The MeidasTouch Podcast - GOP Wisconsin Mayor TURNS AGAINST Trump on LIVE TV

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Starting point is 00:01:50 So this city of 70,000 people, their mayor saying vote for Kamala Harris. Watch this. Fox 6 has the exclusive. They did some great reporting here. Here, play this clip. Says tonight he's voting for Kamala Harris for president. Sean Riley tells our Jason Calvey why he's not voting Republican this year and why he feels the need to make that known. It's a Republican city in Wisconsin's largest Republican county.

Starting point is 00:02:17 It's difficult. I mean, the easy thing to do is to just not say anything. Waukesha Mayor Sean Riley grew up Republican and voted that way for most of his adult life. I also feel just in my heart that this is something that I need to come out and say. Saying something that might upset the people who put him in office. I am going to be voting for Vice President Harris to become our next president. Riley tells me he voted third party in 2016, voted for President Joe Biden in 2020, but kept that to himself. For other offices, he says he votes Republican

Starting point is 00:02:52 more often than not. Now this red city mayor's publicly endorsing blue for president. I am terrified of Donald Trump becoming our next president for all the reasons I've indicated. He's already been impeached twice. He's been convicted of felonies. And this is not what the United States needs.

Starting point is 00:03:13 You know, the mayor who you just saw right there, Mayor Sean Riley, most of his life he was a Republican, now identifies independent, but is a mayor of that Republican area of 71, 72,000 people or so. You hear him right there. What that reminded me of as well, the Republican mayor of Mesa, Arizona, John Giles, also represents a big Mormon community out there in Mesa, one of the most conservative areas in Arizona. I've been to Mesa, Arizona, know the area very well. And Mayor John Giles is like, look, it's about decency. This is about character. And I just want you to see the theme here in these swing states like Arizona, Wisconsin, where these Republican mayors are telling

Starting point is 00:04:07 people they're supporting Vice President Kamala Harris like this. Watch this. So, yeah, John McCain, I worked as an intern in John McCain's office, and I've always he's always been a hero of mine. And so I feel privileged to be able to continue that message of country over party. And it's a message that has never been more necessary than right now. This is a pivotal time in our country, and people like me kind of feel like we're politically homeless.

Starting point is 00:04:34 You know, we traditionally have been Republicans. We've traditionally been in the center of our country politically. But we're getting a lot of disinformation right now. So I think it's important that people like me give Republicans and people in the center politically permission to do the right thing, which is to support the vice president. And here was the recent speech that Mayor Giles,

Starting point is 00:04:57 Republican Arizona mayor, gave as well at a Governor Walz rally. Play this clip. Thank you. Thank you. I am the very proud mayor of Mesa, Arizona, but I... Thank you. Thank you. But I have to say, I feel maybe a little out of place today, partly because we're in beautiful Glendale. Okay, there's that. But as you may know, I'm a lifelong Republican. All right. Now, thank you for your warm response.

Starting point is 00:05:46 I have to tell you that I do not recognize my party. It has been... The Republican Party has been taken over by extremists that are committed to forcing people in the center of the political spectrum out of the party. So I have something to say to those of us who are in the political middle. You don't owe a damn thing to that political party. In particular, you do not owe anything to a party that is out of touch and is hell-bent on taking our country backward. And by all means, you owe no displaced loyalty to a candidate that is morally and ethically

Starting point is 00:06:52 bankrupt. So again to all of us, I would say in the spirit of the great Senator John McCain, please join me in putting country over party and stopping Donald Trump and protecting the rule of law, protecting our Constitution, and protecting the democracy of this great country. That is why I'm standing with Vice President Harris and Governor Walz. Now, I'm sure you've been seeing countless videos of people who worked for Donald Trump talk about what a threat and how dangerous he is. Have you seen this one, though? I know you probably heard about John Kelly, Donald Trump's former chief of staff, the four-star general who said that Donald Trump wants to be Hitler and praises Hitler's generals and Donald Trump wants to be a dictator. It's Donald Trump's former chief of staff.

Starting point is 00:08:15 You may have heard from Mark Esper, Donald Trump's former defense secretary, says that Donald Trump will be a dictator. This is Donald Trump's former Homeland Security top official, Kevin Carroll. Here's what he had to say. Play the clip. He's really a minor. I mean, he frequently said to senior staff, why don't my generals support me the way that Hitler's generals supported him? And of course, Hitler's generals, for the most part, did not support him. They tried to assassinate him several times. But just the fact that the president would think of himself, the fact that President poisoning the blood of the country and enemies of the people. Those are things said by Hitler and Stalin as well. And it's not as if he's accidentally quoting them. When it's brought to his attention, sir, you just quoted Hitler.

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Starting point is 00:12:07 that's pretty disgusting. My name is Don. I'm an ex-Trump voter who will not be voting for Trump in 2024. It's hard to believe that the Republican Party, the party of law and order, has embraced a candidate as flawed as Donald Trump. 34 felony convictions. The stolen election claims by Trump have really poisoned the waters of an American institution, which are free and fair elections. The scary part is he had so many people that chose to believe him without evidence, of course. And I'm equally concerned that he's starting to lay the groundwork for the same approach come 2024. Trump's obvious admiration for dictatorships clearly indicates that he would like to join that club. And as an American, that's pretty disgusting. I'm excited to vote for

Starting point is 00:12:59 the Harris-Walls ticket. They're not looking in the rearview mirror and they're not looking downward at all that's wrong with America. And I hope that fellow Americans would prefer a situation where there's a positive outlook versus a negative outlook in life. And Trump and his team is clearly the Debbie Downers of politics at this point. Here's Danica, former Trump supporter, Republican, voting for Vice President Kamala Harris. Play it. I don't want to live in a theocracy. The Republican Party I was part of wanted to retract government, not expand it. I'm a former Trump voter, and in 2024, I won't be voting for Trump. My take on Trump's 34 felony counts is I cannot believe that this is where the Republican Party is.

Starting point is 00:13:47 These are felonies. Never mind that he is also, too, an adjudicated rapist. How much grace are we going to give one man who's running for the highest office in the land and, again, representing us on the world stage? I first started hearing about Project 2025 over a year ago. But when you really dig into it and look at what those policies would mean, the lack of guardrails on it, I mean, especially to the expansion of executive power, it's terrifying. I don't want to live in a theocracy. The Republican Party I was part of wanted to retract government, not expand it. I'm very much at a loss for words here because it's that bad. It's that terrifying. There isn't an aspect of life as we know it in America that it wouldn't affect. That's why I'm excited in 2024 to go with my daughter, who's a first-time presidential voter, and cast our votes for Kamala Harris. Here's Buck from Florida, Republican, former Trump voter, supporting Vice President Kamala Harris. Play it.

Starting point is 00:14:58 It's not going to be the Republican Party that I want if Donald Trump gets into office. Not even close. I'm Buck. I live in Florida and I'm a registered Republican. I voted for Trump in 2016. I won't be voting for him in 2024. I know he's incapable of performing the duties, but this time he has indicated that he intends to fundamentally change our democratic way of governing. I've enjoyed the democratic life for over 80 years, but that democracy will cease to exist if Donald Trump is elected. We will be living in an autocracy where he and his cronies will do anything and

Starting point is 00:15:31 everything they can to benefit themselves and absolutely nothing to benefit the common folks. He's showing and telling us every day exactly what he intends to do if he's elected. But it's not going to be the Republican Party that I want if Donald Trump gets into office, not even close. So I'm willing to cast my vote this time for the Democratic Party. I'm sure that I won't agree with everything in their agenda, just as I've never agreed with everything in the agenda of the Republican administrations. But sometimes acceptance of some opposing views are necessary in order to achieve a greater good. And I believe at this point, achieving the greater good is to vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. And that's exactly what I intend to do. So let's take steps that we need to

Starting point is 00:16:18 to keep him from getting into office. Let's cast our vote for democracy. Here's Alex, former Trump voter from Michigan, supporting Vice President Kamala Harris. Play it. You know, I think she's a very strong leader, and I think she can do a lot for this country. I'm willing to take my chances with her than I am with another Trump presidency. My name is Alex. I'm a former Trump supporter. He did not display good leadership at all during the COVID pandemic. He's associating with people that I absolutely despise, white supremacists, leaders of the Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys. Any president of mine, I don't want him associating with people like that. He lost to Joe Biden, and his actions after that defeat were just appalling.

Starting point is 00:16:50 The resurrection on January 6th, and then his claim that the election was stolen, manifesting hatred and contempt in people, his supporters. And then some of the supporters that are in the government, you know, these people are crazy. He's just going to give them free reign and do whatever they want. You know, people like Marjorie Taylor Greene. I'm concerned he's going to jeopardize our alliances with our NATO allies and with other allies around the world. I spent 20 years in the military, four years in the Navy, and then maybe 16 years in the reserves and the National Guard. I defended democracy, and I don't want to see that get taken away from me. Our country deserves better than that.

Starting point is 00:17:17 I've heard all those stories about Kamala, that she's a far-left extremist and all that. The more I learn about her, the more I realize that's not true. She might be more on the liberal side, but I think she's a very strong leader and I think she can do a lot for this country. I'm willing to take my chances with her than I am with another Trump presidency. Kyle, lifelong Republican, two-time Trump voter, play it. I'm a lifelong Republican and I voted for Trump twice, but I can't do it again. Trump wants a national sales tax on imported goods. It'll make everything more expensive for regular people, all while giving tax breaks to billionaires.

Starting point is 00:17:49 You're rich as hell. We're going to give you tax cuts? Kamala Harris is for regular people. She wants a tax cut for 100 million Americans. So we keep more of our hard-earned money. I'm a proud Republican, but this year I'm voting for Kamala Harris. Look, here's a retired u.s army general um what he's got to say play the clip um you know a lot of concerns about uh donald trump you know militarily i mean first of all the guy couldn't qualify to be in the military as 34 with 34

Starting point is 00:18:20 felony convictions so how can we have the commander- commander in chief be in charge of a military that he couldn't possibly join? As mentioned earlier, the loyalty test that we suspect that he will ask, you know, he is going to want all the leaders from the sec def all the way down to general officers and senior leaders in the military to swear to some sort of a loyalty test that their loyalty is to him and not the constitution we're concerned that he wants to use the military to suppress his opposition in the country uh and man the u.s border you know which are things that military is not supposed to do um we think that donald trump knows nothing of sacrifice and service he's never served his day in in his life with anything other than his own cause. You know, President Bone Spurs, you know, who sought seven deferments from the military.

Starting point is 00:19:14 You've all heard the comments about suckers and losers, you know, that he told that he thinks about those interred in our most hallowed sacred places like Arlington National Cemetery. The comments that he made about John McCain, you know, well, he didn't think he's a hero because he was captured, you know. I mean, he constantly seemed to confuse loyalty to the Constitution to loyalty to him. But the other issue is national defense. And I think it's very important we understand that, you know, with Donald Trump as president, we are going to lose our status as a world leader. And that is so important. You know, that's going to impact our economy. That's going to impact world order and discipline. I mean, it's going to have a profound impact. Well, there you have it, folks. Let me know what you think. Hit subscribe. Let's

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The MeidasTouch Podcast - GOP Wisconsin Mayor TURNS AGAINST Trump on LIVE TV

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