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STEEL AND ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER
RECORD.
HIGH GAS PRICES.
IT SEEMS EVERY DAY WE HAD A NEW
RECORD IN THE BIDEN ERA.
AAA SAYS THE NATIONWIDE GAS
AVERAGE IS NOT ABOUT $4.48 PER
GALLON, NEARLY $1.50 MORE THAN A
YEAR AGO.
WHILE PRICES ARE RISING,
PRESIDENT BIDEN’S POLL NUMBERS
ARE FALLING.
A NEW NBC NEWS POLL PUTS HIS JOB
APPROVAL RATING AT A PALTRY 39%.
WHILE 56% OF AMERICANS NOW
DISAPPROVE, THAT IS A NEAR 180
FROM ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
INSTEAD OF ATTACKING THE
PROBLEMS FACING OUR COUNTRY, THE
PRESIDENT CHOOSES TO GO AFTER
WHAT IS CALLED THE ULTRA MAGA
REPUBLICANS.
>> UNDER MY PREDECESSOR, THE
GREAT MAGA KING --
>> AND WHAT DID THE MAGA CROWD WANT TO DO?
WANT TO DO?
>> I NEVER EXPECTED THE ULTRA
MAGA REPUBLICANS TO HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO CONTROL THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY.
>> THIS MAGA CROWD IS REALLY THE
MOST EXTREME POLITICAL
ORGANIZATION THAT EXISTED IN
AMERICAN HISTORY.
>> Kayleigh: SO, A LOT OF
PEOPLE ARE WONDERING THE ORIGIN
OF THIS ULTRA MAGA REPUBLICANS
PHRASE.
JEN PSAKI TOLD US ONE THING AND
PRESIDENT BIDEN AGAIN TOLD US
ANOTHER.
LET’S WATCH.
WATCH.
STICK A QUESTION ON MESSAGING. WHO CAME UP WITH THIS PHRASE
"ULTRA MAGA?"
WHY THE NEED TO KICK IT UP A
NOTCH?
MAGA WASN’T ENOUGH?
WHY NOW USE THIS PHRASE?
>> I WILL TELL YOU, IT’S THE
PRESIDENT’S PHRASE, AND THE
PRESIDENT MADE THOSE COMMENTS
HIMSELF JUST LAST WEEK, AS YOU
KNOW.
I THINK WHAT HAS STRUCK HIM IS
HOW EXTREME SOME OF THE POLICIES
AND PROPOSALS ARE THAT A CERTAIN
WING OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY,
THAT IS TAKING UP TOO MUCH OF
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, ARE FOR.
TO HIM, ADDING A LITTLE "ULTRA"
TO IT GAVE IT A LITTLE EXTRA POP
POP.
>> Kayleigh: WELL, IT WAS A
"WASHINGTON POST" THAT TOLD US
THE REAL STORY.
THEY SAID IT WAS THE WORK OF
ANITA DUNN AND OTHER ADVISORS.
IT TOOK A FOCUS GROUP TO COME UP
WITH "ULTRA MAGA REPUBLICAN."
IT WASN’T BIDEN WHO INVENTED IT.
>> Kennedy: AND YOU COULD TELL
HE WAS READING A PROMPTER WHEN
HE WAS LIKE, "IT’S THOSE ULTRA
MAGA REPUBLICANS!"
[LAUGHTER]
IT WASN’T JUST SOMETHING THAT
GIVEN AN EXTRA CORN POP, AS IT
WERE.
HE DID NOT ADMIT THAT THEY ARE
TRYING TO DO WHATEVER THEY CAN
TO ENERGIZE THEIR BASE, WHICH IS
GROWING INCREDIBLY DEPRESSED BY
THE DAY.
THEY ARE GIVING UP ON THE
PRESIDENT.
REPUBLICANS ARE GIVING UP ON THE
PRESIDENT.
MOST IMPORTANTLY -- AND THESE
POLLS, WHETHER IT’S IPSOS ARM ON
THIS OR THIS NBC POLL, AND
JEN PSAKI IS GOING TO NBC.
EVEN THAT IS FAMILIAR TERRITORY
TO DEMOCRATS.
THEY ARE POLLING THAT HE DOESN’T
HAVE HIGH MARKS PAID WHEN THE HOUSE AND SENATE ARE THIS CLOSE
, YOU ARE IN REAL TROUBLE.
SO YOU CAN COME UP WITH ALL THE
SHELLACKED PHRASES YOU WANT.
WHEN IT’S ENERGIZING THE OTHER
SIDE EVEN MORE THAN THE PEOPLE
YOU’RE TRYING TO DEMONIZE,
YOU’VE GOT SOME MESSAGING
PROBLEMS IN ADDITION TO YOUR
INFLATION, IMMIGRATION, ECONOMIC
PROBLEMS THAT ARE GROWING BY THE
DAY.
>> Kayleigh: THEY ARE.
EMILY, AXIOS REPORTING THEY ARE
KICKING INTO HIGH GEAR IN THE
WHITE HOUSE.
PRESIDENT BIDEN TELLING
WHITE HOUSE AIDES TO SHIFT INTO
CAMPAIGN MODE.
PEOPLE FAMILIAR WITH THE
CONVERSATIONS TELL AXIOS THAT
EVEN A SMALL MISTAKE, THE
PRESIDENT SAYS, CAN BE COSTLY.
VERY TRUE.
THE BOTTOM LINE, THEY SAY, BIDEN
COUNTED ON TO TELL AXIOS HE IS
AT HIS BEST DELIVERING POLITICAL
ZINGERS WHEN HE ACTUALLY
BELIEVES THEM.
I DON’T THINK HE’S AT HIS BEST,
BECAUSE THE MAGA PHRASE, THAT
"LORD OF THE RINGS" IMAGE WE
TALKED ABOUT.
PEOPLE ARE EMBRACING THE TERM.
>> Emily: EXACTLY.
I THINK IT’S HAVING THE POLAR
OPPOSITE EFFECT THAN THEY WOULD
LIKE.
WHAT IS SO DISHEARTENING AS AN
AMERICAN, REGARDLESS OF WHICH
PARTY YOU ARE PART OF, IS SEEING
THIS ADMINISTRATION LITERALLY
FREAK OUT OVER WHAT STRATEGY WE
ARE SUPPOSED TO EMPLOY SO THAT
WE CAN STAY IN POWER.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ACTUALLY
EXHIBIT SOME MODICUM OF
LEADERSHIP.
HOW ABOUT YOU ACTUALLY STAND UP
AND DECREASE REGULATION, HELP
YOUNG MOTHERS, ACTUALLY ADDRESS
THE PROBLEMS THAT AMERICANS CARE
ABOUT?
WHICH ARE EVERYTHING THAT
KENNEDY LISTED.
INFLATION, THE ECONOMY, THE
SOUTHERN BORDER WE JUST HAD
BREAKING NEWS ON.
THERE ARE REAL CRISES AFFECTING
EVERY SINGLE HOUSEHOLD IN
AMERICA.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE JUST A BIT
OF SOME ACTUAL SOLUTIONS COMING
FORTH FROM THIS WHITE HOUSE, AND
THE SIX MONTHS THEY SPENT
FIGURING OUT THAT TERM WOULD
HAVE PROBABLY BEEN BETTER SPENT
ACTUALLY COMING FORTH WITH
ACTIONABLE SOLUTIONS FOR THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE TO STOP THE
SUFFERING.
>> Kayleigh: PETE, THE TALK A
LOT ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP WHEN
IT COMES TO THESE PRIMARIES IN
VARIOUS STATES AND WHO TO
ENDORSE AND NOT TO ENDORSE.
LET’S FOCUS ON PRESIDENT BIDEN
AND HE SUCCEEDED PRESS RIGHTLY
POINTING OUT THAT THESE ARE AS
MUCH A REFERENDUM ON
PRESIDENT BIDEN, AND THEY POINT
TO WEEK IN PENNSYLVANIA.
CONOR LAMB, THE MODERATE
CANDIDATE, SEEMS TO BE LOSING TO
THE RADICAL.
HE’S NOT HAVING A GOOD SHOWING
IN THE PRIMARY, CERTAINLY NOT IN
THE GENERALS.
>> Pete: NO, AND DONALD TRUMP
IS "THE GREAT MAGA KING."
IF HE HAD CHOSEN AND ACHING
HIMSELF HE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE
CHOSEN THAT ONE.
[LAUGHTER]
YOU ARE TRYING TO DISPARAGE
SOMEONE BUT YOU ACTUALLY
COMPONENT THEM, THAT’S WHAT THEY
DID.
TRUMP’S SUPPORT FOR CANDIDATES
WHO HAVE HAD NO SHOT, VANCE
WOULD HAVE LOST, THEN IT TO TO MEHMET OZ MAY WIN OR NOT.
I AM BAFFLED.
THEY SAT IN THE ROOM PROBABLY LIKE BASSON
THIS AND SAID, "HOW ABOUT WE GO
WITH ULTRA MAGA?"
>> Kennedy: IT SOUNDS LIKE A
LIGHT BEER.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Pete: THAT’S HOW BAD THEY
ARE.
THEY ARE BAD AND THEY ARE
OBSESSED TRUMP.
>> Kayleigh: EVEN
"THE WASHINGTON POST" POINTED
OUT, CLINTON TRIED "DEPLORABLE,"
WHICH MIGHT BE BETTER THAN ULTRA
MAGA, BUT THEY TURNED IT AROUND
HER AND MADE T-SHIRTS.
>> Julie: PEOPLE ARE PROUD.
>> Kayleigh: OF COURSE HE’S
GOING TO EMBRACE THAT.
>> Julie: "DEPLORABLES," HIS
FOLLOWERS LOVED IT.
THEY LOVE THESE TITLES.
HE IS DOING TRUMP A FAVOR.
RATHER THAN HIM CONSTANTLY BRING
UP THE FAILURES OF THE PAST
PRESIDENT, WHY DOESN’T HE FOCUS
ON HIS OWN PERSONAL FAILURES?
BETWEEN INFLATION AND THE BORDER
AND GAS PRICES AND SUPPLY CHAIN
ISSUES, THE LIST GOES ON AND ON,
AND IF HE TAKES A LOOK AT THE
PROBLEMS HERE IN HIS OWN
COUNTRY, NUMBER ONE, HIS 39%
APPROVAL RATING WHICH IS ONLY 5%
HIGHER THAN TRUMP’S LOWEST,
WHICH HAPPEN TO BE AT THE END OF
HIS PRESIDENCY AND AT THE HEIGHT
OF THE PANDEMIC, HERE WE ARE TWO
YEARS LATER AND NOW THE U.S. HAS
SURPASSED 1 MILLION COVID U.S.
DEATHS IN OUR COUNTRY.
WHY ISN’T HE FOCUSING ON THAT?
1 MILLION U.S. DEATHS, BUT YEAH,
LET’S GO AT THE FORMER
PRESIDENT.
>> Kayleigh: MORE DEATHS UNDER
PRESIDENT BIDEN’S WATCH THAN
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S AND YOU DON’T
OFTEN HEAR ABOUT THAT.
>> Julie: AND THAT WAS THE
CAUSE FOR THE LOW APPROVAL
RATING, BY THE WAY.