Who?

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) — Senate Judiciary Committee

LISTEN: Laslo & Whitehouse

Ask a Pol asks:

Do you think that Edward Snowden’s a traitor?

Key Whitehouse:

“I don’t think I have all the information to make that judgement, but it sure looks that way,” Sen. Whitehouse exclusively tells Ask a Pol.

ICYMI — Tuberville Avoids Comment on Snowden in Exclusive Interview

Caught our ear:

“What you’re seeing is an across the board, unilateral disarmament against Russian intelligence operations,” Whitehouse tells us. “When you put into the context of all the Trump-Russia stuff — that they pretend now that was a hoax — is really alarming. They are opening the doors to Russia’s malign operations.”

Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), slightly edited for clarity.

TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse

SCENE: After voting on the Senate floor, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse is making his way through the basement of the US Capitol when Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo grabs him for a quick interview before the senator hops an underground tram from the Capitol to the Senate Office Buildings across the street.

Matt Laslo: “Do you think Edward Snowden’s a traitor?”

Sheldon Whitehouse: “Uhm — I don’t think I have all the information to make that judgement, but it sure looks that way.”

ML: “Are you worried that — does it worry you more that [new-Director of National Intelligence Tulsi] Gabbard couldn’t even answer that question one way or another?”

SW: “I’m more worried that, if you look at, what Attorney General [Pam] Bondi has done with the anti-kleptocracy efforts, which are targeting Russian oligarchs heavily. If you look at what Patel is saying about degrading the FBI’s ‘intel shops,’ he called them and if you look at Tulsi Gabbard being the darling of RT [Russia Todayand editorialized about as a friend of Russia who should make the CIA and FBI tremble, what you’re seeing is an across the board, unilateral disarmament against Russian intelligence operations, which, when you put into the context of all the Trump-Russia stuff — that they pretend now that was a hoax — is really alarming. They are opening the doors to Russia’s malign operations.”

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ML: “Especially when it comes to Gabbard, you never see DNI, you never see her once she’s confirmed. She’ll be working in the shadows, so to speak...”

SW: “Well she — they do have to turn up at the Intelligence Committee.”

ML: “Yeah? Occasionally.”

The senator enters a tram.

ML: “Thank you sir.”

Nicolae Viorel Butler contributed to this report.

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Who?

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) — Armed Services Committee

LISTEN: Laslo & Tuberville

Ask a Pol asks:

Do you think Edward Snowden’s a traitor?

Key Tuberville:

“I don’t know a lot about that, so I’m not gonna comment on that,” Sen. Tommy Tuberville exclusively tells Ask a Pol.

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ICYMI — Tulsi Gabbard was pressed on Edward Snowden

Caught our ear:

You haven’t really looked it up since the accusations have been flying?

“No,” Tuberville tells us.

Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), slightly edited for clarity.

TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Tommy Tuberville

SCENE: As Tuberville’s walking past the trams underneath the US Capitol on his way to a Senate vote, Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo catches the senator and asks about Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination as the Director of national inteligence.

Matt Laslo: “Do you think Edward Snowden’s a traitor?”

Tommy Tuberville: “Edward Snowdens’ a traitor? I don’t know a lot about that, so I’m not gonna comment on that.”

ML: “No?”

TT: “No.”

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ML: “You haven’t really looked it up since the accusations have been flying?”

TT: “No.”

ML: “Why, because it’s just…?'“

Tuberville about to answer Laslo…

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Tuberville turns to other reporter.

TT: “No.”

Laslo walks back towards Senate trams, speaking in back of him.

ML: “You don’t have to ask your f*cking CPI question over another question if a senator’s responding to another reporter. F*ckin rookie.”

Nicolae Viorel Butler contributed to this report.

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Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD) — Chair, House Freedom Caucus

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Ask a Pol asks:

What are your thoughts — and the Freedom Caucus’ thoughts — on what Trump said about America taking over Gaza?

Key Harris:

“Oh, I don’t know,” Rep. Andy Harris tells Ask a Pol.

ICYMI — Ask a Pol asked AOC the same questions

Caught our ear:

“We’re going to wait to see when that fleshes out,” Harris told us.

Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD), slightly edited for clarity.

SCENE: After leaving an early am Republican Conference meeting, Rep. Andy Harris is booking it to a hearing when Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo briefly catches the new head of the far-right Freedom Caucus in a busy hallway in one of the US House Office Buildings.

Matt Laslo: “What are your thoughts- and the Caucus’s thoughts- on what Trump said on Gaza? Is that…”

Andy Harris: “ Oh, I don’t know, we’re going to wait to see what (inaudible) fleshes out.”

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ML: “Yeah? Once you guys get a proposal?”

AH: “Yeah.”

ML: “Thank you, sir.”

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Who?

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)

LISTEN: Laslo & AOC

Press corps asks:

Curious your thoughts on what Trump said on Gaza. Do you guys take it seriously?

Key Ocasio-Cortez:

“Of course, of course,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told Ask a Pol. “We’ve said for a very long time — and we’ve warned for a very very long time — about Trump’s designs on Gaza, on the Gaza strip.”

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Caught our ear:

“It’s horrific,” Ocasio-Cortez told us. “Ethnic cleansing.”

Below you’ll find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), slightly edited for clarity.

TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

SCENE: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is walking through the basement of one of the House Office Buildings when Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo catches her on the news of the week…

Matt Laslo: “Hey ma’am, I was just curious…”

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “Sorry, I’m running late for a meeting.”

ML: “But I was just curious about your thoughts on what Trump said on Gaza. Like, do you guys take it seriously?”

AOC: “Of course, of course.”

ICYMI — many Republicans won’t even discuss this issue…

ML: “Yeah, I assumed.”

AOC: “We’ve said for a very long time — and we’ve warned for a very very long time — about Trump’s designs on Gaza, on the Gaza strip. Uhm, well, in my view, President Biden’s and President Trump’s stances on Gaza are disappointing. They are in no way the same — never have been the same.”

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ML: “Are they turning it into a resort?”

AOC: “It’s horrific.”

AOC enters elevator.

AOC: “Ethnic cleansing.”

Elevator doors start to close.

AOC: “Ethnic cleansing.”

ML: “Thank you, ma’am.”

Elevator closes.

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Who?

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)

LISTEN: Laslo & Ocasio-Cortez

Ask a Pol asks:

How does your party combat what Biden called an ‘oligarchy’ in America?

Key Ocasio-Cortez:

“We have to take our gloves off and fight for the working class and line ourselves with labor and really show people what's going on,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez exclusively tells Ask a Pol.

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ICYMI — AOC’s oversight priorities this new Congress

Caught our ear:

“It's true. It's happening. There is an oligarchy in America,” Ocasio-Cortez tells us. “This is how fascism works, you know.”

Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), slightly edited for clarity.

TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

SCENE: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is on her way to vote on the House floor when Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo catches up with her…

Matt Laslo: “Any thoughts on Biden's oligarchy framing and saying [inaudible]. I'm kinda shocked by the amount of billionaires. Like, I didn’t even know this many billionaires existed that Trump surrounded himself with, like...”

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “Yeah. I mean, it's true. It's happening. There is an oligarchy in America. And the American oligarchy is handed — this is how fascism works, you know.”

ML: “Yeah? How does your party combat that going into this administration?”

AOC: “Well, I think that it's really about, like, we have to take our gloves off and fight for the working class, align ourselves with labor and really show people what's going on.”

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ML: “And I know you guys kinda lost sight of that party did in the last election, do you think party leaders get that now?”

AOC: “You have to ask them.”

ML: “You didn't hear it in the DNC pitches?”

Candidates running to head up the DNC — or Democratic National Committee — recently pitched House Democrats on Capitol Hill.

AOC: “I’m not sure, yeah. I’m sorry.”

ML: “Yep, you have a job. Thank you, ma'am.”

Andrey Beregovsiy contributed to this report.

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