>> THAT IS CLOSE.
STEVE: AN EX-WHITE HOUSE
INTERPRETER SAID SHE HAS BEEN
CANCELED OVER HER SUPPORT FOR
FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
AFTER AN ONLINE MOB OUTED HER
FOR WEARING A KEEP AMERICA GREAT
HAT IN INTERPRETING FOR
CONSERVATIVE GROUPS ON FACEBOOK.
SHE IS FIGHTING BACK AGAINST
THAT AND THE OWNER OF CHESAPEAKE
INTERPRETING, HEATHER MUSHAU
JOINS US NOW.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
STEVE: WE WANT TO GET TO THE
BOTTOM OF THIS.
TIME MAGAZINE DID SOMETHING
WHERE THEY ESSENTIALLY OUTED YOU
AS A SUPPORTER OF DONALD TRUMP
BUT THAT’S NOT EXACTLY RIGHT, IS
IT?
>> NO, NOT EXACTLY.
I WORKED AS A PROFESSIONAL
INTERPRETER FOR 21 YEARS IN THE
D.C. AREA AND IT WAS AN HONOR
AND PRIVILEGE TO WORK AT THE
WHITE HOUSE FOR THEIR COVID
BRIEFINGS AND I DID A TOTAL OF
SIX COVID BRIEFINGS OVER THE
SPAN OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND
THE FEEDBACK FROM THE WHITE
HOUSE HAS BEEN VERY POSITIVE AND
I WAS NOT FIRED FOR THAT.
I WORKED AS AN INDEPENDENT
CONTRACTOR AND THE RELATIONSHIP
HAS BEEN POSITIVE.
STEVE: TIME MAGAZINE REPORT
REVEALED THAT YOU TRANSLATED
SPEECHES FOR CONSERVATIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA GROUPS.
I WOULD IMAGINE AS A
PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATOR, YOU
WOULD JUST TRANSLATE FOR ANYBODY
WHO ASKED YOU TO HELP.
IT’S NOT BASED ON IDEOLOGY.
IT’S NOT BASED ON POLITICS.
YOU’RE TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE.
>> RIGHT.
I WOULD SAY THE MANTRA ON
TWITTER IS RETWEETS ARE NOT
ENDORSEMENTS.
THE SAME THING APPLIES HERE.
ON SOCIAL MEDIA THERE’S A
PLETHORA OF CONTENT HE CREATED
BY INDIVIDUALS.
A COLLEAGUE OF MINE WHO IS DEAF
APPROACHED ME AND SAID A LOT OF
CONSERVATIVE CONTENT IS NOT
ACCESSIBLE TO THE DEAF
COMMUNITY, CAN YOU HELP US BY
PROVIDING INTERPRETATION.
SO OUR GROUP ON FACEBOOK
RECEIVED OVER 2,000 REQUESTS FOR
INTERPRETATION FOR VIDEOS.
AND I’M PROUD TO BE PART OF A
GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE
VOLUNTEERING TO PROVIDE ACCESS
WHICH THEY’RE GUARANTEED UNDER
THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES
ACT.
STEVE: INDEED.
THERE WAS STUFF ONLINE THAT
SHOWED A PICTURE OF YOU WHERE
YOU’RE WEARING A KEEP AMERICA
GREAT HAT AND THAT WENT WITH A
WHOLE THING THAT YOU WERE
CANCELED OR YOU WERE FIRED BUT
YOU SAID A MOMENT AGO YOU
WEREN’T FIRED.
>> I WAS NOT FIRED.
THE RELATIONSHIP HAS BEEN VERY
POSITIVE.
AND CONTRARY TO SOME REPORTS, I
DID NOT WEAR THE HAT TO THE
WHITE HOUSE.
THAT WAS A PHOTO SHOPPED IMAGE
OF A CLIP FROM MY VOLUNTEER WORK
THAT WAS TRANSPOSED ONTO A WHITE
HOUSE BRIEFING PHOTO AND THAT’S
NOT TRUE AND A ALSO JUST TO SAY
SOME OF THESE VIDEOS THAT WE’VE
INTERPRETED, SOME OF THEM WERE
TRUMP RALLY VIDEOS THAT WERE
REQUESTED AND WE USED ALL OF THE
TOOLS IN OUR PLETHORA TO BE ABLE
TO CONVEY THE MESSAGE AND
SOMETIMES WE USE A PROBLEM WHICH
IS A HAT OR SCARF OR SUN
TABLASES.
I WAS FOR -- SUN SUNGLASSES.
IT WAS FOR THAT SPECIFIC VIDEO
ONLY.
NOTHING TO DO WITH MY
PROFESSIONALISM THAT I’VE BEEN
ABLE TO PROVIDE INTERPRETING
SERVICES FOR 21 YEARS.
STEVE: YOU’VE BEEN CAUGHT UP I
THE TWITTER TORNADO FOR A DAY OR
TWO NOW.
WHAT’S YOUR OBSERVATION ABOUT
HOW THEY HAVE COME AFTER YOU
BECAUSE THEY SAID YOU’RE A TRUMP
SUPPORTER AND SHE WAS WORKING IN
THE WHITE HOUSE AND WE CAN’T
HAVE THAT HAPPEN AGAIN?
>> I THINK IT’S A CLEAR
INDICATION THAT THERE IS A
DOUBLE STANDARD, LIKE I SAID IN
MY NEW YORK POST ARTICLE, THERE
IS AN INTERPRETER IN THE ATLANTA
AREA WHO IS A LIBERAL ACTIVIST
AND HE GOES AND INTERPRETS FOR
THE REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR AND HE’S
BEEN -- THERE’S BEEN ARTICLES
WRITTEN ABOUT HIM AND HE’S
PRAISED.
WHEN I GO AND DO A PROFESSIONAL
JOB AT THE WHITE HOUSE AND DO A
WONDERFUL JOB, I’M GETTING THE
OPPOSITE REACTION AND THAT’S
JUST NOT RIGHT.
STEVE: YEAH.
THE WHITE HOUSE DIDN’T PUT OUT A
STATEMENT.
-- DID PUT OUT A STATEMENT.
THEY SAID THE PRESIDENT AND THIS
ADMINISTRATION MADE A COMMITMENT
TO HAVE AN AMERICAN SIGN
LANGUAGE INTERPRETER AT EVERY
PRESS BRIEFING AND ARE WORKING
TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON THAT
COMMITMENT EVERY SINGLE DAY.
DO YOU THINK THERE’S A
POSSIBILITY THAT THE BIDEN TEAM
WILL CALL YOU AND SAY HEY, YOU
KNOW THE WAY OVER TO THE WHITE
HOUSE, WHY DON’T YOU COME AND
HELP US OF OUT?
>> I’M SURE THAT IN THE FUTURE
THERE MAY BE A POSSIBILITY AND I
THINK WOULD BE AN HONOR.
I JUST THINK AT THAT TIME -- THE
TIME RIGHT NOW IT’S JUST NOT
PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA.
STEVE: PROBABLY RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT.
HEATHER, WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR JOINING US AND TELLING US
YOUR SIDE OF THE STORY AND
FOLKS, YOU HEARD HER, SHE WAS
NOT CANCELED AND SHE WAS NOT