MARIA: WELCOME BACK.
SAUDI ARABIA CONFIRMING THAT
PRESIDENT BIDEN DID ATTEMPT TO
COERCE THE KINGDOM INTO
POSTPONING ANY OIL PRODUCTION
CUT UNTIL AFTER THE MIDTERM
ELECTIONS.
DEMOCRATS ARE WANTING THE U.S.
TO TEMPORARILY HALT ALL ARM
SALES TO THE SAUDI AS A
PUNISHMENT.
HERE’S WHAT PRESIDENT BIDEN HAD
TO SAY ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY.
>> THEY’RE CALLING FOR A
STOPPING OF U.S. ARM SALES TO
SAUDI ARABIA.
DO YOU SUPPORT THAT LEGISLATION?
>> WE’RE GOING TO REACT TO SAUDI
ARABIA WHEN THEY COME BACK AND
WE WILL TAKE ACTION.
MARIA: JOINING ME NOW IS NORTH
CAROLINA CONGRESSMAN CONGRESSMAN
MURPHY.
GOOD TO SEE YOU THIS MORNING.
THANKS VERY MUCH.
YOUR REACTION TO WHAT YOU JUST
HEARD THERE?
>> YOU KNOW, JOE BIDEN REALLY
HAS BEEN A POLITICAL BEAST HIS
ENTIRE CAREER AND THE FACT THAT
HE WENT OVER THERE TO BEG THE
SAUDIS TO INCREASE PRODUCTION
WHILE AT THE SAME TIME TELLING
OUR NATION TO STOP -- TO BACK
AWAY FROM OUR OWN ENERGY
PRODUCTION IS JUST TYPICAL FOR
HIM.
IT’S REALLY PRETTY SAD TO BE
HONEST WITH YOU AND THIS IS WITH
OUR STATURE ON THE WORLD STAGE
PLUMMETED SINCE HE’S BECOME
PRESIDENT.
MARIA: ALSO SAD IS THIS
CONTINUING STRING OF GAFFES.
YESTERDAY HE SAID THAT HIS SON,
BEAU, DIED IN IRAQ.
WE KNOW THAT HIS SON DIED OF
BRAIN CANCER.
SO I MEAN, YOU’RE THE VICE
CHAIRMAN OF THE DOCTOR’S CAUCUS,
WHAT DO YOU SAY?
YOU’RE A SURGEON, ABOUT JOE
BIDEN’S MENTAL CAPACITY.
>> WELL, I’VE HAD QUESTIONS
ABOUT HIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME
AND BEEN ATTACKED BECAUSE YOU
HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.
YOU KNOW, MARIA, I DEAL IN A
WORLD WHERE I HAVE A LOT OF
OLDER PATIENTS AND SOMETIMES AS
WE GET OLDER WE FORGET THINGS,
ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
BUT HE’S SUPPOSED TO BE THE
LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD.
AND WHAT’S REALLY SAD IS THAT
THE WHITE HOUSE EMBARRASSES
THEMSELVES COVERING UP FOR ALL
OF HIS GAFFES.
THE FACT THAT HE COULDN’T REMEMBER HOW HIS SON DIED, IT’S
REMEMBER HOW HIS SON DIED, IT’S
ONE THING ABOUT JACKIE WAS WALOR
BUT HIS SON.
THE SAD THING IS THIS IS WHO WE
HAVE AS PRESIDENT.
WE’RE NOT THOUGHT OF HIGHLY ON
THE WORLD STAGE.
MARIA: THAT’S IT.
THAT’S WHEN THIS STUFF BECOMES
NATIONAL SECURITY RISKS, WHEN
YOU’VE GOT ADVERSARIES WATCHING
WHO IS IN CHARGE, WHO IS NUMBER
TWO, I MEAN, SHE SEEMS
INCREDIBLY UNPREPARED, KAMALA
HARRIS DOES, BUT SHE’S NUMBER
TWO.
DO YOU THINK JOE BIDEN WILL
FINISH THIS TERM?
WILL SHE HAVE TO STEP IN?
>> NO, I THINK HE FINISHES THE
TERM.
THEY’VE BEEN -- THE WHITE HOUSE
AND THE PRESS FOR THAT MATTER
HAVE BEEN PROPPING HIM UP THE
ENTIRE TIME.
I WILL TELL YOU, MARIA, DURING
HIS PRESIDENCY NOW WE HAVE THE
LOWEST AMOUNT IN OUR STRATEGIC
OIL RESERVE SINCE 1984.
AGAIN, THIS PRESIDENCY’S BEEN A
SHELL GAME.
IF YOU ASK HE ME, AND I’LL SAY
THIS AGAIN AND AGAIN, THE WHOLE
UKRAINE CONFLICT STARTED IN
AFGHANISTAN BECAUSE OF HIS
DEBACLE, HIS DECISION TO TRY TO
MAKE A BIG POLITICAL STATEMENT
AND ALL THE THINGS WE’RE FACING
RIGHT NOW, THE GAS SHORTAGE,
WHEAT SHORTAGE AND INFLATION ARE
A DIRECT RESULT OF HIS POOR
POLITICAL CHOICES.
MARIA: YEAH.
AND NOT ONLY THAT THAT, BUT
THESE POOR POLITICAL CHOICES ARE
DISTRACTING PEOPLE FROM WHAT’S
REALLY GOING ON IN TERMS OF
POLICY.
A MISSOURI FEDERAL JUDGE IS NOW
WEIGHING THE LEGALITY OF THE
ADMINISTRATION’S STUDENT LOAN
BAILOUT.
SOME PEOPLE ARE SAYING IT’S
$400 BILLION.
BUT I SPOKE WITH PAUL RYAN THE
OTHER DAY AND A HE SAYS IT’S CLO
A TRILLION DOLLARS AS WELL AS
OTHERS SAYING THAT’S WHAT IT IS
GOING TO COST.
ISN’T THAT WHERE WE GOT 40-YEAR
HIGH INFLATION, ALL OF THIS
SPENDING?
THE SIX STATES CHALLENGING THE
PLAN SQUARED OFF WITH ATTORNEYS
FOR THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
YESTERDAY, CONGRESSMAN.
WHERE IS THIS GOING?
IT IS JUST ONE OF SEVERAL
LAWSUITS THE WHITE HOUSE IS
FACING ON THE STUDENT LOAN
HANDOUT.
>> THIS IS AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL
ORDER.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHY HE’S DOING
THE THINGS HE’S DOING, THE
NATIONAL EMERGENCY AND THE
PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY BOTH
STARTED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP
APPROPRIATELY, NOW HAVE BEEN
CONTINUED BY THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION GIVE HIM
ESSENTIALLY UNCHECKED POWERS.
THIS STUFF SHOULD HAVE ENDED 10
MONTHS AGO.
BUT HE KEEPS ON USING THIS AS A
RUSE, AS A WAY TO HAVE DICK
DICTATORIAL POWERS.
IMF IS TELLING NATIONSES NOT TO
SPEND.
WE’RE DOING THE OPPOSITE,
FRIVOLOUS AND RECKLESS SPENDING
TO WORSEN INFLATION.
>> CONGRESSMAN, TODD PIRO HERE,
IF I COULD JUMP IN.
THERE WERE CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY
SOME ON THE RIGHT INCLUDING TED
CRUZ THAT THOSE TRYING TO STOP
THE STUDENT LOAN HANDOUT WILL
RUN INTO STANDING ISSUES.
>>> ARE YOU CONFIDENT THE
STANDING ISSUES HAVE BEEN
RESOLVED AND THOSE TRYING TO
STOP THIS ARE GOING TO SUCCEED?
>> I THINK THEY WILL SUCCEED.
BECAUSE IT IS AN
UNCONSTITUTIONAL ORDER.
HE DOESN’T HAVE THE POWER OF
APPROPRIATION IN THIS REGARD.
IT’S JUST A FRIVOLOUS CAMPAIGN
PROMISE THAT HE’S TRYING TO
FULFILL TO HIS FAR LEFT.
I THINK HE GETS STOPPED.
MARIA: YOU’RE ON HOUSE WAYS AND
MEANS.
DO YOU THINK WE’RE IN RECESSION
RIGHT NOW.
DO YOU EXPECT DIRE CONSEQUENCES
ON THE ECONOMY NEXT YEAR AS A
RESULT OF THIS BAD POLICY?
>> IT’S KIND OF FUNNY.
THIS ADMINISTRATION LOVES TO
REDEFINE TERMS.
YES, WE’RE IN A RECESSION.
WE’VE HAD NEGATIVE GROWTH TWO
CONSECUTIVE QUARTERS.
WE’RE GOING TO SEE IT FOR A
THIRD.
YES.
IF YOU LOOK AT MAIN STREET
AMERICA, NOW YOU LOOK AT GAS
PRICES THEY’RE GOING BACK UP,
FOOD HAS GONE UP AND ACTUALLY
OUR FOOD PRO YOU DUESERS --
PRODUCERS, FOLKS THAT ARE
SERVING IN RESTAURANTS ARE
DECREASING PORTIONS SO THAT THE
PRICES DON’T GO THROUGH THE
ROOF.
IT IS HURTING THE AVERAGE
AMERICAN.
THAT’S GOING TO BE REFLECTED IN
THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS.