JUDGE JEANINE: MY NEXT GUEST
NEARLY LOST HIS LIFE LAST SUMMER
WHEN A GUNMAN OPENED FIRE AT THE
CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICAN
BASEBALL PRACTICE.
HE FOUGHT HIS WAY BACK AND
RETURNED TO CONGRESS.
LOUISIANA CONGRESSMAN AND AUTHOR
OF THE FLUE BOOK, "BACK IN THE
GAME," STEVE SCALISE JOINS ME IN
A "JUSTICE" EXCLUSIVE.
FIRST OF ALL, WELCOME TO
"JUSTICE."
>> GREAT TO BE WITH YOU.
JENNA: NOW YOU ARE IN THE --
JUDGE JEANINE: NOW YOU ARE IN
THE NEXT SESSION OF CONGRESS.
HOW DO YOU SEE THINGS PLAYING
OUT IN THE NEXT CONGRESSIONAL
SESSION?
>> WE STILL ARE GOING TO FIGHT
FOR THE THINGS WE BELIEVE WILL
GET THIS COUNTRY BACK ON TRACK.
WE ARE ALREADY SEEING SUCH A
GREAT ECONOMY BECAUSE WE WORKED
WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP TO CUT
TAXES.
I WANT TO SEE US FIGHT TO
PROTECT THE GAINS THAT WE MADE
AND KEEP THE ECONOMY GROWING.
>> WHEN THE DEMOCRATS WAR THE
MINORITY, CONGRESSMAN, THEIR
WHOLE IDEA WAS OBSTRUCT, RESIST,
DON'T DO ANYTHING.
WHEN IT CAME TOP TAX REFORM, TAX
CUTS FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE,
THEY OBSTRUCTED AND RESISTED.
WHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU SHOULD
GO BACK AND WORK WITH THEM GIVEN
WHAT THEY ACCOMPLISHED OR DID TO
YOU WHEN YOU WERE THE WHIP?
>> YOU HAVE SEEN A LOT OF WHAT
NANCY PELOSI IS TALKING ABOUT.
THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT MORE
OBSTRUCTION AND TRYING TO HARASS
AND SUBPOENA AND IMPEACH THE
PRESIDENT.
BUT WHEN I WAS IN A LOT OF THOSE
SWING DISTRICTS THAT WENT FROM
REPUBLICAN TO DEMOCRAT THAT
ULTIMATELY FLIPPED THE HOUSE.
THOSE CANDIDATES WERE NOT
TALKING ABOUT HARASSING THE
PRESIDENT.
THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF
THE THINGS WE WORKED ON.
ARE THEY GOING TO JOIN UP WITH
NANCY PELOSI AFTER THEIR
ELECTION AND BE PART OF THAT'S
RESIST MOVEMENT.
IF SO IT WILL BE A TOUGH YEAR
FOR THEM IN 2020.
WE'LL FIGHT TO DEFEND THE GAINS
WE MADE.
IF THEY WANT TOMA HARASS THE
PRESIDENT WE'LL STOP THEM USING
EVERY TOOL WE HAVE.
BUT IN THE END IT WILL BE NANCY
PELOSI'S DECISION.
WE'LL BE THERE TO FIGHT IF SHE
GOES THE WRONG WAY.
JUDGE JEANINE: WHAT DO YOU THINK
ABOUT THE FLORIDA RECOUNT AND
ALL THE HOOPLA DOWN THERE IN
BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTY.
FINDING ALL OF THESE BALLOTS
AFTER -- WELL AFTER 30 MINUTES
AFTER THE ELECTION AND TRYING TO
CHANGE THE REALITY OF THOSE
DECLARED THE WINNERS.
NOW FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON
DESANTIS IS GOING TO JOIN US IN
A FEW MINUTES.
THE WAY THEY PLAY SEEMS TO BE
DIFFERENT FROM THE WAY YOU GUYS
PLAY.
THEY FIGHT TO WIN AS MARK ELIAS
SAID SO CLEARLY.
WHAT DO WE FIGHT TO DO?
>> THEY DON'T JUST FIGHT TO WIN,
THEY WILL LITERALLY GO AROUND
THE RULES.
THEY ARE NOT TRYING TO COUNT
EVERYBODY VOTE.
THEY USE THAT MANTRA.
IF YOU VOTED LEGALLY IN FLORIDA
THEN 10,000 VOTES SHOW UP FROM
UNDER SONGS MATTRESS AND IT
HAPPENS TO BE FOR A CANDIDATE
DIFFERENT THAN THE ONE YOU VOTED
FOR, THEY ARE TRYING TO STEAL
YOUR VOTE.
VOTER THEFT IS AGAINST THE LAW.
BOTH SIDES HAVE A TEAM OF
ATTORNEYS DOWN THERE TO STOP
THAT FROM HAPPENING.
BUT BROWARD COUNTY, THEY HAVE
HAD A HISTORY OF NOT BEING ABLE
TO GET THIS RIGHT.
MATT GAETZ AND I TALKED A LOT
ABOUT THIS TO MAKE SURE THE LAW
IS BEING FOLLOWED.
JUDGE JEANINE: BRENDA SNIPES
SAYS THE COURT HAS NO ROLE IN
THIS.
I WANT TO MOVE ON TO YOUR BOOK.
IN YOUR BOOK YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENED TO YOU.
WAS THERE VERSA PERIOD OF TIME
WHEN YOU SAID, I GOT SHOT.
I ALMOST DIED SEVERAL TIMES AS A
RESULT OF THIS INJURY.
DID YOU EVER THINK ABOUT NOT
COMING BACK AND HANGING UP A
SHINGLE SOMEWHERE AND DOING
SOMETHING ELSE?
>> I MEAN, JUDGE, CLEARLY THE
OPPORTUNITIES WOULD HAVE BEEN
THERE.
BUT I LOVE THIS COUNTRY.
I LOVE THE JOB I HAVE, THE
ABILITY TO WORK WITH THIS
PRESIDENT AND GET THE COUNTRY
BACK ON TRACK.
I WASN'T SURE IF I WAS GOING TO
BE ABLE TO RECOVER FROM MY
INJURIES.
BUT IT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT MOTIVATED ME TO FIGHT TO
GET BACK.
I TALK ABOUT THIS IN THE BOOK.
THE MIRACLES THAT HAPPENED ALONG
THE WAY, THE HEROES THAT SAVED
HIDE LIFE AND HELPED ME TO BE
ABLE TO RECOVER.
WHAT THE MOTIVATIONS WERE ANNIE
WANTED TO FIGHT SO HARD TO GET
BACK TO BE PART OF WHAT WE WERE
ABLE TO DO HIS TORE TICKALLY
THIS LAST YEAR, INCLUDING THE
TAX CUT BILL.
IT WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL TO WORK
ON, WORKING WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP
AND CHAIRMAN BRADY AND THE REST
OF THE TEAM TO DO SOMETHING
THAT'S TRANSFORMED THIS COUNTRY
AND THE ECONOMY.