THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
GOOD EVENING, AMERICA.
IT’S 7:00 P.M. ON THE EAST COAST
AND 6:00 P.M. IN GOD’S COUNTRY
WHICH MEANS IT’S TIME FOR "FOX
NEWS PRIMETIME."
I’M PETE HEGSETH AND TONIGHT, AS
BRET DID, WE START WITH JOE
BIDEN.
WHO MERGED FROM HIS HIDING TO
FINALLY TAKE SOME QUESTIONS FROM
THE PRESS.
AND AFTER TWO HOURS OF Q AND A,
WE HAVE TO ASK, WHAT DID WE JUST
WATCH?
BIDEN, OF COURSE, PULLED OUT ALL
OF HIS HITS.
>> LOOK, LOOK, UM, SO, LOOK,
LOOK, VERY FEW SCHOOLS ARE
CLOSING.
OVER 59% ARE STILL OPEN.
95% ARE STILL OPEN.
AND I GOT STROM THURMAN TO VOTE
FOR IT AGAIN, I’M TAKING TOO
LONG ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS, I
APOLOGIZE.
I THINK THAT.
>> Pete: DESPITE PLENTY OF
AWKWARD PAUSES AND LOTS OF
WHISPERING, BIDEN MADE SURE TO
PAT HIMSELF ON THE BACK FOR THE
FAILURE HIS PRESIDENCY HAS
BECOME.
>> I DIDN’T OVERPROMISE.
BUT I HAVE, PROBABLY,
OUTPERFORMED WHAT ANYBODY
THOUGHT WOULD HAPPEN.
LOOK, UM, I DIDN’T OVERPROMISE,
BUT, I THINK IF YOU TAKE A LOOK
AT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO
YOU WOULD HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE WE
MADE ENORMOUS PROGRESS.
>> Pete: YEAH, JUST TAKE A LOOK
AT THE RECORD.
NOT SURE WHAT COUNTRY SLEEPY JOE
IS WAKING UP IN OR NAPPING IN.
BUT NOT ONLY HAVE WE FAILED TO
MAKE PROGRESS, HOWEVER HE
DEFINES IT, UNDER HIS STANDARD
UNDER BIDEN, BUFF THE COUNTRY IS
ACTUALLY MOVING IN THE WRONG
DIRECTION.
JUST LOOK AT HOW MUCH MORE
EXPENSIVE YOUR LIFE HAS BECOME
IN JOE BIDEN’S AMERICA.
OVERALL PRICES ARE UP 7%.
YOUR FOOD WILL COST YOU 6% MORE
IF YOU CAN FIND SOME WITH BARE
SHELVES BIDEN.
GAS IS UP ALMOST 50% AND ENERGY
COSTS HAVE JUMPED NEARLY 30%.
THAT GOES STRAIGHT TO YOUR
BOTTOM LINE.
BUT, GO ON, JOE, CONTINUE TO
TELL US HOW GOOD OF A JOB -- HOW
GREAT OF A JOB YOU’RE DOING.
MAYBE THE FUNNIEST OR THE
SADDEST PART OF ALL IS THAT
BIDEN THINKS NONE OF THIS IS HIS
FAULT.
IT’S THOSE PESKY REPUBLICANS WHO
ARE TRIPPING HIM UP, FOOLING HIM
THAT TOM FOLLOWRY AND MALARKEY
AT EVERY CHANCE.
FOR A MAN WHO RAN FOR PRESIDENT
UNDER THE GUISE OF UNITING THE
COUNTRY, HE SURE IS DOING A LOT
OF DIVIDING.
>> ONE THING I HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE
TO DO SO FAR IS GET MY
REPUBLICAN FRIENDS TO GET IN THE
GAME OF MAKING THINGS BETTER IN
THIS COUNTRY.
I DID NOT ANTICIPATE THAT THERE
WOULD BE SUCH A STALWART EFFORT
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING WAS THAT
PRESIDENT BIDEN DIDN’T GET
ANYTHING DONE THINK ABOUT THIS
WHAT ARE REPUBLICANS FOR?
WHAT ARE THEY FOR?
NAME ME ONE THING THEY ARE FOR.
HE LOVED DEBATING A STRAW MAN
WHAT THE G.O.P. WOULD STAND THEY
STAND FOR MAYBE CLOSED BORDERS,
ACTUAL BORDERS, STATES’ RIGHTS,
FEDERALISM, PROTECTING THE
SANCTITY OF LIFE, DEFENDING THE
SECOND AMENDMENT, CUTTING TAXES,
HOW ABOUT ENERGY INDEPENDENCE.
THAT MIGHT HIT GAS PRICES JUST A
LITTLE BIT.
HOW ABOUT ENSURING YOUR PERSONAL
FREEDOMS WHEN A GOVERNMENT WANTS
TO LOCK YOU DOWN AND MANDATE
YOU.
THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.
WHAT ABOUT YOU AND YOUR PARTY,
JOE?
WHAT DO YOU STAND FOR?
>> THE DIFFERENCE IS I’M GOING
TO BE OUT ON THE ROAD A LOT
MAKING THE CASE AROUND THE
COUNTRY COUNTRY COLLEAGUES UP
FOR RE-ELECTION AND OTHERS
MAKING THE CASE OF WHAT WE DID
DO AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO WE
NEED --
>> Pete: SO THE ANSWER IS JOE
BIDEN IS GOING TO HIT THE ROAD,
MORE JOE, MORE HEARING HIS
INCOHERENCE.
THAT WAS CERTAINLY THE ANSWER WE
WERE ALL WAITING FOR.
WAS THERE AN ANSWER IN THERE
ANYWHERE?
DON’T WORRY, HE MADE SURE TO
TELL US WHAT HIS PARTY STANDS
FOR, AND IT’S ONLY THREE LETTERS
BBB.
>> SINGLE BEST WAY TO TAKE THE
BURDEN OFF MIDDLE CLASS AND
WORKING CLASS FOLKS IS TO PASS
THE BUILD BACK BETTER PIECE THAT
ARE THINGS THAT THEY ARE PAYING
A LOT OF MONEY FOR NOW.
IF YOU GET TO TRADE-OFF HIGHER
GASES, PUTTING UP WITH HIGHER
PRICE OF HAMBURGERS AND GAS,
VERSUS WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE
GOING TO HAVE TO -- YOU ARE
GOING TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR
EDUCATION AND/OR, UM, CHILD CARE
AND THE LIKE.
I THINK MOST PEOPLE WOULD MAKE
THE TRADE.
>> Pete: MAN, THAT INSPIRES A
LOT OF CONFIDENCE.
THAT’S HOW JOE VIEWS BUILD BACK
BETTER.
IT’S GOING TO BE PAINFUL FOR YOU
BUT IT WILL WIN HIM POLITICAL
POINTS, HE THINKS.
SO THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE
OF HOW JOE DOESN’T ACTUALLY CARE
ABOUT -- ABOUT YOU KNOW WHAT’S
GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE OR POLICY
VIEWS IN YOUR FAMILY.
ADMINISTRATION PAY FOR SOMETHING
MORE THAN A FAILED SOCIAL
SPENDING BILL, RIGHT?
WELL, BIDEN HAS SPENT A LOT OF
TIME TRYING TO FEDERALIZE OUR
ELECTIONS.
YOU KNOW, THAT WHOLE
CONSTITUTION THING IS PESKY.
AND SMEARING ANYONE’S STANDING
IN HIS WAY.
ANYONE THAT DOESN’T AGREE WITH
HIM IS, OF COURSE, A RACIST.
LISTEN TO HOW JOE BIDEN
CHARACTERIZED HIS OPPONENTS LAST
WEEK.
>> DO YOU WANT TO BE THE SIGN --
THE SIDE OF THERE KING OR GEORGE
WALLACE.
DO YOU WANT TO BE ON THE SIDE OF
JOHN LEWIS OR BULL CONNER?
DO YOU WANT TO BE ON THE SIDE OF
ABRAHAM LINCOLN OR JEFFERSON
DAVIS?
>> Pete: SO IF YOU WANT TO KEEP
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OUT OF
ELECTIONS, SOMEHOW YOU ARE BULL
CONNER OR GEORGE WALLACE OR
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
AND WHEN BIDEN WAS PRESSED ON IT
TODAY, HE GOT ANGRY, GRUMPY.
AND YOU WON’T LIKE HIM WHEN JOE.
>> LOOK WHAT I SAID.
GO BACK AND READ WHAT I SAID!
AND TELL ME IF YOU THINK I
CALLED ANYONE WHO VOTED ON THE
SIDE OF THE POSITION TAKEN BY
BULL CONNER THAT THEY WERE BULL
CONNER?
AND THAT IS AN INTERESTING
READING TO MAKE.
I ASSUME YOU GOT IN THE JOURNAL
BECAUSE YOU LIKE TO WRITE.
>> Pete: WE JUST PLAYED THE
TAPE.
I THINK SOMEBODY TOUCHED A
NERVE.
HE HAD TO EXPLAIN THAT TWO OR
THREE TIMES.
AND HE NEVER DID.
THAT’S A PERFECT ENCAPSULATION
OF BIDEN’S SPEECH/PREAPPROVED
PRESS CONFERENCE.
HE TRIED TO GASLIGHT YOU INTO
BELIEVING OUR COUNTRY IS DOING
GREAT WHILE IT GOES TO HELL
AROUND HIM.
AND WHEN HE WAS PRESSED ON IT,
HE GETS ANGRY, IT’S YOUR FAULT,
IT’S THE REPUBLICANS FAULT.
YOU ARE NOT SMART ENOUGH TO
UNDERSTAND THE AMAZING THINGS I
HAVE DONE FOR YOU.