WASHINGTON – Congressman Byron Donalds (R-FL) joined The Benny Show to discuss Nancy Pelosi's recent viral comments regarding January 6th, Democrat gerrymandering, controversial comments from Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, and the state of Florida's lawsuit against California.

Watch the full interview here.

"The National Guard was deployed by Donald Trump, they were authorized by Donald Trump. They were on the grounds of Washington, D.C. on January 6, but they were not allowed at the Capitol":

"What most people don't know is in the Oversight Committee, when we were investigating what happened during January 6, Nancy Pelosi was stonewalling the Oversight Committee from being able to get all of the information. One of the key pieces of testimony we were never able to receive was from the Capitol Police. Oversight, and this was when she was speaker of the House, the Oversight Committee had two hearings. Capitol Police was never allowed to testify in either hearing even though they were requested by Republicans. And the only person who can control the Capitol Police from not testifying in a hearing is the speaker of the House because the speaker of the House has direct oversight and control of who runs the Capitol Police. Another thing that we found out, there are essentially four people that control the security apparatus at the Capitol. The speaker of the House actually is directly overseeing three of those four entities. So when she [Nancy Pelosi] did not allow the head of Capitol Police to testify in the Oversight Committee, there was a glaring hole of information that wasn't available to the committee. She then shut down the Oversight Committee investigations to create the then primetime soap opera known as the then January 6 Committee. So that's why she's afraid of us reconstituting this investigation because we have always believed that one thing is clear, is that there were intelligence reports that were given to the Capitol Police before January 6th that would've actually detailed that there should have been a more enhanced security apparatus around the Capitol at that time. And then also the fact that the National Guard was deployed by Donald Trump, they were authorized by Donald Trump. They were on the grounds of Washington, D.C. on January 6, but they were not allowed at the Capitol. And that is a key fact that she never wanted to have come public. So I think she's got a lot of things she's concerned about now that Speaker Johnson is allowing a new investigative committee into everything that went on before, during, and after January 6."

"The states have a responsibility to follow federal law when it comes to immigration and you have jurisdictions like California that simply are not":

"I completely agree. What California has allowed, and it's not just them, it's Illinois, it's New York as well, but what they have allowed has obviously not just led to death on the roadways of Florida, but it's harming Americans all across the country. I would anticipate that attorney generals around the country are going to join this lawsuit because what needs to occur, once and for all, and I think this is something where it's obviously going to fast track to the Supreme Court. But these sanctuary jurisdictions have to be shut down. They're in violation of federal immigration law. They're in violation of federal law. And look, I am a constitutionalist, I am a federalist. I believe that there are certain powers that the federal government have. Most powers are reserved for the states, but this is not one of them. The states have a responsibility to follow federal law when it comes to immigration and you have jurisdictions like California that simply are not. That needs to be shut down. I completely support this lawsuit against California. I would except other attorney generals around the country to follow suit and join the suit."

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