>> John: WE’LL KEEP ON WATCHING
IT.
THANKS.
>> Sandra: FLORIDA REPUBLICAN
RICK SCOTT, ALSO THE CHAIRMAN OF
THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN
SENATORIAL COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE ON A
SIGNIFICANT DAY FOR YOUR PARTY
AND THE COUNTRY AND TO TED
CRUZ’S POINT ABOUT THE FORMER
PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP’S IMPACT
ON SOME OF THESE RACES SO FAR,
HIS ENDORSEMENTS HAVE PERFORMED
WELL.
IN PRIMARIES, SINCE 2020, PUT IT
ON THE SCREEN, RACES WON, 65.
SUCCESS RATE 96%.
DO YOU EXPECT THE RESULTS
TONIGHT TO BE ANY DIFFERENT THAN
WHAT WE HAVE SEEN SO FAR?
>> WELL, CLEARLY WE’LL SEE, BUT
I THINK EVERYBODY THIS YEAR
WOULD LIKE TO GET TRUMP’S
ENDORSEMENT.
EVEN IF YOU GET HIS ENDORSEMENT
YOU HAVE TO RUN A RACE AND THE
ISSUES IMPORTANT TO YOUR STATE.
IN 2022 WHEN I RAN IN A PRIMARY
FOR GOVERNOR I WAS LATE IN THE
RACE AND I DID NOT HAVE ANY
ENDORSEMENTS AND PITCH WHAT I
BELIEVED IN AND I WAS ABLE TO
PREVAIL.
YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES,
TRY TO GET THE ENDORSEMENT BUT
WORK YOUR TAIL OFF AND SELL YOUR
STATE.
>> Sandra: I HEAR YOU ON THAT
POINT, ASK YOU, SIR, WHAT DO YOU
WANT TO SEE AND HEAR FROM YOUR
PARTY AS FAR AS LAYING OUT CLEAR
CONCISE PLANS FOR VICTORY IN THE
MIDTERM ELECTIONS.
IF YOU’RE PLANNING ON THAT, ARE
REPUBLICANS DOING ENOUGH TO VERY
CLEARLY LAY OUT, FOR EXAMPLE,
THEIR FIX FOR SKYROCKETING
INFLATION?
>> FIRST OFF, WE ARE SEEING AN
UNBELIEVABLE TURNOUT ON THE
REPUBLICAN SIDE.
MORE THAN TWICE THE NUMBER OF
REPUBLICANS THAN DEMOCRATS IN
OHIO.
I THINK THE FIRST TIME SINCE
1998, MORE REPUBLICANS VOTING
THAN DEMOCRATS IN PENNSYLVANIA,
AND MORE IN NORTH CAROLINA, AND
PEOPLE ARE COMING OUT, AND
RIDICULOUS, UNBELIEVABLE GAS
PRICES AND THE PRESIDENT TO SAY
IT’S AN INCREDIBLE TRANSITION,
NO, IT’S INCREDIBLY BAD FOR
EVERY AMERICAN FAMILY.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT
BALANCING THE BUDGET, TALK ABOUT
REDUCING TAXES, REDUCING
REGULATION, REDUCING THE
PERMITTING TIME, MAKING SURE WE
WATCH EVERY DOLLAR WE SPEND,
THAT’S WHAT CAUSES THE
INFLATION.
SO I THINK WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT
THOSE THINGS AND BE CLEAR AND
THEN DO IT.
>> YOU SEGUED FOR US TO THE
CURRENT PRESIDENT BIDEN AND
SAYING THE QUIET PART OUT LOUD
ABOUT GAS PRICES AND GREEN
ENERGY.
LISTEN.
>> WHEN IT COMES TO THE GAS
PRICES, WE ARE GOING THROUGH AN
INCREDIBLE TRANSITION THAT IS
TAKING PLACE, GOD WILLING WHEN
IT’S OVER WE’LL BE STRONGER AND
THE WORLD WILL BE STRONGER AND
LESS RELIANT ON FOSSIL FUELS
WHEN THIS IS OVER.
>> Sandra: WHAT ABOUT THAT
INCREDIBLE TRANSITION.
THIS HAS BEEN AN ADMINISTRATION
THAT CLEARLY SET OUT TO END
FOSSIL FUELS, WE ARE SEEING THE
RESULT OF THAT WITH THESE
SKYROCKETING GAS PRICES.
WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION, SIR.
>> HE’S IN LEFT FIELD.
HE’S GOT PLENTY OF MONEY, SO GAS
PRICES PROBABLY DON’T IMPACT HIM
MUCH AND DOES NOT HAVE TO PAY TO
FILL UP A CAR.
I GREW UP IN A POOR FAMILY.
I WATCHED MY MOM STRUGGLE TO PUT
GAS IN THE CAR AND FOOD ON THE
TABLE.
AND MY STATE, PEOPLE ARE GOING
TO FOOD BANKS THAT HAVE NEVER
GONE TO FOOD BANKS BEFORE.
THIS IS RECORD GAS PRICES DAY
AFTER DAY AFTER DAY, AND BY THE
WAY, ENERGY GOES INTO
EVERYTHING.
ELECTRICITY RATES ARE UP, FOOD
PRICES ARE UP, EVERYTHING IS UP
BECAUSE GAS PRICES ARE UP.
THIS PRESIDENT HAS NO CLUE.
BY THE WAY, THE SECRETARY OF
ENERGY CAME AND TESTIFIED LAST
WEEK AND SAID THEY ARE DOING
EVERYTHING THEY CAN, THEY SHOULD
SEE IF THEY CAN GET GAS PRICES
DOWN.
NO, DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO
CAUSE GAS PRICES TO GO UP TO GET
THE INCREDIBLE TRANSITION TO
SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT’S GOING
TO COST US MORE MONEY.
>> WHAT DO YOU PREDICT OF THE
PEOPLE OF THE STATE?
PUT THE RECORD HIGH GAS PRICES
ON THE SCREEN, DAY AFTER DAY OF
RECORD SETTING HIGHS.
FOLKS ARE PAYING IN THE COUNTRY,
MAJOR ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS.
DO YOU SEE $6 AS AN AVERAGE ON
THE HORIZON?
>> THERE WAS A REPORT OUT TODAY
BY ONE OF THE WALL STREET FIRMS
THAT SAID THAT.
WHAT’S GOING TO GET IT TO GO
DOWN?
THEY ARE NOT MAKING IT -- THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS NOT
MAKING IT EASIER TO DRILL, AND
WE ARE THE SAFEST DRILLERS IN
THE WORLD.
THEY ARE NOT OPENING UP THIS AT
ALL.
YOU KNOW, HAVE A SOUND BITE AND
SAY THEY ARE, BUT THEY ARE NOT.
WE HAVE TO FIGURE IT HOW TO GET
IT, RICH RESOURCES OF NATURAL
GAS AND OIL AND GAS.
WE HAVE TO USE THEM.
USE THEM SAFELY SO WE HAVE TO
GET AN ADMINISTRATION THAT CARES
ABOUT THIS.
I MEAN, I DON’T SEE HOW IT GOING
TO GET ANY BETTER AND WHEN IT
DOESN’T, INFLATION WILL CONTINUE
TO GO UP.
>> Sandra: ANYTHING CONGRESS CAN
BE DOING?
>> WITH CHUCK SCHUMER ON THE
OTHER SIDE, A.O.C. AND THE WHOLE
ATTITUDE THAT THEY -- THEY DON’T
WANT TO DO ANYTHING, THEY DON’T
WANT TO DO ANYTHING.
THEY CONTROL THE HOUSE AND THE
SENATE AND THE WHITE HOUSE, THEY
ARE ALL IN.
EVERYTHING WE PROPOSED TO TRY TO
OPEN UP DRILLING, MAKE SURE WE
DO IT SAFELY, ANYTHING, THEY
BLOCK.
THE DEMOCRATS BLOCKED ALL OF
THIS.
THEY ARE IN WITH PRESIDENT
BIDEN.
THEY ARE LOOKING FOR THE
INCREDIBLE TRANSITION TO HIGHER
AND HIGHER PRICES AND POORER AND