Did Biden Just Buy the Midterms?

Yes, Republicans are blowing the midterms.

Eric explores this topic that he wrote about in “American Greatness,” using the special election in NY-19 as an example. We also discuss what Florida is getting right that the Republican Party elsewhere can't seem to copy.

Also, can Biden successfully buy the midterms for Democrats with his latest debt forgiveness strategy? How exactly does the American student loan system work? What is The Right Take on this subject? We explore these questions and more in our main topic.

 

00:00 Intro

03:30 Primaries in America's Constantinople

19:05 GOP's Miserables in New York

27:31 Republican candidate blows an easy layup; preview of November?

40:40 Mark Zuckerberg reveals FBI's election war on American voters

50:00 Main Topic: Did Biden Just Buy the Midterms?

 

SHOWNOTES:

Conservative group successfully flips control of five major school boards in Florida, including Miami: https://www.newsweek.com/anti-crt-group-crows-about-flipping-school-boards-conservative-1736323

CNN claims that abortion is the reason the NY-19 special election was lost: https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/24/opinions/new-york-19-election-ryan-molinaro-abortion-filipovic/index.html

Our previous episode predicting failures such as the one in NY-19: https://righttakepodcast.com/2022/08/02/episode-72-how-republicans-could-blow-the-midterms/

Eric’s commentary piece with American Greatness in response to this loss: https://amgreatness.com/2022/08/25/yes-republicans-are-blowing-the-midterms/ 

Jeffrey Anderson’s article at American Greatness that preceded Eric’s: https://amgreatness.com/2022/08/23/are-republicans-blowing-the-midterms/ 

Key student loan debt stats: https://educationdata.org/student-loan-debt-statistics

Brief history of student loan debt in the US: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student_loans_in_the_United_States#History

Details of Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/08/24/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-student-loan-relief-for-borrowers-who-need-it-most/

The Department of Education’s estimates regarding the age groups of most student loan debt holders in the U.S.: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/08/24/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-student-loan-relief-for-borrowers-who-need-it-most/