The Daily Signal - TOP NEWS | Rep. Kevin McCarthy Visits Border, White House Press Briefing Fireworks, Pompeo’s Spat with Teacher Union Boss | Nov. 22

Episode Date: November 22, 2022

On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Dr. Fauci’s last White House briefing before retirement  Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s trip to the southern border Potential retribution to Senators who voted for Sen. Rick Scott over Sen. Mitch McConnell  Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo labels Randi Weingarten as “the most dangerous person in the world” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I'm Samantha Sherris. I'm Virginia Allen. And this is the Daily Signal Top News for Tuesday, November 22nd. Here are today's headlines. Dr. Anthony Fauci's last White House briefing was earlier today as the NIAID director is set to retire next month. Let's listen to some of Fauci's remarks via Greg Price. So my message and my final message may be the final message I give you from this podium is that, please, for your own safe, for that of your family, get your updated COVID-19 shot as soon as you're eligible to protect yourself, your family, and your community. I urge you to visit vaccines.gov to find a location where you can easily get an updated vaccine. And please do it as soon as possible.

Republicans have promised to investigate the origins of COVID-19 and hold Fauci accountable in the new Congress. And he was asked about this during today's briefing about having to potentially testify. Let's listen to Fauci's response via town hall. The answer is, if there are oversight hearings, I absolutely will cooperate fully and testify before the Congress have asked. You may not know, but I've testified before the Congress a few hundred times, okay, over the last 40 years or so. So I have no trouble testifying. We can defend and explain and stand by everything that we've said. So I have nothing time. The briefing also got when the Daily Callers White House reporter Deanna Glebeauva tried to ask Fauci about the origins of COVID-19.

But White House press secretary Karin Jean-Pierre wouldn't allow the question, told her she was being disrespectful and that they had a process. Stephen Nelson, a reporter for the New York Post, and Simon Adaba, a reporter for Today News Africa, took Glebo's side. Let's listen via Caleb Hall. She's not the valid question. You should allow her to add some measure. Yeah, Jeremy, it's Jeremy, it's It is not your turn. It is not your turn.

You can't understand people. You can't make a press briefing. You need to call from people across the room. She has a valid question. She's asked about the origin of COVID-19. I hear the question. And Dr. Fouch is the best person to answer. I hear your question, but we're not doing this the way you want it.

This is a disrespectful. It is. I'm done. Simon, I'm done. I'm Simon. I'm done with you right now. Representative Kevin McCarthy visited the U.S. Southern border today.

Just a week after he secured the party's nomination to be the next speaker of the House. According to Fox News, Bill Malugian, McCarthy decided to take the trip after Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Majorcas said last week that the border was secure. Malugian also reported that McCarthy, plans to hold congressional border hearings physically at the border to force Democrats to see the crisis firsthand. McCarthy says he was shocked and outraged when he heard DHS's Mayoricus testify under oath last week that the border is secure. Recent data from customs and border protection shows there were more than 230,000 encounters at the southern border in October, which is a 1.3% increase

from the previous month. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell may have defeated Florida Senator Rick Scott in the November leadership elections, but not before 10 Republicans voted against the Kentucky Republican. Now, some of those defectors are preparing for retribution

for siding with Scott. The Daily Signals, Mary Margaret O'Lohan, reports. While McConnell has said he is not in any way offended by having an opponent or having a few votes in opposition, some Republicans believe this is merely his public-facing posture. During last week's internal GOP meetings, lawmakers

discussed the likelihood that McConnell would retaliate against both Scott and those who supported him, a person who was in the room, told the Daily Signal. Already, Scott and Senator Lindsay Graham of South Carolina have endured the wrath of McConnell's former Chief of Staff. Former Secretary of State and potential 2024 presidential candidate Mike Pompeo did not hold back when speaking about the head of the teachers union, Randy Weingarten. During an interview with Semaphore, Pompeo labeled Weingarten as the most dangerous person in the world and said that it's not a close call. He also said, if you ask who's the most likely to take this republic down, it would be the teachers' unions and the filth that they're teaching our kids and the fact that they don't know math

and reading or writing. Weingarten responded on Twitter saying, I know that Mike Pompeo is running for president. And frankly, I don't know whether to characterize his characterization of me in the Dave Weigel interview as ridiculous or dangerous. And that'll do it for today's episode. Thank you for listening to The Daily Signal's Top News. If you haven't had a chance already,

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