The MeidasTouch Podcast - The MASS EXODUS of Republicans and Independents from the MAGA Republican Party Exposed

Episode Date: November 14, 2022

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas examines how normal Republicans, independent voters, and non-affiliated formed a pro-democracy coalition with Democrats and helped deliver for democracy in the midterms. Meiselas shares your stories you shared with us. Shop Meidas Merch at: https://store.meidastouch.com Join us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/meidastouch Remember to subscribe to ALL the Meidas Media Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://pod.link/1510240831 Legal AF: https://pod.link/1580828595 The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://pod.link/1595408601 The Influence Continuum: https://pod.link/1603773245 Kremlin File: https://pod.link/1575837599 Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://pod.link/1530639447 The Weekend Show: https://pod.link/1612691018 The Tony Michaels Podcast: https://pod.link/1561049560 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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eight-part series of that. But here, this is what we asked on our YouTube channel, on the community page. We asked and we said, thank you to all the disaffected Republicans and independent voters who rejected MAGA extremism and joined our pro-democracy coalition. Tens of thousands of you have shared your stories with us, which we have shared in our mass exodus series. Now that the election is over, we want to hear from you. So now I would just like to share some of those stories that we heard of these former Republicans, independents, and non-affiliated voters who voted for Democrats, who voted for democracy. So let's start off with Mark Nelson who writes, I was glad to vote pro-democracy. The GOP no longer speaks for what Republican values we Big Blob writes,

Gary Wallace Jr. writes, I switched to Democrat years ago, but my Republican disabled Iraq war veteran girlfriend voted straight Democrat in PA this year too. That's great news, Gary. Remander writes, I've been a registered Republican since I could vote. I volunteered on George H.W. Bush's campaign in high school. I no longer recognize my party. I voted almost exclusively Democrat this year. Also voted against the Kentucky Amendment 2 that would have made all abortions illegal by the Kentucky Constitution. The current GOP is totally out of touch. I don't think I'll change my registration yet. If Trump runs, I want to be able to vote against him in the primary. Thanks Midas Touch for talking about

what other sites will not. Keep it up. Thanks for sharing, Remander. RH writes, I used to be such a Republican. I named my daughter Reagan. Now I've been voting for Democrats since 2016. To paraphrase Reagan, I didn't leave the GOP. The GOP left me. Hale Bugnish writes, as an independent that typically votes a mixed ticket, I voted Democrat down ballot in every election since the 2018 midterm election and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. Joe Herdig writes, I grew up in rural Kansas in a very Catholic and very conservative household. My young life was a steady diet of church and Rush Limbaugh propaganda. I'm almost 50 now, and for the first 20 years I was legal age to vote, I voted straight

Republican ticket. I had been fully indoctrinated. I voted Bush senior, both times Bob Dole, George W. Bush, both times McCain and Romney. But when Trump ran, I immediately picked up on that this guy was bad news. So I voted third party. My upbringing wouldn't allow me to vote for any Democrat under any circumstance. After January 6th brought the Republican crazy out of the bag, I switched my party affiliation from independent to Democrat and voted a straight Democrat ticket. I don't like all of their policies, but we can debate on policy. What we can't debate on is authoritarianism in America. Rob Normandin writes, I was a Republican for my whole life until this election at 36 years old.

I even went to my high school Halloween party as George W. Bush. Just couldn't take it anymore and voted blue all the way down the ticket. Not that it matters in Massachusetts, but still. Every vote matters. And we're seeing that here in California as well. Whatever state you're in, make sure you vote blue. Lee C. writes, well, she didn't leave the party, but my 87-year-old mother said to me yesterday, anyone who votes for Trump has to be crazy. She voted for him twice. It's progress. I agree. Someone by the name of me writes, I'm a non-affiliated party voter.

For the first time ever, I voted straight blue. Bev writes, I was raised a Southern Baptist. I grew up on a military base. My great-grandfather was a Confederate General Bernard Elliott B., commander, third-grade army of the Shenandoah, who died at 36 shortly after being shot at the first Manassas bull run, and is credited with yelling the following, form, form, there stands Jackson like a stonewall, rally behind the Virginians. And I'm embarrassed to say I've always been a registered Republican, but no more can I tolerate the Republicans' unpatriotic, obscene agenda. I am out forever. Aaliyah writes, I'm independent. Well, in my state, I don't think technically you can be, but that's what I consider myself and typically vote

third party in presidential elections or for both Dems and Republicans, but mainly the latter. This time voted straight blue after seeing the insanity of the MAGA Republicans and the overturning of Roe. Normally, I hate straight party tickets, but these are not normal times. Vox Kine writes, I'm a right-leaning independent, and I hate that I've effectively had to become a single party voter ever since Trump and MAGA decided to take over the GOP and lose focus on issues in favor of personal petty grievances. I honestly don't know if I can ever vote for a Republican again after seeing how easily they rolled over for

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The GOP's collective fealty to Trump helped me see how full of shit they always were. I'm a blue voting independent now, though I still believe some basic conservative principles, strong defense, fiscal responsibility, et cetera. I'm done supporting Republicans. They literally almost ended our democracy. And one of the posts that we made earlier following the midterm election as the results were coming in, and this is what we said at Midas Touch, we said, we're about to hit Republicans hard with clean air and paying off their student debt, with new infrastructure and affordable healthcare, by taking care of our vets and reducing inflation, by strengthening unions and increasing wages, they're not going to know what hit them.

You know, when I think an important thing that we've always been talking about here is that there is nothing at all conservative with the MAGA Republican Party. You know, they literally rooted for the pandemic. They were pro-pandemic and spread conspiracies that killed hundreds of thousands and millions here and abroad. Now, there's nothing conservative about supporting an insurrection to try to overthrow a free and fair election. There's nothing conservative about being an election denier. There's nothing conservative about believing in QAnon and spreading these QAnon conspiracies. There's nothing conservative about being in a cult and anointing the most incompetent traitor, the most dangerous force in our nation's history,

Donald Trump, to a leadership position. It's just not a conservative value. And one of the things we talked about too was the whole conservative liberal dichotomy here has been thrown completely out of whack because of what MAGA Republicans have done to our country. I said, look, I consider myself significantly more conservative than any of these MAGA Republicans, like by far. I believe in conserving our democracy and I believe in conserving our institutions. And as I've always said, do I think the Democratic Party is perfect? Do I think they get everything right?

Do I agree with the Democrats on every single issue? No, I disagree on a lot of issues and that's perfectly normal and perfectly okay. But we can have legitimate and constructive policy debates about how to make the lives of Americans better, how to actually make our country better and not talk about these weird QAnon conspiracies and how strong Donald Trump is and all of this complete BS. You know, and I really do want to give a shout out here to the independent voters, to the former Republican voters who left the Republican Party and who voted for Democrats. As I've said, look, I think much of the credit in the 2022 midterms for the blue wall protecting and preserving our democracy needs to absolutely go to women and grassroots organizations and Gen Z who put in a ton of hard work. And without them, I don't think this result could ever have been the case. But I do also want to give credit here

and highlight those views of these former Republicans and independent voters and non-affiliated voters who voted with democracy here. And I think it's important now that you share this video and comment below and share your story if you have left the MAGA Republican Party and you voted blue for the first time or if you're now voting for Democrats in the future while the Republican Party remains the MAGA Republican Party. It's vital that we share these stories to let people know who are still stuck in that MAGA Republican brainwashed world that there is this coalition out there, this unapologetically pro-democracy coalition of people like all of us who love this country, people who really define what it means to be patriotic, and people who are

compassionate, who lead with love and lead with trying to make our country and our world a better place and a pro-normal coalition where we want to spend time with our family and engage in hobbies and just do the things we love to do without these radical right extremists spitting on us and spreading conspiracies and burning books and are taking control over a woman's reproductive rights and trying to use the government to say who it is that we can, for compassion, for humanity. And those are the ideals that are so important to us here at the Midas Touch Network. Hit the subscribe button right now. It's free to subscribe. So please hit the subscribe button. Share this video with anybody you know, anybody who's disaffected and who may want to leave

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