LAST NIGHT’S DEADLY SHOOTING OF
A NEW YORK CITY POLICE OFFICER,
WE’RE JOINED NOW BY REPUBLICAN
CONGRESSWOMAN FROM NEW YORK
MALLIOTAKIS.
AND CONGRESSWOMAN THANK YOU FOR
COMING ON TODAY AND AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE YOUR
THOUGHTS ON WHAT’S HAPPENED IN
NEW YORK CITY.
>> IT’S ABSOLUTELY TRAGIC.
I SHARE SO MUCH OF THE SADNESS AND FRUSTRATION YOU HEARD FROM
AND FRUSTRATION YOU HEARD FROM
THE PRESIDENT POLICE PRESIDENT,
ENSURE THAT WE PUT THESE BAD
GUYS BEHIND BARS.
REPEATED WE’VE WARNED ABOUT IT
AND THE DANGEROUS DEMOCRAT LAWS
ARE LEADING TO MORE PEOPLE
BEING RELEASED AND A DETECTIVES
UNION TOLD ME THAT NINE OUT OF
10 PEOPLE FOUND WITH CRIMINAL
POSSESSION OF A WEAPON ARE
RELEASED BACK ON THE STREET AND
50% OF PEOPLE THAT SHOOT
SOMEBODY ARE BACK ON THE STREET
BECAUSE OF THESE LAWS AND
REALLY, I’M BEGGING MY
COLLEAGUES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
THE AISLE, LET’S WORK TOGETHER
TO FIX OUR CITY.
THE MAYOR TO HIS CREDIT SAYS HE
WANTS TO DO THIS, BUT IT’S BEEN
THREE WEEKS.
WE’VE ALREADY SEEN FIVE POLICE
OFFICERS SHOT AND ONE NOW
FATALLY, AND I PRAY FOR POLICE
OFFICER MORROW THAT HE MAKES A
SPEEDY AND FULL RECOVERY.
WE’RE SO SAD ABOUT THE DEATH OF
POLICE OFFICER RIVERA.
WHAT YOU’RE ALSO SEEING IN
ALBANY, THE GOVERNOR’S
APPOINTED PAROLE BOARD
RELEASING COP KILLERS OVER AND
OVER AGAIN, A DOZEN IN THE LAST
COUPLE YEARS ALONE.
WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE SENTIMENT
AND KEEP THESE BAD GUYS BEHIND
BARS.
WE CAN’T HAVE THE POLICIES AND
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY WHO SAY
THEY REFUSE TO PROSECUTE CRIME
THAT YOU’RE NOT GOING TO--
IF YOU’RE CAUGHT WITH A, YOU
KNOW, DRUGS, THEY’RE GOING TO--
SELLING DRUGS THEY’LL CHARGE
YOU WITH JUST POSSESSION.
IF YOU DO A GUN POINT ROBBERY
THEY’LL CHARGE YOU WITH PETTY
LARSENING.
IF YOU MURDER SOMEBODY, YOU’RE
NOT GOING TO PUT YOU IN PRISON
LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE.
THOSE HAVE CONSEQUENCES AND
THEY’RE PLAYING BEFORE OUR
EYES.
GRIFF: AS WE ARE LOOKING ON THE
SCREEN, THE PROCESSION FOR THE
OFFICERS SHOT.
BEFORE I TURN TO YOU, I HAVE TO
GET TO THAT IN A NUTSHELL.
YOU SAY THIS WAS PREVENTIBLE
WHAT HAPPENED IN NEW YORK CITY.
WHERE WOULD YOU BEGIN TO MAKE
IT SO THAT IT’S NOT GOING TO
HAPPEN AGAIN?
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IT’S THE
MESSAGING COMING OUT OF THE
POLITICIANS.
YOU CAN’T HAVE DISTRICT
ATTORNEY SAYING THEY’RE NOT
GOING TO PROSECUTE CRIMES.
WE NEED BETTER JUDGES.
SOMEONE WHO SHOT ANOTHER COP
LAST WEEK POTENTIALLY GETTING
OUT WITH BAIL DESPITE THE PLEAS
OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, THEY
WANT THE PERSON TO BE HELD
WITHOUT BAIL.
BETTER JUDGES, BUT THE BAIL LAW
IN ALBANY IS A BIG ONE.
NINE OUT OF 10 PEOPLE WITH A
WEAPON RELEASED.
>> AND TENSIONS ARE RUNNING ON
AN ALL-TIME HIGH AS MANY PEOPLE
ARE WORRIED THAT RUSSIA IS
ABOUT TO INVADE UKRAINE.
WHAT WOULD YOU APOLOGIZE THE
ADMINISTRATION TO DO?
>> WELL, LOOK, WE NEED TO BE
IMPOSING SANCTIONS, WE NEED TO
BE SENDING WEDNESDAY TO UKRAINE
SO THEY CAN DEFEND THEMSELVES.
WE NEED TO BE WORKING WITH OUR
ALLIES, PARTICULARLY IN
N.A.T.O., TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO
UKRAINE.
ALL OF THIS NEEDS TO BE ON THE
FRONT END, NOT AFTER THEY DO
THE INVASION.
WE NEED TO PREVENT THIS
INVASION.
THE ONLY WAY WE’RE GOING TO DO
THAT IS IF WE SET A VERY STRONG
TONE WITH PUTIN.
IT’S 100 YEARS SINCE THE SOVIET
UNION WAS CREATED AND HE’S
TRYING TO PUT IT BACK TOGETHER.
AND EVERYONE IS WATCHING WHAT
PRESIDENT BIDEN IS DOING,
CHINA, IRAN, NORTH KOREA, ALL
OF OUR ADVERSARIES ARE LOOKING,
HE MADE A BOTCHED WITHDRAWAL
FROM AFGHANISTAN.
THAT WAS NOTED WHAT A DISASTER
THAT WAS.
AND SEEING HIM RED LIGHT--
GREEN LIGHT, RATHER, THE NORD
STREAM PIPELINE.
THIS IS WHY WE’RE HERE IN THIS
POSITION AT THIS MOMENT BECAUSE
OF SOME OF THE THINGS HE’S
DONE, INCLUDING REDUCING OUR
ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND
PUTTING, HELPING PUTIN FUND
THIS INVASION.
THAT’S WHAT’S HAPPENING RIGHT
NOW FROM OUR PRESIDENT.
GRIFF: AND JUST IN THE TIME WE
HAVE LEFT, JUST 30 SECONDS OR
SO, VERY INTERESTING QUESTION
FROM MY COLLEAGUE JACQUI
HEINRICH AT THE WHITE HOUSE
THIS PAST WEEK, ASKING THE
PRESIDENT WHY HE’S WAITING FOR
RUSSIA TO MAKE THE FIRST MOVE
AND THE PRESIDENT OF COURSE
SAID AT THAT WAS A STUPID
QUESTION, AND REALLY, DOES IT
APPEAR TO YOU WE’VE MISSED
OPPORTUNITIES THAT THINGS ARE
HEADED TO A PLACE WHERE WE
SHOULD HAVE ACTED BEFORE PUTH
DOES?
>> YEAH, I COULD TELL YOU AS A
MEMBER OF THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE, THAT REPRESENTATIVES
ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE ARE
SAYING THE SAME THING, WE NEED
TO DETER THIS.
WE DON’T, CAN’T RESPOND
AFTERWARDS, IT’S GOING TO
CREATE A LOT OF RAMIFICATIONS
AND WE DON’T WANT TO GO DOWN THAT ROUTE.
THAT ROUTE.
LOOK 2014 WITH THE ANNEXATION
CRIMEA.
AND THAT WAS ANOTHER WITH OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION, AND BAD FOREIGN POLICY AND WE URGE THE
POLICY AND WE URGE THE
PRESIDENT TO BE PROACTIVE AND