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LARRY: ALL RIGHT, PRESIDENT
TRUMP GAVE HIS COMEBACK SPEECH
IN WASHINGTON YESTERDAY.
IT WAS A VERY GOOD SPEECH.
EVEN HIS CRITICS ARE ATTACKING
THE CONTENT OF THE SPEECH RATHER
THAN GOING BACK TO ALL THE
JANUARY 6 STUFF.
SO JOINING ME NOW IS
CONGRESSWOMAN ELISE STEFANIK,
HOUSE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
CHAIR.
GREAT.
YOU WERE WITH HIM AFTER THE
SPEECH, RIGHT?
WAS HE IN A GOOD MOOD?
>> HE WAS IN A GREAT MOOD AS HE
SHOULD BE.
HE LAID OUT A VERY POLICY
FOCUSED SPEECH.
LAYING OUT ALL OF THE CRISES THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE FACING UNDER
JOE BIDEN’S FAILED PRESIDENCY.
I THOUGHT HE WAS PARTICULARLY
EFFECTIVE LAYING OUT THIS CRIME
SURGE WE’RE NOT ONLY SEEING IN
MY HOME STATE OF NEW YORK BUT
REALLY ACROSS THIS COUNTRY AND
OF COURSE HE LAID OUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF BORDER SECURITY
AND HOW SECURE OUR BORDER WAS
UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S VERY
SUCCESSFUL BORDER SECURITY
POLICIES VERSUS THIS WIDE OPEN
BORDER WE’RE SEEING UNDER
JOE BIDEN.
IT WAS A WELL-DONE SPEECH.
I WAS AT THE SPEECH.
I MET WITH HIM AFTERWARD.
HE LAID OUT A VISION, REALLY A
COUNTER TO JOE BIDEN.
LARRY: I THINK THE WHOLE AMERICA
FIRST POLICY INSTITUTE SUMMIT,
THAT’S WHAT WE DID YESTERDAY.
WE LAID OUT A COMPLETE
ALTERNATIVE VISION OF AMERICA
FOR THAT MATTER, FROM BIDEN’S.
ELISE, HANG ON, I GOT SOME SOUND
FROM THE SPEECH.
THEN YOU CAN COMMENT ON IT.
THE FIRST ONE IS IN FACT ON THE
CRIME STORY.
TAKE A LISTEN, PLEASE.
>> WE HAVE TO GIVE OUR POLICE
BACK THEIR AUTHORITY, RESOURCES,
POWER AND PRESTIGE.
[APPLAUSE]
LEAVE OUR POLICE ALONE.
GIVE THEM BACK THE RESPECT THAT
THEY DESERVE.
[APPLAUSE]
OUR GREAT POLICE NO WHAT TO DO.
WE HAVE TO ALLOW THEM TO DO IT.
WE NEED TO RETURN TO STOP AND
FRISK POLICIES IN CITIES AND NOT
SHY AWAY FROM IT.
LARRY: I THINK HE IS SPOT ON
AND, ELISE, AS YOU WELL KNOW, WE
MIGHT HAVE A FILM CLIP OF IT,
YOU CAN’T SEE IT BUT YOU GOT
THIS CRAZY STORY I GUESS
YESTERDAY, THIS KID IS JUMPING A
SUBWAY TURNSTILE.
THE COP COMES AFTER HIM, HE
ATTACKS THE COP, ALL RIGHT?
HE HAS BEEN BUSTED ONCE BEFORE
FOR A CONCEALED WEAPON I
BELIEVE.
THEY LET HIM GO, ELISE.
NO BAIL, NO JAIL.
LEE ZELDIN’S ASSASSIN, WOULD-BE
MURDERER, LET GO, NO BAIL, NO
JAIL.
IN NEW YORK, AROUND THE COUNTRY,
TRUMP IS ONTO SOMETHING HERE,
ISN’T HE?
>> HE IS ONTO SOMETHING.
I HAVE SEEN THE VIDEO, LARRY,
PEOPLE ARE SEEING IT ACROSS
NEW YORK AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY
THIS IS UNFORTUNATELY WHAT
PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING IN THEIR
EVERYDAY COMMUNITIES.
PRESIDENT TRUMP LAID ALL THAT
OUT, TELLING STORIES OF
35-YEAR-OLD WOMAN STALKED BACK
TO HER APARTMENT, BRUTALLY
MURDERED, TALKING ABOUT THE
LANDSCAPER WHO WAS SHOT AND
KILLED AFTER HE BLEW A FEW
BLADES WRONGLY IN A CAR GOING
DOWN THE STREET THIS IS A SMALL
BUSINESS OWNER WHO WAS MURDERED
AS WELL.
WE ABSOLUTELY MUST SUPPORT THE
POLICE.
HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO
FOCUS IN OUR COMMITMENT TO
AMERICA ON SAFETY AND SECURITY.
INCREASING OUR FUNDING TO LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
MAKING SURE WE’RE NOT LIMITING
THEIR TOOLS THAT THEY’RE ALLOWED
TO DO THEIR JOBS EVERY SINGLE
DAY.
ABSOLUTELY GOING ON OFFENSE
AGAINST THESE FAILED BAIL REFORM
POLICIES, EVEN THE DEMOCRAT
MAYOR OF NEW YORK SAYS, CATCH,
RELEASE AND REPEAT.
WE’RE SEEING THAT DAY IN, DAY
OUT NEW YORK.
LARRY: IT IS A NATIONAL ISSUE.
I THINK TRUMP IS GREAT TO
HIGHLIGHT IT.
THE BIDENS NEVER DO.
I HAVE ONE MORE CLIP.
HE HAS GOT ONE ON CHINA AND
ENERGY, LET ME PLAY THAT CLIP
FOR YOU, GET YOUR RESPONSE.
>> DON’T GIVE UP THE TARIFFS ON
CHINA.
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WE WANT TO BRING BACK OUR JOBS,
SECURE MANUFACTURING
INDEPENDENCE, WE NEED TO RAPIDLY
MAXIMIZE DOMESTIC OIL AND GAS
PRODUCTION TO RESTORY ENERGY
INDEPENDENCE, BRING THE PRICE OF
GASOLINE BACK DOWN TO A NUMBER
THAT NOBODY EVEN BELIEVES
ANYMORE.
[APPLAUSE]
WE HAD IT DOWN TO A $1.87.
LARRY: 1.8, ELISE STEFANIK.
WE’LL NEVER SEE THAT DURING THE
BIDEN YEARS.
THIS CHINA THING, WHY THE HECK
SHOULD WE TAKE TARIFFS BACK, WHY
SHOULD WE GIVE ANY CONCESSIONS
TO CHINA?
I DON’T KNOW IF YOU FOLLOWED IT,
WE COVERED EARLIER IN THE SHOW,
CHINA IS SPYING ON OUR OWN
FEDERAL RESERVE, INFILTRATING,
CENTRAL BANK.
THEY ARE THE WORST OF THE WORST,
THEY ARE EVILDOERS.
WHY SHOULD WE GIVE CHINA ANY
CONCESSIONS WHATSOEVER?
>> WE SHOULD GIVE CHINA
ABSOLUTELY NO CONCESSIONS.
WE NEED TO STRENGTHEN OUR SUPPLY
CHAIN AND REDUCE OUR RELIANCE ON
CHINA.
I.
LISTENED TO THE SEGMENT EARLIER,
LARRY, CHINA SEEKING TO GAIN
INFLUENCE NOT ONLY AT THE FED
BUT WE SEE IT AT THEST LEVELS AT
STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
LEVEL.
I’M ON THE HOUSE ARMED SERVICES
COMMITTEE, HOUSE INTELLIGENCE
COMMITTEE AND WE MUST HAVE A
ROBUST PLAN TO BE TOUGH ON
CHINA.
NOT TO GIVE THEM ANY
CONCESSIONS, USE OUR LEADERSHIP
WHEN IT COMES TO TRADE, WHEN IT
COMES TO TARIFFS BUT ALSO MAKE
SURE IN THE NATIONAL SECURITY
SPACE WE ARE LEADER ON EMERGING
TECHNOLOGIES, QUANTUM,
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BECAUSE
CHINA LAID OUT THE PLAN VERY
PUBLICLY THEY WANT TO BE THE
WORLD LEADER.
THEY’RE TRYING TO INFILTRATE
GOVERNMENT TO DO SO.
WE NEED EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO BE
TOUGH ON CHINA.
I’VE SEEN THE POLLING, LARRY,
WHEN IT COMES TO REDUCE
DEPENDENCE ON CHINA FOR
MANUFACTURING, THAT IS NOT JUST
AN ISSUE FOR REPUBLICANS BUT
INDEPENDENTS AND DEMOCRATS.
HOUSE REPUBLICANS WILLED RUN AND
EARN A HISTORIC MAJORITY,
STRENGTHENING OUR ECONOMY, THAT
MEANS NOT ONLY REINING IN
INFLATION STOPPING SPENDING
UNLEASHING AMERICAN ENERGY
INDEPENDENCE BUT ALSO MEANS
FIXING THE SUPPLY CHAIN, MAKING
SURE THAT WE’RE WORKING, MAKING
THINGS IN AMERICA.
THAT WE HAVE STRONG TRADE POLICY
WITH OUR ALLIES, NOT WITH OUR
ADVERSARIES LIKE CHINA.
LARRY: DO ME ONE FAVOR, ELISE,
ONE SMALL FAVOR, MAKE THE TRUMP
TAX CUTS PERMANENT.
THAT IS ALL I ASK.
I’M A SIMPLE-MINDED GUY.
JUST MAKE THE TRUMP TAX CUTS
PERMANENT.
COULD YOU DO THAT FOR ME?
WOULD YOU PLEASE DO THAT FOR ME?
>> WE’RE COMMITTED TO DOING
THAT, LARRY.
WE’RE COMMITTED TO DOING THAT.
THAT IS BIG PART OF THE HOUSE
REPUBLICAN AGENDA.
IT IS A BIG UNIFIER ISSUE AMONG
ELECTED HOUSE REPUBLICANS BUT
MORE IMPORTANTLY FOR THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
THEY FACE TOUGH ECONOMICS.
LARRY: EVERYTHING WENT UP.
GASOLINE PRICES WENT DOWN.
IT WAS A GOOD STORY.
NEVER SHOULD HAVE CHANGED IT.