White House chief of staff Mark Meadows weighs in on the race for a coronavirus vaccine on ‘Fox & Friends.’
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Politics will not play a role
whatsoever in the vaccine
process.
I trust vaccines.
I trust scientists,
but I dont trust Donald Trump
Brian thats, a shocker
lets bring in mark meadows. He
is White House chief of staff.
One of the busiest people
around
Mark welcome back
its good to be back with
you
good morning, everybody
Brian yesterday, a bit of
discrepancy.
The president thought we would
have a vaccine by the end of the
year and then the CDC head says
you know what
we are probably going to get
into the masses in the summer of
two thousand and twenty one
he said the CDC director is
was wrong. I will have to
straighten him out.
Who is right?
I would tell you if I were a
betting man. I would bet on
President Trump based on what I
know behind the scenes, how
quickly we are moving on the
clinical trials.
I think that we will at least
have some results in October.
As we start to look at those
results, I can tell you, the
president is pushing very hard
to make sure that we are
delivering a vaccine before the
end of the year,
so im not sure where
Dr Redfield got his particular
timetable, but its not based on
those that are closest to the
process.
Steve yeah,
Mr Meadows, the president, was
talking yesterday about how Joe
Biden is not helping out people
who are could be vulnerable,
because is he talking about?
Essentially the president called
him, an anti vaxer with his
rhetoric that you know, dont
trust that vaccine, because
Donald Trump might be pushing it
through?
Is that the right message from
the vice president
well its the wrong message
from Joe Biden? But why should
would he be surprised?
He has had the wrong message for
forty seven years and so listen. This is
about peoples, health.
I can tell you, the president has
been consistent,
make sure our science, our
doctors, our developers and
indeed the pharmaceutical
industry, are fully engaged to
deliver to the american people
as quickly as possible,
and I would say in historic
record time,
and so it is not responsible
and perhaps what Joe Biden
should be doing is calling on
Nancy Pelosi to stay here and
get a covid relief package
passed today.
Ainsley the FED chairman Jerome
Powell. Is he warning if they
dont pass
this? Listen to what he says
if there is no follow up on
that, if there isnt additional
support and there isnt a job
for some of those people who are
from industries where its going
to be very hard to find new
work, then you that will
start to show up in economic
activity.
It will also show up in things
like evictions and foreclosures,
and you know things that will
scar and damages economy
Ainsley. Where are we on the
negotiations?
Well, we have had some
positive movement in the right
direction.
I was on the phone with some
Democrat House members and as
well as a few senators last
night.
I can see that there is actually
a group that are not just the
problem solvers group, although
they have done great work in
putting out their proposal in
the last forty eight hours,
but its also republican
senators and house members that
are trying to come together
heres. What we need to to do.
Everyone needs to call on their
house member to make sure that
they stay here that reneg
United States at least lets use
this one dollar and fifty cents trillion new
recommendation as a foundation
for new negotiations.
But if you are not going to do
that, take your cameras to DCA
today, you many see members of
Congress leaving Washington to
go home and pretend like they
are working hard on this
particular deal when, in fact
the checks are not going out to
the american people and
unemployment benefits will start
to cease.
Brian president wants a bigger
deal more than the Republicans
are asking for.
You have been there every day
every hour. Something substantial
goes on. Mark meadows is in that
meeting.
What number did he tell you he
wants?
He was certainly willing to
embrace the one point: five trillion dollar
number that was put out in the
last in the last day, or so
it really depends on what the
priorities are. You mentioned
earlier airlines and the need
for help there
a meeting with airline ceos.
Today
we have got tens of thousands of
people that are about to be laid
off
if nothing more lets go ahead
and put that package on the
floor and pass that because,
hopefully all of us can agree
that laying off airline workers
at this particular time is not
something we should do
Steve absolutely.
There is a big item in the the
Washington Post this morning
and the New York Times as
well.
I dont know if you have seen
it
recapping, a speech that Bill
Barr, the attorney general gave
at Hillsdale College
and essentially what he was
saying is. He was railing against
the career at the Department of
Justice.
He said they are head hunting
for high profile targets,
meddling with politics, which is
extraordinary.
Some people on the presidents
side would say that sounds like
the deep state
heres, the attorney general.
Listen to this
rather than root out true
crimes, while leaving ethical,
dubious conduct to the voters.
Our prosecutors have all too
inserted themselves into the
political process based on the
flimsiest legal theories.
We have seen this time and time
again with prosecutors, bringing
ill conceived, charges against
prominent political figures or
launching debilitating
investigations that thrust the
Department of Justice into the
middle of the political process,
Steve its not supposed to be
like that mark.
He goes on to say the way the
Doj works is these career
prosecutors. They decide what
the Doj should do, not the
attorney general,
the attorney general says, look
im the top guy
its my decision,
its not yours.
Well, when we talk about
setting priorities, bill, Barr is
exactly right.
We need to make sure that
everyone is treated equally
under the law,
but unfortunately, some some
would say its the deep state,
I would just say its actually
the swamp that continues to try
to make sure a political agenda
is driven instead of law and
order and justice for all.
But I can also say we dont have
to look any further than the
Mueller Investigation, where we
spent tens of millions of
dollars in wasted unbelievable
time to come out with a report.
To conclude what we already knew
that there was no conclusion,
so it is time that we get back.
We restore the integrity to the
Department of Justice and the
FBI.
I think we are well on our way,
because we have gotten leaders
who are willing to hold people
accountable, but it is what we
all hate about. Our federal
government is when they play.
Transcript generated on 2020-09-17.