lower taxes and streamline regulations and see our economy move and grow jobs faster than ever in virginia. we can back the blue and have government work more efficiently. this is a chance for a state that was blue just two years ago to finish the cycle electing a republican lieutenant governor attorney general holding our house and flipping our senate kayleigh: governor youngkin so if you take the senate in november there will be a clamoring for you to enter the race. sounds like you re not closing the door governor. well, as i ve said, the most important thing i m going to do this year is first be a great governor as best i possibly can be and i think we re doing a really good job in virginia. but on top of that, we are going to hold our house, flip our senate and continue the great work that we ve been doing. steve: you know, governor, that sounds a lot like what ron desantis said before he started to run. we re going to get through the legislative session down in florida and
the economy move forward. i want to quickly ask you about robert f kennedyjunior who has announced he is running for president. he holds some very controversial views, president. he holds some very controversialviews, he president. he holds some very controversial views, he is a democrat, on things like vaccines, he is sceptical, but there is some pulling out that put him in the double digits among some democratic voters. what does that say about the strength potentially of an incumbent president like president biden, that he could be challenged in the double digits by somebody like rfk junior? digits by somebody like rfk junior? ~ .,, digits by somebody like rfk junior? , ., , junior? most top democrats in the country. junior? most top democrats in the country, both junior? most top democrats in the country, both publicly - junior? most top democrats in the country, both publicly and | the country, both publicly and privately do not see robert f kennedyjunior as a threat to presid
democrats next year. let s talk about bidenomics, democrats next year. let s talk about bidenomics, a democrats next year. let s talk about bidenomics, a term - democrats next year. let s talk about bidenomics, a term that| about bidenomics, a term that was unveiled this week in chicago. the present want to chat his record. but there is not a lot of support for the way the president has handled the economy. why is he struggling to sell his economic message? struggling to sell his economic messaue? ~ , ., struggling to sell his economic messaue? ~ ,, struggling to sell his economic message? struggling to sell his economic messaue? ~ ,, ., , message? when you look at his economic message, message? when you look at his economic message, he - message? when you look at his economic message, he is - message? when you look at his economic message, he is not i economic message, he is not just about selling some kind of slogan, whether it is bidenomics or something else, it is about sell
message? is so much to sell his economic message? so much to sell his economic messaue? , ., ., , , message? is not really selling some kind message? is not really selling some kind of message? is not really selling some kind of rhetoric - message? is not really selling some kind of rhetoric or- some kind of rhetoric or slogan, it s about selling federal spending. joe biden came into office during a pandemic and he put past that american idea over $1 trillion and the trillion dollar infrastructure package. but his advisers believe he is not getting enough credit with the american people about all of the spending chileans and spending we wants to do is sell himself to the american people as someone was able to get major spending legislation through and cast himself in a way as a franklin d roosevelt type democrat, someone who used the powers and levers of government to help the economy move forward. i government to help the economy move forward. move forward. i want to ask about r
economy move as and border secue and accountability back to washington we re craving. pete: rachel, the vote is in a few days to elect a leader that would then be the speaker and presumed to be kevin mccarthy and then the majority was tighter because it was not a red wave but a ripple. he s having to make concessions right now. where do you think this goes? rachel: it s an interesting moment because kevin mccarthy almost became the speaker before and had a media flub and low and behold paul ryan became the speaker. so he s been inches away and had it taken away so so you have to understand the psychology of that as well. i ve heard people on both sides of the debate, some members many whom many different support kevin mccarthy initially saying the house won, he s part of that, no one can deny the fundraising ability, the kind of support that kevin mccarthy has given candidates. he deserves credit for that and