STRONGER AND LESS RELIANT ON
FOSSIL FUELS WHEN THIS IS OVER.
MARIA: A FOSSIL FUEL-FREE
AMERICA?
JOINING ME NOW TO TALK MORE
ABOUT THAT IS SOUTH CAROLINA
SENATOR LINDSAY GRAHAM.
SENATOR, IT’S GREAT TO SEE YOU.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
MARIA: SO WHAT IS THE PRESIDENT
TALKING ABOUT?
WE’RE IN THIS INCREDIBLE
TRANSITION.
SO, IN OTHER WORDS, THESE HIGH
PRICES FOR GASOLINE ARE
INTENTIONAL?
>> YEAH, I THINK THAT’S THE MAIN
TAKEAWAY FROM HIS STATEMENT,
THAT HE IS TELLING THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE THEY’RE DOING THIS TO YOU
ON PURPOSE, THAT THE TRANSITION
PERIOD IS BEING IMPOSED BY
POLICIES COMING FROM THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION.
IT’S NOT PUTIN’S FAULT.
THIS IS A CONSCIOUS EFFORT BY
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO
DESTROY FOSSIL FUEL PRODUCTION
IN THE UNITED STATES, TO GET
AWAY FROM FOSSIL FUELS, AND
YOU’RE LIVING THIS EXPERIENCE.
THIS IS AN IRRESPONSIBLE
SHUTTING DOWN OF OIL AND GAS
PRODUCTION IN AMERICA MAKING US
MORE DEPENDENT ON OIL AND GAS
FROM BAD ACTORS, AND IT’S
DESTROYING THE AMERICAN ECONOMY.
BUT THE TAKEAWAY IS WHAT YOU
SAID.
THIS IS BEING DONE ON PURPOSE.
MARIA: THIS IS THE REALLY
EXTRAORDINARY TO ME, AND NOW --
>> YEAH.
MARIA: -- YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT
FOOD SHORTAGES AS A RESULT OF
WHAT’S GOING ON IN UKRAINE, THE
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION AT PUTIN’S
HANDS.
>> RIGHT.
MARIA: ARE WE GOING TO SEE A
FOOD FAMINE IN SOME PARTS OF THE
WORLD?
>> WELL, YOU’VE GOT 40 NATIONS
DEPEND ON GRAIN FROM UKRAINE 50%
OF THEIR GRAIN COMING FROM
UKRAINE, THAT’S GOING TO HAVE AN
EFFECT.
WE’VE HAD THREE FAMINES IN
AFRICA IN THE LAST TEN YEARS
THAT HAVE BEEN HISTORIC IN
NATURE, SO WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A
FOOD SHORTAGE THROUGHOUT THE
WORLD, AND 2350 PRICES ARE GOING
TO GO UP.
BUT ADD -- AT THE END OF THE
DAY, EVERY TIME ENERGY PRICES GO
UP, THAT INCREASES THE COST OF
GROWING AND SHIPPING FOOD.
IF YOU COULD JUST CHANGE THE
COST OF ENERGY, LOWER THE COST
OF ENERGY, YOU WOULD
DRAMATICALLY LOWER FOOD PRICES
IN SPITE OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE
WITH.
MARIA: YEAH.
BUT, LOOK, ON DAY ONE IN OFFICE
THE PRESIDENT CANCELED THE
KEYSTONE PIPELINE, HE CANCELED
ANY DRILLING ON FEDERAL LAND.
I MEAN, THAT WAS THE BEGINNING
OF SERVING PRICES HIGHER AND
INFLATION STARTED AT 1.4% WHEN
THE PRESIDENT TOOK OFFICE.
LOOK, POLICY WHEN IT’S BAD, IT
RESULTS IN BAD OUTCOMES.
>> RIGHT.
MARIA: I WANT TO GET YOUR TAKE
ON THE TRAGIC SHOOTINGS THIS
WEEK IN TEXAS.
OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO THE 19
FAMILIES.
BUT IT QUICKLY TURNED POLITICAL.
DEMOCRATS ARE DEMANDING STRICTER
GUN LAWS IN THE FACE OF 19
CHILDREN DEAD.
HERE’S TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG
ABBOTT FIRING BACK.
WATCH THIS.
>> LET’S TALK ABOUT SOME REAL
FACTS.
THERE ARE, QUOTE, REAL GUN LAWS
IN CHICAGO.
THERE ARE, QUOTE, REAL GUN LAWS
IN NEW YORK.
I HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT THERE
ARE MORE PEOPLE WHO WERE SHOT
EVERY WEEKEND IN CHICAGO THAN
THERE ARE IN SCHOOLS IN TEXAS.
MARIA: SO, SENATOR, WHAT ABOUT
THAT?
AND DURING THAT PRESS CONFERENCE
THAT GOVERNOR ABBOTT GAVE, YOU
HAD BETO O’ROURKE RUNNING OVER
THERE AND LOSING IT, BLAMING
GOVERNOR ABBOTT.
>> YEAH.
NUMBER ONE, I THINK WHAT BETO
O’ROURKE DID TELLS YOU ALL YOU
NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE STATUS OF
HIS CAMPAIGN.
HE’S A DESPERATE POLITICIAN
DOING DESPICABLE THINGS TO TRY
TO STAY RELEVANT, AND WE NEED
LEADERSHIP AT A TIME OF CRISIS
NOT SHOWMANSHIP.
AND ALL I CAN SAY WE HAVE A
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO BEAR
ARMS, BUT IT’S NOT UNLIMITED.
COUNT ME IN FOR TRYING TO HAVE
BETTER LAWS TO DETECT THE THESE
EVENTS BEFORE THEY HAPPEN,
ALLOWING COPS TO INTERVENE WHEN
SOMEBODY’S SHOWING A DANGER TO
THEMSELVES OR OTHERS.
BUT GUN VIOLENCE IS A PROBLEM IN
THIS COUNTRY, THERE’S NO
QUESTION ABOUT IT, BUT THE
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO BEAR
ARMS DOES EXIST, AND THERE HAS
TO BE LIMITATIONS ON WHAT YOU
CAN DO.
SO ALL I CAN SAY ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENED IN TEXAS, IT BREAKS MY
HEART.
BUT I DON’T KNOW IF ANY LAW THAT
I CAN PASS THAT WOULD DEAL WITH
A MAN, 18-YEAR-OLD MAN, SHOOTING
HIS GRANDMOTHER IN THE FACE,
GOING TO A SCHOOL, LOCKING THE
DOOR AND KILLING EVERY KID IN
THE CLASS.
BUT ONE THING I WANT TO TELL YOU
AND EVERYBODY LISTENING, I DON’T
KNOW HOW TO FIX THIS.
MARIA: WELL, I MEAN, WE ARE
CHERISHING THE BORDER AGENTS WHO
STOPPED --
>> YES.
MARIA: -- THIS DEATH AND
DESTRUCTION.
IT WAS A BORDER AGENT --
>> YEAH.
MARIA: -- THE BECAUSE,
OBVIOUSLY, IT WAS CLOSE TO THE
BORDER.
BUT LOOK, SENATOR, I THINK
PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING TO
UNDERSTAND WHY THERE IS NOT MORE
SECURITY.
ARMED GUARDS --
>> THAT’S RIGHT.
MARIA: -- AT SCHOOLS.
>> THE ONE THING THAT’S IN
COMMON HERE IS THAT THE PEOPLE
WHO DO THIS ARE DISTURBED,
OBVIOUSLY.
BUT MENTAL HEALTH IS NOT THE
ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION AS MUCH
AS JUST PURE EVIL.
SO THE THING THAT I’M FOCUSED ON
IS HOW DO WE KILL THESE PEOPLE
WHEN THEY COME INTO THE DOOR OR
NEUTRALIZE THEM BEFORE THEY KILL
A BUNCH OF KIDS.
THAT’S ONE THING WE CAN DO
BETTER.
SO I’LL -- COUNT ME IN FOR
TRYING TO BEEF UP SECURITY AT
SCHOOLS SO THESE GUYS GET
STOPPED WHEN THEY FIRST COME IN.
MARIA: LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT WHAT
WE LEARNED THIS WEEK IN THE
TRIAL OF THE CLINTON LAWYER,
MICHAEL SUSSMANN.
WITH WE LEARNED THAT HILLARY
CLINTON APPROVED GIVING THE
TRUMP-RUSSIA LIE STORY TO THE
MEDIA.
SHE APPROVED IT HERSELF.
AND AND THAT MICHAEL SUSSMANN
BILLED THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN ON
THE VERY DAY HE TALKED TO THE
FBI ABOUT THE FAKE TRUMP TIES
WHEN HE SAID HE WAS THERE AS A
CONCERNED CITIZEN.
WILL WE SEE ANY REPERCUSSIONS
FOR THE FBI OR EVEN FOR HILLARY
CLINTON?
YOU WORKED ON THIS FOR YEARS,
AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS OVER A
SEVERAL-YEAR PERIOD, THAT THIS
WAS A TOTAL THE LIE AND IT HAD A
MASSIVE, MASSIVE IMPACT ON OUR
COUNTRY.
>> IT’S FUNNY YOU ASK, THAT’S A
GOOD QUESTION.
I ASKED DIRECTOR WRAY ABOUT THE
HOROWITZ REPORT THAT YOU COVERED
IN DETAIL INDICATING 19
VIOLATIONS OF FBI POLICY
REGARDING THE CARTER PAGE
WARRANT.
WHAT’S THE STORYLINE HERE?
THEY HAD A LAWYER FOR THE
CLINTON CAMPAIGN APPARENTLY WAS
ABLE TO DUPE THE ENTIRE FBI INTO
BELIEVING THAT DONALD TRUMP HAD
A RELATIONSHIP ILLEGALLY WITH A
RUSSIAN BANK THAT WAS A BUNCH OF
B.S. HERE’S WHAT I THINK, THEY
WANTED TO BELIEVE IT.
THE BEST EXPLANATION FOR ALL
THIS IS THAT EVERY TIME THERE
WAS A STOP SIGN, THEY RAN IT
BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO GET
TRUMP.
THERE IS NO OTHER EXPLANATION.
HOW COULD THEY MISS ALL THE
WARNING SIGNS ABOUT DOSSIER
BEING A BUNCH OF BULL?
HOW COULD THEY BUY HOOK, LINE
AND SINKER WHAT SUSSMANN SAID
AND NOT PASS ON TO AGENTS THAT
THE TIP CAME FROM A LAWYER OF A
CAMPAIGN RUNNING AGAINST TRUMP?
THEY WANTED TO BELIEVE IT.
THE ONLY EXPLANATION I CAN GIVE
YOU IS THAT THE FBI AGENTS AND
THE HEAD OF THE FBI AT THE TIME
WANTED TO GET TRUMP, AND THEY
IGNORED EVERY STOP SIGN BECAUSE
THEY DIDN’T WANT TO STOP.
MARIA: WELL, WE TALKED ABOUT
THIS AND YOU TOLD ME ABOUT THE
DANCHENKO INTERVIEW YEARS AGO.
>> RIGHT, YEAH.
[LAUGHTER]
MARIA: HE TALKED TO THE FBI IN
JANUARY 2017 AND SAID, LOOK, WE
EMBELLISHED IT, WE LIED, HAVING
BEERS AND FUN WITH FRIENDS.
AND YET THE FBI WENT AHEAD AND
CONTINUED TO PURSUE FISA
WARRANTS AGAINST TRUMP THE
OFFICIALS.
>> YEAH.
MARIA: LOOK, WHERE’S THE
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE FBI?
HOW COME IT HAS BECOME SO
POLITICAL?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, I THINK
DIRECTOR WRAY -- I ASKED HIM A
QUESTION ABOUT IN THE, HE SAID
IT’S A TERRIBLE CHAPTER IN THE
HISTORY OF THE FBI AND WE’VE
FIRED PEOPLE THAT WERE INVOLVED,
BUT THERE’S MORE ACCOUNTABILITY
COMING, I HOPE.
THERE MAY BE AN FBI AGENT UNDER
INVESTIGATION FOR WITHHOLDING
INFORMATION REGARDING
PAPADOPOULOS.
I HOPE CARTER PAGE WILL SUE THE
FBI FOR THE WARRANT THAT WAS
ISSUED.
IN JANUARY AND MARCH OF THE YEAR
IN QUESTION, THE FBI WAS TOLD BY
THE SUBSOURCE THAT THE RUSSIAN
DOSSIER WAS A BUNCH OF BAR TALK,
AND THEY CONTINUED TO GET
WARRANTS AFTER THEY WERE TOLD
THAT.
COMEY AND McCABE SAID THEY
NEVER HEARD THAT.
I HAVE A HARD TIME BELIEVING
THAT.
I HOPE THERE’LL BE CIVIL
LITIGATION, AND I HOPE THERE’LL
BE MORE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS,
AND I HOPE PEOPLE WILL BE
PROSECUTED WHO TOOK THE LAW IN
THEIR OWN HANDS.
MARIA: ALL RIGHT.
WE’LL BE WATCHING THAT,
CERTAINLY, ALL SUMMER.
SOME THINK THERE WILL BE MORE
INDICTMENTS THIS SUMMER.