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ELIZABETH: THANKS FOR WATCHING.
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RIGHT NOW WE BEGIN WITH FLORIDA
SENATOR RICK SCOTT AND FLORIDA
ATTORNEY GENERAL ASHLEY MOODY.
WE HAVE A JAM-PACKED SEGMENT
RIGHT HERE FOR YOU FIRST
SENATOR, AND ASHLEY MOODY.
YOUR REACTION TO JIM JORDAN AND
CONGRESSMAN TOM McCLINTOCK
SENDING A LETTER TO HOMELAND
SECURITY SECRETARY MAYORKAS, A
GOVERNMENT WHISTLE-BLOWER SAYS
THAT THE GOVERNMENT WANTS TO
FIRE BORDER PATROL AGENTS IF
THEY’RE NOT FULLY VACCINATED BY
NOVEMBER.
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT?
>> HOMELAND SECURITY SAID THE
BORDER IS SECURE.
THINK OF THAT ONE OUT OF EVERY
300 PEOPLE AMERICA TODAY CAME
ACROSS OUR BORDER ILLEGALLY,
JUST THIS YEAR.
SO FIRST OFF WHY, WOULD THEY DO
THIS?
THEY HAVE CREATED OPEN BORDERS.
WE HAVE TERRORISTS COMING OVER.
WE HAVE DRUGS COMING OVER.
THEY HAVE ATTACKED THE BORDER
PATROL.
THEY ACCUSE THE BORDER PATROL
NOT DOING THEIR JOB.
NOW THEY WANT TO DISSIPATE THE
RANKS OF THE BORDER PATROL
REQUIRING A VACCINE.
PRESIDENT BIDEN PROMISED HE
WOULD NOT DO A VACCINE MANDATE.
HE IS NOT DOING IT FOR THEM, HE
IS TRYING TO DO IT FOR THE WHOLE
COUNTRY.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD
NOT DO A MANDATE FOR ANYBODY
INCLUDING BORDER PATROL AGENTS.
ELIZABETH: LOCALS IN DEL RIO,
TEXAS, THEY SPOKE TO FOX NEWS.
THEY OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORT THE
BORDER, ATTORNEY GENERAL, LISTEN
TO THIS.
>> NO PROBLEMS.
THEY HAVE ALWAYS GOT YOUR BACK.
>> BEEN HERE FOR 50 YEARS.
BROUGHT ME TO TEARS BECAUSE I
REALIZED THAT WE LIVE IN A GREAT
COUNTRY AND WE WANT TO KEEP IT
THAT WAY AND THAT’S NOT EASY AND
THESE MEN ARE GIVING THEIR
LIVES, LEAVING THEIR FAMILIES TO
COME HERE AND TO SECURE US.
>> I HAVE NEVER SEEN THEM
MISTREAT ANYBODY.
WE BACK THEM COMPLETELY.
WE SAY DON’T LIE ABOUT THEM.
DON’T LIE ABOUT THEM.
ELIZABETH: ATTORNEY GENERAL,
FLORIDA IS SUING THE
WHITE HOUSE, THAT THE BIDEN
IMMIGRATION POLICY IS LEGAL ON
WHAT GROUNDS?
GIVEN WHAT YOU HEARD WITH
CONSTITUENTS TALKING THERE, CAN
YOU TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN
LIGHT OF YOUR LAWSUIT?
>> IT BREAKS MY HEART AT EVERY
TURN, AT EVERY CHANCE TO SHOW
SUPPORT FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN
THAT TAKE AN OATH TO PROTECT
THIS COUNTRY, TO PROTECT THE
SAFETY AND STABILITY OF OUR
COMMUNITIES, THIS ADMINISTRATION
HAS NOT HAD THEIR BACKS.
EVERY ACTION THEY HAVE TAKEN HAS
DECIMATED PUBLIC SAFETY LAWS.
THEY’RE THUMBING THEIR NOSE AT
THE LAWS OF THIS COUNTRY WHEN
THEY ARE PURPOSEFULLY PUT IN
PLACE TO PROTECT OUR PEOPLE AND
THIS NATION.
FIRST OF ALL THEY TOLD OUR
SHERIFFS DEPUTIES TO START
RELEASING CRIMINALS HERE
ILLEGALLY BACK INTO OUR
COMMUNITY WHO WERE SET TO BE
DEPORTED.
THAT WAS STEP ONE.
WE STOOD UP.
WE FOUGHT BACK.
NOW, EVERYONE THAT COMES IN
THEY’RE DETAINING THEM,
RELEASING THEM INTO THE INTERIOR
WITH NOT A NOTICE TO APPEAR, A
NOTICE TO REPORT, WHICH IS NOT
EVEN A DOCUMENT WITHIN STATUTE.
IT IS JUST SAYING HEY, WHEN YOU
FEEL LIKE IT, SHOW UP.
THERE IS NO CONTROL OVER THE
CRIMINALS COMING ACROSS OUR
BORDER, NONE WHATSOEVER.
WE’RE SEEING RECORD INCREASES IN
FENTANYL, A DRUG THAT CAN KILL
ENTIRE CITIES.
WE SEE RECORD INCREASES IN
SEXUAL OFFENDERS COMING OVER OUR
BORDER.
THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THE
STRATEGIC ACTIONS OF THIS
ADMINISTRATION ARE MAKING OUR
COUNTRIES AND THE STATE OF
FLORIDA LESS SAFE.
ELIZABETH: GIVEN WHAT THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL JUST SAID,
SENATOR, WHY FIRE BORDER PATROL
FOR NOT BEING VACCINATED?
OTHER VENUES, OTHER COMPANIES
ARE SAYING, JUST BASICALLY WHEN
YOU DO IS, JUST TEST IF THEY
DON’T WANT TO GET VACCINATED,
TEST THEM, RIGHT?
SO WHY DO SUCH A HARSH THING?
NOW YOU HAVE GOT FLORIDA SAYING
THE GOVERNOR SAYING LISTEN WE
HAVE TO TAKE MATTERS INTO OUR
OWN HANDS.
WEE DETAIN ANY AIRCRAFT, BUS OR
VEHICLE BELIEVED TO BE
TRANSPORTING ILLEGAL ALIENS.
YOU KNOW IS GOING TO GATHER
INFORMATION ON IDENTITIES OF ANY
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
FLORIDA IS TAKING MATTERS IN
THEIR OWN HANDS.
NOW THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS WE’LL
FIRE THE BORDER PATROL FOR NOT
GETTING VACCINATED.
WHY DON’T THEY TEST THEM IF THEY
DON’T WANT TO GET VACCINATED?
>> FLORIDA IS AN IMMIGRATION
STATE.
WE LIKE IMMIGRATION, LEGAL
IMMIGRATION.
AND WHY WOULDN’T YOU SUPPORT THE
HARD-WORKING PEOPLE OF THE
BORDER PATROL WORKING HARD TO
KEEP ALL OF US, EVERYBODY IN THE
COUNTRY, EVERYBODY IN THIS
ENTIRE COUNTRY SAFE.
IT DOES DOESN’T MAKE SENSE.
THEY’RE NOT TESTING PEOPLE
COMING ACROSS THE BORDER, NOT
MAKING SURE THEY’RE VACCINATED
BUT OUR BORDER PATROL AGENTS
HAVE TO?
THIS MAKES NO SENSE.
THIS SAME ADMINISTRATION SAID
ONE THE BORDER WAS SECURE.
THEY SAID THEY WOULD MAKE SURE
THEY NEVER LEAVE ANY AMERICANS
BEHIND.
THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATION THAT
JUST CONTINUES TO LIE TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE AND NOT HAVE THE
BACK OF LAW ENFORCEMENT ANYWHERE
IN THIS COUNTRY.
ELIZABETH: YOU KNOW, IT’S A
PROBLEM THAT HITS ALL 50 STATES,
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
WE’VE GOT TWO MILLION ESTIMATED
BORDER CROSSINGS.
THAT IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF
NEBRASKA.
ONE CONGRESSWOMAN THE DHS
SECRETARY MAYORKAS, 3/4 OF
BORDER PATROL AGENTS IN THE
TEXAS SECTOR HAD TO BE PULLED
OFF TO DEAL WITH ILLEGAL SURGES.
IT IS A HARD THING FOR THE MEDIA
TO UNDERSTAND, ATTORNEY,
GENERAL, RIGHT?
THEY DON’T GET WHEN YOU WEAKEN
THE BORDER YOU INVITE CRIME.
GO AHEAD.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THE STATES ARE FEELING IT ACROSS
OUR COUNTRY.
LAST TWO MONTHS, YOU SEE 200,000
PEOPLE ENCOUNTERED AT THE
BORDER, COMING ACROSS BY OUR
AGENTS.
I CAN TELL YOU WHETHER IT IS
EXTREME INCOMPETENCE OR SOME
EX-TROOP RADICAL LIBERAL AGENDA
THEY’RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH,
LOOK, NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW,
ESPECIALLY THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
IT IS IN BLACK AND WHITE, OUR
IMMIGRATION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
LAWS.
THEY NEED TO FOLLOW THE LAST,
UNTIL THEY DO, GOVERNOR DESANTIS
AND I, LEADERS LIKE SENATOR
SCOTT WILL STEP UP TO PUSH BACK
NOT JUST FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR
FLORIDIANS BUT FOR THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
ELIZABETH: YOU KNOW DEMOCRAT
STATE REPRESENTATIVES ARE GOING
AFTER THE FLORIDA GOVERNOR,
SENATOR, HE IS USING IMMIGRATION
BECAUSE HE WANTS TO RUN FOR THE
PRESIDENCY IN 2024.
WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THAT?
>> I THINK WE ALL NEED TO STAND
UP FOR OUR STATE.
I THINK THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
MOODY IS DOING THE EXACT RIGHT
THING.
SHE STANDING UP FOR THE GREAT
STATE OF FLORIDA.
ALL REMEMBER, WE LIKE
IMMIGRATION IN OUR STATE, LEGAL
IMMIGRATION BUT WE DON’T WANT
MORE FENTANYL IN OUR STATE.
WE WANT TO SUPPORT RAW LAW
ENFORCEMENT WHETHER IN THE STATE
OR ALONG THE BORDER.
I DON’T KNOW WHY THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION CREATED THIS OPEN
BORDER POLICY WHICH MAKES THIS