Scalise Blasts Biden's Misleading Speech Packed With Hollow Promises
WASHINGTON, D.C.—House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Fox News Channel's Fox & Friends to discuss Joe Biden's misleading speech at the Democrats' National Convention last night. Whip Scalise highlighted the stark contrast between Biden's lackluster 47-year political career compared to President Trump's successful accomplishments in the last three years. Whip Scalise pointed out that our economy is poised for the greatest economic comeback in history thanks to President Trump's pro-growth policies.
Whip Scalise also blasted Speaker Pelosi for fabricating a baseless conspiracy theory about the United States Postal Service instead of bringing the House back in session to provide emergency assistance to working families across the country.
On Joe Biden's misleading convention speech:
"You could give [Joe Biden's convention speech] an ‘M' for misleading because there were so many points in there where they just left out key facts. I mean, Joe Biden literally said that he won't let Russia interfere with the elections under his watch. It was under the Obama, Biden Administration where Russia tried to interfere with the elections. In fact, it was an FBI official under the Obama Administration and Biden Administration who just pled guilty, a few days ago, to trying to spy on the Trump campaign. All of this happened under Joe Biden's watch and, by the way, it's been Donald Trump's leadership that did the travel ban on China, stopping flights from coming in from China. Joe Biden said he was against that. Joe Biden criticized President Trump who led and said 'We're going to ban flights coming in from Europe to stop the flow of COVID.' Dr. Fauci, by the way, testified under oath that President Trump's decisions were the right decisions, and President Trump's decisions saved American lives. Joe Biden would not have saved those American lives, so let's fact check this.
"Let's look at those details, because the details really do matter when Joe Biden's embracing the far-left agenda that includes defunding the police. You had that segment earlier about the violence in some of these cities across America, it's coming because they're trying to defund police. Joe Biden says he wants to reallocate money away from police. Does he not think that we understand what that means? Defunding and reallocating are the same thing. He's going to take money away from our police, we need safe streets. I know firsthand how important it is to have law enforcement and the important job they do keeping us safe."
On Joe Biden's lackluster track record compared to President Trump's promises made and promises kept:
"Joe Biden is somebody who's been on the wrong side of a lot of issues. You know, and he might put his arm around you, and laugh and chuckle. And, of course, we've seen that's gotten him into trouble too. But ultimately, you've got to look at what he's said and has he delivered? I mean, for all of the list of things that he said he would solve, every problem in the world is going to be solved, he hasn't solved any of them in 47 years in political office. I do think that matters. Results matter. And so, you look at President Trump's record – in just three years, he's delivered on all the promises he's made.
"Now look, if you didn't vote for him four years ago because you didn't like the fact that he was going to restore law order, he's going to bring back jobs from China, President Trump was doing all of those things. He was getting regulations under control so that we can actually build America back up again. Every income level was benefiting, by the way, lowest income workers were benefiting the most. We need to rebuild our economy now from COVID, who better to do it than Donald Trump who already did it once, not Joe Biden who was part of so many failures that we don't want to go into. Osama bin Laden might still be around today if he was the one making the call."
On Speaker Pelosi's U.S. Postal Service conspiracy theory:
"This is such a fabricated crisis. It's a typical move by Nancy Pelosi to try to divert, because you know, in the middle of their convention you would think they would be talking about their agenda. They didn't mention their agenda at all. In fact, in the Democrat Party platform they mentioned Donald Trump almost twice more than they mentioned jobs, or confronting China, because that's not what their focus is. They hate the President more than they care about people or rebuilding this country. But look at the Post Office, I mean, they've said they have enough money to run through the middle of next year if we don't give them another dime. They just turned down a $10 billion loan request and Nancy Pelosi is saying give them $25 billion of your hard-earned dollars or else the election won't happen. Oh, by the way, Nancy Pelosi wants to mail ballots to everybody on the rolls, including millions of people who are not legally on the rolls. That's what [Democrats] want to do. I think people are going to see through this, but it shows you where their priorities are. They're not focusing on jobs right now, that's what we should be focused on."
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"I talked to the President two days ago about this and I agree with the President that this is ridiculous, that Nancy Pelosi is wasting the House's time on things like this. Things that aren't a problem. Again, [the Postal Service] has enough money to run through the middle of next year without another dime and [Democrats] should be focused on jobs, helping reopen schools safely, but that's why we've got to get rid of Nancy Pelosi as Speaker. She sets the agenda.
"I mean, the Post Office has enough money. Again, you know, you go create a crisis and then let the media run with it as if the Post Office is going to shut down. That's not the case and, by the way, when [Democrats] in their convention say, ‘Oh, [Republicans] don't want you to vote.' Who are they? We're trying to make sure every vote counts, but we don't want millions of ballots that are fraudulent out on the streets, rampant for voter fraud."