WASHINGTON – Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota) joins Brian Bremberg, Jackie DeAngelis and Taylor Riggs on FOX Business to discuss border security, the handling of TikTok and rising inflation. Excerpt and full video can be found below.
About border security:
“The problem that Joe Biden has on this issue is that the American people are comparing two presidents, not just their rhetoric but their actions, and not just their actions but their results. We are Donald Trump. He has lived as president for four years, securing the borders. Now, [we have lived] During Joe Biden's nearly four years as president, he opened it wide, invited everyone, and granted parole and pardons to anyone he met. Now, for some reason, he's surprised that crime is on the rise and says sanctuary cities need help. He has all the power that Donald Trump had. Donald Trump solved the problem. This guy makes the problem even worse. It's not complicated. ”
Regarding the TikTok threat/pending bill:
“It's clear that the House bill has a lot of momentum and will definitely come before us. The Senate will do the same thing as the Senate, which is to delay everything, listen carefully, [and] Deliberately made unnecessarily long. […] But it seems to me that there is momentum not only in the House but also in the Senate to try to do something. I don't know if it will be as dramatic as the bill coming out of the House or if it will be something more modest. I personally believe that while First Amendment rights are paramount, they are not guaranteed, and that the Chinese Communist Party's platforms that can collect data are used to protect First Amendment rights. We believe that we should not guarantee what we can make. We must do more to strategically separate our supply chains from China and prevent data from leaking to China, especially the Chinese Communist Party. I don't think there's a way to do that without separating apps like TikTok from Bytedance. ”
About inflation:
“When we talk about inflation, when we think month-over-month or year-over-year, we look at it as an interest rate. If you see a lower rate of increase than the previous month of the previous year, you somehow get a victory lap. […] But the reality is, it's the people back home. They are now dealing with inflation and price increases totaling 18% over three years. That's the new floor, 21 percent food. Much of the core inflation is clearly energy driven. North Dakotans like high energy prices on the market, so to speak, but we are also energy consumers, so we want balanced and predictable inflation rates and prices, but we are still catching up. not. Wages and salaries for the American middle class have not kept up with the total increases under the Biden administration. ”
