Republicans Strap On for Biden Impeachment

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🗓️ 14 September 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

With just two weeks left to avoid a government shutdown, Kevin McCarthy opens an impeachment inquiry against President Biden, even though Republicans have provided zero evidence that Biden did anything wrong. Trump outlines his radical vision for a potential second term as the President unloads on "Maganomics." Then, Representative Jamie Raskin joins to break down the House Democrats' counterattack plan on impeachment. And: strap-ons in the Senate! How a hearing on book bans turned X-rated.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Positive America, I'm John Favreau.
0:22.2	I'm Dan Pfeiffer.
0:23.2	On today's show, Joe Biden takes on Donald Trump's magnomics, Republican senators make
0:28.0	a book ban hearing, not say for work.
0:30.4	And later, Congressman Jamie Raskin joins to break down the Democratic strategy around
0:34.6	our first topic, Kevin McCarthy's announcement on Tuesday that House Republicans will be
0:40.3	opening an impeachment inquiry into President Biden.
0:44.2	Let's listen.
0:45.2	Our job here is a serious job.
0:47.7	Our job is to focus on the American public.
0:50.3	Our job is to make tomorrow better than today.
0:54.7	Our job is to legislate.
0:56.8	Not to continue to investigate something in the back when you cannot find any reason
1:00.9	to impeach this president.
1:02.4	Oh, sorry, Dan.
1:03.4	That was a clip from September 2019 of McCarthy talking about the first impeachment inquiry
1:10.6	into Donald Trump.
1:11.8	Here's what he said on Tuesday.
1:13.8	That's why today I am directing our House Committee to open a formal impeachment inquiry
1:20.8	into President Joe Biden.
1:23.6	This logical next step will give our committees the full power to gather all the facts and
1:30.4	answers for the American public.
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