So we have Jared E8 Sexton reporting live in Iowa on the boots on the ground.

I hope you heard his last podcast that we had by a solo where he broke some serious news about

Joe Biden.

So Jared, I want to talk to you about that because

how did you come about this news and what did it mean when you heard it? Well, first of all,

I just want to say that I have picked up one of the worst cases of the flu that I've ever had

in my entire life, which is very fun to do while you're out in Fridid Iowa. And I just had this moment today where I was like,

I need to get out of the state. It is so cold and I am so sick. And for people who listened

to the last podcast, like I had a little cough and I was like, oh, let's hope I don't get

any of that crud. And then I woke up the next day and I was like, oh, let's hope I don't get any of that crud. And then I woke up the next day, and I was like, oh, this is a serious.

I was like, this is a serious situation.

Yeah, so one of the things that happened was I went to Joe Biden's rally in North Liberty

the day before last, or whenever it was, would does time have meaning?

And the rally itself was, I don't know. last or whatever it was would this time have meaning and um the the the the the the

rally itself was um I don't know any other way to put it it was really piss poor it was

really bad uh it it nothing worked and it was quite obvious that the campaign wasn't um it wasn't

up to snuff like something was was wrong somewhere. And the people

working for Biden were running around and everything was sort of slapdash and haphazard.

And then I started reaching out to the people in the campaign that I know a little bit. And so

what happened was, so this was Saturday.

And the Saturday before the Iowa caucuses is like this, this like come to Jesus moment. It's like

this big, big day where all of a sudden, like if you have momentum and you know it, you're so

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