Fox News "The Ingraham Angle" - Transcript Interview with Steve Scalise

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And not doing this, not having a clear statement puts lives at risk. Congressman Steve Scalise joins me now, also with me, Raymond Arroyo Fox News Contributor. All right, Congressman, you've seen firsthand what ignoring violent actions can lead to. Your reaction tonight seeing these pictures.

REP. STEVE SCALISE, R-LA: You know, Laura, continues to be disturbing when you see some of these mayors let their cities be overrun by mobs and people that want to just burn the city down. Again, that is not a peaceful protest, despite what some in the media want to say. I mean, there's a way to protest. And then there's people that just have no respect for, for others or for personal property. And, and the fact that some of these democrat mayors continue to let their own cities be burned down.

For goodness sake, I mean, this is something that President Trump doesn't tolerate. Joe Biden sits on the sidelines. They never addressed this at the Democratic Convention last week, because they're afraid to stand up to these mobs. And, like I think most people are fed up with that. It's got to end and at least we've got a president who actually respects safety and security of people that want to, you know, want to just make sure that they can be safe in their own homes.

INGRAHAM: And Raymond, what else wasn't discussed today? I mean, where was Biden, where was -- what was he doing right now?

RAYMOND ARROYO, FOX NEWS CHANNEL CONTRIBUTOR: Where is he? Where is Biden? Look, he's like the Loch Ness Monster, you rarely see him. He's out there somewhere at their spottings today. There was only one pool report, it said that Biden was out riding his bike. We've seen that earlier in the month. This time he had a helmet on that was the big news of the day. There's nothing being said.

The beautiful thing about what we saw tonight, maybe groundbreaking was a familiarity and comfort with faith that ran from the Jon Voight film cleared through to John Ponder, the man who reformed his life after prison right through the end with Melania Trump. A comfort with faith and the linking that to tradition and heritage and protecting your city and the statues and the things that you reflect what we love about America. That was at the heart of tonight's man.

INGRAHAM: One of the things that I know is going to get lost in the shuffle is when Melania said, this building means a lot, the history of this place, for the next, for the next whoever it is, the next presidents to come and families that live here and all the people because it's their house. Now, Michelle said it's the people's house too, but the fact that she made that point now.

ARROYO: Well, she's getting wrapped for restoring the Rose Garden that she spoken tonight. It's the first time it's been done over in 60 years, and she restored it to its original historical --

INGRAHAM: What private donation (INAUDIBLE) --

ARROYO: So, I think it was, that was a tip of the hat to that. She did a lot of little subtle correcting of the record, which given the media environment, given the, the hostile politics of the moment. It was the right tone. She did it elegantly. And I think she chose the right, the right moment to slip it in.

INGRAHAM: Steve Scalise much was said earlier in the show about how this is a new Republican Party. This is cemented in a more populist conservatism. Do you agree with that?

SCALISE: I do. I mean, look, what you're seeing is, is the, you know, those of us that have been speaking in the message in general, has been just boldly embracing what conservatism is, you know, in the Ronald Reagan era of being proud to be a conservative and fighting for the values and belief of this country.

Look, Melania Trump fled communism and socialism. God help us if they try to bring that here. You know, she left a country like so many others did, to come to a place where freedom is cherished. And there's some people that want to take those freedoms away. That's what this election is about in November.

INGRAHAM: Previous Republican conventions kind of did a passing nod to the pro-life issue, not this one. No, this is full throated pro-life. Gentlemen, thank you so much. Sorry, it's so short tonight.

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