ELIZABETH: EDWARD LAWRENCE
ALWAYS GREAT REPORTING, GOOD TO
SEE YOU.
JOINING US NOW SENATOR MARSHA
BLACKBURN FROM SENATE JUDICIARY.
SENATOR, ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO
HAVE YOU ON.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.
ELIZABETH: WE’LL GET A NEW READ
ON INFLATION LIKELY WEDNESDAY.
PROBABLY SHOWS INFLATION AS HIGH
AS 1981.
YOUR REACTION TO THE PRESIDENT
TWEETING AND BLAMING THE GOP FOR
BLOCKING HIM ON RISES GAS PRICE,
FOOD AND ENERGY?
>> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS
JUST ABSOLUTELY LAUGHABLE.
THE WHITE HOUSE WOULD TRY TO
BLAME US, BUT LOOK, HE HAS
BLAMED EVERYBODY ELSE.
HE IS BLAMING PUTIN.
HE IS BLAMING TRUMP.
HE IS BLAMING EVERYBODY.
NOTHING CAN BE HIS FAULT BUT
WHAT EVERYBODY KNOWS AND
TENNESSEANS CERTAINLY KNOW THIS,
I TALKED TO A LOST THEM THE PAST
COUPLE WEEKS, WE HAVE HAD AN
INFLATION ISSUE BECAUSE OF
JOE BIDEN.
MUCH OF IT IS BECAUSE OF HIS
ATTACKS ON THE ENERGY INDUSTRY.
THEY KNOW THAT WHEN THEY GO TO
FILL UP THE TANK, THAT IT IS
COSTING THEM TWICE AS MUCH AS IT
DID A YEAR AGO.
OUR COUNTIES, WHEN THEY LOOK AT
THE BUDGETS FOR FIRST-RESPONDERS
AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, SCHOOL
BUSES, HEATING, COOLING
BUILDINGS, THEY’RE SAYING WE’RE
HAVING TO DOUBLE WHAT WE SPENT
LAST YEAR IN ORDER TO PLAN FOR
OUR BUDGET THIS YEAR.
THIS IS NOT ANYBODY’S FAULT BUT
JOE BIDEN, HIS ADMINISTRATION
AND THIS GREEN NEW DEAL AGENDA
THAT IS PUSHING ALL OF THIS.
ELIZABETH: YOU KNOW, SENATOR,
THE PRESIDENT DID CAMPAIGN
SAYING HE WOULD NOT BE BLAMING
OTHERS.
THAT THE BUCK WOULD STOP WITH
HIM BUT IT IS NOT STOPPING WITH
HIM AS HARRY TRUMAN HAD SAID.
>> NO.
ELIZABETH: WE’RE IN A DIFFERENT
WORLD RIGHT NOW.
YOU KNOW THIS NEW INFLATION READ
COMING OUT, SENATOR, AMERICANS
ARE SEEING 20% PRICE INCREASES
IN ENERGY, IN FOOD, IN THE PRICE
OF CARS.
THAT IS LIKE 2/3 OF THE U.S.
CPI, RIGHT?
SO LET’S BY THE WAY, YOU
MENTIONED THE PRESIDENT BEING
MISLEADING AND BLAMING.
SENATOR, LET’S TAKE A LISTEN TO
THIS, WHAT YOU JUST POINTED OUT.
LET’S WATCH THIS.
PRESIDENT BIDEN: TODAY’S
INFLATION REPORT CONFIRMED WHAT
AMERICANS ALREADY KNOW, PUTIN’S
PRICE HIKE IS HITTING AMERICANS
HARD.
OIL COMPANIES.
SHIPPING COMPANIES.
REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS ARE
DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO
STOP NYE PLANS TO BRING DOWN
COSTS.
>> OUR ECONOMISTS CONVEYED THE
IMPACT OF OUR PROPOSALS WILL BE
TRANSITORY.
>> TRANSITORY.
>> WHAT TO YOU SAY TO THE
FAMILIES WHO SAY WE CAN’T AFFORD
TO PAY 4.85 A GALLON FOR MONTHS,
IF NOT YEARS?
>> THIS IS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF
THE LIBERAL WORLD ORDER, WE HAVE
TO STAND FIRM.
ELIZABETH: SENATOR WHAT DOES
THAT MEAN, THE FUTURE OF THE
LIBERAL WORLD ORDER, THAT
AMERICANS HAVE TO PAY HIGH
PRICES FOR THAT, WHAT DOES THAT
MEAN?
>> IN IS THE THIS IS THE LIBERAL
UTOPIA.
THEY THOUGHT THEY WOULD
TRANSFORM THE COUNTRY UNDER
BARACK OBAMA.
THEY WOULD HAVE HILLARY CLINTON
AND GET THE JOB DONE.
IT WOULD BE SOCIALISM.
THEY WOULD BE IN CONTROL.
THEY’RE ALL ABOUT PUNISHING
PEOPLE.
AND YOU LOOK AT WHAT THEY HAVE
DONE.
42 REGULATIONS THAT MAKE IT MORE
EXPENSIVE TO, FOR THE OIL AND
GAS INDUSTRY.
KILLING KEYSTONE, TAKING ALASKA
OFF-LINE, ENDING OFFSHORE
DRILLING.
NO MORE LEASES AND THEY’RE NOT
GIVING DRILL PERMITS.
THEY’RE NOT FRACKING.
ALL OF THIS DRIVES UP THE COSTS.
IN THE MEANTIME HE IS TAKING
FIVE MILLION BARRELS THAT HE IS
SENDING, MUCH OF THAT TO CHINA,
TO THE COMPANY THAT HUNTER BIDEN
HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN.
SO IS HUNTER BIDEN THE CHIEF
NEGOTIATOR ON THIS?
NOTHING GETS THE PRICE DOWN AT
THE PUMP, NOTHING.
IT DRIVES THE PRICE UP THIS IS
HITTING HARD-WORKING AMERICANS
IN THE POCKETBOOK.
THEY SEE IT EVERY TIME THEY FILL
UP, EVERY TIME THEY GO TO THE
GROCERY STORE, EVERY TIME THEY
CHECK OUT AT ANY STORE.
ELIZABETH: SENATOR, THE
PRESIDENT’S APPROVAL RATING IS
AMONG THE LOWEST OF ANY
PRESIDENT WITHIN THE LAST 75
YEARS.
THAT IS ACCORDING TO GALLUP.
HARRY TRUMAN HAD HISTORIC LOW
APPROVAL.
SO DID FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP.
HE WAS IN LOWER 40S A
YEAR-AND-A-HALF INTO HIS
PRESIDENCY.
YOU HAVE THAT.
THERE ARE WHITE HOUSE LEAKS,
THERE ARE ANONYMOUS WHITE HOUSE
LEAKS, WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS ARE
LEAKING TO "THE NEW YORK TIMES."
THAT IS ON THE RISE.
THEY’RE TELLING BIDEN MAY BE TOO
HE WOULD TO RUN FOR RE-ELECTION.
THAT HE QUOTE, SHUFFLES WHEN HE
WALKS.
STAFFERS ARE AFRAID HE MAY TRIP
ON A WIRE WHILE WALKING.
HE STUMBLES OVER HIS WORDS.
"NEW YORK TIMES" SIENNA COLLEGE
POLL, 2/3 OF DEMOCRATS, NINE OUT
OF 10 MILLENIALS DON’T WANT
BIDEN TO RUN.
WHO IS DOING THE LEAKING AND WHO
DO THEY WANT TO RUN INSTEAD?
>> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL
MAKE ITSELF EVIDENT OVER THE
NEXT FEW MONTHS.
CLEARLY THE DEMOCRATS FIGURED
OUT THE BIDEN-HARRIS TICKET IS A
LOSER FOR THEM.
YOU HAVE DEMOCRATS ADMITTING
EVERYTHING THEY’RE DOING TO THE
COUNTRY WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH
CRIME WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE
BORDER, WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH
OUR FOREIGN POLICY, THE
EMBARASSMENT OF JOE BIDEN NOT
GOING TO HOUSTON, THERE IS A
SOLUTION IN HOUSTON TO THE GAS
PROBLEM, BUT FLYING TO
SAUDI ARABIA AND BEGGING,
LOOKING LIKE A BEGGAR, GOING TO
ASK FOR MORE OIL, IT IS AN
EMBARASSMENT.
PEOPLE ARE READY TO TURN THE
PAGE WITH THIS ADMINISTRATION
AND THIS IS WHY YOU’RE GOING TO
SEE A CHANGE IN THE HOUSE AND
THE SENATE WITH THESE NOVEMBER
ELECTIONS.
I THINK THAT MANY IN THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY REALIZE THIS.
ELIZABETH: YES.
>> THEY KNOW THIS HAS NOT BEEN
SUCCESSFUL.
ELIZABETH: CONGRESS IS BACK FROM
THE JULY 4th RECESS.
HILLARY VAUGHN, OUR D.C.
JOURNALIST, IS REPORTING THAT
DEMOCRATS WANT TAX HIKES AS THEY
SEEK THAT AS A BIG LEGISLATIVE
WIN AHEAD OF THE MIDTERMS.
WATCH FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP.
LET’S WATCH THIS.
WATCH.
>> I GAVE YOU THE LARGEST TAX
CUTS AND REGULATION CUTS IN
AMERICAN HISTORY.
THE RADICAL DEMOCRATS ARE
WORKING LIKE HELL TO IMPOSE THE
LARGEST TAX HIKE BY FAR IN
AMERICAN HISTORY.
YOU CAN PAY FOR THE GREEN NEW
DEAL.
ELIZABETH: THE PRESIDENT, FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP, HIS WORDS ARE
RESONATING WITH PEOPLE WHO
SUPPORT HIM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
HE SAYS THIS AS STEVE BANNON IS
SET TO TESTIFY AT THE
JANUARY 6th HEARINGS.
PAUL RYAN QUOTED IN A NEW BOOK,
HE WAS SOMEBODYING WHEN HE
WATCHED THE TACK ON THE U.S.
CAPITOL.
HOW DO YOU SEE THIS PLAYING OUT
WHEN IT COMES TO FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE
ELECTION?
>> WHEN I’M OUT AND ABOUT IN
TENNESSEE, PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF
WHETHER THEY’RE DEMOCRAT,
REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT, THEY
MISS PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.
THEIR POCKETBOOK WAS A LITTLE
BIT FATTER DURING THAT PERIOD OF
TIME.
THEY HAD MORE MONEY AT THE END
OF THE MONTH AND ECONOMIC
POLICIES TIMES WERE GOOD.
THEY MISS THAT.
ELIZABETH: BUT THE CAPITOL RIOTS
ARE HANGING HIM UP, RIGHT?
THERE IS LOT OF WEARINESS, WORRY
ABOUT TRUMP CANDIDACY, RIGHT?
>> THERE ARE THREE ISSUES PEOPLE
ARE TALKING ABOUT, INFLAKES,