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>> a historian will say what was at stake tonight and this week was the fact that -- whether we will be a democracy in the future, whether our children will be arrested an conceivably killed. >> martha: that's a pretty dark scenario for this closing argument. welcome. good to have you here today. >> yeah, great to be with you. >> yeah, they're unleashing the scare tactics. the democrats want to get rid of the filibuster, they want to stack the supreme court, they want to take away all the voting measures at every state and federalize it. it's ridiculous what they're pushing. obama says just innor the inflation issue. he's living in martha vineyard. the democrats keep saying oh, forget about it. it's not a big issue. when you can't put food on the table, it's a big issue. the democrats refuse to acknowledge the problems that they have caused for the
the inflation issue or at least affordability in your home with prescription drug costs. we've allowed medicare to negotiate, and that's going to make you feel better, and things like that. the big challenge for democrats is that those are not things and those are not policies and those are not changes that people feel right now. that's down the road. right now there is immediate pain, financial pain, and it is really hard for democrats who are in charge across the board here to address that in a real way. as somebody in the administration said to me, inflation isn't a message problem, it is a policy problem. >> i had a democrat, wolf, in new hampshire texted many e today. this is how close these races are. it's been unseasonably warm in d.c., pennsylvania warm, boston warm. this democrat was saying thank god people didn't have to have the heating on. they didn't want another
president. it's largely a global issue, but sure, some of it -- the u.s. -- we can talk about errors. maybe there was excessive stimulus. the federal reserve, which is not the biden administration, it's an independent policymaker, got behind the curve, as did i. a lot of us didn't see this coming. but the thing is, i actually look at the inflation issue and say, the policies to bring it back down are in place. and it has very little to do now with congress or the president. it's the federal reserve. it's those interest rate hikes are already taking a toll. a lot of measures underlying inflation are coming down already. so this really shouldn't be -- it will, but but shouldn't be a campaign issue. if inflation is going to be controlled it's going to be jay powell at the federal reserve to does it, not congress or the president. >> >> your view is some of the domestic spending may have contributed partly to it, but it's not the driving factor and that's done or baked in?
prescription drugs, some of which we talked about, -- if you look at what we've done with roads and bridges and broadband. if you look at what we've done for veterans, making sure they get the benefits that they've earned. the list is really, really long now. i think our candidates out there talking about it, i certainly have been talking about it. i'm very proud of what we accomplished at congress. people understand that. i think we are going to be in good shape. i do think there is an inflation issue that's out there. it's a big issue, every time goes to the meat counter or fills up their guy with kass -- in my opinion, we need to get more energy. i think we did that with the inflation reduction act. both low energy and conventional energy. it also -- we better get off opec. it's 16 years old. opec has been a pain in my neck. every time --
they decide to vote in their interest whether schools or the inflation issue she also attacked the key haley a couple weeks ago for it falsely claiming nikki haley goes by nikki because she lives in america and therefore did not take her name on her birth certificate when her parents came hear from india even though nikki is literally on her birth certificate. >> unlike 70? talks if you are democrat looking her coalition completely falling apart ahead of the midterm elections whether it's hispanic voters, women, black voters in atlanta, the last thing you should be doing is dehumanizing women in districts that you need to win. comparing them to roaches and insects want to commit suicide. >> it's really creepy. she's always tensioning it which is really gross. guy come it's obscene not just the media do it we have democrat politicians. listen to hillary clinton here. >> are you concerned maybe voters are not putting those
prison. now the prison population, 26% lower than it was when she took office. violent crime has gone up 30%, and the people of the state had enough. what we see is we're the second most violent state in the country now, soft on crime judges which she appointed and soft on crime parole board. as we continue to see crime spike, that's a huge issue. you have been talking about the inflation issue here, it is a massive problem here in new mexico. the average new mexican makes $30,000 a year, and we are seeing prices spike. they're not talking about it at all. bad energy policy hurts a state like us, and we are the number two energy producer in the country. i think people are realizing this isn't about republican and democrat, this is about looking out for new mexicans, realizing at this point we are on a path hurting working families and hurting safety of families in new mexico. that's why we have momentum, why we closed the gap, why we're going to win november 8th. >> sean: anti-domestic energy production, part of
commonwealth of pennsylvania, pat toomey is retiring. democrats hoping to flip this seat. republicans hoping to keep it in their column. to that we are seeing the highest profile surrogates traveling to see which party can capture pennsylvania and its open senate seat. jessica dean, cnn, philadelphia. >> let's bring in jackie kucinich. people are feeling economic pain says stacey abrams. traditionally you punish the party in power when you don't feel good in your pocketbook. that's what democrats are facing. >> reporter: right. the inflation issue, gas prices, things like that. they're breaking for republicans. you have the social issues which are important to a lot of voters. if that's the case, they're breaking for democrats. that's what you have. that's one of the reasons you have biden going down to florida
vote for. watch this. >> why are you supporting an election denialist and do you think the inflation issue is enough to sort of rationalize support for somebody who thinks school buses of voters are going to show up in new hampshire? >> yeah. realmlet me tell you. you are in a trouble you think anybody is talking about what happened in 2020 or mar-a-lago or all that. i know the press throfs talk about it. people are talking about what is happening in their pocketbooks every single day. >> brian: they tried to explain that to him. you keep asking about don bolduc, they, he was not my pick to take on the next senator to be imagi maggie hasan. better off with a democratic candidate. all he says is election denier. he says he had question about the election it's not a major issue. every single show is pounding
and i might disagree with folks in my own party on that. but the november election will be about what is affecting low and middle income families the most and folks just want to send somebody different to washington, mix things up, change things up and get some accountability. >> each of the democratic campaign committee heads that have done these ads supporting election denialists i have put on this show. i have put on this questioning. so i go back to you. why are you supporting an election denialist. and do you think the inflation issue is enough to sort of rationalize support for somebody who thinks school busses of voters will show up in new hampshire? >> yeah. yeah. let me tell you. you are in a bubble, man. i love it, chuck. but you are in a bubble if you think anybody is talking about what happened in 2020 or talking about mar-a-lago and all that. i know the press loves to talk about it. people are talking about what is
talked about that many times before how that does effect people's perception. right 29. wrong 67.0. i want to play the soundbite for you from over the weekend. this is meet the press. this is new hampshire governor, republican chris sununu talking to chuck todd about issues his support. >> why are you supporting collection denialist and do you think the inflation issue is enough. >> you are in a bubble if you think anybody is talking about what happened in 2020 or talking about mar-a-lago and all that. that kind of has baffled me through this whole campaign season the fact that democrats keep pushing this stuff and talking about things that aren't really what voters want to hear about. >> bret: what do you make of that, bret? >> brit: that's a pretty sharp response and basically correct. morning -- 2020, even donald