Plus, a look at Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan testifying today on the Hill, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio launching a campaign to dismantle the International Criminal Court “brick by brick.”
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00:00 — Opening: More Fatal Shootings By ICE
Walworth, Cannon, and Bevan discuss two more fatal shootings involving ICE agents and motorists in Maine and Texas. Cannon argues that poor training and lack of body cameras are seriously undermining public trust, while Bevan argues that ICE has a legitimate enforcement role.
“These two people who were killed were not even who they were looking for,” Cannon said. “The penalty for trying to evade a policeman is not the death penalty.”
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13:03 — Confirmation Hearings for AG, DNI
The panel turns to the nominations of Todd Blanche for attorney general and Jay Clayton for director of national intelligence. “I’m not sure either one of these is a foregone conclusion for confirmation,” Cannon said.
“We’re going to have to watch and see how both of these hearings play out,” Bevan said. “But now that Todd Blanche has been in the job a couple of months, he’s demonstrated to some of these Republicans that he’s sufficiently executing his duties in a way that makes them more comfortable.”
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18:24 — Is Mayor Pete a 2028 Contender?
The panel looks at Pete Buttigieg visiting Iowa and making all the other appearances he needs to launch a 2028 presidential campaign, and how he’s positioned compared to other possible Democratic candidates like Kamala Harris, Gavin Newsom, Ro Khanna, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Andy Beshear, Rahm Emanuel, JB Pritzker, and Wes Moore. How many of these figures do we think have a real shot?
RCP Average: 2028 Democratic Presidential Nomination
“You can see from that one little clip how talented he is as a politician,” Bevan said about Buttigieg. “Don’t sleep on Mayor Pete.”
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31:08 — Lindsey Graham’s Sister Takes Over Senate Seat
The guys discuss the appointment of Lindsey Graham’s sister, Darlene Graham Nordone, to temporarily fill his Senate seat. Carl Cannon considers this a touching and relatively harmless placeholder arrangement, while Tom makes the argument against treating elected offices as family inheritances.
“These are not titles that are heirlooms that get passed along,” Bevan said. “This ain’t the House of Lords.”
Could Darlene decide to stay in the Senate and run for her own term? “Before she can do that, she has to get past Nancy Mace,” Andrew Walworth joked, in reference to former Rep. Nancy Mace suggesting she could make a comeback after a catastrophic run for South Carolina governor.
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39:50 — Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett Lobby Congress For More Security
Watch: Full Hearing: Justices Kagan And Barrett Ask Congress For More Security Funding
Two Supreme Court justices, Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan, are up on the Hill. They’re asking Congress for tens of millions of dollars in additional security.
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41:08 — _
The episode ends with Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s call to dismantle the International Criminal Court “brick by brick.”
“We’re just going to dismantle all these legacy institutions from the Second World War—and replace them with what?” Walworth asked. “I’d be careful what you wish for.”
Watch: Secretary Rubio: Unelected Globalist Bureaucrats At ICC “Waging A War” Against America
“Our forefathers fought a revolution against a foreign power ‘transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offenses.’ Independence is our birthright. We don’t intend to trade it for rule by a self-appointed priesthood of international law,” Rubio wrote in the Wall Street Journal.
Marco Rubio in the Wall Street Journal: Why We’re Dismantling the International Criminal Court
“It’s been thoroughly politicized,” Cannon said about the ICC.
“Three words to all the folks who support the ICC: Boo freaking hoo,” Bevan quipped. “It’s a sham how you can have all of these countries on the Human Rights Commission that are abusing human rights on epic levels, and we’re supposed to somehow treat this as legitimate.”
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