The MeidasTouch Podcast - GOP starts EXTORTING its OWN MEMBERS over Trump Picks?!!

Episode Date: November 20, 2024

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Trump transition moving from absolute chaos to extortion. You now have MAGA Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene sending a strong message to other Republicans and the House of Representatives and to Republicans in the Senate that if you keep pushing to release an ethics report involving Matt Gaetz, which could show that Matt Gaetz engaged in sex trafficking of children, we are going to out you other Republicans. So don't you release that ethics report and don't you try to stop Matt Gaetz, someone who's accused of being a child sex trafficker, a drug user, and someone who has obstructed justice. Don't you

tank his nomination. Here's what Marjorie Taylor Greene just posted. She goes, for my Republican colleagues in the House and the Senate, if we're going to release ethics reports and rip apart our own that Trump has appointed, then put it all out there for the American people to see. Yes, all the ethics reports and claims, including the one I filed, all your sexual harassment and assault claims that were secretly settled, paying off victims with taxpayer money. The entire Jeffrey Epstein files. Yep, you have Marjorie Taylor Greene implicating other Republicans with Jeffrey Epstein. The Jeffrey Epstein files, the tapes, recordings, witness interviews, but not just those, there's more. Epstein wasn't, isn't the only asset. If we're going to dance, let's all dance in the sunlight, Republican colleagues.

So Marjorie Taylor Greene accusing other Republicans of engaging in sexual harassment, being with Epstein, just another day in the Trump MAGA Republican Party. Corporate media, is this the drama that you wanted? Are you happy about this? As many in the world are just horrified at America and our enemies are laughing. By the way, a hacker has apparently gotten access to the file containing the damaging testimony of women who were children at the time, who have made very credible allegations against Matt Gaetz of sex trafficking them. We reported yesterday that Matt Gaetz is alleged to have brought the children to the Fox News studios when he would do news hits and then would have them watch Broadway plays like pretty women.

Multiple women have apparently, who are representing by this lawyer, this lawyer's come forward on their behalf. We've also been reporting the following. The top Democrat on the ethics panel says she wants to publish the Gates report. It should certainly be released to the Senate. And I think it should be released to the public as we have done with many other investigative reports in the past. I mean, look, Matt Gaetz has now been nominated by Donald Trump to be the top law enforcement officer in these United States. I think the public deserves to know during a nomination process and a confirmation hearing if this individual is a child sex trafficker or not. I don't think that should

be controversial, but for Marjorie Taylor Greene, it's so controversial that she's now saying other Republicans, you're engaged in that conduct too. And I'm going to come for you and out your secrets if you out Matt Gaetz's secrets. Really, America? This is the Republican Party? This is who people voted for? Anyway, this article goes on to say, Representative Susan Wild is the Republican Party? This is who people voted for? Anyway, this article goes on to say, Representative Susan Wild, the top Democrat in the House Ethics Committee, said Monday she wants her panel's report on former Representative Matt Gaetz to be released to the public. Quote, it should certainly be released to the Senate, and I think it should be released to the public, as we've done with many of our investigative reports in the past. Both Republican and Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are pushing for access to the report. After Trump tapped Gates to be his attorney general last week,

Gates resigned from the House of Representatives hours after the announcement, amid rumors that the ethics report could be released in the coming days, complicating the decision to publish the findings of the investigation. The panel investigated several allegations against Gates, including that he had sex with a minor. Gates has repeatedly denied the wrongdoing. Also, it's being reported that many of the Republican senators, despite Marjorie Taylor Greene making those statements that I just read for you, are saying this report is coming out one way or another. We're not going to be doing recess

appointments with Matt Gaetz. He's going to have to come before the panel and answer questions. What a novel concept that is right there. In addition to Marjorie Taylor Greene, you have Anna Paulina Luna, MAGA Republican Congresswoman, also engaging in this conduct. And she says, for the senators that are coming forward and stating that they need to read the testimony about Matt Gaetz potentially being a child sex trafficker, she goes, we're going to come after you, Republican senators. We want to see your stock portfolios. How are you making all of your money? You must be engaged in shady conduct as well. So again, you see this cycle of extortive-like conduct taking place right now on Capitol Hill by Republicans on Republican violence right here. Here, play this clip.

And I will say that for the senators that are coming forward and stating that they need to read this testimony, let's look into these people's stocks portfolios and how they're becoming multimillionaires off of $175,000 a year. The reason- And here, Ana Paulina Luna attacks MAGA Republican Senator from Texas, John Cornyn, saying he's not MAGA enough. Here's MAGA Republican Congresswoman Ana Paulina Luna saying that, let's play this clip. I do wanna go back to something you said Congresswoman, because these are Republicans, the Republicans asking for this House ethics report to be released. It's people like Senator John Cornyn of Texas. It'd be hard to describe him as anything but aligned with MAGA. Are you suggesting that there's something in his stock portfolio that's questionable? I'm suggesting that John Cornyn,

to my knowledge, made statements that was actually anti-MAGA about President Trump, and same with the new elected Senate leader. But I will say that Thune has since changed his tune, and it seems like he's more aligned with MAGA and President Trump. So I will say that, you know, it's interesting that people don't want to have a light shine on that. But when they ask for the House Ethics Report, do you think that there's something corrupt about that?

When they're asking for testimony, when they're asking for this report, again, a bipartisan report? Do you think there's something unethical about that? I think that what's unethical about it is that this has been shut down, that they're not requesting reports on other people who are knowingly under investigation currently, and that those people from the get-go have not wanted Matt Gaetz to be the attorney general pick. So in my mind, yes, it's absolutely a smear campaign, being that that actual investigation per the DOJ and also separate agency, the FBI, were dropped. That they're not covering the fact that there is an extortion claim tied to it. And the fact is, and I believe that Matt Gaetz is innocent. Anna Paulina Luna says, I think the timing of these allegations is quite suspicious.

They are coming out right now after Donald Trump nominates him. No, Anna Paulina Luna, this has been going on for years. This has been investigated. The ethics reports, the ethics investigation, this has been taking place for years. What happened was your dear leader, your Kim Jong-un, your Putin Putin-esque figure, you're Donald Trump. He knew these facts about Matt Gaetz and he said that he wants someone who's credibly accused of child sex trafficking to lead the Department of Justice and to be the attorney general. That was the decision Trump made. Can these people just have some modicum of accountability?

No, they can't because they're MAGA. You're playing this clip. people just have some modicum of accountability? No, they can't because they're MAGA. You'll play this clip. To furthermore, I find it interesting that these actual allegations come out at peculiar timing while he's being nominated to be the attorney general. To be clear, I do think Matt Gaetz is going to be an incredible attorney general. I think this baseless smear campaign, frankly, is abhorrent that it's happening to someone like Mac H who's done so much to fight the government corruption. All right. What kind of night is it? A single, double, triple, or a quad? I'm not talking about alcohol because I don't drink. I'm talking about

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and success along the way. I think you got a great future ahead of you and i'm looking forward to being a cheerleader for you thank you so what's next huh tell me what you're always working on a fun or interesting project what are you working on these days i am still trying to complete my goal of seven thousand dollars for the rom with dawn house and right now i'm over six thousand dollars you're over six so you have one more you only have one more one more i tell you what i'm in for it the the friends of matt gates campaign will donate a thousand dollars that'd be cool all right great well i'll i'll I'll make that pledge and we'll get that to you. And that way we'll complete the goal together.

Thank you so much. See, look, that's us. I remember that. Yeah. Look at how much you've grown. And by the way, you have MAGA Republican senators here like Mark Wayne Mullen, who have previously gone on the record as saying that he is aware that Matt Gaetz, what he said before, Matt Gaetz would show people like nudes of girls on the House floor when Mullen was Mark Wayne Mullen was there. And he would brag, Gates would brag to everybody how he would crush or snort or erectile dysfunction medication, ED medication, because then he would brag about having sex with girls. That's what Mark Wayne Mullen said before. But now, just look at this. You have Matt Gates saying that Senator Mullen is MAGA to the core because Mark Wayne Mullen went on one

program and said, look, it's obvious that Trump wants Matt Gaetz because Matt Gaetz will be the hammer for the DOJ. Yes, this may be unconventional, but this is what the American people wanted. Really? You were previously on a video talking about Matt Gaetz bragging about sex with girls and crushing ED medication. This right here, though, was another interview with Mark Wayne Mullen, though, and a separate network. And here's what he had to say, though, when he was asked about Matt Gaetz having sex with children. Play this clip. We've already heard from the lawyer, from some of the people who did testify to the House Ethics Committee, that he had a client who testified that she had not only seen him pay for sex with women, but also engage in sex with a 17-year-old woman at a drug-fueled party. Is that something that concerns you? Well, if it is true, and I mean it, I've got to say that, if that is true.

Now, what I've said about Matt Gaetz is 100% true. Every word that I said was accurate. But as I will say, we'll go through this process like we should. And if that is in the report, then that is going to be very problematic to move forward. There's no question Matt's going to have an uphill battle. And it's not, it's really, it's going to be a really difficult fight to get him confirmed. But I'm not saying it's impossible. And if it's what the president wants, then we're going to do our due diligence. As I said, we're going to advise and consent. So just so you see as well what's going on in the MAGA ecosystem right here, Elon Musk, who's basically serving as a co-president to Donald Trump, an unelected co-president.

Talk about conflicts of interest. Elon Musk says, Matt Gaetz has three critical assets that are needed for the AG role. A big brain. I don't think that's accurate. A spine of steel. It's not accurate. And an ax to grind. He is the judge Dredd America needs to clean up a corrupt system and put powerful bad actors in prison.

Gates will be our hammer of justice. Really? Really? Someone who's accused of child sex traffic? I mean, I just want you to I just want you to I want to all exist in the world of reality. This isn't a make-believe world. We're talking about putting someone as attorney general who is alleged to be a child sex trafficker, someone who's been a drug addict, a drug abuser, who's covered it up, by the way. I mean, like,

it's okay if, you know, people are in recovery. I'm not trying to mock drug addicts by any means. Like, shouldn't it be attorney general? I mean, and he denies it all. So there's no even accountability of his own actions and engages in obstruction of justice. And then Steve Bannon, who's under criminal indictment, his criminal case in New York starts in February. He had to be pardoned by Donald Trump. He goes, that's the case by Elon. Full stop. I mean, is this just a cabinet of just overt criminals?

And will the American people please wake up? Grace Chung, who's the Steve Bannon CFO, goes, the case for Gates made by Elon. Full stop right here. And by the way, I mean, I do find it interesting that when you talk about like Marjorie Taylor Greene, like we all remember that she cheated on her husband with a tantric sex guru. This is the lady who lectures people about family values. And, you know, she's someone who mocks like gay couples and mocks just families in general that she doesn't agree with.

And then she goes and she's someone who had an affair with a tantric sex guru who she met at the gym. Here's another photo. This is from the Daily Mail. Marjorie Taylor Greene's former tantric sex guru lover touts her, touts sex retreats and ecstatic cuddle classes after his affair with Marjorie Taylor Greene. I mean, seriously, folks. And then over here, you know, talking about Anna Paulina Luna right before the election. Here's what she was doing again. She was taking photographs with the Maxim swimsuit magazines. I didn't even know that Maxim still is around, but apparently it is. So she's on the front cover of Maxim and Matt Gaetz is responding. We

are so back because that's what America really wants. I mean, not good governance, not social security, not Medicare, not good healthcare, not a functioning government, not competent people. We need people like Matt Gaetz and swimsuit models and tantric sex gurus all masquerading as family values. Apparently, that's what the Republicans are. Wake up, people. Let's wake up, please. We're going to cover it all here on the Midas Touch Network. Hit subscribe.

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