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The Politics Guys

GA Grand Jury, Train Derailment, Cognitive Health of Elected Officials

The Politics Guys

Michael Baranowski

Politics, News

4.4783 Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2023

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Mike & Jay open the episode with a discussion of what we know about the conclusions reached by a special grand jury in Fulton County Georgia concerning election interference. It’s yet another win for those who say that the election wasn’t stolen, but it remains to be seen if Donald Trump’s efforts to “find” enough votes to give him Georgia will result in his being indicted. Next, the Guys consider the train derailment in East Palestine, OH. Mike argues that the government response was fairly good and that railroads have actually been getting safer in recent years. Jay doesn’t dispute that overall trend, but thinks that government agencies could have done more in the aftermath of the disaster. They close the episode talking about the cognitive health of elected officials in light of California Senator Diane Feinstein’s announcement that she won’t be seeking another term as well as Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman checking himself into Walter Reed to be treated for clinical depression. While a majority of the American public may be in favor of cognitive tests for elected officials, both Mike & Jay end up concluding that it could be a “fix” that creates more problems than it solves. Jay’s Recommendation The Conservative Sensibility. George Will Mike’s Recommendation Consensus: Evidence- Based Answers, Faster The Politics Guys on Facebook | Twitter Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. You can support us or change your level of support at patreon.com/politicsguys or politicsguys.com/support. On Venmo, we’re @PoliticsGuys. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Atheists, agnostics, long-haired, weirdos, short-haired winters, vandal,

0:05.6

Gula.

0:05.8

I'm the government, hug the government, love the government, hug the government, love the government.

0:12.0

Welcome to the politics, guys, a place for bipartisan, rational, and civil debate on American politics and policy.

0:17.7

I'm Michael Baranowski, Professor of Political Science at Northern Kentucky University.

0:22.0

I'm joined today by my conservative counterpart, Cleveland area attorney and defender of freedom,

0:26.8

Jay Carson. Hey, Mike. Good morning. Hey, Jay. How are you doing this morning? Well, like,

0:31.2

so my Northeast Ohio brethren, off the rails, I'm afraid. Oh, well, that's... We'll talk about that later, yeah.

0:38.6

Very topical, absolutely.

0:40.3

Yes, we will be talking about that.

0:43.2

Also, we want to get into the Florida Grand Jury Report on election interference in 2020.

0:52.6

Some news about John Federman, Diane Feinstein, and the public's

0:57.0

right to know about health issues. Joe Biden's balloon speech and probably even a little bit more,

1:02.7

we'll see how much we have time for. And we will get going with that in just one second.

1:08.1

All right, Jay. So to kick things off, let's get into that Georgia special grand jury report.

1:13.6

Late this week, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney released a portion of that report

1:19.8

from the special grand jury that's investigating possible criminal interference in the 2020 general election in Georgia.

1:27.2

The grand jury, which is composed of

1:28.9

26 Fulton County residents, they've been serving since May of 2022, so around a little bit over

1:35.4

nine months. And their key conclusion from the release portion of the report is we find by

1:41.0

unanimous vote that no widespread fraud took place in the Georgia 2020 presidential

1:47.1

election that could result in overturning that election.

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