Ann Visits Need To Know

    On Friday, June 19, 2015, Ann joined Mona Charen and Jay Nordlinger on Need To Know to "debate" immigration with Clint Bolick. The audio clip is over 75 minutes, but Ann is only on from minutes 0-34. You can also listen here, or below. Unlike other recent interviews or debates, Ann is only speaking for about 30% of the time. Much of the time is taken up by the others. Also unlike Ann's other interviews and debates, there is almost no crosstalk.



    Here is a quote on why Romney lost:

"It is just very hard to take out an incumbent, and especially an extremely articulate, charming incumbent as Obama... You have to lobotomize your brain from all of Obama's policies [though]. I have never seen such a charming Democratic candidate, or a Republican... Without the, the gift of incumbency, Romney would crush Hillary Clinton." [Quote found in minute 32.]

    If you do not have time to listen to the full 35 minutes, here is what they talked about:

Minutes 0-1: Introduction.
Minutes 1-2: Ann's elevator speech on immigration.
Minutes 3-4: Bolick's response.
Minutes 4-6: Charen saying Mexican immigration to America is slowing so much it may eventually stop.
Minutes 6-9: Ann's response.
Minutes 9-10: Asian immigrants are now the majority of immigrants.
Minutes 10-11: Asians and whites won't do back-breaking jobs that Hispanics and blacks will.
Minute 12: Immigrants based on familial relationships vs. skill.
Minute 13: Republicans are at fault with immigration problems.
Minutes 13-14: Do immigrants really drive down wages of the native born?
Minutes 14-15: Ann's response.
Minutes 15-16: Lakireddy Bali Reddy.
Minute 16: H1B visas and indentured servitude.
Minute 17: Israel and First World immigrants.
Minutes 17-18: Bolick says immigration is the best job-creator.
Minute 19: German immigrants became Americans, so others will too (who are not white).
Minutes 20-21: Ann responds with saying Germans (pre-1970 immigrants) were forced to assimilate, but post-1970 immigrants are not assimilating.
Minutes 22-23: Bolick's stance on open borders.
Minutes 24-25: Bolick's stance on a welfare state having open borders and his belief that America needs immigrants because of America's low fertility rate.
Minutes 26-27: Nordlinger asking what will happen to illegals already here.
Minutes 27-29: Ann avoiding the question.
Minutes 29-30: Republicans should not try to appeal to Democrat constituencies.
Minute 30: Fake polls on immigration.
Minutes 31-32: Romney.
Minute 33: Who should Republicans focus on for votes?
Minute 34: Close.