All a CNN panel could do was laugh at Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) with his latest claim about voters in his state.
Speaking to the candidate for Alabama governor on Tuesday, CNN's Manu Raju asked what people in Alabama think about the affordability crisis, specifically the impact of high fuel costs.
"Obviously, gas prices are high. They've been high before," said Tuberville. "People deal with that. They know it's going to go up and down. What's — what's affecting us right now in Alabama — this is harvest season for farmers. And diesel is high. But you know, our people in Alabama know that, you know, they voted for President Trump. They know he — they gave him the opportunity to go back and and, uh—"
Raju cut him off, asking, "They're willing to pay higher prices, you think?"
"Yeah, they're — yeah, sure they are," claimed Tuberville.
"David, are they willing to pay higher prices in Alabama?" Raju asked David Chalian.
Chalian and others on the panel laughed. "I don't know any — have you ever met anyone who was like, 'Oh, sure! Happy to pay higher prices at the pump!' I've never met that. That doesn't mean that there aren't people who don't agree that Iran shouldn't have a nuclear weapon. There are lots of people who agree with that, but I have not heard anyone say, 'I want to pay more at the gas pump.'"
Chalian said that it seemed "a little discordant here."
The panel also discussed the disconnect with Trump's political team, who don't appear to see that Republicans are now running away from the president and want nothing to do with him in the election. Trump has claimed he will spend the entire month of October campaigning for Republicans.
Even his most solid fans, like Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), recently scrubbed his campaign website of any mention of Trump and his connections to the president.
Rep. Maria Salazar (R-Fla.) last week released campaign commercial taking Trump to task for going too far with his deportation efforts by removing law-abiding immigrants who have nothing to do with drug cartels or violent crimes
