Super Tuesday, Sinema Won’t Seek Re-election, & Progressives Meltdown
The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (03/05/2024):
3:05pm- Cancel culture comes for photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt’s famous V-J Day celebration in Times Square following Japan’s surrender on August 14th, 1945—ending World War II. The picture, which is often referred to as “The Kiss,” depicts an American sailor kissing a woman, Greta Zimmer Friedman. Leo Shane of The Military Times writes: “Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough is overruling plans to ban the famous Times Square kiss photo marking the end of World War II from all department health care facilities, a move criticized as political correctness run amok. The ban was announced internally at VA medical facilities late last month in a memo from RimaAnn Nelson, the Veterans Health Administration’s top operations official. Employees were instructed to ‘promptly’ remove any depictions of the famous photo and replace it with imagery deemed more appropriate.” You can read Shane’s full article here: https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2024/03/05/va-reverses-plan-to-ban-iconic-wwii-kiss-photo-from-medical-sites/
3:10pm- In a video posted to social media, U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) announced she will not seek re-election this year. With Sinema’s exit, the general election will now likely feature Ruben Gallego, a Democrat currently serving in Congress, facing-off against Kari Lake, a Republican, to fill Sinema’s seat.
3:15pm- A new poll from The New York Times/Sienna College shows that regardless of race, age, or gender more voters believe that former President Donald Trump’s policies benefited them than did President Joe Biden’s policies—40% to 18%. Perhaps most concerning for Biden, 43% of voters claim Biden’s policies actively hurt them personally—only 25% said the same about Trump. You can read the full article, from Ruth Igielnik and Camille Baker, here: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/04/us/politics/trump-biden-policies-help-hurt.html
3:40pm- According to the cross-tabs portion of a recent New York Times/Sienna Poll, Donald Trump is projected to win the Hispanic vote outright—45% to 43%. Equally surprising, the poll indicates that if the election were held today, Trump would win 20% of the Black vote—he won only 12% in the 2020 presidential election. You can find more information here: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/03/05/us/elections/times-siena-poll-likely-electorate-crosstabs.html
3:50pm- While speaking to the press on Tuesday, President Joe Biden was asked if he is concerned by recent polling data suggesting he is trailing Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in the general election. Biden disagreed with the statement, insisting that most polls have him leading. However, the most notable polls from the last week and a half show: YouGov/CBS News (Trump +4), New York Times/Sienna College (Trump +5), Morning Consult (Trump +2), Morning Consult (Biden +1), Wall Street Journal (Trump +5).
4:05pm- In a recent segment, ABC’s Good Morning America featured Cookie Monster railing against “shrinkflation”—favorably quoting Democrat Senators Bob Casey (PA) and Sherrod Brown (OH). But wasn’t it the Democrat party’s budget-busting spending policies that created shrinkflation?
4:15pm- While appearing on CBS News’ 60 Minutes, former Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz revealed that he “never had one conversation” with President Joe Biden or Vice President Kamala Harris. National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby was asked about the comments while speaking with Martha MacCallum on Fox News. After awkwardly trying to avoid answering how it was possible Biden hadn’t met with border patrol leadership even once in over three-years, Kirby eventually gave up and said he didn’t have Biden’s schedule in front of him.
4:35pm- Dr. Victoria Coates— Former Deputy National Security Advisor & the Vice President of the Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy at The Heritage Foundation—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to talk about her recent trip to Japan and Taiwan. How would they react to Chinese aggression in the region, and threats to Taiwan’s autonomy specifically? During the trip, Dr. Coates met with Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen, as well as the President-Elect Lai Ching-te. Earlier today, new obstruction of justice charges were filed against Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ)—who has also been accused of conspiring to act as an agent of Egypt. How does Menendez remain on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee given the charges? Dr. Coates explains he has “undermined our national security.” Dr. Coates is the author of “David’s Sling: A History of Democracy in Ten Works of Art.” You can find her book here: https://www.amazon.com/Davids-Sling-History-Democracy-Works/dp/1594037213
5:05pm- Social media legend Greg Price—Director of Communications for the State Freedom Caucus Network—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss the retirement of Philadelphia Eagle Jason Kelce, cancel culture coming for a famous World War II V-J Day photo, and Keith Olbermann’s all-time hilarious SCOTUS meltdown. You can find Price on social media at @Greg_Price11 on X & TikTok.
5:15pm- At the NFL Draft Combine in Indianapolis, Texas Tech Safety Tyler Owens told the media in attendance that he does not believe in outer space or heliocentrism—the idea that the Earth revolves around the sun. PLUS, the left complains: why aren’t there more women in EA Sports College Football 25?
5:20pm- Rich bought an arcade-style Pac-Man game for the house and jokes that he makes his son pay 25-cents every time he uses the machine.
5:40pm- Bad Op-Ed: In his latest New York Times opinion piece, columnist David French writes of Monday’s Supreme Court ruling which determined that states could not remove Donald Trump from their ballots: “As of Monday, March 4, 2024, Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution is essentially a dead letter, at least as it applies to candidates for federal office.” You can read the full editorial here (if you really want to): https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/04/opinion/supreme-court-trump-colorado-constitution.html
6:05pm- A new poll from The New York Times/Sienna College shows that regardless of race, age, or gender more voters believe that former President Donald Trump’s policies benefited them than did President Joe Biden’s policies—40% to 18%. Perhaps most concerning for Biden, 43% of voters claim Biden’s policies actively hurt them personally—only 25% said the same about Trump. You can read the full article, from Ruth Igielnik and Camille Baker, here: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/04/us/politics/trump-biden-policies-help-hurt.html
6:10pm- While appearing on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, University of Maryland Professor Thomas Schaller claimed that white rural voters are “racist, xenophobic, anti-immigrant, anti-gay” and pose a “threat” to the country.
6:20pm- While speaking to the press on Tuesday, President Joe Biden was asked if he is concerned by recent polling data suggesting he is trailing Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in the general election. Biden disagreed with the statement, insisting that most polls have him leading. However, the most notable polls from the last week and a half show: YouGov/CBS News (Trump +4), New York Times/Sienna College (Trump +5), Morning Consult (Trump +2), Morning Consult (Biden +1), Wall Street Journal (Trump +5).
6:30pm- Super Tuesday: Tonight, there are 854 Republican delegates—in 15 states and 1 territory—up for grabs. 1,215 delegates are needed in order for a candidate to officially win the party’s presidential nomination. Donald Trump currently leads Nikki Haley in the delegate race 273 to 43.
6:40pm- While appearing on Fox News with Maria Bartiromo, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) implored Senators to listen to the Republican base when selecting its next leader. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) recently announced that he would be stepping down from his leadership position at the end of the term in November. Though, he does not plan to resign from the Senate. McConnell, now 82-years-old, has served in the U.S. Senate for nearly 40-years and has been the leader of the Senate Republican Conference since 2007.
6:50pm- Last year, social media influencer “Meatball” was arrested for her participation in wide-spread looting in Philadelphia. Dayja “Meatball” Blackwell, who has nearly 500,000 followers on TikTok, was charged with 6 felonies at the time. And she’s back in the news!
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