CHERYL: LET’S BRING IN NEW
JERSEY CONGRESSMAN AND HOMELAND
SECURITY MEMBER JEFF VAN DREW.
CONGRESSMAN, GOOD MORNING.
I WANT TO ADD TO A COUPLE OF
THINGS THAT MR. CORNYN SAID, NOT
JUST THE CORPORATE TAX RATE
GOING TO 28% BUT ALSO THEY WANT
TO LIMIT THE SO-CALLED PASS
THROUGH BUSINESSES TAX DEALS
LIKE LLCS, BASICALLY.
THAT IS SMALL BUSINESSES TO BE
CLEAR HERE.
THEY WANT TO GO AFTER THE ESTATE
TAX.
YOUR REACTION?
>>?>> ALL BAD.
WE’VE COME FORWARD.
THE ECONOMY’S MOVING FORWARD
UNDER THE PAST ADMINISTRATION,
AMAZING THINGS OCCURRED, THE
BEST ECONOMY WE EVER HAD.
LITERALLY WITH THIS AND WITH
ALMOST EVERYTHING ELSE WE’RE
DOING JUST COMPLETELY GOING
BACKWARDS.
WHEN I RAN I TALK ABOUT A STRONG
AMERICA THAT WOULD HAVE A STRONG
SUPPLY CHAIN, MAKE SURE THAT OUR
MILITARY’S STRONG, THAT OUR
MANUFACTURING IS STRONG, THAT
WE’RE PRODUCING MORE ENERGY THAN
ANYBODY, THE NUMBER ONE COUNTRY
IN THE WORLD AND YOU CAN SEE
WHERE WE’VE CUT THE PIPELINE,
WE’RE GOING TO INCREASE TAXES.
IT’S A NIGHTMARE.
IT’S LITERALLY EVERY BAD THING
THAT I SAID WAS GOING TO HAPPEN
IS NOW HAPPENING.
CORPORATIONS ARE NOT GOING TO
WANT TO STAY IN THE UNITED
STATES.
PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE AS
MUCH DISPOSABLE INCOME.
IT’S JUST NOTHING GOOD ABOUT IT.
AND IT’S REALLY EVENTUALLY GOING
TO HURT THE ECONOMY.
CHERYL: I SAID THIS BEFORE, I
SAID IT EARLIER THIS MORNING,
YOU CAN’T TAX YOUR WAY OUT OF
THIS, EVEN IF YOU GO AFTER THE
WEALTHY, EVEN IF YOU’VE GOT
PLANS LIKE ELIZABETH WARREN,
WITH WHICH WE HOPE DOESN’T GO
THROUGH.
THE FEDERAL DEFICIT AS OF
MARCH 1st, $21.9 TRILLION.
AND THERE SEEMS TO BE -- IT’S
JUST -- 1.9 TRILLION IN STIMULUS
PASSED AND YOU’VE GOT THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION TALKING ABOUT
ANOTHER ECONOMIC RESCUE PACKAGE
AND LET’S TALK ABOUT GREEN
ENERGY JOBS AND GIVE MORE MONEY
TO EDUCATION.
WHERE DOES THIS END?
>> THAT’S THE PROBLEM, WE’RE
SPENDING MUCH TOO MUCH.
NOW, WE CAN DO SOME GOOD THINGS
BUT JUST AS YOU SAID IN THE
STIMULUS, ALL OF THE MONEY THAT
WAS SPENT, ONLY 9% ACTUALLY WENT
FOR COVID RELIEF.
UNBELIEVABLE THE MONEY WE SPENT,
ALL THE WAY FROM SENDING THREE
QUARTERS OF A BILLION DOLLARS OF
PORK FOR COVID RELIEF FOR THEM
WHERE WE HAVEN’T TAKEN CARE OF
OUR OWN PROBLEM YET.
THE MONEYS WE’VE SPENT,
LITERALLY GIVING STIMULUS TO
FEDERAL PRISONERS, TO PEOPLE
THAT ARE UNDOCUMENTED, THE
SPECIAL PROJECTS THAT THAT HAVE
NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH COVID.
SO WE’RE SPENDING TOO MUCH.
WE’RE TAXING MORE.
THAT IS A SPIRAL FOR DEATH, FOR
THE ECONOMY.
IT EVENTUALLY IS GOING TO HURT
US A LOT.
IT’S SO LITERALLY DEPRESSING TO
BE HONEST WITH YOU, WHEN WE HAVE
SO MUCH POTENTIAL IN THIS
COUNTRY AND YOU GO TO CONGRESS
AND YOU JUST SEE BAD BILL AFTER
BAD BILL AFTER BAD BILL.
CHERYL: AND NO -- I MEAN, THEY
SAY THEY’RE REACHING OUT.
THEY TALKED ABOUT UNITY WITH THE
REPUBLICANS.
I THINK WE HAVE YET TO SEE THAT.
I KNOW YOU WOULD PROBABLY AGREE
WITH THAT.
YOU BROUGHT UP COVID.
I WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THAT.
BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE’RE STILL
FIGHTING COVID-19.
DR. ANTHONY FAUCI WARNED AGAINST
LIFTING THESE RESTRICTIONS.
HE’S WORRIED ABOUT NEW VIRUS
VARIANTS, WORRIED ABOUT AN
ADDITIONAL WAVE OF CASES.
YOU INTRODUCED LEGISLATION THAT
PRIORITIZES DOSES FOR AMERICANS
BEFORE WE EXPORT DOSES TO OTHER
COUNTRIES.
WHY IS THERE A PUSH TO GIVE IT
TO OTHER COUNTRIES NOW?
>> WELL, FRANKLY BECAUSE THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE PAYING FOR THE
VACCINE ARE THE AMERICAN
TAXPAYERS.
BREAKING THEIR BACK WORKING, IF
FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO
WORK THROUGH COVID AND CERTAINLY
WE HAVE TO -- WE’VE GOT TO LEARN
THAT WE ARE A GOOD AND WONDERFUL
COUNTRY AND A KIND COUNTRY BUT
WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR
AMERICAN PEOPLE FIRST.
SO BEFORE WE SEND HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS, THREE QUARTERS OF A
BILLION DOLLARS OVER TO PLACES
ALL AROUND THE WORLD, WE HAVE TO
TAKE CARE OF OUR AMERICANS AND
WHENEVER -- WHEN EVERY
AMERICAN IS VACCINATED, AND
WE’RE FAR FROM THEM, THEN WE CAN
LOOK AT HELPING OTHER COUNTRIES.
IT’S TAKING CARE OF THE PEOPLE
THAT ARE PAYING THE BILLS,
TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE IN AMERICA
AND THERE’S NOTHING WRONG WITH
THAT.
WE HAVE TO.
CHERYL: I AGREE WITH YOU.
WE STILL NEED TO GET AMERICANS
VACCINATED FIRST AND FOREMOST.
BEFORE I LET YOU GO, YOU’RE ON
HOMELAND SECURITY, I WANT TO ASK
YOU ABOUT THE SOUTHERN BORDER
CRISIS RIGHT NOW.
THE PRESIDENT WANTS FEMA TO
ASSIST WITH HANDLING MIGRANT
KIDS DOWN THERE.
MARCHMARIA HAD TEXAS GOVERNOR ON
YESTERDAY.
>> IT’S THE BIDEN OPEN BORDER
POLICIES THAT ARE INVITING EVEN
MORE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND
ACTUALLY HAVE CREATED THIS
HUMANITARIAN CRISIS, MORE
IMPORTANTLY, THOUGH, MARIA IS
THIS CHALLENGE AND THAT IS THE
BORDER PATROL OFFICERS TOLD ME
THAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
POLICIES THAT ARE ENRICHING AND
THEY ARE EMPOWERING THE DRUG
CARTELS IN MEXICO WHO MAKE MONEY
OFF OF THE PEOPLE THAT THEY
ASSIST IN SMUGGLING THEM INTO
THE STATE OF TEXAS.
THE CARTELS MAKE MONEY OFF OF
THESE MY GRANTS THAT YOU AND
YOUR VIEWERS SEE ON TV.
CHERYL: CONGRESSMAN, YOUR
REACTION?
>> HE’S DEAD RIGHT.
HE’S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
THIS IS A SELF-CREATED CRISIS
AND IT IS A CRISIS.
DID EVERYTHING WRONG.
WE WERE CONTINUING TO BUILD THE
BORDER WALL.
THEN WE SHOULD WORK ON BETTER
WAY OF HAVING LEGAL IMMIGRATION.
YOU JUST DON’T STOP AND SAY TO
PEOPLE COME ON IN, WHETHER
YOU’RE SICK, WHETHER YOU’RE NOT
SICK, WHETHER YOU’RE JUST A
CHILD, WHETHER YOU’RE A
CRIMINAL.
WHAT WE’RE DOING IS BACK TO
WHERE WE WERE BEFORE.
IT’S AMAZING TO ME, TRUTHFULLY,
THAT THE PRESIDENT IN PRETTY
MUCH LESS THAN TWO MONTHS HAS
BEEN ABLE TO DO SO MUCH HARM AND
CREATE SO MUCH DESTRUCTION.
THIS IS REALLY GOING TO HURT OUR
COUNTRY, IT’S GOING TO COST A
LOT, IT’S GOING TO BRING HEALTH
ISSUES IN, THESE POOR KIDS, SOME
OF THEM ARE GOING TO GET HURT.
IT’S GOING TO INCREASE THE DRUG
CARTELS, EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING
THAT WE KNEW WAS WRONG,
EVERYTHING THAT WE FOUGHT
AGAINST, EVERYTHING THAT WAS
GETTING BETTER, I MEAN, LOOK AT
THE PERCENTAGES.
IT’S NOT LIKE IT’S GONE UP 2 OR
3 OR 5%, IT’S HUNDREDS OF
PERCENT.
PEOPLE ARE POURING IN AND MORE
ARE GOING TO BE POURING IN AND
YET WE STILL CAN’T TAKE CARE OF
ALL OF OUR PEOPLE, AGAIN, WHO
ARE BREAKING THEIR BACK, PAYING
FOR ALL THIS, THE AMERICAN
TAXPAYER.
CHERYL: GRIFF SAID THE AMOUNT
OF KIDS CROSSING HAS JUMP 144%
AT THE BORDER.
CONGRESSMAN, CAN’T YOU AGREE
WITH YOU MORE.