Episode 122: The One About The Election Results

Cold Open Question of the Week: Who’s the President-elect, Gary?Programming Notes:Be sure to check out our podcast episode with Ben Payavis and John Kennedy, two former Scranton Eagles football players who also produced a wonderful documentary about the team’s history and dominance in semi-pro football during the 1980s and ‘90s.The Forgotten Dynasty: Scranton Eagles Football premieres Thursday, November 14th at 7 p.m and 9 p.m. on WVIA. www.WVIA.orgBe sure to check-out Griffin Olah’s SID Sports Substack page, where he is giving readers a behind-the-scenes look to readers to show them everything that goes into covering a major college sports team, from the media guide to game notes.Griffin will be joining the Tailgators Setup podcast next week, so be sure to check that episode out.And now on to our regularly scheduled program:Last Tuesday, Donald J. Trump was victorious in the presidential election, defeating Kamala Harris to become the 47th President of the United States.Brian and Gary finally get the chance to discuss the results. They discuss what went wrong for the Harris campaign, Joe Biden’s role, and the Democratic party at-large, including who should share the brunt of the blame.They also discuss their local politics. In NEPA, Senator and career politician Bob Casey lost to Dave McCormick, while incumbent U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright lost to local business man Rob Bresnahan. The two losses were part of gains for the Republican party across the country. In Florida, meanwhile, abortion and marijuana issues both failed to pass statewide votes.Watch TheBrianLennonShow on Substack:Gary’s News of the Weird: A killer clown is freed; and no more monkey business. As always, thank you to our sponsor: Rapp Brewing Company‘90s Sound Songs: Brian has started a new Spotify playlist: It Came from the ‘90s. He and Gary discuss and listen to two ‘90s era songs.Thanks for listening! This post is public so feel free to share it. Get full access to TheBrianLennonShow at thebrianlennonshow.substack.com/subscribe