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SEAN: DEMOCRATS DEFUND THE
POLICE PUSH IS BACKFIRING ON
THEM AS VIOLENCE IN BLUE CITIES
CONTINUES TO ABSOLUTELY SOAR.
JOINING ME NOW TO DISCUSS IS
MERCEDES SCHLAPP, FORMER
WHITE HOUSE STRATEGIC
COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, AND
MIRANDA DEVINE, "NEW YORK POST"
COLUMNIST, A FOX NEWS
CONTRIBUTOR, AN AUTHOR OF THE
GREATEST BOOK,
"LAPTOP FROM HELL."
LADIES, WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM.
MIRANDA, I WANT TO START WITH
YOU.
I DO LOVE THE BOOK.
I WANT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION
ABOUT THAT LATE.
>> THANK YOU, SEAN.
SEAN: HERE WE HAVE ATLANTA, THIS
YEAR HOMICIDES ARE UP BY 43%.
RAPES ARE UP BY 240%.
SO I WONDER WHERE ARE THE
DEMOCRAT WOMEN WHO SHOULD SAY
LISTEN, THIS IS, THESE POLICIES
ARE HURTING OTHER WOMEN?
THESE POLICIES ARE HURTING
MINORITIES AND WE HAVE TO CHANGE
COURSE TO MAKE SURE COMMUNITIES
ARE SAFE?
>> LOOK, SEAN, THE PROBLEM IS
THAT ONCE THE GENIE OF CRIME IS
OUT OF THE BOTTLE IT IS REALLY
HARD TO PUT IT BACK AND I JUST
DON’T THINK THAT DEMOCRATS ARE
WILLING TO DO THE REALLY TOUGH
AMERICA SURES -- MEASURES THAT
ARE NEEDED, FOR INSTANCE
RUDY GIULIANI PUT INTO PLACE
WHEN HE SAVED NEW YORK, NOW GETS
NO THANKS FOR IT ALL.
THEY BECAME COMPLACENT, AND
THEY, WE HAD PEOPLE LIKE
BILL DE BLASIO BOASTING ABOUT
HAVING THE SAFEST BIG CITY.
THEY INHERITED SAFE CITIES AND
THEY MANAGED IN VERY SHORT ORDER
TO JUST DESTROY LAW AND ORDER
THERE AND I THINK IT WILL TAKE A
HELL OF A LOT MORE PAIN BEFORE
VOTERS, DEMOCRATIC VOTERS ARE
WILLING TO VOTE IN SOMEBODY WHO
IS WILLING TO DO THE TOUGH
YARDS.
SEAN: MERCEDES, TO THAT POINT,
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT PAIN, DOES
PAIN COME POLITICALLY?
DO DEMOCRATS HAVE TO LOSE A TON
OF SEATS IN THE HOUSE, MAYBE
LOSE CONTROL OF THE SENATE FOR
THEM TO GET THE IDEA AMERICANS
LIKE LAW AND ORDER, BE IN THEIR
HOMES AND BE SAFE, AS OPPOSED TO
THESE POLICIES THAT SAY WE
SHOULD DEFUND THE POLICE?
>> WELL, SEAN, WHILE WE CAN
PREDICT A RED WAVE IS COMING IN
NOVEMBER AND IT WILL OBVIOUSLY
SEEM THE REPUBLICANS LOOKING AT
EVEN GENERIC BALLOTS THEY’RE UP
13, 14% REPUBLICANS OVER
DEMOCRATS IN THE CONGRESSIONAL
RACES.
REALITY IS REPUBLICANS NEED TO
MAKE INROADS IN THE LOCAL
ELECTIONS.
THE LOCAL ELECTIONS MATTER, WHO
YOUR MAYOR IS, WHO YOUR SCHOOL
BOARD MEMBER IS, WHO YOUR CITY
COUNCIL IS.
THAT IS WHERE THE REPUBLICANS
WHERE REPUBLICANS LOST A LOT OF
GROUND.
WE’RE SEEING IN THE FACT THAT
CITIES LIKE MINNEAPOLIS,
ATLANTA, NEW YORK CITY, WITH
THESE DEMOCRATS IN POWER, THEY
HAVE BEEN ENGRAINED THERE FOR
DECADES, THAT THEIR POLICIES
HAVE BEEN HARMFUL TO THE MINORITY COMMUNITIES THAT THEY
MINORITY COMMUNITIES THAT THEY
SERVE AND TO THE IS THE SUBURBAN
AREAS AS WELL.
THAT IS WHERE REPUBLICANS NEED
TO INVEST MORE MONEY.
FIGURE OUT A WAY TO BREAK THIS
CYCLE OF CONTINUING TO ELECT
DEMOCRATS.
WHAT YOU ARE SEEING, SEAN, IS A
TREND WHERE MORE INDEPENDENTS
ARE SHIFTING TOWARDS THE RIGHT.
THEY’RE BECOMING REPUBLICANS.
THEY’RE DEFINITELY LOOKING TO
VOTE REPUBLICANS BECAUSE THEY
FEEL THAT THE DEMOCRATS PUSHING
THIS RADICALIZED MESSAGE OF
DEFUNDING THE POLICE, BASICALLY
CREATING WHERE THESE POLICE
OFFICERS FEEL DEMONIZED AND
DEMORALIZED AND NOT, THESE
PEOPLE DON’T FEEL SAFE, THAT IS
WHERE THE REPUBLICANS CAN GAIN
GROUND, TO SEE IF WE START
WINNING BACK THE CITIES.
SEAN: THAT IS A GOOD POINT.
REPUBLICANS FOCUS ON GOVERNOR
RACES, SENATE RACES, HOUSE
RACES, FORGET ABOUT THE LOCAL
RACES THAT HAVE HUGE IMPACT ON
YOUR LIFE.
>> THAT’S RIGHT.
SEAN: MIRANDA WE SAW IN
SAN FRANCISCO NOT LONG AGO,
THREE LIBERAL BOARD MEMBERS LOST
THEIR SEAT IN A RECALL.
OFTEN TIMES POLITICS IS REALLY
LOCAL.
IF YOU ARE GOING AFTER MY KID,
IF YOU DON’T HAVE POLICIES WITH
COMMON SENSE AND FOCUS ON
EDUCATION, WE’LL THROW LIBERALS
OUT THAT HAPPENED IN
SAN FRANCISCO.
MAYBE THAT IS A MESSAGE FOR
OTHER DEMOCRATS, IF YOU DON’T
GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER, IF YOU
DON’T FOCUS ON ME, WHAT I CARE
ABOUT YOU WILL NOT HAVE A JOB.
>> YES.
YOU’RE SEEING THAT THE
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE
HAS BEEN TRYING TO GIVE THAT
ADVICE TO ITS MEMBERS WHO ARE IN
PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT SEATS TO
WIN FOR 2022 IN NOVEMBER.
THEY’RE SAYING TO THEM, WELL YOU
NEED TO PUSH BACK AGAINST THE
REPUBLICAN MISINFORMATION ABOUT
SAY, DEFUNDING THE POLICE OR
OPENING THE BORDER.
YOU HAVE TO SAY NO, THAT IS NOT
TRUE.
THAT IS THEIR ADVICE.
IT IS NOT TO CHANGE THEIR
DISASTEROUS POLICIES.
IT IS TO LIE ABOUT THEM.
UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE THEY HAVE
A COMPLIANT MEDIA, JUST
BASICALLY PARROTING DEMOCRATIC
TALK POINTS, TALKING POINTS,
THEY WILL PROBABLY GET AWAY WITH
IT IN LARGE PART, CERTAINLY
AMONG DEMOCRATIC VOTERS.
SEAN: MIRANDA, THAT IS A REALLY
GOOD POINT.
THE MESSAGE FROM WHEN THE
POLLING COMES OUT.
WE HAVE TO CHANGE OUR POLICIES.
AMERICA DOESN’T LIKE THIS.
YOUR POINT IS RIGHT, LET’S SAY
WE’RE NOT DOING IT.
WE CAN LIE TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO KEEP SOME
SEATS WHICH IS INSANITY.
SO, MERCEDES, I LOOK AT THE
POLLING, IN A GENERIC BALLOT,
WHICH POLLED PEOPLE, SAY DO YOU
WANT A REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT,
REPUBLICANS ARE UP BY FOUR
POINTS.
NOW TRADITIONALLY WHEN
REPUBLICANS ARE DOWN BY FOUR
POINTS TO DEMOCRATS ITS AN EVEN
HEAT, RIGHT?
BY THE WAY THE VOTER TURNOUT
WORKS.
JOE BIDEN IS AT 40%.
THE IDEA THAT A RED WAVE IS NOT
COMING IS VERY UNLIKELY, RIGHT?
>> WELL, WE CAN, SEAN, LOOK I
THINK WE HAVE TO BE REALISTIC.
THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF TIME
BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER AND ONE
OF THE THINGS THAT THE DEMOCRATS
KNOW HOW TO DO IS CREATE CHAOS.
WE SAW THIS WITH THE
BLACK LIVES MATTER RIOTS IN 2020
ELECTION, THE SUMMER OF ANTIFA
AND BLACK LIVES MATTER BASICALLY
BURNING DOWN THESE CITIES.
SO, LOOK, THESE GUYS KNOW WHAT
IT TAKES AS RAHM EMANUEL SAID,
THEY KNOW CLEARLY HOW TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THESE CHAOTIC
MOMENTS IN THEIR FAVOR.
SO DON’T COUNT THEM OUT.
DON’T RULE THEM OUT BUT THE
REALITY IS, IS THAT WE’RE
LOOKING RIGHT INTO THE FACE OF
AN INTERNATIONAL CRISIS WITH
RUSSIA AND UKRAINE AND THIS,
WHAT LOOKS TO BE A POTENTIAL
VIOLENT WAR.
WHAT IS THAT GOING TO MEAN?
HOW IS JOE BIDEN GOING TO
RESPOND AND BE THE TOUGH GUY
DURING THIS MOST DIFFICULT TIME
AND PROBABLY THE MOST DIFFICULT
CHALLENGE THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN
IS GOING TO FACE ON TOP OF THAT,
WITH THE DEMOCRATS PUTTING,
PUSHING CRT, PUSHING VACCINE
MANDATES, PUSHING ALL OF THESE
UNPOPULAR POLICIES.
THAT HURTS THE DEMOCRATS AND I
THINK THAT THEY’RE REALLY, IT IS
REALLY GOING TO HURT COME
NOVEMBER, BUT AGAIN, I STILL
THINK IT IS TOO EARLY TO JUST
RULE IT OUT AND SAY IT IS GOING
TO BE A BIG RED WAVE.
WE HOPE IT WILL BE.
IT IS THE BEST THING FOR THIS
COUNTRY.
BUT IF REALITY STANDS, SEAN, IT
IS STILL, WE’RE JUST STARTING
MARCH.
IT IS GOING TO BE CHALLENGING.
SEAN: THERE IS A LOT OF TIME
LEFT BUT WHEN YOU DON’T CHANGE
YOUR POLICIES, AND GET THEM IN
LINE WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, I
THINK IT WILL CONTINUE AND I
THINK A RED WAVE IS ON THE
HORIZON.
BUT, LADIES, THANKS FOR THE