. >>> rick scott a little while ago in your remarks. earlier today, anticipating your remarks he said, and i'm just quoting here, the most effective thing joe biden can do to solve the inflation crisis he created is resign. he's the problem. >> resign -- >> the senator added later, joe biden is unwell. he's unfit for office. he's incoherent, incapacitated and not fit for office. his words. how do you respond? >> i think the man has a problem. >> yeah. >> rick scott. >> my god. >> i love these trumpers, jonathan lemire, that defended a guy that was proud of the fact that he could like spot a water buffalo, dog, cat, cow, woman, camera, or whatever it was. trump still going around bragging that he doesn't have dementia, according to this test. and the things that he said, he just is lost when he talks so often. and the fact that trumpers go after joe biden, unbelievable. hey, joe's not shakespeare, okay? nobody ever said he was. >> not even close. >> joe wasn't shakespeare 40 years ago, right? but, again, seriously, you're a trumper, and

rick scott plan. he's not even up for re-election, he just wanted to put something out there, it was denounced by the majority of the republican leadership mitch mcconnell said it's not our hand. >> i think he might have been thinking about scott walker, but the point is, this is a time for sincerity, honestly. we know rick scott does not represent the republican party, he's not republican leadership, he's somewhat to your point who has been on the business side he's been on the legislative side, also and in congress, so he understands and his own ideas, but never heard republicans say we think higher taxes ares solution, and we have tax blame pointing the finger, so we start off with covid, then putin's war and then of course the president throwing the federal reserve under the bus. so i just -- i just wish he would take some accountability. there are things he could do, particularly when it comes to oil. let me tell you, you know. when william was talking about the crude oil and how people feel it b

biden said rick scott is not well. nobody is bothering to defend him because all of those things could be argued persuasively. i'm with you about the maga phrase. it shows how little game that they have that no one is picking it up and laughing at it. it's not let's go brandon; which was genius because of the subterfuge and it's not visual like dirty harry. it's like a loser that choses a name and knock picks it up. joe looks great on the suit. puts on the bomber jacket, the aviation jacket, he looks like the head of the flight crew that got mistaken as the pilot. he should be messing up the kids hair and giving the wings to the girl. he should not be in the cockpit. that's the problem. the democrats have realized he's in the cockpit. you have to get him out. >> jesse: there's no game with ultra maga. if you are maga, you're not like oh, ultra maga. he got me. janine, how do you think this will play? >> jeanine: i don't think it will play at all. he said his policies have helped more than they hurt? where is the disinf

rick scott idiosyncratic plan. on the other hand it is a gift to the democratic party and to the white house because rick scott is, in fact, in charge of the republican effort to win back the senate this year. and they can say look, this is what the guy in charge wants to do. it's what republicans want to do and republicans can deny it up and down but it is a fact that this is what rick scott says. >> trace: what about you, howie, do you think it's damaging? >> i think it gives a big target to the democrats as byron pointed out. i also think it's fair tore president biden to say you know, some of this has to do with the war in ukraine. some of it with the pandemic and the supply chain. those are legitimate points as is pointing out that he created millions of jobs and has lowered the deficit. the fact is a reporter asked him why are people are so angry and blaming you biden gave a candid answer. we are in charge. we control the house and the senate at least nominally and the white house. that's the way politics wor

senate, rick scott served two terms as the 45th governor of florida. during his term as governor is successfully championed more than $10 billion in tax cuts and cut thousands of burdensome regulations that led florida businesses to create millions of new jobs. rick scott grew up in public housing in the midwest, his adoptive father was a world war ii veteran and a truck driver, his mother, a store clerk. after marrying his high school sweet start -- sweetheart, he joined the navy where he served active duty as a radar man aboard the uss glover. he used the g.i. bill to attend the university of missouri, kansas city, and eventually opened his first business, a doughnut shop. scott went on to round the world's largest health care company and continues to fight every day so families across the state have the same opportunities he had to live the american dream. in november, 2020, senator scott was selected by his colleagues to chair the national republican senatorial committee, the senate republicans campaign tasks with winning back the majority in the s

senator rick scott of wisconsin, a member of the senate republican leadership, laid it all out in a plan.

you know, the other thing senator rick scott, his plan, in fact this morning in a tweet senator rick scott actually called out the president saying, basically this. instead of fixing the crisis he created inflation record gas prices open border, president joe biden is giving a major speech today attacking me. this is a great example of why we need to rescue america from biden and his radical again today. republicans will latch on as you said, neil, to what the president was saying, sort of brushing off inflation, go forward with his spending plan and eventually don't worry, it will come back down. neil: thank you very much, my friend. by the way rick scott's plan to make sure everyone has skin in the game and every american pays something in taxes is meant to address the 50% who might pay, fica social security taxes things like that but are not threw writeoffs, allowances, federal income taxes t has grown to the point where half of americans are not paying that. that is not endorsed by other prominent republican including mitch mcconnell, said republicans do not stand for raising tax

senator rick scott, thank you for your time, for being on the program today. appreciate it. >> have a good day, bye-bye. >> harris: you, too. i'm joined by co-host emily compagno and kayleigh mcenany, also cheryl and guy benson. as we watch that with the president of the united states and then with senator rick scott, you had a lot to say on the fact that wow, scott is joining us right after. wonder if the president mentions his name and then like six or seven times in, the president mentions his name. >> yeah, so the approach here from president biden and the democrats broadly is to try to pretend that one bullet point in one plan put out by senator rick scott who is not even running in 2022 represents the entire republican party platform, and senator scott just now to you like 30 seconds ago said clearly, his plan is not the agenda for the republican party which is what, as you pointed out, senator mcconnell very importantly said. republicans are not running on raising people's taxes. that's not what the republican party ever does. what struck me about the p

rick scott grew up in public housing in the midwest. his adopted father was a world war ii veteran and a truck driver and his mother a store clerk. after marrying his high schoolch sweetheart scott joined the navy where he served active duty as a radar man aboard the uss glover. use the g.i. bill to attend the university of missouri kansas city eventually opened his first business, a donut shop. scott went on to run the world's largestt healthcare company and continues to fight every day so families across the state can have the same opportunityty he d to live the american dream. in november 2020 center scott was selected by his colleagues to chair the national republican senatorial committee the senate republican campaign act passed with a winning back a majority in the senate. that is one of the reasons he is here today. senator scott and his wife and have been married for 49 years. [applause] they have two daughters, allison and jordan, six and grandsons august, quintin, sebastian, eli, louie and judy. and one granddaughter zelda and

in more than 20 years, and the nra bumped rick scott down from an "a" to a "c." was that florida legislation perfect? not by a long shot. but if it existed in texas, yesterday's shooter would not have been able to casually buy the gun the way he did. how did that florida legislation happen? how did the nra's preferred candidate, an a plus defender of the cause end up adopting common sense gun reform. it was the activists. the activists that came out in support of doing something. they came out of the marjory stoneman douglas shooting. the kids made it happened. they kept it in the spotlight. one that scott could not ignore even if he wanted to. this is a great example of how pressure works. politicians can afford to alienate some vote torious keep the nra happy but at some point that has to give. it is easy to feel that there is no way to make progress on this issue, particularly in the last ten days. but recent history tells us the change is in fact possible. that's not all by the way. since 2018, 14 states have passed what are called red flag laws, and these ar

and rick scott reflects the line of attack the democrats previously used. rick scott is a wealthy former health care executive and one of the planks of that ultra maga agenda that president biden referred to was a plank that said, well, we're going to make sure that everybody pays at least some income taxes. almost half of americans don't make enough money to pay federal income tax. so he is saying with that suggestion that taxes would be applied, federal taxes would be applied to those people who don't make enough money. that's what president biden was attacking, and rick scott is relevant because he's trying to win the senate right now to put mitch mcconnell back in the leader's office. that's why he focused on that. their notion is attacking them simply as the party of the rich, which is something democrats have done for quite a long time, isn't enough. they've got to talk about the radicalism, the extremism in the objectives and in the methods of this republican party, and they hope that that is a message, with all the difficulties they have, inflation,

senator rick scott is with us. he's going to join us next as his tax plan comes under fire and his feud with the president takes on a personal dynamic. >> john: and the record drug overdose deaths, we know the percentage of killer fentanyl coming into the.s. over the broken southern border. a number that has even hardened agents doing a double take. that's ahead. stay with us. you never know what opportunities life will send your way. but if you have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis or psoriatic arthritis, enbrel can help you say i'm in for what's next. ready to create a bigger world? -i'm in. ready to earn that “world's greatest dad” mug? -i'm in. care to play a bigger role in this community? -i'm in. enbrel helps relieve joint pain, helps stop permanent joint damage, and helps skin get clearer in psoriatic arthritis. with less pain, you're free to join in. enbrel may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, nerv

anthony salvanto, thank you. >> thank you. >> brennan: and we turn now to florida senator rick scott, he's the republican tasked with winning the senate majority for the gop in this year's midterm elections, and he joins us from naples, florida, good morning to you, senator. >> good morning, margaret, i think those numbers are consistent with what we have seen that inflation is still the number one issue in the country, and the president is slow to react, whether it is the border, whether it is inflation, whether it is gas prices, even ukraine, i think the expectation is that whoever the president is gets ahead of the problems rather than behind the problems. >> brennan: right. >> so i think the election this fall is going to be about inflation, it is going to be about the effectiveness of the biden administration, and i think it bodes well for republicans. >> brennan: well, why do you think that? because you just heard our poll which shows republicans don't really have much of an advantage on that specific issue, 51 percent of those polled trust the gop on inflation, 49 percent trust

we just saw that exchange over rick scott who called the president a lot of names. in his speech, the president referred to rick scott as being from wisconsin. clearly, he is not. he is from florida. carol, to you. >> that's right. the president -- this is the second time in the past week the president stepped out to the podium to take on senator scott and what the president is calling this extreme maga agenda. what we heard from the president today is his midterm election message. this is -- he talked about these two paths. that's how he is framing this for the american people as they head into the november election, saying there's the president's plan, which according to the president would lower taxes for the middle class and grow the economy for the middle class while the republican agenda, according to the president, would benefit corporations and wealthier americans. he hit on several different aspects of that. taxes and energy policy and the deficit. the president making the case that his economic proposals would lower the deficit and that he has been doing t

responding to a question about rick scott's comments saying he's got a problem. this is a far cry from when we really saw him hesitant to attack the opposing party. >> right. the challenge is the republicans run nothing in washington right now. he can say what will they do or what they plan to do, but even he acknowledged to the question, he said why are people frustrated at you? because we control all three branches of government, as you know. that's the challenge for the president. he says don't blame me. this is because of the covid pandemic and the invasion of ukraine, but he's the president of the united states, and his powers, the president was candid about it, his powers are limited. this is largely the fed. >> right. i think his message was for the american people listening today, but with the eye toward the midterms, because, again, a lot of what he's framing it as is if you're just saying are democrats doing enough, the answer is always going to be no, we think they should do more. now he's reframing it as well, look at what we're doing versus what you

rick scott pushed back against that today. listen here. >> there's nothing that the president said that's in there. what i've said is let's get people back to work so they have skin in the game. >> john: skin in the game was a phrase put out there. what the rescue america plan does, says all americans should pay some income tax to have skin in the game even if a small amount. currently over half americans pay no income tax. and sunsets in five years, if a law is worth keeping congress can pass it again. did you say why is he putting this out here in an election year, you are just giving ammunition to the other side? >> i don't think the legislator putting out proposals is giving any ammunition. when you've literally got a president who has been so incompetent from day one, john. you've got inflation that's over 8% right now. everybody is paying more for gas, to groceries, and everything in between. and no matter what this president or nancy pelosi or chuck schumer or any democrat tries to do to point the finger at someone else

rick scott a little bit later on. >> steve: an hour. >> brian: the president is taking on rick scott and naming him the leader of the republican party, kind of. >> ainsley: coming up, new details on a confessed killer's greatest escape from an alabama jail with a corrections officer. what we are learning about his 11 days on the run before he was captured. >> steve: plus will former president donald trump return to twitter when elon musk takes over in the tesla's ceo's plans to reverse the permanent ban on trump coming up. most? most? from prom dresses to workouts and new adventures you hope the more you give the less they'll miss. but even if your teen was vaccinated against meningitis in the past they may be missing vaccination for meningitis b. although uncommon, up to 1 in 5 survivors of meningitis will have long term consequences. now as you're thinking about all the vaccines your teen might need make sure you ask your doctor if your teen is missing meningitis b vaccination. my asthma felt anything but normal. ♪♪ it was time for a nunormal with nucala. nucala is a once month

senate rick scott laid it out in a plan. the ultra maga agenda. >> harris: rick scott is from florida, not wisconsin. senator, he is also governor hard to forget. republicans like senator john thune say they are finished with president biden's finger pointing. >> president biden is flailing around swinging blindly hoping that something will land. and his latest target, of course, is rick scott. but the truth is, he can't defend his administration's record when it comes to the border, energy or inflation. there are so many things that are in crisis right now and so he is trying to change the subject. >> harris: fox business white house correspondent edward lawrence has more. >> i'm waiting for the president to blame me for reporting the inflation numbers. these were big inflation numbers regardless of the minor decrease you mentioned, 8.3%. leading the price increases you are talking about shelter, food, everyday things people use, new vehicles. but let's put in focus what americans use every day. all food is up 9.4%. when yo

but you know what's, good for rick scott. at least it's being honest and somewhat transparent about what he wants to do, while the rest of republicans want you to pay attention to the imaginary invasion, and the 16 19 project. but here's the thing, i can't stress the strongly enough, politics, ultimately is not a cable news show. it's not a twitter fight. it's real people, real groups of people, with real material interests. which brings me to the latest outburst from the billionaires. elon musk, you may have noticed, has now declared democrats are to mean and hurt his feelings, and because of that, he will now be voting republican from now on. jeff bezos, the third richest man in the world, has suddenly started attacking president biden on twitter, after biden held an event with leaders from the amazon union. let me say, my suspicion is that musk and bezos ire towards biden has nothing to do with tone, and everything to do with their fortunes, which is to say, their material interests. they know which party is better for bil

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the rick scott proposal in familiar is an easy target for him and the impending supreme court decision could be a target. he's trying to turn this into a choice. >> smart? >> of course it's smart. it might not work but it's smart. the only other thing i would add is mitch mcconnell is smart guy. i can't imagine he was happy with rick scott's proposal because mcconnell knows the election, they don't want to make it a btabout the republica. they don't want to give the democrats anything to shoot at and senator scott gave the democrats a big target. i don't think it will be successful but it's the only option the democrats have. >> the president also taking on the supreme court draft decision knocking down roe v wade and bha that may mean for other right and laws across the country. listen and then we'll discuss. >> what happens if the state change the law sawing that children who are lgbtq can't be in classrooms with other children? is that legit under the way the decisions is written? what are next things that will be attacked because this maga crowd is really the most extreme political

host: rick scott talking about republicans and what they want to do. in miami, a republican. tell us why. caller: i favor the republicans for one reason. they seem to be the only party that still exists in america that believes in american capitalism and the private sector. your caller is talking about deficit spending. both parties have done that. government does not create wealth. people seem to have forgotten that. the fact that the government goes out and starts spending money has -- does nothing to grow the economy. it creates people who become dependent on the government. it is the private sector that creates wealth in america and jobs. when you have a president who during the campaign trail came out on several occasions and said, i am going to shut down american fossil fuel industries, this is why you have gasoline approaching five dollars a barrel and diesel approaching six dollars a barrel. everything in this country runs on diesel fuel because that is what we used to run -- move merchandise around. people who voted for joe biden got exactly what he promised to them,

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>> well, it's true that it's rick scott's plan for his own reasons, rick scott, who is the head of the senate republican campaign committee might want to run for president, was appealing to conservatives with the plan that's pretty much the opposite of what would assist ordinary americans with inflation. it calls for taxing people whose incomes are now too modest, that they owe federal income taxes. he talks about sun setting federal programs, which tend to help people who don't have a lot of money, and he's talking about slashing the irs budget, which is involved in enforcement of the tax laws in particular auditing high income people like rick scott. now, is it going to happen? is it the republican plan? no, mitch mcconnell knows that it's a very unpopular plan that scott proposed so he said we're not going to pass it, but that's the to and fro of politics that we're going to see for the next six months before midterms. >> the republicans focussing on inflation while the white house would like to focus on an economy that in any other circumstance would be doing very, very well, john

he attacked republicans for wanting to raise your taxes florida senator rick scott has a random plan that has no weight whatsoever but he's trying to tie republicans to that plan. republicans have no plan for inflation, let me tell you something, you watch my show every morning you can come with a list of republicans that come on our show with a plan specifically there's no plan for gas. really? i got one plan for you, joe. open pipeline. that's all the plan that you need. stuart: you know that's not going to happen. >> not going to happen. stuart: gas prices went up again 3 cents higher to new high of 4.40 per gallon. that's 4.40 a gallon. memorial day weekend, a couple weeks away, that's when we all start driving, that's when prices go up some more. this inflation ain't going away. >> that's why it's great that you asked the question to your previous guest. the stock market look at those numbers they're not thinking this is going away any time soon. so you have this and then if you want to feed your baby, you have that concern as well. i mean, all of this stuff is compounding. ther

senator rick scott of florida who is leading the republican the manga agenda. let me tell you about that agenda, it is extreme. it will raise taxes on 75 million american families over 95% of whom make less than a hundred thousand dollars a year. among the hardest hit are working families. imagine a family of four who cannot pay federal taxes because you don't make enough money to pay them. under this new plan, while corporations pay nothing more, the working class folks make -- pay a lot more. the extreme republican agenda calls congress, every five years, the congress would have to vote to reinstate to eliminate social security, medicare and medicaid. social security, seniors have paid into it their whole life and it has to be reauthorized every five years? again, it is hard to make this up but it is a maga agenda. just imagine that. it is truly outrageous. i offer a different plan one rooted in decency. billionaires would have to pay a minimum tax and most importantly no one making less than $400,000 would pay a penny more and federal taxes we will protect s

he's taking aim specifically a plan released by senator rick scott, which calls for all americans to pay some income tax. their plans to raise taxes. >> on 75 million american families. over 95% of who make less than $100,000 year. but senator scott told me that's a lie. would your tax plan raise taxes on millions of americans know i've never supported raising >> on people, president biden says republicans are blaming him because they want frustrated americans to push them back into the majority in november. >> that you're will hand power over them. and so they can an actor, extreme agenda. senator rick scott does believe republicans will take back control of congress soon and says when they do, his party has a plan for how to fix the economy. >> you reduce taxes, you reduce fees, you make it easier for people getting business. that's what you do. you don't do what the democrats and joe biden are doing. >> in washington, i'm hannah brandt. >> coming up, ukrainian officials reporting several civilian centers were hit by russian hypersonic missiles with this kind of artillery is capabl

his latest target is rick scott. but the truth is he can't defend his administration's report when it comes to the border, energy and inflation. there's so many things that are in crisis right now. so he's obviously trying to change the subject and distract away from the failed policies that he's put in place and which the american people are now reacting to and trying to blame somebody else. in this case, he's picked rick scott. the very simple fact of the matter is this is an administration whose policies have been an abject failure on so many levels. they're doing everything that they can to change the subject. >> martha: senator, when the president says i'm doing my part to do what republicans always say they want to do and this is, decrease the deficit and he's making the comparison of $5 trillion over two years that changed the math, so we're down from that. but that is his pitch. that if you want to get this under control, want to get inflation under control, i'm doing it by decreasing the size of these defici

to say i've never heard of rick scott and i don't hear any of the republican talking about this. what are you going to do about gas? >> so they used this phrase ultra my god, which i guess that the new phrase for extreme. so it is the extreme agenda? if it's protecting your family from filing a crime and being able to afford feud and fuel while joe is been embracing an extreme focus on that allowed all of this to take place? >> joey: maga means america first. but the people in the left it means white supremacy. also if ultra maga was focused group width doesn't that sound like let me get a pack of those ultra maga 100s? that's what i think about it, that's all here. you're talking about a guy that stands there and speaks with such conviction over an economy that this week all he wants to brag about is his ability to lower the deficit that was raised by two and half trillion dollars post covid. here it comes slowly down the last two years. we spent three or $4 trillion in the year because of a pandemic that shut our economy down, but all he asked to brag about in the economy is th

that has saved lives, under the guidance of governor rick scott and others and in has happened with other senators to other republican governors have passed gun law prevention legislation, it's important to note how many of these gunman are under 21 when these things happen, also protection orders that enable somebody to have guns taken through due process if at risk to themselves or others. we helped disarm somebody who threatened to kill my own mother and it worked through a court order with due process and i think because of that, republicans have done this stuff, you know, governor rick scott signed that law and signed that bill into law and got elected to the senate. and anderson, i think the reality is we are not nearly as divided as i think we are, i've talked with nra members, many who do agree with me but we all agree on what counts that gun violence should not be continuing in the united states, that's why we're calling on a second march for our lives for june 11th, gun owners, republicans, democrats, nongun owners, everybody who agrees we need to do something about gun vi

you have seen rick scott lead in the past on this. who do you think actually has the capacity to stand up to offer a profile of courage and actually get something done? whether that is red flag laws, raising the minimum age to buy a gun, there are things that can be done to our very popular with the american people, that just need republicans in the senate to move on. >> not a single elected official in today's republican party, alicia. i say that not as a broad swipe but because there is an important nuance here. when we saw republicans act i, referred to the fact that political pressure being greater than the pressure of the lobby, once that fulcrum was crossed, the republican actions were still done in full coordination with the gun lobby. the gun lobby gave republicans permission for incremental change. coming out in vegas, recalled that the only incremental change that made it to the table was this ban on bump stocks. kevin mccarthy and republicans in congress said that legislation is not need to do the. the administration can. l

you've got rick scott, republican senator, rick scott, former governor of your state, who's not the only republican senator putting a plan on the table -- mitch mcconnell said he won't offer republican agenda. even at the national level, you have the guy from florida, rick scott, offering a plot for the party. voter i.d., denying the existence of trans children, pledge allegiance in schools, raising taxes on porous americans. that's all out there. -- that's where you are right now. >> mehdi, there's a reason the new gop mean is make america florida. as you've heard, this is a by design plan. as a florida democrat, it pains me to admit this. the facts of the matter are, mehdi, the republicans wanted it more. they made a calculation that florida was a state that could not, under any circumstances, be lost and be part of the democratic coalition of states going forward. as rick says, they made that plan in 94. they, nonetheless, still lost florida 96, when bill clinton won reelection. they made everything in their power to win it back in 2000, and that is futility in. were many, including m

. >> now, wolf, one republican that president biden singled out today was senator rick scott of florida. he said that that proposal that he's put out about a federal required federal income tax which of course would go into effect and would affect about half of the households in the nation who right not don't make enough to pay that, that is something the president has pointed to, saying the republicans do not have a better alternative plan here. we should note people like mitch mcconnell have criticized that plan, said that's not their platform, but there are big questions tonight about what president biden himself is going to do here, and just how far the white house can go, because of course, he pointed to the federal reserve and the raised interest rates that have happened and the ones we expect to happen. he also said they're still discussing removing some of the trump era tariffs on chinese goods that experts said would help alleviate this to some degree. they have not made that decision yet. we should note the treasury secretary said today they do expect this economic uncertainty

do you agree with rick scott on the condition of the president? >> i'd like to see the president do things that will make the country move ahead in a positive way. focus on jobs, the economy, national security. to me, national security is economic security, border security. we have a lot of crises that are caused by the actions of this president and this administration. we have chaos at the southern border. you saw today 107,000 americans died from drug overdoses this past year. we don't have any solution from the administration. we have energy at an all-time high cost. today $2 a gallon more than the day joe biden came into office. he needs to change. >> martha: you side stepped my question whether or not you agree with rick scott on the president's condition. you're a doctor. are you choosing not to weigh-in? >> i haven't had a chance to examine the president on that. i'll let those two do it between themselves. >> martha: do you distance yourself from senator scott's plans to raise taxes on some of the lower income earners in the country? >> my

third, rick scott does not want high tax. he wants to flatten the tax code so everybody has skin in the game and what lot of republicans reject the thing. you just said three things that are not accurate. >> show me in the economic plan what they want to do for inflation for the american people where raising taxes especially on middle and lower income americans. where are those taxes. dan: i don't want to raise taxes. >> where is the biden administration's plan to raise money. dan: he just gave a speech about raising corporate taxes. they get the money from people. it's big scam. >> he wants to reverse what happened in the last administration. he wants to benefit middle income families. let's look at the supply chain. dan: time out. he wants to reverse what, the growth? >> that's not what i said. barack obama had the worst recovery from a respecial in american history. he never reached 3% gdp growth, trump cracked that. and now under biden we are back to negative gdp. >> the trend in this country especially when republicans a

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the democrats are trying to take the words of senator rick scott and say that is what that party stands for. when republican leadership try to get hold of that narrative themselves? annmarie: it is a great question because we have seen the likes of senator mitch mcconnell distance himself from that economic plan from senator rick scott. you've seen the democrats take hold of that and paint that as this is the republican party now and the ultra maga has absolute control. that is a fight that has been going on since former president trump left the white house. we are seeing it play every day in primaries across the country. on the putin price hike, i will say for a lot of people they think it is just a pr stunt. it is fair to say that taking out russia, a massive producer of fossil fuels, of commodities, of wheat is making the inflationary impact we had before this war much harder. right now, especially in the gasoline market, it is a refinery capacity issue, it is not the top price oil issue. when you take out russia, that is almost 2 million barrels of refined product you just shoot --

senator rick scott of florida, united states senator, released what he called the ultra mag agenda. let me tell you about this ultra mag agenda. it's extreme, as most of these things are. it will raise taxes over 90% of american families, among the hardest hit, working families -- imagine your family of four and you don't make enough money to pay federal taxes. you pay all your taxes, but you're still not making enough. under this new tax plan, the ultramaga agenda, while big corporations are going to paint nothing more, the working class folks are going to pay a lot more. and it goes further than that. this calls for congress -- i'm not making this up either, you have to think about this, it requires, if it were to pass every five years, the congress , would have to vote to reinstate or eliminate social security, medicare, and medicaid. social security something seniors have paid in for their whole life, and it has to be reauthorized? it has to be reauthorized every five years? look, again, it's hard to make this up, but then again, it's a maga agenda. you know, meanwhile, milliona

biden singling out republican senator rick scott. he's proposing to raise taxes on more than half of americans while ending social security and medicare. it's an absolute political loser. mitch mcconnell repeatedly told scott to pipe down about the plan, and fox news -- >> that would raise taxes on half of americans and sunset prom lake medicare, medicaid, and social security. why would you from pose something like that in an election year? >> sure. well of course that's the democrat talking points. >> no, no, it's in the plan! it's in the plan. >> well, but -- >> look, when fox is that incredulous you've really step in the it. biden trying to make republicans own scott's plan while saying he's taking steps on the supply chain, affordable housing, taxing the wealthy, and price gouging. inflation is a huge midterms issue. biden trying to frame it, while saying he's on top of the issue. >> i want every american to know i'm taking inflation very seriously, and it's my top domestic priority. >> joining me now is senator chris van holland

florida republican senator rick scott today calling on the president to step down over inflation. but here's the thing, what are republicans offering on the other side? biden's economic adviser gene sperling reminded us tonight was in the republican plan. watch this. >> what's the republican plan? the only plan that we've seen out there is from senator rick scott who is not just any senator, he's head of the republican senatorial committee. he put out upon those praised by the chairwoman of the republican party that basically called for a 2000 dollar tax increase on every lower motor income family with children. and virtually half of the smallest small businesses. >> so, i get people are not happy with the price of things on their biden. do they realize that what republicans are offering them on the other side? >> well, i think it's interesting to watch how uncomfortable many republicans are with scott's plan. as gene sperling pointed out, rick scott is not any senator, he's the head of the republican campaign to get senators reelected. but mitch mcconnell is very uncomfortable of

. >> reporter: what he is referencing there is that proposal from senator rick scott of florida, the one that would create this minimum federal income tax which of course would affect a lot of people since half the households in the nation right now don't pay that because they don't earn enough to actually pay that income tax. and so that is something he's pushing back on and that the white house really wanted to highlight. they know that of course often voters hold the person in office accountable for what's happening in the economy. that is a big concern for them, and that's why this is one of president biden's top domestic priorities at this time. and of course, as we know, analysts have said they don't expect prices to drop significantly in the coming weeks, maybe even the coming months. that's going to be something that remains a number one challenge for this white house, alisyn and victor. >> yeah, and polling shows this is the major challenge and priority for voters kaitlan collins there at the white house. thank you so much. let's talk more about this inflation, the prices go