Anti-trans hearing goes horribly wrong, Nikki Haley running for President
The David Pakman Show - February 14, 2023
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Anti-woke hero asks trans pharmacist if she has a penis
Arkansas State Senator Matt McAfee did his best to emerge as an anti-trans hero in right-wing circles this week when he asked a trans pharmacist if she has a penis. The question happened during a hearing about a bill that would criminalize gender-affirming care for trans youth in the state. Herzig had spoken out against the bill and shared her experiences as a trans person and as a healthcare provider in the state. After Senator McAfee asked the question, the room gasped and Herzig responded “that’s horrible.” She is right of course, since the question is no business of the Arkansas Republican who was doing his best to grandstand. Ultimately, the bill passed with only one Democrat at the hearing voting against it. This incident goes to show that Arkansas might be too far gone, and it may be time for progressives and sound-minded people to leave the state if at all possible.
Trump descends into madness, believes his phones are tapped
Donald Trump appears to be increasingly isolated and descending into madness. The former president is under the belief that his phones are tapped, even though there is no evidence to support this assertion. Trump’s spokesperson Liz Harrington spoke about this paranoia during an interview. She said, “he's probably had every phone call ever — and he just assumes so, right? He assumes that's the case that people are listening in. But this man has been spied on. He's been looked at and they have nothing. They've never had anything because he is so clean.” Even many right-wingers would have difficulty believing Harrington’s assertion that Trump has a squeaky-clean record. It is telling, however, that Trump is living with this degree of fear. The failed former president not only has to worry about criminal charges, but he also has to be concerned with losing another presidential election.
From yesterday’s show:
Republican says she's Jewish, actually granddaughter of a Nazi
Florida Republican Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna was recently exposed by the Washington Post for lying about her supposed Jewish heritage. Luna, who is almost certainly not Jewish, had claimed to have been raised as a Messianic Jew by her father and identified as a Christian but also claimed to be a small fraction Ashkenazi. As it turns out, Luna's paternal grandfather, Heinrich Maier Hoffer, was found to have served in the armed forces of Nazi Germany as a teenager in the 1940s. In addition to this, Luna has also used Nazi rhetoric in her political speech, including in a tweet about a potential registry of Americans who are not vaccinated against COVID-19. Luna must have figured that claiming she was Jewish would help her win her election in Florida. Now that this has been exposed as a lie, it opens up the door to other possible falsehoods by her being revealed and it’s conceivable she could end up facing a George Santos-style lying scandal.
From yesterday’s show:
OH NO: Republicans in shambles as "Trump laptop" surfaces
A laptop belonging to a Trump aide containing classified documents has been handed over to federal prosecutors along with additional classified records and an empty folder marked “classified evening briefing.” The laptop belonged to an aide who worked for Save America PAC, which distributes money raised for political purposes. This aide was almost certainly not someone who should have access to classified documents. The protracted effort by the Justice Department to repossess records from Trump's presidency may not be done yet, and the investigation into the mishandling of classified information by Trump aides may continue. This laptop matter further exposes the right wing as hypocrites since they’re staying silent about it despite years of attacking Hunter Biden and his “laptop from hell.” This also further goes to show how reckless Trump was in his handling of classified material, and how he doesn’t deserve to be in possession of government secrets again.
More on the show:
-- Republican Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna, recently exposed for lying about her Jewish heritage, says that calling her a liar is "anti-Hispanic"
-- A crowd goes completely silent when radical and repugnant Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene brings up 9/11 to attack Joe Biden about the Chinese surveillance balloon
-- The White House explains that the recent UFOs that were shot down are not likely to be aliens from another planet
-- Banning books and ideas isn't a culture war, it's fascism
-- Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley announces she is running for President in 2024 in the Republican primary against Donald Trump
-- Failed former President Donald Trump throws a tantrum on Truth Social about Ron DeSantis
-- Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis needs to figure out when and how to attack Donald Trump, if indeed DeSantis plans to run for President
-- Taking a look at Bill Maher's decline
-- Another voicemail caller seems to wrongly think that David is a socialist
-- On the Bonus Show: Conservative pundits slam Rihanna's Super Bowl performance, US lawmakers take an interest in ChatGPT, Bernie Sanders introduces bill to boost Social Security benefits, much more...
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