WILL BE COMEING IN THE NEW YEAR.
JASON?
>> AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT,
PRESIDENT BIDEN IS BLISSFULLY
UNAWARE.
HE CALLED A LID AT 10:06 A.M. SO
HE COULD BASK IN THE CARIBBEAN
SUN.
THE PRESIDENT IS ON VACATION
AFTER ALL.
KEEP IN MIND, THIS COMES AFTER A
RECENT BEACH VACATION TO THE
LUXURIOUS KIOWA ISLAND IN
SOUTH CAROLINA.
ANOTHER RELAXING VACATION IN
NANTUCKET ALONG WITH AROUND 60
MINI VACATIONS TO DELAWARE THIS
YEAR ALONE.
SO WITH JOE TAKING OFF SO MUCH
TIME TO RECHARGE, WHO IS RUNNING
THE SHOW?
WELL, IT’S CERTAINLY NOT BIDEN’S
TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY, MAYOR
PETE.
IT TOOK HIM FOUR WHOLE DAYS TO
RESPOND TO TRAVEL CRISIS CAUSED
PRIMARILY BY SOUTHWEST AIRLINES.
ONE PROMINENT DEMOCRAT, NINA
TURNER IS VOICING CONCERN.
"WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH
RAILROADS, AIRLINES AND THE
SUPPLY CHAIN IS A RESULT OF
SMALL CITY MAYOR BEING MADE THE
SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION AS A
MEANS TO PAD HIS RESUME FOR
PRESIDENT.
SECRETARY BUTTIGIEG IS A PRIME
EXAMPLE OF FALLING UP."
JOINING US NOW WITH MORE, TWO
REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE,
SOUTH CAROLINA CONGRESS WOMAN
NANCY MACE WHO WAS DIRECTLY
IMPACTED BY THE TRAVEL CHAOS
ALONG WITH TEXAS CONGRESSWOMAN
BETH VAN DUYNE.
THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT ON
HANNITY.
I WANT TO START WITH YOU,
CONGRESS WOMAN MACE.
YOU HAD SOME PERSONAL
EXPERIENCE.
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO HELP SOLVE
THIS FROM A CONGRESSIONAL
VIEWPOINT?
>> WELL, NOT ONLY THAT, AM I ON
THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE IN
CONGRESS, SPECIFICALLY THE
AVIATION SUBCOMMITTEE, THIS HIT
CLOSE TO HOME.
MY TEENAGE KIDS GOT STRANDED IN
BALTIMORE TRYING TO MAKE IT HOME
ON CHRISTMAS EVE.
EVEN TODAY, FIVE DAYS LATER, WE
DON’T KNOW WHERE THEIR LUGGAGE
IS.
WE’VE BEEN PERSONALLY IMPACTED
BY THIS.
THE YOUNG LADY OPERATING THE
CAMERA I’M IN FRONT OF RIGHT NOW
WAS STRANDED IN DENVER FOR FIVE
DAYS.
SHE MADE IT HOME BUT DIDN’T SEE
HER SON FOR CHRISTMAS.
STILL DOESN’T KNOW WHERE HER
LUGGAGE IS.
THIS HAS IMPACTED THOUSANDS UPON
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
I WAS DISAPPOINTED TO HEAR THE
PRESIDENT BASKING IN THE
CARIBBEAN RIGHT NOW.
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
CAN’T GET ON TRAINS, CAN’T RENT
CARS OR CAN’T RECOUP THEIR
FLIGHTS TO GET HOME.
THEY’RE STRANDED ACROSS THE
COUNTRY RIGHT NOW.
I WANT TO HEAR PETE BUTTIGIEG
SAYING HE’S GOING TO AUDIT AND
FIGURE OUT WHERE THE $7 BILLION
WENT THAT SOUTHWEST RECEIVED
FROM AMERICAN TAXPAYERS TONIGHT.
THAT’S WHAT I WANT TO HEAR
TONIGHT.
>> THAT’S THE ISSUE.
CONGRESS PASSED PRESUMABLY YOU
VOTED AGAINST IT, MAYBE YOU VOTE
ED FOR IT, $1.2 TRILLION IN
INFRASTRUCTURE.
MAYOR PETE, YOU KNOW, THERE
HANDED OUT A LOT OF MONEY.
BUT I -- HE SAYS HE’S GOING TO
HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.
WHERE IS HE?
IT TOOK HIM FOUR DAYS TO RESPOND
AND MAKE COMMENTS.
>> IT’S NOT JUST BIDEN THAT GOES
ON VACATION WHEN HE’S MOST
NEEDED.
BUTTIGIEG WAS NOT QUALIFIED.
HE’S CABINET SECRETARY.
IN HIS FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE,
WHEN WE HAVE TREMENDOUS SUPPLY
CHAIN ISSUES, PEOPLE CAN’T GET
THE SUPPLIES THAT THEY NEED,
WHEN BUSINESSES ARE GOING
BANKRUPT, WHERE IS HE?
HE TAKES TWO MONTHS OFF FOR
PATERNITY LEAVE.
EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE HAD OUR
RAIL STRIKE.
WE WERE GOING TO HAVE AGAIN A
MASSIVE AMOUNT OF HIT TO OUR
ECONOMY, YOU WERE GOING TO HAVE
MUNICIPALITIES THAT COULDN’T GET
CHEMICALS TO TREAT THEIR WATER
SUPPLY.
WHERE WAS PETE?
THAT’S RIGHT.
I WAS ON A FAMILY VACATION IN
PORTUGAL.
HE COULDN’T BE BOTHERED NOT TO
GO ON VACATION.
THIS IS A MAN THAT WAS NOT
QUALIFIED FOR THE JOB.
HE HAS NEVER BEEN ON THE JOB.
WE TRUSTED HIM WITH 1.2 TRILLION
OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND YOU’LL
SEE HOW HE HAS FALLEN ON HIS
FACE TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
>> I LIKE THAT COMMENT, THIS IS
SOMEBODY IN HIS CAREER THAT HAS
FALLEN UP.
HE HAD A FAILED PRESIDENTIAL
RUN.
I DON’T SEE ANYTHING -- THERE’S
A REASON WHY THEY CALL HIM
POTHOLE PETE.
WHAT IN HIS RESUME WOULD LEAD
YOU TO BELIEVE THAT HE COULD
SOLVE THE MAJOR PROBLEMS THAT
WE’RE HAVING WITH RAIL,
TRANSPORTATION AND THE AIRLINES
AND WHATNOT.
YOU’LL GET A CHANCE TO GRILL HIM
AND HOLD HIM ACCOUNTABLE WHEN
REPUBLICANS TAKE CONTROL.
WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO DO, CONGRESS
WOMAN MACE, WHEN HE COMES BEFORE
THE COMMITTEE AT SOME POINT?
>> WE’LL HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS.
ON THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, I’LL
HAVE A GAVEL.
ONE OF FIVE CHAIRMAN.
HE HAS A LOT TO ANSWER FOR WHEN
HE COMES TO CONGRESS.
WHAT IS HE DOING WITH THE
TAXPAYER DOLLARS, HOW ARE THEY
BEING DISTRIBUTED.
HOW IS HE GOING TO HOLD
SOUTHWEST ACCOUNTABLE?
WHAT YOU’RE SEEING TODAY IS THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REWARDING BAD
BEHAVIOR BY HAVING A PRIVATE
COMPANY BE BAILED OUT AND
SUBSIDIZED BY THE AMERICAN
TAXPAYER.
WHAT IS PETE BUTTIGIEG GOING TO
DO BESIDES HOLD A PRESS
CONFERENCE?
THIS IS ONE THING THAT I WANT TO
MAKE CLEAR.
NINA TURNER AND BETH VAN DYNE
ARE CORRECT ON PETE BUTTIGIEG.
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS.
YOU HAD DEMOCRATS AND THE LEFT
SPEND MILLIONS AGAINST PEOPLE
LIKE ME IN SWING DISTRICTS THAT
WANT TO HOLD THE ADMINISTRATION
ACCOUNTABLE, THAT WANT TO
HOLDING ASIES ACCOUNTABLE SO
REPUBLICANS CAN’T HOLD THEM
ACCOUNTABLE.
IT’S IMPORTANT TO SUPPORT
CANDIDATES LIKE MYSELF AND BETH
VAN DUYNE.
GO TO NANCYMACE.ORG TO HOLD THE
ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE WHEN
WE’RE IN THE MAJORITY.
>> YOU HAVE YOUR WORK LOAD AHEAD
OF YOU.
THERE’S CERTAINLY IS NO EXCUSE
FOR THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT
THESE -- THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS
BEEN GIVEN.
BUT HOW THEY SPENT IT, WHAT
THEY’VE DONE AND HOW THEY’VE
DONE IT, GO GET THEM.
NEXT WEEK YOU’LL ACTUALLY HAVE
THE GAVELS IN HAND.