Richard Goodstein, former adviser to President Bill Clinton, and Sean Spicer, NewsNation correspondent, join “On Balance” to discuss Hunter Biden’s interview, in which he berates President Trump and his policies on immigration, and a new poll from CNN that shows Americans are souring on Trump’s deportation plans. Goodstein says “people are nauseated” by the policies, while Spicer fires back, saying Trump “has shown the difference in what four years of open borders looks like compared to controlling the border and upholding the rule of law.”
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>> ABSOLUTELY. 0. REASON THAT SOMEONE WHO IS SCUM OF THE EARTH LIKE THIS SHOULD BE RUNNING LOOSE ON THE STREETS OF NEW YORK CITY. HE WAS ARRESTED 4 DIFFERENT TIMES IN NEW YORK CITY. >> THAT WAS DHS SECRETARY PER REPRIMANDING NEW YORK CITY OFFICIALS AFTER AN OFF-DUTY CBP OFFICER WAS SHOT. AUTHORITIES ARRESTED 2 CRIMINAL ILLEGALS FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC RELEASED INTO THE UNITED STATES BY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. AMERICANS WERE PROMISED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP THAT THESE GUYS WERE GOING TO BE DEPORTED AND AMERICANS OVERWHELMINGLY VOTED FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP’S PROMISE TO REMOVE VIOLENT CRIMINALS FROM THE U.S. AND NOT JUST VIOLENT CRIMINALS. POLLING REGULARLY SHOWED THAT MOST AMERICANS SUPPORT DEPORTING EVERY ILLEGAL MIGRANT. BUT A NEW CNN POLL SHOWS THAT THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS THINK THE PRESIDENT HAS ACTUALLY GONE TOO FAR WHILE CARRYING OUT THESE DEPORTATIONS. AND 59% OF AMERICANS OPPOSE ICE RAIDS THAT TARGET NON-CRIMINAL IMMIGRANTS. IT’S EXACTLY THE MOMENT THE DEMOCRATS SEEM TO BE WAITING FOR. AND YOU THINK THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE WOULD CAPITALIZE ON THIS GOLDEN TICKET THAT THEY’VE BEEN GIVEN. >> HUNTER BIDEN, WHO JUST DID A 3 HOUR INTERVIEW TO REMIND EVERYONE IN AMERICA WHY TRUMP WON IN THE FIRST PLACE. >> HIM HIM HIM AND EVERYBODY AROUND HIM. GEORGE CLOONEY IS NOT ACTOR. DON’T KNOW WHERE HE IS. HE’S A BRAND. WHO DO YOU THINK WASH YOUR DISHES? PRECINCT DOES HERE GARDEN. HE’S 81 YEARS OLD. HE’S TIRED GIVE HIM AN BE AND TO BE ABLE TO SLEEP. YOU GET UP ON THE STAGE AND HE LOOKS LIKE HE’S A DEER IN HEADLIGHTS. >> WITH US NOW IS RICHARD GOODSTEIN, DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST AND FORMER ADVISER TO BILL AND HILLARY CLINTON AND SEAN SPICER, NEWS NATION CONTRIBUTOR AND FORMER WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY UNDER TRUMP. THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US. ALL RIGHT. LET’S START WITH YOU, RICHARD ALL RIGHT. SO OBVIOUSLY, I DON’T THINK ANY DEMOCRAT WOULD HAVE RECOMMENDED THAT HUNTER BIDEN EXPRESS HIMSELF EXACTLY LIKE THAT. >> HOWEVER, LEASE EXPLAIN TO ME THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HUNTER BIDEN’S VIEW THAT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO STAY HERE, THAT ALL OF THE LEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHO WERE SHIPPED OFF TO A SALVADOR SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY RETURNED, THAT WE NEED THEM TO PICK OUR CROPS AND CLEAN HOTEL ROOMS IS AT ALL DIFFERENT FROM GAVIN NEWSOM’S. FEWER KAREN BASS IS VIEW TO SAY NOTHING OF THE MORE PROGRESSIVES IN THE PARTY. >> WILL YOU TELL ME WHY IT IS THAT TRUMP IS SO MUCH UNDER WATER ON THE IMMIGRATION ISSUE? THAT’S A SHOCKING DEVELOPMENT CONSIDERING THAT WAS WHAT HE KIND OF RAN ON THE ANSWER IS AMERICANS HAVE EYES AND EARS THAT WORK. AND WHEN THEY SEE PEOPLE, VETERANS, AMERICAN CITIZENS BEING GRABBED OFF THE STREET BECAUSE THEY’RE HISPANIC. WHEN THEY SEE LITTLE GIRLS WHO ARE GETTING CANCER TREATMENT GETTING THROWN AND DEPORTED. THAT’S WHAT REALLY GETS THEM SAYING SOMETHING HAS GONE WRONG. THAT’S WHY YOU SEE THESE POLL NUMBERS THAT YOU JUST REPORTED FROM CNN BECAUSE PEOPLE SEE WHAT’S GOING ON. AND WHEN TOM HOMAN SAYS WE’RE GOING TO FLOOD THE ZONE IN NEW YORK, GUESS WHAT? THERE’S A LOT MORE CAMERAS IN NEW YORK EVEN IN LA AND THEY WILL PICK UP THESE THESE ICE. PEOPLE WANT TO SEE JUST HAVE THEIR SAY. IT JUST KIND OF EAST BY TOM HOMAN AND STEPHEN MILLER AND DONALD TRUMP. SEE IT IN ACTION AND PEOPLE ARE NOT SEATED BY. >> OKAY. WELL, I DON’T THINK WE SHOULD THIS MARCH PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY DOING THEIR DUTIES PEOPLE. BUT SO IS IT YOUR POSITION THAT THERE IS NO DAYLIGHT BETWEEN HUNTER BIDEN’S BEYOND IMMIGRATION AND THAT OF KAREN BASS GAVIN NEWSOM, A O C, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. THE DEMOCRATIC POSITION ON IMMIGRATION. >> IN 2013, A BILL PASSED THE SENATE. 68 BOATS, INCLUDING KNOWN LEFTIES LIKE MARCO RUBIO AND LINDSEY GRAHAM IN FAVOR ANY NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO ATTACK IMMIGRATION, INCLUDING PROTECTION FOR DHAKA, BUILDING A WALL AND, YOU KNOW, SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING UP WITH THE COURTS. THAT’S WHERE THE DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN ON IMMIGRATION AND IT WOULD PASS THE HOUSE. BUT PAUL RYAN WOULD LET IT COME TO A VOTE.. SO THERE’S NOT REALLY THAT HUNTER BIDEN, HE DOES SPEAK FOR ANYBODY, OK? THERE IS A DEMOCRATIC POSITION ON IMMIGRATION. WE SEE IT. BUT THIS DIGNITY ACT, RIGHT? THAT’S WHERE DEMOCRATS TODAY. OKAY, SEAN, I WANT TO BRING YOU IN RESPOND TO ANYTHING YOU WANT, BUT ALSO I WOULD LOVE YOUR TAKE ON WHY THE PRESIDENT’S POLLING ON IMMIGRATION DOES SEEM TO BE SLIPPING. I WAS ALSO VERY SURPRISED TO SEE THAT. >> WELL, FIRST, I MEAN, LOOK, I I THINK I LOVE THAT INTERVIEW. HUNTER BIDEN. HE BASICALLY I THINK THE ONLY ONE WHO LOVED IT MORE THAN ME IS THE CEO BECAUSE LACK GUY WAS LOOKING FOR ANY KIND OF LIFELINE. SO I FIND IT IN PASSING, BY THE WAY, THAT HE IS NOW SAYING THAT HIS DAD WAS ON AMBIENT, WHICH EXPLAINS A LOT ABOUT WHY THE WHITE HOUSE PHYSICIAN, DOCTOR SEAN O’CONNOR, TOOK THE 5TH LAST WEEK BECAUSE EITHER HUNTER BIDEN IS RIGHT AND THEY WERE GIVING HIM AND BN WHICH DOES KIND OF COME PORT HOW THAT PERFORMANCE WENT OR HE’S LYING AGAIN. BUT I THINK THAT IT’S INTERESTING. I HOPE THAT THE MEDIA FOLLOWS UP ON THIS ACCUSATION FROM THE NTERESTININ PRESIDENT’S ON WHO WAS INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN HIS DEBATE PREP. AND I THINK IT SPEAKS VOLUMES TO THE MEDICAL CARE THAT DR O’CONNOR WAS PROVIDING IT REALLY. AND I MEAN THIS IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, I THINK THAT RAISES SERIOUS QUESTIONS IF TRUE. SO EITHER HUNTER IS LYING ABOUT THAT OR A DRUG THAT WAS NEVER DISCLOSED WAS GIVEN TO A RIGHT BEFORE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT POLITICAL MOMENTS OF HIS CAREER. BUT I KNOW A LOT OF THE MEDIA WILL BLOW IT OFF BECAUSE THEY BLOW ON SO MANY OTHER THINGS OFF. BUT I DO THINK THAT THAT IS VERY, VERY INTERESTING QUESTION THAT NEEDS TO BE ASKED TOMORROW AND THAT THE BIDEN SHOULD GET LET OFF THE HOOK LIKE THEY HAVE EVERYTHING ELSE. NOW WITH RESPECT TO IMMIGRATION, HERE’S WHAT I WILL SAY. I THINK IF I SAW SOME OF THE NEWS CLIPS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE AND THE WAY THAT THINGS HAVE BEEN PORTRAYED. I IMAGINE THAT THE POLL NUMBERS WOULD REFLECT THE WAY THAT A LOT OF THE MEDIA HAS COVERED THIS. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS PRESIDENT TRUMP CAMPAIGNED ON CLEANING UP THIS COUNTRY FOR 4 YEARS WHERE GASLIGHTING TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOT A THING WE COULD DO ABOUT THE FED AND ALL THE CRIMINALS THAT WE’RE IN THIS COUNTRY ILLEGALLY LAST MONTH. FOR THE FIRST TIME WE SAW A RECORD LOW OF BORDER CROSSINGS. AND AND AND I THINK THE COUNTRY IS SAFER. FORT. HERE’S THE THING. IF YOU’RE IN THIS COUNTRY ILLEGALLY, WE’RE A NATION OF LAWS AND I DON’T KNOW WHY DEMOCRATS GET OFF THE HOOK WHEN IT COMES TO DEFENDING THAT. THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY BROKEN LAWS. BUT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM HAS BROKEN THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES BY THEIR OVERSTAYING OF THESE ARE COMING COUNTRY WITHOUT THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS NECESSARY. AND SO IF THE DEMOCRATS WANT TO BE ON RECORD SUPPORTING ANY NUMBER OF CRIMINAL ACTS, THAT’S THEIR POSITION. BUT I THINK THE PRESIDENT HAS SHOWN THE DIFFERENCE IN WHAT, 4 YEARS CAN 4 YEARS OF OPEN BORDERS LOOKS LIKE COMPARED TO CONTROLLING THE BORDER AND UPHOLDING THE RULE OF LAW. >> ALL RIGHT. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT SOMETHING TOWNHOME. TOM HOMAN SAID TODAY THAT I WANT TO GET BOTH OF YOUR REACTIONS. >> WHEN THEY FORCE US INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY WON’T LET US IN THE JAIL WHEN THEY FORCE US INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO FIND THE BAD GUY. MANY TIMES WE FIND OTHERS, OTHERS THAT CURRENT TARGET, BUT THEY’RE IN THE U.S. AND WILL NOT WALK AWAY FROM THEM SAYING AGAIN, LET US IN THE JAIL ALL IN THE JAIL MEANS LESS OFFICERS THE STREET. >> SO THAT WAS TOM HOMAN WITH NEWSNATION’S. ELIZABETH VARGAS, YOUR REACTION RICK? I THINK DEMOCRATS SHOULD PAY. >> TO PUT TOM HOMAN ON THE AIR BECAUSE HE CONVEYS THIS ABSOLUTE SADISTIC ATTITUDE TOWARDS IMMIGRANTS. MEAN, SEAN MAY BE RIGHT ABOUT WHAT TRUMP RAN ON, BUT WE NOW KNOW WHAT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC IS SEEING AND SAYING IN THE POLLS, WHICH IS THEY DON’T LIKE IT. THEY DON’T LIKE WHAT THEY’RE SEEING. THEY DON’T LIKE HAVING THESE TROOPS GO TO MACARTHUR PARK ON HORSEBACK IN LOS ANGELES WHEN ALL THERE ARE, IS IT SUMMER CAMP GOING ON? THEY DON’T LIKE THAT. THEY DON’T LIKE THE U.S. CENTERS BEING PUSHED TO THE GROUND FOR NO GOOD REASON. THEY DON’T LIKE IT. SO I THINK TOM HOMAN IS THE FACE OF THAT. AND THERE’S A REASON THAT OVER TIME TRUMP IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE AND MORE UNPOPULAR WHEN IT COMES TO IMMIGRATION BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE NAUSEATED BY IT AND QUITE A SEAN. FINALLY YEAH. I JUST GO BACK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT RICHARDS DOES IS THIS SORT OF >> SLIGHT OF HAND THAT A LOT OF THE LEFT AND FOLKS IN THE MEDIA DO, WE’RE NOT TARGETING IMMIGRANTS. WHAT TOM HOMAN AND ICE ARE TARGETING ARE ILLEGAL ALIENS. PEOPLE WHO’VE BROKEN THE LAW WHO ARE IN THIS COUNTRY ILLEGALLY. MANY OF US MOST OF US NOT NATIVE AMERICAN ARE EITHER IMMIGRANTS OURSELVES OR DESCENDANTS. THEY’RE UP. SO WHEN DEMOCRATS, THE MEDIA TALK ABOUT TARGETING IMMIGRANTS, IT’S GASLIGHTING, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, THE SAME GASLIGHTING THAT’S GOING ON THE LAST 4 YEARS. TOM HOMAN EXACTLY RIGHT WHEN THE SO-CALLED SANCTUARY CITIES PREVENT ICE AND FEDERAL AGENTS FROM GOING AFTER KNOWN CRIMINALS AND PROTECT THEM AND THEN RELEASE THEM INTO THE CITY. ICE HAS AN OBLIGATION. LOOK AT ALL THESE PEOPLE LAKEN RILEY, THE INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED IN NEW YORK CITY AN AGENT WAS ATTACKED BY SOMEONE WHO DID THIS. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ALLOWED TO STAY IN THIS COUNTRY. THEY HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO PROTECT US. THOSE THERE ARE LEGAL CITIZENS. SO DEMOCRATS SHOULD BE ASKED WHY THEY SUPPORT ALLOWING PEOPLE WHO ARE CRIMINALS BECAUSE I HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO GO AFTER THEM. AND YES, I AGREE WITH TOM. IF YOU’RE IN THIS COUNTRY LEGALLY AND YOU GET ROLLED UP AT THE SAME TIME, THEY CAN’T THEN TURN AROUND AND IGNORE THAT CRIME THEY HAVE TO BY LAW REPORT UN PROCESS YOU. SO I KNOW DEMOCRATS DON’T LIKE THIS PARTICULAR LAW, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS IF THEY DON’T LIKE IT,
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I don’t trust CBS polls.
I support our President…
That Batya woman is flat out crazy.
Donna Burklo or Donna Murrell.
A CNN poll. Last week a CBS poll. You know, the CBS who just lost a lawsuit to Trump. Just another gaslight story and NewsNation following along like a chump news outlet they are. They need to get back to the UFO stories.
Hunter biden does not speak for "the democrats" or the dnc or "the progressives" thx tho
What kind of bs headline is that?? 😂we’re all gas no brakes. Don’t believe the fake news
CNN polls are not worth the paper they are written on. They are used to create a reality. Didn’t they say Kamala would win in a landslide?
It was a CNN poll…. aka fake poll.
Indeed. . .Trump ISN'T coming for our rent raising illegal neighbors.
(Another con from a conman).
We don't trust your poll fake news, you probably ask ppl with the name Miguel how feel about Trump deport plan 😂
This man said they don't like when they raid parks in LA … Duhhh none of those ppl voted for this WE did don't care what they don't like .. these fake immigration poll numbers are same as fake tarrifs polls … They try push fake polls so trump can soft up on tarrifs and immigration.. don't trust those polls
Don't believe those polls push by uni party!!!
Stop quoting polls push by amesty crowd in Congress …. Plus wtf trump care about polls he's not running again!!!
I support ICE to remove Criminals. Not immigrants or Migrants that are here working, paying taxes and coming in the right way
His dad made this mess
Any poll by CNN has no credibility.
Some of us are upset that ICE isn't doing enough! Do the polls reflect that? Why not cover that side of it? Where's the "On Balance"?
As always, the right winger gets the last word.
"have their sadism unleashed by Tom Holman". It's sadistic to enforce the laws passed by Congress? The two illegals who shot the off duty officer have a long list of offences including re entering the country after being deported. I bet this guy and his democratic liberal bretherin would oppose them being deported. This talking point that people disagree with Trump's immigration practices is rubbish. We can't take the Democrats like this guy seriously because they won't let ICE agents into prisons to apprehend criminals who have had due process.
No. Americas are not nauseated by thiis.
ICE are apprehending illegals aliens who have no legal rights to be on our country. Such people are not immigrants. Americans support legal immigration. Fearmongering by the Democrats that adult Citizens are being deported. If someone is detained the should have no trouble or hesitation providing proof l a visa, green card, naturalization documents, or birth certificate.
I'm surprised the host didn't push back on the guy in glasses saying that ICE is being sadistic.
She asked a question about Hunter Biden and the Democrats. He responds with "hate Trump." Why in the world do news channels ask a soulless, flat-out partisan hack ideologue like Goodstein to comment on anything? (He's the Democrat mirror image of Hannity.)
Keep pushing Trump. Keep pushing.
the polls are fake news
CNN poll lol 😂
No he hasn’t! He’s doing what Americans voted for!!!!
The mainstream media is at fault. All these puff pieces that demonize ICE.
THATS F ING RIGHT! If they don’t follow the then neither do legal citizens. The social contract will be broken.
CNN? A proof source. What garbage