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June 4, 2025 16 mins
One of the best we have to offer on The Morning Show, Congresswoman Kat Cammack. 
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Back with you on Tuesday after taking a couple of
days off. Great to be back in the morning show
with Preston, Scott Jose and Studio one A. I am
here in Studio one B, and I am joined by
our favorite member of Congress, US Congresswoman Kat Cammick from
Florida's third District. Hello, Kat, how are you?

Speaker 2 (00:19):
Good morning? How are you? We are in the middle
of a power outage here in Gainesville. Oh really yeah, yeah,
but no no worries. You know, when you're married to
a very industrious man, he always has the MKIDA batteries charge.
So I've got a construction fan blowing, you know, while

(00:42):
we're doing this. So that's the background noise that you're curious.

Speaker 1 (00:44):
A mere inconvenience to a person of substance like yourself.

Speaker 2 (00:50):
We make it work, you know. That's that's that's how
you gotta do it.

Speaker 1 (00:52):
Hey, last last month, we got we got rained out
a couple of things going on, like it's not busy
up in Congress or anything.

Speaker 2 (01:00):
Right.

Speaker 1 (01:00):
Uh, one of those meetings got called off because you
got called into a meeting with the members of the
caucus with the President. What can without talking about any
of the specifics or the policy or anything like that.
Describe to us what that literally looks like. When you
are asked to come meet with the president, where do
you meet? Are you hanging out at a dunkin Donuts?

(01:23):
I mean, what's going on?

Speaker 2 (01:26):
So it changes. It depends on It depends on who
all is going to be there, how it's going to work.
Sometimes it's oval. Sometimes there's a room right off the
side of the oval in the West wing. The thing
that is, I don't know why, but people seem to
be surprised about this. But you don't get as far
in life, and you're not as successful in life if

(01:48):
you don't I believe in and employ these practices. This
is what the president does. He'll lay something out and
then he will solicit feedback from everyone in the room.
He really does take off of what everyone says, and
he will He'll go around the room and you give
your opinion, you weigh in, and then he makes the

(02:09):
decision and he runs with it. I don't know why
there's this narrative out there that he's just arbitrarily running,
you know, whatever he wants, doesn't matter what anyone says.
He does solicit feedback because he understands that there are
so many fundamental truths, the one of the big ones
being who don't know what you don't know? And every

(02:30):
one of us represents a very unique district and part
of the country and different constituencies. And so I always
find that to be the most impressive thing is his
capacity and willingness to listen and solicit feedback. But then
on top of that, we've all known, you know, a
paralysis from analysis. Sure he does not suffer from that, right,

(02:53):
He will gather the feedback and then he run. He
makes the decision, and he runs with it, and he doubles, triples,
down down on it. And you see that in all
of the policies, whether we're talking trade, whether we're talking
domestic policies. He really does stick to his guns. And
I think that that's something that isn't talked about enough

(03:13):
because everyone thinks this, you know, oh, we're operating in chaos. Actually,
if you take a step back, it's very deliberate. It's
very structured in how he and his team, particularly folks
like Susie Wilde and Stephen Miller and you know, those
that are around, they have a thought process of this.
It's not just kind of Millie Willie, and so I

(03:35):
always say that people would be surprised they think that
he's some kind of reality show character. He's the same
in front of the camera as he is behind the camera.
He's always been very, very kind. I've never seen him yell.
I've never seen him do it. He has his stuff
that accuse him of and I wish people more people
would see that side.

Speaker 1 (04:00):
I almost think I'm being charitable by calling the Boulder
Obiden terrorist by that name. Congresswoman, what have you learned
about what happened in Boulder?

Speaker 2 (04:14):
You know, this is yet another example of innocent citizens
being targeted and victimized by a person who should have
never been in our country in the first place. There's
a couple of things here that should have been red flags,
and a few things that we've seen and heard that

(04:35):
need to be run down for accuracy. But what we
have heard, unconfirmed at this point, was that he applied
for a B two visa under the Bush administration and
was denied. He applied for a B two visa in
the Biden administration and was approved. Subsequently, a month later,

(04:57):
applied for asylum. Now tell me why wasn't that a
red flag clearly here under false pretenses, then overstays his visa. Biden,
of course, was doing everything he could to keep illegal
in the country rather than get them out, and he
overstays that visa, turns it into a work permit. All
of a sudden, the guy is driving for uber Why.

(05:20):
I have no idea. You have to have a social
Security number, you like, there's a whole process, right, he
didn't have that and he was never deported, so he
but what it was all said and done, His initial visa,
his claim for asylum, and his temporary work visa all
had expired. So he's in this country illegally. I cannot

(05:41):
emphasize enough the need for a zero tolerance policy when
it comes to our broken immigration system. There can be
no gray area. And I say that because you give
an inch, they'll take a mile. And this is what
is happening. You see this with the student visas. Listen,
they can hate us for free. We don't need to

(06:02):
pay for education for kids that want to come here
in cite violence and unrest in our country. They can
do that from whatever crap hole around the world they
want to do it from. And if these free Palestine
kids want to go free Palestine, so bad, Go to Daza,
Go to Daza and see what happens. I am so

(06:23):
frustrated with the lack of enforcement. And this spans Republican
and Democrat administrations and we've never had a serious attempt
that has even gotten close to fixing it. President Trump
has been excellent at securing the borders. We're ninety eight
ninety nine percent border secure, which is incredible considering where

(06:45):
we've come from under the totally open border, open borders
of Biden. But on top of that, we have millions
upon millions of individuals who have overstayed tourist visas, work visas,
and that needs to be addressed. There should be very
simply a process by which you self deport. If we

(07:05):
know who has overstayed because they haven't left the country,
is they don't have a paid ticket in thirty days
of when they're supposed to be out of the country,
then we need to go pick them up. Like that
is very simple in my mind. And so there's other
things coming out the USAID STEF I have I read
a little bit about it, and it looks like there

(07:27):
was a piece of paper that said USAID it doesn't
mean to me that there's any real connection there. I
think it's important that we focus on the fact that
this guy was in the country illegally won that was
a failure of the system to get him out. To
gun free zones kill people, they hurt people. And yet

(07:48):
another example of a gun free zone where someone was
committing an act of violence, an act of terror, and
everyone's standing around recording on their phones. A lot of
people were helping victims, but this guy was walking around
shouting free Palestine and not what I tell you. One
person who was concealed carrying could have taken him down,

(08:09):
and a lot of people probably wouldn't be injured today
if that had been the case. But Cleverer is an
exceptionally liberal city, and this is going to continue until
people start waking up.

Speaker 1 (08:19):
We're about to go to break. But do me a
favor and make note of any Democrat members of Congress
in the House that are going to make some kind
of legislative proposal to ban glass bottles and cloth, because
of course those were used to create a device that

(08:41):
was used in a mass attack, and so I think
it's important that we get rid of glass bottles and
all clothing, don't you absolutely.

Speaker 2 (08:51):
You know, I think I'm gonna I'm going to go
talk to AOC when I see her later today. Yes,
on the floor.

Speaker 1 (09:02):
A few more minutes with US Congress when Kat Camick
from Florida's third Congressional District CAT. We've talked in the
last few weeks here on the show about several stories
where courts have stepped in, and I think sometimes it's
about defining boundaries. And I know that the President and
the administration is trying to nudge certain issues in front

(09:25):
of the Supreme Court to get some definition. But I
want to use the issue of the illegal immigration thing
because it's obviously it's very newsworthy right now. And we
did some math and if we used the number, which
is probably low, of ten million illegals, it would take
seven and a half years if we adjudicated eight of
them per day among the six hundred and seventy seven

(09:49):
authorized federal district judges to deal with this. I say
all that to ask this question, are are members of
Congress talking about the thing things that Congress has to
do in order to address, for example, this issue. This
was intentionally done. We know this to crash the immigration system.

(10:10):
Biden Obama whoever was behind it all, it was orchestrated.
What can Congress do now in response to address it?

Speaker 2 (10:19):
Oh boy, I don't know if there's enough time for
us to go through all the things that Congress can do.
The much shorterless is what Congress will do. It comes
as no surprise, certainly, that there is a lack of
will or desire to undertake immigration in Congress. And that's

(10:41):
not unique to this particular Congress one hundred and nineteenth.
It's something that we've seen. It's, you know, partially what
I ran on. You know, we need no more chicken
craft politicians. And you get up there, you start talking
about the need to really fix the broken immigration system. Uh,
and people say, oh, we'll deal with that after the

(11:04):
mid terms. Oh, we'll deal with that after the next election.
Oh we'll deal with that. It's always the next election.
That's the you always hear. The border security thing was
absolutely wild to me, because I don't care if you're Republican, Democrat, Independent,
Green Party, you know, liberty, it doesn't matter. No nation
is a true nation, a sovereign one if you don't

(11:27):
have borders. And they effectively broke the borders under the
Biden administration, and so the fact that we've had to
spend as much money, time, resources dedicated to just enforcing
the laws on the books at the border is wild
to me. Then you get into all these specialty things,
the high the high tech visa, the you know which,

(11:49):
By the way, why are we giving high tech visas
out in these these weird lotteries, arbitrary cap things That
doesn't make sense because you where it becomes an unfair
playing field where companies will hire these so called high
tech people at lower wages and basically exploit these people

(12:13):
instead of hiring people here in the country already. And
so there's a lot of things that we could do
to fix it. H Two A, the low skilled worker
that our agriculture industry depends on. That system is so
fundamentally broken and by the way, it doesn't work here
in Florida, where you're around producing states, it does not
make sense. You have to address the guest worker side

(12:36):
of it. You've got to actually simplify it. But then
you have to enforce the dang laws on the books
so you don't have people like that wacko who's overstaying
their vivas. People who have saved and sacrificed and done
this the right way. It's a real slap in the
face to those that are now in the country illegally
and are going through an amnesty process with no real

(12:58):
case to be made as to why it qualified. It's
going to require outrage and the demand from the American people.
That's really what it comes down to. Because Congress is
scared of their shadow. With a margin of four votes
in the House, people are just not willing to take
it up. And I know for me, it's a huge issue.

(13:19):
We talk about it all the time. I've asked the
chairman of the ad Committee countless times when we can
do something. Oh, we'll do that after the Farm bill. Oh, Kat,
we'll do that after the next election. Kat, we're going
to tell that next. It's always the next thing.

Speaker 1 (13:33):
But Kat, let me just ask you. The calculus is done.
That's why Trump got elected. He got elected. He's the
only one in Congress around Congress in Washington elected by
the nation. The nation decided that. And I know you agree.
I'm not I'm preaching to the choir, but but how

(13:54):
can they keep saying, oh, well, we got away when
this is one of the main main reasons and it's
still is why he was elected.

Speaker 2 (14:02):
I honestly, I know this is going to I don't
mean to sounds trite, but winning that election is just
the first step really seriously making the reforms to drain
the swamp and fix the systems that are broken requires
eternal vigilance. That is the problem is. I think we

(14:23):
forgot long long time ago, when they were still teaching
civics in school, that it's not enough just to go
out and vote. But you have five tenants of the
First Amendment for a reason, which includes petitioning your government
and assembly peaceful assembly. I should add the people who
petition their government. When I mean that, it's very rarely

(14:44):
do I see everyday folks coming up to Washington or
coming to our office to voice their concerns and talk
to their member. And we try to encourage people to
come to our office and meet with me. Just this
last week, I met with twenty five different constituents groups
in our district offices, and I mean it was everybody

(15:04):
from as liberal as you can get to as conservative
as you can get. I met with honeybee keepers, I
met with clam farmers, I met with teachers. You know,
you meet with all these people, but you have to
and you've got to get people out to actually do it.
And I think people think that yelling on Facebook and
being a keyboard warrior and leaving some nasty comment on

(15:27):
their politician or their member of Congress's page is doing something.
You have to engage and really make your voice heard.
And that's where I'm always trying to say. The part
of the people is unrealized and we can only do
so much in Congress. We need the backing of the
American people. This is the call to get involved. It's

(15:49):
not enough just to get out and vote. You have
to exercise your First Amendment right and stay engaged.

Speaker 1 (15:54):
Kat Is always thanks so much of the time. We
appreciate all you do and what you're doing when trying
to do on Capitol Hill. Thanks for the time today,
appreciate it.

Speaker 2 (16:03):
Go get her.

Speaker 1 (16:04):
Oh that was cold? That was so cold? She dropped
that in. Are they still playing baseball in Gainesville today?
Did I did? Did Florida advance to the Super regionals?
I'm just curious, but look, hey, they've had a good
year on a lot of sports, just not all of them.

(16:24):
Twenty eight minutes after the hour, love Cat Camick here
on the Morning Show with Preston Scott
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