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🗓️ 11 February 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Construction of the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border stopped on Jan. 20, thanks to President Joe Biden’s executive order, issued the day of his inauguration. What does this mean for the safety of Arizonans and many families who have ranches along the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona? Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, joins the podcast to discuss that, cartels, drug trafficking, and why he thinks the Biden administration policies will encourage more illegal immigration.

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal podcast for Thursday, February 11th. I'm Virginia Allen.
0:11.2	And I'm Rachel Zeldudis. President Joe Biden, any construction of the border wall on
0:16.4	January 20th, the day of his inauguration. The Biden administration had said they will always
0:22.7	trust the experts. Do they trust or consult the border patrols' expertise when this decision was
0:28.3	made? How do your zones feel about the border wall construction ending? Arizona Congressman Andy
0:34.6	Biggs joins me today on the Daily Signal podcast to discuss. Don't forget, if you're enjoying this
0:40.4	podcast, please be sure to leave a review and a five star ring on Apple podcasts and as always,
0:45.8	encourage others to subscribe. Now on to our top news.
0:48.8	The second day of former President Trump's impeachment trial kicked off on Wednesday afternoon,
1:02.4	with House Democrats laying out a case against Trump. Lead House impeachment manager
1:08.1	representative Jamie Raskin, Democrat of Maryland, opened the arguments per ABC news.
1:14.5	The evidence will show that he clearly incited the January 6th insurrection.
1:20.2	It will show that Donald Trump surrendered his role as Commander-in-Chief and became the insider
1:28.0	in chief of a dangerous insurrection. And this was, as one of our colleagues put it so cogently,
1:35.2	on January 6th itself, the greatest betrayal of the presidential oath in the history of the United
1:43.0	States. Several House managers drew a direct link from President Trump's claim that the election
1:50.0	was stolen to the riots at the Capitol, including Representative Eric Swahwell, Democrat of California,
1:57.8	per ABC world news. Day after day, he told his supporters false outlandish lies that the victory,
2:06.0	that the election outcome was taken and it was rigged. And he had absolutely no support for his
2:12.6	claims. But that wasn't the point. He wanted to make his base angrier and angrier.
2:20.8	And to make them angry, he was willing to say anything.
2:25.2	In order to convict Trump, that will require two-thirds of the Senate,
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