The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (05/10/2023):
3:05pm- On Wednesday, members of the House Oversight Committee held a news conference to share information they discovered during an investigation into the Biden family’s involvement with overseas businesses. While speaking with the press, Congressman James Comer (R-KY) stated that according to bank records, “the Biden family—their associates and their companies—received over $10 million from foreign nationals and their companies.” In one specific incident, the House Oversight Committee alleges there was a financial relationship between the Biden family and a Romanian national who, in the past, has been convicted of corruption—a financial relationship that ended soon after Joe Biden left office as Vice President in January of 2017.
3:30pm- With Title 42 set to expire tomorrow, President Joe Biden spoke briefly with the press about the surge of undocumented migrants expected to cross the U.S. southern border within the next 24 hours. According to CNN reporting, more than 150,000 migrants are waiting along the U.S. southern border.
3:40pm- According to Jessica Chasmar of Fox News, House Oversight Committee Republicans are reporting “President Biden’s White House Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates has been implicated in the effort to discredit Hunter Biden’s laptop as Russian disinformation during the 2020 presidential election.” You can read the full article here: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bidens-white-house-spox-implicated-effort-discredit-hunter-biden-laptop-email
3:55pm- While speaking with Sean Hannity on Fox News, Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH) explained that Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officials attempted to debunk and terminate the Hunter Biden laptop story before members of the media were even able to report on it.
4:05pm- While holding a news conference in Washington, D.C. ahead of the expiration of Title 42, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas insisted the Biden Administration has been “effective” in managing the U.S. southern border and reiterated that the border is not open.
4:15pm- According to a report from Tim Pearce of The Daily Wire, “[t]he Biden administration has brought back a Trump-era immigration rule the day before Title 42 is scheduled to sunset and encourage a wave of illegal immigration into the U.S. The rule, finalized and published in the Federal Register on Wednesday, disqualifies migrants from applying for asylum in the U.S. if they neglected to first apply for asylum in other countries they traveled through, such as Mexico.” You can read the read the full article here: https://www.dailywire.com/news/in-major-reversal-biden-resurrects-trump-border-policy-ahead-of-title-42-repeal
4:20pm- What is “childism”? And is it the next big fight in the culture war?
4:40pm- While appearing on Fox News with Kayleigh McEnany, former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard spoke out against the Democrat party’s endorsement of gender affirming surgeries for children.
4:55pm- Following an unproductive meeting with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, President Joe Biden said he has considered using language within the 14th Amendment to unilaterally raise the debt ceiling.
5:05pm- The Drive at 5: During Tuesday’s press briefing, Fox News reporter Jacqui Heinrich asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre if Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) is a “MAGA Republican” for wanting a conversation on federal spending before raising the debt limit.
5:10pm- Following a meeting with President Joe Biden and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) blamed House Republicans for not any failure to raise the debt ceiling.
5:20pm- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau—the son of Pierre Trudeau and definitely not the son of former Cuban dictator Fidel Castro—somehow forgot his own name while addressing parliament.
5:45pm- In a Wall Street Journal opinion editorial, David Bernhardt argues: “Grade-school civics teaches that Washington is designed to operate under a system of checks and balances, constrained by the Constitution and empowered by the consent of the governed. In practice, however, power has become concentrated in the executive branch and largely wielded by unaccountable career bureaucrats. The notion of a “deep state” isn’t a conspiratorial talking point but a manifest political reality.” You can read the full article here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-deep-state-is-all-too-real-congress-chevron-delegation-civics-hunter-biden-985ed65e?mod=opinion_lead_pos5
6:05pm- Following Bud Light’s catastrophic promotion with LGBTQ+ activist Dylan Mulvaney, Yuengling has announced they will launch limited-edition “Team Red, White, & Blue” cans that will honor American servicemembers.
6:30pm- With Title 42 set to expire tomorrow, President Joe Biden spoke briefly with the press about the surge of undocumented migrants expected to cross the U.S. southern border within the next 24 hours. According to CNN reporting, more than 150,000 migrants are waiting along the U.S. southern border. Meanwhile, while speaking on the House floor, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib seemingly defended any influx of illegal migration that results from ending Title 42.
6:35pm- While speaking during a House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, Congressman Hank Johnson (D-GA) accused Republicans of wanting to bring back slavery.
6:45pm- Dr. Phillip Magness—Economic & Political Historian and Author of “The 1619 Project: A Critique—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss the American Economics Association (AEA) awarding University of California Berkeley economist Gabriel Zucman with the prestigious John Bates Clark medal. Zucman is best known for research associated with the far-left’s claim that billionaires pay a lower tax rate than the middle class—but, as Dr. Magness explains, an investigation into his research revealed that his data was purposefully manipulated to advance his preferred policies.