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>> Lawrence: THE DEMOCRATS ARE
BOASTING ABOUT BIDEN’S ECONOMY,
IN THE MARKUP FORAGING 28,000
ADDED LAST MONTH, AND CONTINUING
TO RISE, THE COST OF EVERYTHING.
NOW SAYS UPSET AMERICANS DON’T
UNDERSTAND JUST HOW GOOD THE
COMEDY IS RIGHT NOW.
WATCH.
>> I THINK HAS AN ENTIRE PICTURE
OF ECONOMY, AND I DON’T THINK
THAT THE PEOPLE IN AMERICA ARE
GETTING --
UNDERSTANDING COMPLETELY WHERE
IT IS.
THERE ARE SOME BAD THINGS, BUT
IF WE ARE MAKING THESE DECISIONS
OFF OF THE ASSUMPTION THAT NO
JOBS ARE CREATED, THAT’S JUST
NOT TRUE.
>> Lawrence: EVEN CNN BELIEVES
IT IS JUST BELONGING, WATCH.
>> I WAS GOING TO USE THE WORD
AWFUL, ESSENTIALLY IF YOU ASK
AMERICANS HOW THEY VIEW THE
ECONOMY IS A POOR OR GOOD, 77%
SAY BAD, BAD, BAD.
JUST 23%, YOU HAVE TO GO ALL THE
WAY BACK TO 2012 TO SEE NUMBERS
THAT BAD, AND IT IS NOT MUCH OF
A SURPRISE IF YOU ASK FOLKS
WHAT’S THE MOST IMPORTANT
PROBLEM FACING THE COUNTRY RIGHT
NOW?
WHAT IS THE TOP ISSUE?
THE ECONOMY!
>> Lawrence: ENTERPRISING
COSTS ARE NOT AS MUCH OF A
HEADACHE, THEY CAN’T FIND
FORMULAS TO SEE THEIR BABIES,
YOUR MOM, DO YOU THINK THAT THIS
IS GOING TO SWING WOMEN VOTERS
TO THE REPUBLICAN BASED ON THIS
ISSUE?
>> Kayleigh: NO, ABSOLUTELY
NOT, THAT IS A REAL PHENOMENON,
WOMEN WHO CAN AFFORD DIAPERS.
I HAVE A FRIEND WHO HELPS OUT A
CHARITY WHO PROVIDES DIAPERS,
THAT’S HOW BAD THE ECONOMY IS
RIGHT NOW, BUT IT IS A DIFFERENT
STORY IF YOU GO ON CHIEF OF
STAFF TWITTER FEED, THE LAST
EIGHT HOURS HAS RETWEETED 19
TWEETS SAYING HOW GREAT THE
ECONOMY IS.
THIS IS JUST A SAMPLE OF ANOTHER
STRONG JOBS NUMBER, SOLID JOBS
REPORT.
IN A CERTAIN POINT, THE LADY
DOTH PROTEST TOO MUCH TO QUOTE
SHAKESPEARE, AND THAT’S EXACTLY
WHAT IT’S DOING, BECAUSE IT IS
THE 1% WHO THINKS THAT THE
ECONOMY IS EXCELLENT.
I DON’T KNOW WHO THE 1 PERCENT
IS, MAY BE JEFF BEZOS, BUT
THAT’S A MATTER THAT MATTERS.
>> Lawrence: IS THAT A
COMMUNICATION FLAW?
THEY CAN’T SPEND THIS NUMBER?
>> Harold: YOU NEVER WANT TO
TRY TO TELL PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE
DOING BETTER THAN THEY THINK
THEY ARE DOING.
WHAT JAMES WAS SAYING IS THAT WE
HAVE SOME FUNDAMENTALS WHERE WE
HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO FRAME
THE MESSAGE UNTIL THEY SHARE
WHAT IS THE PROBLEM.
YOU TOUCHED ON ONE OR TWO OTHER
PROBLEMS, CRIME ON THE BORDER IS
ONE THING THAT WE HAVE TO GET
THE MESSAGE AROUND, BUT PUT A
POLICY IN PLACE AT THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE
CONFIDENCE IN.
WHEN THEY SHOW UP, THE PRESIDENT
ONCE A WEEK, I WOULD BE IN THE
CITY WITH THE D.A. JUDGE, AND
THE POLICE CHIEF COMING BACK TO
WASHINGTON SAYING THESE ARE THE
THINGS WE HAVE TO HELP CITIES
LIKE THE ONES THAT I JUST
VISITED WHAT THEY ARE ASKING
ABOUT AND WHAT WE NEED CASH BAIL
REFORM, MORE POLICE OFFICERS ON
THE STREET, PROVIDING A MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICES, AND WHEN IT
COMES TO THE ECONOMY, WE HAVE TO
INVEST IN CITIES THAT CREATE NEW
JOBS AND ATTRACT NEW JOBS, BUT
HOW DO YOU BRING MORE 5G AND
ENSURE THAT WE CAN PRODUCE A
POTATO CHIPS AND SEMICONDUCTORS
IN AMERICA?
HOW DO WE NOT FALL BEHIND CHINA
WITH BATTERIES?
I WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT THINGS
THAT I INTERPRETED FROM JAMES,
AND GIVING DEMOCRATS THE
GREATEST THING THAT WE HAD WAS
THE ECONOMY STIPULATION WHERE
THE WHITE HOUSE HAD TO LISTEN.
>> Lawrence: WHEN YOUR
PROSECUTOR AND TRYING TO GIVE
SOMEONE A BREAK AND THEY HAVE
ALL OF THESE CHARGES THERE’S
ONLY SO MUCH YOU CAN DO TO WORK
WITH THEM.
>> AND I DON’T WANT TO WORK WITH
THEM IF THEY HAVE THAT MANY
CHARGES, BUT THAT’S ANOTHER
ISSUE.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT INFLATION IS
RAGING LIKE NEVER BEFORE.
INFLATION HAS GONE UP BY 8.5%,
WAGES HAVE GONE UP BY 5%.
THIS IS A GOVERNMENT THAT IS
DIS- INCENTIVIZING WORK AND
INCENTIVIZING JOBS.
ALL RIGHT?
THEY ARE INCENTIVIZING PEOPLE TO
STAY HOME AND TO NOT GO TO WORK
AND TO PAY STUDENTS FOR THEIR
LAWNS FOR NO REASON WHEN THERE
ARE 11 AND A HALF MILLION JOBS
AVAILABLE, AND ONLY 6 MILLION
PEOPLE LOOKING FOR A JOB.
SO IT IS THE INCENTIVIZING AND
THE DIS- INCENTIVIZING THAT THIS
GOVERNMENT IS INVOLVED IN AND
WHAT THEY HAVE DONE WITH THE OIL
AND GAS AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS
THEY BASICALLY SHUT DOWN THE
GROWTH.
WE HAVE ALREADY HAVE ONE QUARTER
WITH 1.4% DROP, IF WE HAVE
ANOTHER QUARTER WITH ANOTHER
DROP, WE ARE IN A RECESSION.
ALL RIGHT?
I AM NOT A GENIUS AND I AM NOT
AN ECONOMIST, BUT I KNOW THAT.
SO DON’T TELL ME EVERYTHING IS
GOING GREAT, I DON’T CARE HOW
YOU FRAME IT.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS PEOPLE ARE
HURTING, PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY,
PEOPLE ARE OBSESSING JOBS,
HOUSE, RENT, IT’S VERY BAD.
>> Lawrence: IT JUST SEEMS
LIKE THEY INSULT THE VOTERS WHEN
THEY HAVE NO MORE ARGUMENTS,
INSTEAD OF SAYING, TURN IT
AROUND, DON’T BELIEVE YOUR OWN
EYES OR YOUR POCKETBOOK.
>> Greg: I DON’T KNOW IF THEY
CAN TURN IT AROUND, THE SHORTAGE
OF BABY FORMULA, WHAT IS HE
GOING TO HAVE FOR LUNCH?
THANK GOD THERE ARE NO SHORTAGES
AND STUFF THAT I EAT AND DRINK,
I CHECK IT’S THE GREAT CONSUMER
INDEX, AND CHINESE RIBS WITH THE
RED WINE, FINE.
THIS BABY FORMULA THING THOUGH,
I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT IT.
JESSICA TOLD ME --
AND IT’S LIKE I IMAGINE --
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I’M
GETTING TO A POINT, I THINK.
IF YOU ARE DISASSOCIATED OR
DETACH FROM A PROBLEM, SOMETIMES
YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW IT EXISTS,
AND IT REMINDS ME OF HOW
DETACHED PEOPLE IN THE MEDIA
WERE WITH THE COVID SHUTDOWNS.
OR THE EFFECTS OF THE ECONOMY OR
THE EFFECTS OF CRIME, BECAUSE
YOU NEVER HEAR --
YOU HAVE SECURITY WHERE YOU WORK
AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND FOOD SHORTAGES, AND THE
MEDIA COULD SUSTAIN A LOT OF THE
STUFF, ESPECIALLY THE SHUTDOWNS
BECAUSE WE JUST WORKED HER WAY
THROUGH IT.
WE COULD GET STUDIOS AT HOME.
SO PEOPLE ARE HURTING, BUT THE
SAME PEOPLE IN THE MEDIA HAVE
THE MEANS TO ABSORB THE PAIN
THAT OTHERS DON’T, SAME THING
WITH CRIME, THEIR ANSWER TO
CRIME IS TWO WORDS.
WHAT SCARES ME IN THE FUTURE IS
THIS WAR AND THE EFFECTS OF THE
WAR ON FUTURE FOOD SHORTAGES.
IF WE ARE ALREADY HAVING
PROBLEMS RIGHT NOW AND WE ARE
ALL IN ON THIS THING, AND EVERY
COUNTRY IS GOING TO FEEL IT,
ESPECIALLY THE POOR ONES LIKE
AFRICA, AND I THINK THAT WHEN
YOU HAVE FOOD SHORTAGES AND THIS
IS WHAT DANA HAS EXPLAINED TO ME
A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS IT USUALLY
DOES LEAD TO MORE WAR, THE
COUNTRIES THAT GO TO WAR GO TO
WAR BECAUSE THEY DON’T HAVE
FOOD.
SO WE ARE HAVING THIS CONFLICT
GOING ON RIGHT NOW WHICH COULD
CREATE SEVERE FOOD SHORTAGES
WHICH WILL THEN LEAD TO MORE
WAR.
IT COULD BE A GOOD TIME TO START
FIGURING OUT A NEGOTIATED
SETTLEMENT BEFORE IT GETS
REALLY, REALLY BAD.
THAT’S MY TAKE.
>> Lawrence: I THINK THE
BIGGEST STORY HERE IS THE MEDIA,
WE SAW THIS DURING COVID SAYING
WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER AND