The MeidasTouch Podcast - Trump Surrogates SHREDDED TO PIECES on LIVE TV

Episode Date: August 5, 2024

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throughout social media right now. There are a lot of people who are trying to figure this out. But again, that's a side issue, not the main issue. The main issue. Sir, one second. You just did it. You just did it again. Of the United States. Why do you insist on questioning her racial identity?

You want me to talk? I want you to answer my question. George. George, now that you're- George Stephanopoulos of ABC just putting on a clinic there showing how you handle a Trump surrogate when they show up on your network, not to let him just get away with saying whatever unhinged, dangerous, and hateful things they want to say. Byron Donalds was trying to push these horrific talking points from the Trump campaign and that Donald Trump was spewing each and every day since Vice President Kamala Harris became the presumptive Democratic nominee and Stephanopoulos just shut him down.

J.D. Vance went on Fox and Maria Bartiromo asked J.D. Vance, you're pretty much universally detested. You have a negative 24% approval. Tell us, did Donald Trump make a mistake picking you? Watch JD Vance's nervous laughter play this clip. First, I want to talk about you because you've got a lot of people talking about you on both the Democrat side and the Republican side. You've heard the chatter. They're saying some people are saying you were the wrong pick for Trump's running mate. What are you doing about it?

Well, Maria, all I can do is go out there and prosecute the case against Kamala Harris. So over and over again on the weekend, we saw the Trump surrogates getting completely shredded and pro-democracy forces showing up. Republicans like Chris Christie and Jeff Duncan and others pushing back and exposing the threat of Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans. for Harris campaign within the campaign, highlighting very prominent Republicans, as well as Republicans across the country, putting country over party and voting for Vice President Kamala Harris. This is Chris Christie. Chris Christie went on the weekend news networks. And here's what Chris Christie had to say. Play the clip. Impulse. You can't imagine that anybody who understands anything about politics would say, hey, here's a great idea.

Go to the National Association of Black Journalists and question whether Kamala Harris is really black or not. This is what happens, George. And this is how you can tell that this race is changing. Because what happens is when Donald Trump's ahead and he feels like he's comfortably ahead, he is willing to go with conventional, smart political advice. As soon as he thinks it's getting close, he goes back to the greatest hits. You saw this at the convention when he didn't think he was getting the reaction he wanted from the beginning of the speech. He went back to the

greatest hits. You saw it at the NABJ and you saw it last night in Atlanta. Attacking the Republican governor. Right. Now here's Brian Kemp, who he has attacked mercilessly since 2020. Sponsored a primary candidate against him, who, by the way, Kemp got 70% of the vote against in the primary, beat Trump's endorsed candidate. And this is a guy who won big in 2022 when lots of other Republicans up and down the ticket, including in Georgia, were losing. And so to

attack Kemp is a stupid thing, but this is who he is, George. This is personal. He's juvenile. And so he's going to continue to attack not only Brian Kemp, but the women of Georgia should have heard loud and clear last night. He attacked First Lady Marty Kemp just as viciously as he attacked the governor. And that's the greatest hits. That's what he'll go. You hear Chris Christie there saying, look, this is a changing race. One of the more pathetic things was other Trump surrogates like Mark Wayne Mullen, the Republican senator from Oklahoma. He showed up, spoke with Dana Bash. And what Mark Wayne Mullen was upset with apparently was at Brian Kemp,

the Republican governor of Georgia, for not showing up to Trump's hate rally where Donald Trump just spent the time attacking Brian Kemp and Trump was posting on his social media platform attacks that not just Brian Kemp, but Brian Kemp's family, Brian Kemp's wife. But to Mark Wayne Mullen, Mark Wayne Mullen, MAGA Republican goes, you should just do what Donald Trump tells you to do, Brian Kemp. Watch how pathetic this is. And then, you know, Dana Basher, I think at least did the right thing here where she was like,

even if that means overturning the results of an election, that's what you think Brian Kemp should have done? Here, watch this, play the clip. If you want to dive into the difference between what's happening with President Trump and Governor Kemp, you have to really talk to them about it. I'm not involved in that, but I do know that it was personal to President Trump when Kemp

came out and aggressively sought President Trump's endorsement, and he chose to go away from him when President Trump needed him. And let me tell you, I'm a friend, and I'm a loyal friend. If my friend needs me, especially if they've done me a favor, I'm going to be all in for them. I'm going to do everything possible to help them. I'm not going to play politics with it. That's why President Trump might get along so well. Even overturn the election? Because when I needed him, he was there for me. I mean, what he was asking was for Kemp to... That's a total separate issue. But that's why he's upset. But we looked at an endorsement. No, we're talking about endorsement. We're talking about coming out and supporting him. Kemp came out

openly and said he wasn't going to vote for President Trump in the primary. That's what this election is about. You're talking about something four years ago. Let's talk about what's happening today in this election today. Today, Governor Kemp came out, not today, but in this election cycle, Kemp came out and said that he wasn't voting for President Trump in the primary. That's a problem. Kemp is in office. Kemp is in office because President Trump endorsed him.

And his wife and him knows that. And so but but the media wants to talk about that. They want to talk about anything but what this Harris Biden administration has done to our country and to our world. I would not be asking you about this had President Trump brought it up on the stump and then done it in social media. And so I really want to ask you about the Mideast. But before we go, I just do want to say that the reason why Governor Kemp didn't endorse Donald Trump in the primary is because Donald Trump tried to overturn what Kemp believes is a free and fair election in his home state. I want to ask you about the situation in the Middle East. Then you have Ron Johnson from Wisconsin, MAGA Republican senator, going on Fox where they praised him for his anti-vax stance.

Play this clip. By the way, I had a picture of you. I saw you at a podcast with Russell Brand. He was cross-legged interviewing you. You were in your suit. I thought it was such an interesting shot because you two couldn't look more different. And yet both of you, I think, were two of the most courageous people during the covid pandemic scam. And both of you have also stood up for those who were vaccine injured. So I just really want to thank you for your

courage because I really appreciate it. It was a fun interview. It was. All right. Thank you, Senator. Thanks, Senator. All right. Then we have the former lieutenant governor of Georgia. You have Republican Jeff Duncan. And here's what Jeff Duncan had to say. He said, like, Donald Trump is a felon. He is someone who's been found liable for sexual assault. This is a threat to our democracy. Here's Republican Jeff Duncan.

Play the clip. But he also went after the sitting governor who happens to be a Republican. Let's listen. Your governor, Kemp and Raffensperger, are doing everything possible to make 2024 difficult for Republicans to win. Kemp is very bad for the Republican Party. He wouldn't do anything. He could have ended the travesty with a phone call because I did nothing wrong. Kemp is your former boss.

We served together for sure. Brian Kemp has forgotten more about being a Republican than Donald Trump knows about being a Republican. Brad Raffensperger and myself included, we have done more for the conservative cause than Donald Trump has ever done. This is now starting to not be Donald Trump's problem. This is starting to be the Republican Party's problem. We have to call him out for what he is. He's a felonious thug who walks down the street and throws sucker punches at people like Brian Kemp, like African-American journalists, like John McCain, and the list goes on and on and on again.

And the Republican Party is content sitting across the street watching it happen and not calling him out, not jumping into that fight and saying, you are wrong for us. This 10% in the middle, which now feels like it's growing to be bigger than 10% in the middle, that's going to decide this election, are paying attention. And I've never seen a human be more self-destructive than Donald Trump the last two weeks. He continues to do it over and over and over again. And when he loses and the Republican Party finally catches their breath and wakes up and says, we need a GOP 2.0, there'll be some people around, but it's going to take time to fix. My hope is that Kamala Harris ends up being a blank canvas for us to be able to help work these new policies and new ideas into place. That's the risk I'm taking as a Republican voting for Kamala Harris. Final word. Have you heard that the flavored air

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Another clip here from Chris Christie. Let me show you this one. This is really important. And I'll tell you this, if she picked Shapiro on Tuesday, Donald Trump created Josh Shapiro. How so? He endorsed Mastriano, the weakest Republican candidate in that field. What it allowed Josh Shapiro to do was instead of playing to his base to try to win a narrow election, he saw an opportunity for a coalition building election. And that's what he did. So now he's seen as a coalition builder because he did it. But the only reason he could do it is because

Trump made another ridiculously stupid endorsement by endorsing Mastriano, who was a flawed, weak, bad candidate. If Josh Shapiro winds up winning and Trump loses Pennsylvania, he can go back to his decision in 2022 as planting the seeds for that loss. I mentioned the Republicans for Harris organization. Republican voters against Trump's been doing a great job highlighting these Republicans for Harris. Let me just show you some of these videos of former Trump voters who are now voting for Kamala Harris. Here's Arwen.

She's a former Trump voter. She voted for him in 2020, and she says, no more. Play this clip. He's selling us these stories of vengeance and fighting, and that is not the kind of leader that I want to be leading our country. My name is Arwen, and I currently live in Kansas. And I voted for Trump in 2016. I did not vote for him in 2020. And I will not be voting for him this year. But of course, one of the newer reasons that I won't vote for him is his designation as a felon. Many roles that are vital to our country,

including teachers, are required to have a clean background in order to fulfill their roles. And the fact that that is not true of the presidency is a big reason why I will not support him. I also do not like the way he seems to spew deceit and lies, and you cannot trust anything he's saying. You want to have trust in the person who's leading your country. It also seems that he is inviting the Republican Party to delve deep into hatred and divisiveness and violence. He's telling us these stories of vengeance and fighting. And that is not the kind of leader that I want to

be leading our country because I want our country to come together instead of come apart. So whoever the Democratic nominee ends up being, I intend to vote for them. Over the weekend, we got to see this video as well. A former Trump voter. Here she is, Kathy, and she previously voted for Trump. Take a look at her. His son was just born and he goes out and has an affair with a porn star. He goes out and has an affair with another woman that was a Playboy bunny. I just can't even understand it. I won't vote for Trump ever, ever again.

I'm Kathy. I'm from Florida. I'm a former Trump voter. I was worried about Hillary's baggage in 2016. Now look at Trump. Wow. Unbelievable. After watching Trump perform in the White House and all his stupidity, I just could not vote for that guy again.

When he didn't win the election, he reminded me of a little baby with temper tantrum, but it involved a lot more people and a lot more serious actions. Not to concede to an election is anti-constitutional. I mean, the guy was totally off the wall. People lost their lives. January 6th was such a shame. I do believe that a woman ought to be able to choose for her own body. You see the things that Trump was in court about. I mean, he did a sexual assault. He had hush money for a sexual encounter he had with a porn star. How are we going to put that in our history books? He was a unholy father. I mean, his son was just born and he goes out and has an affair with a porn star. He goes out and has an affair with another woman that was a playboy bunny. I just can't even understand it. I won't vote for Trump ever, ever again. I will vote for Harris. I just

would not vote for Trump ever, ever, ever. Another voter right here saying, look, I care about my grandkids. We got to move this nation forward, not go back to Trump's hatred and division. Play this clip. I'm a 56-year-old white gun-owning country boy. And if Kamala Harris thinks she'd get my vote, well, she'd be right. Because I'm also a grandfather. We failed to leave my kids' generation a better world. And now I worry not just about the kind of world we'll leave my kids generation a better world. And now I worry not just about the kind of world will leave my grandkids but what kind of country will we leave them? That other guy. I'm also a veteran from a long line of veterans. And he's just not safe. So yeah, I'll be voting for Kamala Harris because she wants to move us forward.

By the way, the Midas Touch Network has unearthed more footage of Shady Vance in the past saying things like Donald Trump is the same as an opioid. He compared Donald Trump to an opioid. Play this clip. Absolutely. It doesn't make sense in some ways. And in other ways, it makes all too much sense. Yeah, it's unfortunate in a lot of ways because I think in many ways

what Trump is is just another opioid. He's something that's going to take the pain away. He's going to make people feel better for a little while. But at the end of the day, the problems are still going to be there and Donald Trump isn't going to make them. And let's talk about the problem. Another clip that we've unearthed of Shady Vance.

Play this clip. Joining us now, former Marine, Yale Law School graduate and author J.D. Vance. play this clip. Joining us now, former Marine, Yale Law School graduate and author J.D. Vance. He's out with a new book, Hillbilly Elegy, a memoir of a family and culture in crisis. And a lot of the themes of the book relate to why we've seen voters respond to Donald Trump, something we've talked a lot about here on the show. J.D. wrote about that connection in a New York Times piece entitled The Bad Faith of the White Working Class,

which reads in part this. A few months ago, I visited with a few teachers from my old high school. One told me that after a student, a bright young man from a rough home, stopped showing up to class, she drove to his house on a school day to check on him. She found him and his seven siblings home alone, her promising student too preoccupied with tending to his brothers and sisters to care much about school.

A younger teacher, listening intently, sighed, they want us to be shepherds to these kids, but so many of them are raised by wolves. In the white working class, there are far too many wolves, heroin, broken families, joblessness, and more often than we'd like to believe, abusive and neglectful parents. It's hardly surprising that into that vacuum has stepped Donald J. Trump. For many, he is the only thing left that offers camaraderie, community, and a sense of purpose. Wow. But it sounds like you think, welcome to the show, it sounds like you think that's a false sense of purpose. Wow. But it sounds like you think, welcome to the show,

it sounds like you think that's a false sense of purpose. I do think it's a false sense of purpose. And I think that what's happened is where in these communities where everything has kind of fallen apart, folks aren't going to church, their kids are addicted to drugs,

they don't have a whole lot left. And Donald Trump is one of the few things that they do have. And I think it's unsurprising that he's not just popular, but in some ways, very, you know, a source of excitement and pride for folks in this community. Unbelievable. And I think it's unsurprising that he's not just popular, but in some ways, very, you know, a source of excitement and pride

for folks in this community. Absolutely. Worth mentioning as well that Donald Trump's communications director, Caroline Leavitt, gave an interview with Fox and then she posted, why is Kamala Harris afraid to debate President Trump? Well, he's not the president anymore. Let's be clear about that.

But take a look at the chyron. Trump, why should I do a debate? Yeah, Donald Trump was the one who backed out of the debate. Like, what are we, you want to talk about the gaslighting and the lies? There's a debate scheduled with George Stephanopoulos on ABC on September 10th. Donald Trump calls him Slopadopoulos on ABC on September 10th. Donald Trump calls him Slopadopoulos. Slopadopoulos is what Donald Trump says and has backed out of that debate. He says ABC is fake news and it's unfair.

And that's why he's backing out. Just whiny, petulant behavior right there. And it's obvious why Donald Trump is now trailing in even the real clear politics average. Other national, the 538 average, all of the major averages and in the swing state polls. Just whining over and over again. Worth showing you this as well, just to remind you the energy at the GSU Center in Atlanta when Vice President Kamala Harris spoke on July 30th. And compare that to what it looked likeala Harris spoke on July 30th and compare that to what it looked like when Trump spoke on August 3rd. Play the clip.

We'll come to America when we host the Los Angeles Olympics and by the way which I was president we happened to get it I was the president I also got you a thing called the World Cup which is coming very soon. So tell me what you think folks folks, in the comments below. But I wanted to highlight for you what went down with those various appearances. You know, I just think the momentum is going to keep on building. Let me know what you think, though. Hit subscribe.

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