>>> TOGETHER WITH THE HELL OF
YOUR ELECTED LEADERS TODAY WE
HAD AN EXTRAORDINARY TWO YEARS
OF PROGRESS.
WE PASSED THE AMERICAN RESCUE
PLAN.
NOW, EVERYBODY KNOWS IT BUT WE
DID SO MUCH NO ONE KNOWS THE
EFFECT OF IT YET.
IT’S JUST COMING INTO PLAY.
>> Laura: YOU HAVE TO LIVE THE
BILL IN ORDER TO APPRECIATE IT.
NOW, EXPECT TO HEAR A LOT OF
THAT KIND OF USELESS INACCURATE
OVER NEXT TWO YEARS.
ACCORDING TO AXIOS BIDEN’S
SPEECH IN MICHIGAN TODAY IS KIND
OF A DRY RUN FOR WHAT’S TO COME
IN HIS POTENTIAL 2024 RUN.
APPARENT LIVE WHITE HOUSE
ADVISORS SEE THE MIDTERM AS THE
ULTIMATE VALIDATION THAT VOTERS
ARE CONCERNED ABOUT PROTECTING
DEMOCRACY WOMEN’S REPRODUCTIVE
RIGHTS AND GIVING BIDEN PASSING
GRADES APPARENTLY ON THE ECONOMY
BECAUSE ISN’T THE ECONOMY GREAT?
THEY ALSO POINT OUT THAT BIDEN’S
2020 BUNKER STRATEGY WORKED LIKE
A CHARM RELATING THAT AXIOS THAT
AMERICANS SEEM UNBOTHERED BY HIS
CONSTANT WEEKENDS AWAY IN
DELAWARE OR CAMP DAVID.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE CAN EXPECT
BIDEN’S BASEMENT STRATEGY 2.0.
JOINING ME NOW MOLLIE HEMINGWAY
EDITOR AND CHIEF AT THE
FEDERALIST AND FOX NEWS TRIP
TORAN MONICA CROWLEY HOST OF THE
MONICA CROWLEY PODCAST.
JUST DAYS AFTER HIS 80TH THE
OCTOBER JA NAIR GIANNIS THIS
SAVE GAME HER A PLAYING THEY
DON’T WANT TO SEEM LIKE A LAME
DUCK.
>> THEY HAVE SOME REASON TO BE
CONFIDENT THE STRATEGY DID WORK
WELL, YOU HAD THE CORPORATE
MEDIA RUNNING THE CAMPAIGN,
BIDEN IN THE BASEMENT.
>> Laura: A PANDEMIC.
>> AND IN 2022 YOU HAD SIMILAR
THINGS WITH THE MEDIA HELPING
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.
BIDEN WASN’T ON THE BALLOT IN
2022 THOUGH AND SO RE-DOING THIS
STRATEGY I THINK IS UNLIKELY TO
WORK WHILE GIVEN THAT NOW PEOPLE
HAVE SO MUCH AWARENESS OF WHAT
IT’S LIKE TO LIVE UNDER THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.
AND IT ONLY WORKS WELL FOR HIM
TO RUN THE SAME TYPE OF CAMPAIGN
IF YOU HAVE DRASTIC IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE ECONOMY AND I DON’T THINK
ANYBODY’S PREDICTING THAT.
>> Laura: MONICA EARLIER TODAY
BIDEN WAS ASKED -- ASKED
EVERYONE FOR A BIT OF PATIENCE
ON THE ECONOMY.
WATCH.
>> WE CAN INCREASE PRODUCTION
AND LOWER PRICES FOR AMERICAN
CONSUMERS AND BUSINESSES IN THE
SHORT TERM WHILE ACCELERATE OUR
INVESTMENT INTO A TRANSITION TO
A CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE.
WE’RE GOING TO DO THAT.
WE’RE DOING IT.
IT’S GOING TO TAKE TIME TO GET
INFLATION BACK TO NORMAL LEVELS
AS WE KEEP THE JOB LEVELS
RESILIENT.
>> Laura: MONICA IT’S GOING TO
WORK.
>> NO’ NOT GOING TO WORK.
PATIENCE, THE MAN HAS BEEN IN
OFFICE FOR TWO YEARS AND LOOK
WHAT HE’S DONE, THE ECONOMY IS
IN HISTORIC CATASTROPHE.
WHEN DONALD TRUMP HANDED OFF THE
ECONOMY TO JOE BIDEN IN 2021 HE
HANDED ON THE FASTEST RECOVERY
ON RECORD, INFLATION AT 1.4%.
SO ALL OF THIS ECONOMIC
CATASTROPHE WE ARE LIVING
THROUGH NOW WITH ASTRONOMICAL
INFLATION, HIGH GAS PRICES,
SUPPLY CHAIN CRISIS, NOW MAYBE A
RAILROAD STRIKE, ALL OF THIS IS
A DIRECT RESULT OF THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION AND UNIFIED
DEMOCRATIC CONTROL OVER THE LAST
TWO YEARS IN TERMS OF PUSHING SO
MUCH MONEY DOWN INTO THE SYSTEM,
CREATING THIS INFLATIONARY
ENVIRONMENT THAT EVERY AMERICAN
IS SUFFERING THROUGH RIGHT NOW.
HE CANNOT TURN IT AROUND BECAUSE
AS HE SAID RIGHT AFTER THE
MIDTERMS LAURA HE’S NOT GOING TO
CHANGE COURSE.
HE’S NOT GOING TO CHANGE COURSE
BECAUSE HE’S COMPLETELY
COMMITTED TO WHAT OBAMA CALLED
THE FUNDAMENTAL TRANSFORMATION
OF THE NATION.
>> Laura: THEY CERTAINLY CAN’T
CHANGE THEIR POLICIES.
TODAY AFTER THE OATH KEEPERS
VERDICT THAT THEY WERE
SALIVATING OVER ALL AFTERNOON
LONG AND INTO THE EVENING AT THE
OTHER CABLES, DEMOCRAT
CONGRESSMAN JAMIE RASKIN LEANED
INTO ANOTHER KEY STRATEGY FOR
THE DEMS IN 2024.
>> THE ELECTION THAT WE JUST
CAME THROUGH WAS A VERY POSITIVE
THING IN TERMS OF OF THE VAST
MAJORITY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
TRYING TO STAND UP FOR DEMOCRACY
AND FREEDOM AND THE
CONSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK, BUT WE
HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT DONALD
TRUMP AND THE FORCES OF CHAOS
AND VENDETTA AND
AUTHORITARIANISM ARE STILL VERY
MUCH OUT THERE.
>> Laura: MOLLIE THIS IS
REPRESENTING AN ADMINISTRATION
THAT REFUSES TO CONDEMN WHAT’S
HAPPENING IN CHINA, BUT
APPARENTLY I GUESS ANY CROWD OF
REPUBLICANS IS GOING TO BE AN
INSURRECTION FROM NOW ON.
>> INTERESTING COMING FROM JAMIE
RASKIN SOMEONE WHO DIDN’T JUST
REJECT THE RESULTS OF THE 2016
ELECTION BUT ALSO WROTE ABOUT
HIS BELIEF THAT GEORGE W. BUSH
AND DICK CHEYNEY HAD STOLEN
THEIR ELECTION.
VERY COMMON TO HEAR THIS TYPE OF
RHETORIC FROM DEMOCRATS.
BUT IT SPEAKS TO SOMETHING
THAT’S IMPORTANT FOR REPUBLICANS
TO RECOGNIZE.
DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE
SOME OF THESE MESSAGES GO
UNCHECKED AND I THINK A LOT OF
AMERICANS ARE WONDERING WHERE IS
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TO STAND UP
THAT THERE ARE TWO STANDARDS OF
JUSTICE IN THIS COUNTRY AND A
LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
REPUBLICAN, IT SEEMS TO BE AN
ATTEMPT TO CRIMINALIZE THIS
THING AND JAMIE RASKIN SHOULD
REMEMBER THAT IN THIS ELECTION,
PEOPLE DID CHOOSE TO GIVE THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO
REPUBLICANS.
PROBABLY IN PART TO STOP SOME OF
THESE THINGS THAT WERE HAPPENING