The MeidasTouch Podcast - House Republicans TANK Trump and Musk Bill and SHAME THEM

Episode Date: December 22, 2024

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Republicans voted against the latest Continuing Resolution pushed by Trump and Elon Musk. Mudwtr: Start your new morning ritual & get up to 43% OFF your @MUDWTR by going to https://mudwtr.com/MEIDAS #mudwtrpod Visit https://meidastouch.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Coalition of the Sane: https://meidasnews.com/tag/coalition-of-the-sane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The bill failed 174 to 235. Now, you remember the sequence of events right here? There was a continuing resolution that was agreed to by Democrats and Republicans. Then Elon Musk started posting yesterday, kill the bill with samurai swords. He called the bill criminal. He said that anybody supports it is going to be primary. Then Trump swooped in and said, look, we could only support a continuing resolution to stop a government shutdown if the debt ceiling is abolished. So Donald Trump and all the MAGA Republicans who previously said that the debt ceiling

should not be raised when President Biden was trying to raise it and then a deal had to be struck with Kevin McCarthy are now saying not only should the debt ceiling be raised, they're basically saying the whole concept of the debt ceiling should be abolished. And so even MAGA Republicans like Chip Roy are like, so wait a minute, this whole Doge thing about reducing the deficit and cutting back on debt. So the MAGA Republican plan was to kill a bipartisan continuing resolution and to change it based on Elon Musk and Donald Trump's request, something that was going to increase the debt immediately by $5 trillion.

This right here is a MAGA Republican, Chip Roy, who's on the House floor saying, what in the hell are you doing, Donald Trump and Elon Musk? Watch this. Fact of the matter is $330 billion. Congratulations. You've added to the debt since you were given the majority again on November 5th. It's embarrassing. It's shameful.

Yes, I think this bill is better than it was yesterday on certain respects. But to take this bill, to take this bill yesterday and congratulate yourself because it's shorter in pages, but increases the debt by $5 trillion is asinine. And that's precisely what Republicans are doing. I am absolutely sickened by a party that campaigns on fiscal responsibility and has the temerity to go forward to the American people and say, you think this is fiscally responsible? It is absolutely ridiculous. But then Donald Trump and Elon Musk started attacking MAGA Republican Chip Roy and saying that he was a phony and he's just in it for himself. But it wasn't just Chip Roy. There

were 38 other Republicans who voted against this new version of the continuing resolution. Then MAGA Mike Johnson gave a press conference and MAGA Mike Johnson said, OK, don't be fooled by Republicans wanting to increase the debt limit because this is actually something that we're trying to decrease by increasing. It makes no sense. Watch this. We know what we are to do. We're trying to decrease by increasing. It makes no sense. Watch this. We know what we are to do. We're determined to do that. And even though this vote would push the debt limit to 2027, it in no way reflects any lack of enthusiasm on our part to get about those serious cuts for the American people. We have to have fiscal responsibility as a core principle of our party.

So that's what the House Republicans are committed to, every single one of them. We will get together and do that work, and it begins in early January. And here, MAGA Mike Johnson just looks absolutely terrified. And he's like, this is just Washington. This is what you do. No, MAGA Mike. This is what Elon Musk is directing you to do, who's controlling our government, a billionaire, unelected bureaucrat who's ordering and basically running the government. Take a look at MAGA Mike Johnson here. Play this clip. Here's House Speaker Mike Johnson.

This is Washington. This is how the lawmaking is done. It's a long process. Sometimes it takes a while to reach consensus, but we're going to do the right thing here tonight. Hakeem Jeffries wrote, the Musk-Johnson government shutdown bill has been soundly defeated. MAGA extremists in the House GOP are not serious about helping working class Americans. They're simply doing the bidding of their wealthy donors and puppeteers. Got to give credit to Democratic Congress member Jared Moskowitz, who calls it out so perfectly right here. Let me bring you Moskowitz. Play this clip. One minute to the gentleman from Florida, Mr. Moskowitz.

The gentleman from Florida is recognized for one minute. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. You know, denial is not just a river in Egypt. Let's talk about the last two years. It was the Democrats who raised the debt ceiling, not the Republicans last time. Many of you voted against it. It was the Democrats who kept over the government, not once, not twice, but every single time we needed to keep the government open, it was the Democrats who kept the government open. More of us voted for it than than you and all I've heard for the last couple weeks about this giant mandate landslide trifecta put on your big boy pants pass your own bill we're we're only here we're only here because you guys can't agree amongst yourselves. So hold on a second.

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Let's play the clip. The Musk-Johnson proposal is not serious. It's laughable. Extreme MAGA Republicans are driving us to a government shutdown. Democratic Congressmember Jamie Raskin says this holiday season, House Republicans want to break a bipartisan deal and furlough millions of hardworking federal workers, including 50,000 in my district who placate the richest man in the world, President-elect Elon Musk and his VP, J.D. Vance.

I voted no. And as Jake Sherbin, who covers the comings and goings on Capitol Hill, he says the following. Look, House Republicans are a long way from solving this problem that they created because samurai sword wheeling Elon Musk and Donald Trump said kill a bipartisan bill. As Jake Sherman says, House Republicans are a long way from solving this. A technical point to mention, as of now, 8.05 p.m. when he wrote this, the House GOP leadership has not given itself same-day authority. This means it will be difficult for them to pass a bill tomorrow under the simple majority

threshold. And as you heard, Congressman Jared Moskowitz said, look, we've bailed you out before. Good luck. You do it on your own right now. If you want to be adults and have conversations with, we'll help. But if you want to be samurai sword wielding maniacs and just try to give all these handouts to your billionaire oligarch friends, we are not going to be there to help you. Finally, Democratic Congress member Garcia, here's what he's got to say. Play the clip. Congressman, this has been something to watch today. And it is interesting. There are

conservatives who like to refer to the Democratic Party as the mommy party and Republicans as the daddy party. But they seem to, at this moment, have two daddies, two alternate daddies. And it's not clear who's the daddy in charge. feels like it's elon musk but is that the way it feels on the hill absolutely i mean i think we are beginning and witnessing the start of the elon musk presidency there is no question and donald trump has regulated now the vice president to elon musk new administration um the republican Party here in the House completely bent the knee to Elon Musk. He says something, they jump. And it's just insane and crazy that a deal that had been negotiated by Speaker Johnson and Hakeem Jeffries and the Senate was completely tanked because of Elon Musk sending

out messages on Exeter's social media platform. And so this is complete insanity. There is now this new administration developing at the head being Elon Musk. And the fact that we have now the richest man on the planet dictating what the United States Congress should be doing is completely insane, dangerous, and Americans should be very concerned. So there you have it folks,

a humiliating defeat for Donald Trump and Elon Musk after they killed the bipartisan bill, had this thing get put in instead. And again, this thing, like, you know, basically, what did it add? It added a, it lifted restrictions on investment in China. I wonder who would benefit from that right there. And they wanted to remove the debt ceiling so that Donald Trump could do tax cuts for billionaires. Okay, guys, didn't work.

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