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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Well, we got a new spend for bad poll numbers
for the president of the United States of America. They're
spinning it over at MSNBC by saying it's not that
big of a deal that he's got the worst poll
numbers of any president at this point going into a
election year. Take a listen on MSNBC is They're like, yeah,
you know, it's bad, but it's not that bad. It's
just a snapshot.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Maura is talking about the skepticism Mara really quickly. I'm
so sorry, Mika talking about the skepticism really quickly of polling.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
I said that.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
A reporter a couple of days ago. I just, you
know what, I don't want to hear the polls. I
don't want to hear them. Because we heard that Joe
Biden was going to win in a landslide in twenty
twenty he didn't. We heard that Republicans were going to
win in a massive red wave in twenty twenty two,
even when we didn't feel it, but we heard it,
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and everybody told us and everybody talked about it, and
then it didn't happen.
Speaker 4 (00:58):
I just again, I I.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
Just again, I really do wonder, Mara, what voter in
suburban Atlanta that didn't vote for Donald Trump in twenty
twenty is going to say, well, you know what, I
didn't vote.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
For him in twenty twenty.
Speaker 4 (01:16):
But now after January the sixth, and after he stole
nuclear secrets, and after he tried to get his own
people to destroy his tapes, and after everybody that's testified
against him, and.
Speaker 5 (01:29):
All these cases are people that he hired himself, and
after he said he was going to terminate the constitution. Yeah, yeah,
I think my friends in Alfaretta and I we're gonna
go knock on.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
Doors for I love how they're like nuclear secrets, you're
gonna after you've stole nuclear secrets, Like they're just making
up crap as they go here. So the Democrats don't
like the polls. Now they're critical of the polls that
they create because they're the ones that create these polls.
To be clear, they're the ones that do the polling
at NBC mis NBC like they're they're there polls, y'all.
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They're like, they're actually their polls. They are the ones
that actually do these poles. And now they don't like
those polls because they think those polls are terrible.
Speaker 6 (02:11):
Right.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
They think those polls are just mean, they think those
these polls are bad and and these these polls are
are polls that well, I'm skeptical of because I can't
believe that anybody would vote for Donald Trump. This goes
back to the disdain issue here and the amount of disdain, right,
I mean, I mean this, this is this is a
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amount of the the amount of disdain that they have
for people when it comes to those that will not
vote for for for their candidate. Right, they they they
hate you, They are beneath you. They they they they
can't stand you. And and if you do vote, they're
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gonna do what they can to try to flip your vote.
That that's part of what this really is. It's a
it's we do what we want to do, and if
you don't follow our lead, then we'll just get rid
of the guy that you elect. That's what they did
with Donald Trump, right. He won an election in twenty sixteen,
and for four years they were undermining him, making sure
that every step of the way, every step of the
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way that you were that he was being undermined. They
were impeaching him, even though they knew that. Still Docier
was created by the Democrats and created by the DNC
and created by Hillary Clinton's campaign, Like they knew that,
and they knew when they were impeaching him that while
they were doing it, they were impeaching him over something
that was a lie, because they're the ones that paid
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for the lie, Like they're the ones that created the lie.
And they know that as well. They knew all of
this everything I just said to you. They know this right,
like they know it. It's incredibly frustrating to then hear
them come out and tell you that the polling sucks
and because but again they're going back to their narrative, right,
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the polling sucks. However, I just can't get my head
around somebody that could possibly want to vote for Donald Trump.
This is how much they hate you. And this is
also how much they're going to try to overthrow the
will of the people this next time, because you don't
deserve to vote if you don't vote for who they
say is a good candidate. That's part of this, right, Like,
you don't deserve a say so if you vote for
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somebody that we tell you shouldn't be voting for, and
then if the polling sucks for our guy, then we
don't trust the polling or the posters that we employ
that give us polls because our candidate must be so
amazing and Joe Biden, keep listening.
Speaker 4 (04:39):
Donald Trump, I don't see it happening.
Speaker 7 (04:41):
I actually I totally agree. I think we like to
think of polls as as though they're biblical in some way,
or they're perfectly scientific. It's really more of an art
in many ways. It's just a snapshot in time of
people you happen to catch on a certain day who
may may not honestly tell you what they're feeling. Is
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then you have to put into the context of you know,
there is a choice, and there will be a choice
between two individuals, and on that day, the question is
always which voters are the most motivated to show up,
how many of them are there, And of course campaigning matters,
getting out the vote matters, And all of this is
to say that there are probably many Americans who may
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not be feeling that excited or enthusiastic about voting for
President Biden, but on the day of I think many
of them will show up anyway because they certainly don't
want the alternative. And Donald Trump, I think we've seen
that consistently in those polls, and so this is about
turnout as much as it is about polls that are
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up and down on a specific candidate. So I think
it's early and it's you don't want to take polls
just by their.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
Word and move on.
Speaker 7 (05:56):
This is about something bigger than that. There's a context here.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
I love this just like you know, well historically here
it's much bigger. So I think it's early and you
don't want to take polls just by their word and
move on. Okay, So Joe Biden in the polls they
say sucks. No, no, no, we don't want to know he
doesn't suck. Right, the economy is terrible, No, it's not.
We think that at the end of the day, people
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will look at that Joe Biden and the babbling idiot
that he's become and they'll say, well, he's still got
to be better than Donald Trump. Now, I'll even say this,
there could be some truth to that. If Donald Trump
keeps arguing over spilled milk and keeps arguing over the
election twenty sixteen are twenty twenty in the election results,
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saying it was stolen, and he campaigns on that, which
he shouldn't if he campaigns on the issues, he'll win.
If he does go back and keep saying it was stolen,
it was stolen, it was stolen, and keeps trying to
argue over that, which at this point no one cares about.
Talk about the economy now, talk about how bad Biden
is now, talk about how bad Biden is for the country.
Right now, that's all that really matters right now. That
it like, you don't need anything else. That's the whole
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ball game. If you argue over that, Donald Trump wins,
But he's going to have to be disciplined as a
leader and a politician. If he goes back and keeps
rehashing twenty twenty and runs off of twenty twenty, that's
how he loses the general election. And unfortunately, Democrats know
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that he'll take the bait ninety nine percent of the time.
So he's going to have to learn to not take
a bait. Is he going to be disciplined enough not to?
When they ask him a question about the stolen election? Right,
the rigged election, he'll give you twenty minutes to sound bites.
And that's how they keep the other subjects like the
economy and the war in Ukraine and the money that's
being and the Biden corruption off of the front pages.
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Every time you talk about the election being rigged, you're
taking these other issues off the front pages. That's the problem.
And he's gonna have to really understand that as a
candidate that, as much as he may want to talk
about happened in twenty twenty, it's not the issue that's
going to get you reelected. It's not the issue it's
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going to get you to win. Okay, that's the problem here,
So that aspect of this, they could be telling the truth.
But I still think this idea that they're like, oh,
I don't trust posters anymore, Like give me a break,
Like that's your line you're gonna go with, I don't
trust polsters. Really. Dana Bash on CNN had this to
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say about the new poll numbers for Joe Biden that
do not look good today on.
Speaker 8 (08:31):
Inside Politics, there is no way to spend this. CNN
reads the country's mood right now and finds that America
is deeply unhappy with Joe Biden. Most Democratic voters hope
for a change at the top of the ticket, and
Americans don't take the president and his word when he
talks about his son Hunter, plus a deal he couldn't refuse.
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Trump employee number four flips after the government promises to
shield the mar A lago It manager from prosecution and
a road to ruin paved by the former president. Mike
Pence warns that Republicans are headed for extinction, but in
anyone in what is very much still Trump's GOP listening,
Chris Christy will be here to talk about that in more.
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In moments, I'm Dana Bash. Let's go behind the headlines
and inside politics a first. Our new poll has important
new takeaways about twenty twenty four. There is deep rooted
dissatisfaction with the incumbent and the direction he is taking
the country. There are even deeper doubts about if mister
Biden is up to the job again. CNN's David Challion
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is standing by for us at the Magic Wall. David,
these numbers are just not good if you are a
sitting president of the United States. Show us what they
tell us.
Speaker 6 (09:44):
Yeah, there's no doubt about that data. This is setting
off alarm bells inside the Biden campaign in the White House. Overall,
his approval rating is down now at thirty nine percent
approved some more than six and ten Americans disapprove of
the job he's doing. And you see he's been hovering
here for a little bit, Dana, since the spring you
mentioned that Democrats would like somebody other than Biden as
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the nominee of their party.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
That is dramatically so. Two thirds of.
Speaker 6 (10:11):
Democratic and Democratic leaning voters say that they would like
a different candidate to be the Democratic nominee. Only a
third of Democrats and Democratic leaners say they want Joe
Biden to be the nominee. And we asked this open
ended question of Democrats and Democratic leaners, what is your
biggest concern about a Biden candidacy.
Speaker 1 (10:32):
It's not even close, Dana.
Speaker 6 (10:33):
Forty nine percent say it's his age, seven percent, mental sharpness,
seven percent health ability to do the job. This is
all related to Joe Biden being the oldest president currently
serving and obviously asking the country to renew his contract
for four mere years beyond next year.
Speaker 8 (10:49):
And what about a potential Biden Trump rematch. What do
wer nabers say about that?
Speaker 1 (10:54):
Dana, It is a dead heat race, basically a.
Speaker 6 (10:57):
Forty seven percent Trump forty six percent and Biden. This
is the first time we at CNN this cycle have
tested a general election matchup like this, and this is
no clear leader, well within the margin of error, a
real dead heat contest, and you know what, it's not
a contest. Many Americans are all that psyched about. I mean,
look at their favorability numbers.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
They're the same.
Speaker 6 (11:19):
Thirty five percent of Americans have a favorable view of
Joe Biden. Thirty five percent of Americans in this poll
have a favorable view of Donald Trump. And Dana, look
at some of these attributes for the president, he doesn't
have majority support for any of them. Forty five percent
of Americans says he cares about people like you, thirty
three percent say they're proud to have Biden as a president.
Only twenty eight percent of Americans says that the president
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inspires confidence.
Speaker 8 (11:43):
Dana, Wow, pretty incredible numbers there, David.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
I love this. Wow, pretty incredible numbers. All right, So
these numbers suck, They're awful. So how do we spend them? Right?
We go back to Trump sucks even more. That's that's
how we do this. We go into Trump sucks even
more and we tell people that Donald Trump is the
worst president ever, and then we'll stick with it. That way,
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or we go back to the other thing. We go
back to COVID, right and the COVID election, and maybe
we get it that way. It's possibility we will just
bring back COVID three point oh, four point oh whatever point.
Oh we're at at this point. There is a problem
that's happening for Democrats right now. Specifically, that problem is
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they're now having to deal with the crisis at our
southern border is being brought to cities. Yeah, where they
claim they were a welcoming city. That's no longer the case.
New York said, bring us everybody, and we will host
you and take care of you and give you hotels.
And now that mayor is losing his mind is they
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are overrun with illegal immigrants who took them at their work.
Heard Mike Pince saying this about the idea that the
New York mayor Adams is actually trying to blame Donald
Trump for the migrant crisis. This is hysterical.
Speaker 3 (13:10):
Listen, great seem as the Vice president. Good to see it.
You're a fault, you and Donald Trump's fault. What's your
reaction to the blame game? Well, look, you in office
in two and a half years.
Speaker 9 (13:18):
Yeah, Look, it was Labor Day. I was up in
New Hampshire, and you know, I said on New York
radio that I appreciate I appreciate Mayor Adams calling out
Joe Biden, but it's pretty rich to hear him say
that after our administration reduced illegal immigration and asylum abuse
by ninety percent by building hundreds of miles a wall
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remain in Mexico, policy that I negotiated on behalf of
the administration in Title forty two, and then Joe Biden
came in and on day one he dismantled all of
the policies of our administration that had worked to secure
the southern border of the United States. So, you know,
I appreciate Mayor Adams conceding the fact that this is
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a Biden administration problem, but it originated with the Biden administration.
Speaker 1 (14:05):
As well in the America.
Speaker 3 (14:06):
I think he believes what he said. Do you think
he believes what he said? It's really hard to believe.
Speaker 9 (14:12):
Literally, I mean, we had secured the southern border of
the United States. And you know, as I'm out traveling
all across the country campaigning for the Republican nomination, sometimes
people say to me, do you think we can secure
the southern border.
Speaker 3 (14:25):
We did it before.
Speaker 9 (14:27):
Okay, we literally secured the southern border.
Speaker 3 (14:29):
Of the United States.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
We can do it again.
Speaker 9 (14:32):
But Joe Biden's open borders policies have created the worst
border crisis in American history. If I'm president in the
United States, day one, we put back into effect the
policies that worked in our administration and build out from
there to secure our border and fix this broken immigration system.
Speaker 1 (14:49):
Now here's the part that I laughed Mike Pence, and
I want to I just wanted to hear what he
said because it is hilarious. Right, somehow, this is the
Trump Pens policy problem. That's what the mayor of New
York saying, which is a they didn't have this problem
there when Donald Trump was the President of the United
States of America. They got this problem when Joe Biden
opened up the southern border and then they started shipping
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illegal immigrants to New York. After New York was like,
we'll take them all. We would love to have these
people come in, we would love to take care of them.
We're a welcoming, opening, loving city. Now. Senator Ted Cruz
was on as well on Fox talking about this. Right
this is a problem in Texas. Senator Cruz blasting Democratic
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cities for changing their tune on the migrant crisis, saying,
it's an astonishing hypocrisy from the left.
Speaker 10 (15:37):
Listen, lisis we've been able to pull in Senator Ted Cruz.
I know he's busy on the hill. Republican from Texas,
ranking member of the Senate Commerce Committee, also a member
of the Senate Judiciary and Foreign Relations Committees. So I
know I don't have you for long.
Speaker 1 (15:51):
Senator.
Speaker 10 (15:52):
First of all, when you hear Eric Adams here in
New York, the mayor and other Democrat led cities leaders saying, oh,
they're feeling the pain and we're a sanctuary city. But
but but but but what do you say?
Speaker 11 (16:04):
You know, it really is astonishing hypocrisy. You've got Eric Adams,
You've got the governor of New York, You've got the
governor of Massachusetts. You've got the mayor of Washington, d c.
The mayor of Chicago, the mayor of San Francisco. All
of them are discovering suddenly the burdens of Joe Biden's
open borders and illegal immigration, and they're seeing thousands or
tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants,
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and they're discovering that it drives up crime rates, that
it drives up, it drives up the burdens on the city.
It overcrowds the schools, it overcrowds the hospitals. And I
got to say, coming from Texas, it's amusing. We've had
seven million illegal immigrants under Joe Biden, and so seeing
Eric Adams complain about one hundred thousand, it is cute.
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But he still doesn't bother to put the blame where
it belongs. This is a political decision by Joe Biden,
by Kamala Harris. And by the way, Chuck Schumer. If
Eric Adams wants to talk to someone, Chuck Schumer lives
in New York City. He says rightly that illegal immigration
is destroying New York City. Well, he can pick up
the phone and tell Chuck Schumer to stop fighting for
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open borders, to stop protecting the Biden administration as they
lawlessly open the borders.
Speaker 10 (17:20):
Can you talk to me about the focus on the
dissolution if you will, that the degradation here in New York,
but that focus was never on Texas. You didn't hear
Governor Greg Abban. I know I've interviewed you and him
and others from that beautiful state where I have family
many many times have heard how they are crushed under
the weight of illegals coming across the border. But no
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one ever says it's going to change us to the
point where we cease to exist. I mean, is that
desperation or is that true coming out of the city's mayor.
How bad do you think it will get for them
because they aren't handling it.
Speaker 11 (17:52):
Well, Look, I think it's both and I think it
is utter hypocrisy. At the same time, the order of
magnitude is really Listen, this was stark last year. You
look at a community like Martha's Vineyard. Martha's Vineyard has
a population between twenty and thirty thousand people, and when
Governorn DeSantis sent fifty five zero illegal immigrants to Martha's Vineyard,
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they freaked out, They declared an emergency, they called in
the National Guard, and they deported them within twenty four hours.
To put that in comparison, I want you to compare
it to another town that is about the same size
as Martha's Vineyard, that is Del Rio, Texas. Del Rio
Texas is a town right on the border on the
Rio Grande River as a population of about thirty thousand people.
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I was there in Del Rio when on one single
day there were between ten and fifteen thousand illegal immigrants
in a single day, fifty percent of the population of
Del Rio all gathered under a bridge right there, invading
the city. Martha's Vineyards says, fifty is an emergency. Eric
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Adams says in New York City, one hundred thousand is
an emergency. We got Texas towns where half the population
is coming in illegally, and yet the Democrats still refuse
to do anything about it. Today, Joe Biden is releasing
more illegal immigrants, is enriching more human traffickers, is allowing
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more and more illegal drugs and fentanyl to flood across
the border. That is killing Americans across our country.
Speaker 10 (19:26):
Wow, Senator, I'm glad you're with us. I'm going to
get to this now because we just found out about
these court documents.
Speaker 1 (19:33):
By the way, you listen to him explaining how bad
it is, and Democrats are like, all right, it's bad.
We're admitting it's bad at the border, right, it's bad.
But the real problem is now it's becoming our problem
in these cities, and so Adams is like, well, you
don't understand how bad it is. Guy Benson, New York City.
They're talking about this last night on TV. Listen to
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what he had to say about this at Fox as well,
about this quote, massive crisis in New York. How you
doing doing great?
Speaker 3 (20:01):
Great?
Speaker 1 (20:01):
Awesome?
Speaker 3 (20:02):
You look fantastic.
Speaker 1 (20:03):
Thank you.
Speaker 12 (20:03):
Is the only solution to put a Republican in charge,
And because that's not possible, we're doomed.
Speaker 13 (20:09):
There's probably no great immediate solution in some of these places.
And I am just blown away by the ratcheting up
of the rhetoric from Mayor Adams, because we're not that
far removed from the Trump years, and all these people
were saying back when Trump was president, oh, let's read
the Statue of Liberty, poems right the poor and the
huddled masses. And now I was like, it's destroying our city.
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It's just a few years later, and that's quite a
reality check, right, And I'm now seeing Adams getting attacked
by the left for being a mini Trump, for just
recognizing the problem playing out in front of his eyes,
and he's trying to sort of blame Republicans. They're not
really saying the final thing out loud, which is they
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need to secure the border and then this will stop
because they don't want to piss off their base because
their base actually doesn't believe it. I don't want to
know what's their definition of sanctuary? Yeah right, they're also
happy with their sanctuary policies. What exactly do you think
that means? Aside from we're not Republicans and we like
immigrants that it was virtue signaling. Now they are confronted
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with the actual consequences and they're like, whoa, we did
not sign up for this, Yes, wonderful lesson.
Speaker 12 (21:19):
I remember Adams was saying people were gonna have to
take people in, which actually would be the literal definition
of a sanctuary. That if you believe in the sanctuary, Emily,
you should have some you should have one of these
illegal immigrants off the street and in your house.
Speaker 3 (21:32):
What's I hear you've been doing?
Speaker 1 (21:34):
Congratulations. And one of the things that he said that
was mentioned there in this conversation is that, well, we're
going to need people to open up their homes and
take people in. Really, that's what you want, You want
people to open up their homes and take people in Liker.
That's that's how you're going to deal with this. Come on,
that's the solution here, really, Like, that's it. That's what
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you're gonna do. Yeah, that's what we're gonna do. Come on,
this guy is such an idiot. He pandered, and now
he's having to deal with the pandering, right, Like, what
do you do now? Mayor Adams has come out saying
that we can't sustain this, we can't keep this happening.
He warns that this migrant crist is going to destroy
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the city.
Speaker 14 (22:17):
Listen, we turned this city around in twenty months, and
then what happened started with a madman down in Texas
decided he wanted to bust people up to New York City.
One hundred and ten thousand migrants. We left to feed, clothes, house,
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educate the children, watch their laundry sheets, give them everything
they need, healthcare, and this team here wed let's do
everything possible before we have to push it out into
neighborhoods and communities. Month after month, I stood up and
I said, this is going to come to a neighborhood
near you. Well, we're here, We're here, We're getting no
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support on this national crisis.
Speaker 1 (23:08):
Oh it's a national crisis. Wow, what a change of tune. Right,
national crisis.
Speaker 3 (23:15):
It gets better, and we're receiving no support.
Speaker 14 (23:17):
And let me tell you something, New York is never
in my life have I had a problem that I
did not see an end in two.
Speaker 3 (23:25):
I don't see an ending to this. I don't see
an ending to this.
Speaker 14 (23:29):
This issue will destroy New York City, destroy New York City.
Speaker 1 (23:36):
Okay, So if we use that logic, then I think
it's fair to say that every other city that's dealing
with this time to one thousand, it's destroying their cities too,
isn't it right? I mean, it's destroying them, you know.
He also went on TV to complain about illegal immigrants
yesterday the day before. Here's what he said.
Speaker 14 (23:53):
This is a national and statewide issue that has been
unjustly dropped into the Latin of New York City resident.
We only make up point zero five of the land
mass in New York State. Point zero five that's what
we make up. Yet we are housing over ninety nine
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percent of the migrants.
Speaker 1 (24:17):
I sit back and I enjoy these moments watching them
freak out, calling it things like this.
Speaker 15 (24:25):
This is not a sign of a progress of This
is a sign of a crisis, the greatest, I believe,
humanitarian crisis the city has ever witness.
Speaker 1 (24:34):
Okay, So if that's true, then why are you not
calling for secure in the border right This influx the
greatest humanitarian crisis the city has ever witnessed. Okay, then
you should call right now to secure the border. And
you're not. He did a seven minute sit down interview
with CBS this morning, and yet he does an entire
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seven minute interview, he doesn't once call for secure in
the He calls emunitank crisis. He calls it a crisis
that is rocking the city, that this is going to
destroy his city. But he will not say we must
secure the border because he's a WUS. He's putting his
politics ahead of the safety and security and the prosperity
of the citizens he represents. He's trying to blame the
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insane man down in Texas that busts some people up
to New York City, which is again hysterical. Listen ow
CBS this morning put it to him.
Speaker 16 (25:26):
If the US is facing a humanitarian crisis, over where
the place migrants who are seeking asylum in this country.
In New York City, a new center has just opened
up on Randalls Island.
Speaker 3 (25:36):
It's expected to house.
Speaker 16 (25:37):
Listen to this number up to three thousand migrants. Other
cities like Los Angeles, Boston, and Chicago are also trying
to manage an overwhelming number of new arrivals. Our national
correspondent Eureka Nunkin spoke with the mayor of New York
City about how to handle.
Speaker 3 (25:52):
The situation here.
Speaker 16 (25:53):
A lot of people feel this out of control here already.
Speaker 17 (25:55):
It truly is, and we see more of that over
the last year. You know. The mayor that was sent
down with Eric Adams predicts that the city could spend
upwards of twelve billion dollars over three years without more
help from the state. More than five hundred migrants arrived
in New York City on Sunday alone, and last week
we spoke with some of them, who say they are
simply looking for a better life. Around six am, two
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buses with dozens of migrants pull into the heart of
New York City. Marjorie Tovar came from Venezuela and says
she's happy to be here, happy because God gave me
the opportunity to arrive here with my daughters. The National
Guard directs them to an intake center roughly twenty minutes
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away on foot, but community organizer Power Mulu and others
step in to get the migrants' ubers while handing out snacks.
Speaker 18 (26:50):
We first triage, We listened to their stories, We listen
to their needs.
Speaker 17 (26:55):
Are you overwhelmed?
Speaker 3 (26:56):
No, I am not overwhelmed.
Speaker 18 (26:58):
I am a little bit upset that we are going
from one whole year and we still have people sitting
in hotels and in shelters, and we have not done
the proper outreach.
Speaker 17 (27:12):
Since spring of last year, New York City officials say
they've provided shelter and care for over one hundred thousand
asylum seekers. On Randall's Island is where you'll find the
latest center to open, with rows of cots, a place
to shower, and a dining area. Mayor Eric Adams says
it's expected to house up to three thousand people.
Speaker 1 (27:33):
Is this a sign of right, by the way? Three
thousand people? So, what Adams is now realizing is exactly
what border states have been dealing with now for years
and years and years. And he's saying it's going to
destroy a city. But he won't say.
Speaker 8 (27:47):
So.
Speaker 1 (27:47):
He'll admit it's going to destroy a city. It's going
to destroy the city, it's gonna hurt the city. But
what he won't say, Okay, what they won't say, to
be very clear, is that we need to secure the border.
They'll say everything else, but that. Listen to the second
part of Mayor Adams freaking out about the influx, calling
(28:09):
it a great humanitarian crisis that's going to ruin the city.
But he still won't say the magic words, we must
secure the border to stop this from happening in New York.
Speaker 17 (28:17):
Listen, now, progress or does this speak to the humanitarian
crisis your city is facing.
Speaker 15 (28:23):
This is not a sign of a progress of This
is a sign of a crisis, the greatest, I believe,
humanitarian crisis the city has ever witness.
Speaker 17 (28:33):
But some like mlu have been critical of the mayor,
questioning how money is being spent and how migrants are
being treated.
Speaker 3 (28:41):
The rest of it.
Speaker 18 (28:41):
Sites with no showers, the no ac the.
Speaker 19 (28:45):
People practically sleeping on top of each other, the people
getting threatened that they're going to get deported if they
complain about a living condition, people calling us and telling
us they're moving us from one hotel to another hotel.
Speaker 17 (28:57):
Mulu says migrants that city runs for scale have sent
him pictures of frozen food.
Speaker 1 (29:03):
By the way, can we just do you understand what's
happening here? These people are mad that they're having to
move from one hotel to another hotel. They're mad that
their food isn't perfect. These are the illegal immigrants that
are coming in to this country, and then they're angry
after they break in our country that they're having to
move hotel rooms. You poor little babies. If you don't
like it, then go back to the country you came from.
(29:24):
If you don't like it, don't break into our country.
They shouldn't be getting free food, by the way, they
shouldn't be getting a free hotel room. That's part of
the reason why some people are going to New York
City now is because all the liberal handouts are like, Oh,
this is awesome. I get to live in a hotel,
I get free food. And now they're like, oh, but
they're traumatizing me. They're telling me that if I talk
about how bad the conditions are that I'm staying in
for months on end, that they're going to deport me. Well,
(29:44):
then you you should be deported just because you're here.
If you don't like it, get the hell out of
my country.
Speaker 17 (29:50):
And meals consisting of just crackers and fruit cups. We
showed those images to the mayor.
Speaker 7 (29:56):
Have you heard this before?
Speaker 3 (29:57):
No, especially with the frozen food we have.
Speaker 15 (30:00):
When we hear about one of our service providers not
meeting our standards, we immediately get in and we need
to be clear that I'm on the ground.
Speaker 3 (30:08):
I'm not detached from this.
Speaker 15 (30:10):
I walked through surprise visits to see the quality of service.
How often, very often, very often, I can give you
once a week. I am looking at one of the
locations to make sure we're reaching the standard.
Speaker 17 (30:21):
The city has demanded help from the state in response.
Last week, an attorney for New York Governor Kathy Hochel
sent a skating letter to a judge as part of
a legal proceeding. In part, she raised concerns about the
mayor's handling of the migrant crisis. The state alleges that
you didn't share information promptly, that you all did not
(30:42):
implement programs in a timely manner. She says, you've turned
away opportunities to house thousands of migrants when.
Speaker 14 (30:48):
We looked at the analysis of about the twelve spaces
they gave us. Some of them were in floodplain areas
of them were not suitable to build in.
Speaker 17 (30:56):
On top of that, Mayor Adams says, there's another complicated
issue at play, the right to work. Legally, migrants must
wait six months after they've applied for asylum before they
are eligible for work permits, and due to backlogs, the
weight could take years. What specifically can you do to
address that issue?
Speaker 1 (31:15):
But by the way, all this complaining from illegal immigrants, well,
I'm having to wait too long to work. I'm having
to wait too long for this, and I don't like
the food, I don't like the hotel room you're putting
me in. Get the hell out of my country. Get
the hell out of my country. Please get out of
my country. If you don't like it, get out. You
broke in, get out. And if we'd stop feeding them,
(31:38):
they'll leave. If you stop housing them, they won't come.
If you stop giving them the American dream for while
breaking the law, they'll stop showing up. Listen to this
last part. By the way, Adam's talking about the future
in New.
Speaker 17 (31:53):
York of migrants not being able to work.
Speaker 15 (31:57):
We're going to do the duality of calling for rightfully
the resources for the city, even something simple as calling
the state of emergency. If the President does that, it
allows us to get resources.
Speaker 17 (32:09):
According to current and former senior US officials and internal documents,
the White House has been reluctant to push ahead policy
changes because of legal risks, political optics, and a spike
in border crossings. The White House emphasized in a statement
to CBS News it's commitment to working with cities, but
said ultimately Congress needs to approve additional funding. What would
(32:32):
you say to President Biden if he's listening right now.
Speaker 15 (32:35):
The precursor to sleep, to enjoy the American dream is
the right to work.
Speaker 3 (32:40):
The right to work. Let them work.
Speaker 17 (32:43):
That's what Jason Silva, who fled Columbia, is hoping for.
I really want to work. I pray to God a
lot for this. I beg every person I speak with
to help me. The mayor's office told us any threats
against me migrants aren't acceptable, and all housing sites do
have AC and viable shower options. And while the situation
(33:05):
is not ideal, the city is quote out of good
options and even okay options in response to the mayor's
claim that housing sites the state offered were not suitable
to build in, the governor's office said it's confident those
locations could be made operational. So many issues at stake, obviously,
as we were speaking during the package, the right to
work and what the mil was.
Speaker 1 (33:26):
Saying, it's amazing how they're like, hey, these people, they
deserve the right to work. Like you noticed, this is
just all right. Look, hurry up, make them citizens. You
notice that's the end that's the endgame here. Just hurry up,
make them citizens. Okay, if this will fix the problem,
If you'll just hurry up and make them citizens, that's
what we're missing here, right, Just just make them citizens.
(33:48):
And if you do that, then this will fix all
of our problems. It's just that simple. Just make them citizens.
For goodness sakes, right, just just make them citizens. Give
them the right to work, Let them work, make sure
they work, right, just just just make them allow them
to work, Allow them to work, let them work. Just
(34:08):
get them to work, let them work, and that'll fix
our problem. It's disgusting. Makes you share this podcast please
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Well, we got a new spend for bad poll numbers
for the president of the United States of America. They're
spinning it over at MSNBC by saying it's not that
big of a deal that he's got the worst poll
numbers of any president at this point going into a
election year. Take a listen on MSNBC is They're like, yeah,
you know, it's bad, but it's not that bad. It's
just a snapshot.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Maura is talking about the skepticism Mara really quickly. I'm
so sorry, Mika talking about the skepticism really quickly of polling.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
I said that.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
A reporter a couple of days ago. I just, you
know what, I don't want to hear the polls. I
don't want to hear them. Because we heard that Joe
Biden was going to win in a landslide in twenty
twenty he didn't. We heard that Republicans were going to
win in a massive red wave in twenty twenty two,
even when we didn't feel it, but we heard it,
(00:52):
and everybody told us and everybody talked about it, and
then it didn't happen.
Speaker 4 (00:58):
I just again, I I.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
Just again, I really do wonder, Mara, what voter in
suburban Atlanta that didn't vote for Donald Trump in twenty
twenty is going to say, well, you know what, I
didn't vote.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
For him in twenty twenty.
Speaker 4 (01:16):
But now after January the sixth, and after he stole
nuclear secrets, and after he tried to get his own
people to destroy his tapes, and after everybody that's testified
against him, and.
Speaker 5 (01:29):
All these cases are people that he hired himself, and
after he said he was going to terminate the constitution. Yeah, yeah,
I think my friends in Alfaretta and I we're gonna
go knock on.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
Doors for I love how they're like nuclear secrets, you're
gonna after you've stole nuclear secrets, Like they're just making
up crap as they go here. So the Democrats don't
like the polls. Now they're critical of the polls that
they create because they're the ones that create these polls.
To be clear, they're the ones that do the polling
at NBC mis NBC like they're they're there polls, y'all.
(02:01):
They're like, they're actually their polls. They are the ones
that actually do these poles. And now they don't like
those polls because they think those polls are terrible.
Speaker 6 (02:11):
Right.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
They think those polls are just mean, they think those
these polls are bad and and these these polls are
are polls that well, I'm skeptical of because I can't
believe that anybody would vote for Donald Trump. This goes
back to the disdain issue here and the amount of disdain, right,
I mean, I mean this, this is this is a
(02:32):
amount of the the amount of disdain that they have
for people when it comes to those that will not
vote for for for their candidate. Right, they they they
hate you, They are beneath you. They they they they
can't stand you. And and if you do vote, they're
(02:54):
gonna do what they can to try to flip your vote.
That that's part of what this really is. It's a
it's we do what we want to do, and if
you don't follow our lead, then we'll just get rid
of the guy that you elect. That's what they did
with Donald Trump, right. He won an election in twenty sixteen,
and for four years they were undermining him, making sure
that every step of the way, every step of the
(03:16):
way that you were that he was being undermined. They
were impeaching him, even though they knew that. Still Docier
was created by the Democrats and created by the DNC
and created by Hillary Clinton's campaign, Like they knew that,
and they knew when they were impeaching him that while
they were doing it, they were impeaching him over something
that was a lie, because they're the ones that paid
(03:38):
for the lie, Like they're the ones that created the lie.
And they know that as well. They knew all of
this everything I just said to you. They know this right,
like they know it. It's incredibly frustrating to then hear
them come out and tell you that the polling sucks
and because but again they're going back to their narrative, right,
(03:59):
the polling sucks. However, I just can't get my head
around somebody that could possibly want to vote for Donald Trump.
This is how much they hate you. And this is
also how much they're going to try to overthrow the
will of the people this next time, because you don't
deserve to vote if you don't vote for who they
say is a good candidate. That's part of this, right, Like,
you don't deserve a say so if you vote for
(04:23):
somebody that we tell you shouldn't be voting for, and
then if the polling sucks for our guy, then we
don't trust the polling or the posters that we employ
that give us polls because our candidate must be so
amazing and Joe Biden, keep listening.
Speaker 4 (04:39):
Donald Trump, I don't see it happening.
Speaker 7 (04:41):
I actually I totally agree. I think we like to
think of polls as as though they're biblical in some way,
or they're perfectly scientific. It's really more of an art
in many ways. It's just a snapshot in time of
people you happen to catch on a certain day who
may may not honestly tell you what they're feeling. Is
(05:02):
then you have to put into the context of you know,
there is a choice, and there will be a choice
between two individuals, and on that day, the question is
always which voters are the most motivated to show up,
how many of them are there, And of course campaigning matters,
getting out the vote matters, And all of this is
to say that there are probably many Americans who may
(05:23):
not be feeling that excited or enthusiastic about voting for
President Biden, but on the day of I think many
of them will show up anyway because they certainly don't
want the alternative. And Donald Trump, I think we've seen
that consistently in those polls, and so this is about
turnout as much as it is about polls that are
(05:46):
up and down on a specific candidate. So I think
it's early and it's you don't want to take polls
just by their.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
Word and move on.
Speaker 7 (05:56):
This is about something bigger than that. There's a context here.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
I love this just like you know, well historically here
it's much bigger. So I think it's early and you
don't want to take polls just by their word and
move on. Okay, So Joe Biden in the polls they
say sucks. No, no, no, we don't want to know he
doesn't suck. Right, the economy is terrible, No, it's not.
We think that at the end of the day, people
(06:19):
will look at that Joe Biden and the babbling idiot
that he's become and they'll say, well, he's still got
to be better than Donald Trump. Now, I'll even say this,
there could be some truth to that. If Donald Trump
keeps arguing over spilled milk and keeps arguing over the
election twenty sixteen are twenty twenty in the election results,
(06:40):
saying it was stolen, and he campaigns on that, which
he shouldn't if he campaigns on the issues, he'll win.
If he does go back and keep saying it was stolen,
it was stolen, it was stolen, and keeps trying to
argue over that, which at this point no one cares about.
Talk about the economy now, talk about how bad Biden
is now, talk about how bad Biden is for the country.
Right now, that's all that really matters right now. That
it like, you don't need anything else. That's the whole
(07:02):
ball game. If you argue over that, Donald Trump wins,
But he's going to have to be disciplined as a
leader and a politician. If he goes back and keeps
rehashing twenty twenty and runs off of twenty twenty, that's
how he loses the general election. And unfortunately, Democrats know
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that he'll take the bait ninety nine percent of the time.
So he's going to have to learn to not take
a bait. Is he going to be disciplined enough not to?
When they ask him a question about the stolen election? Right,
the rigged election, he'll give you twenty minutes to sound bites.
And that's how they keep the other subjects like the
economy and the war in Ukraine and the money that's
being and the Biden corruption off of the front pages.
(07:44):
Every time you talk about the election being rigged, you're
taking these other issues off the front pages. That's the problem.
And he's gonna have to really understand that as a
candidate that, as much as he may want to talk
about happened in twenty twenty, it's not the issue that's
going to get you reelected. It's not the issue it's
(08:05):
going to get you to win. Okay, that's the problem here,
So that aspect of this, they could be telling the truth.
But I still think this idea that they're like, oh,
I don't trust posters anymore, Like give me a break,
Like that's your line you're gonna go with, I don't
trust polsters. Really. Dana Bash on CNN had this to
(08:25):
say about the new poll numbers for Joe Biden that
do not look good today on.
Speaker 8 (08:31):
Inside Politics, there is no way to spend this. CNN
reads the country's mood right now and finds that America
is deeply unhappy with Joe Biden. Most Democratic voters hope
for a change at the top of the ticket, and
Americans don't take the president and his word when he
talks about his son Hunter, plus a deal he couldn't refuse.
(08:52):
Trump employee number four flips after the government promises to
shield the mar A lago It manager from prosecution and
a road to ruin paved by the former president. Mike
Pence warns that Republicans are headed for extinction, but in
anyone in what is very much still Trump's GOP listening,
Chris Christy will be here to talk about that in more.
(09:13):
In moments, I'm Dana Bash. Let's go behind the headlines
and inside politics a first. Our new poll has important
new takeaways about twenty twenty four. There is deep rooted
dissatisfaction with the incumbent and the direction he is taking
the country. There are even deeper doubts about if mister
Biden is up to the job again. CNN's David Challion
(09:34):
is standing by for us at the Magic Wall. David,
these numbers are just not good if you are a
sitting president of the United States. Show us what they
tell us.
Speaker 6 (09:44):
Yeah, there's no doubt about that data. This is setting
off alarm bells inside the Biden campaign in the White House. Overall,
his approval rating is down now at thirty nine percent
approved some more than six and ten Americans disapprove of
the job he's doing. And you see he's been hovering
here for a little bit, Dana, since the spring you
mentioned that Democrats would like somebody other than Biden as
(10:06):
the nominee of their party.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
That is dramatically so. Two thirds of.
Speaker 6 (10:11):
Democratic and Democratic leaning voters say that they would like
a different candidate to be the Democratic nominee. Only a
third of Democrats and Democratic leaners say they want Joe
Biden to be the nominee. And we asked this open
ended question of Democrats and Democratic leaners, what is your
biggest concern about a Biden candidacy.
Speaker 1 (10:32):
It's not even close, Dana.
Speaker 6 (10:33):
Forty nine percent say it's his age, seven percent, mental sharpness,
seven percent health ability to do the job. This is
all related to Joe Biden being the oldest president currently
serving and obviously asking the country to renew his contract
for four mere years beyond next year.
Speaker 8 (10:49):
And what about a potential Biden Trump rematch. What do
wer nabers say about that?
Speaker 1 (10:54):
Dana, It is a dead heat race, basically a.
Speaker 6 (10:57):
Forty seven percent Trump forty six percent and Biden. This
is the first time we at CNN this cycle have
tested a general election matchup like this, and this is
no clear leader, well within the margin of error, a
real dead heat contest, and you know what, it's not
a contest. Many Americans are all that psyched about. I mean,
look at their favorability numbers.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
They're the same.
Speaker 6 (11:19):
Thirty five percent of Americans have a favorable view of
Joe Biden. Thirty five percent of Americans in this poll
have a favorable view of Donald Trump. And Dana, look
at some of these attributes for the president, he doesn't
have majority support for any of them. Forty five percent
of Americans says he cares about people like you, thirty
three percent say they're proud to have Biden as a president.
Only twenty eight percent of Americans says that the president
(11:42):
inspires confidence.
Speaker 8 (11:43):
Dana, Wow, pretty incredible numbers there, David.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
I love this. Wow, pretty incredible numbers. All right, So
these numbers suck, They're awful. So how do we spend them? Right?
We go back to Trump sucks even more. That's that's
how we do this. We go into Trump sucks even
more and we tell people that Donald Trump is the
worst president ever, and then we'll stick with it. That way,
(12:12):
or we go back to the other thing. We go
back to COVID, right and the COVID election, and maybe
we get it that way. It's possibility we will just
bring back COVID three point oh, four point oh whatever point.
Oh we're at at this point. There is a problem
that's happening for Democrats right now. Specifically, that problem is
(12:36):
they're now having to deal with the crisis at our
southern border is being brought to cities. Yeah, where they
claim they were a welcoming city. That's no longer the case.
New York said, bring us everybody, and we will host
you and take care of you and give you hotels.
And now that mayor is losing his mind is they
(12:57):
are overrun with illegal immigrants who took them at their work.
Heard Mike Pince saying this about the idea that the
New York mayor Adams is actually trying to blame Donald
Trump for the migrant crisis. This is hysterical.
Speaker 3 (13:10):
Listen, great seem as the Vice president. Good to see it.
You're a fault, you and Donald Trump's fault. What's your
reaction to the blame game? Well, look, you in office
in two and a half years.
Speaker 9 (13:18):
Yeah, Look, it was Labor Day. I was up in
New Hampshire, and you know, I said on New York
radio that I appreciate I appreciate Mayor Adams calling out
Joe Biden, but it's pretty rich to hear him say
that after our administration reduced illegal immigration and asylum abuse
by ninety percent by building hundreds of miles a wall
(13:40):
remain in Mexico, policy that I negotiated on behalf of
the administration in Title forty two, and then Joe Biden
came in and on day one he dismantled all of
the policies of our administration that had worked to secure
the southern border of the United States. So, you know,
I appreciate Mayor Adams conceding the fact that this is
(14:00):
a Biden administration problem, but it originated with the Biden administration.
Speaker 1 (14:05):
As well in the America.
Speaker 3 (14:06):
I think he believes what he said. Do you think
he believes what he said? It's really hard to believe.
Speaker 9 (14:12):
Literally, I mean, we had secured the southern border of
the United States. And you know, as I'm out traveling
all across the country campaigning for the Republican nomination, sometimes
people say to me, do you think we can secure
the southern border.
Speaker 3 (14:25):
We did it before.
Speaker 9 (14:27):
Okay, we literally secured the southern border.
Speaker 3 (14:29):
Of the United States.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
We can do it again.
Speaker 9 (14:32):
But Joe Biden's open borders policies have created the worst
border crisis in American history. If I'm president in the
United States, day one, we put back into effect the
policies that worked in our administration and build out from
there to secure our border and fix this broken immigration system.
Speaker 1 (14:49):
Now here's the part that I laughed Mike Pence, and
I want to I just wanted to hear what he
said because it is hilarious. Right, somehow, this is the
Trump Pens policy problem. That's what the mayor of New
York saying, which is a they didn't have this problem
there when Donald Trump was the President of the United
States of America. They got this problem when Joe Biden
opened up the southern border and then they started shipping
(15:10):
illegal immigrants to New York. After New York was like,
we'll take them all. We would love to have these
people come in, we would love to take care of them.
We're a welcoming, opening, loving city. Now. Senator Ted Cruz
was on as well on Fox talking about this. Right
this is a problem in Texas. Senator Cruz blasting Democratic
(15:30):
cities for changing their tune on the migrant crisis, saying,
it's an astonishing hypocrisy from the left.
Speaker 10 (15:37):
Listen, lisis we've been able to pull in Senator Ted Cruz.
I know he's busy on the hill. Republican from Texas,
ranking member of the Senate Commerce Committee, also a member
of the Senate Judiciary and Foreign Relations Committees. So I
know I don't have you for long.
Speaker 1 (15:51):
Senator.
Speaker 10 (15:52):
First of all, when you hear Eric Adams here in
New York, the mayor and other Democrat led cities leaders saying, oh,
they're feeling the pain and we're a sanctuary city. But
but but but but what do you say?
Speaker 11 (16:04):
You know, it really is astonishing hypocrisy. You've got Eric Adams,
You've got the governor of New York, You've got the
governor of Massachusetts. You've got the mayor of Washington, d c.
The mayor of Chicago, the mayor of San Francisco. All
of them are discovering suddenly the burdens of Joe Biden's
open borders and illegal immigration, and they're seeing thousands or
tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants,
(16:28):
and they're discovering that it drives up crime rates, that
it drives up, it drives up the burdens on the city.
It overcrowds the schools, it overcrowds the hospitals. And I
got to say, coming from Texas, it's amusing. We've had
seven million illegal immigrants under Joe Biden, and so seeing
Eric Adams complain about one hundred thousand, it is cute.
(16:51):
But he still doesn't bother to put the blame where
it belongs. This is a political decision by Joe Biden,
by Kamala Harris. And by the way, Chuck Schumer. If
Eric Adams wants to talk to someone, Chuck Schumer lives
in New York City. He says rightly that illegal immigration
is destroying New York City. Well, he can pick up
the phone and tell Chuck Schumer to stop fighting for
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open borders, to stop protecting the Biden administration as they
lawlessly open the borders.
Speaker 10 (17:20):
Can you talk to me about the focus on the
dissolution if you will, that the degradation here in New York,
but that focus was never on Texas. You didn't hear
Governor Greg Abban. I know I've interviewed you and him
and others from that beautiful state where I have family
many many times have heard how they are crushed under
the weight of illegals coming across the border. But no
(17:41):
one ever says it's going to change us to the
point where we cease to exist. I mean, is that
desperation or is that true coming out of the city's mayor.
How bad do you think it will get for them
because they aren't handling it.
Speaker 11 (17:52):
Well, Look, I think it's both and I think it
is utter hypocrisy. At the same time, the order of
magnitude is really Listen, this was stark last year. You
look at a community like Martha's Vineyard. Martha's Vineyard has
a population between twenty and thirty thousand people, and when
Governorn DeSantis sent fifty five zero illegal immigrants to Martha's Vineyard,
(18:16):
they freaked out, They declared an emergency, they called in
the National Guard, and they deported them within twenty four hours.
To put that in comparison, I want you to compare
it to another town that is about the same size
as Martha's Vineyard, that is Del Rio, Texas. Del Rio
Texas is a town right on the border on the
Rio Grande River as a population of about thirty thousand people.
(18:36):
I was there in Del Rio when on one single
day there were between ten and fifteen thousand illegal immigrants
in a single day, fifty percent of the population of
Del Rio all gathered under a bridge right there, invading
the city. Martha's Vineyards says, fifty is an emergency. Eric
(18:59):
Adams says in New York City, one hundred thousand is
an emergency. We got Texas towns where half the population
is coming in illegally, and yet the Democrats still refuse
to do anything about it. Today, Joe Biden is releasing
more illegal immigrants, is enriching more human traffickers, is allowing
(19:19):
more and more illegal drugs and fentanyl to flood across
the border. That is killing Americans across our country.
Speaker 10 (19:26):
Wow, Senator, I'm glad you're with us. I'm going to
get to this now because we just found out about
these court documents.
Speaker 1 (19:33):
By the way, you listen to him explaining how bad
it is, and Democrats are like, all right, it's bad.
We're admitting it's bad at the border, right, it's bad.
But the real problem is now it's becoming our problem
in these cities, and so Adams is like, well, you
don't understand how bad it is. Guy Benson, New York City.
They're talking about this last night on TV. Listen to
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what he had to say about this at Fox as well,
about this quote, massive crisis in New York. How you
doing doing great?
Speaker 3 (20:01):
Great?
Speaker 1 (20:01):
Awesome?
Speaker 3 (20:02):
You look fantastic.
Speaker 1 (20:03):
Thank you.
Speaker 12 (20:03):
Is the only solution to put a Republican in charge,
And because that's not possible, we're doomed.
Speaker 13 (20:09):
There's probably no great immediate solution in some of these places.
And I am just blown away by the ratcheting up
of the rhetoric from Mayor Adams, because we're not that
far removed from the Trump years, and all these people
were saying back when Trump was president, oh, let's read
the Statue of Liberty, poems right the poor and the
huddled masses. And now I was like, it's destroying our city.
(20:32):
It's just a few years later, and that's quite a
reality check, right, And I'm now seeing Adams getting attacked
by the left for being a mini Trump, for just
recognizing the problem playing out in front of his eyes,
and he's trying to sort of blame Republicans. They're not
really saying the final thing out loud, which is they
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need to secure the border and then this will stop
because they don't want to piss off their base because
their base actually doesn't believe it. I don't want to
know what's their definition of sanctuary? Yeah right, they're also
happy with their sanctuary policies. What exactly do you think
that means? Aside from we're not Republicans and we like
immigrants that it was virtue signaling. Now they are confronted
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with the actual consequences and they're like, whoa, we did
not sign up for this, Yes, wonderful lesson.
Speaker 12 (21:19):
I remember Adams was saying people were gonna have to
take people in, which actually would be the literal definition
of a sanctuary. That if you believe in the sanctuary, Emily,
you should have some you should have one of these
illegal immigrants off the street and in your house.
Speaker 3 (21:32):
What's I hear you've been doing?
Speaker 1 (21:34):
Congratulations. And one of the things that he said that
was mentioned there in this conversation is that, well, we're
going to need people to open up their homes and
take people in. Really, that's what you want, You want
people to open up their homes and take people in Liker.
That's that's how you're going to deal with this. Come on,
that's the solution here, really, Like, that's it. That's what
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you're gonna do. Yeah, that's what we're gonna do. Come on,
this guy is such an idiot. He pandered, and now
he's having to deal with the pandering, right, Like, what
do you do now? Mayor Adams has come out saying
that we can't sustain this, we can't keep this happening.
He warns that this migrant crist is going to destroy
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the city.
Speaker 14 (22:17):
Listen, we turned this city around in twenty months, and
then what happened started with a madman down in Texas
decided he wanted to bust people up to New York City.
One hundred and ten thousand migrants. We left to feed, clothes, house,
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educate the children, watch their laundry sheets, give them everything
they need, healthcare, and this team here wed let's do
everything possible before we have to push it out into
neighborhoods and communities. Month after month, I stood up and
I said, this is going to come to a neighborhood
near you. Well, we're here, We're here, We're getting no
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support on this national crisis.
Speaker 1 (23:08):
Oh it's a national crisis. Wow, what a change of tune. Right,
national crisis.
Speaker 3 (23:15):
It gets better, and we're receiving no support.
Speaker 14 (23:17):
And let me tell you something, New York is never
in my life have I had a problem that I
did not see an end in two.
Speaker 3 (23:25):
I don't see an ending to this. I don't see
an ending to this.
Speaker 14 (23:29):
This issue will destroy New York City, destroy New York City.
Speaker 1 (23:36):
Okay, So if we use that logic, then I think
it's fair to say that every other city that's dealing
with this time to one thousand, it's destroying their cities too,
isn't it right? I mean, it's destroying them, you know.
He also went on TV to complain about illegal immigrants
yesterday the day before. Here's what he said.
Speaker 14 (23:53):
This is a national and statewide issue that has been
unjustly dropped into the Latin of New York City resident.
We only make up point zero five of the land
mass in New York State. Point zero five that's what
we make up. Yet we are housing over ninety nine
(24:15):
percent of the migrants.
Speaker 1 (24:17):
I sit back and I enjoy these moments watching them
freak out, calling it things like this.
Speaker 15 (24:25):
This is not a sign of a progress of This
is a sign of a crisis, the greatest, I believe,
humanitarian crisis the city has ever witness.
Speaker 1 (24:34):
Okay, So if that's true, then why are you not
calling for secure in the border right This influx the
greatest humanitarian crisis the city has ever witnessed. Okay, then
you should call right now to secure the border. And
you're not. He did a seven minute sit down interview
with CBS this morning, and yet he does an entire
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seven minute interview, he doesn't once call for secure in
the He calls emunitank crisis. He calls it a crisis
that is rocking the city, that this is going to
destroy his city. But he will not say we must
secure the border because he's a WUS. He's putting his
politics ahead of the safety and security and the prosperity
of the citizens he represents. He's trying to blame the
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insane man down in Texas that busts some people up
to New York City, which is again hysterical. Listen ow
CBS this morning put it to him.
Speaker 16 (25:26):
If the US is facing a humanitarian crisis, over where
the place migrants who are seeking asylum in this country.
In New York City, a new center has just opened
up on Randalls Island.
Speaker 3 (25:36):
It's expected to house.
Speaker 16 (25:37):
Listen to this number up to three thousand migrants. Other
cities like Los Angeles, Boston, and Chicago are also trying
to manage an overwhelming number of new arrivals. Our national
correspondent Eureka Nunkin spoke with the mayor of New York
City about how to handle.
Speaker 3 (25:52):
The situation here.
Speaker 16 (25:53):
A lot of people feel this out of control here already.
Speaker 17 (25:55):
It truly is, and we see more of that over
the last year. You know. The mayor that was sent
down with Eric Adams predicts that the city could spend
upwards of twelve billion dollars over three years without more
help from the state. More than five hundred migrants arrived
in New York City on Sunday alone, and last week
we spoke with some of them, who say they are
simply looking for a better life. Around six am, two
(26:20):
buses with dozens of migrants pull into the heart of
New York City. Marjorie Tovar came from Venezuela and says
she's happy to be here, happy because God gave me
the opportunity to arrive here with my daughters. The National
Guard directs them to an intake center roughly twenty minutes
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away on foot, but community organizer Power Mulu and others
step in to get the migrants' ubers while handing out snacks.
Speaker 18 (26:50):
We first triage, We listened to their stories, We listen
to their needs.
Speaker 17 (26:55):
Are you overwhelmed?
Speaker 3 (26:56):
No, I am not overwhelmed.
Speaker 18 (26:58):
I am a little bit upset that we are going
from one whole year and we still have people sitting
in hotels and in shelters, and we have not done
the proper outreach.
Speaker 17 (27:12):
Since spring of last year, New York City officials say
they've provided shelter and care for over one hundred thousand
asylum seekers. On Randall's Island is where you'll find the
latest center to open, with rows of cots, a place
to shower, and a dining area. Mayor Eric Adams says
it's expected to house up to three thousand people.
Speaker 1 (27:33):
Is this a sign of right, by the way? Three
thousand people? So, what Adams is now realizing is exactly
what border states have been dealing with now for years
and years and years. And he's saying it's going to
destroy a city. But he won't say.
Speaker 8 (27:47):
So.
Speaker 1 (27:47):
He'll admit it's going to destroy a city. It's going
to destroy the city, it's gonna hurt the city. But
what he won't say, Okay, what they won't say, to
be very clear, is that we need to secure the border.
They'll say everything else, but that. Listen to the second
part of Mayor Adams freaking out about the influx, calling
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it a great humanitarian crisis that's going to ruin the city.
But he still won't say the magic words, we must
secure the border to stop this from happening in New York.
Speaker 17 (28:17):
Listen, now, progress or does this speak to the humanitarian
crisis your city is facing.
Speaker 15 (28:23):
This is not a sign of a progress of This
is a sign of a crisis, the greatest, I believe,
humanitarian crisis the city has ever witness.
Speaker 17 (28:33):
But some like mlu have been critical of the mayor,
questioning how money is being spent and how migrants are
being treated.
Speaker 3 (28:41):
The rest of it.
Speaker 18 (28:41):
Sites with no showers, the no ac the.
Speaker 19 (28:45):
People practically sleeping on top of each other, the people
getting threatened that they're going to get deported if they
complain about a living condition, people calling us and telling
us they're moving us from one hotel to another hotel.
Speaker 17 (28:57):
Mulu says migrants that city runs for scale have sent
him pictures of frozen food.
Speaker 1 (29:03):
By the way, can we just do you understand what's
happening here? These people are mad that they're having to
move from one hotel to another hotel. They're mad that
their food isn't perfect. These are the illegal immigrants that
are coming in to this country, and then they're angry
after they break in our country that they're having to
move hotel rooms. You poor little babies. If you don't
like it, then go back to the country you came from.
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If you don't like it, don't break into our country.
They shouldn't be getting free food, by the way, they
shouldn't be getting a free hotel room. That's part of
the reason why some people are going to New York
City now is because all the liberal handouts are like, Oh,
this is awesome. I get to live in a hotel,
I get free food. And now they're like, oh, but
they're traumatizing me. They're telling me that if I talk
about how bad the conditions are that I'm staying in
for months on end, that they're going to deport me. Well,
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then you you should be deported just because you're here.
If you don't like it, get the hell out of
my country.
Speaker 17 (29:50):
And meals consisting of just crackers and fruit cups. We
showed those images to the mayor.
Speaker 7 (29:56):
Have you heard this before?
Speaker 3 (29:57):
No, especially with the frozen food we have.
Speaker 15 (30:00):
When we hear about one of our service providers not
meeting our standards, we immediately get in and we need
to be clear that I'm on the ground.
Speaker 3 (30:08):
I'm not detached from this.
Speaker 15 (30:10):
I walked through surprise visits to see the quality of service.
How often, very often, very often, I can give you
once a week. I am looking at one of the
locations to make sure we're reaching the standard.
Speaker 17 (30:21):
The city has demanded help from the state in response.
Last week, an attorney for New York Governor Kathy Hochel
sent a skating letter to a judge as part of
a legal proceeding. In part, she raised concerns about the
mayor's handling of the migrant crisis. The state alleges that
you didn't share information promptly, that you all did not
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implement programs in a timely manner. She says, you've turned
away opportunities to house thousands of migrants when.
Speaker 14 (30:48):
We looked at the analysis of about the twelve spaces
they gave us. Some of them were in floodplain areas
of them were not suitable to build in.
Speaker 17 (30:56):
On top of that, Mayor Adams says, there's another complicated
issue at play, the right to work. Legally, migrants must
wait six months after they've applied for asylum before they
are eligible for work permits, and due to backlogs, the
weight could take years. What specifically can you do to
address that issue?
Speaker 1 (31:15):
But by the way, all this complaining from illegal immigrants, well,
I'm having to wait too long to work. I'm having
to wait too long for this, and I don't like
the food, I don't like the hotel room you're putting
me in. Get the hell out of my country. Get
the hell out of my country. Please get out of
my country. If you don't like it, get out. You
broke in, get out. And if we'd stop feeding them,
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they'll leave. If you stop housing them, they won't come.
If you stop giving them the American dream for while
breaking the law, they'll stop showing up. Listen to this
last part. By the way, Adam's talking about the future
in New.
Speaker 17 (31:53):
York of migrants not being able to work.
Speaker 15 (31:57):
We're going to do the duality of calling for rightfully
the resources for the city, even something simple as calling
the state of emergency. If the President does that, it
allows us to get resources.
Speaker 17 (32:09):
According to current and former senior US officials and internal documents,
the White House has been reluctant to push ahead policy
changes because of legal risks, political optics, and a spike
in border crossings. The White House emphasized in a statement
to CBS News it's commitment to working with cities, but
said ultimately Congress needs to approve additional funding. What would
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you say to President Biden if he's listening right now.
Speaker 15 (32:35):
The precursor to sleep, to enjoy the American dream is
the right to work.
Speaker 3 (32:40):
The right to work. Let them work.
Speaker 17 (32:43):
That's what Jason Silva, who fled Columbia, is hoping for.
I really want to work. I pray to God a
lot for this. I beg every person I speak with
to help me. The mayor's office told us any threats
against me migrants aren't acceptable, and all housing sites do
have AC and viable shower options. And while the situation
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is not ideal, the city is quote out of good
options and even okay options in response to the mayor's
claim that housing sites the state offered were not suitable
to build in, the governor's office said it's confident those
locations could be made operational. So many issues at stake, obviously,
as we were speaking during the package, the right to
work and what the mil was.
Speaker 1 (33:26):
Saying, it's amazing how they're like, hey, these people, they
deserve the right to work. Like you noticed, this is
just all right. Look, hurry up, make them citizens. You
notice that's the end that's the endgame here. Just hurry up,
make them citizens. Okay, if this will fix the problem,
If you'll just hurry up and make them citizens, that's
what we're missing here, right, Just just make them citizens.
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And if you do that, then this will fix all
of our problems. It's just that simple. Just make them citizens.
For goodness sakes, right, just just make them citizens. Give
them the right to work, Let them work, make sure
they work, right, just just just make them allow them
to work, Allow them to work, let them work. Just
(34:08):
get them to work, let them work, and that'll fix
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