The MeidasTouch Podcast - Dems TURN TABLE on GOP at KEY DEBATES for CONTROL

Episode Date: October 10, 2024

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senatorial debates taking place where Democrats have been going on the offense against these MAGA Republicans. And we're seeing a theme develop across the country. Let's start in Arizona with Ruben Gallego in his race against Carrie Lake. Take a look at this moment from that debate. Let's play it. She would literally leave these towns abandoned. No have you not visited why have you not visited them and talk to them you've been to Mar-a-Lago more than you have to the

border if you had been to the border and actually talked to these towns talk to these nonprofits talk to these mayors they would tell you we need this or else we're going to have chaos but you have been more interested in the talking point she wants a solution. And Arizona's going to get hurt. Arizona's going to get hurt. You have hurt Arizona. I've been to the border more times.

We've given you a chance on this. I've been to the border more times than you've probably been to Arizona. Mr. Gallego, let's switch. Here's another moment from that incredible debate. Let me show it with you. This is why I have more support from elected officials and leaders in this country and in this state than she does. Border mayors that used to campaign with her are now campaigning with me because they don't think that she's serious about this. As a matter of fact, we have 45 Republicans, again, that aren't campaigning with her.

And what it seems like, Donald Trump doesn't want to campaign with her anymore either. He's not allowing her pictures on any of his billboards. So this is what we're seeing right now, a candidate that could only talk but doesn't actually produce results. And here's one more, I think, key moment from that debate. Let me share with you right here. She's in denial about climate change, but we should not be surprised that she's still in denial about the 2022 election. And now I give you one minute. You have one minute. Will you finally tell the people of Arizona, did you win or lose that election? Can I talk about water really quickly? I'm going to give you 30 seconds to respond.

Please talk about water. Are we going to also talk about water separately? We're running out of time. So 30 seconds. Let's talk about water. He's had 10. Here's a moment that you may have seen before. This is in the New Jersey Senate debate.

You have the MAGA candidate, Curtis Bashaw, running against the Democratic Congressmember Andy Kim and Curtis Bashaw the MAGA candidate kind of freezes and looks to have a medical issue. You'll see Andy Kim approaches him to help. Watch what takes place here. Let's play it. I think that we need to make sure that we are dealing with affordability in a sensible way. Are you okay? Are you okay?

Yeah. Okay. Do you want to? I think maybe we need to take a commercial break and address some issues here on the stage. Stay with us. Then you have the race in Pennsylvania between Bob Casey and Dave McCormick. Bob Casey, current senator of the Commonwealth, Dave McCormick challenging him. Should share this with you first.

This is what Donald Trump said about Dave McCormick when Donald Trump was speaking in Pennsylvania the other night. Play it. He's tough as hell. David, I know you just spoke. Just come here, say it like for two seconds because nobody wants to hear you right now. Just come up.

Let me show you some key moments from that debate. Here's what Bob Casey had to say. He calls out McCormick here. Let's play it. Under 16. How would you enforce that and what penalties would you impose on social media companies that don't begin to think about how to have approvals and turn on buttons that allow parents to be much more involved in turning off social media. And I think there's evidence to suggest this poses a real problem to mental health. But there's a much bigger mental health crisis than just social media. It's happening in our schools. It's happening across our country. It's happening with veterans, something I've been very involved in. Since Senator Casey's been in office, there's been 20 years of 22 veterans a day killing themselves. This is absolutely unthinkable.

It's indefensible. So if I get to the Senate, one of the first things I'm going to do is focus on veterans' benefits. There's a huge mental health crisis with veterans, and work to make sure that the veterans have the care they need so 22 a day aren't killing themselves. This is part of the reason we have a recruiting crisis, part of the reason we have the homeless problem with veterans and work to make sure that the veterans have the care they need so 22 a day aren't killing themselves. This is part of the reason we have a recruiting crisis, part of the reason we have the homeless problem with veterans. It says a lot about a country in terms of the way they've treated the people that serve. I know this as someone who serves. Time is up. Mr. Casey, your Democratic colleague, Senator Blumenthal, supports similar legislation on youth and social media. Do you support any restrictions on children using that? You have 60

seconds. Yeah, I do. And I just voted for the bill. Thank goodness, a bipartisan bill in the Senate to help kids to protect them, but also to protect their privacy. I want to mention something that Mr. McCormick said about veterans. I commend his service to the country. At the same time, I've also got a strong record of supporting VA health care every time it comes up for a vote, but also being one of those senators leading the way to pass the PACT Act, the first time that we've been able to help those veterans who serve near those toxic burn pits. It's a great achievement. More than a million veterans benefited from that. On social media, though, here's the difference. I've just voted for that bill. But here's the difference. This is a candidate who invested his own personal money in a website that platforms hate, Holocaust denial, and anti-Semitism.

That's not good for anyone of any age to look at. And there's no question that young people see that. And it was a bad investment. I don't know why he continues to make money off of that kind of a platform. Okay, gentlemen, time is very... Here's another moment from that debate. Project, 60 seconds. When I said I'm for all the above energy portfolio, I include nuclear. We've got a strong nuclear base in Pennsylvania. I'm glad to see activity there at that site. We have to know more about what they're asking for. They asked for a loan guarantee, and that'll go to the Department of Energy. But look, Dennis, when we have those opportunities, we should take them to have investments made in our energy infrastructure,

energy resources. But again, I'll go back to the same point. Mr. McCormick doesn't want to talk about those investments because he knows that people get a little uncomfortable when you've invested in an adversary and made money off of it. Over and over again, he's invested in adversaries and made a lot of money off it. And I don't think that's the kind of senator we want because it seems like the same guy who spent time as a CEO prioritizing China now would go to the U.S. Senate and prioritize those billionaires. Hell, those billionaires are paying for more than half his ads. A small group of out-of-state billionaires supporting a candidate who is living out-of-state. Mr. McCormick, same question. Today's modern diet makes it hard to avoid extra sugar. It's in just about everything. And let's be honest,

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Thank you to ZBiotics for sponsoring this episode. And yet again, here's another moment from that key senatorial debate in Pennsylvania. Let's play it. Look, I know he's going to continue to brag about his record as a hedge fund CEO. So let's talk a little more about that. He's also a hedge fund CEO who silenced women when they came forward to make allegations about sexual harassment. He silenced women at the same time he was doing that. I was passing legislation with Pat Toomey to get tougher on predators who are targeting minors and also passing legislation to make it more difficult for anyone to commit the crime of sexual assault

on a campus. Speaking of Pennsylvania, here is a really critical debate for a congressional seat there involving Scott Perry and Janelle Stelzen, the Democrat. Scott Perry involved in the insurrection. His phone was subpoenaed. Here's Janelle Stelzen calling out Scott Perry for attacking the benefits of Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district. I think it's interesting that on his own website, my opponent, Scott Perry, said he not only wanted to cut Medicare and Social Security, but he wanted to raise taxes. And he also wanted to raise the eligibility age to 69. And I don't know about you, but I've had an awful lot of folks tell me that that would really devastate their lifestyles.

A, many of them have been working since they were teenagers and don't want to continue to nearly age 70. That's a real problem for them. And they want to be able to retire with dignity and see their grandkids, if that means taking a train to Nebraska or something. You know, you can't, this is a promise America made to workers

who paid into the system and earned their benefits. You can't re this is a promise America made to workers who paid into the system and earned their benefits. You can't renege on that. And here is another moment from that debate right there, right here, that I think you should definitely see where you see Scott Perry asked about being the only member of Congress to vote against expanding veterans health care. Here, watch this. Okay, but Mr.ry sir you served in the

military for nearly four decades however in congress you have voted against expanding health care for veterans exposed to toxic substances you were the only pennsylvania congress person to vote against the housing our military veterans effectively act can you explain those no votes 60 seconds yeah thank you so much for the opportunity. You know, my mom used to tell me, if everybody's going to jump off the cliff, are you going to jump off the cliff? And my opponent has made a case of this, that everybody voted for it, but I didn't. Let's talk about the Michigan Senate seat. Here is Alyssa Slotkin right here at a really important moment calling out Mike Rogers. Let's play it.

I believe in a woman's right to choose. I did not support overturning Roe v. Wade. And if a bill came in front of the US Senate to codify Roe, I would vote for it. But I think this is a really important distinction between the two of us. Mike Rogers was 20 years as a legislator. He voted for every single ban, every restriction, every bill that came across his desk to make it harder for a woman and to ban in some cases, a woman and her right to choose. 56 times in total, we checked the math.

To me, every single time he was casting one of those votes, he was saying something very particular. He was saying to women, he does not trust you to make your own decisions about your own family planning every single time. When it comes to our rights and protecting ourselves, I think it is important that we have someone in the seat who does that. He voted and sponsored bills that would make it impossible to have IVF and contraception. If he does not trust us to protect our own rights, do not trust him. Congressman, you've got 30 seconds. Here's another moment from that debate. Let's play it.

Of being unilaterally pro-life, of never breaking once with his party on this issue, right? So, it's not a talking point to women. It is our lives. It's whether we bleed to death in a parking lot. It's who and when gets to decide how we have a family. Do not trust him. All right, let's get another. Here's another moment. Let's show it to you. I was here in Michigan and I voted yes on Proposition 3. You were in Florida. You voted in Florida. You weren't here. Here's, I think, another key highlight from that debate. Let me share it with you now. Look, there's no need to throw names around here or yell epitaphs at each other. We have a record.

He voted to raise the retirement age. That's not a fabrication. That's in his record. It's public. I'm not sure he remembers. He's been down in Florida for a few years. But your record when you vote in Congress is public. So we know that you voted to privatize or cut Social Security.

We know that you voted five times against allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices, like the most simple thing. Just make sense to the common person. Going to Colorado's eighth congressional district, here's the Democrat, Yadira Carvalho, play this clip. Supreme Court that Donald Trump, who has endorsed my opponent, has said he is very proud to have set up. My opponent celebrated the fall of Roe v. Wade. Now that he's running for Congress, he suddenly does not want a national abortion ban, even though he filled out a questionnaire in just the way that Kyle described two years ago. And he has described himself as as pro-life as they come. That

decision of whether to have a child or not, it needs to be between a doctor and a woman. And here, her challenger, Gabe Evans, won't say, this is the MAGA candidate, Gabe Evans, won't say that children shouldn't be hit by adults in public schools. Let's play it. When should children be hit in school? I was a part-time school resource officer for about two years at my law enforcement agency. And so one of the biggest things that I hear from teachers is- I apologize, sir, if you're not going to answer the question, we're going to use the time. Ms. Caraveo.

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