‘EMBARRASSING’: Newsom unknowingly uses border hole patched by GOP candidate for photo-op
LAWRENCE, OVER TO YOU. >> Lawrence: THANKS, TODD, ALL RIGHT, LAST WEEK WE SHOWED YOU CALIFORNIA CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE KATE MONROE PLUGGING A HOLE NUT BORDER WALL WITH RAZOR WIRE SHE BOUGHT WITH HER OWN MONEY FROM HER OWN POCKET. DURING A TRIP TO THE BORDER GAVIN NEWSOM IS TAKING A PHOTO
OP. NEXT TO HER HARD WORK. KATE MONROE JOINS US AHEAD OF SUPER TUESDAY. HOW DID YOU FEEL ABOUT THE GOVERNOR -- I MEAN, FINALLY VISITING THE BORDER AREA, BUT THEN POSING RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR HARD WORK? >> WELL, I THINK MY FIRST REACTION WAS TO LAUGH LIKE YOU
CAN'T MAKE UP THE RIDICULOUS STUFF THAT HAPPENS ON THE LEFT, RIGHT? IT'S LIKE OH, THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN TO VISIT THE BORDER ALL THESE YEARS TOO LATE. IT REALLY KIND OF PISSS ME OFF. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT MOST POLITICIANS DO. THEY STAND FOR THINGS BUT THEY ACTUALLY DO VERY LITTLE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS ACTUALLY EMBARRASSING FOR HIM AND YOU CAN GO BACK UP AT THE SACRAMENTO AND DO YOUR FECKLESS, MALICIOUS NEGLECT OF A JOB. >> Lawrence: NOW WE ARE FINDING OUT 70% OF THE ILLEGAL CROSSINGS IN FEBRUARY HAPPENED IN BLUE STATES. >> SO, IT'S NOT JUST CALIFORNIA NOW.
IT'S ALL OF THE LIBERAL STATES RIGHT NOW. >> YEAH. IT'S NOT A HUGE SURPRISE. YOU HAVE THE SANCTUARY STATES, SANCTUARY CITIES. YOU TURN THE WHOLE COUNTRY INTO A SANCTUARY COUNTRY BASICALLY AND WONDER WHY IT'S DISSEMINATING THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN ALL OF THESE CITIES. THEIR POLICIES ARE SO RIDICULOUS. THEY GOAL AFTER DEMOCRAT
SUPREMACY AT LITERALLY ANY COST. EVEN THE COST OF A LIFE LAKEN RILEY. THEY DO NOT CARE. >> Lawrence: WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT ALL THESE BORDER NUMBERS, IT LOOKS LIKE THE NUMBERS ARE STARTING TO DROP IN TEXAS. WE'RE ONLY AT 42,000 IN TEXAS. BUT ARIZONA HAS 54,000. CALIFORNIA 32,000. NEW MEXICO 11,000.
IT LOOKS LIKE WHAT GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT IS DOING TO SECURE THE BORDER IS WORKING. PUSHING THEM BACK. PUTTING THAT RAZOR WIRE AS WELL AS THOSE SHIPPING CONTAINERS IS WORKING. BUT IT'S NOT THE SAME FOR YOUR STATE OF CALIFORNIA. >> NO, IN OUR STATE OF CALIFORNIA, REGULAR EVERYDAY VETERANS HAVE TO GO DOWN AND
SECURE OUR BORDER. I MEAN, WE INVITE IT HERE. WE ACTUALLY IMPORT PEOPLE INTO OUR COUNTRY, INTO OUR STATE, IT'S NOT REALLY THAT DIFFICULT TO SECURE THE BORDER. WE HAVE NOW SECURED THREE SITES AND WE HAVE GONE BACK TO CHECK AND ALL THE RAZOR WIRE IS STILL UP.
THE FACT THAT WE'RE NOT DOING IT WHEN IT'S VERY SIMPLE JUST TELLS YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT THEY WANT IT AND IT'S PURPOSEFUL. >> Lawrence: KATE, I DIDN'T GET TO ASK YOU LAST WEEK SINCE THE GOVERNOR IS POSING IN FRONT OF YOUR WIRE, DO YOU THINK THEY
WILL PAY YOU BACK FOR THE JOB THAT YOU DID THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOING? IN TEXAS, WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET REIMBURSED FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. YOU GOT A STATE THAT'S TAKING ALMOST CREDIT FOR YOUR WORK. YOU THINK HE IS GONNA GIVE YOU INVOICE BACK WITH THAT MONEY? >> NO.
NOT EVEN A THANK YOU CARD. I'M SURE HE WAS THERE TRYING TO GET HIM TO TAKE IT DOWN. BUT, IN REALITY, PAY BACK ENOUGH FOR ME WAS UNDERSTANDING THAT WE LIT THE COUNTRY ON FIRED AND SHOWED PEOPLE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GO QUIETLY INTO THE NIGHT. THAT'S ALL THE PAYMENT I NEED.
I FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT WHAT WE DID. I DON'T NEED A SINGLE NICKEL FROM HIM. NO THANK