1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,840 Speaker 1: Senator Rick Scott right. In this our lawless southern border 2 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:06,320 Speaker 1: poses a huge threat. The Schumer, McConnell Biden deal still 3 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:09,840 Speaker 1: allows criminals and terrorists to continue to pour into our country. 4 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:14,440 Speaker 1: We need actual border security, Senator Scott, I'm pleased to say, 5 00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:16,639 Speaker 1: joins us now for more. Senator, I'm just going to 6 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 1: start the conversation by sharing two quotes with you, and 7 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:22,279 Speaker 1: you can help me understand who's got this right. The 8 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:26,080 Speaker 1: first quote is from House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, who says, 9 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:28,800 Speaker 1: here's what people pushing this deal aren't telling you. It 10 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:32,599 Speaker 1: accepts five thousand illegal immigrants a day. The bill, as 11 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:35,479 Speaker 1: you know, sir, because you've read it, specifically, refers to 12 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:39,919 Speaker 1: five thousand encounters. Your colleague in the Senate, Senator Langford 13 00:00:40,159 --> 00:00:43,240 Speaker 1: said this to Fox News. If you get to five thousand, 14 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 1: which we have been there every single day except for 15 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 1: seven in the last four months, seven days in the 16 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:52,240 Speaker 1: last four months, that it completely closes the border down. 17 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 1: It deports everyone. Senator, why are Republicans struggling to get 18 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 1: on the same page on this bill. 19 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:02,280 Speaker 2: The problem is this is not a border security bill. 20 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:06,280 Speaker 2: It's an immigration bill. When you go back home to 21 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:08,199 Speaker 2: my state of Florida. What people want is they wanted 22 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 2: porter to be secured. A Chris Murphy, who is the 23 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:15,679 Speaker 2: Democrat leading the negotiations on the Democrat side, said, the 24 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:20,000 Speaker 2: border will never be closed. Uh So when when even 25 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:23,119 Speaker 2: when you hit that five thousand, all that has happened 26 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:25,679 Speaker 2: is all those individuals get shipped to a uh you know, 27 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:28,520 Speaker 2: a port of entry and they can still come through. 28 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:31,640 Speaker 2: So it was it's it's not unfortunately, it's not a 29 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:35,240 Speaker 2: border security bill. Uh, it's an immigration bill. And that's 30 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 2: why it's not going to happen. It was unfortunately just 31 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:40,560 Speaker 2: you know, you know, they did it behind closed doors. 32 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:42,160 Speaker 2: They didn't ask for people's input. 33 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:42,920 Speaker 1: Uh. 34 00:01:42,959 --> 00:01:46,440 Speaker 2: They sprung it on us Sunday night. And it's not 35 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:48,720 Speaker 2: something that you know, we want to do. We want 36 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 2: to we don't want an immigration bill. We want to 37 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:55,080 Speaker 2: a border security bill. And that's why that's why it's 38 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 2: not going to pass today. 39 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:59,080 Speaker 3: Senator, how are you left behind in negotiations? 40 00:01:59,120 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 1: Though? 41 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:01,560 Speaker 3: In December in the Wall Street Journal, you along with 42 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 3: your colleagues like Mike Lee, were quoted as saying one 43 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:07,280 Speaker 3: of the proposals is that this would reduce illegal crossings 44 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:09,720 Speaker 3: and that number of legal crossings reduced by about twenty 45 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 3: thousand from the prior month's level. That's what you were 46 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:15,240 Speaker 3: looking for, those reductions of those crossings. And you said, quote, 47 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:17,960 Speaker 3: we've been told that that's part of the conversation. So 48 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 3: you've known about some of these conversations from December. Why 49 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:23,639 Speaker 3: are you shocked now, Oh. 50 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:25,960 Speaker 4: I'm not shocked. It was clear. 51 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:29,640 Speaker 2: You know, Mitch McConnell made the decision that we would 52 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 2: not hold a lawless Biden administration to secure the border. 53 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:35,640 Speaker 2: The only week we could do that is say we 54 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:38,359 Speaker 2: will not give you Crain aid on a monthly basis 55 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 2: unless the number of people crossing the border and staying 56 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 2: here comes down. 57 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:45,480 Speaker 4: So I've always had a concern about the bill. 58 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 2: There's a lot of other concerns about the bill, but 59 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:51,960 Speaker 2: my biggest concern never was addressed. We have a lawless 60 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 2: administration that could secure the border today. Trump's secure with 61 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:58,640 Speaker 2: the existing law, and we don't have There's nothing in 62 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:01,520 Speaker 2: here that would make Biden secure the border today. And 63 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:04,960 Speaker 2: then Chris Murphy said he was clear the border will 64 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:05,959 Speaker 2: never be closed. 65 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:09,239 Speaker 3: Does this bill what you see and you've read through 66 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 3: the three hundred pages, wee can any immigration law we 67 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:12,360 Speaker 3: currently have. 68 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:17,400 Speaker 4: Well, I think a lot. 69 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 2: Of concerns are is that it will prevent a Republican 70 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:23,639 Speaker 2: president that does want to secure the border because it 71 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 2: will have some limitations on their ability to actually close 72 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:29,400 Speaker 2: the border, which the prisident has ability to close the 73 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:32,639 Speaker 2: border today. So there's a lot of concern that through 74 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:35,680 Speaker 2: the court system that you know, people that want to 75 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 2: completely open border, like Joe Biden does, will be able 76 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:41,480 Speaker 2: to go to the courts and forever keep the border open. 77 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 4: As Chris Murphy said, the border will never be closed. 78 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 4: That was their plan. So here's the problem. James Langfort 79 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 4: is a good person, tried hard. 80 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:53,280 Speaker 2: Nos the issue, but he was negotiating with somebody that 81 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 2: didn't want to have a secure border, and he was 82 00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 2: hamstrung by Mitch mcconough who said, we're not going to 83 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 2: tie by his hands have forced him. 84 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 4: To secure the border today. 85 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 2: That's what Sourians want. They want a secure border today. 86 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:09,080 Speaker 3: Biden says that he would close the border if this 87 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:12,360 Speaker 3: bill became law, So why not put in his hands 88 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 3: and see if he does it. 89 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 2: He could do it today. He hasn't done it today. 90 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 2: I mean he's the day he came into office. He's 91 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:25,040 Speaker 2: you know, is implemented Catcher release. He stopped remain in Mexico, 92 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 2: he stopped building the wall, he sold off this steel. 93 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:30,720 Speaker 4: So, I mean, look, Biden doesn't want to have a secureboorder. 94 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 2: You're going to trust somebody that has shown you through 95 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:34,919 Speaker 2: their actions for three years they don't want to have 96 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:38,160 Speaker 2: a secureboorder. He doesn't need another bill. I mean, the 97 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 2: only way this is going to happen is we get 98 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 2: a president that wants to secure the border. He could 99 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:42,040 Speaker 2: do it today. 100 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:45,400 Speaker 4: He's made the decision, Biden, to not have a secure border. 101 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:48,719 Speaker 5: Senator, I have to say, just taking a step back, 102 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 5: there's just a lot of feeling that there's just utter 103 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:53,360 Speaker 5: dysfunction and nobody wants to negotiate with anyone because it's 104 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 5: the political season and it makes Biden maybe have a 105 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:59,400 Speaker 5: win rather than the former President Trump who's running on 106 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:01,599 Speaker 5: this issue. How push back against that when it seems 107 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 5: like some people are rejecting the bill before even reading it, Well, I. 108 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 2: Mean I told them my concern was we've got to 109 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 2: we've got to make Biden enforce the law. And that 110 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:14,800 Speaker 2: was my concern all along. There's there's a lot of 111 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 2: provisions in here that make this an immigration bill. But 112 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:20,000 Speaker 2: look what you're we should be doing up here is 113 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:23,120 Speaker 2: we should be having robust conversations on the Senate floor. 114 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:27,680 Speaker 2: All everybody there, bring your ideas. But that's not how 115 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:29,920 Speaker 2: this is done. What we've been doing. I've been up 116 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:33,880 Speaker 2: here five years. Sher McConnell negotiated a deal behind the scenes. 117 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 2: They showed its last minute and expected vote. They gave 118 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 2: us this bill Sunday night, we've not seen intects before 119 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 2: and expected us vote on it today. That's not the 120 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:43,359 Speaker 2: way this should happen. 121 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:45,159 Speaker 3: Centator I understond. You don't like the way this process 122 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 3: went done. But when you look at say, say the 123 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:51,400 Speaker 3: Border Patrol Union, they endorse former President Trump, they say 124 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 3: this is better than nothing. You look at the numbers 125 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:56,279 Speaker 3: in December, more than three hundred thousand migrants along the 126 00:05:56,320 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 3: southwest border. That's nearly ten thousand a day. I've read 127 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:02,039 Speaker 3: the tax and it says if this deal is in 128 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:06,560 Speaker 3: place in December, five thousand encounters the border automatically shuts 129 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 3: at that. If you look at those numbers at minimum, 130 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:14,719 Speaker 3: then this would be cutting December in half. How is 131 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:17,080 Speaker 3: that not better than what you have today? 132 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:19,960 Speaker 4: Well, it doesn't say the border closes. 133 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:21,240 Speaker 2: What it says is you have to go to a 134 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:26,119 Speaker 2: port of entry, so the border does not close. So here, 135 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:28,360 Speaker 2: why aren't we Why don't we go back and secure 136 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:30,599 Speaker 2: the border with the existing law. I mean, we have 137 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:32,800 Speaker 2: a lawless president. It doesn't matter what bill we pass, 138 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:36,839 Speaker 2: he's not going to enforce it. So why doesn't you know, 139 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 2: Joe Biden do his job. He's the President of United States. 140 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 2: His responsibility to secure the border. We've got seventy thousand 141 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 2: people dying a drug overdose, We've got terrorists, we've got 142 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:47,680 Speaker 2: human traffickers, we got criminals come across the border. 143 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:49,159 Speaker 4: Why does he do his job? 144 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:52,360 Speaker 2: That's what That's what the expectation should be, is we 145 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 2: have a president that does the job. 146 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:57,720 Speaker 3: You have a democratic president, you have a Democratic held Senate. 147 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:02,400 Speaker 3: The Republicans control one of one branch of government. Why 148 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:05,919 Speaker 3: is this not an incremental step that you can build on. 149 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:08,840 Speaker 3: It is a divided government. You're going to need Senator 150 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:11,480 Speaker 3: Chris Murphy to bring his Democrats along. 151 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:16,000 Speaker 2: Well, I mean, why do we have a secure border? 152 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:18,920 Speaker 2: I mean, we have a lawless administration. I'm not going 153 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:21,320 Speaker 2: to support I'm not going to say, oh, you know, 154 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:24,600 Speaker 2: I'm okay, with fifty terrorists coming into my neighborhood, I 155 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:26,880 Speaker 2: know I don't want that. I think we ought to 156 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:28,440 Speaker 2: have a secure border. I don't want drugs coming to 157 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:30,600 Speaker 2: my neighborhood. I don't want I don't want terrorists. I 158 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:33,080 Speaker 2: don't want human traffickers. I don't want any of this 159 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 2: stuff in my neighborhood. We should expect our government to 160 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:41,040 Speaker 2: do their job secure the border. This will not secure 161 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:42,960 Speaker 2: the border. We don't have a person that's willing to 162 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:44,840 Speaker 2: do it. There's nothing in this bill that's going to 163 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:46,120 Speaker 2: force him to secure the border. 164 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:49,120 Speaker 3: President Trump has been very public that he does not 165 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:51,000 Speaker 3: want to see this bill go through. Do you speak 166 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:51,760 Speaker 3: to him regularly? 167 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:53,400 Speaker 4: I do? 168 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 3: And is your sense that this is the top issue 169 00:07:56,760 --> 00:07:58,400 Speaker 3: he wants to run on, and that is why it's 170 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:01,679 Speaker 3: become politicized in Washington. D see, he's. 171 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:03,440 Speaker 2: Not talked to me about it. He's not asking he's 172 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 2: not asked me not to support it. I've been clear 173 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:08,560 Speaker 2: all along, I want a secure border. Uh, We've we've 174 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 2: been We've been having the same conversation for months. I 175 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:14,840 Speaker 2: will support a bill that has a secure border, all right, 176 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:17,600 Speaker 2: but we have to remember the only way that's going 177 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:20,440 Speaker 2: to happen. Is we have something in here that forces 178 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 2: Biden to do his job. 179 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 4: He could do he could. 180 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:25,960 Speaker 2: Secure the border today he is elected not to secure 181 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:26,440 Speaker 2: the border. 182 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 1: Senator is fantastic a couch overvisa. I have no doubt 183 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 1: we'll be continuing this conversation in the weeks and months 184 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:34,840 Speaker 1: to come. Thanks for joining us today. Senator Rick Sculpte 185 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:37,719 Speaker 1: on the latest situation down at Washington, d C.