committee, partly as the chairman, trying to get the democrats to be interested in openness, transparency, and accountability, but suddenly, they nowow have found religion n that side of it, now that donald trump is the president. how do you see it? they don t consult the bible when it comes to things like same-sex marriage, and where were these born-again evangelists when jack phillips, the owner of the cake shop in colorado was forced to bake a cake, they tried to force him to bake a cake for a gay wedding. if they are so concerned about the religious convictions, where were they then? it s so much hypocrisy. jason: michelle, how do you see it? this is not the only situation where they have done this.s. again, accountability is something i have not seen them take on in eight years of barack obama and now they have found it. yes, they have found all manner of religion. of course, to add to larry s
more wisdom than anyone has ever had. jason: joining us now a syndicated columnist and author michelle malkin and nationally syndicated radio host larryio elder. thank you both for joining us here. larry, somehow i find these democrats i find it to be convenientat that they somehow decide to lean on faith to bash the trump administration in a season that is supposed to be filled with joy. how do you read it? how do you see this? i call them born-again evangelists, jason. where were these people when the dnc booed god where they tryst o include god in the dnc platform? where were these born-again evangelists when people like joy behar called mike pence somebody guilty of having a mental illness because he spoke to god? where were these people? it is amazing. the only reason they are invoking god is because theyn feel that that would be an argument they can use. they are evenld using the race card. one pundit called the wall racist. once you call the wall ungodlike and racist, wher
is the president had also nancy pelosi s job but rather than doing that, she would rather ss jason: i think clearly the democrats love the issue but i don t think it resonates to the american people. i think they know that this president is fighting to secure the border. last question. you spent decades in the service, you understand the border patrol, youcu understand customs and immigration immigrations and customs enforcement. what do you think they would say to the president and thehe membs of the congressof and the house and senate that have to vote on this?an do they or do they not want a wall? they want a wall. the men and women on the border, i wore that green uniform, they are asking for the government s help. you go to the national law enforcement, they have given their lives for this country, lot of i.c.e. agents. the wall works, they know it, they are on the border, give them what they need. jason: there is nothing more frustrating than the i.c.e. agents i know, th
coming north. this is the easy way into the united states, iss it not? when i was the i.c.e. director, we removed people from 140 different countries. people said youti were anti-immigrant and anti-latino. i like to think i was an equal opportunity deporter. if you are in the united states illegally, you will be deported. again, it s the left pushing this inaccurate message. let s go to the other question about drugs. this past year, you look at the stats from the border patrol, the seizures of fentanyl have doubled. 184%. that killed 72,000 americans this year. they doubled the seizure of fentanyl on the border. they have doubled the arrests of ms-13 members, up almost 200%. there is your criminals, your gangs, your drugs, and crime. ms. pelosi, what have you got now? jason: in november, there were more thanhe 60,000 people that were apprehended trying to come across the border.
those photographs never see the light of day. but he wanted to give something to them, to give back, to show that he so respects anyone who wears the cloth of the republic or law enforcement, i see it again and again and again. the first thing the president does when he gets off air force one, when there are no camerases there, at that base, e gets off and he goes down and he shakes the hand of every police out rider to show his respect. this is a man who loves those people and it makes such a change m after the obama years. jason: no, it does. the president is on the ground as we speak at the ramstein air force base in germany. it s the middle of the night. he is there visiting with troops. the air force bases are working 24/7 and the president is there on the a ground as we speak. kim, i want to talk about the other big news that happened today, which was the stock market. 1,000-point gain, which is not a typical day. there has been some volatility on the market. how do you read in