Senator Marshall: President Trump is Keeping Americans Safe

Senator Marshall Joins Newsmax Wake Up America

Washington - U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), joined Sharla McBride and Marc Lotter on Newsmax's Wake Up America to discuss the blockade of Iran and an end to the conflict, President Trump's work to make the cost of living affordable for Americans, and the Republican plan to fund ICE and DHS.

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On President Trump's decision to blockade Iran:

"Well Sharla, good morning to you and all your listeners. I want to just focus on the fact that President Trump is keeping America safe, that he's keeping the world safe, that he's answering the call - 47 years that Iran has kept the world hostage right now. Could you imagine an Iran with nuclear weapons? Think of North Korea on steroids - think of North Korea times 1000. These people, this theocracy; they're irrational, they're lunatics, they're religious zealots, they shout, 'Death to America, Death to Israel.' So I think the blockade is a great jiu-jitsu move by the President to say, 'Look, we're going to stop Iran's financial funding.' There's not much left of them, I think this is a great move, and is going to get us to the end game here sooner than later."

On how long the conflict will last:

"That's an interesting question. I think back to my grandparents and their generation that served in World War II. Could you imagine trying to tell the President, 'Look, you only got so many days to defeat Hitler or defeat Japan?' We have to do it till we get the outcome that we want. I hope it's weeks and not months, but at the end of the day, Americans are going to be safer. And the good news is we're the leading producer of oil in the world, we're exporting more than we're importing, we're not standing in lines. Overall wages have been growing faster than inflation under this President. Here it is, it's going to be Tax Day very soon, and Americans are going to get an extra $1000 or $1,500 rebate as well. So I'm sorry the gas prices are going up, but help is on the way, and your national security, yes, is even more important than your pocketbook."

On ending the Democrat shutdown of DHS:

"Yeah, I know Americans are tired of it. As you point out, 60 days now that the Democrats have not funded ICE and the border patrol, indeed, they are the party of defund the police. So on the Senate side, we've already passed the funding for the rest of DHS, everything except ICE and Border Patrol, that's setting over in the House. I think the House is waiting to make sure that we're going to do some type of reconciliation. Reconciliation only requires 50 votes, so we can adjust the budget just on 50 votes, plus the Vice President breaking the tie, of course. So we'll fund DHS and ICE through that reconciliation bill. I sit on the budget committee, and I expect to meet this week to describe what the guardrails will be for that reconciliation bill. Is it going to be a skinny bill and just fund DHS and ICE, or are we going to try to fund part of Iran as well? I think that's the debate happening this week is how big this bill can be without losing any votes. We can only lose three votes in the Senate, and we can only lose four in the House. So I think we have to worry about is, is it going to be a real skinny bill? Anytime we add anything else to the bill, who do we lose on that, and that's what our whips will be checking out this week."

On the Democrats' inability to work with Republicans:

"Well, look, that's the Democrat Party of today, and this is why I'm ready to end the filibuster now. I think you make my argument for me - it's that the filibuster was great in principle, but we are frozen right now. The Democrats hate Donald Trump so much, literally, if he comes in with a cure for cancer, they're not going to fund it right now. You know, once upon a time, politics stopped at the ocean's edge, but instead, the Democrats are the only ones in the world that are helping the Iranians right now. So yes, I'm worried about all those things, but I have to deal with reality. And right now there's a big division between Republicans and Democrats, and it's based upon the Democrats' hatred for Donald Trump, and I can't fix that."

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