IRANIAN GENERAL.

LET'S BRING IN

REPRESENTATIVE ELISE

STEFANIK HOUSE INTELLIGENCE

COMMITTEE AND HOUSE ARMED

SERVICES COMMITTEE.

ELISE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

BEING HERE THIS MORNING.

ED: GOOD MORNING.

PETE: THE PRESIDENT MAKES

THIS BOLD CALL, RIGHT?

WHILE THE MEDIA THEN KICKS

INTO OVERDRIVE.

HERE IS A COUPLE THINGS THAT

CAUGHT OUR EYE.

FIRST, A TWEET FROM "THE

WASHINGTON POST."

THIS IS HOW THEY FRAMED IT

INITIALLY.

BREAKING NEWS, AIRSTRIKE AT

BAGHDAD AIRPORT KILLS IRAN'S

MOST REVERED MILITARY LEADER

QASSEM SOLEIMANI.

IRAQI STATE TELEVISION

REPORTS.

WELL, NOT TO BE OUTDONE.

HERE IS HOW THE REST OF THE

MEDIA FRAMED THIS ATTACK.

WATCH.

>> SOLEIMANI AN ICONIC

MILITARY LEADER.

>> A REVERED FIGURE.

>> SOLEIMANI IS DIFFICULT TO

CONVEY HOW REVERED HE IS HE

IS REGARDED AS PERSONALLY

AND CREDIBLY BRAVE.

THE TROOPS LOVED HIM.

>> THINK OF SOMEBODY

THINKING OF DEGAL.

>> BRILLIANT MAN.

CARDINAL.

HE WAS THE MACHIAVELLI.

>> EVEN MANY OF SOLEIMANI'S

ENEMIES ADMITTED HE WAS A

MILITARY GENIUS.

>> LET'S ASSUME FOR A MINUTE

THAT HE WAS AT THE BAGHDAD

AIRPORT AND DESERVED THIS,

OKAY.

JUST STIPULATE THAT.

LET'S JUST SAY THAT IT WAS

THE RIGHT DECISION TO TAKE

HIM OUT, BUT YOU HAVE, IN

THAT CASE, RIGHT DECISION,

WRONG COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.

PETE: ALL RIGHT.

ELISE.

IT'S ONE THINK TO RESPECT

YOUR ENEMY.

WHOLE OTHER THING TO REVERE

THEM AS WE SEE.

>> THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE

EMBARRASSMENT.

IT IS CLEAR SOLEIMANI IS ONE

OF THE BLOODIEST TERRORISTS.

HE HAS EXPORTED GLOBAL

TERRORISM AND HE HAS BLOOD

OF AMERICAN TROOPS ON HIS

HANDS.

HE HAS KILLED HUNDREDS OF

AMERICAN TROOPS.

I REPRESENT FORT DRUM TENTH

MOUNTAIN DIVISION ARMY SINCE

9/11.

THOSE TROOPS HAVE RISKED

THEIR LIVES AND WERE

TARGETED BY SOLEIMANI AND

HIS QUDS FORCES THIS IS A

TERRORIST EXPORTED THROUGH

PROXIES WHETHER HEZBOLLAH,

HAMAS, AND HAS SOW DISORDER

IN THE MIDDLE EAST SYRIA,

YEMEN AND IRAQ.

HE SHOULD NOT REVERED IN THE

"THE WASHINGTON POST" AND

SHOULD APOLOGIZE AND RETRACT

THAT STATEMENT.

EMILY: WE HEARD AT THE END

OF THAT MONTAGE.

RIGHT ACTION, WRONG

COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.

HOW IS THAT RECONCILED WITH

YOU SITTING ON THE HOUSE

INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE WITH

THOSE ON THE LEFT AND THOSE

IN THE MEDIA DECRYING THE

INTELLIGENCE AND SAYING THAT

THE INFORMATION NEEDS TO BE

CALLED INTO QUESTION AND

THAT THERE COULD NOT HAVE

BEEN AND THERE WERE NO

REPORTS OF THIS ESCALATION

AND IMMINENT THREATS ON

BEHALF OF THE IRANIAN AND

THE GENERAL?

>> WE SHOULD BE PRAISING

U.S. TROOPS AND OUR

INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.

THIS WAS A SUCCESS.

THIS WAS THE RIGHT DECISION

MADE BY THE RIGHT

COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.

WE HAVE SEEN IRAN'S

BELLIGERENCE IN THE REGION,

NOT ONLY TARGETING AMERICANS

BUT SHEDDING AMERICAN BLOOD

IN THE PAST MONTH.

WE HAVE SEEN THE TERRORIST

ATTACKS ON THE U.S. EMBASSY

IN BAGHDAD.

AND THIS WAS A PROPORTIONAL

EFFECTIVE RESPONSE.

THIS IS ABOUT DETERRING

IRANIAN AGGRESSION IN THE

MIDDLE EAST BUT MOST

IMPORTANTLY IT'S ABOUT

PROTECTING U.S. TROOPS.

WHICH OUR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF

ALWAYS SHOULD DO.

ED: CONGRESSWOMAN

INTERESTING, THIS OBVIOUSLY

HAPPENED IN THE CONTEXT OF

THE 2020 ELECTIONS COMING

UP.

YOU HAVE ALL OF THESE

DEMOCRATS RUNNING FOR

PRESIDENT AND FALLING ALL

OVER THEMSELVES TO CRITICIZE

THE PRESIDENT.

YOU KNOW, ELIZABETH WARREN

PUTTING OUT TWO DIFFERENT

STATEMENTS.

AND ALL OF THAT AND IT'S

INTERESTING.

BECAUSE THE "NEW YORK TIMES"

HAD A STORY ABOUT REPUBLICAN

WOMEN WHO MAY BE CRITICAL IN

THIS ELECTION IN TERMS OF

WHETHER THEY STICK WITH THE

PRESIDENT.

HERE IS THEIR VERSION.

REPUBLICAN WOMEN, THEY

CLAIM, ARE IN CRISIS.

IN THE PAST 10 YEARS, THEY

HAVE BECOME ENDANGERED

SPECIES ON THE POLITICAL

STAGE.

YOU ARE A REPUBLICAN WOMAN.

THE LAST I CHECKED AT THE

HOUSE INTELLIGENCE

COMMITTEE, YOUR VOICE WAS

BEING HEARD.

HOW DO YOU REACT TO THAT?

>> YEAH.

MY VOICE WAS HEARD LOUD AND

CLEARLY.

NOT ONLY IN MY DISTRICT BUT

ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

BUT THAT EDITORIAL IN THE

"NEW YORK TIMES" IGNORES THE

FACTS.

WE HAVE A HISTORIC NUMBER OF

REPUBLICAN WOMEN WHO ARE

RUNNING FOR OFFICE.

OVER 181.

I HAVE WORKED TO HELP

RECRUITED THOSE WOMEN AND TO

SUPPORT THOSE WOMEN.

WE HAVE EFFECTIVE

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN

WOMEN RUNNING IN NEW YORK,

CALIFORNIA, KANSAS, TEXAS.

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY IN THE

SEATS THAT WILL DETERMINE

THE HOUSE MAJORITY.

AS YOU CAN SEE, DEMOCRATIC

NUMBERS ARE TANKING BECAUSE

OF THEIR OBSESSION WITH

IMPEACHMENT.

AND IT'S VERY SAD TO WATCH

DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES FOR

PRESIDENT RUNNING FOR THE

COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF JOB,

REFUSING TO CALL SOLEIMANI A

TERRORIST.

THE FACT THAT ELIZABETH

WARREN HAD TO RETRACT THAT

STATEMENT SHOWS WHERE THE

DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS GOING,

WHICH IS FURTHER AND FURTHER

TO THE LEFT.

AND OUT OF TOUCH WITH THE

AMERICAN PEOPLE AND VOTERS

WHO WILL DETERMINE THE NEXT

PRESIDENT, AND I BELIEVE

THAT NEXT PRESIDENT WILL BE

PRESIDENT TRUMP. PETE

REPRESENTATIVE, BECAUSE YOU

ARE A REPUBLICAN, TO THE

ELITE MEDIA, DON'T YOU COUNT

A LITTLE BIT LESS AS A

WOMEN'S ADVOCATE?

THAT'S HOW THEY SEE IT,

RIGHT?

>> THE ELITE MEDIA AND

ESTABLISHMENT MEDIA LOVES TO

ATTACK REPUBLICAN WOMEN.

I HAVE EXPERIENCED THAT

FIRSTHAND.

BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS

REPUBLICAN WOMEN ARE

FIGHTING BACK.

THEY ARE RAISING THEIR HAND

TO RUN FOR OFFICE.

AND AS I SAID, WE HAVE A

HISTORIC NUMBER OF

REPUBLICAN WOMEN WHO ARE

ALREADY ON THE BALLOT.

181 ARE RUNNING FOR CONGRESS

ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THAT'S MORE THAN EVER

BEFORE.

AND I THINK WE ARE GOING TO

RUN ON ISSUES LIKE STRONG

NATIONAL SECURITY, A BOOMING

ECONOMY, STRONGER BORDER

SECURITY, AND STANDING UP

FOR CONSTITUTIONAL

LIBERTIES.

THOSE ARE VALUES THAT WILL

ATTRACT REPUBLICAN WOMEN

VOTERS AND ATTRACT WOMEN

VOTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

ED: YOU KNOW BETTER THAN US,

CONGRESSWOMAN, WHEN YOU

STOOD UP AND HAD YOUR VOICE

HEARD YOU BECAME A TARGET.

WHAT DID THAT FEEL LIKE?

>> I DID BECOME A TARGET.

I WAS SMEARED BY THE

HOLLYWOOD LEFT.

PEOPLE LIKE ROSIE O'DONNELL

AND CHELSEA HANDLER.

EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK I

CHOOSE THE NORTH COUNTRY OF

NEW YORK OVER HOLLYWOOD

LIBERALS.

AND I CHOOSE MY DISTRICT

OVER PEOPLE LIKE GEORGE

CONWAY WHO ARE JUST VILE,

ANTI-TRUMPERS.

AND MY JOB IS TO FOCUS ON

THE CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES

AND FOCUS ON REPRESENTING MY

DISTRICT, WHICH IS EXACTLY

WHAT I DID IN THE

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