>> THE WAR OF WORDS RAMPED UP THIS WEEK BIG TIME BETWEEN PRESIDENT BIDEN AND FLORIDA
SENATOR RICK SCOTT.
THE SENATOR SAYS PRESIDENT IS
UNFIT TO HOLD OFFICE.
HE IS CALLED IN MR. BIDEN TO
RESIGN BECAUSE OF HIS FAILURE TO
HANDLE ISSUES LIKE INFLATION.
HE DOESN’T LIKE HIS NEW CUBA
POLICY AND THEN THERE ARE
IMMIGRATION ISSUES AT THE
SOUTHERN BORDER.
>> WE TALKED WITH SENATOR SCOTT
THIS WEEK BEFORE HE HEADED FOR
NEW HAMPSHIRE WHICH AS YOU KNOW
IS THE FIRST STATE IN THE NATION
TO HOLD PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES.
AND SO WE STARTED THERE WITH
PROSPECTS FOR 20 THIS.
>> I WAS TELLING MY TEAM THAT WE
WERE GOING TO TALK TODAY AND
THEY ALL WANTED TO KNOW WHETHER
YOU HAVE MADE A DECISION ABOUT
24, WHETHER YOU ARE GOING TO RUN
FOR PRESIDENT OR NOT OR WHAT
NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO MAKE THAT
HAPPEN.
>> I HAVE NO PLANS TO RUN FOR
PRESIDENT.
MI FOCUSED OP MY JOB AS A U.S.
SENATOR.
I’VE GOT, I’VE DONE THAT, I’VE
GOT A PLAN TO TRY TO CHANGE THE
DIRECTION OF THE COUNTRY.
SO I’M FOCUSED ON THAT RIGHT
NOW.
>> OKAY, FAIR ENOUGH.
I WILL PASS THAT ALONG TO THE
TEAM.
SO SENATOR, I WANTED TO TALK
ABOUT THIS WEEK, PRESIDENT BIDEN
UNVEILED SOME NEW MOVES AS TO
CUBA POLICY.
SOMETHING CRITICALLY IMPORTANT
TO OUR VIEWERS AND SO MANY WITH
SUCH A PERSONAL STAKE.
AND YOU HAVE BEEN AMONG THE
BIGGEST CRITICS OF WHAT
ESSENTIALLY IS A ROLLBACK OF
SOME OF THE HARDEST LINE ITEMS
AND WHAT THE PRESIDENT HAS
FRAMED THESE NEW MOVE AS IS NOT
ONLY SUPPORTS FOR THE PEOPLE OF
CUBA BUT ALSO OUR OWN NATIONAL
SECURITY WHEN IT COMES TO
IMMIGRATION.
SO WHAT ARE YOUR CRITICISMS
SPECIFICALLY?
>> WELL, THIS IS JUST PURE
APPEASEMENT OF THE CASTRO
REGIME, THIS DOESN’T DO ANYTHING
TO HELP THE PEOPLE OF CUBA.
WE’VE GOT 1300 PEACEFUL
PROTESTER, SOME AS YOUNG AS 14
YEARS OLD, THAT ARE IN PRISON.
THEY’RE BEING TORTURED.
PEOPLE LIKE JOSE DANIEL FRAER
ARE BEING TORTURED.
THE CUBAN ADMINISTRATION WANTS
TO KILL THEM.
DID THEY DO ANYTHING TO HELP ANY
OF THESE INDIVIDUALS?
NO, AND BY THE WAY THIS
APPEASEMENT OF THE CASTRO REGIME
HAS NEVER WORKED.
IT DOESN’T WORK.
>> TO YOUR POINT, THE CHANGES
LEAVE IN PLACE THE EMBARGO WHICH
MANY OF THE OPPONENTS HAVE
ARGUED HAVE NOT WORKED.
WHAT YOU FRAME AS APPEASEMENT, I
WANT TO DRILL DOWN A LITTLE BIT,
BECAUSE SOME.
COMPONENTS OF THESE CHANGES ARE
DIRECTED REALLY AT THE CUBAN
POPULATION.
FAMILY REUNIFICATION, OPENING OF
TRAVEL, OF CITIES OUTSIDE
HAVANA, INVESTMENT, PRIVATE
INVESTMENT IN THE CUBAN PEOPLE’S
PRIVATE BUSINESSES.
NO DOUBT THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT IS
HANDS ON AND WILL MOST CERTAINLY
BY ALL ACCOUNTS HAVE SOME
BENEFIT TO THAT.
BUT THE ACTUAL COMPONENTS OF
THIS BIDEN PLAN, MUCH LIKE THE O
UPON-- OBAMA PLAN THAT HE WAS
ART PART OF IS REALLY AISMED AT
THE PEOPLE OF CUBA.
DO YOU NOT SEE ANY SORT OF
COMPROMISE VEES A VEE NOT BLACK
OR WHITE HARD LINE APPEASEMENT
BUT SOME COMPROMISE POLICY THAT
MIGHT ASSIST THE CUBAN PEOPLE
WITHOUT DIRECTLY APPEASING THE
CUBAN GOVERNMENT?
>> WELL, I THINK IT’S A POLICY
THAT YOU WORK TO REUNION
FAMILIES.
I THINK THAT IS ACTUALLY A
POSITIVE.
BUT LET’S LOOK AT THIS.
THIS IS GOING TO BE MORE MONEY
FOR THE CASTRO REGIME STRKS ALL
THAT IS GOING TO END UP
HAPPENING.
ST NOT GOING TO HELP THE PEOPLE.
THERE IS A LADY IN MIAMI I KNOW
THAT GOT HER HAND CHOPPED OFF,
STICK IN THE MUD SO SHE WOULD
GET AN INFECTION AND DIE, AND
THIS WAS AFTER OBAMA’S
APPEASEMENT, BEFORE.
AND THIS, WE’RE GOING TO WORK
TOGETHER, THIS WILL ALL GET
BETTER, YOU KNOW WHAT SHE DID
WRONG.
ALL SHE DID WAS COMPLAIN ABOUT
SCHOOL BEING CLOSED.
SO THIS IS GOING TO BE MORE
MONEY FOR THE GOVERNMENT, MORE
MONEY FOR THEIR POLICE OR YOU
KNOW, AND THINK ABOUT IT, DID WE
GET ANYTHING THAT WAS-- WAS
THERE ANYTHING THAT SAID OH,
WE’RE GOING TO LET THESE PEOPLE
OUT OF PRISON, OH, WE WILL LET
PEOPLE VISIT THEM THERE IS
NOTHING, NOTHING.
I MEAN SO DO WE NOT GET ANYTHING
FOR THE PEOPLE THAT BELIEVE IN
DEMOCRACY THERE?
NOTHING.
AND BY THE WAY, YOU KNOW,
GLENNA, I WILL TELL YOU THIS
MAKES ME MAD.
SO LAST SUMMER AFTER THE
PROTESTS, SO I PUSHED THE STATE
DEPARTMENT TO SAY WE’VE GOT TO
GET THE INTERNET BACK ON.
THEY SAID ABSOLUTELY.
SO THAT’S WHAT, TEN MONTHS AGO.
THEY’VE DONE NOTHING, NOW THEY
SAY THEY’RE GOING TO INVEST WITH
SOME ENTREPRENEURS ON THE
INTERNET.
NO THEY’RE NOT.
THIS IS JUST PURE APPEASEMENT.
BY THE WAY BIDEN DOES NOT CARE
ABOUT LATIN AMERICA AND HE
DOESN’T CARE ABOUT DEMOCRACY.
HE DOESN’T CARE ABOUT WHETHER
IT’S CUBBA VENEZUELA, COLOMBIA,
NICARAGUA, ANYWHERE.
>> THOSE ARE SOME VERY HARSH
WORDS AND THERE S YOU KNOW THERE
ARE ALWAYS TWO SIDES TO THE CUBA
QUESTION THAT WE HAVE BEEN
DEALING WITH REALLY REPORTS
BEING IN MY LIFETIME BUT I WANT
TO JUST BRING IT BACK TO THE
ACTUAL ANNOUNCEMENT THIS WEEK
AND THE COMPONENT OF THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT THAT HAS TO DO WITH
WHAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
CALLS NATIONAL SECURITY.
AND THE INTENT OF THE EFFORTS
TRY TO BETTER CONDITION FOR
PEOPLE IN CUBA CUBA SO THAT THEY
DON’T NEED TO OR WANT TO LEAVE.
AND THAT COMES FROM SOME
STAGGERING NUMBERS THAT WE’VE
BEEN SEEING NOT ONLY THROUGH THE
STRAITS BUT OVER THE SOUTHERN
BORDER OF CUBANS COMING INTO THE
UNITED STATES.
SO I WANT TO HEAR YOUR TAKE OF
THIS COMPONENT OF IMMIGRATION
AND NATIONAL SECURITY AND THE
OPPORTUNITY TO DO THINGS IN CUBA
THAT MIGHT BETTER THE QUALITY OF
LIFE FOR PEOPLE THERE SO THAT
THEY DO NOT LEAVE.
>> WELL FIRST OFF, THAT IS A
DECISION FOR THE CASTRO REGIME.
THEY COULD MAKE THE LIVES OF
CUBAN CITIZENS BETTER, ALL
RIGHT.
DO I BELIEVE THAT WE OUGHT TO
COME UP WITH A WAY THAT PEOPLE
CAN TILELY IMMIGRATE FROM CUBA?
ABSOLUTELY.
THIS IS A DECISION THOUGH BY THE
CUBAN REGIME AND BY THE WAY,
THEY’VE NEVER TOLD US EXACTLY
HOW THEY HARMED SO MANY PEOPLE
IN OUR EMBASSY, YOU KNOW, AND IN
WHICH CAUSED THE PROBLEM IN THE
FIRST PLACE AND THEY’VE NOT TOLD
US HOW THIS IS GOING TO GET
FIXED NOW.
>> I BELIEVE-- THEY THERE IS
NOTHING.
>> I BELIEVE THE CUBAN
GOVERNMENT SAID THAT THEY WERE
NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR-- YOU’RE
TALKING ABOUT THE SONIC AUDITORY
ATTACK.
>> WELL THEN WHO IS.
I MEAN BY THE WAY, IT IS A
TOTALITARIAN GOVERNMENT, THEY
YOAL EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS
THERE, AND OH, SO, YEAH, SO WE,
IT WASN’T US SO DON’T WORRY IT
IS LIKE TALK TOGETHER CHINESE
WHO LIE TO US EVERY DAY, OH, NO
THAT FENTANYL, WE’RE CRACKING
DOWN ON THAT, NO, THEY’RE NOT,
JUST LIKE CUBA DOES, EVERYTHING
COMING OUT OF THE CASTRO REGIME
IS A LIE.
>> I WANT TO GO BACK TO
IMMIGRATION FOR A MINUTE AND
BRING IT UP TO SORT OF A LARGER
ISSUE OF BORDER AND IMMIGRATION
AND TITLE 42.
WE ARE TALKING ON WEDNESDAY, AS
OF NEXT WEEK TITLE 42 WHICH IS
THE COMPONENT OF THE U.S. CODE
THAT ALLOWS A HEALTH EMERGENCY
TO BE THE REASON FOR DEPORTING
MY GRANTS WITHOUT ASYLUM CLAIMS
G G MEI GANT CLAIMS UNLESS A SUJ
IS SET SCWSH-- JUDGE IS SET TO
EXTEND THAT IT ENDS NEXT WEEK.
THIS MODE TO DEPORT MOST
MIGRANTS, HAVE BEEN IN EFFECT.
WE HAVE SEEN IT WITH OUR OWN
EYE, THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE BEING SUMMARILY DEPORTED.
THIS IS SORT OF A COMPONENT OF
WHAT THE DHS SECRETARY SAID THIS
WEEK OF PREPARING FOR A SURGE AT
THE BORDER WHEN THAT HAPPENS.
AND I WONDER IF YOU WOULD
ADDRESS WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION
IS DOING RIGHT NOW, SURGING
RESOURCE THERE, ACCORDING TO THE
SECRETARY MAYORKAS SENDING
PERSONNEL, MEDICAL SUPPORT WHAT
ARE YOU EXPECTING?
>> WELL, I EXPECT MAYOR CAST A
CONTINUED LIE, THIS IS A GLIE
WHO CAME INTO OFFICE PROMISED ME
THAT HE WAS GOING TO ENFORCE THE
EXISTING LAWS OF THE COUNTRY, HE
HAS NOT.
>> WHAT HASN’T HE ENFORCED.
>> HE HASN’T ENFORCED THE ASYLUM
LAWS.
>> SORRY WHAT HASN’T HE ENFORCED
SPECIFICALLY.
>> ONE, HE DOESN’T ENFORCE THE
A-- ASYLUM LAW, SHUT DOWN
CONSTRUCTION OF THE LAW, SHUT
DOWN-- WE PAID WITH YOUR TAX
DLORKS WE PAID FOR, NOT THE
WALL, WE HAD PAID FOR LIGHTS AND
CAMERAS AND ROADS, JUST SHUT IT
ALL DOWN, SHUT DOWN THE
ELECTRICITY, RIGHT.
I MEAN WHAT HE DOES IS HE COMES
AND-- ALL HE IS DOING IS
PROCESSING PEOPLE FASTER.
IS HE NOT SECURING US.
THINK ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
SINCE HE TOOK THE JOB.
WE HAD I THINK 108,000 PEOPLE
DIE OF DRUG OVERDOSE.
WE JUST LOST A NATIONAL GUARD
MEMBER THAT WAS TRYING TO SAVE
MIGRANTS COMING ACROSS, AND
GUESS WHAT THEY FOUND, THE
NATIONAL GUARD MEMBER DIED. AND
THE MIGRANTS WHO WERE BRINGING
IN DRUGS IN, WE HAVE HAD 45
MEMBERS OF-- IT GETS WORSE, WE
HAD 45 MEMBERS OF PEOPLE ON THE
TERRORIST WATCH LIST CAUGHT.
HOW MANY HAVE WE NOT CAUGHT?
I MEAN THE BORDER, GO TO THE
BORDER, IT IS OPEN.
ST JUST OPEN.
>> HAVE I ACTUALLY BEEN TO THE
BOARDER IN SEPTEMBER.
WE WERE THERE WHEN TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF HAITIANS WERE
COMING IN.
TRUTHFULLY I DID NOT SEE AN OPEN
BORDER AT THAT SPOT AT THAT
TIME.
BUT I POLLED-- PULLS, ACTUALLY
YOUR NUMBERS, NATIONAL
REPUBLICAN SENATOR YAL COMMITTEE
NUMBERS OF WHICH YOU ARE THE
CHAIR, SO I PULLED SOME NUMBERS
IN APRIL, 234 COUNTERS IN APRIL
HALF WERE RELEASED, HALF WERE
REMOVED UNDER TITLE 42.
SO I WANT TO JUST BE CLEAR THAT
THE ENCOUNTERS AT THE BORDER ARE
NOT ALL ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS,
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO CAN APPLY
FOR ASYLUM.
>> YEAH, BUT GLENNA, LOOK, I
WANT, I AM FROM AN IMMIGRATION
STATE.
I BELIEVE IN LEGAL IMMIGRATION.
I WANT PEOPLE TO COME AND LIVE
OUR DREAM TO COME HERE.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I DON’T WANT,
I’M SICK AND TIRED OF HEARING
STORIES, BECAUSE I FEEL SO SORRY
FOR THESE MOMS THAT LOST THEIR
KIDS BECAUSE THEY TOOK ONE DRUG,
LACED WITH FINT NIL-- FENTANYL.
THEY SHOULDN’T HAVE BOUGHT THE
DRUG ONLINE, THEY SHOULDN’T HAVE
BOUGHT WHATEVER IT WAS, THEY ARE
DEAD NOW, OKAY.
STORY AFTER STORY AND YOU KNOW
WHAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
DOES, NOTHING.
SO-- ACTUALLY NOTHING.
>> GLENNA T IS SO BAD, AS AN
EXAMPLE WE BROUGHT DID YOU KNOW
HOW MANY PEOPLE CAME FROM
AFGHANISTAN, YOU KNOW HOW THEY
PICKED THEM WHO WAS AT THE
AIRPORT.
THEY ARE NOT ENFORCING OUR
IMMIGRATION LAWS, THEY ARE NOT
DOING IT, PERIOD.
>> SENATOR, I HEAR YOU AND I’M
BEING TOLD THAT WE HAVE TO GO.
SO I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW
HOW MUCH WE VALUE YOUR TIME,
ALWAYS, TO BE WITH US, AND I
HOPE WILL YOU AGAIN SOON.