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00:00:00ALONG WITH 33 U.S. SENATE RACES,
00:00:02AND THE OUTCOME OF BOTH COULD RESHAPE THE BALANCE OF POWER IN WASHINGTON.
00:00:08VOTERS WILL ALSO DECIDE 36 GUBERNATORIAL CONTESTS, FROM THE
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00:00:22ANNOUNCER: DEFENSE SECRETARY
00:00:26PETE HEGSETH, TREASURY SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT, SOUTH CAROLINA
00:00:29GOVERNOR HENRY MCMASTER, AND SENATOR DARLINE GRAHAM SPOKE AT
00:00:33A CEREMONY TO RENAME JOINT BASE CHARLESTON IN HONOR OF THE LATE SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM.
00:00:42>> GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
00:00:46ON BEHALF OF OUR DISTINGUISHED GUESTS, WELCOME TO OUR JOINT
00:00:50BASE RENAMING CEREMONY.
00:01:41THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS WITH US. I WANT TO WELCOME MIKE SHIRLEY FOR OPENING REMARKS. GOOD AFTERNOON. IT'S AN HONOR TO STAND BEFORE
00:01:45YOU TODAY. I WAS PRIVILEGED TO WORK WITH
00:01:46SENATOR GRAHAM.
00:01:49HIS UNWAVERING SUPPORT IS NOT JUST WORDS.
00:01:52HIS SUPPORT WAS CEMENTED INTO THE FOUNDATION THAT MAKES THIS BASE.
00:01:57ACROSS THE FLOOD LINE TODAY, YOU
00:01:59WILL SEE SOME OF OUR WORKS AND EFFORTS HE PUT FORWARD.
00:02:03SENATOR GRAHAM CHAMPIONED A FLIGHTLINE SUPPORT FACILITY BY
00:02:07REPLACING TWO AGING FACILITIES.
00:02:12DECENTRALIZED MAINTENANCE
00:02:15DISTRIBUTION.
00:02:17THIS FACILITY GUARANTEES THIS INSTALLATION WILL REMAIN AS A
00:02:20PREMIER LAUNCHPAD FOR OUR
00:02:24STRATEGIC MISSION. SENATOR GRAHAM ALSO UNDERSTOOD
00:02:26TAKING CARE OF THE MISSION REQUIRED TAKING CARE OF OUR AIR
00:02:31MEN. WE ARE DRIVING TOWARD THE GOAL
00:02:34LINE TODAY TO OPEN OUR NEW $29.5
00:02:37MILLION FIRE STATION.
00:02:40BY MODERNIZING THIS FIRE STATION, WE ARE GOING TO
00:02:43OPTIMIZE OUR EMERGENCY EFFORTS, RESPONSE CAPABILITIES, AND
00:02:46PROTECTION OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO
00:02:48LIVE, WORK, AND SERVE HERE EVERY DAY. AS WE ON BOTH THIS NEW SIGNED
00:02:53TODAY, IT IS MUCH MORE THAN A MARKER ON OUR DATES.
00:02:57IT WILL SERVE AS A DAILY
00:02:59REMINDER TO EVERY SAILOR, AIRMAN, MARINE, SOLDIER,
00:03:03GUARDIAN, CIVILIAN, CONTRACTOR
00:03:05THAT THEIR MISSION IS VITAL AND
00:03:08THEIR SAFETY IS PRIORITIZED.
00:03:12TO THE LEADERS HERE TODAY, THANK
00:03:16YOU FOR YOUR STEADFAST LEADERSHIP.
00:03:19TO CHARLESTON COMMUNITY, THANK YOU FOR BEING THE GREATEST
00:03:23MILITARY HOMETOWN IN THE NATION. TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE
00:03:26JOINT BASE, KEEP DEMONSTRATING
00:03:28THIS CAPABILITY, BECAUSE WE ARE
00:03:31THE PREMIER POWER PLATFORM.
00:03:36THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAVE A GREAT DAY. [APPLAUSE]
00:03:41>> THANK YOU, COLONEL.
00:03:43IT IS NOW MY HONOR TO INVITE THE
00:03:45SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, THE HONORABLE SCOTT BESSENT TO THE
00:03:49PODIUM FOR HIS REMARKS. [APPLAUSE]
00:03:56>> IT IS GOOD TO BE HOME, EVEN
00:03:59IF IT IS SOUTH CAROLINA IN AUGUST.
00:04:03SECRETARY HEGSETH, SENATOR DARLINE GRAHAM, GOVERNOR
00:04:06MCMASTER, AND THE GREAT MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR MILITARY.
00:04:11IT IS AN HONOR TO JOIN YOU ALL IN MY HOME STATE AS WE PAY
00:04:13TRIBUTE TO ONE OF ITS MOST DEVOTED SONS.
00:04:17THE NAMES BEING ATTACHED TO OUR MILITARY INSTALLATIONS REVEALS SOMETHING ABOUT OURSELVES.
00:04:23THEY SIGNALED THE TYPE OF SERVICE WE HONOR, THE KIND OF
00:04:26CHARACTER WE ESTEEM, AND PERHAPS
00:04:29ABOVE ALL, THE SORT OF EXAMPLE WE ASK FUTURE GENERATIONS TO FOLLOW.
00:04:35TODAY, THIS BASE TAKES THE NAME OF A PATRIOT WHO EMBODIED EACH
00:04:38OF THOSE IDEALS IN EQUAL
00:04:44MEASURE. LINDSEY GRAHAM BELIEVED THE FIRST OBLIGATION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WAS TO KEEP ITS
00:04:47PEOPLE SAFE.
00:04:50HE CARRIED THAT CONVICTION FOR
00:04:54MORE THAN THREE DECADES IN
00:04:55UNIFORM AND IN WASHINGTON, AND
00:04:59TO PLACE HIS NAME UPON A BASE
00:05:01DEDICATED TO OUR DEFENSE IS TO JOIN LINDSAY'S MEMORY TO THE
00:05:05CAUSE THAT ANIMATED HIS ENTIRE LIFE.
00:05:07BUT THE FORCE OF HIS
00:05:12CONVICTIONS WAS A MAN OF UNCOMMON WARMTH AND GENEROSITY OF SPIRIT.
00:05:20HE WAS A DISTINCTLY AMERICAN
00:05:27ASCENT FROM CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA, A PINNACLE OF THE U.S. SENATE.
00:05:31ALONG THE WAY THE ARK OF
00:05:34LINDSAY'S LIFE STIRRED THE PRIDE
00:05:35OF EVERY SOUTH CAROLINIAN, MYSELF INCLUDED.
00:05:39IT REMINDED US THAT IN AMERICA,
00:05:42THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF ONE'S UPBRINGING ARE NEVER BINDING AND
00:05:45IN THE HIGHEST PLACES FEW MEN
00:05:54HAVE TRAVELED GREATER DISTANCES WITHOUT EVER LEAVING HOME BEHIND.
00:05:58AND ACROSS HIS CALLINGS IN HIS
00:06:04LIFE, BE IT AIR FORCE, CONGRESS,
00:06:07ON A BASE IN AFGHANISTAN OR BEFORE THE SENATE, HE DEVOTED
00:06:10HIMSELF TO THE SAME GREAT PURPOSE OF SERVING A CAUSE GREATER THAN SELF.
00:06:14JOINT BASE GRAHAM IS THE
00:06:18BACKBONE OF OUR AIR FORCE C-17
00:06:22FLEET. BEFORE JOINING THE
00:06:25ADMINISTRATION, I WOULD SIT ON
00:06:28MY SIDE PORCH OVERLOOKING CHARLESTON HARBOR WATCHING THE
00:06:31SQUADRONS OF C-17'S RETURNING FROM THEIR MISSIONS ACROSS THE GLOBE.
00:06:35NOBODY DOES IT LIKE OUR AMAZING
00:06:40SOUTH CAROLINA PIRATES -- PILOTS. [APPLAUSE]
00:06:45AND CRUISE.
00:06:49FROM TODAY FORWARD THESE PLANES WILL HAVE JOINT BASE GRAHAM ON
00:06:52THEIR TAIL, A REMINDER THAT
00:06:53SENATOR GRAHAM WAS THE AMERICAN
00:06:57PEOPLE'S WORK COURSE. THAT IS WHY LINDSEY GRAHAM'S
00:07:01LEGACY BELONGS HERE AND IT IS WHY THIS BASE WILL BEAR IT --
00:07:04WILL BEAR HIS NAME WITH PRIDE. MAY GOD CONTINUE TO SURROUND THE
00:07:08GRAHAM'S FAMILY AS THEY SURROUND
00:07:11-- AS THEY DRAW STRENGTH.
00:07:14MAY HE BLESS OUR TROOPS AND
00:07:17MAILED HIS MEMORY CONTINUED TO
00:07:20BE THE BLESSING HIS LIFE WAS AS IT STANDS WATCH OVER EVERY
00:07:24MISSION FROM THE LOW COUNTRY TO THE FURTHEST CORNERS OF THE
00:07:29GLOBE IN THE DEFENSE OF FREEDOM.
00:07:31THANK YOU, ALL, VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE]
00:07:37>> THANK YOU, SECRETARY BESSENT.
00:07:39IT IS NOW MY HONOR TO INVITE THE GOVERNOR OF THE GREAT STATE OF
00:07:43SOUTH CAROLINA, HENRY MCMASTER, TO THE PODIUM. [APPLAUSE]
00:07:54GOVERNOR MCMASTER: IF LINDSAY WAS HERE HE WOULD SAY I'M FOR
00:07:57, YOU. AND HE WAS.
00:08:00I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF.
00:08:02I THINK IT'S FITTING THAT WE
00:08:06NAME IMPORTANT THINGS AFTER PEOPLE. IT PRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME OF THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW TO
00:08:10ASK -- WHAT HAPPENED HERE. WHO WAS THIS MAN?
00:08:14WHO WAS THIS WOMAN? WHAT DID THEY DO?
00:08:18WHY ARE WE PUTTING THEIR NAME ON THIS MONUMENT, ON THIS PEDESTAL,
00:08:21ON THIS BUILDING.
00:08:25IN THIS COUNTRY, TODAY, FAR TOO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE LITTLE OR NO UNDERSTANDING OR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WHAT IT TOOK TO BUILD OUR
00:08:29GREAT, UNIQUE IN THE HISTORY OF
00:08:31THE WORLD, COUNTRY.
00:08:33IT TOOK SACRIFICE.
00:08:39IT TOLD BLOOD. IT TOOK FLOOD. AND NO STATE HAS GIVEN MORE
00:08:48BLOOD AND MORE SACRIFICE AND NO
00:08:53MORE SONS THAN OUR STATE, THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. LINDSEY KNEW THAT. I BELIEVE THAT IT IS WHAT INSPIRED HIM.
00:08:56I BELIEVE THAT'S WHY HE DEDICATED HIS LIFE IN AND OUT OF UNIFORM. SOME PEOPLE SERVE THEIR COUNTRY
00:09:00IN A SUIT. OTHERS SERVE IT IN UNIFORM.
00:09:03OTHERS SERVE IT IN CASUAL CLOTHES.
00:09:06LINDSEY SERVED IN ALL THREE.
00:09:09HE MADE THIS STATE, HIS COUNTRY
00:09:11AND HIS PEOPLE PROUD.
00:09:14OUR STATE'S GOT A LONG HISTORY, UNLIKE ANY OTHER.
00:09:18FROM THE DAY JUNE 28, 1776, FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA PATRIOTS
00:09:22REPELLED THE BRITISH NAVY AT THE
00:09:25BATTLE OF SULLIVANS ISLAND,
00:09:29UNDER THE COMMAND OF COLONEL
00:09:33WILLIAM.
00:09:36HE NOW HAS HIS NAME ON THAT POST.
00:09:38THE BATTLE OF CAMDEN, WHERE MORE
00:09:45YOUNG MEN, WERE LOST, OVER BIGGEST LOSS IN THE 1000, REVOLUTIONARY WAR. KING'S MOUNTAIN IN 1780, 1781,
00:09:55WHEN GENERAL CORNWALLIS SAID WE
00:09:58CANNOT DEFEAT [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:10:04CARRYING TROOPS AND OTHERS OUT OF CHARLESTON HARBOR ON DECEMBER
00:10:0614, 1782.
00:10:16[INDISCERNIBLE]
00:10:27130 BRITISH WARSHIPS CARRYING FORTH OUT -- 14,000 BRITISH
00:10:31TROOPS OUT OF CHARLESTON HARBOR
00:10:34ON DECEMBER THE 14TH, 1782, SOUTH CAROLINA HAS GIVEN HER
00:10:38ALL, AND UP TO THIS PRESENT MOMENT, WHEN SHE'S GIVEN US LIFE
00:10:40OF LINDSEY GRAHAM.
00:10:43I DON'T KNOW IF LINDSEY WAS EVER
00:10:45IN COMBAT, BUT HE WAS CLOSE TO IT, AND HE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT IT
00:10:49ENTAILED. HE PROBABLY HAD BEEN AROUND THE
00:10:53WORLD MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE
00:10:58FROM OUR STATE LATELY. AND CLEARLY HE HAD THE SPIRIT AND STRENGTH OF ALL TRUE
00:11:01WARRIORS.
00:11:03HE WOULD NOT QUIT. AND FROM TIME TO TIME, HE BARED
00:11:06HIS FANGS WHEN NECESSARY.
00:11:10WHY DID HE DO IT? HE DID IT FOR US.
00:11:13SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM, THIS POOR BOY FROM A LITTLE TOWN IN
00:11:17SOUTH CAROLINA, AS HE CALLED HIMSELF, WAS ONE OF THE MOST
00:11:20CONSEQUENTIAL MEN OF OUR TIME.
00:12:02HE HAD GIVEN US A PRECIOUS GIFT, A POWERFUL EXAMPLE OF HUMILITY, PATRIOTISM, DETERMINATION, AND LAW. IT IS MOST FITTING THAT THIS
00:12:06MOST IMPORTANT PLACE BEAR THE NAME OF LINDSEY GRAHAM. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]
00:12:09>> THANK YOU, GOVERNOR MCMASTER. IT IS NOW MY HONOR TO INVITE THE SECRETARY OF WAR, THE HONORABLE PETE HEGSETH, TO THE PODIUM FOR HIS REMARKS.
00:12:14>> SENATOR, GOVERNOR, MR. SECRETARY, THANK YOU FOR HITCHING A RIDE WITH US THIS MORNING. THE SON OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ALL
00:12:18PATRIOTS, AND HE IS A PATRIOT OF THE HIGHEST ORDER AND LOVES OUR
00:12:20MILITARY.
00:12:26SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO SERVING THIS STATE AND SERVING THE ARMED FORCES OF
00:12:30THE UNITED STATES.
00:12:34HE SERVED THIS NATION BOTH IN UNIFORM AND IN BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS, AS EVERYONE HERE
00:12:38KNOWS. BUT IN BOTH CAPACITIES, IT WAS
00:12:41ALWAYS THE SAME MISSION. HE KNEW THE TIME WAS TRUE THAT
00:12:44TO ENSURE PEACE, WE MUST BE
00:12:46PREPARED FOR WAR.
00:12:51PROTECT YOUR PEOPLE. PROTECT YOUR STATE. PROTECT YOUR SOVEREIGNTY, OR YOU
00:12:55WILL LOSE IT TO SOMEONE ELSE
00:12:58WHO'S WILLING TO TAKE IT FROM YOU. LINDSEY SPENT HIS FINAL YEARS
00:13:02TAKING ON A RADIAL LEFTIST IDEOLOGY THAT HAD RUN RAMPANT IN THE MEDIA, IN ACADEMIA, AND EVEN
00:13:06AMONG A FEW MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
00:13:09THE HARD LEFT DECLARED WAR ON OUR OWN MILITARY.
00:13:12THIS NATION SPENT 45 YEARS
00:13:16FIGHTING COMMUNISM IN THE COLD WAR.
00:13:19AND THAT WAS 30 YEARS AGO. NOW IT SEEMS THAT MANY PEOPLE
00:13:23HAVE FORGOTTEN THE REALITY OF WHAT COMMUNISM LOOKS LIKE.
00:13:27IT STARTS UP WITH PROMISES AND IT ENDS IN PRISON.
00:13:30THE PROMISE IS HEAVEN, BUT
00:13:32DELIVERS HELL. SENATOR GRAHAM STOOD UP AGAINST
00:13:35THAT RADICAL, WOKE IDEOLOGY THAT
00:13:38KILLED OUR MILITARY RECRUITING. UNDER THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION, THEY COULDN'T
00:13:42EVEN HIT RECRUITING GOALS. YOUNG PATRIOTS DIDN'T WANT TO SERVE UNDER THESE WOKE SO-CALLED
00:13:45LEADERS. BUT INSTEAD OF RAISING
00:13:49STANDARDS, THEY LOWERED GOALS. PRESIDENT TRUMP PROMISED THE
00:13:53AMERICAN PEOPLE, ALONGSIDE SENATOR GRAHAM, THAT HE WOULD REBUILD THE MILITARY.
00:13:58HE PROMISED HE WOULD MAKE OUR FORCES STRONGER THAN EVER AND THAT HE WOULD RUN THOSE RADICALS
00:14:02OUT OF THE PENTAGON.
00:14:05AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HE AND WE HAD DONE.
00:14:08IN THIS NEW GOLDEN AGE OF
00:14:10AMERICA, PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS HAD
00:14:13NO STRONGER ALLY IN CONGRESS
00:14:15THAN COLONEL LINDSEY GRAHAM.
00:14:19IT FALLS TO US TO COMPLETE THE WORK THAT LINDSEY GRAHAM BEGAN
00:14:21AND ADVOCATED FOR FOR DECADES.
00:14:25AS WE GATHER HERE TODAY, THE WAR DEPARTMENT IS SEEKING A HISTORIC
00:14:27GENERATIONAL INVESTMENT OF $1.5
00:14:32TRILLION FOR AMERICA'S WARRIORS.
00:14:36AND LINDSEY HIMSELF SAID TO ME,
00:14:40IN HIS OFFICE, THIS IS THE BEST MILITARY BUDGET I'VE SEEN SINCE I'VE BEEN IN CONGRESS, END
00:14:44QUOTE. THIS DEPARTMENT PAYS TRIBUTE TO
00:14:48LINDSEY GRAHAM IN THE NAMING OF THIS BASE.
00:14:52BUT THERE COULD BE NO GREATER
00:14:54TRIBUTE THAN CONGRESS TO GIVE
00:15:00THEN TO INVEST IN OUR WARRIORS
00:15:03FOR THE FULL $1.5 TRILLION. MORE ON THAT IN A MOMENT.
00:15:07[APPLAUSE] FULLY FUNDING OUR WARRIORS WOULD BE ONE LAST GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT
00:15:11FOR COLONEL LINDSEY GRAHAM AND A MAJOR PART OF HIS LEGACY.
00:15:15AND I BELIEVE THAT HE WILL CONTINUE HERE AND AROUND THE
00:15:20WORLD TO INSPIRE AIRMEN FOR GENERATIONS TO COME, AND I SAY
00:15:23AROUND THE WORLD, BECAUSE AS WE MENTIONED, NOW WHEN THEY LAND IN
00:15:27FAR-FLUNG PLACES. THE WORLD WILL REMEMBER THAT
00:15:31NAME.
00:15:38SOUTH CAROLINIANS GROW UP WITH STORIES OF LEGENDARY WARRIORS FROM THIS STATE, WARRIORS LIKE
00:15:41THE SWAMP BOX, FRANCIS MARION, WHO HELPED WIN OUR FREEDOM AT
00:15:43YORKTOWN.
00:15:46LIKE LIEUTENANT ERWIN DAVID SHAW A PILOT WHO GAVE HIS LIFE IN
00:15:50, WORLD WAR I. OR GENERAL MCINTYRE, WHO SPENT HIS FINAL MOMENTS SAVING INNOCENT LIVES.
00:15:53OR HOW ABOUT JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO. PRESIDENT TRUMP GAVE THE MEDAL OF HONOR TO A MARINE WHO FOUGHT
00:15:57THE COMMUNIST IN THE JUNGLES OF VIETNAM.
00:16:00HE'S FROM LEE COUNTY, SOUTH
00:16:04-- JAMES CAPERS JUNIOR FROM LEE
00:16:07COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA. NOW SOUTH CAROLINIANS WILL GROW UP LEARNING ABOUT THE NAMESAKE
00:16:11OF THIS INCREDIBLE JOINT BASE, SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM.
00:16:13I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT I ACTUALLY KNEW HIM FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS.
00:16:16I WAS TELLING HIS SISTER THAT.
00:16:1919 YEARS AGO, YOUNG LIEUTENANT,
00:16:23FIRST LIEUTENANT PETE HEGSETH CAME BACK FROM IRAQ, WAS PART OF A VETERANS ORGANIZATION CALLED
00:16:27VETS FOR FREEDOM THAT BELIEVED
00:16:33IN THE SURGE IN IRAQ AND ADVOCATING FOR TROOPS ON THE GROUND.
00:16:36WE WERE A YOUNG SCRAPPY VETERANS ORGANIZATION WITH NO MONEY AND NO ACCESS TO CONNECTIONS.
00:16:39THE FIRST AND ONLY SENATOR WILLING TO MEET WITH FIRST
00:16:43LIEUTENANT PETE HEGSETH AND
00:16:52WAS SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM. HE WELCOMED US INTO HIS CONFERENCE ROOM, SAT US DOWN AS A BUNCH OF LIEUTENANTS AND
00:16:56OTHERS AROUND THE TABLE FRESH BACK FROM IRAQ WHO WANTED THE
00:16:57RIGHT STRATEGY, AND I'LL NEVER
00:17:02FORGET IT WITH HIS ACCENT HE SAT THERE AND SAID, GENTLEMEN, I
00:17:05CAN'T DO IT, THE ACCENT, BUT IT
00:17:09ALWAYS DEVOLVES INTO A TRUMP ACCENT, WELCOME TO A PLACE WHERE
00:17:11YOU CAN STILL SAY THE WORD VICTOR. HE BELIEVES IN MISSION SUCCESS. HE BELIEVES IN THE TROOPS.
00:17:15HE BELIEVES IN GIVING THE TROOPS EVERYTHING THEY NEEDED. AND HE SERVED HIMSELF. IN FACT, A FEW YEARS LATER,
00:17:19CAPTAIN HEGSETH WAS AN INSTRUCTOR AT A BASE ON THE
00:17:23OUTSKIRTS OF KABUL IN AFGHANISTAN, AND WHO CAME TO
00:17:25VISIT?
00:17:29COLONEL LINDSEY GRAHAM. I MENTIONED WE WERE OUT THERE AT
00:17:34THE COUNTERINSURGENCY SCHOOL AND WE COULD GIVE HIM AN UPDATE ON WHAT THE TALIBAN WAS UP TO.
00:17:37SURE ENOUGH, DURING HIS DUTY, THERE HE WAS, JET LAGGED AS ALL HELL. BECAUSE HE HAD A SCHEDULE LIKE
00:17:41NOBODY ELSE. BUT HE WAS THERE TO HEAR FROM US BECAUSE HE WANTED TO HEAR WHAT WAS ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN THE
00:17:44WAR IN AFGHANISTAN. FAST FORWARD, I MENTIONED THE
00:17:48MILITARY BUDGET OF $1.5 TRILLION. THE LAST MEETING I HAD WITH
00:17:52SENATOR GRAHAM WAS ABOUT A WEEK
00:17:53BEFORE HIS PASSING OR SO.
00:17:58MAYBE TWO WEEKS BEFORE HIS PASSING. AND HE SAID, HE'S THE BUDGET COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN.
00:18:02MR. SECRETARY, WHAT DO YOU NEED
00:18:03FOR A RECONCILIATION?
00:18:07I SAID, IN TOTAL, SIR WE'RE , GOING TO NEED $350 BILLION FOR OUR MILITARY.
00:18:11THAT'S WHAT WE BELIEVE GETS US TO $1.1 TRILLION.
00:18:15$350 BILLION IN RECONCILIATION, AND WE'LL BE READY.
00:18:17HE LOOKED AT ME AND SAID, HOW'S 355 SOUND TO YOU?
00:18:21HE WANTED TO GIVE EVEN MORE THAN 350. HE WANTED TO ENSURE OUR MILITARY
00:18:25WAS AS EQUIPPED AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE, BECAUSE HE WAS
00:18:28THINKING OF PLACES LIKE THIS ONE RIGHT HERE.
00:18:30I SAW FIRSTHAND AS A YOUNG FIRST LIEUTENANT, AS A CAPTAIN IN A
00:18:34COMBAT ZONE, AND AS THE SECRETARY, THE UNWAVERING
00:18:38COMMITMENT OF LINDSEY GRAHAM. AND HE KNEW THAT IF YOU'RE GOING
00:18:42TO SEEK PEACE, YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR WAR. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PREPARED
00:18:45MILITARY. HE TALKED THE TALK, AND HE WALKED THE WALK.
00:18:49AND NOW 20 YEARS LATER, THANKS TO HIS HELP IN THE SENATE, THIS
00:18:53ADMINISTRATION IS BREAKING RECRUITING RECORDS, BEATING OUR GOALS, TAKING BACK THE
00:18:57DEPARTMENT FROM THE WOKESTERS, AND WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT IRAN
00:19:00NEVER HAS A NUCLEAR WEAPON. EVERY PRESIDENT FOR A QUARTER
00:19:04CENTURY SAID THEY WOULD NOT LET IRAN GET A NUCLEAR WEAPON, BUT THEY NEVER DID ANYTHING ABOUT
00:19:08IT, UNTIL PRESIDENT TRUMP AND
00:19:13LINDSEY GRAHAM WHO WAS RIGHT THERE FOR HIM IN THE SENATE.
00:19:17SO NOW IT FALLS TO US TO CONTINUE SENATOR GRAHAM'S WORK OF BUILDING UP OUR MILITARY.
00:19:20THE HARD WORK OF DEFENDING THIS NATION, AND I KNOW WITH FULL
00:19:24CONFIDENCE THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WILL DO.
00:19:26WELL DONE, COLONEL GRAHAM.
00:19:30WE HAVE THE WATCH FROM HERE. SO MY FELLOW AMERICANS, IT IS MY HONOR TO SAY WELCOME TO JOINT
00:19:34BASE LINDSEY GRAHAM.
00:19:38MAY GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THANK YOU.
00:19:40[APPLAUSE]
00:19:49>> THANK YOU, SECRETARY HEGSETH. IT IS NOW MY HONOR TO INVITE THE
00:19:52SENATOR OF THE GREAT STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, THE HONORABLE DARLINE GRAHAM, TO THE PODIUM
00:19:56FOR HER REMARKS.
00:20:00[APPLAUSE]
00:20:04>> THANK YOU, AND SECRETARY
00:20:07HEGSETH, I CAN DO LINDSEY'S ACCENT, AND HE WOULD SAY WHAT
00:20:11ARE WE DOING SITTING OUT IN THIS HOT SUN TODAY?
00:20:14THAT'S WHAT HE WOULD SAY. BUT WHAT AN EMOTIONAL AND
00:20:16EXCITING DAY.
00:20:20I WANT TO THANK SECRETARY HEGSETH, SECRETARY BESSENT, AND
00:20:24DISTINGUISHED GUESTS, GOVERNOR MCMASTER, THANK YOU AS WELL FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
00:20:28I COULD NOT BE MORE HONORED TO BE WITH YOU TODAY.
00:20:31WHAT AN HONOR FOR MY BROTHER, AND WHAT A TRIBUTE TO HIS 33
00:20:35YEARS OF SERVICE.
00:20:38LINDSEY LOVED THE AIR FORCE. HE LOVED ITS MISSION.
00:20:42HE LOVED WEARING THE UNIFORM OF HIS COUNTRY. HIS INTEREST IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS
00:20:45AND NATIONAL SECURITY STARTED WITH HIS SERVICE IN THE AIR
00:20:47FORCE. MANY OF YOU DON'T KNOW THIS, BUT
00:20:52LINDSEY ORIGINALLY WANTED TO BE A PILOT. HE ACTUALLY GOT HIS PILOT'S
00:20:55LICENSE IN HIGH SCHOOL, BUT HE
00:20:57HAD ISSUES WITH HEARING IN ONE
00:21:00EAR, SO HE CHOSE TO BECOME A LAWYER INSTEAD, AND THE REST, OF
00:21:03COURSE, IS HISTORY. IT DIDN'T TAKE HIM LONG TO MAKE A NAME FOR HIMSELF IN THE
00:21:07WORLD'S GREATEST AIR FORCE.
00:21:11IN HIS FIRST FEW YEARS ON ACTIVE DUTY, HE UNCOVERED SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE AIR FORCE'S
00:21:14DRUG TESTING PROCEDURES.
00:21:17IT EARNED HIM A SPOT ON "60 MINUTES," BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY,
00:21:19HE SAVED THE CAREER OF A PILOT
00:21:22WHO HAD BEEN WRONGLY ACCUSED OF DRUG USE.
00:21:25AFTER THAT, HE WAS SENT TO SERVE
00:21:28IN THE U.S. AIR FORCE IN EUROPE. IT WAS IN A DIVIDED GERMANY THAT
00:21:31HE SAW THE BERLIN WALL AND EVILS
00:21:32OF COMMUNISM BURST IN.
00:21:39-- COMMUNISM FIRSTHAND.
00:21:43HE CARRIED WHAT HE SAW THERE WITH HIM THE REST OF HIS LIFE. LINDSEY LEFT IN 1989 AND CAME
00:21:46HOME TO JOIN THE SOUTH CAROLINA AIR NATIONAL GUARD.
00:21:48WHEN THE GULF WAR CAME IN 1990, HE WAS ACTIVATED TO SUPPORT TROOPS PREPARING TO DEPLOY OUT
00:21:52OF MCINTYRE.
00:21:56WHEN HE WAS ELECTED TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, HE JOINED THE AIR FORCE RESERVES.
00:21:59WHEN HE WAS ELECTED TO THE SENATE, HE CONTINUED HIS
00:22:02SERVICE. IN APRIL 2003, HE DID HIS FIRST
00:22:06RESERVE DUTY RIGHT HERE IN
00:22:10CHARLESTON. IN 2004, I TRAVELED WITH LINDSEY TO THE WHITE HOUSE AND MET WITH
00:22:15PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH IN THE OVAL OFFICE. THERE, PRESIDENT BUSH PRESIDED
00:22:18OVER HIS PROMOTION.
00:22:23LINDSEY BECAME THE FIRST MEMBER OF CONGRESS IN DECADES TO SERVE IN AN ACTIVE WAR ZONE WITH
00:22:27DEPLOYMENTS TO IRAQ AND
00:22:28AFGHANISTAN.
00:22:32IN 2007 WHILE IN IRAQ, COST OF
00:22:35WAR TRULY HIT HOME. LINDSEY SPENT DAYS WORKING ON
00:22:39REBUILD ISSUES WITH THE NAVY
00:22:42-- ON LEGAL ISSUES WITH THE NAVY COMMANDER.
00:22:45ONE DAY AFTER HE LEFT, HE
00:22:50RECEIVED WORD THAT COMMANDER SWEET HAD BEEN KILLED BY AN
00:22:55IED. AS LINDSEY PUT IT, BY SOME STRANGE TWIST OF FATE, HE HAD
00:22:58SPENT HIS FINAL DAY WITH HIM. IT TOUCHED LINDSEY DEEPLY.
00:23:02LINDSEY RETIRED AS A COLONEL FROM THE AIR FORCE RESERVES IN JUNE 2015, NOT BY CHOICE, BUT
00:23:06BECAUSE AIR FORCE POLICY REQUIRED IT HE HAD AGED OUT. 33 YEARS OF HONORABLE SERVICE
00:23:10ACROSS ACTIVE DUTY, THE AIR
00:23:14NATIONAL GUARD, AND AIR FORCE
00:23:18RESERVES.
00:23:19IT WAS SOMETIMES HARD TO TELL IF
00:23:26LINDSEY WAS A SENATOR WHO HAPPENED TO SERVE IN THE AIR FORCE OR AN AIR FORCE LAWYER WHO
00:23:29HAPPENED TO SERVE IN THE SENATE.
00:23:30SUCH WAS HIS LOVE FOR BOTH.
00:23:36THAT IS THE MAN THIS BASE IS NAMED AFTER.
00:23:41A MAN WHO LOVED HIS COUNTRY, LOVED HIS STATE, AND LOVED THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE. I COULD NOT BE MORE HONORED OR
00:23:45HUMBLED FOR HIM TO BE RECOGNIZED IN SUCH A FASHION FOR HIS LIFETIME OF SERVICE.
00:23:48THANK YOU.
00:23:49[APPLAUSE]
00:23:59>> THANK YOU, SENATOR GRAHAM. IT'S NOW MY HONOR TO INVITE OUR
00:24:03DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS AND
00:24:09INSTALLATION LEADERSHIP TO THE INSTALLATION SIGN FOR THE
00:24:11UNVEILING.
00:24:37THE MOMENT HAS NOW ARRIVED, WITH THE SHARED VISION FOR THE FUTURE AND DEEP RESPECT FOR OUR PAST
00:24:41TOGETHER, LET US MARK THIS NEW
00:24:42BEGINNING IN 3, 2, 1.
00:24:49[APPLAUSE]
00:25:00>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS
00:25:02CONCLUDES OUR CEREMONY.
00:25:05IS OVER IT WAS A STORABLE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US IN CELEBRATING THIS HISTORIC MOMENT, AND HAVE A WONDERFUL
00:25:10DAY. [CAPTIONS COPYRIGHT NATIONAL CABLE SATELLITE CORP. 2026]
00:25:13>> FOLLOWING THE RENAMING
00:25:19CEREMONY OF JOINT BASE CHARLESTON IN HONOR OF THE LATE
00:25:24SENATOR, SECRETARY BESSENT, SECRETARY HEGSETH AND GOVERNOR
00:25:28MCMASTER SPOKE TO TROOPS.
00:25:34>> IT WORKS.
00:25:39RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF YOU YOU
00:25:39HAVE TWO BADASS HEROES.
00:25:44DAVID MOON WHO HAILS FROM WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA.
00:25:47HE WAS DEPLOYED TO THE UAD BOARD
00:25:52274 DAYS FROM OCTOBER TO JUNE.
00:25:53AND AFTER A UAV CAME IN HE WAS
00:25:59ABLE AS A TECHNICIAN TO REVERSE ENGINEER, EXPLOIT IT AND PUT OUT
00:26:03THAT INFORMATION TO OUR FORCES TO SUPPORT THE OPERATIONS GOING
00:26:06ON ACROSS THE OR.
00:26:08>> AND SIR, I HAVE MASTER
00:26:13SERGEANT KELLY WHO WAS A SECURITY FORCES SUPERINTENDENT
00:26:16DEPLOYED TO THE AIRBASE.
00:26:20AFTER A BARRAGE OF THEATER BLISS
00:26:22BUT MISSILE ATTACKS, SHE LET THE CASUALTY COLLECTION OF ALL OF
00:26:26THE THINGS GOING ON THERE. SHE SUPPORTED THE TRIAGE AND
00:26:30EVACUATION OF THE CASUALTIES OUT OF THE OR.
00:26:34>> JOSH, A FINE AMERICAN.
00:26:40HE IS ONE OF MY MCC'S.
00:26:45HE WAS OUT SERVICING AND
00:26:46AIRCRAFT WHEN THE AIR -- THE
00:26:50AIRFIELD CAME UNDER A BALLISTIC MISSILE.
00:26:53HE STOPPED SERVICING, CAME INSIDE, GRABBED 10 PEOPLE
00:26:56INCLUDING AN AIR CREW. THEY WET BUNKER DIVING AND THEY
00:27:00CONTINUED THE MISSION WITH 89,000 POUNDS OF WERE FIGHTING MATERIALS.
00:27:06>> MR. SECRETARY, THIS HAS STAFF
00:27:10GREGORY CLAYTON. HE IS ONE OF OUR FLYING CREW
00:27:14CHIEFS ARE THE MAINTENANCE SQUADRON.
00:27:18400 HOURS OF HIS LAST DEPLOYMENT. COUNTLESS RUNS [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:27:25WE OFTEN SAY FLEXIBILITY IS THE KEY TO AIRPOWER.
00:27:27THE HARD WORK OF OUR AIRCRAFT
00:27:31MAINTENANCE IS WHAT MATTERS.
00:27:32>> THIS BEAUTIFUL AIRCRAFT
00:27:35BEHIND US -- I'LL TALK ABOUT
00:27:38NOAH IN A SECOND BUT WHAT HE REPRESENTS IS THE POWER THIS BEAUTIFUL AIR LIFTER.
00:27:44NOAH SCHWAB WAS DEPLOYED DOWN RANGE AS EPIC FURY KICKED OFF
00:27:48AND YOU KNOW SQUADRON MOVED UP
00:27:52TO GERMANY WHEN THINGS GOT TOO HOT AND THEY CONTINUE TO EXECUTE
00:27:57COMBAT AIRLIFT MISSIONS UNDER FIRE UNTIL THE UNIT CAME HOME. WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF HIM.
00:28:02>> GIVE IT UP FOR THEM!
00:28:07[APPLAUSE]
00:28:23SECRETARY HEGSETH: HOW ARE WE DOING TODAY?
00:28:26THIS WILL BE BY FAR THE BEST PART OF MY DAY, NO DOUBT.
00:28:33YOU ARE NOW STANDING ON JOINT BASE LINDSEY GRAHAM. [APPLAUSE]
00:28:45WHAT A SIGHT. NO BETTER SITE IN AMERICA.
00:28:48IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE WITH THE WERE FIGHTERS OF THE 628
00:28:53AIRBNB BASE WING. AND THE 315TH AIRLIFT WINGS.
00:28:59AND THE SAILORS OF THE NAVAL NUCLEAR POWER TRAINING COMMAND
00:29:02AND TRAINING UNIT. WHEN I LOOK OUT AT THIS CROWD, I
00:29:06DON'T JUST SEE GREAT AMERICANS. IN FACT, THAT IS WHAT I SAY TO MY KIDS.
00:29:13THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE, GREAT AMERICANS SERVING YOUR COUNTRY
00:29:16IN THE PRIME OF YOUR LIFE. I DON'T JUST SEE GREAT AMERICANS.
00:29:20I SEE THE ABSOLUTE BACKBONE OF AMERICAN POWER PROJECTION.
00:29:24YOU GUARANTEE THAT WHEN THE
00:29:27UNITED STATES DRAWS A REDLINE OUR ADVERSARIES KNOW WE HAVE THE
00:29:31MIGHT COME A GREAT, LOGISTICS AND REACH TO GET IT DONE.
00:29:34YOU ARE A REFLECTION OF THE PRIORITIES WE'VE SET FROM THIS
00:29:37DEPARTMENT AND IN THIS DEPARTMENT FROM DAY ONE.
00:29:41FIRST, RESTORING THE WARRIOR ETHOS. WE ARE DONE WITH THE
00:29:44DISTRACTIONS, WE ARE FOCUSED ON HIGH STANDARDS AND SHARED PURPOSE.
00:29:49IT IS NOT ABOUT WHAT GENDER YOU ARE, RACE YOU ARE BUT ABOUT THE
00:29:53MISSION WE SHARE TOGETHER AND THE CONSTITUTION WE SOAR AND
00:29:56OWES TO DEPEND AND HOW WE TRAIN AND HOW PREPARED WE ARE IN THE
00:30:00MOMENTS THAT MATTER THE MOST.
00:30:02GO 430 SEVENTH AIRLIFT WING IS PIONEERING IN THIS EFFORT.
00:30:06THROUGH YOUR WRITING IS PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MEDICAL
00:30:10UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, WE ARE FORGING TECHNICAL -- TACTICAL.
00:30:13YOU ARE BUILDING THE LETHALITY
00:30:17REQUIRED FOR HIGH STRESS ADVERSARY COMBAT.
00:30:21OUR SECOND PRIORITY HAS BEEN REBUILDING THE MILITARY.
00:30:25WE ARE TRANSFORMING OUR INSTALLATIONS INTO CRITICAL INNOVATION HUBS FOR NEXT
00:30:28GENERATION WERE FIGHTING. LOOK AT WHAT THE FOUR 37TH IS
00:30:32DOING IS A PREMIER MANEUVER
00:30:34FORCE FOR THE C-17 ALPHA MODERNIZATION.
00:30:37LEADING OPERATIONAL TESTING FOR THINGS LIKE MUNITIONS,
00:30:42DRASTICALLY INCREASING OUR AIRBORNE MUNITIONS CAPACITY IN FUTURE CONFLICTS.
00:30:46I'VE BEEN WATCHING AND READ THE REPORTS ON HOW YOU ITERATE, DO
00:30:50THINGS FASTER, CONTEST THE LOGISTICS. IT IS INCREDIBLE THE BACKBONE OF
00:30:54WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN THEATER. AT THE ADAPTATIONS, THE CHANGES,
00:30:58THE SPEED, THE NIMBLENESS, THE AGILITY, SECOND TO NONE.
00:31:03FROM EQUIPPING AIRCRAFT WITH INTEGRATED STAR SHIELD SYSTEMS
00:31:07FOR RESILIENT COMMAND AND CONTROL ENVIRONMENTS.
00:31:11PROTOTYPING THE WHEREABOUTS TO PROVIDE AUTONOMOUS MAINTENANCE
00:31:14TO C-17 FORCES ANYWHERE ON THE GLOBE WHICH IS HOW WE HAVE TO FIGHT.
00:31:17BY THE WAY, I'M A NORWEGIAN FROM MINNESOTA SO I SWEAT LIKE A SON OF A BITH.
00:31:23THIS -- BITCH.
00:31:31THIS IS SOUTH CAROLINA IN AUGUST. RELENTLESS HOME STATION SUPPORT BY THE AIRBASE WING. MANAGING OVER 9.5 BILLION IN
00:31:35PHYSICAL ASSETS WHILE ALSO
00:31:36PROVIDING SECURITY TO THE POWER
00:31:41TRAINING COMMAND AND NUCLEAR POWER TRAINING UNIT. YOUR SUPPORT GUARANTEES THE
00:31:44PIPELINE FOR THOUSANDS OF NAVAL
00:31:47NUCLEAR OPERATORS AND PROJECTS
00:31:50-- PROTECTS THE TRAINING
00:31:53SUBMARINES VITAL TO OUR NUCLEAR TRIAD. AMERICA'S MILITARY IS ONLY AS
00:31:58STRONG AS ITS READINESS WHICH IS
00:31:58DEMONSTRATED EVERY DAY BY THE
00:32:021800S CITIZEN AIRMEN OF THE AIRLIFT WING.
00:32:07BY SEAMLESSLY INTEGRATING WITH
00:32:08ACTIVE DUTY -- YOU PROVIDE THE
00:32:11AIRLIFT AND EXPANDS OUR NATION'S CAPACITY TO RESPOND WHEREVER AND
00:32:15WHENEVER AMERICA IS CALLED.
00:32:17AND FINALLY, RESTORE THE WARRIOR
00:32:21EAT THOSE, REBUILD THE MILITARY
00:32:23AND REESTABLISH DETERRENCE.
00:32:25PROJECTING DECISIVE GLOBAL POWER KEEPS OUR ADVERSARIES IN CHECK.
00:32:29AS THE LARGEST C-17 ALPHA WING,
00:32:33THE FOUR 37TH PROVIDES 40% OF
00:32:35U.S. STRATEGIC AIRLIFT.
00:32:39YOU ARE THE PRIMARY MANEUVERING ELEMENT DURING CRITICAL OPERATIONS.
00:32:43YOU KNOW THEM.
00:32:45EPIC FURY, INHERENT RESOLVE,
00:32:48HAWKEYE STRIKE, MIDNIGHT HAMMER AND SOUTHERN SPEAR.
00:32:52IN THE MIDDLE EAST THEATER ALONE
00:32:54THIS WING EXECUTED OVER 847
00:32:58COMBAT AND COMBAT SUPPORT MISSIONS.
00:33:01CONCURRENTLY, THE 628 THAT MAKING THIS JOINT BASE THE
00:33:04DEPARTMENT'S PREMIER POWER
00:33:07PROJECTION PLATFORM WITH A HEAVY
00:33:09FOCUS ON THE PACIFIC.
00:33:12YOUR SITE SURVEYS OF AUSTERE HUBS LIKE WEEK I LIMP HER
00:33:16PARENTS WERE OPERATIONS IN OTHER CONTESTED ENVIRONMENTS.
00:33:20BY LEVERAGING THREE MILITARY
00:33:22SEAPORTS, 39 MILES OF TACTICAL REAL AND ROBUST AIRFIELD
00:33:26INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU ENSURE WE
00:33:29CAN RAPIDLY DEPLOY HEAVY ARMOR COMING MUNITIONS AND PERSONNEL
00:33:32ANYWHERE ON PLANET EARTH IN A WAY NO OTHER MILITARY CAMP.
00:33:37YOUR -- YOU ARE LETHAL AND READY
00:33:39AND BECAUSE OF YOU AMERICA'S ENEMIES ARE ON NOTICE.
00:33:43I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT WITH MY SPEECH IN MY BINDER TO MAKE
00:33:47SURE I GOT THE STATS ON THE BACK OF YOUR BASEBALL CARD RIGHTS.
00:33:51I CANNOT MEMORIZE ALL OF THAT. AND WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO IT
00:33:54JUSTICE IF I DID NOT READ IT PROPERLY.
00:33:57BUT I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO
00:33:59SPEAK FROM THE HEART TO ALL OF YOU. BECAUSE WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS
00:34:03NOT EASY. AND IT CAN DEVOLVE INTO NUMBERS,
00:34:07DEBATES AND DISCUSSIONS AND YOU LIVE IT EVERY SINGLE DAY.
00:34:10AND HAVING A FRONT ROW SEAT TO WATCH THESE GREAT AMERICANS, THE
00:34:13REAL 1% IS -- HAS BEEN THE
00:34:16PRIVILEGE OF MY LIFE.
00:34:18MY JOB IS TO SERVE YOU EVERY DAY
00:34:23AND IN EVERY WAY PROVIDE EVERY CAPABILITY YOU NEED AND MORE TO
00:34:25ENSURE YOU CAN CLOSE WITH THE ENEMY AND COME HOME.
00:34:29SOME OF THOSE MISSIONS TAKE LONGER THAN OTHERS.
00:34:32SOME OF THE CHALLENGES MORE CONTESTED THAN OTHERS.
00:34:35BUT YOU STEP UP EVERY SINGLE TIME. ON THE MESSAGE THE PRESIDENT
00:34:39ALWAYS WANTS ME TO DELIVER TO YOU IS THAT HE HAS YOUR BACK.
00:34:43IN EVERY SCENARIO, HE HAS YOUR BACK AND SO DO I.
00:34:47THIS NATION ASKS YOU TO DO DIFFICULT THINGS HALFWAY AROUND
00:34:50THE WORLD AND NOBODY DOES IT BETTER THAN YOU.
00:34:52THE SECRET SAUCE OF ANY SUCCESSFUL MISSION WHETHER IT IS
00:34:56EPIC FURY, MIDNIGHT HAMMER, HOLLOW -- HAWKEYE STRIKE, YOU
00:35:00NAME IT ARE THE LOGISTICS BEHIND IT.
00:35:02THAT IS THE GENIUS OF THE U.S. MILITARY.
00:35:06THE STRATEGIC LIFT, TRANSCOM,
00:35:08LOGISTICS, HOW WE MOVE THINGS,
00:35:12PEOPLE, MUNITIONS CAPABILITIES. NO ONE ELSE CAN TOUCH IT, NOT EVEN CLOSE.
00:35:16SO, A LOT OF THINGS MAKE HEADLINES.
00:35:18THINGS WE DO THAT ARE QUITE
00:35:22EFFECTIVE, ALL OF IT IS ENABLED BY ALL OF YOU.
00:35:26INCREDIBLE AMERICANS AT THE TOP OF YOUR GAME IN THE PRIME OF YOUR LIFE WHO COULD HAVE DONE A
00:35:30LOT OF OTHER THINGS. YOU DECIDED TO RAISE YOUR RIGHT
00:35:33HAND AND SERVE. AND THAT IS WHY CONSIDER ALL OF
00:35:37YOU THE REAL 1%. THE REAL ELITE WHO GIVE ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING.
00:35:41WE LOVE YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOUR FAMILIES.
00:35:45ALL OF THOSE YOU SERVE WITH.
00:35:48PLEASE PASS THIS MESSAGE TO THEM AS WELL. THEY SERVE ALONGSIDE YOU.
00:35:51YOU ARE IN OUR PRAYERS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
00:35:56IN MY THOUGHTS, EVERY SINGLE MINUTE. AND OUR JOB WHETHER HE DOES
00:36:00BUDGETS, STRATEGY, POLICY,
00:36:03AUTHORITIES, STANDARDS IS TO
00:36:06GIVE YOU EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL, NO DISTRACTIONS.
00:36:10LESS COMPLICATIONS THE BETTER. THE MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD THE
00:36:16WHEN IT COMES TO THE PRESIDENT'S DIRECTIVE HE SAID PEACE THROUGH
00:36:18STRENGTH, AMERICA FIRST AND APPLY COMMON SENSE.
00:36:21WE TRY TO DO THAT AS MUCH AS
00:36:25HUMANLY POSSIBLE. I ASK HIM MR. PRESIDENT, I AM
00:36:27GOING TO SEE THE SIN SOUTH CAROLINA. WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO TELL THEM?
00:36:33TELL THEM I LOVE THEM, PETE.
00:36:39AND HE DOES. I'M HERE WITH THE SECRETARY OF
00:36:41THE TREASURY SCOTT BESSENT ALONG
00:36:44WITH GOVERNMENT MASTER. THEY WANTED TO SAY HELLO TO THE
00:36:47SET AS WELL.
00:36:49SCOTT IS IN THOSE ROOMS WITH ME
00:36:52AT THE SAME TIME AS THE TREASURY SECRETARY.
00:36:55WE HAVE THE MOST POWERFUL ECONOMY IN THE WORLD.
00:36:58WITH A MOTIVATED TREASURY
00:37:02SECRETARY, YOU CAN PUT PRESSURE ON ADVERSARIES.
00:37:05I WANT TO GIVE A MOMENT TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE SECRETARY BUT
00:37:10GIVE A WARM WELCOME TO THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY SCOTT BESSENT.
00:37:14[APPLAUSE]
00:37:20>> MR. SECRETARY, I AM A
00:37:25SCOTTISH HUGUENOT FROM SOUTH
00:37:28CAROLINA AND IT IS HOT TODAY. IT IS GREAT TO BE WITH YOU.
00:37:32THE FIRST C-17 TO COME TO
00:37:38CHARLESTON AIR FORCE BASE WAS CALLED THE SPIRIT OF CHARLSTON.
00:37:41I FEEL TODAY, AS WE TRANSITION THE NAME TO JOINT BASE LINDSEY
00:37:46GRAHAM, THE SPIRIT OF CHARLSTON
00:37:48IS WITH US.
00:37:51ONE OF MY ANCESTORS FOUGHT WITH
00:37:53FRANCIS MARION THE SWAMP FOX,
00:37:57WHO IS ALSO MY SECRET SERVICE NAME.
00:38:03WHEN I CHOSE IT I DIDN'T REALIZE IT HAD TWO MEANINGS.
00:38:08BUT I CAN TELL YOU ANYONE WHO CAME BEFORE YOU ALL WOULD BE
00:38:13PROUD TO SEE YOU STANDING HERE
00:38:15ON THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR
00:38:21GREAT COUNTRY. SENATOR GRAHAM LOVED THE MILITARY.
00:38:24AT THE END OF THE DAY, NO MATTER WHERE HE WENT, HE WAS THAT YOUNG
00:38:29MAN IS IN THEIR HORSE AND FROM
00:38:33CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
00:38:36I SAW HIM IN TURKEY AT THE NATO
00:38:39SUMMIT ON THE TUESDAY, HE PASSED
00:38:42AWAY ON SATURDAY AND HE WAS AT THE TABLE NEXT TO ME. HE LEANED OVER AND SAID SCOTT,
00:38:46WHAT THE F ARE WE DOING HERE?
00:38:49YOU ARE FROM LITTLE RIVER AND
00:38:50I'M FROM CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
00:38:54BUT HERE WE ARE. I THINK HE WOULD BE PROUD, WHEN I TRAVEL THE WORLD AND I SEE
00:38:59THESE C-17'S AT THE BASES OR IN
00:39:03QUIETER DAYS WHEN I LIVED IN
00:39:06CHARLSTON, I SAT ON MY PORCH OVERLOOKING CHARLESTON HARBOR
00:39:10AND I WOULD SEE THESE GREAT
00:39:12PLANES, BEGAN -- COMING IN,
00:39:17MOVING TROOPS AND SUPPLIES AND MUNITIONS.
00:39:22I KNOW THIS BASE WAS LARGELY
00:39:26RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EVACUATION OUT OF CABELL.
00:39:31DOUBTED -- OUT OF KABUL.
00:39:35ONE OF THE PILOTS SAID WE HAD 30 HOUR DAYS.
00:39:38HOW DOES THAT WORK? THE TIME ZONE CHANGE.
00:39:41CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU.
00:39:43WHAT WE DO AT TREASURY IS, WHEN
00:39:47I LOOK, SOMEONE ASKED ME WHO ARE
00:39:52THE GREAT TREASURY SECRETARIES? THEY WERE THE ONES WHO FINANCED THE WARS.
00:39:55SOLOMON CHASE FINANCED THE U.S.
00:39:58AGAINST THE CONFEDERACY.
00:40:01SECRETARY MORGANVILLE, WHO
00:40:03RAISED THE MONEY U.S. SAVED THE
00:40:07WORLD DURING WORLD WAR II AND AS
00:40:11THE SECRETARY SAID, PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH.
00:40:14I HOPE I WILL NEVER GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS HAVING TO RAISE THE
00:40:17MONEY TO SAVE THE WORLD BECAUSE
00:40:20EVERYTHING YOU DID IN ADVANCE IS
00:40:22SO IMPORTANT THAT PEACE THROUGH
00:40:26STRENGTH, WHETHER IT IS MIDNIGHT
00:40:29HAMMER, EPIC FURY, WE ARE
00:40:34SHOWING OUR ADVERSARIES THAT THE
00:40:36UNITED STATES STANDS UP FOR OUR
00:40:40ALLIES AND OUR VALUES. IT IS GREAT TO BE HERE TODAY.
00:40:45WHEN I TRAVEL A LOOK -- AROUND
00:40:49THE WORLD I WILL NO LONGER SEE
00:40:49CHARLSTON ON THE PLAINS, I WILL
00:40:53SEE JOINT BASE GRAHAM AND I WILL
00:40:57THINK OF YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE]
00:41:01>> THANK YOU.
00:41:03IT IS HOT SO I WILL BE BRIEF.
00:41:07I GO BACK TO THE HUGUENOT DAYS MYSELF.
00:41:11YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE. THE HISTORY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
00:41:14GOES ALL THE WAY BACK, A LOT OF
00:41:17BRITISH GENERALS BACK IN THE
00:41:201700S, WENT BACK TO, WHAT
00:41:27HAPPENED IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR?
00:41:28IT WAS WON SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 200
00:41:32AND 400 SKIRMISHES AND BATTLES RIGHT HERE.
00:41:35THOSE GENERALS WHISPERED THE
00:41:39NAMES, SUMTER, PICKENS, MARIANNE, OVER AND OVER.
00:41:44IT WAS THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO CAME HERE TO FIGHT.
00:41:47YOU CAN'T BE STRONG IF YOU DON'T
00:41:51HAVE A GOOD TEAM BEHIND YOU.
00:41:53SOMEONE THAT WILL SUPPORT YOU IN
00:41:56WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IN THIS MOST DANGEROUS OF WORLDS.
00:42:00I HAVE BEEN IN AND OUT OF PUBLIC SERVICE FOR A LOT OF YEARS.
00:42:04I HAVE BEEN IN THIS POSITION FOR
00:42:09ALMOST 10.
00:42:11THE WHOLE TEAM, SECRETARY
00:42:16HEGSETH, SECRETARY BESSENT AND DOLL OF THE OTHERS, THAT IS A
00:42:20GRAND TEAM AND THEY ARE WITH YOU ALL THE WAY. IF YOU PUT THE PEDAL TO THE
00:42:24METAL AND DO THE JOB AND MAKE
00:42:29THIS TIME COUNT, MAKE IT COUNT
00:42:30BECAUSE IT COUNTS.
00:42:33THE WORLD HAS NEVER BEEN MORE DANGEROUS.
00:42:39IF YOU WEREN'T HERE, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WOULD NOT BE HERE. THANK YOU.
00:42:44[APPLAUSE]
00:42:50>> I WILL LEAVE IT THERE BECAUSE IT IS HOT.
00:42:55WE JUST LAUNCHED AN AD CAMPAIGN AT THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR CALLED
00:42:58ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE
00:43:01REVOLUTION 250 YEARS AGO, YOU
00:43:04ARE STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS AND FUTURE GENERATIONS WILL STAND ON YOURS.
00:43:10WHAT WE DO NOW WILL SET THE TONE FOR YOUR KIDS AND GRANDKIDS AND
00:43:14THAT IS WHAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO, GENERATIONAL DEFENSE OF THIS GREAT NATION.
00:43:18I SAY TO MY STAFF, KEEP GOING.
00:43:22DO THE NEXT RIGHT THING. BE STRONG AND TOUGH AND KEEP
00:43:26GOING AND KNOW WE HAVE YOUR BACK EVERY DAY. GOD BLESS YOU.
00:43:32[CAPTIONS COPYRIGHT NATIONAL CABLE SATELLITE CORP. 2026] [CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE, WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS CAPTION CONTENT AND ACCURACY.
00:43:36VISIT NCICAP.ORG] >> WASHINGTON JOURNAL, OUR LIVE FORM INVITING YOU TO DISCUSS THE
00:43:40LATEST ISSUES IN GOVERNMENT, POLITICS AND PUBLIC POLICY FROM
00:43:44WASHINGTON, D.C. TO ACROSS THE COUNTRY. TUESDAY MORNING WE WILL TALK
00:43:47WITH SOUTH CAROLINA REPORTER GAVIN JACKSON ABOUT SOUTH
00:43:52CAROLINA'S SPECIAL PRIMARY AND A
00:43:52DISCUSSION ABOUT AIRPORT -- A
00:43:56REPORT ON IMPROPER MEDICARE ENROLLMENT.
00:44:01A REPORTER PREVIEW SKI RACES IN
00:44:05WISCONSIN'S PRIMARY.
00:44:06AND JAMES CARVILLE DISCUSSES THE
00:44:10FUTURE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. WASHINGTON JOURNAL.
00:44:14JOIN THE CONVERSATION LIVE ON
00:44:18C-SPAN, C-SPAN NOW, AND ONLINE AT C-SPAN.ORG.
00:44:23>> SENATE CANDIDATE CARISSA
00:44:25NUMBER -- KARISHMA MANZUR
00:44:32CAMPAIGNED AND LAID OUT WHAT SHE
00:44:33BELIEVES ARE THE THREE MAJOR
00:44:37PROBLEMS, WEALTH INEQUALITY, THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND CORPORATE MONEY IN POLITICS.
00:44:42SHE TOOK QUESTIONS FROM C-SPAN'S
00:44:46MULTIMEDIA JOURNALIST ON A RANGE OF TOPICS.
00:44:52>> IT IS A TIGHT SPACE, GUYS.
00:44:57THANK YOU. I'M SO GRATEFUL TO EVERY SINGLE
00:45:01ONE OF YOU. YOU HAVE PUT IN SO MANY HOURS.
00:45:04THEIR NEW FACES BUT MOST OF YOU,
00:45:08WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER FOR MONTHS NOW. THIS IS A TRUE PEOPLE POWERED CAMPAIGN.
00:45:11WE ARE NOT FUNDED BY THE BILLIONAIRES. WE'RE NOT FUNDED BY CORPORATE
00:45:14PACS, SUPER PACS, OR ANYTHING. [APPLAUSE]
00:45:23EVERY SINGLE PERSON HERE HAS CONTRIBUTED HOURS AND HOURS OF THEIR LIFE. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT A FEW FOLKS.
00:45:27HILLARY, MY GOD, HILLARY.
00:45:32[APPLAUSE] I DO GET TEXT MESSAGES FROM HER
00:45:35MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE THAT'S, THAT'S NORMAL.
00:45:39YES. CHRISTINA.
00:45:42IT'S SO MUCH WORK YOU'VE DONE. SO THANK YOU.
00:45:45AND OF COURSE THE KIDS DYLAN,
00:45:46THOMAS, ALINA, SHANNON, SO MANY .
00:45:51IN 95 DEGREES HEAT AKBAR HAS
00:45:54, BEEN OUT CANVASSING DOVER, AND
00:45:56SO THIS IS TRULY. A MOVEMENT.
00:46:01IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT ONE RACE. IT'S ABOUT A MOVEMENT. WE HAVE BECOME SO FRUSTRATED.
00:46:05THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT IS SO IMPORTANT AND IT IMPACTS ALL OUR LIVES.
00:46:09EVERY SINGLE ACTION, EVERY SINGLE DECISION IMPACTS OUR LIVES.
00:46:13AND YET MANY OF THESE FOLKS WHO
00:46:16ARE THERE TO SERVE US ARE FAILING TO SERVE US, AND THAT IS
00:46:19A HUGE PROBLEM IN THIS COUNTRY. SO LET ME JUST TALK ABOUT 3
00:46:23MAJOR PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE FACING AS A NATION.
00:46:26NUMBER 1, WEALTH INEQUALITY.
00:46:30WEALTH INEQUALITY. WE SEE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SO MUCH
00:46:34MONEY THAT THEY BUILD
00:46:37SPACESHIPS, SHOOT THEMSELVES TO
00:46:39SPACE FOR 60 SECONDS, AND AFTER
00:46:43THAT JOY RIDE IS OVER, THEY STILL DON'T KNOW HOW TO SPEND THEIR MONEY. THEY CAN BUY AS MANY PRIVATE
00:46:46JETS, ISLANDS, YACHTS, MANSIONS AS THEY CAN, BUT THEY STILL WILL HAVE AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF MONEY
00:46:49LEFT. AND THEN WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO WORK
00:46:522 OR 3 JOBS AND STILL CANNOT
00:46:54AFFORD TO PAY RENT.
00:46:56THEY'RE SLEEPING ON THEIR ON -- ON THEIR FRIEND'S COUCH.
00:47:01IT IS UNACCEPTABLE AND THE
00:47:02GREATEST ASSET THAT WE HAD AS A
00:47:07NATION WAS OUR MIDDLE CLASS.
00:47:09IN THE 1950'S, 1960'S AND
00:47:121970'S, A MIDDLE CLASS LIFESTYLE WAS SO IMPORTANT IN THIS COUNTRY AND THAT IS SHRINKING ON A DAILY BASIS.
00:47:16THIS WEALTH INEQUALITY HAS TO BE REVERSED AND IT'S A MANUFACTURED PROBLEM.
00:47:20THAT IS WHAT ALL OF US HAVE TO
00:47:22UNDERSTAND. THESE WERE DELIBERATE DECISIONS
00:47:25MADE BY MEMBERS OF OUR CONGRESS,
00:47:28IN THE SENATE, IN THE WHITE
00:47:29HOUSE TO TAKE AWAY MONEY FROM
00:47:33THE REGULAR FOLKS AND GIVE IT TO THE ULTRA WEALTHY.
00:47:37OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FEW DECADES, WE NOW HAVE 900
00:47:40BILLIONAIRES IN THIS COUNTRY.
00:47:43IT WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT.
00:47:48THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY, WE ARE NOT AGAINST SUCCESS. THIS WAS BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE
00:47:51LEGISLATIONS ARE BEING DESIGNED.
00:47:52THESE ARE DELIBERATE DECISIONS
00:47:58BEING MADE. AND THAT WEALTH, THERE ARE TWO ISSUES WITH THAT WEALTH. ONE, THAT WEALTH ALLOWS THEM TO
00:48:01MAKE EVEN MORE MONEY BECAUSE
00:48:04THEY OWN MEMBERS OF OUR CONGRESS AND LEGISLATION IS PASSED TO
00:48:08GIVE MORE TAX CUTS TO THE RICH
00:48:12AT THE EXPENSE OF THE REGULAR WORKING CLASS.
00:48:15WE ARE NOT AGAINST SUCCESS.
00:48:19THE BILLIONAIRES CAN HIRE WORKERS, BUT THE BILLIONAIRES
00:48:23SHOULD NOT HIRE CONGRESS MEMBERS.
00:48:28AND THAT IS THE PROBLEM. [APPLAUSE]
00:48:32THAT IS THE PROBLEM. WE MUST REVERSE THIS WEALTH
00:48:34INEQUALITY, AND THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DO THIS IS TO BRING OUR
00:48:37VOICE TO THE HALLS OF POWER, AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING
00:48:41HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. [APPLAUSE]
00:48:49UNFORTUNATELY, THE DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT AND THE DEMOCRATIC
00:48:52AND THE REPUBLICAN ESTABLISHMENT, THEY'RE ANSWERING
00:48:54TO THE SAME SET OF DONORS.
00:48:58THAT IS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM, AND WE HAVE TO TAKE BACK OUR POWER,
00:49:01AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE TRULY PEOPLE POWERED. AGAIN, NO CORPORATE PACS, NO
00:49:05SUPER PACS, NO AIPAC, NO FOREIGN LOBBIES.
00:49:07WE ARE JUST OUR OWN PEOPLE, OUR
00:49:09OWN VOICES.
00:49:13SO WHEN I GO TO THE US SENATE, YOU WILL KNOW THAT MY VOTE IS BASED ON WHETHER IT WILL IMPROVE
00:49:17YOUR LIVES, NOT BECAUSE OF
00:49:19ANYONE OUT THERE TELLING ME THAT
00:49:22THERE'S A CHECK WAITING BECAUSE OF MY VOTE. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE FIGHTING
00:49:26FOR. [APPLAUSE]
00:49:38OUTSIDE OF WEALTH INEQUALITY, THE SECOND BIGGEST PROBLEM THAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW IN THIS COUNTRY AND ACROSS THE WORLD IS
00:49:42THE CLIMATE CRISIS.
00:49:47THE CLIMATE CRISIS. OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT 50
00:49:50YEARS, WE'RE EXPECTING A 3 DEGREE RISE IN GLOBAL
00:49:53TEMPERATURE. JUST THOSE 3 DEGREES MEANS THE
00:49:57POLAR ICE CAPS WILL MELT, SEA
00:50:00LEVELS WILL RISE, CITIES LIKE
00:50:02MIAMI WILL BE INUNDATED. PLACES LIKE PHOENIX, ARIZONA
00:50:06WILL NO LONGER BE LIVABLE.
00:50:09THE GLACIER NATIONAL PARK WILL NO LONGER BE CALLED THE GLACIER
00:50:11NATIONAL PARK. AND THE FIR AND SPRUCE TREES OF
00:50:15THE WHITE MOUNTAINS WILL BE GONE.
00:50:18THAT IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN 50 YEARS. THERE ARE KIDS HERE WHO CANNOT
00:50:22VOTE, BUT THAT'S THEIR LIFETIME.
00:50:27IT IS UPON US, THE ADULTS, THE PEOPLE WHO CAN VOTE TO MAKE THE
00:50:30RIGHT DECISIONS BECAUSE WE ARE BASICALLY BURNING DOWN THE
00:50:33PLANET THEY'RE ABOUT TO INHERIT.
00:50:35AND WE HAVE NO PLANET B. WE MUST STOP THIS CLIMATE
00:50:39CRISIS. WE MUST REVERSE THE COURSE. WE MUST PROTECT THE ONLY PLANET
00:50:43THAT WE AS A SPECIES CAN SURVIVE ON.
00:50:47SO MY FRIENDS, THAT IS SOMETHING
00:50:49WE ARE ALSO GOING TO FIGHT FOR, AND WE WILL GO TO THE HALLS OF
00:50:53POWER TO REVERSE THE CLIMATE
00:50:53CRISIS. SO YES.
00:50:57THANK YOU, YES. [APPLAUSE]
00:51:05AND THE 3RD BIGGEST PROBLEM THAT
00:51:07WE SEE IS THE FACT THAT MOST
00:51:10MEMBERS OF OUR CONGRESS ARE OWNED BY THE CORPORATIONS AND
00:51:13THE LOBBYISTS.
00:51:21THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM IN OUR COUNTRY.
00:51:2694% OF THE MEMBERS OF OUR CONGRESS ARE OWNED BY FOREIGN LOBBIES. MANY MORE ARE OWNED BY
00:51:30CORPORATIONS, CORPORATE PACS. WHEN THEY VOTE, SOMETIMES YOU
00:51:33CAN SEE THE DONATION AND THE VOTE, AND YOU CAN SEE THE
00:51:35CORRELATION.
00:51:38SHOULD ANY MEMBER OF CONGRESS BE VOTING BASED ON WHO WRITES THE
00:51:41CHECK FOR THEM?
00:51:46NO. NO. IT SHOULD BE BASED ON HOW TO IMPROVE THE PEOPLE'S LIVES OF THIS COUNTRY, AND THAT'S EXACTLY
00:51:51WHAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING.
00:51:56THAT IS UNCONSCIONABLE.
00:51:58SINCE THE PASSAGE OF CITIZENS
00:52:01UNITED, THE FLOODGATES OF DARK MONEY HAVE OPENED UP. WE ARE FIGHTING THE DEMOCRATIC
00:52:05ESTABLISHMENT THAT'S BEHOLDEN TO THE WEALTHY DONORS.
00:52:08WE'RE FIGHTING THE REPUBLICAN ESTABLISHMENT THAT'S BEHOLDEN TO
00:52:11THE WEALTHY DONORS.
00:52:13WE MUST STOP THIS.
00:52:16WE MUST BE IN THE HALLS OF POWER. THE PEOPLE MUST BE IN THE
00:52:20PEOPLE'S HALL, AND THAT'S
00:52:21EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
00:52:27[APPLAUSE]
00:52:35WE HAVE TO OVERTURN CITIZENS UNITED AND THE SUPREME COURT
00:52:38WILL FAIL US YET AGAIN BECAUSE THEY ARE OWNED BY THE SAME CORPORATIONS THAT WE'RE
00:52:42FIGHTING. WE NEED 67 SENATORS WITH THE
00:52:46SPINE TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
00:52:50LET'S AT LEAST SEND ONE SENATOR WITH A SPINE TO THE SENATE THIS
00:52:53YEAR. [APPLAUSE]
00:53:06SO I JUST TOLD YOU ABOUT THE 3 BIGGEST PROBLEMS.
00:53:091, THE WEALTH INEQUALITY. 2, THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND THE 3,
00:53:11THE ABSOLUTE HORROR THAT OUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ARE JUST
00:53:15CONTRACTORS FOR THEIR CLIENTS
00:53:16AND NOT PUBLIC SERVANTS ANYMORE.
00:53:20LET ME TELL YOU 3 STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE WHO
00:53:23ARE BEING IMPACTED BY THOSE PROBLEMS.
00:53:27JONATHAN LIVES IN THE NORTH COUNTRY. JONATHAN'S TOWN HAS BEEN GUTTED
00:53:31SINCE THE PAPER MILLS LEFT.
00:53:35JONATHAN IS WORKING WITH OUR CAMPAIGN NOW, VOLUNTEERING WITH OUR CAMPAIGN, BECAUSE HE SAID HE
00:53:39WANTS TO STOP HIS TOWN FROM
00:53:41BECOMING ANOTHER GHOST TOWN.
00:53:45THIS IS A 21-YEAR-OLD KID. WHO'S ALREADY LOST HIS FATHER TO
00:53:48SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
00:53:51HE HAS FAMILY MEMBERS WHO ARE SO
00:53:53DEPRESSED AND IN SUCH DESPAIR
00:53:57THAT THEY ARE NOW TURNING TO DRUGS AND ALCOHOL USE JUST TO
00:54:00NUMB THEIR PAIN. THESE ARE PEOPLE RIGHT HERE IN
00:54:04NEW HAMPSHIRE. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FAILED
00:54:08THEM. THE STATE GOVERNMENT FAILED THEM.
00:54:12WHEN THE INDUSTRIES LEFT, IT'S
00:54:14NOT ROCKET SCIENCE TO UNDERSTAND
00:54:16THAT THOSE PEOPLE NEED JOBS.
00:54:19THOSE PEOPLE NEED LIVELIHOODS.
00:54:26AND BACKS WERE TURNED ON THEM. THIS IS UNCONSCIONABLE.
00:54:29WE NEED TO FIGHT FOR PEOPLE LIKE JONATHAN IN THIS RACE. JONATHAN HAS A VOICE, AND
00:54:33JONATHAN WILL BE REPRESENTED
00:54:34WELL IN THE US SENATE.
00:54:38YES? [APPLAUSE]
00:54:42I'M GOING TO TELL YOU A SECOND STORY ABOUT A HIGH SCHOOL
00:54:46STUDENT, 17-YEAR-OLD NAMED SPENCER.
00:54:49SPENCER IS OUT THERE CANVASSING FOR US.
00:54:53HE CANNOT VOTE.
00:54:55BUT HE'S UPSET THAT HE'S ABOUT TO INHERIT A PLANET THAT'S
00:54:59DYING. AND HE HAS NO POWER.
00:55:03HE HAS NO POWER TO VOTE. HE HAS NO MONEY TO INFLUENCE THE
00:55:06POLITICIANS. HE'S JUST WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO
00:55:09STEP UP. AND WHEN HE SAW THAT WE WERE A
00:55:13PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT, NOT BEHOLDEN
00:55:16TO THE WEALTHY, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS.
00:55:19HE TURNED TO US AND HE JOINED US.
00:55:22WE OWE IT TO SPENCER TO PROTECT THIS PLANET AND REVERSE THE
00:55:25COURSE OF THE DAMAGE, AND THAT'S
00:55:27WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. [APPLAUSE]
00:55:35AND THE THIRD PERSON IS ANOTHER YOUNG LADY.
00:55:38HER NAME IS MARIE.
00:55:40MARIE IS SO EXCITED TO SEE THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PEOPLE
00:55:43POWERED MOVEMENT HERE IN NEW
00:55:45HAMPSHIRE BECAUSE IN HER YOUNG LIFETIME SHE HAS NEVER SEEN
00:55:49THAT.
00:55:53BUT SHE ASKED ME, HOW WILL I STOP YOU FROM BECOMING LIKE THE
00:55:57OTHERS WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO SELL US OUT WHEN YOU GO TO THE SENATE?
00:56:00IT MADE ME ALMOST CRY.
00:56:03SHE'S ONLY 21.
00:56:06BUT SHE HAS LOST FAITH.
00:56:11IN THE SENATORS. SHE HAS LOST FAITH IN THE REPRESENTATIVES. AND SHE WANTS TO KNOW HOW CAN I
00:56:18MISS HER. I SAID, HOLD ME TO IT. HOLD ME TO IT.
00:56:22I WILL ANSWER TO THE PEOPLE NOW AND I WILL ANSWER TO THE PEOPLE LATER, BUT YOU SHOULD HOLD ME TO
00:56:26IT. IT'S EVERY SINGLE PERSON'S JOB
00:56:29TO MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW THE MONEY OF EVERY CANDIDATE, EVERY
00:56:32LAWMAKER.
00:56:35IT'S ALSO YOUR RESPONSIBILITY,
00:56:39IN A DEMOCRACY IT ONLY WORKS IF , EVERY VOTER MAKES THE RIGHT DECISION WHEN THEY GO TO THE BALLOT BOX AND IN BETWEEN THE
00:56:43ELECTIONS, IT'S YOUR JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE YOU HELP ELECT CONTINUES TO REPRESENT
00:56:47YOU, AND THAT IS MY PROMISE TO YOU.
00:56:50YOU SHOULD HOLD ME TO IT, AND I WILL NEVER TAKE A CENT FROM
00:56:53CORPORATE PACS, SUPER PACS, AIPAC, OR ANY FOREIGN LOBBY
00:56:57BECAUSE MY JOB IN THE US SENATE WILL BE TO REPRESENT YOU AND
00:57:00ONLY YOU. [APPLAUSE]
00:57:13AND YOU GUYS HAVE MY PHONE NUMBER.
00:57:15OH YEAH, I'LL TAKE YOUR MONEY. SO MY FRIENDS, THIS IS, I'M SO
00:57:19HONORED TO WORK WITH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU.
00:57:21THIS IS REALLY ABOUT PASSION. THIS IS WHEN HILARY'S WORKING
00:57:25MIDNIGHT, CHRISTINA'S TRYING TO
00:57:29GET ME AT 7:00 IN THE MORNING, OR MELODY'S WAITING FOR ME TO APPROVE SOME MATERIAL. THIS IS REALLY A PASSION
00:57:33PROJECT. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING
00:57:367 DAYS A WEEK. MOST OF THEM ARE NOT BEING
00:57:39COMPENSATED.
00:57:41THESE ARE VOLUNTEERS, BUT THEY'RE DOING IT FOR THEMSELVES.
00:57:44THEY'RE DOING IT FOR THEIR PARENTS. THEY'RE DOING IT FOR THEIR CHILDREN, AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE
00:57:47JUST DOING IT BECAUSE IT'S THE
00:57:50RIGHT THING TO DO. AND WE HAVE TO WIN.
00:57:54WE MUST WIN. WE HAVE NO OTHER OPTION. THE DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT HAS
00:57:57SOLD US OUT. THE REPUBLICAN ESTABLISHMENT HAS
00:58:00SOLD US OUT. AS AMERICAN CITIZENS WE MUST
00:58:05PROTECT THIS COUNTRY, BUT WE ALSO MUST ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A
00:58:09FOREIGN POLICY BASED ON NATIONAL INTEREST AND NATIONAL SECURITY,
00:58:11NOT A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT AND NOT
00:58:15WAR PROFITEERING, BECAUSE FOLKS IN OTHER COUNTRIES THAT DON'T
00:58:18HAVE THE POWER.
00:58:21THAT WE DO. SOMEONE SITTING IN PALESTINE WHO
00:58:24IS GOING TO GET BOMBED BY OUR WEAPONS HAS NO POWER TO STOP THOSE BOMBS.
00:58:26SOMEONE IN LEBANON WHOSE VILLAGE WILL BE RAZED WITH CATERPILLAR
00:58:30BULLDOZERS SENT BY OUR GOVERNMENT HAS NO POWER TO STOP
00:58:32THOSE BULLDOZERS.
00:58:36SOMEONE IN IRAN WHO'S STILL LOOKING FOR BODY PARTS OF HER
00:58:40DAUGHTER HAS NO POWER.
00:58:44BUT WE ARE AMERICAN CITIZENS.
00:58:48IT IS OUR DUTY TO PROTECT OUR PEOPLE, BUT IT IS OUR DUTY TO
00:58:51ALSO PROTECT THE PLANET AND
00:58:54OTHER PEOPLE FROM DEATH AND DESTRUCTION USING OUR US-MADE
00:58:56WEAPONS, AND THAT IS SOMETHING
00:58:58WE MUST DO AND WE WILL DO WHEN WE GET INTO THE HALLS OF CONGRESS.
00:59:02SO THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]
00:59:19>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
00:59:22>> SO, MY FRIENDS, LET'S SAVE PEOPLE AND LET'S SAVE OUR PLANET.
00:59:24SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
00:59:28[APPLAUSE]
00:59:32>> THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING TO
00:59:36C-SPAN. YOU ARE RUNNING A GRASSROOTS
00:59:39CAMPAIGN FOR THE SENATE AGAINST
00:59:41THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT. WHAT SEPARATES YOU FROM CHRIS PAPPAS?
00:59:46>> I AM NOT RUNNING AGAINST HIM,
00:59:51HE IS RUNNING AGAINST ME. THERE ARE SO MANY DISTINCTIONS.
00:59:56I DON'T TAKE A CENT FROM ANYONE
01:00:01OTHER THAN REGULAR AMERICAN FOLKS.
01:00:02MY OPPONENT HAS TAKEN MONEY FROM
01:00:05CORPORATE PACKS, SUPER PAC'S AND OR AND LOBBIES.
01:00:08HE HASN'T ANSWERING TO THE
01:00:12PEOPLE. SOME OF HIS BOUTS I DON'T ALIGN WITH.
01:00:15I NEVER WOULD HAVE VOTED FOR THAT.
01:00:19HE VOTED FOR THE LAKEN RILEY ACT
01:00:21THAT EMPOWERED ICE TO TERRORIZE
01:00:27OUR COMMUNITIES. NO HUMANITARIAN SHOULD SUPPORT SUCH A THING.
01:00:29HE HAS TAKEN ALMOST $3 MILLION
01:00:33FROM AIPAC OR AFFILIATED SOURCES OR IF YOU WANT TO BE MORE CONSERVATIVE, DIRECTLY FROM
01:00:38AIPAC, $800,000 BUT THE ESTIMATE
01:00:41IS $3 BILLION. HE APPROVED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
01:00:45OF WEAPONS TO ISRAEL TO THE GENOCIDE.
01:00:52IN MAY 2024 HE HAD FIVE CONSTITUENTS ARRESTED AND ALL
01:00:54YOU RECEIVED WAS A PHONE CALL
01:00:56AND MEETING WITH THEM AND HE HAD
01:00:59THEM ARRESTED BECAUSE THEY WERE
01:01:02DOING A PIECE SIT IN.
01:01:06HE VOTED AGAINST AID TO GAZA IN THE MIDDLE OF A FAMINE AND
01:01:11RECEIVED 120,000 DOLLARS FROM AIPAC AROUND THE TIME OF THESE VOTES.
01:01:14IT APPEARS TO BE A PAYOFF.
01:01:18HE BASICALLY RECEIVED MONEY TO
01:01:23GO AGAINST HUMANITARIAN AID TO STARVING CHILDREN IN THE MIDDLE OF A FAMINE.
01:01:29I WOULD SAY THAT IS A GOOD
01:01:33START. THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENCES. HE HAS NEVER SUPPORTED MEDICARE FOR ALL.
01:01:36WE HAD -- HAVE TO HAVE MEDICARE
01:01:39FOR ALL.
01:01:42MILLIONS OF AMERICANS DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE AND WE ARE
01:01:45LOSING ABOUT 50,000 AMERICANS EACH YEAR TO LACK OF HEALTH INSURANCE OR UNDER INSURANCE.
01:01:50WE NEED MEDICARE FOR ALL.
01:01:54HE HAS NEVER COSPONSORED MEDICARE FOR ALL IN HIS EIGHT YEARS IN CONGRESS. >> MANY SAY NEW HAMPSHIRE IS A
01:01:59PURPLE STATE. THAT ELECTED REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS.
01:02:04YOU ARE RUNNING A PRETTY LEFT-WING CAMPAIGN. HOW DO YOU THINK YOU CAN WIN
01:02:07AGAINST A REPUBLICAN LIKE JOHN SUNUNU WERE SCOTT BROWN?
01:02:10>> LET ME PARSE THROUGH THAT QUESTION.
01:02:15THE IDEA THAT THERE IS A RED AND A BLUE AND PURPLE, THOSE ARE
01:02:19ALL, THOSE ARE CONSULTANTS TELLING US PROPAGANDA.
01:02:22EVERY SINGLE PERSON OUT THERE, ALL THEY ARE LOOKING FOR IS TO
01:02:26LIVE AND TO THRIVE.
01:02:31THIS BASIC REQUEST IS NOT BEING MET BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT.
01:02:35I'M TALKING TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE
01:02:38CANCER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, YET THEY CAN'T AFFORD THE TREATMENT. IT'S A DEATH SENTENCE.
01:02:43DO YOU THINK IT MATTERS WHO THEY
01:02:44VOTED FOR IN 2024? DO YOU THINK IT MATTERS WHAT
01:02:48THEIR POLITICAL IDEOLOGY IS?
01:02:49THEY ARE AMERICAN CITIZENS AND THEY CAN'T AFFORD CANCER
01:02:53TREATMENT. THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE I'M REPRESENTING.
01:02:58THE BLUE AND RED DIVIDES WORK INTENTIONAL BY CONSULTANTS AND
01:03:04POLITICIANS. I'M NOT HERE TO PLAY POLITICS, I'M HERE TO CHANGE POLITICS. AND THAT IS WHAT I'M DOING.
01:03:07>> THAT QUESTION, ARE YOU A
01:03:11MEMBER OF DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA? >> YES.
01:03:13>> ONE OF THE COCHAIRS CALLED FOR THE ABOLITION OF THE SENATE.
01:03:17WHAT IS YOUR OPINION? YOU ARE RUNNING FOR SENATE.
01:03:19>> I CAN'T ANSWER FOR OTHER PEOPLE. I'M ALSO A DEMOCRAT.
01:03:25CHRIS PAPPAS IS A DEMOCRAT, CHUCK SCHUMER IS A DEMOCRAT AND BEAR ENABLING GENOCIDE.
01:03:30DOES THAT MEAN I HAVE TO ANSWER TO WHAT THEIR VOTES ARE? NO.
01:03:35THE HUGE DISTINCTION BETWEEN MYSELF AND CHRIS PAPPAS, YOU CAN
01:03:38SEE BETWEEN MYSELF AND OTHER
01:03:41MEMBERS OF THE DSA, WHY SHOULD I
01:03:46RESPOND TO SOMEONE WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE DSA? I'M A MEMBER OF THE DEMO AT A PARTY.
01:03:48I DON'T HAVE TO BE BURDENED WITH
01:03:54OTHER PEOPLE IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. THERE IS A HUGE DISPARITY
01:03:57BETWEEN ME AND MEMBERS OF THE DSA BUT THE REASON THESE
01:03:59QUESTIONS ARE COMING UP THIS
01:04:03BECAUSE WALL STREET IS POURING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO MAKE SURE THAT ANYONE WHO IS NOT ANSWERING
01:04:07TO THE DONOR'S WILL BE, THEY
01:04:10WANT PEOPLE TO BE AFRAID OF THEM.
01:04:13WE WILL BE CALLED RADICAL LEFT, FAR LEFT, SOCIALISTS.
01:04:18WHAT I MY ASKING FOR? LIVABLE WAGES.
01:04:22IN MINIMUM WAGE OF AT LEAST $20 PER HOUR. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
01:04:29IT IS JUST ASKING FOR A LIVABLE WAGE.
01:04:32ASKING SOMEONE WHO WORKS 40 HOURS PER WEEK CAN THRIVE. I'M ASKING FOR AFFORDABLE
01:04:36HOUSING.
01:04:37IS THERE A "ISM" ASSOCIATED WITH
01:04:41THAT? IT'S COMMON SENSE.
01:04:43I'M ASKING FOR UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE.
01:04:46THAT IS COMMON SENSE. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT COMMON SENSE
01:04:50POLICIES, THAT AFFECT PEOPLE'S
01:04:53LIVES, WALL STREET, CORPORATE
01:04:55PACKS, AND ALL OF THESE
01:04:58LUMBERING -- LOBBYING GROUPS ARE ON HIGH ALERT.
01:05:03WE ARE JUST FIGHTING THE DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT, WE ARE
01:05:06FIGHTING THE CORRUPT SYSTEM AND
01:05:08WE WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE RIGHT HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
01:05:11>> ONE LAST QUESTION.
01:05:16SO VOTERS MIGHT NOT KNOW YOU,
01:05:21CHRIS PAPPAS HAS HAD A LONGER TENURE.
01:05:23FOR VOTERS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND
01:05:27WATCHING C-SPAN, WHAT IS YOUR BACKGROUND AND WHAT PREPARES YOU BEST TO BE A SENATOR?
01:05:30>> THIS IS SO LOUD.
01:05:33>> WHAT IS YOUR BACKGROUND AND WHAT PREPARES YOU TO BEST --
01:05:38BEST BA SENATOR?
01:05:47>>? >> I HAVE A PHD IN BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY AND I WORKED IN CLINICAL RESEARCH. I WAS A HAPPY SCIENTIST NOT LOOKING FOR A CAREER CHANGE.
01:05:51MY HUSBAND AND I, TWO KIDS, TWO
01:05:55JOBS, ONE HOUSE, WE WERE HAPPY.
01:05:57I SAW SO MUCH PAIN AND SUFFERING ACROSS THE STATE AND ACROSS THE
01:06:00COUNTRY AND FAILED DOMESTIC AND
01:06:03FOREIGN POLICIES. I HAD TO STEP UP.
01:06:06IT HAD TO BE DONE. BECAUSE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
01:06:10CAN DO SO MUCH BETTER.
01:06:13THEY ANSWER TO THEIR DONORS AND THEY ARE ANSWERING TO THEIR OWN
01:06:17BANK ACCOUNTS AND THAT IS A PROBLEM.
01:06:19THE BIGGEST, THE MOST IMPORTANT
01:06:24ATTRIBUTES OF A PUBLIC SERVANT IS, DO YOU HAVE COMPASSION? DO YOU CARE?
01:06:29THE SECOND IS DO YOU HAVE SOLUTIONS? ARE YOU INTELLIGENT ENOUGH TO
01:06:33FIGURE OUT HOW TO SOLVE PROBLEMS? THE THIRD IS WILL YOU FIGHT LIKE
01:06:37HELL TO IMPROVE PEOPLE'S LIVES?
01:06:40I CHECK ALL OF THOSE THREE BOXES. >> KARISHMA MANZUR, THANK YOU
01:06:43FOR SLEEP -- SPEAKING TO C-SPAN.
01:06:46>> YOU ARE WATCHING C-SPAN.
01:06:50DEMOCRACY UNFILTERED.
01:06:54>> AND BRINGS YOU DEMOCRACY
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