BILL MELUGIN, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
APPRECIATE IT.
LET’S BRING IN FORMER ACTING
U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL MATT
WHITAKER WITH US.
MATT, WE ALL KNOW WHAT’S BEEN
HAPPENING AT THE BORDER THE PAST
YEAR AND A HALF BUT IT’S NOTHING
COMPARED TO WHAT DHS, OUR
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
SAYS COULD HAPPEN IF WE GET RID
OF 42.
THEY SAY WE COULD HAVE 18,000
MIGRANTS A DAY, WHICH AMOUNTS TO
6.5 MILLION A YEAR.
THIS IS TOTALLY UNCONTROLLABLE.
WILL THAT BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT
BY THIS FEDERAL JUDGE THAT’S
LOOKING AT GETTING RID OF 42?
>> YEAH, THE JUDGE JUST HAD A
HEARING FOR THE PRELIMINARY IN
JUNCTION ON FRIDAY, AND COULD
RULE ANY DAY ON WHETHER OR NOT
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION CAN
WITHDRAW THAT TITLE 42 POWER,
AND REMEMBER, IT’S ABOUT THE
ONLY PIECE OF TOOL THAT OUR
BORDER PATROL AGENTS HAVE TO
ENFORCE THE LAWS ON THE SOUTHERN
BORDER.
WITH THAT GONE, NOT ONLY WILL
YOU SEE THE SURGE BUT THERE’S
GOING TO BE AN INABILITY TO
REALLY DO MUCH OTHER THAN TO
HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, CATCH AS
MANY OF THESE FOLKS AND GET
THEM INTO THE SYSTEM AND
CREATE A FILE FOR THIS , BUT YOU
KNOW, THOSE KIND OF NUMBERS,
18,000 A DAY, WHICH EQUATES TO
JUST ENORMOUS NUMBERS THAT IS
NOT EQUIPPED AND QUITE FRANKLY
IS PUTTING A TREMENDOUS BURDEN
ON THE STATE OF TEXAS AND OTHER
STATES THAT ARE TRYING TO AID IN
THE ENFORCEMENT AT THE BORDER
BUT IT’S RIGHT NOW, IT APPEARS
TO BE A LOSING BATTLE AND IT’S
ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE.
DAVID: I DON’T THINK POLLS COME
INTO PLAY IN A JUDGE’S DECISION
LIKE THIS , BUT IT’S WORTH
PUTTING UP THE FOX NEWS POLL
THAT SHOWS THAT 63% OF AMERICANS
ARE AGAINST GETTING RID OF TITLE
42, ONLY 27% ARE IN FAVOR OF
ENDING THEM.
I MEAN, SHOULD THE CONCERNS OF
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE MEAN
ANYTHING TO THIS DECISION?
>> WELL, OBVIOUSLY, THE JUDGE
SHOULDN’T BE INFLUENCED BY THAT
BUT IT POINTS TO A BROADER ISSUE
AND THAT IS THAT THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE BY AND LARGE WANT BORDER
SECURITY.
THEY WANT A BORDER THAT IS UNDER
CONTROL LIKE WE HAD IN THE
TRAJECTORY WHEN WE HAD
REMAIN IN MEXICO, SAFE THIRD
COUNTRY, PUBLIC CHARGE DOCTRINE,
ALL THE THINGS THAT WE PUT IN
PLACE TO ORGANIZE AND CONTROL
THE BORDER.
YOU KNOW, WE ARE THE MOST
GENEROUS COUNTRY IN THE WORLD,
DAVID.
WE ADMIT OVER A MILLION PEOPLE A
YEAR TO LAWFUL PERMANENT STATUS
BUT THIS UNREGULATED,
UNRESTRICTED JUST RUSH AT THE
BORDER IS GOING TO NOT ONLY
DESTABILIZE THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA BUT ULTIMATELY MAKE ALL
OF OUR COMMITTEES LESS SAFE AND
WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A HARD TIME
KEEPING TRACK OF WHO OUR FELLOW
CITIZENS ARE.
DAVID: THERE’S ANOTHER PROBLEM,
MATT, AND THAT IS THIS
ADMINISTRATION HAS A NASTY
HABIT OF BREAKING THE LAW.
LOOK WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH THESE
PROTESTS THAT ARE ILLEGAL IN
FRONT OF THE JUSTICES HOUSE,
THESE ABORTION PROTESTS.
THERE IS A FEDERAL STATUTE THAT
PROHIBITS THOSE DEMONSTRATIONS
FROM TAKING PLACE AND YET, FROM
THE PULPIT OF THE PRESS
SECRETARY, YOU HAVE
ENCOURAGEMENT TO GO OUT AND DO
MORE OF WHAT IS ILLEGAL.
THAT’S THE PROBLEM.
>> THAT IS THE PROBLEM, DAVID,
AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE
TIRED OF THIS TWO TIERED SYSTEM
OF JUSTICE WHERE THE LEFT GETS
TO APPLY CERTAIN RULES AND THE
RIGHT GETS DIFFERENT RULES
AND THIS IS A PRIME EXAMPLE
WHERE ONLY CONSERVATIVE JUDGES
ARE BEING PROTESTED AGAINST.
THEY ARE REVEALING WHERE THEY
LIVE AND THEN SHOWING UP DAY
AFTER DAY, TRYING TO INFLUENCE
THE OUTCOME OF A CASE, AND THAT
IS EXACTLY THE PURPOSE OF THAT
LAW IS TO KEEP THESE TYPES OF
PROTESTS AWAY FROM JUDGES AND
THEIR FAMILIES TO TRY TO PREVENT
PEOPLE FROM TRYING TO UNDO
INFLUENCE THESE JUDGES.
IT’S A SHAMEFUL ACT OF
DESPERATION, YOU KNOW, THAT
REALLY ULTIMATELY HAS NO PLACE
IN OUR REPUBLIC.
DAVID: MATT QUICKLY THERE’S
ANOTHER ISSUE WHERE THE
ADMINISTRATION IS FLOUTING
THE LAW THAT JIM JORDAN SAYS HE
HAS EVIDENCE THAT THE A.G.,
MERIT GARLAND, ACTUALLY WAS
ADMINISTERING SORT OF IF NOT
PENALTIES AT LEAST OBSERVATIONS
OF PARENTS WHO WERE UPSET WITH
THE CRT LAWS IN THEIR SCHOOLS,
AND UNDER OATH, HE SAID THAT
THAT WASN’T HAPPENING.
JIM JORDAN SAYS HE HAS EVIDENCE
IT WAS HAPPENING.
SHOULD HE RESIGN IF THAT
EVIDENCE IS WORTHWHILE, IS
BELIEVABLE?
>> YEAH, IT’S EXTRAORDINARY IF
PARENTS THAT WERE SPEAKING OUT
AT THEIR SCHOOL BOARDS WERE
DESIGNATED DOMESTIC TERRORISTS
IN THE FBI CASE TRACKING SYSTEM.
THAT IS INCONSISTENT WITH WHAT
MERIT GARLAND SAID AND IF YOU GO
TO CONGRESS AND YOU LIE, YOU
SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND
THAT APPEARS TO BE EXACTLY WHAT
MERIT GARLAND DID.
I’VE BEEN VERY CRITICAL OF HIM
FOR PRIORITIZING AIRPLANE
PASSENGERS AND PARENTS AT SCHOOL
BOARDS INSTEAD OF REAL THREATS
TO OUR COUNTRY AND THE CHALLENGE
S WE FACE LIKE