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this. gas prices were high before we get to this place. part of that is the policies of this administration. let me a and tone deafness she went on tv to make a case to continue using russian oil, so we can transition from fossil fuels that s about as tone-deaf as you can get, our secretary of energy. you mentioned pete buttigieg. the candidate for tone-deaf messenger of the day is this senator. we need environmental justice, not pipelines. if it s only buy the senator television so she can see what s going on around the world? we are not asking to figure out a way to make sure that oil companies make a ton of money and get those oil because no, we are talking about being viable for national security.
holiday. bill: josh kraushaar. how are you doing? a couple things here. jen psaki got a false rating that no economist feels the agenda with fuel inflation. we found will it cause hardship for your family? grocery prices yes, 73%, gas prices yes, 72%. josh. yeah, another poll that came out just this week from politico showing that just 26% of americans thought that this build back better legislation would actually reduce inflation. most people thought it would increase inflation. that is what s on the minds of most americans heading into thanksgiving week. there is a big worry about all the high costs of gas, the high costs of groceries and a tone deafness from this administration throughout the whole year. they ve been putting ideology ahead of economic reality. it started with trying to pass