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SPEAKER WALKING TO HIS INSTANCE
IN HIS FORMER BOSS WAS ANOTHER
SCIENTIST DEEP UNPOPULARITY OF
THE MIDTERM.
THIS IS "OUTNUMBERED"."
I’M EMILY COMPAGNO HERE WITH MY
COHOSTS, HARRIS FAULKNER AND
KAYLEIGH McENANY.
ALSO JOINING US TODAY, KENNEDY
AND BRET BAIER.
YESTERDAY PRESIDENT BIDEN HOSTED
A HEALTH CARE EVENT FEATURING
FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA.
UNFORTUNATELY HE WAS A LOT LIKE
THAT TOTALLY UNPOPULAR KID IN
HIGH SCHOOL WHO SPENT THE BULK
OF IT ALONE AS HE TRIES TO GET
SOMEONE OR EVEN ANY WANT TO TALK HIM.
WATCH.
MUSICAL --
>> THE MUSIC WAS THE ICING ON
THE CAKE.
THE COOL GUY IN THE ROOM WAS
PRESIDENT OBAMA.
IS EVERYONE CROWDED AROUND HIM,
PRESIDENT BIDEN TRY TO GET IN ON
THE CONVERSATION.
EVERYONE INVOLVED, INCLUDING ITS
OWN VICE PRESIDENT,
KAMALA HARRIS, JUST SEEM TO
IGNORE HIM TO THE FORMER
PRESIDENT LOOKING LIKE HE’S
BLOWING HIM OFF.
HE MIGHT SAY THE WHOLE AWKWARD
TONE WAS SET AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE EVENT WITH THIS JOKE WATCH. >> PRESIDENT BIDEN, --
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN, --
THAT WAS A JOKE.
[LAUGHTER]
THAT WAS ALL SET UP.
>> OH, BRET BAIER, IT’S A NEW
DEFINITION OF CRINGEWORTHY.
>> IT’S NOT SOMETHING YOU WOULD
THINK THAT THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS
STAFF FACING LOW APPROVAL
RATINGS ACROSS THE BOARD WOULD
WANT TO SET UP.
IT SORT OF LIKE THE COOL GUY
COMING BACK AND RUBBING IT IN
THE FACE OF THE OTHER GUY.
IT MAY NOT HAVE -- THEY MAY HAVE
JUST BEEN LIGHT AND JOKING ABOUT
THINGS BUT THE VIDEO RIGHT THERE
IS NOT A GOOD LOOK FOR
PRESIDENT BIDEN IN A TIME WHEN
HE’S TRYING TO RALLY THE BASE
SEVEN MONTHS OUT OF THE MIDTERM,
AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THE STORY IS
IS.
HE SAID WE HAVE A STORY TO TELL
COME UNFORTUNATELY THE STORY IS
VERY COMPLICATED AND DOES NOT
FIT ON A BUMPER STICKER AND IS
NOT GETTING A LOT OF APPROVAL.
>> THAT’S RIGHT.
YET KENNEDY PRESIDENT OBAMA
TRIED TO REDUCE IT TO A BUMPER
STICKER WHEN ASKED WHAT WITH THE
MESSAGE BE FERVENT DEMOCRATS
THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE
UPCOMING MIDTERMS.
>> IT IS SAID OF DEMOCRATS
WORRIED ABOUT MIDTERMS?
>> HE HAS HE SAYS WE HAVE A
STORY TO TELL WE JUST HAVE TO
TELL IT.
IT’S AT ONE OF HIS HISTORIC
INFLATION IN STOCK SKYROCKETING
GAS PRICES?
BORDER SECURITY.
THAT’S WHAT ALL AMERICANS CARE
ABOUT, KENNEDY.
>> YOU BRING UP A GOOD POINT
ABOUT BORDER SECURITY.
IT’S APRIL.
WHEN WE GET INTO MAIZE WHEN WE
REALLY START TO SEE THE SURGE OF
PEOPLE.
WE HAVEN’T SEEN THOSE NUMBERS UP
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE ARE STILL
BATTLING HIGH GAS PRICES.
HARRIS DID A BRILLIANT JOB OF
BREAKING THE SUBJECT DOWN.
WE’VE GOT A 40 YEAR HIGH RECORD
INFLATION.
WE ARE ON THE BRINK OF THE THIRD
WARD WORLD WAR APPEARED ALL OF
THESE THINGS, NOT VOTING WELL
FOR THE PRESIDENT AND THE POLL.
I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY
WERE THINKING BRINGING SOMEONE
BACK WHO IS AN ICONIC AND
POPULAR FIGURE IN THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY WHO JUST MAKES
EVERYTHING BUDDY IN THE ROOM
CRY, LONGING FOR THE DAYS WHEN
THEY FELT LIKE THE PRESIDENT WAS
COOL.
THEY ARE ALL SUFFERING FROM
BUYER’S REMORSE.
EVEN THE VICE PRESIDENT, WHO IS
DEFINITELY TRYING TO DISTANCE
HERSELF, SHE’S DOING HER BEST TO
STAND AS CLOSE TO THE FORMER
PRESIDENT AS SHE CAN.
SO SHE COMES OFF COOL BY LOOSE
ASSOCIATION.
SHE JUST LOOKED LIKE ONE MORE
FAN IN THE CROWD.
BIDEN TRY SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN
DISCARDED, FORGOTTEN FRANKLY BY
THE MEDIA.
AFTER HE WAS ELECTED AND THEY
DIDN’T WANT HIM RUNNING IN THE
FIRST PLACE, RESIGNED HIMSELF TO
THE FACT THAT HE WAS THE BEST
THAT WAS AROUND, THEY WERE
SYCOPHANTIC IN THEIR COVERAGE OF
HIM.
NOW THE TABLES ARE TURNED AND IS
IT ANY WONDER WHY?
>> JAN, I MAY LOOK WATCHING
JOE BIDEN, AND THE PRESIDENT
WALKING THROUGH THE EAST ROOM
IT’S ALMOST AS IF YOU SHOULD
REPLACE GOD BLESS AMERICA WHAT
THE SONG ALL BY MYSELF, I
BELIEVE MANY PEOPLE DATE ON
SOCIAL MEDIA.
IT WAS SAD TO WATCH.
IF THIS MAN WASN’T DESTROYING
OUR COUNTRY.
IT COMES DOWN TO THIS, MLA,
PRESIDENTS HAVE DIFFERENT
POLICIES.
OBAMA IS VERY DIFFERENT THEN
TRUMPET EVERY PRESIDENT HAS THE
IT FACTOR, AND X FACTOR.
GO BACK TO BILL CLINTON.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE MET HIM SAY WHEN
YOU ARE IN THE ROOM WITH THEM
ONE ON AS IF NOBODY ELSE IS
THERE.
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH, DOWN
TO EARTH.
PRESIDENT OBAMA, HE DOES HAVE
SOME ROCK STAR A FACTOR I.
MY FORMER BOSS, PRESIDENT TRUMP,
I WATCHED HIM INDIRECT WITH
CONSTITUENTS, HE IS MAGNETIC,
HE’S CHARMING, HE IS ENGAGING.
PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS THIS PERSON
WHO IN HIS NATIONAL COMING OUT,
THIS WAS HIS NATIONAL COMING
OUT.
HE WAS SEQUESTERED IN A
BASEMENT.
PEOPLE GOT TO MAKE HIM WHATEVER
THEY MADE HIM.
HE WAS THE ACCEPTABLE
ALTERNATIVE.
YOU JUST HAVE TO WONDER WHAT IS
LIKE AT THE WORLD STAGE IN THESE
HIGH STAGE MEETINGS.
IT’S REALLY SAD.
I DON’T THINK THIS IS A
LEADERSHIP WE DESERVE.
HE LACKS THE QUALITIES THAT
EVERY PRESIDENT BEFORE HIM IN
THE LAST FOUR DECADES HAD.
>> I WONDER WHAT SUCH A STARK
CONTRAST FROM THIS EVENT -- IF
NOW THIS WILL BE THE POINT OF NO
RETURN.
I THINK WE FRANKLY HAD REACHED
IT SOONER BUT I WONDER IF NOW
THE MEDIA HAD TO CASH IF THEY
GOING BACK TO 2019 WHEN THEY
SAID DON’T RUN, PLEASE DON’T
RUN.
THEN HE ALL OF A SUDDEN -- THE
ADULT IS BACK IN THE ROOM.
THERE WAS THIS ESCALATING COURSE
AND NOW SUCH A FRANK
DISAPPOINTMENT.
WHEN THE FORMER LEADER WALKS IN
THE ROOM AND IT’S LIKE OH, MY
GOSH, THE BREATH OF FRESH AIR WE
HAVE BEEN MISSING A PAIR OF THE
CHARISMA, THE LEADERSHIP, THE
ANYTHING NEW.
PERHAPS NOW WE WILL SEE AN EVEN
MORE FAST AND MORE RIGID
PLUMMET.
>> I DON’T WANT TO GIVE THE
FORMER PRESIDENT THAT MUCH
CREDIT.
I CERTAINLY DON’T WANT TO GIVE
THE MEDIA THAT MUCH CREDIT THE
TOGGLE TO SOMETHING THAT IS REAL
FOR THEM, RIGHT?
HE’S NOT GOING TO BE A PART OF
THE WHITE HOUSE, BARACK OBAMA.
HE BARELY HELPED BIDEN WHEN HE
WAS RUNNING.
HE GOT IN LATE IN THE SUMMER.
I MEAN THESE TWO MAY WEAR
FRIENDSHIP BRACELETS ON
INSTAGRAM BUT I DON’T THINK THEY
WERE MUCH MORE BEFORE THE
PICTURE WAS TAKEN.
SO NOY DON’T THINK IT’S GOING TO
HAPPEN LIKE THAT.
I THINK BIDEN WILL CONTINUE TO
FEED THE GAFFE MACHINE AND THE
PRESS IS ALWAYS THERE FOR THAT.
THEY MAY WANT TO BE SYCOPHANTS
BUT THEY LIKE A GOOD LAUGH, THEY
LIKE A GOOD PARTY.
THEY ARE ALSO APPARENTLY DRAWN
TO WHATEVER IT IS THAT IS GOT
THEM ALL JUMPING OFF THE SHIP.
I DON’T WANT TO OVERPLAY THAT
TOO MUCH BECAUSE I REALIZE EVERY
ADMINISTRATION LOSES PEOPLE ON
THEIR STAFFING.
WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH
KAMALA HARRIS IN PARTICULAR IS
SOMETHING THAT THEY WILL
CONTINUE TO AT LEAST LEAN AND
ON.
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE
LIKE SIMONE SANDERS LATELY, YOUR
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR.
THEN YOU POTENTIALLY MAY SEE
SOME OF THAT COMING UP WITH THE
PRESIDENT.
THERE’S GOING TO BE SOME SHIFT
WHEN JEN PSAKI LEAVES.
MY BIG THING WAS SOMETHING THAT
YOU HINTED AT, KAYLEIGH, AND
IT’S YOUR EXPERTISE.
WHAT IS GOING ON WITH HIS
COMMERCE DEPARTMENT?
YOU AND I WERE AT THE NATIONAL
PRESS CONFERENCE A COUPLE MONTHS
AGO WITH THE FORMER DEPUTY -- OR
WITH CURRENT DEPUTY PRESS
SECRETARY.
THEY HAVE A PRESS TEAM, THEY ARE
THERE.
WE KNOW THEY ARE WORKING AND
DOING THEIR JOB, BUT MY
GOODNESS, WHO LETS THE PRESIDENT
WANDER AROUND THE ROOM MIKE
WALDO?
>> THIS WAS REALLY BAD.
I DON’T THINK I SAID IT WELL
ENOUGH AT THE BEGINNING.
IT WAS HEINOUS.
THE IMAGE OF THAT IS JUST
GETTING PICKED UP.
IN THIS ENVIRONMENT YOU CANNOT
HAVE THAT HAPPEN.
IT CANNOT HAPPEN.
I THINK I’M A HARRIS, YOU ARE
RIGHT TO POINT OUT THE MAGIC OF
FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA IS IN
DEMOCRATIC CIRCLES.
HE CAMPAIGNED A LOT TO TRY AND
GET HIM ACROSS THE FINISH LINE
IN VIRGINIA -- HE CAMPAIGNED
EXTENSIVELY WITH STACEY ABRAMS,
SO I DON’T KNOW HOW MUCH THIS IS
GOING TO HELP JOE BIDEN.
IN FACT YESTERDAY DID NOT HELP.
>> THAT WAS THE POINT I WAS
MAKING.
WITHIN THE DEMOCRATS ARE COLOR
SEEMS TO BE IN ADULATION AND
ADORATION FOR THE PRIOR LEADER.
IT SEEM LIKE THEY’VE REALLY
MUSTERED UP THAT SAME FALSE
ADORATION, OR FLEETING ADORATION
FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN.
I THINK HE IS SORELY
DISAPPOINTED MOST AMERICANS BUT
FRANKLY IS OWN PARTY.
THEY ARE QUITE HAPPY TO EAT