BORDER PATROL COUNCIL, MIKE
TOBIN ON THE BORDER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SANDRA.
>> Sandra: TENNESSEE REPUBLICAN
SENATOR MARSHA BLACKBURN, GREAT
TO SEE YOU ON THIS TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.
IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE WHAT THE
PRESIDENT SAID JUST THERE, AND
IF ANYBODY MISSED IT, PLAY IT
OUT.
>> WHY GO TO A BORDER STATE AND
NOT VISIT THE BORDER?
>> BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE
IMPORTANT THINGS GOING ON, THEY
ARE GOING TO INVEST MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS IN A NEW ENTERPRISE.
>> Sandra: A LOT OF THINGS GOING
ON, A LOT OF PROBLEMS, CERTAINLY
THE BORDER IS ONE OF THEM,
SENATOR.
>> INDEED THE BORDER IS ONE OF
THOSE AND MAKING CERTAIN WE
SECURE THE BORDER AND THE BORDER
PATROL HAS BEEN SAYING FOR 30
YEARS THEY NEED A BARRIER AT THE
BORDER, THEY NEED TECHNOLOGY
WHERE YOU CANNOT GET THAT
BARRIER AND THEY NEED MORE
OFFICERS AND AGENTS.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO PROTECT THIS
NATION, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE
STEM THE FLOW OF ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS COMING INTO THIS
COUNTRY.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS
THAT ARE CROSSING AND ARE GIVING
THEMSELVES UP, WHEN YOU LOOK AT
THE KNOWN GOT-AWAYS, UNKNOWN
GOT-AWAYS, THE NUMBER OF
TERRORISTS COMING INTO THE
COUNTRY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
DRUGS, THE DRUG TRAFFICKING, THE
GANGS, THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING,
SEX TRAFFICKING, IT IS
IMPERATIVE THAT WE GET THIS
BORDER SECURE AND THE PRESIDENT
OWES IT TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
HE OWES IT TO THE BORDER PATROL.
HE OWES IT TO THE CITIZENS OF
ARIZONA TO GO THERE AND SEE
FIRSTHAND WHAT IS GOING ON AND
HE REFUSES TO DO IT.
>> Sandra: AS FAR AS THE
REACTION WE HAVE SEEN BRANDON
JUDD PUT OUT A STATEMENT
IMMEDIATELY, YOU JUST HEARD IT
FROM MIKE TOBIN SAYING NOTHING
IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE
SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
BUT TO PRESIDENT BIDEN, HE SAYS,
THAT IS AN AFTERTHOUGHT.
HERE IS CHIP ROY, THE
REPRESENTATIVE FROM TEXAS’S 21st
DISTRICT REACTING TO THE
PRESIDENT.
>> SURE IS SOMETHING THAT IS
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO THE
PEOPLE OF TEXAS AND TO THE
IMMIGRANTS GETTING ABUSED AND
DYING, 53 IN THE TRACTOR-TRAILER
SAN ANTONIO, RAPED IN STASH
HOUSES IN SOUTH TEXAS OR THE
72,000 PEOPLE THAT DIED FROM
FENTANYL LAST YEAR, THE MOMS I
HAVE TO TALK TO EVERY DAY WHO
HAS LOST A LOVED ONE, HE REFUSES
TO SECURE THE SOUTHERN BORDER.
HE, MAYORKAS, ALL TEAMING UP TO
ENDANGER AMERICANS, AND YOU
KNOW, POKING HIS HEAD IN THE
SAND IS ENOUGH.
>> Sandra: HE HAS TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT IT, SAYS CHIP
ROY.
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT WILL EVER
HAPPEN?
I MEAN, GROWING CALLS FOR HIM TO
DO SO, AND IT’S NOT JUST
REPUBLICANS ANYMORE.
YOU HAVE SEEN THE DEMOCRATS IN
SOME OF THE BORDER DISTRICTS
SAYING THE PRESIDENT NEEDS TO
GET DOWN HERE AND SEE FIRSTHAND
WHAT IS HAPPENING.
>> THAT’S RIGHT.
AND SEEING IT FIRSTHAND IS
IMPORTANT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT
APPEARS THAT IT IS VERY
INTENTIONAL FOR THIS
ADMINISTRATION TO IGNORE THE
BORDER, TO LEAVE IT WIDE OPEN,
TO LET PEOPLE COME IN.
AND IT IS IMPERATIVE TO PROTECT
THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY.
WHEN YOU TALK TO THESE PARENTS
THAT HAVE LOST THEIR CHILDREN TO
DRUGS, WHEN YOU TALK TO LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, YOU
REALIZE EVERY TOWN IN THIS
COUNTRY IS A BORDER TOWN.
EVERY STATE IS A BORDER STATE
BECAUSE OF ALL THE DRUGS, THE
TRAFFICKING, THE GANGS, THE
UPTICK IN CRIME, AND IT IS ALL
RELATED, SANDRA, AND PEOPLE ARE
SAYING DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.
WHEN I’M TALKING TO TENNESSEE
SHERIFFS AND THEY ARE TELLING ME
WHAT CITIES THE CARTELS ARE
OPERATING IN, AND WHERE THE
DRUGS ARE COMING FROM, THAT THEY
ARE APPREHENDING ON THE STREETS,
THAT IS A SIGNAL TO THIS
ADMINISTRATION, GET YOUR ACT
TOGETHER, GET THIS BORDER
SECURED, WORK WITH THE BORDER
PATROL, STOP WORKING AGAINST
THEM AND AGAINST THE SAFETY OF
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
>> Sandra: 30 SECONDS LEFT HERE,
THIS IS THE PRESS SECRETARY FOR
THE PRESIDENT CLAIMING THE
PRESIDENT HAS GONE TO THE
BORDER, REAL QUICK.
>> HE’S BEEN THERE, HE’S BEEN TO
THE BORDER.
>> I WILL HAVE TO GET -- LOOK
BACK IN MY HISTORY BOOKS AND
CHECKS THE TIMES HE’S BEEN TO
THE SOUTHERN BORDER.
>> HE DID DRIVE THROUGH THE
BORDER WHEN HE WAS ON THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN 2000 #.
>> Sandra: FEW SECONDS LEFT.
WHY CONTINUE TO INSIST THE
PRESIDENT HAS -- CAN YOU EXPLAIN
THAT?
>> YEAH, I CANNOT.
IT IS JUST BEYOND THE PALE.
I MEAN, A DRIVE-BY IS NOT THE
SAME THING AS BOOTS ON THE
GROUND, AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
KNOW THAT, THE PEOPLE ARE SMART.
SANDRA, THEY WANT TO SEE THIS
BORDER SECURED AND THIS