Mike Waltz talks Democratic Caucus Infighting, Social Spending Agenda

Let's bring in Congressman Michael Waltz. I'm sure you caught that, I know you caught that one, OK. Describe the atmosphere in Congress, or on Capitol Hill right now. You're there. Is there a lot of hostility? Are you guys cheering? Well, you have to love Ocasio-Cortez's tweet there on two senators, right? It's really unfortunate that it requires a majority, it requires 51 to block this disaster. I mean, we are, you know, they are trying to put this country into a Ferrari and drive it right off the fiscal cliff. And what's sad about it, Stu, is that we actually need infrastructure. For example, the Chinese just built 18,000 miles of high speed electric grid and transmission lines. We've built none. We really need a massive update to our infrastructure, but they're hanging it to this socialist package. And if the progressives were smart, they would accept a lower number, because we all know once you get government programs in place, it is almost impossible to kill them. But here's the thing nobody's talking about, Stuart. And this is what Manchin, you know, really the line he put in the sand, and that's on the Hyde Amendment. And he said any attempt to get rid of the Hyde Amendment is dead on arrival. That's taxpayer funding of abortion. There are progressives that have been trying to get rid of that for decades, and I don't see how they overcome that hurdle. Well, Senator Manchin has come up with this number, 1.5 trillion. If that were the number that you had to debate, would the Republicans get behind 1.5 trillion? Oh, absolutely not. Again, it's the policies, right? It's the free, you know, it's the free daycare, the free pre-K, the free community college, the free this, the free that. And these government programs, whether they say they're only in place for two years, so it's 1.5 trillion, or five years, so it's 3.5 trillion. We all know once they're in place, that is going to be a burden on future generations that we just can't afford. And we just can't afford free everything for everybody. Somebody's got to pay for it. And the problem with socialism is eventually you run out of other people's money. Exactly. The great Margaret Thatcher actually said that on the floor of the House of Commons, and I remember it very well. Congressman, always good. Thank you, sir. We appreciate you being here. Thanks a lot. Okay. Thank you so much.