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on today's show, Kevin Mccarthy is still trying to make fetch happen. Donald trump belatedly tries to help his fellow loser Joe Biden basks in the glow of bipartisan achievement. Then Elijah dan take on undefeated champion of two takes in a fake in a special fox news edition, but first. The crooked store is having a post holiday sale, shot best sellers and more and get up to seventy five percent off just gotta crooked dot com slush store to shop. your text I got yesterday while preparing the outline for this part, cast shirked. Yes, please it from the crooked store, and here is what it says, We won't be restocking these yet we didn t shirts are leaving the store for good. I didn't say

It's always tough. It's a weird way to find out. That's what I was just using my yes, we dan mug just the other day, and I was about to say that look. We can't always get what we want from the cricket store, even even if you're, even if you started the company, is this some fuelled by negative energy a phone case. I just got last week I've been trying to get it for months. It's about offline. Look like the supply chain is remains an issue, but it's great. Everyone should get one of these. Okay, let's get to the news. Kevin Mccarthy's coworkers have now declined to give him. The promotion he's been looking for seven different times over the last three days, but Kevin Mccarthy is still in the race. Maybe because he's got almost

nothing left to lose and thinks this job is the only thing that will give his life, meaning mccarthy has two hundred and one republican votes. He need seventeen more to win a majority, but twenty one republicans have declined to vote for him multiple times now. He needs just about all of those. No votes to flip ts. Mccarthy's team has now made just about every concession possible. Last night, Mccarthy's favorite super pack agreed to stop spending money in open sea primaries and safe republican districts. So long as the

freedom caucus aligned club for growth, super pac would support mccarthy for speaker. Kevin then gave in to the holdouts completely on the motion to vacate, which he have reportedly said. If he's ok with just one person trying to fire him on committee seats on just about everything, it has thus far earned him zero votes. There was a lot of talk last night that all these reported concessions might flip a few votes today. That did not happen, at least on the seventh ballot. I think as we're recording and they're moving onto the eighth ballot so Kevin. speaker yet, but I will admit his teams message is compelling. Mccarthy has now lost six times in a row. What's next well, You can look at it that way or you can look at it from the perspective that seven mccarthy one the vote. Among republicans, over two hundred members took twenty six times

and it doesn't take a rocket scientist or mathematician to figure out that's a landslide victory within the republican conference. That was not a rocket scientist, nor was it a mathematician. What's going on then, and how much of this is about my kevin, whose nickname you've changed to no one's kevin, which I had a good laugh about when you sent the outline and Much of it is about the larger divisions within the republican party. What is happening now is certainly partially about Kevin, in his personal efficiency, because this is not just a Twenty eighteen. It is that he is engaging himself in a historic embarrassment for her

for the country for the house or hoboken party, it's in absolute clusterfuck, and that is because of him for a couple reasons. One issue they guys about on tuesday. These members all trust them, and they don't trust them not because I think he wise wrong is on care about lying those people love donald trump. That's issue. They dont trust him because he stands for now. I can't Mccarthy has no ideological principles or policy preferences. john being a climb the ladder to be speaker, because he really wanted to help corporations Paul ryan climb the ladder to be speaker because he wanted to take money and health care away from pork, Can we heard they climbed? The latter has the latter's thing. He just wants to be speakers. I do what he wants to do with it. Here's how much power is he all he wants to do is updated, linked, impatience, speaker and so on Would you trust that person he is? He was for trumpeted helped them. He was briefly against from africa we succeed, then he was for tromp again for immigration.

for decades we have a guess: immigration reform. These members know that he cannot be trusted to abide by any deal. He does not probable one. Problem too is in there's no nice me to say this is stupid and getting these are famously stupid. Everyone in washington notes they talk about it. All the time well known? No one goes protein asthma policy or anything else, he's not a smart person, he's been he's sort of well known in washing, doesn't affable Davis He has on his affability in a party that sort of reveres do fishery and so yeah, and coming speaker in this party with this narrow majority really does require figure out how to throw the needle and figure things out his forte, so someone else might have done a better job or avoided this and sometimes or Kevin Mccarthy did not. There is a problem is bigger than Kevin Mccarthy, the probably would it devil any person trying to move from minority leader to speaker,

that is in itself. It is a microcosm of the problem with the party, which is you get a bunch of d c establishment. Republicans you wanna power, problem with lobbyists and raise money from corporations and pretend it's the reagan years of the bush years. What are else, but they represent a party that is fueled by nationalism, a populace that is really not about any sort of ideology or anything else, it's about anger and grievance and that anger and grievance turns on the establishments how donald trump won and is why Kevin Mccarthy is in trouble and he's trying to every republican who has tried to have one foot in the establishment in one fort in manga, world has been ripped in half, and that is what's happening: Kevin mccarthy in br on tv on a daily basis, now yeah, and it's not just that he's establishment, it's that he's been in leadership for a long time and a lot of these people like your learn, birds and your mat, gateses and all them like they just needed.

villain all the time and it's easiest for them to have the villain, be the republican leadership in the house. That has you know a screwed them over or or you know there is going to blame them for all the party's problems, and so he's just happens to be there, the affable doofus. Yet the affable thing is interesting, because people watching to say that he's like broadly well liked within the party but like he's liked, no one really is afraid of 'em. No one really loves them, so it's like when you don't. when you don't have like a base of people who really really like you like a like, would go to war for you or who really hate you near just search like that's, not the way to get ahead in this republican party. Yet we all have we all know. People that's right, they're fun to hang out where you'd have a beer with them. You will call them and you're in trouble. You sort of business. You wouldn't asking to be a godparents, your child, that's consort! A camera earthy! You don't me, do anything.

just just going to hang around everyone's crack a or what you take on all these concessions like how much so they matter they haven't moving. Oh yeah, although you much, if you believe, mccarthy and his allies, which why would you. that they're, saying like oh the votes today are obviously going to be the same as the votes the last couple days, but we're still negotiator. we're hoping it we're making progress. We're gonna get something done over the weekend, I think it is very possible that a deal like the one that you mentioned has been outlined in all of the various tip sheets and news coverage, morning, could move some of those twenty votes to mccarthy. but you have to understand that this, the opposition is not monolith. You have a couple of people who, just My personal vendetta against come mccarthy bob good from Virginia one of them. Mccarthy opposing the primary

was apparently a huge dick to him when he won the primary and then came to congress by good is not voting. Here said it smells like nothing ever come across. In fact, in fact, it's more in this morning, Bob good said. Don't ask me again: if I'm voting for Kevin Mccarthy, because I will never vote for king, so he I think, he's this guy. This guy is on the fence, Then there is chip roy who is apparently a real person, not someone invented by whose text his chief of staff, which is obviously qualification enough? who represents the freedom car in his issues and the intergroup is issuing. Is they want more our influence in leverage over further. Once pushing for the motion to vacate, some of these concessions well, I could bring some of these people and then you have this mccarthy's huge promise. You have a group of people who are the man media republicans, gates, bobo

ghosts are these people are in it for the walls, the non carbon that's right they just that they want to get attention. This is good for attention and if he can yet the magazine, your publicans, he needs every single one. Other person, together in the math, gets very very hard now dynamic sky change. If you get down to the point where there only for only five people left in there were one vote away, there's a lot. can do well. That's pretty sketchy wealth. Committee seeds and superman, funding as other things to get that one vote. But the math looks very hard even were, even if he were an appeal appeal off the chip. Roy troy richer but whose name has chip roy faction, yet so of your. If you're taking this from cap mccarthy's point of view, it seems

like the play here is give give away the store to chip roy and his gang of whole doubts. So he make every concession possible that they want chip. Roy brings about ten people along with him. This is This is the all the optimistic scenario. So now you get the first shift in the next ballot, or maybe this is nine ten eleven ballot whatever it may be, and now there's all these stories momentum on mccarthy side, because he just brought over ten hold out, and now you put more even more pressure on the never Kevin's, and you say Ok, all these other people decided to compromise and they got everything they want and Kevin gave every way like wire, youth, six, five or six still hold out right now, but again, look. Maybe you pick off one or two of those hold out. I guess that's all you need at that point with some kind of great job and like you just as assume that those people don't have principles anyway,

opaque and and and are unable to be shamed. You pay so like what are they care if they dropped their opposition, late after they ve, said, they'll, never vote for Kevin. I think that's probably his best. That's what he's hoping right now, he also need, even if the getting this deal with her once again, that ship rarefaction, which is a statement, were actually saying allowed in. with a chip. America shut up up up, doesn't him to the speakership aid gets him momentum, because if he keep, if rights gives everything away, it makes me around were not that far from people who support of saying worse stock. Let's go rice, someone else Steve Scully is stuff. Inec or someone else who can get over the hump. This is basically what happened to Mccarthy. The last time he tried to be speaker is couldn't get there and then they they went to Paul ryan and got Paul ryan to agree because they thought he could.

the votes, and so he did he's trying to do he's just trying to hold onto the weekend right now. What does the house look like with these rules and concessions in place, whether its Kevin Mccarthy, a speaker, has just given everything away and somehow got there or you would assume that if they find an alternative speaker. That person will still abide by all these concessions in rule changes that the the hold out asked for. I think it looks a little bit like a scene from man. Next fury road, it's the no one's in charge. It gave him a car That is why I always one single vote away from losing his job anger theme of this white megabits, anger, mac aids, gates makes a and chemicals we have in this whole should show all over again and So this is he whenever the speaker,

it's got every subsequent republican speakers got weaker than the previous one, and gave they will be the weakest speaker in american history and will have in what no capacity to serve as a bulwark against the most dangerous impulses of the most dangerous fashion american politics and essentially just like a revolver. He's. Not really staff in anything is just going around around and so on things like that this is really a matter on too dry shoe substantively the debt ceiling in government funding. and everything else is a bunch annoying marginally around our way ass, a hundred by his laptop the biden, pets, whatever it like. That's all just that All four show they can't pass a law. They cared Remove Joe Biden or a kite campsite vary from office. All they can do is make noise

We are going to make noise similar amounts of noise. Whether kevin Mccarthy is a speaker or whether there's five votes on the motion to vacate or six months, but on the stuff that really matters the stuff. They could deeply damage the economy that can hurt people. That's where it gets very scary very quickly and what people should know is you know you need a majority in the house to obviously pass the government funding bill to keep the government funded and prevent it from being shut down to lift the debt ceiling, because if you don't the whole entire economy will crash. So you need a majority to do both of those things. I'm sure some people are wondering like well. What, if all the democrats and a couple republicans got together and said a couple of the the more normal establishment institutional republicans joined democrats and pass a government funding bill that could happen for sure, but Kevin Mccarthy or whoever the speaker is, would still need to bring that bill to the floor, and

and if they did that with most of the yahoos in the republican caucus against it, they would not have that job for long is sort of the idea here right and it would have to go through the house rules committee, which mccarthy is just now promising to stock with freedom caucus, insurrectionist legislative arsonists, so that redecorate some real problems the america's brought by brooklyn it. This is your year. Better sleep or calling it right now calling it that's it. That's what we color or call it in brooklyn and knows just how to make it happen, brooklyn and has all these essentials all the essentials needed for a good night's rest. They offer every home upgrade from ultra soft sheets to waited blankets to ensure that your space, Is our in already at all times against phrases I tend to use brook

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it can negotiate that deal, so you will need six or whatever it is for republicans to vote with the Democrats. Those people will be ending their careers on the first day. There'll be there'll, be primary, read instantly, and that will be that check out the carcass done, and so is now. Maybe you have made me have six people who are willing to pay? on a primary- and they may be there. Looking at the last election, there's seeing all the election deniers went down, and I don't know, there's legionnaires anger down the primary there. That's right the trauma the problem. So I do think you to have a a wish, never to be in congress after your twenty twenty four and that's a pretty bolting to come to on day two of the congress right- and I hear a lot of people being like- why don't democrats for the good of the country go to the pumpkins? It's not Democrats that you can't find find a six republicans who would do it

It's the same thing like one of the one of the Republicans whose probably seen as the most moderate, whose inner a district divine one by the most Brian Fitzpatrick, rather pennsylvania, is like in all these negotiations with the whole doubts on behalf of Kevin Mccarthy, trying to get a deal that, like he's, not he's up thinking about joining with the Democrats, to do something here, even if you're, in a district that bind one in the general you're, gonna dystrophy donald trump, one of the primary hates. Yes exactly right. So that's the problem of that art. So Mccarthy has also begged the leaders of the republican party for help, Donald trump Tucker carlsson and sean hannity. After staying uncharacteristically silent about the chaos and the house, Donald trump troost up a lukewarm endorsement of cabin mccarthy that has yet to move a single vote and the pro mccarthy congressmen guy russian sailor, who might not be real, said to a reporter quote: we'll see what happens when tucker and John kennedy adventure, Piero start.

Up on these guys. Maybe that'll move it well, yes, and no. Here's how it's playing out on fox or a clip from a hannity's interview with Lauren bert and a and tucker carlson was your final choice for speaker and if you can't get more than less thirty votes. Will you. Follow your own advice that you Asking donald trump and withdraw their certainly means that are beef being floated around and hey. Maybe I should nominate president Donald J trump tomorrow, but johnny. I did watcher show last weekend. I feel like I'm going to trade on this motion. Still going to china can endure? One cannot say that europeans will you ve got reservations about Kevin Mccarthy.

I want to be ruled by a man who wears ukrainian flag lapel, pin and lives with frank luntz, no problem, we get it if you prefer democracy to oligarchy. If you prefer real debates about issues that actually matter, it's pretty refreshing to see it. Yes, it's a little chaotic, but this is what it's supposed to be so good. We had so many more cups that we could have chosen There, too, let's start with trump, so he originally seem. Like he was backing away from mccarthy, he was, he was quiet. Untruth social He gave an interview where he said. Well, let's see what happens. Why do you think he then decided to double down on his endorsement and belatedly, like everyone's got their thing and backing losers is trump's thing, I honestly have no idea it I spent a lot of times worrying you sent us question. I was thinking about it like what would the strategy, because it? What am I doing here, whenever there is no, whoever who recent whispering trumps years, probably some advice-

of his who also gets paid by the Mccarthy super pack is getting them to do, or some guinea paid. The logic and tremendous trunk care he backs. Be today mccarthy loses about the next guy. That guy loses. That's it that's what they claim. Sectors like it, doesn't really For twelve, it doesn't really matter he's gonna back the winner in the end, no matter what I think he also it's like a reflection that deep down somewhere in that empty brain. He knows that he needs people right now that he's a hook. We like there's only five or six, never kevin's for sure in the whole republican cars but marjorie taylor, dean is with Kevin Mccarthy right now. So I think that and trump does not exactly have a a whole bunch of endorsements from republicans, since he has announced for his third run. For presidency, so I do think it's a reflection, the things I probably need. Some of these people there is a risk that party has just ok right.

Few never caverns and a lotta okays right exactly good. So why do you think not one The twenty hold out seem to care the trump waitin for his Kevin. I think we are learning over the course of this past election. And everything about tromp post presidency, as it has a lot less influence than we think he can break a tie among two magda candidates with his it's given that person attention every sort of like well, I like the maggie sounding hedge fund guy from connecticut, and I, like the celebrity tv doktor from new jersey which ones from for he's a typewriter, but in this situation he's not there. The moving. Has moved on from him and a lot of ways, and you see that here, where its The incentives that have a lot of these people opposing Mccarthy have very little dumas tromp. They are, system with olive tree strategies and message

in general way of operating, but they don't require trot. It's really probably trump. The scariest thing is that he may now be ancillary to the maga movement and, if that's the case, asking to pose real real challenges for him in a primary against some other candidates who can claim a maga ask label yeah, it was a Lauren bobber was asked by Hannity later in that interview about the trump thing, and she said you're not going to you're, not going to split me from my favorite president, like we just have a difference of opinion here and then Matt gates on the. Haven't ballot may happen. Just before we started did vote for donald trump. Four speakers stated today called for people to make trunk the speaker on his pockets. I do not want to do. I just saw the eclipse vivaldi about it. If someone is he figured tommy would give.

yeah. I can't wait till tuesday to get a update of abandoned that I am glad of the aid to dig it gave did tell reporters just now that this all ends either with mccarthy deciding to quote withdraw from the race or agrees to a quote strait jacket, agreement that we constrains him as speaker? That's actually probably the most positive piece of news mccarthy's received all day yet like I'll take this jack. I gotta get as long as I get the bust that it says that I was speaker and I get the office I'll. Do it in a straitjacket. I could see it georgia and rested my alma mater in the old basketball Jim. They put up a jersey for every one who makes the nba even if you only make it for like one year yeah, I think mccarthy knows he's going to get a porch. If he's just speaker for like six minutes, he gets his portrait. In the hallway, and then you know he's gotta remember in ten fifteen twenty years that he was bigger for six minutes right I'll still be. I will,

barely one. What happened on the second ballot? make the mega media split like it seems like most of them or on mccarthy side, hannity, ingram Ben shapiro. Lot of the fox people, except for tucker, but they don't seem to be moved the needle away you're, really with the whole that this is it about people raison about and about the fox news audience, and I gotta pick up the phone dialing and on behalf of Kevin Mccarthy. That's is this Real smart, like this- is this is sometimes where congressional politics separate from larger politics, because it's about this unique group of people and I use unique in the most generous. Of that word who have who decide through the leader is or who decide. What is, not a committee whenever it isn't it's not about actual voters and sometimes when we're like. Mr, we were mystified by things that Nancy pollution. We do that maybe did makes us answers, because

a process to bring her members a walk in, it doesn't have they can't they're not going to be some sort of rallying cry? No one's going to march on the mall, and you know for Kevin, What were the interesting thing about that? Clip we play with Kennedy and Tucker is two things one. I had no idea that, given the private lives of frequency learn something new everyday He did write a note. You didn't know that now I did I miss them. richard? Are you wasn't night? No that's been reported, like so many times over the last couple years, because they're like pals and that's why, like kevin Mccarthy, franklin's those same nice things about kept mccarthy, the whole thing. Can I, vienna, secret, you're, sure in two thousand and eight frank once reached out to me and asked for tickets to the obama convention speech, and I gave a little and I again to la Now I would sell breezes alan, so basic

kevin mccarthy's with renting a room from democratic delegate. Speak of Democrats. So, whether or not mccarthy pull this out, I think it's safe to say that republicans have not handled themselves in a way that inspires much confidence. Joe Biden had something to say about this on his way. To kentucky this, We, conversely, can function is embarrassing river greatest How can now binds message has been echoed by the the main democratic majority leader in the house, a keen jeffreys, a lot of other democrats in congress. Would you think about this message? end, and what do you think are sort of the political implications of what happened this week? Do you think there can be consequences for the republican party beyond this? Are we all just gonna forget about this? In the a couple of like I write this question every few months and I know the answer

Why are you doing and of course we can forget these. Obviously, when I currently forgotten mccarthy live with chemical, frank once I was it's all. This is a good message in a good strategy, because what We know from the twain swayed to mid terms is that voters who are discussed they were the way things are going brass unhappy about the economy concerned about inflation, maybe not super enthusiastic about president Biden or the demos and congress will still choose a democratic, the choices we between Democrat in a maga republican So it is very much in the Democrats interest up until the moment we have a full throated republic in presidential primary to make congressional republicans a body that is filled with exact or people who lost their elections and twenty two, the face of the republican party and so the weather events. This would have whatever insane things they do in terms of investigations and subpoenas bills. They pass to try to repeal things shutdowns, all of that,

is that you want house republicans to be your foil, and so this is a good way of doing it. This is also it's like a it's a it's a fantastic opportunity to broaden the message about republicans beyond donald trump. Yet we have not been as good at doing that over the last couple of elections. You know, by necessity at least in in two thousand and twenty. We wanted to prove that donald trump was a different kind of republican, and I think one of the consequences of that, though, has been that people see trump as uniquely bad and then the rest of the republicans are just typical republicans where they are not favorable towards, but they don't think are as bad as donald trump. Now that trump asserted

you know backstage. We can make the case that the republican party is still wholly owned by the maga wing. Ah, and they are extreme and they cannot govern, and you know we talked a lot in the last election about like oh well. Voters care about arguments over democracies have like that. The easiest argument to make to voters who even don't pay much attention to politics is that nothing is getting done in washington because there's too much chaos and dissonance, and now how republicans are the face of that dysfunction? Some will say: well. Democratic While the senate and so is in an argument against a dysfunctional congress, gonna blow backs and we dealt with his exact same dynamic from two thousand and eleven and two thousand and fifteen. We were frozen obama and all of our pulling show that, even though democratic control, the Senate vote of voters or only thought republicans controlled, the congress defined

probably, and so did like you aunt deadly. Have you used the word republican here is what use words magda republican, in particular by dysfunctional congress. If democrats do their job in this During intent on doing their job, right now will be bad for republics. Voters gave republicans a chance to run the house and the second they got there. they broke, the house doesn't even exist right now. It's there's a canada locks and are now there is a wide universe headline. Does the house even exists because look when there's no speaker, we said this last pod. Nothing else can get done if if there was an emergency, if this was an election, if we had just had an election, we were counting presidential votes

and with what we have we're in the situation. We were at the end of twenty twentieth, beginning at twenty twenty one. What would have happened if there's some sort of national emergency like there's, there's no house right now, there's no oaths, that's how bad they are running it. They couldn't even get a day in in one day of governor, it's wild, and so I mentioned that Biden was on his way to kentucky. He was going there to celebrate. The bipartisan infrastructure laugh with is a good friend, Mitch Mcconnell in front of a bridge. That's finally set to be mended metaphor any of its very subtle. I dont know if anyone Do you think the white house plan that car interest, knowing that the vote for speaker would be a shit show, I'm sure no one imagined that it would be this much of a shit show or very few people imagined that. But do you think do you think they knew that it would probably be some form of chaos in the house and that's why they did this absolute

I think they knew that the bare minimum it would be a messy process for Kevin Mccarthy to take over and there would be a ton of attention on the incoming republican congress in this first week, as there are always is when a new found restart, and so that is a perfect contrast between a president who gets things done, who delivers reviews willing to work with anyone if it helps create jobs and improve the economy and this group of insurrectionists extreme as yours, it's great either. It's it's a really smart move. It's a great message like I actually didn't see as much grumbling about you know, Biden appearing with much mcconnell as I expect it to but like yeah, of course, you're going to do if he can re I'm here with the the people know that they don't get along people know their indifference, either things but like yeah, they got to come together to do this infrastructure law. Another building, a bridge, all these other fucking yeah, whose in the house

can't even agree on a speaker of their own party, the draken uneven, even ass. Let's get times it's I'm sure it is the. It is the message that the white house party wants to use through if button does run for election, as is widely expected, they're gonna have that message right through twenty twenty four who at whether its donald trump or wherever the republican nominees, and use use congress as a foil. In the meantime, I think the party of america is brought you by helix helix. Sleep is a premium mattress brand that provides tailored mattresses based on your unique sleep preferences. The helix lineup includes fourteen unique mattresses, including the collection of luxury models, a mattress for big and tall sleep isn't even a mattress made just for kids? So how will you know which he looks? Mattress works best for you and your body take the helix sleep quiz and find your perfect mattress in under two minutes, and your personalized mattress is shipped straight to your door. Free of charge, love it here took

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Served of media have been trying to cover anything, but the chaos surrounding the house speaker vote into his game already too stories they covered and said in the vote and one fake one, John, is our current champion of two takes an affair. John dna words before we get started. No, I'm just stop just happy to be here and play the game. better than anything forget before jumpin look and some dishonoured, sheriff stage with this under it cannot possibly lose champion. Yeah we'll see about that called on the power of our audience there Dan is the genocide of the failure of the cabin mccarthy takes in a fix it. For us is that You met gates really thought that my throat, eyelids number one I know at fox news. We had to go a little bit further and conservative media here so we'll start with charlie Kirk. He focused on trans people this week saying the words the same:

people that wanted to bomb baghdad now once blitzkrieg the females body to change their nature from female to male. It's the same thing: gregg got ran a segment about how the left wing media hates america, where he asked the question emily in paris. Why not emily in pittsburgh? daily wire host michael malls number three haired michael knolls talk about george Santo, saying maybe he's got some jewish blood back His family line- maybe I don't know- maybe there was a jewish milkman somewhere in latin america or wherever just reminder that george Santos lied about being jewish, ok, ok, I'm gonna go with number two then so number one was puts craig number two is Emily in pittsburgh and number three wise milkman about america, yet

duration: abandonment, laudanum. Yes, yes, I did I You should be able to pick the same. One is job I found debts. You know that's fettes prefer for sure I'm hector you out of time. You are not playing for time. Ok, that's how I will your number one john is correct to it fake shout out to I pods have married a lesnar nick jones for that yeah. That is a that is good stuff. That is good, stuff. either. Those very funny and and very real seeming, but anger felt, is a very famously funny. That's why, if that's what right had raised his knees, were I go to for all my comedy america's everyone late night host, If there is not really summarised support out round to some,

publicans, did acknowledge the mess in the house which one of these acknowledge reds is fake John entity. Sad, if republicans don't get their act together, we're going. They screwed because of their competence. Ben Shapiro said people don't like democrats. but there's a generalised feeling. The republicans are not capable of making their breakfast people say. I dont, like those other guys, but at least they are capable of making their own breakfast Hugh hewett said ah begins look foolish at a moment, but they have a willingness to engage in debate. Democracy verses in increasingly If you are tyrion democratic party which the fake ah danny want to go. First, no, I want you to go first or you only go first, okay to ah the first one, the first one was Sean Hannity, we're screwed because of their incompetence. I'm gonna go with hannity ambiguity, Kennedy as well. Why? Both mast, Hannity is real

wait: reserves wherever for Ben Shapiro, making their own breakfast in human republicans agent, baden, democracy. I think it shapiro. That's that's! That's faker, real! That's big, John! yeah. You guys are wrong on both huge fitzhugh. That's a real good, hugh fake yeah. That's based! it is now. Are you sure he hasn't said that I made Did you use take that from somewhere else, and just put it on this? It is. It is from listener in Thank you again for that one eyes. You guys like this one How did you make sure he doesn't say that I did misunderstand the assignment I of thing I'd ass, our thou, my I the first time I think the best possible outcome would be that huge you and actually did say that I think,

a real chance of soviet russia has happened. It sounds so much like you do an excellent job, actual job right, sir John is one desire on Dan right now. we're gonna go to the final round. These were segments box news during the height of the speaker. Vote which continues as we record this, which is the fake, deep breaths fox news. is the five ran a segment about how woken ass is causing a mass migration to florida. Anger from ran aside men about a high school in the home, California, that declared itself a hundred per cent sustainable and ass soon, to throw away anything that cannot be recycled or compose it at home. Jesse. Why? authors ran a segment about how we were raised on the lie because of the food pearmain, and we can't trust big food man

You're. All segments are generally in those shows too, which is awesome born one of them didn't one of them did They all have made, but a real waste way. What was what was the lord Ingram one, a high cool in la jolla that declared itself a hundred per cent sustainable in. Our wine was weakness in florida. Right both deals. This is causing mass migration afforded not income tax or whether I'm gonna go with one andrew stay strong. Voice. Self handling is high school pyramid, demographic pyramid, haphazard both around why a California exists is vague My listener add jp to cave. Has I lost John came in second malaysia, one?

Oh I'm gonna, throw you were planning, get we're playing against the has really how it works by Elijah, thumbing its I mean this is Elijah's best. This is largely by showing I did be dan, but that again like that, like that, I can Mccarthy losing the knife ballot. Yes, congratulations on all the time you spent online. A thank you to the lesson is, is submitted such great. They take. You know why it's it's enjoyable, this isn't. I I enjoyed this game a lot kudos to you. I didn't do as well as I did in the past, except for eons on probation till we determine whether huh, who really do not say that that's true. I'm gonna be a searching for that. That statement on Elijah. Thank you so much everyone. I have a great weekend and we will talk to you next week by everyone pod. Save America is a crooked media production. The executive producer is Michael Martinez. Our senior producer is Andy. Gardener, Bernstein,

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