The MeidasTouch Podcast - Trump Gets NEWS HE FEARED as Arizona GOP ABANDONS HIM

Episode Date: August 11, 2024

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Arizona Republicans publicly ditching Donald Trump and putting country over party and voting for VP Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walz. Thanks to HIMS! Start your free online visit today at https://hims.com/meidas for your personalized ED treatment options. Visit https://meidastouch.com for more! Join the Legal AF Patreon: https://Patreon.com/meidastouch 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 Lights On with Jessica Denson: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/lights-on-with-jessica-denson 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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I've been to dozens of campaign rallies this cycle, Trump, Biden, Haley, DeSantis. This Harris rally in Glendale, Arizona is by far the biggest crowd and biggest venue I've seen. Take a look at what Von Hilliard said, who knows Arizona politics better than mostly anyone. He goes, this could be the largest Democratic rally in Arizona history for Harris and Wallace tonight. In January 08, ahead of the Democratic primary, Barack Obama gathered about 12,000 people. In 2016, Hillary Clinton gathered 10,000. Not much to speak of for Dems before that. We're talking about over 20,000 people in this stadium that Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Wallace packed. Now, the part I want to share and talk about, though, as well, is the fact that you have

all of these Republicans in Arizona, like we're seeing across the nation right now, mainstream Republicans, actual conservatives who are now supporting Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Walz, putting country over party. You know, I've been sharing thousands of stories of people who have either left the Republican Party because the parties left them, or they still technically consider themselves Republican, but aren't voting Trump and aren't voting MAGA because MAGA isn't really Republican. It's not really conservative. And so we've been sharing these stories of people who have been leaving

Donald Trump and leaving the Republican Party. And we asked you to share your stories and stories of your friends, colleagues, coworkers, neighbors, family members, anybody you know in the comments below. And for the past two, three years, we've been talking about this. And now I think we're seeing more people starting to discuss it. And I think it's important that we share it. I mean, we've gotten hundreds of thousands of responses and sure, getting hundreds of thousands of stories shared with you of Americans who are ditching Trump or ditching the Republican Party, that's anecdotal, but that's sure a lot of data to have. And as I've always said, that data has been consistent with what we've seen in the primaries where Donald Trump was losing about 20% of the vote in closed Republican

primaries of people who were voting for Nikki Haley when Donald Trump, when Nikki Haley had dropped out of the race. And so Donald Trump was underperforming his polls, like even in Michigan, he was underperforming the 538 model and polls by 15 points in terms of what actually happened on election day. Now, in this Arizona rally by Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Walz that we covered live on the Midas Touch Network, one of these incredible moments is when the mayor of Mesa, Arizona, John Giles, spoke. Now, Mayor Giles, let me be clear, Mesa, Arizona, it's the 36th largest city in the United States, but it is as conservative as you, I mean, it's a very conservative city in Mesa, Arizona. Let me just show you the hero's welcome that Republican Mayor John Giles got in this Harris Walls rally.

Here, play this clip. Please, please join me in putting country over party and stopping. I'm stopping Donald Trump and protecting the rule of law, protecting our Constitution, and protecting the democracy of this great country. That is why I'm standing with Vice President Harris and Governor Wallace. And the crowd was going wild for, you know, a Republican mayor. And the Republican mayor, John Giles, then talks about putting country over party. He says, I don't even recognize the Republican Party anymore. Here, play this clip.

Thank you. Thank you. I am the very proud mayor of Mesa, Arizona, but I... Thank you. Thank you. But I have to say, I feel maybe a little out of place today, partly because we're in beautiful Glendale. Okay, there's that. But as you may know, I'm a lifelong Republican. All right? Now, thank you for your warm response. I have to tell you that I do not recognize my party. It has been...

The Republican Party has been taken over by extremists that are committed to forcing people in the center of the political spectrum out of the party. So I have something to say to those of us who are in the political party. In particular, you do not owe anything to a party that is out of touch and is hell-bent on taking our country backward. And by all means you owe no displaced loyalty to a candidate that is morally and ethically bankrupt. So again to all of us I would say in the spirit of the, protecting our Constitution, and protecting the democracy of this great country. That is why I'm standing with Vice President Harris and Governor Walz.

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Prescriptions require an online consultation with a health care provider who will determine if appropriate restrictions apply. See website for details and important safety information. Subscription required. Price varies based on product and subscription plan earlier in the week Republican Mayor John Giles and other Republican leaders in Arizona held a press conference Republicans for Harris Arizona and this was an incredible press conference I want want to share it with you right now, play the clip. And I think the time has come for us as Arizona Republicans to admit the obvious and to start saying the quiet part out loud, which is that our party's nominee is not qualified for office

and that we need to vote for the adult in the room, and that is Kamala Harris. It is time to put partisan loyalties aside and vote for the leadership that will truly represent the people we want to be in the eyes of the world. Character matters. And we've been sharing stories like this across the nation. Here's a story right here of a Trump voter. Elizabeth previously voted for Trump, no longer voting for him this time. Here, play this clip. I will never ever vote for another Republican in my life until they come on and rebuke Trump and everything that has gone on. It just disgusts me. I would vote for Mickey Mouse before I voted for Trump. My name is Elizabeth. I live in Texas.

I voted for Trump the first time. For the Republican Party to move forward and to believe that, you know, all of this is okay. Everything, all the criminal action, believing that the vote was stolen. It even sickens me more. I will never, ever vote for another Republican in my life until they come on and rebuke Trump and everything that has gone on. It just disgusts me. I would vote for Mickey Mouse before I voted for Trump.

He definitely wants to be a dictator. He is a coward. And I just can't believe that all of his lies that people do not see that. I just don't understand it. So I will not be voting for Trump. I will vote for Biden. And I will not vote for another Republican in my life, no matter what, until the Republican Party stands up and talks against him. It's appalling. I always like to share your stories as well. Here are some of the stories that you've shared with me. Vicky wrote, Ben, I voted for Trump in 2016, but learned my lesson very quickly. That was the biggest mistake of my life.

Never voted for him again. I voted for Biden and will continue to vote for democracy. Then someone responds that my husband did as well and now feels the same. He despises Trump and regrets his vote in 2016. The next response, my veteran husband did too. He's so excited now to give Kamala and Tim his vote this year. Next comment, same. I'm the proud daughter of a Texas Vietnam veteran and our family is voting blue up and

down the ballot. This nightmare has to stop. Thank your husband for me for his service to our country. I'm a lifetime Republican and voted Trump twice. Never again, someone writes. Faith in humanity has been restored. Someone goes, I did the same thing and I felt awful after. I voted for Trump in 2016. I voted for Biden and will now be voting for Kamala. Rachel writes, my mom voted for Trump hoping that a non-politician would be a nice

change. She quickly regretted her decision. Bill's Mafia writes, I voted for Trump in 2016 and have regretted it ever since Sean Spicer came out to argue about the crowd size at the inauguration. In the years since, I have realized that not all MAGA supporters are racist, but all the racists support MAGA. Do you remember that moment? Let me show you that. Here's Sean Spicer back in 2016. Play the clip. I think I'd like to discuss a little bit of the coverage of the past 24 hours. Photographs of the inaugural proceedings were intentionally framed in a way to minimize the enormous support that had gathered on the National Mall. This was the first time in our nation's history that floor coverings have been used to protect the grass in the mall. That had the effect

of highlighting any areas where people were not standing, while in years past, the grass eliminated this visual. Inaccurate numbers involving crowd size were also tweeted. No one had numbers because the National Park Service, which controls the National Mall, does not put any out. We know that from the platform where the president was sworn into 4th Street holds about 250,000 people. From 4th Street to the media tent is about another 220,000. And from the media tent to the Washington Monument, another 250,000 people. This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period, period, period, period, period, period. Or that was shortly after the 2016 election, rather. But here we are in 2024.

And this past week, Donald Trump gave that press conference. And what's he talking about? The same stupid thing. The crowd sizes and saying his crowd size at the insurrection was bigger than Martin Luther King. It wasn't. The insurrection was one of the most dastardly and disgusting days in the history of our nation. Who cares about your crowd size? Talk about issues that matter to the American people and not for the stupid crowd size thing.

This was him from earlier this week. Here, play the clip. The biggest crowd I've ever spoken before was that day. And I'll tell you, it's very hard to find a picture of that crowd. The biggest crowd I've ever spoken, I've spoken to the biggest's very hard to find a picture of that crowd. The biggest crowd I've ever spoken, I've spoken to the biggest crowds. Nobody's spoken to crowds bigger than me. If you look at Martin Luther King, when he did his speech, his great speech, and you look at ours, same real estate, same everything. And they said he had a million people, but I had 25,000 people.

But when you look at the exact same picture and everything's the same, because it was the fountains, the whole thing, all the way back from Lincoln to Washington, and you look at it, we actually had more people. They said I had 25,000, and he had a million people. And I'm okay with it, because I liked Dr. Martin Luther King. Yeah, please. I mean, seriously, what in the world is that? Some more comments here. I voted for Trump back in 2016. I thought he would help people who needed it the most. Stupid me. The only person he helped was himself. Never again. I'm voting for Harris Walls. And then this next person writes, my mother typically doesn't vote or pay attention to politics. She has other struggles in life that keep her distracted. But after a long time of keeping her filled in on the topics and slow, deliberate encouragement, she is voting for Harris-Walls.

She never believed her vote matters, but she's dutifully voting her conscious this election. Thanks, Mom. I'm proud of you. Look, we can all make a difference. We can all have these conversations. Think about it. Twenty-eight million people have watched this YouTube channel in 48 hours. 28 million. That's more than MSNBC, CNN, and Fox. But think about this too, that you who watch this, this community is engaged as well. So what we can do is we can reach out to people and then we can be ambassadors for good and

change. So if we just do a little bit every day, just think about what we can accomplish together by after you watch this video, give someone a call, share this network, let them see this video and let me see this stuff. I want to leave you with this. Remember our video that we made Trump the snake when Trump tells that story about the snake and letting the snake in and his version is a very xenophobic one. But ultimately with Trump, it's always projection and confession. He's the snake. So let me show you the snake video that we made over four years ago.

Play the clip. Who has heard the poem called The Snake? My father gave me a small loan of a million dollars. Well-documented and severe financial downturn in the past year. You know about sexual predators and things like that. You are one. All right. It's more than anger. It's hatred.

They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. Down the path, along the lake, a tender-hearted woman saw a poor, half-frozen steak. You'll absolutely love Trump Steaks. More than 150 former students allege Trump University was a fraud. Persistently illegal conduct at the president's charity. Take me in, oh tender woman. Take me in for heaven's sake. Take me in, oh tender woman.

Sigh the vicious. Would you denounce what happened in 2016? President Putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today. The tender woman sighed the vicious. Would you denounce what happened in 2016? President Putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today. He withheld the money, he withheld the meeting, used it to coerce Ukraine to do these political investigations. The American Embassy in Baghdad under siege. He stroked his pretty skin again and held him tight. The Chinese government awarded Ivanka Trump's brand seven new trademarks.

They're a pack of grifties. His campaign manager's got two condos, a Ferrari, a yacht. They're all just fleecing the campaign. That snake gave her a vicious bite. The coronavirus. This is their new hoax. The U.S. now leading the world in death in depth no i don't take responsibility at all this

is a great success story i have saved you cried the woman and you've bitten me heavens why you know your bite is poisonous and now i'm going to die we want to terminate health care and then i see the disinfectant shut up silly woman said the reptile with a grin. You knew damn well I was a snake before you took me in. Can you believe that was four years ago? Still holds up today. Still holds up today. Still holds up today. Hit subscribe.

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