VERY INTERESTING TO HEAR FROM
THE FORMER MOUNTED PATROL
MEMBERS WANT JOIN US IS FORMER
SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO.
YOU WERE WATCHING ALL OF THIS
ALONG WITH US.
SECRETARY MAYORKAS FIELDING A
LOT OF QUESTIONS.
HE HAD SOME NUMBERS.
STILL QUESTION MARKS ABOUT THE
NUMBERS HE GAVE US.
I WANT TO START ON THE MOUNTED
BUILDER
BUILDER -- BORDER PATROL AND I
WANT TO START WITH THE COMMENTS
FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN.
>> PEOPLE BEING STRAPPED.
I PROMISE YOU THOSE PEOPLE WILL
PAY.
>> IT INVOKED IMAGES OF THE
WORST MOMENTS OF OUR HISTORY
WHERE THAT KIND OF BEHAVIOR WAS
USED INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF OUR
COUNTRY AND AGAINST
AFRICAN-AMERICANS DURING TIMES
OF SLAVERY.
>> Martha: YOUR THOUGHTS?
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN AND
VICE-PRESIDENT HARRIS COMMENTS
DON’T GIVE THE BENEFIT OF THE
DOUBT TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT
PEOPLE WHETHER THEY ARE POLICE
OFFICERS OR THESE BRAVE MEN AND
WOMEN PROTECTING AMERICAN
SOVEREIGNTY ON THE SOUTHERN
BORDER.
THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT
WAS HAPPENING.
WE SHOULD DETERMINE WHAT
HAPPENED.
BUT THESE MEN AND WOMEN DOING
THESE WORK IN DIFFICULT
CONDITIONS.
THEY WERE DOING THEIR JOBS.
WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT EVERY
BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT IS GIVEN TO
THEM AND NOT SUGGEST WE WILL
PUNISH THEM BECAUSE OF A STILL
PHOTOGRAPH AND THE DEMOCRAT
PARTY IS ASSERTING RACISM.
THERE IS NOTHING TO INDICATE
THIS WAS LIKE THAT.
TO TALK ABOUT THIS THIS THE
CONTEXT OF SLAVERY, IT’S THE
WORST OF WHAT THE DEMOCRAT
PROGRESSIVE PARTY HAS COME.
>> Martha: ONE QUESTION THAT
OCCURS.
YOU HAVE A BORDER AND PEOPLE
TRYING TO CROSS IT ILLEGALLY.
WHAT WOULD BE OKAY?
WHAT ARE THEY ALLOWED TO DO TO
PREVENT PEOPLE -- I KNOW WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN YOU GO THROUGH
CUSTOMS OR ANY OTHER PART OF
TRYING TO INTEREST THE UNITED
STATES.
YOU GET STOPPED IF YOU DON’T
HAVE THE PROPER DOCUMENTATION.
WHAT ARE THEY ALLOWED TO DO TO
PREVENT PEOPLE FROM COMING INTO
THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY?
>> THAT’S THE RIGHT QUESTION.
THERE ARE DETAILED RULES OF
ENGAGEMENT FOR THE BORDER
PATROL.
THEY TRIED EVERYTHING TO COMPLY
WITH THOSE RULES.
THEY ARE TRYING TO DELIVER ON
A NATIONAL SECURITY IMPERATIVE.
I WAS WORRIED ABOUT WHAT WAS
COMING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
BORDER.
THIS IS AN INTERNATIONAL
BOUNDARY AND THE ADMINISTRATION
DECIDED OPEN BORDERS ARE THE
ANSWER.
IF THERE IS ANY DOUBT THERE WAS
SOMETHING OUT OF THE LINE, THEY
WOULD COME DOWN ON THE HARD
PEOPLE TASKED WITH THIS MISSION.
YOU KNOW THIS.
THIS WILL DETER THEM FROM DOING
THEIR JOBS AND CREATE BAD MORALE
AND CAUSE PEOPLE NOT WANT TO
BECOME PART OF THIS SERVICE.
TALK ABOUT DEFUNDING THE POLICE
AND PUNISHING BORDER PATROL
OFFICERS WHEN YOU DON’T KNOW
WHAT HAPPENED.
>> Martha: THAT’S THE THING.
WE HAVE BECOME A NATION WHERE WE
DON’T TAKE A BREATH AND DO AN
INVESTIGATION.
THAT’S WHAT PETER DOOCY WAS
GETTING AT.
THE PRESIDENT SAID THOSE AGENTS
WERE STRAPPING PEOPLE.
YOU JUST TOLD US, SECRETARY
MAYORKAS, THERE IS AN
INVESTIGATION GOING FORWARD.
IT WAS INTERESTING WHAT HIS
ANSWER WAS.
MAYORKAS SAID I WAS A PROSECUTOR
AND I DEALT PEOPLE SAYING ALL
KINDS OF THINGS.
HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE
HORSE AND SAYING WE SAW WHAT
THEY DID AND THEY WILL PAY,
SECRETARY.
>> RIGHT.
VERDICT FIRST AND JURY SECOND.
THIS IS DEEPLY UNAMERICAN.
IT’S MORE THAN EVEN THE FAILURE
TO OFFER DUE PROCESS.
PRESIDENTS SHOULD NOT DO THAT.
PRESIDENT BIDEN SHOULD NOT HAVE
DONE THIS.
THIS IS A HORRIFIC WAY TO LEAD.
HE SAID WE WILL LOOK AT THIS AND
MAKE SURE OUR OFFICERS ARE
PERFORMED THE WAY THEY HAVE BEEN
INSTRUCTED TO.
WE KNOW THE BIGGER PICTURE WHEN
YOU STEP BACK FROM THAT
INCIDENT, THE CHAOS THAT HAS
BEEN CREATED WILL LEAD TO EVEN
MORE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT COMING
IN AND YOU WATCHED THIS, YOU
KNOW THEY WERE RELEASED.
THESE NUMBERS DON’T ADD UP.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE RELEASED
INTO THE UNITED STATES AND TELL
LEAD TO MORE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
IN THE DAYS AND WEEKS AHEAD.
>> Martha: YES.
I AM NOT SAYING IN IS NOT
A VALID DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENED HERE.
BUT IT MOVES THE DISCUSSION OFF
OF THIS CHAOS WE HAVE BEEN
SEEING AND INHUMANE TREATMENT IN
TERMS OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO
WERE EXPECTED -- WE WATCHED THEM
COMING.
WE ARE TOLD IT WAS ALL CLEAN AND
GOOD AND EVERYBODY HAD FOOD AND
WATER.
WE SAW WITH OUR OWN EYES THAT
WAS NOT THE CASE.