In the 8 AM: Larry O’Connor and Patrice Onwuka discussed:

• JDVance: "If you discard a lifelong friendship because somebody votes for the other team, you've made a terrible mistake... Don't cast aside family members and lifelong friendships. Politics is not worth it. If we follow that principle, we'll heal the divide in this country."

• JDVance: "The best way to stop a war is to prevent it from happening in the first place. If you noticed, when Donald Trump was president, we didn't have any new wars -- The reason is because Donald Trump a very simple principle of peace through strength." 

• The scariest statistic of the last few years is that America, just last year, became a net importer of food. President Trump and @JDVance will fix it: - Lower the price of natural gas used in fertilizers. - Stop foreign producers from flooding our country with cheap agriculture 

• WMAL GUEST: 8:35 AM - INTERVIEW - JAIME BRENNAN - head of Moms for Liberty in Frederick County and running for Frederick County School Board – discussed her run and Early Voting In Maryland.

• WEBSITE: https://www.brennanforboard.com/

• Maryland Democratic Party Sounds the Alarm on Far-Right Groups Infiltrating Down-Ballot, Non-Partisan Races. In a first for the State Party, Maryland Democrats invest resources in school board races to counter influence of radical right-wing groups Moms for Liberty, 1776 Project

• Only President Trump would make a random visit to a Cuban restaurant in Las Vegas and there would be a cutout with him in a sombrero

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Episode: Friday, October 25, 2024 / 8 AM Hour 

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