GOP Gets Quickly Outmaneuvered at Major Hearings

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2:51Ben Meiselas:So the Democrats in the House and the Senate on a bicameral basis conducted unofficial shadow hearings, as they're called, regarding ICE and Border Patrol terrorism across the country. They had to do these as shadow hearings because MAGA Republicans want to cover up Trump's ICE and Border Patrol forces engaging in these terroristic acts and these killings against people in this country. So Democrats in the House and the Senate brought witnesses who are survivors and victims of Trump's Border Patrol and ICE terrorism, and they gave some of the most compelling testimony. We'll talk about what went down there.

3:33Ben Meiselas:Then in the House, MAGA Republicans wanted to hold a hearing on what they said is a major issue, men playing female sports, and they wanted to further divide the country with their social and cultural war issues during an election year. I'll show you how Democrats flipped the script, neutralized what the MAGA Republicans were doing, and then went on the offense. Then in the Senate, there was a hearing where the NIH director, Dr. J. Bhattacharya, was called to testify. And you had senators like Bernie Sanders cross-examining Bhattacharya and exposing him and RFK Jr. and the fatal consequences of the Trump regime's assault on vaccines and science and medicine.

4:23Ben Meiselas:So let's go through what went down. So at the shadow hearings, you had the victims and survivors of ICE and Border Patrol terrorism testify. One of the witnesses was Miramar Martinez, who was shot five times by Border Patrol agents back on October 4th, 2025. Border Patrol agents then made up a fabricated story that they feared for their life because they said Miramar Martinez attacked them with the vehicle and she rear-ended them and they had to shoot her. And that's what happened. They then tried to have her prosecuted federally. They wanted her to go to prison essentially for the rest of her life because they said she attacked them.

5:04Ben Meiselas:Then all of the videos and contemporaneous evidence showed that what the border patrol agents were saying was an utter lie. And the charges against Miramar Martinez were dismissed, but she still suffers as a result of being shot five times. Well, she testified before the shadow hearings, before Democrats in the House and the Senate. And Democratic Congress member Robert Garcia, who is the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, he was questioning Miramar Martinez, and he brought out text messages during the questions, which showed that the Border Patrol agents who shot her five times were sending text messages bragging about shooting her.

5:47Ben Meiselas:And they would say things like, shot her five times and got seven holes. Great work, boys. That's how you do it, boys. Watch as Congress Member Garcia reads these text messages while Miramar Martinez is testifying. This brought tears to my eyes. Let's play it. It's disgusting, shameful, and it gets worse. Miss Martinez, these are images of texts sent by the agent who shot you. And they're actually disturbing to read, but I think it's important for the public to see this. The agent linked an article about your shooting and texted, read it. Five shots, seven holes. I fired five rounds and she had seven holes.

6:33Put that in your book, boys. Oh, well, it is what it is. Shit happens. This is someone that works for the United States government. I fired five rounds and she had seven holes. Now, he was talking about you. And it's our understanding that he was actually bragging about his aim, shooting an unarmed American citizen. Is that right? Correct. I'm so sorry, Ms. Martinez. DHS has allowed the agent who shot you to remove evidence and to potentially destroy it. Is that correct? Correct.

7:13Ben Meiselas:Next, I want to share with you what Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett had to say as she flipped the script when MAGA Republicans were trying to do their own hearing, injecting culture war issues. Congresswoman Crockett brought things back into focus, called out Donald Trump's appearance in the Epstein files 38 ,000 times. And she called out the real issues that are affecting our country. Here, play this clip right here. I don't understand why and where my colleagues are going on everything else. And now they want to be the protectors of girls and women. I didn't hear them screaming this when Renee Good was killed in the middle of the street in Minneapolis.

7:54I didn't hear any protection for Renee Good, a U.S. citizen that was killed by the same people that the vast majority of you just voted to give more money to. I didn't hear the same thing. In fact, it was a lot of crickets, including, specifically including the women as we were just lectured about what we need to do as women when it came down to the Epstein files. I heard crickets. In fact, we could not get any signatures onto that discharge petition to the extent that we shut down the entire house and there was no business that was conducted in this entire country on behalf of our constituents.

8:26But let me be clear, the Republicans are going to protect girls and women because that's what this is all about. It's it's it's not about the report because the amendment says it's about a report. like miss me on being protectors just say that this is what you believe this is what you're doing but don't come at us and tell us as women what we should be okay with what we shouldn't be okay with because it's just kind of like the same thing where i should be telling a lot of women on the other side of the aisle i don't know how it is that you are not protecting women as they need protections over their own bodies to make their own decisions and now i want to show you senator

9:04Ben Meiselas:Bernie Sanders, cross-examining NIH director Bhattacharya. Let's watch this beautiful cross-exam by Bernie Sanders. Here play this clip. We have to address the deep distrust that has developed over the last several years by the public. I'm sorry to interrupt you. I don't have a lot of time. You're right. There is deep mistrust. Do you think that deep mistrust now has something to do when you have an organization like the American Medical Association telling us that vaccines do not cause autism, but you have a secretary of HHS who says the very opposite? Do you think that causes concern and mistrust among parents?

9:49You know, Senator, in 2024, there was a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association that said that only about 40 percent of patients still trust their doctors. As someone who went to medical school myself, it's absolutely shocking. And that's before Secretary Kennedy took office. We have to address this mistrust, but it has to be a bipartisan effort. Let me ask you a simple question. Tell the American people, I appreciate your thoughts on measles. Do vaccines cause autism? Tell that to the American people. Yes? No? I do not believe that the measles vaccine causes autism.

10:21No. I didn't ask measles. Do vaccines cause autism? I have not seen a study that suggests any single vaccine causes autism. Okay, thank you.

10:33Ben Meiselas:Now I want to share with you Miramar Martinez's testimony. I thought this was so powerful and compelling as Democrats brought forward people who survived the terrorism or family members of people who got killed by ICE and Border Patrol Gestapo. So Miramar Martinez explains what happened to her, someone who was born and raised in Chicago, who on October 4th, 2025, was shot five times by Border Patrol agents. Play this clip. I come from a beautiful family full of immigrants. I am proud of my roots. I am born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, where I learned the values of resilience, community, respect, love, and hope.

11:16Those lessons have shaped me since childhood and continue to

11:28Ben Meiselas:She then talks about driving past the Border Patrol agents and what happened. Play this clip.

11:49weeks prior. I knew I had to get to safety before I was dragged from my car and likely beaten or killed. I drove forward and went around the border patrol agents who jumped out of his car and pointed his gun at me. I moved to the far left lane, striking the curb on the far left side of Ketsy. The next thing I knew, I felt a burning sensation in my arms, legs, and that I had been shot by pepper balls, which I also seen these agents fire at people in our community. As I continued to drive past the Border Patrol agents, I could hear my back passenger window shatter, and I felt bullets continue to pierce my body.

12:33As I attempted to drive to a safe location, I began to feel lightheaded. I looked down, and I noticed blood gushing out of my arms and legs, and I realized I'd been shot multiple times. As I became lightheaded, I became worried I would pass out and endanger other drivers on the road. I managed to drive a mile from where the incident happened and I pulled into a parking lot of a mechanic shop and I called 911. I told the 911 operator that Border Patrol agents had just shot me and I needed help. I recall some of the workers from the shop sitting me down in the chair as I was waiting for help. But I was losing this battle.

13:19I saw my life flash before me and slowly began to think this was the end for me. And before losing consciousness, the next thing I remember is the EMT putting me on a stretcher, taking me to the hospital. At the hospital, I remember seeing multiple agents standing around, watching me. be treated for my wounds. My arms, legs, and chest were all wrapped in bandages. I had seven bullet holes in my body. I remember the agents rushing the nurses to finish up so they could take me with them. I still felt dizzy. I was not able to fully process what had happened to me. After being at the hospital for less than three hours, I was discharged from the hospital and took custody of the FBI.

14:09As we left the hospital, I was escorted out through the back in a wheelchair.

14:14Ben Meiselas:She talks about being escorted out through the back in a wheelchair and how one of the agents took photographs of her. Play this clip. After being at the hospital for less than three hours, I was discharged from the hospital and took custody of the FBI. As we left the hospital, I was escorted out through the back in a wheelchair. I observed over dozens of Border Patrol agents waiting outside the hospital. One of the agents came out to me with his cell phone and took a photograph of me. It was the same agent who had previously kept coming in and out of my room, and I had to repeatedly tell him to leave.

15:00I told him I did not consent for him to photograph me. but he did not care it still haunts me that this agent has my photo on his phone was this the agent that shot me was this a trophy for him and she talks about being rushed out of the hospital let's play this clip right here i was next taken to the fbi building for further processing because they rushed because they rushed me out of the hospital so quickly the blood started soaking through the bandages. I heard the agents talking about how the gel will not accept me in this current condition. I begged the agents to take me to a different hospital to give me proper medical care.

15:46Seeing me stand in a pool of my own blood, they were concerned about my health. One of the kind FBI agents brought a bag of additional bandages and worked quickly to pour more dressings over my bloody bandages. The FBI agents agreed to take me to a different hospital where my wounds were treated again, and I received additional medical care before being released back into law enforcement.

16:17Before being released back to law enforcement custody the following day.

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18:17My heart rate went through the roof and the pain in my neck and head became unbearable. It was denied. When I became unable to speak, my cellmate pleaded for me. The last sounds I remember before I blacked out on the cell floor were my cellmate banging on the door, pleading for a medic and a voice outside saying, we don't want to step on ice's toes. When I opened my eyes at Hennepin County's emergency room, I learned I was brought there to be treated for assault. The impacts of DHS detention on my physical, mental, and financial well-being and safety have been very severe, but I do not deserve more humane treatment than anyone else, U.S.

19:07citizen or not. And I am here today with a strong spirit and a duty to the many people who haven't had the privilege to tell their stories or see their loved ones come home. I am extremely distressed by the pattern that violence from law enforcement has been happening to Black and Indigenous communities for centuries and to DHS survivors for over 20 years. We call ourselves a civilized nation, but we lack rules and accountability around what a person claiming to be law enforcement is permitted to do to another human being. I am not afraid, and I'm not afraid to keep working on this problem even after ICE is gone.

19:54Thank you for your time.

19:55Ben Meiselas:Now, this next testimony brought tears to my eyes when I watched it live as well. You had Luke Ganger, brother of Renee Nicole Good, share what his family is experiencing right now, having lost Renee Nicole Good. Play this clip. Thank you, Ranking Member Blumenthal and Ranking Member Garcia and distinguished members of Congress. My name is Luke Ganger, and I'm here with my brother, Brent. Renee Good is our sister. We're here on behalf of Renee's big family and those who loved her. We're here to ask for your help. I was talking to my four-year-old last week when she noticed I was not doing well.

20:57I had to come here today and talk to some important people. She knows that her aunt died and that somebody caused it to happen. She told me that there are no bad people and that everyone makes mistakes. She has nays spirit. it. The deep distress our family feels because of Ney's losses in such a violent and unnecessary way is complicated by feelings of disbelief, distress, and desperation for change. In the last few weeks, our family took some consolation, thinking that perhaps Ney's death would bring about change in our country. And it has not. The completely surreal scenes taking place on the streets of Minneapolis are beyond explanation.

22:15This is not just a bad day or a rough week or isolated incidents. These encounters with federal agents are changing the community and changing many lives, including ours, forever.

22:38I still don't know how to explain to my four-year-old what these agents are doing when we pass by. Our family is deeply grateful for the outpouring of love and support from the community in Minneapolis and from people across the country and around the world. The prayers and words of support have truly brought us comfort, and it is meaningful that these sentiments have come from people of all colors, faiths, and ideals. that is a perfect reflection of Renee, who carried peace, patience, and love for others wherever she went.

23:26Ben Meiselas:Here's Brett Ganger, another brother of Renee Good. Here's what he has to say. Play this clip. My name is Brent Ganger, and I'd like to share some thoughts from the eulogy that I gave my sister's behalf this past Saturday. when I think of Renee I think of dandelions and sunlight dandelions don't ask permission to grow they push through cracks in the sidewalk through hard soil to places where you don't expect beauty and suddenly there they are bright

24:01alive unapologetic unapologetically hopeful that was Renee and sunlight warm steady life-giving because when she walked in a room things felt lighter even on cloudy days