In a very epic moment during her introductory confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Trump Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi worked with GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee) to utterly obliterate Adam Schiff, calling him out for totally missing the views and concerns of the American people in the present political moment.
Sen. Blackburn kicked things off, saying that her Democratic colleagues totally miss what is going on right now, saying, “Miss Bondi, it would make you believe that my colleagues have learned nothing, nothing from the elections in November. They don’t see this as a movie script that someone may have liked to write. What they see is this is real life, and they want a restoration to equal justice, equal access, equal treatment, abiding by the rule of law.”
Continuing, the senator noted the concern many have with Making America Safe Again, saying, “Many of us have talked today about making America safe again, and in Tennessee, I hear a good bit about this. And as we’ve discussed your nomination, one of the things I’ve mentioned to people is your career as a prosecutor, and you have touched on that some today, and you are bringing that insight of being a prosecutor to bear, and I do appreciate that.”
She then noted that though crime has been a disaster under Biden, it decreased significantly under Trump. She said, “Now, one thing that I think is noteworthy, and I in preparation for the hearing, I looked some of these numbers up during President Trump’s first term, violent crime in this country actually fell. Yes, it [fell] by 17%.”
Then, noting that the Biden years have been a disaster from the same perspective, the senator said, “In the first two years of the Biden administration, it soared by 43% this is crime that is taking place in all of our communities, we’ve seen a rise, whether it’s California or Tennessee, we have seen a rise. So I want you to talk to Tennesseans, to Californians, to all Americans, about what you’re going to do to get this crime rate down in this country.”
Bondi, responding and slamming Schiff from the start, said, “Senator, thank you for that question. And despite the questions from Senator Schiff, I look forward to working with you and the state of California to do everything we can to fight violent crime in California. And you know as well as I that crime is only going to go through the roof now after these forest fires, you’re going to have looting, you’re going to have price gouging, you’re going to have so many things that I have dealt with in the state of Florida, and I am committed to working with California just as much as I am committed to working with you, Senator Kennedy, in the tragedy that just took place in Louisiana, given all the human beings that were murdered in your state, and we have the Super Bowl coming up in less than three weeks.”
She continued, saying, “Now, I believe, Senator, I’ve been a little busy, but we’ve got to ensure, if I’m confirmed, that everyone in this country is safe. And I will work with you. I will work with you, Senator. I will work with all of you in this country for everything that Senator Blackburn said, we have got to reduce violent crime and we have got to restore integrity to our law enforcement officers.”
Then, returning to hammering Schiff, she said, “Donald Trump, we keep saying he won this election by 77.3 million votes and 312 electoral votes. Look at the map of California. Senator Schiff, it’s bright red. The popular vote for a reason. People want law and order. They want to be safe so they can go to take their children to school, so they can go to church. Senator Hawley, people want safe streets. Of course, we care about our economy and what’s happening in this world, but if we’re not safe, none of that works. We have got to come together. We have got to work together to make America safe again, and that, in turn, will make America great again. And I don’t know where that phrase has become a bad word, because I think that’s a great one, making America great again.”
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Then, commenting on the issue of judges being harassed, something that came up with the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Sen. Blackburn said, “Let me move on with you to something else that’s about law and order, and that is Section 1507 because making certain that our justices are protected is important, and we also with our judges, Section 1507 makes illegal any protest outside of a judge’s residence if the intent is to influence the judge’s decision making. And we have heard about the protest outside of Justice’s homes, where they were shouting loud and clear things like and I’m quoting some of that, if you take away our choices, we will riot. End. Quote another one, no privacy for us, no peace for you. End quote. In other words, if the justices did not vote to uphold roe and Casey, the protesters would continue to harass them despite this clear violation of the law, Merrick Garland did not bring a single. Charge, not one single charge under Section 1507 will you commit to faithfully enforcing section 1507?”
Bondi told her, “As Attorney General, I will faithfully enforce that law and all laws that I am asked to review. And Senator, I watched that on TV, and it horrified me, the protesters outside their houses. You can’t do that for a reason, because our justices have to remain safe and unbiased and protected from threats, as do we all but they do enjoy a special protection, and yes, that should be enforced.”
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