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Whip Scalise Examines the Political Landscape Heading into the Mid-Terms WASHINGTON, DC – In remarks in the Green New Deal, we’re Democrat incumbent doesn’t want on July 14th before a breakfast going to have decades more where him to. Because people don’t like meeting of The Ripon Society, House we still need fossil fuels to run an the policies. It’s hurting low-income Republican Whip Steve Scalise (LA- industrialized economy.” families. All these policies have a 1) assessed the national political According to Whip Scalise, real impact on people and folks are landscape heading into the mid-term the precarious nature of the U.S. seeing it.” elections and shared his thoughts on economy and the seemingly out-ofWhip Scalise further noted some of the most pressing challenges touch proposals from the Left has that the House GOP established a facing the American people this year. resulted in many voters balking at number of task forces last year for “There’s a lot of the purpose of creating energy out there,” Whip a thoughtful Republican Scalise stated. “When platform for candidates you go around to these to campaign on this fall. swing districts that The task forces include: are ‘50-50’, and today Jobs and the Economy; we’ve got about forty Big Tech Censorship to sixty of them, you and Data; Future of see what people care American Freedoms; about. As we saw a Energy, Climate, and few days ago, inflation Conservation; American is up to 9.1% — fortySecurity; Healthy year high inflation. Future; and, China People feel this when Accountability they go to the grocery “We’ve been store. When families working for months try to buy some of the now,” he said of the ingredients for the “People understand what the problems effort to lay out a positive breakfast table, they’re Republican agenda. are – you don’t have to sell them on the paying a double-digit “We put together these idea that the country’s on the wrong higher cost for all of task forces and have sat that. When they’re down to come up with track.” going to the gas station better policies to fix Whip Steve Scalise these problems. We’re to fill up their car, Remarks to The Ripon Society going to roll this out this they’re paying more than double what they July 14, 2022 summer, and it will be were paying two years called the Commitment ago. It gets people to America… People angry, and it should get people angry the thought of Democrats retaining understand what the problems are because this isn’t the seventies.” their majority in Washington. – you don’t have to sell them on “But up here, you’ve got people “I was in Bangor, Maine two the idea that the country’s on the running Washington that have said weeks ago and was in Scranton, wrong track. What they’re looking publicly that they want higher gas Pennsylvania on Monday,” he for, and what people are hungrier prices. They want higher energy noted. “Y’all remember Scranton, for now more than ever, are sound, costs. They want people to just stop right? Joe Biden’s hometown. His honest ideas about how to fix these using fossil fuels. That is not in line popularity is 35% in his hometown. problems. That’s what we’re going with how people live their lives He won’t even go campaign for the to be talking about between now and today. Anybody who’s honest with Democrat incumbent. Not because November 8th.” RF you will tell you, even if they believe he doesn’t want to. But because the RIPON FORUM August 2022
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