Matt Gaetz: “The gentlewoman from New Mexico said that the border is not threatening to us, that those who would cross our border…”

“The gentlewoman from New Mexico said that the border is not threatening to us, that those who would cross our border illegally carry with them their laughter and poetry. Unfortunately, laughter and poetry is not the only thing they are bringing. On the edges of that laughter, they are carrying COVID, more and more of them, unable to be tested, screened, vaccinated because so many are being invited across our border illegally it is straining the flow. In their poetry, they are carrying the rhymes of MS-13; and in their bags, they are carrying too much fentanyl, too much death for our fellow Americans. I listened carefully as the gentlewoman from Washington smeared our CBP officers as racist, which is quite something considering how many of them are non-White. I spent time with them recently. My colleague who is with me this evening, Congresswoman Greene, spent time with many of our CBP officers recently, and they are patriotic Americans who deserve better from every Member of Congress than they just heard. The gentlewoman from Washington also talked about her visit to a Federal detention facility under President Trump. Imagine that. A Republican President, a Democrat Congresswoman, and a desire to oversee and inspect the operations of our government. I am glad that Ms. Jayapal, the gentlewoman from Washington, was afforded that opportunity. But, unfortunately, today I was not. Congresswoman Greene was not. Congressman Gohmert, Congressman Gosar.…”