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The Rich Zeoli Show

Will Mike Johnson Retain the House Speakership?

The Rich Zeoli Show

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4.91.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 3: 5:00pm- Will Mike Johnson Retain the House Speakership? According to The Wall Street Journal, Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) will not vote for Johnson on Friday. Siobhan Hughes writes: “House Republicans have 219 seats, compared with 215 for Democrats, who are expected to stay united in backing their leader, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D., N.Y.). The math means if only one other Republican joins Massie in voting for an alternative candidate, Johnson could fall short of a majority. While other Republicans have grumbled about Johnson and say the speaker vote could go to several rounds, none has said they would vote against him.” You can read the full article here: https://www.wsj.com/politics/thomas-massie-needs-backup-to-take-out-mike-johnson-e5db12df?mod=hp_lead_pos2 5:15pm- “As Covid Lab Leak Suspicion Lingers, WHO Urges China to Share Virus Origin Data.” Mari Eccles of Politico writes: “The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged Beijing to share data on the origins of the coronavirus, five years after the bug that ravaged the world was first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan. ‘We continue to call on China to share data and access so we can understand the origins of Covid-19. This is a moral and scientific imperative,’ the WHO said in a statement Monday.” You can read the full article here: https://www.politico.eu/article/covid-19-lab-leak-who-urge-china-share-virus-origina-data-pandemic/ 5:20pm- Comedian Whitney Cummings went viral after roasting CNN and Democrats LIVE on air during the television station’s New Year’s broadcast. 5:40pm- Rich recaps his Christmas. Plus, why can’t Matt get Superman on the show again? AND has anyone seen Nosferatu yet…apparently Nancy Pelosi stars in it?

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0:15.9

14 killed, 35 injured in the terror attack in New Orleans, 15, if you count the terrorist.

0:22.3

And then a guy explodes in a Tesla cyber truck outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas.

0:28.4

Welcome back to the show.

0:29.8

Glad you're here today.

0:31.0

855, 839, 12, 10.

0:32.6

Happy New Year.

0:34.6

Great to be with you as we start another year.

0:36.6

I think it's going to be a great year. I'm

0:37.9

excited for it. Obviously, none of us want to be talking about two terror attacks as we begin

0:42.0

the year, but that's where we are. Good news, though, as Americans are incredibly resilient.

0:46.8

People are watching the Sugar Bowl today. They're back at it. And they're back on Bourbon

0:51.2

Street, day drinking, destroying their li livers something a terrorist can't do

0:55.3

and that's the way we we do it life goes on so that's the beautiful thing about it but how do we get here

1:01.8

and how is it that the FBI miss this guy it seems like they always miss these people they always

1:08.6

miss these people but yet they always seem to go after the wrong people, right? And that's something in this country. Now, I do want to change gears briefly for a moment and talk about the speaker race, because Mike Johnson is hanging on by a thread here. Over the weekend, President Trump, President Elect Trump, tweeted out his support for Mike Johnson.

1:30.0

The problem, though, is that there are a number of, I wouldn't say the problem, I'd say the problem for Mike Johnson.

1:35.7

The problem for him is that there are many Republicans, conservatives who feel burned by the guy, and they want to see him go.

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