we're joined Now by Massachusetts Democratic governor Mora Healey who is joining us from Boston this morning Governor Healey Welcome To Face the Nation so good to have you you know there has been an assumption by many progressives when it comes to Israel that vice president Harris is more sympathetic towards the Palestinian cause than President Biden is but when she was interviewed this week she said that actually she is in lock step with President Biden she wouldn't do anything differently you are the governor of a state with a lot of colleges and universities you know how
young people in particular feel about this issue does she need to say more I think what she has said is is exactly right um her statement last night this morning and what she said last week at the convention I mean she's been very clear about the need for America to continue to stand by Israel for the hostages to come home for there to be a ceasefire and a peaceful resolution here and I think the way she has articulated this has been both um with compassion and also with a very clear understanding about what needs to
happen you signed a big maternal Health bill in your state last week it would expand insurance coverage for pregnant women uh for women who are struggling with postpartum depression uh president Trump announced this week that he wants to require insurance companies to cover IVF treatments is that something that you and parents in your States would welcome well first of all don't believe anything that Donald Trump says you know as attorney general I had to sue him over hundred times for his lies and as Governor I've seen the very real difference between a trump Administration and
an Administration that we'll have with kamla Harris when it comes to Health Women's Health reproductive Freedom there could be no clear a difference in this in this election kamla Harris stands squarely for Reproductive Freedom she supports women's access to health care she knows the importance of giving women the freedom and the resources to protect care Donald Trump remember is the architect of the undoing of row he said just the other day he's going to support the Draconian abortion ban in Florida the six we abortion ban so you know I don't think Donald Trump can spell
IVF uh let alone understand what it means because his own project 2025 remember which is establishes a fetal personhood would undermine and take away IVF treatment in addition Donald Trump is the person who tried to undo the Affordable Care Act time and time again so don't believe Donald Trump when it comes to Women's Health women's reproductive freedom and Americans access to health care he doesn't believe in or support any of it Kamala Harris does she'll fight for it she'll protect it but were were you surprised to hear a republican embracing what sounds like an insurance
coverage mandate uh do you see that as a step in the right direction you can't take this seriously I mean this isn't just a republican this is uh and by the way I work well with Republicans um this is Donald Trump who will say anything and everything depending on where the wind is blowing he caught some heat the other day you know and so he comes out with this statement that all of a sudden he's a believer in IVF it's just it's just patently false it's it's offensive and I think you know what's important is
that kamla Harris and Tim Walls are out there day after day on offense I mean they're they're they're touching rural areas they're in red counties they're in red States they're all over and they're not just talking to Democrats Nancy they're talking to Republicans to Independence and to so many Americans who are just tuning in this Labor Day and haven't made up their mind about who they're going to vote for and on issue after issue protecting the middle Class A well functioning economy standing up for Reproductive Freedom these are all things that kamla Harris and Tim
wals believe in and will fight for and things that Donald Trump and JD Vance don't know the first thing about and cannot deliver on I want to turn to immigration because last year you blamed a quote Federal crisis of inaction for the large numbers of undocumented migrants who were ending up in your state and and other states you even declared a state of emergency a border Crossings have come down pretty significantly over the past couple of months after the administration's Asylum restrictions went into effect is your state still at capacity or over capacity or has
the situation improved you know I'm glad you point that out Nancy because border crossings are actually below 2019 levels border crossings have come down as a result of President Biden's executive action what I have said and experienced as a governor in Massachusetts and I talked to colleagues around the country this is the problem of Congress now remember months ago we actually had a bipartisan deal on the table negotiated by Democrats and Republicans it would have solved the Border crisis it would have put more agents down there and as a former Attorney General I know the
importance of securing the Border as does kamla Harris she's been very very clear about that to stop the trafficking of drugs and guns and human beings okay remember what happened Donald Trump killed that deal and said he did not want a deal on the border so the fault is Donald Trump right now when it comes to the border and what is happened and the one thing that kamla Harris was clear about last week among other things is that she would not only push for bringing back that bipartisan Bill she would fight for it and she
would sign it into law as president that's what states like Massachusetts need but if you think that this policy is working do you wish that the administration would have put it into effect a lot sooner back when you and other Democratic governors first started sounding the alarm Bells no I think the Administration has handled this as best it could uh remember you know it's it's Congress that needs to act and has needed to act on this both to give us the resources the funding and the re for for our states who are dealing with this
but also for agents uh Down On the Border to stop the flow of fentanyl to stop unlawful uh immigration into into America so really the fault is with Congress and you know unfortunately Congress didn't act and they didn't act because too many Republicans were cow Towing to Donald Trump and you know that's why President Biden took the action that he did I'm glad and you know I know it's so important in this election to elect kamla Harris so we can deal with the Border once and for all Governor Healey one more quick question before I
let you go you're the former State Attorney General and your name has been floated as a possible us attorney general if vice president Harris is elected is that a job that you'd be interested in I love being governor of this state I love what we've been able to do free Community College better Access to Health Care making sure that uh we do things to to move forward economically I'm a progrowth Democrat as is kamla Harris we just cut taxes here in the state which is also something that kamla Harris wants to do cut taxes for
the middle class Donald Trump only wants to raise taxes for the ultra wealthy so I'm Focus Nancy on doing everything I can to elect kamla Harris and Tim Walls in November it will be good not just for massachusett it will be good for America governor morah of Massachusetts thanks so much for joining us this morning really appreciate it
