Show-Me State Times

U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) appeared on Fox Business’ "Mornings with Maria" to discuss several current political issues, including President Trump’s recent signing of the One Big Beautiful Bill into law, border security, and concerns about the Biden administration.

During the interview, Schmitt highlighted what he sees as key benefits of the new legislation. “It’s a beautiful win, and he signed it on that beautiful desk. What it really means for the American people is they’re not going to have taxes increased by four trillion dollars, which was thousands of dollars for the average family. You’ve got working class folks that will have more money in their pockets now with no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, you’ve got historic investments on school choice, you’ve got border wall funding, you’ve got military funding, all these things to keep America safe, all in this one bill. I think what’s really interesting that doesn’t get talked about a lot is, what we really did was we front-loaded a lot of those priorities, so funding for several years, so the Democrats can’t hold that money hostage. You’ve got $45 billion for border wall construction, $30 billion for ICE Operations, you’ve got another $45 billion for detention centers, so the Democrats can’t–like they did a few years ago–create a government shutdown because they don’t want to fund deportations. That’s all baked in now, President Trump can actually do the things he campaigned on, and these issues are wildly popular with the American people.”

Schmitt also criticized Democrats for not condemning violence against ICE agents and discussed changes at the southern border: “You have, effectively, almost no got-aways now. You compare that with a year ago, or certainly two or three years ago, when you literally had tens of thousands of people every month getting across that border. We had no idea who they were. It’s pretty amazing, actually, that you now have a secure border, and so you move to the next stage, which is the deportation process. You meet mass migration with mass deportation. President Trump ran on it, the polling is sky-high on it, it’s what the American people want. They actually believe in sovereignty. They actually believe in borders. Now, President Trump has the ability to go do it. I find it fascinating though that a lot of these senators from states that wanted to force children to wear masks all day long in school don’t want to protect the identity of ICE Agents who are under assault now. This is totally crazy but the Democrats have now moved from fighting this on the electoral front they lost; they lost in court; and now you have these rogue antifa radicals now assaulting ICE Officers. Everybody in the country ought to be condemning it. You do not hear it from Democrats. Another thing you’ll never hear the Democrats say—even if they condemn some level of violence—they’ll never say we need to take a step back and let ICE do their jobs because fundamentally they don’t think ICE should have jobs and they don’t think they should do jobs and they want to defund ICE And that’s a big disconnect with the American people.”

On immigration policy more broadly and amnesty proposals for undocumented immigrants already living in America—an issue frequently debated within Congress—Schmitt stated: “No amnesty. I think President Trump was very clear about that yesterday. Secretary Rollins was very clear about that yesterday and I think she’s right. The answer here is technology and American workers…The American worker…has had…the double whammy of terrible globalist policies…that have shipped their jobs overseas…and…the importation of cheap labor at home…That’s why you have a lot of people who struggled to find work; they've been priced out…with illegal and low-wage workers…and…the answer here is opening those opportunities up for American workers…It’s a myth that Americans don’t want to work hard…automation…technology…advancement...innovation is also going to be key for agriculture sector as well.”

Finally addressing concerns regarding decision-making within President Biden's administration following reports related to use of an autopen signature device during his presidency—a topic drawing scrutiny among Republican lawmakers—Schmitt said: “There’s a certain level of irony to all of this that…the Trump Derangement Syndrome sort of drove them [Democrats] to cover up a guy who was clearly in decline because they thought he was…the best shot…to beat President Trump...President Trump trounced him…I was at debate...They all knew…the gig was up...President Trump went on to historic victory.

“As far as who was in charge...this is an important question...If you have someone that didn’t authorize use of autopen…and you're signing pardons or commutations or laws or executive orders…it calls into question whether or not those are effective...We have special access request into archivist right now...to find out if there’s paper trail...There’s more come here...All folks around Biden are like rats jumping off ship…but at time…they were telling us don’t believe your lying eyes.”