The MeidasTouch Podcast - Democrats COMPLETELY SHRED Republicans at New Hearings

Episode Date: September 15, 2023

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on what took place at new Congressional hearings where Democrats had perfect messaging and pushed back at the GOP nonsense, exposed the dangerous Republican policies, and called out Republicans for doing Donald Trump’s bidding and for their rampant hypocrisy. Get up to 40% off for a limited time when you go to https://shopbeam.com/MEIDAS to try Beam's best-selling Dream Powder! Remember to subscribe to ALL the Meidas Media Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://pod.link/1510240831 Legal AF: https://pod.link/1580828595 The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://pod.link/1595408601 The Influence Continuum: https://pod.link/1603773245 Kremlin File: https://pod.link/1575837599 Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://pod.link/1530639447 The Weekend Show: https://pod.link/1612691018 The Tony Michaels Podcast: https://pod.link/1561049560 American Psyop: https://pod.link/1652143101 Burn the Boats: https://pod.link/1485464343 Majority 54: https://pod.link/1309354521 Political Beatdown: https://pod.link/1669634407 Lights On with Jessica Denson: https://pod.link/1676844320 MAGA Uncovered: https://pod.link/1690214260 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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free of charge bet mgm operates pursuant to an operating agreement with iGaming ontario i'm ben mysellis from the midas touch network democrats return to congress with fury, ready to push back against MAGA Republican nonsense, lies, and gaslighting. And I know a lot of people say Democrats need to become better messengers. I hear that over again, but this new class of Democrats, I think are pitch perfect messengers. Let's go through what occurred at the various congressional committee hearings. This is Democratic Congress member Dan Goldman, who talked about how President Zelensky was able to stand up to Donald Trump's threats and extortion, unlike the Republican Party, which has caved and is now pursuing an impeachment inquiry of President Biden. Play the clip.

And so why are we going to spend the next few months on a bogus and sham impeachment inquiry? Because Donald Trump wants them to. And Donald Trump has been calling them and urging them to do it because he was impeached twice. One of those impeachments of Donald Trump was because he tried to extort the president of Ukraine to investigate Hunter Biden. The president of Ukraine refused. Unfortunately, House Republicans don't have the spine that President Zelensky has, and they are now doing Donald Trump's bidding. Next up, Democratic Congress member Jared Moskowitz.

Here, Jared Moskowitz says, Do the MAGA Republicans think that we just forgot that Jared Kushner received $2 billion from the Saudis? Yeah, and unlike Hunter, Jared Kushner had an official billion from the Saudis. Yeah. And unlike Hunter, Jared Kushner had a official position in the government that was, wait a minute, running America's Middle East policy, when in fact, Jared Kushner couldn't get a security clearance. Play this clip of Jared Moskowitz. We sit here, we hear our colleagues bring up certain things like, oh, the Biden family took money from a foreign entity, right? And it's just like, well, really? I mean, do they really not know that Jared Kushner took $2 billion from the Saudis? I mean, by the way, they go on Twitter and blame the Saudis for 9-11. But then Jared Kushner, who, by the way,

was not a wealth expert before he worked in the White House, nor was he a Middle East expert before he worked there, gets $2 billion from the Saudis, and they don't have any questions. And I just think that the American people recognize that they have no credibility. It's why the stuff they've been selling in this committee for nine months has not translated, which is why they got to start it all over again. It just, you don't have any credibility when you only want to look at one side of the coin. Right? Next up, Democratic Congress member Robert Garcia, who also points out that what really should be looked at

is Jared Kushner getting $2 billion from the Saudis. Play this clip. Madam Speaker, I arrived today to urge House Republicans to investigate one of the modern American scandals and political cons. Now, why did the Saudi government give Jared Kushner two billion dollars just months after he left the Trump White House? Kushner, who oversaw Middle East policy for his father in law, has enriched himself and his family in what is clearly an enormous grift and likely serious conflict of interest crimes. So let's review.

First, Jared Kushner conned his way to a cushy White House job with no clear job description and no experience. Then he took it upon himself to prioritize pushing out the U.S. Secretary of State so he could cozy up to the Saudi government. Now, once he was close enough to the Saudis, we have records of a $110 billion arms deal between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia that was inflated at the direction of Jared Kushner. Then mere months after Kushner exits the White House, what happens? The crown prince of Saudi Arabia overrules his own investment advisors and sends $2 billion to Kushner's company's bank account. Now, in the exact words of Republican Chris Christie, who I'll quote,

the grift from this family is breathtaking. It's breathtaking. Jared Kushner and Ivanka Kushner walk out of the White House and months later get $2 billion from the Saudis. Now, some colleagues from across the aisle have explicitly said the Kusher family has engaged in business dealings that may have crossed the ethical line. And I agree. Yet they refuse to act. Is this the same party that's obsessed with President Biden's family? And the American people deserve answers. And I urge my colleagues across the aisle to answer all our calls and subpoena Jared Kusher's company once and for all. Thank answers. And I urge my colleagues across the aisle to answer all our calls and subpoena Jared

Kuster's company once and for all. Thank you. And I yield back. Next up, AOC, Democratic Congresswoman. And AOC is like, look, so the mega Republicans wanted to hold a hearing on the courts, but not address the actual corruption in the courts. Let's take this one example. How about right-wing extremist

Supreme Court Justice Alito? Let's talk about what Alito did and how he got taken on a fishing trip and then ruled in favor of a large corporation that then made that corporation and CEO $2.4 billion. Play the clip. I believe he did not. He did not recuse himself from this case. And in fact, he used his seat on the Supreme Court after all of this to rule in Singer's favor. And following the decision, Mr. Singer's hedge fund was ultimately paid $2.4 billion because of this ruling. Not a bad return on investment for a fishing trip there. Now, Professor Clark, would a federal judge in a lower court be required to recuse themselves? The generality of the time has expired. May I answer the question, sir?

I think the discretion of the chair, yes, you can answer the question. Thank you, sir. Yes, there's a federal statute, I believe it's 28 U.S.C. 455, that does require recusal by both justices and judges under certain circumstances. Here's AOC on the courts again. Play the clip. influence in our courts, I was so excited because I thought, finally, we are going to address the biggest scandal in American democracy currently having, that we are currently having right now, which is the extraordinary corruption and wholesale purchase of members of the Supreme Court. And I also find it amusing that we just heard from the Republican side, why do we want to talk about this? Because women have lost the right to choose, because indigenous people have lost rights, because minorities have lost rights, because working people across the country have lost rights due to this level of corruption. And if we're

going to talk about third parties, let's talk about the Federalist Society, which has not only had deep ties to Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife Ginny, but has also helped choose judicial nominees for the Republican Party and directed multimillion-dollar media campaigns to confirm them, including a multimillionmillion dollar media campaign for Justice Alito, who seems to like using the Wall Street Journal as his personal press secretary. Did you know that poor sleep can cause weight gain, mood issues, poor mental health, and lower productivity? Sleep is the foundation of our mental and physical health and performance in our days. Having a consistent nighttime routine is non-negotiable. I know in my own

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Association, American Property Casualty Insurance Association, the Advanced Medical Technology Association, the Institute for Legal Reform, the International Legal Finance Association, National Association of Manufacturers, Jerry Theodoro at the R Street Institute, without objection, so ordered. I would now like to yield five minutes to Ms. Ocasio-Cortez. Thank you. And I thank for the listing of all the special interests involved in addition in this hearing. Now- Here is Democratic Congress member Ro Khanna, I think asking some really tough and important questions of the Johnson & Johnson lawyer

who has, I think, completely inflated the price of an important leukemia drug, whereas Johnson & Johnson makes record profits. But apparently the witness who showed up wasn't able to answer the questions. Watch Democratic Congressmember Ro Khanna play the clip. Trying to trick you. It treats leukemia. Do you know what the price that Johnson & Johnson has set for it? I do not have that on my fingers. It's $484 per capsule per tablet, which works out to about $14,000 per month, which works out to about $160,000 per year for leukemia patients.

Now, do you know, or I can tell you, how much money, gross revenue, that Johnson & Johnson has made from this drug over the last 10 years? Congressman, it's not something that I'm an expert at, not something I'm here to testify to today. $22 billion. Do you know the gross profits of Johnson & Johnson in 2023? I couldn't tell you that. $65 billion. So just to recap, you've got a pill for leukemia patients. You sell it at $484 per capsule. That's $160,000 a year. You've made $22 billion over that over the last 10 years, and you're making

$65 billion in profit. Now, we have passed as a Congress, and the President has signed a bill saying, you know what, let Medicare negotiate to try to bring that price down. And you and your department, because you're Assistant General Counsel, have filed a lawsuit saying that that negotiation would be an unjust taking. Let me ask you this. Do you believe when the Veterans Administration negotiates for drug prices with you that that

is a violation of the takings clause? Congressman, I appreciate the question. The basis for our litigation against HHS with respect to the Inflation Reduction Act are fully disclosed in our complaint. I'm not an expert in this area. You're here, you're the Assistant General Counsel for a company that is accusing the United States government of taking your property because we're negotiating. And you can't answer a simple question about, I'm just a yes or a no, does the Veterans Affairs

negotiation with Johnson & Johnson constitute a taking? Congressman, we believe that the IRA constraints... No, I'm not asking about the IRA. I'm asking you about, do you believe the Veterans Affairs, when they negotiate, does that constitute a taking? Congressman, again, that is not a litigation, here's one more clip. Democratic Congress member Jared Moskowitz. And here, Congress member Moskowitz is saying, I just want to, I wonder how these MAGA Republicans like even pick these witnesses. They're like, let's find a sympathetic oil guy

and bring him here and try to sell us a sob story. Watch this. You know, sometimes when I sit here, I often think to myself, who's in the room when these things get planned out? And like how let's decide who we're going to call. Like, I don't know, let me find some sympathetic people to bring to this hearing today. Let me find a giant bankrupt corporation. Let me find an oil guy to talk about the Gulf of Mexico 12 times and how our national parks are getting better because of the Gulf of Mexico. Not really during the BP oil spill, but we won't go into that.

We talk about judicial activism. I mean, I often think to myself, like, was it not judicial activism when we had a judge meet with US senators and say privately that Roe v. Wade was precedent on precedent and then go in front of the Senate under oath and say the same thing? And then in their very first time, right, take back a law that had been there for 50 years. That's not judicial activism. And by the way, it would be an anomaly, except it didn't happen once, it happened twice. Two judges appointed by Donald Trump that went and met with senators and said Roe v. Wade was precedent on precedent, and then went in front of the Senate under oath and said the same thing, and then get on precedent, and then went in front of the Senate under oath

and said the same thing, and then get on the court. And in their very first couple of years, what do they do? They get rid of a law that had been there for 50 years. And so listen, I'm more than happy to listen to the cries of judicial activism, but we can no longer sit here and just pick when we like it and when we don't because it fits the politics of our time or the narrative that we're interested in. We sit here and we hear about- Folks, that is pitch perfect messaging right there by Democrats. I miss these

hearings. We covered it a lot. Then there was August recess, but Democrats need to keep calling these MAGA Republicans out and they need to demonstrate to the American people what thoughtful, intelligent, sarcastic discourse works. And they got to point out how these MAGA Republican committees are just seeking to confuse and distort and harm American interests and how Congress should be working towards solutions, not stupidity and dangerous fascism that we see the MAGA Republicans focused on time and time again. Tell me what you think in the comments about this new class of Democratic Congress members. I'm Ben Maisicellis from the Midas Touch Network. Hit subscribe. We're on our way to 2 million subscribers.

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