EXCERPT:
GEIST: “Brian, it’s true, of course, that Russia’s war in Ukraine is impacting oil prices, yes, but I promise you, the landscaper two days ago I talked to at the gas pump, who was trying to fill up two cans and backpack blowers and mowers in his truck was not going, ‘Damn you, Putin!’ So what do you say to him? What do you say to families who can’t afford all their groceries right now?”
DEESE: “Absolutely. It is hitting families hard and we get that. We really get that. That’s point number one. Point number two, it doesn’t make people feel any better, but it is important to diagnosing the problem here, and the problem is that the price of gas at the pump is now up about $1.70 since Putin began amassing troops at the border. That is the impact of war. It’s not fun, nobody likes it, but we have to stand against that aggression.”