Is the Debt Ceiling Fight Actually Over? + McCarthy Threatens to Hold FBI Director in Contempt of Congress
The Rich Zeoli Show
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🗓️ 30 May 2023
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The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (05/30/2023):
3:05pm- On Sunday, President Joe Biden and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (D-CA) reached an agreement to raise the nation’s debt ceiling and avoid a default on the federal debt. However, prominent members of the Freedom Caucus—like Chip Roy, Scott Perry, and Byron Donalds—are opposing the agreement. Congressman Dan Bishop (R-NC) went as far as to say that he opposes the deal and, consequently, has “no confidence” in Speaker McCarthy’s leadership moving forward. So, will the agreement have enough support to pass in the House & Senate? Or will the deal need to be renegotiated? You can read more about the agreement here: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/29/business/debt-ceiling-agreement.html
3:40pm- During a Freedom Caucus press conference, Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) implored Republican members of Congress to vote against the Biden-McCarthy negotiated debt ceiling deal. Donalds noted that Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was not even successful in getting concessions that would secure the border as part of the agreement.
3:50pm- Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) announced he will oppose the Biden-McCarthy negotiated debt ceiling deal and has introduced a conservative alternative.
4:05pm- Appearing on Fox News Sunday with Shannon Bream, Speaker Kevin McCarthy defended his debt ceiling compromise with President Joe Biden—arguing “we let government grow, but at a slower rate.” Rich wonders, with Republicans in control of the House, shouldn’t they fight to fundamentally reform federal government spending?
4:10pm While speaking with Benny Johnson, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) said of the debt ceiling agreement: "If you're a Republican member of the House or the Senate and you're thinking about voting for this, come talk to me...Read through it. You'll see this bill does not do what it claims it does.”
4:20pm- While appearing on Fox News, Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) said he was uncertain as to whether or not he will support the Biden-McCarthy debt ceiling agreement.
4:40pm- Ari Blaff of National Review writes, “two female employees say they were fired from a Georgia store branch of the ‘athleisure’ brand Lululemon for confronting store robbers and calling local law enforcement on them.” You can read the full article here: https://www.nationalreview.com/news/lululemon-fires-atlanta-employees-for-calling-police-during-robbery/
5:05pm- The Drive at 5: In mid-May, Sai Varshith Kandula crashed a rented U-Haul vehicle into barriers outside of the White House after six-months of planning his attack. Following his arrest, he told investigators he intended to kidnap and harm President Joe Biden while simultaneously espousing pro-Nazi beliefs. Bizarrely, the 19-year-old has only been charged with “one count of depredation of property of the United States in excess of $1,000”, according to CNN. You can read more here: https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/23/politics/dc-uhaul-crash-charges/index.html
5:25pm- The Mystery Movie Clip…with a mystery prize!
5:40pm- According to reports, there are several great white sharks that have been detected in waters off New Jersey and New York coasts.
5:45pm- A Monmouth University poll indicates that a majority of Republican voters believe Donald Trump provides the best chance for the GOP to beat President Joe Biden and retake the White House in 2024.
5:50pm- While appearing on Fox News with Kayleigh McEnany, Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis dismissed the Biden-McCarthy negotiated debt ceiling agreement. He explained that the United States was “careening toward bankruptcy before the debt deal and we are careening toward bankruptcy now.”
6:05pm- While appearing on Fox News, Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy said that he is prepared to hold Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress if the Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I.) Director does not turn over documents subpoenaed by the House. The documents are related to an investigation into the Biden family and their connections with overseas businesses.
6:15pm- While speaking to West Point graduates, Vice President Kamala Harris used her signature phrase: “unburdened by what has been.” What does it even mean?
6:35pm- According to Zach Jewell of The Daily Wire, “Police have arrested a suspect nearly four months after a New Jersey Republican councilwoman was gunned down in her car as she was nearing her home. Rashid Ali Bynum, 28, was arrested and charged in the murder of 30-year-old Eunice Dwumfour, who was shot and killed on the evening of February 1.” You can read Jewell’s full article here: https://www.dailywire.com/news/arrest-made-after-months-of-silence-in-nj-gop-councilwomans-murder
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| 0:30.0 | The debt ceiling deal, but the House Freedom Caucus says, uh, no go. And now there's a movement |
| 0:36.4 | to get rid of Speaker Kevin McCarthy led by Dan Bishop. Good afternoon. It's Tuesday. Welcome |
| 0:42.6 | to the show. Glad you're here today, 855-391210. And on Twitter, at Rich, is the only |
| 0:48.6 | hope you had a wonderful weekend. Hope you had a enjoyable Memorial Day with your family. |
| 0:53.2 | If you joined us Friday at the Grand Hotel of Cape May, thanks for coming out. We had |
| 0:56.5 | a blast. It was a great time. Thanks to my friends at the Grand Hotel for hosting |
| 1:00.8 | us, Bob and Caitlin and Mike. The whole team there was just fantastic. And so I appreciate |
| 1:06.3 | it very much. We will be back Thursday, July 27th, so mark your calendar and come out and |
| 1:12.2 | join us. You don't want to miss it. So we got the debt deal issue, which doesn't look |
| 1:16.6 | like it has the Republican votes. It looks as if the conservative members of the House |
| 1:21.7 | of Representatives are saying, no, so much show that there might be a rebellion going |
| 1:26.8 | on within the Republican Party. Now, how do we get to this point? Well, because McCarthy |
| 1:31.4 | drops this bill Saturday night in the middle of a holiday weekend, doesn't give anybody |
| 1:36.2 | a chance to read it and then announces he's got the votes for it. And that irked a lot |
| 1:40.3 | of the members and more conservative members. And then they turn around, they say, but |
| 1:43.7 | we're still dealing with all the issues that we have. McCarthy's claiming, well, this |
| 1:48.2 | bill actually slows spending down and puts us on a more solvent course. But what the conservative |
| 1:55.8 | freedom caucus members are saying is, no, it doesn't. It actually now is going to be |
| 2:00.2 | a gigantic absorption of debt. And we're still going to be paying for things you don't |
| 2:04.2 | know the money for. So that's where things stand right now with this as they work the |
| 2:08.5 | phones and the behind the scenes deals. But what's very obvious though is that Kevin McCarthy |
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