The MeidasTouch Podcast - Dem Leader Finally GOES ON OFFENSE against GOP in House

Episode Date: December 8, 2024

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Democratic House leader Hakeem Jeffries finally going on the offense against MAGA Republicans in the House. VIIA: Try VIIA Hemp! https://bit.ly/viiameidas and use code MEIDAS Visit https://meidastouch.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Coalition of the Sane: https://meidasnews.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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the election. The House Republicans said they were going to protect Social Security and Medicare, and so did their presidential nominee. And now we learn after the election that House Republicans are planning to try to cut Medicare and Social Security and end it as we know it. House Republicans said before the election that they were focused on improving the quality of life of working class Americans. But after the election, they're focused on tax cuts for the wealthy, the well-off, and the well-connected. Then Democratic Congress member Hakeem Jeffries continued and talked about the only mandate that really exists after this election is that people are worried about the prices of things and the MAGA policies are only going to raise people's prices. Play this clip.

With the election behind us and considering it's now already the end of the year, how do you envision the future of Democratic Party? Well, you know, we look forward to continuing to do the people's business in the new Congress. And as we've repeatedly indicated, we're going to fight hard to make a difference in the lives of the American people. To the extent that there was any mandate that has emerged from this most recent election, it is that the American people want us to work hard to lower the high cost of living and to bring down grocery prices, gas prices, the cost of child care, and housing costs. And that will be a focus of House Democrats as we move forward. Let's talk about what Hakeem Jeffries also said during this press conference. He said, look, all these MAGA Republicans, this is going to be a very, very close majority to House Republicans to Democrats. 217 to 215 right now after Democrats flipped some red seats blue.

Take a look at what Democratic Congressmember Hakeem Jeffries says here. Let's play the clip. On the Doge proposal here, should Democrats be more involved in this? Are you disappointed that Mr. Musk and Ramaswamy didn't come to meet with you? Do you think that the opportunities here, that their political appetite is bigger than their parliamentary stomach when it comes to getting some of these things done? Yeah, it's unclear to me what exactly the objective is related to this so-called doge initiative from our perspective we want a federal government that is effective and efficient and equitable and to the extent the other side of the aisle shares that objective which is what is right for the american people uh then we'll see if there's

common ground that's possible. But does it worry you about the idea that they're doing this just with these two guys who are part of the government, who don't have experience directly in understanding discretionary, non-discretionary spending, and therefore should Democrats be directly involved and say, look, you know, we don't want waste, fraud and abuse. Democrats will, of course, have to be directly involved to the extent that there is any legislative aspect of this and we will by necessity be engaged because it's clear that the incoming house republican majority will not be able to do much without us look the mega republicans in the house today are kind of demonstrating what hakeem jefferson is correct they're showing that they're

just not gonna do anything at all and just pursue again these ridiculous witch-hunts here you have congresswoman Emilio Takis MAGA Republican congresswoman here she talks about we're still gonna be our main priority is we're focusing on hunter Biden still hunter Hunter Biden, really? Play the clip. Our investigation must continue, I believe, to let the American people know the truth, even if these pardons are taking place. You know, Congressman, everything you said is really important. The American people, because the media didn't cover,

then watchdogs have been criticizing them for not covering what you've been talking about for a long time. And the other thing, too, is the wording of the U.S. Constitution shows it's unconstitutional to do preemptive pardons. So show the wording of the Constitution. It doesn't say anything. It says pardons for offenses, not future offenses or potential offenses down the road. That means Biden's blanket pardon, Hunter Biden, can be challenged and thrown out in court. I agree, and I think it should be. And I think that you'll see members from the Oversight Committee and other committees that have worked so diligently on this try to seek out those arguments because...

Then you had MAGA Republican Congress member Chip Roy saying, Look, all of these sex assault and rape allegations against Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's pick to be the Secretary of Defense. According to this MAGA Republican congressman, he goes, hasn't everybody done that? Doesn't everybody have indiscretions like that? Here, play the clip. Pete Hegseth was an exceptional pick. I know he's under fire from the Senate, but he's under fire from squishy senators who have been against everything we want to do. And so I hope Pete holds the line all the way through. I'm defending him and we should all defend him. You know, look, we've all had some indiscretions in our past and things like that. Every human has. But good grief,

Pete Exup, you know, he's got the support of so many people and he represents somebody who would take on the defense establishment. And we need that. Desperately need that. Bobby Kennedy. You and I disagree with Bobby Kennedy on a lot of things, Charlie. Life in particular. But Bobby Kennedy represents somebody who would shake up the health care establishment.

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That's what MAGA Republicans are focusing on, passing performative legislation like that. Also, it should be noted that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy met with MAGA Republicans in the House yesterday, talked about cutting your Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. That's what they reported. That's what's being reported on Fox. That's what they're going to do. It's all on the table. Your Social Security, your Medicare, your Medicaid. Say goodbye. Play the clip. Nothing is psychosomatic. Nothing. They're gonna put everything on the table. That's what they told lawmakers. Everything is on the table,

and that includes Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. Also on the Hill today, MAGA Republican Senator Kevin Cramer suggesting that the allegations against Pete Hegseth, including the letter by Hegseth's mommy about you're an abuser of women's son and you need help. This is all part of an elaborate smear campaign. Here, play this clip.

Performance keep coming forward, but do you expect that there will be more pop-ups concerning this confirmation? Well, it's interesting because clearly over the course of time, Democrats and the left have become more aggressive in terms of smear campaigns. You know, there was the Brett Kavanaugh one, which was a single person. You know, now she came forward, you know, and revealed herself. But they've sort of taken this tactic now where you find that a few things exaggerate them, you know, pile on you will over the course of time so do I expect that sure they're very well could be but one of the most important questions maybe the most important question I asked Pete was are there any surprises because in our business

surprises kill you you know yeah Pete not having experience in politics God love him and he said that we've racked our brains and thought through it can't think of anything else that could come up that unless unless um somebody makes something up so finally one of the topics on the hill as well is uh kash patel donald trump picked to be fbi director here is a super cut right here kash patel saying how he agrees a lot with the QAnon movement. Here, play the clip. Patel has dipped his toe into this QAnon world a bit over the years, has flirted with us. On Truth Social, there's a Q account.

Whether or not it's the real Q, I'm not going to get into. Are you a Q account? Like, so, like everything else, you have to have fun with it. The Q thing is a movement. A lot of people attach themselves to it. I disagree with a lot of what that movement says, but I agree with what a lot of that movement says. The QAnon movement has long been associated with radicalization and hate, and QAnon iconography was seen throughout the January 6 mob. Is that Donnie O'Sullivan?

Q has posted how many times? 4,967 times. Q posted about Kash Patel. Yes, twice. And said, Kashyap Patel, a name to remember. Q has been so right on so many things. I'll get off that subject. No, he has.

And I agree with you. He has. He has. And you got to take a, you got to harness that following that Q has garnered and just sort of tweak it a little bit. That's all I'm saying. Well, there you have it, folks. You see Democrats fighting back. You see what they're fighting against. You can make the decision which side you think is doing the bidding of the American people. Judge for yourself. Hit subscribe. Let's get to 4

million. Thanks for watching.