Media high headlines January 21
In media records this day, Biden takes a swipe at a Fox Data reporter for urgent him on the rising Russia-Ukraine battle, Pete Buttigieg pushes back in opposition to Joy Reid’s claim that the infrastructure invoice used to be a ‘White guy employment act,’ and an NPR public editor admits the SOCTUS covering yarn ‘merits clarification.’
Liberal radio character Charlamagne Tha God took aim at President Biden and Sens. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., and Joe Manchin, D-W.V., declaring the three of them as “guilty” for the “loss of life of the Democratic Celebration as we know it.”
“Other folks are asking if we are witnessing the loss of life of democracy in The US? Successfully wager what, whether it’s far, which I imagine it’s far, for just a few of us, these three are guilty. Easy as that,” Charlamagne stated on Thursday’s installment of his “Donkey of the Day” section on “The Breakfast Membership.”
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Charlamagne bashed the GOP-led vote casting reform bills that devour passed in states across the country, insisting they are going to “procure it more challenging for Americans to vote,” in particular Unlit Americans.
“Right here is an frail tune females and gents, alright? Voter suppression by the GOP in opposition to Unlit of us is a ideal hit… President Biden knew that getting in. And after the attempted coup in this country on January 6, that must easy devour been his first clarify of alternate, protecting vote casting rights,” Charlamagne stated.
President Biden did no longer persuade Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema to fetch rid of or weaken the filibuster.
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The radio character pointed to outmoded President Trump, who has many cases attacked GOP senators including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., for now no longer supporting his 2020 election claims.
“Why did Trump stop that? On account of these folks blocked his agenda, saved him from getting accomplished what he wished to fetch accomplished. That’s what you might possibly perchance easy stop when of us for your devour occasion are blocking off your agenda,” Charlamagne stated. “Now, we all know Trump is doing that for self-serving reasons. So it’s probably you’ll presumably perchance presumably name out of us for your occasion for self-serving reasons and all people is gorgeous with it. Then why can not President Biden name out Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema for blocking off his agenda when blocking off his agenda is no doubt hurting the American of us?”
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“While you happen to ask me, it’s far because he keep now no longer care!” Charlamagne persisted. “Unlit of us vote casting is merely now no longer a priority for Biden, Manchin, or Sinema. Easy as that. This must easy devour been a priority. He needed to know for the time being would arrive, nonetheless he didn’t care. Why? … On account of Joe Biden has never known a day in his existence what it formulation to devour his vote casting rights threatened, alright? Or now no longer it’s a subject of White privilege for Biden. He did no longer give this anguish the appropriate vitality and priority that it deserved because he merely can not disclose. Connected with Sinema and Manchin. They’ve never experienced their vote casting rights threatened, and they don’t favor you negros to defend elections. So why must easy they care? Successfully, Manchin and Sinema, why must easy they care? Biden needs to care.”
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The Comedy Central host then swiped at Biden’s response to Senate Democrats’ failure to come their vote casting bills this week. The president stated in share, “I’m profoundly disappointed that the usa Senate has did no longer stand up for our democracy. I’m disappointed – nonetheless I’m now no longer deterred… We’re going to have the choice to proceed to come necessary legislation… and push for Senate procedural modifications that will provide protection to the primary ethical to vote.”
Charlamagne wondered where Biden’s ardour used to be.
“I keep now no longer know whether it’s far because he’s frail, or perchance he no doubt doesn’t care, nonetheless I never hear the sense of urgency,” Charlamagne reacted. “Or now no longer it’s literally continually more urgency for us to exit there and vote than it’s far for elected officers to offer protection to vote casting rights. Are you about to listen to for the next on the different hand many months forward of the midterms is how now we devour to devour the ideal voter turnout within the history of the midterms in clarify to offer protection to democracy, how now we devour to vote like democracy relies on it, nonetheless they never, ever govern like democracy relies on it… You appreciate what else matters? While you happen to are an elected legit, getting things accomplished. While you happen to are an elected legit who keeps campaign promises, you like to devour me to fetch up and battle thru all these diverse voter suppression efforts, and a few conditions literally battle, to defend an administration and haven’t accomplished what they stated they devour been going to prevent? Now no longer retaining campaign promises is a fetch of voter suppression, ample?”
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 16: A gape at the filming of Comedy Central’s “Tha God’s Precise Truth” with ‘Charlamagne’ Tha God on September 16, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Photos for Comedy Central)
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Charlamagne told his listeners he used to be going to vote within the upcoming elections. Even though he is now no longer particular who he’s vote casting for yet, he asked these who concept to campaign on behalf of candidates to recruit voters.
“What are you going obtained disclose them?” Charlamagne asked.
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“The Biden administration has armed you with nothing. 10,000 for student loan debt? Did no longer happen. George Floyd Policing Act? Did no longer happen. Accomplish Back Larger? Did no longer happen. K, vote casting rights? Did no longer happen,” he stated. “I do know it’s finest been a yr, nonetheless none of these things devour took explain. Nonetheless vote casting rights, the cornerstone of our democracy, didn’t happen. And it’s far since the right kind leaders of this country, Joe Manchin and Kyrstin Sinema, Democrats, allegedly, it’s far because they’re false flagging. And since they’re false flagging, are the Democrats going to strive and speed them off the explain? Are they going to speed somebody to anguish Joe Manchin’s seat. What about Kyrstin Sinema? I keep now no longer even know the map that works, nonetheless I do know when somebody’s now no longer no doubt for your gang and they false-flagging, you let or now no longer it’s known! Alright? They received’t even name him out on how they’re blocking off progress because Democrats are willing to strive every political technique aside from honesty and courage.”
