The MeidasTouch Podcast - GOP Leaders Crash and Burn in Weekend from Hell

Episode Date: March 10, 2025

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exclusions, and terms apply. Instacart, groceries that over-deliver. The MAGA Republicans having a disastrous weekend, as I previously reported. They're canceling all of their town halls because they know that they're going to get asked difficult questions or they're going to get booed, So they're avoiding those. Also, they rolled out what they claim to be a continuing resolution, a CR to keep the government funded. But when you actually look at this 99 page document, it's actually not a continuing resolution. It's part of Trump and Musk's plan just to destroy the government. I mean, take a quick look, as Jamie Dupree says, a quick look at the GOP, quote unquote, continuing resolution. There are 22 different instances in

the bill where funding for certain programs is set at zero dollars. Just look, for example, for example, for the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Energy, $0, $0, $0 on major pieces of funding, $116 million here, $38 million there. And why this is so deceptive as well is a continuing resolution usually just means you take the existing budget and you continue it because you can't pass your own budget. The MAGA Republicans have been using continuing resolutions over and over again because they're so incompetent, they can't pass a budget. And usually when you talk about CRs, you want it to be clean. So there's not all this other language in there that you have to parse through because then if there's other language, you would say

pass an actual budget versus a CR, a clean one that just takes the budget and rolls it over. So this is really just a way to kind of be deceptive while gutting. I mean, look, agriculture. This is a way to be deceptive and gut education and all of these things that Americans rely on. By the way, there's nothing in there about no tax on tips, nothing in there about no tax on Social Security, nothing in there about no tax on tips, nothing in there about no tax on

social security, nothing in there about no tax on overtime, more lies from the liar in chief, Donald Trump. Then you have the MAGA Republicans going on TV to try to justify all of these things like MAGA Republican Nancy May. She's like, Elon's a genius. We need more cuts. I'd like to see the whole government get destroyed. This is what Nancy May says, listen to her say it. Let's talk about Elon Musk for a minute. His critics are saying that he is usurping powers that should belong to the president or should belong to the Congress. The Congress has the power of the purse. He's the one who's been cutting positions in various government agencies. Where do you come down on that? I don't think Elon Musk can cut

enough. And in fact, I'd like to see him cut more. And I'm so grateful as a member of Congress, on average, you know, you have 15 to 20 full-time employees, not all of us. We just, we don't have the time or the ability to find all the waste, fraud and abuse. And what he's done in a few short weeks with his large team, they have the same clearances, the same qualifications as anybody else taking a look at this information, this data, What he's done is a great service to his country, a great service to every hardworking American to expose some of this so that when we do get in there, when we do take that scalpel and we do start cutting away, that he's been able to find the fat that we got to trim. And I am so grateful every day for what Doge is doing, what Elon Musk is doing in service to his nation. You know, some people say he's going too far.

I don't think he's going far enough, quite frankly. There is certainly enormous waste, fraud, abuse across every agency, across the federal government. Then you've got MAGA Republican Brian Fitzpatrick claims that Trump cutting off intelligence sharing with Ukraine is actually part of the art of the deal. It's escalate to de-escalate. Help Russia, but then that helps reach a peace deal. The hell is he even talking about? Play this clip. Let's talk about Elon Musk for a minute. His critics are saying that he is usurping powers that should belong to the president or should belong to the Congress. The Congress has the

power of the purse. He's the one who's been cutting positions in various government agencies. Where do you come down on that? I don't think Elon Musk can cut enough. And in fact, I'd like to see him cut more. And I'm so grateful as a member of Congress, on average, you know, you have 15 to 20 full-time employees, not all of us. We just, we don't have the time or the ability to find all the waste, fraud and abuse. And what he's done in a few short weeks with his large team, they have the same clearances, the same qualifications as anybody else taking a look at this information, this data. What he's done is a great service to his country, a great service to every hardworking American to expose some of this so that when we do get in there, when we do take that scalpel and

we do start cutting away, that he's been able to find the fat that we got to trim. And I am so grateful every day for what Doge is doing, what Elon Musk is doing in service to his nation. You know, some people say he's going too far. I don't think he's going far enough, quite frankly. There is there is certainly enormous waste, fraud, abuse across every agency, across the federal government. I want to give a shout out to Democratic Congress member Alkin Kloss, who's, you've seen him here on the Midas Touch Network. Here he calls out the panel that includes Republicans as well, saying, look, Republicans are not even saying the most basic statement. Ukraine is right, Russia is wrong.

Here, play this clip. There's 300 billion euros of frozen assets being held in Brussels right now that France and Germany and Belgium have Russian assets. That's right. If Congress signaled in a bipartisan fashion that one, we want Ukraine to win this war, we believe Russia was the aggressor, not Ukraine. And two, that we support our European allies in giving security guarantees to Ukraine paid for with Russian assets. I think we could get to resolution very quickly. Congressional Republicans are not stepping up and just saying the very basic sentence of Ukraine is right, Russia is wrong. Let me ask you a question, Congressman Gonzalez. And then Democratic Congress member Alkin Kloss looks at MAGA Republican Representative Tony Gonzalez after Gonzalez claims that Doge is popular and Alkin Kloss brings the receipts.

That's why I love having Alkin Kloss on this show here playing this clip. Doge is very popular in my district. People are going, what is this? I mean, you listen to the State of the Union and President Trump goes down the list and you're hearing some of these things, money to Zamunda for research on squirrels, and you're like, no way this could be true. That's a lot of the talk in my district. Is it popular to cut health care for the 40% of kids in this country who rely on Medicaid to pay for tax cuts for people who don't need tax cuts? That's not going to be popular. You know well. Let me just bring in Brenda right now. That is what congressional Republicans are doing. Those is a misdirection tactic. The focus of effort is that

they're going to take $880 billion out of health care that seniors rely on for at home care, that kids rely on for primary care, and they're going to use it to give the 1% massive tax cuts. Everyone obviously supports getting rid of waste, fraud and abuse. So let me remove that from the conversation for a second. Then Donald Trump brings out his Commerce Secretary, Howard Lutnick, who says, yes, the tariffs will go back on April 2nd unless we end the fentanyl. End the fentanyl? You're ending programs that help combat fentanyl. By the way, where is what about the bipartisan border deal? You're not doing that

to stop it. You're just going to talk about it and say, we need to end fentanyl and then just defame Canada? Here, play this clip. For a second, that's going to be reciprocal tariffs, and I'm happy to talk about that, but let's try to keep those two different. Okay, understood, but you say he's not going to take his foot off the gas. Does that mean these are permanent tariffs? Mr. Secretary, can you provide clarity? Yes or no? If fentanyl ends, I think these will come off. But if fentanyl does not end or he's uncertain about it, they will stay this way until he is comfortable. This is black and white. You've got to save American lives. So with respect to fentanyl, this is about the border and fentanyl,

and that's an agreement between the president and the two leaders of Canada. Of course, Justin Trudeau's got a lot to say. Of course, he's leaving in, like, days, so it's not really that fun to listen to some guy who's trying to create sort of a mess for Canada, which he's trying to do. President Scheinbaum did a much more calm, thoughtful conversation with President Trump. And that's why this is the result. She was able to negotiate it because she said a thousand more people on the

border stopping fentanyl from coming into this country. And you've got MAGA Republican Congresswoman Laurel Lee from Florida attacking the district courts for issuing injunctions against Trump's unlawful conduct. Let's play it. And what we saw this week was a district court that really exceeded the authority that it has and issued another one of these nationwide injunctions that are proliferating in our lower courts and really are an inappropriate use of what should be a very limited power. So that's something that I know we're also going to be looking at is how we can reduce or stop that court shopping. And even the Supreme Court called it an aggrandation of judicial power and judicial hubris. So we need to really look at how we can prevent that from happening. I often get asked, what's the secret to how Midas Touch has grown so fast? I said, it's easy. To the community, the Midas Mighty number one. Then we have to make good content. Number three,

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Upgrade your selling today. Sign up for your $1 per month trial period right here. dot com slash Midas, all lowercase. That's Shopify dot com slash Midas and get that one dollar per month trial period right now. Thanks, Shopify. By the way, shout out to Democratic Congress member Jake Alkencloss. Again, this is a great line, I thought, where he goes, Zelensky flew into Washington, but he walked into the Kremlin. Here, play this clip. As well, we were doing a town hall in the biggest city in my district. Democrats still do town halls. And this city voted for Donald Trump in 2024, first time in 100 years. The most resonant theme of the day that I heard from these Americans was how livid they are about the way that President

Trump behaved in the Oval Office with Vladimir Zelensky. Zelensky flew to Washington, but he walked into the Kremlin. And the propaganda that they heard from the commander in chief made Americans feel less safe and made them feel ashamed. This is an opportunity for congressional Republicans to distance themselves from this abomination and to demonstrate that Americans are going to stand for freedom and democracy. Because with all due respect, people do win wars. United States won World War II. It made this world safe for freedom and democracy. We are now making it less safe for freedom and democracy by giving Russia all the cards that Donald Trump claims they have. Well, I would add it's time for America to have all the cards. I don't want to see any,

I don't want American daughters and sons going to fight wars just like I did. Now I want to contrast this for you. Here are some of the Democratic leaders in the House and the Senate, you know, leading some rallies. I like to see them out there speaking to the people the same way we've been covering what Senator Bernie Sanders has been doing. But let's play this clip of Democrats in the House and Senate. Let's play it. A man worth over $400 billion is going to decide what happens with my grandma's social security and Senate. Let's play it. people. We are here to fight back. Elon Musk gives $250 million to elect Donald Trump. And Donald Trump turns over the keys to the United States government to Elon Musk and his billionaire friends and his cronies. We know that we work for the American people. And what we're

not going to do is stand around where they pull this bull that they trying to pull right now. We are gonna be in your face. We are gonna be on your and we are gonna make sure you understand what democracy looks like. And this ain't it. And then contrast that to over here, the MAGA Republican Congress member Hudson, who leads the Republican Congressional Committee, campaign committee. And he's out there basically saying, look, we have to cancel all of our town halls because of George Soros. Here, play this clip. Unfortunately, the Democrat Party has hijacked these in-person town halls, busing people in whose sole purpose is to disrupt these meetings. And so you can't have a meaningful dialogue with your constituents. So my recommendation is use technology so you can have these meaningful dialogues,

so you can actually reach more constituents. A lot of people are really busy with their families and their jobs and their lives. They don't have time to go to a town hall meeting. Are you just concerned about the optics, though? I'm concerned about Democrat activists who are disrupting. Do you have proof that these are all Democrats sitting in these constituent town halls? Just y'all's news coverage. Have you held a town hall?

I held a lot of telephone town halls. I've got one coming up next week. Do you think it's important to have that face-to-face interaction with people in your district? I think it's the only way you can be a good representative. And that's why it's such a shame that the Democrats are a threat to democracy by disrupting this dialogue. So utterly stupid. Here's Democratic Senator Adam Schiff. Let's play it. trying to explain that these tariffs, these on-again, off-again tariffs, are not about trade. It's a drug war, but next month it's a trade war, but now it's a drug war. It was incomprehensible. And he was also trying to say that numbers, job numbers that came in less than expected

are somehow good news. They're destroying the economy, and they're making it harder and harder for Americans to afford things. That's where we need to keep the focus. That's why we lost the last election because we weren't laser focused on the high cost of living. And what they're doing now is just making it so much worse in the administration. And that's really what we need to emphasize. You've made it clear you're a... And then you have Donald Trump's Homeland Security Secretary, Kristi Noem, who shot and killed her dogs in her past. That's one of the things she was known for.

And here she talks about when it comes to reviving the policy of family separations. Here's what she says. ...legally and they can self-deport as well. We've set up a system and a website where people who are here illegally right now can register and they can choose to go home on their own and keep their families united. Well, the kids do have a choice. If they have parents, they make a choice to keep their families together if they want to or not. If parents make a decision to leave their children behind, then that's a choice that they made as a family. And we need to remember that when Americans break the law and they have consequences or face a situation, they're

separated from their families, too. I don't believe we should prioritize people from other countries above Americans. But when it comes to reviving the policy of separating families from their children at the border, actually reviving it ask you. President Biden didn't follow the law. He didn't follow the law in the fact that it's always been equally applied until his administration. And then he made decisions to ignore federal law in how he handled immigration and enforcement within our borders. And here MAGA Republican Representative Rick Scott acknowledges that there will be disturbances in economic policies. You know, Rick Scott got rich working for a company that pled, that issued, that reached

a settlement with the government. He invoked the fifth over 75 times, the biggest criminal case of Medicaid fraud. That's how he got his money. He's worth hundreds of millions of dollars, engaged in the types of fraud allegations that Musk and others were saying are the main problems. That's how this guy got rich. And now he's just saying, well, Americans will just have to deal with it. Here, play this clip. Quickly, if you could, sir, President Trump has acknowledged that there's going to be a little disturbance due to his economic policies. How bad is this disturbance going to be and how long is it going to last? Well, first off, Donald Trump walked in with a crappy economy. The number of full-time

jobs have been dropping, almost the entire Biden administration. This is a lot of work. Now, manufacturing jobs are coming back. That had not been happening under Biden. That's a big deal. The number one thing is we got to get American manufacturing back into this country. So I'm very optimistic that we're going to get this done. Now, is it work to balance the budget? Yeah, it's work. All right. We're going to stop wasting money. So people are going to go build. We're going to start building the private sector again and stop growing the public sector. That's going to cause some people to change jobs. Your constituents that are living paycheck to paycheck. How long is this disturbance going to last? Well, the disturbance is the 20 percent inflation under Biden. The fact there's no full time jobs. So it's already changing. We're already adding full

time jobs. We've already added 10, I think, 10,000 manufacturing jobs just last month. I'm very optimistic it's going to happen very quickly. OK. I mean, inflation was high, but it was not 20%. Senator Rick Scott. Well, there you have it, folks. Let me know what you think. And I like some of these Democrats fighting back. Hit subscribe.

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