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For those who donÆt spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television ù and their Sunday afternoons attempting to dig through a weekÆs worth of network
and cable news media spin ù The Daily Wire has compiled a short summary of
what you may have missed.
With just a few days remaining in 2024 ù and only 20 more until President- elect Donald Trump once again takes the Oath of Office and returns to the
White House ù the media conversations on Sunday largely focused on two
things: what people should take away from 2024, and what they expect 2025
will bring.
The common threads ù with a few exceptions ù were as to be expected from
legacy media and the majority of their guests: a white-washed picture of President Joe BidenÆs tenure in the Oval Office, juxtaposed with predictions
of disarray among Republicans when Trump returns to the presidency.
ABCÆs Jonathan Karl pushed the division narrative on ôThis Week,ö drawing on recent debate within the Republican Party over legal immigration and the H1-B visa program, sparked by some comments made by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.
Karl quoted The Washington Post as saying that Musk had ôincited a MAGA Civil Warö when he posted on X about the program and argued that the United States should be bringing in qualified and competent foreign workers, particularly
in technology-related fields.
Musk argued that competition in business should be like it is in ôpro sportsö and that America should draft the best team even if it was necessary to go outside the U.S. to do so.
His comments quickly sparked fierce debate as some argued that the H1-B visa program was being used to import cheaper labor rather than simply to build
the best team.
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, the leaders of President-elect Trump's
new "Department of Government Efficiency," have found themselves at
odds with some of Trump's far-right supporters over their support for
H-1B visas. @JonKarl has more:
https://t.co/Y6WksrBsBh
pic.twitter.com/hZf8dNH0fT
ù This Week (@ThisWeekABC) December 29, 2024
Karl also pressed Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) about another division point within the party ù namely the fact that several Republicans in the House had not yet endorsed House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) in his bid to keep the leadership post.
Lawler noted that a failure to re-elect Johnson as Speaker ù and quickly ù could hold up the certification of TrumpÆs November 5th electoral victory. Lawler also said that he believed Johnson would win the necessary votes to retain his position.
GOP Rep. Mike Lawler offers support for Mike Johnson ahead of House
speakership vote.
ôWe can't get anything done unless we have a speaker, including
certifying President Trump's election on Jan. 6.ö
https://t.co/vUflVrPDmG pic.twitter.com/2hf9kTPR0W
ù This Week (@ThisWeekABC) December 29, 2024
Karl also brought in retiring Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), who predicted that TrumpÆs America First foreign policy would only stand to benefit adversaries such as Communist China and Russia.
Sen. Ben Cardin, outgoing chair of Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, tells @JonKarl that President-elect Trump's threats to
seize the Panama Canal could drive allies toward Russia and China.
ôThese are treaty obligations which our allies rely upon."
https://t.co/YDN8aunfYb pic.twitter.com/4MbyoBBEeJ
ù This Week (@ThisWeekABC) December 29, 2024
On CBS NewsÆ ôFace the Nation,ö political correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns
said that the American people should closely watch how Trump handles the immigration issue, saying that it remained to be seen if TrumpÆs ôbase is satisfied and whether the general public gets what they voted for on that.ö
.@CHueyBurns' "story to watch" in 2025 is how President-elect Donald
Trump handles immigration in his second term, after making the issue
a cornerstone of his 2024 campaign, and whether his "base is
satisfied and whether the general public gets what they voted for on
that." pic.twitter.com/aWbvYQir5E
ù Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) December 29, 2024
National correspondent Jan Crawford predicted another battle over the Supreme Court ù and soon ù saying that she believed Justice Samuel Alito might retire while Trump had a solid Senate majority: ôI think that Donald Trump will probably get his fourth nomination to the Supreme Court.ö
"I think that Donald Trump will probably get his fourth nomination
to the Supreme Court," either in 2025 or 2026, says @JanCBS,
predicting Justice Sam Alito will retire. pic.twitter.com/BFhrEaE2Is
ù Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) December 29, 2024
And the prediction from correspondent Ed OÆKeefe: ôSpeaker Johnson wonÆt be speaker by the end of 2025.ö
"Speaker Johnson won't be speaker by the end of 2025," says
@edokeefe as his political prediction for the upcoming year.
pic.twitter.com/wtKE4euieq
ù Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) December 29, 2024
And from Scott MacFarlane: ôYouÆre going to see a lot of retirements in odd numbered years, including 2025.ö
ôTheyÆre getting thousands of threats a year on their lives, on their
families, the travel is exhausting, and weÆre coming into a relatively polarizing political moment with Trump coming back into office,ö he said.
"You're going to see a lot of retirements in odd numbered years,
including 2025," @MacFarlaneNews predicts for the upcoming year,
given the challenging environment elected officials currently face.
"They're getting thousands of threats a year on their lives, on
their families,à pic.twitter.com/XT1vwrtrNT
ù Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) December 29, 2024
On CNNÆs ôState of the Union,ö Democrat Karen Finney attempted to rewrite President BidenÆs history, claiming that the people would look favorably on BidenÆs handling of the economy and would credit him with leading the country out of the COVID-19 pandemic.
ôJoe BidenÆs record with regard to the things that heÆs accomplished, I think will stand the test of time,ö she said, ôIt was very disturbing to learn late in the year about just how bad, how poor his health has become. And like
many, I did not realize that it had gotten to that point. That being said, I think heÆs still look, he showed up for the job. He got the work done. I
think some of the accomplishments also in the Middle East and foreign policy will also stand the test of time.ö
Republican commentator Scott Jennings pushed back, however, arguing that
Finney had left out a few key details.
ôLook, I think heÆs going to I think heÆs going to leave office in disgrace! The Hunter Biden pardon was disgraceful. HeÆs going to be remembered largely for inflation and for the disastrous Afghanistan pullout,ö Jennings
continued, going on to argue that he expected things to look worse and worse for Biden and his administration as time went on.
ôAnd I think as we continue to weÆre just getting the first draft of this
now. But as we continue to learn about the massive cover-up that went on, not about his health, but about his mental acuity to cover that up, the efforts that were undertaken by the White House staff, by his family, not in the last couple of months, but for all four years,ö he said. ôI think itÆs going to be
a really ugly chapter. ItÆs a diminished presidency because of it.ö
[siren] @ScottJenningsKY just dismantled a CNN panel as they
attempted to defend Joe BidenÆs legacy:
"I think he's going to leave office in disgrace."
"The Hunter Biden pardon was disgraceful. He's going to be
remembered largely for inflation and for the disastrous Afghanistanà
pic.twitter.com/V8dvlGW6LT
ù Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) December 29, 2024
On ôFox News Sunday,ö guest Cal Thomas told anchor Shannon Bream that legacy media was ôthe biggest loserö of the year, laying out a series of stories
that they either covered in a biased manner or neglected to cover at all.
ôThey covered up for BidenÆs mental acuity decline. They covered up on the Hunter Biden laptop. Facebook and other social media covered up on the New
York Post story about the Hunter Biden laptop,ö Thomas said. ôThe 51 intelligence agencies who the æRussia, Russia, RussiaÆ thing signed off
saying it was true. The media followed all of this. And I think itÆs a
disgrace to the profession that IÆve been a part of for a half a century. I wish that weÆd get some new blood in the media to actually practise
journalism instead of practicing politics.ö
[flames] WATCH: ôA disgrace to the profession!ö ù Fox News Sunday
guest Cal Thomas slams liberal media as the biggest losers of 2024
for ôcovering upö the decline of Joe Biden:
ôThey covered up for BidenÆs mental acuity decline. They covered up
on the Hunter Biden laptop. Facebook andà pic.twitter.com/MIofG4dXXO
ù TV News Now (@TVNewsNow) December 29, 2024
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