12-17-25 Afternoon Rush - More Candace Owens v Erika Kirk Updates & Huge News With Healthcare!

The Rush Hour With Dave Neal

Dave Neal

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🗓️ 17 December 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Rush Hour Podcast – Afternoon Edition

This afternoon on the Rush Hour Podcast, we break down the latest twists in the Candace Owens vs. Erica Kirk saga and what new developments are revealing about the growing fractures inside conservative media. We also take a hard look at Kash Patel, how multiple botched investigations have fueled public distrust, and why government incompetence creates the perfect breeding ground for conspiracy theories. Plus, we cover the new vote on the Affordable Care Act and the White House's response to bombshell reporting from Vanity Fair.

Fast-moving politics, media chaos, and the stories shaping the national conversation—join us for the full breakdown.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the rush hour, your daily dose of pop culture for your rush hour ride.
0:07.7	Buckle up and enjoy the drive with your host, stand-up comedian Dave Neal.
0:14.0	Good afternoon, everybody, on this hump day, Wednesday, December 17th, 2025.
0:19.4	I have all your stories for your rush hour ride home.
0:22.6	And boy is 2025 ending with a bang. We've got updates to the wild conversation by Erica Kirk and
0:30.1	Candace Owens does this and we'll find out moving forward. But will this change the way Candace
0:35.9	conducts her channel?
0:37.5	We're going to hear from the spokesperson of Turning Point USA.
0:40.3	We'll hear from some of her adversaries, Alex Clark, Tim Poole,
0:44.3	and we'll hear from Candace herself.
0:46.3	Plus, if you're in the market to buy health insurance,
0:50.3	you understand that prices have skyrocketed.
0:53.3	They got rid of the subsidies. The government was shut down. They said, if we open the government up, will we vote on this bill? And then Mike Johnson gave everybody a middle finger and says, no thank you. Well, right now, breaking news, we've got a hostile takeover happening in Congress. I'm going to share with you guys the discharge petition. I know, what does that even mean? It sounds like something you get after being spring break. You know, discharge petition. Is that a venereal disease? What is that? Well, if it has to do a Congress, it is a venereal disease, although venereal diseases work harder for you than Congress does. Okay, they come back once a month. Okay, that's a joke. Congress is on break.
1:28.5	I don't know. Is it funny? Who knows? Anyhow, what the hell are we talking about? Let's get into this right now.
1:33.4	We've got Candace, and then we'll get into the Affordable Care Act. We'll get into Venezuela and other stuff.
1:38.8	But first, on News Nation, we've got Chris Cuomo. Nepo baby, Chris Cuomo, son of former governor, one of the Cuomo's.
1:47.7	The Cuomo family, younger brother to the guy who just lost out the mayoral race to an
1:54.5	unnamed unknown Zoran Mamdani. So either way, now he's host of News Nation crushing it. While he's interviewed,
2:03.1	what's this guy's name? I'm all over the place. Andrew Colvette. And Andrew Colvette responded
2:08.7	to how he thinks things will move forward after Candice Owens' chat with Erica Kirk. Have a listen.
2:15.4	So she took the meeting to show grace and hope that it would go away.
2:20.6	And Candace Owens is really going to use it as few.
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