Chuck Grassley Attempts To 'Correct The Public Record' After Attacks From Democrats

In remarks on the Senate floor Thursday, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) spoke about protecting law enforcement and immigration.

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00:00I come to the floor this very day to correct the public record.

00:08That public record has become so distorted by fanatical allegations of Republican tyranny

00:15that it no longer records actual history.

00:20My Democratic colleagues have obscured the transcript with tales of a constitutional crisis,

00:28corrupt law enforcement, and Democratic knighthood defending the very rule of law

00:36that they abandoned for open borders not one year ago.

00:44There they pause in their breathless accusations.

00:48The historical record might reflect the consequences of Democratic leadership.

00:54It was Democrats who threw open our southern border with foolish policies

01:01that paroled over 6,000 criminals and terrorists into the United States

01:07and lost track of over 2 million known gotaways.

01:14Those same Democrats are now criticizing efforts to remove those threats.

01:25They've hurled one-sided accusations of, quote,

01:31mask agents acting with unnecessary force, end quote.

01:35This inflammatory rhetoric is a breeding ground for physical threats.

01:44As we have seen on TV, law enforcement have been pelted with rocks,

01:53assaulted with homemade explosives,

01:55and defamed and detoxed by the far left.

02:03At a hearing I just held, agents told the Senate Judiciary Committee

02:12of an officer whose photographs was taken during an operation

02:17and posted on Instagram with a message

02:22that the community needed to remind him where he came from and where he was.

02:32The officers felt so threatened, he changed his appearance to protect his family.

02:40In another example, an FBI agent was threatened to back down from an investigation

02:47with photos of his children.

02:50These men and women held the line against every national security threat

02:58while Democrat Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas

03:03and Director Wray of the FBI refused to appear

03:08for their annual congressional report on threats to homeland

03:14because they didn't want to face the tough questions that they'd get

03:20and why they weren't enforcing the law.

03:22Congress didn't make this nation's laws subject to the whims of purported righteous indignation.

03:33Passionate protests don't justify laying hands on law enforcement.

03:40And the bleeding hearts don't erase immigration laws critical to our national security.

03:47I yield the fall and suggest the absence of a fourth floor.