HONESTLY.
THAT’S MY RIFF TONIGHT.
JOINING ME NOW, IS FORMER
VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE.
THERE IS MR. PENCE, HELLO SIR,
HOW ARE YOU?
THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK ON.
>> YOU BET, LARRY, GOOD TO BE
WITH YOU.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON.
LARRY: LISTEN ON THIS LITTLE
SPAT, I MEAN PRESIDENT BIDEN
WANTS THE OIL COMPANIES TO
REFINE MORE OIL INTO GASOLINE
BUT AT THE SAME TIME HE IS
CLOSING REFINERIES.
WE HAVEN’T BUILT A REFINERY IN
SOME 40 YEARS.
I DON’T GET THIS.
MIKE SUMMERS OF THE API AS I
MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THOSE GUYS
YEAH, COVID MAY HAVE BEEN A
PROBLEM, BUT BASICALLY
REGULATIONS, RESTRICTIONS AND
VARIOUS INCENTIVES NOT TO
REFINE.
SO WHO’S RIGHT, WHO’S WRONG HERE
SIR?
>> WELL JOE BIDEN IS WRONG AND
IT WOULD BE RIGHT TO UNLEASH
AMERICAN ENERGY AND TAKE THE
BOOT HEEL OF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT OFF THE NECK OF
AMERICAN ENERGY COMPANIES.
LOOK I JUST SPOKE TODAY, LARRY,
HERE AT THE UNIVERSITY CLUB MUCH
CHICAGO, FOCUSING ON THE
ECONOMY, FOCUSING ON A PATHWAY
FORWARD BUT THERE IS NO QUESTION
THAT WHAT’S UNIQUE ABOUT THIS
ECONOMIC CRISIS WE’RE FACING
INFLATION AT A 40-YEAR HIGH,
GASOLINE PRICES UP 75%,
SHORTAGES, SUPPLY CHAIN, WHAT’S
UNIQUE ABOUT THIS, LIKE I TELL
ECONOMISTS LIKE YOU ANYTHING,
BUT TO YOUR VIEWERS DIFFERENT
FROM THE DEPRESSION, DIFFERENT
FROM THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN IN
THE ’70s, DIFFERENT FROM THE
GREAT RECESSION OF 2008, ALL OF
THIS IS A MAN-MADE ECONOMIC
CRISIS WITH 100% OF THE BLAME
GOING TO PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND
THE RADICAL LEFT DEMOCRATS
DRIVING POLICIES IN THE CONGRESS
OF THE UNITED STATES.
LARRY: TO THE EXTENT THAT OUR
FRIEND MARC SHORT WOULD SHARE
SHOW ME A EARLY DRAFT OF YOUR
SPEECH, I DO NOTICE THAT YOU
TOOK JOHN KERRY TO THE WOODSHED.
I GUESS MR. KERRY’S LATEST
INCARNATION, HE IS THE CLIMATE
CZAR BUT KERRY AND SOME OTHERS
ARE PUSHING THIS IDEA THAT NO
LOANS AND NO FINANCING CAN GO TO
FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES.
>> RIGHT.
LARRY: THIS IN AN ADMINISTRATION
WHICH PLEDGES TO END FOSSIL
FUELS FOREVER.
SO COMING BACK TO THE ISSUE OF
REFINERIES IF THEY CAN’T GET A
PERMIT, THEY CAN’T GET
REFINANCING, HOW IN THE WORLD
CAN ANYBODY EXPAND REFINERIES,
SUPPLY MORE GASOLINE AND LOWER
THE PRICE?
I DON’T GET THIS?
>> YEAH.
THAT’S RIGHT.
I SAID TODAY HERE IN CHICAGO,
JOHN KERRY AND A CABAL OF
BUREAUCRATS HAVE LITERALLY BEEN
BULLYING BANKS, TELLING THEM NOT
TO LEND MONEY FOR ENERGY
EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION TO
AMERICAN ENERGY COMPANIES.
THE IRONY WHICH OF COURSE
THEY’RE CONTINUING TO TRY AND
RESTART THE IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL
WHICH APPARENTLY WOULD ALLOW US
TO BUY OIL FROM IRAN IF THEY
SIGN IT INTO LAW.
I’M ALSO TOLD THEY SENT AN
EMISSARY TO THE DICTATOR NICOLAS
MADURO IN VENEZUELA OSTENSIBLY
TO INCREASE ENERGY PRODUCTION.
I WAS IN OHIO LAST WEEK, WHEN
YOU TALK ABOUT REFINERIES
EARLIER, LARRY, I MET WITH ALL
THE GREAT ENERGY LEADERS THERE.
I GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN
1977.
THAT WAS THE LAST YEAR THAT WE
BUILT A REFINERY IN THE UNITED
STATES.
IN ALL THESE PRODUCERS TOLD ME
THE ONLY THING THAT IS HAPPENING
IS REFINERIES ARE BEING BUILT IN
OTHER COUNTRIES THAT DON’T HAVE
THE SAFEGUARDS FOR THE
ENVIRONMENT OR FOR EMPLOYEES
THAT WE HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY.
SO IT ISN’T THAT THE PRODUCTION
AND INVESTMENT ISN’T HAPPENING,
IT IS JUST NOT HAPPENING IN THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND
AMERICANS ARE PAYING THE PRICE
AT THE PUMP AS YOU KNOW BETTER
THAN MOST, THE GASOLINE PRICES
ARE DRIVING INFLATION, IMPACTING
THE COST OF EVERYTHING WE’RE
BUYING, ALL THE GOODS AND
SERVICES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THE VERY BEGINNING TO TURN THE
ECONOMY AROUND IS TO INDTHE WAR
ON ENERGY.
I CALL ON PRESIDENT BIDEN TO DO
THAT TODAY HERE AT THE
UNIVERSITY CLUB IN CHICAGO.
LARRY: SO LET’S STEP BACK FOR A
MINUTE.
WE’VE GOT A MAJOR RECESSION
THREAT.
WE MAY BE IN A RECESSION.
WE MAY BE ON THE FRONT END OF A
RECESSION, WHATEVER, NOTHING
LOOKS VERY GOOD.
WE HAVE MAJOR INFLATION THREAT
DRIVEN BY GASOLINE PRICES, OIL
IN GENERAL, WHAT WOULD, RIGHT AT
THE TOP, SIR, WHAT WOULD A
PRESIDENT PENCE DO TO SOLVE
THESE PROBLEMS?
>> WELL, I CAN TELL YOU THAT
WITH NEW REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP
IN THE CONGRESS AND A REPUBLICAN
ADMINISTRATION IN TWO YEARS IN
THE WHITEHOUSE THE FIRST THING
TO DO WOULD BE TO MAKE THOSE
TRUMP-PENCE TAX CUTS PERMANENT.
THE SECOND THING WOULD BE TO
UNLEASH AMERICAN ENERGY, OPEN UP
FEDERAL LANDS TO PERMITTING,
OPEN UP THE ALASKA NATIONAL
WILDLIFE REGION, BEGIN AGAIN
KEYSTONE PIPELINE, BEGIN TO
DEVELOP INFRASTRUCTURE NECESSARY
TO MOVE ENERGY, AROUND ON A
BROAD BASIS, ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT DROVE SEVEN MILLION NEW
JOBS, WAGES SETTING RECORDS,
HOUSEHOLD INCOMES SETTING ALL
NEW RECORDS DURING THE
TRUMP-PENCE YEARS WAS WE CUT
MORE FEDERAL RED TAPE IN OUR
FOUR YEARS IN OFFICE THAN ANY
ADMINISTRATION IN HISTORY.
WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE IDEA
FOR EVERY NEW FEDERAL REGULATION
WE NEED TO FIND TWO WE CAN
REPEAL.
THOSE ARE JUST THE BEGINNINGS OF
THAT, HAVING FREE AND FAIR TRADE
DEALS, NEGOTIATING DEALS THAT
PUT AMERICAN WORKERS FIRST BUT
THE LAST THING WE SHOULD DO,
LARRY, AS YOU SAID IN YOUR RIFF
TALK ABOUT RAISING TAXES OR
INCREASING SPENDING WHICH IS
LITERALLY WHAT THE
ADMINISTRATION BEHIND CLOSED
DOORS IS CONTINUING TO TRY TO
NEGOTIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO.
THEY WILL NOT BUILD US BACK
BETTER IF THEY GET DEAL REVIVED.
THEY WILL BUILD US BACK BROKE.
LAST THING WE SHOULD DO WITH
INFLATION AT A 40-YEAR HIGH,
AMERICANS FEELING REAL PAIN AT
THE TRUMP IS RAISE TAXES ON
AMERICAN BUSINESSES LET ALONE
BUSINESSES CREATING THE VERY
ENERGY THAT’S DRIVING THE
AMERICAN ECONOMY.
LARRY: YOU KNOW I’VE BEEN
TALKING ON THIS WITH OUR FRIEND
NEWT GINGRICH AND RUSS VOUGHT
AND STEVE MOORE, AND A NUMBER OF
OTHER PEOPLE.
I THINK IT IS TIME FOR THE GOP,
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE, TO START
TALKING ABOUT A BALANCED BUDGET,
AT LEAST THE PRINCIPLE OF THE
BALANCE BUDGET THAT WOULD
INCLUDE A DOMESTIC SPENDING
FREEZE.
YOU HAVE IT IN YOUR SPEECH.
I WANT TO ASK YOU ALONG WITH THE
DOMESTIC SPENDING FREEZE, DON’T
WE HAVE TO HAVE WORK
REQUIREMENTS OR WORKFARE?
BECAUSE TOO MANY AMERICANS ARE
BEING PAID NOT TO WORK.
THEY’RE GETTING FEDERAL
ASSISTANCE BUT THEY DON’T HAVE
WORK REQUIREMENTS WHICH WEIGH
USED TO HAVE UNTIL ABOUT A YEAR
YEAR 1/2 AGO.
>> WE HAVE TO BE A NATION THAT
LIVES WITHIN OUR MEANS AGAIN.
WE HAVE TO HAVE A RESPONSIBLE
PATHWAY FOR A BALANCED FEDERAL
BUDGET.
I CALLED FOR THAT HERE IN
CHICAGO.
OUR FREEDOM AGENDA PEOPLE CAN
READ, ADVANCING AMERICAN
FREEDOM.COM DESCRIBES THAT.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS RUNAWAY SPEND, PARTISAN, PARTY-LINE VOTE THAT
PARTISAN, PARTY-LINE VOTE THAT
PASSED A COVID BILL A YEAR 1/2
AGO, 1.9 TRILLION DOLLARS IN
UNNECESSARY SPENDING THAT IS
HARMING PEOPLE WITH INFLATION
TODAY.
WE HAVE TO PUT OUR HOUSE IN
ORDER, THERE IS NO QUESTION
ABOUT IT AND AT THE END OF THE
DAY I ALSO THINK AS WE SEE THEM
FALTER, AS WE SEE IT, I SAID
TODAY, THE POLICIES, 56% OF
AMERICANS BELIEVE WE’RE ALREADY
IN A RECESSION.
I PRAY THAT WE’RE NOT BUT THE
VAST MAJORITY OF THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE KNOW THE ECONOMIC
POLICIES, THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION HAS FAILED.
NOW IS THE TIME FOR JOE BIDEN TO
LIVE UP TO THE OATH THAT HE
TOOK, TO PROMOTE THE GENERAL
WELFARE OF ALL THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
TURN OUR COUNTRY BACK TO THE
POLICIES THAT WE KNOW WILL
CREATE PROSPERITY FOR EVERY
AMERICAN AND A BALANCED FEDERAL
BUDGET IS AT THE VERY CORE OF
WHERE THAT BEGINS.
LARRY: YOU KNOW, IT IS SO ODD,
SIR, STUFF I DON’T UNDERSTAND
POLITICALLY.
MR. BIDEN, WHO HAS BEEN AROUND A
VERY LONG TIME, SO HE WON’T TAKE
THE BLAME FOR ANY OF THIS.
INFLATION IS VLADMIR PUTIN’S
PROBLEM.
INFLATION IS COVID’S PROBLEM.
INFLATION LATELY IS THE OIL
COMPANY’S PROBLEM.
HE MAKES THESE STATEMENTS THAT
THE TRUMP-PENS TAX CUTS, FOR
EXAMPLE, CAUSED MASSIVE BUDGET
DEFICITS WHEN REVENUES CAME
POURING IN, PAID FOR THEMSELVES.
THE ECONOMIC SUCCESS SUNNIES
TAKABLE.
LATELY HE IS BLAMING OIL
COMPANIES AND REFINERS BUT THEY
CAN’T BUILD REFINERS BECAUSE OF
HIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM.
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A PRESIDENT
WHO REFUSES TO ACCEPT BLAME AND
I WANT TO ADD TO THAT, COMMITS
SO MANY FALSEHOODS? I’M BEING
VERY POLITE HERE, ON ANY GIVEN
DAY HE IS OUT THERE SAYING STUFF
THAT JUST AIN’T TRUE, HAVE YOU
EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT?
>> NEVER IN MY LIFETIME.
I SAID TODAY THAT THERE HAS
NEVER BEEN A TIME IN MY LIFE
WHERE A PRESIDENT WAS MORE
DISCONNECTED FROM THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE THAN WE SEE TODAY.
REMEMBER A YEAR AGO WHEN
PRESIDENT BIDEN LITERALLY
SCOLDED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FOR
NOT TAKING THE COVID VACCINE?
REMEMBER HE SAID THAT HE WAS
PATIENT BUT HIS PATIENCE WAS
WEARING THIN?
THEN HE STRIDE TO FORCE A
MANDATE ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
THAT THE SUPREME COURT THREW
OUT?
EARLIER THIS YEAR AS I SAID
TODAY, PRESIDENT BIDEN ACTUALLY
SAID IT HAS BEEN A SUCCESSFUL
YEAR.
HE EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS OF THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
LOOK, THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATION
THAT IS OUT OF TOUCH WITH WHAT’S
HAPPENING WITH FAMILIES THERE IS
ONE STATISTIC THAT REALLY JUMPED
OUT AT ME AND I MENTIONED IT
TODAY, LARRY, AND THAT IS BACK
IN 1980, THE AVERAGE FAMILY OF
FOUR WITH A SINGLE INCOME COULD
PAY ALL THEIR BILLS, HOUSING,
FOOD, GROCERIES, TRANSPORTATION
OUT OF 30 WEEKS MUCH 52.
IN TODAY’S REAL DOLLARS IT TAKES
ALL YEAR FOR FAMILIES TO PAY
JUST THEIR BILLS.
THAT IS WHY SO MANY AMERICAN
FAMILIES ARE LIVING PAYCHECK TO
PAYCHECK.
I HAVE TO TELL YOU HERE IN
CHICAGO WHERE MY MOM AND DAD
GREW UP, WHERE MY GRANDFATHER
EMIGRATED FROM IRELAND, HE DROVE
A BUS FOR 40 YEARS.
THIS IS A GREAT CITY.
IT IS ALL ABOUT FAMILY AROUND
THE RHINE WE HAVE TO TURN THE
SHIP WITH NEW LEADERSHIP ON
CAPITOL HILL, NEW LEADERSHIP IN
STATEHOUSES AND ULTIMATELY NEW
LEADERSHIP IN THE WHITE HOUSE
BECAUSE WE OWE THE AMERICAN
FAMILY AN OPPORTUNITY JUST LIKE
MINE AND YOURS TO LIVE THE
AMERICAN DREAM.
LARRY: I HEAR YOU.
I THINK IT IS GREAT.
IT JUST BLOWS ME AWAY, TO THE
LAST POINT, HERE IS MY FRIEND
JOE MANCHIN, I DON’T KNOW,
COOKING UP DEAL WITH CHUCK
SCHUMER FOR A BUILD BACK SMALLER
WITH $1.7 TRILLION IN TAXES AND
ANOTHER TRILLION DOLLARS IN
SPENDING.
JOE MANCHIN WAS SO GOOD, MIKE
PENCE, ABOUT SAVING AMERICA AND
KILLING THE BILL AND NOW, I
THINK HE JUST WANTS TO BREAK MY
HEART.
I DON’T REALLY WANT MY
HEARTBROKEN.
HOW CAN WE DO THIS ALL OVER
AGAIN?
I JUST DON’T GET IT.
HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?
>> LOOK, I DON’T GET IT EITHER
BUT I’M GOING TO HOPE AND PRAY
THAT SENATOR MANCHIN STANDS
SOLIDLY WHERE THE PEOPLE OF
WEST VIRGINIA ARE STANDING.
FAMILIES ARE HURTING TODAY,
LARRY.
YOU KNOW THAT.
I KNOW THAT.
I WENT TO MY 45th HIGH
SCHOOL REUNION LAST FRIDAY.
I TALKED TO A LOT OF FRIENDS I
WENT TO SCHOOL WITH THAT ARE NOW
PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS.
THEY CAME UP TO ME AND TALKED TO
ME ABOUT HOW MUCH THEY MISS THE
YEARS OF THE TRUMP-PENCE
ADMINISTRATION.
HOW MUCH THEY KNOW EVEN WITH
THAT ARE POLICIES DIDN’T AGREE
WITH MINE, WE HAVE TO GET BACK
TO THE POLICIES YES WERE
ADVANCING IN THOSE FOUR YEARS.
THAT IS WHERE WEST VIRGINIA IS
AT.
HIGH HOPE, MY PRAYER, IS THAT
JOE MANCHIN WILL LISTEN TO THE
PEOPLE THAT ELECTED HIM, TO
GOVERNOR, TO SENATE, AND HE WILL
REJECT THIS BUILD BACK BROKE
BILL ONE MORE TIME.
PREVENT US GOING DEEPER INTO THE
ABYSS OF THE SOCIALIST WELFARE
VISION OF JOE BIDEN,
NANCY PELOSI AND CHUCK SCHUMER.
LARRY: SO FARCE MIKE PENCE IS
CONCERNED THE NIGHT IS ALWAYS
DARKEST BEFORE THE DAWN COMES.
WE’LL STAY WITH THAT, MIKE,
THAT’S THE DEAL?
>> THAT’S THE DEAL.
FUTURE IS ALWAYS BRIGHT.
THE SUN ALWAYS RISING IN
AMERICA, LARRY.
WE’LL HAVE NEW LEADERSHIP COME
THIS FALL, COME TWO YEARS FROM
NOW.
WE’LL GET IT ALL BACK AND THEN
SOME.
LARRY: TERRIFIC STUFF, THE