TO -- FOR THE GOOD OF AMERICA,
WE HAVE TO GET HIM OUT OF
OFFICE.
>> Harris: GREG ABBOTT IN
"FOCUS" NOW.
YOUR REACTION TO THAT LATEST
THREAT FROM MAYOR ADAMS IN NEW
YORK CITY.
>> I KIND OF FEEL LIKE CLINT
EASTWOOD, GO AHEAD, MAYOR, MAKE
MY DAY.
THERE COULD HARDLY BE ANYTHING
BETTER TO AID MY CAMPAIGN
AGAINST BETO O’ROURKE THAN TO
HAVE HIS CAMPAIGN AIDED BY A
BUNCH OF NEW YORKERS.
THAT WON’T BE VIEWED POSITIVELY
IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
THE ONLY THING BETTER THAN THAT
IS WHAT HAS ALREADY OCCURRED.
BETO HAS RECEIVED A MILLION
DOLLARS FROM GEORGE SOROS.
THIS IS A CAMPAIGN BY BETO
BEING RUN BY PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF
THE STATE OF TEXAS.
THIS RACE IS ABOUT TEXANS AND
THEY’RE FED UP WITH WHAT THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE
ON OUR BORDER, THE CHAOS THAT
IT HAS CAUSED.
THE DAMAGED IT CAUSED IN THE
STATE OF TEXAS AND WHY WE’RE
SENDING THESE ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS TO PLACES LIKE
WASHINGTON, D.C. AND NEW YORK
CITY.
>> Harris: YOU KNOW, THE
POLITICAL OPPONENTS ACROSS THE
AISLE FROM YOU, EVERYBODY FROM
GOVERNOR HOCHUL IN NEW YORK TO
ERIC ADAMS AND OTHERS, MURIEL
BOWSER IN D.C. ARE USING THE
TERM POLITICAL PAWNS AND
ACCUSING YOU OF PUTTING THE
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IN THE
MIDDLE OF THIS.
WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE?
>> WELL, MY RESPONSE FIRST OF
ALL IS THIS IS RANK HYPOCRISY
BY THE NEW YORK GOVERNOR, BY
THE NEW YORK MAYOR.
LISTEN, NEW YORK IS A SANCTUARY
CITY.
MAYOR ADAMS SAYS THEY WELCOME
IN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
AND NOW ONCE THEY HAVE TO DEAL
WITH THE REALITY OF IT, THEY
ARE SUDDENLY CAN’T HANDLE IT.
THEY ARE GETTING A TASTE OF
WHAT WE ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS OUR
FELLOW AMERICANS CAN DO IS TO
REALIZE FOR THEMSELVES THE
CHALLENGES THAT TEXAS IS
DEALING WITH EVERY DAY.
ONLY WHEN THEY SEE THAT WILL
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION BEGIN
TO HAVE TO REALIZE THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION WILL HAVE TO
FINALLY START ENFORCING THE
LAWS PASSED BY CONGRESS THAT
SECURE THE BORDER.
>> Harris: YOU HAVE NOT BENT IN
THE WIND AND THERE HAS BEEN
QUITE A HEADWIND IN ALL OF THIS
AS THE BUSES ARRIVE IN THE
DIFFERENT CITIES.
BUT THEY WEREN’T WATCHING
BEFORE.
YOU KNOW THE WHITE HOUSE WASN’T
WATCHING BEFORE.
AND YOU HAVE GOTTEN PEOPLE’S
ATTENTION.
TALK TO ME ABOUT WITHSTANDING
ALL OF THIS.
YOU SAY YOU AREN’T GOING TO
STOP.
>> WELL LISTEN, THE REASON WHY
WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO IT IS
BECAUSE OF WHAT SHAP EVENING ON
OUR BORDER.
THE BORDER PATROL PROCESSES THE
PAPERWORK FOR THESE ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS AND THEN THEY DUMP
THEM OFF IN TEXAS COMMUNITIES
THAT ARE A TINY FRACTION THE
SIZE OF NEW YORK AND
WASHINGTON, D.C.
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITIES
OF ABOUT 25,000 PEOPLE.
THEY CANNOT HANDLE THE
OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS COMING ACROSS THE
BORDER.
ONE WAY OF ASSISTING THEM IN
DEALING WITH THIS CHAOS IN
THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES IS BY
REMOVING THOSE ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS TO WASHINGTON, D.C.
OR NEW YORK.
I HAVE TO ADD TO MAKE SURE THAT
YOU AND YOUR AUDIENCE KNOWS,
THAT IS NOT OUR ONLY STRATEGY.
WE ARE USING THE NATIONAL GUARD
TO RETURN BACK ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS WHO ARE TRYING TO
COME ACROSS THE BORDER AND THE
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
SAFETY IS ARRESTING ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS WHO DO MAKE IT INTO
THE STATE OF TEXAS AND
RETURNING THEM TO THE BORDER OR
ARRESTING THEM FOR TRESPASSING.
WE HAVE MULTIPLE STRATEGIES
WE’RE USING.
THE BUSING TO PLACES LIKE NEW
YORK AND D.C. IS JUST ONE OF
THOSE STRATEGIES.
>> Harris: AND YOU KNOW, THE
LIBERAL MEDIA, YOUR OPPONENTS
AREN’T GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE
OTHER THINGS YOU ARE DOING.
WHEN SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN
SUCCESSFUL.
QUICKLY, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF
THE PUSHBACK FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT WHEN THESE
DEMOCRAT-LED CITY LEADERS ASK
FOR HELP FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT?
GOVERNORS LIKE YOURSELF IN
ARIZONA AND ALONG THE BORDER
HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR FOR MONTHS.
>> EXACTLY.
I HAVE THINK MAYBE THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION DOES REALIZE THE
HYPOCRISY OR DUPLICITY.
IF THEY WERE TO HELP NEW YORK
AND D.C. AND NOT HELP THE STATE
OF TEXAS, THEN HE AND THEIR
ADMINISTRATION WOULD REALLY
COME UNDER FIRE.
BUT OUR GOAL IS TO FOR ONE,
HELP OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
IN DOING SO SEND EVEN MORE
BUSES TO NEW YORK, TO D.C. AND
MAYBE EVEN TO OTHER COMMUNITIES
TO ALLEVIATE THE CHALLENGE
WE’RE DEALING WITH BUT ALSO TO
CONTINUE TO EXPOSE THE NATIONAL
CATASTROPHE CAUSED BY PRESIDENT
BIDEN.
>> Harris: THE LAST ONE IF WE
CAN POP IT UP.
OP-ED IN THE HILL ASKS A VERY
GOOD QUESTION SO I WANTED TO
INCLUDE IT TODAY.
IT IS ABOUT BIDEN’S IMMIGRATION
POLICY.
THE HEADLINE, WHY ISN’T BIDEN
REMOVING MORE CRIMINALS AMONG
THESE PEOPLE?
ICE IMMIGRATION ARRESTS IN THE
INTERIOR FELL TO THE LOWEST
LEVEL IN MORE THAN A DECADE IN
FISCAL 2021.
ISIS 6,000 ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
ONLY ABOUT ONE PER MONTH.
YOUR THOUGHT ON THAT.
>> IT’S ASTONISHING.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S
POLICY BY NOT MAKING THOSE
ARRESTS AND DEPORTING THESE
PEOPLE IS INCREASING CRIME IN
THE UNITED STATES, AS WELL AS
IT IS FULFILLING PRESIDENT
BIDEN’S PROMISE DURING HIS
CAMPAIGN TO HAVE AN OPEN BORDER
POLICY.
HE HAS SUCCEEDED ON THE
CAMPAIGN PROMISE.
AMERICANS SEE WHAT CHAOS THAT
HAS CAUSED.
>> Harris: GOVERNOR ABBOTT,
WE’RE SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE YOU.
I KNOW YOU ARE IN THE THICK OF
THIS RIGHT NOW AND YOU WON’T
BACK DOWN.
WE’LL COVER IT AND SEE IF THE
MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY SENDS
BUSES TO YOUR STATE.
REAL QUICK, WHAT HAPPENS IF
THAT DOES HAPPEN?
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
>> WE WILL EXPLAIN TO OUR
FELLOW TEXANS THAT THE BETO
CAMPAIGN IS BEING AIDED BY A
BUNCH OF NEW YORKERS IN
ADDITION TO GEORGE SOROS AND
THAT WILL DO NOTHING BUT HARM
HIS CAMPAIGN.
BRING IT.