KNOW WHAT MR. BIDEN WILL NOT DO
AND WHEN.
BRING IN OUR FAVORITE HOUSE
MEMBER, JIM JORDAN FROM THE
GREAT STATE OF OHIO.
HELLO, JIM.
I’M SORRY THERE IS OBVIOUSLY
SOME CONFUSION WITH MR. BIDEN
ENWHOEVER VERYING AROUND THE
MICROPHONE.
I ASSUME HE GETS TO IT IN THE
NEXT HALF HOUR.
JIM JORDAN, LET ME ASK YOU THIS,
A SERIOUS QUESTION, WHAT WILL
THE REPUBLICAN ALTERNATIVE BE?
I’M GOING TO JUST GUESS OFF THE
TOP OF MY HEAD YOU DON’T APPROVE
OF MR. BIDEN’S INFRASTRUCTURE
PLAN BUT WHAT WILL THE
REPUBLICAN ALTERNATIVE BE?
>> WELL, TELL YOU WHAT WE WON’T
DO, WE RENT RAISE PEOPLES TAXES.
THINK ABOUT IT, LARRY, DOUBLED
THE MONEY SUPPLY IN THE LAST
1MONTHS?
THERE IS SO MUCH CASH THERE.
I’VE BEEN ALL OVER THE DISTRICT
TALKING TO BUSINESS OWNERS.
BIGGEST PROBLEM A, THEY CAN’T
FIND PEOPLE TO WORK THAT IS THE
BIGGEST CONCERN.
PRICE OF MATERIALS, LUMBER,
STEEL.
WE’RE A HUGE MANUFACTURING
DISTRICT.
THOSE ARE GOING UP.
NOW YOU PUT ON A TAX INCREASE.
YOU TALK ABOUT TROUBLE FOR OUR
ECONOMY.
THAT IS COMING BACK STRONG.
COMING BACK WHERE IT WAS UNDER
THE GREAT ECONOMY WITH YOU IN
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
SO THE ONE THING WE WON’T DO IS
RAISE TAXES WHICH THEY’RE
GETTING READY TO DO.
THAT IS SO BAD --
LARRY: BIDEN IS ABOUT SPEAK,
JIM, I OKAY, YOU WON’T RAISE
TAXES.
GOOD ON YOU, BUT WILL YOU
RECOMMEND AS AN OPTION?
>> NOT SPENDING THAT AMOUNT OF
MONEY.
LOOK, THIS IS, WHAT ARE THEY
TALKING $3 TRILLION?
MAYBE TWO TRILLION DOLLARS?
THEY CONTINUE TO SPEND.
BROADBAND, YOU’RE RIGHT.
I TALK TO PEOPLE RURAL AREAS
CERTAINLY WANT BROADBAND
SOMETHING WE WORK ON THERE,
MAYBE BUT NOT TO THIS TUNE, NOT
ALL THE REGULATIONS, NOT ALL THE
TAXATION THAT YOU KNOW WILL
ACCOMPANY THIS PLAN.
ALMOST AS IF THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION IS TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT HOW CAN THEY UNDO ALL
THE GOOD TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
POLICIES AND HOW QUICKLY CAN
THEY DO IT.
LARRY: THAT IS KIND OF A FAIR
POINT.
I DON’T WANT TO LOSE CONGRESSMAN
JIM JORDAN, I HOPE IS STILL WITH
US.
JIM, I DON’T WANT TO BE A NAG, I
GET THAT.
WE DON’T WANT NEW TAXES.
WE DON’T WANT NEW REGULATIONS,
SO FORTH.
WE DON’T WANT TO SPEND THE
MONEY.
DISCUSSIONS WE HAD A COUPLE
YEARS BACK WHEN INFRASTRUCTURE
WAS HOT, PEOPLE CAME TO THE
WHITE HOUSE, CABINET ROOM, MET
WITH THE PRESIDENT AND SENIOR
STAFF.
WE DID TALK ABOUT, FINALLY LIKE
A TRILLION DOLLAR BILL OVER 10
YEARS.
IT WOULD BE ABOUT $100 BILLION A
YEAR.
YOU KNOW, TARGETED VERY WELL.
NO TAX HIKES, THAT COULD BE DONE
THROUGH USER FEES OR BONDING OR
OTHER MEANS.
WILL YOU ALL, GOP LEADERSHIP, BE
PROPOSING ANYTHING SPECIFIC IN
RESPONSE AS AN ALTERNATIVE?
>> WELL, LARRY I WOULD SAY IT
THIS WAY.
DEMOCRATS COME TO US REALLY WANT
TO WORK ON SOMETHING THAT IS
REASONABLE, GOOD FOR THE COUNTRY
AND NOT JUST DRIVEN BY
LEFT-WINGS DEMOCRAT POLITICS I
THINK WE’RE ALWAYS OPEN TO
LISTEN.
THAT IS WHAT JOE BIDEN PRESIDENT
BIDEN SAID AT INAUGURATION.
FIND SOMETHING WE CAN UNIFY
AROUND.
IF THERE IS THAT KIND OF A PLAN
YOU WOULD SEE REPUBLICANS THERE.
BUT SINCE THAT SPEECH EVERYTHING
SINCE THEN, STARTING A FEW HOURS
AFTERWARDS HAVE BEEN ALL
LEFT-WING THINGS, ALL LEFT-WING
LEANING POLICIES DOWN THE PATH
ALL OF IT.
SO THAT I THINK IS THE CONCERN.
THEY COME TO US WITH SOMETHING
REAL?
JOE BIDEN TALKED ABOUT ORDINARY
PEOPLE DOING EXTRAORDINARY
THINGS.
LET ME TELL YOU THAT HAPPENS NOT
WHEN GOVERNMENT DOES ALL THIS
STUFF, WHEN GOVERNMENT GETS OUT
OF THE WAY, LET FAMILIES
COMMUNITIES, AS YOU SAID, STATE,
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS COMMUNITIES
WORK TOGETHER, LET HARD-WORKING
PEOPLE GO AFTER THEIR GOALS AND
DREAMS.
THAT IS WHAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON
VERSUS TWO TRILLION ON TOP OF
THE TWO TRILLION THEY JUST DID
ON TOP OF 10 TRILLION THEY’RE
TALKING ABOUT WITH CLIMATE
CHANGE AND OTHER STUFF.
TALK ABOUT RUINING JOBS, RUINING
ECONOMIES.
THAT IS HOW YOU GET THERE.
IF THEY’RE HAPPY TO WORK WITH US
I GOT IT.
LARRY: I GET IT.
THERE IS A LOT OF STUFF IN HERE.
WE’LL KNOW MORE AS WE PARSE
THROUGH THE DETAILS.
A LOT OF STUFF HAS VERY LITTLE
OR NOTHING TO DO WITH
INFRASTRUCTURE OR AT LEAST
INFRASTRUCTURE AS WE USED TO
DEFINE IT.
>> RIGHT.
LARRY: SO LAST POINT, JIM, I’M
HEARING SOURCES ARE SAYING,
BASICALLY THE DEMOCRATS IN THE
SENATE WILL RAM THIS THROUGH ON
51-VOTE RECONCILIATION PACKAGE.
MR. BIDEN MAY INVITE REPUBLICANS
TO THE WHITE HOUSE TO HAVE A
LOVELY CUP OF COFFEE BUT AT THE
END OF THE DAY THEY WILL DRIVE
THE THING THROUGH WITHOUT THE
GOP?
>> YES.
THAT IS ALL THEY HAVE BEEN
DOING.
THEY HAVE NOT WORKED WITH US ON
ONE THING.
TALKED ABOUT UNITY ON
JANUARY 20th.
BEEN ANYTHING BUT THAT SINCE
THEN.
YEAH, I EXPECT THAT COMPLETELY.
THIS IS THE HARD LEFT TAKING
OVER THE DEMOCRAT PARTY, DOING
ALL THEIR RADICAL THINGS.
I ASSUME THIS WILL BE NO
DIFFERENT.
LARRY: JIM JORDAN FROM OHIO.
THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE IT AS ALWAYS.