The MeidasTouch Podcast - Trump and MAGA LOSE IT over Biden News
Episode Date: December 4, 2024MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Trump and MAGA losing their minds over the latest news from President Biden. Levels is offering my listeners an additional 2 free months of the Levels annual ...Membership when you use my link, https://levels.link/MEIDAS 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Donald Trump turned the White House into an actual criminal enterprise during the first
Trump administration, and now he's doing it again during the transition,
and he will do it again when he's in office.
So spare me the crocodile tears about President Biden
pardoning his son Hunter
when Hunter was clearly targeted with crimes
that nobody in a similar situation
has ever been targeted before with.
And you see takes like this, Dinesh D'Souza, he goes,
kaboom. This is one of these right-wing extremist influencers and authors in the MAGA circle,
you know, saying, kaboom, look, we're exposing Biden. Dinesh D'Souza is someone who Donald Trump
pardoned, okay? I mean, seriously? And he's out there saying, look, we told you about Hunter.
Okay, let's take a look at what Donald Trump has been posting, though, and what's going on in kind of the magosphere right now.
This is what Donald Trump posted on his social media.
He goes, does the pardon given by Joe to Hunter include the J6 hostages who have now been in prison for years?
Such an abuse and miscarriage of justice. Well,
why would it include the January 6th insurrectionists who attacked and tried to kill
police officers and tried to tear down our democracy? I like our editor-in-chief, Ron
Filipkowski's take right here. He goes, okay, now Trump can pardon hundreds of thugs who beat cops in an attempt to storm the Capitol and overthrow our democracy to stop the electoral count.
And Democrats can't criticize that because Hunter, it's the world's stupidest take.
And Ron Filipkowski nails it again there.
Filipkowski writes, George Washington pardoned people convicted of sedition, Adams for
treason, Madison and Monroe pardoned pirates, Jackson for a robbery conviction, Lincoln soldiers
who deserted, FDR pardoned smugglers, Truman bribery and fraud. I guess none of them cared
about the rule of law. You want to look at the people who Donald Trump pardoned, by the way. You want to look at the Trump pardon list.
How about Joe Arpaio, Scooter Libby, Dinesh D'Souza, Bernie Kerik, Mike Flynn, George Papadopoulos, Alex Vanderswan, Chris Collins, Roger Stone, Charles Kushner, his daughter's father-in-law, who he now appointed to be the ambassador of France. And just so you know what
Kushner did, he set up his brother-in-law with a prostitute, videotaped it, and then showed it to
his sister because his brother was a cooperating witness against him in a Republican-led criminal
investigation into Kushner involving in election fraud. Jamie Davidson, Paul Manafort, Steve Bannon,
Elliot Brody, Little Wayne, and Judge Jeanine Pirro's husband, Al Pirro Jr. That's just a
small handful of the people who Donald Trump pardoned. But let's focus on the fact that
Hunter Biden, who you know what the charges were against Hunter Biden, who, you know what the charges were
against Hunter Biden, by the way? It was Hunter Biden filled out a form when he was under the
influence of drugs, when he purchased a firearm because he was getting threatened, so he wanted
to get a firearm, and he checked a box saying that he was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
And they turned that into a felony.
So, yes, the Republican Party who says basically everybody should have weapons of war, AR-15s,
they prosecuted Hunter Biden for that with a Republican special counsel.
If that was actually used to prosecute people, I think lots of gun owners would be prosecuted if they had
recently had been under the influence of alcohol or if they had been under prescription drugs or
drugs and checked that box the wrong way. And then Hunter Biden paid his taxes late. He paid him back,
but he paid him late. And the Republican special counsel turned that into a criminal investigation. Here, Asawin Sabaseng says the following about Hunter.
I think this is a great take.
My take on Hunter Biden news is that Trump has proposed creating a network of concentration camps
to deal with undocumented millions in our country.
I mean, seriously.
I mean, for all the people who are whining and saying,
oh, so we should be focused on what Trump's doing today.
But now that President Biden's doing this, we have to focus.
No, you're focusing on the wrong things.
You are the ones who are directing your lens at the wrong things.
You want to look at what Midas focused on on our primetime slots this morning?
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We talked about China tariffs. We talked about China tariffs.
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Georgia, the pro-democracy movement in Georgia against the Dream Party. We talked about Canada.
We're talking about international affairs. We're talking about complex issues here on the Midas
Touch Network. This is what Donald Trump just posted as well. Biden, this is what Donald Trump emailed, by the way,
to his supporters. Biden just pardoned his son. Then you open up the email that Trump sends and
it goes, breaking news, Joe Biden just pardoned Hunter. Ben, do you remember when Biden said he
would never pardon Hunter? That was a lie. We pause there for a second. I mean, Donald Trump quite literally lies 100 times every day or more he was going to do something, but then he, would do whatever Joe Biden did. Blood is
thicker than water. He was willing to tarnish his honor and reputation to save his child,
who he believed was being shafted. Too bad, but it's not like he appointed him to become the
ambassador to France. And the thing is as well, that the charges against Hunter relate to a period of time when President Biden was not
the vice president, was not the president, was not even running for president. Unlike Donald Trump,
whose son, Don Jr., and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and his daughter, Ivanka, and others in the Trump
family were enriched to the tune
of millions or in some case, hundreds of millions and potentially billions of dollars while
Donald Trump is in office.
Donald Trump just appointed his other daughter, Tiffany's father-in-law, who's a billionaire,
to become a special advisor to the Middle East where he does business.
And he appointed Ivanka's father-in-law, who he pardoned, to be the ambassador of France.
I digress.
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Levels.link slash Midas. Let me go back to that Trump email right here. It was breaking news.
Joe Biden just pardoned Hunter. Joe Biden just gave his son the sweetheart deal of the century,
a complete and total pardon. Please
read the full emergency response here. Read emergency response. Then when you click the
emergency response, it goes on to say, this is from Trump. The Biden crime family wants to sweep
their corruption under the rug. By the way, this is someone who President Biden invited to the
White House. If you want to get mad at Biden, get mad that he Biden invited to the White House.
If you want to get mad at Biden, get mad that he invited Trump to the White House and shook the guy's hand.
But that's Biden wanting a smooth transition of power.
That's Biden caring about the country and actually putting the country over his own pride to do these things.
But this is what Trump's doing in return.
Biden weaponized the DOJ against Trump.
He like speaks to himself as though he's there.
And now he wants to give Hunter Biden the sweetheart deal of the century.
Right now we need a historic patriotic push
that says we're not going to let them hide their corruption,
give money.
The campaign's over, but take a look.
They're raising $1,000, $250, and you have to
click yes, you stand with Trump. They're still, what do you think they're raising money for
right now? Ted Cruz is posting, Hunter Biden pardoned, just as we predicted, plus Cash
Patel is FBI director. Ben Ferguson and I break it all down on The Verdict, my podcast.
Dude, you're a United States senator.
You're a United States senator.
We break it down on my podcast.
Why don't you go to the Senate floor and give a speech?
Why don't you do what senators are supposed to? If you want to be a podcaster, just be a podcaster.
Again, it's so demeaning to our institutions.
Cat Turd, who's one of the main influencers in the Republican Party.
Here's what they're posting, all the MAGA influencers.
They're saying Joe Biden, worst father ever.
They don't even know how to spell.
And they play a song, Addicted to Blow.
And then it mocks Hunter Biden for drug addiction. And this to me
is also one of the ways that I think the Democrats have played this thing all wrong. Look, you know,
addiction is, as we know, is a major issue in this country. You watching this have either suffered
from addiction or you know somebody in
your family or friends who suffered from addiction or suffer from addiction or worse, who died from
addiction. The fact that Republicans mocked Hunter Biden for addiction and things he did when he was
addicted and would post photos of him naked and show all
of these things at his worst condition to try to make him relapse. When I heard President Biden's
voice message to Hunter, that was like the big reveal where the MAGAs were trying to mock
President Biden and say, see, the laptop's real. And it's
an audio recording of President Biden before he was president while Hunter was at his worst saying,
son, I love you. I'm always going to be here for you. You can always count on me. I know you may
not want to talk to me now. I know you're going through hard times right now, but I'll always
love you and I'll always be here for you and always know that you have a place
in my home and in my heart and I'm always thinking about you and praying for you. When I heard that,
that's actually the moment in the 2020 campaign that won me over for President Biden because he
wasn't playing to the cameras. That was a loving father who was there for his son. And if parents and
people in lives of people who are addicted were like that to their kids and like that to people
who were addicted, I think it's one of the ways we could address addiction better, frankly. I know
Trump and MAGA, we're going to do some ads about fentanyl. Well, you're mocking drug addiction generally right now. And it's so
demeaning. And to me, I just think that there was actually an opportunity here for Democrats or just
human beings who cares about political parties to speak to the issue of addiction and people who
are suffering from alcohol abuse and show humanity right there. And to me, that's what this act is,
actually. It's an act of humanity and love. Look, to me, if Hunter was actually charged with some
serious crimes, I don't know, like stealing nuclear secrets, trying to overthrow the democracy of the
United States of America, killing people, I'd probably view it differently. But when we're talking about Harry Littman, who's partnered with the Midas Touch Network and Talking Feds, he's got a great
sub stack as well, Talking Feds sub stack. He writes about this. He's like, this is precisely
actually the type of case that falls within a pardon power and the clemency power. It's exactly
what you're supposed to use it for. We're talking about non-violent
crimes where there's really no injury at all. And when it's dealing with people who suffered
from drug addiction, who take accountability, hunters take an accountability and say, I did
drugs. I did it. He wrote about it in his book. That's how they've charged him with it. He wrote
an autobiography where he was trying to tell people about his
addiction and let people know. And they go, oh, you admit it in your book. You were addicted when
you bought the gun in 2017 or 2018. Therefore, we're going to prosecute you on your own autobiography.
That's what they did. More bad takes from MAGA Republicans here over and over again.
And then there's more whining from, you know, even frankly, people who,
you know, who view themselves as pro-democracy whining, saying the whole news cycle
has shifted now and it's Biden's fault. It's Biden this, it's Biden that.
You're the media. You can choose what you choose to focus on. And look, we can acknowledge that, yes, did Biden say that he was not going to
pardon Hunter? Yes. Is Biden pardoning Hunter now? Yes. He explained his reasons. As a father
who loves his son, he talks about the miscarriage of justice. Okay. And if that makes you upset that he did that, okay, I get it.
But you have to, on a spectrum of upsetness, place that somewhere and say, okay, someone's
stealing nuclear secrets, somebody potentially conspiring with Russia, somebody who's out there
engaged in multiple felony counts, someone who's pardoning co-conspirators.
Someone who's bragging about his love and affinity for January 6th.
Where does this fit?
Someone found liable for a second.
Where do I put this in my regiometer?
How do I mess?
And I think that's a broader issue that we need to address here at The Mind Stage in general.
Anyway, that's my take.
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