How Progressive Policies Have Aggravated Homeless Crisis During COVID-19

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🗓️ 6 May 2020

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The coronavirus crisis has taken a particular toll on the homeless community. Christopher Rufo, a documentary filmmaker and director of Discovery Institute's Center on Wealth and Poverty, joins the podcast to talk about how West Coast progressives have failed the homeless. He also discusses which, if any, areas in the country are handling the homeless crisis during coronavirus pandemic well, and what might happen if there is no change in policies on the west coast for the homeless. We also cover these stories: President Donald Trump sounds a warning note about state bailouts. Trump says an internal document from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that says coronavirus deaths are projected to reach 3,000 daily by June 1 didn't take mitigation efforts into account. Rep. John Ratcliffe, Trump’s pick to be the next director of national intelligence, said in his Senate hearing Tuesday that he will be independent in his work if confirmed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Wednesday, May 6th. I'm Virginia Allen.
0:09.7	And I'm Rachel Del Judas.
0:11.3	Coronavirus has had an impact on the homeless.
0:14.0	Christopher Rufo, a documentary filmmaker, a contributing editor at Sydney Journal,
0:19.0	and a research fellow at Discovery Institute Center on Wealth, Poverty, and Morality joins the podcast to talk about
0:25.2	this impact of coronavirus and what can be done.
0:28.4	Don't forget.
0:29.4	If you're enjoying this podcast, please be sure to leave a review or a five-star rating on Apple
0:34.2	Podcasts and encourage others to subscribe. Now, on to our top news. President Trump has made it clear that Congress should not bail out states.
0:50.2	In a sit-down interview in the Oval Office on Monday, the President told the New York Post that,
0:55.3	I think Congress is inclined to do a lot of things, but I don't think they're inclined to do bailouts.
1:02.3	And he continued saying, it's not fair to the Republicans
1:05.9	because all the states that need help, they're run by Democrats in every case. Florida is doing
1:11.8	phenomenal. Texas is doing phenomenal. Texas is doing phenomenal. The Midwest is, you know, fantastic, very little debt. You look at Illinois, you look at New York, you look at California. You know three there's tremendous debt there and many
1:26.4	others and he added I don't think the Republicans want to be in a position where
1:32.1	they bail out states that are that have been
1:35.4	mismanaged over a long period of time. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo responded to
1:41.5	the President's remarks during a press briefing on Tuesday via
1:45.4	CNBC. It's not just Democratic states that have an economic shortfall.
1:51.7	Republican states have an economic shortfall. Republican states have an economic shortfall.
1:55.0	Well, it's the mismanagement of blue states for decades that they now want us to bail out.
2:02.0	That's just not a fact. It is not a fact. First of all, no
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