DANGER OF VIOLENT EXTREMISM
THREATENING ROE BUT ALSO OTHER
EVENTS.
>> Harris: REPUBLICAN SENATOR
TOM COTTON SITS ON THE SENATE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
THE SENATOR ALSO A MEMBER OF
THE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING IN "FOCUS."
LET’S START WITH THESE THREATS.
WE HEARD THE PRESS SECRETARY
SAY WE’VE ONLY BEEN LOOKING IN
ONE DIRECTION.
WHAT WAS SHE TALKING ABOUT?
>> I DON’T STR A CLUE WHAT SHE
WAS TALKING ABOUT.
TYPICAL OF HER THESE DAYS.
AFTER THAT OPINION WAS LEAKED A
COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, YOU HAD
PRO-ABORTION PROTESTORS OUTSIDE
THE HOMES OF SUPREME COURT
JUSTICES IN DIRECT VIOLATION OF
FEDERAL LAW.
YET WHERE IS MERRICK GARLAND
AND FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT?
WHY WERE THEY NOT ARRESTED?
IF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
WILL EXCUSE AND LOOK THE OTHER
WAY OBVIOUS VIOLATIONS OF
FEDERAL LAW THEY ONLY ENCOURAGE
MORE LAW BREAKING.
THAT’S WHY ALL THE LAWS MUST BE
ENFORCED AND THEY MUST BE
ENFORCED EVEN HANDEDLY WITHOUT
REGARD TO POLITICAL PARTY OR
VIEWPOINTS.
>> Harris: I’M GOING TO CALL IT
PLAIN LIKE YOU DO, SENATOR.
THESE ARE CONSERVATIVE JUSTICES
WHO HAVE PEOPLE POPPING UP ON
THEIR PERSONAL PROPERTY.
A DANGER TO THEM AND THEIR
FAMILIES POTENTIALLY AND
AGAINST FEDERAL LAW.
I CAN CITE THE CODE AND I DO IT
EVERY DAY.
WE’LL SKIP THAT FOR NOW.
CAN WE CALL IT ALL EXTREME?
WHY DOES THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
OR DHS ONLY GET INVOLVED WHEN
THE EXTREMISTS THAT THEY
IDENTIFY -- OF COURSE WE KNOW
THEY MAKE IT ABOUT RACE, AREN’T
THEY, OR SOMETHING?
>> I THINK THEY ARE MAKING IT
FUNDAMENTALLY ABOUT IDEOLOGY
AND THEY REFUSE TO ENFORCE THE
LAW OR CONDEMN THEIR
IDEOLOGICAL KINDRED SPIRITS.
YOU SAW IT WITH THE BLM RIOTS
IN THE SUMMER OF 2020.
THEY EXECUTIONED AND SOMETIMES
MARCHED WITH THE RIOTERS AND
LOOTERS AND ARSONISTS AND
REFUSED TO BRING CHARGES
AGAINST SO MANY PEOPLE WHO WERE
DESTROYING FEDERAL PROPERTY IN
PORTLAND.
THEY REFUSED TO DEFEND THE
FEDERAL MARSHALS SUED BY LEFT
WING ACTIVIST GROUPS WHO
DEFENDED THE COURTHOUSE IN
PORTLAND.
YET WHEN CONCERNED MOMS SHOW UP
AT SCHOOL BOARDS TO VOICE THEIR
CONCERNS ABOUT CURRICULUM THEN
THEY SIC THE FEDS ON THEM.
IT IS A DISTURBING PATTERN HOW
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS
WEAPONIZING LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
EVEN OUR NATIONAL SECURITY
DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES LIKE
THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY AND THE DEFUNCT
DISINFORMATION BOARD TO TRY TO
CHILL THE SPEECH AND POLITICAL
ACTIVITIES OF ITS IDEOLOGICAL
OPPONENTS.
>> Harris: AND THEY HAD TO PUT
THE CHILL ON THEMSELVES BY
STOPPING THE DISINFORMATION
BOARD.
THE PERSON LEADING IT WAS
SPEWING DISINFORMATION.
THAT BOARD PUT ON PAUSE AND ITS
DIRECTOR NINA JANKOWICZ CALLED
IT QUITS AFTER THREE WEEKS
AFTER A WAVE OF CRITICISM
MOSTLY FROM CONSERVATIVES, TWO
TOP HOUSE REPUBLICANS ON
NATIONAL SECURITY, THEY SAY
IT’S THE BEST DECISION THAT HAS
BEEN MADE WHEN IT COMES TO THIS
ORWELLIAN ENTITY.
DON’T PAUSE THE DISINFORMATION
BOARD, END IT FOREVER.
PETER DOOCY NOTED THE IRONY OF
THE SUSPENSION AFTER THE
ADMINISTRATION HAD BLAMED ITS
DEMISE ON MISCHARACTERIZATION
OF ITS PURPOSE.
WATCH.
>> THE BOARD WILL NOT CONVENE
DURING THAT PERIOD BUT THE
DEPARTMENT’S WORK ACROSS
SEVERAL ADMINISTRATIONS TO
ADDRESS DISINFORMATION THAT
THREATENS THE SECURITY FOR OUR
COUNTRY IS CRITICAL AND WILL
CONTINUE.
>> IT’S PAUSING BECAUSE YOU
THINK THE BOARD WAS
MISCHARACTERIZED.
THE DISINFORMATION IS BEING
SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF
DISINFORMATION, IS THAT WHAT’S
HAPPENING HERE?
>> Harris: A SIMPLE YES WOULD
BE APPROPRIATE BUT SHE LOOKED
AT THE BINDER.
CRITICS ARE HAILING THE END OF
THE BOARD.
THE DISINFORMATION GOVERNMENT
BOARD DISAVOIED.
GOOD RIDDANCE TO THE MINISTRY
OF TRUTH AND NINA JANKOWICZ.
YOUR THOUGHTS.
>> I’M GLAD THERE IS A PAUSE
BUT THEY NEED TO END IT AND
CONGRESS NEEDS TO MAKE SURE
DOES THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY RESURRECT SOMETHING
LIKE IT BUT NO PART OF THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TRIES TO
CREATE A MINISTRY OF TRUTH.
THEY CAN NEVER QUITE EXPLAIN
WHAT THEY MEAN BY
DISINFORMATION BUT ASSURE US
THAT IT’S NOT THE SPEECH OF
CONSERVATIVES OR CONSERVATIVE
MEDIA OUTLETS.
YET THE WOMAN IN CHARGE OF IT
LABELS DISINFORMATION THINGS
LIKE THE HUNTER BIDEN LAPTOP
STORY IN THE "NEW YORK POST" A
COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHICH NOW
EVEN "THE NEW YORK TIMES" AND
CNN ACKNOWLEDGE ARE TRUTHFUL
INFORMATION.
THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT BE IN
THE BUSINESS OF CENSORING
SPEECH OR LABELING SPEECH.
IF YOU DON’T LIKE SOMEONE’S
SPEECH THE ANSWER TO IT IS MORE
SPEECH.
THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT HAVE A
ROLE IN REFEREEING POLITICAL
DEBATE IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE.
>> Harris: SO TRUE.
PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS INVOKED THE
DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT FINALLY
TO BOOST PRODUCTION OF BABY
FORMULA ONCE IT WAS AN
EMERGENCY.
HE ALSO HAS AUTHORIZED MILITARY
PLANES TO FLY IN SUPPLIES FROM
OVERSEAS.
ALL IS GOOD NEWS WELL INTO A
CRISIS.
ALL OF IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME.
PARENTS, REPUBLICANS, EVEN SOME
DEMOCRATS SAY BIDEN SHOULD HAVE
DONE IT WEEKS IF NOT MONTHS AGO.
EVEN THE "WASHINGTON POST"
EDITORIAL BOARD HIT THE
ADMINISTRATION.
HARD TO IMAGINE, THEY SAID, THE
UNITED STATES WOULD BE IN A
SITUATION WHERE THE MOST BASIC
OF FOOD STUFFS IS NOT AVAILABLE
FOR BABIES.
THAT’S EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE IN
2022.
THE BABY FORMULA SHORTAGE IS A
NATIONAL EMERGENCY AND WHITE
HOUSE AND CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS
SHOULD HAVE BEEN PREPARED FOR
IT MONTHS AGO.
THE SURGEON GENERAL GETTING
TOUGH QUESTIONS FROM THE
LIBERAL MEDIA.
>> DID THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE
GOVERNMENT TAKE TOO LONG TO ACT?
>> THE FDA BEGAN ACTING AS SOON
AS THEY KNEW THE PLANT WAS
GOING TO SHUT DOWN.
THEY WERE TAKING ACTION SEVERAL
MONTHS AGO.
>> I’M NOT FEELING INTENSITY.
WHEN WILL WE SEE FORMULA IN THE
MOUTHS OF BABIES IN AMERICA
WITHOUT ANY STRESS IN TERMS OF
GETTING IT?
>> LET ME ASSURE YOU THAT EVERY
CONVERSATION I’VE HAD WITH
PEOPLE AT THE FDA AND THE WHITE
HOUSE HAS REFLECTED THE
INTENSITY YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.
THIS IS NOT JUST A POLICY
ISSUE, IT IS PERSONAL FOR MANY
PEOPLE.
>> Harris: WOW.
WHEN YOU LOSE MSNBC, SENATOR.
>> THE FORMULA SHORTAGE IS
INCOMPETENCE BY THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION.
THEY SHOULD HAVE TAKEN THESE
STEPS MONTHS AGO.
THE STEPS THEY ARE TAKING NOW
WON’T HAVE MAJOR EFFECT FOR
MONTHS.
THE FDA SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN OFF
ITS DUFF LONG AGO AND
AUTHORIZED THE PLANT IN
MICHIGAN TO REOPEN.
IT STILL CONTINUES TO DROWN ANY
SOLUTION IN BUREAUCRAT I CAN
RED TAPE.
STEPS LIKE IMPORTING FORMULA
FROM CANADA.
THE FDA IS ONE OF THE MAIN
REASONS WHY WE HAVE THIS
FORMULA SHORTAGE.
CONTRAST IT TO THE FDA UNDER
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
WE PRODUCED A VACCINE IN LESS
THAN A YEAR.
VACCINES THAT NORMALLY TAKE
YEARS IF NOT DECADES THAT WE
WOULD NOT HAVE DONE IF HILLARY
CLINTON OR JOE BIDEN HAD BEEN
PRESIDENT WHEN THAT PANDEMIC
STARTED.
NOW THE FDA AND BACK TO ITS OLD
WAYS NOT ONLY ARE THEY NOT
CREATING BREAKTHROUGH NEW
MEDICINES BUT AN ARTIFICIAL
SHORTAGE OF BABY FORMULA FOR
AMERICA’S CHILDREN AND PARENTS.
>> Harris: YOU START TAKING IT
OFF SHELVES IN OTHER COUNTRIES
AND YOU HAVE TO DO A DEAL THAT
SAYS YOU’LL PUT SOME BACK.
YOU CAN’T CAUSE SHORTAGES
ELSEWHERE BECAUSE OF YOUR BAD
PLANNING.
I’M SAYING THIS DIRECTLY TO THE
WHITE HOUSE.
ANY LAST WORD FROM YOU AND
WE’LL MOVE.
>> I’M NOT SURE WHERE ALL THE
PLANS WILL FILE IN EUROPE.
I DON’T THINK EUROPE HAS MAJOR
STOCKPILES OF BABY FORMULA.
IT IS AN ARTIFICIAL SHORTAGE
CREATED IN AMERICA BY THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION’S INCOMPETENCE.
>> Harris: FEMA HAS SOME.
SERIOUSLY.
IF THERE IS AN EMERGENCY
ANYWHERE IN AMERICA AND WE LOSE
ELECTRICITY OR ABILITY TO KEEP
THE FORMULA IN A COUPLE OF
WAREHOUSES WE KNOW EXIST, WHAT
DO WE DO?
WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO TAP IT AT
SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.
WE CAN’T EVEN SAVE OURSELVES.
IT SOUNDS FAMILIAR.
IT SOUNDS LIKE GASOLINE.