FRIDAY WHEN HE GOES TO
SAUDI ARABIA.
ELIZABETH: EDWARD LAWRENCE THANK
YOU FOR JOINING US.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
WELCOME TO THE SHOW, SENATOR RON
JOHNSON FROM SENATE BUDGET AND
HOMELAND SECURITY.
SENATOR, YOUR REACTION TO THE
NEW INFLATION REPORT.
IN THE REAGAN ERA, REAGAN AND
ERA ARE BATTLING INFLATION.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE BIDEN AND
JEROME POWELL.
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT IT?
>> NOT VERY CONFIDENT.
TODAY’S NUMBERS WERE DEPRESSING.
I REALLY HOPED WE PEAKED.
WE WOULD SEE INFLATION START
COMING DOWN, MODERATING.
THAT DOESN’T APPEAR TO BE THE
CASE.
OF COURSE BIDEN DOESN’T HAVE A
CLUE.
YOU USED THE RIGHT WORD, POISON.
THAT IS WHAT THEIR POLICIES HAVE
BEEN, THEY HAVE BEEN POISON TO
OUR ECONOMY AND THE FACT THAT
THEY WOULD ACTUALLY BE PUSHING
MORE DEFICIT SPENDING AND TAX
INCREASES.
I GUESS THEY THINK MAYBE A TAX
INCREASE WOULD REDUCE THE
DEFICIT OF ANY KIND OF SPENDING
THEY’RE PROPOSING BUT, FOR
BUSINESSES, TAX INCREASE IS AN
INCREASED COST, MAYBE PASS THAT
ALONG TO CONSUMERS.
A TAX INCREASE WOULD BE
INFLATIONARY AS WELL.
THESE PEOPLE DON’T HAVE A CLUE.
THEY WON’T ADMIT THEY’RE WRONG.
ANOTHER BIG ELEMENT OF INFLATION
IS THEIR WAR ON FOSSIL FUEL.
THEY’RE NOT GOING TO END THAT
WAR.
THEY’RE ABSOLUTELY DEDICATED TO
THE GREEN ENERGY FANTASY.
THERE IS NO END IN SIGHT WITH
THIS ADMINISTRATION IN POWER.
ELIZABETH: YOU KNOW WHAT IT
FEELS LIKE?
IT FEELS LIKE THEY’RE TALKING
LIKE IT IS NOT A PROBLEM, IT IS
NOT A PROBLEM FOR THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE BUT IT IS A POLITICAL
PROBLEM FOR THEM, SENATOR.
SMALL BUSINESSES ARE GETTING HIT
HARD.
THE NFIB SMALL BUSINESS OPTIMISM
INDEX IS DROPPING FOR SIX
STRAIGHT MONTHS TO RECORD LOW
BELOW 90.
IT IS BELOW A FIVE-DECADE
AVERAGE OF 98.
LET’S WATCH THE PRESIDENT
FIGHTING BACK AGAINST A REPORTER
QUESTIONING HIM HE SHOULDN’T RUN
AGAIN.
>> MR. PRESIDENT, WHAT IS YOUR
MESSAGE TO DEMOCRATS THAT DON’T
WANT YOU TO RUN AGAIN.
>> THEY DON’T WANT ME TO RUN.
>> 2/3 DON’T.
>> READ THE POLL, JACK.
YOU GUYS ARE ALL THE SAME.
THAT POLL SHOWED 92% OF
DEMOCRATS WOULD VOTE FOR ME.
>> MAJORITY OF DEMOCRATS DON’T
WANT YOU TO RUN IN 2024.
>> 92% SAID THEY WOULD VOTE FOR
ME.
ELIZABETH: 92% IS MISLEADING,
THAT IS IF HE RUNNING AGAINST
TRUMP.
61% OF DEMOCRATS, 3/4 OF
DEMOCRATS, NINE OUT OF 10
DEMOCRATS UNDER AGE 30 PRESIDENT
BIDEN DO NOT RUN AGAIN.
YOUR TAKE WHAT HE SAID.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN IS DETACHED
FROM REALITY.
HE IS DELUSIONAL.
THE FACT THAT HE SAYS IT IS NOT
HURTING PEOPLE IT IS HURTING
ENORMOUSLY.
MIKE LEE, ISSUED A REPORT
SHOWING STATE BY STATE HARM.
IN WISCONSIN, PRICES HAVE
INCREASED 14.5% SINCE THE START
OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
COSTING WISCONSIN FAMILIES JUST
UNDER $8500 PER FAMILY.
THAT IS HURTING PEOPLE.
INFLATION IS A TAX ON EVERYBODY.
IT IS PARTICULARLY REAGGRESSIVE
TO SENIORS ON A FIXED INCOME,
PEOPLE AT THE END OF THE INCOME
SPECTRUM.
THE VERY PEOPLE THAT DEMOCRATS
PURPORT TO REPRESENT.
LET’S FACE IT DEMOCRATS ARE THE
PARTY OF THE ELITE.
IT’S A REAL SHAME.
ELIZABETH: IT IS MORE WHITE
COLLEGE GRADUATES VERSUS
BLUE-COLLAR WORKERS THE POLLS
SHOW MOVING INTO THE GOP PARTY.
THAT IS QUITE A SEA CHANGE.
LET’S GET PACK TO THE POLL FOR
JUST A SECOND.
FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
SLAMMING NEW YORK TIMES SIENNA
POLL.
SHOWS 49% OF REPUBLICANS DON’T
WANT TRUMP TO RUN AGAIN EITHER.
PRESIDENT TRUMP PUSHING BACK
AGAINST THAT.
JANUARY 6th HEARINGS, THE
FIGHT ABOUT THAT AND WHETHER
THAT IS HAVING AN IMPACT AGAINST
TRUMP.
WE GOT TO MOVE ON TO THIS THOUGH
THIS IS THE STORY THAT IS COMING
UP, WHAT IS CONGRESS GOING TO DO
ABOUT INFLATION?
WE HAVE DEMOCRAT SENATOR
JOE MANCHIN IS SAYING NO TO
CHUCK SCHUMER’S RECONCILIATION
BILL.
THEY WANT A TRILLION IN TAX
HIKES AND MORE GOVERNMENT
SPENDING THAT IS THE SAME POISON
THAT GOT US HERE WERE INFLATION?
>> DEMOCRATS IN CHARGE ARE NOT
GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT
INFLATION.
WITH REPUBLICANS IN CHARGE WE
NEED TO GET OUR DEFICIT SPENDING
UNDER CONTROL.
A COWELL THINGS WE COULD DO.
FOR ONE THING THIS IS ACTUALLY A
SUGGESTION BY PHIL GRAMM WHEN HE
WAS IN WASHINGTON A FEW WEEKS
AGO, WHY DO WE ALLOW SENIORS TO
REENTER THE WORKFORCE, DON’T
CHARGE THEM PAYROLL TAX?
WE DEFINITELY NEED TO PUT WORK
REQUIREMENT THE ON WELFARE.
AS BIG AS A PROBLEM INFLATION
IS, IT IS ENORMOUS PROBLEM, I’M
STILL CONCERNED ABOUT A
LONG-TERM LABOR SHORTAGE.
WE NEED TO INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE TO
GET OFF THE SIDELINES, INTO THE
WORKFORCE SO EMPLOYERS HIRE THEM
TO MEET DEMAND THAT IS THE OTHER
PROBLEM WITH INFLATION, TOO MANY
DOLLARS CHASING FEWER GOODS
BECAUSE MANUFACTURERS CAN’T HIRE
ENOUGH PEOPLE TO MAKE PRODUCTS.
>> IT IS STARING THEM RIGHT IN
THE FACE, SENATOR.
FIRE UP THE U.S. ENERGY SECTOR,
FIRE UP THE SECTOR YOU WILL MOP
UP INFLATION.
I WANT TO MOVE ON TO THIS,
CONGRESSMAN RONNY JACKSON, THAT
FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA REBUKED
RONNY JACKSON QUESTIONING
OBAMA’S HEALTH.
REVEALING THIS IN HIS MEMOIR.
HE WAS THE WHITE HOUSE
PHYSICIAN.
HERE IS THE THING, OBAMA DID NOT
ARGUE AGAINST JACKSON’S
PROFESSIONAL ASSESSMENT.
WHERE IS THE SHARP ATTACK FROM
OBAMA?
>> FIRST OF ALL I WOULD ASK
PRESIDENT OBAMA DO YOU THINK
PRESIDENT BIDEN IS SHARP AS HE
WAS EIGHT YEARS AGO?
I TAKE NO PLEASURE SAYING THAT.
IT IS SAD.
I’M GETTING OLD MYSELF.
I HAVEN’T SEEN ADVANTAGES OF
GETTING OLD BUT IT IS REALLY
SHOWING IN JOE BIDEN.
AGAIN THE, OFFICE OF THE
PRESIDENCY IS THE MOST STRENUOUS
JOB IN THE WORLD.
WE NEED SOMEBODY WHO IS AT THE
TOP OF HIS GAME, PRESIDENT BIDEN
IS NOT.
ELIZABETH: SENATOR, WE MOVE ON
TO THIS, "NEW YORK TIMES" IS
QUOTING INCREASINGLY QUOTING
ANONYMOUS WHITE HOUSE SOURCES
SAYING THAT THE PRESIDENT SHOULD
NOT RUN AGAIN.
THAT THEY ARE IN CONSTANT
CLEANUP MODE OVER HIS MISTAKES
AND OUTBURST AT THE MEDIA.
WATCH THIS.
REPORTER: YOU DON’T HAVE TO
STAND EVERY TIME I HEAR "HAIL TO
THE CHIEF," WONDER WHERE THE
HELL IS HE?
TOOK ME A LONG WHILE, YOU THINK
I’M JOKING, I’M NOT.
TURN AROUND, WHERE IS THE
PRESIDENT?
I THINK IT’S TIME TO GIVE
ORDINARY PEOPLE A TAX BREAK.
I GOT THEM $1.9 TRILLION RELIEF
SO FAR.
I WROTE THE BILL.
ON THE ENVIRONMENT PAID THEM
MORE.
I’M THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.
>> WHY DON’T YOU CHANGE HIS
BEHAVIOR, MR. PRESIDENT?
PRESIDENT BIDEN: WHAT DO YOU DO
ALL THE TIME?
WHEN DID I SAY I WAS -- YOU
DON’T UNDERSTAND THAT.
THAT IS NOT WHAT I SAID.
YOU’RE PLAYING A GAME WITH ME.
I NO.
THE ANSWER IS NO.
>> DO YOU THINK INFLATION IS
POLITICAL LIABILITY OF THE
MIDTERMS.
>> A GREAT ASSET.
MORE INFLATION.
WHAT A STUPID SON SON OF A BLEEP
THAT IS INTERESTING READING.
I ASSUME YOU GOT IN THE JOURNAL
BECAUSE YOU LIKE TO WRITE.
SO YOU SEE THAT, SENATOR WHAT
YOU’RE SEEING IS, WEIRD
WHISPERING AND OUTBURST AT THE
MEDIA.
YOU KNOW, FROM WHERE YOU SIT IN
D.C., WHAT DO YOU SEE IN TERMS
OF THE CHANGE IN JOE BIDEN?
>> FIRST OF ALL, LIZ, IT’S SAD.
IT IS ALSO OBVIOUS THAT HE IS IN
COGNITIVE DECLINE.
THIS IS DANGEROUS, THAT IS
DANGEROUS TO HAVE A PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES NOT AT THE TOP
OF HIS GAME.
SENATOR GRASSILY AND I TRIED TO
WARN AMERICANS ABOUT JOE BIDEN’S
COMPROMISE, FINANCIAL
INTEGRITIES, I SAID HE WAS UNFIT
FOR OFFICE BEFORE THE 2020
ELECTION, NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF
THE COMPROMISE, JUST WHAT WAS
HAPPENING FROM AGE.
ELIZABETH: "NEW YORK TIMES" IS
RUNNING MULTIPLE HEADLINES
QUOTING ANONYMOUS AGAIN,
WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS.
WHO IS LEAKING AT THE
WHITE HOUSE AND WHO DO THEY WANT
INSTEAD OF BIDEN?
>> I HAVE NO IDEA AND BUT
THEY’RE BEING TRUTHFUL AND THE
PRESS IS STILL COUGHING FOR THIS
GUY.
THAT IS PART OF THE PROBLEM --
COVERING.
WE HAVE ACCOMPLICE IT AND