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    Townhall Review – January 29, 2022

    Hugh Hewitt talks with Wisconsin Congressman Mike Gallagher and with Iowa Senator Joni Ernst about Russia’s threatened invasion of Ukraine and President Biden’s comment about a “minor incursion” and the message that comment sends to both Russian President Putin and the people of Ukraine.

    Hugh Hewitt talks about the just-announced retirement of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer and what that means to the makeup of the court.

    Dennis Prager and Will Witt talk about the gathering of thousands in Washington D.C. to protest the pandemic mandates put in place by deep blue states and cities.

    Mike Gallagher talks about President Biden referring to Fox News reporter Peter Doocy as a “stupid son-of-a-b____.”

    Dennis Prager talks with Joy Pullmann, executive director at The Federalist, about Finland arresting and trying pastors for simply reading from scripture, citing it as a “hate crime.”

    Hugh Hewitt talks with Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin and how he is making good on his campaign promises.

    Mike Gallagher reads from an article written by Josh Freed, of the Montreal Gazette, a reporter from locked-down Quebec who visits the freedom of Florida.

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