ISSUE RIGHT NOW AND NO DOUBT ON
HIS MIND.
THANKS, EDWARD.
JOINING US NOW, LOUISIANA
REPUBLICAN SENATOR JOHN KENNEDY.
GREAT TO SEE YOU, SENATOR.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.
WE’RE ABOUT 40 MINUTES AWAY FROM
THIS NEWS CONFERENCE AND A LOT
OF ISSUES ON THE PRESIDENT’S
PLATE.
YOU HEARD WHAT WE’RE LIKELY TO
HEAR AT THE BEGINNING HERE THAT
THIS IS THE BIGGEST YEAR FOR JOB
GROWTH.
JEN PSAKI HAS CITED THAT QUITE A
BIT.
WE EXPECT THE PRESIDENT WILL PUT
WINGS ON THE BOARD TO IMPRESS
THAT UPON PEOPLE.
>> THE AMERICAN PEOPLE MAY BE
POORER UNDER PRESIDENT BIDEN’S
ADMINISTRATION BUT THEY’RE NOT
STUPID.
THEY SEE, MARTHA, WHAT YOU AND I
SEE.
A FAIR ASSESSMENT OF THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION AFTER ONE YEAR IS
THAT IT RUNS A TIGHT SHIP WRECK.
LET ME COUNT THE WAYS.
THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS
MISMANAGED COVID, MISMANAGED
CONGRESS, THE BORDER, INFLATION,
MISMANAGED SECURING OUR STREETS
AND FOREIGN POLICY, INCLUDING
BUT NOT LIMITED TO AFGHANISTAN.
JUST LAST WEEK THE PRESIDENT
TRAVELED TO GEORGIA TO
PARTICIPATE IN RACIAL
DEMAGOGUERY.
HOW MANY ROADS MUST A MAN WALK
DOWN BEFORE HE KNOWS HE’S LOST?
IN TERMS OF THE ECONOMY, THE
FIGURE THAT THE PRESIDENT NEEDS
TO BE LOOKING AT IS NOT
UNEMPLOYMENT BUT THE LABOR FORCE
PARTICIPATION RATE.
THAT’S HOW MANY OF OUR PEOPLE IN
AMERICA THAT CAN WORK ARE
WORKING.
LET ME SAY A WORD ABOUT
INFLATION.
WE’RE EXPERIENCING COST PUSH AND
DEMAND PULL INFLATION.
IT’S A DIRECT RESULT OF
PRESIDENT BIDEN’S POLICIES.
HE TRIES TO BLAME INFLATION ON
EVERYTHING BUT WHAT IT IS.
HIS OWN POLICIES.
HE’S BLAMING IT ON CORPORATE
GREED, WAS HIS LATEST SCENARIO.
I WOULDN’T BE SURPRISED NEXT IF
HE SAYS INFLATION ORIGINATED IN
A VAT.
IT’S NOT MY FAULT.
AND WE KNOW THE CAUSE OF
INFLATION AND HE NEEDS TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
>> Martha: YOU HAVE 10 MILLION
UNFILLED JOBS IN THIS COUNTRY.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR FROM
THE PRESIDENT IN TERMS OF
INSPIRING AMERICANS TO GET BACK
TO WORK AND TO FILL THAT LABOR
PARTICIPATION NUMBER AND GET IT
TO BE MUCH, MUCH HIGHER?
>> WE’RE NOT GOING TO GET PEOPLE
BACK TO WORK UNTIL TWO THINGS
HAPPEN.
NUMBER 1, THE PRESIDENT HAS TO
GET CONTROL OF COVID.
THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE AN
ABYSMAL JOB IN TERMS OF TESTING.
THEY HAVE DONE AN ABYSMAL JOB IN
TERMS OF THERAPEUTICS AND AN
ABYSMAL JOB OF TELLING PEOPLE
THE TRUTH.
THE CDC STANDS FOR THE CENTER
FOR DISEASE CONFUSION.
DR. FAUCI HAS LOST ALL
CREDIBILITY.
THEY’RE ALSO NOT GOING TO BE
ABLE TO SOLVE THIS ECONOMIC
PROBLEM UNTIL THEY STOP SPENDING
BILLIONS, TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS
TO PAY PEOPLE NOT TO WORK.
THOSE THAT CAN WORK SHOULD WORK.
WELFARE FOR THE ABLE BODIED
SHOULD BE TEMPORARY.
WE’RE NOT GOING TO GET THE LABOR
FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE BACK AS
LONG AS HE -- WE’RE NOT GOING TO
GET INFLATION DOWN AS LONG AS
THIS PRESIDENT KEEPS SHOVELLING
BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
OUT THERE THAT WE DON’T HAVE.
IT’S THAT SIMPLE.
>> Martha: SO INTERESTING.
REMINDS ME OF PRESIDENT CLINTON
AFTER HE GOT A DRUGGING IN THE
MID-TERMS, CAME FORWARD AND SAID
BASICALLY WELFARE AS WE KNOW IT
IS ENDING AND HE WANTED TO
CREATE A PROGRAM WHERE -- A
WELFARE-TO-WORK PROGRAM TO
REFORM ENTITLEMENTS IN THIS
COUNTRY.
WE’RE A LONG WAY FROM THAT
MESSAGE.
I WONDER IF THERE’S ANY SIMILAR
MESSAGE COMING AS THERE’S A
WAKE-UP CALL IN THE MID-TERMS OR