ELIZABETH: MIKE TOBIN, THANKS
FOR YOUR JOURNALISM.
SWITCHING GEARS, BRING IN MEMBER
OF HOUSE BUDGET, CONGRESSMAN
JASON SMITH WITH THE HOUSE
BUDGET COMMITTEE.
TAKE THIS ON.
DEMOCRAT SENATOR JOE MANCHIN IS
SLAPPING DOWN THE WHITE HOUSE
NEW NARRATIVE THAT SUPPLY CHAIN
CHAOS IS GOOD THINGS.
MANCHIN SAYS IT IS NOT
TRANSITORY.
IF THEY’RE GOOD THINGS, WHY IS
IN THE PRESIDENT IN BALTIMORE
SAYING HIS AGENDA IS AN
INFLATION FIGHTER AND WILL STOP
THE SUPPLY CHAIN CRISIS?
>> I’M GLAD TO SEE
SENATOR MANCHIN IS AGREEING WITH
THE HOUSE REPUBLICANS AND THE
SENATE REPUBLICANS THIS
INFLATION TAX THAT IS FACING ALL
AMERICANS WHERE THEY WALK INTO
THE SUPERMARKET AND THEY SEE
THAT THE PRICE OF FOOD, THE
PRICE OF CLOTHING, IS ONLY GOING
UP.
THE FACT THAT JOE BIDEN AND THE
FOLKS AT THE WHITE HOUSE SAY
THIS IS ONLY TRANSITORY, THAT IT
IS ONLY A HIGH CLASS PROBLEM,
TELL YOU, THE FOLKS WHERE I COME
FROM, THE FOLKS ALL ACROSS
AMERICA, THEY CARE ABOUT PRICES
AT THE SUPERMARKET DEALT.
THEY DON’T CARE ABOUT THE PRICES
ON WALL STREET BUT UNFORTUNATELY
I GUESS THAT IS WHAT THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION ONLY CARES ABOUT,
WHAT IS GOING ON ON WALL STREET.
WE HAVE TO STOP THIS INFLATION
BUT UNFORTUNATELY THEY’RE TRYING
TO SPEND ANOTHER FOUR 1/2
TRILLION DOLLARS OF RECKLESS
SPENDING THAT IS NOT PAID FOR
WHICH WILL ONLY FUEL THE FIRE OF
INFLATION AND --
ELIZABETH: I TELL YOU SOMETHING.
WE HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR.
THEY ALREADY GOT THROUGH
4 TRILLION, 5 TRILLION, TALKING
ABOUT ANOTHER 4 TO 5 TRILLION.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT
OBAMA PUT ON THE DEBT IN ITS
ENTIRE EIGHT YEARS IN OFFICE.
SO HERE’S THE THING.
THIS IS, THIS IS A THIRD RAIL
FOR THE WHITE HOUSE.
IT IS WHAT KNOCKED OUT JIMMY
CARTER OUT OF OFFICE.
INFLATION IS POLITICAL
STRYCHNINE.
REAGAN WON IN A LANDSLIDE.
NOW CLAIMING THAT YOU KNOW,
FIRST WE WENT FROM CLAIMING THAT
SPENDING COSTS ZERO, NOTHING, TO
SAYING THAT SPENDING FIXES
INFLATION, TO SAYING INFLATION
IS A GADD -- GOOD THING.
NOW PETE BUTTIGIEG IS SAYING
HIGHWAYS, THE WAY THEY WERE
CONSTRUCTED AND DESIGN ARE
RACIST.
WE HAVE THE "WASHINGTON POST,"
YOU KNOW, FACT CHECKER GLEN
KESSLER SAYING THAT IS WRONG.
HISTORIANS AND ACADEMICS ALREADY
DEBUNKED THAT.
>> THIS ADMINISTRATION IS SO OUT
OF TOUCH WITH REAL -- REALITY.
THEY CARE MORE ABOUT DEFINITIONS
OF WORDS THAN PROBLEMS FACING
AMERICANS.
WE HAVE AN INFLATION CRISIS.
WE SAW TODAY, INFLATION YEAR TO
YEAR 6.2% INCREASE.
SINCE JOE BIDEN HAS BECOME
PRESIDENT AS OF
JANUARY 20th, INFLATION HAS
HIT 7.4%.
THAT IS THE HIGHEST IN 40 YEARS.
THAT MEANS THAT EVERY AMERICAN
IS HAVING TO SPEND MORE, JUST TO
PUT FOOD ON THEIR TABLE.
IT IS UNACCEPTABLE BUT THEY CARE
MORE ABOUT RACIST BRIDGES,
RACIST BRIDGES THAN THEY DO
ABOUT THE STRUGGLES REAL
AMERICANS ARE HAVING, TRYING TO
PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES.
>> THE STORIES HAVE DEBUNKED
RACIST BRIDGES.
OVERPASSES, IT WAS DONE FOR
AESTHETICS AWAY FROM A PARK, NOT
FOR A GIGANTIC BUSES.
THAT IS THE FIGHT OVER THERE.
BIDEN GOES TO BALTIMORE TO TALK
ABOUT THE SUPPLY CHAIN CRISIS
THAT IS ACTUALLY IN CALIFORNIA
BECAUSE CALIFORNIA IS HYPER
REGULATING OUT OF EXISTENCE
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR TRUCKERS
WHO SAY THIS IS THE WORST THEY
HAVE EVER SEEN.
GOODS ARE STRANDED IN PORTS
THERE.
THIEVES ARE STEALING IT.
THEY WANT MORE MONEY FOR POP UP
CONTAINER AREAS.
YOUR FINAL WORD ON THAT?
>> I’LL TELL YOU, WE ALL KNOW
WHY THERE IS A SUPPLY CHAIN
CRISIS.
IT IS BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS FAILED.
THE FACT WE CAN’T GET PEOPLE
BACK TO WORK.
THEY’RE TRYING IN THIS
RECONCILIATION BILL TO CONTINUE
TO PAY PEOPLE OVER $3 BILLION IN
THIS RECONCILIATION BILL TO
INCENTIVISE PEOPLE TO STAY AT
HOME AND NOT WORK.
WE NEED PEOPLE TO WORK.
WE NEED THESE SHIPS UNLOADED.
WE NEED TO STOP THESE POLICIES
OF REWARDING PEOPLE TO STAY AT
HOME AND NOT WORK.
ELIZABETH: CONGRESSMAN JASON