In a Tweet before July 4th, the White House proudly announced some supposedly exciting news: “The cost of a 4th of July Cookout in 2021 is Down $0.16 from Last Year.” Sixteen whole cents. They claim reduced costs for vanilla ice cream, potato chips, and a can of beans. While it’s wonderful that President Biden gave the American people his permission to gather with their friends and family for backyard barbecues, I am still struck by just how out of touch that “announcement” was.

We are facing historic inflation and the rate of consumer prices increases have hit a 13-year high. Costs of everything from building supplies and energy to groceries and home products have gone up since last year – and not just by a little. Under President Biden, Montanans are paying more:

• 45% more for used vehicles
• 45% more for gasoline
• 2.5% more for food

Expert economists expect the inflation to continue and get even higher. And to make matters worse, they warn that more government spending and stimulus that is being promised by the Democrats in Washington will prolong the crisis.

Even CNN had to admit that things are looking rough for the average American, posting an article online with the title “Every aspect of American life is getting more expensive.” One of the major culprits behind rising prices is the Biden-Pelosi economic agenda of spend, spend, spend, and regulate the private sector into oblivion.

With trillions of dollars of spending already rubberstamped by Washington this year, and trillions more in the works, the Biden-Pelosi administration is leading us into an economic storm. Just last week, they announced a new, partisan $3.5 trillion budget plan that would accompany a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill. That’s almost $5 trillion with no actual plan to pay for it.

Five retired Navy SEALS are running for Republican seats in the House of Representatives in a collective effort to get more veterans in Congress.

Retired SEALs Brady Duke (R-Fla.), Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.), Eli Crane (R-Ariz.), Morgan Luttrell (R-Texas) and Ryan Zinke (R-Mt.) joined Fox News’ Steve Doocy on “Fox & Friends” to discuss why they are running and what they plan to accomplish.

Ryan Zinke, the former interior secretary, plans to address the division in America.

“A lot of my friends say, ‘look, the U.S. is falling apart. It can’t be fixed.’ It certainly can be fixed,” he said. “There’s no one better in crisis than SEALs Special Forces. We’re going to win, and we’re going to save America.”

Washington’s greatest hope for political bipartisanship and action may be in the hands of the nation’s most lethal outfit — U.S. Navy SEALs.

In a show of political force never before seen, five retired SEALs are running for House seats in 2022, hoping to join Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw, who is expected to win a third term.

“We all believe Congress is a place where you can make a sizable impact, and I think that’s why a lot of us are trying to get there,” said first-time Republican candidate Eli Crane of Arizona, a winner on the Shark Tank investor TV show.

“I personally believe that Americans, and that includes people on the Left, are really looking for a group that they understand that they can intuitively trust to do something better,” said Derrick Van Orden, who nearly won in 2000 and who is again challenging Wisconsin Democratic Rep. Ron Kind in 2022.

The “old man” of the group, former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, a former Montana House member running to return to Congress, said that while they are all Republican Party faithful, the SEALs “caucus” could have an outsize impact on bridging the political gap in Washington.

“I’m gonna win,” said Zinke, already endorsed by former President Donald Trump. “But I guess I’m reluctant because I know what D.C. has become. It is fixable. If I didn’t think it was fixable, I wouldn’t do it. We got to learn to work together as a nation. I don’t think the biggest threats are Russia, China, or even Iran. I think it’s the division within this country,” he said from Kalispell, Montana.

Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Ryan Zinke for Montana’s new congressional seat. The former president sent out a press release, saying that he was an instrumental part of this administration and has his complete and total endorsement for congress.

Zinke tweeted, saying he was honored to have the “complete and total endorsement” of Trump.