SENATORS AND WARREN WAVING OFF
QUESTIONS ON THE TRIP.
KEVIN MCCARTHY, HOUSE MINORITY
LEADER, TOP REPUBLICAN IN THE
HOUSE FROM THE GREAT STATE OF
CALIFORNIA IS IN "FOCUS" NOW
AND ON THE MEZZANINE IN PERSON
WITH ME.
GREAT TO SEE YOU.
>> GREAT TO BE HERE.
MY FIRST TIME IN PERSON.
>> Harris: THERE WE GO.
LET’S START WITH THIS
AGGRESSION FROM CHINA.
WHETHER ANY OF THIS IS
SURPRISING AND THE FACT THAT IT
IS SO AGGRESSIVE COMPARED WITH
WHERE WE HAVE BEEN WITH THEM
RECENTLY.
>> THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
REASONS FOR THAT.
THE FIRST ONE IS BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION HAVE STAYED
SILENT.
THEY SHOULD HAVE HAD A STRONG
STATEMENT FOR SPEAKERS OF THE
HOUSE OR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
CAN GO ANYWHERE THEY WANT TO GO.
CHINA CAN’T DICTATE IT.
XI HAS HIS OWN ISSUES
DOMESTICALLY.
HE GRABBED ON OPPORTUNITY HERE.
HOW DO YOU UNITE YOUR COUNTRY?
PICK A COMMON ENEMY, RIGHT?
TAIWAN AND AMERICA.
PELOSI’S TIMING WAS WRONG WITH
THAT.
YOU GAVE XI AND OPENING TO
BUILD UP.
I SUPPORT HER GOING TO TAIWAN.
I WOULD HAVE GONE WITH HER HAD
SHE ASKED.
SHE DIDN’T TAKE ONE REPUBLICAN.
WHEN SHE WENT TO UKRAINE SHE
DIDN’T TAKE ONE REPUBLICAN.
IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A
STATEMENT, DON’T TAKE ALL
DEMOCRATS AND MAKE IT PARTISAN.
IF YOU WANT CONGRESS TO SPEAK
WITH ONE VOICE TAKE PEOPLE FROM
BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE.
IT DIDN’T HAVE TO BE ME.
TAKE ANOTHER REPUBLICAN.
HAD SHE DONE THAT IT’S A
STRONGER VOICE OF WHAT SHE IS
TRYING TO DO.
WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE DONE AT THE
BEGINNING HAVE AMERICAN SPEAK
WITH ONE VOICE.
WE HAVE A WEAKNESS IN THE WHITE
HOUSE WHERE THE WHITE HOUSE
WOULDN’T BACK UP THE SPEAKER TO
GO TO TAIWAN.
BACKPACKING ON CHINA.
IT GAVE PRESIDENT XI OF CHINA
THINKING HE HAD INFLUENCE OVER
THE PRESIDENT BECAUSE HE WAS
WEAK ABOUT IT.
AMERICA SHOULD ALWAYS SPEAK
WITH ONE VOICE WITH THE IDEA
CHINA CAN’T DICTATE TO
AMERICANS WHERE THEY ARE GOING
TO GO.
>> Harris: WHEN I TALK WITH
DEMOCRATS ABOUT THIS THERE IS A
QUESTION OF WHAT WOULD HE HAVE
SAID.
HE DIDN’T WANT TO MAKE IT LOOK
LIKE IT WAS A BIG THING.
YOU JUST GAVE THE WORDS A
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
WOULD SAY.
OUR PEOPLE CAN GO ANYWHERE THEY
WANT TO GO.
>> YEAH, PERIOD.
CHINA WOULD NEVER HAVE SAID
ANOTHER WORD.
THEY WOULD HAVE REALIZED NO, WE
CAN’T DO THAT.
SHOULD WE START SAYING NOW
WHERE CHINESE SHOULD BE ABLE TO
TRAVEL AND WHETHER THEY CAN
COME TO AMERICA?
IT ESCALATED.
>> Harris: THEY WOULDN’T CARE
IF WE DID.
>> WHEN YOU HAVE WEAKNESS IN
THE WHITE HOUSE CHINA WILL
EMPOWER MORE.
HOW THEY SPOKE TO US IN ALASKA
WHEN THEY HAD THE MEETING WITH
THIS ADMINISTRATION.
THEY FEEL BOLD BECAUSE THEY
AREN’T BEING PUSHED BACK.
THEY THINK THEY CAN CONTINUE TO
GO FURTHER.
>> Harris: IS IT TOO FAR TO
REACH, BECAUSE WE HAVE TALKED
SO MUCH ABOUT QUESTIONS AROUND
THE PRESIDENT’S SON, HUNTER
BIDEN, IS IT TOO FAR TO BEGIN
TO ASK THE QUESTIONS AND IF YOU
AND REPUBLICANS WIN MAJORITY IN
NOVEMBER, I KNOW THAT YOU WILL
LOOK INTO THIS AND INVESTIGATE.
BUT RIGHT NOW TO BE ABLE TO ASK
THE QUESTION THE PRESS CORPS,
WHAT IS YOUR SITUATION, MR.
PRESIDENT, WITH CHINA?
WHY THE SILENCE NOW?
I FEEL THAT’S INBOUNDS.
>> ESPECIALLY AFTER WHAT HAS
COME OUT FROM THE LAPTOP AND
NOW ADMITTING IT IS BIDEN’S
LAPTOP, HUNTERS’S, WHO IS THE
BIG GUY.
THOSE QUESTIONS HAVE TO BE
ANSWERED.
THE PRESS CORPS SHOULD BE
ASKING THAT.
WHAT SHOULD BE WATCHING WHAT
TRANSPIRED AFTER AFGHANISTAN.
WHY IS CHINA MORE EMBOLDENED?
THINK ABOUT WE’RE -- IT’S GREAT
WE’RE ABLE TO TAKE OUT THE
TERRORISTS.
WHY IS THE TERRORIST THAT
HELPED PLAN 9/11 SITTING IN A
BALCONY IN THE CAPITAL OF
AFGHANISTAN.
THAT’S HOW FAR THEY’RE BACK
TOGETHER AGAIN AND FEEL THAT
THIS WHOLE DISCUSSION OF WHAT
THE DECISIONS MADE BY BIDEN
WERE WRONG.
13 MORE GOLD STAR FAMILIES.
HE DIDN’T LISTEN TO THE
MILITARY GETTING OUT.
HE HAS WEAKENED US AROUND THE
COUNTRY AND NOW THE WEAKNESS
STANDING UP TO CHINA.
REMEMBER WHAT HE SAID TO PUTIN.
IF YOU TAKE A LITTLE BIT?
>> Harris: MINOR INCURSION.
WORDS HEARD AROUND THE WORLD.
THE FATE OF DEMOCRATS MASSIVE
SOCIAL SPENDING APPEARS TO BE
IN THE HANDS OF ARIZONA SENATOR
KYRSTEN SINEMA.
JOE MANCHIN SAYS THE TWO HAD A
QUOTE NICE TALK YESTERDAY.
SHORTLY AFTER THIS PROGRAM, I
MIGHT ADD.
SINEMA HAS YET TO COMMIT TO THE
BILL, THOUGH.
HER PARTY WANTS TO PUSH IT
THROUGH BEFORE THE AUGUST
RECESS.
LEGISLATION IS FACING NEW
BACKLASH NOW REPORTING FROM THE
TAX FOUNDATION ESTIMATES THE
TAX HIKES WOULD ELIMINATE
30,000 JOBS.
CRITICS ARE ALSO CALLING OUT
THE PROVISION THAT BRINGS BACK
THE TAX ON IMPORTED OIL AND
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS.
THEY POINT OUT AMERICANS ARE
ALREADY STRUGGLING WITH PAYING
FOR GAS AND ENERGY PRICES.
SENATOR MANCHIN DEFENDED THE
BILL TO ME.
>> HOW IN THE WORLD CAN YOU BE
RAISING TAXES WHEN ALL WE’RE
SAYING IS THE WEALTHIEST
CORPORATIONS IN AMERICA, 55 OF
THEM PAY ZERO TO HELP THIS
GREAT COUNTRY OF OURS TO DEFEND
OURSELVES.
>> Harris: I’M SAYING AMERICANS
$400,000 AND BELOW WILL BE TAX.
>> THAT’S A LIE.
THAT IS A PURE OUTRIGHT LIE.
>> Harris: THEIR TAXES ARE NOT
GOING TO GO UP?
>> NOT AT ALL.
>> Harris: HE STOPPED SHORT
SAYING IT WAS LIE COMING FROM
THE SENATE MINORITY LEADER
MITCH MCCONNELL.
HE SAID MCCONNELL WAS WRONG
ABOUT THAT.
MCCONNELL IS NOT THE ONLY ONE
SAYING IT.
KYRSTEN SINEMA, A DEMOCRAT FROM
ARIZONA STANDING IN THE WAY OF
THIS POTENTIALLY.
THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY
WANTS TO GO AFTER REPUBLICANS
OVER THE BILL.
WATCH.
>> WHERE THE PRESIDENT AND
CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS HAVE A
VERY GOOD PLAN TO FIGHT
INFLATION.
CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS ARE
STANDING AGAINST THIS
INVESTMENT.
THEY’RE MORE ABOUT PROTECTING
TAX WELFARE FOR THOSE WHO GAME
THE SYSTEM THAN THEY DO ABOUT
CURBING INFLATION.
>> Harris: IT’S IN THE BINDER
MINORITY LEADER.
>> THIS IS THE PROBLEM.
WE SHOW THEY WILL RAISE TAXES.
THE DEMOCRATS CONTROL THE
GOVERNMENT.
THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN WASN’T
JUST REPUBLICANS WARNING ABOUT
IT.
STEVE RATNER SAID IT’S THE
ORIGINAL SIN WHERE INFLATION
STARTED.
LARRY SUMMERS WARNED THEM ABOUT
IT.
THEY PASSED IT AND NOW WE HAVE
INFLATION LIKE WE HAVEN’T SEEN
IN 40 YEARS.
THEY BROUGHT GAS PRICES HIGHER.
REMEMBER WHEN THEY SAID THEY
WOULD END FOSSIL FUELS AND
STOPPED THE PIPELINE, ENDING
THE LEASES, GAS PRICES WENT UP.
THEY ARE THE ONES WHO CREATED
OUR STREETS NOT TO BE SAFE BY
DEFUNDING THE POLICE, ELECTING
PROSECUTORS WHO WON’T UPHOLD
THE LAW.
NO CASH BAIL IN NEW YORK GOING
AROUND.
THE WORST PART ABOUT THIS, THEY
CREATED ALL THESE PROBLEMS.
NO PLAN TO FIX IT.
THIS BILL ITSELF KILLING 30,000
JOBS.
YOU KNOW WHO THEY WILL HIRE?
87,000 NEW I.R.S. AGENTS TO GO
AFTER YOU AND AUDIT YOU.
THEY WILL RAISE INFLATION
HIGHER AND SPEND MORE MONEY
THAT BROUGHT US INTO THIS
PROBLEM.
THEY HAVE NO PLAN TO SOLVE ALL
THE PROBLEMS THEY CREATED.
THAT’S WHY THIS NOVEMBER IS SO
IMPORTANT.
>> Harris: YOU KNOW, WHEN I
PRESS ON WHAT ACTUALLY IS IN
THE BILL TO ADDRESS HIGH
INFLATION, THE ONE THING THAT
THEY POINT TO, INCLUDING
MANCHIN, IS BRINGING DOWN THE
DEFICIT.
PENN AND WHARTON AND OTHERS
SAID IT WILL INCREASE INFLATION
AND THEN FLAT LINE IT UNTIL
2031.
WE AREN’T MOVING FORWARD.
>> WHY CAN WE TRUST ANYTHING
THEY SAY?
REMEMBER WHAT BIDEN TOLD US?
>> Harris: WE DON’T HAVE A
CHOICE.
THEY’RE IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> WHY WE SHOULD STAND UP.
PUTIN’S FAULT.
GAS STATION’S FAULT.
INFLATION IS ONLY HERE
TEMPORARILY.
EVERYTHING WE TOLD THEM
BEFOREHAND THEY WERE WRONG
ABOUT AND THEY WANT TO CONTINUE
DOWN THE SAME PATH.
WHY DON’T THEY CHANGE COURSE,
CUT SPENDING, STOP SPENDING SO
MUCH MONEY, FUND THE POLICE,
START PRODUCING AMERICAN ENERGY
INSTEAD OF ASKING OPEC TO
PRODUCE MORE.
ALL OF THEIR POLICIES HAVE BEEN
WRONG AND WHY WE NEED A NEW
DIRECTION, WE NEED REPUBLICANS
TO WIN THE NEXT ELECTION.
WHAT WILL WE DO?
MAKE AMERICA GET MORE ENERGY
AND PRESERVE OUR FREEDOMS AND
MAKE STREETS SAFE AGAIN.
>> Harris: YOU HAVE TO TRUST
BECAUSE THEY’RE THE ONLY ONES
IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
TRUST BY VERIFY AND WE SPEND
OUR TIME VERIFYING NOW.
YOU TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH TIME TO
TURN THINGS AROUND.
ONLY 97 DAYS TO THE MID-TERM
ELECTIONS.
THAT’S THE FIRST CHANCE.
>> WHY ARE THEY RUSHING IT NOW?
>> Harris: THAT’S A GOOD
QUESTION.
>> TWO PEOPLE SAID I’LL AGREE.
THEY TALK ABOUT A CLEAN NEW
ENERGY.
THEY AREN’T PRODUCING ONE MORE
BARREL OF OIL.
THE CLEAN NEW ENERGY TAXPAYER
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WHO
CONTROLS THE MARKET?
CHINA.
CHINA WINS AGAIN.
90% OF ALL THE SOLAR PANELS
WILL BE MADE OVER THERE.
>> Harris: LET’S TALK ABOUT THE
POTENTIAL FOR A RED WAVE AND
WHAT IT COULD REALLY LOOK LIKE.
I UNDERSTAND TALKING TO YOU,
YOU WILL BE GOING TO IN EXCESS
OF 100 EVENTS WITH CANDIDATES,
22 STATES.
IT WILL BE A BARN STORM ACROSS
AMERICA.
WHAT’S THE SINGULAR MESSAGE?
WHY HANDLE IT THAT WAY AS THE
MINORITY LEADER?
>> TAKE BACK THE HOUSE.
IT ISN’T ABOUT REPUBLICANS
WINNING BUT A NEW DIRECTION FOR
AMERICA, RIGHT?
WE’LL PLAY OUT OUR PLAN TO SHOW
OUR COMMITMENT TO AMERICA WHAT
WE’LL DO.
WE’LL BRING DOWN THE COST OF
ENERGY.
WE’LL MAKE OURSELVES ENERGY
INDEPENDENT BY CREATING
AMERICAN JOBS.
WE’LL FUND THE POLICE, RIGHT?
WE WILL MAKE OUR STREETS SAFE
AGAIN AND GIVE PARENTS A BILL
OF RIGHTS.
YOU HAVE A SAY IN YOUR KIDS’
EDUCATION AND SECURE OUR BORDER.
STOP FENTANYL FROM COMING
ACROSS THERE.
THAT’S A NATIONAL SECURITY
ISSUE.
IT HAS TO BE DONE.
>> Harris: BEFORE I HAVE TO LET
YOU GO I’M CURIOUS WITH THIS
NEW THING THAT IN SOME
DEMOCRATIC DISTRICTS THEY’RE
DOING AND ACTUALLY PAYING SOME
OF THE CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATES,
RIGHT?
NOT PAYING THEM BUT MAKING
DONATIONS ON THEIR BEHALF AND
MAKING IT EASIER FOR THEM TO
BEAT THEM, THEY THINK.
>> THEY WANT TO PICK THE MOST
EXTREME AND SPENDING THOUSANDS
OF DOLLARS.
I DON’T BELIEVE IT WILL WORK.
IT HASN’T WORKED SO FAR.
I TRUST THE VOTER.
DEMOCRATS DON’T.
THEY WANT TO PLAY GAMES.
I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY A
DEMOCRAT WOULD GIVE TO THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY IF THEY FUND
THE PEOPLE THEY THINK IN THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY.
PEOPLE SHOULD JOIN US.
IF YOU ARE SERIOUS ABOUT
GETTING A NEW DIRECTION TO
AMERICA.
JOIN WITH US.
JUAN AND HIS FATHER AND MOTHER
IMMIGRATED TO AM AMERICA WAS
HE WAS 10.
HE IS ECONOMIC ADVISOR.
SIX KIDS.
NEW DIRECTION.
THIS IS WHAT WE’RE TALKING
ABOUT.
REACHING OUT TO EVERY SINGLE
AMERICAN THAT YOU HAVE A SAY TO
TAKE YOUR COUNTRY BACK TO PUT A
NEW DIRECTION FOR AMERICA AND
WE HAVE A PLAN TO DO IT WHILE
THE DEMOCRATS HAVE THE SAME OLD
PLAN WITH NOTHING TO CHANGE THE
COURSE OF WHAT THEY’VE DONE IN
THE PAST.
>> Harris: YOU ARE ASKING WHY
THEY ARE PUSHING THIS BIG
SPENDING BILL THROUGH NOW.
WE’LL KNOW BY THE WEEKEND WHAT
IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THAT.
SO YOUR VISIT WAS RIGHT ON TIME.