strohmier. we talked to a farmer who says this could snowball into a food shortage. there is all kinds of shipping delays, it s a big snowball effect happening at this point. ashley: griff jenkins live in washington with more, good morning. griff: inflation was 1.4%, yet in his first interview with a reporter since february, president biden tells the ap we re in a stronger position than any nation in the world to overcome inflation. if it is my fault, why is inflation higher in other countries in the world. we are higher than germany, france, israel, and saudi arabia. he does admit the country is in a funk, which he blames on the pandemic. people are really, really down, consequence of the covid crisis, this after biden blamed oil companies for $5 gas threatening them with emergency powers. at least one company is firing back writing, exxon mobil has been developing more than any other country and globally invested more than we ve earned over the last five years. we kep
numbers fall to lowest number ever seen in our fox news polling with a 57% unfavorable rating. break it down by issues and it gets worst. biden 67% disapproval on the economy and on inflainflation. kraks carley: thanks, griff jenkins. totally out of touch, listen to this. imagine the impact across the country as people realize you can t find infant formula, apparently tampons in some states, all sorts of products, you can t afford diesel fuel. diesel fuel translates to food prices because diesel trucks bring the food to the grocery store. you can t afford groceries. all these things are compounding and you have this guy out of touch with reality giving weird
floor. being a remnant sample so i glued them together, all different colors. it looked awful, but it was carpeting. now the one of us had a job because my head enough investment from stock that we can sell off a little at a time. the stock came from its father. just practically dickens ian, just huddled in the basement and carpet simple selling off the stop from his father? here s the thing. most people don t have stocked sales from their dads so they can sell off to survive. so clearly, look, there s a remarkable level of rich guy out of touch this on this play here. i also think miss romney is wrong in merritt. but this is a refreshing conversation. i mean, maroney is a conservative republican. he doesn t want student to be forgiven. he s part of a policy debate going on right now. it s a very real issue that exist in the real world. it s not like he s out there claiming hugo chavez goes changed next election total or talking about which religion we should ban from entering the coun
so clearly, look, there s a remarkable level of rich guy out of touch this on this play here. i also think miss romney is wrong in merritt. but this is a refreshing conversation. i mean, maroney is a conservative republican. he doesn t want student to be forgiven. he s part of a policy debate going on right now. it s a very real issue that exist in the real world. it s not like he s out there claiming hugo chavez goes changed next election total or talking about which religion we should ban from entering the country. or riling up moral panic about her federal race theories infiltrating our schools and affecting our kids minds. it s not an argument about whether we should have a liberal democracy in which people actually choose their own representatives or if don trump should just be declared chief for life. for years, our politics have been dominated by that kind of stuff. conspiracy theories, chris discussing demagogic culture war and bigotry. direct frontal assaults to a democracy.
republican primaries and democrats just gave up on me. on the other side of it, you get eric cantor, is this a metaphor to end all metaphors. eric cantor spending more money on steak dinners than his opponent spent on his entire campaign. that is the definition of a guy out of touch. he talks about big government all the time. he was too connected with big business, and he paid for it. and i agreed completely with that but don t underestimate the scale of this. he is not the only politician in washington who has lost connection with his voters. oh, my god the republican party is not the only party who has lost connection. this is just a small sign. here s john boehner, eric cantor and i have been through a lot together. he s a good friend and a great leader. and someone i ve come to rely