REPUBLICAN CONGRESSWOMAN LISA
MCCLAIN.
WATCH THIS.
>> ONCE AGAIN THIS WEEKEND WE
SAW A MEMBER OF THE MAJORITY
OPENLY CALL FOR MORE
CONFRONTATION IN A MINNEAPOLIS
SUBURB.
IF THIS WERE REVERSED, IF THIS
WAS SAID BY A REPUBLICAN, YOU
KNOW MADAM SPEAKER THE MAJORITY
IN THE CHAMBER WOULD MOVE THE
STRIP THEM OF THE COMMITTEES
AND EXPEL THEM FROM CONGRESS.
>> Harris: SO SPEAKER PELOSI
WAS ASKED WHETHER OR NOT MAXINE
WATERS NEED TO APOLOGIZE.
THE SPEAKER’S RESPONSE, NO, SHE
DOESN’T.
THAT WOMAN ON THE FLOOR SHOULD
BE APOLOGIZING FOR WHAT SHE
SAID.
MCCLAIN HIT BACK TWEETING AS
THAT WOMAN, NO, I WON’T
APOLOGIZE FOR CALLING OUT THE
DOUBLE STANDARDS THAT YOU HAVE
SET.
CONGRESSWOMAN LISA MCCLAIN,
REPUBLICAN OF MICHIGAN JOINS ME
NOW.
SO FIRST OF ALL WELCOME TO THE
PROGRAM.
THIS IS QUITE A BACK AND FORTH
THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE
ISSUE OF WADING IN ON THE
GROUND IN MINNESOTA OF MAXINE
WATERS.
FIRST YOUR RESPONSE TO PELOSI
AND DEEPER ON THE OTHER ISSUE.
>> FIRST OF ALL SPEAKER PELOSI,
YOU NEED TO LEARN THIS WOMAN’S
NAME.
THAT’S LISA MCCLAIN.
AND THIS WOMAN WILL CONTINUE TO
FIGHT TO EXPOSE THE DOUBLE
STANDARDS.
I WILL FIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE OF
MY DISTRICT AND I WILL FIGHT TO
UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION.
>> Harris: AND YOU KNOW, ALL OF
THIS STARTED BECAUSE THE
CONGRESSWOMAN MAXINE WATERS
DIDN’T SAY THIS IN A SCRUM WITH
MEDIA OUTSIDE HER OFFICE ON
CAPITOL HILL.
SHE WAS ON THE GROUND AMONG
PROTESTORS IN MINNESOTA SAYING
GET CON FRONTATION NALL IF THE
VERDICT IS NOT GUILTY.
>> THE DEMOCRATS HAVE SET A
STANDARD.
ALL I’M ASKING IS MADAM
SPEAKER, DON’T YOU THINK WE
BOTH SHOULD PLAY BY THE SAME
RULES?
I OFTEN SAY IF IT WASN’T FOR
DOUBLE STANDARDS WE WOULD HAVE
NO STANDARDS AT ALL.
WE SAW THIS WITH MARJORIE
TAYLOR GREENE WHEN THEY REMOVED
HER TO HER COMMITTEES BECAUSE
OF WORDS SHE SAID PRIOR TO
GETTING IN CONGRESS.
LET’S NOT FORGET PRESIDENT
TRUMP.
THEY IMPEACHED PRESIDENT TRUMP
FOR INCITING VIOLENCE.
MADAM SPEAKER, DO YOU REALLY
WANT TO HOLD YOUR PARTY TO A
LOWER STANDARD THAN YOU HOLD
THE REPUBLICANS?
I DON’T THINK SO.
>> Harris: WELL LOOK, WE’VE
BEEN REPORTING BECAUSE IT’S
HAPPENING THAT THERE IS SOME
REDEFINING OF WORDS.
LIKE INFRASTRUCTURE AND WHAT
NOT.
MAYBE THEY’RE REDEFINING WHAT
CONFRONTATIONAL MEANS.
I THINK WE HAVE A PRETTY
BASELINE UNDERSTANDING IT IS
NOT ABOUT MAKING PEACE.
IF YOU HAVE A QUICK WORD ABOUT
THAT AND I’LL GET TO SOMETHING
ELSE.
>> WORDS DO MATTER.
I DON’T KNOW HOW YOU CAN
MISINTERPRET CONFRONTATIONAL.
GO OUT AND GET MORE
CONFRONTATIONAL.
I DON’T KNOW HOW YOU
MISINTERPRET THAT.
LET’S PLAY BY THE SAME RULES,
THAT’S ALL I ASK.
>> Harris: WHITE HOUSE PRESS
SECRETARY JEN PSAKI ALSO ASKED
ABOUT REPRESENTATIVE WATERS’
COMMENTS.
LET’S WATCH.
>> HIS VIEW IS ALSO THAT
EXERCISING FIRST AMENDMENT
RIGHTS AND PROTESTING INJUSTICE
IS THE MOST AMERICAN THING THAT
ANYONE CAN DO.
BUT AS HE ALSO ALWAYS SAYS,
PROTESTS MUST BE PEACEFUL.
THAT’S WHAT HE CONTINUES TO
CALL FOR AND WHAT HE CONTINUES
TO BELIEVE IS THE RIGHT WAY TO
APPROACH RESPONDING.
>> Harris: WELL, AS PEOPLE CAN
SEE OUR STREAM RIGHT NOW WE
HAVE THE WHITE HOUSE DISTANCING
ITSELF FROM MAXINE WATERS’
COMMENTS.
>> AS THEY SHOULD.
THEY EITHER NEED TO DISTANCE
THEMSELVES COMPLETELY OR GET IN
THE GAME AND TALK TO THE
MAJORITY LEADER NANCY PELOSI
AND ASK HER TO CLEAN UP THEIR
OWN HOUSE.
THE ISSUE IS THIS.
OUR JOB AS LEADERS IS TO
DE-ESCALATE A SITUATION, NOT
GET ON THE PLANE, FLY TO A CITY
THAT’S ALREADY IN TURMOIL, AND
INCITE MOB VIOLENCE.
THAT’S NOT OUR JOB AS LEADERS.
OUR JOB IS TO DE-ESCALATE THE
SITUATION.
WE ARE NOT THE JUDGE, THE JURY
AND THE EXECUTIONER.
IT IS OUR JOB AS CONGRESSMEN
AND WOMEN TO MAKE THE LAWS, NOT
TO ENFORCE THEM AND DEFINITELY
NOT TO INCITE VIOLENCE.
>> Harris: I WANT TO GO TO THIS
NOW BECAUSE I FIND THIS TO BE
THAT WORD THAT WE OVERUSE SO
MUCH, IRONIC.
TOWN HALL.COM IS REPORTING THAT
MAXINE WATERS REQUESTED A
POLICE ESCORT FOR HER SATURDAY
TRIP TO MINNESOTA BEFORE SHE
TOLD PROTESTORS TO GET MORE
CONFRONTATIONAL.
YOU SEE THE TRAVEL LOG RIGHT
THERE ON THE SCREEN.
CONGRESSWOMAN MCCLAIN, YOUR
THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS.
>> I THINK IT’S COMICAL.
IF IT WASN’T SO TRUE.
WHY NEED A POLICE ESCORT?
ISN’T THIS THE PARTY THAT WANTS
TO DEFUND THE POLICE?
IF IT’S A PEACEFUL SITUATION,
WHY DO YOU NEED A POLICE ESCORT?
IF YOU ARE GOING THERE NOT TO
INCITE VIOLENCE, TO DE-ESCALATE
THE SITUATION, WHY A POLICE
ESCORT?
AT SOME POINT IN TIME OUR
ACTIONS ARE ACTUALLY GOING THE
MATCH OUR WORDS.
NOT UNFORTUNATELY IN THIS CASE.
>> Harris: WOW.
WELL, AS YOU STARTED OFF WITH
SHE NEEDS TO LEARN YOUR NAME.
YOU HAD A LOT TO SAY ON THIS
POINT OF VIEW AND ONE PERSON
WHO AGREED WITH WHAT YOU ARE
SAYING WAS THE JUDGE IN THE
CASE.
HE DOESN’T WANT ANYBODY ON
CAPITOL HILL WEIGHING IN BEFORE
THE VERDICT COMES DOWN.
WE’LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH
MAXINE WATERS.
LISA MCCLAIN, GREAT TO HAVE YOU
ON THE PROGRAM.
THANK YOU.