RECENTLY, DONALD TRUMP CLAIMED THAT HE HAS THE
ABILITY AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO PARDON
HIMSELF IF HE EVER GETS CHARGED OR CONVICTED OF A CRIME.
NOW FOLLOWING THAT STATEMENT OF COURSE THE INTERNET WENT
CRAZY AND JOURNALISTS WANTED TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THAT IS
POSSIBLE AND WHAT THE GOP THINKS ABOUT IT.
A REPORTER WITH THE WEEKLY STANDARD SPECIFICALLY
REACHED OUT TO TED CRUZ.
HER NAME IS HALEY BIRD AND THE AUDIO THAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO
LISTEN TO HIS HER QUESTION AND THEN TED CRUZ'S AWESOME
NONANSWER.
SENATOR, THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE CAN PARDON HIMSELF.
WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THAT?
THAT IS NOT A CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUE I HAVE STUDIED, SO I
WILL WITHHOLD JUDGMENT AT THIS POINT.
HE TOOK 18 SECONDS TO ANSWER.
THERE WAS A VERY LONG PATH, WHO KNOWS WHAT WAS GOING
THROUGH HIS MIND THROUGHOUT THAT PAUSE, MAYBE ALARMED,
CONCERNED, WHO KNOWS.
I CAN SO YOU WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH HIS MIND, WHICH IS
WELL, WHAT IF HE GETS IMPEACHED, THEN I COULD RUN IN 2020,
BUT I HAVE ARTIE CUT MYSELF TO HIM.
THAT IS SUCH A GOOD POINT.
CAN YOU REALLY RECOVER FROM A FULL CUCK?
I WILL JUST SAY I DON'T KNOW.
18 INCREDIBLY LONG SECONDS LATER HE ANSWERS.
I AM GOING TO DO SOMETHING SHOCKING AND SOMETHING THAT
WOULD BE FROWNED UPON BY SOME HERE.
I'M GOING TO BE FAIR TO TED CRUZ.
SO WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE SECOND PORTION OF THE STORY.
GO-AHEAD.
I WAS EDITING THAT AND WHAT YOU COULDN'T HEAR, I HEARD
IT THROUGH MY HEADPHONES IS THE SOUND OF URINE RUNNING DOWN
HIS LEGS.
APPARENTLY WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE WE ARE FAIR.
IT'S THE ONLY TRICKLE DOWN THE HAPPENS IN OUR COUNTRY.
HE WAS WALKING, SO THAT HAPPEN SOMETIMES, PEOPLE
SHUTTLE QUESTIONS TO POLITICIANS AND THEY DON'T ANSWER THEM
AND THEN HE GOT ASKED A SECOND TIME AND THEN HE FINALLY
ANSWERS THE QUESTION BUT NOW I LOOKED INTO IT BECAUSE I
WANTED TO SEE, WAS IT JUST A DRIVE BY?
OR SOMEONE COMES IN AT THOSE WHO QUESTION BUT YOU WERE
WALKING TO YOUR NEXT MEETING.
NO, HE WAS IN THE MEDIA CIRCLE.
HE WAS IN A CIRCLE IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY
NORMALLY DO ANSWER THE QUESTION.
HE WALKED OUT OF THAT WHEN HE GOT THAT QUESTION AND WALKED
UNTIL SOMEBODY WAS LIKE THAT WAS A GOOD QUESTION AND YOU RAN AWAY
IN THE WEEKLY STANDARD IS A CONSERVATIVE PUBLICATION NOT
PROGRESSIVE, NOT EVEN MAINSTREAM, CONSERVATIVE SO WAS
A VERY FAIR QUESTION AND FROM HIS SIDE OF THE AISLE AND
HE SHOULD'VE ANSWERED IT.
AND GIVING YOU THE FULL CONTEXT.
IT'S GOOD THAT YOU'RE GIVING THE FULL CONTEXT BECAUSE IT
WILL HELP EQUIP YOU FOR HOW YOU ARE GOING TO RESPOND OR
REACT TO TED CRUISES REACTIONS OF THE COVERAGE OF HIS
WEIRD PAUSE AND NONANSWER.
HE STARTED BLAMING EVERYONE ELSE FOR HOW THIS IS BEING
COVERED, THIS IS RIDICULOUS.
HE SAID:
APPARENTLY THERE WERE 17 TWEETS ABOUT THIS, I'M GOING TO
READ TWO BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TIME.
SO I ACTUALLY FOUND THE OTHER 15
TO BE SOMEWHAT INTERESTING BUT ONLY SOMEWHAT.
HE THEN TALKS ABOUT THE CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES
SURROUNDING A PARDON AND BY THE WAY, SOME OF THOSE TWEETS
AGAIN, THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED.
THE SECOND TIME I'M GOING TO BE FAIR TO HIM.
SOME OF THOSE TWEETS I THINK UNDERSTOOD THE SITUATION
FAIRLY ACCURATELY, THAT THERE IS NOT A LOT OF PRECEDENT ON
PARDONS BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN THAT OFTEN, LITTLE
AND PARDONING HIMSELF WHICH WAS NEVER HAPPENED.
THAT WOULD'VE BEEN INTERESTING BUT NOTICE HE SPENT 15
TWEETS AFTER HE HAD TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT, FORMULATE A
POLITICAL STRATEGY THAT BENEFITS HAD CRUISED THE MOST.
WHEN HE WAS ORIGINALLY ASKED ABOUT AFTER THE FAMOUS 18
SECONDS HE HAD SAID IT IS NOT CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUE I HAVE
STUDIED SO I WILL WITHHOLD JUDGMENT AT THIS POINT.
WHICH IS IT?
ARE YOU A CONSTITUTIONAL SCHOLAR OR NOT?
NOW I AM GOING TO DEFEND HIM WHICH IS CRAZY.
THIS IS INSANITY, WE HAVE TO STOP THE SHOW.
THE FIRST PART OF THIS STORY WITH THE PAUSE AND THEN HIS
ANSWER, ANOTHER WAS FINE.
OKAY, WHY DO PEOPLE HAVE TO RESPOND IMMEDIATELY?
I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO BE THOUGHTFUL IN THE WAY YOU
ANSWER QUESTIONS.
I DO NOT CARE ABOUT THE PAUSE, I DO BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE ARE
BEING TOO HARD ON HIM ABOUT THAT AND I THINK THAT HIS
INITIAL ANSWER WAS TOTALLY FINE.
WITH THAT SAID, I THINK THAT HIS TWEETS, THE ONES YOU
MENTIONED ARE ALSO FINE.
IT IS OKAY TO QUESTION WHAT YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT SOMETHING,
DO A LITTLE INVESTIGATING AND THEN FORMULATE AN OPINION.
OF COURSE HIS OPINION IS GOING TO BENEFIT HIMSELF
POLITICALLY SPEAKING, BUT AGAIN, I THINK OVERALL CONSIDERING
THE PERSON SAID CRUISE IS IN THE THINGS HE HAS DONE IN THE
PAST THIS IS NOT A BIG OF A DEAL.
AGAIN, HOW DID HE SPLIT THAT?
HE SAID WELL, IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE PROBLEMATIC THAT WE
DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PRECEDENT.
I AM NOT SURE THAT THE PRESIDENT COULD NOT DO IT MEANING IF
HE DOES DO A GETS IN TROUBLE, I CAN LATER POINT TO ONE OF THE
17 SUITES AND GO I TOLD YOU THAT IS NOT A POWER HE HAS, OR
IF HE DOES IT AND HE DOESN'T GET IN TROUBLE AND I CONTINUE
TO COOK FOR HIM, THEN I CAN COME BACK AND SAY I TOLD YOU
THAT I THOUGHT HE COULD'VE MAYBE COULD'VE DONE IT.
I HAVE BOTH WRITTEN HERE, YOU SEE WHAT I DID?
HE IS A DIRTY POLITICIAN AND WHAT HE DID WITH SMART.
KIND OF THOUGHT IT WAS, POLITICALLY SPEAKING A SMART DOG
I GUESS BECAUSE HE IS TRYING TO APPEAL TO REPUBLICANS AND I'M
GOING TO BE VERY POLITE HERE, THEY ARE NOT THAT STUDIED SO IF
YOU FOLLOWED POLITICS, WHAT HE IS DOING IS SUPER OBVIOUS AND
GREASY AS USUAL, BUT IF YOU DON'T, I GUESS THEY MISTAKE THAT
FOR INTELLIGENCE.
I DON'T THINK THEY ARE EVALUATING THE
STRATEGY, I THINK WHAT HE IS DOING IS STRATEGIC.
MAYBE MY STANDARDS ARE JUST LOW IN THIS ADMINISTRATION.
MY FAVORITE PART OF TED CRUZ IS
WHEN HE PHONE BANKED FOR DONALD TRUMP.
THAT WAS AWESOME.
IT NEVER GETS OLD.
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