THAT’S MY RIFF.
NOW THE MOST FUN IN THE WORLD,
LIZ PEEK, COLUMNIST OF
"THE HILL," FOX NEWS
CONTRIBUTOR, AND STEVE MOORE
FROM THE COMMITTEE TO UNLEASH
PROSPERITY HOTLINE AND FREEDOM
WORKS HERE ON SET WITH ME.
THIS IS LIKE TOTALLY AWESOME.
I LOVE THIS.
THANKS, KIDS.
ALL RIGHT, NOW, LIZ, LET ME GO
TO YOUR PIECE.
DID WILDEN’S BUILD BACK BETTER,
BUILD BACK HIS SUPPORT BETTER?
YOU TALKED ABOUT IT IN YOUR MOST
RECENT COLUMN?
>> NO, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
IT WILL NOT DO THAT.
I STARTED OFF WRITING THIS,
BECAUSE ASTONISHING POLLING CAME
OUT THAT AMERICANS ARE
COMPLETELY INDIFFERENT AND NOT
MOVED BY THE 1400-DOLLAR CHECKS
THAT WERE CERTAINTY OUT IN THE
SUMMER BY THE TREASURY OR CHILD
TAX CREDIT CHECKS WHICH WENT OUT
AT THE SAME TIME.
80% OF AMERICANS DIDN’T HELP
THEM VERY MUCH OR AT ALL.
WHICH I THINK IS PRETTY AMAZING.
BY THE WAY BIDEN POLLING
DETERIORATED THE DURING THE TIME
PEOPLE WERE GETTING CHECKS FOR
BREATHING.
THAT IS BASICALLY WHAT WE’RE
TALKING ABOUT.
NO?
LARRY: BEING OF A CERTAIN AGE,
YOU QUOTE THE DEALS YOU QUOTE
THE BEATLES, MONEY CAN’T BUY YOU
LOVE.
>> THEY’RE TRYING TO DO WITH
BUILD BACK BETTER WITH PROGRAMS
THAT COST A FORTUNE.
AMERICANS ARE WORRIED THIS IS
CAUSING INFLATION IN FUTURE AND
PAST SENDING AND THEY’RE NOT.
LARRY: STEVE MOORE, OF A CERTAIN
AGE IS THIS BILL DEAD?
>> I DON’T KNOW WHETHER IT IS
DEAD BUT FLAT ON ITS BACK AND
WE’RE DOING THE COUNT TO SEE IF
IT PICKS ITSELF UP.
THOSE TWO THINGS YOU MENTIONED
INFLATION REPORT, CBO REPORT,
DON’T FORGET WHAT WE TALKED
ABOUT LAST WEEK WHERE
JOE BIDEN’S COMMENTS JUST RIPPED
THAT BILL, MUCH INCREDIBLY --
LARRY: JOE MANCHIN’S COMMENTS.
>> I’M SORRY, JOE MANCHIN.
HOW DO YOU DIAL THAT BACK WHEN
HE SAID THE BILL IS BAD FOR
AMERICA, BAD FOR WEST VIRGINIA,
IT WILL INCREASE THE DEFICIT, IT
WILL INCREASE INFLATION?
I THINK HE HAS A HARD TIME
VOTING FOR THIS BILL.
SO I AM GOING TO SAY THIS RIGHT
NOW THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND
THAT JOE BIDEN DOES NOT HAVE 50
VOTES IN THE SENATE. AND, FOLKS, REMEMBER IF
AND, FOLKS, REMEMBER IF
JOE BIDEN STICKS TO HIS GUNS,
SAYS HELL NO TO THE BILL.
THAT IS IMPORTANT.
LARRY: EVEN TODAY THE COMMENTS
BEFORE THE BIDEN PHONE CALL WERE
VERY AGGRESSIVE, VERY REALISTIC,
POINTING OUT TWO NUMBERS, CPI
AND CBO, NOT MAKING UP.
>> A LITTLE CAUTION HERE.
JOE BIDEN IS A POLITICIAN.
LARRY: OH.
>> THERE IS A GOOD MANCHIN AND
BAD MANCHIN.
HE SHIFTS BACK AND FORTH.
HE SEEMS FIRM ENPLANTEDPLANTED I
NO CAMP.
IN WEST VIRGINIA THIS BILL IS
UNBELIEVELY UNPOPULAR.
>> HE IS DOING HIS JOB.
HE IS REPRESENTING HIS
CONSTITUENTS.
I DON’T KNOW WHY THERE AREN’T
MORE MODERATE DEMOCRATS DOING
THE SAME THING.
BY THE WAY, WHAT IS HAPPENING
THIS WEEK?
THE FEDERAL RESERVE IS MEETING.
WE’LL HEAR A LOT ABOUT INFLATION
OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
I DON’T THINK THAT HELPS THIS
BILL EITHER.
LARRY: WE HAVE FORMER FED
POSITIVE, KEVIN WASH GOING TO BE
HERE IN A MINUTE.
TO YOUR POINT ABOUT MONEY CAN’T
BUY YOU LOVE.
EVEN ALL THE LIBERAL POLLS
COMING OUT, YOU HAD, NPR, MARIST
POLL, RIGHT?
NEARLY EIGHT IN 10 AMERICANS SAY
THEY WERE ONLY HELPED A LITTLE
OR NOT AT ALL BY THE 1400-DOLLAR
CASH PAYMENTS.
THE CHILD CREDIT WAS BARELY
DISCERNIBLE.
76% SAID THEY WEREN’T HELPED AT
ALL BY THE $300 A MONTH.
69% DISAPPROVE.
THIS IS A, THIS IS ABC IPSOS
POLL, 59% OF VOTERS DISAPPROVE
OF BIDEN’S INFLATION
PERFORMANCE.
57% DISAPPROVE OF HIS ECONOMIC
PERFORMANCE OVERALL.
51% DON’T WANT CLIMATE CHANGE.
55% SAY HE IS DOING A LOUSY JOB
ON RUSSIA.
63% DON’T APPROVE OF HIM ON
IMMIGRATION.
SCOTT RASMUSSEN, WHO IS A
CONSERVATIVE POLLSTER SHOWS THE
SAME NUMBERS ONLY SCOTT FOCUSED
MORE ON TAXES.
NOBODY WANTS THEIR TAXES TO GO
UP EITHER.
IT IS THE CHRISTMAS SEASON BUT
HE IS HAVING A ROUGH YEAR.
>> YOU KNOW, ALL OF HIS OWN
MAKING IN MY VIEW.
LARRY: YEAH.
>> I WOULD SAY THE COVID
OUTBREAK, DELTA AND NOW OMICRON
IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING HE
COULDN’T HAVE CONTROL OF BUT ALL
THE REST OF THIS STUFF IS
TOTALLY OF HIS OWN MAKING AND IT
IS ONLY GETTING WORSE.
HE IS DOUBLING DOWN ON SPENDING,
TELLING PEOPLE IT WILL NOT COST
ANYTHING.
UNFORTUNATELY HE KEEPS SAYING
THINGS THAT ARE SO NOT CREDIBLE,
NOW, ASTONISHINGLY IN THOSE
LIBERAL POLLS, HIS TRUST AND
DISHONESTY NUMBERS ARE WAY
UPSIDE DOWN, LIKE 10 POINTS
NEGATIVE WHETHER HE IS HONEST
AND TRUSTWORTHY, FOR JOE BIDEN
THAT IS REALLY A RED FLAG PAUSE
I DON’T KNOW HOW YOU TURN THAT
AROUND.
>> GUESS WHOSE POLL NUMBERS GO
UP?
LARRY: TELL ME.
>> VERY INTERESTING,
DONALD TRUMP’S NUMBERS ARE
RISING.
IT IS NOT BECAUSE OF HIS
WONDERFUL PERSONALITY WHICH YOU
AND I LIKE HIM A LOT BUT IT IS
BASICALLY HIS POLICIES, LARRY.
I CAN’T TELL YOU PEOPLE COME UP
TO ME NOW, I DON’T EVEN LIKE
DONALD TRUMP I DON’T LIKE THE
WAY HE ACTED BUT I LOVE WHAT HE
DID FOR THE COUNTRY.
SO I THINK IT IS REALLY
FASCINATING --
LARRY: COUPLE QUICKIES ON THIS
POLITICAL, TESTER FROM MONTANA,
HAS BEEN SOUNDING VERY ANTI-BBB.
>> HE SHOULD.
LARRY: LOTS.
I’VE SEEN ALL THE QUOTES FROM
JOHN TISTER.
I KIND OF LIKE -- JON TESTER.
THERE IS --
>> SIX IN THE SENATE.
LARRY: FROM NEVADA, FROM
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
WE STILL DON’T KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT THIS GUY, THIS GUY, KELLY,
MARK KELLY, WHO HAS NOT SAID AN
SINGLE WORD TO ANYBODY.
BEEN IN OFFICE OVER A YEAR.
>> HE HAS TO RUN AGAIN.
HE NEEDS TO SAY SOMETHING AT
SOME POINT.
HE HAS TO COMMIT HIMSELF THIS
WILL BE A VERY TOUGH VOTE FOR
DEMOCRATS.
AND SO, LOOK, I AGREE WITH YOU.
I THINK IT IS FLAT ON ITS BACK.
LET’S HOPE IT IS DOWN FOR GOOD.
LARRY: WHAT ABOUT THIS CBO
STUFF?
I MEAN I THINK, FIRST OF ALL YOU
AND I WILL HAVE TO GIVE CBO
PROBABLY MORE CREDIT THAN WE
EVER HAVE IN OUR PROFESSIONAL
LIFETIME, THAT IS POINT NUMBER
ONE.
POINT NUMBER TWO, THOUGH DID THE
LORD’S WORK, BUT POINT NUMBER
THREE, THE YELLEN MEMO TO THE
SENATORS SAID THEY WANTED IT TO
BE PERMANENT BUT THEY HAD TO ADD
TEMPORARY FOR CONSENSUS.
ISN’T THAT THE HANDWRITING ON
THE WALL?
SOMEBODY SHOULD REALLY FESS UP
OVER THERE.
>> HOW DARE THE CBO TELL THE
TRUTH.
THAT IS -- HOW DARE THEY TELL
THE TRUTH ABOUT THIS BILL.
LARRY: THIS IS THE FIRST TIME.
>> IT IS PRETTY OBVIOUS THESE
PROGRAMS ARE GOING TO BE
PERMANENT IF THEY EVER PASS.
LOOK WHAT HAPPENED TO THE COST
OF OBAMACARE.
TAKE THAT FOR EXAMPLE.
IT IS COSTING TWO OR THREE TIMES
MORE THAN IT WAS EXPECTED TO.
SO IF ANYTHING I ACTUALLY THINK
THE CBO CAN ARE STILL
LOW-BALLING SOME OF THESE
NUMBERS, SOMEBODY TELL ME, WHEN
IS THE LAST TIME AN ENTITLEMENT
PROGRAM WENT AWAY?
>> NEVER.
LARRY: RIGHT.
WHEN’S THE LAST TIME RAISING
MARGINAL TAX RATES, RAISING
LARGE BUSINESSES, SMALL
BUSINESSES INDIVIDUALS, CAPITAL
GAINS, YOU KNOW, WIDEN, SENATE
FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS STILL
ARGUING FOR HIS WEALTH TAX,
UNREALIZED CAPITAL GAINS.
ONLY NOT JUST BILLIONAIRES NOW,
COME DOWN TO MILLIONAIRES.
PROBABLY COME DOWN TO MORE.
NOBODY LIKES THIS STUFF BUT THE
CBO IS GIVING TOO MUCH REVENUE
CREDIT.
THE DEFICIT WILL ACTUALLY BE
BIGGER.
>> THEY ARE GIVING TOO MUCH
CREDIT FOR THE IRS RAMPING UP,
80,000 NEW AGENTS?
OVER ONE AGREES IS A BALONEY
NUMBER.
LARRY: SNOOP NUMBER.
>> THAT’S RIGHT, THE SNOOP TAX.
THINGS DON’T ADD UP.
THINGS IN THE BILL ARE WILDLY
UNPOPULAR LIKE AMNESTY.
THERE IS POLLING ON THAT.
I CANNOT IMAGINE, TIME IS ON OUR
SIDE, THE MORE PEOPLE FIND OUT
ABOUT THIS BILL, THE MORE THEY
DON’T LIKE IT.
AGAIN THIS INFLATION THING, THEY
KEEP SAYING IT IS PEAKING, IT IS
PEAKING.
HOW FOOLISH OF THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION FOR JOE BIDEN TO
COME OUT SAY, THAT’S IT, NOW IT
IS OVER.
NOW IT IS PEAKING.
HE DOESN’T KNOW THAT.
HONESTLY THAT WAS INCREDIBLY
BONEHEADED DECISION.
>> UNDER THE OTHER PRESIDENT YOU
WORKED FOR, RONALD REAGAN, THE
HIGHEST TAX RATE WHEN YOU CAME
IN WAS 70.
LARRY: 70.
>> WENT DOWN TO 28%.
OVER THAT PERIOD TAX REVENUES
WEREN’T UP BY 50%.
LARRY: YES INDEED.
THEY WENT UP BIG TIME AFTER
TRUMP’S CORPORATE TAX CUT.
>> GREAT BOOK ON THAT.
KENNEDY AND REAGAN REVOLUTION.
LARRY: RIGHT.
JOHN F. KENNEDY AND THE REAGAN
REVOLUTION.
THANK YOU.
DID YOU GET NEWT GINGRICH THING
TODAY?
HE WANTS GOVERNORSHIP IN
GEORGIA, ELIMINATE THE STATE
INCOME TAX?
EXPLORE THAT MORE.
TERRIFIC IDEA, AND IT WILL GET
THAT CAMPAIGN OUT OF THE MUD
WHERE IT IS NOW FOR THAT
GOVERNORSHIP THAT WOULD BE COOL.
HE MENTIONED, I THINK HE
MENTIONED YOU --
>> HE AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS
OUR VISION TO MAKE THE ENTIRE
SOUTH A NO INCOME TAX ZONE LIKE
TEXAS AND FLORIDA AND TENNESSEE.
HOW ARE NEW YORK AND CONNECTICUT
AND NEW JERSEY GOING TO COMPETE
WITH THAT REGION OF THE COUNTRY?
>> OUTLAWING RIGHT-TO-WORK
STATES THAT IS WHAT THEY WANT TO
DO.
LARRY: THAT IS WHAT THEY WANT TO
DO, THEY WILL NEVER GET IT BUT
THAT IS WHAT THEY WANT.
LAST ONE, LIZ, BECAUSE STEVE WAS
SO HARSH ON PRESIDENT TRUMP’S
PERSONALITY.
>> I LOVE THE GUY.
LARRY: YOU DID NOT HAVE TO BE
CHRISTIAN IN AMERICA TO ENJOY
THE CHRISTMAS SEASON ACCORDING
TO FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
ON NEWSMAX WHO DENOUNCED THE
WOKE TRYING TO CANCEL CHRISTMAS.
AMERICA LOVES CHRISTMAS.
TRUMP TELLS MIKE HUCKABEE, AND
WHETHER YOU’RE MUSLIM, WHETHER
YOU’RE CHRISTIAN, WHETHER YOU’RE
JEWISH EVERYONE LOVES CHRISTMAS.
THEY SAY MERRY CHRISTMAS UNTIL
THE CRAZY PEOPLE CAME ALONG AND
WANTED TO STOP IT AND EVERYTHING
ELSE.
AMEN.
THAT IS COOL.
HE HAS GOT A HEART.
>> HE HAS THE FILE OF THE PEOPLE
AND EVERYONE LOVES CHRISTMAS.
LET’S ADMIT IT.
UNLESS YOU’RE SOME ANGRY LITTLE
PERSON SITTING IN YOUR OFFICE
SOMEWHERE TWEETING IN NEGATIVE
MAD ABOUT EVERYTHING.
IT SHOULDN’T BE POLITICIZED.
I AGREE.
>> HE FEELS THE PULSE OF
AMERICA.
THAT IS SOMETHING I DON’T THINK
BIDEN AND THE LEFT DOES.
THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND WHAT
AMERICANS THINK.
LARRY: COMMITTEE TO UNLEASH
PROSPERITY HAS A BIG CHRISTMAS
DINNER TONIGHT.
IT WILL BE FABULOUS.
FABULOUS.
>> DONALD TRUMP, I LOVE YOU.
LARRY: WE DO.
AND DESPITE WOKE CANCEL CULTURE
AMERICA LOVES CHRISTMAS, I’M