'Destroying This Country': Malliotakis Slams 'Radical Leftists' After A Migrant Shot 2 NYPD Officers

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During remarks on the House floor, Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) ripped into, President Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), NYC Mayor Eric Adams, and Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) for their approach to migrant policies and border security.  Fuel your success with Forbes. Gain unlimited access to premium journalism, including breaking news, groundbreaking in-depth reported stories, daily digests and more. Plus, members get a front-row seat at members-only events with leading thinkers and doers, access to premium video that can help you get ahead, an ad-light experience, early access to select products including NFT drops and more:  https://account.forbes.com/membership/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=growth_non-sub_paid_subscribe_ytdescript   Stay Connected Forbes on Facebook: http://fb.com/forbes Forbes Video on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/forbes Forbes Video on Instagram: http://instagram.com/forbes More From Forbes:  http://forbes.com

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00:00Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This morning, I woke up to a press conference being held

00:07by my mayor, Mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, and our police commissioner, and

00:13they were saying that while we were sleeping, two NYPD officers were shot, and

00:22they were shot by somebody who is in this country illegally. Somebody who

00:28entered via Eagle Pass. Somebody who is a national of Venezuela. Somebody who is

00:37allowed to be here because of President Biden's 60 policy changes that have

00:45opened up our border, allowing dangerous individuals to enter. Someone who is in

00:51New York City being housed, being fed, having legal services, laundry services,

00:59free MetroCards, health care, on the taxpayers. The hard-working taxpayers

01:06that I represent in New York. The policies of the left are destroying

01:14this country. They are destroying our city. They are destroying the rule of law.

01:19This was totally preventable. It is something that should not have occurred.

01:25Thankfully, those police officers are okay, but it sheds light that the failed

01:31policies of the Democrats on the federal, state, and local level have come to a head,

01:37and this is the result. Our law enforcement, those tasked to protect us,

01:43are being hurt. Chuck Schumer, on the other side of the building, represents

01:53New York. He still will not take up any of the pieces of legislation that we

01:58passed in this House, some with bipartisan support, to deport individuals

02:06who are here committing crimes, to take action, to undo the policies of President

02:12Biden. Just last week, there was another individual that committed murder, another

02:19illegal immigrant that was here, committed murder in Harlem, and yet these

02:25two incidences, one in Queens, one in Harlem, both districts represented by

02:30colleagues here in the House who are on the other side of the aisle, where are

02:34they? I don't see them putting pressure on Senator Schumer to pass meaningful

02:39legislation to undo what President Biden did by executive order, has the

02:45ability to undo it, and the president continues to lie to the American people,

02:50telling them that he doesn't have the authority to do anything at the border.

02:55He had the authority to break the border, right? He himself passed those 60 policy

03:02changes. He himself can fix it. So I speak today because the American people need

03:10to see what's going on. They need to know that this is a direct result of this

03:16president's policies, of my mayor's policy, that we're going to continue

03:20housing individuals converting hotels in New York that should be going to tourists.

03:27Instead, they're going to these illegal immigrants that are wreaking havoc. The

03:33person was stopped, by the way, the person that shot these officers,

03:37because he was suspect in a ring of robberies. He and others using motorized

03:45scooters to terrorize the community, commit robberies, pickpocketing, snatching

03:50purses. Why is my mayor forcing we the people, the taxpayers, to house

03:58individuals who are committing crimes? And the New York City Council, also run

04:04by radical leftists, they prohibit NYPD from cooperating with Immigration and

04:12Customs Enforcement to deport individuals once they're arrested. We've

04:15had thousands of arrests of people in this country illegally. And guess what?

04:20They go back to their luxury hotel room that we the people are paying for.

04:24Because the New York City Council doesn't think we should be cooperating

04:30to have them removed from this country. So we leave them there to be able to

04:34commit crimes over and over again. People 8, 9, 10, if you read, you know, New York

04:41Post does a good job of exposing it. People with multiple arrests being

04:46released back on the street to prey on New Yorkers. This is completely

04:52unacceptable. And Chuck Schumer has to stop hiding behind a bill that nobody

04:57likes and wouldn't do the job. He needs to actually hold this president

05:02accountable. Let's undo those 60 executive orders if the president won't

05:06do it on his own. But we have a responsibility to protect the people of

05:11New York, to protect the people of this country, to protect the taxpayers of the

05:16United States, and to secure our borders. Enough is enough. Let's get it done,

05:24Senator Schumer. Do something meaningful over there in the Senate. Pass some of

05:29the bills that we passed here with bipartisan support.

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