I’VE GOT TO GET TO IT.
THIS IS "THE INGRAHAM ANGLE"
FROM WASHINGTON TONIGHT, WE HAVE
A LOT TO GET TO, SO LET’S DIVE
RIGHT IN.
HOUSECLEANING.
THAT’S THE FOCUS OF TONIGHT’S
ANGLE.
WITH JOE BIDEN AT 38% AVERAGE
APPROVAL RATING -- 58% OF THE
COUNTRY SAYS HE HAS THE WRONG
PRIORITIES, AND THAT ELECTION
LAWS IN VIRGINIA?
ONE WOULDN’T THINK THAT THE MOOD
AT THE WHITE HOUSE WOULD BE
UPBEAT, YOU KNOW, GIDDY, BUT IT
WAS ALL SMILES TODAY AFTER THE
EARLY SATURDAY PASSAGE OF THAT
$1.2 TRILLION PHONY
INFRASTRUCTURE BILL.
REMEMBER, ONLY PART OF IT IS
HARD INFRASTRUCTURE, THE REST IS
THE TYPICAL WASTEFUL WASHINGTON
GARBAGE WITH A SOCIALIST BEND.
FOR BIDEN’S BOY WONDER
TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY THOUGH,
IT’S REALLY TOTALLY AWESOME.
>> WHEN OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM
PRESENTS ME WITH A COPY ARE
USUALLY CROSS OF THE WORD
EXCITED BECAUSE I THINK IT’S
OVERUSED AND I OFTEN READ ABOUT
THE EXCLAMATION POINTS BECAUSE
IT’S NOT ALWAYS MY STYLE BUT WE
ARE EXCITED WITH AN EXCLAMATION
POINT ABOUT WHAT WE ARE GOING TO
BE ABLE TO DELIVER.
>> Laura: IT SOUNDS LIKE PETE
HAS GOT HIS CAMPAIGN COMMERCIAL
GOING FOR HIS 2024 PRESIDENTIAL
RUN.
THERE IT IS.
AND LET’S FACE IT, THE DEMOCRATS
ARE GOING TO BE WIPED OUT IN
2022 BECAUSE WE KNOW THE GENERIC
BALLOT NOW HAS REPUBLICANS AT
PLUS EIGHT, IF YOU CAN BELIEVE
IT BURIED BY HISTORICAL
COMPARISONS, LET ME TRANSLATE
HOW UGLY THIS REALLY IS.
IN 2010, REPUBLICANS WON BY SIX
POINTS, EIGHT POINTS, AND PICKED
UP 63 SEATS IN THE HOUSE.
WOW.
SO JUST ONE PELOSI AND BIDEN
REALLY NEEDED A WIN, WELL, IT
CAME, COURTESY OF THE
REPUBLICANS.
>> THIS WAS A BIPARTISAN ACTION,
13 HOUSE REPUBLICANS BROKE RANKS
WITH PARTY LEADERSHIP.
>> A HOUSE FINALLY PASSED THE
TRILLION DOLLAR BIPARTISAN UP A
STRUCTURE BUILT BURIED SIX
DEMOCRATS VOTING AGAINST IT AND
13 REPUBLICANS BUCKING THEIR
PARTY LEADERSHIP.
>> Laura: IT WAS 12 MEN AND
ONE WOMAN, NICOLE MALLIOTAKIS
FROM CONSERVATIVE STATEN ISLAND,
WHO PUSHED THE BILL OVER THE
TOP.
>> ROADS AND BRIDGES AND TUNNELS
AND PORTS, I’M HAPPY TO HAVE
JOINED WITH MY COLLEAGUES TO
SUPPORT THIS, FOR MY DISTRICT IN
PARTICULAR.
I MEAN, THE MONEY AND THERE CAN
BE USED FOR ALL SORTS OF
PROJECTS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH MY LOCAL
LEGISLATORS TO IDENTIFY WHAT
PRIORITIES WE ARE GOING TO UNITE
ON.
>> Laura: FIRST OFF, THE
CONGRESSWOMAN IS NOT GOING TO
HAVE MUCH OF A SAY IN HOW ANY OF
THIS MONEY IS SPENT, NICE
DREAMING THOUGH.
AT THE BIDEN CABINET IS GOING TO
BE MAKING A LOT OF THE BIG
CALLS, AND SECONDLY, SHE
CONVENIENTLY LEAVES OUT THAT THE
BILL IS LADEN WITH PROGRESSIVE
PORK AND IT LAYS THE GROUNDWORK
FOR ALL THE CLIMATE CHANGE
CRAZINESS TO COME.
$7.5 BILLION IS GOING TO GO TO
ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING
STATIONS, 5 BILLION FOR ELECTRIC
SCHOOL BUSES, 1 BILLION FOR
RIPPING UP RACIST HIGHWAYS.
BY THE WAY, THAT’S JUST A DROP
IN THE BUCKET.
THERE’S MUCH MORE AFTER THAT.
NO WONDER THE DIMWITTED
ANTI-TRUMP MENACE ADAM KINZINGER
ENDED UP SUPPORTING IT.
NOW, NONE OF THEM THOUGHT FOR A
SECOND ABOUT WHAT IT IS THEY’RE
ACTUALLY PUTTING IN MOTION.
THEY JUST THOUGHT ABOUT BRINGING
THE BACON BACK HOME.
THE LEADER OF THE MODERATES,
JOHN KATKO, IS PARTICULARLY
ODIOUS.
BUT WHAT COULD WE EXPECT FROM A
GRANDSTANDING BLOWHARD WHO VOTED
TO IMPEACH TRUMP OVER JANUARY
JANUARY 6TH?
>> NOW, JUST AS THE
CAPITOL POLICE PROTECTED US,
CONGRESS MUST PASS NOMADIC MATCH
THAT COURAGE AND PROTECT THE
CONSTITUTION, OUR DEMOCRATIC
PROCESSES AND THIS NATION.
THE PRESIDENT’S ROLE IN THIS
INSURRECTION IS UNDENIABLE.
>> Laura: SINCE THEN, HE’S
BEEN A DEAD MAN WALKING IN
CONSERVATIVE POLITICS.
ONCE AGO THE POWERFUL
CONSERVATIVE PARTY OF
ONONDAGA COUNTY SAID IT WOULD
NOT BACK HIS REELECTION.
AND HE ALREADY HAS HIS FIRST
PRIMARY CHALLENGER, I LOVE THAT,
GOOD.
AT LEAST THREE OUT OF THE 13
WASHOUT G.O.P. CONGRESSMAN HAVE
ALREADY ANNOUNCED THEIR
RETIREMENT, GET OUT THE DOOR.
WELL, GOOD, BECAUSE EACH AND
EVERY ONE OF THEM THEM EITHER
DIDN’T READ THE ENTIRE BILL,
WHICH IS A DERELICTION OF DUTY,
OR THEY DID READ IT AND JUST
IGNORED ITS MOST EGREGIOUS
PROVISIONS, WHICH FRANKLY IS
WORSE THAN A DERELICTION OF
DUTY.
A PARTICULARLY LAME
PELOSI-INSPIRED JUSTIFICATION
FOR SUPPORTING IT CAME FROM
CONGRESSMAN DAVID McKINLEY
FROM WEST VIRGINIA.
REMEMBER, IT’S FOR THE CHILDREN.
HE SAID WE’VE ALL HEARD STORIES
OF CHILDREN IN WEST VIRGINIA
SITTING IN PARKING LOTS TO DO
THEIR SCHOOLWORK BECAUSE THEIR
HOMES ARE NOT CONNECTED TO
RELIABLE BROADBAND INTERNET.
TONIGHT I VOTED FOR THOSE KIDS.
OH, REALLY, DAVID?
AFTER WATCHING THE DEMOCRATS
DESTROY WEST VIRGINIA’S COAL
INDUSTRY AS CHINA’S ROARS AHEAD,
HE NOW TRUSTS THE DEMOCRATS TO
TAKE CARE OF THE CHILDREN IN
WEST VIRGINIA?
WHAT PLANET IS HE LIVING ON?
THE FACT IS, THESE 13 HOUSE
REPUBLICANS ARE TRUSTING BIDEN
CABINET SECRETARIES TO SPEND
THIS GARGANTUAN SUM OF MONEY, DO
IT WISELY, WHEN THE SMART MOVE
WOULD HAVE BEEN TO WAIT TO PASS
A CLEAN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL
UNTIL THE REPUBLICANS TAKE BACK
THE HOUSE NEXT YEAR.
UNLESS, THAT IS, YOUR TRUST
ENERGY SECRETARY GRANHOLM TO
FOCUS ON COMMON SENSE SOLUTIONS
TO TO SKYROCKETING ENERGY PRICES
PRICES.
>> THIS IS THE GRANHOLM PLAN TO
INCREASE OIL PRODUCTION IN
AMERICA.
>> [LAUGHS]
THAT IS HILARIOUS.
WOULD THAT I HAD THE MAGIC WAND.
>> AMERICANS WILL LIKELY BE A
COLD WINTER, MOST OF THEM ARE,
EXPECT TO PAY HIGHER PRICES FOR
HEATING THEIR HOMES?
>> YEAH, THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN
IF OIL AND GAS COMPANIES ARE NOT
FLIPPING THE SWITCH AS QUICKLY
AS THE DEMAND REQUIRES.
>> Laura: OH, MY GOD, IT IS
THERE ANY MORE IDIOTIC PERSON
WHO’S EVER BEEN A CABINET
MEMBER?
I THINK -- WHAT WE DEMAND,
MADAM SECRETARY, IS AN ENERGY
SECRETARY COMPETENT ENOUGH TO
ANSWER BASIC QUESTIONS, NOT A 10
SPOTLIGHT.
AGAIN, THIS IS A PARTY WITH ZERO
SOLUTIONS.
THEY ONLY EXACERBATE PROBLEMS.
AND EVERY G.O.P. VOTE FOR THIS
BILL, WHICH IS THE COMPANION
BILL TO THE NEXT EVEN WORSE
SOCIAL SPENDING BILL, ENSURES
THAT CURRENT INFLATION LAST
LONGER AND ENERGY PRICES GO EVEN
HIGHER.
CURRENTLY THE WHITE HOUSE HAS
ZERO PLANS TO KEEP THE LATTER
FROM SOARING OUT OF CONTROL.
>> COULD JUST LAY OUT THOSE
OTHER OPTIONS ARE CONSIDERING?
>> AGAIN, I DON’T HAVE ANYTHING
SPECIFIC HERE.
THE PRESIDENT SPOKE TO THIS
RECENTLY BUT HE ALSO ASKED FDC
TO CRACKDOWN ON ILLEGAL PRICING
BUT ALSO WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE
TO MONITOR THE SITUATION AND
HAVE A NUMBER OF TOOLS IN OUR
ARSENAL, AS I JUST MENTIONED.
I DON’T HAVE ANYTHING SPECIFIC.
>> Laura: MONITORING THE
SITUATIONS, THAT’S ALWAYS MY
FAVORITE ANSWER.
WHAT YOU ALL HAVE TO UNDERSTAND
HERE, AND THE PHONY
INFRASTRUCTURE REPUBLICANS DON’T
SEEM TO GET IS THAT RISING
ENERGY COSTS ARE A KEY PART OF
THE DEMOCRATS AGENDA.
THEY WANT COSTS TO GO UP,
BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BUILD BACK
GREENER, EVEN THOUGH IT’S GOING
TO MEAN THAT MANY REPUBLICANS
WILL BE FORCED TO CHOOSE, WHAT?
MANY AMERICANS ARE GOING TO BE
FORCED TO CHOOSE HEAT OR FOOD
THIS WINTER.
AFFORDABLE ENERGY MEANS THAT
AMERICANS NEED LESS GOVERNMENT
AND HAVE MORE FREEDOM.
THEY CAN HAVE MORE FREEDOM TO DO
WHAT THEY WANT, TO GO WHERE THEY
WANT, WHEREVER THEY WANT.
BUT THE PRICE OF YOUR GASOLINE,
AIRLINE, AND TRAIN TICKETS COME,
THE LESS FREEDOM YOU HAVE, AND
THEY ARE TOTALLY FINE WITH THAT.
SOMEHOW THE PRESIDENT’S CHIEF OF
STAFF RON KLAIN, HE BELIEVES
THAT TUESDAY’S ELECTION LOSSES
DEMONSTRATE THAT VOTERS WANT
MORE SPENDING.
>> I DO THINK THE VOTERS SENT A
MESSAGE ON TUESDAY, THEY WANTED
TO SEE THINGS MOVE MORE QUICKLY,
AND THREE DAYS LATER CONGRESS
RESPONDED, PASSING THE
PRESIDENT’S INFRASTRUCTURE BILL.
>> Laura: A NEW SURVEY OUT BY
CNN SHOWS THE MAIN CONCERN FOR
VOTERS ISN’T INFRASTRUCTURE,
IT’S NOT EQUITY, IT’S NOT RACIAL
JUSTICE ISSUES EITHER.
>> WHAT DO AMERICANS THINK ARE
THE BIGGEST ISSUES THAT WE
SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON RIGHT NOW?
>> IS THE ECONOMY.
36% OF AMERICANS SAY THE ECONOMY
IS MOST IMPORTANT COMPARED TO
20% WHO SAY CORONAVIRUS, THAT IS
NOW THE SECOND ISSUE.
>> Laura: THE ECONOMY IS
LINKED WITH THE SUPPLY CHAIN
PROBLEM.
THE INFLATION AND ENERGY COSTS.
BY DRIVING OUR NATION FURTHER
INTO DEBT WITH SPENDING, WELL,
THINGS ARE ONLY GOING TO GET
WORSE.
OF COURSE SELLING YOU OUT IN THE
HOUSE WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN
POSSIBLE THOUGH IF 19 REPUBLICAN
SENATORS DIDN’T SELL YOU OUT IN
THE SENATE FIRST.
FROM MITCH McCONNELL TO
MITT ROMNEY, THE OLD
ESTABLISHMENT DECIDED TO GRAB A
PIECE OF THE PIE.
ONE REPORT NOTES THAT MITCH’S
STATE OF KENTUCKY CAN EXPECT TO
RECEIVE MORE THAN $5 BILLION
FROM THE FEDERAL PACKAGE.
AGAIN, AS LONG AS THEY GET THEIR
PIECE, THEY’LL JUST IGNORE THE
FACT THAT IT PROVIDES THE
MOMENTUM FOR THE BUILD BACK
BETTER BILL, WHICH WILL COST AN
ESTIMATED $4 TRILLION.
NO WONDER THE FAR LEFT IS
ECSTATIC IN ANTICIPATION.
>> IT IS A HUMAN INFRASTRUCTURE
BILL, IT’S TRANSFORMATIONAL.
THE CHILD TAX CREDIT.
WHEN WE THINK ABOUT $400 BILLION
FOR THAT CLIMATE CHANGE,
$555 BILLION THERE, $150 BILLION
IN HOUSING.
>> Laura: NOW, THE IDEA THAT
JOE MANCHIN AND KYRSTEN SINEMA
ARE GOING TO HOLD THE LINE FOR
SANITY BECAUSE THE G.O.P. AND
THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE GAVE
THEM A SLICE OF INFRASTRUCTURE?
HIGHLY UNLIKELY.
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE WE GET BIG
THINK PIECES IN THE MEDIA ABOUT
WHY POPULISM CONTINUES TO BE SO
POWERFUL IN MUCH OF THE COUNTRY
AND WHY G.O.P. VOTERS CONTINUE
TO PRESS FOR MAJOR CHANGE.
THE COMPLETE INABILITY OF G.O.P.
LEADERSHIP TO HOLD THE LINE, TO
DO WHAT THEY WERE ELECTED TO DO
AND BLOCK OVER A TRILLION
DOLLARS IN WASTEFUL SPENDING
THAT’S GOING TO LEAD TO MORE
INFLATION IS A CLASSIC EXAMPLE
OF WHY POPULISM WILL CONTINUE TO
GROW.
THE ESTABLISHMENT WON THIS ROUND
BUT THEIR TIME IS RUNNING OUT.
AMERICANS ARE NOT GOING TO
SACRIFICE THEIR LIVING STANDARD
TO KEEP THE DEMOCRATS AND THEIR
G.O.P. ALLIES IN POWER.
WE SAW LAST WEEK IN VIRGINIA,
NEW JERSEY, THAT CHANGE IS
COMING AND THE MORE HARM THE