All of you.
>> IN ANSWER TO YOUR DIRECT
QUESTION, WE HAVE A DEAL.
AND I THINK IT’S REALLY
IMPORTANT.
WE’VE ALL AGREED THAT NONE OF US
GOT WHAT WE ALL WOULD HAVE
WANTED.
I CLEARLY DIDN’T GET ALL I
WANTED.
THEY GAVE MORE THAN MAYBE THEY
WERE INCLINED TO DO IN THE FIRST
PLACE, BUT THIS REMINDS ME OF
THE DAYS WHEN WE USED TO GET A
LOT DONE IN THE UNITED STATES
CONGRESS.
WE ACTUALLY WORKED TO GET A
BIPARTISAN DEAL, A COMPROMISE.
MARIA: ALL RIGHT.
THAT WAS PRESIDENT BIDEN FLEX
THING HIS POLITICAL MUSCLES ON
THURSDAY WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT
OF A BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE
PACKAGE TOTALING $1.25 TRILLION
OVER EIGHT YEARS INCLUDING $400
BILLION FOR BASELINE
TRANSPORTATION FUNDING, $266
BILLION FOR BROADBAND AND
IMPROVING POWER GRIDS.
BUT THEN, JUST TWO HOURS LATER,
BIDEN PULLED A BAIT AND SWITCH.
WATCH THIS.
>> I HAVE SAID THAT IN THE
COMING MONTHS THIS SUMMER BEFORE
THIS YEAR IS OVER -- THIS BILL
AS WELL AS THE INFRASTRUCTURE
WILL WITH AS WELL AS OTHER --
AND THAT’S WHEN, IF ONLY ONE
COMES TO ME, I’M NOT SIGNING IT.
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MARIA: HE’S NOT GOING TO SIGN IT
UNLESS HE HAS A SECOND BILL SIDE
BY SIDE.
WYOMING SENATOR JOHN BARRASSO IS
HERE, THIRD RANKING MEMBER IN
THE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP.
HE ALSO SITS TO ON THE SENATE
FINANCE AND FOREIGN RELATIONS
COMMITTEES.
THANKS VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
WILL YOU VOTE YES FOR THAT
SECOND $5 TRILLION BILL WHICH
INCLUDES TAX INCREASES IN.
>> NO, I WILL NOT.
THANKS FOR LETTING ME JOIN YOU.
YOU CAN GET WHIPLASH BY TRYING
TO FOLLOW JOE BIDEN ON THIS.
TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED.
FIRST, HE AGREES WITH A
BIPARTISAN BILL FOCUSED ON REAL
INFRASTRUCTURE, AND WITHIN TWO
HOURS HE BUCKLES TO NANCY PELOSI
AND CHUCK SCHUMER WHO SAY, NOT
SO FAST.
UNLESS THIS IS HANDCUFFED TO
THIS MASSIVE TAX AND SPENDING
BILL, WE’RE NOT GOING TO SEND IT
TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
HE SAYS, WELL, OKAY, WELL, I
WON’T SIGN IT IF IT’S NOT TIED
TOGETHER THE.
THEN YOU HAD OUTRAGE BY THE
FOLKS WHO WERE IN THE BIPARTISAN
GROUP WORKING WITH THE
PRESIDENT, AND THEN WHAT
HAPPENS?
IF WELL, TWO DAYS LATER HE
FLIP-FLOPS AGAIN.
HE’S LIKE A WEATHER VANE GOING
TO WHOEVER THE LOUDEST VOICE IS
AT THE TIME.
MARIA: SO WHAT DO YOU THINK
HAPPENED THEN, SENATOR?
DO YOU THINK AFTER HE LEFT THE
GROUP THAT HE HAD THE HANDSHAKES
AND ALL THE CAMARADERIE LEFT, HE
GETS A CALL FROM PELOSI AND
SAYS, DON’T DO IT?
WHAT HAPPENED?
>> THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT I BELIEVE
HAS HAPPENED, THAT THE WHITE
HOUSE STAFF AND SCHUMER AND
PELOSI WHO ARE BEHOLDEN TO THE
FAR-LEFT WING OF THE DEMOCRAT
PARTY SAID WE’RE NOT GOING TO GO
FOR THIS BIPARTISAN BILL.
AND, LOOK, THIS BIPARTISAN BILL
ITSELF IS NOT YET COMPLETELY
SETTLED.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
REPUBLICANS, AND I’M ONE OF THEM
WHO’S NOT COMPLETELY SOLD ON IT.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE WAY IT’S
PAID FOR IS ACTUALLY LEGITIMATE,
NOT A BUNCH OF GIMMICKS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THEY RECOMMEND
DOING IS, ESSENTIALLY,
SUPERSIZING THE IRS SO THEY CAN
RAISE ABOUT $100 BILLION FROM
WHAT THEY SAY ARE UNCOLLECTED
TAXES.
BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF
REPUBLICANS, PROBABLY EVERY
REPUBLICAN WHO SAYS THERE’S NO
WAY WE’RE GOING TO SUPPORT THIS
FIRST BIPARTISAN BILL IF IT IS
ANY WAY LINKED AND CONNECTED TO
THIS MUCH BIGGER, BASICALLY
FREIGHT TRAIN HEADING TOWARDS
SOCIALISM.
MARIA: SO LUPPED CITY GRAHAM
SAID HE’S OUT, HE’S NO LONGER
VOTING YES.
ARE YOU NO LONGER VOTING YES?
DO WE HAVE A DEAL DO WE NOT HAVE
A DEAL?
>> WELL, I’VE TALKED TO A NUMBER
OF MEMBERS FROM THE BIPARTISAN
GROUP, THEY ARE ALL RELUCTANT TO
MOVE FORWARD.
THEY’RE GOING TO NEED MORE
ASSURANCES FROM THE PRESIDENT
THAT THERE IS NOLING TO THE
BIPARTISAN BILL AND THIS BILL
THAT THE DEMOCRATS WANT TO DO.
REALLY THEY WANT TO END UP
TRYING TO USE RECONCILIATION ON
THIS $6 TRILLION BILL.
BUT THAT’S GOING TO BE A HIGH
WIRE ACT FOR THEM WITH NO SAFETY
NET.
THERE’S NOT GOING TO BE A SINGLE
PERSON IN THE HOUSE OR SENATE
WHO’S GOING TO VOTE FOR IT.
THEY’RE GOING TO BE LEFT TO TRY
THE GET EVERY DEMOCRAT IN THE
SENATE, AND THEY CAN ONLY AFFORD
TO LOSE FOUR IN THE HOUSE TO GET
THIS PASSED WHICH IS A MASSIVE
TAX INCREASE INCLUDING RAISING
THE DEATH TAX.
EVERYONE WILL END UP PAYING
MORE.
IT’S GOING TO BE A LONG, HOT
SUMMER FOR THEM.
MORE --
MARIA: OKAY.
I WANT TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK AND
ASSESS WIDING’S FOREIGN POLICY
WITH YOU AS WELL, BUT I WANT THE
ALSO ASK YOU ABOUT THE
DEMOCRATS, WILL HE HAVE ALL THE
DEMOCRATS IN PLACE TO PUSH THIS
THROUGH RECONCILIATION.
WHY IS BIDEN PUSHING FOR A
MEETING WITH XI JINPING WHEN WE
HAVEN’T EVEN ASKED CHINA ABOUT
THE COVID ORIGINS?
MARIA:
WE ARE BACK WITH SENATOR JOHN
BARRASSO, AND, SENATOR, WE’RE
TALKING ABOUT POTENTIAL FOR AN
INFRASTRUCTURE DEAL.
BUT JOE BIDEN WANTS A LARGER TAX
INCREASE DEAL IN THERE AS WELL.
DO YOU THINK HE HAS THE SUPPORT
OF OF ALL DEMOCRATS?
WILL HE BE ABLE TO PUSH THIS
THROUGH RECONCILIATION
REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE
REPUBLICANS SAY?
>> WELL, I THINK IT’S GOING TO
BE A LONG, HARD SLOG FOR THEM TO
TRY TO INCREASE TAXES BY THIS
MUCH ON THE AMERICAN PUBLIC FOR
THINGS THAT REALLY WOULD GO WAY
BEYOND WHAT I WOULD THINK IS IN
THE SCOPE OF GOVERNMENT.
THERE ARE SO MANY LIBERAL
PROGRAMS IN HERE, VERY
EXPENSIVE.
THE WHOLE GREEN BAD DEAL WITH
THE RECYCLE BL CAFETERIA TRAYS.
I THINK HE’S GOING TO HAVE A
HARD TIME DOING IT, AND IT’S NOT
GOING TO HAPPEN QUICKLY.
THIS IS WHEW IT’S SO CRITICAL
FOR US TO, IN 2022, TAKE BACK
THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE.
IT IS THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN
OUR LIVES.
MARIA: YEAH.
>> WHAT DOES IT TAKE FROM THE US
IN TERMS OF OUR TIME, THE OUR
MONEY, OUR FREEDOM.
AND ON EVERY CRITERIA9 WHAT THE
DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO DO HERE
GOES WAY BEYOND WHAT GOVERNMENT
SHOULD BE DOING.
MARIA: WELL, WE’RE LOOKING AT
THE SPENDING PLANS FOR JOE
BIDEN’S BUDGET, AND IT’S PRETTY
INCREDIBLE.
JOE BIDEN AND NANCY PELOSI HAVE
SAID IF YOU WANT TO KNOW
SOMEONE’S VALUES, THEIR
PRIORITIES, LOOK AT THE BUDGET,
AND THERE IS NO INCREASE IN
SPENDING ON HOMELAND SECURITY OR
DEFENSE SPENDING.
A 1.6% INCREASE ON DEFEND
SPENDING, BUT THAT WOULD BE
THING WHEN COMPARED TO INFLATION
AND A 22% INCREASE TO THE E IF
PA, A HUGE INCREASE TO
EDUCATION.
YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS BUDGET, $6
TRILLION ON YEAR ONE.
>> WELL, IT SHOWS BY THAT
DEFINITION OF TO KNOW SOMEBODY’S
VALUES LOOK AT THEIR BUDGETS,
JOE BIDEN, VERY CLEARLY JOE
BIDEN DOES NOT VALUE OUR
NATION’S SECURITY OR OUR
MILITARY.
BECAUSE THE BUDGET THAT HE HAS
APPLIED TO THOSE TWO IS EVEN
LESS THAN THE RATE OF INFLATION.
AND HE HAS MASSIVE INCREASES IN
HIS BUDGET FOR THE EPA, FOR
HUMAN SERVICES.
ALL OF THOSE SORTS OF THINGS,
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, MARIA,
CHINA IS REALLY RAMPING UP ITS
SPENDING ON THE MILITARY.
SO WHAT WE’RE SEEING HERE IS
WITH THE PRESIDENT’S PRIORITIES,
HE IS MAKING US, AMERICA, MUCH
MORE VULNERABLE TO ENEMIES FROM
WITHIN AS WELL AS FROM WITHOUT.
FINISH.
MARIA: YEAH.
WE’RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT CHINA
COMING UP.
WE’VE GOT NEW INFORMATION THERE.
BUT ALSO I’VE BEEN SAYING OVER
AND OVER BAD POLICY EQUALS BAD
OUTCOMES.
AND LOOK AT THE CRIME SPIKES
ACROSS OUR COUNTRY.
EARLIER THIS WEEK I SPOKE WITH
FORMER NYPD COMMISSIONER RAY
KELLY ABOUT THE CRIME SPIKES IN
OUR CITY.
WE’VE GOT A PRIMARY RIGHT NOW
GOING ON FOR NEW YORK MAYOR.
HERE’S WHAT HE SAID ABOUT THE
LEADING CONTENDER, ERIC ADAMS.
LISTEN TO THIS, BECAUSE ERIC
ADAMS HAS BEEN SAYING THAT CRIME
AND GETTING CRIME NUMBERS DOWN
IS HIS PRIORITY.
HERE’S RAY KELLY, FORMER
COMMISSIONER OF THE NYPD, ON
THAT.
WATCH.
>> HE’S SAYING SOMETHING
DIFFERENT THAN HE SAID FOR THE
LAST 10-15 YEARS.
WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT AND
SEE.
HE OBVIOUSLY IS THE
FRONT-RUNNER.
TALK IS CHEAP IN AN ELECTION.
LET’S SEE IF HE LIVES UP TO HIS
WORDS.
BUT HE DOESN’T HAVE THAT SORT OF
RECORD IN THE AS A SUPPORTER OF
THE POLICE OR SUPPORTER OF BEING
TOUGH ON CRIME.
MARIA: I THOUGHT THAT WAS REAL
INTERESTING ABOUT ERIC ADAMS.
YOUR THOUGHTS ON STOPPING THE
SPIKES IN CRIME RIGHT NOW ACROSS
OUR CITIES.
JOE BIDEN CAME OUT THIS WEEK AND
ATTACKED GUN OWNERSHIP AS A WAY
TO STOMP OUT CRIME.
>> WELL, WHAT DO THE DEMOCRATS
WANT TO DO?
THEY WANT TO DEFUND THE POLICE.
AND WHAT DO REPUBLICANS WANT TO
DO?
WE WANT TO DEFEND COMMUNITY
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
I THINK ABOUT THE VICTIMS OF
CRIME AND THE VICTIMS OF
VIOLENCE, AND THERE SHOULD BE A
RIGHT TO SAFETY ON THE STREETS.
BUT THIS SEEMS TO BE THE GOLDEN
AGE OF CRIME IN AMERICA.
MURDERS ARE UP, SHOOTINGS ARE
UP.
SO THAT’S WHAT WE NEED TO DEAL
WITH.
AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES HAS A SPEECH, AND WHAT
DOES HE TALK ABOUT?
HE TALKS ABOUT GUNS.
WE ARE LOOKING AT RECORD NUMBERS
OF POLICE OFFICERS WHO ARE
RETIRING.
IT IS MAKING IT MUCH HARDER FOR
US TO RECRUIT OFFICERS, PEOPLE
TO GO INTO LAW ENFORCEMENT.
AND ACCORDING TO THE DEMOCRATS,
IF A CRIMINAL SHOOTS A POLICE
OFFICER, IT’S THE GUN’S FAULT.
AND IF A POLICE OFFICER, TO SAVE
SOMEONE ELSE’S LIFE, SHOOTS A
CRIMINAL, IT’S THE POLICE
OFFICER’S FIGHT.
THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATION THAT
HAS SURROUNDED ITSELF WITH
DEFUND THE POLICE ADVOCATES.
ALSO WE SEE IT IN THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL’S OFFICE AND IN THE
CABINET.
MARIA: YEAH.
KAMALA HARRIS SAID ON THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL SHE WANTS TO HAVE
NO CASH BAIL THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY.
NOT JUST IN NEW YORK.
WE KNOW HOW THAT ENDED UP IN NEW
YORK WITH THESE SPIKES IN CRIME.
SENATOR, IT’S GOOD TO SEE YOU