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LOU: JOINING US TONIGHT IS IS
CONGRESSMAN LOUIE GOHMERT, HE’S
A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE, THE HOUSE FREEDOM
CAUCUS.
CONGRESSMAN, GOOD TO HAVE YOU
WITH US.
I WANT TO START WITH LINDSEY
GRAHAM -- GREAT TO HAVE YOU --
SAYING THAT IF HE JUST, HE JUST
CAN’T ABIDE THE PRESIDENT’S BAN
ON IMMIGRATION RESTRICTIONS WHEN
THE PRESIDENT IS DOING SO
BECAUSE OF A NATIONAL EMERGENCY
AND 30 MILLION AMERICANS
OCCUPANT OF -- OUT OF WORK.
THIS IS THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO
ACTUALLY DRAW A STRAIGHT LINE
BETWEEN THE IMPACT OF THAT
IMMIGRATION SEES E SAW
PROGRAM -- VISA PROGRAM,
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE COME IN
THROUGH IT, AND THE QUALITY OF
LIFE OF THE AMERICAN WORKING MAN
AND WOMAN AND THEIR FAMILIES.
YOUR THOUGHTS.
>> WELL, HE’S RIGHT WHEN HE
SAID, SENATOR GRAHAM, WHEN HE
SAYS IT’LL HURT THE ECONOMY.
HE’S RIGHT.
IT’LL HURT THE ECONOMY OF CHINA,
IT’LL HURT THE ECONOMY OF INDIA,
AND IT’LL BE GOOD FOR AMERICA’S
ECONOMY.
IT’LL BE GOOD FOR THE WORKING
PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT OF WORK.
IT’LL BE GOOD FOR THOSE WHO HAVE
SEEN THEIR WAGES BE STYMIED AND
STAGNANT OVER RECENT YEARS WHEN
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION WAS
LETTING PEOPLE POUR IN HERE AND
LETTING THE WEALTHY HIRE THOSE
PEOPLE.
AND THEY’RE NOT, WE’RE NOT JUST
TALKING ABOUT SUMMER TYPE JOBS,
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT WELL
EDUCATED JOBS.
AND SO WAGES WERE STAGNANT.
THIS PRESIDENT COMES IN, AND HE
PUTS A LITTLE FREEZE.
PEOPLE STARTED MAKING MORE
MONEY, MORE PEOPLE GOT HIRED,
AND THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED.
SO IT DOESN’T HURT OUR ECONOMY
WITH WHAT THE PRIME MINISTER’S
DOING, AND THE PRESIDENT -- WITH
WHAT THE PRESIDENT’S DOING, AND
THE PRESIDENT REALLY DOES WANT
TO SEE AMERICA STRONGER BECAUSE
HE KNOWS WE CAN’T HELP OTHER
COUNTRIES UNLESS WE’RE STRONG.
LOU: I WANT TO -- PUT UP A FULL
SCREEN.
I JUST THINK THIS IS
INTERESTING.
ELON MUSK, OF ALL PEOPLE, SAYING
VERY MUCH DISAGREE WITH THIS
ACTION.
IN MY EXPERIENCE, THESE SKILL
SETS ARE NET JOB CREATORS.
VISA REFORM MAKES SENSE, BUT
THIS IS TOO BROAD.
NOW, THERE’S A MAN LINING UP
WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT WITH SOME
WEASEL WORDS.
HE’S A CLEVER FELLOW, AND THAT
WAS A CLEVER PIECE OF WRITING.
>> YEAH.
LOU: THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS
THAT YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE THE
SHARP ECONOMIST IN CAMBRIDGE,
MASSACHUSETTS, TO UNDERSTAND
THAT THIS IS PROTECTING AMERICAN
WORKERS.
WE’VE HAD 45 MILLION PEOPLE
APPLYING FOR UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS OVER THE PAST 13 WEEKS,
AND THANK GOD HALF OF THEM ARE
BACK TO WORK.
HE IS DOING HIS LEVEL BEST TO
PUT AMERICA FIRST, TO HIRE
AMERICAN IS SO THAT WE CAN BUY
AMERICAN.
AND THAT’S WHY WE SAW NOT THE
NORMAL, THE NEW NORMAL UNDER
OBAMA, BUT THE NORMAL UNDER
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS 3% PLUS
GROWTH AND SOARING MARKETS.
AND SOARING WAGES FOR OUR MIDDLE
CLASS.
>> EXACTLY.
IT IS INTERESTING -- I’D NOT
SEEN THAT MUSK SAID THAT.
WHAT HE OBVIOUSLY DOESN’T
UNDERSTAND IS HE OF ALL PEOPLE
NEEDS A VERY STRONG AMERICAN
ECONOMY AND AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
WITH PLENTY OF MONEY COMING IN,
TAXATION COMING IN BECAUSE IF IT
WASN’T FOR THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIZING AND
POURING FEDERAL MONEY INTO WHAT
HE’S DONE, HE WOULD BE OUT OF
BUSINESS.
SO HE’D BETTER HOPE AMERICA
STAYS STRONG, BECAUSE IT’S THE
ONLY WAY IN HECK HE’S GOING TO
STAY IN BUSINESS.
HE’D BE OUT OF BUSINESS WITHOUT
THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT.
AND SO A LITTLE THANK YOU EVERY
NOW AND THEN WOULD BE NICE TO
THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT,
AMERICAN TAXPAYERS, MANY MUSK.
-- MR. MUSK.
LOU: A LITTLE -- WELL, AND
MR. MUSK AND ALL THE BRIGHT BOYS
AND GIRLS AT THE U.S. CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE, THE BUSINESS ROUND
TABLE, WALL STREET --
[LAUGHTER]
YOU KNOW, A LITTLE MODESTY AND A
LITTLE HONESTY WOULD HELP THEM
SO VERY MUCH.
THE FACT A IS --?
>>
[INAUDIBLE]
LOU: -- THEY’RE THE GREAT
PEOPLE -- YOU CAN HAVE IT.
[LAUGHTER]
THE FACT IS THESE ARE THE SAME
PEOPLE WHO BROUGHT US THE
PROBLEMS THIS PRESIDENT IS
TRYING TO PICK.
THAT IS, DECADES OF TRADE
DEFICITS, DECADES OF BUDGET
DEFICITS.
IT IS, IT IS TIME TO GET THIS
COUNTRY RIGHT, AND IT IS THIS
