SOUTH FLORIDA, A LOT PACKED INTO THIS HOUR FOR YOU BUT WE BEGIN WITH THE BATTLE OVER THE BILL.
>> THE MONUMENTAL BATTLE UNDER
WAY IN WASHINGTON BETWEEN
FANGSES OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
OVER A TRILLION DOLLAR
INFRASTRUCTURE BILL HELD UP AND
USED AS LEVERAGE FOR AN EVEN BIG
ERBIL TO ADDRESS SO CALLED HUMAN
INFRASTRUCTURE, EXPANDED
MEDICARE, HELP FOR STRUGGLING
FAMILIES AND CLIMATE PROTECTION
INITIATIVES.
REPUBLICANS ARE WATCHING THE
DISARRAY AMONG DEMOCRATS WITH
PLEASURE, BUT THEY ARE ALSO NOT
IN THE CLEAR, THEY ARE IN FACT
IN THE HOT SEAT BECAUSE THOSE
BIG BILLS WILL BE COMING UP SOON
FOR A VOTE.
>> THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL
PASSED THE SENATE WITH STRONG
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT.
THE HOUSE DEADLINE TO VOTE ON IT
IS THE END OF THE MONTH.
SO WHAT SHOULD WE EXPECT WHEN A
SOUTH FLORIDA’S VETERAN MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS MARIO DIAZ-BALART A
REPUBLICAN FROM MIAMI DADE IS
JOINING US NOW TO WEIGH IN.
CONGRESSMAN GOOD MORNING, GREAT
TO SEE YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING, CONGRESSMAN.
>> WELL, CAN I NOT-- CAN I NOT
HEAR THE CONGRESSMAN, I HOPE
THAT HE HEARS US, CONGRESSMAN,
ARE WE GOOD?
>> YES.
>> WE ARE, GREAT.
FIRST OF ALL, I SHOULD SAY THAT
THE INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE IS
REALLY IN YOUR WHEELHOUSE SINCE
YOU ARE THE RANKING REPUBLICAN
ON THE HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE ON
TRANSPORTATION, ROADS, HIGHWAYS.
AND YOU BROUGHT MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS TO SOUTH FLORIDA FOR
THOSE KINDS OF PROJECTS.
SO THAT BILL DID PASS THE SENATE
IN AUGUST WITH STRONG BIPARTISAN
SUPPORT.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE HOUSE VOTE,
WILL YOU VOTE FOR IT?
>> MICHAEL, WHAT YOU SAID IS
ACCURATE.
IT FASSED THE SENATE IN AUGUST.
IT’S BEEN SITTING IN THE HOUSE.
THE ONLY REASON THAT THE SPEAKER
NANCY PELOSI HAS NOT BROUGHT IT
FORWARD IS BECAUSE IT’S LINKED
TO THE MUCH BIG ERBIL WHICH
WOULD ENTIRELY CHANGE THE
ECONOMY OF THE UNITED STATES TO
A PREMARKET ECONOMY TO A
GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED MORE
SOCIALIST ECONOMY AND THEY ARE
LINKED.
>> HOW IN THE WORLD CAN ONE BILL
EVEN ONE AS BIG AS 1.2 TRILLION
DOLLARS, HOW CAN THAT CHANGE THE
ENTIRE ECONOMY.
>> AGAIN, IT’S LINKED TO THE
BIGGER ONE.
AND WHEN I SAY IT IS LINKED,
MORE IMPORTANTLY SPEAKER PELOSI
SAYS IT IS LINKED, THE PRESIDENT
SAYS IT IS LINKED, SENATOR
SANDERS WHOSE BILL IT IS SAYS IT
IS LINKED.
PART OF IT HAS BEEN SITTING
SINCE AUGUST IN THE HOUSE.
THE REASON THEY VFNT BROUGHT IT
FORWARD IS BECAUSE-- VNTS
BROUGHT IT FORWARD IT IS LINKED
TO THE BIGGER ONE, AND THE
BIGGER ONE, DON’T TAKE MY WORD
FOR IT, IT HAS MOST OF THE GREEN
MU DEAL, WHICH THE ONE WHO
CREATED THAT, AOC, SHE PASSED AN
ENVIRONMENTAL BILL TO CHANGE THE
ECONOMY, IT IS PUT TOGETHER BY
THE SELF-DESCRIBED SOCIALIST IN
THE SENATE, SENATOR BERNIE
SANDERS WHO HAS SAID THAT HE
WANTS TO CHANGE FROM A MARKET
ECONOMY TO A SOCIALIST ECONOMY.
SO AGAIN, THERE IS NO SECRET
HERE.
NOBODY IS HIDING IT.
IT MAY NOT BE GETTING ALL THE
COVERAGE BUT IT IS ABSOLUTELY
LINKED AND IT WOULD HAVE THE
EFFECT OF CHANGING THE ECONOMY
AS THOSE MEMBERS WHO ARE PART OF
IT HAVE SAID THEMSELVES FROM A
FREE MARKET SYSTEM TO A
SOCIALIST MARKET, A SOCIALIST
CONTROLLED, THAT IS WHY BY THE
WAY THE DEMOCRATS, EVEN AMONG
THEMSELVES ARE HAVING SUCH A
DIFFICULT TIME GETTING THIS
DONE.
BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF THEM
UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS MORE
THAN JUST A BILL, THIS IS
TRANSFORMING THE COUNTRY IN A
WAY THAT FRANKLY I DON’T THINK
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT.
>> OKAY SO WOW, LET’S UNPACK
THAT A LITTLE BIT.
YOU AND I ARE HAVING A COUPLE OF
MIC PROBLEMS TODAY, I THINK WE
HAVE GOT THAT IRONED OUT, HI
CONGRESSMAN, LET’S UNDO A LITTLE
OF OF THAT.
SO THE TWO BILLS, ABSOLUTELY ARE
TRYING TO BE LINKED BY SOME IN
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
THAT’S WHY THERE HASN’T BEEN A
VOTE YET, TO YOUR POINT.
BUT THIS BILL, THE HUMAN
INFRASTRUCTURE BILL THAT IS SO
CONTROVERSIAL AT THE MOMENT, IS
WHAT THEY CALL IT, BECAUSE YOU
CAN LOOK AT IT AS A BIG SPENDING
FOR A LOT OF THINGS, THAT IS NOT
HARD INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SUCH
PROPONENTS OF IT ARE LOOKING AT
IT AS AN ENVIRONMENT IN PEOPLE
WHICH IS THE HUMAN
INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO MY QUESTION TO YOU IS THE
NUMBER’S REALLY BIG AND WE’VE
BEEN HEARING ONCE YOU GET PAST A
TRILLION, I THINK PEOPLE JUST,
THEIR MINDS DON’T WRAP AROUND
THAT.
BUT WHAT MINDS DO WRAP AROUND IS
PROGRAMS AND ALL OF THOSE
THINGS, I’M SURE EVERYONE IS
FOR, BUT FOR WHAT THEY COST.
SO GIVE US A SENSE OF WHAT IT
TAKES, WHAT WOULD YOU TAKE OUT
AND WHAT WOULD YOU KEEP IN TO
GET TO A NUMBER THAT YOU MIGHT
CONSIDER?
>> IT IS MORE THAN JUST A
NUMBER.
IT IS THE POLICIES BEHIND THAT.
BECAUSE LET’S BE VERY CLEAR, YOU
CAN TWEAK IT TO SCORE, WHAT WE
CALL SCORE WHATEVER NUMBER YOU
WANT BY POSTPONING THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF CERTAIN PARTS,
DELAYING THEM, SUNSETTING THEM
EVEN THOUGH YOU KNOW THAT
FRANKLY IT’S GOING TO BE
IMPOSSIBLE TO NOT CONTINUE THEM.
YOU CAN TWEAK THE NUMBER FROM
YOU KNOW, MULTITRILLION TO A
TRILLION OR LESS, IT’S THE
POLICY, SO WHEN YOU HAVE
POLICIES, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR
DISINCENTIVIZING WORK, WHEN YOU
HAVE POLICIES TO PAY PEOPLE TO
STAY AT HOME, WHEN YOU HAVE
PEOPLE, BIG PARTS OF THE GREEN
NEW DEAL, AND I KNOW THAT IT MAY
SOUND A LITTLE BIT OVERSTATED,
BUT LET’S BE CLEAR.
THE GREEN NEW DEAL, THE PERSON
WHO DRAFTED IT, THE CHIEF OF
STAFF OF THE-- STATED IN PLAIN
ENGLISH, THIS WAS AN ECONOMIC
CHANGING MODEL.
>> CONGRESSMAN, I’M SORRY, THESE
BILLS HAVE LOTS OF FINGERPRINTS
ON THEM, I’M SURE AOC’S STAFF
DOES.
BUT 435 MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE
WHERE YOU SIT, A HUNDRED
SENATORS, EVERYBODY IS WEIGHING
IN.
LET ME JUST POINT OUT THAT THE
BILL YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT, THE
SO CALLED SOFT INFRASTRUCTURE
BILL IS NOT FOR JUST A NEEDLESS
THING, IT IS UNIVERSAL PRE-K,
FREE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOR TWO
YEARS, PAID FAMILY LEAVE.
EXPANDING MEDICARE, ELDER CARE
AND THEN CLIMATE CHANGE.
NOW WHETHER YOU THINK IT’S THE
GREEN NEW DEAL OR NOT, THERE’S A
LOT OF MONEY IN THERE THAT IS
NEEDED FOR RESILIENCE FOR
CLIMATE CHANGE.
WOULD YOU DISAGREE WITH THAT?
>> MICHAEL, YOU KNOW THAT I PUT
$12 BILLION IN THE BILL, THE
LAST, AFTER SOME OF THE LARGER
STORMS.
FOR RESILIENCY.
YOU CAN DO THAT AS I DID,
WITHOUT DESTROYING THE FREE
MARKET SYSTEM.
AND SO YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE IN
THERE.
EVERYTHING IS IN THAT BILL.
BUT HERE’S THE BOTTOMLINE.
IT IT WILL NOT ONLY INDUCT THIS
COUNTRY TO A POINT OF TIEING OUR
HANDS IN THE FUTURE, BY THE WAY,
BUT IT WILL ALSO AGAIN
DISINCENTIVIZE WORK AND IT IS
THE BEGINNING OF THE VENEZUALA
IZATION OF OUR ECONOMY.
>> EXPLAIN WITH WHEN YOU MEAN BY
THAT.
BECAUSE THINGS LIKE MONEY FOR
CHILD CARE ACTUALLY INCENTIVIZES
WORK FOR WOMEN.
I JUST AS AN EXAMPLE.
BUT WHAT DO YOU MEAN,
CONGRESSMAN, BUT WHEN YOU SAY
THE SOCIALIZATION OR
VENEZUELAIZATION OR WHATEVER
WORD YOU JUST USED.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN PRACTICALLY
SPEAKING IN.
>> NOT AN EASY WORD TO SAY, BY
THE WAY, ID ADMIT.
WHAT IT IS AGAIN IS CHANGING THE
FREE MARKET SYSTEM TO SOMETHING
THAT WE WOULD NOT RECOGNIZE.
>> HOW DOES IT CHANGE-- THIS IS
A SINCERE QUESTION.
HOW DOES IT CHANGE THE FREE
MARKET SYSTEM IN HOW DOES THAT
CLANG IT?
>> THE GREEN NEW DEAL, THE
DPREEN NEW DEAL WHICH A BIG PART
OF IT IS INCORPORATED IN THIS
LEGISLATION, YOU MENTIONED SOME
PARTS.
BY THE WAY, IT’S REALLY FUNNY.
YOU ARE ACCURATE WHEN YOU SEE
FREE COLLEGE FOR TWO YEARS, SO
AFTER THAT, WHAT HAPPENS.
WELL, WHAT THEY ARE COUNTING ON
IS THAT THESE PROGRAMS WILL STAY
THERE FOREVER.
BUT THEN THE PRICE TAG GOES FROM
3.5 TRILLION TO WHAT, 10
TRILLION?
12 FL IN 50 TRILLION?
IT’S UNLIMITED.
THEY HAVE EVERYTHING THAT YOU
CAN THINK OF, THAT THE MORE
RADICAL-- THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE
OF REPUBLICANS OR DEMOCRATS.
THIS IS THE MORE RADICAL LEFT
WING ELEMENTS.
THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE NEVER
BEEN ABLE TO DO, PASSED ON THEIR
OWN, THEY HAVE PUT IN THIS BILL.
INCLUDING MOST, YOU KNOW, MOST
OF THE MOST DAMAGING ELEMENTS OF
THE GREEN NEW DEAL.
BY THE WAY, ONE OF THE REASONS
THAT SENATOR MANCHIN IS HAVING
SUCH DEFICIT FOR EXPORTING THIS
BECAUSE HE UNDERSTANDS THAT IT
DESTROYS THE PRODUCTION OF
DOMESTIC ENERGY.
IT INCENTIVIZES PEEL TO STAY
HOME-- PEOPLE TO STAY HOME,
CONTINUES TO PAY THEM TO STAY
HOME.
>> HE DID SAY THE OTHER DAY THAT
HE DIDN’T WANT TO CREATE AN
ENTITLEMENT SOCIETY.
THAT SEEMS TO BE HIS MAIN
OBJECTION TO THIS AMERICAN JOBS
BILL, I THINK AS IT IS CALLED.
>> CORRECT.
AND I THINK THAT IS EXACTLY
RIGHT.
IN OTHER WORDS IT IS THE LARGEST
EXPANSION OF ENTITLEMENTS SINCE
THE NEW DEAL, POTENTIALLY EVEN
LARGER THAN THE NEW DEAL AT A
TIME WHEN WE ARE SEEING, WHEN
YOU PAY PEOPLE TO NOT WORK, IT’S
NOT THAT THEY ARE EVIL, THEY
WON’T WORK.
AND SO IT ST AGAIN THE LARGEST
EXPANSION OF ENTITLEMENTS.
BY THE WAY, ALSO THE LARGEST TAX
INCREASE IN THE HISTORY OF
UNITED STATES.
THE BIGGEST INCREASE OF SPENDING
IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED
STATES.
IT WILL FORCE MASSIVE TAX
INCREASES ON EVERYBODY.
THE PRESIDENT SAID DURING THE
CAMPAIGN THAT YOU HE WOULD NOT
AGREE TO ANYTHING THAT WOULD
RAISE TAXES ON PEOPLE MAKING
LESS THAN 400,000.
ALL SORTS OF INDEPENDENT GROUPS
HAVE STATED THAT THIS IS A HUGE
TAX INCREASE ON THE MIDDLE
CLASS.
ON EVERYONE IT IS A JOB KILLER,
WHO WOULD BENEFIT BY THE WAY IS
CHINA.
IRONICALLY.
CHINA. IRONICALLY. THE BIGGEST BENEFICIARY, IF THIS
BILL WERE TO BECOME LAW WOULD BE
COMMUNIST CHINESE PARTY BECAUSE
IT WOULD OPEN THE DOOR FOR
MASSIVE EXPORTATION OF AMERICAN
JOBS, MOSTLY TO CHINA.
AGAIN, IT IS NOT ONLY THE
REPUBLICANS DON’T LIKE IT.
THAT IS WHY THE DEMOCRATS ARE
HAVING A HARD TIME SUPPORTING
THIS LEGISLATION.
>> CONGRESSMAN, REAL QUICK AND
BEFORE WE HIT BREAK AND WE’LL
COME BACK AFTERWARDS BECAUSE WE
HAVE A LOT TO TALK ABOUT.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT, WHAT DO
YOU MEAN EXPORTING JOBS TO
CHINA?
THAT IS A DIFFICULT THING TO
WRAP OUR HEAD AROUND IN THIS
BILL.
>> YEAH, I WILL PUT IT IN THE
MOST SIMPLE WAY.
THE TAXES FOR AMERICAN
BUSINESSES WILL BE HIGHER HERE
THAN THEY WOULD BE IN CHINA.
AND SO HERE’S THE QUESTION,
REMEMBER JOBS HAD LEFT TO CHINA.
MANUFACTURING JOBS, THEY STARTED
COMING BACK IN DROVES, AS YOU
HAVE REPORTED IN THE PAST WHEN
THE TAXES WERE REDUCED TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE AND TO THE JOB
CREATORS AND AGAIN THIS WOULD
MEAN THAT THEY’RE GOING TO PAY A
LOT MORE TO DO BUSINESS HERE
THAN IN CHINA.
IT’S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE.
I MEAN WE’VE SEEN THIS MOVIE
BEFORE.
AND SO IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT
DESPITE THE FACTS, THEY WOULD
MOVE FORWARD ON SOMETHING SO
DRAMATIC BUT AGAIN, AS YOU ALL
MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE SHOW, THE DEBATE IS BETWEEN
DEMOCRATS AND MICHAEL, WHEN YOU
TALK ABOUT, I HAVE
BEEN-- MINISTERING
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A LONG, LONG
TIME, THEY’RE NOT TALKING TO ANY
OF THE REPUBLICANS, THEY’RE NOT
ASKING FOR-- WELL, AT SOME POINT
THEY WILL ASK.
>> IMPROVEMENT.
>> THEY WILL-- THEY ARE TRYING
TO STOP IT IT AS IS.
>> YEAH.
>> CONGRESSMAN MARIO
DIAZ-BALART, HOLD TIGHT.
WE HAVE MORE QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
WE WILL BE BACK WITH MORE
QUESTIONS FOR HIM IN JUST A
QUESTIONS FOR HIM IN JUST A MINUTE. >> ON THIS SUNDAY WE ARE HAVING
A LIVELY DISCUSSION WITH
CONGRESSMAN MARIO DIAZ-BALART OF
MIAMI, CONGRESSMAN LET ME ASK
YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
MONEY.
DURING THE TRUMP YEARS THE
NATIONAL DEFICIT INCREASED BY 8
TRILLION DOLLARS AND FRANKLY,
THERE WAS NARY A PEEP FROM
REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS.
NOW THE DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO
RAISE IT EVEN MORE AND
REPUBLICANS, LIKE YOU, ARE JUST
GOING CRAZY.
SO WAS IT OKAY NOT TO A OBJECT
DURING THE TRUMP ERA BUT IT IS
FINE NOW.
>> NO, I WOULD ARGUE THAT I
THINK WE’VE BEEN SPENDING TOO
MUCH MONEY FOR QUITE A LONG TIME
NOW.
BUT LET’S JUST PUT IN
PERSPECTIVE, WHAT WE ARE DEALING
WITH NOW, IF THEY SUCCEED IT
WOULD BE MORE SPENDING THAN ALL
OF THE YEARS WHERE THE
REPUBLICANS CONTROLLED THE HOUSE
COMBINED, MICHAEL.
SO IF, AND I WOULD ARGUE THAT WE
DID, WE SPENT TOO MUCH MONEY IN
THE PAST, THIS IS BY FAR THE
LARGEST TAX INCREASE, SPENDING
INCREASE AND THERE’S A REASON BY
THE WAY WHY THERE IS A NEW WORD
IN OUR VOCABULARY THAT THE THREE
OF US HAVE NOT USED IN DECADES,
AND THAT IS INFLATION.
PEOPLE ARE GETTING HIT REALLY
HARD WITH INFLATION, PRECISELY
BECAUSE OF THE GOVERNMENT
POLICIES OF JUST EXCESSIVE
SPENDING TOO, AT A RATE WHICH BY
THE WAY, WE HAVE NEVER, EVER
SEEN IN THE HISTORY OF OUR
COUNTRY.
>> SO YOU VOTED YES FOR THIS
TEMPORARY RAISE AND THE LIMIT
AND SO DID THE OTHER MIAMI DADE
GOP CONGRESSMEN AND WOMEN, SO
THAT HAS A SHELF LIFE.
WHAT HAPPENS, IS THIS CONNECTING
THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD?
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT ON DECEMBER
3rd IN.
>> CORRECT, GLENNA, THE
APPROPRIATION BILLS ARE
SOMETHING THAT HAS TO GET DONE.
THERE WAS AN EXTENSION OF THE
CURRENT LAW, IN ESSENCE, JUST
FOR A LITTLE WHILE TO ALLOW US
TO GET THAT DONE.
BUT RIGHT NOW THE MAJORITY HOUSE
SENATE AND THE WHITE HOUSE IS
NOT FOCUSED ON THE THINGS THAT
HAVE TO GET DONE, THEY ARE
FOCUSED ON THE THINGS THAT THEY
WANT TO GET DONE INCLUDING THE
BERNIE SANDERS PROPOSEED BUDGET.
AND SO I’M HOPING THAT WE WILL
GET THE NECESSARY THINGS DONE
AND THAT WE WILL STOP TRYING TO
IMPOSE ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
SOMETHING THAT THEY DON’T WANT,
THAT THEY EVER ASKED FOR.
LOOK, THIS PRESIDENT RAN AS A
MODERATE.
AND RIGHT NOW BY THE WAY THESE
PROPOSALS HAVE BEEN PUT TOGETHER
BY SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS.
AND SO IT LOOKS LIKE BIDEN GOT
ELECTED BUT BERNIE SANDERS IDEAS
AND PROPOSALS ARE THE ONES HE’S
PUSHING T IS TIME TO GET BACK TO
THE PEOPLE’S BUSINESS, THINGS
THAT HAVE TO GET DONE, YOU
MENTIONED ONE OF THOSE THAT
REALLY NEEDS TO GET DONE.
>> CONGRESSMAN, LET ME ASK YOU
TO EXPAND A LITTLE BIT ON THE
SUBJECT OF INFLATION WHICH
PLEENS THINGS COST MORE AND OUR
DOLLAR DOESN’T GO QUITE AS FAR,
IN THE LAST PERIOD THE SOMETHING
CALLED THE PERSONAL CONSUMPTION
EXPENDITURES INDEX WHICH IS USED
BY THE FED WENT UP BY 4.3
PERCENT.
I MEAN THAT IS JUST A HUGE
AMOUNT.
AND I THINKONE WAY THE FED WOULD
SAY TO BRING IT DOWN IS TO RAISE
INTEREST RATES.
DO YOU THINK THE FED IN FACT
SHOULD GO AHEAD AND RAISE
INTEREST RATES.
MAKE MONEY MORE EXPENSIVE.
>> NO, WHAT I THINK WE NEED TO
DO, WHERE I THINK THE EMPHASIS
NEEDS TO BE IS ON NOT CONTINUING
TO ADD FUEL TO THE FIRE.
AND SO AMONG THE BIGGEST
INCREASES OBVIOUSLY IN PRICES,
INFLATION IS ENERGY.
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THIS
PRESIDENT DID THE FIRST DAY WAS
TO BASICALLY DECLARE WAR ON ALL
OF DOMESTIC ENERGY IN THE UNITED
STATES.
WHILE BY THE WAY, GETTING RID OF
SANCTION THAT SANCTION OIL AND
COAL IN PLACES LIKE RUSSIA AND
CHINA.
HARD TO BELIEVE.
SO AGAIN IT’S THIS, THESE
POLICIES THAT ARE CREATING THE
PROBLEM.
LIKE IT’S THIS PRESIDENT THAT
CREATED THE CRISIS IN THE
SOUTHERN BORDER IT ST THIS
PRESIDENT THAT CREATED THE
CATASTROPHE IN AFGHANISTAN.
THIS IS VERY SIMPLE.
THESE ARE GOVERNMENT-CREATED
CRISES THAT DON’T NEED TO BE
THERE, SO IT’S TIME FOR THIS
ADMINISTRATION TO TAKE A DEEP
BREATHE, SLOW DOWN, START
WORKING FOR THE THINGS THAT THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE NEED, NOT TO
APPEASE BERNIE SANDERS AND AOC,
THE MOST RADICAL FOLKS IN THE
COUNTRY.
>> SO YOU SAW THE PRESIDENT ON
CAPITOL HILL.
YOUR WORD IS APPEASE.
I THINK OTHER PEOPLE ON THE
OTHER SIDE WOULD USE NEGOTIATE.
IT IS CLEAR THAT THE SAUSAGE IS
BEING MADE.
THAT KIND OF MAKES PEOPLE’S EYES
GLAZE OVER WHO MAYBE AREN’T
WATCHING THIS PROGRAM AND AREN’T
IN THE WEEDS WITH THAT.
BUT ISN’T THERE A SERNTION
THAT-- SENSE THAT YOU HAVE THAT
THIS PRESIDENT IS NEGOTIATING
WITH MEMBERS MUCH HIS OWN PARTY
THAT DID NOT GET ELECTED
PRESIDENT IN ORDER TO COME TO
SOME SORT OF COMPROMISE?
WHICH YOU ARE VERY INVOLVED IN.
>> OH NO, LOOK, I’M PRETTY GOOD
AT NEGOTIATIONS, RIGHT, OF
GETTING THINGS DONE.
THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THEY ARE
TRYING TO GET THE DEMOCRATS TO
DO THIS.
NOW HERE’S THE SAD PART.
IF THEY ACTUALLY TOOK A STEP
BACK AND STARTED WORKING IN A
BIPARTISAN OR NONPARTISAN BASIS,
I THINK THE COUNTRY WOULD BE
BETTER OFF FOR IT.
THAT IS NOT WHAT THEY ARE DOING
DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE
PRESIDENT RAN SAYING THAT HE
WOULD DO THAT.
SO YOU ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, WHAT
THEY ARE TRYING TO DO IS
NEGOTIATE, WHATEVER THEY ARE
TRYING TO DO TO GET THE
DEMOCRATS TO VOTE FOR IT, AND
THE FACT THAT THE DEMOCRATS SO
FAR ARE RELUCTANT TELLS YOU JUST
HOW EXTREME THIS LEGISLATION
REALLY IS.
>> YEAH, CONGRESSMAN, BEFORE WE
RUN OUT OF TIME, ONE FLORIDA
SENT RICK QUESTION I NEED TO ASK
YOU.
YOU ARE ASTUTE POLITICALLY AND
YOU HAVE BEEN IN THE
LEGISLATURE, NOW YOU ARE IN
CONGRESS.
THE APPROVAL RATINGS FOR
GOVERNOR DESANTIS TOOK KIND OF A
SHARP DIP HERE IN RECENT DAYS.
HE WAS IN THE MID TO LOWER 50S.
NOW HE’S IN THE MID 40S.
IS HIS RE-ELECTION AT ALL IN
QUESTION?
>> I DON’T THINK SO AT ALL,
MICHAEL.
BECAUSE HIS NUMBERS DIP WHEN THE
NUMBERS OF COVID SPIKED AS
EVERYBODY KNEW WAS GOING TO
HAPPEN HERE.
NOW THEY ARE GOING DOWN
DRAMICALLY THERE IS NOT AS MUCH
COVERAGE WHEN THE NUMBERS GO
DOWN AS WHEN THEY ARE GOING UP.
SO I THINK HE’S DONE AN AMAZING
JOB AS GOVERNOR.
HE IS A HECK OF A LEADER.
I WOULD PUT MY MONEY ON HIM
GETTING RE-ELECTED.
>> PROGNOSTICATION FROM
CONGRESSMAN MARIO DIAZ-BALART.
ALWAYS LOVE HAVING YOU ON THE
PROGRAM, GREAT TO SEE YOU AND
THANKS SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
CONGRESSMAN.
>> THANK YOU BOTH.