>> OKAY.
>> Rachel: PRESIDENT BIDEN IS
NOW BASHING REPUBLICANS FOR NOT
DOING ANYTHING TO LOWER GAS
PRICES.
>> Brian: EXACTLY.
>> Rachel: UNBELIEVABLE.
AS HE PLAYS THE INFLATION BLAME
GAME, MEMBERS OF HIS OWN PARTY
DON’T WANT TO RUN THE POLITICAL
RISK OF APPEARING ALONGSIDE OF
HIM.
MARK MEREDITH IS AT THE WHITE
HOUSE WITH THE LATEST.
MARK, GOOD MORNING.
>> RACHEL, VOTERS HAVE NO
SHORTAGE OF ISSUES ON TOP OF
THEIR MIND GOING INTO THE
MIDTERM ELECTIONS.
BUT AS POLLS HAS SHOWN, THE TOP
ISSUES APPEAR TO BE BOTH THE
ECONOMY AND INFLATION.
THE PRESIDENT TRYING TO ADDRESS
BOTH OF THOSE CONCERNS
YESTERDAY.
HE WAS OUT IN CLEVELAND, OHIO.
THE PRESIDENT TRYING TO MAKE THE
CASE THAT HE BELIEVES THE U.S.
ECONOMY IS BETTER OFF NOW THAN
IT WAS WHEN HE TOOK OFFICE ABOUT
A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.
THE PRESIDENT ALSO ADMITTING
THAT INFLATION IS STILL
SOMETHING THAT IS ON THE TOP OF
HIS MIND, TOO.
>> WE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO
BECAUSE OF INFLATION, BECAUSE OF
THE -- I CALL IT THE PUTIN TAX
INCREASE.
PUTIN BECAUSE OF GASOLINE AND
ALL THAT GRAIN HE IS KEEPING
FROM BEING ABLE TO GET TO THE
MARKET.
NOW I’M FIGHTING LIKE HELL TO
LOWER COSTS ON THINGS THAT YOU
THAT YOU CAN ABOUT AROUND YOUR
KITCHEN TABLE.
>> WELL, THE PRESIDENT HAD A
DECENT SIZE CROWD AT THE EVENT
INCLUDING OHIO SENATOR SHERROD
BROWN.
TWO NOTABLE DEMOCRATS WERE NOT
THERE INCLUDING TIM RYAN AND IT
WHALEY RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR AND
SENATE CANDIDATE.
TELLING RYAN HAD PREVIOUSLY
SCHEDULED CAMPAIGN EVENTS AND
COULD NOT BE THERE.
THE PRESIDENT IS FACING GROWING
QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS POLITICAL
STRATEGY, NOT JUST FROM PUNDITS
BUT FROM MEMBERS OF HIS OWN
PARTY.
NBC IS QUOTING AN UNNAMED
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN WHO
REPORTEDLY CLAIMS THE PRESIDENT
IS MISSING IN ACTION.
THE LAWMAKER SAYING THERE IS A
BENEFIT TO HAVING THE PRESIDENT
OUT THERE EVERY DAY USING HIS
EXECUTIVE POWER TO SHOW THE
COUNTRY YOU ARE FIGHTING FOR
THEM AND IT’S ALMOST LIKE HE IS
HIDING.
HE HAS THE BULLY PULPIT AND HE
IS EITHER HIDING BEHIND IT OR
UNDER IT.
I DON’T KNOW WHERE HE IS.
THE PRESIDENT SAYS THE WHITE
HOUSE IS LEADING ON OTHER
ISSUES.
ABORTION.
THE PARTY PRESIDENT SET TO AWARD
THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF
FREEDOM TO SEVEN PEOPLE NOTABLE
NAMES INCLUDING FORMER
CONGRESSWOMAN GIFFORDS AND ACTOR
DENZEL WASHINGTON AND SIMONE
BILES.
>> Steve: BUSY DAY AT THE WHITE
HOUSE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
MR. MEREDITH.
LET’S BRING STUART VARNEY BACK.
THE PRESIDENT IS OUT TRYING TO
TAKE A VICTORY LAP YESTERDAY IN
THE CLEVELAND AREA.
THE PEOPLE -- OKAY.
SO WHILE HE SAYS THAT IT’S ONE
THING IN HIS TELEPROMPTER BUT
ANOTHER THING, THE REALITY OF
THE LIVES EVERYONE IN THE
AUDIENCE LIVING BECAUSE THEY ARE
PAYING MORE FOR EVERYTHING.
>> NAN WHALEY WANT TO BE THE
GOVERNOR OF OHIO.
TIM RYAN MODERATE DEMOCRAT WANTS
TO BE IN THE SENATE FROM OHIO
WERE NOT THERE.
THE PRESIDENT IS TOXIC.
I THINK HE IS TOXIC BECAUSE OF
INFLATION.
HIS POLLS ARE ALL THE WAY DOWN
BECAUSE OF INFLATION.
THE ONE THING THAT THIS
ADMINISTRATION WILL NEVER DO IS
TO ADMIT THAT THE ORIGINAL
MISTAKE WAS ENDING AMERICA’S
ENERGY INDEPENDENCE.
>> Rachel: AMEN.
>> BY CUTTING ENERGY OUT FROM
DAY ONE OF THIS ADMINISTRATION.
THAT WAS THE WRITING ON THE
WALL.
THAT’S WHEN INFLATION STARTED.
THAT’S WHEN PUTIN GOT HIS IDEA
TO START INVADING UKRAINE
BECAUSE HE KNEW THERE WERE GOING
TO BE ENERGY SHORT.
THAT’S WHEN THE LADY WHO USED TO
RUN GERMANY.
>> Rachel: ANGELA MERKEL.
>> THAT’S THE VERY MOMENT WHEN
SHE CANCELED PLANS TO IMPORT
AMERICAN LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS.
>> Steve: IF THAT WAS THE
MOMENT.
WHY DOESN’T HE TURN THE CAR
AROUND AND GO BACK?
I MADE A MISTAKE.
>> THE GREENS WON’T LET HIM.
DO YOU THINK THAT AOC, BERNIE
SANDERS AND THE REST OF THE
PROGRESSIVES, DO YOU REALLY
THINK THAT THEY WOULD SAY OKAY,
JOE.
OKAY.
GO AHEAD, MR. PRESIDENT.
THIS IS HOW WE FIX IT WE ARE
OKAY WITH THAT.
>> Brian: WE WOULD FIND OUT HOW
MANY ARE IN THERE.
HOW MANY PROGRESSIVES THERE ARE
IN THE PARTY BECAUSE THEY FAILED
PERIPHERALLABLY IN PRIMARIES.
AOC HAS NO COAT TAILS.
>> THEY RUN THEIR PARTY.
>> Brian: THEY DON’T DO IT IN
NUMBERS.
WE WILL SEE.
COUPLE OF THINGS, FOR HIM TO
CONTINUE TO ELEVATE VLADIMIR
PUTIN ON THE WORLD STAGE AND
OVERSTATE HIS IMPORTANCE MAKES
HIM STRONGER AT HOME, MAKES
PEOPLE -- MORE PEOPLE DIE IN THE
UKRAINE.
IT FORTIFIES THE WAR EFFORT.
LOOK AT THE DAMAGE WE ARE DOING
TO THE EVIL EMPIRE THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA.
NUMBER TWO, DON’T SAY THE GRAIN
IS STUCK IN UKRAINE.
WE HAVE A NAVY.
YOU ESCORT THAT FOR THE GOOD OF
THE PEOPLE OF AFRICA AND BRAZIL
AND AROUND THE WORLD.
WE HAVE A NAVY.
YOU ESCORT THAT GRAIN RIGHT OUT,
HUMANITARIAN PURPOSES.
WITHIN 48 HOURS YOU LET THEM
KNOW IF YOU WANT TO BE STRONG.
NUMBER THREE THE BIGGEST STORY
THEY BURIED THE LEAD THE INTEL
PLANT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BRING
IN THOUSANDS OF JOBS AND BRING
SHIPS BACK TO OHIO IS NOW ON
HOLD IN OHIO.
THAT WAS HIS BIG WIN.
THAT WAS HIS TRUMPIAN LIKE MOVE.
I TOLD INTEL BRING YOUR
MANUFACTURING HERE AND INTEL
SAID YEAH, I THOUGHT ABOUT IT
I’M GOING TO PUT THAT ON HOLD
FOR NOW.
>> NO WONDER THERE ARE RUMBLINGS
THROUGHOUT THE DEMOCRAT PARTY
THAT THIS GUY, THIS PRESIDENT,
REALLY CANNOT LEAD US GOING
FORWARD.
THAT’S THE RUMBLING IN THE
PARTY.
IT’S GETTING LOUDER AND LOUDER
AND LOUDER.
>> Rachel: IT’S WEIRD THEY WOULD
SEND HIM TO OHIO WHERE HE IS
GOING TO BE ELM EMBARRASSED BECA
PEOPLE DON’T WANT TO MEET WITH
HIM AND FAILED INTEL DEAL.
>> Steve: DELAWARE.
IS HE POPULAR IN DELAWARE.
>> Rachel: HE MIGHT AS WELL GO
BACK TO HIS BASEMENT AND HAVE
HIS SIPPY CUP AND HIS JELL-O AND
THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE BETTER
FOR HIM.
>> THAT’S HARSH.
>> Rachel: OH, COME ON.
>> Stuart: THAT IS HARSH.
>> Brian: I WOULD DO LEGITIMATE
ROUND TABLES WITH LEADERS THAT
TRUMP MADE FAMOUS AND VERY FEW
PEOPLE WERE CRITICAL OF WHETHER
IT WAS GUNS OR BUSINESS OR TECH.
YOU HAVE LEGITIMATE ROUND TABLES
IN THIS AREA AND YOU TELEVISE IT
LIVE.
LISTEN TO WHAT THEIR PROBLEMS
ARE.
AND TRY TO SOLVE THEM.
>> Rachel: MEET WITH THE OIL AND
GAS EXECS.
>> DO YOU THINK THAT THIS
PRESIDENT COULD HANDLE A ROUND
TABLE TELEVISED LIVE, NO
PROMPTER?
DISCUSSING THE ISSUES OF THE
DAY?
>> Rachel: SPOT ON.
>> Stuart: DO YOU THINK HE COULD
HANDLE THAT?
>> Steve: EVERY CEO ACROSS THE
TABLE MR. PRESIDENT,
RESPECTFULLY, HERE’S WHY YOU ARE
WRONG.
>> Stuart: RIGHT.
>> Steve: NOW, BEFORE.
>> Brian: ALL WOULD SAY THAT PUT
THEM IN OFFICE.
>> Steve: YOU WOKE UP THIS
MORNING AND LOOKED AT THE
CALENDAR WHAT DID YOU THINK OF
YOURSELF.
>> TODAY IS JULY THE 7TH.
>> Steve: WHAT DOES THAT START.
>> RINGO STARR.
>> Rachel: SOMEBODY MORE
IMPORTANT THAN RINGO STARR.
>> Stuart: YOU KNOW IT’S MY
BIRTHDAY.
>> Steve: HAPPY BIRTHDAY,
STUART.
COME ON.
[CHEERS]
>> Stuart: I DIDN’T KNOW YOU
KNEW.
>> Rachel: HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
>> Steve: LOOK AT THAT BEAUTIFUL
CAKE.
>> Rachel: WOW, I DIDN’T GET ONE
LIKE THAT FOR MY BIRTHDAY.
>> Brian: IF BORIS JOHNSON
RESIGNS ON THE DAY OF STUART’S
BIRTHDAY LET’S GET HIM A CAKE.
SURE ENOUGH, IT HAPPENED.
GOOD JOB.
>> Carley: I WAS JUST NERVOUS.
I JUST DID TWO HOURS OF TV.
BRING OUT THIS CAKE MADE ME MORE
NERVOUS.
I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO FALL.
>> Steve: WHY LIGHT IT IS FIRE
ALLOWED IN THE BUILDING?
>> Stuart: HOW MANY CANDLES
SHOULD BE ON THERE.
>> Steve: SEVEN.
>> Rachel: YOU ARE SEVEN YEARS
OLD.
>> Brian: A LOT OF ROOM FOR
CANDLES.
>> Stuart: SHOULD BE A LOT OF
ROOM.
>> Rachel: WE ARE GOING TO ENJOY
THIS CAKE AND LET CARLEY TAKE
OVER FROM HERE:
>> Brian: TED IS IN A GOOD MOOD
TED LOVES WHEN WE HAVE CAKE.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, STUART.