SOMEBODY’S GOING TO HAVE TO
GIVE.
MARIA: JOINING ME RIGHT NOW IS
THE HOUSE GOP LEADER HIMSELF,
KEVIN McCARTHY.
IT’S GREAT TO SEE YOU,
CONGRESSMAN.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME BACK ON,
MARIA.
MARIA: AND ON SET.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN.
WHERE HAVE YOU -- HAVE YOU
SPOKEN WITH THE FREEDOM CAUCUS?
>> I’VE SPENT HOURS WITH THE
FREEDOM CAUCUS.
WE HAVE A CLOSE MAJORITY, AND
WE’VE LAID OUT TO THE AMERICAN
PUBLIC, THEY CHOSE FOR US TO
LEAD.
WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER AS ONE,
OTHERWISE WE WILL NOT BE SUCCESS
OFFUL.
WE’VE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL --
MARIA: YOU WON 85% OF THE VOTE
AND, OBVIOUSLY, THE MAJORITY
WANTS YOU AS SPEAKER, BUT YOU
GOT TO GET THE 218 VOTES.
>> YEAH.
THE DIFFICULTY HERE IS WE’VE
ALREADY HAD THE PRIMARY.
WE’VE ALREADY MADE THAT
DECISION, 85% OF THE CONFERENCE.
IF PEOPLE DON’T COME ALONG,
THAT’S GOING TO DELAY OUR
ABILITY TO SECURE THE BORDER.
THAT’S GOING TO DELAY OUR
ABILITY TO BECOME ENERGY
INDEPENDENT.
THAT’S GOING TO DELAY OUR
ABILITY TO REPEAL 87,000 IRS
AGENTS.
THAT’S GOING TO DELAY OUR
ABILITY TO HOLD GOVERNMENT
ACCOUNTABLE.
THERE’S NO SUBPOENA THAT CAN GO
OUT UNTIL THAT GETS DONE.
AND RIGHT NOW IT’S DELAYING OUR
ABILITY TO GOVERN AS WE GO.
I’M HOPEFUL THAT EVERYBODY COMES
TOGETHER, FINDS A WAY TO GOVERN
TOGETHER.
THIS IS WHAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
WANT.
OTHERWISE WE’LL BE SQUANDERING
THIS MAJORITY.
MARIA: YOU WERE WITH JOE BIDEN
THIS PAST WEEK.
WHAT WERE YOU ABLE TO TALK WITH
HIM ABOUT, ABOUT HOW BUSINESS IS
GOING TO BE DIFFERENT?
SHOULD YOU BE THE HOUSE SPEAKER.
I KNOW THAT LES A MOVEMENT RIGHT
NOW, FOR EXAMPLE, TO REMOVE THE
MANDATE FOR THE VACCINE IN THE
MILITARY.
YOU SPOKE WITH THE PRESIDENT
ABOUT THAT.
>> I DID.
I HAD A MEETING WITH THE
PRESIDENT, AND I LAID OUT VERY
CLEARLY WHAT THE DIFFERENCE WILL
BE WITH THE NEW REPUBLICAN
MAJORITY, AND WE’RE WORKING
THROUGH THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
BILL.
WE WILL SECURE LIFTING THAT
VACCINE MANDATE ON OUR MILITARY,
BECAUSE WHAT WE’RE FINDING IS
THEY’RE KICKING OUT MEN AND
WOMEN THAT HAVE BEEN SERVING.
PEOPLE AREN’T -- THEY’RE NOT
MEETING THEIR RECRUITMENT.
I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE EVEN LAST
NIGHT.
BUT COME NEXT WEEK, YOU’LL SEE
THAT WE’VE BEEN ABLE TO, AND
THAT’S THE FIRST VICTORY OF
HAVING A REPUBLICAN MAJORITY.
AND WE’D LIKE TO HAVE MORE OF
HOSE VICTORIES.
WE SHOULD START MOVING THOSE
NOW.
MARIA: YOU’RE SAYING IN THE NDAA
WHICH WILL DROP NEXT WEEK, THE
VACCINE MANDATE FOR THE MILITARY
WILL BE LIFTED.
>> YES, IT WILL.
OTHERWISE THE BILL WILL NOT
MOVE.
I’VE BEEN VERY CLEAR WITH THE
PRESIDENT.
THE PRESIDENT WORKED WITH ME ON
THIS.
THIS IS THE FIRST SIGN OF
DIVIDED GOVERNMENT.
YOU’VE GOT SOME COMPROMISE HERE,
AND WE’VE GOT SOMETHING THAT THE
REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN WORKING
VERY HARD AND A NUMBER OF
DEMOCRATS TOO TRYING TO FIND
SUCCESS, BUT ONE-PARTY RULE
WOULD NEVER ALLOW THAT TO GO
FORWARD, AND NOW WE’RE GOING TO
HAVE SUCCESS.
MARIA: WHAT ELSE ARE YOU
PLANNING, AND WHAT HAVE YOU TOLD
THE FREEDOM CAUCUS?
ARE YOU MAKING ANY CHANGES, ARE
YOU DOING ANYTHING TO PLACATE
ANYBODY WHO’S ACTUALLY TRYING TO
PUSH AGAINST YOU AS THE SPEAKER?
>> LOOK, I THINK EVERYBODY IS
RESPECTED IN THE HOUSE
REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU ARE.
WE’RE GOING TO SIT AT 222
MEMBERS, SO ANY 5 MEMBERS CAN
HOLD US UP.
I RESPECT ALL.
WE CAME TOGETHER AS ONE
CONFERENCE.
WE CHANGED THE RULES, MADE IT
MORE BOTTOM-UP IN THE PROCESS,
SO I’M NOT QUITE SURE WHY PEOPLE
PERSONAL, BUT WHAT IT’S DOING IS
HARMING.
PRESIDENT TRUMP PUT A TRUTH OUT
LAST NIGHT.
HE’S VERY CONCERNED WITH WHAT’S
HAPPENING, MARK LEVIN --
MARIA: ALL OF THESE PEOPLE
ENDORSED YOU AS SPEAKER.
>> OH, YES.
AND JIM JORDAN AS WELL.
MARIA: I WANT TO GET YOUR TAKE
ON REALLY THE STORY OF THE DAY
AND THAT IS, CONGRESSMAN, THIS
COLLUSION BETWEEN THE MEDIA,
BETWEEN THE FBI, THE DOJ ALL IN
THE FACE OF THESE ENORMOUS
FORCES WORKING AGAINST US LIKE
THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO KEEP
THE CCP AT BAY, TO STOP THE E
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THEFT AND
TO STOP COLLUSION AND
CORRUPTION?
>> WE, IT CAN’T BE THE SAME AS
THE PAST.
WHAT I’M GOING TO ANNOUNCE THIS
WEEK IS A NEW SELECT COMMITTEE
ON CHINA.
I’LL ANNOUNCE THE CHAIR AS WELL
WEEK.
NOW, THAT’S WHY WE HAVE TO START
MOVING FORWARD.
WE’RE GOING TO LOOK AT EVERY
SINGLE INDUSTRY THAT CHINA HAS
US LEVERAGED IN.
WE’RE GOING TO START BRINGING
THE SUPPLY CHAIN BACK FROM CHINA
TO AMERICA.
YOU LOOK AT OUR MEDICINE, WHAT’S
BEING MADE IN CHINA, YOU LOOK AT
CRITICAL MINERALS, YOU LOOK AT
WHAT THEY’RE DOING AROUND THE
WORLD.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A COMMITTEE
OF REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS
ALIKE FOCUSED SO WE HAVE ONE
POLICY, ONE MISSION TO CONFRONT
CHINA WHAT THEY’VE BEEN TRYING
TO DO TO AMERICA AND RULE THE
WORLD, AND IT’S ONE OF THE BEST
THINGS WE’LL SEE MOVING FORWARD
WITH THE NEW REPUBLICAN
MAJORITY.
MARIA: I MEAN, DOES THE MEDIA
NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT’S AT HAND?
WHAT’S AT STAKE?
WHAT ABOUT THESE 51 INTELLIGENCE
OFFICIALS?
JOHN BRENNAN, JAMES CLAPPER
SIGNING THEIR NAMES TO SAY THAT
THE HUNTER BIDEN LAPTOP WAS
DISINFORMATION?
WHEN WE KNEW OTHERWISE.
JOHN RATCLIFFE ON MY SHOW SAYING
THAT’S ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE.
>> EXACTLY.
ALSO PUT IN THERE ADAM SCHIFF.
ANOTHER CHANGE YOU’RE GOING TO
GET, ADAM SCHIFF WILL NO LONGER
BE ON THE INTEL COMMITTEE WHEN I
BECOME SPEAKER.
WHY?
ANOTHER EXAMPLE THAT HE LIED
ABOUT THIS.
YOU SEE CLAPPER AND BRENNAN
USING THEIR INTELLIGENCE
CLEARANCE TO LIE TO THE AMERICAN
PUBLIC.
WHAT ELON MUSK HAS BEEN ABLE TO
DO -- NOW WE KNOW WHY THE WHITE
HOUSE WANTED TO FIGHT SO
STRONGLY AGAINST HIM OWNING
TWITTER.
ALL HE’S DONE IS PUT OUT THE
TRUTH.
NOW WE NEED TO START LOOKING AT
FACEBOOK, AT GOOGLE.
THESE NOW HAVE BECOME ARMS OF
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, ARMS OF
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.
BUT THEY ALSO USED THE INTEL
COMMUNITY AS WELL TO LIE TO THE
AMERICAN PUBLIC.
SHOULD THOSE PEOPLE KEEP THEIR
CLEARANCES?
SHOULD THOSE PEOPLE STILL BE
ALLOWED TO HAVE INFORMATION?
IF THEY’RE GOING TO BE POLITICAL
INDIVIDUALS, THEN, NO, THEY
SHOULD NOT.
AND THIS IS JUST THE TIP OF THE
ICEBERG OF WHAT WE NEED TO
INVESTIGATE GOING FORWARD.
MARIA: YEAH.
WELL, YOU KNOW, WE KNEW OR WE
HAD A SENSE THAT THIS WAS
HAPPENING AT TWITTER, BUT YOU’RE
RIGHT.
I MEAN, WHAT ABOUT GOOGLE?
WHAT ABOUT FACEBOOK?
WE ALREADY KNOW THAT THE --
BECAUSE OF SWORN TESTIMONY, WE
KNOW THAT THE FBI WAS HAVING
WEEKLY MEETINGS WITH SOCIAL
MEDIA COMPANIES TO TRY TO STOP
THEM FROM REPORTING THE TRUTH
ABOUT INFLUENCE PEDDLING
HAPPENING IN THE BIDEN FAMILY?
>> THINK ABOUT THE TIMELINE OF
WHEN THIS WAS RIGHT BEFORE THE
ELECTION, JUST A COUPLE WEEKS.
AND REMEMBER HOW CLOSE THIS
ELECTION WAS.
95% OF ALL SEARCHES GO THROUGH
GOOGLE.
TWITTER WITHHOLDING A NEWSPAPER
ARTICLE SAYING YOU CAN’T -- THEN
AN INTEL COMMUNITY COMING OUT
AND SAYING IT’S A LIE.
ADAM SCHIFF, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
INTEL, SAYING IT’S NOT TRUE TO
WOLF BLITZER.
THEY USED EVERY ARM NOT ONLY OF
THE GOVERNMENT, BUT THEY HAVE
TAKEN OVER BUSINESSES TO LIE TO
THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.
THIS IS JUST THE GUNNING, AND --
BEGINNING, AND THIS IS WHY WE’VE
GOT TO BE READY TO GO ON JANUARY
3RD.
ALL THIS WILL BE HELD UP.
MARIA: YEAH, IT’S JUST
EXTRAORDINARY, WHAT HAS TAKEN
PLACE.
I MEAN, THE PEOPLE WANT
ANSWERS --
>> YOU HAVE BEEN WITH ON MORE
THAN FOUR YEARS AGO --
MARIA: YEAH.
>> -- WITH OTHERS.
AND THEY ATTACKED YOU.
MARIA: THAT’S RIGHT.
>> IT’S NOT JUST WHEN PEOPLE
SAY, OH, IT’S JUST ABOUT
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
NO, IT’S ABOUT AMERICA ITSELF.
THEY GO AFTER EACH AND EVERY
PERSON THAT QUESTIONS THEM.
LOOK AT WHAT THEY’RE DOING TO
ELON MUSK.
HE’S NOT DOING ANYTHING BUT
PUTTING OUT PAPERS THAT HE HAS
FOUND, AND NOW THEY’RE TRYING TO
DISCREDIT A PERSON FOR TELLING
THE TRUTH?
MARIA: YEAH, I SAW YOUR
INTERVIEW THE OTHER DAY, YOU
SAID IT WAS DISGUSTING, AND IT
IS.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT DOESN’T APPEAR
HAT MEDIA IS INFORMED ABOUT
THESE FORCES LIKE THE CHINESE
COMMUNIST PARTY --
>> BUT HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT
THAN WHAT’S HAPPENING IN CHINA
TODAY WHERE YOU TRY TO CONTROL
EVERY SINGLE PERSON?
MARIA: THAT’S RIGHT.
>> NOW WE’RE FINDING GOVERNMENT
USED BUSINESSES TO CONTROL WHAT
WE COULD FIND OUT, WHAT WE CAN
SAY, WHETHER WE COULD EVEN
FORWARD OR RETWEET.
MARIA: YEAH.
>> WHERE IS THE UPRISING?
MARIA: THAT’S RIGHT.
THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT.
GREAT TO SEE YOU, CONGRESSMAN.
>> THANK YOU, MARIA.