The Daily Signal - Democrats Admit Obamacare Failed, Mamdani Needs Money, Sydney Sweeney's Viral GQ Interview | Nov. 7, 2025

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Starting point is 00:00:25 We'd love to talk. Business. Senate Democrats make some rather shocking admissions during the shutdown. New York City mayor-elect Zoran Mandani wastes no time asking for money, and a Sidney-Sweeney interview about apologizing for her jeans ad goes viral. I'm Tony Kennett, host of the Daily Signals Tony Kenned cast, syndicated nationally at 7 p.m. Eastern. It is Friday, November 7, 2025. This is the Daily Signals, top news in 10.

Starting point is 00:00:56 As we continue through the longest government shepherds, shutdown in United States history, a couple of admissions on the floor of the Senate have quite a few turning their heads. First, Democrat Senator Peter Welch of Vermont made the case that it was Democrats' fault for not creating an Obamacare Affordable Care Act that was effective in lowering health care costs. Despite the claims of Democrats and calls by Chuck Schumer and to Keem Jeffries, the Senate Minority Leader and the House Minority Leader, to provide additional subsidies for that Obamacare to lower health care costs. I owe you an answer on why it is I'm standing here today asking to extend something that was temporary.

Starting point is 00:01:45 And here's the reason. We did fail to bring down the cost of health care. Meanwhile, Republican Senator Rick Scott of Florida put forward a bill onto the floor, which would prevent congressional officials, representatives, and senators from being paid during a government shutdown. perhaps an incentive to reopen the government and pass a budget, which is one of the constitutional obligations of Congress. Instead, Senate Democrats blocked Rick Scott's measure to forego their salaries throughout the shutdown. Here was Senator Scott's response. I write today with my bipartisan and common sense, no budget, no pay act. It's a simple proposal that says if members of Congress can't complete one of our basic jobs that funding the government, we shouldn't get paid.

Starting point is 00:02:31 This shouldn't even be necessary. We should just do our jobs. But as we sit here over a month into the Democrat shutdown, it's clear we need something to hold Congress accountable. Every year we're tasked with putting together a budget with the expectation that is on time and fits the needs of the American people. The American people elected us to come together. Look at what we're collecting in revenues and put together and pass 12 appropriation bills that used those dollars effectively. I was Governor of Florida. Every year, we passed the budget and we balanced the budget, and we did it on time.

Starting point is 00:03:05 The last time Congress passed all 12 appropriation bills on time was, what's your guess? Three decades ago. Congress has failed time and time again to do its most basic job. I came to a Senate to fix this. I ran on a plan to make Washington work better for families, which included my No Budget, No Pay Act. And I'm inviting to get this passed since I got here in 2019, and I've been met with resistance for many of my colleagues since I got up here. But unfortunately, Democrats have thrived in the dysfunction and have fought endlessly to keep the status quo.

Starting point is 00:03:41 They passed massive spending bills after massive spending bill, which has caused massive inflation in this country. It raised taxes and expanded government. We have now have, what do you, Mr. President, how much debt do you think we have now? $38 trillion. We're running $2 trillion a year deficits. Now, they're using the same dysfunction to shut down our government. Their prior choices are a liberal wish list of the needs of the American people. And they're more than happy, it seems to deprive federal workers, TSA, FAA, and law enforcement of their paychecks.

Starting point is 00:04:18 While members of Congress still get their own paychecks, Democrats are happy to stop 40 million people from getting their SNAP benefits. I just can't imagine. The little kids worried about where the meals are going to come tonight. These Democrats voting shut down government are still getting paid. We should not get paid if we don't do our job. There's a problem with Washington. Any working American will tell you that if you don't do your job, you don't get paid, except here. Members of Congress can suddenly fail one of our basic duties of funding the government on time and still get a paycheck, even when others don't.

Starting point is 00:04:54 Senate Democrats have now voted against funding the government 14 times in the last five weeks. They vote time and time again again to continue the longest shutdown in our nation's history and stopping people from getting paid. But they're still getting paid. Democrats shouldn't be shutting down the government and risking others' paychecks without being in the same boat. I ask everyone of my colleagues to support passage of my no budget, no pay to tell every member, do your job, fund the government, or do what other people end up doing.

Starting point is 00:05:24 forego your taxpayer-funded salary. And lastly, Senator Blumenthal got into a bit of a fight with Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin over decorum in committees and obstruction that has become common as the minority party, the Democrats, continue to provide procedural outliers and exceptions in order to stymie and stall particular procedures from going forward. Republicans are refusing to extend enhanced tax credits because, they hate the ACA more than they care about the pain that this move will inflict on families. Thank you. So the ranking member has been incredibly disrespectful of these hearings.

Starting point is 00:06:06 This is the fourth example of this. The rules allow for one witness from the minority unless they request an extra. And I've granted that request in the past. I had no idea that he was going to add another witness via video. after, I didn't really time it, but eight, nine minute opening statement, then adding another witness that he could have asked ahead of time. I probably would have granted the permission. He didn't do so.

Starting point is 00:06:36 He probably had three or four more pages of his opening statement. He was going to filibuster for about 30 minutes. So that's what's happening here. Well, I just want to. I wish I had a half an hour more, but I, there's no way that I did. Again, you are just being rude. As you've been rude as ranking members since I took over the chair, it's unfortunate. But I'd appreciate if you'd stop being rude, follow the norms of this committee,

Starting point is 00:07:03 and if you want an extra witness, request it beforehand. And please keep your opening statements to a reasonable length of time. Meanwhile, Democrat Zoran Mondami, the mayor-elect of New York City, wasted no time going before the populace of New York City and asking the same people who he claimed were living paycheck. to paycheck and whom affordability was a key crisis for to donate to his transition campaign. You know, there were a few months ago where I told supporters across this city to stop donating. And today, I am asking them to start once again.

Starting point is 00:07:39 And I am asking them to do so because of the fact that a transition that can meet the moment of preparing for January 1st is one that will require staff. It will require research. It will require infrastructure. And those are things that we will have to provide. And I'm excited for the fact that it will be funded by the very people who brought us to this point, the working people who have been left behind by the politics of the city. Now, this raised a couple of eyebrows, mainly because Zoran Mamdani's supposedly grassroots campaign was actually funded in large part by the Council on American Islamic Relations, as was maybe accidentally stated by Linda Sarsur a day before the election. As a reminder, Zoran Mamdami had just gone on media to say that it would only be necessary to perhaps raise taxes on the 1% and maybe institute some rather high corporate taxes to fund his agenda.

Starting point is 00:08:33 And lastly, a video by the popular model Sidney Sweeney going viral after GQ's Catherine Stofel asked her about whether or not she was happy the president stood up for her. and if that was perhaps her focus throughout the entire American Eagle great jeans ad controversy, and then followed up with a curious leading question as to whether or not she denounced people making jokes about great jeans. Check it out. I'm literally in jeans and a t-shirt, like every day of my life. Jeans are uncontroversial. Jeans are awesome. You look great in your jeans.

Starting point is 00:09:10 I think I know how you're going to answer this, but I'm going to ask anyway. I mean, the president tweeted about the jeans ad or truth social about the jeans ad. And that just seems to me like a very crazy moment for anyone. And I wondered what that was like. It was surreal. It was surreal. And it would be totally human. I would probably feel like thankful that somebody had my.

Starting point is 00:09:42 back in public, you know? And conveniently, some very powerful people had my back in public. And I wondered if you felt that way. I don't think that it's not that feeling didn't, I didn't have that feeling, but I wasn't thinking of it like that, like of any of it. I kind of just put my phone away. I was filming every day. I'm filming Euphoria. So I'm working like 16 hour days and I don't really bring my phone on set so I work and then I go home and I go to sleep. So I didn't really see a lot of it. You've made a really good case for keeping your thoughts and your life separate from that work. But the risk is that, you know, there's a chance that somebody will get some idea about what you think about certain issues and feel.

Starting point is 00:10:44 like I don't want to see Christy because of that. Like, do you worry about that? No. No. The criticism of the content, which was basically that maybe specifically in this political climate, like, white people shouldn't joke about genetic superiority. Like, that was kind of like the criticism, broadly speaking. And since you are talking about this, I just wanted to give you an opportunity to talk about that specifically.

Starting point is 00:11:09 I think that when I have an issue that I have an issue that I. I want to speak about people will hear. Before you go, head down to the description and make sure you're subscribed to the Tony Kinnett cast. And though you won't be joining us tonight, a level with you I'm taking the night off, we will see you on Monday 7 p.m. Eastern. I'm Tony Kinnett and this has been the Daily Signals Top News in 10. Take care.

The Daily Signal - Democrats Admit Obamacare Failed, Mamdani Needs Money, Sydney Sweeney's Viral GQ Interview | Nov. 7, 2025

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