Ring of Fire Radio with Farron Cousins
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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 625: Filibummer; Red Wave Coming?
Episode 624: Capitol Riot Anniversary; How Republicans Capture State Governments
Episode 623: End of 2021; Farron Takes Your Questions
Episode 622: Happy Holidays! Best of Farron Cousins
Episode 621: (M) PowerPoints and Overthrows
Episode 620: Trump Starts Social Media Company; Joe Biden Year in Review
Episode 619: Way to Early 2024 Polling; Omicron Politics
Episode 618: America's Lawyer, Mike Papantonio on His New Legal Thriller; Thanksgiving Craziness from Pillow Salesman
Episode 617: Tucker Carlson Tries to Rewrite January 6th Capitol Insurrection
Episode 616: Biden's Weird Poll Numbers; The Meidas Touch Brothers
Episode 615: Are We Still Investigating the Stop the Steal Rally?
Episode 614: Big News Here at Ring of Fire; Striketober and the Labor Movement
Episode 613: Security Theater; Biden Has No Grasp
Episode 612: "Best of"
Episode 611: Debt Ceiling Discussion; What about Africa?
Episode 610: The U.S.Military's Reach Around the World; News Round-Up
Episode 609: Is Biden in Favor of Waiving Covid Vaccine Patent?
Episode 608: California Recall Saga; Delivery Workers Revolt in NYC!
Episode 607: 9/11 20 Years Later; Biden Administrations Cozy Relationship with Egyptian President
Episode 606: Texas Bounty System for Abortion
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