Episode 126: Texas Froze and Republicans Scrambled to Find Talking Points
Political Free Agents
English - February 21, 2021 21:27 - 1 hour - 66.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsPolitics News Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Amidst the freeze happening in Texas, Republicans scrambled for talking points to deflect their failures in managing our electric grid. They've bashed Dems, rightfully so in some cases, for their mismanagement in other states then tried to deflect to green energy being the failure in a red state. This was fully expected yet we breakdown their many lies to just the facts.
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