S12 EP85: Hour 2 - The Media Covers for Biden on the Debt Ceiling
The Erick Erickson Show
Erick Erickson
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🗓️ 22 May 2023
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Biden get’s some cover from the media on the debt ceiling as they all pretend Republicans haven’t passed a debt ceiling bill even though they have.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Eric Erickson Show podcast, our two. |
| 0:12.7 | Hello America, welcome. |
| 0:14.2 | It is Eric Erickson here across the United States of America. |
| 0:18.4 | The phone number, if you want to be on the program, 8779773-725. |
| 0:26.2 | The president and Kevin McCarthy are apparently talking about the debt ceiling. |
| 0:32.9 | So I got a, well, well, well, well, hang on a second. Hang on the, I got a. I got a, well, well, well, well, hang on a second. |
| 0:39.6 | Hang on the, I got a where, where is it? |
| 0:43.9 | Did they delete it? |
| 0:45.7 | I had it. |
| 0:46.0 | Nope, nope, nope. |
| 0:46.8 | I got it. |
| 0:47.5 | Okay. |
| 0:48.8 | Sorry. |
| 0:49.8 | I had a piece up and then it disappeared. |
| 1:01.0 | I am used to the Washington Press Corps, taking the side of the Democrats on everything. But Jonathan Lemire, Jonathan Lemire at Politico has taken it to the next level with a story in Politico today about Joe Biden. |
| 1:10.0 | Let me read you his tweet. |
| 1:13.2 | The United States stands on the precipice of financial calamity testing whether President |
| 1:20.5 | Biden's theory of governance can continue to work. |
| 1:23.4 | He has prioritized dealmaking throughout the debt ceiling talks. |
| 1:30.4 | But with GOP obstinate, he is changing tactics. |
| 1:33.7 | Now, very interesting spin from him that Biden has prioritized deal making, except here's the headline from Vox News on May 2nd why Joe Biden won't |
| 1:46.9 | negotiate on the debt ceiling here's the headline from April 27th the Washington Post |
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