TROOPS AWAY.
BACK TO YOU.
>> Sandra: MEANTIME WE’LL BE
WATCHING IT VERY CLOSELY.
JOHN.
>> John: WYOMING SENATOR JOHN
BARRASSO, A MEMBER OF THE ENERGY
COMMITTEE.
LET’S PLAY WHAT PRESIDENT BIDEN
SAID THAT RAISED SO MANY
EYEBROWS DURING THE PRESS
CONFERENCE YESTERDAY.
>> RUSSIA WILL BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE IF IT INVADES AND IT
DEPENDS CAN ON WHAT IT DOES, ONE
THING IF IT’S A MINOR INCURSION
AND WE END UP HAVING TO FIGHT
ABOUT WHAT TO DO AND NOT DO,
ETC.
>> John: JEN PSAKI RUSHED WITH A
MOP TO AISLE FOUR FOR A QUICK
CLEAN-UP AND THEN A LITTLE WHILE
AGO HE GRABBED HIS OWN MOP, AND
SAID IF RUSSIAN TROOPS MOVE OVER
THE BORDER, THAT’S INVASION.
MET WITH THE RESPONSE I LAID OUT
FOR PUTIN.
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO SAY
THAT PUTIN WILL ONLY LOOK AT
WHAT HE SAID AT THE BEGINNING
AND SAY AH, THAT’S A GREEN LIGHT
FOR ME TO GO IN.
>> LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT
VLADIMIR PUTIN.
HE’S A POKER PLAYER AND HE’S
CUNNING, OPPORTUNITY ISAIAS --
OPPORTUNISTIC, AND LOOKS FOR
TELLS.
HE ALSO CAN SMELL WEAKNESS.
AND HE VIEWS PRESIDENT BIDEN AS
WEAK AND INEFFECTIVE,
SPECIFICALLY AFTER THE COLLAPSE
IN AFGHANISTAN.
SO PUTIN, HIS AGGRESSION IS
FUNDED BY ENERGY WHICH IS HIS
CASH COW AND THE BIDEN POLICIES
PREVIOUSLY HAVE BEEN A JACKPOT
FOR PUTIN THAT IS FUNDING ALL OF
THESE THINGS.
SO, WE ARE GOING TO SEE EXACTLY
HOW THIS PLAYS OUT.
BUT AS A POKER PLAYER, PUTIN IS
A GUY THAT GETS A LOT OF
DIFFERENT HANDS DEALT TO HIM AND
THEN ULTIMATELY DECIDES TO
CHOOSE WHICH OF THOSE HANDS TO
PLAY.
>> John: TALK ABOUT THE
POTENTIAL IMPACT, BUT THE
UKRAINIANS ARE FREAKED OUT ABOUT
THIS.
YOU SAW THE RESPONSE FROM
PRESIDENT ZELENSKY.
SOMETHING PRESIDENT BIDEN SEEMS
TO DO WITH TROUBLING FREQUENCY,
SAY ONE THING AND THEN HAVE TO
COME BACK AND CLEAN IT UP AND
SAY OH, NO, WHAT WE REALLY MEANT
WAS THIS.
>> WELL, WE HAVE SEEN IT NOT
JUST HERE, THIS IS TODAY IS ONE
YEAR AFTER THE INAUGURATION OF
PRESIDENT BIDEN, A MAN THAT CAME
INTO OFFICE SAYING THAT HE WAS
GOING TO UNITE THE COUNTRY AND
PUT COVID BEHIND US, THIS HAS
BEEN A YEAR OF FAILURE FOR THE
PRESIDENT AND THIS IS JUST ONE
OF THE AREAS OF FOREIGN POLICY.
THE WHOLE WORLD IS MORE
AGGRESSIVE AT THIS POINT AFTER
THE COLLAPSE IN AFGHANISTAN AND
SEEING IT WITH CHINA, NORTH
KOREA, IRAN AND THE PERSIAN
GULF, WITH RUSSIA AS WELL.
BROUGHT ON BY THE PRESIDENT’S
OWN STATEMENTS.
AND FINALLY, I WOULD SAY THAT
VLADIMIR PUTIN RESPECTS
STRENGTH, NOT STATEMENTS.
>> John: SO YOUR AREA OF
EXPERTISE IN TERMS OF OVERSIGHT
IS ON THE ENERGY COMMITTEE.
WHAT’S BEEN GOING ON WITH ENERGY
AT HOME.
PROPANE IN THE MIDWEST, 33% UP,
NATURAL GAS UP 27.8, ELECTRICITY
UP 2.7%.
IF RUSSIA WERE TO INVADE
UKRAINE, WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE
NUMBERS?
>> PEOPLE WILL BE PAYING MORE AT
THE PUMP AND PAYING MORE TO HEAT
THEIR HOMES BECAUSE VLADIMIR
PUTIN USES ENERGY AS A WEAPON.
AND JOE BIDEN HAS FALLEN INTO
PUTIN’S TRAP.
RIGHT NOW, A DOLLAR A GALLON
MORE THAN A YEAR AGO, DAY NUMBER
ONE, HE KILLED THE KEYSTONE XL
PIPELINE, DECLARED WAR ON
AMERICAN ENERGY AND THEN HAD TO
GO BACK AND ASK OPEC PLUS RUSSIA
TO PRODUCE MORE ENERGY TO SELL
TO THE UNITED STATES.
SO TODAY WE ARE USING TWICE AS
MUCH CRUDE OIL FROM RUSSIA THAN
WE WERE A YEAR AGO.
ENERGY PRICES ARE AT A
SEVEN-YEAR HIGH RIGHT NOW AT
HOME, SO I EXPECT ENERGY PRICES
TO GO UP IF PUTIN INVADES AND I
THINK $100 A BARREL IS NOT OUT
OF THE QUESTION.
>> John: WE HAVE ABOUT A MINUTE
LEFT, I WANT TO JUMP TO ANOTHER
THING THE PRESIDENT WAS TALKING
ABOUT YESTERDAY, BLAMING
REPUBLICANS FOR ALL HIS WOES.
LISTEN HERE.
>> I DID NOT ANTICIPATE SUCH A
STALWART EFFORT TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
WAS THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN DID NOT
GET ANYTHING DONE.
THINK ABOUT THIS.
WHAT ARE REPUBLICANS FOR?
WHAT ARE THEY FOR?
NAME ONE THING THEY ARE FOR.
>> John: IT WOULD SEEM THE
BIGGEST PROBLEM ARE THE
DEMOCRATS WHO WILL NOT STAND
WITH HIM.
WHILE WE HAVE YOU HERE, WHAT DO
REPUBLICANS STAND FOR?
>> WE STAND FOR JOBS, A STRONG
ECONOMY, FOR NATIONAL SECURITY,
WHICH IS ENERGY SECURITY, WHICH
WE DON’T HAVE UNDER THIS
PRESIDENT.
IT’S BORDER SECURITY, WHICH WE
DON’T HAVE UNDER THIS PRESIDENT.
IT’S MILITARY SECURITY, WHICH WE
DON’T HAVE BASED ON THIS
PRESIDENT’S, WHAT HE’S PROPOSED
IN TERMS OF HIS BUDGET FOR
HOMELAND SECURITY, AND FOR
MILITARY.
THESE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE SEEN
IS BECAUSE JOE BIDEN WENT SO FAR
TO THE LEFT, A FREIGHT TRAIN TO
THE LEFT WITH PELOSI, BIDEN AND
SCHUMER, PROPOSING THINGS REALLY
RADICAL, EXTREME, DANGEROUS,
SCARY, MASSIVE SPENDING, MASSIVE
TAXES, MASSIVE REGULATIONS.
THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO MAKE IT
MUCH HARDER FOR OUR ECONOMY TO
RECOVER, AND WHAT HE IS STILL
PROPOSING UNDER THIS SO-CALLED
BUILD BACK BETTER WITH ALL THE
TAXES AND PENALTIES ON AMERICAN
ENERGY IS GOING TO MAKE ENERGY
MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE.
THIS IS A PRESIDENT THAT HAS
BEEN IGNORING THE MAIN CONCERNS
OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WHICH IS
INFLATION AND THAT’S WHY THIS
PRESIDENT’S APPROVAL NUMBERS NOW
ARE AT HISTORICALLY LOW LEVELS.
>> John: CERTAINLY A LOT TO CHEW