
Republican Congressman Talks Day 3 Highlights at RNC
Clip: 7/17/2024 | 5m 35sVideo has Closed Captions
U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood joins Amanda Vinicky at the Fiserv Forum.
U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood joins Amanda Vinicky at the Fiserv Forum on Day 3 of the 2024 Republican National Convention.
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Republican Congressman Talks Day 3 Highlights at RNC
Clip: 7/17/2024 | 5m 35sVideo has Closed Captions
U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood joins Amanda Vinicky at the Fiserv Forum on Day 3 of the 2024 Republican National Convention.
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MATT MASTERSON THERE, MILWAUKEE FOR US.
THANKS SO MUCH, MATT.
AND NOW WE GO BACK INSIDE A PFIZER FOR AMANDA.
AMANDA WITH ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN DARIN LAHOOD THERE.
AMANDA.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
REPRESENTATIVE TO BEGIN WITH YOUR COLLEAGUE MARY MILLER HAS JUST CALLED FOR THE HEAD OF SECRET SERVICE TO RESIGN IN LIGHT OF THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF THE PRESIDENT FROM YOU, REAR WHAT QUESTIONS YOU HAVE WELL, WE JUST HEARD ON A BRIEFING THIS AFTERNOON.
I SERVE ON THE HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE.
I'M A FORMER FEDERAL PROSECUTOR.
IT APPEARS NOW THAT THE SECRET SERVICE HAD INFORMATION WHERE THE SHOOTER WAS THAT IT DIDN'T TAKE ACTION.
I THINK THERE'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE CALLS FOR THE HEAD OF THE SECRET SERVICE TO STEP DOWN.
THE ANSWER IS YES, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
AND A LOT OF OTHER REPUBLICANS ARE BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE SOMETHING LIKE THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN.
I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON YESTERDAY WERE FORMING A TASK FORCE TO LOOK INTO THIS TO MAKE SURE THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN.
BUT GET TO THE BOTTOM AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
WHAT ELSE DID YOU LEARN?
EVERYTHING YOU CAN WHAT WE LEARNED IS THAT CLEARLY MISTAKES WERE MADE.
THINGS WERE NOT DONE THE RIGHT TO HAVE THIS INDIVIDUAL.
THE ASSASSIN THIS CLOSE TO THE PRESIDENT SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED.
SO PROTOCOLS WERE NOT ABIDED BY WHAT WE LEARNED FROM THAT IS WE NEED TO HAVE A BIPARTISAN COMMISSION THAT NEEDS IMMEDIATELY THAT HAS SUBPOENA POWER.
THAT FOLLOWS THE FACTS AND EVIDENCE.
AND HAVE YOU SPOKEN WITH ANY OF YOUR DEMOCRATIC COLLEAGUES ABOUT THAT?
I AM NOT.
BUT IT FROM SOME OF THEIR COMMENTS THAT I'VE SEEN PUBLICLY.
THEY'RE SUPPORTIVE OF AN INVESTIGATION.
ALSO NOW I KNOW RIGHT TO SERVE IN DIFFERENT CHAMBERS, BUT NONE THE LAST, YOU KNOW, A JD VANCE, THAT SENATOR WHO WILL NOW BE THE VICE-PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE.
I HAVE MET A SENATOR BRIEFLY A COUPLE TIMES.
I DO NOT KNOW HIM.
THOUGHTS ON THIS IS A CHOICE THIS AND I THINK IT'S GREAT HAVING A HE IS SOMEBODY THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS A LOT OF FAITH WHAT I LIKE ABOUT HIM.
HE'S YOUNG.
HE'S 39 YEARS OF AGE.
SO THAT SHOWS DISTINCTION BETWEEN TRUMP AND BEING ALMOST THE HOV.
SECONDLY COMES FROM VERY HUMBLE BEGINNINGS, YOU KNOW, A VERY DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY IN A RUST BELT TOWN ON THE OHIO THIRDLY, HE'S A FORMER MARINE MILITARY GUY.
HE'S LIVED THE AMERICAN DREAM, RIGHT, WENT ON TO BE A LAW SCHOOL BECAME VERY SUCCESSFUL, WROTE A BEST-SELLING BOOK.
IT'S GOT A YOUNG DYNAMIC FAMILY REALLY HEAR FROM HIS WIFE TONIGHT.
LASTLY, I LOVE THE FACT THAT HE SPEAKS THE WORKING PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO WIN THIS ELECTION.
WE'VE GOT TO WIN WISCONSIN, PENNSYLVANIA, MICHIGAN.
HE SPEAKS TO WORKING PEOPLE.
CAN YOU IMAGINE DOING THAT JOB BEING POTENTIALLY IN PLACE TO BE PRESIDENT?
IF YOU JUST 39, CANNOT BUT JOB HE WOULDN'T BE DETECTED.
HE WASN'T QUALIFIED TO DO NOW I CURIOUS YOUR YOUR FATHER, WHO I ALSO KNEW UNCOVERED WHEN HE WAS IN POLITICS.
HE AS YES, YOU HE WAS A REPUBLICAN, BUT HE'S UNDER A DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATION.
IS THE TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY UNDER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA?
WHAT HIS THOUGHTS THE RISE OF TRUMPISM AND THE TURN OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY?
WHY YOU HAVE TO ASK HIM ABOUT THAT.
I MEAN, LISTEN, I'VE BEEN DONE TALK ABOUT FAMILY DINNER.
COURSE, I'M VERY CLOSE WITH MY MOM AND DAD, BOTH UNLIKE MANY FAMILIES, WE DON'T KNOW WE ON EVERYTHING.
WE DON'T AGREE ON ALL POLITICS.
I'M MUCH MORE CONSERVATIVE LIVE, A MUCH MORE CONSERVATIVE DISTRICT.
WHAT ARE PART REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS CHANGED?
DONALD TRUMP IS NOT OUR NOMINEE FOR THE 3RD TIME 2016, 2020 AMOUNT, 2024 IS EVOLVED AND CHANGED.
HOW JUDGES GOT MUCH MORE NATIONALIZED AND YOU SEE THAT NOT REFLECTED IN HOUSE RACES, SENATE RACES IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE.
BUT REMEMBER, DONALD TRUMP 9 PEOPLE RUN AGAINST HIM IN THE PRIMARY.
HE BEAT THEM BECAUSE THE GRASS ROOTS SUPPORT HIM.
AND I REALLY LOOK AT THE ISSUES THAT DONALD TRUMP SUPPORTS A STRONG ECONOMY, FIXING THE SOUTHERN BORDER, GETTING ENERGY, A LOWER, NOT COUNTRY ENERGY AWAY FROM A GAME BACK TO ENERGY INDEPENDENCE.
PEOPLE ARE SICK AND TIRED OF WOKEISM AND CANCEL CULTURE.
LASTLY, HOW JITTERY ABOUT THE FUTURE?
NOT ABOUT THE PAST.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BINARY DECISION BETWEEN TRUMP AND BIDEN, IT'S VERY CLEAR ENERGY, THE ENTHUSIASM, THE OPTIMISM AT THIS CONVENTION WITH TRUMP INSTEAD OF SPEAKING OF IT, THERE'S REPORTING NOW PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS COVID JUST PUTTING THAT OUT IN, OF COURSE, AS YOU NOTED THAT PATH PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS TAKEN GET THE PARTY'S NOMINATION VASTLY DIFFERENT WITH COMPETITION VERSUS THE CLEAR PATH THAT BIDEN UNTIL NOW BETTER OR WORSE FOR YOUR PARTY PRESIDENT BIDEN THE DEMOCRATS NOMINEE, DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THEIR POLITICS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
BUT THIS RACE FOR PRESIDENT CHANGE WHEN 2 MONUMENTAL THINGS HAPPEN.
THAT DEBATE PERFORMANCE 3 WEEKS AGO WAS A DISASTER.
THERE'S NO WAY TO PUT LIPSTICK ON A DEMOCRATS ARE IN A FREE FALL RIGHT NOW AND THEN LOOK AT THE EVENTS THAT HAPPENED ON SATURDAY THAT CHANGE THE DYNAMICS, THAT ICONIC PICTURE, PRESIDENT TRUMP'S A FIGHT FIGHT, FIGHT WITH BLOOD DRIPPING DOWN HIS FACE.
SHOW'S STRENGTHS ARE CURRENT SHOWS LEADERSHIP.
AND I YOU KNOW, THAT IS REALLY SET THE TONE FOR THIS CONVENTION.
WE HAVE SO MUCH OPTIMISM, TOGETHERNESS, UNITY.
AND SO I THINK THE DEMOCRATS ARE IN DEEP TROUBLE, BUT WE HAVE TO STAY FOCUSED AND DISCIPLINED ON WHAT WE NEED TO DO BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER.
5TH.
BUT THIS CONVENTION, I THINK SETS THE TONE VERY WELL FOR THE NEXT 2 MONTHS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
ONCE AGAIN.
THAT IS U.S.
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