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James O'Brien - The Whole Show

Chaos on Capitol Hill

James O'Brien - The Whole Show

Global

Daily News, News

4.3912 Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2021

⏱️ 136 minutes

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Summary

Scenes of carnage emerged from Washington last night. He's lost the Presidency, he's lost the Senate but still hasn't found the courage to call it a day. Let's...digest that. This is a catch-up version of James O'Brien's live, daily show on LBC Radio. To join the conversation call: 0345 60 60 973

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Four minutes after ten is the time. A very good morning indeed to you. And, well, no prizes for guessing what we'll be talking about today.

0:52.5

Absolutely breathtaking scenes in Washington, D.C. yesterday.

0:58.1

Terrifying, of course, because of gun laws in America, but also grimly predictable and, of course,

1:04.9

predicted. I would remind you at this point in proceedings that I only have to put 10 pounds in

1:10.3

the tin when I say, I told you so, in the context of that I only have to put £10 in the tin when I say I told you so in the context of Brexit.

1:12.9

I've made no such pledge in the context of Donald Trump.

1:16.6

And indeed if I had, I'd now be facing bankruptcy.

1:19.5

Or at least I'd be running the risk of bankruptcy.

1:21.8

But the idea that anybody could have been surprised by what this man has unleashed is to my mind deeply disingenuous. It's been

1:30.1

obvious from the start that his flirtations with fascism would be consummated at the very first

1:36.4

opportunity. And of course, the first opportunity comes when he is no longer the elected

1:41.4

president of America, but is somehow determined to cling on to office and to power.

1:46.0

That is how the playbook unfolds at almost every comparable point in history.

1:51.7

And the question of how it happened is perhaps not as complicated as it initially appears.

1:58.5

You know, I am going to ask you how you account for

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