So why do we have a Democrat standing up and for example, blocking unanimous consent in regard to reauthorizing even a short term surveillance? Dude, this seems to be national security risk of huge proportion. National security risk caused because Donald Trump did not put forward Clayton or anyone else that was legitimate until the clock had run out. There is no question if you got any of my Republican colleagues here, they would agree this was a White House created problem. (27:51–28:03)
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Asserts that the national security risk is due to Trump's delay in nominating a legitimate candidate.
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