The Byron York Show
Radio America
Byron York is chief political correspondent for the Washington Examiner, a Fox News contributor, and host of The Byron York Show podcast. He has covered the Bush, Obama, Trump, and now Biden administrations, as well as Congress and each presidential campaign since 2000. He is the author of two books -- The Vast Left Wing Conspiracy, an account of liberal activism in the 2004 election, and Obsession, an account of Democratic efforts to remove President Donald Trump from office. Formerly White House correspondent for National Review, his work has been published in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Atlantic Monthly, Foreign Affairs, and the New Republic. A graduate of the University of Alabama and the University of Chicago, he lives in Washington, DC
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Byron York is chief political correspondent for the Washington Examiner, a Fox News contributor, and host of The Byron York Show podcast. He has covered the Bush, Obama, Trump, and now Biden administrations, as well as Congress and each presidential campaign since 2000. He is the author of two books -- The Vast Left Wing Conspiracy, an account of liberal activism in the 2004 election, and Obsession, an account of Democratic efforts to remove President Donald Trump from office. Formerly White House correspondent for National Review, his work has been published in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Atlantic Monthly, Foreign Affairs, and the New Republic. A graduate of the University of Alabama and the University of Chicago, he lives in Washington, DC Subscribe to the newsletter here: https://newsletters.washingtonexaminer.com/newsletters/daily-memo/
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Episodes
Forecast: Two hard years
11/30/2022
You know those people who tell you a devastating recession, or maybe a depression, is on the way or that this or that investment is guaranteed to skyrocket or collapse in the next few months? The ones who confidently predict coming doom or prosperity? Why should you listen to them? After all, who knows what will happen with the economy?
Duration:00:18:39
Trump gets played in Mar-a-Lago dinner with Kanye West, Nick Fuentes, and Milo Yiannopoulos
11/28/2022
What is sure to be one of the weirder moments of the 2024 presidential campaign has just taken place before the campaign is even fully underway.
Duration:00:22:02
In quest to get Trump, secrecy strikes again
11/21/2022
Think back five years to the frenzy of news reporting and commentary over what was called Trump-Russia "collusion" — the allegation that the 2016 Trump campaign conspired with Russia to fix the presidential election. Most of the coverage, and especially the commentary, seemed predicated on the belief that collusion did, in fact, take place. But later, in one of history's great never minds, the extensive investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller was unable to establish that Trump-Russia...
Duration:00:14:59
The needless act to 'protect' marriage
11/18/2022
There are two things to remember about the Respect for Marriage Act. One, it is unnecessary. And two, it's going to become law.
Duration:00:20:57
Trump promises restoration — and that's the problem
11/16/2022
Former President Donald Trump wanted to announce his 2024 candidacy at a rally in Ohio on the evening of Nov. 7, the night before millions of people voted in the midterm elections. A lot of advisers in Trump's large, informal circle strongly opposed the idea. It was too early, they said, and nobody knows how the elections will turn out. Better to wait. But a few in Trump's orbit argued a glorious red wave was on the way and that Trump should be out in front, taking credit for it.
Duration:00:20:23
Trump obsession clouds midterm analysis
11/14/2022
Remember when the conventional wisdom was that abortion would be a huge issue in the midterm elections? Then the election came, and a lot of data pointed to the fact that yes, abortion did indeed play a big role. But now, the subject most people are talking about is...former President Donald Trump.
Duration:00:17:43
Assessing blame after the GOP's close call
11/11/2022
Many Republicans and conservatives are pointing fingers at each other over the party's lackluster performance in the 2022 midterm elections. Given all the advantages the GOP had — widespread economic anxiety, a huge majority believing the country has gone off track, and a deeply unpopular Democratic president — Republicans should have done better.
Duration:00:25:09
Did GOP optimism outrun reality?
11/9/2022
Even as votes continue to be counted, the big picture that is emerging from midterm results around the country is that, as predicted, it appears Republicans will win control of the House of Representatives. That's a big deal. Even if the GOP controls only one chamber of Congress, President Joe Biden's legislative agenda is dead. Biden should realize that as speaker, Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is not going to help the president pass any big legislative priority. That will be a momentous change in...
Duration:00:16:59
The campaign that wasn't about Trump
11/8/2022
A rumor swept through the political world Monday that former President Donald Trump would announce his 2024 candidacy at an election-eve rally in Ohio for Republican Senate candidate J.D. Vance. It didn't happen. But it attracted a lot of attention, certainly among the politicians, staffers, consultants, journalists, pundits, and other obsessives who make up the political chatter world. They watched the rally not to hear what Trump might say about the midterm elections, but about his own...
Duration:00:15:57
Democrats desperate to keep hope alive
11/7/2022
President Joe Biden said he is optimistic about the Democratic Party's chances in the midterm elections. "Folks, I'm not buying the notion that we're in trouble," Biden told the crowd at a party fundraiser in Chicago Friday night. "I really mean it. ... I think we're going to keep the House and we're going to keep the Senate."
Duration:00:20:23
The hysterical stage of the campaign
11/4/2022
THE HYSTERICAL STAGE OF THE CAMPAIGN. Even with campaigns that are less hard-fought than this one, the final days before an election can be a time when both sides, but most often candidates who are trailing in the polls, make extreme statements about their opponents. Losers see defeat coming and make desperate attempts to avert it. That is what is happening now: The 2022 midterm elections have entered the hysterical stage.
Duration:00:15:52
Former AG Barr: There will be no FBI accountability after Russiagate debacle
11/3/2022
Former Attorney General Bill Barr does not mince words about FBI misconduct in its pursuit of candidate, and then president, Donald Trump. "I think the behavior of the leadership of the FBI during 2016 and the first part of 2017 has been catastrophic," Barr told me in a recent interview. "It harmed the country, it was completely unfair to the president, and it has completely undercut the FBI."
Full interview here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/bill-barr-unplugged
Duration:00:21:20
Democratic reaction to Scalise shooting is model for GOP today
11/2/2022
Many Democrats and their allies in the media are blaming Republicans for a deranged man's attack on Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). There's no question suspect David DePape is deranged, or what the British would call barking mad. Consider this, from the Washington Post: "In [a] blog post on October 24, four days before the attack on Pelosi, DePape shared images of a wooden birdhouse he said he had purchased for an invisible fairy he communicated with that had begun...
Duration:00:17:32
Midterms, Biden's agenda, and the filibuster
11/1/2022
On March 2, 2021, when he had been president less than two months, Joe Biden met with a group of liberal historians in the White House East Room. The subject was Biden's "determination to be one of the most consequential presidents" in U.S. history, according to an account in Axios. The group talked a lot about Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the New Deal — Biden's model for the "think-big, go-big mentality" that characterized the first months of his presidency. The president has "giant plans...
Duration:00:16:13
The Republican Senate formula
10/27/2022
Tuesday's newsletter covered the fact that GOP strategists believe the race for control of the House is over. "The midterm results, as far as the House of Representatives is concerned, are pretty much set in stone," it said. "Republicans are going to win. Democrats are going to lose." That's the House. Now, what about the Senate?
Duration:00:17:11
What's next after the Fetterman disaster?
10/26/2022
Early voting is well underway in Pennsylvania. Indeed, one reason Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman, recovering from a serious stroke, wanted to delay his debate with Republican Mehmet Oz was to bank as many early votes as possible before debate night. Given Fetterman's disastrous performance in the debate, it was a good idea. And it worked. According to the Election Project, which compiles early voting figures from around the country, 685,289 Pennsylvanians cast their ballots...
Duration:00:15:39
DarkWars Trailer: The Border (Premieres 10/25)
10/25/2022
What’s the connection among China, the Mexican cartels, the opioid crisis and your backyard? What if I told you it all starts at the southern border? What if I told you that the threats posed by the border crisis are not confined to the southern border at all but are also very real within your state, your town, and even your neighborhood? You’ve heard about the crisis at the southern border... but never like this.
Welcome to the Dark Wars.
Dark Wars: The Border is a new podcast series,...
Duration:00:01:00
House midterms: Past the point of no return
10/25/2022
The midterm elections are now two weeks away. Some political commentators have an interest in portraying them as one big, suspenseful, down-to-the-wire contest. Maybe some of those commentators are partisan. Maybe some just think it's good for business. But the fact is, at this point, the midterm results, as far as the House of Representatives is concerned, are pretty much set in stone. Republicans are going to win. Democrats are going to lose. The Senate is moving in that direction, too. It...
Duration:00:16:09
Exposing Biden's 'Jim Crow 2.0' slander
10/24/2022
Early voting began in Georgia six days ago. There is, of course, intense interest in both the state's Senate race, with University of Georgia football legend Herschel Walker challenging Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock, and the governor's race, between Gov. Brian Kemp and Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams. Kemp is going to win, but the Senate contest is essentially tied. Its outcome might well determine which party controls the Senate.
Duration:00:16:04
The Democrats' oil folly
10/19/2022
President Joe Biden has just announced his plan to release even more oil, 15 million barrels, from the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve. That is the last portion of the 180 million barrels he authorized for release in March, which was the biggest withdrawal ever from the reserve that is supposed to ensure a supply of oil in case of a national emergency.
Duration:00:13:25