Politicana Ep. 82 - January 6th Committee Debate, Biden's Proposed Gas Tax Holiday, Biden Falls Off A Bike, And More!

Politicana

English - June 22, 2022 21:32 - 1 hour - 48.4 MB
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1:55 - Biden’s Gaffe of the Week: Biden Falls off of a Bike, Creating a Meme that Biden’s Falling off Bike Reflects the State of the US Economy.

3:00 - January 6th Committee—Waste of Time or Relevant…

Key Takeaways:

1) Former AG Bill Barr and Ivanka Trump gave testimonies on how they felt the election wasn’t rigged, while Trump insisted on it.
2) The committee believes they had found evidence that Trump agreed with the rioters that Pence should be hung. And Trump’s campaign did not believe the election was stolen
3) They had several witnesses come to the hearings discussing how Trump’s statements about the election being rigged or stolen impact their lives.
4) Some Republican officials take the lead on testifying against Trump.

28:00 - Alabama, Virginia, DC Primaries and Georgia Primary Runoff Take Place Today

30:45 - Texas State Republicans came up with a platform

42:20 - Naftali Bennett on his way out? (question mark) Israel dissolves parliament and declares new elections in October. Bennett claims that Biden wanted to help change Israel's government.

46:25 - Biden Proposed Gas Tax Holiday on July 4th as gas prices Increase to close to 5 dollars nationwide and close to $7 to $8 dollars in blue states like New York and California.

56:30 - Fed hikes its benchmark interest rate by 0.75 percentage point, the biggest increase since 1994. As inflation reaches a record 8% at a 4-decade high. With most economic analysts projecting an imminent recession, Biden continues to claim the economy has improved, continuing to be in denial.

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