMS WITHIN THEIR DISTRICTS.
>>WHEN BUSH GOT ELECTED THEY SAID I'M GOING TO BE EVERYBODY'S
PRESIDENT, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT ALL THESE GUYS SAY IN THE
BEGINNING.
SAME THING FOR OBAMA.
THEY WOULD SAY TO OBAMA YOU HAVE
TO REACH OUT TO REPUBLICANS BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT JUST THE
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT YOU ARE THE PRESIDENT OF THE WHOLE COUNTRY.
THAT IS THE STANDARD THING YOU USED TO HERE ON BOTH SIDES.
NOW
REPUBLICANS HAVE DROPPED ALL PRETENSES.
IN NORTH CAROLINA
THEY ARE LIKE NO.
>>YEAH, WE ARE GOING TO PUNISH YOU BECAUSE YOUR REPRESENTATIVES
HAD THE AUDACITY TO FIGHT THE FUND THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING
FROM OPIOIDS.
>> YEAH, THAT IS THEIR PROBLEM
NOT MY PROBLEM.
IF THERE
REPUBLICANS, AND IT AFFECTS THEIR FAMILY THEY WOULD SAY
NOBODY KNEW IT WAS A PROBLEM.
BUT FOR NOW THEY ARE LIKE I
DON'T CARE ABOUT THE CITIZENS OF NORTH CAROLINA.
I DON'T CARE HOW
BAD THE EPIDEMIC IS.
I DON'T CARE.
THE PROBLEM WITH THE
DEMOCRATS AS THEY DO CARE.
SO I WILL HOLD THE CITIZENS OF NORTH
CAROLINA HOSTAGE.
UNTIL DEMOCRATS PAY THE RANSOM I WILL NOT GIVE YOU THE HELP
YOU NEED.
>>HERE'S THE ISSUE.
I AGREE DEMOCRATS ON AVERAGE 10 TO
CONCEDE EASILY WITH REPUBLICANS.
HOWEVER IN THIS CASE, THE
DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS DID NOT READ THE BUDGET PROPOSAL.
BY THE
TIME THE REPUBLICANS CAME BACK FROM THAT RECESS IT WAS THREE IN
THE MORNING.
THEY JUST TOOK WHATEVER REPUBLICANS SAID AT
FACE VALUE WITHOUT READING THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND
VOTED YES.
I HAVE GOTTEN INTO DEBATES WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE IN
PANELS ON THIS SHOW.
I DON'T CARE, YOU ARE VOTING ON THE
FUTURE OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT YOU HAVE VOTED TO REPRESENT.
YOU
NEED TO READ WHAT YOU ARE VOTING FOR.
>> DEMOCRATS IN NORTH CAROLINA ARE PARTICULARLY WEAK.
SHE DID A
PRESS CONFERENCE WHERE HE WAS LIKE WELL I UNDERSTAND WHY THEY
DID IT.
NO, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO COME OUT AND SAY THEY JUST
ROBBED YOU. AND THEY BASICALLY ROBBED YOU OF YOUR VOTE BY
STRIPPING YOU OF IMPORTANT POWERS.
BUT THEY DIDN'T. INTERN
THEY SAID THANK YOU SIR MAY I HAVE ANOTHER.
NOW THE
REPUBLICANS DID IT TO THEM AGAIN.
FOR CHRIST'S SAKE STAND
UP AND FIGHT BACK.
IF YOU HAD STRONG DEMOCRATS IN NORTH
CAROLINA THEY WOULD PUMMEL THESE REPUBLICANS.
THINK ABOUT HOW
MONSTROUS IT IS.
IF I AM IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE I WOULD NEVER
VOTE TO TAKE AWAY EDUCATION MONEY FROM REPUBLICAN DISTRICTS.
IS NOT THIS KID'S FAULT.
THEY HAD IT BAD ENOUGH GROWING UP
WITH REPUBLICAN PARENTS.
THE REPUBLICANS GO I DON'T CARE
ABOUT YOUR KIDS.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING DEMOCRATS IN NORTH
CAROLINA?
STAND UP AND FIGHT BACK.
THEY ALREADY VOTED FOR A
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR IN NORTH CAROLINA.
THEY VOTED FOR OBAMA.
IT IS EMINENTLY DOABLE IF YOU WOULD JUST FIGHT BACK.