The MeidasTouch Podcast - Trump Campaign FAKE AUDIENCE in Detroit EXPOSED

Episode Date: October 9, 2024

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The never ending grifts and scams and stunts and hustles of Donald Trump continue. We cover them all here at the Midas Touch Network. The latest, his running mate J.D. Vance gave a speech in Detroit on Tuesday, and behind him there were people wearing shirts. You see it right there. It said, Auto Workers for Trump, but you guessed it. They're not actually auto workers. The Detroit News broke the story.

They do a really good job. Chad Livengood is their editor, and we've interviewed him before. They've been serving Michigan since 1873. Craig Mauger, who's there on the ground, said that he was speaking to these people, and they admitted that they're just wearing the shirts and they're not actually autoworkers.

Let me just show you the clip first of J.D. Vance at the speech he gave in Detroit. He's talking about Donald Trump's relationship with Kim Jong-un. Apparently that is something that he thinks that autoworkers of Detroit care about, that Donald Trump writes love letters to Kim Jong-un. But listen to it. But take a look at the people in the background right there. And you can see the shirts that they're wearing here. Play this clip. One of my favorite Donald Trump moments of his first presidency. You all may remember this, but do you know Kim Jong-un?

He's he's you know, he, he's the leader of North Korea. And let's be honest, Kim Jong-un hasn't skipped many meals. Okay. So Donald Trump goes to Kim Jong-un and all, you know, he meets with them and all the photographers come in and, and, and President Trump looks at the photographers and he says, all right, everybody make us look good. Make us look very thin. And, and Kim Jong-un shoots up like this, you know, he us look good, make us look very thin. And Kim Jong-un shoots up like this. He's kind of offended a little bit. But what it showed is Donald Trump's, I'm not, you know, I see a lot of you laughing, but I'm not just trying to make fun of Kim Jong-un. The point is, you have to go and talk to people. You have to be willing to engage in diplomacy, engage in conversations.

That's how you keep the world from falling into disarray and war. And Donald Trump was better at it than anybody over the last 50 years. You see a zoomed in photo right there of the individuals. Let me just show you what the Detroit News wrote. I want to show you also, this isn't just a one time thing. Donald Trump's done this across the country, but he's done this before in Michigan. We'll get to that in a moment. And then I also want to share with you as well another scam that was uncovered today by Judd Ligum, how Donald Trump holds these contests on those emails that he sends out, but there don't appear to ever be contest winners.

Just another scam he uses to take people's money. Let's take a look at the Detroit News article. J.D. Vance criticizes $500 million grant for EB Project in Michigan as table scraps. Just think about it. Just think about it. There's programs right now that are putting people to work in Michigan, creating high-paying jobs. J.D. Vance and Donald Trump are against that because Donald Trump likes to deny science and he wants to just attack Green New Deal even though it's bringing in lots of jobs because it is a catchy slogan. Here's the article. Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance campaign Tuesday in Detroit, where he described $500 million that the federal government is providing to convert a General Motors plant in Michigan for electric

vehicles as table scraps, compared with larger job losses he contends could be on the horizon. So jobs are being created, but he's saying, trust me, like Donald Trump, trust me, there will be job losses in the future. Just you see, if we root against America me, like Donald Trump, trust me, there will be job losses in the future. Just you see, if we root against America enough, just you see, your worst days are ahead of you. Whereas the Infrastructure Act is actually bringing jobs to Michigan. And all of Trump's promises about bringing plants, all lies, all lies. Vance, the running mate of former President Donald Trump, a U.S. Senator from Ohio, spoke and took questions for about an hour in Detroit's Eastern Market Shed 3. Several hundred people attended the event, including more than a dozen who were wearing

autoworkers for Trump shirts. However, six of the people, so 50% at least, that were responding to these questions told the Detroit News on Tuesday they were not actually autoworkers. For the third time in less than a week, Vance was asked by a reporter about whether a future Trump administration would honor investments in EV hate overtime pay. I don't pay people. I stiff the people. He's saying it. And then the people behind him are clapping and they're wearing autoworker shirts for Trump or Teamsters shirts or union workers. And it's like, how are you union workers cheering for a guy who's saying that you shouldn't get overtime pay and that you get paid too much and that he wants to stiff people. Well, it seems that they're wearing the shirts, but they aren't actually the people and corporate media is running with it. But thank you. We have local media who's covering it.

But like, remember when Donald Trump says this here, let's play this clip right here. Used to hate to pay overtime. When I was in the private sectors, they say, oh, I don't want over, you know, I shouldn't tell you this. I'd go out and get other people and let them work regular time. That's terrible. I'd say, don't get me 10 other guys. I don't want to have time and a half. I don't want to have, but it'll be great. I mean, it'll be those. So you'll also remember our coverage of the fact that this, we had a dig up and other local reporters and groups like Michigan GOP Watch found it as well. Big hat tip to them for their reporting. When you look through Donald Trump's federal election filings, you see that he had previously paid a non-union shop in Clinton Township $20,000 to pretend that he was addressing the United Auto

Workers. So Donald Trump rented out a facility that was a non-union shop. He gave non-union workers and non-union worker shirts that said, union members for Trump. He gave scabs. He gave the ultimate scab event. And he gave people who weren't union members, union members for Trump. And then he pretended that he was addressing union workers. And then he told them that they were picketing for the wrong reasons and they were striking for the wrong reasons. Remember he said that? He goes, you're doing it all wrong. Here, watch this clip. In other words, your current negotiations don't mean as much as you think. I mean, I watch you out there with the pickets, but I don't think you're picketing for the right thing. Then he would go out and give speeches and say, I was at this union shop. I was with the

autoworkers and I told him. And he wasn't. It was just a lie. It was just a scam. He just had people fake it and wear the shirts and he pretended he was in a union shop. Here, play this clip. I was up the other day in Michigan. The other night, we had an incredible crowd. And they were the United Auto Workers, auto workers and others. But we were sort of focused on the auto workers. I said, you got to endorse Trump because I'm going to save your industry.

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Go ahead, ma'am. Hello, Senator Vance. I'm Sarah Leach. I'm from the Detroit News. The Biden administration awarded a $500 million grant to GM to convert an existing Cadillac car plant to an electric vehicle plant. Will a new Trump administration honor this for GM or pull back? Well, ma'am, first of all, the $500 million grant came along with some really ridiculous strings and no protections for American jobs not getting shipped to foreign countries. Because a lot of not just the cars themselves, but the battery components, the minerals, this stuff is all produced in China. And so when we write massive checks on American taxpayer

expense to these companies, a lot of times what we're doing is selling American middle-class jobs to the communist Chinese. Again, this is, I can show you this across the country where they were doing this. Like, do you remember while Donald Trump was on the criminal trial where he was convicted of 34 felony counts? And then he staged a union workers for Trump event. Again, non-union workers. And then he had right-wing media like Addison Smith TV, who works for these right-wing channels like Newsmax and OAN and others.

They interviewed this guy right here. And they pretended that this is a black New Yorker to Biden. It's like, look at this black New Yorker. He's wearing a shirt that says American workers for Trump. And then in this clip, this guy says, I don't see you anywhere. I hope New York turns red because we're not voting for you. Let me just show you what this guy says.

Play this clip. I wasn't seeing the former president. Oh, it's absolutely incredible to see him on the streets of Manhattan meeting up with your working class folks here, the type that are out working hard at 6 a.m. It was my first time ever meeting him. And it was really, really dope. What's your message to Joe Biden?

My message to Joe Biden, I haven't seen you anywhere. I hope New York turns red because we're not voting for you. Well, as the community note points out, the gentleman here is an Indian American who does not identify as black. Then he goes and says his name is Vish Burra, and he's George Santos and Matt Gaetz's aide. As Peter Henline says, the fakeness of MAGA is perfectly illustrated. That's Vish Burra, a member of the New York Young Republicans and George Santos staffer. He's a MAGA operative who's being presented as a union member New Yorker at a union event wearing an American worker hat backing Trump. This is just astroturf nonsense. Let me get to the last one of the day. I could do this for, I could go five hours with scam after scam, but we got to call it out.

But I'll just go another three or four minutes and give you another one today. You know how I always show you those Trump emails, the scammy emails that he sends like 10 times a day, and there's always like competitions? Well, Judd Legum did a bunch of digging, and here's what he said. In a series of fundraising appeals sent to tens of millions of his supporters, Donald Trump offered a chance to appear with him on stage during the October 5th rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. It seems like it was a scam. And you see the email right here that Donald Trump said. It says, can we take a picture on stage together during my rally in Butler, Pennsylvania? And then you can enter to win. Join President Trump at his Butler rallies, not the president. I'd love to bring you up on

stage was the subject line of the fundraising email. He sent the email over and over and over again. I'm paying the entire cost of your trip. So Trump held the rally in Butler on Saturday, and the only person he introduced on stage, though, was Elon Musk. There was no sign of any contest winner at any time during Trump's lengthy appearances at the rally, from the moment Trump took the stage to when he left almost two hours later. Was it all a scam? The Trump campaign seemed sensitive to this criticism. The bottom of Trump's October 1 email promoting the Butler contest invites supporters to meet our previous contest winners. It includes a photo of Donald Trump, Trump Jr., and two supporters at

the Miami Grand Prix event held in May. But there could not have been a contest to meet Trump at the Miami Grand Prix because according to USA Today, the race organizers did not even disclose before the race if Trump would attend for security reasons. A database of Trump's fundraising appeals contains no mention of the Miami event. Trump has a history of promoting dubious and outright fraudulent contests. Popular information identified more than a dozen of them during the 2020 campaign. In 2022, the Washington Post reported on a contest for a meal with Trump in New Orleans that no one ever won. So more of the same here from Donald Trump. Now, is this having an impact on the polls in places like Michigan? It seems that it does. Vice

President Kamala Harris is now making significant gains in Michigan over Donald Trump. The polling now is in favor of her there from the Detroit News poll, which previously had Trump ahead. Also, two and three likely Michigan voters think Donald Trump's 20% tariff plan will lead to higher prices. And seven in 10 voters aren't seeing the massive crime wave Trump is talking about on the stump. Also, Vice President Kamala Harris has a big advantage over Donald Trump among early Michigan voters, polls show. About 42% of Michigan voters supporting the Democratic vice president said they are planning to cast an absentee ballot, while about 18% of those supporting the GOP, former president, plan to vote absentee as well. So take all of the facts, tell me what you think, hit subscribe, but I think

it's important that we go through those scams and stunts. Thanks for watching. Have a good day. Shout out to Detroit News. Shout out to Legum. Shout out to you, Midas Mighty. Love this video? Make sure you stay up to date on the latest breaking news and all things Midas by signing up to the Midas Touch newsletter at MidasTouch.com slash newsletter.