year since he was sworn into office. he says his administration has outperformed since that time and blames president trump and the republicans for any shortcomings. carley: brooke has reaction, first we begin with griff jenkins. a lot to talk about this morning. griff: a whole lot. the president begins a new year with another legislative failure, even before the vote was called over changing the filibuster rules, senator joe manchin labeled it dead on arrival. it will fuel on the fire. griff: the president tweeting this, i am profoundly disappointed the senate failed to stand up for our democracy. i am disappointed, but not deterred. this after the president defended his performance. president biden: i outperformed what anybody thought would happen. you mentioned number of deaths from covid. it was three times that not long ago. it s coming down, everything is changing. griff: as far as the direction he wants to take the country in, he had this exchange with pete
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Defended his performance. president biden: i outperformed what anybody thought would happen. you mentioned number of deaths from covid. it was three times that not long ago. it s coming down, everything is changing. griff: as far as the direction he wants to take the country in, he had this exchange with peter doocy. watch. pete: why are you trying to pull the country to the left? president biden: well, i m not, i don t know what you consider too far to the left. you guys have been trying to convince me i am bernie sanders, i m not. i like him, but i m not bernie sanders, i m not a socialist. i m mainstream democrat. griff: absent from the discussion was discussion of the border and violence sweeping the nation. republican criticism was swift.
Instead of the big old plan, chunks of the plan. what is the difference in small bites or big bites, all the same thing. todd: you mentioned media sounding the alarm. cnn, inflation concerns could spell trouble for democrats. you think? another line from the sound bite carley rolled. if price increases are what you are worried about, doesn t that phrase joe biden used shows how out of touch he is. there is no if, price increases are making everybody worried, brian. brian: that is right, it goes back to perception thing, you hear the president say it is a perception problem. i need to go back to the american public and speak in plain sxer simpler language. mr. president, we don t need you to dumb down the language, we re looking at the problem. we need you to recognize it.
Over the long run. balance sheets are better, as well. the economy is stronger than before the pandemic. carley: brian brenberg is author of that op ed, and is a fox news contributor. president biden spent time yesterday during the press conference talking about the economy and inflation and said the solution to it is to pass his build back better agenda. listen to this. president biden: covid-19 created economic complication, including rapid price increases across the world economy. if price increases are what you are worried about, best answer is my build back better man. carley: best answer to inflation and made news by saying he thinks he can pass chunks of build back better like $500 billion for energy and environmental issue and