“I would urge you to focus on reducing gas prices, securing borders, and restoring law and order in America,” Graham (R-South Carolina) said during the Fox-sponsored one-hour event. News. “And the only way to do that, Senator Saunders, is to abandon the agenda you have set for America, because it does not work.” Graham also blamed President Biden’s $ 1.9 trillion pandemic relief package, the 2021 U.S. bailout bill and other Democrats’ inflation-raising priorities, which reached a high of 40 last week. years 8.6%. “Your policies are leading to endless gas prices,” he told Democratic Socialist Sanders (I-Vermont). “Well, all I can say to the American people is that this inflationary spiral of death we are in is driven by policies that do not work.” Senator Lindsey Graham and Bernie Sanders discuss Monday night at a televised event hosted by Fox News.AP / Josh Reynolds Saunders, who is a member of the Senate Democratic caucus, said Graham was “right” about gas prices, calling them “outrageously high in Vermont” and nothing that “filled the other day: $ 5.05 a year.” gallon”. “Meanwhile, the big oil companies made $ 35 billion in profits in the first quarter of this year. “And at the end of the year, they are estimated to give $ 88 billion in stock repurchases to their wealthy shareholders.” “Well, I think we have to do something. I think the president has to bring in the big oil companies and tell them that we’re going to have an unexpected profit tax on what they’re doing to prevent them from destroying the American people.” . Saunders also said it was unfair to blame Biden for all the inflation. Graham said democratic policies “lead to an endless rise in gas prices.” AP / Josh Reynolds “Inflation is not just about Joe Biden,” he said. “You have to explain why it happens all over the world, and that has to do with the supply chain, the terrible war in Ukraine and, in my view, corporate greed.” At one point, Saunders opposed Graham, calling him a “socialist” and likening him to “red bait.” “Well, you’re a socialist, aren’t you?” Graham counterattacked. Saunders says it was unfair to blame Biden for all inflation.AP/JoshReynolds Saunders replied: “I am a democratic socialist. And the policies I support are being implemented around the world. “ Saunders then made a list of progressive positions, including raising the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour, providing “all people” care, extending Medicare benefits and lifting the Social Security tax cap. for those who make more than $ 147,000 a year. . “Well, you know, I understand that some words will have an impact in certain parts of our country,” he said. “But take a look at the issues we are fighting for. “One of those issues, Lindsey, is the American people supporting me – not you.” Fox News showed the debate at noon on Fox Nation’s streaming service during a hearing by the House Select Committee to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by Trump supporters who tried to disrupt his credentials. Congress for Biden’s election victory in 2020. Fox News will broadcast the entire debate on Saturday, June 18 at 7 p.m. Saunders said Americans “see a real threat to democracy” because we have a former president named Donald Trump who goes around the country saying, “Well, I won the election.” When asked by coordinator Bret Baier if the election had been “stolen” by Trump, Graham said “I voted to certify the election” and that “President Biden is the president.” “Did he win the election?” Saunders intervened. “Yes,” said Graham. Graham also said of Saunders: “Here’s the point: Why he’s talking about Trump. “Because he can not talk about anything else.” Opposition lawmakers agreed that Trump’s trade tariffs on China should not be lifted, although Saunders said he favored an exception for solar panels. Earlier, Graham said he and Saunders were also united in their opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin and his deadly invasion of Ukraine. “Bernie and I agree: Putin sucks,” Graham said. When Baier asked Sanders if he agreed, Sanders said: “I’m not in favor of vulgarity, but the intention is right.”
