David Schweikert: “One more time, I am going to do something that is a little difficult, and I apologize for you being the poor person in…”

“One more time, I am going to do something that is a little difficult, and I apologize for you being the poor person in the chair when we do this. I am going to walk through inflation. I don't think we understand the damage, the economic violence, that is happening to the poor, the working poor, and the economic future of the country. Sorry, guys, the Democrats get the blame on this one. We are going to walk through the facts, the mechanisms, but also maybe a couple of solutions. This is going to be a tough one. So if you like economics, stay tuned. If you don't like math and economics, I suggest you get away from this presentation as fast as possible. Also, another weird aside because I get this question all the time: The Chamber is empty, but we are probably on 1,000 televisions throughout the campus here in the House and the Senate, with staff and Members, and that is, in many ways, partially who we are communicating with to think differently. First off, 1 year ago, I think it was March 21, 2021, the Democrats did one of their huge stimulus bills. Not a single Republican voted for it. That is the moment you can track the explosion in inflation. I am stealing Larry Summers' quote from one of his presentations a couple of days ago. There was a piling of dry kindling, and the Democrats decided to take a kerosene-soaked log, light it on fire, throw it on that kindling, and boom.…”