Michael Meramble
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Reporter: Why focus on all these projects as gas prices are soaring? Trump: Such a stupid question. You can understand dirt better than I can baby but I don’t allow it.
Q: Are you considering going back to Project Freedom now that gas prices are more than $4.50? TRUMP: No. Gas prices have come down today. Have you looked? They came down very substantially today. The stock market is way up.
Q: The average price of gas is $4.50. How long are Americans supposed to accept this? Do you think it will affect Republicans' majorities in the midterms? RUBIO: I'm not gonna speculate on politics. It's obviously being driven by global events. We're very fortunate that the US is the largest net exporter of oil. We've been insulated to some degree.
Rep. Buddy Carter calls for Georgia officials to toss out already cast votes: "We need to suspend the House races and go ahead and redistrict so that Georgians would be represented in the next two years by people who represent their values. Georgia is a Republican state. We need to remember that."
Happy Cinco de Mayo to all who celebrate!
CHUCK GRASSLEY has released the Judiciary Committee's reconciliation title. $3.4B for CBP through 2029 $30 Billion for ICE $2.5B for DHS $1 billion for the "East Wing Modernization Project, including above-ground and below-ground security features" punchbowl.news/reconciliation…
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch was on Fox & Friends this morning
Marine One circling East Potomac at dusk… while NLT founder Mike McCartin being interviewed @links_national @fried_egg_golf @RickMaese @PlayDCGolf @JoelMBeall
Blanche on Trump’s message to Bondi to prosecute his enemies: Welker: Why should the public believe that any case brought against the individuals listed there is not retribution? Blanche: Because you have investigations and indictments. That wasn’t a private message. Welker: But it was meant to be private. Blanche: How do you know? Welker: Based on my conversations with top administration officials. Blanche: President Trump wants full investigations where appropriate. That’s a good thing. Everybody in this country should want that.
Blanche: "There's a lot of things we can be doing, like voter ID. Every time you walk into a restaurant you have to show ID. How about you have to show your idea to vote? That's not anything that's crazy."
The US Air Force agreed to buy an undisclosed number of interceptor drones from a company backed by Trump’s sons, according to the firm, deepening the military’s ties to defense contractors linked to the first family . bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Chris Sununu downplays rising airfare prices: "If things go on and all of that, you'll probably see a 10% increase in prices, but that's all on top of the fact that before the war, the average prices of a domestic airline tickets hadn't budged in 6 or 7 years"
