WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.560 --> 00:00:06.120 It's night Side with Dan Ray w b Z Constance video. 2 00:00:06.719 --> 00:00:10.400 Oh. The big story today, at least for people here 3 00:00:10.679 --> 00:00:14.599 in Massachusetts and I think for the whole country, was 4 00:00:14.800 --> 00:00:17.519 a hearing in front of the House Government Oversight Committee, 5 00:00:18.399 --> 00:00:21.160 which is a committee that is chaired now because the 6 00:00:21.239 --> 00:00:24.480 Republicans have a slight majority in the House, chaired by 7 00:00:24.559 --> 00:00:31.760 a Republican Congressman from Tennessee, Kentucky. Excuse me, Congressman Comer, 8 00:00:32.560 --> 00:00:40.880 and that committee summoned to Washington four mayors of major cities. 9 00:00:40.920 --> 00:00:42.679 I think all of you know the story, but for 10 00:00:42.719 --> 00:00:47.439 those of you who don't, they summon the mayors of Boston, 11 00:00:48.320 --> 00:00:55.039 New York, Chicago, and Denver. And it didn't turn out. 12 00:00:55.479 --> 00:00:59.359 I don't think the way the committee chairman had hoped 13 00:00:59.359 --> 00:01:03.399 it would. I don't know that the committee chair the 14 00:01:03.799 --> 00:01:09.159 Republicans of the committee were as well prepared as as 15 00:01:09.200 --> 00:01:15.599 some of the mayors. I think that Mayor Johnson of 16 00:01:15.920 --> 00:01:21.040 Chicago was the least prepared. Mayor Adams from New York 17 00:01:21.959 --> 00:01:25.280 didn't want to answer certain questions that dealt with how 18 00:01:25.359 --> 00:01:30.159 much he had talked to the Trump administration. He has 19 00:01:31.120 --> 00:01:35.840 really done a one eighty on immigration policies in New 20 00:01:35.920 --> 00:01:40.359 York since he has since he's been under indictment for 21 00:01:40.439 --> 00:01:44.920 accepting some travel amenities which obviously he should not have accepted. 22 00:01:45.000 --> 00:01:49.599 If true, I think that Boston Mayor Michelle wou held 23 00:01:49.640 --> 00:01:50.040 her own. 24 00:01:51.159 --> 00:01:56.760 But I think what today's hearing did, just as the 25 00:01:56.799 --> 00:02:01.319 speech last night that President Trump delivered to the Joint 26 00:02:01.359 --> 00:02:03.719 Session of Congress did. 27 00:02:03.879 --> 00:02:09.280 It showed such a stark difference between the two parties. 28 00:02:09.719 --> 00:02:13.120 Last night, you had two parties in the House Chamber, 29 00:02:13.199 --> 00:02:17.639 Republicans and Democrats. The Republicans spent most of the evening 30 00:02:17.759 --> 00:02:21.439 on their feet applauding literally everything that Donald Trump said, 31 00:02:21.800 --> 00:02:27.639 and the Democrats sat on their hands, say that politely 32 00:02:28.159 --> 00:02:31.599 and couldn't find themselves in many cases to bring applause 33 00:02:31.719 --> 00:02:35.879 for a thirteen year old boy who was recovering from 34 00:02:35.960 --> 00:02:39.960 brain cancer, to the family members of a couple of 35 00:02:40.280 --> 00:02:44.719 individuals who had been killed by illegal aliens. And today's 36 00:02:45.919 --> 00:02:53.039 hearing showed the stark difference how each party in this country, 37 00:02:53.400 --> 00:03:00.120 Democrat or Republican, look at the question of illegal immigration. Now, 38 00:03:01.000 --> 00:03:04.479 I don't think there's anybody There may be some who 39 00:03:04.599 --> 00:03:08.319 reposed to legal immigration. I think there's a consensus we 40 00:03:08.360 --> 00:03:11.919 only naturalize as I've told you about a million people 41 00:03:11.960 --> 00:03:14.719 a year, but looking at it through the lens of 42 00:03:14.759 --> 00:03:18.919 today's hearing, I think is important. So let me first 43 00:03:18.960 --> 00:03:22.000 start off with some of the questions and the comments 44 00:03:22.840 --> 00:03:26.439 that were delivered by Boston's own Mayor, Michelle Wou. By 45 00:03:26.479 --> 00:03:31.520 the way, kind of interesting here, the City of Boston 46 00:03:32.280 --> 00:03:37.439 paid a law firm in Washington, d c. It just 47 00:03:37.479 --> 00:03:39.879 shows you, if you want to make some money, become 48 00:03:39.879 --> 00:03:42.840 a lawyer and go to Washington paid a law firm 49 00:03:43.080 --> 00:03:47.639 an exorbit an amount of money, six hundred and fifty 50 00:03:47.919 --> 00:03:53.120 thousand dollars in city money used to prepare Mayor Wu 51 00:03:53.400 --> 00:04:00.120 for her testimony. In addition, the mayor brought with her 52 00:04:01.360 --> 00:04:05.240 I guess a dozen staff members at an additional cost 53 00:04:05.400 --> 00:04:08.680 of eighty five hundred dollars. I mean that's nothing. The 54 00:04:08.800 --> 00:04:12.080 law firm that was hired as Khill, Gordon and Rindell, 55 00:04:13.639 --> 00:04:18.439 with a attorney at that firm, they billed nine hundred 56 00:04:18.439 --> 00:04:21.480 and fifty dollars an hour. I mean that's more than 57 00:04:21.560 --> 00:04:27.120 I make. Only kidding, folks, only kidding. And that was 58 00:04:27.160 --> 00:04:30.879 paid for not by Mayor Wu personally, and not by 59 00:04:30.920 --> 00:04:36.439 her campaign committee, but by City of Boston taxpayers. Bottom 60 00:04:36.480 --> 00:04:40.519 line six hundred and ninety thousand dollars. Now, I could 61 00:04:40.560 --> 00:04:44.319 have prepped Mayor Wu for this appearance, and she was 62 00:04:44.399 --> 00:04:47.879 well prepped today. She did a good job. But I 63 00:04:47.920 --> 00:04:51.720 could have prepped her for probably half the price and 64 00:04:52.120 --> 00:04:55.879 about a quarter of the time. I mean this. This 65 00:04:56.040 --> 00:05:01.839 law firm bills about a dollars an hour. I guess 66 00:05:01.959 --> 00:05:07.879 nine hundred and fifty dollars an hour, So they must 67 00:05:07.879 --> 00:05:13.720 have spent what's that that's six hundred and fifty hours 68 00:05:13.800 --> 00:05:19.480 with the mayor. Now she was summoned to come to Washington. 69 00:05:20.600 --> 00:05:24.399 It was sometime in late January, so it was only 70 00:05:24.439 --> 00:05:29.839 about I don't know, thirty thirty five days ago. That's 71 00:05:29.879 --> 00:05:34.879 a lot of time in my opinion, six hundred and 72 00:05:34.879 --> 00:05:39.639 fifty hours. Even if you worked forty hours a week 73 00:05:39.839 --> 00:05:44.959 as preparing her, and one person worked just forty hours 74 00:05:44.959 --> 00:05:51.120 a week, how do you build that many hours. Now, 75 00:05:51.120 --> 00:05:53.519 of course there'll be three or four people in the room, 76 00:05:53.560 --> 00:05:55.879 and so therefore that's where it builds up. But it's 77 00:05:55.879 --> 00:05:59.639 a lot of money. So the Mayor today was very 78 00:05:59.639 --> 00:06:04.759 defense's in a good way. She knew that the Republics 79 00:06:04.800 --> 00:06:08.360 are going to ask her challenging questions, so let's just 80 00:06:08.399 --> 00:06:11.360 take a little bit of the opening statement. This is 81 00:06:11.399 --> 00:06:14.439 cut number thirty seven Mayor Wu in Washington today, Cut 82 00:06:14.480 --> 00:06:15.560 thirty seven around. 83 00:06:15.519 --> 00:06:19.279 Chim and comer, ranking Member Connolly and members of the committee. 84 00:06:19.639 --> 00:06:20.720 My name is Michelle Wu. 85 00:06:21.720 --> 00:06:24.879 I am the daughter of immigrants, and since November of 86 00:06:24.959 --> 00:06:27.680 twenty twenty one, I have had the honor of serving 87 00:06:27.879 --> 00:06:29.199 as Mayor of Boston. 88 00:06:30.439 --> 00:06:32.680 I'm proud to be here on behalf of our city. 89 00:06:33.480 --> 00:06:39.120 The police officers, first responders, city workers, the faith leaders, teachers, 90 00:06:39.160 --> 00:06:43.000 parents and neighbors who partner every day to make Boston 91 00:06:43.240 --> 00:06:47.199 the safest major city in the nation. And I'm proud 92 00:06:47.360 --> 00:06:50.759 every day to work alongside the greatest police commissioner in 93 00:06:50.800 --> 00:06:55.399 the nation, Commissioner Michael Cox. Every year since I took office, 94 00:06:55.480 --> 00:06:58.480 we've set a new record low for gun violence in Boston. 95 00:06:59.399 --> 00:07:03.920 Last year, Boston saw the fewest homicides on record in 96 00:07:03.959 --> 00:07:05.160 the last seventy years. 97 00:07:05.920 --> 00:07:08.120 Those are the facts. 98 00:07:09.600 --> 00:07:13.040 So that's her opening remark, and she often would go 99 00:07:13.120 --> 00:07:21.759 back to that whenever the questions got difficult. Okay, she again, 100 00:07:23.399 --> 00:07:26.800 this is a fairly quick sound bite. Rob Cut thirty 101 00:07:26.839 --> 00:07:29.040 seven B is in Boston, thirty seven B. 102 00:07:29.199 --> 00:07:32.240 We are the safest major city in the country, because 103 00:07:32.279 --> 00:07:35.319 our gun laws are the strongest in the nation, because 104 00:07:35.360 --> 00:07:40.360 our officers have built relationships over decades, and because all 105 00:07:40.399 --> 00:07:43.279 of our residents can trust that when they call nine 106 00:07:43.319 --> 00:07:45.519 to one one in the event of an emergency or 107 00:07:45.560 --> 00:07:47.519 to report a crime, help will come. 108 00:07:49.240 --> 00:07:52.040 She followed up on that, and again, this is all 109 00:07:52.079 --> 00:07:55.639 from sort of the opening comments thirty seven D. As 110 00:07:55.680 --> 00:07:57.199 in Daniel Robb thirty seven D. 111 00:07:57.800 --> 00:08:02.879 This federal administration is making hard working, tax paying, god 112 00:08:03.079 --> 00:08:08.639 fearing residents afraid to live their lives. A city that's 113 00:08:08.639 --> 00:08:13.000 scared is not a city that's safe. A land ruled 114 00:08:13.000 --> 00:08:15.720 by fear is not the land of the free. 115 00:08:18.000 --> 00:08:22.240 So her reference there is to residents. Okay, so remember 116 00:08:22.800 --> 00:08:26.319 originally when people came here, they were called illegal aliens. 117 00:08:27.040 --> 00:08:31.639 Then the word was changed to migrants, and then it 118 00:08:31.720 --> 00:08:36.480 was changed to newcomers, and so now it's residents. I'm 119 00:08:36.519 --> 00:08:40.679 a resident, lived here all my life. You're a resident. 120 00:08:40.759 --> 00:08:43.480 You've probably lived here all your life. Many of you 121 00:08:43.519 --> 00:08:47.559 who have come here legally and have gone through the 122 00:08:47.600 --> 00:08:53.759 process of becoming naturalized citizens your residents, but also people 123 00:08:53.799 --> 00:08:58.240 who are illegally are residents. Now, make no mistake the 124 00:08:58.360 --> 00:09:04.000 difference is that if you come to the country illegally, okay, 125 00:09:04.200 --> 00:09:08.600 you are in a different category of someone who came 126 00:09:08.639 --> 00:09:12.399 here legally. And you're also in a different category of 127 00:09:12.440 --> 00:09:15.799 someone who has gone through the legal process to become 128 00:09:15.840 --> 00:09:21.279 a citizen. And you're you're in a different category than 129 00:09:21.399 --> 00:09:24.639 someone who was born here and became a citizen. Now, 130 00:09:24.879 --> 00:09:26.960 I like to say that I'm the luckiest of all 131 00:09:27.000 --> 00:09:31.440 because I was born here. My grandparents on one side 132 00:09:31.440 --> 00:09:34.600 of the family came here. They were the ones who 133 00:09:34.799 --> 00:09:38.559 actually chose America for all sorts of reasons. And I 134 00:09:38.600 --> 00:09:43.039 think anyone who chooses America should be welcomed as long 135 00:09:43.039 --> 00:09:46.799 as they want to go through the process legally. So 136 00:09:46.960 --> 00:09:49.279 that's kind of what we're going to talk about tonight. 137 00:09:49.559 --> 00:09:54.519 There's a fundamental difference between the two parties as to 138 00:09:54.720 --> 00:10:01.320 how people coming here illegally should be treated, and it 139 00:10:01.399 --> 00:10:05.799 played itself out in front of Congress today, and I'd 140 00:10:05.840 --> 00:10:09.480 like to know what your thoughts are. There are probably 141 00:10:09.519 --> 00:10:13.480 a small percentage of people, a really small percentage of people, 142 00:10:14.080 --> 00:10:19.279 who would say we should not have a border, we 143 00:10:19.320 --> 00:10:21.480 should be an open border. There'll be five percent of 144 00:10:21.519 --> 00:10:23.200 you out there who might call and want to make 145 00:10:23.200 --> 00:10:25.720 that argument. Love to hear from you, okay, Love to 146 00:10:25.759 --> 00:10:29.279 hear from you. A country without borders is no longer 147 00:10:29.320 --> 00:10:33.399 a country. Okay. In my opinion, I don't know the 148 00:10:33.480 --> 00:10:39.639 country in the world that has no borders. You see 149 00:10:39.679 --> 00:10:41.799 them all on the map. But maybe there is, Maybe 150 00:10:42.200 --> 00:10:44.480 there is some poor country. They have other problems. They 151 00:10:44.519 --> 00:10:47.000 got to worry about getting water out of the ground. 152 00:10:47.279 --> 00:10:50.519 So I'd like to hear from you on this issue. 153 00:10:51.000 --> 00:10:53.240 Where do you stand on this? This is a fundamental 154 00:10:53.279 --> 00:10:58.720 issue that helped Donald Trump immensely in seven swing states 155 00:10:59.159 --> 00:11:02.200 and helped the republic Can Party. Did the Democrats need 156 00:11:02.279 --> 00:11:06.399 to change their message on this or or do they 157 00:11:06.440 --> 00:11:09.399 have the right message all along? Uh? You can join 158 00:11:09.440 --> 00:11:11.960 the conversation. We have plenty of sound bites to play 159 00:11:12.000 --> 00:11:14.679 from people who questioned Mayor WU. We're going to deal 160 00:11:14.720 --> 00:11:17.600 with some of those and uh and the other the 161 00:11:17.679 --> 00:11:20.639 other mayors who were there, uh this There was even 162 00:11:20.679 --> 00:11:23.080 a little difference you could see between the mayors. The 163 00:11:23.120 --> 00:11:25.799 mayor of Denver was very very good. I thought he 164 00:11:25.960 --> 00:11:31.600 was the UH. He tried to be honest and UH 165 00:11:31.360 --> 00:11:33.919 and and he tried to answer the questions. The mayor 166 00:11:33.919 --> 00:11:36.960 from Chicago had no interest in answering the questions at all. 167 00:11:37.679 --> 00:11:41.799 It was like talking I don't know, you know, talking 168 00:11:41.840 --> 00:11:44.039 to a mannequin, not going to get an answer out 169 00:11:44.039 --> 00:11:44.360 of him. 170 00:11:44.919 --> 00:11:45.120 Uh. 171 00:11:45.159 --> 00:11:48.039 The Republicans tried to craft questions. I don't think they 172 00:11:48.039 --> 00:11:51.279 did a particularly good job in the committee six one, seven, four, 173 00:11:51.440 --> 00:11:54.639 ten thirty six one seven, nine, three thirty. We're gonna 174 00:11:54.639 --> 00:11:56.360 have a conversation about this, and at the end of 175 00:11:56.360 --> 00:12:01.519 the night, maybe we'll better understand why on this issue 176 00:12:02.360 --> 00:12:05.399 the Democrats are so far apart from the Republicans, or 177 00:12:05.480 --> 00:12:07.840 to put it differently, the Republicans are so far apart 178 00:12:07.879 --> 00:12:11.519 from the Democrats. We're all Americans, Okay. I don't think 179 00:12:11.559 --> 00:12:16.440 that there's people who have malice within either side, although 180 00:12:16.440 --> 00:12:19.799 there's allegations of that. We got a lot to explore 181 00:12:20.080 --> 00:12:22.279 in the next couple of hours at least, and I 182 00:12:22.399 --> 00:12:25.559 want you to participate. We'll be back on Nightside right 183 00:12:25.600 --> 00:12:26.039 after this. 184 00:12:27.600 --> 00:12:30.799 Now back to Dan Ray live from the Window World 185 00:12:30.879 --> 00:12:34.039 Nightside Studios on WBZ News Radio. 186 00:12:34.600 --> 00:12:37.000 So if you watch the hearing today, I would love 187 00:12:37.080 --> 00:12:40.440 to hear your thoughts as well. Let's start off, We're 188 00:12:40.440 --> 00:12:43.039 going to go right to the District of Columbia, Washington, 189 00:12:43.080 --> 00:12:47.559 DC itself and talk to our our representative in the 190 00:12:47.639 --> 00:12:51.759 nation's capital, Patrick Patrick, Are you there today or were 191 00:12:51.799 --> 00:12:53.360 you watching it on television? 192 00:12:54.320 --> 00:12:57.960 I was doing the radio. I am a true believer 193 00:12:58.080 --> 00:13:00.600 in radio, so I will you know, I will stick 194 00:13:00.639 --> 00:13:03.039 to my guns and you know, stick to my medium, 195 00:13:03.200 --> 00:13:07.240 my favorite medium. However, let me just add real quick 196 00:13:07.320 --> 00:13:11.000 that the hits just keep on coming. Right Friday, we 197 00:13:11.039 --> 00:13:13.840 had the showdown at the Oval Office Corral. We went 198 00:13:13.879 --> 00:13:16.679 to the big speech last night and down today the 199 00:13:16.840 --> 00:13:21.559 big hearing man my sixty people members of Congress as 200 00:13:21.639 --> 00:13:23.120 sixty people that they had there. 201 00:13:23.320 --> 00:13:24.879 That was a big That was a big crowd. But 202 00:13:24.919 --> 00:13:28.279 the thing that was interesting is neither of the two 203 00:13:28.480 --> 00:13:34.080 major network cable either CNN or Fox, carried it. It 204 00:13:34.159 --> 00:13:37.480 was carried live up here only by one television station, 205 00:13:38.039 --> 00:13:41.679 the a C affiliate here in Boston on Channel five. 206 00:13:42.799 --> 00:13:45.600 I was stunned the Fox didn't have it that because 207 00:13:45.639 --> 00:13:47.200 there have been so much built up to it. But 208 00:13:47.360 --> 00:13:49.960 did that surprise yeh yeah. 209 00:13:50.799 --> 00:13:52.279 Well, like I said, I was on radio, so I 210 00:13:52.279 --> 00:13:54.080 didn't go through the I didn't go I didn't go 211 00:13:54.159 --> 00:13:56.840 over to the television. All right, Well, I'll take I 212 00:13:56.840 --> 00:13:59.759 will sit down and I'll pay attention. I'll literally I 213 00:14:00.200 --> 00:14:02.120 do want to listen to your radio program. I'll look 214 00:14:02.120 --> 00:14:03.519 at the radio and pay attention, you know. 215 00:14:04.720 --> 00:14:06.000 So what'd you think? What'd you think? 216 00:14:06.960 --> 00:14:10.799 Well, it seems that I'll agree with you about the 217 00:14:10.840 --> 00:14:14.799 mayor of Denver that he tried his best and he was, 218 00:14:15.600 --> 00:14:18.159 you know, more fair than I think that the other three. 219 00:14:18.480 --> 00:14:21.480 The other three I think came with they didn't came 220 00:14:21.519 --> 00:14:25.440 with an agenda. It wasn't the agenda. It wasn't it 221 00:14:25.480 --> 00:14:28.679 wasn't the agenda of the committee. 222 00:14:28.799 --> 00:14:31.320 Right. Well, No, they were armed. They were armed with 223 00:14:31.360 --> 00:14:34.399 their talking points. Now, Mayo Wu used her talking points 224 00:14:34.440 --> 00:14:37.399 I thought pretty effectively. I as you know, I've been 225 00:14:37.399 --> 00:14:40.279 critical of her, but I thought that she did a 226 00:14:40.360 --> 00:14:43.440 very good job today. Uh did you see that that 227 00:14:43.480 --> 00:14:47.639 her that Boston taxpayers Sick spent six hundred and fifty 228 00:14:47.720 --> 00:14:52.240 thousand dollars for her to be prepped by some lawyers 229 00:14:52.279 --> 00:14:53.840 in Washington for this appearance. 230 00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:55.039 Yeah. 231 00:14:55.039 --> 00:14:56.399 I would have prepped her for half of that. 232 00:14:57.360 --> 00:14:58.320 Oh, me too. 233 00:14:58.519 --> 00:15:00.440 I mean, you know, she really shouldn't have and she 234 00:15:00.440 --> 00:15:02.720 should have had her facts and figures right there, you know, 235 00:15:02.799 --> 00:15:04.960 to carry in her briefcase right out of her office. 236 00:15:05.279 --> 00:15:08.159 She really didn't need all that, but that I guess 237 00:15:08.200 --> 00:15:11.759 that's because it was such a big audience that she 238 00:15:11.919 --> 00:15:15.320 might as well go ahead and get prepped. Because I 239 00:15:15.360 --> 00:15:18.679 think I remember an email to you saying, you know, 240 00:15:18.799 --> 00:15:21.279 this is her big national debut, and I think it 241 00:15:21.480 --> 00:15:22.960 you know, it was even though it was. 242 00:15:23.559 --> 00:15:26.000 Turned out to be a big national debut if it 243 00:15:26.080 --> 00:15:33.879 was on Fox and CNN. Yeah, but now there was 244 00:15:33.919 --> 00:15:36.480 one local station up here who carried it live. To 245 00:15:36.519 --> 00:15:39.879 their credit. After a while, it was pretty clear that 246 00:15:39.919 --> 00:15:44.679 the Republicans weren't able really to ask questions. Well, they 247 00:15:44.960 --> 00:15:48.960 were not nearly as prepared. It goes back to the 248 00:15:49.080 --> 00:15:55.240 job that uh then well Congresswoman Stephanic did on the 249 00:15:55.279 --> 00:15:58.919 president of Harvard College and the University of Pennsylvania in 250 00:15:59.000 --> 00:16:02.159 those hearings a year ago in anti Semitism. She was 251 00:16:02.279 --> 00:16:07.159 really good. You know, James Colmer is no Congressman Comber 252 00:16:07.240 --> 00:16:09.840 is no Congressman Stephonic in terms of what he was 253 00:16:09.879 --> 00:16:13.320 trying to ask. Jim Jordan was effective in the questions 254 00:16:13.399 --> 00:16:17.639 that he asked. He was going after the the mayor 255 00:16:17.639 --> 00:16:21.639 of Denver, Colorado. That what probably was the best exchange. 256 00:16:22.519 --> 00:16:27.159 But now, hey, they're living in two different worlds, the 257 00:16:27.159 --> 00:16:29.240 Democrats and republicanstrick. 258 00:16:29.639 --> 00:16:31.440 Well, this is truth. When you look at the if 259 00:16:31.440 --> 00:16:35.080 you go to on your website WBZ website, there's pictures 260 00:16:35.080 --> 00:16:37.759 of protesters at city halls, you know, in supporting of 261 00:16:37.879 --> 00:16:40.919 Mayor Wu. I guess it was a wo pep white rally. 262 00:16:41.200 --> 00:16:45.039 Don't these people work? Don't these people work? Because here's 263 00:16:45.080 --> 00:16:47.879 the division here. We had the working people who don't 264 00:16:47.879 --> 00:16:49.840 want to pay for the migrants, and we had the 265 00:16:49.919 --> 00:16:52.360 non working people who want us working people to pay 266 00:16:52.399 --> 00:16:54.279 for the migrants. What games here? 267 00:16:54.320 --> 00:16:56.200 Many many of the people I'm sure who were at 268 00:16:56.200 --> 00:17:00.279 the rally are again it used to be illegal als, 269 00:17:00.320 --> 00:17:04.799 then it was migrants, then it was Now it's called residence. 270 00:17:04.880 --> 00:17:08.759 So everybody's the same. It doesn't matter. We're all residents. Well, 271 00:17:09.039 --> 00:17:12.960 we can't say citizens because because obviously they're not citizens, 272 00:17:12.960 --> 00:17:15.039 although I think some people would like to think that 273 00:17:15.200 --> 00:17:18.559 everybody's a I'm a citizen of the world, Patrick, and 274 00:17:18.599 --> 00:17:25.279 you're a citizen world citizens, and you know, Elon Musk 275 00:17:25.440 --> 00:17:28.160 is a citizen of the world, and Warren Buffett and 276 00:17:28.240 --> 00:17:31.039 George Soros, we're all just citizens of the world. 277 00:17:32.440 --> 00:17:35.400 That's right, you know. And I thought It was funny 278 00:17:35.400 --> 00:17:38.759 when they bring up about, you know, Trump's billionaires, Well 279 00:17:38.759 --> 00:17:42.240 what about the democrats billionaires? Did they suddenly disappear? Do 280 00:17:42.319 --> 00:17:44.519 they they go broke or something? You know, what happened 281 00:17:44.559 --> 00:17:44.839 to them? 282 00:17:44.880 --> 00:17:47.359 You know, Well they're right in the they're correct and 283 00:17:47.440 --> 00:17:52.519 the issue, so therefore they do carry the appellation of billionaire. 284 00:17:52.599 --> 00:17:59.400 It's all. It's Patrick, all right, buddy, I gotta let 285 00:17:59.440 --> 00:18:01.599 you run a nine thirty. Thanks for getting us going. 286 00:18:01.640 --> 00:18:03.839 That was a strong call. Thank you, Patrick, all right, 287 00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:06.400 good luck, talk to you, Sue, good night. Six one seven, 288 00:18:06.440 --> 00:18:09.000 two five four, ten thirty. That's the line that Patrick 289 00:18:09.119 --> 00:18:11.440 was on six one seven two five four to ten thirty. 290 00:18:11.680 --> 00:18:13.519 You can fill that up right now or six one 291 00:18:13.559 --> 00:18:16.039 seven nine three one ten thirty. We will talk about 292 00:18:16.039 --> 00:18:17.799 this for a while because I do think it is 293 00:18:17.839 --> 00:18:22.599 a fundamental question that unless the country is going to 294 00:18:22.640 --> 00:18:27.599 remain totally divided on this particular issue, and we're each 295 00:18:27.680 --> 00:18:30.519 going to go in whatever direction or with with whatever 296 00:18:31.440 --> 00:18:34.880 group we feel closest to, there has to be some 297 00:18:34.920 --> 00:18:38.680 way to come up with something here, which which I 298 00:18:38.680 --> 00:18:42.640 think is what the Democrats were saying, you know, Mayorwoo 299 00:18:42.640 --> 00:18:44.519 and others. We'll get to all of this. We got 300 00:18:44.519 --> 00:18:47.480 some time tonight, so let's sit back and think about 301 00:18:47.480 --> 00:18:49.319 what we're going to say and give us a call 302 00:18:49.359 --> 00:18:50.480 coming back on Nightside. 303 00:18:51.240 --> 00:18:55.480 You're on night Side with Dan Ray on WZ Boston's 304 00:18:55.519 --> 00:18:56.160 news radio. 305 00:18:56.400 --> 00:19:01.759 Now, it did get a little fight, and so here's 306 00:19:01.839 --> 00:19:10.240 one exchange that I found interesting. Representative from Texas Republican 307 00:19:11.200 --> 00:19:16.200 asked a question of Mayor Wu and despite the efforts, 308 00:19:17.359 --> 00:19:21.200 wouldn't answer the question. Now. I understand that a lot 309 00:19:21.200 --> 00:19:24.400 of the questions are you know, got your questions, But 310 00:19:25.640 --> 00:19:27.880 this is a question that I think she should have answered, 311 00:19:28.319 --> 00:19:30.799 and she should have answered it in whatever way she wanted. 312 00:19:31.279 --> 00:19:34.880 This has cut number forty six. Rob is Representative Pat 313 00:19:35.039 --> 00:19:40.359 Fallon of Texas talking to Mayor Wu about failures in 314 00:19:40.400 --> 00:19:42.680 the Biden administration on immigration. 315 00:19:43.799 --> 00:19:46.599 You supported the Biden Harris administration politically, I did. 316 00:19:46.759 --> 00:19:46.960 Yeah. 317 00:19:47.000 --> 00:19:49.680 Okay, do you think that they took border security seriously? 318 00:19:50.160 --> 00:19:54.200 I think Washington failed on immigration and continues to do so. 319 00:19:54.279 --> 00:19:56.119 Let me ask that again. Do you think the Biden 320 00:19:56.200 --> 00:19:58.359 administration took border security seriously? 321 00:19:58.759 --> 00:20:00.000 I think Washington failed. 322 00:20:00.039 --> 00:20:01.759 Yes or no, it's not a true question, Mayor. 323 00:20:02.279 --> 00:20:04.799 I think there's responsibility across this entire. 324 00:20:04.599 --> 00:20:05.599 Line and we can eat it out of you. 325 00:20:05.680 --> 00:20:07.480 Yes or no? Did Biden mystery? 326 00:20:07.559 --> 00:20:09.400 Did did Biden Harris do a good job? You were 327 00:20:09.400 --> 00:20:10.319 supporting Kamala Harris? 328 00:20:10.400 --> 00:20:12.200 Apparently you must. 329 00:20:12.039 --> 00:20:14.359 Thought she was okay at it Washington? 330 00:20:14.599 --> 00:20:15.480 Okay, so I can. 331 00:20:15.440 --> 00:20:21.119 Answer, yeah, no, Again, I think that as opposed, she 332 00:20:21.359 --> 00:20:24.880 obviously was programmed by the people that she paid six 333 00:20:25.039 --> 00:20:28.960 hundred and fifty thousand dollars of Boston taxpayers' money to. 334 00:20:29.519 --> 00:20:33.079 Whenever anything came up like that that could cause a 335 00:20:33.119 --> 00:20:38.119 criticism of the Biden administration, she could have said. She 336 00:20:38.200 --> 00:20:41.839 could have said, look, they did not do an adequate job. 337 00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:45.519 The border remained open for four years. That was a 338 00:20:45.599 --> 00:20:51.519 policy decision that I did not necessarily support. But again, 339 00:20:52.440 --> 00:20:55.680 you know, I just think that you know, everyone in 340 00:20:55.799 --> 00:20:59.519 Washington's has failed. Well, that's a good answer if you 341 00:20:59.519 --> 00:21:03.799 don't want to answer the question, and that one that 342 00:21:03.839 --> 00:21:05.920 did not help her. Let's get back to the calls. 343 00:21:05.920 --> 00:21:08.000 Where were we going to go to Dolores? Who is 344 00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:10.599 in Boston? Hey, Doloris, welcome next on Nightside, Go right. 345 00:21:10.519 --> 00:21:18.599 Ahead, Yes, then thanks for taking my call. I thought, 346 00:21:18.960 --> 00:21:21.640 at pardon me, what did you say? 347 00:21:21.720 --> 00:21:24.079 I said, thank you for calling? In you were saying, 348 00:21:24.119 --> 00:21:27.000 thanks for taking you. 349 00:21:27.200 --> 00:21:32.759 What was the majority of the show today? And I 350 00:21:32.920 --> 00:21:38.400 taught mea Wu was very effective. I liked how she 351 00:21:38.599 --> 00:21:43.039 pushed back on them about the gun laws and the 352 00:21:43.119 --> 00:21:46.599 different things that she pushed back on them. What I 353 00:21:46.680 --> 00:21:50.599 didn't like I felt like the Republicans did not have 354 00:21:50.799 --> 00:21:57.920 a plan set up. They were just like bullying the mayors. 355 00:21:57.920 --> 00:22:02.960 My question is why did they choose only the blue 356 00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:07.119 states and why didn't they choose some of the red states. 357 00:22:07.920 --> 00:22:11.359 Well, first of all, they were focused to Yeah, let 358 00:22:11.359 --> 00:22:13.119 me give you an answer. First of all, they were 359 00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:20.559 focused on the main problem that has developed is that 360 00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:26.680 here in Massachusetts, we're far from the Texas border, and migrants, 361 00:22:26.880 --> 00:22:31.000 illegal aliens, whatever phrase you're comfortable with, have now moved 362 00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:33.920 into Massachusetts and are costing taxpayers a lot of money. 363 00:22:34.319 --> 00:22:39.279 And there's a significant, you know, financial burden on Massachusetts 364 00:22:39.799 --> 00:22:42.799 that previously had been born by the state of Texas. 365 00:22:43.920 --> 00:22:49.359 Chicago has had a huge influx. In Colorado, in Denver specifically, 366 00:22:49.359 --> 00:22:52.599 there's been a huge influx. And in New York. Mayor 367 00:22:52.640 --> 00:22:55.839 Adams was once very supportive of the Biden administration and 368 00:22:55.920 --> 00:23:00.240 he welcomed people getting off buses I remember picture of 369 00:23:00.279 --> 00:23:04.640 them literally handing out like welcome packages, little bags of 370 00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:08.480 toiletries and stuff like that, showing how much they were welcoming. 371 00:23:08.519 --> 00:23:11.880 And then they New York kind of changed their point 372 00:23:11.920 --> 00:23:13.799 of view because I think that New York has spent 373 00:23:13.880 --> 00:23:16.640 somewhere around six billion dollars. I think that was what 374 00:23:16.920 --> 00:23:25.359 Adam said today. So most the import the impact of 375 00:23:25.400 --> 00:23:29.359 the aliens have they have tend to gravitate towards democratic cities. Now, 376 00:23:29.400 --> 00:23:31.200 there were other cities that could that have had an 377 00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:37.240 impact Los Angeles, certainly San Francisco, but I don't know 378 00:23:37.319 --> 00:23:41.759 that Blue states or red states have been nearly as welcoming. 379 00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:44.319 These are all cities that are states that held them 380 00:23:44.319 --> 00:23:50.519 out as sanctuary cities or sanctuary states. That's why the Republicans, 381 00:23:50.839 --> 00:23:53.039 I believe, called these folks. 382 00:23:52.680 --> 00:23:57.640 In Okay, let's back up to a little bit. They 383 00:23:57.799 --> 00:24:02.920 did not see this coming because they are hurting everybody 384 00:24:03.839 --> 00:24:09.079 instead of helping spending all this money. 385 00:24:09.200 --> 00:24:11.440 I just want to make sure the Lord say this 386 00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:14.720 one an sure when you said they are hurting, you 387 00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:16.079 said they did not see it. 388 00:24:16.599 --> 00:24:19.079 Everybody is hurting either financially. 389 00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:21.359 Let me just if I can ask the question, I'd 390 00:24:21.359 --> 00:24:24.279 appreciate that, because I want to understand what you're saying. 391 00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:29.000 You said they are hurting because no one saw this coming. 392 00:24:29.759 --> 00:24:32.680 Who's hurting and who didn't see it coming? 393 00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:37.400 In your opinion, the majority of the stage, red stage 394 00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:44.400 and blue stage. It's affecting us financially, okay, because look 395 00:24:44.440 --> 00:24:49.640 at Nebraska. They are going The state in Nebraska is 396 00:24:49.640 --> 00:24:53.680 going bankrupt within the six months because all the migrants 397 00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:57.440 who work the farm and all these areas are gone. 398 00:24:58.240 --> 00:24:59.759 They don't have nobody. 399 00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:01.039 Afecting the farmers. 400 00:25:01.079 --> 00:25:02.599 It's affecting everybody. 401 00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:06.640