The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 2:
4:05pm- Abel Maldonado—Former Lieutenant Governor of California & Surrogate for Donald Trump—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss Kamala Harris’s appearance on The View where she bizarrely stated she wouldn’t change any of President Joe Biden’s policies. Maldonado also reacts to polling which indicates Trump is surging in popularity within the Hispanic community. PLUS Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law banning local governments from requiring identification to vote in California.
4:30pm- Democrats Want to Kill the Filibuster Because John Legend Told Them To. Kristina Peterson, Tarini Parti, and Lindsay Wise of The Wall Street Journal report: “It wasn’t a topic Senate Democrats were expecting musician John Legend to ask them about. But during a 2019 donor event held at Legend’s California home, the pop star pressed lawmakers on how they would actually pass the policies they were proposing—given the hurdle of the Senate filibuster. That rule requires 60 votes for most bills to advance, rather than a simple majority, and Legend wanted Democrats to end it.” You can read the full article here: https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/filibuster-senate-kamala-harris-election-2024-0c407e48?mod=hp_lead_pos11
4:40pm- While speaking with Howard Stern, Kamala Harris claimed that if Donald Trump wins the 2024 presidential election, he’ll jail journalists and critics. Stern doubled down on the conspiracy theory and said Trump will specifically jail comedians Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, and Stephen Colbert.
4:50pm- Hurricane Helene Reveals a Rudderless White House. Douglas Schoen and Andrew Stein write in The New York Post: “The failure of the Biden-Harris administration to take charge of urgently needed rescue and recovery efforts after Hurricane Helene underscores a key question: Who is really running this White House? Right now, we have no clear answer. President Biden’s and Vice President Kamala Harris’ cavalier indifference to the Americans fighting to survive in the disaster zone has left us—both longtime Democrats—speechless. Substantively, politically and personally, both Biden and Harris had ample reason to step up in the aftermath of the storm’s horrific destruction. Yet their administration has repeatedly failed Helene’s victims—and, by extension, the American people as a whole.” You can read the full article here: https://nypost.com/2024/10/07/opinion/helene-reveals-a-rudderless-white-house-and-harris-flaws/