THE SCHEDULE TODAY.
JACQUI.
>> Jacqui: THANKS SO MUCH.
>> John: TEXAS REPUBLICAN
SENATOR JOHN CORNYN, CAME BACK
FROM A VISIT TO THE BORDER ON
FRIDAY, BUT YOUR ASSESSMENT OF
THE PRESIDENT’S TRIP TO SAUDI
ARABIA.
HE GAVE NEW LEGITIMACY TO
SALMAN, LOOKING FOR IT, BUT DID
NOT BRING BACK MUCH FOR THE
UNITED STATES IN RETURN.
>> PARAPHRASE AN OLD SONG,
LOOKING FOR LOVE IN ALL THE
WRONG PLACES.
IF HE WANTS TO TRY TO APPEASE
MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN AFTER SOME
OF THE THINGS SAUDI ARABIA HAS
DONE, HE COULD EXPAND AMERICAN
ENERGY PRODUCTION AND SOLVE THE
SAME PROBLEM.
AS WE KNOW, IT’S NOT JUST A
MATTER OF INVESTMENT, IT’S ALSO
INFRASTRUCTURE.
THINGS LIKE THE KEYSTONE XL
PIPELINE AND OUR FRIENDS IN
EUROPE ARE FINDING OUT, HAVING
BEEN DEPENDENT ON VLADIMIR PUTIN
FOR SO LONG, IT TAKES TIME TO
TRANSITION TO DIVERSITY OF
SOURCES.
SO, IT WAS A LITTLE
EMBARRASSING, FRANKLY, TO WATCH
THE PRESIDENT GO OVER THERE AND
ESSENTIALLY HAT IN HAND AND ASK
FOR SOMETHING THAT WE COULD
PRODUCE RIGHT HERE IN AMERICA.
>> Jacqui: WHAT DO YOU THINK WE
GAINED FROM THIS, ASIDE FROM
OIL, IF THE PURPOSE IS TO FILL
THE LEADERSHIP VACUUM SO THAT
CHINA AND RUSSIA DON’T STEP IN
AND HE ALWAYS TALKS ABOUT
LEADING BY THE POWER OF OUR
EXAMPLE, HOW IS HE DOING THAT BY
FIST BUMPING WITH A MURDEROUS
DICTATOR AND LEAVING ISRAEL WITH
TWO VERY DIFFERENT VIEWS ABOUT
THE BEST WAY TO COUNTER IRAN.
>> FOR ALL THE CRITICISM OF THE
PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION BY THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, FRANKLY
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS
SENDING MIXED SIGNALS.
WE NEED TO TRY TO BUILD ON
THINGS LIKE THE ABRAHAM ACCORDS,
WHICH HAS SEEN AN UNPRECEDENTED
AMOUNT OF COOPERATION BETWEEN
ISRAEL AND THE GULF STATES AND
WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO KEEP THE
COALITION AGAINST IRAN, THE
MAJOR THREAT NOT ONLY TO
REGIONAL BUT TO WORLD PEACE,
WITH ASPIRATIONS FOR A NUCLEAR
WEAPON.
I THOUGHT IT WAS -- IT WASN’T --
IT WASN’T -- I WOULD NOT GIVE IT
AN A, PUT IT THAT WAY.
>> John: AND IRAN SAYS THEY HAVE
THE CAPABILITY BUT DON’T KNOW IF
THEY ARE GOING TO OR NOT.
AND BIDEN HAS BEEN TRYING TO
SELL THE NATION ON THE PUTIN
PRICE HIKE, THE REASON WHY YOU
ARE PAYING SO MUCH FOR GASOLINE
IS BECAUSE OF PUTIN’S WAR IN
UKRAINE.
A NEW POLL SHOWS VOTERS ARE NOT
BUYING THAT.
WHO DO THEY BLAME, BIDEN AND
BIDEN POLICIES, 31%, RUSSIA AND
UKRAINE 20%, OIL COMPANIES
GOUGING, THE PRESIDENT ALSO
BLAMES AT 14%.
SO THIS APPEARS TO BE, SENATOR,
A PROBLEM THAT FALLS SQUARELY AT
THE DOOR OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND SUPPLY
AND DEMAND AND COME OUT OF THE
POST COVID RECESSION WHERE THE
ECONOMY IS DEMAND J MORE ENERGY
FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE THEIR LIVES
AND PURSUE THEIR LIVELIHOOD,
THERE’S GOT TO BE MORE SUPPLY,
AND THE PRESIDENT, AS I SAID, IS
LOOKING IN THE WRONG PLACES.
HE’S LOOKING TO THE SAUDIS, HE’S
LOOKING TO THE RUSSIANS, EVEN
THOUGH THE SAME TIME HE’S
TELLING PEOPLE WE DON’T WANT YOU
BUYING MORE RUSSIAN OIL AND GAS.
SO THAT LEAVES THE OBVIOUS
SOLUTION HERE IN AMERICA.
IN ORDER TO APPEASE HIS
PROGRESSIVE BASE, WHO BELIEVE WE
CAN TRANSITION TO WIND TURBINES
AND SOLAR PANELS TOMORROW,
FRANKLY I THINK HE’S, THEY ARE
LIVING A FANTASY.
>> Jacqui: YOU JUST GOT BACK
FROM THE BORDER, AND YOU SEE ANY
SPACE TO COME TOGETHER WITH
DEMOCRATS AND GET THINGS DONE ON
THIS.
>> PROBABLY A YEAR AGO I
INTRODUCED A BILL WITH SENATOR
SINEMA, BORDER STATE SENATOR, A
DEMOCRAT, AND ANOTHER CALLED THE
BORDER STATE BIPARTISAN
SOLUTIONS ACT, THINKING IF
THINGS GOT TOO BAD THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION MIGHT REACH OUT
AND SORT OF TAKE A LIFELINE AND
BEGIN THE CONVERSATION.
UNFORTUNATELY IT’S NOTHING BUT
CRICKETS, AND WE HAVE SEEN 3
MILLION BORDER UNCOUNTERS SINCE
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION CAME
INTO OFFICE.
LAST YEAR, 108,000 AMERICANS
DIED OF DRUG OVERDOSES,
PRIMARILY COMING ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN BORDER AND SOME POINT
OF TO REACH THE SAD CONCLUSION
THAT THEY DON’T CARE.
THEY CARE MORE ABOUT TRYING TO
KEEP THEIR POLITICAL BASE HAPPY
AT THE SAME TIME WITH THE OPEN
BORDER POLICY THAT’S DANGEROUS,
NOT JUST TO BORDER STATES LIKE
MINE, OR BORDER COMMUNITIES, BUT
LITERALLY EVERY STATE HAS BECOME
A BORDER STATE.
>> John: ON TRACK FOR MORE THAN
2 MILLION ILLEGAL MIGRANTS THIS
YEAR.
BRANDON JUDD WILL BE JOINING US