For those who don�t spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television � and
their Sunday afternoons attempting to dig through a week�s worth of network
and cable news media spin � The Daily Wire has compiled a short summary of
what you may have missed.
With just a few days remaining in 2024 � and only 20 more until President-
elect Donald Trump once again takes the Oath of Office and returns to the
White House � 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 � with a few exceptions � were as to be expected from
legacy media and the majority of their guests: a white-washed picture of
President Joe Biden�s tenure in the Oval Office, juxtaposed with predictions
of disarray among Republicans when Trump returns to the presidency.
ABC�s Jonathan Karl pushed the division narrative on �This Week,� 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 �incited a MAGA Civil
War� 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 �pro sports�
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:
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� This Week (@ThisWeekABC) December 29, 2024
Karl also pressed Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) about another division point within
the party � 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 � and quickly �
could hold up the certification of Trump�s 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.
�We can't get anything done unless we have a speaker, including
certifying President Trump's election on Jan. 6.�
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� This Week (@ThisWeekABC) December 29, 2024
Karl also brought in retiring Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), who predicted that
Trump�s 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.
�These are treaty obligations which our allies rely upon."
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� This Week (@ThisWeekABC) December 29, 2024
On CBS News� �Face the Nation,� 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 Trump�s �base is
satisfied and whether the general public gets what they voted for on that.�
.@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
� Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) December 29, 2024
National correspondent Jan Crawford predicted another battle over the Supreme
Court � and soon � saying that she believed Justice Samuel Alito might retire
while Trump had a solid Senate majority: �I think that Donald Trump will
probably get his fourth nomination to the Supreme Court.�
"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
� Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) December 29, 2024
And the prediction from correspondent Ed O�Keefe: �Speaker Johnson won�t be
speaker by the end of 2025.�
"Speaker Johnson won't be speaker by the end of 2025," says
@edokeefe as his political prediction for the upcoming year.
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� Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) December 29, 2024
And from Scott MacFarlane: �You�re going to see a lot of retirements in odd
numbered years, including 2025.�
�They�re getting thousands of threats a year on their lives, on their
families, the travel is exhausting, and we�re coming into a relatively
polarizing political moment with Trump coming back into office,� 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,� pic.twitter.com/XT1vwrtrNT
� Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) December 29, 2024
On CNN�s �State of the Union,� Democrat Karen Finney attempted to rewrite
President Biden�s history, claiming that the people would look favorably on
Biden�s handling of the economy and would credit him with leading the country
out of the COVID-19 pandemic.
�Joe Biden�s record with regard to the things that he�s accomplished, I think
will stand the test of time,� she said, �It 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 he�s 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.�
Republican commentator Scott Jennings pushed back, however, arguing that
Finney had left out a few key details.
�Look, I think he�s going to 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 Afghanistan pullout,� Jennings
continued, going on to argue that he expected things to look worse and worse
for Biden and his administration as time went on.
�And I think as we continue to we�re 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,� he said. �I think it�s going to be
a really ugly chapter. It�s a diminished presidency because of it.�
[siren] @ScottJenningsKY just dismantled a CNN panel as they
attempted to defend Joe Biden�s 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 Afghanistan�
pic.twitter.com/V8dvlGW6LT
� Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) December 29, 2024
On �Fox News Sunday,� guest Cal Thomas told anchor Shannon Bream that legacy
media was �the biggest loser� of the year, laying out a series of stories
that they either covered in a biased manner or neglected to cover at all.
�They covered up for Biden�s 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,� Thomas said. �The 51
intelligence agencies who the �Russia, Russia, Russia� thing signed off
saying it was true. The media followed all of this. And I think it�s a
disgrace to the profession that I�ve been a part of for a half a century. I
wish that we�d get some new blood in the media to actually practise
journalism instead of practicing politics.�
[flames] WATCH: �A disgrace to the profession!� � Fox News Sunday
guest Cal Thomas slams liberal media as the biggest losers of 2024
for �covering up� the decline of Joe Biden:
�They covered up for Biden�s mental acuity decline. They covered up
on the Hunter Biden laptop. Facebook and� pic.twitter.com/MIofG4dXXO
� TV News Now (@TVNewsNow) December 29, 2024
-- Let's go Brandon!
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