The MeidasTouch Podcast - House Republicans TANK Trump and Musk Bill and SHAME THEM

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Republicans voted against the latest Continuing Resolution pushed by Trump and Elon Musk.Mudwtr: Start your new morning ritual & get up to 43% OFF your@MUDWTR by going to https://mudwtr.com/MEIDAS#mudwtrpodVisit https://meidastouch.com for more!Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts:MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcastLegal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-afMissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trialThe PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcastThe Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassanMea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohenThe Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-showBurn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boatsMajority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdownOn Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellmanUncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncoveredCoalition of the Sane: https://meidasnews.com/tag/coalition-of-the-sane

Duration: 12m
Broadcast on: 22 Dec 2024
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On this vote, the A's are one seventy four. The nays are two thirty five one voting present. Two thirds not being in the firm. The affirmative. The rules are not suspended and the bill is not passed. Utterly humiliating for Donald Trump and Elon Musk right there as 38 Republicans voted against the Trump Musk and mega Mike Johnson, Frankenstein and bill that replaced a bipartisan agreement to stop the government shutdown. You saw it there. That was the moment where 38 Republicans stood up and said, you are not bullying us. Elon Musk and Donald Trump, the bill failed one seventy four to two thirty five. Now you remember the sequence of events right here. There was a continuing resolution that was agreed to by Democrats and Republicans. Then Elon Musk started posting yesterday, kill the bill with samurai swords. He called the bill criminal. He said that anybody supports it is going to be primary. Then Trump swooped in and said, look, we could only support a continuing resolution to stop a government shutdown if the debt ceiling is abolished. So Donald Trump and all the MAGA Republicans who previously said that the debt ceiling should not be raised when President Biden was trying to raise it. And then a deal had to be struck with Kevin McCarthy are now saying not only should the debt ceiling be raised, they're basically saying the whole concept of the debt ceiling should be abolished. And so even MAGA Republicans like Chip Roy are like, so wait a minute, this whole doge thing about reducing the deficit and cutting back on debt. So the MAGA Republican plan was to kill a bipartisan continuing resolution and to change it based on Elon Musk and Donald Trump's request, something that was going to increase the debt immediately by $5 trillion. This right here is a MAGA Republican chip Roy who's on the house floor saying, what in the hell are you doing Donald Trump and Elon Musk? Watch this fact of the matter is $330 billion. Congratulations. You've added to the debt since you were given the majority again on November 5th. It's embarrassing. It's shameful. Yes, I think this bill is better than it was yesterday on certain respects. But to take this bill to take this bill yesterday and congratulate yourself because it's shorter in pages, but increases the debt by $5 trillion is asinine. And that's it precisely what Republicans are doing. I'm absolutely sickened by a party that campaigns on fiscal responsibility and has the temerity to go forward to the American people and say you think this is fiscally responsible. It is absolutely ridiculous. But then Donald Trump and Elon Musk started attacking MAGA Republican chip Roy and saying that he was a phony and he's just in it for himself. But it wasn't just chip Roy. There were 38 other Republicans who voted against this new version of the continuing resolution. Then MAGA Mike Johnson gave a press conference and MAGA Mike Johnson said, okay, don't be fooled by Republicans wanting to increase the debt limit because this is actually something that we're trying to decrease by increasing. Makes no sense. Watch this. We know what we're to do. We're determined to do that. And even though this vote would push the debt limit to 2027, it in no way reflects any lack of enthusiasm on our part to get about those serious cuts for the American people. We have to have fiscal responsibility as a core principle of our party. So that's what the House Republicans are committed to every single one of them. We will get together and do that work and it begins in early January. And here MAGA Mike Johnson just looks absolutely terrified. And he's like, this is just Washington. This is what you do. No MAGA Mike. This is what Elon Musk is directing you to do, who's controlling our government, a billionaire, unelected bureaucrat who's deordering and basically running the government. Take a look at MAGA Mike Johnson here. Play this clip. Here's how speaker Mike Johnson. This is Washington. This is how the lawmaking is done. It's a long process. Sometimes it takes a while to reach consensus, but we're going to do the right thing here tonight. Akim Jeffries wrote, the Musk Johnson government shutdown bill has been soundly defeated. MAGA extremists in the House GOP are not serious about helping working class Americans. They're simply doing the bidding of their wealthy donors and puppeteers. Got to give credit to Democratic Congress member Jared Moskowitz who calls it out so perfectly right here. Let me bring you Moskowitz. Play this clip. One minute to the gentleman from Florida, Mr. Moskowitz. The gentleman from Florida is recognized for one minute.

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