APPROACH THIS CIRCUMSTANCE.
MARIA: MY NEXT GUEST JOINED
ARIZONA PERSON DOUG DOOCEY.
JOINING US NOW SENATOR RICK
SCOTT.
TELL US WHAT YOU SAW AT THE
BORDER.
SENATOR: WE SAW A CRISIS THAT
JOE BIDEN CREATED.
I TACK AN AERIAL TOUR WITH
GOVERNOR DOOCEY AND WE SAW
TECHNOLOGY THAT AMERICAN
TAXPAYERS PAID FOR THAT THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYS, WE
WILL NOT USE IT OR TURN IT ON
AND WE SAW WALL THAT ONLY TO PUT
UP IS GATES AND WHERE WE DID THE
PRESS CONFERENCE IN THE TOWN OF
DOUGLAS THEY HAD TO PROVIDE
EXTRA SECURITY BECAUSE PEOPLE
WERE JUST CLIMBING THE WALL.
WE’VE TALKED TO BORDER PATROL,
THEY’VE HAD TO SHUT DOWN
CHECKPOINTS IN -- IN ARIZONA, SO
THIS IS A CRISIS THAT JOE BIDEN
CREATED.
HE OUGHT TO GET DOWN THERE AS
QUICKLY AS HE CAN AND HE OUGHT
TO SEE WHAT HE HAS DON’T AND SEE
WHAT HE CAN DO TO FIX IT.
WE NEED TO SECURE THE BORDER AND
DO IT HUMANELY.
MARIA: IS THERE GOING TO BE ANY
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR PUTTING
POLITICS AHEAD OF THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE’S WELFARE?
I MEAN, LET’S FACE IT.
WHEN IS THIS NONSENSE GOING TO
STOP?
YOU HAVE THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION COMING IN, THE
FIRST THING THEY DO IS OVERTURN
ALL OF THE RULES THAT TRUMP PUT
IN PLACE BECAUSE THEY HATE TRUMP
INSTEAD OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT
ISSUES WE ARE ACTUALLY DEALING
WITH IN TERMS OF THE SURGE AT
THE BORDER.
JUST OVERTURN EVERYTHING BECAUSE
IT’S TRUMP.
YOU HAVE NANCY PELOSI SITTING
THERE A COUPLE OF AGO AT THE
STATE OF THE UNION RIPPING UP
TRUMP’S SPEECH.
I MEAN, ALL THE GAMES, WEAR
WHITE, WEAR BLACK, DON’T SHOW UP
TO THE INAUGURATION.
WILL THERE BE ANY ACCOUNTABILITY
FOR PLAYING ALL OF THESE
RIDICULOUS GAMES INSTEAD OF
ACTUALLY PUTTING THE PEOPLE’S
BUSINESS FIRST AS A PRIORITY?
SENATOR: I HOPE SO.
I’VE BEEN UP HERE 2 YEARS.
I BECAME THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL
COMMITTEE AND I THINK THE
AMERICAN PUBLIC ARE FED UP WITH
THIS.
THEY WANT A SECURE BORDER AND
THEY WANT OUR SCHOOLS OPEN AND
THEY DON’T WANT TAX INCREASES.
THEY WANT US TO SUPPORT LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
THE DEMOCRATS ARE ON THE
OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ISSUES.
I THINK IN THE ’22 ELECTION
PEOPLE WILL HAVE A LOT OF
BUYER’S REMORSE.
JOE BIDEN DIDN’T COME AND SAY I
WILL OPEN BORDERS AND CLOSE
SCHOOLS.
THIS IS NOT WHAT HE PROMISED.
A LOT OF BUYER’S REMORSE AND
PEOPLE ARE GETTING FED UP WITH
WHAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE DOING.
THIS PLACE IS DYSFUNCTIONAL.
I’VE BEEN UP HERE 2 YEARS.
IT’S ALL ABOUT POLITICS BUT I
WILL MAKE SURE THIS IS ABOUT
SOLVING PROBLEMS.
LY MAKE SURE THAT I HELP
REPUBLICAN SENATORS GET ELECT
WHERE HAD WE SOLVE THE PROBLEMS
OF THE COUNTRY.
WE NEED A BETTER ECONOMY.
WE DON’T NEED $30 TRILLION WORTH
OF DEBT AND DON’T NEED FEDERAL
RESERVE BUYING UP TREASURIES.
WE HAVE TO ACT RESPONSIBLY AS
GOVERNOR.
I PAID DOWN THIRD OF DEBT AS
GOVERNOR.
WE ADDED 1.7 MILLION JOBS.
WE IMPROVED OUR SCHOOLS, THAT’S
WHAT PEOPLE -- THAT’S WHAT
AMERICANS WANT AND THAT’S WHAT
REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO STAND
FOR AND WE WILL HAVE A GREAT
’22.
MARIA: SO THAT WHAT WE NEED TO
LOOK FORWARD TO?
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THE
REPUBLICANS CAN DO AT THIS
POINT?
I MEAN, RIGHT NOW THE FIGHT IS
AT THE DOORSTEP OF THE AG’S AND
YOU HAVE STATE GOVERNORS AND
STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL FIGHTING
BACK ON THE RADICAL AGENDA.
THAT’S ALL YOU CAN DO RIGHT?
YOU’RE IN THE MINORITY.
SENATOR: TO WHAT WE WILL DO,
CLEARLY ATTORNEY GENERALS AROUND
THE COUNTRY ARE STARTING TO FILE
LAWSUITS.
I ASKED EVERYONE THAT COMES IN
FRONT OF ME, ARE YOU GOING TO
ENFORCE THE LAW, I’VE ASKED THE
ACCOUNTING OFFICER ALONG WITH
OTHER SENATORS, ARE THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION ENFORCING THE
IMMIGRATION LAWS, THEY ARE NOT.
THEY ARE NOT SPENDING THE
DOLLARS.
THEY ARE SHUTTING DOWN THINGS WE
PAID FOR.
THIS MAKES NO SENSE.
IF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC
UNDERSTANDS IT AND GETS RILED
UP, THE RIGHT THING WILL HAPPEN.
MARIA: LET ME BRING IN THE PANEL
HERE.
ROB LUNA, GO AHEAD.
>> I THINK IT’S RIDICULOUS WHAT
IS GOING ON.
MARIA, IT’S HARD TO LOOK AT THIS
OTHER THAN A PERSONAL VENDETTA.
WE HEAR AND WHAT THE RANCHERS
ARE FACING 35% INCREASE IN THE
COST OF DOING BUSINESS.
LET’S REMEMBER A LOT OF OUR
AGRICULTURE IS COMING FROM THOSE
PLACES.
WE TALK ABOUT UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES, INFLATION,
TAXATION, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A
HUMAN CRISIS BUT WHAT WE ARE
DOING TO OUR ECONOMY THROUGH
THIS, I DON’T THINK WE ARE
SEEING THE BEGINNING OF THAT
YET.
MARIA: YEAH.
BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING THIS
MORNING ABOUT POTENTIAL TAX
INCREASES.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US IN TERMS OF
THE NEXT PACKAGE?
THE JOURNAL REPORTING A
3 TRILLION-DOLLAR INFRASTRUCTURE
PACKAGE AND I’VE BEEN SAYING FOR
A LONG TIME WE ARE GOING TO SEE
HIGHER TAXES.
SENATOR: ON IMMIGRATION WE NEED
TO HAVE LEGAL IMMIGRATION.
ON TAXES, THE SO-CALLED COVID
BILL WHICH WAS JUST A LIBERAL
PAYBACK BILL, YOU KNOW, IT’LL
TAKE OUR DEBT NOW TO
$30 TRILLION.
THAT MEANS ABOUT -- WITH JUST, 1
OUT OF $7 OF REVENUES WE WILL
COLLECT THIS YEAR WE WILL PAY IN
INTEREST EXPENSE.
I MEAN, INFLATION IS GOING UP
AND IT’S CAUSED BY FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AND FEDERAL RESERVE
THAT DOESN’T UNDERSTAND HOW
REALITY WORKS.
YOU CAN’T JUST GO SPEND MONEY,
SPEND MONEY.
YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT NOW
$3 TRILLION THAT THEY WANT TO
SPEND AND INCREASING ALL SORTS
OF TAXES.
THEY WANT TO INCREASE GAS TAXES,
TAXES ON ELECTRIC CARS, ESTATE
TAXES, INCOME TAXES, WHERE DOES
THIS END?
WE JUST ALL WORK FOR GOVERNMENT?
I’M SICK AND TIRED OF THESE TAX
INCREASES.
I CUT TAXES AS GOVERNOR A
HUNDRED TIMES AND OUR ECONOMY
PROSPERED.
REVENUES GREW.
THAT’S WHAT WE OUGHT TO BE
DOING.
CUT TAXES, REDUCE REGULATION AND
MAKING IT EASIER TO GET A
PERMIT.
THAT’S THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND THE
DEMOCRATS ARE DOING.
MARIA: I’M GLAD THAT YOU
MENTIONED ADDITIONAL TAXES.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT RAISING
TAXES, A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE TO
THROW OUT THE IDEA, TAX THE
RICH.
WE KNOW THAT THAT IS JUST ONE OF
THE TAXES THAT WE ARE GOING TO
SEE.
WE WILL SEE TAXING MIDDLE CLASS
$200,000 AT LEAST IN INCOME AND
ALSO SEEING OTHER ANCILLARY
THINGS LIKE THE GAS TAX AND
OTHER THINGS MAKING YOUR LIFE
MORE EXPENSIVE.
THAT’S WHY YOU’VE GOT THIS NEW
YORK EXODUS AND THEY ARE ALL
COMING TO YOUR STATE, FLORIDA OR
TEXAS AND NOW WE HAVE JETBLUE
CONSIDERING MOVING NEW YORK CITY
JOBS TO FLORIDA ONCE ITS LONG
ISLAND CITY LEASE EXPIRES.
THAT EXPIRES JULY 2023.
THE AIRLINE ALREADY HAS A
TRAINING CENTER IN ORLANDO,
TRAVEL PRODUCTS, SUBSIDIARY IN
FT. LAUDERDALE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR JETBLUE SAYS A
DECISION IS EXPECTED BY THE END
OF THE YEAR.
SENATOR, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY
TO JETBLUE AND WHAT ARE YOU
SEEING ON A CORPORATE LEVEL IN
TERMS OF BUSINESSES TAKING THEIR
REVENUE OUT OF NEW YORK AND OVER TO THE SUNSHINE STATE?
TO THE SUNSHINE STATE?
SENATOR: SO I CALLED ON ROBIN
HAYES CONSTANTLY.
TAX INCREASES, TAX INCREASES,
THAT’S ALL THEY DO UP THERE.
THEY DO IT ALL OF THE TIME.
WE ARE A WELCOMING STATE.
I CUT TAXES.
I REDUCED REGULATION.
WE MADE EASY FOR PEOPLE TO MOVE.
THAT’S WHAT’S CONTINUING TO
HAPPEN IN FLORIDA AND WHY THE
COMPANIES ARE GETTING OUT OF
THERE.
AND PEOPLE ARE, THEY ARE SICK
AND TIRED.
I MEAN, WHEN ARE WE GOING THE
SAY TO GOVERNMENT AT EVERY
LEVEL, WE ARE TIRED OF YOU GUYS
TAKING OUR MONEY, IT’S OUR
MONEY.
WE ARE WORKING OUR TAILS OFF FOR
THE MONEY AND YOU GUYS WILL TAKE
IT ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS, GAS
TAXES, DEATH TAXES, INCOME
TAXES, EVERY TAX IN THE WORLD
YOU WANT TO TAKE FROM US.
WHAT DOES IT DO, IMPACT THE POOR
FAMILIES IN THE COUNTRY, THE
PEOPLE ON FIXED INCOME THAT
CAN’T AFFORD IT.
THE DEMOCRATS DON’T CARE ABOUT
THE PEOPLE, THEY JUST WANT TO
TAKE MORE OF YOUR DOLLARS, I’M
SICK OF IT.
MARIA: YEAH.
WELL, LOOK, EVERYBODY KNOWS IN
ORDER TO GET YOUR FINANCIAL
HOUSE IN ORDER THE FIRST THING
TO DO IS TO STOP DIGGING THE
HOLE.
STOP SPENDING.
AND INSTEAD OF HEARING PLANS TO
STOP SPENDING, THIS MORNING WE
READ ABOUT ANOTHER ECONOMIC
PLAN.
$3 TRILLION.
EDUCATION AND MORE MONEY IN
INFRASTRUCTURE.
IT’S OUTRAGEOUS.
SENATOR: YOU CAN’T MAKE THE
STUFF UP.
MARIA: I KNOW.
SENATOR: HOW MUCH DEBT CAN WE
HAVE?
IS 40 TRILLION TOO MUCH?
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF REVENUES ARE
YOU WILLING TO PAY IN INTEREST
EXPENSE?
HOW MUCH -- HOW MUCH OF OUR
FEDERAL REVENUES ARE WE GOING TO
PAY IN INTEREST EXPENSE?
HOW ARE WE GOING THE PAY FOR
MEDICARE AND MEDICAID?
MARIA: SENATOR, IT’S ALL GOOD
QUESTIONS.
WE WILL BE WATCHING.