MARIA: WELCOME BACK.
WELL, THE HOUSE VOTING ALONG
PARTY LINES TO REMOVE MINNESOTA
CONGRESSWOMAN ILHAN OMAR FROM
THE HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE OVER HER PAST
ANTI-SEMETIC AND ANTI-AMERICAN
COMMENTS.
OMAR’S FELLOW SQUAD MEMBERS,
CONGRESSWOMAN ALEXANDRIA
OCASIO-CORTEZ AND RASHIDA TLAIB
HAD A MELTDOWN ON THE HOUSE
FLOOR YESTERDAY ABOUT IT.
>> THIS IS ABOUT TARGETING WOMEN
OF COLOR IN THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
DON’T TELL ME BECAUSE I DIDN’T
GET A SINGLE --
>> TIME IS EXPIRED.
>> MY LIFE WAS THREATENED.
THANK YOU.
>> THE GOP IS NOW DOING WHAT IT
IS BEST AT.
WEAPONIZEING HATE AGAINST A
BLACK, BEAUTIFUL MUSLIM WOMAN.
>> THE GENTLEMEN GENTLEWOMANS’ T
EXPIRED.
>> I WON’T BE SILENCED.
>> THE GENTLEWOMAN’S TIME IS
EXPIRED.
>> OUR COUNTRY IS FAILING YOU
TODAY THROUGH THESE CHAMBERS.
>> THE GENTLEWOMAN IS NO LONGER
RECOGNIZED.
MARIA: WHAT A CIRCUS.
JOINING ME YOU NOW IS NORTH
CAROLINA CONGRESSMAN, MEMBER OF
THE HOUSE REST VANS VETERANS AFF
HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE,
GREG MURPHY.
HOW DO YOU REACT TO YOUR
COLLEAGUES ON THE LEFT?
>> I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
IT ALWAYS GOES BACK, MARIA --
IT’S GETTING TO BE RIDICULOUS.
EVERYTHING IS THE RACE CARD
RIGHT NOW.
IF YOU’RE OF A CERTAIN RACE OR
CREED, COLOR, WHATEVER, YOU GET
A FREE OUT TO BE ANTI-SMITHIC,
TO BE ANTI-AMERICAN AND TO THEN
IN THOSE SAME VEINS WOULD BE
OKAY TO GO AND REPRESENT THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO
FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
NO.
YOU DON’T GET IT.
IT ALWAYS DEGRADES NOW TO THE
RACERACE CARD RATHER THAN WHAT T
REAL ISSUE WAS.
MY GOD, THESE ARE THINGS THAT
SHE WAS TAKEN OFF HER ONE
COMMITTEE FOR BECAUSE OF WHAT
SHE DID WHILE SHE WAS IN THE
HOUSE.
IT WASN’T LIKE MARJORIE TAYLOR
GREENE FOR WHAT SHE CAN DID
BEFORE.
SO THIS IS AN ENTIRELY
DIFFERENT ISSUE.
IT’S AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT
NARRATIVE.
BUT THESE PEOPLE, THIS IS ALL
THEY DO.
THEY SCREAM, THEY RANT AND RAVE,
DON’T MAKE ANY SENSE.
AND IT’S COMICAL.
IT’S EMBARRASSING TO BE VERY
FRANK, MARIA.
IT’S EMBARRASSING.
MARIA: WHAT SPECIFICALLY DID
SHE SAY SO THAT OUR AUDIENCE IS
REMINDED OF WHY SHE WAS TAKEN
OFF.
YOU CAN’T BE ON THE HOUSE
FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE I
GUESS IF YOU’VE TAKEN A SIDE.
AND SHE’S TAKEN A SIDE AGAINST
ISRAEL, A SURVEY FOUND 66% OF
AMERICANS AGREE WITH A
CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION INTO
THE ORIGINS OF COVID AND THE
GOVERNMENT ROLE IN FUNDING GAIN
OF FUNCTION RESEARCH IN WUHAN,
CHINA.
I WANT TO GET YOUR THE TAKE ON
THOSE TWO BILLS THAT PASSED AS
WELL BUT FIRST, WALK US THROUGH
EXACTLY WHAT OMAR SAID.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WELL, SHE SAID SEVERAL DIFFERENT
THINGS.
ONE IS REMEMBER IN REALLY REAL O
THE MOST EGREGIOUS WAS THE 9/11
ATTACKS AND HER RESPONSE WAS
SOME PEOPLE DID SOMETHING.
AND IN OTHER WORDS, YOU KNOW,
I’M SORRY, THE TRUTH IS, THESE
WERE MUSLIM TERRORISTS THAT A
ATTACKED THIS COUNTRY AND SHE
JUST PUSHED THEY THAT ASIDE,
SOME PEOPLE DID SOMETHING.
3,000 AMERICANS DIED.
SECOND THING IS SHE TALKS ABOUT
ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS, SAYING
THAT IMPLYING THAT JEWISH PEOPLE
WANT TO BUY THEIR YOU POWER.
AND SHE GOES ON TO SAY OTHER
THINGS LIKE -- I’M BLANKING ON
THE OTHER ONES.
BUT IT’S JUST A VEIN THAT SHE
GOES IN AND SAYS THE
ANTI-COMMITIC, I’M SORRY, ISRAEL
IS AN APARTHEID STATE, IT’S
ESSENTIALLY AN AGGRESSOR NATION.
IT JUST GOES ON AN ON.
AND SHE SAYS OOPS, I DIDN’T KNOW
WHAT I’M SAYING, OOPS, I’M
SORRY.
WE DON’T BUY IT.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE JUST DON’T
BUY IT.
MARIA: NOT ON THE FOREIGN
AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
MARIA: SHE CAN HAVE HER
OPINIONS, NOT ON THE FOREIGN
AFARES COMMITTEE.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD THE
DETAILS OF WHAT THIS WAS ALL
ABOUT.
LET ME GET YOUR TAKE ON THE
OTHER TWO BILLS THE HOUSE PASSED
THIS WEEK TO END THE COVID
PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY AND THE
FEDERAL VACCINE REQUIREMENT FOR
HEALTHCARE WORKERS, CONGRESSMAN.
YOU ARE THE CO-CHAIR OF THE
HOUSE GOP DOCTORS YOU CAUCUS AND
TO ME I AM STUNNED THAT HERE WE
ARE IN FEBRUARY OF 2023, COVID
SHOWED UP IN THIS COUNTRY FROM
CHINA IN JANUARY OF 2020.
AND WE HAVE NOT HAD ONE HEARING.
YOU ALL HAVE NOT HAD ONE HEARING
ON THE ORIGINS OF COVID-19.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT
ANSWERS.
NOT JUST BECAUSE WE WANT TO
POINT THE FINGER AT WUHAN AND
THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY,
PLAYING AROUND WITH BIOWEAPONS.
NO, WE ALSO WANT TO ENSURE THAT
THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN.
HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT YOU AND
YOUR COLLEAGUES HAVE NOT HAD ONE
HEARING ON THE ORIGINS OF
COVID-19 AND WHAT CAN YOU TELL
US AS THE CO-CHAIRMAN OF THE GOP
DOCTORS CAUCUS.
>> IT’S BECAUSE THE DEMOCRATS
WERE IN CHARGE.
THEY WERE IN THE MAJORITY IN THE
LAST SESSIONS.
FAUCI IN MY OPINION WAS
COMPLICIT WITH THIS.
HE UNDERSTANDS THE ECO ALLIANCE
WHICH FUNDED THE YOU WUHAN LAB W
KNEW THEY WERE DOING RESEARCH
AND THEY KNEW THE LAB WAS AT
HIGH RISK FOR LEAKAGE WHICH IN
MY OPINION IS EXACTLY WHAT
HAPPENED.
NUMBER ONE.
NUMBER TWO, YOU CAN ONLY
CONJECTURE, WHY IS BIDEN SO WEAK
ON CHINA.
I THINK THERE’S SOMETHING THEY
HAVE OVER HE AND HIS FAMILY.
THAT’S PURE CONJECTURE.
I DON’T HAVE ANYTHING TO
SUBSTANTIATE IT.
WHEN IT LOOKS LIKE A DUCK AND
SMELLS LIKE A DUCK, OFTENTIMES
IT’S A DUCK.
MARIA: NOTHING TO SUBSTANTIATE
IT EXCEPT THE CLEAR LANGUAGE ON
THE BIDEN LAPTOP WHICH SHOWS
INFLUENCE PEDDLING WHERE THE
BIDEN FAMILY EXACTED TENS OF
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM CHINESE
COMECOMMUNIST PARTY OFFICIALS AN
WHY HE’S SO SOFT ON CHINA.
THERE’S A BALLOON IN THE SKY
RIGHT NOW FROM CHINA THAT IS
SURVEILLING AMERICAN PEOPLE.
TIKTOK AS WELL AS INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY THEFT AND HE CANCELS
CHINA INITIATIVE.
I THINK THERE’S MORE THERE THAN
JUST CONJECTURE.
>> YEAH.
ABSOLUTELY.
AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE
PATTERN WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE TO
LOOK AT, OF WHAT HE’S DONE,
THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT
THEY’RE HOLDING OVER THE BIDEN’S
HEADS REGARDLESS.
BUT YOU KNOW, OUR WONDERFUL LEFT
PROGRESSIVES LOVE TO WORRY NOW
ABOUT THE HE THE PRONOUNS.
WE SPENT AN HOUR AND 20 MINUTES
DEBATING THE WORLD WELFARE THE
OTHER DAY.
WE CAN’T GET DOWN TO THE REAL
WORK OF THE PEOPLE BECAUSE
THEY’RE WORRYING ABOUT HE
PRONOUNS AND SOME OF THE OTHER
THINGS.
IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT THINGS
REALLY MATTER, WE LOST A LARGE
NUMBER OF OUR WORKFORCE BECAUSE
THEY WERE KICKED OFF THE JOB
BECAUSE THEY WOULDN’T TAKE A
VACCINE.
LOOK, MARIA, I’VE BEEN VERY PRO
VACCINE BUT THE PURPOSE OF A
VACCINE IS TO HELP AFFECTED OR
AT RISK INDIVIDUALS HE PREVENT
SEVERITY OF DISEASE AND POSSIBLY
TRANSMISSION.
IT’S NOT 30 YEAR OLD FEMALES WHO
I GOT SO MANY CALLS, BECAUSE I
STILL PRACTICE, FROM NURSES AT
MY INSTITUTION SAYING I DON’T
WANT TO TAKE THE VACCINE, HOW
CAN YOU HELP.
OUR INSTITUTION, NOT TO BE
SINGLED OUT IT WAS A CMS
REQUIREMENT THEY THAT ANY
HEALTHCARE INSTITUTION REQUIRED
THEIR INDIVIDUALS TO BE
VACCINATED.
AND IT JUST WAS WRONG IN THIS
PARTICULAR INSTANCE.
AND IT’S GOTTEN TO THE POINT
WHERE INSANITY, WHERE IN
CALIFORNIA THEY’RE REQUIRING
KIDS WHO ARE AT THE LOWEST RISK
OF THIS VIRUS TO BE VACCINATED.
SO IT’S JUST GOTTEN OUT OF
CONTROL AND WE’RE TRYING TO
ACTUALLY JUST BRING SOME
BALANCE, BY GOD, TO SOME BALANCE
BACK TO GOVERNMENT.
MARIA: WELL, BY THE WAY, WE
STILL DON’T KNOW THE LONG-TERM
EFFECTS OF THESE BOOSTER SHOTS
AND THERE HAVE BEEN QUESTIONS
ABOUT THEM.
SO IT’S NOT OUT OF THE REALM TO
ACTUALLY RAISE A QUESTION ABOUT
IT.
CONGRESSMAN, REAL QUICK.
YESTERDAY 100 DEMOCRATS REFUSED
TO CONDEMN SOCIALISM.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS
ABOUT.
AND ALSO KEVIN McCARTHY MET
WITH THE PRESIDENT ON THE DEBT
CEILING.
YOU’RE NOT GOING TO ALLOW THE
U.S. TO DEFAULT ON DEBT, CORRECT
IN?
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
WHAT WE’RE GOING TO DO IS --
SECRETARY YELLEN IS WHAT THEY
CALL EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES,
MOVING AROUND THE NUMBERS A
LITTLE BIT.
WHAT WE WANT TO DO IF THINGS GO
SOUTH AND WE CAN’T REPAY OUR
DEBTS, WE’RE GOING TO PAY DEBTS
TO SOCIAL SECURITY, SOLDIERS,
MEDICARE, THOSE TYPE OF
MANDATORY SPENDINGS THAT WE V
UNTIL WE CAN GET SANITY BACK IN
THE SPENDING RITUAL.
REMEMBER, RIGHT NOW FOR EVERY
DOLLAR THAT WE TAKE IN, THE
GOVERNMENT IS SPENDING $1.29.
THINK ABOUT THAT.
THINK ABOUT HOW THAT ADDS UP.
PROGRESSIVE LEFT, SOME THINK
WELL, THE DEBT CEILING WE SHOULD
THROW IT AWAY.
MY GOD, THAT’S HOW DEMOCRATIC
CITIES END UP LIKE THEY ARE.
WE’RE NOT GOING TO HANDLE THE
AMERICAN ECONOMY THAT WAY.
MARIA: WE’LL LEAVE IT THERE.