{"id":843109,"date":"2021-10-03T21:44:12","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T01:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=843109"},"modified":"2021-10-03T21:44:16","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T01:44:16","slug":"top-gop-senator-far-left-democrats-are-driving-the-bus-and-joe-biden-is-just-along-for-the-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-gop-senator-far-left-democrats-are-driving-the-bus-and-joe-biden-is-just-along-for-the-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Top GOP Senator: \u2018Far-Left Democrats Are Driving The Bus And Joe Biden Is Just Along For The Ride\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftop-gop-senator-far-left-democrats-are-driving-the-bus-and-joe-biden-is-just-along-for-the-ride%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=843109&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Barrasso-scaled-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) slammed President Joe Biden during a Sunday appearance on \u201cFox News Sunday,\u201d saying that Biden falsely ran as a competent centrist and that he has turned over control of his party to its far-left-wing.<\/p>\n<p>Barrasso said that Biden lost \u201ca lot of political muscle\u201d over the Afghanistan debacle, which he suggested had an impact on the administration trying to get the infrastructure and reconciliation bill passed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow we\u2019re at a point where the president is weak, and really Bernie Sanders, the far-left Democrats are driving the bus and Joe Biden is just along for the ride,\u201d Barrasso said.<\/p>\n<p>When asked by anchor Chris Wallace if Republicans were \u201cthoroughly enjoying\u201d watching Democrats fight amongst themselves, Barrasso responded, \u201cWell, I\u2019ll tell you, you know, the thing is, Joe Biden ran as a centrist and as competent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd what we\u2019re seeing is that he is neither,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd people across the country are feeling less safe with Joe Biden as president. Their paychecks are less safe because of the inflation. When you look at hundreds of thousands of people illegally coming to the country every month, they feel less safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the generals testify, as they did, that we are less safe to terrorism. Joe Biden has now walked the plank for the socialist Bernie Sanders budget,\u201d he added. \u201cHe\u2019s man overboard and he can\u2019t swim. He is sinking and he\u2019s sunk.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id>\n<p><em>CHRIS WALLACE, FOX NEWS ANCHOR: While Democrats are locked in a battle over spending priorities, Republicans are watching from the sidelines with an eye on next year\u2019s midterms. Joining us now from Wyoming, the number three Republican in the Senate, John Barrasso. Senator, welcome back to FOX NEWS SUNDAY.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>SEN. JOHN BARRASSO, (R-WY): Great to be with you, Chris. Thank you.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>WALLACE: You just heard my conversations with Cedric Richmond and Congressman Ro Khanna. Your reaction?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>BARRASSO: Well, what we\u2019re seeing is like watching an episode of the twilight zone. I thought Joe Biden went to the Hill on Friday to try to get that bipartisan infrastructure bill passed, and instead he surrendered to the radical wing of his party. And now you have this big government socialism reckless spending bill being basically used to hold hostage the things that the American people want \u2014 are roads and bridges, highways, all of those things. When that bipartisan bill passed a 50\/50 Senate, it had 69 votes. It was a lot of momentum on its side. In any kind of a normal world, that would\u2019ve been signed into law by the president. This was two months ago. This was before Afghanistan, when the president lost a lot of political muscle. Now we\u2019re at a point where the president is weak, and really, Bernie Sanders, the far-left Democrats are driving the bus and Joe Biden is just along for the ride.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>WALLACE: Well, let\u2019s talk about politics on both sides, though. As you point out, 19 of your fellow Republican senators voted for the bipartisan infrastructure plan in the Senate. You didn\u2019t. You called the reconciliation bill a freight train to socialism. You and all of the Republicans are refusing the normal course, bipartisan passage of raising the debt limit. So I guess the question to you and a lot of Republicans is, are you viewing these issues on the merits or are you just playing partisan politics?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>BARRASSO: Well, I think the American people want the sorts of things that are in that bipartisan bill, roads, bridges, ports, airports, all of those things are important. I had some concerns with some of the gimmicks that were used to fund it. I thought it spent too much. There were some issues that I didn\u2019t like in terms of \u2014 I thought it was going to make energy more expensive and undermine our grid. But, look, you have a 50\/50 Senate. Sixty-nine votes is a big number of votes to support something. But on this $3.5 trillion infrastructure proposal that the Democrats are focusing on right now with trillions of dollars of increased taxes and trillions of dollars of increased debt, every Republican is united against it. We\u2019re a party that wants to grow the economy; the Democrats are a party that wants to grow the government. And you heard it right there, they\u2019re continuing to try to mislead the public by saying it is free. It is not free. They said, oh, inflation \u2014 Cedric said, oh, inflation will go down. Inflation \u2014 people are feeling the bite of inflation right now when they buy groceries, when they buy gas, all of those things.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>WALLACE: Right.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>BARRASSO: And they think if this stuff passes, this massive spending and tax bill, that inflation is going to get much worse.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>WALLACE: But let\u2019s talk, senator, about some of the specific programs in this big social spending bill. As part of the Trump tax cuts in 2017, you voted to increase the child tax credit from $1,000 to $2,000. Now, as part of this bill, the Democrats would extend that to 2025 at a higher level. The fact is that your state of Wyoming is one of the states that benefits most from the increase in the child tax credit. Why oppose that?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>BARRASSO: Well, what you\u2019re talking about, though, a $3.5 trillion massive bill, lots of things \u2014<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>WALLACE: Well, but no \u2014 but, forgive \u2014 forgive me, sir.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>BARRASSO: Yes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>WALLACE: I\u2019m \u2014 I\u2019m \u2014 but I\u2019m asking you about this specific part of the bill. I \u2014 I understand there are parts that you don\u2019t like. But, for instance \u2014 I mean the \u2014 I guess part of the question is, could you have worked with them on this child tax credit, which you voted for in 2017? That\u2019s one of the things that you\u2019re voting against now. Why \u2014 why oppose that specific program?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>BARRASSO: It\u2019s part of the bigger bill. You know the issues for any member of the Senate or Congress, you have to look at the entire bill and say, are you for the bill or you\u2019re not? And I would point out, Chris, the Democrats are not coming to talk with Republicans on any of these things. I mean, Bernie Sanders, the other day, said 48 people ought to be able to overrule two, but there are actually 100 members of the Senate. It\u2019s 52 against a number of things that the Democrats are proposing here. And the content of this bill matters almost as much if not more than the cost. I\u2019ve gotten more letters in the last two weeks on one component of this, which is the issue of giving a whole new army of IRS agents to rifle through your checking account, to look at any check that you either deposit or write for over $600. This is an invasion of privacy. Every senator is hearing about this. That\u2019s included as well. So when you take a look at the entire bill, which is why, you know, Joe Manchin said, it\u2019s time for a strategic pause. Well, it looks like there may be a long pause on both the real infrastructure bill and this big spending blowout bill.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>WALLACE: You talk about things you don\u2019t like, like the added IRS agents and added IRS intrusion. Let\u2019s talk about another part of the bill, which is universal Pre-K. In the state of Wyoming, less than a quarter of children three to four, which is \u2014 who would be covered in the bill, are enrolled in publicly-funded preschool. Less than a quarter. Wouldn\u2019t a lot of Wyoming families benefit from universal Pre-K?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>BARRASSO: There are a number of things that will help the people of Wyoming. Overall, Joe Biden\u2019s policies have been hurting the people of Wyoming. And I believe that there should be things means tested. You just don\u2019t give things universally to everybody. I think there should be work requirements involved. The Democrats are trying to separate work requirements from just free government checks and programs. You heard the congressman from the Progressive Caucus say, everybody ought to get free community college, everybody ought to get free daycare, Pre-K, all of those things, and that\u2019s not the way that our country has been founded and how we work together.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>CHRIS WALLACE, FOX NEWS ANCHOR: Right. I \u2014 I\u2019ve got \u2014 I\u2019ve got less than a minute left. Are you and your Republican colleagues thoroughly enjoying this divide inside the Democratic Party?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>BARRASSO: Well, I\u2019ll tell you, you know, the thing is, Joe Biden ran as a centrist and as competent. And what we\u2019re seeing is that he is neither. And people across the country are feeling less safe with Joe Biden as president. Their paychecks are less safe because of the inflation. When you look at hundreds of thousands of people illegally coming to the country every month, they feel less safe.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>WALLACE: Right.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>BARRASSO: When the generals testify, as they did, that we are less safe to terrorism, Joe Biden has now walked the plank for the socialist Bernie Sanders budget. He\u2019s man overboard and he can\u2019t swim. He is sinking and he\u2019s sunk (INAUDIBLE).<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. 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