Complete Breakdown: Cherelle Parker Defeats Helen Gym in Philly Mayoral Primary
The Rich Zeoli Show
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🗓️ 17 May 2023
⏱️ 44 minutes
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- On Tuesday, former City Councilmember Cherelle Parker won the Democrat mayoral primary in Philadelphia—and is expected to win the city’s general election in November. She would be the first woman to become Philadelphia Mayor. Notably, Parker campaigned on ending safe injection sites, restoring stop-and-frisk policies, and hiring more police officers to help combat crime throughout the city. With 87% of the total vote reported, Parker received 33% of the vote. Meanwhile, despite support from Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), progressive candidate Helen Gym earned just 21.3% of the vote. Is this the end of Gym’s political career? It’s unlikely. She’s already rumored to be a U.S. Senate candidate in the event Bob Casey Jr. (D-PA) decides not to seek reelection in 2024.
- On Tuesday, President Joe Biden met with Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) in hopes of successfully negotiating a debt ceiling increase. No agreement was reached. Earlier this month, House Republicans passed legislation that would cut long-term federal spending while concurrently raising the federal debt limit.
- Former City Councilmember David Oh won the Republican mayoral primary in Philadelphia on Tuesday.
- According to Fox5, “New York City has begun to convert public school gymnasiums into housing for international migrants in the latest effort to accommodate a growing population of asylum-seekers who have overwhelmed the city's homeless shelter system.” The controversial policy has led to wide-spread, massive protests being led by parents. You can read more here: https://www.fox5ny.com/news/nyc-migrant-crisis-public-school-gyms-temporary-housing
- According to a report from The Daily Wire’s Ryan Saavedra, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has sent over 1,000 soldiers/law enforcement officers to Texas in order to help the state secure the U.S. southern border. You can read more here: https://www.dailywire.com/news/florida-sends-800-soldiers-300-law-enforcement-officers-to-help-secure-u-s-border-in-texas
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| 0:00.0 | W-P-H-D-H-D-W-O-G-L-H-D-D-3, Philadelphia, from the Cheerio Volos studios. |
| 0:08.0 | Where relationships matter. |
| 0:10.0 | Always live on a free Odyssey app. |
| 0:13.0 | The Revolution will be brought to you. |
| 0:16.0 | This dish is the next generation of talk. |
| 0:20.0 | Now on Talk Radio 1210 W-P-H-D, Rich Zioly. |
| 0:27.0 | Well, thank God, at least for now, Philadelphia is saved. |
| 0:30.0 | And the career of Progressive Cooke Pro Criminal Helen Kim is at least temporarily set back. |
| 0:37.0 | But it's not over. |
| 0:38.0 | And I will warn you that you've got to be very careful about this one, |
| 0:42.0 | because the Progressive still think she is the national star. |
| 0:46.0 | Welcome to the show, glad you're here today. |
| 0:48.0 | It is Wednesday the day after the election, 855-839-1210. |
| 0:53.0 | On Twitter, at Rich Zioly, Bud Light is rolling out a new can. |
| 0:57.0 | They're rolling out a new can in response to the plummeting sales of their beer |
| 1:02.0 | after the Dylan Mulvaney disaster. |
| 1:04.0 | It's running out of lunch with a buddy of mine today. |
| 1:06.0 | And he looked at the beers that were on draft and no Bud Light. |
| 1:10.0 | And he made a comment like, I can't believe you guys don't have Bud Light. |
| 1:12.0 | It means tongue and cheek, obviously. |
| 1:14.0 | But the server just kind of laughed uncomfortably, |
| 1:18.0 | because you didn't really want to make it political or anything. |
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