The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (02/26/2024):

3:05pm- Will Democrats in the House of Representatives certify a hypothetical Donald Trump 2024 presidential victory? According to Russell Berman of The Atlantic, it isn’t a foregone conclusion. Congressmen Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Adam Schiff (D-CA), and Jim Clyburn (D-SC) did not confirm their willingness to accept the 2024 election results. Meanwhile, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) refused to comment. You can read more here:https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/02/democrats-congress-trump-january-6/677545/

3:15pm- Mitch Smith of The New York Times documents President Joe Biden’s likely struggles appealing to Michigan voters—not just in the 2024 general election, but also in Tuesday’s Democrat presidential primary. During a recent interview with Dana Bash on CNN, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) conceded that she’s “not sure” how Biden will fare in the state. Smith writes: “Arab Americans, irate over Mr. Biden’s support for Israel, are pushing Democrats to select ‘uncommitted’ on the state’s primary ballot on Tuesday. Several recent general election polls show Mr. Biden running behind former President Donald J. Trump in Michigan, while another shows Mr. Biden leading. Prominent Democrats in Detroit and Lansing say they are worried not just about losing Arab Americans, but also about Black men and union workers and young people. That leaves Ms. Whitmer, one of eight national co-chairs of Mr. Biden’s campaign, who is seen by many Democrats as a future contender for the presidency, facing perhaps the biggest electoral test of her career even though her name is not on the ballot. Ms. Whitmer is particularly strong with moderate voters and suburbanites, and has forged deep ties with Black leaders in Detroit. But it remains to be seen whether she can help much with those most frustrated with Mr. Biden, including voters further to the left and Arab Americans.” You can read Smith’s full article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/25/us/gretchen-whitmer-michigan-biden.html

3:25pm- While appearing on MSNBC with Jen Psaki, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro (D) accused the Republican party of being an “extremist party.”

3:40pm- Former Obama Campaign Manager & Administration Advisor David Axelrod suggested that President Joe Biden may struggle to appeal to black voters if Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump selects Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) to be his Vice Presidential nominee.

3:50pm- On Saturday, South Carolina held its Republican presidential primary—with Donald Trump defeating Nikki Haley 60% to 40%. Despite the loss, Haley told supporters that she will remain in the race at least through Super Tuesday on March 5th. According to Politico’s calculations, Trump will likely accumulate 1,215+ delegates by March 19th—reaching a majority of the Republican party’s delegates and officially becoming the presumptive nominee.

4:05pm- Michigan will hold its Republican and Democrat primaries on Tuesday, February 27th. Donald Trump currently leads Nikki Haley for the Republican nomination with 110 delegates to 20. Steven Shepard of Politico writes about Haley’s uphill battle: “In Tuesday’s Michigan primary, say Haley actually wins her first state and gets a majority of the delegates awarded, seven of 13. But the bulk of Michigan’s delegates, 39, will actually be awarded next weekend at a state convention, where Trump is expected to romp with the party insiders.” You can read more here: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/25/haley-path-nomination-impossible-00143205

4:20pm- Comedian Shane Gillis hosted Saturday Night Live (SNL) this past weekend—doing an incredible Donald Trump impersonation in one segment. But was his impersonation better than SNL’s cast member James Austin Johnson. Rich and Henry think Johnson still has the edge, but Matt argues that Johnson should be disqualified for using the term “pastiche”—a word the real Trump would never use.

4:40pm- During an appearance on Meet the Press with Kristen Welker, Congressman Byron Donalds (R-FL) emphasized that Department of Justice special counsel Robert Hur’s report on Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents did not clear the president of criminal wrongdoing despite the media’s insistence that it did.

4:45pm- A CPAC straw poll asked conference attendees who they would like to see Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump select to be his Vice President. South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy both received 15% of the vote. Former U.S. Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard finished third—receiving 9% of the vote. You can see the full results here: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68388154

5:05pm- On Saturday, former President Donald Trump spoke from CPAC—telling the sold-out audience that America has the “greatest police” in the world, but “they’re not allowed to do their job” because of far-left district attorneys in the nation’s biggest cities.

5:20pm- Amanda Prestigiacomo of The Daily Wire writes: “The Washington Post’s Taylor Lorenz on Saturday sat down with the woman behind the popular ‘Libs of TikTok’ X account, Chaya Raichik, for a videotaped interview, and made a stunning admission. Lorenz, who doxxed and has routinely targeted Raichik, mostly for reposting videos that people on the Left post of themselves, admitted that she has not viewed some of the most sexually graphic material aimed at children that Raichik has posted about online. Still, Lorenz was ready to defend the sexual content and suggest Raichik is a hateful bigot for standing against its promotion in schools.” You can read the full article, and watch the conversation, here: https://www.dailywire.com/news/journo-taylor-lorenz-meets-with-libs-of-tiktok-creator-makes-stunning-admission

5:30pm- While speaking with Alex Wagner on MSNBC, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-NY) suggested that the migrant crisis at the U.S. Southern border is merely a “false narrative” pushed by conservatives—accusing Republicans of creating a political platform that endorses racism.

5:40pm- Is former CNN anchor Brian Stelter running for School Board in New Jersey…as a Republican!?!? Or is it just a hilarious internet rumor?

6:05pm- On Saturday, South Carolina held its Republican presidential primary—with Donald Trump defeating Nikki Haley 60% to 40%. Despite the loss, Haley told supporters that she will remain in the race at least through Super Tuesday on March 5th. According to Politico’s calculations, Trump will likely accumulate 1,215+ delegates by March 19th—reaching a majority of the Republican party’s delegates and officially becoming the presumptive nominee.

6:10pm- While appearing on Fox & Friends, National Director Joe Cunningham said he would be interested in his political organization partnering with Nikki Haley for a third-party presidential run.

6:15pm- During an appearance on Meet the Press with Kristen Welker, Congressman Byron Donalds (R-FL) emphasized that Department of Justice special counsel Robert Hur’s report on Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents did not clear the president of criminal wrongdoing despite the media’s insistence that it did.

6:40pm- Gerrit DeVynck and Nitasha Tiku of The Washington Post write: “Google blocked the ability to generate images of people on its artificial intelligence tool Gemini after some users accused it of anti-White bias, in one of the highest profile moves to scale back a major AI tool. A viral post on X shared by the account @EndofWokeness appeared to show Gemini, which competes with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, responding to a prompt for ‘a portrait of a Founding Father of America’ with images of a Native American man in a traditional headdress, a Black man, a darker-skinned non-White man and an Asian man, all in colonial-era garb.” You can read the full article here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/02/22/google-gemini-ai-image-generation-pause/

6:50pm- A CPAC straw poll asked conference attendees who they would like to see Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump select to be his Vice President. South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy both received 15% of the vote. Former U.S. Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard finished third—receiving 9% of the vote. You can see the full results here: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68388154