The Great America Show - TEXAS FIGHTS BORDER WAR ALONE

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00:01:18.340 Hello, everybody. I'm Lou Dobbs and welcome to The Great America Show. Thanks for being with us. Great

00:01:27.540 to have you here. Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, kept his word to the Republicans when

00:01:33.220 they elected him Speaker. Johnson released around 90 hours over the weekend of January 6 video,

00:01:39.460 the rest of the 44,000 hours to be posted over the next few months. The Speaker also set up a public

00:01:46.100 viewing room in the Capitol. And Speaker Johnson says the delay on the footage is because the

00:01:51.420 committee has been blurring the faces of individuals to avoid anyone from being targeted for retaliation.

00:01:58.260 Johnson estimates about 5% of the footage won't be publicly released as it may, quote,

00:02:03.660 involve sensitive security information related to the building architecture, end quote.

00:02:09.020 President Trump's request for a mistrial has been denied by Judge Arthur Ingeron, who happens to

00:02:16.380 just be the judge presiding over the trial. He ruled in his own favor. Imagine that. He's the same

00:02:23.060 judge who has also gagged President Trump four times and has been overturned four times by the

00:02:29.360 appellate court. Trump's attorneys argued that Judge Ingeron irreparably harmed Trump's right to a fair

00:02:35.900 trial through astonishing departures from ordinary standards of impartiality, as they put it.

00:02:42.500 He's running a rigged court. They cited his rulings against Trump, the judge's chief law clerk's bias

00:02:48.900 towards Trump, her political donations to Marxist Dems and what the defense called Ingeron's, quote,

00:02:55.800 appearance of impropriety in sharing articles about the case in his high school alumni newsletter.

00:03:01.980 Ingeron declared that the complaints were meritless. And this won't surprise you. He ruled in his very

00:03:08.900 own favor. There will be no mistrial. President Trump in Edenburg, Texas, yesterday participating in

00:03:16.160 a Thanksgiving luncheon for the Border Patrol. And while there, he addressed the agents and said when

00:03:21.480 he's elected in 2024, he will fix the border that Biden turned over to the cartels.

00:03:28.220 We had the safest border in our history. And, you know, when I first ran in 2016,

00:03:32.780 the border was really bad. Nothing like it is now. It was like incredible compared to the way it is

00:03:38.240 now. But the border was bad. And I ran largely on the border, border, border. And I fixed it so good

00:03:44.020 that in 2020, I couldn't even talk about it. My people would say, sir, you're wasting your time by

00:03:48.040 talking about the border because we had it fixed. The ranchers and the people that own homes along the

00:03:53.420 border, they told me it was the greatest period of time they've ever had, the four years.

00:03:58.220 And now they say it's the worst that anybody's ever seen. They're afraid to walk out. They can't walk

00:04:02.880 out. They can't. They want to leave. They want to sell their homes, but they can't get people to buy

00:04:07.100 them. But we're going to make those homes very valuable. Just hold on to your homes. But it was

00:04:11.200 the best period of time that they've ever had. And we're going to do that again. So we did so well

00:04:16.640 in 2016 to 2020 that we couldn't talk about it. I would go and tell my people, why don't you talk

00:04:23.180 about the border? They say, sir, nobody cares about the border because we fixed it. I said,

00:04:27.460 let's talk about the fact that we fixed it. Nobody cared about that either. All they knew is

00:04:31.720 the border worked. And then these guys got in here. I won't say how, but you know how.

00:04:37.440 And the whole thing blew up everywhere. Not only the border. Border is one of the real bad ones

00:04:43.360 because you have some real bad people coming into our country.

00:04:46.180 Our guest today is a man who's been fighting the Marxist Dems for years to try to help secure

00:04:51.740 the border in Texas. Joining us is Ken Paxton, the Attorney General of the great state of Texas.

00:04:58.120 And Mr. Attorney General, great to have you with us here on The Great America Show again.

00:05:02.140 Let's start with a huge success. And that is rolling back the federal authority's ability to

00:05:08.260 cut Texas concertina wire that your state government puts over the border. Your reaction?

00:05:15.000 Look, it's insane. And I think people saw video of this, of them, the federal border agents cutting

00:05:22.120 our wire and letting illegals just cross through when we're trying to do our best to protect our border.

00:05:27.680 And it's shocking that we've come to this where border agents have been directed not to protect the border,

00:05:34.200 but to not only accept illegal immigrants every single day from the cartels, but to now cut our stuff down. 0.90

00:05:42.220 And so we filed a lawsuit and we've been successful in getting an injunction.

00:05:46.760 So that at least right now, we've got the feds at least stop them from damaging our property

00:05:52.520 and allowing illegals to cross over where we've got protection.

00:05:56.460 And who were, which agencies or authorities actually were cutting the concertina wire?

00:06:05.220 I think there were several, but I think it was mostly it was Border Patrol, United States Border Patrol.

00:06:10.800 And look, I don't blame those guys. Those guys are being directed by the Biden administration

00:06:14.440 and by Mayorkas to do exactly that. This is not the job that they signed up for.

00:06:20.020 They signed up to protect us, not to allow massive illegal immigration that's hurting us.

00:06:26.460 And has all of the wire been put back to status quo ante?

00:06:33.460 No, I know. I think we're working on that, but at least we've got them stopped from cutting it

00:06:38.320 because it doesn't do any good to put it up if your own guys are going to go behind your back and cut the wire down.

00:06:43.820 So I think we now can go forward with our plan to do even more of it

00:06:48.060 and make our border at least as safe as we can in the state of Texas.

00:06:53.640 So where we are, is it the Republican?

00:06:58.320 The Republican conference and the new Republican speaker with all that has happened,

00:07:04.340 with all that is staring every border state right in the face and the rest of us,

00:07:10.020 because we're also watching 100,000 people die a year from fentanyl.

00:07:14.960 We were watching all of these deadly drugs, sex trafficking.

00:07:19.100 The Republican conference doesn't have the guts to impeach a man, the man who is responsible for it.

00:07:26.600 Not ultimately, it would be Joe Biden, but certainly as the executive officer of the Department of Homeland Security,

00:07:33.300 Alejandro Mayorkas won't be impeached because Republicans haven't got either the leadership or the unity

00:07:42.620 or the guts and brains to bring down the House on the man responsible.

00:07:49.900 Your reaction?

00:07:50.880 Yeah. Well, it's disappointing for sure.

00:07:53.020 I mean, this guy is clearly not just not doing his job, but he's sabotaging the very job that he's supposed to do.

00:07:59.820 So, I mean, if anybody deserves impeachment other than the president, it's this guy for doing so much damage to the American safety

00:08:09.900 and doing it with a smile on his face, saying he's protecting us.

00:08:13.860 He's lying to the American public.

00:08:15.760 And, yeah, it's disappointing that we don't have Republican leadership and haven't had Republican leadership

00:08:20.080 that could address that problem in the most effective way, which is trying to remove this guy from office.

00:08:25.520 Yeah. And the new continuing resolution, I just want to get in because I want to get your judgment on something

00:08:32.860 because I have a different view, I guess, than many people.

00:08:36.140 When 93 Republicans oppose a bill and only two Democrats oppose the bill,

00:08:43.400 that sounds like a Democrat bill to me under Republican speaker.

00:08:48.280 How does that make you feel?

00:08:50.340 That makes me feel like we're in Texas.

00:08:52.120 This is what we have in the Texas House.

00:08:53.620 We have a Republican speaker largely elected by Democrats, 65 Democrats, that block vote

00:08:59.220 and end up deciding who the speaker is in Texas.

00:09:03.100 And so what happens here is there's a lot of faux bills that they'll put out and make it look like they're doing things.

00:09:09.380 But in the end, the Democrats end up controlling our Texas House.

00:09:12.680 But I feel like we're kind of moving in that direction on the national level.

00:09:15.860 Yeah. And then they want to pretend it's a big win for Speaker Johnson.

00:09:21.160 I think it's abysmal.

00:09:23.000 I think it's a defeat.

00:09:24.380 And I think there should be great embarrassment on the part of the Republicans.

00:09:28.480 Yeah, I agree.

00:09:29.320 And what's sad is, I mean, obviously, this guy's just started.

00:09:33.520 Hopefully, this is not a signal of where we're going, because if it is, we don't have the leadership we need.

00:09:40.680 We're in serious trouble in this country with the leadership, the lack of leadership, the bad leadership of Joe Biden.

00:09:47.120 Republicans, if we ever needed strong Republican leadership, it's right now.

00:09:51.060 Yeah. And what I can't understand, he says he's a strong, a strong supporter of Donald Trump.

00:09:58.100 He is MAGA. He is America first.

00:10:01.720 And then this is what ensues.

00:10:05.120 And and there's this acceptance of rhinos who can turn their vicious little backs on every substantive Republican plan,

00:10:15.000 irrespective of the the issue, whether it's border security, whether it is foreign policy or whatever it may be.

00:10:21.480 And and everybody says, thank you for being gutless and deceitful.

00:10:27.220 I don't get where the Republican Party is.

00:10:29.620 Maybe you could help me out on that.

00:10:31.400 We're going to come.

00:10:32.820 Go ahead.

00:10:34.300 We go. No, I struggle with the same thing you're struggling with.

00:10:36.560 I mean, we are in crisis mode with the Biden leadership or lack of, as I said.

00:10:42.480 And if we don't have strong leadership in the House, which is the only body we have any control over, I mean, this country is in trouble.

00:10:49.480 So I would I would really encourage our Republican leadership to stand up and fight him in every possible way they can.

00:10:57.900 Yeah. You know, I was talking with Congressman Tim Burchett the other day,

00:11:01.660 and he said he's he's not only worried about the survival of the Republican Party.

00:11:08.400 He's he's more worried about the survival of the country.

00:11:11.360 And I think he's got it exactly right.

00:11:13.400 We're talking with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, great American.

00:11:17.780 We're coming right back after these quick words.

00:11:21.520 Please stay with us.

00:11:28.100 We're back.

00:11:29.020 We're talking with great patriot, great American, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

00:11:34.440 Mr. Attorney General, you are now facing another lawsuit.

00:11:40.560 Tell us about that.

00:11:42.140 Is the is the Marxist Dems and the Rhino Republicans of Texas try to come after your hide again? 0.69

00:11:50.220 Oh, yeah.

00:11:50.520 So this is something that they they they put together about nine years ago.

00:11:54.560 They told them I had they and they they never brought it because it's a it's completely bogus.

00:12:00.160 But then they moved me into a Democratic county with Democratic judges, Democratic juries,

00:12:06.500 hoping that the fact that I'm a Republican will be enough to take me out.

00:12:10.780 So it's very unfortunate.

00:12:12.920 This is the strategy that we now if you're out fighting for your constituents, they this is what they do.

00:12:20.640 They they they they drag you through a legal system.

00:12:23.240 They put you in front of judges that are biased against you and that aren't going to rule based on the law.

00:12:28.800 And they they constantly try to force you into spending money and forcing you out of office because you don't have the money to send yourself.

00:12:37.300 Yeah, it's lawfare across the country.

00:12:39.680 And they are viciously going after everyone who is Republican, who is conservative or who simply doesn't have, you know, the the the right idea about their ideas.

00:12:53.600 And I can't I can't think this ends well.

00:12:57.260 I can give us your sense of where you think this is going to lead, because you can't get a fair trial.

00:13:03.220 Now, in my judgment, in many states, simply because they are Democrat states.

00:13:09.100 And I mean, when I say Democrat, if they if they even sniff a whiff of conservatism or straight talk from you, you're declared public enemy.

00:13:19.720 Well, not only that, but in like in my state, I was where they brought it was in my my county, which is a conservative Republican county.

00:13:27.340 And they knew that they couldn't win there.

00:13:28.920 So they illegally transferred me to to Harris County, which is largely Democrat, with I think every judge there is a Democrat.

00:13:37.400 And there's a reason they did that.

00:13:39.420 It's completely illegal to do that.

00:13:41.120 But that's that's the process.

00:13:42.360 That's what we're in now.

00:13:43.700 The laws are not followed.

00:13:45.160 And when Republicans are in these situations, they just dismiss the law and they they they take you where they want you.

00:13:51.640 And Trump's got the same problem.

00:13:52.920 End of the New York and what are his chances of getting a fair trial there?

00:13:56.540 Virtually none.

00:13:57.740 Yes, political.

00:13:58.520 And unfortunately, if our if our legal system is political and it's not based on the rule of law, then it's very hard to have a constitutional republic and have the balanced powers be the way they're supposed to be under our system of government.

00:14:15.180 You know, I have to go to where I sort of am in in terms of trying to figure out what the motivation is of the Marxist left.

00:14:25.420 I understand that they want to destroy everything that is America and American.

00:14:31.720 What I don't understand, is it really possible that they are doing what it appears they're doing, which is to push for a civil unrest, perhaps, you know, fighting in the streets to resolve this?

00:14:48.320 Because it can't go on where you have people being just downtrodden by the system without there being a response societally.

00:14:59.820 Yeah, look, I think for them, it's all about power and any means to get there is is justifiable because it's all about them.

00:15:08.200 And I think that's what we're seeing. We're seeing people that don't care about the American public, they don't care about the middle class, they don't care about anybody other than their little elitist group that thinks that they know better and think that everything should be about them.

00:15:22.520 And that's what's going on there. You're talking about elitism and it's common in other countries.

00:15:27.080 It hasn't been so common in our country, but it is becoming that's that's that's our destiny if if we don't stop them.

00:15:33.580 And. And in Texas, where did where does the state of Texas end up in this millions pouring through Texas over the course of the last years on their way to somewhere?

00:15:48.800 And thank goodness, you know, you all had the the the intelligence and the innovation to think about shipping them out of there.

00:15:57.520 It's created a lot of discord around those sanctuary cities that are rethinking being sanctuaries.

00:16:02.300 But the reality is that borders under the control on both sides of it, north and south by the drug cartels.

00:16:10.800 I don't care how many it seems to me. And you tell me if I'm wrong.

00:16:14.220 I don't think there are enough National Guardsmen to put on that border to stop this.

00:16:18.560 If the cartels insist on driving drugs, sex trafficking and illegal immigration across that border.

00:16:27.500 Am I wrong? Well, no, I think I think we can stop it.

00:16:31.780 I think you can. You saw under Trump that we we largely did stop at the numbers were down to their lowest levels in decades because he took it seriously.

00:16:39.660 He's the only president I know that's taken that issue seriously.

00:16:42.800 And whether you're talking Republican or Democrats, whether you're talking Bush or Obama, they were as complicit in allowing people to cross the border illegally.

00:16:51.620 And, you know, if we don't if we don't have leadership from the top that steps in and enforces federal law in a serious way,

00:16:58.540 we're going to have the drug cartels all over our country because they make so much money.

00:17:03.100 And if you incentivize them in any way, they're going to take advantage of it.

00:17:07.080 That's what the Biden administration has done.

00:17:08.500 They've been incentivized and partner with the cartels and getting people here illegally. 0.90

00:17:12.620 And this puppet president, impaired, compromised, corrupt, sitting down with President Xi and talking about all that they're going to accomplish.

00:17:26.740 I want to take that up with you as well as we continue here on The Great America Show talking with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. 0.94

00:17:34.160 Stay with us. We're coming right back.

00:17:36.240 You don't want to miss a minute.

00:17:37.220 We're back talking with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

00:17:46.740 And Mr. Attorney General, your thoughts about what is happening with this administration and President Xi there in San Francisco as we speak.

00:18:00.720 And already we're getting word that they're going to reduce their restraints on exports of advanced technology that could be used by the communist Chinese military.

00:18:12.060 We're getting word from this Treasury Secretary that trying to condition the battlefield, if you will, that every every bit of growth that China enjoys, it's good for the world and it's good for America.

00:18:23.980 The propaganda is pedestrian, amateurish, but it is incessant coming from this administration.

00:18:32.040 Look, I don't know how you can say it either, whether this president is selling us out.

00:18:37.540 And I think we saw what President Trump did.

00:18:39.960 He put restrictions on trade.

00:18:41.580 He tried to protect our technology.

00:18:43.220 They steal it all the time.

00:18:44.980 They force companies that are over in China, that are American companies, to allow the communist government to basically latch onto our technology.

00:18:55.880 And they use it against us, and they're going to continue to use it against us.

00:18:59.420 And my fear is, and I think the legitimate fear is, that that will become a military advantage to them.

00:19:05.340 And unfortunately, we've got a president that's potentially profited off that and certainly is not acting in the best interest of America.

00:19:13.320 And that could be, I think, with all the other problems that we have, if anything is a serious risk to the survival of this country,

00:19:21.020 it's certainly him helping China become more of a superpower.

00:19:26.360 Yeah, no doubt about it.

00:19:28.100 And I truly believe, as I've told this audience, I truly believe that this meeting with Xi,

00:19:36.420 where it looks to me like President Biden is there to get further orders from the president of China,

00:19:43.940 it is, it's deeply disturbing.

00:19:46.880 I think the American people understand this is not the president of the United States, as we know a president.

00:19:53.560 This is a prop who is managed by Marxist dims from the shadows and behind the scenes.

00:20:00.900 You've also gotten the ability, at least now, to actually have Texas law enforcement officers and agents actually arrest illegal immigrants.

00:20:14.560 I mean, that's stunning.

00:20:15.980 That was something that was stripped away, what, 10 years ago under the Obama administration?

00:20:22.180 Well, actually, we're in session right now trying to get that passed.

00:20:24.920 It's something my office is very, trying to be very much a part of, because we want to be able to stop illegal immigration.

00:20:32.300 And if the feds are going to have laws and not enforce them, we want to have that ability.

00:20:36.200 So we still have to get that process resolved on our legislature.

00:20:39.860 I'm optimistic that we're going to get that done.

00:20:41.720 It had passed the House, and I stand corrected.

00:20:47.080 Do you think you're going to be able to get the, are you going to get the bill into law?

00:20:54.040 Look, the House is always a problem here.

00:20:56.460 The Texas Senate is largely reliable on these types of issues.

00:20:59.880 The House is more of a problem.

00:21:01.880 But I'm hopeful, because there's a lot of pressure on them to deliver.

00:21:04.900 Their constituents want it.

00:21:06.480 A lot of Democrats want it.

00:21:08.720 So I'm hopeful that they'll actually listen to the people of Texas and get it done.

00:21:13.460 We always give our guests the last word, Mr. Attorney General.

00:21:17.380 Your concluding thoughts here as we wrap up, and it's great, as always, to talk with you.

00:21:22.340 Look, I think we've got a lot of problems.

00:21:24.620 And one of the major problems we have in our state is with voter fraud.

00:21:29.100 And we've got a court that struck down my ability to prosecute voter fraud, which I've been doing.

00:21:34.500 And if we can't protect our states from that, if we can't actually prosecute people that we know are committing voter fraud, we'll lose the right to, our vote won't matter.

00:21:42.900 And so I think that's important for people across the country to pay attention to, because I can tell you somebody who's prosecuted potentially maybe up to 1,000 cases in my state, it's a real issue.

00:21:52.920 So thanks for having me on.

00:21:53.940 I really appreciate it.

00:21:55.120 Well, thank you for being with us, Mr. Attorney General.

00:21:58.600 Ken Paxton, the great state of Texas.

00:22:01.160 Thanks so much, and God bless you.

00:22:02.720 You too.

00:22:03.620 Thanks, everybody, for being with us here today.

00:22:05.700 Our guest here tomorrow on The Great America Show, Bernie Moreno.

00:22:08.640 He is the leading Republican candidate running for the U.S. Senate in the state of Ohio.

00:22:14.260 Please join us for that tomorrow.

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00:22:26.680 God bless you.

00:22:27.520 And may God bless America.

The Great America Show - November 20, 2023

TEXAS FIGHTS BORDER WAR ALONE

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