so frankly, the economy, the my, the economy here and when you speak to business owners, they ll tell you, as a matter of fact my producer walked in and walked into a store here franks, and one of the business owners told us look it is tough. didn t want to get into politics. but in terms of the economy, products she s having to charge more for products because it s costing her more to do business her electric bill is up and whatnot so that s ruling the day here. the economy and independent voters here by the way, neil, will have a lot to say about that and the frankly are not allowed to take part in this primary. which is something that they re trying to change and, obviously, a lot more to say about the issues come november. neil: real quickly on casey, of course, backing the administration that, you know, obviously, that s not surprising but that this inflation is not on the white house it s on, you know, greedy companies but that only goes so far, right? reporter: yeah. i would a
the same time i think the biden administration is, in fact, the greater threat to democracy. i think, they have a totalitarian temper they have bought into the progressive movement and they re twying to squelch opposition and freedom of speech. you are also concerned about the things you saw and witnessed in the lives you claim that donald trump, you know, founded again and again you said repeatedly he knew well that he lost the election the last election. and we got details on other indictments not the one case that s happening now getting all of this attention now i believe you thought that was was ridiculous but you recalled a lot of information and the dlings on the information that came up in some of these other matters and nauseating despicable someone who engaged this that bullying about a process that s fundamental to our self-government shouldn t be
are you worried? look, this is the continuation of the clown show. you know, when you look at the changes challenges voters elected a house republican to governor and check and balance on the biden administration two of my bills the ship act and the iran china energy sanction act are in today s package of bills to target iranian petroleum which is funding their terrorism. this is taking on the biden administration this is holding them accountability and 88 billion dollars in increase iranian oil sales. what is happening within our conference is undermining our ability to govern and hold this administration accountable. speaker johnson like speaker mccarthy before him is doing the right thing by putting critical legislation on the floor in favor of the american people and
anger at the fact that the biden administration has created an absolute calamity at our border. but recognize that your inability to work as a team inability to pass rules inability to allow speaker to negotiate is what has weakened his hand to try to get border provisions in this bill. and that is the frustration that i have. you know, i voted for a cr that had hr2 in september. many of the people complaining today calling for speaker johnson s removal are the same people that volted against a cr that had border provisions that would have put biden administers and chuck schumer on defensive so they have nobody to blame but themselveses for their failure to work as a collective. and recognize that you know what there s going to be compromises. apparently some of them don t understand marriage because any of us who have been married understand you re never going get your way 100% of the time.
terms of comprehensive reform. if you look at where everyone was a couple of years a, they were far more amenable to a deal than they are now, and that s at biden s feet. obama took up this issue too and dropped it. paul: all right. thank you very much, kim. still ahead, as the war in ukraine drives on, there s growing concern over russia s deepening ties with iran as the biden administration scram bls to stop tehran from supplying drones to moscow. anced nutrition. together we support immune function. supply fuel for immune cells and sustain tissue health. ensure with twenty-five vitamins and minerals, and ensure complete with thirty grams of protein.