How Biden Blew the January 6th Opportunity

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🗓️ 27 April 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Today's podcast takes up the new taped revelations about Republican leaders worrying over the role Republican elected officials may have played in the January 6 insurrection—and how they show the kind of chance Joe Biden had to revise the boundaries of American politics and failed to do it. Also on tap: J.D. Vance's surge in Ohio and what it might portend. Give a listen.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the commentary magazine daily podcast today is Wednesday April 27th, 2022.
0:29.7	I'm John Pudhord, the editor of commentary with me is always executive editor Abe Reenwald
0:33.6	Hayab.
0:34.6	Hi John.
0:35.6	Senior writer Christine Rosenheimerstein.
0:37.4	Hi John.
0:38.4	And associate editor Noah Rossman Hainoa.
0:40.2	Hi John.
0:41.2	So there's a.
0:43.0	But in the brilliant rollout strategy of of Jonathan Martin and Alex Ferns's new book on
0:52.6	Trump and Biden and the 2020 election.
0:55.6	Brilliant rollout strategy that is kept at the top of the news, but I can't remember the
0:58.6	title.
0:59.6	So you guys are going to have to Google the title doesn't really matter.
1:02.8	The show that passed really well.
1:04.1	A strategy has involved the show not pass or something right.
1:07.6	So it is involved them releasing a story getting Kevin McCarthy, the house minority leader to
1:14.9	say the story isn't true.
1:17.7	And then six hours later releasing audio that shows that he's a liar.
1:21.3	And now they are second or third day in this by releasing even more audio.
1:26.5	Apparently an aid of McCarthy is understanding the historic nature of what had happened on
1:32.1	January 6th and following decided to tape McCarthy and gave Martin and Burns the tape.
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