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🗓️ 15 December 2021
⏱️ 23 minutes
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0:00.0 | Hey, everyone. |
0:03.9 | There is a little swearing in this episode. |
0:06.7 | It's at the end, and it's about redistricting. |
0:09.2 | So if your kid makes it that far, congrats. |
0:12.3 | All right, here we go. |
0:20.3 | Here are some things to know about Republican Congressman Andy Harris. |
0:25.1 | He represents Maryland. He is a Tea Party guy, core freedom caucus, as Slates Jim Newell |
0:31.5 | puts it. |
0:33.8 | He's a pretty hard right member. I would say more devoted to theatrics and cutting deals. |
0:42.2 | He's had one piece of standalone legislation signed into law, a post office naming, since |
0:47.7 | it's time in Congress in 2011. |
0:52.0 | President of Harris is the kind of guy who on January 6, called into his local television |
0:56.6 | station to give an on-the-ground report about the riot that had just taken place. |
1:02.2 | So I was actually one of the members who was on the House floor when this occurred. |
1:06.0 | Obviously, the House floor was not filled with the police. |
1:07.8 | But as he talked to a reporter about the attack, he managed to play the whole thing down. |
1:13.0 | I mean, obviously later we heard that there was a gunshot, but other than that, there was |
1:18.3 | no indication that this was a truly violent protest, as violent as one that you'd worry |
1:24.4 | about. |
1:25.4 | But again, a few hours later, as the House continued certifying votes, eventually affirming |
1:30.8 | Joe Biden as the next president, Congressman Harris, he even got into a scuffle in the |
1:36.1 | House chamber. |
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