WASHINGTON – Congressman Byron Donalds (R-FL) joined Greg Kelly Reports on Newsmax to discuss Senator Chuck Schumer's government shutdown, the failures of ObamaCare, disgraced former FBI Director James Comey's not guilty plea, and President Trump's historic peace deal in the Middle East.
Watch the full interview here.
"The Democrats don’t care about putting forward common sense policy that actually helps, they care about weaponizing policy so that they can win elections":
"Well first I’ll tell you good job by Mike Lawler, my colleague out of New York for stating the facts. The fact of the matter is they're holding the government hostage to spend another 1.5 trillion dollars in reckless spending on top of trying to keep alive ObamaCare, which has been the worse health care policy the nation's ever seen. Deductibles have gone through the roof since it was passed. Premiums through the roof since it was passed. It’s not affordable and so Democrats want to try to lecture everybody on standing for the American people. Two things that need to be said very clearly: Number one, the Democrats know that the Affordable Care Act is an oxymoron. It is not affordable health insurance. But number two, when they had full control over Washington D.C., they could have made these premium tax credits permanent. They chose not to and the reason they chose not to was to have a weapon that they could wield politically against the backs of the American people. The Democrats don’t care about putting forward common sense policy that actually helps, they care about weaponizing policy so that they can win elections. That’s why they have to continue to be defeated. They simply are not serious about the future of this country. That's why Donald Trump is president again, and that’s why he’s working hard to make the make the nation great once again."
"My thought is simple––nobody’s above the law. That’s what James Comey tried to tell us":
"My thought is simple - nobody’s above the law. That’s what James Comey tried to tell us. He tried to lecture us on that several years ago, and that’s just the way it is. According to the indictment, he lied to Congress. He knowingly put things in motion with somebody either being an apparatchik in the press and leaking to the press, and then he told Congress that that was simply not true. Well guess what? If any citizen lied in front of Congress under oath, they should be prosecuted just the way James Comey is being prosecuted now so we’ll see where it goes. But let’s be clear, nobody is above the law, and it’s about time that we have people who are going to hold Democrats and Democrat apparatchiks accountable. The same way they wielded the justice system to go after their political rivals."
"Donald Trump is the president of peace. He's been committed to the peace process, not just in the Middle East, but all around the world":
"First things first, Donald Trump is the president of peace. He's been committed to the peace process, not just in the Middle East, but all around the world. He just wants people to live in harmony and peace, and he should definitely be acknowledged by the Nobel Committee and everybody else once and for all. Number two, my prayer is, is that this deal holds, the hostages come home and that you get an opportunity to have real security in the Middle East for Israelis and their families and have some closure once and for all. This is a momentous day. Once again, Donald Trump and his team have been committed to finding a path forward towards peace. Contrast that with what we were told a decade ago by the lame stream media and Hillary Clinton that if Donald Trump was president you would have world war three. Once again, they put out lies that made no sense. The truth is Donald Trump is the one who’s trying to bring peace not just to the Middle East, but to the entire world."
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