The Economy Was Already Roaring When Biden Took Office

The Rich Zeoli Show

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🗓️ 20 September 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Hour 2: 4:05pm- On Wednesday night, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump appeared as a guest on Greg Gutfeld’s Fox News show. During the conversation, Trump joked that “golf is a very dangerous game”—referencing the most recent assassination attempt on him. He also noted that since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee, Kamala Harris has suddenly changed 14 of her radical, far-left policies in hopes of appealing to moderates in swing states. Does Harris have an authenticity problem with voters? And do independents/moderates actually trust her? 4:15pm- While appearing on Fox News, Steamfitters Local 638 Union member Bob Bartels announced that 70% of his union is supporting Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election. According to internal polling, members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters heavily favor Trump over Kamala Harris—58% to 36%. Yesterday, Teamsters leadership announced they would not be endorsing either candidate. It’s the first time the International Brotherhood of Teamsters has opted out of endorsing a presidential candidate since 1996. In 2020, they supported Joe Biden—and have historically endorsed Democrats. 4:20pm- According to a new report from Steven Crowder, Dr. Jay Varma—a former Senior Advisor for Public Health for the New York City Mayor’s Office during the COVID-19 pandemic—admitted on a hidden camera that he participated in drug-fueled sex parties while simultaneously advocating for lockdowns during the pandemic. 4:30pm- It’s 4:30pm—and Rich is still talking about lice… 4:40pm- The Economy Was Roaring When Biden Took Office. In an opinion piece for The Wall Street Journal, former Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia writes: “In truth, when Mr. Biden and Ms. Harris took over, the economy was rebounding faster than virtually anyone predicted. As labor secretary I projected in June 2020 that the unemployment rate—which had reached 14.7% in April—could drop below 10% by year’s end. That was considered highly optimistic. Not optimistic enough, it turned out. Unemployment in December 2020 was 6.7%. By the time Mr. Biden signed his American Rescue Plan in March 2021, unemployment had dropped to 6.1%. By contrast, unemployment was above 8% for nearly all of Mr. Obama’s first term, and didn’t drop to 6.1% until he’d been in office more than five years. No one heard Messrs. Obama and Biden decrying the high unemployment rate when they ran for re-election in 2012.” You can read the full article here: https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-economy-was-roaring-when-biden-took-office-trump-admin-jobs-growth-93727f7c?mod=opinion_lead_pos8

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0:00.0	The Rich Zioli Show on Talk Radio 1210, W. P. H.D.
0:05.2	Four o'clock hour and away we go and a lot to get to and a lot to cover for you.
0:09.4	I want to mention something, and this is important.
0:11.3	I think Trump going on Gutfeld last night was great. I think it was a great move.
0:15.0	We live in an era right now where we don't have late night comedy anymore in this country.
0:20.0	We have these so-called comedians Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel and these guys are not
0:26.2	funny and they're virally anti-Trump. You had Jimmy Fallon who was he had Trump on it and that went well and it was good but he got so much
0:35.5	blowback he can't do that again so we don't really have what we used to have in
0:39.7	this country which is late night comedy these guys are just an extension of MS NBC. So then
0:44.2	Gutfeld fills the gap and it's comedy that leans to people like us so that we
0:50.5	can watch it and we can enjoy that. Similarly there's a show on Saturday nights you might have heard of called Fox News Saturday night with Jimmy Falah.
0:58.0	And they have great guests on there. In fact, I thought their panel Saturday night was outstanding with Johnny Damon, New York Yankee legend,
1:06.0	Brianna Liamen from the Federalist who's great and then some jerk from Philly. So it was a really good show, but's the thing it's about reaching different audiences and also giving a humorous perspective at the same time.
1:18.0	So Trump goes on gut felt and sits down with them and hangs out and you know what he's great in that environment he really is he's a showman he understands the power of that
1:28.4	it's why he's so good at rallies it's why he's so good on TV and it's why he's so good in that format.
1:33.7	I think if there's ever going to be another debate, he should insist on doing a town hall,
1:39.5	like my buddy Susie Kuhl suggested.
1:41.0	I think he should insist on doing another town hall because that would be a very good for him for him when he gets to engage with people and when you're around him one on one you see a very different side to him then when you're around him one on one, you see a very different side to him then when he's in front of a large rally.
1:56.3	It's not that he's a different guy, it's just that obviously everybody steps up different when there's a huge audience versus when you're talking
2:05.5	101 to people. It's just a different dynamic that comes out. And I thought that
2:09.5	his dynamic last night in Gutfeld was great, very down to earth, very real, someone you could relate to.
2:17.6	And as I keep mentioning to you, if 1992's election was the economy stupid, I think in this election it's the authenticity stupid.
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