BRIAN: OKAY, SORRY. AINSLEY: LET’S BRING IN LOUISIANA SENATOR JOHN KENNEDY, RECENTLY JOINED THE GOP DELEGATION ON TOUR IN THE BORDER FACILITY IN DONNA, TEXAS GOOD MORNING TO YOU, SENATOR. >> GOOD MORNING. AINSLEY: IF YOU LOOK AT THESE NUMBER, DEPORTATIONS THEY ARE IN ARRESTS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IN THE U.S. HAVE FALLEN SHARPLY UNDER BIDEN’S WATCH. IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS LET’S TAKE LAST DECEMBER. THAT WAS THE LAST FULL MONTH UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP. THERE WERE 5,735 I.C.E. DEPORTATIOIONS. NOW, LOOK AT FEBRUARY. THAT FULL MONTH, THAT WAS THE FIRST FULL MONTH UNDER BIDEN , 2,590. BRIAN: BUT JUST LESS PEOPLE COMING HERE THAT’S ALL. AINSLEY: RIGHT, RIGHT, MORE PEOPLE COMING AND FEWER ARRESTS. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? WHY IS THAT, AND WHAT’S YOUR REACTION? >> SOMETIMES WHEN PEOPLE ACT LIKE THEY DON’T CARE, IT’S NOT AN ACT. I THINK PRESIDENT BIDEN JUST DOESN’T CARE. I THINK HE PLANS ON ADMITTING BETWEEN TWO AND 3 MILLION ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS INTO OUR COUNTRY THIS YEAR. WE HAD HINTS OF THAT IN HIS CAMPAIGN. BRIAN: FUTURE DREAMERS. >> TRUE, BUT ALSO, JUST LETTING PEOPLE IN ILLEGALLY AT THE BORDER. THIS IS DANGEROUS. THE BORDER PATROL TOLD ME THAT AT LEAST PEOPLE FROM 55 COUNTRIES HAVE ALREADY COME IN. STEVE: WOW. >> PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE GETTING TO MEXICO AND FLOODING IN. NUMBER TWO, IT’S VERY EXPENSIVE. MANY OF THESE FOLKS WILL GO ON WELFARE, PARTICULARLY IF THEY CAN MAKE IT TO A SANCTUARY CITY OR A BLUE STATE. IT PUTS DOWNWARD PRESSURE ON WAGES, AND IT UNDERMINES ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION WHICH MOST AMERICANS SUPPORT. NOW, IN FURTHER EVIDENCE OF WHAT I JUST SUGGESTED, THE PRESIDENT HAS PUT VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IN CHARGE OF TRYING TO COMBAT THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. THERE’S SOME CONFUSION. SHE SAYS SHE DOESN’T WANT IT. THE PRESIDENT SAYS SHE’S GOT TO TAKE IT, BUT NO DISRESPECT TO THE VICE PRESIDENT. I KNOW HER WELL AND I RESPECT HER, BUT SHE BELIEVES IN OPEN BORDERS. MAKING HER THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION CZAR AS I SAID THE OTHER DAY IS LIKE MAKING EL CHAPO THE DRUG CZAR. BRIAN: RIGHT AND BY THE WAY THEY ARE SENDING A SPECIAL EN VIEW TO THE NORTHERN TRIANGLE AREAS OF GUATEMALA BETWEEN APRIL KATIE: TOBIN, THE DIRECTOR FOR TRANSBORDER SECURITY WILL BE THERE AS WELL AS ANOTHER GUY NAMED ENVOY SANUGA, SO THEY’RE GOING. WHY IS IT TAKING TWO MONTHS AND WHY ISN’T THE VICE PRESIDENT GOING? EVIDENTLY SHE WAS WORKING THE PHONES OVER THE WEEKEND. IS THAT ENOUGH? >> WELL IF ALL THEY DO IS TAKE BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF AMERICAN TAXPAYER MONEY AND GIVE IT TO THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE NORTHERN TRIANGLE COUNTRIES, THEY MIGHT AS WELL THROW IT IN THE DIRT BECAUSE THAT MONEY IS GOING TO BE STOLEN. IT’LL NEVER MAKE IT TO THE PEOPLE. NOW, IF WHAT THE ENVOY IS GOING TO DO IS TALK TO THE GOVERNMENTS IN THE NORTHERN TRIANGLE COUNTRIES AND SAY LOOK, WE CAN DO THIS THE EASY WAY OR THE HARD WAY. WE’RE GOING TO SETUP PROCESSING CENTERS IN YOUR COUNTRY AND ALLOW PEOPLE TO APPLY FOR REFUGEE STATUS IN YOUR COUNTRY, AND ADJUDICATE THE CLAIMS THERE. THEY’RE NOT COMING INTO THE UNITED STATES, AND IF YOU DON’T DO THAT, THEN WE’RE GOING TO MAKE YOU AN OFFER YOU CAN’T REFUSE. THAT’S WHAT TRUMP DID, BUT I DON’T THINK THAT’S WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO. I THINK THEY ARE JUST GOING TO TAKE BILLIONS OF TAXPAYER MONEY, AND GIVE IT TO THE GOVERNMENTS WHICH ARE GOING TO PROMPTLY STEAL IT. STEVE: OH, MAN, YOU KNOW, THE BIGGEST THING ON YOUR AGENDA FOR RIGHT NOW IN THE SENATE AND THE CONGRESS AS WELL, SENATOR, IS THE FACT THAT IT LOOKS LIKE THIS GIGANTIC $2 TRILLION INFRASTRUCTURE BILL IS HEADING YOUR WAY. THE BIG QUESTION IS WILL ANY REPUBLICANS BE ON BOARD? THE $2 TRILLION TRADE, PROBABLY NOT BUT PETE BUTTIGIEG, THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION, LISTEN TO THIS , SENATOR, HE SAYS THE BOSS WANTS THIS DONE FAST. >> KNOW THAT THIS IS ENTERING A LEGISLATIVE PROCESS WHERE WE’RE GOING TO BE HEARING FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE AND I THINK YOU’LL FIND THE PRESIDENT HAS GOT A VERY OPEN MIND, BUT TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. SO, WE’LL LOOK AT THESE IDEAS ON HOW TO PAY FOR IT. WE’LL LOOK AT IDEAS ON WHERE THE INVESTMENTS OUGHT TO BE TOO BUT THE PRESIDENT IS HOPING FOR MAJOR PROGRESS FROM CONGRESS BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY, AND WE CAN’T ALLOW THIS THING TO JUST KEEP DRAGGING ON, BECAUSE THE NEED IS THERE TODAY. STEVE: SPEAKING OF TODAY, SENATOR, TODAY IN THE NEW YORK POST ON THE OP-ED PAGE THEY TALK ABOUT HOW THE SINGLE BIGGEST LINE ITEM OF MONEY IN THAT PARTICULAR INFRASTRUCTURE BILL, NOT FOR BRIDGES OR TUNNELS BUT IT’S FOR MILLIONS OF HEALTHCARE JOBS BECAUSE THERE’S STRINGS ATTACHED TO IT. THE WHITE HOUSE MEMO OF UNDERSTANDING SAYS THE MONEY WILL BE TIED TO HEALTHCARE WORKERS GETTING THE ABILITY TO COLLECTIVELY BARGAIN. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU WANT THE MONEY, YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO JOIN A UNION. >> WELL, LET’S GO TO LALA LAND FOR A WHILE. THIS IS NOT AN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL. IF YOU THINK THIS IS AN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL YOU PROBABLY BETTER STAY AWAY FROM SHARP OBJECTS. THIS IS A GREEN NEW DEAL. BRIAN: YUP. >> WELFARE, AND REPIRATIONS BILL. BEING CHARITABLE LESS THAN 10% OF THE BILL IS DEVOTED TO INFRASTRUCTURE, AND WE DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE PROJECTS ARE. YOU KNOW WHO PICKS THE PROJECTS? SPEAKER PELOSI, SENATOR SCHUMER, AND PRESIDENT BIDEN. NOW ONE NEED NOT BE CLAIRVOYANT TO SEE THAT THEIR PROJECTS ARE GOING TO END UP IN NEW YORK AND CALIFORNIA AND BLUE STATES, SO THERE YOU HAVE IT. YOU’VE GOT A POLITICAL SLUSH FUND, AND YOU CAN SAY AND MAYBE EVEN BELIEVE THAT TWO PLUS TWO EQUALS FIVE, BUT JUST BECAUSE YOU SAY IT DOESN’T MAKE IT TRUE. THE CORRECT ANSWER IS FOUR. THIS IS NOT AN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL. IT’S ALSO OUTRAGEOUSLY EXPENSIVE THERE IS NO FREE LUNCH. YOU DON’T GET ONE NOW. THEY ARE GOING TO PAY FOR IT THROUGH MORE DEBT, AND HIGHER TAXES. AINSLEY: LET’S TALK ABOUT WHAT’S HAPPENING -- >> NOW WILL THEY WORK WITH US? I HOPE SO. AINSLEY: THEY SAY THEY WILL. >> I’LL DO OLD MAN BACKFLIPS IF THEY WILL WORK WITH US BUT I DON’T HAVE MY HOPES UP. AINSLEY: THEY SAY THAT THEY WILL , WE’LL SEE. MLB MOVING THE ALL-STAR GAME OUT OF ATLANTA BECAUSE THEY CHANGED THE ELECTION LAWS THERE. IT’S GOING TO COST THAT AREA ABOUT $10 MILLION ACCORDING TO THE TOURISM INDUSTRY. I’M SORRY, 100 MILLION, AND THIS IS CECELIA ROWSEY, TALKING ABOUT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT AND SHE’S A BIDEN ADVISOR. >> IT’S A LITTLE EARLY TO JUDGE WHAT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT WILL BE , BUT THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO VOTE WITH THEIR FEET, AND TO EXPRESS THEIR DISSATISFACTION WITH THE LAWS. THERE IS UNDOUBTEDLY GOING TO BE A COST, I THINK THAT WAS THE POINT THAT MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL WAS TRYING TO MAKE. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, WILL, HOWEVER, MOVE ITS GAME, AND WORKERS AT ANOTHER PLACE WILL BENEFIT. THAT IS EXACTLY THE MESSAGE THAT MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL WAS TRYING TO SEND, THAT THESE COMPANIES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE WITH THEIR FEET, AND THEY’RE USING THEIR ECONOMIC POWER TO EXPRESS THEIR DISSATISFACTION. AINSLEY: THE REASON THEY ARE DOING THAT IS JOE BIDEN IS OUT THERE, SPREADING MISINFORMATION. SOME PEOPLE ARE CALLING HIM A LIAR. LISTEN TO CHRIS CHRISTIE. >> JOE BIDEN’S BROKEN HIS OWN RULE, AND NOW HE’S LYING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, GEORGE. HE’S LYING ABOUT THIS BILL. HE’S LYING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ABOUT IT, TO CAUSE THE RAGING FIRE HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO PUT OUT I’M VERY DISAPPOINTED. AINSLEY: WHAT’S SO WRONG WITH HAVING TO SHOW A VOTER ID, TO VOTE IN-PERSON, AND WHAT’S WRONG AND TO VOTE IF YOU’RE MAILING IN YOUR BALLOT AND WHAT’S WRONG WITH HAVING SIGNATURE VERIFICATION? ISN’T THAT FAIR? >> I THINK IT IS. NUMBER ONE, I THINK PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS DONE THE COUNTRY A GREAT DISSERVICE BY NOT TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT THIS BILL. I MEAN, EITHER HE’S LYING OR HE’S LOST. NUMBER TWO, THE COMMISSIONER OF BASEBALL IS MR. RON MANFRED. HE’S JUST MADE BASEBALL A BLUE SPORT. BRIAN: HE DID. >> I DON’T GET IT. I DON’T GET IT. I MEAN, HIS ATTENDANCE IS DECLINING. IF IT WERE MY JOB I WOULD TRY TO BE ADDING FANS. THE ONLY THING I CAN FIGURE IS MR. MANFRED IS PART OF THE MANAGERIAL MELITE, THE ENTRENCHED POLITICIANS, THE BUREAUCRATS, CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA, THE ACADEMICS, THE CORPORATE PHONIES WHO THINK THEY ARE SMARTER AND MORE VIRTUOUS THAN THE PEOPLE THEY MAKE MONEY OFF OF AND AS BEST AS I CAN TELL, MR. MANFRED JUST WET HIS PANTS IN DELIGHT AT THE CHANCE TO VIRTUE SIGNAL HERE AND ALL HE DID WAS MAKE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL A BLUE SPORT. I DON’T GET IT. BRIAN: RIGHT AND WATCH IT MOVE TO NEW YORK WHERE IT’S EVEN MORE RESTRICTED THAN GEORGIA’S CHANGES. IT’S UNBELIEVABLE. HE DIDN’T READ THE BILL. IT’S LAZY, AND IT’S COWARDLY, FOR THEM TO DO THAT, BUT HERE IS THE OTHER THING. >> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, WHAT MY DEMOCRATIC FRIENDS WANT, THEY WANT TWO THINGS. THEY WANT NO ID AND THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO BALLOT HARVEST. BRIAN: TOUGH. >> YOU KNOW, THAT’S GOING TO UNDERMINE THE INTEGRITY OR THE PERCEPTION OF THE INTEGRITY OF EVERY SINGLE ELECTION. WE WILL GO THROUGH EVERY TIME WHAT WE WENT THROUGH LAST TIME, AND IT’S JUST FOOLISH. I DON’T UNDERSTAND, AND IF YOU DON’T AGREE THAT YOU SHOULDN’T HAVE TO, THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE TO PRESENT AN ID, YOU’RE A RACIST. GO AHEAD. BRIAN: I’M JUST SAYING COMPARED TO JIM CROW, A DEMOCRATIC INITIATIVE FROM THE 1880S, IS SO OUTLANDISH. JIM CROW ON STEROIDS, JIM CROW HAD A POLL TAX, A LITERACY TAX, IT WAS A WAY TO KEEP AFRICAN AMERICANS FROM VOTING OR MINORITIES FROM VOTING PERIOD. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT , AND, GO AHEAD. >> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY MY GUESS IS, WHEN YOU GO TO PICK-UP YOUR SEASON TICKETS FOR MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, IF ANYBODY IS STILL BUYING THEM, AT LEAST ON MY SIDE OF THE AISLE, MY GUESS IS YOU HAVE TO SHOW AN ID. BRIAN: YUP. AINSLEY: YOU DO. STEVE: FINAL TOPIC FOR YOU, SENATOR. FOR MONTHS BEFORE THE ELECTION, MAINSTREAM MEDIA WOULD NOT TOUCH THE HUNTER BIDEN STORY, AND JUST IN THE MONTH BEFORE THE ELECTION , THERE’S THAT STORY ABOUT THE LAPTOP SHOWING UP AT THE SHOP IN DELAWARE. NEW YORK POST BROKE THE STORY, FOX NEWS BROKE THE STORY AS WELL HUNTER BIDEN WAS ASKED ABOUT IT BY CBS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER EVERYBODY ON HIS SIDE SAID DO YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT’S JUST RUSSIAN DISINFORMATION, NOT TRUE, NOW AS IT TURNS OUT HUNTER SAYS YES, COULD BE MINE. LISTEN. >> WAS THAT YOUR LAPTOP? >> FOR REAL, I DON’T KNOW. >> I KNOW BUT YOU KNOW. >> I REALLY DON’T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS. >> YOU DON’T KNOW YES OR NO IF THE LAPTOP WAS YOURS? >> NO IDEA. >> COULD HAVE BEEN YOURS? >> OF COURSE CERTAINLY THERE COULD BE A LAPTOP OUT THERE STOLEN FROM ME THAT COULD BE THAT I WAS HACKED AND COULD BE THAT THERE WAS, THAT IT WAS RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE, IT COULD BE THAT IT WAS STOLEN FROM ME. STEVE: SO SENATOR, NOW HE SAYS IT CERTAINLY COULD BE MY LAPTOP, BUT BEFORE THE ELECTION, IT WAS NOPE, IT CERTAINLY WAS RUSSIAN DISINFORMATION. >> WELL, I DON’T KNOW MR. HUNTER BIDEN. I DO KNOW THAT HIS FATHER ALLOWED MR. HUNTER BIDEN TO SEND THE MESSAGE TO THE WORLD THAT AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY CAN BE BOUGHT LIKE A SACK OF POTATOES AND THAT’S WRONG. NUMBER TWO, I DON’T KNOW WHY HE IS RELEASED THIS BOOK, RIGHT NOW ONE POINT OF VIEW IS THAT HE’S TRYING TO SEND A MESSAGE THAT HE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING THAT HE DOES BECAUSE HE’S AN ADDICT, AND THAT’S AN INTERESTING POINT OF VIEW. I DO BELIEVE ADDICTION IT’S A CRIPPLING DISEASE, BUT I ALSO BELIEVE IN FREE WILL AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND I DON’T THINK YOU CAN BE ABSOLVED OF EVERYTHING YOU DO WRONG IN THIS WORLRLD, NO MATTER WHETHER YOU’RE AN ADDICT OR NOT OR HOW YOU’RE FEELING OR WHAT SOMEBODY DID TO YOU, BECAUSE YOU SAY THAT IT’S NOT MY FAULT, I CAN’T HELP IT. I DON’T THINK THAT’S A DEFENSE IN A COURT OF LAW. BRIAN: DOES THIS HELP HIS DAD? >> I DON’T SEE HOW, BUT I THINK IT PROBABLY HELPS HIM. I MEAN, THE IMPRESSION THAT I KIND OF GET FROM HAVEN’T READ THE BOOK, WANT TO BE FAIR, BUT I’VE READ EXCERPTEDS AND SEEN THE NEWS REPORTS AND THE MESSAGE HE’S TRYING TO SEND IS THAT I’M NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING THAT I DO BECAUSE I LIKE COCAINE AND HEROIN, AND THAT’S A PRETTY DIFFERENT VIEW OF THE WORLD IN MY JUDGMENT. IT CERTAINLY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. BRIAN: BUT AGAIN HE’S TRYING TO MAKE A PROFIT OFF IT ISN’T HE? >> YES, HE’S GOING TO MAKE A LOT OF MONEY. STEVE: WELL LET’S SEE IF ANY OF THAT STUFF TURNS OUT TO BE BAD FOR HIM, THE BOOK COMES OUT I THINK TOMORROW. SENATOR, THANKS FOR COMING OUT
