war, creating this division in our country where they have defined their an enemy from within with the maga republicans. these individuals, i m telling you, millions of americans across the country who simply love america, love our traditions, love our freedoms, who want to make sure that there is dissent and debate within our nation and dialog within our nation. and for president biden to then all of a sudden back track and not even remember what he said last night, that s what it almost sounds like, is also very disturbing because you have to ask yourself who is really running that white house if he can t even remember the speech he gave last night? i mean, is it forgetfulness? for real or did he really walk it back ? but the democrats are putting us in a very and this country in a very dangerous position. right? that s an important point. i mean, i spoke earlier,
well, look, he talks about rule of law. what has he done? he s violated his oath of office to take care that the laws are faithfully executed by opening the border. he s not following the law there. look what he did with the student loan bailout. congress never authorized that. he s citing a law from september 11th to somehow give loan forgiveness and put it on the backs of the taxpayer. for people with degrees in gender studies. so spare me this idea of the rule of law. he doesn t give a darn about the rule of law. and yes, the only republicans he likes are republicans that want him to get his way. if you stand up against his bad policies like we do in florida, then of course, he s going to try to write you out over who s acceptable as an american citizen. yeah, well, i mean, if kevin mccarthy becomes speaker, is he an acceptable republican or not? is he not going to speak to the speaker of the house? i rather doubt it. governor , last night we saw two marines standing at attent
here s how the white house press secretary defended it. the presence of the marines at the speech was intended to demonstrate a deep and abiding respect the president has for these service. service members to these ideals and the unique role of independent military plays in defending our democracy. governor , you re a veteran. your reaction to that? yeah, i mean, he s using those marines as a prop for a partisan attack on half the country. i think that that s something that is doesn t sit well with a lot of veterans. i would also say he respects veterans. he respects active duty. he has kicked out military members based on the covid jab. that s not respected in my book. we ve lost a lot of good people who wanted to serve, but for his mandates, some are saying it was also a way to underscore his war talk, if you will . and they keep saying this is not a political speech, but it sure sounded like it. and the imagery was quite
they wanted people to lose their job based on getting an mri and a shot or not. and unfortunately, i think the weaponization of this government is something when you talk about eighty seven thousand irs agents, who s that going to go after? it s going to go after the people that he was attacking in his speech last night. governor , here s what biden said about except republicans watch this. not every republican embraces their extreme ideology. i know, because i ve been able to work with these mainstream republicans, american democracy only works only if we choose to respect the rule of law and the institutions that were set up in this chamber behind me. only if we respect our legitimate political differences. a governor who made biden a passport, officer of mainstream republicanism, and does the governor of florida fit in that definition? do you think?
and former white house strategic communications director . thank you both for being here, ari. you were with president bush during and after 9/11. so you re quite familiar with wartime addresses, i think. was this one . and what do you make of the labors to paint biden as a wartime president ? my summary of what joe biden said last night is your people are the enemy of my people. this is the type of president we have for the united states of america. if you disagree with me, if you have different views, if you supported donald trump, you are the enemy of the american people. that s how joe biden is defining his term in office. george bush used similar language about qaeda after september 11th when he said, you re either with us or against us . you don t say that about the american people. there are many conservatives, many liberals who love this country and have a clash of ideas that s called democracy. but when you, the president, the united states , vilify half