1/31/24: Republicans oppose border deal, Taylor Swift breaks their brains

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🗓️ 31 January 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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-- On the Show: -- Mitch Prinstein, Chief Science Officer of the American Psychological Association, Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and author of the book "Popular: Finding Happiness and Success in a World That Cares Too Much About the Wrong Kinds of Relationships," joins David to discuss popularity, likeability, and what it predicts about life success. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3ugbnMs -- Republicans now opposed a border deal to fix the border problems they have been obsessed with for years -- Taylor Swift has broken the brains of Republicans who are now mired in conspiracy theories about her and Joe Biden -- Trans people in Florida risk having their driver's licenses revoked based on new directives about gender on licenses -- Nikki Haley continues targeting Donald Trump's cognitive decline -- Democratic Congressman Jim McGovern calls Donald Trump a "rapist" on the floor of the House of Representatives -- Donald Trump is privately telling people that he is more popular than Taylor Swift as his aides launch a "holy war" against her -- Failed former President Donald Trump appears to have fired his attorney Alina Habba after her total failure in Trump's defamation trial led to an $83.3 million verdict against Trump -- Voicemail caller asks whether Nikki Haley will endorse Donald Trump when she drops out of the Republican primary race -- On the Bonus Show: Why a Trump presidency could cause an inflation spike, Democrats urge Biden to deschedule marijuana, Squad member faces DOJ investigation, much more... 🧠 Try Brain.fm totally free for a month at https://brain.fm/pakman 🥄 Use code PAKMAN for $5 off Magic Spoon at https://magicspoon.com/pakman 💻 Stay protected! Try our sponsor Aura FREE for 2 weeks at https://aura.com/pakman 👍 Use code PAKMAN for 10% off the Füm Journey Pack at https://tryfum.com/PAKMAN -- Become a Supporter: http://www.davidpakman.com/membership -- Subscribe on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/thedavidpakmanshow -- Subscribe to Pakman Live: https://www.youtube.com/pakmanlive -- Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/davidpakmanshow -- Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/davidpakmanshow -- Leave us a message at The David Pakman Show Voicemail Line (219)-2DAVIDP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Having failed to convince the American public that the economy is a disaster because it's not a disaster
0:12.3	Republicans have instead been focusing on the border, the
0:16.4	border where supposedly Joe Biden has opened the floodgates wide open, is
0:21.3	welcoming in supposed residents of mental institutions, criminals, terrorists
0:29.0	from the Middle East.
0:30.6	It's just come on in and do whatever you want. Of course none of that is true either, but if
0:37.2	Republicans really believe that that was the most urgent problem that needed fixing, they would welcome the opportunity to work with
0:46.0	Joe Biden to fix the problems at the border, and yet they are now against Joe Biden's plan to fix it. Joe Biden has said
0:55.4	brilliantly calling their bluff, I'll shut down the border, however you define
1:01.7	it, if you guys come to the table and work with me on this deal and Republicans are saying no
1:07.6	Because this is actually what they stand for they don't stand for any kind of principle with regard to the border. They stand for what can
1:16.4	we do to help ourselves and make Democrats look bad. Republicans who screamed about a crisis on the border now oppose a plan to fix it.
1:31.3	What a surprise, ladies and gentlemen, and it's actually not surprising at all.
1:37.2	For months, Huffpost writes, Republicans have shouted from the rooftops about a migrant crisis at the US-Mexico border
1:46.0	and how President Joe Biden needs to act to address it, insisting the flow of migrants is an urgent national security threat.
1:55.0	Now, many on the writer urging their party to reject the very same things
2:01.2	they said were needed to fix the problem,
2:03.6	including tougher enforcement measures and a proposal to automatically shut down
2:08.4	border crossings when it is overwhelmed.
2:10.8	Instead, they appear set on impeaching the top cabinet official in charge of
2:16.2	the border even though there is no evidence of a crime.
2:20.8	That is absolutely and completely correct. These are not people with the best
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