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Trump Endorses "Eric" in Race Where Both Candidates Named Eric
Donald Trump has endorsed “Eric” in the Missouri Senate Republican primary which takes place today and includes two people named Eric. This led to both of the major candidates named Eric, Eric Greitens and Eric Schmitt, to take credit for the endorsement. Trump posted a long message to Truth Social that ended, “I am therefore proud to announce that ERIC has my Complete and Total Endorsement!” Greitens went to Twitter following the news and said, “I’m honored to receive President Trump’s endorsement. From the beginning, I’ve been the true MAGA Champion fighting against the RINO establishment backing Schmitt.” Eric Schmitt also accepted the endorsement saying, “I’m grateful for President Trump’s endorsement.” Clearly, Trump did this to boost up his mediocre endorsement record and claim victory no matter who wins. But it’s remarkable to see both candidates respond in the ways they did and show such little respect to the voters.
Right-Wingers DESPERATELY Slam Biden for Killing Al-Qaeda Terrorist
The United States under the order of President Biden executed a drone strike which killed Ayman Al-Zawahiri, the leader of al-Qaeda and an orchestrator of the 9/11 attacks. Immediately when the news broke, right-wing media argued that Biden had nothing to do with the strike, even though if Donald Trump had done it, they would all be endlessly praising him. Tucker Carlson said about the strike, “feel safer? Of course you don’t. Nobody feels safer. And the reason nobody feels safer is Biden’s response to the disaster in Afghanistan.” In reality, Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan was the exact same plan Trump wanted to do but failed to pull the trigger on. These issues are the exact types of political footballs that turn people off from politics because the reactions are always so predictably disingenuous.
From yesterday’s show:
Trump Says Biden COVID is Actually Dementia
President Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 yet again in what’s being described as a “rebound case” and it’s prompted Donald Trump to childishly make fun of him over it. The ex-president posted to Truth Social, “Joe Biden’s second bout of Covid, sometimes referred to as the China Virus, was sadly misdiagnosed by his doctors. He instead has Dementia, but is happily recovering well.” Trump in the statement went on to connect this to a conspiracy theory about Wisconsin nursing home residents all voting for Biden in the 2020 election. This bit was confusing even for Trump’s loyal supporters, who though are fine with accusing Biden of cognitive decline, are largely ready to move on from talking about the presidential race that took place nearly two years ago.
From yesterday’s show:
Trump FURIOUS That Fox News Is Ignoring Him
Fox News is pivoting away from its support for Donald Trump and the failed former president is furious about it. Trump hasn’t been on the network in 100 days and says that he’d rather have negative coverage than be ignored altogether. Instead of broadcasting some of his recent rallies and speeches, Fox has aired an interview with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and a speech by former Vice President Mike Pence, two other potential 2024 candidates. The relationship between Fox and Trump has been testy ever since Fox was early to call Arizona for Biden in the 2020 presidential race. This damaged Trump’s ability to make his case to the public on election night that he actually won and that vote rigging was taking place. The battle between these two right wing behemoths will no doubt continue and at this point it’s hard to predict who will come out on top.
More on the show:
--Paul Slovic, Professor of Psychology at the University of Oregon and President of Decision Sciences Research Institute, joins David to discuss risk calculation and risk aversion
--Monkeypox continues to grow with New York City declaring a state of emergency
--Right-wing disinformation node Charlie Kirk concedes that the Trump fundraising emails and text messages are bad, but thinks that Trumpists aren't dumb enough to fall for them
--Formerly sane journalist Lara Logan falsely claims that illegal immigrants are getting social security numbers at the US-Mexico border
--Radical Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert says that if guns are banned, people will be eating dogs
--Voicemail caller wonders whether a millennial exodus might be coming
--On the Bonus Show: Senate Republicans backtrack after veterans bill firestorm, death toll rises to 37 in eastern Kentucky flooding, Sandy Hook parents isolating with security during Alex Jones trial due to safety concerns, much more...
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