The MeidasTouch Podcast - Republicans Stunned by Shock Loss…in Nebraska?!

Episode Date: May 14, 2025

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on the GOP suffering a stunning election loss in Omaha, Nebraska, where Democratic candidate John Ewing Jr. will go on to win defeat the longest serving incumbent Republican mayor in the United States former Mayor Jean Stothert. OneSkin: Get started today at https://OneSkin.co and receive 15% OFF using code MEIDAS #oneskinpod Visit https://meidasplus.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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republicans just suffered a stunning shocking and decisive defeat in a critical mayor's race, showing the unpopularity of Donald Trump and the overall MAGA brand. And of all places, Omaha, Nebraska, the longest serving Republican incumbent mayor in the entire country, Mayor Jean Stothert, just lost her mayor's seat to the Democratic candidate John Ewing Jr. That's right. Omaha, Nebraska, the Democratic candidate will go on to win. And get this, it is now a 20-point swing from the last election where Jean Stothert, the prior mayor who just lost, cruised to an easy victory. Now, again, this shows the unpopularity of the MAGA brand. Now, why am I saying that? Because former

Mayor Stothert was running on a platform closely tied to all of the MAGA talking points, anti-trans, she kept on talking about bathrooms. And the people of Omaha, Nebraska are like, talk about what matters to us. Stop bullying marginalized communities. And now mayor-elect John Ewing Jr., he was talking about issues like potholes. He was talking about issues like health care. He was talking about issues like jobs. He was talking about issues like health care. He was talking about issues like jobs. He was talking about issues like infrastructure. He was talking about issues like how the MAGA Republicans have engaged in a hostile takeover of our government, which has now trickled down to destroy local governments and affect local jobs and strip people of health coverage and access to social security offices in places like Omaha.

So I want to show you the moment right here where John Ewing Jr., the Democratic candidate, went on to win. He's going to win by about seven points. Again, a 20-point swing from the last race that took place where former Mayor Gene Stothert went on to win the race in 2021. Here is John Ewing Jr. celebrating the victory. Let's play this clip. And here is John Ewing's speech. Here's his victory speech. Let's play it. Tonight, we embark on a new chapter. I am deeply honored and humbled to stand before you today as your mayor-elect. Let me show you the concession speech right here by the former mayor,

Jean Stother. Here's her concession speech. Play this clip. Let me tell you, I called John Ewing and I congratulated him. John Ewing is inheriting tonight a great city and we leave a strong foundation for the city that we all love. We are proud, we are grateful, and we are hopeful. I've loved every minute that I have been at City Hall, four years on the council, 12 years as mayor. I have no regrets whatsoever ever. And I sincerely thank each one of you that are here tonight for your partnership and your friendship. Thank you all so much. Thank you. Now, let's go through some of the messages right now that are being posted.

So this right here from DNC Chair Ken Martin, he says, The longest serving incumbent mayor in the country, a Republican, just got fired by Democrat John Ewing in Omaha, Nebraska. Congratulations, Mayor-elect Ewing. Nebraska Dems and the Dem mayor got this done. Watch out, GOP. We are winning all over the country up and down the ballot right now. Matt McDermott wrote when it was official, it's official, Omaha's Republican Mayor Gene Stothert loses to Democrat John Ewing, flipping the city blue for the first time in 12 years. Stothert ended her campaign pushing anti-trans bathroom bans. Voters rejected it. And you had ads like this from the Democratic Party, the Nebraska Democrats, smart ads like this. Gene is focused on potties. John is focused on

fixing potholes, actually getting things done for the american people and not focused on all of these mager republican distractions and bullying of marginalized communities the nebraska democratic party wrote as part of the campaign economics are at the top of people's minds including potholes all over omaha Ewing will make lives better by focusing on issues that impact all of us. Jean Stothert and her allies are sending hateful mail and pushing creepy bathroom bills. Vote John Ewing on May 13th. And indeed, that's what took place. As we posted on the Midas Touch Network, this is a huge flip, a 20-point swing. Democrat John Ewing Jr. just turned Omaha blue, defeating the longest-serving GOP mayor in the country and becoming

the city's first black mayor in history. An impressive accomplishment indeed. And folks, we've been following here on the Midas Touch Network what has been happening on the ground in Nebraska as well. And PBS did a great piece. There have been major, major protests in Nebraska against Donald Trump and Doge. People have been showing up to town halls, MAGA Republican Congress members. Take a look right here as Nebraskans are waking up to the fact that their social security and Medicaid is on the chopping block for tax cuts for billionaires. This was at a Nebraska town hall. Play this clip. There is no organized protest, but in this deep red congressional district, those here have deep-seated concern about President Trump and Elon Musk.

So are we going to sit on the couch and let these billionaires control the country? Hell no. I almost kind of want to cry. It's just I don't see any hope. Where are you from? Columbus. Contrary to some Republican claims that outside groups come to disrupt. He's from the congressional district. All of you are from the congressional district. Has anyone been paid to be here? No.

No one. I'm actually taking work off to be here. You're taking work off to be here. I'm losing money. Same here. We are the boss, not the president. We are their constituents. You don't have to follow all of us, but we have to have a voice.

I know that some of you in this room are angry. And hear from the Nebraska town hall crowds chanting tax the rich in the ruby red district of Republican Representative Mike Flood. Let's play this clip right here. Here's a, okay, let's talk about this. Let's talk about this. So your proposal to solve this is to tax the rich. Moms know the hustle is real. With work, kids, errands, and everything in between, there is rarely time to slow down, let alone figure out a 10-step skincare routine.

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to include Republicans in Nebraska, that this administration is walking away from that legacy that was built by Ike Eisenhower and all these presidents and really a capstone of Ronald Reagan, peace through strength and building these close alliances. And we are undermining that legacy right now. I'm not interested in a foreign policy that is totally built on realism or transactionalism, where it's just, what do we have in it for us? I believe in having a foreign policy that's a mix of realism, protecting our country,

and idealism, where we're the leaders standing for freedom, free markets, rule of law. we got to be clear-eyed but also have moral clarity putin invaded ukraine he's murdered all of us of political opponents he tried to kill a previous ukrainian prime minister he's bombing cities he's ramped up the bombing of cities. Now, I talked about how Gene Stothert, the former mayor, was using all of this MAGA messaging. One mailer from a political action group supporting Stothert grabbed attention for bringing up transgender policies. Stothert brings up the issues in her own television ads all the time. Ewing stands with radicals who want to allow boys and girls sports. That's one of the things that Stothert was running on. Ewing said nobody's ever brought that question up. So I

believe it's a made up issue by Gene Stothert and the Republican Party that people were not abiding these culture war issues. Let me give you some facts about John Ewing Jr. With over four decades of unwavering commitment to public service, John Ewing's extensive background in law enforcement and community involvement has profoundly impacted Omaha. His leadership as Douglas County treasurer and his deep roots in local community service highlights his readiness to serve as your next mayor. Here are some photos of him right here. Here's a statement that came out from the Nebraska Democrats before. The Stothert campaign was running misleading ads regarding John Ewing's record and agenda. him right here. Here's a statement that came out from the Nebraska Democrats before. The Stothert campaign was running misleading ads regarding John Ewing's record and agenda.

While former Mayor Stothert continues to use the same tired Republican playbook to distract voters with culture wars like focusing on bathrooms, John Ewing continues to focus on real issues that impact people's pockets, the endless potholes, new economic development, and housing that will help Omahaans, not Gene's big donors. Ultimately, Gene would rather focus on potties while John focuses on fixing potholes. Under her leadership, the Omaha Police Department has skewed its numbers on new hires, but the bottom line remains, Omaha has failed to recruit 100 officers. People were commenting on Jean Stothert's ads as such. These Jean Stothert ads are laughable. She must be getting desperate with the bathroom and male and women's sports bullshit. What the F does a mayor of Omaha have to do with this?

And then as she was getting closer to election day, she tried to backtrack and move away from a lot of these Trump messages. She's like, I'm not with Trump. But the voters of Omaha, Nebraska were not buying it, folks. They were not buying it at all. So an incredible victory there, you see, from the Democratic candidate, John Ewing Jr. And again, I think this is a major sign of what's to come across the country. We'll keep you posted with more here on the Midas Touch Network. Thanks for watching.

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