20 posts from Thursday, October 17, 2024

How many illegal immigrants would you estimate your administration has released into the country over the last three and a half years? Well, I'm glad you raised the issue of immigration because I agree with you. It is a topic of discussion that people want to rightly have. And you know what I'm going to talk about. Yeah, but you're just a number. Do you think it's one million, three million? Brett, let's just get to the point. Okay. The point is that we have a broken immigration system that needs to be repaired. So your Homeland Security Secretary said that 85% of apprehensions... I'm not finished. We have an immigration system... It's a rough estimate of six million people have been released into the country. And let me just finish. I'll get to the question. I promise you. I was beginning to answer. And when you came into office, your administration immediately reversed a number of Trump border policies. Most significantly, the policy that required illegal immigrants to be detained through deportation either in the U.S. or in Mexico. And you switched that policy. They were released from custody awaiting trial. So instead, included in those were a large number of single men, adult men, who went on to commit heinous crimes. So looking back, do you regret the decision to terminate Remain in Mexico at the beginning of your administration? At the beginning of our administration, within practically hours of taking the oath, the first bill that we offered Congress before we worked on infrastructure, before the Inflation and Reduction Act, before the Chips and Science Act, before the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the first bill, practically within hours of taking the oath, was a bill to fix our immigration system. Yes, ma'am. It was called the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021. It was essentially a pathway to citizenship for the... May I finish responding, please? But you have to let me finish, please. You had the White House and the House and the Senate, and they didn't bring up that bill. I'm in the middle of responding to the point you're raising, and I'd like to finish. Yes, ma'am. We recognized from day one that to the point of this being your first question, it is a priority for us as a nation and for the American people. And our focus has been on fixing a problem. And from day one, then, we have done a number of things.

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- It's interesting you said turn the page, Madam Vice President. You were asked on two different shows last week what, if anything, you would do differently than President Biden. Here's what you said. - Would you have done something differently than President Biden during the past four years? - There is not a thing that comes to mind in terms of, and I've been a part of most of the decisions that have had impact. - Under a Harris administration, what would the major changes be and what would stay the same? - Sure. Well, I mean, I'm obviously not Joe Biden. - I noticed. - And so that would be one change in terms of, but also I think it's important to say with, you know, 28 days to go, I'm not Donald Trump. - So you're not Joe Biden, you're not Donald Trump, but nothing comes to mind that you would do differently? - Let me be very clear. My presidency will not be a continuation of Joe Biden's presidency. And like every new president that comes in to office, I will bring my life experiences, my professional experiences, and fresh and new ideas. I represent a new generation of leadership. I, for example, am someone who has not spent the majority of my career in Washington, DC. I invite ideas, whether it be from the Republicans who are supporting me, who were just on stage with me minutes ago, and the business sector, and others

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Frankly, exhausted of Brett, more than 70 percent of people tell the country is on the wrong track. They say the country is on the wrong track. If it's on the wrong track, that track follows three and a half years of you being vice president and President Biden being president. That is what they're saying, 79 percent of them. Why are they saying that? If you're turning the page, you've been in office for three and a half years. And Donald Trump has been running for office. So you've been the person holding me off? Come on, come on. You and I both know what I'm talking about. You and I both know what I'm talking about. I actually don't. What are you talking about? What I'm talking about is that over the last decade, people have become. But listen, over the last decade, it is clear to me and certainly the Republicans who are on stage with me.

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Why, if he's as bad as you say, that half of this country is now supporting this person who could be the 47th president of the United States? Why is that happening? This is an election for president of the United States. It's not supposed to be easy. I know. But it is not supposed to be, it is not supposed to be a cakewalk for anyone. So are they misguided, the 50%? Are they stupid? What is it? Oh God, I would never say that about the American people. And in fact, if you listen to Donald Trump, if you watch any of his rallies, he's the one who tends to demean and belittle and diminish the American people. He's the one who talks about an enemy within, an enemy within, talking about the American people, suggesting he would turn the American military on the American people.

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You've called Donald Trump, he's misguided, you say now he's unstable, he's not well, you say he's mentally not stable, let me ask you this, you told many interviewers that Joe Biden was on his game, that ran around circles on his staff, when did you first notice that President Biden's mental faculties appeared diminished? Joe Biden, I have watched from the Oval Office to the Situation Room and he has the judgment and the experience to do exactly what he has done in making very important decisions on behalf of the American people. Joe Biden is not on the ballot. I understand. And Donald Trump is- Well, you talked about it. And Donald Trump is- After George Clooney said within a few minutes of talking to President Biden at a fundraiser that he thought this was not the same Joe Biden that we saw on the debate stage. Donald Trump is on the ballot. I understand. You met with him at least once a week for three and a half years. You didn't have any concerns? I think the American people have a concern about Donald Trump, which is why the people who know him best, including leaders of our national security community, have all spoken now even people who worked for him in the Oval Office.

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Madam vice president and they're giving me a hard wrap. Well, I thank you for the time. I thank you for the time It's good to meet you. Thank you very much. Thank you

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A number of experts thought you would say China, the FBI director had said that, but you said Iran, if that's the case, what do you say to critics who look at the actions of your administration and say you're not acting like Iran is the number one threat? Well, I will tell you most recently, whether it was in April or in October, and then several hours on each occasion that Iran posed a threat to Israel, I was there, most recently in the Situation Room, in the most recent attack, working with the heads of our military in doing what America must always do to defend and to support Israel in its requirement to defend itself and to give American support, to be able to allow Israel to have the resources to defend itself against attack, including from Iran and Iran's terrorist proxies in the region, and that is, and my commitment to that is unyielding and unwavering. Critics just say that you either relaxed or failed to enforce sanctions on Iran allowing all of this money to flow into Iran. Let's go back to Donald Trump, who pulled out of a deal that would have actually put Iran in check and then it was during Donald Trump's administration that Iran, that we had an American military base that was attacked where American soldiers suffered traumatic brain injuries and Donald Trump dismissed them as headaches, not to mention how Donald Trump has treated and talked about America's military and military service people calling them suckers and losers, has diminished the significance. We're talking over each other, I apologize. I would like that we would have a conversation that is grounded in full assessment of the facts, which includes, I think this interview is supposed to be about the choices that your viewers should be presented about this election and the contrast is important. Yes, ma'am. And on the subject of Iran, I am offering what should be an important contrast that is presented for folks to make a decision.

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Jocelyn Ngari, Rachel Morin, Lake and Riley, they are young women who were brutally assaulted and killed by some of the men who were released at the beginning of the administration well before a negotiated bipartisan bill. Former President Clinton actually referred to Lake and Riley Sunday campaigning for you in Georgia saying if those men had been properly vetted, Lake and Riley probably would not have been killed. So if it wouldn't have happened, this is well before any negotiation. This is well before Donald Trump got involved in the politics. This is a specific policy decision by your administration to release these men into the country. So what I'm saying to you, do you owe those families an apology? Let me just say, first of all, those are tragic cases. There's no question about that. There is no question about that. And I can't imagine the pain that the families of those victims have experienced. Or a loss that should not have occurred. So that is true. It is also true that if a board of security had actually been passed nine months ago, it would be nine months that we would have had more border agents at the border, more support for the folks who are working around the clock trying to hold it all together. Madam Vice President. To ensure that no future harm would occur. And this election in 20 days will determine whether we have a President of the United States who actually cares more about fixing a problem, even if it is not to their political advantage in an election. Because there was a solution, Brett. Madam Vice President, it was a policy decision in the early part of your administration.

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You know, when the kicker in football, they call a timeout right before he's going to kick the field goal. They're icing the kicker. So we were supposed to start at 5 p.m. This was the time they gave us. Originally, we were going to do 25 or 30 minutes. They came in and said, well, maybe 20. So it was already getting whittled down. And then the vice president showed up about 5.15. We were pushing the envelope to be able to turn it around for the top of the six o'clock. So that's how it started. And I could tell when we started talking that she was going to be tough to redirect without me trying to interrupt. I did this with President Obama. At one point, I just said, Mr. President, I know you like the filibuster. I just didn't even have the chance to sometimes redirect in those ways. I had a lot of other questions.

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