AND A CHANCE TO GIVE THEIR SIDE
OF THE STORY.
RACHEL: GO AHEAD.
JOE: DAN CRENSHAW, FORMER NAVY
SEAL, JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT A
COUPLE THINGS STARTING WITH THE
REPORT ON BORDER PATROL AGENTS,
NO PENALTY, THEY WERE FOUND NOT
TO HAVE DONE WHAT THEY WERE
ACCUSED OF BUT HAVE A PENALTY.
>> APPARENTLY JUSSIE SMOLLETT
IS A SPECIAL ADVISOR TO
PRESIDENT BIDEN.
THESE MIGRANTS WERE RUSHING
ACROSS THE BORDER ILLEGALLY
INVADING OUR COUNTRY BUT THIS
IS ANOTHER, ANOTHER REASON THIS
ADMINISTRATION IS TO LIBERALLY
VIOLATING THE CONSTITUTION BY
REFUSING TO EXECUTE OUR LAWS
AND WE ARE NOT COMING TO DEFEND
THE POLICE, HE HAS THE
INTENTION OF DEGRADING FEDERAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT, DEGRADING THE
MILITARY, MAKING SURE THEY ARE
COMPLETELY INEFFECTIVE SO SOME
DEMOCRATS SAY IT OUT LOUD
COMEDY FROM THE POLICE, THE
REST OF THE DEMOCRATS WANT TO
DEGRADE THEM ENTIRELY AT EVERY
SINGLE LEVEL UNTIL OUR LAWS ARE
NOT ENFORCED AT ALL AND THEY
GET WHAT THEY WANT AND
EFFECTIVELY OPEN BORDER.
PETE: IT IS TEXTBOOK, 6 MONTHS
LATER, FRIDAY AFTERNOON,
ADMISSION THEY DIDN’T DO
ANYTHING WRONG BUT THEY ARE
FACING ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION.
TO PEOPLE HOPING THERE COULD BE
SANITY ON THE BOARD, ARE BORDER
PATROL AGENTS WORKING, WHAT
DOES A RESULT LIKE THIS MEAN?
>> THAT IS WHAT I MEAN BY
DEGRADING, DEMORALIZING BORDER
PATROL, THEY ARE DEMORALIZED,
WHY WOULD ANYONE JOIN THEM?
WHAT IS RECRUITMENT GOING TO BE
LIKE?
IT’S NOT AN EASY JOB TO BEGIN
WITH, THAT IS IF THE
ADMINISTRATION, YOU DO WHAT YOU
SIGNED UP FOR AND BE REWARDED
FOR, YOU HAVE A BORDER, AND
ENTITY CALLED BORDER PATROL
WHICH IS DESIGNED TO PROTECT
IT, THEY HARRY -- CARRY
HANDCUFFS AND ENFORCEMENT AND
ENFORCE THE LAW BY BLOCKADING
PEOPLE RUSHING ACROSS THE
BORDER AND THE GOVERNMENT
PUNISHES THEM WORKER, THIS IS
BEYOND REPROACH AND ONE OF THE
FIRST THINGS WE HAVE OVERSIGHT
ON WHEN WE TAKE THE HOUSE.
RACHEL: YOUR COMING TO US FROM
TEXAS AND KARINE JEAN-PIERRE
SAYS THE STATE OF TEXAS STAY
OUT OF IMMIGRATION.
YOUR REACTION ON THE OTHER
SIDE.
>> IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IS
FEDERAL AUTHORITY AND STATES SHOULD NOT BE MANDATING IT,
SHOULD NOT BE MANDATING IT,
MEDDLING IN IT.
ESPECIALLY TEXAS GOVERNOR
ABBOTT WHO HAS A TRACK RECORD
OF CAUSING CHAOS AND CONFUSION
AT THE BORDER.
I WOULD REFER YOU TO DOJ ON
LEGAL MATTERS, BUT THIS IS A
FEDERAL AUTHORITY.
RACHEL: YOUR THOUGHTS?
>> YOU CAN GO TO HELL, I’M
GOING TO TEXAS.
MAYBE SHE SHOULD GO TO TEXAS
AND SEE IT FOR HERSELF, THIS IS
WHERE THE CRISIS, THEIR ACTION,
THIS ADMINISTRATION ACTION ARE
CAUSING THE CRISIS IN TEXAS
ESPECIALLY SOUTHERN BORDER
COUNTIES.
THIS IS UNFAIR TO US IN TEXAS,
BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS OVER THE YEARS TRYING
TO FIX -- GOVERNOR ABBOTT IS
DOING EVERYTHING HE CAN WITHIN
THE LAW TO TRY TO
DIS-INCENTIVIZE ILLEGALS COMING
ACROSS THE BORDER IN DROVES, A
MILLION CROSSINGS THIS YEAR.
THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED.
THIS IS A CRISIS, OBAMA’S DHS
SECRETARY SAID ONE THOUSAND
TODAY WOULD BE CONSIDERED A
CRISIS AND THEY ARE DOING
NOTHING TO STOP THIS.
GOVERNOR ABBOTT IS DOING WHAT
HE CAN.
FOR THEM TO CHASTISE HIM FOR IT
SHOWS THEY ARE CONTROLLED BY
RADICAL IMMIGRATION GROUPS.
EVERYTHING THEY DO DEMONSTRATES
THEY ARE CONTROLLED BY RADICAL
IMMIGRATION GROUPS.
PETE: SHOULD THE GOVERNOR
DECLARE AN INVASION?
>> THERE ARE ARGUMENTS FOR
THAT, TOUGH TO READ THE
CONSTITUTION THAT WAY, IT MIGHT
BE GETTING TO THE POINT WE HAVE
NO CHOICE, THE PROBLEM THE GOVERNOR HAS IS HE’S PUTTING
GOVERNOR HAS IS HE’S PUTTING
HIS AGENTS, STATE TROOPERS IN
JEOPARDY, THIS IS A DIFFICULT
SITUATION IN THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT’S JOB TO DO IT, I AM
WORKING ON PIECES OF
LEGISLATION TO FIX THIS PROBLEM
WITH ABUSE OF THE ASYLUM
PROCESS, THE FLOOR IS
SETTLEMENT CAUSED MOST OF THIS,
LABELING THE CARTELS AS
TRANSNATIONAL, AND
ORGANIZATIONS WHICH GIVES
JUDICIAL AUTHORITY TO DEAL WITH
THEM, THERE ARE THINGS THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO BE
DOING, DEMOCRATS DON’T WANT TO
DO IT.
JOE: IMMIGRATION REFORM IS A
FUN THING TO SAY, YOU HAVE MY
SUPPORT.
ANOTHER TOPIC THAT IS GERMANE
TO TEXAS, THE GOP IS HAMMERING
BIDEN, THE STRATEGIC PETROLEUM
RESERVE TO GO TO CHINA AND
EUROPE, WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON
THIS AND WHAT IS THE STORY?
>> THE MARKET IS COMPLICATED.
BIDEN’S POLICIES RELEASING OIL
FROM THE STRATEGIC RESERVE,
JUST A GIMMICK, THAT IS
PRESIDENT OBAMA’S WORDS, IT IS
A GIMMICK, DOESN’T AFFECT
PRICES AND IT TAKES AWAY FROM
OUR RESERVE.
THE RESERVE IS NOT THERE TO SET
PRICE MECHANISMS.
IT IS THERE IN CASE WE HAVE A
GIANT HURRICANE ON THE GULF
COAST AND NEED TO TAP INTO IT
BECAUSE REFINERIES ARE DOWN.
THAT IS WHAT IT IS FOR, NOT FOR
THIS.
THE WORST PART OF THIS CHINA
DEAL, ASKING CHINA TO RELEASE
RESERVES SO THERE WOULD BE A
GLOBAL RELEASE, HAVE MORE OF AN
EFFECT, WHAT DID CHINA DO?
GO BACK ON THE DEAL AND ALMOST
BUY UP WHAT WE RELEASED, THEY
CONTINUE TO BUILD THEIR
RESERVES, WE TRY TO DO THE
RIGHT THING AND DO THIS BUT WE
HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHEN WE
CRITICIZE EXPORTS BECAUSE
EXPORTS DRIVE PRODUCTION.
WHEN WE LIFTED THE EXPORT BAN
IT DROVE GAS PRICES DOWN.
IF YOU WANT A SIGNAL FOR MORE PRODUCTION YOU HAVE TO
PRODUCTION YOU HAVE TO
ENCOURAGE EXPORTS.
RACHEL: SO MANY SOLUTIONS FOR
INFLATION WHETHER IT IS
REMOVING TARIFFS ON CHINA OR
SELLING SOME THIS OIL INSTEAD
OF HELP DRIVE DOWN THE COST AND
HAVE MORE OIL HERE IN THE
UNITED STATES, SO MANY THINGS
ARE IN CHINA’S FAVOR WHICH
BRINGS US BACK TO HUNTER
BIDEN’S LAPTOP AND THE
COMPROMISING DEALS, INFORMATION
THE CHINESE HAVE ON OUR
PRESIDENT.
COULD ANY OF THIS BE BEHIND
SOME OF THESE POLICIES THE TEND
TO BENEFIT CHINA AND NOT THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE, WHOSE SIDE IS
THIS GUY ON?
>> AN OPEN QUESTION WORTH
INVESTIGATING.
THE PRIORITY OF THE OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE WHEN WE RETAKE THE
MAJORITY AND WE HAVE NO POWER
TO DO THAT BUT WE WILL WHEN WE
WIN IN NOVEMBER, PEOPLE GET OUT
AND VOTE BECAUSE THIS IS --
MORE COMES OUT ON HUNTER BIDEN,
IS THAT WHY THIS HAPPENED?
WE DON’T KNOW BUT THESE THINGS
ARE WORTH INVESTIGATING.
PETE: ONE MORE TOPIC, THE U.S.
ARMY, A DEADLINE OF JUNE 30TH,
ALL SOLDIERS IN THE GARDEN
RESERVE TO BE VACCINATED,
60,000 SOLDIERS HAVE REFUSED
AND THE ADMINISTRATION
ATTENDING TO CRACK DOWN ON THEM
BY REMOVING PAY OR FEDERAL
SERVICE, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF
THIS?
WE ARE SHORT ON RECRUITMENT AND
NOW YOU PUSH OUT OR NOT PAY
60,000 GUARDSMEN AND
RESERVISTS, WHAT DOES THIS DUE
TO OUR READINESS?
>> TERRIBLE FOR OUR READINESS.
WE HAD TROUBLE WITH RECRUITMENT
AND THERE ARE REASONS FOR THAT.
THE PRIMARY REASON, THE WARRIOR
CULTURE THAT WAS SO INTRINSIC
TO THE MILITARY FOR SO LONG IS
BEING DELIBERATELY DEPLETED BY
THE ADMINISTRATION AND
PATRIOTIC YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN
ARE SEEING THAT AND THINKING I
DON’T WANT TO JOIN THIS
MONETARY, THEY ARE SEEING LOW
MORALE, IT’S NOT A GOOD PLACE
AND THIS ON TOP OF IT.
WHAT I SAID ABOUT THE VACCINE
ISSUE, IT IS TRUE WE’VE LONG
BEEN TOLD YOU WILL TAKE BACK
THINGS IN THE MILITARY AND NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT.
NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT.
LAWFUL ORDERS AND GOOD
DISCIPLINE, IT IS EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT, IT FALLS APART
OTHERWISE.
IT IS WORTH NOTING THIS VACCINE
WAS CONTROVERSIAL.
IT IS BRAND-NEW, IT DID GET
POLITICIZED.
WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH THE IDEA
IT IS HARMFUL OR NOT AT LEAST
WE CAN AGREE ON A SINGLE FACT
THAT IT IS CONTROVERSIAL AND
NOW AS A LEADER YOU HAVE TO
MAKE A DECISION, YOU HAVE TO
WEIGH COSTS AND BENEFITS.
IT IS WORTH PUTTING YOUR FOOT
DOWN IN THIS CASE HURTING YOUR
READINESS A FAR GREATER THREAT
TO THE MILITARY AND THE COUNTRY
JUST TO MAKE A POLITICAL
STATEMENT AND THE THING IS IT
IS TAKING RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS
OFF THE TABLE.
THEY LONG GAVE THE LIST OF
EXCEPTIONS FOR VACCINE BUT THEY
GET SO FEW THEY’VE TAKEN THAT
OPTION OFF THE TABLE AND THE
LAST THING IS YOU DON’T NEED TO
PUNISH PEOPLE TO THIS EXTENT.
IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A POINT, MAKE THEM NON-DEPLOYABLE.
MAKE THEM NON-DEPLOYABLE.
YOU CAN HURT SOMEONE’S CAREER A
LITTLE BIT, THEY KICK PEOPLE
OUT IN DROVES AND HURT OUR
READINESS.
RACHEL: I PERSONALLY KNOW
MULTIPLE YOUNG MEN WHO WANTED
TO BECOME NAVY SEALS WHO SAID
I’M NOT JOINING THE MILITARY
BECAUSE I ALREADY GOT COVID AND
I DON’T WANT TO TAKE THE
VACCINE AND SIGNALING OF WOKENE
WOKENESS IS REPELLING THEM,
AMERICA NEEDS COMMAND I THINK
PERHAPS THIS VACCINE MANDATE
AND THE SEVERITY OF THE
PUNISHMENT IS MEANT TO KEEP
YOUNG MEN LIKE THAT OUT OF.
I CAN’T BELIEVE WHY THEY
WOULDN’T WANT PEOPLE LIKE THAT.
>> IT IS A VARIETY OF FACTORS,
THE WOKE TRAINING, DIVERSITY,
INCLUSION TRAINING, THE MARINE
CORPS WITH RAINBOW COLORS ON
THEIR HELMET INSTEAD OF
FOCUSING ON WAR.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN
THE MILITARY WANT TO FOCUS ON
WAR.
IF ANYBODY ASKED IF THEY WANT A
CAREER IN THE MILITARY YOU
SHOULD GO BUT IT IS STILL WORTH
IT.
IN THE END THIS STUFF IS FEW
AND FAR BETWEEN.
IT IS WHAT MAKES THE HEADLINES
AND IS HURTING OUR RECRUITING.
THERE IS NO BENEFIT IN THIS
NONSENSE TRAINING, NO BENEFIT
MAKING PEOPLE SIT AT A COMPUTER
FOR HOURS AT A TIME DOING
GENERAL MILITARY INSTRUCTION
TRAINING, THERE IS NO POINT TO
IT, YOU KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING
ABOUT AND JOEY DOES DO.
WE WASTE TIME DOING THIS STUFF
AND THAT WAS BEFORE IT GOT
REALLY WOKE.
JOE: I SEE THAT MARINE CORPS
HATE THERE, NOT THE ARMY.
PETE: YOU ARE BOX CHECKING ON
NONSENSE AND INDOCTRINATION.
JOE: THE BIG THREAT IN CHINA
AND MILITARY --