WEBVTT - Mayorkas Impeachment: Congressman Tom McClintock Talks to Armstrong & Getty

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<v Speaker 1>These articles are the product of a.

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<v Speaker 2>Deliberate, thoughtful, and fair investigation.

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<v Speaker 1>There is no greater impeachable events than for an officer

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<v Speaker 1>of the United States a violate their oaths.

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<v Speaker 3>You have a short time coming.

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<v Speaker 2>You can honorably resign or we are going to.

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<v Speaker 1>Impeach you, and it's happening very very soon.

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<v Speaker 2>On this vote, the ya's are two fourteen and the

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<v Speaker 2>nay's are two sixteen.

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<v Speaker 3>The resolution is not adopted.

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<v Speaker 1>An attempt by the Republicans to impeach DH Secretary Mayorcis

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<v Speaker 1>yesterday over the border craziness failed because a handful of

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<v Speaker 1>Republicans voted no, among them Congressman Tom McClintock the fourth

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<v Speaker 1>District of California. Tom's often been described as the gold

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<v Speaker 1>standard for fiscal conservative and conservatism and Congress if that

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<v Speaker 1>even exists anymore, And the congressman joins us, Now, Tom,

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<v Speaker 1>how are you, sir?

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<v Speaker 3>I'm doing fine. Thanks.

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<v Speaker 1>I'd imagine you're hearing it loud from a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>Republican voters for your vote against the impeachment of may Orcus.

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<v Speaker 1>How dare you, sir? Why are you for open borders?

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<v Speaker 1>That's the question.

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<v Speaker 2>It's actually been fairly mild. We've only had two death

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<v Speaker 2>threats so far, so I consider that a win.

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<v Speaker 1>Good day. Yeah, So why were you no vote on

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<v Speaker 1>impeaching the dh DHS secretary.

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<v Speaker 2>Because that's not what impeachment is for. You know, I

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<v Speaker 2>have nothing nice to say about Mayarcus. I think he

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<v Speaker 2>is guillty of maladministration on a truly cosmic scale.

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<v Speaker 3>But that is not grounds for impeachment. And we know

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<v Speaker 3>that because maladministration was specifically.

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<v Speaker 2>Considered by the Convention and rejected. Instead, they use the

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<v Speaker 2>term high crimes and misdemeanors, and there's a very specific

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<v Speaker 2>meaning to that, crimes that are related to the office.

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<v Speaker 2>By dumbing down the standard for impeachment, you're opening up

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<v Speaker 2>a Pandora's box that will be turned against conservatives on

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<v Speaker 2>the Supreme Court, would be turned against the future Republican

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<v Speaker 2>administration and cabinet the moment the Democrats take control, and

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<v Speaker 2>there'll be nobody to stop them because the Republicans will

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<v Speaker 2>now have signed off on this new and very different

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<v Speaker 2>standard for impeachment. And the fact of the matter is,

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<v Speaker 2>even if the Senate were to remove him, it changes

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<v Speaker 2>nothing because he is simply carrying out the policies of

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<v Speaker 2>this administration. You're not going to fix this by replacing

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<v Speaker 2>one leftist official like may Orcus with say an Occasio Cortes.

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<v Speaker 2>It only can be fixed by replacing the entire administration,

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<v Speaker 2>and that can only be done by the American people

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<v Speaker 2>at the ballot box.

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<v Speaker 3>And I think they're coming around to that conclusion.

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<v Speaker 1>I hadn't realized AOC was even on the short list

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<v Speaker 1>with a terrifying notion. And I actually heard Mike Gollagher

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<v Speaker 1>speaking on this topic and he said something very similar

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<v Speaker 1>about swapping out one, you know, far left puppet for

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<v Speaker 1>Biden for another one. What good would that do? But

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<v Speaker 1>I want to nail this down in case people went

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<v Speaker 1>over a potholer didn't quite follow it. It was the

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<v Speaker 1>Constitutional Convention where the concept of impeachment was being discussed

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<v Speaker 1>at length that you referred to when you said the Convention,

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<v Speaker 1>and they looked at well, you're just bad at your

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<v Speaker 1>job and you're not doing it, and they specifically rejected

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<v Speaker 1>that right.

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<v Speaker 3>Madison objected.

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<v Speaker 2>Actually, the committee on eleven, on September fourth, issues a

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<v Speaker 2>recommendation treason and bribery only.

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<v Speaker 3>That's it. George Mason objected to that.

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<v Speaker 2>On September the eighth, he says, well, there ought to

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<v Speaker 2>be something more than that.

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<v Speaker 3>He proposed maladministration.

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<v Speaker 2>That's basically doing a lousy job, and may Yorks is

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<v Speaker 2>certainly guilty of that. And it was Madison who stood

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<v Speaker 2>up and said, wait a second. You go down this path,

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<v Speaker 2>then you're making the president a minister of the Senate.

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<v Speaker 2>That destroys the entire concept of the separation of powers,

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<v Speaker 2>that's the central architecture of this constitution. And that's when

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<v Speaker 2>they rejected maladministration doing a bad job and substitute for

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<v Speaker 2>it high crimes and misdemeanors. Actually committing a crime relating

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<v Speaker 2>to the office. That's the high and high crimes. You know.

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<v Speaker 2>The example I use is Bill Clinton. He was definitely

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<v Speaker 2>guilty of a crime perjury, but it was not a

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<v Speaker 2>high crime, it was not related to his office. So

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<v Speaker 2>he was unjustly impeached by the House. He was quickly

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<v Speaker 2>acquitted by the Senate, and the American people made their

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<v Speaker 2>displeasure with this partisan, one sided impeachment very clear at

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<v Speaker 2>the polls. And it pains me to see the Republican

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<v Speaker 2>Party making the same mistake again.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, and you already mentioned this, but the concern would

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<v Speaker 1>be that would be constantly impeaching these people. You would

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<v Speaker 1>have impeached the whoever was Secretary of Health and Human

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<v Speaker 1>Services when the Republicans had the House because you didn't

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<v Speaker 1>like the way the Obama Care rollout went. You to

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<v Speaker 1>impeach the Secretary of the Treasury because we're printing so

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<v Speaker 1>much money. I mean, there'd be so many things all

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<v Speaker 1>the time.

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<v Speaker 2>That was Madison's point at the convention. At the moment,

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<v Speaker 2>you have a president of one party and a Congress

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<v Speaker 2>of the other.

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<v Speaker 3>If you're going to have.

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<v Speaker 2>A low standard like that, that's going to be a

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<v Speaker 2>constant fixture now in our political life, and that's not

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<v Speaker 2>going to go well for the country.

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<v Speaker 3>It's not altogether complicated.

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<v Speaker 1>And what an interesting way to illustrate it that the

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<v Speaker 1>president would become a minister hired and fired by the Senate. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that's that's a good illustration, just as.

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<v Speaker 3>I was doing.

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<v Speaker 2>And by the way, these are the same arguments that

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<v Speaker 2>I made against the sham impeachments of Donald Trump twice

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<v Speaker 2>in the House Judiciary Committee.

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<v Speaker 3>And the same people who cheered.

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<v Speaker 2>Those arguments when I made them to oppose the impeachment

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<v Speaker 2>of Trump are now jeering those same arguments and the

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<v Speaker 2>principles haven't changed any It's just the shoes now on

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<v Speaker 2>the other foot. As Alan Drschowitz would.

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<v Speaker 1>Say, since we're yeah, since we're talking immigration and that's

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<v Speaker 1>what this is all about. Where are you on that

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<v Speaker 1>Senate bill that if it miraculously passed the Senate comes

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<v Speaker 1>to the House. Are you a yes or a no

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<v Speaker 1>on that?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh? No, I'm a vigorous know on that. This is

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<v Speaker 3>a terrible bill.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know they're selling it as an improvement on

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<v Speaker 2>the current situation, and that part is true, but it

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<v Speaker 2>would tie the hands of any president who actually wanted

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<v Speaker 2>to control the border in the future. Just just to

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<v Speaker 2>be clear on this, what it does is it says

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<v Speaker 2>that the administration has to allow up to four thousand illegal.

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<v Speaker 3>Entries every day. If if it.

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<v Speaker 2>Goes above four thousand, the administration has the discretion of

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<v Speaker 2>closing the border if it goes up above five thousand

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<v Speaker 2>a day for seven days or more. They're required to

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<v Speaker 2>do that. Now, again, that's an improvement over Biden. But

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<v Speaker 2>imagine if the next president actually wants to secure our border,

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<v Speaker 2>and I think we're going to the next president, will

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<v Speaker 2>he's now he's now required to accept at least four

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<v Speaker 2>thousand illegal immigrants a day, or up to four thousand

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<v Speaker 2>illegal immigrants a day under this bill. That's outrageous. That's

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<v Speaker 2>one point eight million a year. And by the way,

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<v Speaker 2>the cartels control that border. Nobody crosses it without their permission.

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<v Speaker 2>They'll simply time they releases, so.

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<v Speaker 3>That you have you have three thy nine and ninety

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<v Speaker 3>nine a day.

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<v Speaker 2>You can see the difference in enforcement between the two administrations.

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<v Speaker 2>The day Trump left office, the border was secured. The

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<v Speaker 2>remain in Mexico policy had slowed illegal immigration to a

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<v Speaker 2>trickle of the border wall was nearing completion. We were

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<v Speaker 2>actually enforcing court ordered deportations. His very first day in office,

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<v Speaker 2>inauguration day, Joe Biden reversed those policies, and that is

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<v Speaker 2>what has produced the largest illegal mass migration in American history,

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<v Speaker 2>and so it ultimately is an enforcement issue. This would

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<v Speaker 2>make enforcement very difficult for a future president who actually

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<v Speaker 2>wanted to do what Trump did and secure the border.

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<v Speaker 1>My only gripe with that argument, which I agree with,

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<v Speaker 1>is that some of that authority, a significant part, was

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<v Speaker 1>based on COVID though is there any getting that back?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, actually, the Immigration a Nationality Act let me reach

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<v Speaker 2>it just as portion.

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<v Speaker 3>This is current law. Whenever the President.

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<v Speaker 2>Finds that the entry of any aliens or any class

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<v Speaker 2>of aliens in the United States would be detrimental to

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<v Speaker 2>the interests of the United States, he may, by proclamation

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<v Speaker 2>for such period as he should deem necessary, suspend the

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<v Speaker 2>entry of all aliens and any class of aliens as

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<v Speaker 2>immigrants or non immigrants, or impose on the entry of

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<v Speaker 2>aliens any restrictions he may deem to be appropriate.

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<v Speaker 3>That's current law, this president.

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<v Speaker 1>That settles it, doesn't it? Yeah right, yeah, Well, I

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<v Speaker 1>finally understood what Alejandro Miwerk has meant when he said

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<v Speaker 1>the border is secure. The cartel is secured it. They're

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<v Speaker 1>in charge of how many people can come across.

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<v Speaker 3>So we was telling you we.

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<v Speaker 2>Were totally at the real sector when we were passed

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<v Speaker 2>a couple of months ago. Last month of the just

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<v Speaker 2>in that sector, they asked.

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<v Speaker 3>Tom, the cartel is making.

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<v Speaker 2>Thirty two million dollars a week. That's about one point

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<v Speaker 2>six billion dollars a year just in that one sector.

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<v Speaker 2>So the crime cartels actually are making money completely controlling

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<v Speaker 2>their side of the border, and we're losing a ton

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<v Speaker 2>of money with the with the border wide open on

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<v Speaker 2>our side, so there's something wrong with that. And again

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<v Speaker 2>it comes down to enforcement. I you know, at Huma

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<v Speaker 2>last year, I told the Border of Patrol offs we

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<v Speaker 2>met with, we write laws, we can't enforce them. What

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<v Speaker 2>laws do you need us to write? And they said

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<v Speaker 2>to him, man, we don't need new laws. We need

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<v Speaker 2>to enforce the laws we already have on the books.

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<v Speaker 2>Trump did, Biden didn't. And this, this Senate bill would

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<v Speaker 2>lock in a future president and make it very difficult

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<v Speaker 2>for him to actually control the borders, at least at

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<v Speaker 2>least any anywhere below three nine daily illegal crossings.

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<v Speaker 3>Wow.

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<v Speaker 1>Tom McClintock, Congressman from the fourth district to California. Tom,

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<v Speaker 1>you hit it out of the park. Good stuff. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>sorry a fifth district, fifth district. Oh, they keep switching

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<v Speaker 1>the damn districts. You're right, don't worry. People will be

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<v Speaker 1>fired for giving me the wrong info. We don't we

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<v Speaker 1>enforce the rules here, maybe not in the way here

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<v Speaker 1>we do, all right, Tom, It's great to talk to you. Thanks,

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<v Speaker 1>keep up the good work. Thanks Armstrong and Getty