HYMA MOORE:
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Yeah. I think so. Look, I hope so, too. I think things are getting a little bit too untenuous for the country right now. We just faced a huge crash at LaGuardia. The lines are getting longer. The TSA agents are not getting paid. This is the third shutdown that we've had to endure in such a short period of time. And no one wins during the shutdown. And so I think on both sides, Republicans and Democrats are seeing public opinion start to turn, just like the last shutdown. And I think both of them want to make some sort of deal. And so Democrats want to obviously take this as far as possible, and ICE is a huge part of that negotiation. But I do think we're getting closer to a deal, and I hope this is going to be a win-win for both parties. But what do you think the message is to the base on this? Because, again, this has been about trying to win reforms. And at the end of the day, it seems like Democrats are not going to get nearly what they want out of this deal, particularly around this issue of judicial warrants and these ICE officers taking off their masks. Look, I think for Democrats, it's going to be two things. One, they're going to be able to say, look, we are continuing to fight for what we believe is right. We, for the third, time have posed to the president reasons for them to shut down the government because it doesn't align with what Democrats are trying to do. Two, when you look at what's happened over the last couple of months, you just can't continue this. It's going to continue to get worse. The loss is going to continue to get a lot more tough for people in the communities, particularly those who work for TSA and the airports. And so I think Democrats are looking for an offer right now, and they'll say, at the very least, while we were able to sideline ICE, we were able to get people back working and the government back open. And speaking of ICE, I do want to play some of what Steve Bannon said about ICE agents, which is on a different matter. But he suggested that ICE agents are being deployed at airports, potentially as a test run or a sign of things to come for the election. Let's take a listen. What the mainstream media said that blow up today, we can use what's happening with these ICE helping out, helping out at the airports. We can use this as a test run, as a test case to get really perfect ICE's involvement in the 2026 midterm elections, sir? Yeah, I think we should have ICE agents at the polling places, because if you're an illegal alien, you can't vote. Do you think there's something to this here? Well, first of all, I think this is so silly, and it is so problematic that we're going to even begin talking about this. The president and the administration have been very clear that ICE was put in the airports to do what was necessary regarding security. They also made it very clear they weren't going to be doing anything like screening because they weren't trained to do so. And so this fearmongering around having ICE do law enforcement functions in the airport in order to relieve burden on the American people is hugely problematic, and we should be pushing back against that and saying, no, this is not a weaponization of ICE. This is a utilization of their law enforcement function. It reduces burden on TSA so they can do the necessary screening to make sure lives are saved to protect the American people traveling. And that's what we should be focused on. This rhetoric is not helpful. Do Democrats see it as fearmongering? Because I believe, actually, Senate Democrats did bring it up in their press conference this afternoon that they are concerned that could be the next step that we see ICE agents at the polls. I hope that's true, and I think Democrats are very concerned about that. And I think this is a part of the conversation that Democrats have been having around ICE and around the National Guard and around those national enforcements coming into the cities and to the states. And so I do think that we've got to give some credence to what Steve Bannon has been saying. Obviously, he and the president have been close in the past. But I do agree-- A long path, I feel like. A long path. I hope so. But look, we've got to do, we've got to stop and stop pushing back on law enforcement officers who are doing the right thing and protecting us. But we've got to make sure that we don't give too much power to those who are in power to exceed that. And I think ICE is one of those. All right. Hyma Moore, Meaghan Mobbs, we hope you both come back and join us. And take a piece of candy on your way out.
