Dems urge Biden to seize control of border from Texas troops

♪ BARNES. >> Lawrence: THE BORDER BATTLE DOWN IN TEXAS INTENSIFIES WITH DEMOCRATS NOW CALLING ON THE PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN TO FEDERALIZE THE STATE NATIONAL GUARD. >> Ainsley: BUT, GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT IS NOT BACKING DOWN SAYING TEXAS HAS THE RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF AGAINST THE MIGRANT INVASION. >> Brian: THEY’RE USING THE CONSTITUTION AS A WEAPON. LUCAS TOMLINSON IS LIVE IN WASHINGTON WITH THE DETAILS. ALL RIGHT, LUCAS, UNWIND THIS. >> HI, WELL, GOOD MORNING, MY FRIENDS. THE TEXAS BORDER STANDOFF CONTINUES. BOTH GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT AND THE WHITE HOUSE REFUSING TO BACK DOWN. NOW G.O.P. REINFORCEMENTS ARE POURING

IN. SEEING THE SUPPORT OF MANY REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS SUCH AS FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS, VIRGINIA GOVERNOR GLENN YOUNGKIN. SOUTH DAKOTA GOVERNOR KRISTI NOEM, GOVERNORS FROM MONTANA, GEORGIA AND UTAH. SOME ON THE LEFT WANT PRESIDENT BIDEN TO DO MORE. TEXAS CONGRESSMAN JOAQUIN CASTRO SAYS BIDEN NEEDS TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD RIGHT NOW. OTHER DEMOCRATS RUSHING TO HIS DEFENSE ARE CONGRESSMAN GREG KOSAR AND BETO O’ROURKE. AND INVOKING THE FATHER OF THE CONSTITUTION JAMES MADISON AS STEVE SAID OFF THE TOP AND ALEXANDER HAMILTON. OUTRAGEOUS NOT A STATUE OF HIM IN ST. CROIX, I I DO YES.

CONGRESSMAN SCAGHT STATEMENT ACCUSING BIDEN OF BEING A LAWLESS PRESIDENT. SAYING, QUOTE: THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF A NATIONAL BRANCH HAS A CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY TO ENFORCE FEDERAL LAWS PROTECTING

STATES INCLUDING IMMIGRATION LAWS ON THE BOOKS RIGHT NOW. PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS REFUSED TO ENFORCE THOSE THROUGHS AND HAS EVEN VIOLATED THEM. THE RESULT IS THAT HE HAS SMASHED RECORDS FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. THIS COMES, OF COURSE, AS THE BORDER BILL IN THE SENATE IS IN DANGER OF FALLING APART. WHICH ALLOWS THOUSANDS OF MIGRANTS INTO THE COUNTRY EACH DAY. DRAWN THE IRE OF MANY HOUSE MEMBERS, INCLUDING SOME REPUBLICAN SENATORS AS

WELL, GUYS. >> Steve: HEY, LUCAS, IS THIS THE FIRST TIME IN MODERN AMERICAN HISTORY WHERE THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, WHICH IS IN CHARGE OF KEEPING US SAFE, IS BEING ACCUSED BY A STATE FOR ALLOWING PEOPLE TO COME IN WITH LITTLE TO KNOW VETTING AND THINGS LIKE THAT? ESSENTIALLY TEXAS IS SAYING THERE IS AN INVASION. AND SO, ULTIMATELY, IT BECOMES A QUESTION FOR THE COURTS OF WHAT CONSTITUTES SAFE. BECAUSE THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS SAY WE’RE NOT SAFE. >> AND, STEVE, THAT’S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY PRESIDENT BIDEN ONLY HAS 1% APPROVAL RATING WITH HIS HANDLE OF

THE SOUTHERN BORDER, ACCORDING TO A RECENT ABC NEWS POLL. MANY IN AMERICA WANT TO SEE THAT SOUTHERN BORDER FORTIFIED. >> Brian: THANKS, LUCAS. >> Steve: NO KIDDING. >> Ainsley: IF YOU LOOK AT THE HARVARD-HARRIS POLLS IT SAYS THIS IS THE NEW ISSUE OVERTAKEN INFLATION. WE HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS OF HOW TO FIX IT. REPUBLICANS SAY THAT IT’S LIKE 85% OF THEM SAY IT’S GOT — 81% SAY THE CONDITIONS ARE GETTING WORSE ON THE BORDER. ONLY 45% OF DEMOCRATS AGREE WITH THAT EVEN JOHN FETTERMAN, THE PROGRESSIVE SENATOR OUT OF PENNSYLVANIA, IS HE A DEMOCRAT, HE IS CALLING

THIS A CRISIS. AND HE SAID THE SENATE IN CONGRESS HAVE TO DELIVER ON THIS BORDER SECURITY SITUATION. I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS CONTROVERSIAL E MADE THE BEST POINT. LOOK AT THE NUMBERS. IN DECEMBER WE HAD 300,000 ENCOUNTERS. HE SAID THAT’S LARGER THAN THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH. AND HE SAID AND THAT IS JUST ONE MONTH. >> Steve: THAT’S RIGHT. >> Lawrence: BRIAN, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS GOING BACK TO THE COURTS AGAIN. THIS IS WHAT TEXAS IS SAYING. ACCORDING TO ARTICLE 5, SECTION 4. THE STATES, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS A DUTY TO PROTECT EACH STATE

FROM ANY TYPE OF INVASION. AND IF YOU LOOK AT OUR BORDER AND OUR LIVE SHOTS. EVERY SINGLE DAY AT THE BORDER, IT’S VERY CLEAR THAT TEXAS IS BEING INVADED BY SEVERAL COUNTRIES. HE IS SAYING THAT — THIS IS THE GOVERNOR, WHO USED TO BE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS. IS HE SAYING BECAUSE YOU HAVE FAILED TO DO ARTICLE 45 SECTION 4, WE’RE GOING TO USE ARTICLE 1 SECTION 10, CLAUSE 3 TO ENFORCE THAT. SO, ESSENTIALLY, IT’S THE SAYING THAT IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REFUSES TO PROTECT ANY STATE, WE HAVE THE RIGHT THROUGH WHATEVER NATIONAL GUARD

OR TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, TO DEFEND OURSELVES. >> Brian: LISTEN TO THIS. SO THE GOVERNOR OF OKLAHOMA STANDS WITH HIM. GOVERNOR OF MONTANA. THE GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA. THE GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA. THEY’RE ALL SAYING WE ARE WITH YOU, TEXAS. WE GET IT. WE ARE 100 PERCENT WITH YOU. IF YOU WANT TO GET SOME MOMENTUM FOR ANY TYPE OF LEGITIMATE BORDER PROTECTION WORKED ON BY SENATOR LANKFORD AND MURPHY HEADING IT UP AND THE PRESIDENT COMES OUT AND SAYS IT IS A CRISIS WE ARE GOING TO FIX IT. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW IF THEY’RE SINCERE. WHY

WOULD ANYONE THINK THE PRESIDENT IS SINCERE ABOUT IT WHEN HE IS DOING EVERYTHING HE CAN TO CUT THE RAZOR WIRE THAT TEXAS IS FORCED TO DO THEMSELVES AND SENDING IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO DO IT. WHY WOULD ANYONE FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT WHEN HE IS BACKING UP ALL THOSE CITIES THAT HAVE SANCTUARY STATUS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE INVERSE OF WHAT WE’RE DOING AT THE BORDER FOR WHAT TEXAS IS DOING AT THE BORDER. THINK ABOUT THESE CITIES ARE TRUMPING THE CONSTITUTION IN THESE SANCTUARY CITY STATUS. YOU ARE SAYING I DON’T CARE WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

SAYS, WE ARE FORBIDDING ICE FROM KICKING OUT PEOPLE WHOEE KNOW ARE HERE ILLEGALLY FROM EVEN ASKING THEM. THAT’S ALSO UNCONSTITUTIONAL. THE PRESIDENT STAKES HIS POWER AND SENDS THE COURTS IN OUR LEGAL SYSTEM AFTER STATES THAT JUST WANT TO HOLD ON TO THEIR SOVEREIGNTY AND PROTECT THEIR PEOPLE. >> Steve: LISTEN, I SAW SOMETHING IN THE “NEW YORK POST” YESTERDAY. WE WERE UP IN NEW ENGLAND, SO WE MISSED IT, BUT I PICKED IT UP TODAY. THE MIGRANTS ARE WINDING UP IN THIS COUNTRY WITH PRELOADED DEBIT CARDS AND ENVELOPES OF CASH, RIGHT? DO YOU KNOW WHERE THAT MONEY

IS COMING FROM? IT’S COMING FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. LET ME EXPLAIN HOW ALL OF US, AMERICA’S TAXPAYERS ARE PAYING FOR THOSE PEOPLE TO COME ACROSS THAT RAZOR WIRE. THE “NEW YORK POST” HAS THIS STORY THAT TALKS ABOUT HOW THE UNITED NATIONS HAS GOT THIS INNER AGENCY PLATFORM FOR REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS FROM VENEZUELA. AND THEY HAVE GOT $1.6 BILLION TO HELP PEOPLE REACH THE U.S.-MEXICAN BORDER. AND SO THAT RAZOR WIRE SLOWS THEM DOWN. AND SO THEY DON’T LIKE THAT. AND SO THE UNITED NATIONS, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE GIVEN ALL THESE PEOPLE MONEY TO MAKE

IT TO THE SOUTHERN BORDER, THAT’S SLOWING THEM DOWN. SO WHAT IS JOE BIDEN DOING? HE IS MAKING IT EASIER FOR THEM TO COME IN. HERE, AINSLEY, IS THE IMPORTANT PART. WITH THE UNITED NATIONS, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR DECADES. WHO IS THE BIGGEST FUNDER OF THE UNITED NATIONS? THE UNITED STATES. ABSOLUTELY. WE PAY 22% OF THE U.N. BUDGET. SO, KEEP IN MIND. WE ARE FINANCING MOST — A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE. WE ARE FINANCING MORE THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY ON THE GLOBE. THOSE PEOPLE, TO COME INTO THIS COUNTRY ILLEGALLY. YOU KNOW, AND SO WE’RE

GOING TO PLAY THE SOUNDBITE IN A MOMENT OF KAMALA HARRIS TALKING ABOUT HOW THE REPUBLICANS HAVE MADE THIS A POLITICAL THING TO RUN ON. LOOK WHAT JOE BIDEN IS DOING. HE IS TAKING OUR TAXPAYER MONEY, PUTTING IT IN THEIR POCKETS AND SAYING COME ONTO THE UNITED STATES. >> Ainsley: REPUBLICANS WANT THE PROBLEM FIXED. >> Steve: DEMOCRATS DO TOO, RIGHT. >> Ainsley: REASON TOM HOMAN SAYS BECAUSE FOX NEWS HAS BEEN PUSHING THIS CONSERVATIVES KNOW ABOUT THIS ISSUE. WE ARE SEEING IT IN OUR CITIES. YOU ARE SEEING IT IN TEXAS AND ALL OVER THE SOUTH. NOW DEMOCRATS

ARE SEEING IT BECAUSE NOW OTHER CHANNELS HAVE TO COVER IT BECAUSE IT’S COMING TO STATES LIKE NEW YORK. AND IT’S COMING TO BIG CITIES LIKE CHICAGO. ALL THESE GOVERNORS ARE SAYING WE DON’T HAVE THE MONEY. OUR MAYOR IN NEW YORK CITY IS SAYING FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GIVE ME HELP. I NEED HELP NOW. SO NOW IT’S AN ISSUE THAT EVERYONE IN OUR COUNTRY, DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ARE NOTICING AND SEEING KAMALA HARRIS SAYING REPUBLICANS ARE USING TO WIN ELECTIONS. NO, REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN SCREAMING SAYING HELP US. OUR COUNTRY SOMETHING INVADED BY NOT ONLY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND YOU HAVE

TO FOOT THE BILL, BUT ALSO BY CRIMINALS THAT ARE BRINGING IN DRUGS, WHY TERRORISTS TOM HOMAN SAID THERE ARE TERRORISTS IN OUR COUNTRY. LISTEN TO WHAT OUR VICE PRESIDENT IS TRYING TO SAY. >> SOME PEOPLE SEEM FIXATED ON JOE BIDEN’S AGE. I WANTED TO ASK YOU — >> — IT’S BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOTHING TO RUN ON. >> IMMIGRATION THEY’RE RUNNING ON NOW TOO. >> THEY COULD PARTICIPATE IN FIXING. >> RIGHT. >> NO, BUT, REALLY, SO, YOU ARE RIGHT, THEY ARE RUNNING ON IMMIGRATION BECAUSE THEY LIKE HAVING THE PROBLEM SO THEY CAN — THEY CAN HAVE

AN ISSUE. WE HOPE AND — AND ARE REALLY TRYING TO COMPEL — PARTICULARLY SOME OF THE REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SOLUTION. BUT, SADLY, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO FIX IT. THEY WANT TO RUN ON IT. THEY WANT — THEY WANT A POLITICAL ISSUE TO RUN ON IN NOVEMBER. >> Brian: SO NO INTEREST IN TRYING TO FIX IT. SHE ONLY WENT THERE ONCE FOR AN HOUR. WENT TO THE BORDER AND LEFT. ONE OF THE BIGGEST EMBARRASSMENTS WHEN YOU REALIZE HOW USELESS SHE WAS WHEN SHE BASICALLY PUNTED WHEN ASKED TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE

BORDER LIKE VICE PRESIDENTS BIDEN WAS ASKED BY BARACK OBAMA TO HIS WHATEVER POLICY THEY HAD HE ACTUALLY DID SOMETHING. FOR COURIC NOT TO ASK DON’T YOU FEEL RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WORST DISASTER IN HISTORY AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER IS CRAZY. >> I’M NOT SURE IF SHE IS STILL WITH TODAY SHOW. THE OTHER THING WITH KAMALA HARRIS IS ALMOST EVERYTHING THAT KAMALA HARRIS AND JOE BIDEN CAN DO RIGHT NOW COULD EFFECT THE BORDER AND HELP THEIR POLITICAL FORTUNES. JUST REVERSE OF THE AMNESTY PROBLEM. REVERSE THE PAROLE. DO THE REMAIN IN MEXICO. YOU DON’T NEED CONGRESS FOR THAT

AT ALL. YOU DON’T NEED ANY MORE MONEY FOR THAT AT ALL. YOU COULD GET ADDITIONAL MONEY TO ADJUDICATE QUICKLY FOR PEOPLE. BUT, IF YOU CHANGE THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY ARE ASKED AT THE BORDER, CAN YOU NO LONGER COME IN HERE AND SAY I’M BEING THREATENED IN MY COUNTRY. THAT’S ENOUGH TO SAY STAY. NOW YOU SAY IT DOESN’T MATTER. GO TO ANOTHER SECTION OF YOUR COUNTRY. IF YOU DON’T HAVE ENOUGH PROOF, YOU DON’T STAY. >> Lawrence: I’M BAFFLED BY THE HEADLINE REPUBLICANS HAVE NOTHING TO RUN ON. IMMIGRATION IS NUMBER ONE ON TOP OF THE LIST. >>

Ainsley: LONG LIST. >> Lawrence: YOU GOT NATIONAL SECURITY. YOU GOT WHAT HAPPENED IN AFGHANISTAN. WE CAN KEEP GOING OVER AND OVER. AND THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE A REPORTER RIGHT THERE THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE REPRESENTING AMERICAN PEOPLE AND OUR INTEREST ON THE DAY-TO-DAY BASIS NOT PUSH BACK AND SAY WHAT ABOUT THESE ISSUES? I THINK IS STUNNING. >> Ainsley: YOU KNOW WHAT? WHEN THE JOE BIDEN TEAM CAME UP WITH THEIR GAME PLAN FOR 2024 RACE, IMMIGRATION, MIGRATION, AND THESE IMAGES FROM FOX AND NOW THEY ARE ON EVERY CHANNEL IN EVERY BIG CITY BECAUSE THE SANCTUARY

CITY, THEY WEREN’T COUNTING ON THAT. THEY WERE GOING TO RUN ON IT, YOU KNOW, WE’RE BEING INCLUSIVE. AND NOW IT’S LIKE THE PEOPLE OF THE STATES ARE GOING PLEASE, TURN IT OFF. WE WERE ALL AT THE BOSTON AIRPORT YESTERDAY. DID YOU REALIZE THAT BOSTON HAS GOT SUCH A MIGRANT PROBLEM THAT JUST LIKE CHICAGO NOW, THEY ARE KEEPING THE MIGRANTS AT THE AIRPORT SIMPLY BECAUSE — AND WE ALL KNOW I