IT IS 5:00 IN NEW YORK CITY, AND
THIS IS "THE FIVE."
THE G.O.P. IS HEADING BACK HARD
AS PRESIDENT BIDEN TRIES TO
BLAME THE ULTRA MAGA CROWD FOR
HIS ENDLESS ECONOMIC PROBLEMS,
SCRANTON JOE ROLLING UP HIS
SLEEVES TO SHOVEL HIS NONSENSE
TALKING POINTS ON INFLATION.
THE PRESIDENT OUT IN FARM
COUNTRY TODAY PUSHING THE SAME,
TIRED TALKING POINTS.
BLAMING POLLUTANT AND THOSE
GREEDY CORPORATIONS.
BITE AND TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY
AS WE LEARN THE SURGE IN PRICES
IS STUCK AT A 40 YEAR HIGH.
G.O.P. LAWMAKERS CALLING OUT THE
PRESIDENT FOR HIS INACTION.
>> JOE BIDEN WILL BLAME ANYONE
BUT HIMSELF FOR THIS.
HE’S BLAMED CHICKEN FARMERS,
EVERYONE ELSE UNDER THE SUN.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN IS FLAILING
AROUND, SWINGING BLINDLY, HOPING
SOMETHING WILL LAND.
>> THE TRUTH IS THAT THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION JUST KEEPS
KICKING ITS OWN -- AFTER 14
MONTHS, NOTHING IS BUILT.
NOTHINGNESS BACK, AND NOTHING IS
BETTER.
>> HE WAS SUPPOSED TO GIVE HIS
IDEAS ON INFLATION YESTERDAY.
WHAT WERE HIS IDEAS?
IT’S EVERYBODY ELSE’S FAULT BUT
HIS SPIRIT >> BIDEN GETS BLAMED
FOR RECORD INFLATION.
FINDING ONE GROUP WILLING TO
DEFEND.
GUESS WHO?
>> A DEMOCRAT IN OFFICE, THE
DEFICIT GOES DOWN, THE ECONOMY
FLASHES, AND THE REPUBLICAN
COMES IN AND DESTROYS IT ALL.
AND THEY WANT THE DEMOCRATS TO
COME IN --
>> THAT’S ENOUGH.
>> I WILL SAY, UNTIL THE
PANDEMIC, THE ECONOMY WAS
SOARING.
WE HAD RECORD --
>> WE HAD PRESIDENT OBAMA OBAMA
>> BIDEN WAS THE GUY THAT SAID,
WE NEEDED TO GIVE PEOPLE MORE
MONEY.
HE TAKES A STEP OVER HERE, HE
GETS HIT, IT TAKES A STEP OVER
HERE, HE GETS HIT.
AND IT IS NOT ON HIM.
>> WHERE IS JOE BIDEN ON THIS?
PARENTS GROWING INCREASINGLY
DESPERATE OVER A NATIONAL
SHORTAGE OF BABY FORMULA.
40% OF AMERICA’S SUPPLIES ARE
OUT OF STOCK.
>> OKAY, I WILL START WITH YOU.
DO YOU THINK PEOPLE ARE SITTING
AT THEIR KITCHEN TABLE TRYING TO
PAY THEIR BILLS ALREADY PAYING
5,000 MORE THAN THEY DID THAN
LAST YEAR TO MAINTAIN THESE SAME
STANDARD OF LIVING GOT MY GIVE A
DAMN ABOUT WHO IS TO BLAME AS
OPPOSED TO WHAT JOE BIDEN IS
GOING TO DO ABOUT IT.
>> HIM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT
THEY SAID ON "THE VIEW."
IT WAS OVER MY HEAD, I THINK.
>> REALLY ENLIGHTENING.
APPARENTLY IF YOU LISTED THE
VIEW -- JOE BIDEN WAS SUPPOSED
TO CARE MORE AND HE WAS SUPPOSED
TO BE MORE CONFIDENT.
IT IS CLEAR NOW HE HAS NEITHER.
RIGHT NOW HE WENT TO A FARM, AND
I KNOW HE’S NOT RUNNING FOR
REELECTION, BECAUSE DO YOU KNOW
WHERE THE FARM WAS?
IT WAS IN ILLINOIS.
IF YOU ARE RUNNING FOR
REELECTION, YOU GO TO A FARM IN
IOWA.
THIS GUY IS GONE, HE’S NOT EVEN
GOING ANYWHERE.
YOU’VE GOT TO GO OUT -- IF
YOU’RE GOING TO A FARM, YOU HAVE
TO SEE A FARM.
YOU HAVE TO SEE GREEN, YOU HAVE
TO SEE STOCKS, I COULDN’T SEE
ANY OF IT.
HERE IS THE OTHER THING.
HE GOES OUT THERE AND HE SAYS
THE FARMERS ARE GOING TO GET
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE
GOVERNMENT.
DO YOU THINK FARMERS NEED HELP
FROM THE GOVERNMENT?
THE FARMERS, THEY DON’T NEED
HELP.
THEY KNOW HOW TO PLANT CROPS.
WHAT IS THE GOVERNMENT GOING TO
TELL THE FARMERS TO DO?
AND BY THE WAY, IT’S A LITTLE
TOO LATE FOR THAT HELP.
IF THEY PLANT CROPS BASED ON
SEASONS.
THEY HAVE SYSTEMS.
WE KNEW IT TWO AND HALF MONTHS
AGO THAT THIS WAS THE BIGGEST
FERTILIZER EXPORTER, THE BIGGEST
ENERGY PRODUCER, RUSSIA, TWO AND
HALF MONTHS LATER, WHERE HAS
THIS GUY BEEN?
I DON’T KNOW WHERE HE HAS BEEN.
I KNOW THIS, ALL OF THE SUDDEN
HE SAYS BIG BUSINESS IS LIKE
GETTING IN THE MIDDLE AND
JACKING UP PRICES, BECAUSE THEY
ARE GREEDY.
THEY COULD HAVE BEEN DOING THIS
THE LAST 40 YEARS.
WHY DID THEY DECIDE NOW THEY ARE
GOING TO GET GREEDY?
IT DOESN’T EVEN MAKE ANY SENSE.
>> I THINK JOE BIDEN THOUGHT HE
WAS IN IOWA.
I WILL GO TO YOU, MARTHA.
JESSE IS RIGHT, JOE BIDEN CAME
IN AS THE SYMPATHETIC GUY.
THAT ACTUALLY GOT HIM INTO
OFFICE.
WHERE IS THE MERCY NOW THAT
AMERICANS NEED WHO CAN’T PAY
THEIR BILLS?
>> I LOOK AT WHAT THEY SAY, AND
THE TRUTH IS, THE BIGGEST THING
WE FIGHT FOR THE ECONOMY IN THE
LAST SEVERAL YEARS WAS AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION WHEN YOU HAD THE
CUTTING OF REGULATIONS AND THE
COVETED APPRECIATION, ALL OF THE
TAXES ON BUSINESSES THAT ARE THE
BIGGEST PART OF WHAT THEY PAY.
AS SOON AS THAT HAPPENS, YOU ARE
EMPLOYING MORE PEOPLE, CUTTING
THROUGH THE RED TAPE AND
REGULATION WAS PROBABLY THE MOST
EFFECTIVE STIMULUS TO THE
ECONOMY WE’VE SEEN IN A LONG
TIME.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD
GENERATE A REAL GROWTH IN THIS
COUNTRY.
WHEN YOU HAVE INFLATION AND
EVERYONE’S COSTS ARE GOING UP,
THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO IS CUT
TAXES.
GIVE THEM INCENTIVES IN ORDER TO
STIMULATE THEIR BUSINESSES.
AND THAT IS THE MOST DIRECT WAY
TO DO IT.
WE HEAR THESE EFFORTS COME OVER
GOING TO LOWER A SUBSCRIPTION
DRUG PRICES AND THAT WILL OFFSET
INFLATION, BUT THAT IS SUCH A
ROUNDABOUT WAY TO TRY TO GET OUT
OF IT.
THE MOST IMMEDIATE THING YOU CAN
DO IS TO CUT TAXES, CUT REGULATION, MAKE A EASIER FOR
REGULATION, MAKE A EASIER FOR
THEM TO MAKE BUSINESSES BIGGER.
>> YOU’VE GOT TO HAVE SOME
THOUGHTS ON THIS.
THE BLAME GAME DOESN’T WORK FOR
PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO SURVIVE
SURVIVE.
>> CALLING THE PRESIDENT
INCAPACITATED, PLAYING THE BLAME
GAME.
>> YOU THINK HE’S COHERENT?
>> I THINK THAT HE HAS IN PART
BEEN VERY UNLUCKY.
THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THE
PANDEMIC AND THE UKRAINE WAR
HAVE HAD AN IMPACT.
THERE’S ALSO NO DOUBT THAT THE
PRESIDENT HIMSELF WITH HIS
GENEROSITY POURING BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS INTO THE ECONOMY HAS
HELPED FUEL THE INFLATION RATE.
AND HELPED COME UP WITH THE
SUPPLY CHAIN, BUT NOW WHEN I
HEAR ABOUT HIM TALKING ABOUT
LOWERING TAXES TO HELP PEOPLE
OUT, THAT IS THE LAST THING I
THINK THE ECONOMY NEEDS IS MORE
MONEY.
I SUPPORT A LOT OF PEOPLE.
I’M BLESSED THAT I CAN.
I’VE NEVER HEARD THEM COMPLAIN
MORE OF BEING ON FIXED INCOMES.
THE RENT WENT FROM $5,000
WHATEVER, I DON’T KNOW.
BUT IT IS VERY DISTRESSING AND I
THINK THAT THE DIFFICULTY IS
BEING DISCIPLINED ENOUGH TO FIND
A WAY OUT.
YOU’VE GOT TO CUT OFF THE BEAST.
YOU’VE GOT TO STOP SHOVELING
PUBLIC MONEY INTO THE TROUGH.
>> BRIAN COME OF THE THAT IS THE
ANSWER.
SUGGESTING THAT JOE BIDEN,
A.K.A. A PRESIDENT COME STANZA
FROM SEINFELD, DO THE OPPOSITE
OF WHAT HE’S DONE.
>> WE ROLLED THAT CLIP THIS MORNING.
>> BY THE WAY, DO YOU SUPPORT
JESSE?
>> YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY -- WHEN
YOU TICK OVERCOMING OF NATURAL
DISASTERS COMING UP FOR HIS
COMING OF CHALLENGES, I GOT IT.
BUT WHEN HE TOOK OVER, YOU CAN’T
BLAME THE PANDEMIC.
AND THEN HE CHOSE TO -- THAN THE
UKRAINIAN SITUATION, HE TOLD US
THIS WAS HAPPENING AHEAD OF TIME
TIME.
HE HAS MADE DECISIONS THAT MADE
EVERYTHING A LOT WORSE.
THAT TO ME IS THE PROBLEM.
ULTRA MAGA.
HE’S GOING TO MADISON AVENUE
TRYING TO GET A BUZZWORD TO
BLAME SOMEBODY.
HE GOES INTO HIS 11-POINT PLAN
AND FINDS ONE LINE, NUMBER FIVE,
THAT SAYS I THINK EVERYBODY COME
OF THE 50% THAT DON’T PAY INCOME
TAX, AND HE WASTED ALL OF THAT
TIME WHEN GREEN.
I WAS -- I DON’T KNOW WHAT I WAS
THINKING.
THE ARCHENEMIES IN THE WRONG
STATE.
HE IS NOT ULTRA MAGA.
HE’S GOT A TYPICAL CONSERVATIVE
REPUBLICAN.
I RESENT THE FACT THAT HE WASTED
SO MUCH TIME AND ENERGY WITH HIS
STAFF TO TRY TO BLAME PEOPLE
INSTEAD OF FIXING IT.
YOU ARE 79 YEARS OLD, STOP
TRYING TO WIN BACK THE NEXT
ELECTION, JUST DO YOUR JOB.
>> APPARENTLY HE DOESN’T KNOW
HOW TO FIX IT, THAT COULD BE
HAD.