MICHELLE IN BARACK OBAMA.
>> THANK YOU.
ON HIS TRIP TO HUDSON VALLEY NEW
YORK TODAY, PRESIDENT BIDEN TOOK
THE STAGE WITH CONGRESSMAN MIKE
WALLER, THE DISTRICT’S
REPRESENTATIVE. BIDEN PREVIOUSLY HAD HAMMERED
BIDEN PREVIOUSLY HAD HAMMERED
HIM AS A MAGA REPUBLICAN, BUT
NOW HE IS NOT.
>> HE’S ON THE OTHER TEAM, BUT
YOU KNOW WHAT, MIKE IS THE KIND
OF GUY THAT WHEN I WAS IN
CONGRESS, HE WAS THE KIND OF
REPUBLICAN I WAS USED TO DEALING
WITH.
HE IS NOT ONE OF THESE MAGA
REPUBLICANS FOR IT.
>> I’M WONDERING IF HE IS AS
CONFUSED AS WE ARE BY THE CHANGE
IN TONE.
THE PRESIDENT, HE PUT UP A TWEET
WITH YOUR PICTURE CALLING YOU A
MAGA REPUBLICAN.
I DO WONDER IN YOUR HEAD, BEING
PRAISED, DO YOU WONDER ABOUT A
PRIMARY CHALLENGE AT ALL?
>> I TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO
THERE BECAUSE IT IS WHO I AM TO
BE BIPARTISAN, TO BE WILLING TO
ENGAGE IN CONVERSATION IN I
TALKED TO THE PRESIDENT
PRIVATELY BEFORE HIS SPEECH AND
TOLD HIM IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS
HE NEEDS TO NEGOTIATE WITH
SPEAKER McCARTHY TO LIFT THE
DEBT CEILING IN HE NEEDS TO WORK
WITH US ON THE MIGRANT CRISIS
IMPACTING OUR SOUTHERN BORDER
AND COMMUNITIES LIKE MINE WHERE
MIGRANTS ARE BEING SHIPPED FROM
NEW YORK CITY TO MY
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT BECAUSE
OF THE CRISIS THAT’S BEEN
CREATED AT OUR SOUTHERN BORDER.
I TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE
VERY DIRECT WITH THE PRESIDENT
AND OBVIOUSLY I GUESS HE
APPRECIATED MY CANDOR.
>> WHAT DID HE SAY BACK TO YOU?
>> HE ACKNOWLEDGED CERTAINLY THE
MIGRANT CAR CRISIS WE ARE
DEALING WITH AND AGREED THAT WE
NEED TO SECURE OUR BORDER AND
THAT WE NEED TO DO MORE TO GET
BORDER PATROL DOWN THERE AND
FOLKS TO HANDLE THESE ASYLUM
CASES.
BUT COME UP WITH RESPECT TO THE
DEBT CEILING, HE ACKNOWLEDGED MY
POSITION WHICH WAS TO SAY IT
LOOKED, YOU HAVE TO NEGOTIATE,
WE HAVE TO CUT SPENDING AND WE
CANNOT DEFAULT.
I REINFORCED FOR HIM BY THE WAY,
CHUMP SCHUMER CANNOT PUSH THE
CLEAN DEBT CEILING PART HOUSE
REPUBLICANS ARE THE ONES THAT
HAVEN’T DONE ANYTHING TO LIFT
THE DEBT CEILING, RAIN AND
SPENDING, AND GET OUR COUNTRY
BACK ON A PATH TO FISCAL SANITY.
HE SHOULD WORK WITH THE SPEAKER
AND HOPEFULLY WHEN THEY MEET
AGAIN ON FRIDAY THEY DESPERATE.
>> HE HAD SOME WORDS FOR THE
SPEAKER AND THE SO-CALLED MAGA
REPUBLICANS IN THE WORLD PRETTY
GOOD THERE IS AN EXTREME AND OF
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY THAT THEY
RESORT, BUT NOW THEY REFER TO
THEMSELVES AS THE MAGA
REPUBLICANS AND THEY’VE TAKEN
CONTROL OF THE HOUSE FOR THEY’VE
TAKEN CONTROL THEY HAVE A
SPEAKER WHO HAS HIS JOB BECAUSE
HE YIELDED TO THE QUOTE MAGA AND
OTHER PARTY.
>> WHAT WAS THINKING WHEN HE WAS
TALKING ABOUT THE SPEAKER THAT
WAY?
>> I KEPT A POKER FACE FOR THE
PRESIDENT OBVIOUSLY HAS HIS
MESSAGE AND HIS TALKING POINTS
HE WAS TRYING TO HAMMER HOME IN
MY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT PURITY
UNDERMINED IT A BIT BY
ACKNOWLEDGING THAT I’M NOT AN
EXTREMIST, BUT I THINK THE
BOTTOM LINE IS THIS SPEAKER HAS
REALLY WORKED TO BRING OUR
CONFERENCE TOGETHER AND TO FOCUS
ON THE ISSUE AT HAND.
WHETHER YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT
THE DEBT CEILING, THE
IMMIGRATION CRISIS AT OUR
SOUTHERN BORDER, THE PRESIDENT
NEEDS TO WORK WITH HIM.
THE JOE BIDEN OF OLD WOULD HAVE
DONE THAT.
AS VICE PRESIDENT, HE NEGOTIATED
WITH JOHN WEINER AND HOUSE
REPUBLICANS.
I THINK HE NEEDS TO COME BACK TO
THAT.
>> Kayleigh: LAST QUESTION FOR
YOU, I’M SURE THAT’S GREAT
FODDER FOR YOU, IN THE ADS, THE SISTER HAS DECLARED AGAINST YOU?
SISTER HAS DECLARED AGAINST YOU?
>> LIZ WITMER GARRITY, AND THE
FORMER CONGRESSMAN IS ALSO
THINKING ABOUT RUNNING SO I MAY
HAVE A TOUGH PRIMARY, BUT
OBVIOUSLY THE WITMER FAMILY IS
LOOKING TO GO NATIONWIDE HERE.
SO IF PEOPLE WANT TO SUBMIT
SUPPORT US AND GIVEN THAT THE
PRESIDENT WAS IN MY DISTRICT
TODAY, THEY SHOULD TEXT BIDEN TO
85 DOUBLE ZERO SEVEN.
TO HELP SUPPORT ME AND MAKE SURE
WE HOLD ONTO OUR HOUSE
REPUBLICAN MAJORITY NEXT YEAR.
>> WHEN A HARD-FOUGHT RACE AND
IT APPEARS THAT PRESIDENT OF THE