The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (03/02/2023):
3:05pm- According to a report from The Daily Wire, Hershey chocolate is celebrating International Women’s Day with the promotion of a “HerSHE” chocolate bar—the promotion features a biological man in the advertising.
3:10pm- While speaking with Jake Tapper on CNN, comedian Bill Maher said that the transgender community has gone too far in their attempt to silence comedians and stifle debate regarding gender affirming procedures on young children.
3:25pm- According to a report from The Daily Caller’s John Hugh Demastri, “[t]he U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) moved one step closer Wednesday to potentially regulating gas stoves, weeks after its chair pledged not to ban the kitchen appliances.”
3:45pm- On Wednesday night, the United States Senate voted unanimously to pass a bill proposed by Josh Hawley (R-MO) to declassify all information that the federal government possesses on the origins of COVID-19.
4:05pm- On Wednesday, pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly cut the price of insulin. Appearing in Virginia Beach, President Joe Biden took credit for the reduction—explaining that it was the result of his Inflation Reduction Act. However, the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board dismantled Biden’s narrative, writing: “Drug makers know they’re on the political menu and are responding to the pressure. Drug makers will probably spread the costs of cheaper insulin in other products they sell.”
4:15pm- On Thursday, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry spoke at the 2023 Our Ocean Conference in Panama where he explained that climate change is the “most significant challenge that humans have ever faced” and implored citizens of the world to make better, environmentally friendly, decisions. But how did Kerry get to the conference—private jet?
4:25pm- Recently, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that if the United States did not continue to provide Ukraine with weapons and funding, it’s possible the “U.S. will have to send their sons and daughters.”
4:45pm- Radio host Mike Opelka joins The Rich Zeoli Show LIVE from the 2023 Conservative Political Action Coalition (CPAC) in Washington, D.C. During the conference, Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) declaratively stated that the “Biden Administration sucks” and accused the President of being “spectacularly awful.” Opelka can be heard 7pm to 10pm starting this Saturday on 1210 WPHT.
4:55pm- In a New York Times opinion editorial, Greg Craig (former White House counsel under President Barack Obama) says that President Joe Biden has a “succession problem.” Craig writes: “When considering who should be his running mate in 2024, Mr. Biden would do well to follow what Franklin D. Roosevelt did in 1944: He expressed a preference for certain candidates but turned the choice of his running mate over to the delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.” You can read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/27/opinion/biden-vice-president.html
5:00pm- The Drive at 5: Does a new artificial sweetener called erythritol really cause heart attacks and strokes? According to Elizabeth Nolan Brown of Reason, the media may be exaggerating the results of a study published in Nature Medicine. Rich explores what motivates the media to continually scare American citizens. His conclusion: to keep people reliant upon the federal government and experts. PLUS during an interview with MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff vowed to use his platform to combat “toxic masculinity.”
5:20pm- During her Thursday press briefing, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre stated that President Joe Biden supports Washington D.C. becoming America’s 51st state.
5:30pm- On Thursday, Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) tweeted: “A government that controls enough resources to create a virus that kills its citizens is a government that has grown too large. The US government was complicit in the creation of COVID-19.”
5:40pm- On The View, hosts Sunny Hostin and Whoopi Goldberg blamed former President Donald Trump for the laboratory leak theory not being taken seriously initially—accusing him of pushing the theory out of “xenophobia.”
6:05pm- According to the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE), there is reason to believe that Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) improperly accepted gifts while attending the Met Gala in 2022. Rep. Ocasio-Cortez has acknowledged that she made mistakes.
6:30pm- Zeoli is preempted by Temple University basketball!