THE SHOW NOTES: Mourning Mass Murderers, Swiping Scarlett Johansson’s Voice, & More Painful Biden Gaffes

Welcome! Did ChatGPT swipe Scarlett Johansson’s voice?

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GAFFE: Biden says maimed American Hersh Goldberg-Polin is ‘here with us today’ at Rose Garden party — despite still being held by Hamas - NY Post

WHAT: Tucker Carlson Launches Show On Russian State TV - Newsweek

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Mourning Mass Murderers

Joe Biden’s State Department sent its condolences to Iran in an official statement over the death of President Ebrahim Raisi. The administration doubled down on defending the letter claiming “We regret any loss of life. We don't want to see anyone die in a helicopter crash.” The backlash has been swift.

Rep. Elise Stefanik: "Biden’s State Department expressing condolences for the death of a brutal and monstrous enemy of America who tortured and killed his own people and led the charge to fund terrorist proxies around the world that have killed American soldiers is a new low for Joe Biden." - Fox News

Mitch McConnell: “I suspect a great many Iranians would rather Western admirers stop lionizing a man known as the 'Butcher of Tehran.” Full clip here.

Why this matters: Ebrahim Raisi oversaw the sham trials of political prisoners known as“death commissions” in 1988 and the extermination of protestors in 2022. The total number of deaths overseen by Raisi is estimated to be around 30,000.

Here’s the letter:

Contrast: When Cambodia’s genocidal leader died in 1998, Bill Clinton issued a strikingly different letter.

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Bonus: ‘Irrectionists’: White House Issues 9 Brutal Corrections to Biden’s NAACP Speech - Mediaite

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