HARRIS FAULKNER.
JOINING US TODAY, KENNEDY AND
JOHN JAMES.
THE WHITE HOUSE IS GIVING A NEW
SPIN ON THE SKY-HIGH GAS PRICES
WHICH HAVE SHATTERED RECORDS FOR
TWO STRAIGHT WEEKS PUTTING A
SERIOUS STRAIN ON AMERICANS’
WALLETS AND NOW PRESIDENT BIDEN
IS SUGGESTING THAT THE HIGH GAS
PRICES ARE A STEP TOWARD THE FAR
LEFT’S GREEN AGENDA.
WATCH.
>> WHEN IT COMES TO THE GAS
PRICES, WE’RE GOING THROUGH AN
INCREDIBLE TRANSITION THAT IS
TAKING PLACE THAT 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.
>> Emily: JOHN JAMES, THE
PRESIDENT HAS FINALLY SAID THE
QUIET PART OUTLOUD, RIGHT, THAT
THE SKYROCKETING PRICES OF GAS
AND OIL IS ALL BECAUSE OF HIS
AGENDA.
IT’S EXACTLY WHAT THE DEMOCRATS
WANTED WHEN THEY KILLED THE
KEYSTONE PIPELINE AND WHEN THEY
KILLED ALL THE OIL LEASES.
>> John: THIS IS THE MODERN DAY
EQUIVALENT TO LET THEM EAT CAKE.
AS LONG AS HIS LEGACY IS
PRESERVED HE DOESN’T CARE ABOUT
YOUR FUTURE.
I’M ALL ABOUT ALL THE ABOVE
ENERGY STRATEGY THAT IS
SUSTAINABLE AND PROTECTS
AMERICAN ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND
PROTECTS AMERICAN JOBS BUT YOU
HAVE THIS GREEN NEW DEAL LOBBY
AND THE AGENDA THAT BIDEN IS
PUSHING FORWARD THAT’S CRUSHING
AMERICAN JOBS AND CRUSHING OUR
WALLETS.
THEY HAVE NO EXPERIENCE IN THE
REAL WORLD AND IT’S SHOWING
RIGHT NOW WITH THEIR ARROGANT
AND DETACHMENT FROM OUTSIDE THE
BELTWAY.
THEY ARE MAKING AMERICANS FEEL
THE PAIN AND THEY DON’T HAVE A
PLAN FOR LONG TERM SUSTAINABLE
CLEAN ENERGY THAT WILL KEEP OUR
JOBS HERE AND ALLOW AMERICAN
ENERGY INDEPENDENCE.
WE CANNOT, CANNOT TRADE OUR
DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL FOR
OUR DEPENDENCE ON CHINESE
MATTERS.
>> Emily: TO JOHN JAMES’ POINT,
WHILE WE ARE DEALING WITH
SCARCITY AND SHORTAGE OF BABY
FORMULA AND SKYROCKETING PRICES,
THE BOTTOM LINE IS THE PRESIDENT
IS FAILING TO REASSURE
AMERICANS.
>> Kennedy: HE HASN’T
ACKNOWLEDGED A PROBLEM WHEN YOU
SEE THIS AS A POSITIVE
TRANSITION, YOU HAVE ALREADY
FAILED BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE CAN’T
AFFORD GAS, THEY CAN’T GO TO
WORK.
WHEN THEY CAN’T GO TO WORK,
BUSINESSES SUFFER.
WHEN BUSINESSES SHUT DOWN,
PEOPLE LOSE THEIR JOBS AND WE
ALL KNOW THAT IN A RECESSION,
MORE PEOPLE ARE LIKELY TO GET
SICK AND DIE, UNFORTUNATELY,
BECAUSE THEY DON’T HAVE THE
MEANS TO TAKE CARE OF
THEMSELVES.
THIS IS NOTHING TO CELEBRATE.
BUT ULTRA LEFTISTS HAVE BEEN
SAYING THAT PART OUTLOUD FOR A
LONG TIME.
THEY HAVE BELIEVED THAT THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO ACT
OPPRESSIVELY TO RAISE ENERGY
PRICES AND THAT WILL SOMEHOW
FORCE PEOPLE TO GET OFF OF
FOSSIL FUELS.
WHAT THEY DON’T ACKNOWLEDGE IS,
YOU KNOW, YES, ALTERNATIVE
ENERGY SOURCES WILL CERTAINLY BE
OUR FUTURE THANKS TO PRIVATE
AMERICAN INNOVATION, BUT WE NEED
A RAMP TO GET THERE.
THEY’RE NOT ACKNOWLEDGING THAT
THE RAMP IS GOING TO NEED TO BE
BROADER AND IT IS GOING TO TAKE
MORE TIME THAN THE FEW YEARS
THAT WE SPEND IN ECONOMIC CRISIS
WHICH IS INCREDIBLY INHUMANE
BEING OK WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, A
LOT OF PEOPLE SUFFERING FOR AN
ULTIMATE GOOD END.
>> Emily: THAT’S RIGHT, HARRIS,
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING
AND TO KENNEDY’S POINT ABOUT
TIME, YOU KNOW, FRANKLY A
RECESSION IS BREWING.
AND YET, THIS WHITE HOUSE
REMAINS DISCONNECTED WITH BOTH
MESSAGING AND ACTION.
>> Harris: I WANT TO KNOW WHEN
MARK RUFALO THE ACTOR STARTED
WRITING TALKING POINTS FOR THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES?
WE WERE SAYING LAST WEEK THAT
THE ACTOR IN HOLLYWOOD WAS
SAYING THE FUEL PRICES ARE HIGH
BECAUSE OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE.
HE BOUGHT BIDEN’S LINE ON THAT
AND BLAMING PUTIN TO, I SUSPECT.
WHAT HE WAS SAYING IS THIS IS AN
OPPORTUNITY.
AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT
THE FOSSIL FUEL COSTS AS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO TRANSITION INTO
THAT GREEN ENERGY VISION THAT SO
MANY ON THE LEFT HAVE.
THAT’S WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID.
HE SAID THE SAME THING.
SO I DON’T KNOW IF MAYBE ACTORS
ARE WRITING HIS TALKING POINTS.
MAYBE HE’LL BE ABLE TO REMEMBER
THE LINES BETTER, THE PRESIDENT.
BUT I WOULD SAY THIS -- WHEN WE
SUFFER, WE CAN’T HELP ANYBODY
EFFECTIVELY.
YOU CANNOT ON A PLANE SURVIVE A
CRASH IF YOU DON’T PUT YOUR MASK
ON FIRST BEFORE YOU HELP
SOMEBODY ELSE WITH THEIR OXYGEN
MASK.
AND RIGHT NOW, OUR ECONOMY, WHEN
IT COMES TO PRICES OF THINGS, IS
SUFFOCATING US.
WE NEED OXYGEN.
WE NEED A PLAN.
WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO
UNDERSTANDS THAT WHEN YOU
OVERSPEND, YOU ONLY DRIVE
INFLATION.
WE NEED SOMEONE WHO CAN DO BASIC
MATH OR TAKE NOTES FROM SOMEBODY
OTHER THAN MARK RUFALO.
THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED, SOUNDS
LIKE IT DID.
>> Emily: KAYLEIGH, I WANT TO
GET THOUGHTS ON STRATEGY HERE.
WHAT THIS REPRESENTS IS A
DRAMATIC SHIFT IN STRATEGY OF
THIS ADMINISTRATION FROM PRIOR
TO THIS, THEY WERE BLAMING PUTIN
AND THEY WERE BLAMING EVERYTHING
ELSE BUT ESSENTIALLY THEIR
AGENDA COMING CLEAN THAT, YES,
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WANTED.
SO WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS?
>> Kayleigh: WHAT I MAKE OF THIS
IS THEY DO HAVE A STRATEGY.
THAT STRATEGY MAKING SURE YOU
CAN’T AFFORD GAS SO YOU CAN’T
AFFORD YOUR CAR, YOU CAN’T
AFFORD YOUR VEHICLE AND YOU HAVE
TO BUY A CLEAN ENERGY SOURCE.
EMILY, AS WE SPEAK RIGHT NOW,
PRESIDENT BIDEN IS ON HIS WAY
BACK FROM ASIA.
I JUST READ AS WE CAME TO AIR
THAT THEY MADE A STOP.
THEY STOPPED AT AN AIR BASE IN
ALASKA.
WHY DID THEY STOP?
THEY STOPPED TO REFUEL.
LET ME TELL YOU THIS.
PRESIDENT BIDEN DOES NOT PAY
THAT BILL FOR THE AIR FORCE ONE
FUEL.
I IMAGINE IT’S ASTRONOMICAL AND
CERTAINLY DOUBLE WHAT IT WAS
DURING THE TRUMP YEARS.
IF HE HAD TO PAY THAT BILL, I
IMAGINE HE WOULDN’T BE LAUDING
THIS AS AN INCREDIBLE
TRANSITION.
IF HE HAD TO PAY THE BILL THAT
HE RIDES IN, I DON’T THINK HE’D
BE LAUDING THIS.
THEY LOOK AT YOU LIKE WE’RE IN
AN EXPERIMENT THAT WE’RE LITTLE
PAWNS THEY CAN MOVE AROUND.
DON’T JUST LISTEN TO BIDEN.
HIS INTERIOR SECRETARY WAS ASKED
BEFORE CONGRESS, ARE ENERGY
PRICES TOO HIGH?
AND SHE REFUSED TO SAY YES.
THE ECONOMIC ADVISOR WAS ASKED,
WHAT’S YOUR PLAN?
HE DIDN’T HAVE ONE.
BUT GUESS WHO WAS HONEST WITH
US.
SECRETARY JENNIFER GRANHOLM,
WHEN SHE WAS ASKED WHAT SHOULD
WE DO ABOUT CLEAN ENERGY?
HER DIRECT QUOTE WAS THIS,
ACCELERATE THE MOVE TO CLEAN
ENERGY BECAUSE IT WILL MAKE US
INDEPENDENT.
THAT IS THE GRAND DESIGN.
THEY WANT TO PRICE YOU OUT OF
THE MARKET.
YOU CAN GO BUY A TESLA AND MOVE
TO A FUEL EFFICIENT VEHICLE
WHICH WILL BE, WHO KNOWS, WHAT
IS IT?
$100,000.
I DON’T KNOW HOW MUCH A TESLA IS
RIGHT NOW.
YOU CAN’T AFFORD IT AND CAN’T
AFFORD YOUR GAS BILL AND THAT’S
BIDEN’S PLAN.
>> Harris: LOOK, THIS IS BEFORE
WE WOULD SUFFER ANY GRID ISSUES.
WE KNOW IT HAPPENS ON BOTH
COASTS EVERY SUMMER WHEN IT GETS
HOT, CALIFORNIA IS DEAL WITH
SOME OF THAT HEAT RIGHT NOW.
IT FORCES GRID ISSUES.
YET, WE’RE GOING TO DRIVE THINGS
THAT DEPEND ON GRIDS.
WE’RE NOT THERE YET.
THE INFRASTRUCTURE ISN’T THERE
YET.
NOW REPORTING THAT PRESIDENT
BIDEN WANTS TO TAP THE DIESEL
OIL RESERVE TO HELP OUT THE
PRICE OF DIESEL THAT IN SOME
PLACES IS WELL OVER $7 A GALLON
RIGHT NOW.
THAT’S CAUSING THE PRICES OF
EVERYTHING TO GO UP.
HOW DOES HE WANT TO HIT THE
INFLATION ON THE PRODUCT?
HE WANTS TO RELEASE MORE FUEL.
THE LAST RELEASE WAS ONLY GOING
TO HELP US 10 TO 35 CENTS A
GALLON OF REGULAR UNLEADED.
WE’RE AT $4.59 A GALLON NOW.
IF YOU TAKE OFF 10 CENTS, DO YOU
FEEL IT?
I DON’T THINK SO.
>> Emily: THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT.
AND THOSE ARE EXACTLY THE
ISSUES, HARRIS, THAT ALL OF US
GOING TO THE BALLOT BOXES AT THE
MIDTERMS ARE CARRYING WITH US.
THE BURDEN THAT BIDEN DOESN’T
HAVE TO ENJOY TO KAYLEIGH’S
POINT, UNDERSTANDING WHAT
REFUELLING THE BEAST AND
REFUELLING AIR FORCE ONE MEANS,
THAT’S WHAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND