AND CHEMICALS FOR THAT PRICE
HIKE.
WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY
KARINE JEAN-PIERRE MEANWHILE
CLAIMING REPUBLICAN CONCERNS
ABOUT THE WIDE OPEN BORDER ARE
ALL JUST POLITICAL.
AS GOP LEADER KEVIN MCCARTHY
VISITED THE BORDER YESTERDAY.
WATCH.
>> THE QUESTION WE HAVE FOR
KEVIN MCCARTHY, WHAT IS HIS
PLAN?
WHAT IS HE DOING TO HELP THE
SITUATION THAT WE’RE SEEING?
WHAT IS HIS PLAN?
HE GOES DOWN THERE AND HE DOES A
POLITICAL STUNT LIKE MANY
REPUBLICANS DO, THAT WE HAVE
SEEN THEM DO.
BUT HE ACTUALLY IS NOT PUTTING
FORTH A PLAN.
MARIA: THERE WAS A PLAN IF IN
PLACE, IT WAS PRESIDENT TRUMP’S
PLAN.
MAYBE JOE BIDEN SHOULD DO A
POLITICAL STUNT AT THE BORDER.
MCCARTHY IS CALLING ON DHS
SECRETARY ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS TO
EITHER RESIGN IMMEDIATELY OR
FACE A POTENTIAL IMPEACHMENT
INQUIRY.
JOINING ME NOW, FLORIDA FLORIDA
CONGRESSWOMAN, KAT CAMMACK.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
I KNOW YOU WERE AT THE BORDER
WITH KEVIN MCCARTHY YESTERDAY.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT
TRIP?
>> WELL, I CAN TELL YOU FIRST
AND FOREMOST OUR AGENTS NEED OUR
SUPPORT MORE THAN EVER.
THIS IS THANKSGIVING WEEK AND I
AM SO GRATEFUL PERSONALLY FOR
THE WORK THAT THOSE MEN AND
WOMEN DO.
BUT WHAT I SAW BOOTS ON THE
GROUND HERE IN EL PASO WAS
12 MILES OF BORDER THAT HAD NOT
A SINGLE AGENT ON THE LINE.
EVERY SINGLE AGENT WAS PROCESS
HE’SING ILLEGALS.
I SAW HORDES OF TENT CITIES AND
ILLEGALS FROM VENEZUELA AND
NICARAGUA, THEY WERE WAITING TO
CROSS OVER IN GROUPS.
THIS IS HAPPENING EVERY SINGLE
DAY AND A NOT A SINGLE AGENT IS
ON THE LINE.
IT’S GETTING WORSE BY THE DAY.
AND NOW WITH TITLE 42 GOING
AWAY, WE’RE LOOKING AT
POTENTIALLY 18,000 A DAY COMING
ACROSS, COMPARED TO WHAT WE’RE
SEEING NOW EVERY DAY AN AVERAGE
OF 7 TO 8,000 ENCOUNTERS A DAY.
WE CANNOT SUSTAIN THIS.
WE HAVE LOST OPERATIONAL CONTROL
OF THE BORDER.
MARIA: WELL, ONCE TITLE 42
OFFICIALLY GOES AWAY, AS YOU
SAID, EVEN BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
OFFICIALS ARE EXPECTING THE
NUMBER TO BE 18,000 PEOPLE A DAY
COMMENTING THROUGH.
IF YOU LOOK AT THAT ON A YEARLY
BASIS, THAT’S 6 AND-A-HALF
MILLION PEOPLE COMING THROUGH IN
THE YEAR ON TOP OF 5 MILLION
PEOPLE WHO HAVE CROSSED INTO
AMERICA ON JOE BIDEN’S WATCH.
WHAT IS THE PLAN?
YOU’RE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.
WHAT IS THE PLAN TO DEAL WITH
THIS 11 AND-A-HALF MILLION
PEOPLE IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS?
>> WELL, UNLIKE THE WHITE HOUSE, WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE A PLAN.
WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE A PLAN.
AND I MIGHT NEED TO USE CRAYONS
TO WRITE IT DOWN SO THEY
UNDERSTAND IT.
WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT
FOR MONTHS.
IT WAS LAID OUT IN THE
COMMITMENT TO AMERICA.
PRESIDENT TRUMP LAID OUT A PLAN
THAT HAD STOPPED MUCH OF THE
ISSUES WE’RE SEEING TODAY.
FIRST AND FOREMOST WE HAVE TO
GET THE AGENTS BACK ON THE LINE.
WE NEED TO REINSTATE POLICIES
LIKE REMAIN IN MEXICO.
WE’VE GOT TO GET THE TECHNOLOGY
AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES DOWN TO
THE BORDER SO THERE ARE PHYSICAL
STRUCTURES IN PLACE CAN HELP
THESE AGENTS AS FORCE
MULTIPLIERS.
ONE OF THE CRAZY THINGS IS ALONG
THE SOUTHWEST BORDER, ALONG
THOSE SECTORS, WE HAVE GATES
THAT ARE WIDE OPEN AND THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION HAS REFUSED TO
CLOSE.
WHAT OTHER MESSAGE DO WE HAVE TO
SEND TO THESE CARTELS THAN, HEY,
THE GATES ARE OPEN OF, SEND PEOP
OVER.
IT’S RIDICULOUS THAT THIS IS
HAPPENING.
WE NEED TO GET BUSY ON
AGREEMENTS WITH FOREIGN
COUNTRIES LIKE NICARAGUA, WE
DON’T HAVE AGREEMENTS IN PLACE
WHERE WE CAN SEND PEOPLE BACK.
INSTEAD, WE HAVE TO PAROLE
PEOPLE INTO THE COUNTRY WHERE
THEY HAVE A PIECE OF PAPER THAT
SAYS IN FIVE YEARS YOU NEED TO
SHOW UP FOR A COURT DATE TO GET
DEPORTED.
YOU THINK ANYBODY IS GOING TO
SHOW UP?
WE HAVE MILLIONS IN THE COUNTRY
THAT ARE HERE ILLEGALLY NOW AND
THAT’S ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE.
MARIA: I KNOW.
I’VE BEEN TO THE BORDER MANY
TIMES.
YOU’VE GOT MIGRANTS KEEPING THE
FLOW THROUGH THE SOUTHERN
BORDER, REPUBLICANS VISITING TO
SEE THE CRISIS FIRSTHAND.
’S LOOK AT WHAT OUR SO-CALLED
BORDER CZAR, VICE PRESIDENT
KAMALA HARRIS WAS DOING
YESTERDAY WHILE YOU WERE AT THE
BORDER.
SHE WAS IN THE PHILIPPINES.
WATCH.
>> HELLO.
HELLO.
THANK YOU.
HELLO.
THANK YOU.
MARIA: THERE SHE IS.
SHE’S IN THE PHILIPPINES WITH
FISHERMEN.
CONGRESSWOMAN, OUR BORDER CZAR
IS GREETING FISHERMEN THE
PHILIPPINES WHEN THERE’S A
CRISIS AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER.
WHAT DO YOU WANT KAMALA HARRIS
TO-- WHAT DO YOU WANTKAMALA HARR
>> I HAVE NO WORDS FOR HER.
EVERY TIME SHE OPENS HER MOUTH
IT BECOMES A CRISIS THAT THE
WHITE HOUSE NEEDS TO CLEAN UP.
I KNOW THERE’S ONE THING THAT IF
YOU CARE ABOUT AN ISSUE, IF YOU
CARE ABOUT SOMETHING, YOU
ACTUALLY SHOW UP.
SO IT’S CLEAR THAT HER
PRIORITIES ARE FISHERMEN IN THE
PHILIPPINES AND NOT OUR P MEN
AND WOMEN WHO ARE ON THE LINE
HERE AT THE SOUTHWEST BORDER.
NOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS OR OUR
MILITARY.
I’M GLAD ON THE WEEK OF
THANKSGIVING SHE’S’ OUT GIVING
THANKS TO FISHERMEN IN THE
PHILIPPINES.
IT REALLY SHOWS WHERE THE
PRIORITIES OF THIS WHITE HOUSE
IS.
AND IT’S ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE
AND IT WILL CHANGE IN A COUPLE
YEARS FOR SURE.
MARIA: WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT
YOU’RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO.
YOU HAVE SLIMMER MAJORITY THAN
PEOPLE EXPECTED.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO BE ABLE TO
DO TO STOP THIS CLIMATE CHANGE
AJEN DA -- AGENDA AND STOP THE
FUNDING THAT JOE BIDEN WANTS
SENT TO THE IRS.
IF HE HIRES THAT 87,000 IRS
AGENTS WE’RE GOING TO HAVE
166,000 IRS AGENTS COMPARED TO,
WHAT, WOULD YOU SAY IT’S 15 OR
20,000 BORDER AGENTS RIGHT NOW?
I KNOW AT ONE POINT IT WAS
20,000.
I HEARD FROM MY SOURCES A LOT OF
PEOPLE WERE HE RETIRING AND
RESIGNING AND IT’S DOWN TO
15,000 BORDER AGENTS VERSUS 166
IRS AGENTS.
I MEAN, THAT IN AND OF ITSELF
TELLS YOU THE PRIORITY OF THIS
ADMINISTRATION.
>> THAT’S WHAT’S CRAZY IS THAT
THIS ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO
HIRE 87,000 IRS AGENTS DAY ONE,
OUR TEAM, THE REPUBLICAN TEAM,
WE’RE FIRING 87,000 IRS AGENTS,
MANY OF WHOM WOULD HAVE HAD TO
HAVE BEEN FOREIGN CONTRACTORS
BECAUSE THE IRS COULDN’T FIND
THE MAN POWER TO ACTUALLY FILL
THOSE POE OF SIGNIFICANCES.
WE’RE GOING TO -- THOSE
POSITIONS.
WE’RE GOING TO USE THAT MONEY
AND PUT IT TOWARDS THE BORDER
PATROL AGENTS.
WE’RE A LITTLE OVER 15,000
AGENTS, WE NEED UPWARDS OF 22.
WE HAVE RECORD RETIREMENTS, NO
ONE IS COMING IN TO SIGN UP AND
GO TO THE TRAINING, THE ACADD A
MY,MY -- ACADEMY, BECAUSE THEY K
THEY WILL BE GLORIFIED PAPER
PROCESSORS.
THE HORRIFIC SUICIDES WE’VE
SEEN, AGENTS TAKING THEIR OWN
LIVES, WE’VE LOST THREE IN THE
LAST WEEK ALONE.
WE NEED TO ACTUALLY DO WHAT IS
RIGHT AND PUT AMERICA FIRST.
AND THE VICE PRESIDENT NEEDS TO
GET HER TAILBACK HERE AND
ACTUALLY SHOW UP AT AT THE
BORDER AND TALK TO THESE MEN AND
WOMEN AND WHAT HEAR THEIR
STORIES.
NOT A SINGLE ONE BELIEVES THE
BORDER IS SECURE, NOT A SINGLE
ONE LIKES WHAT’S GOING ON AND
THIS IS SO FAR BEYOND POLITICS,
THIS IS ABOUT NATIONAL SECURITY
AND SOVEREIGNTY.
WE NEED SOMEONE IN THE WHITE
HOUSE WHO IS GOING TO PUT
AMERICA FIRST.
MARIA: I GUESS IT WAS 98 PEOPLE
WERE APPREHENDED AT THE BORDER
WHO ARE ON THE TERRORIST WATCH
LIST.
SO THERE’S THAT.
CONGRESSWOMAN, THANKS FOR GOING
TO THE BORDER.
WE KNOW HOW TOUGH THAT TRIP IS
AND WE KNOW SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT YOU’VE ENCOUNTERED.
WE’VE TAKEN THE SHOW THERE FIVE
TIMES AND IT’S PRETTY
DISCOURAGING.
KAT CAMMACK, THANKS VERY MUCH.
HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO
YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.