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getting from the administration because, number one, they don t talk to us. trudeau called a press conference yesterday. where s the president? goes to his suv, will not even answer a question shouted from 900 feet away. 100 feet away. they don t tell us anything unless we find out for ourselves. i find that unacceptable and just poor leadership. will: yeah. rachel, i ll just say this, i think that that release, that statement from the chinese state-owned media, again, state-owned media, is as much of a shot as any balloon flying over our air space. that kind of statement making fun of the united states of america, in fact, perhaps, in my estimation, rachel, it needs to be looked at as a potential motive. it is to mock the united states. rachel: i think that s a great, that s an excellent point. and, brian, i agree wholeheartedly are. all the lying has to stop. already the american people have such a mistrust of all of our institutions. it used to be that we always trusted the milita
several young women during his brief time as a high schoolteacher more than two decades ago. in his post, trump questioned, without evidence, whether desantis was inappropriate with his female students. at a press conference yesterday, desantis said this when asked about trump s posts. i face defamatory stuff every single day i ve been governor. that s just the nature of it. i d also just say this, i spend my time delivering results for the people of florida and fighting against joe biden. that s how i spend my time. [ applause ] i don t spend my time trying to smear other republicans. all right. willie, what do you think? not much of a pushback. that was sort of advertised as
rick scott s home state. yesterday, senator scott responded to biden through a series of tweets. he admits that his plan calls for all federal legislation to sunset in five years, but he tried to spin it by claiming it was, quote, obviously an idea aimed at dealing with the crazy, new laws our congress has been passing of late. the florida republican wrote, quote, to suggest this means i want to cut social security or medicare is a lie and a dishonest move. no. this isn t the first time scott has been criticized for his tax plan. fox news grilled him about it last year. you recently put out an 11-point plan to rescue america. two of the big points of which are, quote, all americans should pay some income tax to have skin in the game, even if a small amount. currently, over half of americans pay no income tax. it also says, all federal legislation sunsets in five years. if a law is worth keeping, congress can pass it again.
echo chamber right now. right. where these issues become so forceful, that politicians assume the mass of the public care about it. maybe the base in their districts. maybe the most extreme people we re not even sure about that. this could be so micro, it doesn t even reach those people. but, obviously, if you look at the hearing yesterday, you know, you d have to be in this incredibly tight echo chamber to understand a lot of it. marjorie taylor greene, lauren boebert saying, you shadow banned me. do people actually know what that means? it s all about them. are you kidding me? it s me, me, me. to pick up on mike barnicle s plan i don t like to compliment him, but he has a good point here. don t get him started. there is other stuff they can focus on that, i think, on the long-term basis would be more strategically fruitful for them. make your first meeting about the drawdown in afghanistan,