STUART: I THINK GOVERNOR
DESANTIS HAS IT DID RIGHT,
APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.
APPROPRIATE TO BRING IN SENATOR
BILL CASSIDY, REPUBLICAN
SENATOR FROM LOUISIANA.
MINORITY LEADER MCCONNELL SAYS
HE WOULD SUPPORT TRUMP IN 2024
IF HE WERE THE REPUBLICAN
NOMINEE, YOU VOTED TO IMPEACH
MISTER TRUMP SO WHERE DO YOU
STAND ON THIS?
>> I DON’T THINK HE WILL BE THE
NOMINEE.
YOU ARE ASKING ME A THEORETICAL
AND I REJECT THE PREMISE OF IT.
YOU CAN PICK MANY REASONS,
AMONG THEM HIS AGE BUT I DON’T
THINK HE WILL BE A PRESIDENTIAL
NOMINEE SO I DON’T THINK THAT
WILL BE AN ISSUE.
STUART: THERE IS A SPLIT PARTY
AND YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT.
>> HOW DO WE DEAL WITH IT, TED
CRUZ GOING AT IT, THE PRESIDENT
WOULD GO AT IT.
WE HAVE TO HAVE POLICIES THAT
RESONATE WITH THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE AND WHICH MY GOSH, THE
GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA AT THE
FRENCH LAUNDRY HAVING DINNER,
NO MATTER HOW FAR APART THEY
SAID FROM EACH OTHER, THERE HAS
BEEN A KIND OF CAPRICIOUSNESS
BY WHICH THE GOVERNMENT HAS
EXERTED ITS WILL OVER THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE, AND
INCOMPETENCE IF YOU LOOK AT
WHAT HAPPENED IN THE NEW YORK
NURSING HOME CRISIS THAT THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE SICK OF. THEY WANT THEIR FREEDOM.
THEY WANT THEIR FREEDOM.
THEY WANT THEIR AUTONOMY.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY --
STUART: PRESIDENT BIDEN
CANCELING PIPELINES AND
CANCELED THE KEYSTONE PIPELINE
GOING AFTER SOME OTHERS.
NO DRILLING ON FEDERAL LANDS
FOR OIL AND GAS.
LOUISIANA IS AN ENERGY STATE.
IF THE PRESIDENT PURSUES THIS
CLIMATE POLICY ALL THE WAY
THROUGH, I DON’T KNOW WHAT WORD
TO USE BUT HE WILL HURT
LOUISIANA.
>> HE WILL HURT US IN TWO WAYS,
HE WILL HURT OIL AND GAS JOBS
WHICH PROVIDE GOOD LIVINGS WITH
GOOD FUTURES FOR THE FAMILY
WHICH EMPLOYED THEM.
HE’S ALSO GOING TO HURT US
BECAUSE WE ARE VULNERABLE TO
CLIMATE CHANGE AND FEDERAL STUDY AFTER FEDERAL STUDY HAS
STUDY AFTER FEDERAL STUDY HAS
SHOWN THAT IF WE DON’T PRODUCE
OIL AND GAS DOMESTICALLY IT
WILL BE PRODUCED WORLDWIDE BUT
INSTEAD OF ENVIRONMENTAL
STANDARDS CREATING JOBS IN OUR
COUNTRY THEY WILL BE CREATED
AND RUSSIA OR IRAN OR SOMEWHERE
ELSE CREATING JOBS IN THOSE
COUNTRIES WITH THEIR
ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS AND
GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS.
WE LOSE THE JOBS IN LOUISIANA
AND WE ARE FURTHER HIT BY
RISING SEA LEVELS WHICH DAMAGED
OUR COASTLINE.
ALMOST LIKE THE PRESIDENT HAS
PUT A BULL’S-EYE ON LOUISIANA
AND SAID WE ARE COMING AFTER
YOUR JOBS AND YOUR
ENVIRONMENTAL RESPECT.
IT IS WRONG FOR THE NATION.
STUART: LOTS OF FOLKS ON THE
SHOW SAYING WE SHOULD NOT DO
THIS, WE DON’T WANT TO DO THIS,
DON’T WANT TO GO WITH THE GREEN
NEW DEAL.
>> THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
IF THE PRESIDENT SAID THE PARTY
OF THE WORKING GUY.
WE HAVE AN ELECTION INHERENT TO
HAVING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CAN
PUSH BACK ON THAT AGENDA.
WHEN SHOWS LIKE THIS AND
ELSEWHERE AND CAME THROUGH
LEGISLATION AND WHY PUBLIC
POLICY THAT TRULY ADDRESSES
CLIMATE CHANGE WITHOUT
DESTROYING JOBS SO THERE IS NO
ALTERNATIVE.
IF THEY DO THAT THEY CAN PUSH
BACK, CHANGE THE AGENDA BUT
GIVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THE
CHOICE THEY NEED.
STUART: IF DONALD TRUMP WERE
THE NOMINEE IN 2024, IF, WOULD
YOU ANSWER THE QUESTION AS TO
WHETHER OR NOT YOU WOULD
SUPPORT HIM?
>> IS NOT GOING TO BE THE
NOMINEE IN 2024.