ELIZABETH: WILL NUNLY, THANK YOU
FOR JOINING US.
WE’RE JOINED BY SOUTH CAROLINA
NANCY MACE.
CONGRESSWOMAN, WHAT DOES YOUR
HOME STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
NEED RIGHT NOW?
WE’RE SEEING LIFE THREATENING
STORM SURGES HITTING THE COAST
THERE.
>> IT MAY BE SOME OF THE WORST
STORM SURGES THAT SOUTH CAROLINA
HAS SEEN SINCE HURRICANE HUGO 33
YEARS AGO.
I’M IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH
CAROLINA, RIGHT NOW ON POLY’S
ISLAND SOUTH OF MYRTLE BEACH.
DEVASTATING IMAGES AND VIDEO OF
HOMES UNDER WATER, RETAIL UNDER
WATER.
IT’S GOING TO BE DEVASTATING
CLEANUP FOR DAYS AND WEEKS TO
COME.
ELIZABETH: WE HEAR FLORIDA NEEDS
ENERGY AND PORTABLE WATER.
LITERALLY PARTS OF THE GRID ARE
TOTALLY OFFLINE STILL.
>> FORTUNATELY, SOUTH CAROLINA
IS NO STRANGER TO THESE KINDS OF
STORMS MUCH LIKE FLORIDA AND
WHEN IAN HIT, HURRICANE IAN HIT
SOUTH CAROLINA, IT WAS A
CATEGORY 1.
WE HAVE ABOUT 100,000 RESIDENTS
ALONG THE COAST AND FRACTION FLU
THOSE THAT STILL DO NOT HAVE
POWER AND DOESN’T COMPARE TO THE
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE STILL OUT OF
POWER, THAT ARE STUCK AND AREN’T
ABLE TO GET OUT OF THEIR
COMMUNITIES OR CITIES OR TOWNS
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, TODAY YOU’VE
GOT CONGRESS LOOKING AT
CONTINUING RESOLUTION SENDING
$12 BILLION OVERSEAS TO OTHER
COUNTRIES WHEN WE HAVE REAL
NEEDS IN FLORIDA AND IN SOUTH
CAROLINA SHORT TERM ORIENTATION
REBUILD THOSE COMMUNITIES WHO
WERE STRUCK BY HURRICANE IAN
TODAY AND YESTERDAY.
ELIZABETH: I MEAN, THE IMAGES
ARE JUST DEVASTATING AND THEY’RE
SO TRAUMATIC.
WE HEAR WHAT YOU’RE SAYING ABOUT
DC.
YOU KNOW, SPEAKER PELOSI PUT
TWITTER INTO A MELTDOWN TODAY
WITH WHAT’S BEING CALLED AN
INDELL CANT LETTER.
>> WE HAVE A SHORTAGE OF WORKERS
IN OUR COUNTRY AND YOU SEE EVEN
IN FLORIDA SOME OF THE FARMERS
AND THE GROWERS SAID IMMIGRANTS
ARE UP NORTH AND WE NEED THEM TO
HELP DOWN HERE. ELIZABETH: PICK THE CROPS?
ELIZABETH: PICK THE CROPS?
THIS IS BEING CALLED PRETTY EELY
DIS-.
>> IT’S NOT DOUBT THAT AMERICANS
WANT TO WORK AND ARE TRYING TO
WORK AND IT’S A SITUATION AND
PELOSI IS NO STRANGER TO GAFFES
AND NEITHER IS PRESIDENT BIDEN,
HE HAD A MAJOR GAFFE THIS WELL
THIS WEEK.
IT’S KIND OF EMBARRASSING WHAT
NANCY PELOSI AND JOE BIDEN AND
KAMALA HARRIS THAT THEY’RE THE
LEADERS ON THE WORLD STAGE RIGHT
NOW.
ELIZABETH: CONGRESSWOMAN, LET’S
GET BACK TO THE HURRICANE.
WE HAVE A CURFEW IN LEE COUNTY.
CAPE CORAL, GOVERN DESANTIS HAS
BEEN SCRUMABLING DOZENS OF
NATIONAL -- SCRAMBLING DOZENS OF
NATIONAL GUARD HELICOPTERS TO
SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS AND WHAT
ARE YOU HEARING WHAT ABOUT
HAPPENING NOW IN SOUTH CAROLINA?
>> WELL, IN SOUTH CAROLINA
UNFORTUNATELY, GOVERNOR MCMASTER
ISSUED A EMERGENCY ORDER LIKE
GOVERNOR DESANTIS AND PRESIDENT
BIDEN TO HIS CREDIT ALSO
ACCEPTED THAT ORDER.
OUR COUNTIES ALSO ISSUED A
EMERGENCY ORDER THAT WILL GIVE
US AN ABILITY TO SET CURFEW IFS
WE HAVE LOOTING ISSUES LIKE IN
FLORIDA.
WE’RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE
AREAS NORTH OF CHARLESTON,
POLLY’S ISLAND, HITCH FIELD
BEACH WHERE WE SAW A PIER FLOAT
AWAY AND RETAIL AND STORES STORE
HOMES UNDER WATER AND THAT GIVES
US THE ABILITY TO DO THAT AND
THE ABILITY TO ACCESS RESOURCES
AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND WE
OTHERWISE WOULD NOT HAVE AFTER
THE STORM.
ELIZABETH: WHAT’S REALLY
CONCERNING IS REPORTS THAT
FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT, THEY’RE
WARNING THAT PARTS OF THE
SYSTEM, THEIR GRID, WILL NEED TO
BE REBUILT FROM THE GROUND UP.
FROM THE GROUND UP.
NOT JUST RESTORED.
GO AHEAD, TAKE THAT ON.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY, SOME OF
THE IMAGES YOU SAW YESTERDAY,
THEY WERE HIT WITH FLOODING FROM
THE STORM AND TODAY HOUSES WERE
BURNING TO THE GROUND.
THEY HAVE THE ELECTRICAL GRID
ISSUE AND YOU LOOK AT
INFRASTRUCTURE BILL THAT WE DID
LAST YEAR, I WOULD MUCH RATHER
HAVE US BE ABLE TO HAVE THE
ABILITY TO POWER OUR GRID,
SECURE OUR GRID EVEN MORE
IMPORTANTLY THAN PUT LIKE
ELECTRIC CHARGING STATIONS
AROUND THE COUNTRY BEING DONE IN
THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND NO REASON
FOR GOVERNMENT TO COMPETE AND
GREEN NEW ENERGY THAT’S IN THE
INFRASTRUCTURE AROPE RATIONS
WE’VE BEEN LOOKING --
APPROPRIATIONS AND LOOKING AT
AND VOTED ON AND THAT WOULD
RATHER BE USED ON REAL
INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN ROADS AND BRIDGES
PARTICULARLY LIKE IN FLORIDA.
IT’S DEVASTATING.
ELIZABETH: THAT’S THE POINT;
RIGHT.
IT’S ABOUT COMMON SENSE
LEADERSHIP IN DC.
IT SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON THIS
NATION GETTING HIT BY NATURAL
DISASTERS AND SPENDING THE MONEY
ON THAT, ON PROTECTING THE POWER
GRID AND MORE INSTEAD OF
BOONDOGGLES.
ALL THIS IS COMING AS U.S.
ECONOMY IS STRUGGLING OVER
INFLATION FROM WAY TOO MUCH
GOVERNMENT SPENDING.
WE NEED MORE, YOU KNOW, SUPPLIES
COMING IN THAT SENSE AND NOT THE
GOVERNMENT MONEY PRINTING AND
SPENDING.
WATCH LARRY SUMMERS AND HOW THE
GOVERNMENT DID WARTIME SPENDING
WITHOUT A WAR AND NOW FLORIDA
AND SOUTH CAROLINA NEED HELP.
WATCH THIS.
>> WE BASICALLY HAD INFLATION
UNDER CONTROL FOR 40 YEARS. WE LOST THE THREAD WITH MANY
WE LOST THE THREAD WITH MANY
OTHER COUNTRIES AND POLICIES
RELATIVE TO THE SIZE OF THE GEP
GAP, FISCAL STIMULUS WAS FIVE TIMES AS LARGE AS IT HAD BEEN
TIMES AS LARGE AS IT HAD BEEN
DURING THE FINANCIAL CRISIS.
FIVE TIMES 2008.
YOUR WORD ON THIS?
>> YOU’RE RIGHT, LIZ, PRINTING
MONEY BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE
OVER $4 TRILLION A YEAR AND
WAGES NOT KEEPING UP WITH
INFLATION AND INFLATION AT A
40-YEAR RECORD HIGH AND PLIES OF
EVERYTHING GOING UP INCLUDING
GAS AND IT’LL CONTINUE TO GO UP
AND BIDEN WILL BLAME THE
HURRICANE FOR THAT AND THAT’S
NOT.
IT’S ALL BIDEN’S POLICIES AND
THEY’VE BEEN WRONG FOR AMERICA
AND I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO
REPUBLICANS WINNING THE HOUSE
VERY SOON.
ELIZABETH: CONGRESSWOMAN, THANK
YOU VERY MUCH AND GOOD LUCK WITH