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KENNEDY: WELL, DON’T LET THE
DOOR HIT YOU WITH WHERE THE LORD
SPLIT YA.
HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY
ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS MAY HAVE TO
KISS HIS SWEET JOB GOOD-BYE
AFTER NOVEMBER.
SEVERAL TOP REPUBLICANS
THREATENING TO IMPEACH HIM OVER
GROSS DERELICTION OF DUTY AT THE
SOUTHERN BORDER.
IN A SCATHING LETTER, SENATORS
TED CRUZ AND LINDSEY GRAHAM SAY
THEY HAVE THE GROUNDS TO TAKE
THE ACTION IF MAYORKAS DOESN’T
GET ON THE PROBLEM.
THE SENATORS SAY THERE HAVE BEEN
3.5 MILLION ARRESTS AND 900,000
GOTAWAYS SINCE MAYORKAS TOOK
OFFICE 19 MONTHS AGO.
NOW, LISTEN, I THINK HE’S A DIRT
BAG, HE’S A BUM, HE’S DOING A
HORRIBLE JOB, BUT SHOULDN’T THE
GOP FOCUS ON POLICY INSTEAD OF
POSTURING?
JOINING ME TONIGHT,
CONGRESSWOMAN NANCY MACE.
WELCOME BACK, CONGRESSWOMAN.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
KENNEDY: SO, OBVIOUSLY, MY CORPS
CAT IS DOING A BAD JOB.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE ARE MASSIVE
PROBLEMS AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER.
THE NUMBERS DON’T LIE EVEN IF
THE ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO.
BUT EVEN IF YOU GET HIM OUT OF
THE JOB, YOU STILL HAVE HAVE A
STRUCTURAL FAILURE AND SYSTEMS
THAT NEED TO BE REFORMED.
SO SHOULDN’T KEVIN McCARTHY BE
WORKING ON LEGISLATION INSTEAD?
>> WELL, I DON’T KNOW WHY THE
TWO ARE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.
I THINK YOU CAN -- CONGRESS HAS
THE RIGHT AND THE ABILITY AND
THE POWER TO IMPEACH SECRETARY
MAYORKAS.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE SHOULD
BE FOCUSING ON POLICIES THAT’LL
IMPROVE CONDITIONS AT THE
SOUTHERN BORDER, AS YOU RIGHTLY
POINT OUT.
WE’VED HAD OVER 4 MILLION PEOPLE
ILLEGALLY CROSS OUR SOUTHERN
BORDER OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A
HALF OR SO, OR SINCE BIDEN WAS
SWORN INTO OFFICE.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
I’M EXCITED ABOUT REPUBLICANS
WORKING ON IS SUPPLY CHAIN
POLICY.
SUPPLY CHAIN POLICY THAT WOULD
GIVE JOBS AND PROMOTE JOBS TO
THE SOUTH OF THE UNITED STATES
AND MEXICO CENTRAL AND SOUTH
AMERICA, TAKE -- INCENTIVIZE
COMPANIES TO GET OUT OF CHINA
AND MANUFACTURE AND TWO TO THE
SOUTH OF OUR BORDER.
BECAUSE WHEN COUNTRIES CAN
PROSPER, WHEN THERE’S GREATER
TRADE AND THERE ARE JOBS AND THE
ECONOMY ARE IMPROVED BY THAT
TRADE AND MANUFACTURING SOUTH OF
OUR BORDER THROUGH THE SUPPLY
CHAIN PROCESS, THEN WE’RE GOING
TO HAVE FEWER ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS.
THAT’S ONE OF THE WAYS THAT
REPUBLICANS CAN ADDRESS VIA
POLICY THE IMMIGRATION ISSUE WE
HAVE AT SOUTHERN BORDERED TODAY.
OR AT LEAST WHEN WE’RE IN THE
MAJORITY.
KENNEDY: YEAH.
THE POP THAT WE HAVE THOUGH IS
THE TRADE -- PROBLEM THAT WE
HAVE THOUGH IS THE TRADE THAT’S
PROPPING UP THE COUNTRIES SOUTH
OF US IS THE ILLEGAL DRUG TRADE.
BECAUSE DEMAND IN THIS COUNTRY,
IT HASN’T CHANGED AT ALL.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF I’M A MAJOR
CORPORATION, SURE, IT MIGHT BE
NICE TO OPEN A FACTORY WITH
CHEAPER A LABOR IN A PLACE LIKE
HONDURAS, BUT I WORRY MY
EMPLOYEES IF I TRY AND GET
PEOPLE TO MOVE THERE, HEIR GOING
TO BE UNSAFE BECAUSE YOU’VE GOT
NARCO-TERRORISTS RUNNING THESE
VARIOUS COUNTRIES.
SO HOW DO YOU ADDRESS THAT?
>> TODAY THE UNITED STATES IS
FUNDING THE VERY CARTELS YOU’RE
TALKING ABOUT.
IT’S A $64 BILLION INDUSTRY, $30
BILLION OF THAT DEDICATED TO
DRUG TRAFFICKING, $34 BILLION --
MORE THAN DRUG TRAFFICKING, THE
CARTELS ARE MAKING MORE MONEY ON
HUMAN TRAFFICKING AT OUR
SOUTHERN BORDER.
SO THAT HAS TO STOP.
BUT IF WE CAN ADDRESS THE SUPPLY
CHAIN AND GET MANUFACTURERS TO
SOUTH AMERICA AND CENTRAL
AMERICA, THAT IS AT LEAST
ADDRESSING PART OF THE PROBLEM.
AND MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
COMING HERE, THEY JUST WANT TO
WORK AND THEY WANT TO GO BACK
HOME.
THEY WANT TO WORK AND SEND MONEY
BACK TO THEIR FAMILIES.
AND WHEN THERE’S GREATER PEACE
AND PROSPERITY BECAUSE OF MORE
PROSPEROUS IF ECONOMIES TO THE
SOUTH OF OUR BORDER, THEN
THERE’S GOING TO BE LESS ILLEGAL
TRAFFICKING OF DRUGS AND PEOPLE
AND SEX TRAFFICKING.
AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU, ABOUT
TWO WEEKS AGO IN THE STATE OF
SOUTH CAROLINA ON ONE OF OUR
INTERSTATES THERE WAS ENOUGH
FENTANYL DISCOVERED ON THE SIDE
OF THE ROAD BY OUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT TO KILL ONE MILLION
PEOPLE.
THIS IS AN ISSUE NOT JUST IN THE
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, BUT
EVERY STATE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
JERUSALEM KEN YEAH.
>> AND IT’S BOT TO BE ADDRESSED
ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
BUT INCENTIVIZING MANUFACTURING
TO AT LEAST GO SOUTH AND OUT OF
CHINA IS ONE STEP IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION.
KENNEDY: ALL RIGHT.
NOW, SPEAKING OF THE DRUG WAR,
CONGRESSWOMAN, WHILE I’VE GOT
YOU HERE, WHAT DO YOU THINK
ABOUT PRESIDENT BIDEN TODAY
PARDONING THOUSANDS OF FEDERAL
MARIJUANA OFFENDERS?
>> WELL, I WANT TO GIVE CREDIT
WHERE CREDIT IS DUE.
I DON’T ALWAYS AGREE WITH THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, I’VE BEEN
VERY VOCAL ABOUT THAT, BUT THIS
IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION.
THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO PARDON
PEOPLE FOR VERY SIMPLE
POSSESSION OF NONVIOLENT
CANNABIS OFFENDERS AT THE
FEDERAL LEVEL.
AND HE WANTS TO ENCOURAGE OUR
GOVERNORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO
DO THE SAME, AND I THINK THAT’S
A GREAT FIRST STEP.
I HAVE A BILL CALLED THE STATES’
REFORM ACT, AND THAT IS ONE
PIECE OF THE PUZZLE TO TO
ADDRESSING CANNABIS IN THIS
COUNTRY, BUT THERE’S MORED TO
DO.
THIS IS A MULTIBILLION DOLLAR
INDUSTRY THAT NEEDS REGULATION,
THAT NEEDS TO BE, HAVE SOME
GUARDRAILS TO INSURE WE’RE NOT
SELLING MARIJUANA OR CANNABIS TO
KIDS AND OUR YOUTH AND TO INSURE
THAT ALSO THOSE THAT NEED IT FOR
MEDICAL REASONS LIKE OUR
VETERANS THAT HAVE PTSD WHEN
THEY COME HOME FROM WAR CAN GET
MEDICAL CARE THAT ISN’T GOING TO
GET THEM ADDICTED TO A VERY
DANGEROUS OPIOIDS, AND WE HAVE
AN OPIOID CRISIS IN OUR COUNTRY.
SO I APPLAUD THE PRESIDENT.
I’M GOING TO GIVE CREDIT WHERE
CREDIT IS DUE AND AGREE WITH HIM
ON THIS POSITION.
KENNEDY: YEAH.
AND I HOPE THEY TAKE UP YOUR
LEGISLATION BECAUSE OF THE BILLS
THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED IN