Tuesday, February 16th, 2021

Morning Announcements

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🗓️ 16 February 2021

⏱️ 4 minutes

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For our first story, we have an update on the status of the Republican Party post-acquittal, including a concerning interview by Lindsey Graham about the party’s future moves. Meanwhile, Nancy Pelosi is calling for a 9/11-style commission into the Capitol riots to find out a full accounting of what happened. Next we have an update about right-wing social media app Parler, and finish up with a scary weather report that affects almost half of America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Tuesday, February 16th, and you're listening to the morning announcements.
0:07.4	I'm Sammy Sage.
0:12.3	You may be wondering how things are going for the Republican Party since the acquittal
0:15.8	vote this weekend.
0:17.6	So far, all seven Republicans who voted for conviction are now facing hate in their home
0:21.8	states for their vote.
0:23.4	Lindsey Graham appeared on Fox News to threaten that Kamala Harris will be impeached if Republicans
0:27.9	get power in both houses of Congress in the 2022 midterm elections.
0:32.2	He also calls Lara Trump the future of the Republican Party in retaliation for North Carolina
0:37.2	Senator Richard Burr voting to convict Trump.
0:40.0	Burr was planning to retire in 2022 anyway.
0:43.1	Graham also said the Trump is the most vibrant member and the most potent force in the party,
0:48.2	and that the Trump movement is alive and well.
0:50.8	I really don't think you can get any farther a possessive you tried, Lindsey.
0:55.4	Meanwhile, according to an ABC news Ipsos poll, 58% of Americans believe that Trump should
1:00.2	have been convicted, which is quite close to the 57% of the Senate who thought the same
1:04.8	thing.
1:05.8	More specifically, 88% of Democrats believe Trump should have been convicted while 64%
1:10.2	of independence and just 14% of Republicans agree.
1:13.9	So thank you, Fox News.
1:17.8	On the Democratic side, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calling for 9-11 style commission
1:22.0	into the Capitol riots.
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