Here’s who to blame for price hikes this Christmas shopping season
TURNOUT. ELIZABETH: GREAT INFORMATION, JACQUI HEINRICH. JOINING US NOW, CONGRESSMAN FRENCH HILL AND JOEGY MALADY FROM THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE. HAPPY HOLIDAYS, MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL. CONGRESSMAN, LET'S FIRST GET YOUR REACTION TO THE PRESIDENT. HE'S GOING TO RUN AGAIN. BUT, AND NOW HE'S SAYING INFLATION IS HERE TO STAY AFTER HE SAID IT WAS ZERO. HE CLAIMED IT WAS TRANSITORY. WATCH. >> IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME TO GET INFLATION BACK TO NORMAL LEVELS AS WE KEEP OUR JOB MARKET RESILIENT. WE COULD SEE SETBACKS ALONG THE WAY, TO STATE THE OBVIOUS. ECONOMISTS CALL ALL THESE THINGS TRANSITORY EFFECTS.
>> INCREASES IN PRICES ARE LIKELY TO HAVE ONLY TRANSITORY EFFECTS ON INFLATION — >> TRANSITORY — >> TRANSITORY — >> TRANSITORY — >> TRANSITORY. >> TODAY WE RECEIVED NEWS THAT OUR ECONOMY HAD 0% INFLATION IN THE MONTH OF JULY. 0%. ELIZABETH: OKAY. NONE OF THAT WAS TRUE. CONGRESSMAN, WHAT ARE REPUBLICANS DOING TO STOP THE DEMOCRATS WITH THEIR DEMANDS FOR MORE SPENDING? IT'S FUELING INFLATION. THE PED IS BATTLING WITH EVEN MORE RATE HIKES AS THEY RAMP UP THE SPENDING — THE FED — IT'S LIKE TRYING TO CURE AN ALCOHOLIC WITH MORE VODKA. WHAT ARE REPUBLICANS GOING TO DO ABOUT THIS? >> BOY, LIZ, YOU GOT IT RIGHT, WHICH IS IT'S A LOT HARDER FOR THE FED TO BEAT INFLATION WHEN WE'RE STILL SPENDING MONEY LIKE DRUNKEN SAILORS, ADDING REGULATORY BURDEN, PROPOSING TO RAISE TAXES ON ENERGY IF MAKING IT HARD TO GET ALL AMERICANS BACK TO WORK.
THOSE WON'T WORK. SO WHEN THE HOUSE IS TAKEN OVER BY THE REPUBLICANS IN JANUARY, WE'RE GOING TO OFFER CONCRETE LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL TO LOWER THOSE TAXES, MAKE SPENDING BACK UNDER CONTROL, GO BACK TO PRE-PANDEMIC E SPENDING DEBATES, UNLEASH AMERICAN ENERGY AND GET THE SUPPLY SIDE OF OUR ECONOMY MOVING. ELIZABETH: BUT ARE YOU GOING TO GET SENATE DEMOCRATS TO GO WITH WOW? — WITH YOU? I MEAN, THE REPUBLICANS SEEM SCATTERED. THEY DON'T SEEM TO HAVE A COHESIVE, POWERFUL FRONT TO PUSH BACK AGAINST SENATE >> I DOUBT IT BUT WE'VE GOT TO GET SENATE REPUBLICANS ON OUR SIDE AND LET'S TAKE THE COMMON MESSAGE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. WE'VE GOT ABOUT NINE MONTHS TO DEMONSTRATE HOW MUCH BETTER WE ARE ON IDEAS AND POLICY SO THAT WE CAN CONVINCE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO ELECT A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT IN 2024 AND RETURN THE SENATE TO THE REPUBLICAN HANDS AND REELECT HOUSE REPUBLICANS. >> SO THE GOP IS BEING CRITICIZED FOR NOT DOING ENOUGH TO STAND UP AND BE FIGHTING BACK HARDER AGAINST WHAT DEMOCRATS ARE DOING TO THE NATION, JOE.
MORE AND MORE U.S. COULDS ARE GEARING UP FOR A DEEPER RECESSION NEXT YEAR. WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION WHEN YOU HEARD THAT WALMART AND RETAIL GIANTS ARE WARNING ABOUT THIS NEW TYPE OF INFLATION THAT THEY HAD TO RAISE PRICES BECAUSE OF A HISTORIC BREAKOUT OF LOOTINGS AND ROBBERIES AT THEIR RETAIL STORES. JOE, WALMART IS EVEN WARNING IT MAY HAVE TO CLOSE STORES. >> YEAH, I MEAN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT JUST HOW BAD RETAIL THEFT HAS GOT, SINCE 2018, IT HAS NEARLY DOUBLED. IT WENT FROM 50 BILLION TO NOW IT'S PUSHING 95 BILLION, WITH A B, AND YET YOU STILL HAVE SO-CALLED SOME POLITICIANS SAYING WELL THIS IS JUST A VICTIMLESS CRIME. WE SHOULDN'T THROW THE BOOK AT CAREER THIEVES NOW LET ME TELL YOU, THEY ARE EITHER OUTWARDLY LYING OR JUST WOEFULLY IGNORANT ABOUT HOW THE REAL-WORLD ACTUALLY WORKS BECAUSE MAKE NO MISTAKE THE VICTIM IN ALL THIS IS YOU THE CONSUMER, BECAUSE ALL THESE COSTS ARE GOING TO BE PASSED ON TO YOU, SO WHEN YOU GO SHOPPING THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON, AND YOU SEE HUGE PRICES YOU KNOW WHO TO BLAME.
IT'S CAREER THIEVES, THE WOKE POLICIES THAT ALLOW THEM TO BE OUT, AND INFLATION. SO ONCE AGAIN, THE HARD-WORKING LAW ABIDING MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY GET SCREWED. ELIZABETH: SO CONGRESSMAN, TO WHAT JOE JUST SAID ISN'T THIS A LAYUP FOR THE REPUBLICANS THEY SHOULD JUST TAKE WHAT JOE GAMALD I JUST SAID AND RUN DOWN THE COURT WITH IT BECAUSE EVEN WALMART CEO IS BLAMING WOKE DA'S FOR THIS RISE IN CRIME BECAUSE OF WEAK DEMOCRAT POLICIES AND CITIZEN STATES NATIONWIDE. HE'S SAYING THAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED. SHOULDN'T REPUBLICANS RUN WITH THIS? >> YOU BET. I CAMPAIGNED ON IT THIS YEAR FOR MY RE-ELECTION. CRIME IS AN ABSOLUTE ISSUE ACROSS THIS COUNTRY DUE TO WEAK MAYORS AND WEAK POLICIES IN OUR LOCAL AREAS, IN MY OWN CVS STORE DOWN THE STREET FROM MY APARTMENT IN WASHINGTON D.C., YOU WALK INTO AN ARMED GUARD NOW WITH HIS HAND ON HIS HIP, AS YOU WALK INTO CVS AND TARGET SAID THIS WEEK IT'S COSTING THEM $400 MILLION A YEAR FOR THIS KIND OF SMASH-AND-GRAB APPROACH SO REPUBLICANS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FOR FUNDING THE POLICE, NOT DEFUNDING THE POLICE, AND WE WANT PEOPLE CONVICTED OF THEIR CRIME AND SERVE THEIR TIME.
ELIZABETH WARREN WHAT THE CONGRESSMAN JUST SAID, JOE, AND YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS , THE CONGRESSMAN IS POINTING OUT SOMETHING, JOHN. NEARLY THREE DOZEN STATES NOW SAY THEFT OF LESS THAN A THOUSAND DOLLARS IS JUST A DEMEANOR. DEMOCRAT OFFICIALS BUSTED THAT DOWN TO JUST THE EQUIVALENT OF A PARKING TICKET. JOE, I WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO THIS SECURITY GUARD THAT THIS PHILADELPHIA GAS STATION OWNER HAD TO HIRE PRIVATE SECURITY GUARDS WITH WEAPONS TO DEFEND THE GAS STATION. WATCH THIS SECURITY GUARD. >> A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE WERE HERE, AND THEN, THE FOLLOWING WEEK, WHEN PEOPLE REALIZED WHAT HAPPENED HERE, A LOT OF PEOPLE GOT ON BOARD. PHILADELPHIA IS OFF THE CHAIN. RIGHT NOW, STATISTICS SAY, 62% OF THEFTS, ROBBERIES, AND THE BIGGEST ONE OF ALL, CARJACKINGS HAPPEN AT THE PUMP. NOW FOR THIS OWNER, THE LAST STRAW WAS WHEN HE GOT HIT THREE WEEKS AGO, THE LACK OF POLITICAL ACTION WE HAVE UNCLE LARRY, THE DA, WHOSE NOT A DA, HE'S ACTING LIKE A SOCIAL WORKER. PROSECUTE THE CRIMINALS. THAT IS WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
NOT GIVE THEM THE KEYS TO THE CITY. >> LOOK AT THE MAP, YOU CAN SEE IT NATIONWIDE THAT IT'S BEING LIKE A TRIVIAL ITEM RETAIL THEFT OF A THOUSAND OR LESS. I THINK AMERICANS ARE SICK AND TIRED OF IT, JOE. >> I THINK WE'RE ALL SICK AND TIRED OF IT, LIZ AND THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS WE KNOW HOW TO FIX IT AND WE KNOW WE CAN INCREASE OUR PATROLS IN THAT AREA AND WE CAN GET THESE PEOPLE INTO CUSTODY AND IF WE JUST HAD THE REST OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM COOPERATING WITH US, AND THROW THE BACK AT THESE CAREER THIEVES, THESE ARE NOT PEOPLE JUST GETTING PICKED UP FOR SHOPLIFTING A SNICKERS BAR.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN ARRESTED DOZENS SOMETIMES HUNDREDS OF TIMES BEFORE AND YOU'RE JUST LETTING THEM RIGHT BACK OUT AND IT LEADS TO NOT KEEPING STORES OPEN, CVS, WALGREENS AND NOW WALMART IS STARTING TO CLOSE. HOW MUCH MORE DAMAGE DO WE NEED TO DO TO UNDER PRIVILEGED COMMUNITIES BECAUSE MAKE NO MISTAKE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT SUFFER. IT CREATES FINANCIAL DESERTS THEY CAN'T GET BANKING IN THAT AREA AND IT'S NOT A COINCIDENCE THAT 15 OF THE TOP 15 CITIES LEADING THIS COUNTRY IN MURDERS ARE ALL CONTROLLED BY DEMOCRATS WITH DEMOCRAT DA'S IT'S TIME WE START WORRYING ABOUT VICTIMS INSTEAD OF SUSPECTS AND WE KEEP ALLOWING THESE CRIMINALS TO DO THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
ENOUGH ALREADY. LIZ: THAT WAS A GREAT INTERVIEW,.
