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Former Governor of Illinois: Rod Blagojevich | PBD Podcast | EP 127

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4.44.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2022

⏱️ 117 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Patrick Bet-David is joined by Adam Sosnick and the 40th governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich to discuss Barrack Obama, Rod's upbringing, AOC, Ukraine and Russia, plus much more...

TOPICS

  • Who Is Rod Blagojevich?
  • Why there is such a Love/Hate relationship with Rod Blagojevich 
  • Who wanted to convict Rod Blagojevich
  • What would rod have done differently
  • Why did Barack Obama throw Rod Blagojevich under the bus
  • Was Rod Blagojevich jealous of Barack Obama?
  • The recording with Rahm Emmanuel 
  • Is Illinois more corrupt than other states?
  • How Rod Blagojevich's father-in-law got him arrested 
  • Did Rod Blagojevich want to run for president
  • Rod Blagojevich is fighting to run for office again
  • Are Democrats afraid of Rod Blagojevich? 
  • How the right embraced the 'false claim' Hillary spied on Trump
  • Are there any good "up and coming" politicians?
  •  Character Assassination
  • AOC
  • Trudeau and Canada
  • Ukraine/Russia
  • Speed round


Rod Blagojevich is an American former politician, political commentator, and convicted felon who served as the 40th governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009, when he was impeached following charges of public corruption for which he was later sentenced to federal prison. A member of the Democratic Party, Blagojevich previously worked in both the state and federal legislatures. He served as an Illinois state representative from 1993 to 1997, and the U.S. representative from Illinois's 5th district from 1997 to 2003.

Follow Rod Blagojevich on Twitter here: https://bit.ly/3gSzlTB

Instagram: https://bit.ly/3LNAxpw

You can check out his podcast "Lightning Rod Today" here: https://bit.ly/3h4Xjeq


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Connect with Patrick on social media: https://linktr.ee/patrickbetdavid

Adam Sosnick: https://bit.ly/2PqllTj

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Gentlemen, we're live.

0:03.6

Oh, we're live.

0:04.6

We're live.

0:05.6

We're live, folks.

0:06.6

You miss some good stories here about where Adam was conceived.

0:09.8

It's great.

0:11.1

Anyways, today we have a special guest with us. Very special. Yes, we, sirs. Anyways, today we have a special guest with us.

0:13.4

Very special. Yes, we have a special guest with us.

0:15.9

Former governor of Illinois, the fifth largest economy, I believe in America,

0:21.7

Governor Rod Blagojevich, who also ended up going to out of the 24

0:29.0

counts, one of them you were found guilty and you ended up going to jail I think for 168 months but you only served

0:33.4

aid of it because you were pardoned by President Trump and we'll get into that as well and a

0:38.5

lots changed from then to now but it's good to have you on the podcast.

0:43.0

I'm glad we were to pull this off.

0:44.0

Well, thanks very much for having me.

0:46.0

Appreciate you guys and congratulations and your success.

0:48.0

Welcome to America.

0:49.0

You're the American dream.

0:50.0

In my next life, I want to be you.

0:52.0

I don't want to be me and

0:55.0

And by the way on this podcast you can you can be free to curse you don't have to worry about it. So I saw your video and the

1:03.2

the documentary starts off saying there's gonna be be careful. There's you know what

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