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US POLITICS ABOUT TIME DEMS MADE A NOISE! MeidasTouch: GOP gets STUNNED as Pissed Off DEMS bring the FIGHT PLAY YOUTUBE VIDEO Original article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7Zy59XqJYk Peter Burgess COMMENTARY Peter Burgess
GOP gets STUNNED as Pissed Off DEMS bring the FIGHT MeidasTouch 4.78M subscribers May 1, 2025 The MeidasTouch Podcast MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Democrats bringing the fight to Trump and MAGA Republicans. Allermi: For 60% OFF your order, head to https://Allermi.com and use code: MEIDAS Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! MeidasTouch relies on SnapStream to record, watch, monitor, and clip the news. Get a FREE TRIAL of SnapStream by clicking here: https://go.snapstream.com/affiliate/m... Support the MeidasTouch Network: / meidastouch Add the MeidasTouch Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Buy MeidasTouch Merch: https://store.meidastouch.com Follow MeidasTouch on Twitter: / meidastouch Follow MeidasTouch on Facebook: / meidastouch Follow MeidasTouch on Instagram: / meidastouch Follow MeidasTouch on TikTok: / meidastouch The MeidasTouch Podcast Transcript 0:00 look Democrats are bringing the fight now yesterday they were skewering these MAGA Republicans in public hearings and during interviews on cable news watch this as Senator Bernie Sanders just laughs in Donald Trump's face basically mocks Donald Trump because Trump is trying to act like he draws bigger crowd sizes than Senator Bernie Sanders and AOC when clearly Bernie Sanders and AOC had much bigger crowd sizes than Trump just watched Sanders just laugh in Trump's face let's play it they hang on for little bits they hang on for nuggets and they get crowds they say 'Oh the crowd was Our crowds are so much bigger than their crowds their crowds are small.' If I ever had a crowd like their biggest crowd they'd say 'It's over for Trump he's lost the magic i think you're a little more than four years older than him.' Something I He didn't tell I don't It will shock the audience the president did not tell the truth all right i I realize that will shock everybody but that's the case uh 1:01 and in terms of the not that we want to get into crowd size why would anyone want to do that we had twice the turnout in Warren than he had the other night then you have Democratic Congress member Dan Goldman who looks at his MAGA Republican uh colleagues in Congress and he's like 'Do y'all have a single independent thought of your own or is it just whatever Donald Trump tells you because you are all pathetic here?' Play this clip i don't understand how you'll be able to look yourself in the face knowing that you voted to allow our federal government to detain and deport United States citizens simply because you do not want to vote against something that Donald Trump may support do you have a thought of your own do you 2:00 have a belief of your own or is everything literally just whatever Donald Trump tells you it should be then you have Democratic Congress member Ted Lou who says 'The fact that I even have to introduce an amendment that says ICE cannot deport US citizens is batshit crazy.' Here play this clip the fact that Democrats and my colleague Representative Pilipel feel the need to even introduce an amendment that says ICE cannot deport US citizens is batshit crazy this should not even be a discussion it is not even a question us citizens cannot be deported by ICE it's the law it's the Constitution i will be astounded if Republicans vote no on this i yield back and we have Democratic 3:00 Congress member Jamie Rasin mocking Donald Trump for having the lowest approval rating ever since polling has really started in presidential history play this clip mr chairman um you know it must be tough to be an authoritarian you promise everybody in the world to get elected prices will go down on day one no more inflation we're going to end Russia's war on Ukraine the world's going to respect us and then you get in and even though you inherit an economy from your predecessor that's described as the envy of the world by The Economist magazine you crash everything the economy today is shrinking the stock market is sinking inflation is soaring $7 trillion in American retirements and wealth has been destroyed you've plunged us with your imbeilic tariffs into a trade war with the whole world except of course for your bosom buddies in Russia so now only 4:01 a 100 days in with a 100 unforced policy blunders you're the most unpopular president at this point in your presidency in more than 80 years barack Obama stood at 69% in the polls ronald Reagan was at 73% in the polls truman was 87% and Franklin D roosevelt 68% but Donald Trump is at 39% the lowest 100day approval rating since polling began he controlled the agenda for 100 days he controlled the House he controlled the Senate he's got everything going for him and his numbers are in the gutter so now I know that you know that I had some pretty bad allergies i'd read them in the comments and you said 'Ben you got to do something about it.' 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we know that in the state 7:01 of Alabama the largest employer in the state of Alabama is the University of Alabama they are looking at losing jobs because they won't have research dollars the only thing that they are doing is hurting us it is the reason if we gonna talk about numbers and mandates it is the reason that the only person in recent modern times to have the lowest approval ratings at their 100 day mark is the same person the first time they were in and now this time it is time for us to get serious and talk about what will grow our economy what will bring more money in what will make sure that people can move up from working poor to middle class and maybe even reach this higher level that so many of y'all listen to this upper echelon this rich level because that is what is supposed to set us apart in this country we are supposed to live in a country where everyone has an opportunity to go from 8:01 rags to literally riches and so I am asking my colleagues to start looking out for the people that elected them and this is one way that we can do it by supporting this amendment of Miss Lee and with that I will yield then Democratic Congress member Dan Goldman went on Fox he went into enemy territory and the Fox host was so worked up over Democratic leader Hakee Jeff saying that it's fair game to talk about Donald Trump's cognitive decline watch this interaction play this clip i could debate you on each and every one of those things you just laid out but I don't think you can call it whatever you want i think that's an incorrect statement Congressman i think words have meaning and they matter and I think you know that i think we have to be careful with our words especially if we're not trying to inflame the public and most certainly if we're trying to arrive at the truth and after four years of having us gaslighted over the competency the the mental acuity of the previous president it's absurd to question even if you disagree congressman and clearly 9:01 you do with much of the president the competency of the sitting president today i think the accuracy and truth of those words do matter well I don't think he's competent Will i don't know what to tell you whether his cognitive abilities are sufficient to get past the 25th amendment you know we don't know that right now but I I think what is clear is that he has driven our country into uh a disastrous economy he has undermining the fundamental rule of law and democracy he has taken away benefits in order to cut taxes for the rich i think even you Will would have to agree with me that this first 100 days is not at all what he promised the American people no I'm sorry to notify you i do not agree with you i think this first 100 days is exactly what he promised the American people and more importantly exactly what Shout out to Democratic Congresswoman Becca Balant this is a great uh a great part of her speech right here on the in the House play it this is what we want you to open your 10:00 eyes to if it can happen as we've said time and time again if it can happen to folks with green cards it can happen to citizens and in Oklahoma City we see a perfect example of that this is what we're talking about it's not other people it's us it's our neighbors it's our friends it's people who just move from Maryland to Oklahoma for a better life and have their house destroyed and they can't get answers if we watch the rest of the the news clip there they're asking ICE who's responsible for that and then they're sending them to another agency and they're sending them to another agency and nobody is accountable for what happened to them this is what my colleagues are trying to fund with this bill armed federal agents breaking into homes even of US citizens traumatizing them taking their possessions this is Trump's America 11:05 that's why we continue to talk about due process it's not some pie in the sky idea it's what literally holds our country together without due process without the belief in the Constitution we are not Americans that's what gives us the ability to say we are an exceptional country in the world that everyone who lives here gets due process and we're going to keep saying this over and over and over again for everyone who lives here what happened to that family back to Democratic Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett let's play it so this amendment specifically deals with issues around the consumer price index so let's talk about the price of eggs because for whatever reason we've yet to have a hearing on the price of eggs when that 12:01 was really the one big thing and I remember the big guy that's in the White House saying that he was going to reduce the cost of eggs on day one but what we see is that the national average price of eggs in March of 2025 was $623 a 6% increase from the previous month a 60% increase yeartoyear and USDA said egg prices could climb 41% this year when we start to talk about things such as our energy in March natural gas prices increased 3.6% and electricity prices increased 9% fuel and oil prices increased 8% utility gas services increased 2.5% the national average for GA for a gallon of gas is currently $3.17 nowhere near the $1.98 cent that President Trump claimed last week i just want to make sure we get the facts out there and finally then 13:02 you had Democratic Congress member uh Casar let's watch what he's got to say let's play it regard five minutes a minute mr chairman the Republicans on this committee just voted no on cancelelling Elon Musk contracts if he violates the law and stays past 130 days the Republicans on this committee just voted no on Mr frost amendment that would require the president of the United States to follow US Supreme Court orders at some point we've got to at have some shame on this committee so my amendment I would hope my Republican colleagues would vote for it is that if a court or the federal government finds that Mr musk abused his power to enrich himself here over the last few months then we would cancel his contract if a court finds that the richest man on earth went in used the federal books scraped people's data steered contracts to himself then we should maybe stop sending him $8 million a day and save the American taxpayer $3 billion that's the way that not just Democrats but conservatives progressives independents all across the country want to see us save some money by saying these corporate grifters that use the government to enrich themselves they should get cut off and look there's a House Republican majority today but there could be a Democratic majority tomorrow or at least in under two years and when we are sitting on this committee and if we get a chance to have the subpoena power and look into this and find out that Elon Musk has used his power to enrich himself the consequences could actually be much greater than just having his contracts cut off democratic governor of Kentucky Andy Basher went on Fox and he was just spitting facts let's play this clip i think we can always try to be more efficient i think we can always try to be more effective but 15:00 there's a difference in trying to fix something and break something and coming in and doing a 40% cut across the board without looking at who has the expertise about who has the leadership about what programs are being impacted I think is is very shortsighted i think there is a way to do this i think presidents of both parties in the past have done it well uh but this approach I think was callous and telling people that have served for a decade that they're being fired because of poor work performance when we know it isn't true well I mean I don't know you have to go case by case to make sure that that person was performing um you know up to par and that they were actually doing a good job and they were actually bettering uh the situation for the American people the administration and the president has said many times that he will not take away Medicaid or Medicare or Social Security benefits from anyone who has earned them and that the goal is to find the waste fraud and abuse in these programs which we know exists so do you you know do you have any problem with cutting waste and fraud and abuse from 16:01 the Medicaid program don't you think that's a good idea so first on on the last question when you see tens of thousands of letters that all have the exact same thing to hardworking federal employees and veterans you you know it's an excuse and not the reason on on Medicaid and Medicare the way you you root out abuse um I know I was attorney general we had a Medicaid fraud unit and you look for those providers that are over billing that are doing wrong that are charging for things that are never happening what you do are just major cuts to preserve some some tax cut that provides states significantly less money that's needed just watch that rural hospital will close when you look at the amount of their uh revenue that is covered by Medicaid they simply can't exist without it and rural Americans deserve to see a doctor in their own community they shouldn't have to drive hours uh just to see a primary care doctor but you can see that the administration has said that they will not cut services from 17:01 Medicaid that that Congress looking looking at that and remember you can say you're not going to cut services but if you cut the overall amount going to states then you make the states so I want you to take what I just showed you and contrast it with Donald Trump surrogates who were going on cable yesterday like they had Howard Lutnik uh Donald Trump's commerce secretary who was you know whining about how Europe and Australia and all these other countries he goes 'We have the best beef and they treat our beef so poorly or we're being treated so badly here watch this clip.' Oh come on like the nonsense I have to listen to i'm sure right that these are what they do is they take out comments from 25 years ago that they're keeping doing our beef is excellent our poultry is excellent our row crops are excellent stop treating us poorly and then you have Donald Trump's uh trade secretary has lead trade representative 18:01 uh Greer and here he talks about how he hasn't even had one single conversation with his counterpart in China there's been zero conversations with China's trade representatives play this clip level with the president the prime minister but we stand ready to engage in last thing for the people who look at this policy and say this is designed to put pressure on China it's all designed to to kind of put the squeeze on China um is that a fair assessment are you trying to get China to the table in a weakened negotiating state because that's the biggest adversary i think I think that's a very Washington thing to look at it uh I I think it is you know for me we're worried about the United States of America we have this giant trade deficit we have offshore manufacturing our a exports are way down and it's affecting normal people in the country we want them to have jobs we want them to have opportunities obviously China is a huge part of this and we want to make sure that we have 19:00 fair trade with China and they're not official talks yet right uh not yet not yet i I did speak with my counterpart before April 2nd uh for a long time over an hour it was a virtual meeting but I thought it was constructive um this is not a plan just to encircle China it's a plan to fix the American economy to have a greater share of manufacturing as GDP to have real wages real wages go up to be producing things instead of having a economy that's financed by the government we want to make real stuff and sell it and it means we we have to deal with foreign trade practices that are harmful including in China and elsewhere so for the companies so pick your fighter okay i I think I showed you a group of intelligent Democrats pushing back fighting back coming with the facts and I think that's the fight we all we all wanted to see anyway let me know what you think hit subscribe let's get to 5 million subscribers thank you so much for watching new Midas merch drop check out the latest Pro Democracy sticker packs t-shirts hats sweatshirts and more all at store.mitus.com

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