>> bill: good morning. how are you doing? >> dana: great. >> bill: i'm great. i'm bill hemmer and good morning. election day less than three weeks away. republicans moving the needle tapping into key voters' concerns like violent crime. higher gas prices, rising inflation, state of education in american schools. president biden dodging questions to name his top priority. >> mr. president, what is your top domestic priority? inflation or is it abortion? just hoping to clarify for mid-term voters top domestic issues, inflation or important? >> all important. unlike you there is no one thing. it crosses the board. ask me about foreign policy, too. there are multiple, multiple issues. and they are all important. and we ought to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time. you know the old expression. >> bill: headline the "wall street journal" declaring the

biggest mid-term election issue is chaos. full coverage on fox. >> dana: rich edson is diving into some key races we're watching and playing close attention to the next 19 days. >> conservative supreme court eliminating the right to abortion and proposals from republicans in congress to enact abortion restriction democrats focused their campaigns on protecting abortion. voters are more concerned about inflation and gas prices than abortion. some democrats are making the case the issues are all tied together. >> abortion is an economic issue. it has been reduced to this idea of a culture war. for women in georgia this is very much a question of whether they will end up in poverty in the next five years. >> having children is why you are worried about your price for gas and why you are concerned how much food costs. >> democrats are calling

republican abortion extremists. republicans painting democrats on the extremists as well. in pennsylvania democrat john fetterman says he is against any restrictions on abortion and the choice is between the doctor and the woman. warnock says he is forced on defeating abortion bans. the space for the woman on her doctor are too cramped for the government. kel in ohio tim rian is running for senate. bret baier asked him if he supports limits on abortion and said he would leave it up to the woman. biden said the first bill he would send to the new congress is protecting the right to abortion. need more democrats in congress to pass it. >> dana: joining us for more on this is josh, axios senior political correspondent and fox news contributor. what's going on that the democrats must see something either in the focus groups or

they're worried they can't get -- turn out the vote to make sure democrats will go? talking about abortion all week. the fox news poll and others, all the polls inflation, higher prices and crime. those are the big two issues. so what is going on here? >> every poll is showing inflation and crime are the top two issues. those are two issues where republicans have double digit advantages. abortion gave democrats something of a sugar high when roe was overturned over the summer. "the new york times" poll that came out last week only 5% of voters said it is the number one issue. democrats are running the risk of only talking about abortion. they have an advantage in some states on their position on abortion rights, but when you hear democrats not talking about inflation, not addressing the crime surge in many communities, that comes across as politically tone deaf and

republicans, independents and democrats alike think the economy is the top issue. it's the candidates that are only focused on abortion that are running a risk politically. >> bill: dana and i were talking off camera and they think must be seeing something. maybe what they're seeing is a way to stop -- to put the tourniquet on some of the expected losses and maybe that's the strategy. ask you about the dan henninger piece. chaos is bad for the party in power. inflation is a form of social chaos as are the unchecked border and violent crime. they didn't fall from the sky. it was a policy decision by mr. biden and the latter to elected democrats across the country. that goes to progressive d.a.s, does it, josh? >> yeah. crime is such an important issue in many states. it is not just the swing states, bill, it is the oregon

governor's race, crime and homelessness the issue leading the republicans to think they could win in oregon. new york governor hochul is in real trouble because of rampant crime across the state especially in new york city. so frankly the senate majority could be decided on the issue of crime itself. john fetterman in pennsylvania, mandela barnes in wisconsin. two democrats that have taken very progressive positions on criminal justice reform and republicans are hammering them on that issue on the television ads right now. that could be the majority making issue in the senate. the fact that democrats nominated some candidates that are too far to the left that align with some of these progressive prosecutors. >> dana: let's zero in on a new york race. this is interesting. kevin mccarthy wants to be speaker of the house on the republican side they are going after sean patrick maloney. the head of the democrats' congressional committee in a

redistricted situation but he is a popular democrat. raised a ton of money and yet this race is very close. he is running against a guy named lawlor. more focus is happening there. i would love your take on this. inflation, yes, of course, but crime is a huge issue in that district. >> this is a district that joe biden won by 10 points. a pretty solidly democratic seat. and yet it's competitive because of the issue of crime. in fact, when maloney ran for attorney general in 2018, he came out for that controversial bail reform law that has become unpopular in the state of new york. it's an ad. if you look at the republican ads there is footage of maloney coming out to revamp the bail laws all over the airwaves even in new york city. republicans are coming after the democratic party's king. they think they have a chance the take out the party leader and that means they aren't just

saying it but putting millions and millions of dollars in new york city in hopes of capitalizing on a big republican wave. >> bill: you mentioned crime. put this up here. this is new york city, chicago, l.a. big media markets. crime is up. if the republicans take back the senate you'll look back on the democratic nominees to say whether or not they were the best candidates. you might be right in the end if you get a 51 seat majority on behalf of republicans. a pop quiz. you study the stuff 24/7. is there something buried in the data that you see that we aren't paying attention to that you are? >> well, one thing in the data is that the issue of crime transcends partisanship. not just republicans worried about crime. it is democratic voters in the cities that really are concerned about what's going on and they don't like what they

see. they may not show up to vote even if they're democrats they may not show up to vote in this mid-term election. >> dana: it would matter in a place like philadelphia? >> there are a lot of the big senate race in pennsylvania and a lot of congressional races around philadelphia and the state of pennsylvania as well. so that will be a big issue and in some of these races. >> bill: come back soon, brother. we'll talk soon. >> thanks, guys. >> dana: funny if we started a thing on our show if we give our guests a pop quiz and they never know if it's coming? >> bill: and they never come back. >> dana: two of us all two hours. >> bill: if you can take it, right? all right. want to go overseas, a new phase in the war of ukraine. follow this story. russian attacks knocking out power stations across the country. the move forcing kyiv to restrict power usage at certain times of the day. the government warning that rolling black-outs may occur.

trey yingst in kyiv with where we are today. hello. >> good morning. much of ukraine is without power as russian attacks on civilian infrastructure continue. anton toasts bread over an open flame. one of millions of ukrainians suffering amid ongoing russian attacks against civilian infrastructure. >> the situation is like this. no electricity, no water, no gas. we're cold. inside the shell of his apartment windows broken. his disabled mother hud else beneath a blanket. >> it is really cold now. if it went for my son i would freeze. a third of ukraine is without electricity according to president zelenskyy. in recent days russian forces have ramped up attacks on the country's power grid trying to bomb the civilian population into submission. a national effort to curb electricity use went into effect with rolling black-outs. wood is becoming a precious

commodity and those who can are bracing for the bitter winter ahead. >> i have arms and legs, one man says so i'm not scared of the cold because i can find wood and heat the stove. >> further south russian troops are tiring missiles from the october paid kherson region. we spoke with a mayor who said these russian strikes already destroyed the main water supply for his city. he worries about the upcoming months. >> as soon as temperatures will be below zero we won't be able to give them water because it will freeze. >> more air raid sirens in kyiv as officials here brace for difficult months ahead. >> bill: difficult indeed. trey yingst live in kyiv. thank you. >> dana: the u.k. prime minister liz truss resigned today six weeks after taking office. truss stepping down after her tax plan after losing confidence from her party. she told parliament she was a

fighter, not a quitter. today she was forced to give up her job after her party declared her unfit to lead. >> i came into office at a time of great economic and international instability. i recognize, though, given the situation, i cannot deliver the mandate on which i was elected by the conservative party. i have therefore spoken to his majesty, the king, to notify him that i am resigning as leader of the conservative party. >> dana: not how she wanted it to end. she didn't have the support of her party. she lost the confidence and trust of everybody that was around her. unfortunately she is out. >> bill: first big meeting for a new king, too, you have to meet with the king and let him know your plans. fox news alert now search for a missing student at princeton, university. what we're now learning about the night of her disappearance coming up here. >> dana: a majority of voters label the media a major threat

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seen friday morning near a campus building at 3:00 a.m. her brother says her phone pinged early sunday morning. shortly after that the phone turned off. it happened a six-minute drive from campus. her brother tells reporters police searched the outside of the property but not the inside. he says he was there for the third and most recent search. the princeton department of public safety is leading the investigation with state and local police. you see here they are using drones, boats, helicopters, everything they have to find this missing woman. but so far, dana, there is a lot more questions than there are answers. the school sent an update to students saying the family requested a well-being check sunday night and the following day the school issued an official missing student alert. you see the woman here, she is 5'4" and 130 pounds. the department of public safety is asking anybody with information to please come forward. princeton university is also taking steps to protect other

students. the school has an increased law enforcement presence on and around campus now as the search continues. send it back to you. >> dana: keep us posted. >> bill: 19 past the hour. voters voicing concern about the state of democracy here in america. new poll from "the new york times" say the blame may lie with the media. many say the mainstream media is a threat to democracy. chris, how are you doing to you? the poll came out the 16th of october. i didn't see it in the recap. i imagine a lot of people missed it. there is the number. how do you interpret that? >> i think it makes a lot of sense. just in the few days since that poll has come out, reporters have said the january 6 attack was worse than 9/11, we need a programmer to try to attack republicans and change people. the republicans are fascists in this country, a fascist movement that more people should be arrested. the intelligence services should be in a wartime footing against the american people.

that's only on one little watched cable network to the left of fox. this is something that has been going on now for years and years and years especially in hyper drive since the election of trump. the media will attack and demonize half the population. not learn lessons. double down on things. especially during the covid crisis when people were really looking for answers, people are wondering to push back whether on school closures, church closures, food problems and scarcity, the media often trumpeted the regime and leaders just lines over and over again. attacked people who criticized things and attacked scientists who doubted and criticized people. anyone who stepped outside the party line was attacked. when you see a media working hand in glove with the regime you wonder are these guys the bad guys? >> bill: very interesting answer. you won't get it by the american people. they are smarter than you are giving them credit. >> very much so.

it's one of the great things about our system. politicians and people in the media can lie about inflation, lie about this or that but if you are dealing with it. if it's going on in your household and seeing rising crime in your cities and increasing threats in your schools you know about it. no one is saying over and over again that it is not happening will convince you. it will undermine trust. the last couple years in particular haven't made things necessarily worse as much as they have made the american people wake up to just how corrupt a lot of these systems are. that hopefully in the end might be a positive. >> bill: let's go back to the poll number. 59% thought it was a major threat. 24% a minor threat. you're at 84%. it's clearly higher than trump or biden or the supreme court or any other answers in that poll. >> a minor threat to democracy is one interesting way to talk about the media. you know, it makes sense. if you've watched for the last

two years since president biden has been or last year and a half you hear over and over again a man who used to be president who lives in mar-a-lago should be raided by the f.b.i. and a threat to democracy. you are at risk in your home. it is hard for people to buy that sort of thing. what is sad is the media sleep walked into this whole thing. if you look at them, a lot of them think they're very brave sipping drinks in washington, d.c. there are people in mexico city, afghanistan or pakistan working hard to expose corruption. that's not the lot of the class we have in d.c. and new york. a lot of folks who think they are the protectors but in reality they've become palace guards to the people who are in power. >> bill: chris, thanks. nice to see you again from the federalist, chris bedford. thank you for coming on. we'll talk soon. >> it's poison. as far as i'm concerned our community has been targeted.

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>> these deaths because there are so many, have a ripple effect throughout the community. and in addition to the deaths, we have the criminal activity that is associated with that. all of this really creates what we call a toxic atmosphere or toxic stress within the community. >> dana: that's dr. chapman. an addiction specialist in d.c.

treating opioid abuses for more than two decades. he warns the national drug crisis is becoming a threat to senior citizens. >> here in the nation's capital the fentanyl crisis is ravaging entire communities blocks from congress's doorstep. compounding the problem is here in d.c. is average age of opioid users is 60 years old. a surge of elderly patients suck coming to fatal overdoses. >> as far as i'm concerned, our community has been targeted. we are the capital of the united states. >> dr. chapman has been treating users for decades and believes fentanyl has replaced heroin which is 50 to 100 times more potent. >> since january we've had three patients overdose in the office.

that's never happened before. and we keep narcan in the office. >> the senior patient says she got clean for 10 years but then her mother and pet cats passed away at the same time causing her to turn back to drugs. nowadays fentanyl is what she says is available in her neighborhood. >> every week i have somebody call me and tell me someone o.d.s fentanyl. fentanyl is dangerous, even just a little bit of it. if it was up to me i would stop completely, i would. my body won't let me. >> davis is a d.c. resident watching fentanyl deaths made his congregation in realtime. >> i have done a lot of eulogies from friends of mine who died from overdose of fentanyl and i'm disgusted how it is killing a lot of our people. at that time it was almost as if they knew that the people

that was dying was older black males and a lot of older people in our communities so they didn't seem concerned. >> some doctors we spoke to say the impact of heroin on elderly populations is being entirely overlooked by the government and public. it is a tragedy playing out underneath america's noses. >> bill: back on touch screen here want to show you a state we rarely talk about. remember the power rankings from the other day? this is where we think the house is now. republican advantage, 232 seats. it could go higher or lower. could go as high as 248 if they have a really big night. democrats are still in the ballgame, though. they need to run the table on a lot of these toss-up seats. what's happening? here in the northeast on the presidential level we never talk about the state of connecticut, never. it's never really in the game. i will show you why here, two years ago joe biden won it with

60% of the vote. now we see right now especially on the house side some of these races here in connecticut, again these are what we consider key races, some of them are toss-ups and some deal with republicans or democrats in positions of leadership. that's why we marked them ascii races. this is connecticut five on the western age of the state along new york. hays is the democrat looking for reelection. logan is the challenger. thank you for your time and good morning to you. we never talk about connecticut. we rank your race right now as lean democrat. some others have it as a toss-up. it might be that way as we get closer to election day. here are the top issues in connecticut. inflation at 32%, taxes at 20, then you have a drop-off way down there climate change, crime, abortion, 6%, school 6%. why do you think this race is

close? >> sure, connecticut folks in the fifth congressional district are tired of the status quo and the false promises from the democrat leadership. my democrat opponent is complicit in this. she supported the democrat leadership in washington follows along 100% voting record with nancy pelosi. at the same time here in the district folks are struggling to pay for groceries, pay for gas. i have retirees who their retirement packages are diminished and declining. economy in connecticut is shrinking. we have the lowest personal income growth in the entire nation. folks are looking for an alternative. we provide that alternative. we have the better message, right? we understand free enterprise, equal opportunities. people want the opportunities to be able to live their lives the way they want to. >> bill: wow. that's a lot. here is your challenger last night when the issue of crime came up. this is how she defended her record. >> we just passed legislation in congress so every department

that is below 125 officers will get additional funding. that's the majority of my district. crime is a problem. but we have to address it from all directions and i've been around long enough to know that over policing is not the only way to address the root causes of crime. >> bill: i don't know if it was a defund the police comment or not or how you interpret that. give you a chance to respond to it. >> i interpreted it absolutely. she went to washington and voted for and supported the anti-police bill. i'm a former state senator and voted against it. our police departments are decimated in connecticut. state troopers over 1200 patrolmen, we're less than 800 troopers, 400 down. we have people targeting police officers right here in connecticut just earlier last week we had a shooting boldness. we need to be tough on crime and focus on crime. my opponent is endorsed by a party called the working

families party of connecticut. their main goal is defund the police and she touted how she was proud of their endorsement and their shared values. what values is she talking about? we need someone to support law enforcement. i'm the only one who done that consistently. this is a time for change. we'll make history here in connecticut and flip the fifth congressional district and make things better for the folks in our district. >> bill: an uphill climb. she won two years ago by 12 points. joe biden won it by 11. how do you make such a significant change in less than two years? >> everything that the democrat leadership in washington has touched has gone wrong, has gone sideways, the economy, whether the community safety. what about the southern border? we have an epidemic here in connecticut. the oip oid epidemic is incredible. fentanyl is a big issue. my opponent brought vice

president kamala harris here. what is her answer? the southern border is secure. everyone knows it's not. we need a change and bring better checks anibal answers. there won't be any change if we go along electing the democrats that will support the current administration. i'm looking forward to going down there and truly representing the people of the fifth congressional district. >> bill: last question here. among the republican candidates running for office, it's quite extraordinary. there are 32 latinos, 22 african-american candidates, 11 asian-americans, and two native americans. with just an average level of success, that would be a changing party, would it not, george? >> absolutely. look, i am the son of immigrants from guatemala. my parents came here. i speak spanish. i can get to the hispanic population with our message. the same message whether i'm

urban, suburban or rural areas. everyone wants a change. we represent that change and i look forward to getting down to washington, representing the people of my district. my opponent will just continue to vote in line with nancy pelosi and it's not something we need here any longer. >> bill: we'll see how it goes 19 days an counting in western connecticut. >> sure look we have supporters, come to george logan for congress .com. we need to get our message out through election day. >> thank you, sir. nice to meet you. >> dana: i want what he ate for breakfast. most of the country is facing record low temperatures this week. thermometer is dropping as heating costs sore. will americans stay warm without burning a hole in their wallet? one of the nation's most competitive house races is in rhode island and why republicans think it could be a key pickup. ♪♪

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>> a congressional race in rhode island moving into a toss-up territory. how is this happening? molly, how does this race shake up? >> good morning, bill. you said it. the race here in the second congressional district in rhode island is proofing surprisingly competitive. a seat held by democrats for decades. and now the republican in this race is leading in the polls and he is aiming to make history on multiple fronts. take a look at the latest from

suffolk university. the first asian american mayor elected in the state is up by eight points over his opponent. fung is a lawyer who proudly boasts. revitalization of the city he led for 12 years and a self-proclaimed moderate. >> the new england republican in the house where we don't have a single republican up there now. i want to be part of that contingent that will be a voice for not just rhode island but all of new england. the voice of reason and moderation working across the aisle that's been missing for a while. >> the democrats is pro-choice and aimed to link fung to conservative party leadership. >> he has already said he will vote for kevin mccarthy, the republican leader in con to be the next speaker of the house even though mccarthy said he will put a national abortion ban into play in the house of

representatives. >> this race is getting a lot of attention and a lot of outside money is pouring in, bill. the house majority pac aligned with nancy pelosi spent a lot of money painting fung as a trump loyaltyist. the other side congressional leadership fund linked to kevin mccarthy spent millions to bash the democrat. >> bill: molly line, thank you. >> dana: it may still be fall on the calendar. a blast of canadian air is bringing record low temperatures to much of the country. i had to find a heavier coast this morning. with oil and gas costs already soaring, many americans should be concerned about staying warm this winter and paying for it. joining me now is daniel turner, founder and executive director of power the future. we have the cold weather map we showed you. a little colder winter than last year, it was fairly mild. people are looking at possibly

doubling maybe their bills this year? >> yeah, home heating is up and natural gas, half of new england, for example. it is up four times what it was just a few years ago. those are really significant numbers. this is all because we have an energy shortage. we have a supply problem. it is what explains the very high prices but none of this is surprising. we've known this since last winter. if you and your great followers and viewers remember, last winter the biden administration was saying things like let's hope it is not a bad winter. it wasn't for the most part. last winter was pretty mild. it is not a sincere energy policy. it is not a surprise we're going into winter with this continual shortage of energy. >> dana: i think a lot of people, you think every week or so you fill up your gas tank and you know what those prices are and that's fueling a lot of anxiety and people are upset about it and it is fueling a lot of the inflation that we have seen. but why do we have tighter

supplies when it comes to heating our homes? >> this all comes from the biden administrations war on american fossil fuels. half of the home in new england get heat from natural gas, natural gas permits have been stopped in native land, coasts, federal land. oil and gas leases are the lowest since world war ii. oil and natural gas is imperative to our economy as well. coal is a huge heater for a lot of homes, especially homes with electricity to heat their homes. coal prices are up almost three times what they were a few years ago. so all of this stems from the fact that the biden administration has an ongoing war on american energy and we're experiencing the result. >> dana: ron klain said this morning and what he had to say.

>> we're going to see record oil production in this country in 2023. we want to continue to responsibly increase that as we make the transition to clean energy in the long run. we think this country can have energy security and a clean energy future. that's the direction we're moving america in. >> dana: how would you respond to the chief of staff? >> this is exactly the type of fast and loose use of numbers that makes people really dislike washington, d.c. and distrust their government. if you recall just a couple of years ago the obama administration would give out their unemployment numbers and say jobs saved or created. 800,000 jobs. everyone would scratch their head and say where does the statistic come from? the biden administration is taking the million barrels from the reserves and adding it to the production numbers. they're saying we're producing over 12 million barrels a day. they're not. they're producing 11 million a

day and 1 million from the reserve and calling it 12. these are the types of statistics they manipulate for political gain that make their administration distrusted. >> dana: i used to use my mind about jobs saved or created. i won't go down memory lane. great to sigh. i used to lose it. >> bill: there is a new push for answers on hunter biden. what republicans are demanding from merrick garland, the man leading that is chuck grassley. he is our next guest locked in a tight race in iowa. the senator and the factors he said will drive him to victory come november. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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>> harris: parents rights on the ballot. educators keeping us out of the loop on decisions for our

children. part of what many voters say is chaos brought on by democrat leadership. the president insisting his release of more oil from our reserves was not politically motivated. can he prove it? and the full cdc is set to vote today on adding the covid vaccine to the shot list for children. will our kids be forced to get them for school? dr. marc siegel, virginia governor glenn youngkin. senator ron johnson. "the faulkner focus" top of the hour. >> dana: republicans want answers after whistleblower documents suggest president biden may have known about his son's business dealings. republican iowa senator chuck grassley writing to merrick garland saying this. these documents indicate that joe biden was aware of hunter biden's business arrangements and may have been involved in some of them. senator grassley joins me now. this must have certainly raised your eyebrows when you heard this. have you had a response yet

from the attorney general? >> no, we have not. it is pretty simple. the american people are entitled to know this and congress is entitled the know it. i have seen these documents, my staff has gone through them very thoroughly. so i want the justice department, the f.b.i. to know that we know that these documents exist. we want affirmation from them that they are doing something about it. i have not heard answers. i intend to keep the heat on until i get answers because we're just fed up with the political bias within the f.b.i. and the department of justice and are they following through on some of these things? and we just have to keep pursuing it. i intend to keep pursuing it. >> dana: you have a reputation for being someone who is quite cautious and even judicious when it comes to raising alarms about things. so i wonder about how the white house might react to somebody like you saying look, i have

these documents and i would like to have an answer. does it affect your communications or relationship with the white house? >> well, it has not affected it at all. i haven't had any comment from the president on it. i don't expect one. i don't know that they are in any way stepping in in any way. they better not be. they always said the justice department was going to be not have any politics or white house relationship, and so i'm doing this on my own and i don't care what the white house thinks about it. we have to follow the money and facts where it leads us. we've seen these documents and i want answers. >> dana: if the republicans are successful in winning back the majority for the senate will there be hearings that you would conduct? >> we will have hearings if we have to have hearings.

but we do the best investigation we can short of hearings. but if we don't get answers, obviously that's a way to really make things public and put people on the spot. and that's what we'll do if we have to do that. >> dana: speaking of the senate and you are in a race there in iowa. it is perhaps closer than some people might have thought. maybe even you. we'll get your take on it. the poll just came out that has you at 46%. opponent mike franken at 43. cash on hand you have 2 million and he has 3.6 million. was it is surprise that he was creeping up that close? >> what you do is you don't look at polls. iowans expect you to work hard to get reelected and i'm going to work hard to get reelected and at my 99 county meetings the biden agenda always comes up. people are mad about inflation,

high gas prices, the border not being enforced and all those things. and they know that my opponent thinks that the president is doing a fabulous job. those are his words. and he will be a rubber stamp for that. so the difference between me and my opponent is very clear. if people want to keep my work going, it is a case of going to grassley works.com and they can help. and we are going to keep pushing between now and november 8th every day out campaigning because people expect you to work hard in iowa for every vote that you are going to get. i'm going to win. >> dana: no one would ever accuse you of not working hard. that's for sure. thank you for being with us today. have a great afternoon. >> thank you. >> bill: 99 counties. that's what he does. >> dana: 99 counties. before we go can i show you this? >> you may. >> dana: british tabloid on october 16th has been having some fun at the expense of the

now outgoing prime minister liz truss. the daily star put out a live feed showing truss's picture next to a head of lettuce. will truss outlast the lettuce? the answer is no. they've updated their livestream with a little bit of fun. you never know what you get at the end of the show. harris faulkner is next. here she is. >> harris: we begin with a fox news alert. president biden defending his decision now to tap into the nation's emergency oil supply just 19 days out from an election, which is a glaringly political move. voters know the truth of what we're living through. high gas prices, inflation out of control like a wildfire. aging americans 401k saving being washed away on wall street. the biden economy in a mess an