Hour 1 of The Dawn Stensland Show:
- On Tuesday, President Joe Biden spoke at Wilkes University at Wilkes-Barre, PA where he discussed his “Safer America Plan” and insisted that the answer to rising crime is not to defund the police, but to "fund the police"—contradicting prior statements made by prominent Democrats like Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Gretchen Whitmer, and Kamala Harris.
- During his speech at Wilkes University, President Biden told a bizarre story about helping an elderly woman in Wilmington, Delaware successfully fight gang violence in the area.
- While attempting to endorse Josh Shapiro and John Fetterman, President Biden confused the two Democrat candidates for one another. Both Shapiro and Fetterman currently lead their opponents, according to polling data.
- A December 2021 clip of Senate candidate John Fetterman has gone viral. In the video, Fetterman suggests that Black people and poor people are incapable of obtaining photo identification for voting. Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh called Fetterman’s statement "even worse" than the “bigotry of low expectations.”
- According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Democrat gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro has disavowed COVID-19 lockdowns and mandates—breaking from his party.
- Han Solo’s prop gun from the original Star Wars film has been sold at auction for $1,057,500.
- A new, Omicron-specific version of the COVID-19 vaccine is set to be rolled out this September.
