Ring of Fire Radio with Farron Cousins
News & Politics
This week on Ring of Fire!
Donald Trump's lawyers have so far done a horrible job of convincing the jury that he didn't do anything wrong. In their opening statements this week, the lawyers claimed that Trump is "innocent," and then proceeded to claim that even if he did it, it still isn't a crime. His lawyers appear to be less focused on proving his innocence than they are on convincing the jury that the crimes aren't actually illegal. That's never a winning strategy in court.
Presidential polling is still all over the place, with some polls showing President Biden easily beating Trump, while others are still showing a tight race with Trump one or two points ahead. But these numbers change dramatically when all other candidates are included, and more and more these polls are showing that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is peeling more support away from Trump than he is from Biden. In fact, when Kennedy is included, Trump now loses, even in polls where he was ahead in a two-way matchup.
One of the major concerns and most common questions about putting Donald Trump in jail if he is convicted is how to handle his Secret Service protection. Trump is guaranteed that protection for the rest of his life, and it would be difficult to force protection agents to sit in jail all day with him. Luckily, Democratic Congressman Bennie Thompson has a way to fix that problem, and he's now put forth legislation that would strip Secret Service protection from anyone with a felony conviction.
Steve Bannon is pushing Donald Trump to skip out on his daily court appearances just to "see where the chips fall." The judge has already made it clear to Trump that he WILL put him in jail if he doesn't show up for court, and Bannon is well aware of this. Bannon seems to believe that Trump being thrown in jail for a period of time will somehow help the former President in his campaign, but really it would have the opposite effect.
All that, and much more, on this week's Ring of Fire Podcast!
Episode 685: Q&A Time: Find out Who Farron would Fight!
Episode 684: Train Derailment Causes Dangerous Chemical Spill
Episode 683: Are Culture Wars Viable on a National Level?
Episode 682: Lawsuit Exposes Fox as Fake News
Episode 681: Q&A Episode; Gaetz Gets Off; Trump Indictment Coming?
Episode 680: Balloons, UFO's and Conspiracy Theories
Episode. 679: SOTU and the Awful Republican Response; Lindell's Election Crime Unit; and more
Episode 678: Balloons; Nepo Babies, Trump Lawsuits
Episode 677: Q&A Is Farron Going to Run For President?
Episode 676: Mean Girls on The Hill; More George Santos Stories; and more
Episode 675: Florida's Desantis Not a Sure Shot
Episode 674: House Speaker Vote a True Debacle
Episode 673: Wrapping up 2022 with a "Best of" Show
Episode 672: Last Q&A with Farron for 2022
Episode 671: Trump Organization Guilty on All Counts! Walker Fails to Cross the Goal Line
Episode 670: Dinner at Trump's House Goes Off the Rails!
Episode 669: Audience Participation Episode with Farron
Episode 668: Midterm Mayhem with Digby!
Episode 667: Election Preview; How Will Dems Fair in the Midterms
Episode 666: "Best of" Can The January 6th Hearings Help Democrats In The Midterms?
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