budged up in on an bull unlivable hi nobody says that inflation
is not a problem except for the
president Biden congressman
Steve Scalise joins us now
House Republican whip
congressman your take on that
answer.
>> Brian great to be with you
that just shows you how
disconnected Joe Biden is from
reality and how out of touch.
He is what what his policies
are doing to hurt families, I
mean inflation over 8%
is not just barely even or not
some big deal or he’s go
celebrate and throw a party at
the White House like they did
last week while the markets
tanking you know they really
don’t think this is a problem
in its it’s the main problem.
Families site when they talk
about what’s wrong with the
country that you can’t afford
to buy good, you can’t go to
the grocery store using
bragging about gas prices below
there are over 40% higher.
So when he became president
because of the things he’s done
and they keep doubling down
they want to spend more money.
He just celebrated a
730 billion dollar tax hikes
and spending bill that also has
87,000 IRS agents who are going
to be going after low income
families, the numbers prove it
from the Congressional Budget
Office, you’re you’re in the
low income family going to be
paying over 20 billion in new
taxes under Joe Biden’s bill
but he promised you that you
won’t be paying more in taxes
except to find a bill that will
do just that too so they’re
totally disconnected.
>> Congress now when you bulk
up with the 87 billion are
going to find people to do it,
but you get good qualified
people to do what they gotta
get customer service because
nobody picks up the phone there
number 2 is
if in order of priority would
you put that money towards the
border.
>> You have 13,000 IRA is IRA
you have 13,000 total border
agents most of which are
processing people in off the
boards like 3,000 watching
3,000 miles of border.
So what are we thinking about
those priorities wise people
that bring that up.
>> Yeah and we we brought this
up during the debate and it
shows you again how touch they
are with reality where you got
kamala Harris. On national TV
saying the border secure in the
meantime you cut some of the
most liberal elite in the world
hang on Martha’s Vineyard
complaining that Ron DeSantis
ends one bus load worth of of
folks that are crossed the
border illegally over to
Martha’s Vineyard because it
might it might disrupt the
garden parties and in the
meantime you’ve got millions of
people come across illegally
and they sideline the Border
Patrol. We want to
mile Border Patrol agents to
actually do their job in
securing America’s borders.
Let’s continue building the
wall let’s get back to to
remain in Mexico policy that
President Trump negotiated to
actually allow us to have a
secure border that Joe Biden
inherited and then he turned it
into an out of control chaotic
situation where millions of
people come across our Border
Patrol agent can’t do their job
while he wants to double the
size of the IRS to
come after lower-income
families, I mean disturbing
things going on right now and
that utility bills.
>> They’re going up
significantly electricity is up
15% the biggest jump since 1981
natural gas prices have doubled
to about to go to the winter
according to reports.
>> Gas prices about 3.68 still
full dollar plus of where it
was grocery prices, 13.5%.
And we know that the Fed is
going to raise interest people
want their first home or with
or were about to buy a home or
backing at a dizzying rate.
But yet this is what the
president said yesterday cut
20.
>> Is the economy going to get
worse before it gets better.
No.
We hope we can have it they say
a soft landing that transition
to a place where
we don’t lose the gains that
Iran to make in the first place
for middle-class folks being
able to generate could paint
jobs and expansion. At the same
make sure that
we are able to continue to
grow.
>> No it’s not quite the
picture of confidence that you
want to see from the commander
in chief right and he called
this a soft landing that off.
You know, I mean families that
are paying more than double her
mortgage. You can’t even afford
to buy your first home today if
you are saving up because when
you’re spending all your
savings. The goal paid more
money for everything that cost
more because of Biden’s when
Jen but then interest rate to
more than double. What
they were when he took office,
so you can’t even afford to buy
House right now any calls that
a soft landing on it again
totally disconnected from
reality president Biden just
continues to double down on the
things that created all these
problems he won’t work with us
to fix them,
Mike November. While running on
an agenda to actually going
turn this around show in the
country. What a Republican led
House would do to solve these
problems as opposed to make
things worse.
>> 10 cities with the highest
inflation rates, Phoenix.
Which of course Arizona
everything to do with the who
controls the Senate. Atlanta, a
Georgia everything to do with
who controls the Senate.
Tampa is 3rd. Miami
is 4th. And
50’s Dallas, 6 is Riverside,
San Bernardino Ontario big
shocker. then Denver which
we know. Republicans have their
hopes that they can pick up a
Senate seat there Baltimore
minutes Binney apis
and then used in The Woodlands
where inflation. Those of the
10 highest ones. So one people
talk about crime. That’s
probably one be in terms of
what people care about. I was
read today, the New Orleans is
now the murder capital of the
country what’s going on there.
I heard you can hire cops,
nobody wants to fill these
positions.
>> Yeah out of control Brian
and you know you’ve got a
situation where they
they’ve got a really depleted
police force they they’re not
aggressively going to hire more
police. That’s and that’s inch.
The funding. The police if
you’re not hiring the right
levels and they’re letting
criminals out there not
charging. And putting criminals
away for all all lot of crimes
and so you know the war goes
out on the streets that you
know the carjacking for
example, you know the mare
called a lot of heat rightfully
so because she
won’t testify for a carjacker
not for the Cup, the victim of
a carjacking.
>> And that you have an
embarrassment of a mayor, how
does she still have her job.
I mean that woman fighter of
the country was class while New
Orleans is rotting.
>> There’s a recall going on
right now but it just shows you
we’ve seen this a big city
after big city
where the defund the police to
go to no cash bail we’re not
going to charge people. Crimes
unless you basically have to
murder, somebody. Well that’s
why you have people that are
committing more and more
violent crimes and ultimately
get to murdering people because
they would have been in jail
for the lower level crimes that
they were charged and this is
happening in every big city in
America. Them these are all
Democratic policies and it’s
becoming a national issue it’s
going to definitely something
we talk about in terms of
something we would do we have
the House in November.
>> So no doubt about in the
Senate side you guys are all
disjointed Rick Scott to Mitch
McConnell or a different pages
Lindsey Graham, a different
page from Mitch McConnell as
well as Rick Scott not at war,
but this seems to be a subtle
robbery there. It’s certainly
no coordination on the House
side you guys have not had that
problem. I know I heard that
leader McCarthy and you’re
going to lay lay out your
agenda and to be the Queen
passed away new be smothered
obviously look at coverage
today that’s all we’re doing on
TV so what could you tell us
that is to the Republican
agenda should you get the
House.
>> Brian this Friday we’re
going to be rolling out our
commitment to America. So
similar with the contract on
America, we’ve worked with Newt
Gingrich a lot of other people.
But we worked with all of our
members from all across the
country. These are members who
have backgrounds in every kind
of jurisdictional or you can
imagine from economic issues
have a lower
inflation have lower gas prices
and energy prices how to secure
the border. How to do with
crime and cities, how giving
parents more involved in their
kids education,
where the Democrats are siding
with labor unions to shut down
a school.
>> So all of those are things
we’ll be talking about we’re
rolling out intense part.
We want to get out of the
bubble of Washington D C and so
this Friday we’re going to be
rolling out. What we call the
commitment to America I think
some people are going to be
excited about because we’re all
in unison talking about the
things we were doing a
Republican House Pelosi won’t
bring any of these bills to the
floor today. We will absolutely
bring in
past bills. The Republican
House if the voters in this
country give us
that opportunity by flipping at
least one more seat and I think
there’s going to be a lot more
than that flipped from Democrat
to Republican so we can start
addressing the problems that
Joe Biden Nancy Pelosi have
created to address inflation to
address an out of control
border. Carl mccall senior
energy prices through the roof.
>> couple of things what about
to take of overhearing senator
Schumer talking last week that
said there’s only a 40% chance
of going hold on to the House
and they think they got a
reasonable chance to hold on to
the Senate. And
he was talking honestly about
you know, I guess Nancy Pelosi
would be retired if that was
indeed to happen.
>> What we’re focused on
foreign Nancy Pelosi and I
think you’re seeing that across
the country I I don’t
know many swing district pride
in America and there’s probably
40 to 50.
>> District held by Democrats
that are truly those coin toss
fifty-fifty districts
show me one where that
incumbent Democrat who votes
with Pelosi, a 100% of the
time, we’ll even invite Nancy
Pelosi to their districts
because she saw unpopular and
her policies are so unpopular.
Yet that Democrats voting with
Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden a
100% of the time.
That’s going to be one of the
problems that they’re facing is
one of the reasons we’re going
to win a lot of sheets. We’ve
got phenomenal candidates all
across the country. You know
people with a lot of different
backgrounds, including a lot of
folks with military backgrounds
when other walks of life who
are going to come
and help be a part of solving
these problems that the
Democrats are created in
Washington bill mcgurn a former
speechwriter now comments to
the Wall Street Journal was
asked over the weekend where
this.
>> All is heading after the
Dobbs
ruling which the it’s the
Republicans seem to have
staking out a position and the
take advantage of that may seem
to in the polls
cut 44.
>> Now the American people have
to
decide themselves where to draw
the lines and what line to
draw. And I think it’s going to
take years for this to work out
and and the beauty of it is the
people in Louisiana don’t have
to live by the New York values
and the people in New York
don’t have to live by their
values is going to reflect what
the ordinary citizen thinks,
and it’s going to force people
that haven’t had to make its
decision or defend their stance
do so.
>> So first off what do you
think about his analysis and
what is your stance.
>> I’m like I’m probably pro
life can and I think it cost
the country. This thing has
been so distorted you know they
talk about
the world decision and the
Dobbs decision is if abortion
was banned all across America,
it’s not New York today in
New York. They can still kill
babies born alive outside the
womb and called on abortion.
Well Brian that’s murder to me
it’s murder but that we know
right now that should be
illegal but ultimately this is
going to be something that is
going to continue to be heavily
debated and we’re up on the
defense life but think about
where the Democrats are right
now and how far the change to
give their position and BC
there’s an abortion
should be mandated legal all
across the country up until
birth paid for by taxpayers.
That’s the extreme position and
that’s what they’ve been
running on and so we’re going
to continue to defend life and
point out the fact
that in New York today even
after the row in Dobbs
decision. A baby in New York
and still be killed. After it’s
born alive outside the woman
called abortion. That’s extreme
and crazy. It should be
illegal. But ultimately you
know the bases more firing up
right now over this power base
is part of 2. I think you’re
going to see a very active
turnout in this election cycle.
But still economic driving
issues or the thing that you’re
center with most voters still.
>> Most angry about what’s
happening in the economy.
How much they’re paying for
things and that’s all on Joe
Biden Nancy Pelosi
which is why I think we’re
going to win a lot of seats
this commitment to American the
name of the programs can be
rolled out in Pittsburgh, it’s
going to be on Friday.
>> You got to make it official
value for part, put for port
plan.
>> So I got to ask you about
something else. Joe Manchin
evidently had a separate paper
with this mini build back
better that was jammed and all
of our throats
at which time he was going to
talk easing the permitting
process I would really drilling
in doing the pipeline that
would affect West Virginia
among other things. Well it
turns out. This about 70
Democrats in the House and at
least Bernie Sanders in the
Senate and no Republican
commitments to pass this in the
Senate. So here’s
Joe mansion. Whether
Republicans should help him or
not cut 48.
>> We have to have 60 in the
Senate. We only have 50
Democrats. Now Bernie is not
going to vote for any way shape
or form. So
if we have 45 or 49 Democrats
don’t you think there will be
at least 15 or more
of Republicans it’s the only
thing that we have ever done
that has a chance to really
fight inflation. I hope
Democrats and Republicans will
come to their senses Brett
killing you.
>> Where do you stand on
congressman Scalise.
>> There are serious about
permitting rehome wanted me put
it in the bill that raised
taxes, you know it’s it’s kind
of an old you know what the
gladly pay you Tuesday for a
hamburger today, you know, he
voted for the tax increases
with a promise that they might
give them some permitting
reform and by the way
that’s milquetoast what we need
is real permitting reform not
just for West Virginia, but for
the whole country and that’s
not even on the table and
you’re seeing Democrats in the
House. Already walking away
from the scene that wasn’t
their deal that was the Senate
deal so Pelosi doesn’t even.
>> Consider this a deal that
was made to Joe Manchin so I
don’t know if Joe got duped by
Schumer Pelosi
body floated for the bill and
it was his vote that passed
730 Billion.
>> And tax increases than
87,000 IRS agents. That’s
already in the bank. There’s no
permitting reform that was on
the table that we saw and it
seems like Democrats are
walking away with a woman from
Joe after they took his vote
for the bill that they really
wanted.
>> Wow so would you vote for
it.
>> I want to see real permanent
I haven’t seen a bill that
country always talk about these
well they always talk about
these well there when this deal
Joe Manchin okay show it to us
was it just a conversation
between Joe Manchin and Chuck
Schumer is an actual bill,
whereas the bill they never
show the actual bill till the
night the day of the vote.
You know you’ve got to pass it
to find out what’s in it I want
to see it right on why don’t we
do it for the whole country
that’s good for West, Virginia.
Great let’s do it for the whole
country and actually start
addressing inflation started
dressing high energy costs it
because they shot down energy
production all across America,
it blows me away that he would
not consult consider the fact
that not many every was not
going to follow him.
>> Without with when he only
has West Virginia
in mind. Congressman Steve and
I want to help we want to help
West Virginia, but not
everybody else, but I while the
Republicans will help me.
>> How about you help America,
not just yourself.
>> Congressman Steve Scully so
it’s great thanks so much Sir.