MUCK.
MARIA: WELCOME BACK.
FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DeSANTIS
HIT WITH A NEW LAWSUIT OVER
FLYING MIGRANTS TO MARTHA’S
VINEYARD.
FLORIDA STATE SENATOR JASON
PIZZO SUING THE GOVERNOR AND
OTHER STATE OFFICIALS TO STOP
FUTURE RELOCATIONS, HE SAYS,
CLAIMING THE MOVE BY DeSANTIS
WAS AN ILLEGITIMATE USE OF
FLORIDA FUNDS.
THIS COMES AFTER A CLASS ACTION
LAWSUIT WAS FILED EARLIER IN THE
WEEK BY AN ACTIVIST GROUP ON
BEHALF OF THE MIGRANTS.
JOINING ME RIGHT NOW IS FLORIDA
ATTORNEY GENERAL ASHLEY MOODY.
A.G., GOOD TO SEE YOU.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
>> GREAT TO BE WITH YOU.
MARIA: WELL, I FINE IT
EXTRAORDINARY THAT THESE
MIGRANTS CAME FROM VENEZUELA.
THEY WERE FLOWN TO MARTHA’S
VINEYARD, AND NOW THEY’RE SUING
OVER IT.
>> WHAT’S SO INTERESTING TO ME
IS, YOU KNOW, GOVERNOR ABBOTT,
GOVERNOR DeSANTIS ARE
ARRANGING FOR FOLKS TO GO TO
STATES THAT HAVE SAID WE ARE
SANCTUARY STATES, WE WELCOME
INDIVIDUALS.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE IMAGES
WHEN THEY ARE, WHEN THEY ARE
TRANSPORTED THERE, I MEAN, LOOK
IN NEW YORK.
THEY’RE SETTING UP WHAT THEY’RE
CALLING TENTS.
IT LOOKS LIKE A HURRICANE HAS
HIT OR SOMETHING, SAME IN
MARTHA’S VINEYARD.
I THINK THEY CALLED IN THE
NATIONAL GUARD.
THESE ARE THE TYPES OF IS
SITUATIONS TIMES A THOUSAND THAT
THEY’RE DEALING WITH IN TEXAS,
ARIZONA AND IN FLORIDA EVERY
DAY.
AND SO IT’S REALLY A
JUXTAPOSITION OF, YOU KNOW, WHEN
YOU SAY YOU’RE WELCOMING, YOU’RE
A SANCTUARY STATE, BUT WITH YOU
DON’T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE
CHALLENGES TO HEALTH CARE,
EDUCATION.
IN FLORIDA WE WILL SPEND $100
MILLION IN ONE YEAR JUST
INCARCERATING PEOPLE THAT ARE
HERE ILLEGALLY COMMITTING CRIMES
AGAINST FLORIDIANS.
MARIA: WOW.
>> SO IT’S A DIFFERENT THING TO
SAY WELCOME, BUT THEN WHEN WE
SAY, THANK YOU, HERE, HELP US,
THEY THROW UP THEIR ARMS AND
START FILING LAWSUITS.
IT’S INCREDIBLE.
MARIA: AS SOON AS THOSE 50
MIGRANTS GOT TO MARTHA’S
VINEYARD, THEY PUT THEM ON A
PLANE AND SENT THEM TO CAPED
COD.
I GUESS THEY CALL THEMSELVES
SANCTUARY CITIES UNLESS IT’S IN
THEIR BACKYARD.
MAYBE THERE’S NO SANCTUARY AFTER
ALL.
WHAT IS THE GOVERNOR GOING TO DO
ABOUT THESE LAWSUITS?
>> WELL, THINK ABOUT THIS, I
MEAN, IN SOME OF THESE
SITUATIONS THEY’RE CLAIMING THAT
GOVERNOR DeSANTIS IS
TRAFFICKING INDIVIDUALS?
COME ON.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN
BREAKING FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAW
SINCE THE BEGINNING, SINCE DAY
ONE.
I’VE BEEN IN COURT FIGHTING
THAT.
THEY’RE BEEN TRANSPORTING PEOPLE
ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY THAT ARE
HERE ILLEGALLY.
AND IF AS SOMEONE WHO SERVED AS
A FEDERAL PROSECUTOR AND AS A
JUDGE, IT IS HEARTBREAKING TO
HEAR OTHER LEADERS USE THAT TERM
HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
I’VE SEEN THE DEVASTATION AND
THE DEATH AND THE VICTIMIZATION
AS A RESULT OF TRAFFICKING AND
SMUGGLING BECAUSE OF OPEN
BORDER.
I’VE SEEN ACTUAL VICTIMS THAT
HAVE SUFFERED AT THE HAND OF
TRAFFICKERS.
IT IS INCREDIBLE TO ME THAT A
LEADER WOULD START USING THAT
TERM AND ALLEGING THAT AS IT
RELATES TO GOVERNORS THAT ARE
TRYING TO DEAL WITH THE
AFTERMATH THAT’S BEEN PUSHED ON
THEM BECAUSE THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AND THIS PRESIDENT
REFUSES TO FOLLOW THE LAW.
MARIA: YEAH.
WELL, YOU HAVE BEEN FIGHTING
THESE ISSUES IN COURT, THE
IMMIGRATION PROBLEM.
AND AS A RESULT, YOU’VE SEEN
DEPOSITIONS ON THE RECORD
DEPOSITIONS WHICH HAVE
CONFLICTED WITH WHAT THE WHITE
HOUSE IS SAYING.
DEPOSITIONS THAT I’M TALKING
ABOUT ARE ON THE RECORD.
THIS WEEK YOU HAD KARINE
JEAN-PIERRE, THE PRESS
SECRETARY, SAY THE BORDER IS
TOTALLY CLOSED AND THAT THEY’RE
SENDING PEOPLE BACK, BUT YOUR
DEPOSITIONS FROM YOUR
IMMIGRATION CASE IS CONFLICTING
THAT, RIGHT?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AND I FEEL VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT
MAKING SURE NOT JUST FLORIDIANS,
THAT ALL OF AMERICA KNOWS THE
MEALY-MOUTHED MISTRUTHS THAT ARE
COMING OUT OF THIS
ADMINISTRATION WHETHER IT’S THE
VICE PRESIDENT OR THE PRESS
SECRETARY OR EVEN SECRETARY
MAYORKAS WHO I’VE DEMANDED
RESIGN AS A RESULT OF THIS
ABYSMAL FAILURE AT THE BORDER.
BUT THEY ARE SAYING THINGS LIKE
THE BORDER IS SECURE.
THAT’S NOT HAPPENING.
PEOPLE AREN’T WALKING ACROSS THE
BORDER, YOU KNOW?
MAYORKAS, WE’VE EFFECTIVELY
HANDLED THE BORDER.
AND THE PRESS SECRETARY THIS
WEEK SAID THAT THEY WILL HAVE
REMOVED A RECORD NUMBER OF FOLKS
UNDER THEIR ADMINISTRATION, AND
THAT’S THE FACT.
THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID.
NONE OF THAT IS UNDER OATH.
WHEN I PUT FORWARD THE STUFF
THAT WE’VE UNCOVERED IN OUR
LITIGATION WHERE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS ARE
UNDER OATH, THEY SAY EXACTLY THE
OPPOSITE.
IN FACT, THE HEAD GUY OF I.C.E.
THAT IS IN CHARGE OF OPERATIONS
AND IS REMOVAL SAYS THIS
ADMINISTRATION, BIDEN -- EVEN
COMPARED TO OBAMA -- IS REMOVING
SEVEN TIMES LESS.
COMPARED TO TRUMP HE’S ONLY
DETAINING AND AND REMOVING 40%.
SO IS IT ANY WONDER, IS ANYONE
SHOCKED THAT WE ARE SEEING THE
RESULTS?
RECORD NUMBER OF FOLKS CAME OVER
THIS YEAR.
WE’RE ALREADY AT 2 MILLION.
IT’S GOING TO SURPASS THAT.
RECORD AMOUNTS OF FENTANYL
KILLING AMERICANS.
OUR ENTIRE WORKING-AGE
POPULATION NOW, THE NUMBER ONE
KILLER IS DEPENDENT MALL.
DOES THAT SURPRISE -- FENTANYL?
DOES THAT SURPRISE ANYONE?
WHEN YOU LISTEN TO THEIR OWN
ADMINISTRATION UNDER OATH.
MARIA: YEAH.
WELL, WE HAVE MANY PEOPLE WHO WE
KNOW HAVE LOST PEOPLE TO
FENTANYL.
AND I KNOW YOU JUST MADE A MAJOR
TRAFFICKING BUST.
FLORIDA INVESTIGATORS FOUND
ENOUGH FENTANYL PILLS TO KILL 4
MILLION PEOPLE?
>> ENOUGH FENTANYL TO KILL 4
MILLION PEOPLE.
THAT’S SO MANY COUNTIES IN
FLORIDA.
ALONG WITH THE MECHANISMS TO
PUSH COUNTERFEIT PILLS.
PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND, THE
BORDER CRISIS, THE BORDER LACK
OF ENFORCEMENT IS DIRECTLY
RELATED TO THE FENTANYL THAT IS
POISONING AMERICANS.
IT’S COMING OUT OF COMMUNIST
CHINA, THE PRECURSORS.
THEY’RE MANUFACTURING IT IN
MEXICO, THE CARTELS, WHEN THEY
GET IT FROM CHINA, AND THEN
THEY’RE FLOODING OUR COUNTRY
WITH IT.
THE POTENCY OF THAT DRUG,
FENTANYL, ALONG WITH THE SHEER
VOLUME THAT IS NOW MANY OUR
UNITED STATES -- IN OUR UNITED
STATES IS DEADLY, IT’S
DANGEROUS, AND THAT IS WHY I’VE
BEEN SPEAKING OUT NOT JUST AS
ATTORNEY GENERAL, AS A MOM, AS
THE WIFE OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER SEEING WHAT THIS IS
DOING TO OUR FRONT-LINE OFFICERS
HAVING TO DEAL WITH THIS --
MARTHA: --
MARIA: YEAH.
>> I’M PUSHING TO MAKE IT
DECEMBER CAN IG NATEED AS A
WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION.
MARIA: WELL, IT’S BEEN JUST THAT
FOR MANY FAMILIES.
WE’RE GOING TO KEEP WATCHING
THIS.
IT’S AMAZING TO ME THAT THESE
DANGEROUS DRUG CARTELS ARE THE
ONES DECIDING WHO COMES INTO
AMERICA, WHAT, WHAT DRUGS CAN
GET THROUGH, THAT THEY’RE IN
CHARGE.
AND THEY’RE MAKING $200-300
MILLION A WEEK, I’M TOLD.
A.G., GOOD TO SEE YOU.