CONGRESSWOMAN GWEN MOORE OF
WISCONSIN.
WELCOME.
>> ALL RIGHT CONGRESSWOMAN.
>> YOU IN THE HOUSE THIS
MORNING.
>> YES.
OKAY.
NOW --
>> OKAY.
>> THE STREETS -- THE STREETS
WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, WE WANT TO
TALK ABOUT THE PRESIDENT COMING
TO WISCONSIN AND ALL THE THINGS
BUT YOU WERE AT THE STATE OF
THE UNION.
OKAY?
AND WHEN THE PRESIDENT WAS
COMING DOWN THE AISLE, YOU HAD
YOUR PHONE OUT AND YOU HAD THE
PHOTOS AND HE WAS TALKING TO
YOU.
BUT MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE WAS
ALSO NEXT TO YOU.
WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE
MOMENT?
YOU WERE LIT -- TELL US, WHAT
WAS THE CONVERSATION?
BECAUSE WE COULDN’T HEAR AND I
TEXTED YOU OKAY?
ON THE FLOOR LIKE -- WELL,
MA’AM, WHAT DID SHE SAY?
TELL US, WE NEED TO KNOW.
>> FIRST OF ALL, THOSE ARE
COVETED SEATS RIGHT THERE ON
THE AISLE.
AS YOU KNOW YOU SEE THE USUAL
SUSPECTS SITTING ON THE AISLE.
AND YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN GWEN
MOORE IN 19 YEARS SITTING ON
THE AISLE.
SO I CAME IN LATE.
YOU KNOW, AS USUAL.
AND THE USHERS WERE SAYING YOU
CAN’T SIT HERE LIKE -- FOUR
ROWS FROM THE BACK.
BECAUSE THE SENATOR -- THIS IS
A SENATOR’S SEAT.
WAIT A MINUTE.
SO I KIND OF GOT INTO IT WITH
THE USHERS.
AND SO ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES NOT
TO BE NAMED SAID, OH, I GOT
THIS PERFECT SEAT FOR YOU RIGHT
OVER HERE.
[ LAUGHTER ] NOBODY WANTED TO
SIT NEXT TO -- MTG.
I SAID TO MYSELF BECAUSE SHE’S
MESSED WITH ME THE FIRST DAY OF
THE 117th CONGRESS.
THE VERY FIRST DAY SHE MESSED
WITH ME.
YOU KNOW, ACCUSING ME OF
SPREADING COVID.
AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
AND YOU KNOW, SO I JUST SAID
GWEN, YOU KNOW, YOU DON’T WANT
TO STAND UP FOR TWO AND A HALF
HOURS.
AS I POINTED OUT TO HER, JOE
BIDEN IS LONG WINDED.
SO I KNEW I WAS GOING TO BE
THERE FOR A MINUTE.
SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO SAY
ANYTHING TO HER GWEN, REMEMBER
YOUR ETHICS TRAINING AND YOU
DON’T HAVE TO AGREE WITH PEOPLE
AND I THOUGHT I WOULD JUST
IGNORE HER BUT I COULDN’T YOU
KNOW.
I WAS FACT CHECKING HER IN
REALTIME.
>> THERE YOU GO.
>> SITTING NEXT TO HER?
>> SITTING NEXT TO HER.
>> OH, WOW.
>> AND RESPOND TO SOME OF THE
THINGS SHE SAID QUIETLY AND TO
SOME OF HER OUTBURSTS.
AND REALLY -- SHE IS A HUMAN
BEING.
I WAS TRYING TO DRAW -- BRING
OUT SOME EMPATHY.
AND TO SEE IF SHE HAD ANY.
>> HUMANITY.
YEAH.
>> YOU KNOW.
AND TO RECOGNIZE THAT, YOU
KNOW, INSTEAD OF SPENDING ALL
OF OUR TIME, YOU KNOW, BEING
SURPRISED AND SHOCKED AT DONALD
TRUMP HAVING THESE SUPPORTERS
TO TRY TO LISTEN TO THEM, WHEN
-- WHEN THE PRESIDENT, FOR
EXAMPLE, THIS IS A REALLY GOOD
EXAMPLE.
WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT BETTY MAY
FIKES WHO I HAVE MET ON THE
MARCH TO SELMA.
TO THE -- EDMUND PETTUS BRIDGE
WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT HER BEING
THERE AND VOTING RIGHTS AND
JOHN LEWIS.
SHE SAID, 1965?
SHE WAS REALLY TRULY SURPRISED.
I THINK.
NOBODY IS HAVING THEIR YOU --
BEING PREVENTED FROM VOTING.
NOW, THAT WAS 1965.
I SAID NO GIRL.
THEY TRIED TO TAKE MY VOTE FROM
ME BECAUSE I VOTED AND USED A
DROP BOX.
IN THE LAST ELECTION.
AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE
ELECTION YOU KNOW, FAKE ELECTOR
SCHEME.
>> COME ON.
WISCONSIN.
>> IN WISCONSIN.
>> WELL.
>> SO I -- POINTED THAT OUT TO
HER.
I SAID YES THEY TRIED TO STEAL
MY VOTE AND THAT ACTUALLY
HAPPENED.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE.
SHE WAS MUTTERING ABOUT HOW SHE
SHUTTERED BUSINESSES AND SO
FORTH DURING COVID.
I SAID GIRL, WELL, COVID WAS A
REAL THING.
MY ELDEST SON ALMOST DIED FROM
COVID AND WAS IN THE HOSPITAL
ON THE VENTILATOR.
FOR A WEEK.
>> SO WHO KNEW DURING THE STATE
OF THE UNION THAT THE MEMBERS
WERE, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS --
IT’S LIKE MEMBER DIPLOMACY
HAPPENING DURING THE STATE OF
THE UNION.
>> YOU SPEAK TO THAT POINT,
CONGRESSWOMAN.
ABOUT MEMBER DIPLOMACY.
THAT IT -- THAT AT THIS POINT,
T REQUIRES A LOT DIPLOMACY FOR
DEMOCRACY CENTERED FOLKS WHO
ARE TRYING TO AVOID THE
EXTREMISM AND TRYING TO --
REIMAGINE THE CONVERSATION
AMERICANS ARE HAVING.
AND YOU JUST GAVE US SOME VERY
ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES OF THE
IMPORTANCE OF THAT.
FACT CHECKING REALTIME.
BUT HERE’S THE -- HERE’S THE
INTERESTING PART FOR ME.
THOSE BEING FACT CHECKED DON’T
WANT TO BE FACT CHECKED.
THEY WANT TO LIVE IN THE LAND
OF IGNORANCE BECAUSE IT
FURTHERS A POLITICAL AGENDA
THAT THEY THINK THEY BENEFIT
FROM.
HOW HAVE YOU FOUND THE HOUSE
GIVEN HOW IT’S BEEN RUN IN
RECENT TIMES?
NOT JUST CHANGED OVER THE
YEARS.
BECAUSE WE CAN DOCUMENT THAT.
BUT HOW DO YOU -- HOW DOES THAT
-- A REFLECTION OF WHAT’S
ACTUALLY GOING ON OUT IN THE
COUNTRY?
DO THESE PEOPLE REALLY
REPRESENT PEOPLE WHO THINK AND
BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, LIKE A
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE?
WHEN IN FACT WE KNOW THAT’S A
LIE.
THAT’S NOT WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
HOW TO CUT THROUGH THAT
CONVERSATION AND DID THAT STATE
OF THE UNION KIND OF SET THAT
CONVERSATION UP FOR THIS
POLITICAL SEASON?
THE WAY JOE BIDEN SORT OF ONE-
ON-ONE WITH SOME OF THE MEMBERS
AND WHO WANTED TO COME AT HIM
AND JUST KIND OF SAY OKAY.
LET’S -- LET’S DO THIS.
YOU WANT TO ENGAGE?
LET’S ENGAGE.
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT’S
REALLY IMPORTANT.
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I THINK --
YOU KNOW, WHILE WE TRY TO
PRESENT THE MOST LOFTY VIEW OF
THINGS, IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT
TO ACKNOWLEDGE PEOPLE’S
FEELINGS.
ON HOW THEY FEEL.
BUT WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT
TAXES AND EVERYTHING AND TO
REALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, SO
WHEN I THINK ABOUT PEOPLE IN
PUBLIC FOR EXAMPLE.
YOU KNOW, JOE BIDEN DIDN’T
FORGIVE THE STUDENT LOANS HE
SAID.
I’M STILL HURTING.
YOU HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE PEOPLE.
LOOK, WE GET THAT THE INFLATION
THAT WE EXPERIENCED IS KIND OF
A -- YOU KNOW, A -- THERE’S A
LAG, A LAGGING INDICATOR OF HOW
WELL THINGS ARE DOING.
BUT I WANT TO POINT OUT TO
PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WHEN I BUY MY
FULL DOZEN EGGS FROM MY THREE
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND MY
GREAT NEPHEW.
YOU SEE THESE EGGS ARE CHEAPER
THAN THEY WERE AND EVERYBODY,
THOSE 295,000 JOBS A DAY THAT
WERE CREATED YOU KNOW, I’M
GOING TO MAKE PEOPLE ADMIT THAT
THEY KNOW SOMEBODY.
A BLACK MALE THAT NOW HAS A JOB
THAT DIDN’T HAVE ONE.
THEY KNOW A DISABLED PERSON WHO
NOW HAS A JOB THAT DIDN’T HAVE.
A PERSON -- I MEAN I THINK WE
HAVE TO POINT OUT, I GET IT.
THAT THE RENT IS TOO HIGH.
BUT WHEN WE SAY -- INFLATION IS
COMING DOWN, THAT THERE’S A
COURSE CORRECTION COMING.
>>> WE JUST WANT YOU TO BELIEVE
IT.
>> WELL, WELL, HOPEFULLY IT’S
SOMETHING WE HEAR WHEN THE
PRESIDENT IS IN MILWAUKEE SOON
ON THIS TOUR.
I KNOW WE GOING SEE YOU ON THE
TARMAC AND AT THE EVENTS.