MARIA: HOW WOULD AASSESS JOE
BIDEN’S RESPONSE TO THE
COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHINA’S
PROVOCATIONS?
>> I THINK IT IS -- IT’S
BETRAYING THE NATION.
MARIA: BETRAYING THE NATION
FROM TEXAS CONGRESSMAN AND
CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE FOREIGN
AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, MICHAEL
McCALL.
HE JOINED ME ON SUNDAY MORNING
FUTURES YESTERDAY.
LAWMAKERS ARE CALLS FOR MAXIMUM
TRANSPARENCY FROM THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION AFTER THE U.S.
MILITARY SHOT DOWN THREE
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS OVER
THIS WEEKEND.
THAT’S FOUR IN THE PAST TWO
WEEKS.
MEANWHILE, THIS MORNING WE HAVE
BREAKING NEWS.
THE WHITE HOUSE IS DENYING
CHINA’S NEW CLAIM THAT THE U.S.
HAS FLOWN 10 BALLOONS OVER
CHINESE AIR SPACE IN THE PAST
FEW YEARS.
JOINING HE ME RIGHT NOW IS
PENNSYLVANIA CONGRESSMAN, MEMBER
OF THE HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS,
FINANCIAL SERVICES AND SMALL
BUSINESSES COMMITTEES, DAN
MEUSER.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
FIRST OFF --
>> ALWAYS GREAT TO BE WITH YOU.
MARIA: I WANT TO GET YOUR TAKE
ON WHAT YOU’RE HEARING.
WHAT KIND OF A BRIEFING YOU MAY
OR MAY NOT HAVE GOTTEN FROM THE
WHITE HOUSE ABOUT THE STUNNING
REVELATIONS THAT WE HAD THREE
FLYING OBJECTS SHOT DOWN OVER
THE WEEKEND AFTER THAT ENORMOUS
SPY CRAFT, THE SPY BALLOONS WAS
SHOT DOWN A WEEK AGO OVER SOUTH
CAROLINA.
LARGE ENOUGH TO HOLD THREE
BUSSES IN IT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION THAT
YOU CAN SHARE WITH US IN TERMS
OF WHAT THE HECK HAD IS GOING ON
RIGHT NOW?
>> WELL, IT’S CLEARLY VERY
CONCERNING AND WE RECEIVED SOME
BRIEFINGS, SOME CLASSIFIED, SOME
NOT.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS IS
WE HAVE A SERIOUS BREAKDOWN IN
OUR CHAIN OF COMMAND, MARIA.
I THINK WE’VE SEEN THIS IN MANY
INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC
ISSUES, INCIDENCES OVER THE
COURSE OF THE LAST TWO YEARS.
THEY JUST CAN’T GET ANSWERS.
I THINK THERE’S DELAYS.
I THINK THERE’S UNCERTAINTY.
AND, YEAH, IN OUR CLASSIFIED
OBVIOUSLY I CAN’T SHARE THAT,
BUT EVEN IN GENERAL PUBLIC THEY
CAN’T EVEN GET THEIR STORIES
STRAIGHT. I MEAN, FROM THE STATE
I MEAN, FROM THE STATE
DEPARTMENT TO THE DOD TO THE
NORAD COMMANDERS.
THEIR STORIES AREN’T EVEN
COMPLETE.
IT’S DISHEARTENING TO SAY THE
LEAST.
MARIA: YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT.
AND WE KNOW THAT THE SPY BALLOON
A WEEK AGO WAS TAKING IMAGES OF
OUR NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS AND
MILITARY COMPLEX.
MICHAEL McCALL, THE CHAIRMAN
OF FOREIGN YOU AFFAIRS, TOLD ME
YESTERDAY THAT THE BALLOON HAD
ANTENNAS ON IT AND WAS ABLE TO
HAVE LOTS OF TECHNOLOGY, ENABLED
IT TO SNAP PICTURES, IMAGES OF
THE MILITARY INSTALL LACES. --
INSTALLATIONS.
WHAT’S BEHIND THIS AND WHAT ARE
YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE
CAPABILITIES OF THAT BALLOON.
>> MIKE McCALL, I SAW -- I
RARELY MISS YOU ON SUNDAYS.
MIKE’S A GOOD FRIEND AND WE
CERTAINLY TALK AND HE RECEIVED
SOME PRETTY HIGH LEVEL BRIEFINGS
AND WHAT HE SHARED WAS THINGS
THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
THIS THING WAS SOPHISTICATED.
THIS THING WAS BEING DRIVEN.
THIS THING WAS VERY DELIBERATE.
IT WENT OVER SIGHTS THEY THAT
WERE PRE-PLANNED AND WERE VERY,
VERY MILITARY SENSITIVE.
SO WE HAVE A SERIOUS ISSUE AND
THE IDEA THAT IT WAS LEFT TO
JUST CARRY OUT ITS MISSION, IF
YOU WILL, AND THEN ALL OF A
SUDDEN IT BECAME A NATIONAL
SECURITY THREAT ONCE IT CAME OFF
THE EAST COAST, SO AGAIN, A REAL
BREAKDOWN IN THE DECISION
MAKING.
YOU SEE HOW THEY REACTED TO THE
OSAR, AND THEY BEING THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION AND THIS WHOLE
NONSENSE WITH WE HAVE SUCH
OBJECT OFSOBJECTS OVER CHINA, IF
THE CASE, WE WOULD HAVE KNOWN A
LOT BETTER WHAT TO DO WITH THESE
IF IT WAS SOMETHING WHAT THAT
WAS A REGULAR THING.
SO LOOK, AMERICANS, WE HAVE TO
LOOK AFTER OUR INTERESTS.
IT’S VERY DIFFICULT HAVING A
PRESIDENT WHO HAS NO REAL STRONG
DECISION MAKING POWER.
IT’S LIKE A BOAT WITHOUT A
CAPTAIN CAN, A BASEBALL TEAM
WITHOUT A SKIPPER, A FOOTBALL
TEAM WITHOUT A HEAD COACH.
UNFORTUNATELY THAT’S HOW I FEEL
AND WE HAVE GOT TO WORK ON IT.
WE’VE GOT TO HAVE A BETTER AND
STRONGER AMERICA AND CHINA NEEDS
TO KNOW IT.
MARIA: CONGRESSMAN, IS THE
FEELING WITHIN THE FOREIGN
AFFAIRS COMMITTEE THAT ALL OF
THESE UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS ARE
FROM CHINA?
WHAT HAPPENED THIS WEEKEND?
WE DON’T KNOW WHAT THESE
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS ARE THIS
WEEKEND.
WE DON’T HAVE ANY GUIDANCE IF
THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF WHAT
THE CCP HAS BEEN DOING OR NOT.
>> I DON’T KNOW.
I’VE NOT RECEIVED THAT
INFORMATION.
AND I DON’T THINK THE WHITE
HOUSE OR OUR DEFENSE DEPARTMENT,
NATIONAL SECURITY IS AWARE OF
EXACTLY WHERE THOSE CAME FROM.
THEY’RE GOING TO PICK UP THE
DEBRIS AND A FIND OUT FROM
THERE.
MARIA: I’M EVEN MORE SCARED NOW
AFTER HEARING THAT THE DOD MAY
NOT KNOW EITHER.
AND IN THE MEANTIME, PRESIDENT
BIDEN IS SLAMMING YOU AND YOUR
COLLEAGUES, THE REPUBLICANS.
HE THE DID SO DURING THE STATE
OF THE UNION.
CONGRESSMAN, YOU SAY YOUR
COLLEAGUES WANT TO SUN SET
MEDICARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY.
I SPOKE WITH FORMER WHITE HOUSE
ADVISOR, STEPHEN MILLER, ON
SUNDAY MORNING FUTURES
YESTERDAY.
>>> I WANT TO GET YOUR TAKE ON
HIS ADVICE FOR THE REPUBLICANS
BECAUSE HE IS SAYING, LOOK,
THERE WAS SO MUCH MISINFORMATION
IN THE STATE OF THE UNION, THE
REPUBLICANS NEED TO USE THE
APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS HE’S TO
GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT’S
REALLY HAPPENING.
WATCH A THIS.
>> THE AYOU PRO APPROPRIATIONS
IS HOW THIS WILL BE SETTLED.
EVERY APPROPRIATIONS BILL
BECOMES A PUBLIC REFERENDUM ON
THIS ADMINISTRATION’S CORRUPT
AND RADICAL POLICIES.
THE A APPROPRIATIONS BILL IS A
PREFER REPUBLICANREFERENDUM BORD
HHS ON COVID TYRANNY AND ALSO
GENDER THEORY.
THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BILL
IS A REFERENDUM ON CHINA AND
MOST FAVORED NATION STATUS AND
OUR SOARING TRADE DEFICIT AND ON
AND ON AND ON.
THAT’S HOW YOU BEAT BIDEN.
MARIA: CAN YOU DO THAT,
CONGRESSMAN?
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?
CAN YOU STOP FUNDING TO SOME OF
THESE AGENCIES THE WAY YOU AND
YOUR COLLEAGUES DID AT THE IRS,
RESCINDING THAT MONEY SO THAT
BIDEN CAN’T PUT 87,000 IRS
AGENTS IN PLACE?
WHAT ABOUT MOST FAVORED NATION
STATUS FOR CHINA ON TRADE?
CAN YOU CHANGE THAT WITH THE
APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS?
>> YEAH.
APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE NUMBER
OF OTHER ISSUES YOU MENTIONED
CAN CERTAINLY BE DONE FROM
EDUCATION OF TO TO THE BORDER TO
CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, TO DEFENSE OF
OUR DOMESTIC SOCIETY.
BUT ALL OF THAT CAN BE DONE IN A
VERY SPECIFIC BASIS, MARIA AND
THAT IS WHAT THE PLAN IS FOR OUR
BILLS TO BE VERY SPECIFIC SO
THERE’S NO WIGGLE ROOM FOR
DEMOCRATS OR MAYBE SOME IN THE
SENATE WHO HAVE ISSUES WITH
THAT.
MARIA: ALL RIGHT.
WE’RE GOING TO BE WATCHING.
>> ALL RIGHT.
MARIA: WE’RE GOING TO BE
WATCHING YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THE
A PROTHEAPPROPRIATIONS PROCESS.
I’M SORRY ABOUT YOUR EAGLES.
>> YEAH.
THANKS.
YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT MAYBE I WAS
GOING TO BE TALKING TO YOU TODAY
FROM THE TOP OF A LIGHT POLE ON
BROAD STREET BUT WE CAME UP A
LITTLE BIT SHORT.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, THERE WAS
SOME REPORTS OF SOME ROWDINESS
BUT IT REALLY WASN’T TOO BAD SO
WE’RE STILL PROUD OF OUR EAGLES.
MARIA: CONGRESSMAN, GOOD TO SEE