joining us from house homeland security congressman carlos gimenez.ut this. what do you make of this massive break down in oversight? >> i think it's a crime. it's a crime against children. look, over 300,000 kids they don't even know where they are or who they're with, they don't know they are being exploited or anything about them, so look, contrast that with the trump administration. as i remember, they had a facility down here in homestead where the democrats are going bananas about it and you know what's happening inside that facility? children were being taught english and given education and classes and then sponsors that were vetted were actually being filed for these children and everybody knew where these kids were and they were being taken care of and the democrats went bananas over that kind of a program and yet they say nothing about the fact that 300,000 kids are missing and we don't even know where they are. liz: the biden-harris white house repeatedly obstructed congress and state investigations show the senate report on this led by se

. >> there are republican congressman carlos gimenez spoke about the latino vote in the 2024 election and border security during a conversation with the "washington post." it's about 25 minutes. and welcome to "washington post live." i am arianna sotomayor, congressional reporter for "washington post," and i'm joined by carlos gimenez, republican compass men from florida. i'm getting ready for you all to come back to capitol hill tomorrow, but i want to look back at the night and the week that republicans have had. what a sweep by now- president-elect donald trump, not just winning florida overwhelmingly, we have seen him make significant gains in liberal states like new york, obviously swept all seven battleground states. senate republicans have the majority again, and now it seems like waiting on a couple calls in california and arizona and alaska, but house republicans likely to keep their majority. can you explain -- are you surprised by how president-elect donald trump has done and his continued influence among the republican base? rep. gimenez: in a sense, no. people ask me what

carlos gimenez, thanks for being here. >> thank you, suh. stuart: yes, sir.on day one. ashley, why would this be good news for tesla? ashley: well, stu, the theory goes that donald trump's criticism of electric vehicles will hugely lead to the an end of government subsidies for consumers which in turn will help tesla by hitting its rivals with greater losses. that's the theory. and while tesla is making money from its evs, other automakers have seen losses that have been tempered a little by consumer tax credits worth up to $75000 under biden's -- 7500. the president-elect has said evs would spell, quote, complete to blitz ration for the u.s -- to blitz ration for the u.s. car industry. dan ives says for tesla it could be a huge positive and, of course, they have that bromance going as a well, elon musk and donald trump. stuart: is that what's called a bromance? i guess it is. they're pretty chose, i've got to say. ash, thanks very much. would you with ever buy tesla's stock? >> yeah, at about half the price it's at right now. [laughter] i disagree -- i agree

florida congressman carlos gimenez will join us.istration -- so many -- how will the gop be able to work with the very small majority that's left over? new l.a. police chief says he's not going to assist i.c.e. with deportations. another one. how will trump handle that? leo terrell has much more on the story. he's going to be on the show later. the 10:00 hour though is next. ♪ they say the the best things in life aren't free. ♪ the good life, it feel like atlanta, it feel like a., it feel like miami. ♪ .. stuart: walking on a dream. i know this song. empire of the sun. they come up with funny names these days. good morning, it is 10:00 eastme

florida congressman carlos gimenez joins me now. -- congressman, what do thinks panics want from trump now that he's got the power? >> we want the make america great again, that's what we want, just like everybody else. we want our prices to be he concern lowered, we want our energy costs to go down. we want to be energy independent and dominant. we want america's standing in the world to rise again. we need to control the border and and this mass illegal immigration that happened under the biden administration. all the same things that most americans want, that's what hispanics want. stuart: there was one county right on the border, it's in texas. i think it's the 997% hispanic --7%, and they voted for trump. that was an extraordinary the result. i don't think they've ever voted republican before, have they? >> no. but when they see 10 million immigrants coming through the border running through their areas and they are the against illegal immigration and for legal immigration and it's the all due to the, you know, biden-harris adm

i'm a congressional reporter at the "washington post" joined by florida congressman carlos gimenez. how are you. guest: i'm doing well. host: i'm getting ready for you to come back to capitol hill tomorrow and i want to look back at the fight and week republicans have had. what a sweep by president hrefrbgt donald trump not just winning florida but made gains in new york and all seven battle ground states. senate republicans have the majority again and it seems like a couple calls in california and arizona but house republicans likely to keep their majority. can you explain, are you surprised by how president-elect donald trump has done in his tend influence in the relying base? guest: in a sense, no. people ask me what i expected. my gut told me it would be a repeat of 1980 but polls were saying it was really close so anything that came out would not have surprised me. but it is similar to 1980. you had a president that was highly unpopular. we had high inflation, high mortgage rates, the world was suffering, wars in the middle east and ukraine. you had a war that was out of contro

i am arianna sotomayor, congressional reporter for "washington post," and i'm joined by carlos gimenez, republican compass men from florida. i'm getting ready for you all to come back to capitol hill tomorrow, but i want to look back at the night and the week that republicans have had. what a sweep by now- president-elect donald trump, not just winning florida overwhelmingly, we have seen him make significant gains in liberal states like new york, obviously swept all seven battleground states. senate republicans have the majority again, and now it seems like waiting on a couple calls in california and arizona and alaska, but house republicans likely to keep their majority. can you explain -- are you surprised by how president-elect donald trump has done and his continued influence among the republican base? rep. gimenez: in a sense, no. people ask me what i expected. my gut told me it would be a repeat of 1980. but again, polls were saying it was really close come etc. anything that came out would not have surprised me. but very similar to 1980. >> it was on. rep. gimenez: you had a pr

joining me now, republican congressman carlos gimenez of florida. good to have you on, sir. thanks so much for taking time. this saturday afternoon. >> my pleasure. >> so first, i want to ask you about the gabbard situation, because i've spoken to a number of republicans on on capitol hill who have concerns not just about her lack of experience in the intelligence field certainly, compared to previous holders of that post, but also to to the fact that she has expressed positions in public that contradict u.s. assessments of who america's adversaries are. right. where the threats are coming from first question. just a general one. do you think she should lead the dni? and in fact be the nation's senior most intelligence official? >> well to the conversations that she had with president trump and her views on the world. and do they align with president trump's view on the world? people have been known to change their positions. kamala harris changed a whole bunch of positions from 2019. and so it really is important about what tulsi gabbard feels about the world and the realit

ashley: congressman carlos gimenez from florida joining me now. how does this play out?es comply or are they going to put up a fight? jowski well, they put up a fight and it's illegal then they'll find themselves up against federal law, and i would hope we would prosecute any official that is trying to hamper our ability, our efforts in order to combat illegal immigration and do what we have to do in order to comply with federal law. they want to stand in the way, then, you know, watch out because you just may find yourself behind bars. ashley: i don't care what you are, republican, democrat, independent, if you live in a city that's a sanctuary city, your safety is as risk. we don't know where they came from, they haven't been vetted and very likely could be a criminal as we've seen. how can this policy be supported? >> i don't think it can and i'm sure the new administrator will go after the criminal element first. that's who really they'll be targeting right away so those that have already posed a threat to the united states and united states citizen and sanctuary cit

carlos gimenez said, quote, gaetz has very few friends in the conference.ike lawler, mike gaetz is frankly a vile person. i think he's a petulant child. don bacon, he shouldn't be in the republican party. i would love to have him out of the conference. mike garcia, he's a republican running with scissors. dusty johnson, i think it's time to take sharp knives away from children. and garrett graves, he just called him a con. clearly, matt gaetz is not well loved. . eyeing or at the very least questioning the results of the 2020 election. will they fold again in the same way, this time with matt gaetz? joining us now from west palm beach, near the president-elect's florida home, vaughn hillyard, nbc news capitol hill correspondent, ryan nobles joins us as well, as does "washington post" senior national political correspondent and msnbc political analyst, ashley parker. vaughn, i will begin with you. what do we know about these calls that donald trump is making is personally? >> we know that donald trump and his transition team are acknowledge thought matt gaet

> of course, brianna, let's talk a little bit more about this now with republican congressman carlos gimenez of florida. sir, thank you so much for taking time to be with us. do you think the ethics committee should release their report on gaetz? >> i think that if the senate deems that that's something that they need in order to carry out their duty of either affirming or not, or rejecting the nomination, and if they request it, i think that the ethics committee should release it. we shouldn't be a hindrance to the senate performing their duty on the nomination process so what do you make of the chairman seeming to be hesitant to release that considering you have a number of senate republicans saying they want this report, some of them even saying it would speed up the process well, i guess you know that that all depends on whether they have formally requested this information. and i would be in favor of giving the senate the information that they formally requested. i'm not sure that the that has been formally requested i know that in, in, in the media, they have said they wanted, but i'm

my name is carlos gimenez and i represent parts of miami and the keys. and we -- it's the closest congressional district on the continental united states to the island of puerto rico, also represent about 17% hispanics in my district, many come from the island. and i'm here to support my dear friend, congresswoman jennifer gonzalez, of puerto rico. puerto rico is an essential part of the united states of america, and we're so proud of the countless contributions of the puerto rican people to our nation and the island's strategic role as a gateway to the caribbean and the over 3 million u.s. citizens in puerto rico deserve reliability. i support the push for more federal support and oversight of the island's electrical grid. disruptions in service cause harm to businesses, increase operating costs and are costly for the thousands of families who have to rely on generators as a source of power. we have allocated hundreds of millions of dollars to modernize and rebuild puerto rico's grid in the aftermath of hurricanes, earthquakes and natural disasters that

joining the conversation right now, republican congressman carlos gimenez of florida, good to see your re-election campaign. trump increases margins with latino voters by double digits, beating george w. bush's 2004 margins. why do you think that is? do you think it was specifically the economic message? >> i think a lot of it had to do with the same issues that affect all americans. look, in my district, hillary clinton won my district by 16 points. joe biden lost it by five. that means president trump increased -- shifted that over 21 points, and then yesterday, he won it by 20 points. so, we have been seeing this shift to the right, especially here in florida, of hispanic voters, because i believe that the republican party and the message of the republican party is more aligned with the values of hispanic voters than the democrat party. we have so many people here also that were fleeing dictatorships, socialism, et cetera, myself. i mean, i came from cuba when i was six, fleeing communism, and you had a candidate that was to the left of bernie sanders, self-proclaimed socialist. a