BAGHDAD THAT KILLED AN
IRANIAN GENERAL.
LET'S BRING IN
REPRESENTATIVE ELISE
STEFANIK HOUSE INTELLIGENCE
COMMITTEE AND HOUSE ARMED
SERVICES COMMITTEE.
ELISE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
BEING HERE THIS MORNING.
ED: GOOD MORNING.
PETE: THE PRESIDENT MAKES
THIS BOLD CALL, RIGHT?
WHILE THE MEDIA THEN KICKS
INTO OVERDRIVE.
HERE IS A COUPLE THINGS THAT
CAUGHT OUR EYE.
FIRST, A TWEET FROM "THE
WASHINGTON POST."
THIS IS HOW THEY FRAMED IT
INITIALLY.
BREAKING NEWS, AIRSTRIKE AT
BAGHDAD AIRPORT KILLS IRAN'S
MOST REVERED MILITARY LEADER
QASSEM SOLEIMANI.
IRAQI STATE TELEVISION
REPORTS.
WELL, NOT TO BE OUTDONE.
HERE IS HOW THE REST OF THE
MEDIA FRAMED THIS ATTACK.
WATCH.
>> SOLEIMANI AN ICONIC
MILITARY LEADER.
>> A REVERED FIGURE.
>> SOLEIMANI IS DIFFICULT TO
CONVEY HOW REVERED HE IS HE
IS REGARDED AS PERSONALLY
AND CREDIBLY BRAVE.
THE TROOPS LOVED HIM.
>> THINK OF SOMEBODY
THINKING OF DEGAL.
>> BRILLIANT MAN.
CARDINAL.
HE WAS THE MACHIAVELLI.
>> EVEN MANY OF SOLEIMANI'S
ENEMIES ADMITTED HE WAS A
MILITARY GENIUS.
>> LET'S ASSUME FOR A MINUTE
THAT HE WAS AT THE BAGHDAD
AIRPORT AND DESERVED THIS,
OKAY.
JUST STIPULATE THAT.
LET'S JUST SAY THAT IT WAS
THE RIGHT DECISION TO TAKE
HIM OUT, BUT YOU HAVE, IN
THAT CASE, RIGHT DECISION,
WRONG COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.
PETE: ALL RIGHT.
ELISE.
IT'S ONE THINK TO RESPECT
YOUR ENEMY.
WHOLE OTHER THING TO REVERE
THEM AS WE SEE.
>> THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE
EMBARRASSMENT.
IT IS CLEAR SOLEIMANI IS ONE
OF THE BLOODIEST TERRORISTS.
HE HAS EXPORTED GLOBAL
TERRORISM AND HE HAS BLOOD
OF AMERICAN TROOPS ON HIS
HANDS.
HE HAS KILLED HUNDREDS OF
AMERICAN TROOPS.
I REPRESENT FORT DRUM TENTH
MOUNTAIN DIVISION ARMY SINCE
9/11.
THOSE TROOPS HAVE RISKED
THEIR LIVES AND WERE
TARGETED BY SOLEIMANI AND
HIS QUDS FORCES THIS IS A
TERRORIST EXPORTED THROUGH
PROXIES WHETHER HEZBOLLAH,
HAMAS, AND HAS SOW DISORDER
IN THE MIDDLE EAST SYRIA,
YEMEN AND IRAQ.
HE SHOULD NOT REVERED IN THE
"THE WASHINGTON POST" AND
SHOULD APOLOGIZE AND RETRACT
THAT STATEMENT.
EMILY: WE HEARD AT THE END
OF THAT MONTAGE.
RIGHT ACTION, WRONG
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.
HOW IS THAT RECONCILED WITH
YOU SITTING ON THE HOUSE
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE WITH
THOSE ON THE LEFT AND THOSE
IN THE MEDIA DECRYING THE
INTELLIGENCE AND SAYING THAT
THE INFORMATION NEEDS TO BE
CALLED INTO QUESTION AND
THAT THERE COULD NOT HAVE
BEEN AND THERE WERE NO
REPORTS OF THIS ESCALATION
AND IMMINENT THREATS ON
BEHALF OF THE IRANIAN AND
THE GENERAL?
>> WE SHOULD BE PRAISING
U.S. TROOPS AND OUR
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.
THIS WAS A SUCCESS.
THIS WAS THE RIGHT DECISION
MADE BY THE RIGHT
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.
WE HAVE SEEN IRAN'S
BELLIGERENCE IN THE REGION,
NOT ONLY TARGETING AMERICANS
BUT SHEDDING AMERICAN BLOOD
IN THE PAST MONTH.
WE HAVE SEEN THE TERRORIST
ATTACKS ON THE U.S. EMBASSY
IN BAGHDAD.
AND THIS WAS A PROPORTIONAL
EFFECTIVE RESPONSE.
THIS IS ABOUT DETERRING
IRANIAN AGGRESSION IN THE
MIDDLE EAST BUT MOST
IMPORTANTLY IT'S ABOUT
PROTECTING U.S. TROOPS.
WHICH OUR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
ALWAYS SHOULD DO.
ED: CONGRESSWOMAN
INTERESTING, THIS OBVIOUSLY
HAPPENED IN THE CONTEXT OF
THE 2020 ELECTIONS COMING
UP.
YOU HAVE ALL OF THESE
DEMOCRATS RUNNING FOR
PRESIDENT AND FALLING ALL
OVER THEMSELVES TO CRITICIZE
THE PRESIDENT.
YOU KNOW, ELIZABETH WARREN
PUTTING OUT TWO DIFFERENT
STATEMENTS.
AND ALL OF THAT AND IT'S
INTERESTING.
BECAUSE THE "NEW YORK TIMES"
HAD A STORY ABOUT REPUBLICAN
WOMEN WHO MAY BE CRITICAL IN
THIS ELECTION IN TERMS OF
WHETHER THEY STICK WITH THE
PRESIDENT.
HERE IS THEIR VERSION.
REPUBLICAN WOMEN, THEY
CLAIM, ARE IN CRISIS.
IN THE PAST 10 YEARS, THEY
HAVE BECOME ENDANGERED
SPECIES ON THE POLITICAL
STAGE.
YOU ARE A REPUBLICAN WOMAN.
THE LAST I CHECKED AT THE
HOUSE INTELLIGENCE
COMMITTEE, YOUR VOICE WAS
BEING HEARD.
HOW DO YOU REACT TO THAT?
>> YEAH.
MY VOICE WAS HEARD LOUD AND
CLEARLY.
NOT ONLY IN MY DISTRICT BUT
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
BUT THAT EDITORIAL IN THE
"NEW YORK TIMES" IGNORES THE
FACTS.
WE HAVE A HISTORIC NUMBER OF
REPUBLICAN WOMEN WHO ARE
RUNNING FOR OFFICE.
OVER 181.
I HAVE WORKED TO HELP
RECRUITED THOSE WOMEN AND TO
SUPPORT THOSE WOMEN.
WE HAVE EFFECTIVE
CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN
WOMEN RUNNING IN NEW YORK,
CALIFORNIA, KANSAS, TEXAS.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY IN THE
SEATS THAT WILL DETERMINE
THE HOUSE MAJORITY.
AS YOU CAN SEE, DEMOCRATIC
NUMBERS ARE TANKING BECAUSE
OF THEIR OBSESSION WITH
IMPEACHMENT.
AND IT'S VERY SAD TO WATCH
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES FOR
PRESIDENT RUNNING FOR THE
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF JOB,
REFUSING TO CALL SOLEIMANI A
TERRORIST.
THE FACT THAT ELIZABETH
WARREN HAD TO RETRACT THAT
STATEMENT SHOWS WHERE THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS GOING,
WHICH IS FURTHER AND FURTHER
TO THE LEFT.
AND OUT OF TOUCH WITH THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE AND VOTERS
WHO WILL DETERMINE THE NEXT
PRESIDENT, AND I BELIEVE
THAT NEXT PRESIDENT WILL BE
PRESIDENT TRUMP. PETE
REPRESENTATIVE, BECAUSE YOU
ARE A REPUBLICAN, TO THE
ELITE MEDIA, DON'T YOU COUNT
A LITTLE BIT LESS AS A
WOMEN'S ADVOCATE?
THAT'S HOW THEY SEE IT,
RIGHT?
>> THE ELITE MEDIA AND
ESTABLISHMENT MEDIA LOVES TO
ATTACK REPUBLICAN WOMEN.
I HAVE EXPERIENCED THAT
FIRSTHAND.
BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS
REPUBLICAN WOMEN ARE
FIGHTING BACK.
THEY ARE RAISING THEIR HAND
TO RUN FOR OFFICE.
AND AS I SAID, WE HAVE A
HISTORIC NUMBER OF
REPUBLICAN WOMEN WHO ARE
ALREADY ON THE BALLOT.
181 ARE RUNNING FOR CONGRESS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THAT'S MORE THAN EVER
BEFORE.
AND I THINK WE ARE GOING TO
RUN ON ISSUES LIKE STRONG
NATIONAL SECURITY, A BOOMING
ECONOMY, STRONGER BORDER
SECURITY, AND STANDING UP
FOR CONSTITUTIONAL
LIBERTIES.
THOSE ARE VALUES THAT WILL
ATTRACT REPUBLICAN WOMEN
VOTERS AND ATTRACT WOMEN
VOTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
ED: YOU KNOW BETTER THAN US,
CONGRESSWOMAN, WHEN YOU
STOOD UP AND HAD YOUR VOICE
HEARD YOU BECAME A TARGET.
WHAT DID THAT FEEL LIKE?
>> I DID BECOME A TARGET.
I WAS SMEARED BY THE
HOLLYWOOD LEFT.
PEOPLE LIKE ROSIE O'DONNELL
AND CHELSEA HANDLER.
EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK I
CHOOSE THE NORTH COUNTRY OF
NEW YORK OVER HOLLYWOOD
LIBERALS.
AND I CHOOSE MY DISTRICT
OVER PEOPLE LIKE GEORGE
CONWAY WHO ARE JUST VILE,
ANTI-TRUMPERS.
AND MY JOB IS TO FOCUS ON
THE CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES
AND FOCUS ON REPRESENTING MY
DISTRICT, WHICH IS EXACTLY
WHAT I DID IN THE
INTELLIGENCE HEARINGS AND I
LED THE CHARGE IN FIGHTING
BACK AGAINST SCHIFF'S
PARTISAN SHAH RAIDS.
IF YOU WANT TO SUPPORT ME
DONATE TO FIGHT SCHIFF.COM
TO HELP US FIGHT BACK
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