the mid-terms because democrats generally like to pass the big bills with lots of different things on them and talk about the small sliver that actually impacts the american people instead of this massive government spending program. i think what they are lacking is real answers to the things that americans care about the most right now which is inflation, the coronavirus, pandemic and how the white house is handling or not handling that. the fact that we were caught flat footed with the latest wave is giving a lot of people pause on if democrats can manage the crises the way biden promised he could when he came in. it is things like these and also the labor shortages and everything else happening that the democrats don t have good messages for especially with inflation and the economy not doing as well as it should be at this point they are concerned about that. if they don t pass build back better and it doesn t look likely, then they don t have anything they can go on the campaign t
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that means that people s paychecks are shrinking. people are becoming poorer because of this inflation. the big question is how are you going to solve this inflation problem when you have an administration that wants to pour another $4 trillion of unpaid money into the economy that can only be paid for by printing more money? i don t understand the logic of it. trace: austan, last word. i will say this factually not true. if you add up the tax cut they got and the amount wages went up it is well in excess of inflation for 2021. we will have to see. i believe that the inflation is in large measure derived from the pandemic and the supply constraints and those are easing. the price of oil is down about 25% or more from its peak. hopefully that will translate into lower gas prices. if not, then i think steve is right, that president biden is going to face a lot tougher 2022. but i think if we get control of the virus, which is
it is a time for some careful thinking about what wins elections. at the end of the day it means nothing if we don t have a congress that will get things done and we don t have a white house that we can count on to be be sane and sober. when the clock strikes midnight the count down to the mid-term begins. inflation, crime and illegal immigration will help flip congress to the republicans. trace: thank you, lucas. julie: for more on all of this let s bring in desirae, former congressional candidate for ohio and now president and ceo of innovation ohio, and the founder of classic communications and assistant secretary from the department of homeland security.
devastating parts of the midwest causing dozens of deaths and billions of dollars in damage. the hardest hit state kentucky where the sheer level of destruction was nearly unprecedented. and looking forward in 2022, covid may dominate the headlines again depending on new strains like omicron and keeping a close eye on the supply chain issues and inflation and the mid-term elections where republicans hope to take back congress. of course, we ll be here for all of it. until then in new york, bill hemmer, fox news. trace: amazing because as bill says, covid dominated the headlines in 2021 but there were so many other defining moments from hurricanes to tornadoes to that building collapse in florida and to afghanistan. just stunning amounts of news coming out. julie: it is also stunning we are still in the pandemic. 2020 seems like so long ago. here we are two plus years