In new york, im Joshua Johnson. Welcome to the week. It ended as many people expected it to. Yesterday, the senate acquitted former President Trump on one article of impeachment for incitement of insurrection. It has more support from the president s party than any president ial Impeachment Trial. Seven republicans joined the democrats in voting guilty. Mitch mcconnell was not among them. Although, his floor speech certainly sounded like a condemnation. There is no question, none, that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day. Senator Lindsey Graham responded to leader mcconnells speech this morning. I think senator mcconnells speech, he got a load off his chest obviously. But unfortunately you put a load on the back of republicans. That speech, you will see in 2022 campaigns. So i like him, senator mcconnell. He worked well with President Trump. I think his speech is an out lier regarding now republicans feel about this. Meanwhile, cov
Congresswoman Ocasio Cortez. Two republicans, liz cheney and adam king zinger are the only republicans on the january 6th select committee. The overwhelmingly vast majority of House Republicans are set to choose the embrace the violent. I think the republican conference need to do something about him. The republican leader, mr. Mcconnell, needs to do something about him. Why is he silent . When the man is threatening Tocal Another to till another member this body . And threatening the president of the United States of america. I ask your listeners one question. If yours truly had put out Something Like that do you think for one moment that my democratic colleagues would not take action against me they would do it. And they should do it. Heres what the Republican Leadership did instead. Mccarthy took to the house floor and described the Send Sewer Motion as an abuse of power. Politico reports, the post was posted by gosars staff, not by him and that he deleted it when he found. Gosar ex
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How the hell are other people coping . Working households stretched to the limit. I cant be at Breaking Point because i have three children to look after, so i cant break. Families pushed to the brink. Its demoralising, its disheartening, because im trying my best and there is only so much i can do. Bbc news, official figures show The Cost Of Living in the uk is increasing at its fastest pace in 30 years. The cpi measure of inflation. Reuben no more oreos because dinner is ready soon. Good. Weve got macaroni. Early february and another difficult month for the morse family. Im lauren. Ive got two boys, nine six, reuben and oliver. My husband, daniel, works in bristol as a research scientist. I am self employed, got my own business. We dont live extravagantly. We already by the budget lines, i suppose, when we go to the supermarket. We dont tend to buy branded things. Everything is going up. Laurens husband, daniel, has a 75 mile round trip to work. It means fuel is one of the familys bi