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Today Explains — McEnany - There's NO END in sight.... Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.
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those long lines for Americans traveling. They're facing the longest TSA lines in history. At George Bush Intercontinental, I should say airport and Houston travelers were waiting up to six hours. Now, lines snaked up three floors starting in the basement. And in Atlanta, airport lines extended outside of the terminal. It's an all-out nightmare. And while everyday Americans are suffering, over on Capitol Hill, guess what they're doing? Congress cannot agree on a deal to end the madness. And there was another failed Senate vote to fund DHS. There's no end in sight. In fact, Thune just said to our reporters that he has presented Democrats with what they think is their last and final offer. While Congress is supposed to go on a recess, that's right. A paid vacation from March 28th to April 12th. Travelers say enough is enough. A politician gets yourself together and do the work of the people that we put you in office to do. People are frustrated and they're ready for politicians on the hill to get this resolved. I think at some point people are really going to crash out
in my opinion, because this is really frustrating. And President Trump moments ago, during his cabinet meeting, says everyday Americans are pointing their fingers at Democrats. Democrats are really punishing the American people. I saw today on one of the shows where they were interviewing people at the airport and they're all angry at the Democrats. They're saying they're actually angry at Schumer. I didn't think anyone knew his name. One woman said that Schumer is disgraceful. He's a disgrace to our country. But they're angry at the Democrats. You know, Emily, John Thune was asked about where negotiations stand. He said, I think the Democrats are in possession of their last, the last and final offer from us. So let's hope this gets it done. That doesn't sound promising. It doesn't. It's like the president said just a moment ago in the cabinet meeting, where the GOP is the party of common sense and the Democrats have now become the party of insanity. I hate to sound like a broken record, but I must repeat that I am so ashamed of the Democrats here as our government that this is how they treat their servants. And I've heard some comparisons to attempt to undermine the empathy and sympathy that Americans
have for these workers, somehow relating it to Doge. And this is anything but that because Doge was in the interest of the American people of streamlining where our tax dollars go. And it was ensuring that every federal worker was cared for in the amount of paychecks and severance policies. Here we are demanding that federal civil servants show up to work. And by the way, in a very stressful environment, as sitting ducks in especially vulnerable positions because there are large groups of people amassed at pre-security checkpoints, during the time when we were in a conflict with an entity that wants to totally annihilate us. And we are asking them to do it for free. And these are people who are attempting to cover child care and mortgages and health all at the same time. The stories that have come out to your point about the blood plasma and the sleeping in cars. Our civil servants again have been reaching out to nonprofits, other relatives, and loan banks, banks from loans. They're taking out loans on their 401ks just to make mortgage payments. And those Democrats can sit there with a straight face and enjoy the salary that we pay still being deposited into their bank accounts
and then expect that they're going to go on vacation for it. The problem is if you exhibited this absolute abdication of duty in a private sector, you would be terminated. But we cannot for some reason terminate these people. They just sit there and rot. And Chuck Schumer has the nerve to say that what is bone-chilling is ice at the airports? No, sir. What is bone-chilling is the fact that the Democrat party seeks to totally take advantage of these agents that have dedicated their lives to service. And now we look at them in the face and say you're going to do it for free. It is tragic. It is. And, you know, John, when you look at the details, we have Bill Mellusion reported yesterday that the deal was falling apart. The Senate GOP offered to fund all of DHS except ICE's deportation wing. And that reporting comes as we know that the head of DHS has been replaced. I mean, they have gotten deliverables here, but they're saying, no, we want judicial warrants for ICE operations. That would hamper ICE entirely. This is just people in Congress scoring political points at the expenses and we laid out of our national security. This is just the dereliction of duty. The Democrats have already got most of what they wanted. Now they're
just asking for symbolic things as an excuse to hold this up. We are in the middle of a war where our enemy is losing militarily on the battlefield. And so their response is to try to launch asymmetric barbaric attacks on civilians in our homeland. I was there at 9-11. The reason we created DHS is because we didn't have a defense to terrorists and people like homegrown attackers that we're seeing now. We've already seen several attacks like this. That's why DHS is created. TSA in a way is just the tip of the iceberg. We can see that part. But the rest of DHS is also not being funded and they're responsible for protecting the rest of the country and every dimension. And that Democrats in Congress are willing to sacrifice our national security just to score some points to maybe win in the midterms in November. That is the opposite of doing your duty. Yeah, and with national security threats really higher than they've been in quite some time with the Iran war. You know, Martha, when you look at this, this is the juxtaposition. I think the American people have a hard time stomaching. It's the $1 billion we have. This will pull it up. TSA lost paychecks. And then when you flip to the next screen, what you see is Easter recess paid
vacation for Congress, which begins this weekend. It's pathetic. And I think about the man at the beginning of those individuals who spoke at the airport who said, we elected you. You know, and this is how we feel about this. We want you to solve this. We want you to make some compromises. They are called representatives for a reason. And they're representing the people who are standing on this line. And they're saying, we don't care about you. We don't care about you. We care more about the political point, as you just said, John. And we're just going to keep hammering it. I've had a lot of people don't remember exactly why the Democrats are even fighting this fight. They're saying, well, we don't ever want to see another Minnesota. Okay, you already won that battle. President Trump doesn't want to see another Minnesota. That's why he fired Christian dome. That's why he said, we're going to go back to the worst of the worst policy. So you've already won this battle. So take that win and let people go back to work and let things start moving here. It's absolutely unbelievable. And to your point, John, just quickly about what Iran wants.
So they're scrambling a little bit now. They've lost a lot of their navy and their military, as we've seen in this press conference. But what they do have is terrorism. They've been good at it. They've been doing it for 50 years. Okay, they know how to do this. Can you imagine what they think when they look at this TSA story? These guys aren't getting paid. We can hit them with cyber. We could hit them, you know, at these at these very crowded gates. So think about that for a moment when you before you go home for Easter, folks. Lydia, you know, in watching some of the reactions from people that are trying trying to just get from point A to point B, I'm just amazed at how patient they are. And to your point, Martha, I think, you know, we all know the origin of this particular shutdown. And the last one for that matter, being the Democrats. But I wonder how much the American public store remembers that now. I'm not so sure that they are actually keeping scorned that way. And I think they're just blaming Congress and Washington across the board, which is, I think, not great news for Republicans who are trying their best to get everything up and moving. I hope out of all of this, though, ice being deployed to the airports, handing out water. And I just saw some reporting from our
wonderful correspondent Brook Taylor down in Texas that they're now being cleared to also screen bags. I hope ice gets some credit for this. I hope that they get some praise and appreciation as well as the TSA officers that are still showing up despite not being paid. But ice, they've been so demonized and they certainly deserve some appreciation. No doubt about it. Hey, everyone. I'm Emily Camponio. Catch me and my co-host, Harris Balkner and Kaylee Meccaneni on outnumbered every weekday at 12 p.m. Eastern or set your DVR. Also, don't forget to subscribe to the Fox News YouTube page for daily highlights. Crafted from premium, decaffeinated Brazilian beans with 25 grams of protein,
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