Curious about today’s topics on The Larry O’Connor Show? Below are a few stories on the radar. Be sure to listen to The Larry O’Connor Show Monday – Friday 3pm – 6pm on WMAL.
Trump goes after ‘obstructionist’ lawmakers for opposing Mike Pompeo (Washington Examiner)
President Trump criticized “obstructionist” members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Monday over opposition to CIA Director Mike Pompeo’s nomination to lead the State Department.
“Hard to believe Obstructionists May vote against Mike Pompeo for Secretary of State. The Dems will not approve hundreds of good people, including the Ambassador to Germany. They are maxing out the time on approval process for all, never happened before. Need more Republicans!” Trump tweeted Monday morning. [Read More]
Kanye West sparked an angry backlash by tweeting his admiration for a black far-right media personality and the way she ‘thinks’ on Saturday.
The rapper endorsed YouTube personality Candace Owen, a woman who is known for her controversial views on racism.
‘I love the way Candace Owens thinks,’ he said on Saturday morning. [Read More]
Shania Twain is sorry for saying in a new interview that she would have voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election.
Speaking in an interview with The Guardian, the country singer described her feelings on the election, noting that while Trump has his flaws, his honesty sold him on her as a candidate to lead the country.
“I would have voted for him because, even though he was offensive, he seemed honest. Do you want straight or polite? Not that you shouldn’t be able to have both,” the 52-year-old told the outlet. “If I were voting, I just don’t want bull—-. I would have voted for a feeling that it was transparent. And politics has a reputation of not being that, right?” [Read More]
DC Councilmember Trayon White denies leaving Holocaust Museum early, defends donation (Fox 5 DC)
The fallout is growing for D.C. Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White after a new report by the Washington Post claims he used constituent service funds to donate to an event where anti-Semitic remarks were made. The Post also reports White abruptly left early during a planned trip to the Holocaust Museum on Wednesday.
FOX 5 reporter Evan Lambert went one-on-one with White Saturday night in an on-camera interview. He started the interview by saying he wanted to avoid the negativity he says has followed him since the Washington Post reports surfaced.
White began the interview with Lambert by talking about the issues that plague Ward 8—things like poverty, homelessness and poor health care—that he works on every day. But Lambert had to ask him about the reports regarding the donation and the claim that he allegedly left the museum tour early. [Read More]
Thousands of girls joining boys as Cub Scouts (Yahoo)
Ten-year-old twins Tatum and Ian Weir aren’t about to let matching, minor injuries deter them from their goal of becoming the first sister-brother pair of Eagle Scouts.
“I cut myself, too!” Tatum said, pausing only briefly during a recent Cub Scout meeting to touch her thumb to her brother’s before continuing on with a woodworking project. [Read More]
An 11-year-old boy in El Paso died on Friday after getting hit by a pickup truck while his school held a walkout to protest gun violence.
“Obviously everybody’s in a state of shock,” Xavier De La Torre, the superintendent of the Ysleta Independent School District, said at a news conference on Friday.
The boy, Jonathan Benko, and a group of about 12 to 15 other students from Parkland Middle School in El Paso decided not to participate in the walkout, and instead left the campus to visit a park on the other side of Loop 375, a busy highway that surrounds parts of the city, officials said. [Read More]
CALL: 202-432-WMAL (9625) | 888-630-WMAL (9625)
Email The Show
