american to visit the island in 25 years, this is a significant moment in the battle with china that exists on so many economic and military fronts. the communist nation has been caught buying up farmland for unknown reasons in the united states. also expanding their military bases with a stated goal of dominating the united states and making themselves the number 1 super power in the world. now they re choosing the united states of behaving like gangsters after the secretary state antony blinken said any crisis that follows this visit would be entirely on beijing. here s their response. the united states should and must be full responsibility for this. the remarks but secretary of state blinken confounded right and wrong and showed the mentality and gangster logic of some american people that i can provoke you wantonly but you can t oppose me or defend yourselves. martha: she claims she s just visiting taiwan and that that is allowed under the agreements that exist betwe
voters. deborah abel is a republican from pennsylvania, jessica freeman is an independent voter from georgia. she voted for president biden in 2020 and scott ramer is a republican from nevada. great to have you with us. let s dive in. deborah, start with you. you think that the united states is on the right track on wrong track and why do you feel either way? probably going to take more time than i have. but definitely on the wrong track. i m a small business owner. i own a towing and automotive company with 35 employees. it s never been harder to be a small business owner in this economy. i don t see real leadership here on a national level. i think we need a change. martha: what do you think the president could do?
personal thoughts. deborah and scott and jessica, thank you. hope you come back as we get through this mid-term journey we re about to be on the next few months. a lot of races in the places where you live. i hope we talk to you soon. thanks very much. thanks for having us. thank you. martha: thanks very much. so very interesting, right? to listen to this. joined by the white house economic adviser, jared bernstein who is listening in and joins us now. what is your sort of gut reaction as you listen to those voices from across the country? first of all, always good to hear voices from across the country like that. that s why the president gets out every time he can to listen to voices like that and others. there s a couple of things that i want to respond to. first of all, the message one here is loud and clear from that group and similar group like