"It's all garbage and lies." W/Philip Bump of the Washington Post
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🗓️ 27 February 2024
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Bill discusses the ongoing efforts by House Republicans to impeach President Joe Biden with Philip Bump, National Columnist for the Washington Post. They discuss the lack of evidence and the changing allegations made by Republicans regarding Biden's supposed high crimes and misdemeanors. They also touch on the arrest of Alexander Smirnoff, a key witness against Biden, and his ties to Russian intelligence. Press and Bump question the motives behind the Republican impeachment efforts and the potential political implications for the party. They also discuss the likelihood of the impeachment proceedings moving forward and the lack of progress made by Republicans in gathering evidence. Bump is the author of the How to Read this Chart Newsletter and the author of the important book, The Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, good friends, so happy to welcome you back to the Bill Press Pond. |
| 0:11.8 | Yeah, Congress comes back to town this week just in time with so many important items demanding their attention, including the fact that the government's running out of money again, |
| 0:22.9 | the borders running out of places to hold all the refugees, and Ukraine's running out of ammunition. |
| 0:29.0 | But, of course, instead of working on those or other critical priorities, House Republicans |
| 0:34.8 | are focused on impeaching President Biden. |
| 0:39.3 | Yes, having already voted to impeach Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, |
| 0:44.3 | House Republicans are still determined to impeach Joe Biden, |
| 0:48.7 | even though last week Alexander Smyranoff, |
| 0:51.8 | their chief witness against the president and his son Hunter, was arrested by the FBI for lying to the FBI and making the whole thing up. |
| 1:01.8 | You know, with no evidence of wrongdoing, this Biden impeachment has been a joke from the beginning, but now with no witness, it's an absolute outrage. |
| 1:11.5 | And yet, House Republicans, led by Speaker Mike Johnson, refused to throw in the towel |
| 1:16.4 | and will hold more impeachment hearings, at least one more, this week. |
| 1:21.8 | But nobody's done a better job in exposing the sheer insanity of this attempt to impeach the president than our good friend |
| 1:29.8 | and frequent reporters roundtable guest philip bump columnist for the washington post author of the |
| 1:36.4 | newsletter how to read this chart we welcome philip bump back today just to tell us how crazy |
| 1:42.7 | this whole deal is. |
| 1:44.8 | Philip Bump, it's always fun to welcome you to the roundtable and a special pleasure to welcome |
| 1:49.6 | you to a full podcast of the Bill Press pod. Good to talk to you. |
| 1:53.8 | Happy to be here, sir. All right, I have it right here in front of me, Philip. Article 2, |
| 1:58.4 | Section 2 of the United States Constitution, |
| 2:08.4 | Ken says the president can be impeached for treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors. |
| 2:14.2 | What are the high crimes for which Republicans are intent on impeaching President Joe Biden? |
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