Summary: Today we cover Justin Amash's voting record, Canada shows America up again, Joe Biden responds to allegations, and coronavirus news. Follow us or subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Facebook, Twitter, or anywhere else you can think of! Sources on the Articles page.
Hello and welcome to this Friday, May Day edition of Quick News Daily where we give you the news, no fluff, no filler, just news made for 21st century. Today, we have a whole North American show, well 2/3 of North America anyway. We have a news story from our superior neighbors to the north: Canada.
But first, we’ll start with something that came up as a result of I think it was yesterday’s show? Maybe two days ago? In any case, I had my first experience with a troll on a YouTube video, which I would say means I’m doing something right because someone actually found my YouTube video. I hadn’t actually promoted it at all, so I suppose that’s good news on a personal front. But it’s also just an accomplishment to have a troll come after you. They were saying that only an idiot would say that they respect Justin Amash for his respect for the rule of law and then not vote for him, or something about Biden and Trump both being sexual predators, so that’s the type of troll we’re dealing with here. But then I came back with what I thought was a pretty good argument, so I’ll address it here. So for someone who thinks that they actually have a good candidate that they can vote for in Justin Amash instead of Biden or Trump, let’s just take a quick look at his voting record. Let’s see, the Emmett Till Antilynching Act: he was a no vote. That was a 410 to 4 vote. He was one for people who said no to a bill that would help stop lyching. Protecting America‘s Wilderness Act: no. Smithsonian Women’s History Museum Act: no, and that one was 374 to 37, so again another bipartisan one there. Lower Drug Costs Now Act: no. Voting Rights Advancement Act: no. Workplace Violence Prevention For Healthcare And Social Service Workers: no. Deborah Sampson Act (a bill that increases healthcare access for women veterans through the Department of Veterans Affairs), and guess what? You’re right: he was a no on that too. And last but not least, the Corporate Transparency Act: no. Folks, he has 30 pages of voting records and that was just through page 2. Everything I just listed was through the end of page 2 of 30, so that should give you a pretty good snapshot into what Justin Amash believes deep down. He’s Republican hiding as a Libertarian; he’s voted with them for almost everything except for when he grew a conscience on one issue: impeachment. The troll also said they want to see real change and that Biden wouldn’t do it, and I snapped back and said I won’t change for the 2020s; I don’t wanna go changing back to the 1920s when you can lynch people, when drug costs are high, workplace violence is high, women and veterans don’t have as good of access to healthcare, there is less corporate transparency, voting rights again set back. That’s actual stuff that the bills would have helped to prevent, and he voted no on all of them. Basically, Justin Amash: not really a great guy when you dig deep down. Make no mistake about it, I’m not an Amash supporter.
Alright, moving on here, I mentioned our neighbors to the north, and here they are: Canada has banned military grade assault weapons, and this is coming as a reaction to a shooting spree that killed 22 in April. That was like two weeks ago, maybe last week? Look how little time it took them to change their laws. Obviously, they probably don’t have a Second Amendment (which makes things very difficult to change for us), but at the same time you have some kid that shot up an elementary school and that still was not enough for us to change anything, so we should’ve known then (that no changes would be coming). But congratulations to Canada; again showing us up, doing what’s right.
One of the bigger stories of the day was that Jo
