PETE: THE PLAYBOOK IS RIGHT
THERE IF THEY WOULD BE WILLING
TO READ IT.
SENATOR TOM COTTON REACTS THIS
MORNING.
SENATOR, YOU HEARD GRIFF’S
REPORT, AND I PUPIL YOU MAY HAVE
ALSO HEARD -- PRESUME YOU MAY
HAVE ALSO HEARD NANCY PELOSI
YESTERDAY ON ABC.
HERE’S THE TALKING POINT OF THE
LEFT ABOUT THE BORDER RIGHT NOW,
SENATOR.
>> THIS IS A HUMANITARIAN
CHALLENGE TO ALL OF US.
WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS
INHERITED IS A BROKEN SYSTEM AT
THE BORDER, AND THEY ARE WORKING
TO CORRECT THAT IN THE
CHILDREN’S INTEREST.
I’M SO PLEASED THAT THE
PRESIDENT, AS A TEMPORARY
MEASURE, HAS SENT FEMA TO THE
BORDER IN ORDER TO HELP
FACILITATE THE CHILDREN GOING
FROM ONE -- TO OUR ISSUE INTO
WHERE THEY ARE CARRIED FOR AS
THEY ARE TRANSFERRED INTO FAMILY
HOMES, HOMES THAT ARE SAFE FOR
THEM TO BE.
SO THIS, AGAIN, IS A TRANSITION
FROM WHAT WAS WRONG BEFORE TO
WHAT IS RIGHT.
THERE ARE MANY REASONS THAT GO
INTO THIS, BUT THE FACT IS WE
HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT AT THE
BORDER.
PETE: SENATOR, SHE WAS NOT THE
ONLY ONE SUNGING THIS SAME TUNE
YESTERDAY -- SINGING THIS SAME
TUNE, INHERITING A BROKEN
SYSTEM, IS WHAT THEY SAY.
>> YEAH.
PETE, AT NO POINT IN THAT
RAMBLING, INCOHERENT ANSWER DID
NANCYS MOSES -- NANCY PELOSI
EVEN COME CLOSE TO EXPRESSIONING
A -- EXPRESSING A RATION AAL
THOUGHT.
WE WERE BUILDING A WALL AND
TURNING AWAY ALL MIGRANTS WHO
HAD NO RIGHT TO CROSS INTO OUR
COUNTRY.
THE BIDEN BORDER CRISIS, THOUGH,
WAS CREATED BY JOE BODIEN’S
PROMISES OF AMNESTY AND OPEN
BORDERS, FREE HEALTH CARE FOR
ILLEGALS DURING THE CAMPAIGN.
THAT’S WHY BORDER CROSSINGS HAVE
INCREASED EVERY MONTH SINCE THE
ELECTION.
AND NOW THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
IS SENDING FEMA TO THE BORDER.
THEY ARE BY THEIR OWN
DECLARATION ADMITTING IT’S A DISASTER.
THAT’S WHAT IT IS WHEN YOU
DEPLOY FEMA, A DISASTER. BUT REMEMBER, THEY’RE NOT
BUT REMEMBER, THEY’RE NOT DEPLOYING FEMA TO TRY TO FINISH
DEPLOYING FEMA TO TRY TO FINISH
BEST, ILLEGAL AT WORST.
EVERY AMERICAN CITIZEN SHOULD BE
CONCERNED THAT AN UNELECTED
CABINET SECRETARY CAN MOVE
FORCES INTO THE CITY.
THE NATIONAL GUARD SPECIFICALLY
IS THE LAST LINE OF DEFENSE FOR
DIRECT POLICING ACTION ONLY WHEN
IT IS LIFE, LIMB, PROTECTION OF
PROPERTY.
WHAT’S YOUR REACTION TO THAT?
HOW LONG WILL THEY BE THERE?
SOME OF THESE STATES HAVE
ACTUALLY PULLED THEIR GUYS --
WOMEN TOO -- FLORIDA, TEXAS ARE
TWO EXAMPLES.
THEY SAID WE’RE NOT KEEPING OUR
PEOPLE THERE ANYMORE.
THEY’RE COMING HOME.
>> AINSLEY, THE CONTRAST IS
REMARKABLE.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION STOPPED
BUILDING A WALL ON OUR SOUTHERN
BORDER, AND THEY PUT UP FENCES
AROUND OUR OUR CAPITOL.
SO I GUESS WALLS DON’T WORK IF
IT’S DEFENDING AMERICAN
SOVEREIGNTY, BUT THEY WORK JUST
FIND PROTECTING DEMOCRATIC
POLITICIANS.
THE CONTRAST COULDN’T BE STARK
THER.
THERE IS NO DEMONSTRATE THED
NEED FOR THOSE TROOPS TO REMAIN
AT THE CAPITOL.
I’VE REPEATEDLY ASKED THE
CAPITOL HILL SECURITY LEADERS
WHAT IS THE SPECIFIC AND
CREDIBLE THREAT TO THE CAPITOL
COMPLEX THAT REQUIRES THIS
EXTRAORDINARY STEP.
THEY SAY THERE IS NO SPECIFIC,
CREDIBLE THREAT.
THEY CITE GENERAL OR VAGUE
CONCERNS, AND NOW THEY CONTINUE
TO CITE THE PROSPECT THAT JOE
BIDEN WILL BE ADDRESSING A JOINT
SESSION OF CONGRESS.
LOOK, IF WE KEEP THOUSANDS OF
NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS IN A SENSE
AROUND THE CAPITOL UNTIL JOE
BIDEN IS FINALLY READY TO SPEAK
IN PUBLIC, THEY MAY BE THERE FOR
A VERY LONG TIME.
BRIAN: YEAH, IT’S UNBELIEVABLE.
THEY ARE CUTTING SOME OF THE
FENCING AND TROOPS, BUT NOT
ENOUGH.
SO DIFFICULT TO SEE GENERAL
AUSTIN GO ALONG WITH THIS AND
ALONG WITH SAYING THAT ON TOP OF
THAT, ADMIRAL KIRBY HAS TO SPOUT
THIS, THE STATE DEPARTMENT, AND
HE ABSOLUTELY KNOWS BETTER, IT
WOULD SEEM.
LET’S TALK ABOUT ANOTHER
NOMINEE.
YOU’VE GRILL BO KNEE THAT IMIEWP
THAT ON HER PAST COMMENTS --
WHICH, BY THE WAY, THEY SHOULD
PROBABLY TWEET WITH A LITTLE BIT
OF CONTROL.
HERE’S SOME OF THE GIVE AND
TAKE.
>> YOU SAID WE ALL HAVE IMPLICIT
BIASES AND RACIAL BIASES.
THAT’S ALL.
EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN YOU
ACCUSED OF IMPLICIT AND RACIAL
BIAS.
I’M ASKING YOU AGAIN, DO YOU
HARBOR RACIAL BIAS?
>> I AM QUITE AWARE THAT I KNOW
THAT I HOLD STEREOTYPES THAT I
HAVE TO MANAGE.
I’M A PRODUCT OF MY CULTURE.
I BELIEVE THAT ALL OF US ARE
ABLE TO MANAGE THE BIAS BUT ONLY
IF WE CAN ACKNOWLEDGE OUR OWN.
AND I AM NOT ABOVE ANYONE ELSE
IN THAT MATTER.
I THINK IMPLICIT BIAS IS
SOMETHING THAT IS PART OF THE
SHARED HUMAN CONDITION.
BRIAN: WHAT’D YOU LEARN FROM
THAT, SENATOR?
[LAUGHTER]
>> I LEARNED THAT THE EMPEROR
HAS NO CLOTHES, AND ALL THESE
CLAIMS THAT AMERICA IS A
TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, RACIST
NATION.
ALL OF YOU AND ALL OF YOUR
VIEWERS KNOW THIS WHETHER YOUR
KIDS HEAR IT IN SCHOOL OR YOU
HEAR IT FROM AN H.R. MANAGER AT
YOUR CORPORATE EMPLOYER OR
ANYTHING ELSE, ALL THESE VAGUE
AND CASUALLY TOSSED AROUND
CLAIMS OF RACISM, BUT WHEN I
ASKED HER VERY SIMPLY AGAINST
WHICH RACES DO YOU HOLD RACIAL
BIAS, OBVIOUSLY, SHE GOT
TONGUE-TIED, COULDN’T ANSWER THE
QUESTION.
IT JUST GOES TO EXPOSE WHAT A
FOOLISH CLAIM IT IS TO SLANDER
OUR ENTIRE NATION, TO SAY THAT
EVERY SINGLE PERSON HAS RACIAL
BIASES.
AS OPPOSED TO SAYING AMERICA IS
A GREAT A NATION AND AMERICANS
ARE A GOOD PEOPLE.
THIS IS A RADICAL, TRUST FUND
LIBERAL NOMINEE WHO WILL USE THE
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES TO
ADVANCE HER FAR-LEFT AGENDA.
THAT’S WHY SHE FACES SUCH
OPPOSITION ON OUR COMMITTEE AND
IN THE SENATE AS A WHOLE.
THIS IS NOT THE KIND OF PERSON
THAT AMERICANS EXPECT TO BE
ENFORCING OUR LAWS.
BRIAN: IT’S UNBELIEVABLE.
JUST GOT TO ASK YOU ABOUT CHINA.
YOU WERE THE FIRST ONE TO ONLY
OUT AND TALK ABOUT THE WUHAN
VIRUS, THAT IT MIGHT HAVE COME
FROM THAT LAB, AND IT WAS SAID
HOW DARE YOU SAID THAT.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN ON PURPOSE,
IT COULD HAVE BEEN A MISTAKE,
AND IT TURNS OUT THE W.H.O.
NEVER GOT TO THE BOTTOM OF IT,
BUT MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE
POINTING IN THAT DIRECTION.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S GOING
TO HAVE MEETINGS WITH OFFICIALS
IN ALASKA, NOW THEY’RE GOING TO
GO WITH THE IS SECRETARY OF
DEFENSE AND SECRETARY OF STATE
TOGETHER.
DO YOU THINK ON SOME LEVEL THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION UNDERSTANDS
THE CHINA THREAT, AND YOU UNWIND
THEIR APPROACH TO THIS?
>> BRIAN, IT HASN’T BEEN CLEARLY
DEMONSTRATED YET THOUGH IN THOSE
MEETINGS THAT THE AMERICAN
DELEGATION RAISES THE VERY
CRITICAL ISSUES OF TAIWAN’S
AUTONOMY AND PEACEFUL RELATIONS
ACROSS THE TAIWANESE STRAITS AND
ABOUT THEIR BRUTAL OPPRESSION OF
ETHNIC MINORITIES AS WELL AS
CRACK DOWN ON HONG KONG’S
AUTONOMY.
REMEMBER, CHINA HAD PROMISED
THAT HONG KONG WOULD BE AN
INDEPENDENT, AUTONOMOUS LAND FOR
50 YEARS AND BARELY HALF THE WAY
INTO THAT 50-YEAR PERIOD, THEY
VIOLATED THOSE COMMITMENTS.
IT’S JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW
YOU CANNOT TRUST THE CHINESE
COMMUNEST PARTY TO UPHOLD ITS --
BRIAN: WHY ARE THEY NOT WRITING
THE WORLD A CHECK?
THEY’VE GOTTEN RID OF ALL THEIR
STIMULUS, AND WE’RE THE ONES
PAYING THE PRICE.
AINSLEY: AND HOW DO WE MAKE SURE
THIS DOESN’T HAPPEN AGAIN?
BRIAN: YEAH?
>> YEAH.
AND IT’S NOT JUST THE UNITED
STATES.
LOOK AT EUROPE, STILL SUFFERING
FROM ELEVATED CASES OF THE
VIRUS.
THE WORLD SHOULD BE HOLDING
CHINA ACCOUNTABLE FOR ITS
MALEVOLENCE AND NEGLIGENCE AS
WELL SINCE, AS YOU SAY, ALL THE
EVIDENCE STILL POINTS TOWARDS AN
ACCIDENTAL BREACH OF THIS LAB IN
WUHAN.
BRIAN: AND THE W.H.O. WHO’S
TOTALLY IN THE POCKET.
PETE: SENATOR TOM COTTON, AND A
HAT TIP TO YOUR HAPPY GILMORE
REFERENCE, I AWARD YOU NO
POINTS --
[LAUGHTER]
>> MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON ALL
YOUR SOULS.