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 Fox Business NetworkRep. Greg Murphy (R-NC) made a bizarre claim Thursday, insisting that he has "evidence" to support his allegation that President Joe Biden was "jacked up on something" during the State of the Union address. He even offered to show his so-called proof to Fox Business Network host Maria Bartiromo "offline."
The MAGA congressman's wild accusation seemed to go too far for the pro-Trump conspiracy-loving Bartiromo, who once relied on "wackadoodle" claims made by a woman who thinks she's a ghost to peddle 2020 election lies on Fox airwaves that eventually led the network to settle a massive defamation lawsuit.
Appearing on Fox Business' Mornings with Maria, Murphy—a co-chair of the GOP Doctors Caucus— was asked to put his "doctor's hat on" and give his take on the
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 Win McNamee/Getty ImagesPresident Joe Biden has used executive privilege in an attempt to block Trump-aligned Republican House leaders from obtaining audio recordings of his interviews with special counsel Robert Hur over Biden's handling of classified documents.
The transcripts of those interviews, conducted over two days, have already been released. In the explosive 345-page report, Hur concluded Biden had done nothing criminal but characterized the president as a "well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory," an assertion Biden's critics seized on and his advocates slammed as unprofessional on Hur's part.
Biden's use of executive privilege to prevent House committees from receiving tapes of the interviews was revealed in a series of letters from officials in his administration.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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 Animation by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyWhether or not his campaign admits it, President Joe Biden has a Sun Belt problem.
Biden is holding up just fine in expectedly tight races with Donald Trump in the Rust Belt states of Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Yet in the Sun Belt—the stretch of states from North Carolina and Georgia to Nevada and Arizona—Trump is giving Biden a shellacking with hefty leads, particularly in those two key desert states, according to a new New York Times/Siena College/Philadelphia Inquirer poll.
"I am fascinated by how quickly his base is abandoning him," Dave Smith, chairman of Arizona's Pima County GOP, said of Biden in an interview with The Daily Beast. On the ground, Smith said he's seen a notable influx of volunteers and a boost in party registration, which he attributed to voter concerns about migrant border crossings, as well as the cost of housing.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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