MAGA Mike Panics Over Trump Impeachment as Shutdown Hits

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1:30Ben Meiselas:You did this, Maga Mike Johnson. This is your fault. This government shutdown is on your watch and Donald Trump's watch. You all wanted this to take place. Maga Mike Johnson is panicking. He's terrified right now, and he's giving away the whole game. He went on state regime media, known as Fox, last night, and he was whining that if Republicans cannot keep the House of Representatives, then Donald Trump is going to get impeached. That's what he was saying. Donald Trump's going to get impeached here. Watch this. Speaker Johnson, you have a very, very, very narrow majority. It's a scale of one to 10.

2:05How likely is it that the Republicans build on this very slim majority? We're going to win the midterms. Absolutely. We're going to have a big victory. And I think we can expand that majority so we can keep going. We have to give President Trump four years and not two. Imagine if the Democrats took over the House, they didn't get ready for the investigations. They're already ramping it up.

2:21Ben Meiselas:So that's what Magda Mike's talking about as the government is now in a shutdown because of Donald Trump. They're worried about his impeachment. That's what you saw he said on state regime media known as Fox. Then he went on CNN, and I thought Caitlin Collins from CNN did a good job here. She was questioning Maga Mike about his and Donald Trump's lies that Democrats want to give trillions of dollars of American taxpayer money to support the health care of undocumented migrants when that's clearly just unlawful to begin with. So it's not part of the plan of the Democrats. Yet that's the talking point that Trump and Johnson and all the maggots keep on spewing.

2:59Ben Meiselas:And MAGA Mike Johnson's like, you're wrong. It's in there. It's absolutely in there. And Caitlin Collins is like, I've read the Democratic plan. It says nothing about giving any money to undocumented immigrants. What are you talking about? It's about simply protecting Americans Affordable Care Act tax credits because they're about to expire. So premiums are about to double. That's what's about to happen. That's what Democrats are fighting for. It's just that simple. It's not about transgender operations in Peru, or it's not about healthcare to undocumented migrants. It's not about those things, Mega Mike Johnson, but watch Mega Mike Johnson lie and watch his body language.

3:38Ben Meiselas:Like, you know, he's weird facial expressions. Very strange. Here, play this clip. We've rolling the greatest hits on our social media. Yeah, I'm just saying that the point about giving people who are here illegally health care is not exactly what is in their proposal. No, it is 100 % what their proposal is. It's immigrants who have legal status. No, Caitlin, you're wrong. And you're just disagreeing on who's eligible. I looked at it, actually, because I was curious about your argument yesterday. You should study the CBO's analysis that they just put out a few weeks ago. Yeah, I saw that about the 1.2 million people.

4:03You're basically arguing about who has legal status, people who are seeking refuge here or seeking asylum. No, I'm making sure that we are making sure in our provisions that we sign into law have ensured that health care benefits go only to eligible U.S. citizens. Chuck Schumer's proposal. Federal law was not being enforced. That's the whole point. We had to fine tune that so that we could strengthen the health care program. That's what we did.

4:25Ben Meiselas:And then Caitlin Collins, again, I think she did a good job here, keeps pressing MAGA Mike Johnson. And she says it's against federal law for people who are here illegally to get health care. So this is not about giving Medicare or Medicaid or Affordable Care Iraq tax credits to undocumented immigrants. Like, why do you keep on saying that? And then Megan Mike Johnson's like, no, no, no. That's what the Democrats want. And she goes, it's not in their proposal. I don't know what you're talking about. And then she's like, well, Megan Mike's like, well, you just don't see it in the level of specification that we have.

4:58Ben Meiselas:This guy just lies with impunity. They're just a bunch of liars at every level. Here, play this clip. If that counter proposal was enacted is illegal aliens would be paid for american taxpayers hard-earned dollars would be paying for benefits for illegal aliens again we're not doing that but it's against federal law for people who are here illegally yes get yes and that's why our reforms are so important to enforce all that what the important thing to remember is what's happening the democratic proposal that people who are here legally no because they don't have the level of specification that we had in our bill it will unwind that and all those things that the cbo just verified will be reversed we can't afford to do that but you see my point there's no i don't see your point that you're making, right?

5:35Ben Meiselas:No, that is a red herring in this debate. Caitlin Collins then points out that the last two government shutdowns, they came during President Trump's first term. The last shutdown, which was also the longest in modern American history, cost the U.S. economy$11 billion. Here, watch this. The last two government shutdowns that happened came during President Trump's first term in office. The last shutdown, which was also the longest in modern American history, did cost the U.S. economy$11 billion. Now, one of the things we saw that former President Biden do when there were threats of a government shutdown is he brought the parties together.

6:12Ben Meiselas:They had intelligent adult conversations. He acted responsibly. There were negotiations. And then the government remained funded because the process was one of constructive negotiations. Donald Trump is posting photographs like this with Trump 2028 hats of MAGA Mike Johnson next to Chuck Schumer. Remember, Donald Trump did not allow the press into the meeting with the Democratic leaders. Trump allows the press in for everything so he can gloat with foreign leaders and sports teams. But he was afraid to allow the press to be there when the Democratic leaders were in the Oval Office. Doesn't that tell you everything?

6:53Ben Meiselas:And then Donald Trump, this is actual posts from Donald Trump's social media last night before the shutdown took place. Just look at him. Zoom in on his face there. It's a photo where he's pointing at Hakeem Jeffries. I mean, Donald Trump looks like a demented fifth grade bully. No offense to demented fifth grade bullies. It's very strange. Donald Trump continues to post photos of Hakeem Jeffries with a sombrero and with the mustache, I think mocking Mexicans and mocking undocumented migrants, saying that that's where Democrats want to give health care to. Again, this behavior, it's like dealing with, like, again, no offense to babies.

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9:38Ben Meiselas:Back to Magamike Johnson, Magamike Johnson, says that there are good things that can come out of the shutdown. And he says, like, if you eliminated wasteful programs that we otherwise would not get Democrats votes to do, that's a very good thing. And he goes, so there's good things with this. He goes, but we have to really, you know, be concerned that FEMA could have cuts and programs like FEMA that we care about can be cut. And then Caitlin Collins, like Donald Trump said he wants to eliminate FEMA. Like just that's what how big of a liar Maga Mike is. He's like, we got to protect FEMA during hurricane season.

10:14Ben Meiselas:You literally said to eliminate it. And then when she brings it up, Maga Mike's like, oh, Donald Trump said to reform it, to reform it. And again, look at the weird face Maga Mike makes like, no, Donald Trump said eliminate FEMA. We're all there. Just stop the constant lying with these people. That's my thing. Just stop the constant lying. Here, play this clip. Today, the president said that he thinks some good things could come from a government shutdown, what are the good things that would come from a shutdown? Well, the administration has to make some very tough choices. They have to determine at the Office of Management and Budget, what are essential services?

10:45What are the programs that should be prioritized? You know, personnel decisions, policy decisions. They have just, Chuck Schumer has just given the White House unilateral authority to make those permanent decisions about programs that should survive and those that should be eliminated. So he's sort of walked into a partisan political trap on that as well. The president framed it as a good thing that could come out of this. You're saying it's a tough choice. That's not how he described it today. No, it's both. There are good things that could come out of it. If you eliminate wasteful programs that we otherwise would not get Democrat votes to do, that's a very good thing for the taxpayers.

11:15But the harm that comes is from the people who need food assistance, medical assistance. FEMA won't be funded, by the way. We're in the middle of our hurricane season. If your health insurance or your flood insurance is lapsed, no new policies, no renewals, none of that can happen during a shutdown. It's real danger for real people. This is not a game. Yeah. Well, the president has previously talked about eliminating FEMA potentially before this shutdown happened. But can I ask you to reform FEMA more

11:40Ben Meiselas:posts by Donald Trump with Hakeem Jeffries wearing a sombrero like like this guy thinks that that's funny. And that's just really weird behavior that he thinks that that's funny. And then just finally, let me show you this clip right here. This is Donald Trump from earlier in the day where a reporter from the AP, you know, says to him, hey, you know, there's nothing in the democratic policy that allows for this money to fund undocumented migrants. That's not in there. Like, what's your response to it? Remember, and Donald Trump just gives a bunch of word salad because they lie about everything.

12:16Ben Meiselas:Donald Trump's like, my heart is bigger than your heart. So, you know, these undocumented workers, they're illegal and they come in from other countries. That's not the question, Donald. Okay. The question that's being asked is that none of the funding for Affordable Care Act tax credits goes to undocumented migrants. So why do you all keep on blaming migrants and transgender people when that has nothing to do with the discussion? Like, why can't you just, we could have serious conversations about Affordable Care Act tax credits. Don't you think we can have it? The legitimate question can be, is there a certain income threshold where there shouldn't be Affordable Care Act tax credits?

12:57Ben Meiselas:If you're making over, say,$250 ,000, should there be Affordable Care Act tax credits for someone who makes more than$250 ,000? I know that's a reasonable conversation to have, but we're not having serious... Donald Trump's posting photos of the Democratic leader Jeffrey is wearing a sombrero and having like a mustache with like mariachi bands like so what like what the hell's going on here play this clip president undocumented immigrants we actually do have time for that they're not eligible for the health care subsidies that democrats are demanding so can you clarify what are you talking about when you say democrats want to protect their health care so when an illegal person comes in a person who came into our country illegally therefore breaking the law and look we all have big hearts i have a bigger heart than you do uh they're all breaking the law and they're coming into our country and we just as a country cannot afford to take care of millions of people who have broken the law coming in we want them to come into our country but we want them to come in legally now we have a strong border very strong border thanks to christy and tom holman and the whole group they've done an amazing job with the border i mean we had a border that was reckless we had a border that was a disaster they were coming in by the millions I say 25 million people, you're saying less, but I say 25 million people came in illegally.

14:17And no system can take care of the health care of all of those people.

14:21Ben Meiselas:So there you have it, folks. We'll keep you posted every step of the way. You see Mag and Mike there panicking. I think good work Caitlin Collins there with that questioning. And here at the Midas Touch Network, we're going to keep you posted every step of the way. You know, the White House is going to spread their disinformation. They're going to post democratic shutdown on their website. They're going to use government resources to do that. I think the American people get it. I just think the American people also see that Donald Trump's behavior is that of like a little baby. And so Donald Trump told Republicans don't deal with Democrats, don't have any conversations.

14:53Ben Meiselas:Then they said, literally, go F yourself. And they wouldn't allow cameras into the Oval Office. And then you're doing the whole talking about transgender people and blaming migrants when that's not in. And then you're posting sombrero photos. It's like, dude, you're not serious. These are not serious people, these Republicans. And I think Americans want to want seriousness right now because Americans are suffering. Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and being psychologically torched. So we want serious. We want we want to have serious discussions. We know what we're going through. Donald Trump may be talking about 90 ,000 square foot ballrooms and Club Rose Garden and UFC fights at the White House.

15:32Ben Meiselas:And he may be getting billions of dollars from the Saudis and Kushner doing a 50 billion dollar deal with EA Electronic Arts and Donald Trump bailing out his friend Javier Malay in Argentina, who then undercuts American farmers by selling Argentinian soybeans to China, screwing our farmers. But Americans feel the pain right now. And I know Donald Trump doesn't feel it. You know, it doesn't even can't even connect to it, yet alone has no clue. That's just the reality. Everybody hit subscribe. Let's get to six million subscribers. Thank you for watching.

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