The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (08/06/2024):

3:05pm- On Tuesday, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris announced her running mate: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. Almost immediately, videos of Walz making outlandish, progressive statements began circulating social media. In one clip, Walz explains that socialism is synonymous with neighborliness. While speaking at the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Convention in 2018, Walz told attendees that his pro-abortion stance was so radical that even former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) suggested he should moderate his position.

3:15pm- In response to Kamala Harris’s Vice Presidential selection of Tim Walz, former Obama Administration Advisor Van Jones said it’s likely Harris caved to anti-Semitic elements within the Democrat Party who didn’t want to see Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro on the ticket due to his religion.

3:40pm- Dr. Ben Carson—Former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development & a Retired Neurosurgeon and Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University—joins The Rich Zeoli Show and says he was “delighted” to hear that Kamala Harris selected Governor Tim Walz to be her running mate, as Walz provides very little to her campaign and further illustrates to commonsense voters that Harris is a radical progressive. Dr. Carson is author of the new book: “The Perilous Fight: Overcoming Our Culture’s War on the American Family”—which he co-authored with his wife, Candy Carson. It’s available now: https://a.co/d/5RggqEs

4:05pm- Monica Crowley—Former United States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Public Affairs—joins The Rich Zeoli Show and reacts to Kamala Harris’s selection of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate. Crowley notes that Walz provides nothing to the ticket electorally while simultaneously being unpalatable to moderates. Has the Harris campaign given up on winning independents and moderates?

4:30pm- Dave McCormick— Republican Candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania & former Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs during the George W. Bush Administration—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss earning the endorsement of the Pennsylvania Fraternal Order of Police, which had previously supported Sen. Bob Casey. Plus, what are his thoughts on Minnesota Governor Tim Walz? You can learn more about his campaign here: https://www.davemccormickpa.com

4:50pm- In clip that has now gone viral on social media, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz insists that China is not an American adversary. He also pledged to build a “ladder factory” in response to Donald Trump’s border wall.

5:05pm- While speaking to the press in Philadelphia, PA, Republican Vice Presidential candidate JD Vance implored the media to begin asking Kamala Harris tough questions about her far-left record. Despite becoming the party’s presumptive nominee over two-weeks ago, Harris has not answered any serious questions from the press or conducted an interview. Rich wonders, is she copying Joe Biden’s “basement campaign” strategy?

5:10pm- Disturbing Kamala Clip: In December 2003, then-District Attorney of San Francisco Kamala Harris speaks on Google’s campus: “The power I have as a prosecutor is that with a swipe of my pen, I can charge someone with a misdemeanor—the lowest level offense possible. And by virtue of that swipe of my pen you will have to go to a courthouse…you will have to come out of pocket and hire an attorney, you may get arrested for a few hours, you will be embarrassed in your community.”

5:20pm- Kamala Harris & The First Amendment: The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board writes: “We keep looking for an issue, any issue, on which Kamala Harris differs with the Democratic left, but we keep coming up empty. That includes her party’s use of lawfare against political opponents, as an episode while she was California Attorney General reminds us. Ms. Harris made headlines a decade ago by threatening to punish nonprofit groups that refused to turn over unredacted donor information. She demanded they hand to the state their federal IRS Form 990 Schedule B in the name of discovering ‘self dealing’ or ‘improper loans.’ The real purpose was to learn the names of conservative donors and chill future political giving—that is, political speech…The [Supreme Court] said California’s claim that it would protect donor information lacked credibility, since during the litigation plaintiffs discovered nearly 2,000 Schedule B forms ‘inadvertently posted to the Attorney General’s website’ It noted that the petitioners and donors faced ‘threats’ and ‘retaliation.’” You can read the full editorial here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/kamala-harris-california-attorney-general-lawfare-americans-for-prosperity-foundation-v-bonta-supreme-court-611a96f7?mod=opinion_lead_pos2

5:40pm- Tim Walz is the King of Covid Waste: Jim Geraghty of National Review writes that “the state’s handing hundreds of millions of dollars to Minnesota’s Feeding Our Future, the largest Covid-aid fraud scheme in the country. Announcing the federal fraud indictment against the Feeding Our Future nonprofit, FBI director Christopher Wray called it ‘an egregious plot to steal public funds meant to care for children in need in what amounts to the largest pandemic relief fraud scheme yet. The defendants went to great lengths to exploit a program designed to feed underserved children in Minnesota amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, fraudulently diverting millions of dollars designated for the program for their own personal gain.’ The nonprofit reportedly used a quarter of a billion dollars in federal funds to purchase luxury cars, houses, jewelry, and coastal resort property abroad. What does this have to do with Governor Tim Walz, you ask? Well, a state legislative audit concluded that the Minnesota Department of Education was asleep at the wheel and for years had ignored red flags concerning the nonprofit…Every state government deals with waste, fraud, and abuse. But no other state has ever gotten taken to the cleaners to the tune of a quarter of a billion dollars.” You can read the full article here: https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/harris-vp-short-lister-comes-loaded-with-baggage/

6:00pm- On Tuesday, Kamala Harris introduced her Vice Presidential pick—Minnesota Governor Tim Walz—while appearing at a campaign event at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, PA. Will Walz provide any sort of electoral advantage in the 2024 presidential race? Analyzing Walz’s 2022 gubernatorial race, NBC election analyst Steve Kornacki concludes that Walz relied heavily on traditional Democrat voters—but didn’t have much luck appealing to rural voters or moderates.

6:30pm- Tim Walz Speaks from Philadelphia: Almost immediately after being selected as Kamala Harris’s running mate, videos of Gov. Tim Walz making outlandish, progressive statements began circulating social media. In one clip, Walz explains that socialism is synonymous with neighborliness. While speaking at the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Convention in 2018, Walz told attendees that his pro-abortion stance was so radical that even former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi suggested he should moderate his position.