About this transcript: This is a full AI-generated transcript of New WH press secretary Katie Zacharia ready to get to work from Fox News, published October 12, 2026. The transcript contains 972 words with timestamps and was generated using Whisper AI.
"AND WE'RE GOING TO DO IT. WE'RE GOING TO DO IT. KATIE ZACHARIA, SHE JOINS ME NOW. ALL RIGHT, KATIE, CONGRATS. HOW DID YOU GET THE GIG? WELL, JESSE, I GOT A WONDERFUL PHONE CALL FROM THE CHIEF TALENT RECRUITER, THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF. AND IT TURNS OUT THAT BEING A HUGE SUPPORTER OF ALL OF HIS..."
[0:00] AND WE'RE GOING TO DO IT.
[0:03] WE'RE GOING TO DO IT.
[0:05] KATIE ZACHARIA, SHE JOINS ME
[0:07] NOW.
[0:08] ALL RIGHT, KATIE, CONGRATS.
[0:09] HOW DID YOU GET THE GIG?
[0:11] WELL, JESSE, I GOT A
[0:13] WONDERFUL PHONE CALL FROM THE
[0:15] CHIEF TALENT RECRUITER, THE
[0:17] PRESIDENT HIMSELF.
[0:18] AND IT TURNS OUT THAT BEING A
[0:20] HUGE SUPPORTER OF ALL OF HIS
[0:22] POLICIES ACTUALLY WORKS AND HE
[0:24] LOVED WHAT A FIGHTER I WAS FOR
[0:25] HIM, JESSE.
[0:26] SO I JUST GET TO CONTINUE
[0:28] DOING WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING,
[0:29] AND I WANT TO DO IT.
[0:31] I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'VE BEEN
[0:33] DOING.
[0:33] I DON'T KNOW WHAT PRESIDENT
[0:35] TRUMP IS DOING ON BEHALF OF THE
[0:37] AMERICAN PEOPLE TO WIN.
[0:38] I JUST LOVE THAT MONOLOGUE.
[0:40] I WANT EVERY PERSON TO SEE IT
[0:41] BECAUSE THAT IS EXACTLY WHY YOU
[0:43] NEED TO GET OUT AND VOTE
[0:44] REPUBLICAN THIS NOVEMBER,
[0:46] BECAUSE ALL OF OUR WINDS, THEY
[0:47] HAVEN'T MADE IT A QUESTION MARK.
[0:49] THEY WANT TO COME BACK FOR OUR
[0:50] COUNTRY.
[0:51] THEY WANT TO OPEN THE BORDER.
[0:52] AND PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
[0:54] DELIVERING.
[0:55] AND HE'S DOING A GREAT RALLY
[0:56] RIGHT NOW UP IN SYRACUSE THAT I
[0:58] WOULD BE DOING.
[0:59] AND HE'S DOING A GREAT RALLY,
[1:01] AND HE'S DOING A GREAT RALLY.
[1:03] HE'S DOING A GREAT RALLY.
[1:04] AND THAT'S A HELL OF A RALLY
[1:06] GOING ON.
[1:07] THE SITUATION DOWN IN TEXAS, IT'S
[1:09] A MYSTERY TO ME.
[1:10] I MEAN, YOU KNOW, GUYS, WE GET
[1:12] THE SNIFFLES, WE ACT LIKE OUR
[1:14] LIFE IS OVER.
[1:16] BUT TWO WEEKS, TALAFRICO HAS BEEN
[1:20] TALKING ABOUT THE CANDIDATES, AND
[1:22] THEY'RE DOING A GREAT RALLY.
[1:23] AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING,
[1:24] JESSE.
[1:25] THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED WITH
[1:26] BASERRA AND STEVE HILTON OUT IN
[1:28] CALIFORNIA.
[1:28] THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED WITH JOE
[1:30] BIDEN, BASEMENT JOE, FOR THE
[1:31] 2020 ELECTION.
[1:32] WE DIDN'T SEE HIM UNTIL WE HAD
[1:33] TO.
[1:33] AND THEN HE WAS PUMPED UP AND
[1:35] DEBATING PRESIDENT TRUMP BEFORE
[1:36] 2020.
[1:36] AND LISTEN, I JUST THINK THAT THEY
[1:38] THINK THEY CAN HIDE THESE
[1:39] CANDIDATES, AND WE WON'T NOTICE
[1:41] THAT THEY HAVE DISAPPEARED.
[1:42] THEY HAVE DISAPPEARED.
[1:43] THEY HAVE DISAPPEARED.
[1:44] THEY HAVE DISAPPEARED.
[1:45] THEY HAVE DISAPPEARED.
[1:46] IF THEY, YOU KNOW, IF WHATEVER
[1:48] THEY'RE SAYING POORLY, JESSE,
[1:49] WE'RE NOT GOING TO HEAR IT
[1:50] ANYMORE AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO
[1:51] NOTICE THAT THEY'VE DISAPPEARED.
[1:52] SO THEY'VE DISAPPEARED.
[1:53] BASERRA HAS DISAPPEARED.
[1:54] TALARICO DISAPPEARED, AND IT'S
[1:55] ON PURPOSE BECAUSE THEY KNOW
[1:56] THEY CAN'T CONTINUE LETTING
[1:57] THEM TALK BECAUSE THEY'RE
[1:58] DESTROYING THEIR CAMPAIGNS.
[1:59] SOMEONE WAS
[2:00] DISAPPEARING.
[2:01] WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ABDUL.
[2:03] THE PRESIDENT LIKES TO REFER TO
[2:04] HIM AS MOHABAD BECAUSE HE FEELS
[2:05] LIKE IT.
[2:06] HOW ABOUT HE COULDN'T SAY WHICH
[2:08] WAS A BIGGER THREAT TO THE
[2:10] COUNTRY, ISRAEL OR IRAN?
[2:12] WHY DO YOU THINK HE STRUGGLED
[2:14] WITH THAT?
[2:15] YEAH, HE STRUGGLED WITH IT
[2:17] BECAUSE HE DOES HAVE AN ANSWER
[2:19] AND THE ANSWER WON'T GET HIM
[2:20] ELECTED.
[2:21] SO HE CHOOSES, AS YOU SAID,
[2:23] FILL IN THE BLANK AND HE LEFT
[2:24] IT EMPTY.
[2:25] THIS WAS MULTIPLE CHOICE.
[2:26] AND HE DIDN'T ANSWER THE
[2:27] QUESTION.
[2:28] AND THAT SAYS EVERYTHING THAT THE
[2:29] VOTERS NEED TO KNOW, JESSE.
[2:31] AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, ALL OF HIS
[2:34] TALKING POINTS ARE HOLISTIC OF
[2:36] THE DSA, THE DEMOCRAT PARTY.
[2:38] NONE OF THEM WORK.
[2:39] WHAT DOES MICHIGAN NEED?
[2:40] AND HE'S TIME AND TIME AGAIN
[2:42] COME OUT AGAINST THE AUTO
[2:43] INDUSTRY.
[2:44] HE'S TIME AND TIME AGAIN COME OUT
[2:46] AGAINST HARD WORKING AMERICANS
[2:47] IN MICHIGAN.
[2:48] HE DOESN'T WANT TO DELIVER MORE
[2:49] JOBS.
[2:50] HE DOESN'T WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE
[2:52] AUTO WORKERS HAVE JOBS.
[2:54] HE WANTS TO INSTITUTE ALL THESE
[2:56] DSA POLICIES, MEDICARE FOR ALL,
[2:58] HE HAS NO INTEREST IN SERVING
[3:00] MICHIGAN AND THAT IS WHY THEY
[3:01] NEED TO VOTE FOR MIKE ROGERS
[3:03] RIGHT NOW AS SOON AS THEY CAN,
[3:05] JESSE, BECAUSE THIS GUY IS A
[3:06] RADICAL.
[3:07] YEAH.
[3:08] SPEAKING OF, MONDANI IS GOING TO
[3:11] BAT FOR THIS DOMINICAN GANG
[3:13] BANGER WITH LIKE FIVE ARRESTS,
[3:15] VIOLENT ARRESTS, WEAPONS CHARGES,
[3:18] AND A CONVICTION FOR THIEVERY.
[3:20] AND THIS GUY IS LIKE DRIVING HIS
[3:22] CAR INTO ICE AGENTS AND HE'S GOT
[3:24] A KID IN THE BACK SEAT.
[3:26] I MEAN, THIS GUY IS OUT OF
[3:28] CONTROL.
[3:29] WHY DO YOU THINK THE MAYOR WANTS
[3:31] TO LET HIM BACK OUT ON THE
[3:32] STREET?
[3:34] WELL, I THINK THE MAYOR NEEDS
[3:36] TO BE ASKED, WOULD HE WORK THIS
[3:38] HARD FOR AN AMERICAN CITIZEN THAT
[3:39] DID THIS?
[3:40] WOULD HE WORK THIS HARD FOR A
[3:42] MOM, AN AMERICAN MOM WHO DID
[3:43] THIS?
[3:44] HE WOULD NOT.
[3:45] HE WOULD ABSOLUTELY NOT.
[3:46] HE IS DEFENDING, AGAIN, JUST
[3:48] DEMOCRATS.
[3:49] I THINK THE MAYOR IS GOING TO
[3:50] DEMOCRATS.
[3:51] I THINK THE MAYOR SAID IS NOT
[3:53] INTERESTED IN DEFENDING
[3:54] MICHIGAN.
[3:55] MAMDANI IS NOT HERE FOR
[3:56] AMERICAN CITIZENS.
[3:57] HE IS PROMOTING DSA POLICIES.
[3:59] THE DNC JUST ADOPTED THE
[4:01] ABOLISH ICE MOTTO AND THE
[4:03] ABOLISH ICE IDEA THAT WE ARE NOW
[4:04] GOING TO GO PARTY-WIDE AND GET
[4:05] RID OF ICE.
[4:06] THIS IS NOT A POLICY THAT IS
[4:07] SUSTAINABLE, NOR IS IT POPULAR
[4:08] WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
[4:09] THE AMERICAN PEOPLE VOTED FOR
[4:11] PRESIDENT TRUMP BECAUSE HE SAID
[4:13] I WILL CLOSE THE BORDER AND
[4:15] INSTITUTE MASS DEPORTATIONS TO
[4:16] GET RID OF ALL OF THE ILLEGAL
[4:18] ALIENS THAT ARE HERE.
[4:19] AND THAT IS WHY HE WON SEVEN
[4:21] SWING STATES, THE HOUSE AND THE
[4:22] SENATE, JESSE.
[4:23] SO I THINK THE DEMOCRAT PARTY,
[4:25] I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE THEM
[4:26] ADVICE, BUT MAMDANI IS DOING
[4:27] WHAT HE IS BEING TOLD AND THIS
[4:29] GUY NEEDS TO BE DEPORTED
[4:30] IMMEDIATELY.
[4:31] AND HONESTLY, TOM HOMEN HAS
[4:33] THREATENED AND DISCUSSED QUITE A
[4:35] BIT ABOUT GOING INTO NEW YORK AND
[4:37] HAS ALREADY DONE SO AND I THINK
[4:39] THIS IS MAMDANI TRYING TO SHOW
[4:41] HE'S A TOUGH GUY AND IT'S NOT
[4:42] GOING TO WORK FOR HIM.
[4:43] I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT
[4:44] THAT.
[4:45] AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS, KATIE.
[4:46] WHEN IS YOUR FIRST BRIEFING?
[4:47] WELL, MY FIRST DAY ON THE JOB,
[4:49] JESSE, IS MONDAY.
[4:50] I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A
[4:51] BRIEFING BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
[4:53] FULL OF SURPRISES.
[4:54] SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SERVING
[4:56] HIM AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND
[4:58] WORKING MORE WITH YOU, JESSE.
[4:59] ALL RIGHT.
[5:00] I'M SURE YOU'LL DO A GREAT JOB.
[5:02] THANK YOU SO MUCH.