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Fox Host Suggests Biden Total Dementia, Shadow President
Fox News host Maria Bartiromo suggested that President Biden has dementia and that he might not even know what he's signing or what he's doing as president. Bartiromo was interviewing former Trump economic adviser Larry Kudlow and asked him about the Biden agenda so far. Kudlow explained the reasons why he finds Biden to be the most left-wing president ever, which is silly since he’s only been president for two weeks. Bartiromo followed up by asking if Biden understands what’s going on and added that “some people feel like Susan Rice is running things.” Kudlow steered clear of discussing whether or not Biden has dementia, doubling down instead on how he’s supposedly signing in dozens of radical left-wing laws.
Conservative media is still trying to figure out how to attack the Biden presidency. They can’t claim that he’s a full-on socialist, since they save that distinction for the likes of Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez. Instead, they argue that Biden’s a puppet of the “far left” and that there’s almost a “Weekend at Bernie’s” scenario going on. While it’s true that Biden at age 78 is not as sharp as he once was, that’s true for just about everyone at that age. Sure, Biden has slowed down a bit since he ran circles around Paul Ryan in their 2012 debate, but the idea that Biden doesn’t know what’s going on around him is absurd and they know it.
Jen Psaki REPEATEDLY Rejects Tiny Republican Package
Some reporters are trying to shame the Biden White House for not compromising with Republicans on COVID relief. When Democrats introduced a $1.9 trillion stimulus bill, some GOP lawmakers countered with a $600 billion offer. In recent days, Biden has decided to reject negotiating with Republicans and to move forward in passing the legislation with or without their help. Because of this, the White House and its press secretary, Jen Psaki, have been inundated with questions about why Biden won’t work with Republicans and how that’s supposed to square with the new president’s message of unity.
Psaki has repeatedly answered these questions yet they keep coming up. Sometimes, she will answer them by emphasizing that the Democrats’ bill has popular support among the American people and that it’s going to help families of all different viewpoints on politics. Other times, Jen will point out that the risk for the coronavirus stimulus bill is not passing something too large, but rather passing something too small. If Biden and the Democrats spend all this political capital on passing stimulus and they come up short, it’s going to be hard to work another relief package through Congress in the immediate future. This is exactly the right message for the Biden White House to be sending right now and Biden’s right to ignore Republicans if they don’t want to make a serious counter-proposal.
From yesterday’s show:
Republican ABORTS When Fox News Asks the Wrong Question
House Republican Whip Steve Scalise went on Fox News and he had to deal with questions he didn’t want to be asked of him. Fox host Dana Perino asked Scalise about the civil war in the Republican Party and whether more GOP members want to retaliate against Liz Cheney for voting to impeach Trump, or Marjorie Taylor Greene for her dangerous comments threatening fellow lawmakers. Scalise clearly didn’t like the question, as he spent only a few seconds discussing Greene’s statements before moving on to criticize Joe Biden. He claimed that Republicans are united in their opposition to the Biden administration and spent some time explaining why he thinks Biden will be bad for the economy. This question dodge is emblematic of how the Republican Party is in tatters right now and they certainly don’t want to be in a position where they’re constantly defending Marjorie Taylor Greene.
--More on the show:
--Thom Hartmann, progressive radio host joins David to discuss his new book "The Hidden History of American Oligarchy: Reclaiming Our Democracy from the Ruling Class." Get the book: https://amzn.to/3pNdyzK
--Notable discussions from the David Pakman Show subreddit, including about Parler and the Proud Boys
--Donald Trump's newest impeachment lawyers misspell "United States" in his impeachment defense, signaling what next week's impeachment trial will be like
--Republican Senator Lindsey Graham suggests that Marjorie Taylor Greene's comments about Jewish space lasers might have been taken out of context
--Republican Congressman Jim Jordan says that punishing Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene for her outrageous comments would be an example of "the cancel culture"
--Voicemail caller asks about a recent appearance by Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying on Bill Maher's program where they said it was very likely that COVID-19 emerged from a Chinese lab
--On the Bonus Show: SEC hunts for Gamestop fraud, the Gavin Newson recall effort, House approves fines up to $10,000 for evading metal detectors, much more...
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