>> Announcer:
"THE INGRAHAM ANGLE" TOWN HALL
FROM ORLANDO, FLORIDA AND THE
AMERICAN COME BACK.
>> IN FLORIDA NOT ONLY ARE WE
GOING TO WANT TO PROTECT THE
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ALL THE
JOBS, WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING TO
RECRUIT OUT OF STATE
LAW ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE WE DO
HAVE NEEDS IN OUR POLICE,
SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT, NYPD,
SEATTLE, MINNEAPOLIS, YOU CAN
WORK FOR US.
>> Laura: THAT WAS LAST
OCTOBER.
THE LOW MORALE, LACK OF SUPPORT
IN DEMOCRAT RUN CITIES AND
STATES WERE OBVIOUSLY GIVING
THESE OFFICERS WHO RISK IT ALL
EVERY DAY AND
GOVERNOR DeSANTIS BEGAN A
PROGRAM THAT WAS TRYING TO BRING
OFFICERS TO THE SUNSHINE STATE.
AND DESPITE THE FACT THAT
$500,000 BONUSES DON’T TAKE
EFFECT UNTIL JULY 1ST OF THIS
YEAR SOME OFFICERS JUST COULDN’T
WAIT.
THAT INCLUDES MY NEXT GUEST.
HERE NOW ARE KELSEY AND WILLIAM
ARTIS, NYPD TRANSFERS, GREAT TO
SEE BOTH OF YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Laura: WE WERE JUST
CHITCHATTING BECAUSE I STILL
LIVE IN NEW YORK, DIDN’T EVEN
WAIT FOR THE BONE IS COMING YOU WOULD SAY GET OUT OF
DODGE BUT IN YOUR CASE, QUEENS.
>> WE WERE VERY EXCITED TO WORK
FOR GOVERNOR DeSANTIS AND THE
COUNTY.
>> Laura: WHEN YOU SAW WHAT
HAPPENED, THE RIOTS AFTER THE
KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD, SOMEONE
WHO LIVED IN NEW YORK, MY HEART
BROKE FOR THE PEOPLE OF NEW YORK
NEW YORK, GOOD OFFICERS, PEOPLE
TRY TO KEEP PEACE ON THE GROUND.
WILLIAM, AS A POLICE OFFICER AT
THE TIME YOU WERE GETTING STUFF
CHECKED AT YOU IN THE STREETS,
WHAT WENT THROUGH YOUR MIND?
SPEAK AT MAIN THING THAT WENT
THROUGH MY MIND WAS I GOT TO GET
AT THE END OF THE DAY, GET
HOME TO MY FAMILY, MY WIFE, AND
JUST WORRYING WHERE I’M GOING TO
BE, WHERE WE WERE GOING TO GET
SENT TO.
BUT FOR THE MOST PART IT WAS, I
GOT TO GO HOME AT THE END OF THE
DAY JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.
>> Laura: YOU HAVE TO SURVIVE.
YOU KNEW BEING A POLICE OFFICER
WAS GOING TO BE DANGEROUS, IT IS
JUST THE NATURE OF THE JOB.
BUT EXPLAIN WHAT WAS HAPPENING
ON THE STREETS DURING THE REIGN
OF DEMOCRAT TERROR IN MANHATTAN,
IN THE BOROUGH AT THE TIME YOU
ARE MOST CONCERNED.
>> IT DOES BECOME A VERY
DANGEROUS -- IT WAS A DANGEROUS
JOB THAT WAS ALREADY BECOMING
MORE DANGEROUS FOR US AND IT WAS
SCARY.
WE DIDN’T SEE EACH OTHER FOR
DAYS AND IT WAS JUST, YOU WERE
THERE TO BASICALLY PROTECT THE
PEOPLE SHOUTING LAW ENFORCEMENT
FOR YOU.
>> Laura: WHAT DID YOU FEEL
JUST SOME MONTHS BACK?
>> I WILL TELL THEM THE SAME
THING SOMEBODY ELSE TOLD ME,
FLORIDA IS A GREAT PLACE TO
WORK, YOU’VE GOT A GREAT
GOVERNOR.
[APPLAUSE]
HE CARES ABOUT HIS DEPARTMENT,
EVERYBODY IN IT.
I WOULD SAY COME TO FLORIDA.
>> Laura: SPEAKING OF LAW AND
ORDER, AND I’S OFFICE, MILES
AWAY FROM HERE IN WHICH AT LEAST
250 PEOPLE ARE NOW CAMPED
OUTSIDE THE I.C.E. OFFICE AND
THEY SAY THEY ARE FROM HAITI,
CUBA, VENEZUELA, COLOMBIA AND
THE BUSINESSES IN THE AREA FEEL
IN THE SUN AND SLEEPING IN TENS
ON THE STREETS BUT THIS IS
BECAUSE OUR SOUTHERN BORDER IS
NOT BEING ENFORCED.
I’M HEARING REPORTS THAT IT IS A
NIGHTMARE DOWN THERE FOR PEOPLE.
ARE WE GOING TO DEAL WITH THIS
IN THE STREETS OF THIS COUNTY?
>> THE PEOPLE, A LOT OF THEM ARE
SAYING THEY WANTED TO COME TO
FLORIDA.
I WAS BEING CRITICIZED, YOU NOT
A BORDER STATE, WHY ARE YOU
DOING THIS?
IT AFFECTS EVERYBODY.
IT AFFECTS EVERY STATE IN THIS
UNIT.
THAT IS WHY THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE
OF DEATH FROM 18 TO 45 IS NOW
FENTANYL OVERDOSES.
WE HAVE MONEY IN THE STATE
BUDGET, IF BIDEN IS CARAVAN AND
PEOPLE INTO FLORIDA.
>> Laura: THEY OBVIOUSLY ARE.
>> PEOPLE ARE GETTING THERE ON
THEIR OWN, WHICH IS HARDER TO
DO.
IF THERE’S A BIG MOVEMENT AND
YOU CAN STOP AT THE INTERSTATE
AND THEN REROUTE.
WE WANT TO REROUTE TO DELAWARE,
WE THINK THAT IS APPROPRIATE TO
BE ABLE TO DO.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Laura: YOU GO AFTER
EMPLOYEES WHO ARE KNOWINGLY
HIRING ILLEGAL ALIENS.
>> WE HAVE DONE THAT.
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WERE
DROPPED OFF A COUPLE MONTHS AGO
WE WENT AFTER AND TURNED OUT
THEY HAD H2 A AGRICULTURE VISA
SO WE CHECKED IT OUT, SO WE DO FOLLOW THAT
>> URGENCY BOTH YOU AND I HOPE
YOU HAVE A GREAT CAREER HERE IN
FLORIDA. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]