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00:07:36.720Nancy Pelosi should take the provisions of relief that have broad bipartisan support,
00:07:42.380like individual stimulus, like the extension of the Paycheck Protection Program, like rent relief.
00:07:48.580Relief, by the way, that isn't just an edict, but that also recognizes the impact on the economic conditions of landlords in these trying times.
00:07:57.660But instead of doing all that, she is holding hostage those bipartisan reforms, those bipartisan programs,
00:08:04.940so that she can extort more money out of the administration and Republicans to bail out blue states.
00:08:11.780And the problem with that is not just the printing of the money and giving it to the states.
00:09:19.260I'm just getting at how closely you would ally yourself with Justice Scalia's jurisprudence.
00:09:24.280Would you agree with Justice Scalia that Justice Ginsburg's decision in VMI was wrong?
00:09:30.420Well, Senator Coons, to be clear, as I said, I think in response to this question yesterday, I do share Justice Scalia's approach to text, originalism and textualism.
00:09:41.580But in the litany of cases that you've just identified, the particular votes that he cast are a different question of whether I would agree with the way that he applied those principles in particular cases.
00:09:54.060And I've already said, you know, and I hope that you aren't suggesting that I don't have my own mind or that I couldn't think independently or that I would just decide, like, let me see what Justice Scalia has said about this in the past, because I assure you, I have my own mind.
00:10:10.680But everything that he said is not necessarily what I would agree with or what I would do if I were Justice Barrett.
00:10:20.700So I share his philosophy, but I have never said that I would always reach the same outcome as he did.
00:10:28.280Judge Amy Coney Barrett indeed does have her own mind.
00:10:32.160It has been on exquisite display these last several days.
00:10:36.880I think she handled herself quite well and is showing that she will not only be a persuasive voice on the bench, she will be an independent one where necessary, where justice calls for it.
00:11:03.800Motel 6 Home Depot drop ad agency over two black comments.
00:11:09.320The Richards Group, the nation's largest independent advertising agency, has lost Motel 6 as a client after its founder reportedly labeled an ad pitch as too black for the, quote, white supremacist constituents of Motel 6.
00:11:26.080The Motel 6 group dissing the ad agency, leaving them, firing them, saying that these comments do not reflect the values of the more than 1,400 hotel properties that they have in the United States and Canada with diverse customers, diverse employees.
00:11:45.600And it's quite something that, you know, these mad men type groups who think that they just have the total corner on who everybody is, what they believe, where they shop, what lodging choices they make.
00:12:00.980That's not the America we live in out in the real world.
00:12:03.840We are a diverse, loving, wonderful, inclusive country.
00:12:07.980And frankly, if the New York elites can't get on board with that, they may start losing their own customers.
00:12:15.240And in this case, I support the decision of Motel 6 to stand up for their customers, to stand up for their employees, and to not allow themselves to be labeled by the vendors that they choose to work with.
00:12:28.760I've stayed in plenty of Motel 6 in my day.
00:12:31.420I can't say I stay in them quite as much anymore.
00:12:33.700I probably did it more as a college student traveling around on a budget, packing four, five, six of my friends into a Motel 6 room on our various adventures.
00:12:43.560But they do occupy an important echelon within the lodging market.
00:12:50.200And I certainly hope that any group of people doesn't have to face the type of bigoted generalization that the Richards Group offered in this case.
00:12:59.700California really is a beautiful place that's been ruined by its government and, in many ways, by its liberalism.
00:13:12.580Bill Maher and Adam Schiff, two California liberals, had to acknowledge that fact in an interview recently.
00:14:34.180What do you say about this as a California representative?
00:14:36.900Well, I think we have to make every effort to make this a more business-friendly state.
00:14:41.680And I don't think there's anything incompatible with being progressive and also wanted to make sure that this is a place that businesses can survive and thrive.
00:14:51.640Adam Schiff really struggles to show us how that progressive policy of California can favorably intersect with the business climate.
00:15:00.140Here's what I could tell you from Florida's perspective.
00:15:02.700When you cut taxes, when you right-size regulations, when you invest in your schools, when you innovate government so that it provides services more efficiently and effectively, people vote with their feet.
00:15:13.900That's why they're leaving California and coming to states like Florida.
00:15:21.240Whitehouse.gov has published an essay penned by First Lady of the United States, Melania Trump, regarding her experience with coronavirus.
00:15:31.160Her concern for her husband and her son, Barron, who both also tested positive.
00:15:36.680The reflections that one has on family and love and sacrifice during recovery.
00:15:43.320And it struck me that she also noted the importance of health and healthy living and doing all you can to be personally resilient against any virus, against any ailment that might limit your time with your loved ones or your family members.
00:15:57.980And I hope everyone has the chance to check out the first lady's essay because there is something just so universally human and empathetic about it with so many Americans struggling with the impact of coronavirus, whether that be the health impact or, frankly, the impact of the lockdowns, which also impacts our family life and the love that we are able to share with one another.