MAGA Mike Runs Off of House Floor as He Finally Cracks

2 Nov 2025 · 22 min

Ask about this episode

Ask anything about it. ChatGPT or Claude reads this page and answers with the times it was said.

Connect VO and ask about every podcast you hear, including the moments you saved. Add to ChatGPT · Add to Claude

In short

Podcast Summary: The MeidasTouch Podcast - Episode: MAGA Mike Runs Off of House Floor as He Finally Cracks

Episode Overview In this episode of the MeidasTouch Podcast, Ben Meiselas discusses the recent actions of Republican Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson and his interactions with Donald Trump amidst a government shutdown. The episode combines humor with a critical analysis of current political events, focusing on the Republican strategy and the implications for American citizens.

Key Discussions

MAGA Mike's Departure from the House

  • Early Adjournment:
  • MAGA Mike Johnson and Republican members of Congress adjourned until November 9, 2025.
  • The episode suggests that this indicates a desire to prolong the shutdown, potentially affecting legislative responsibilities through the Christmas season.
  • MAGA Republicans' Activities:
  • While Congress was shut down, MAGA Mike and fellow Republicans attended a Great Gatsby-themed Halloween party at Mar-a-Lago, highlighting their disconnect from the struggles faced by everyday Americans.

Polling and Public Opinion

  • Republican Accountability:
  • A Washington Post-ABC poll indicated that a majority of Americans blame Republicans for the shutdown.
  • MAGA Mike dismisses these findings, arguing that other polls show Republicans gaining support among independents.
  • Public Pressure:
  • Ben emphasizes the growing public discontent and pressure on Republicans as the shutdown continues.

Government Shutdown and SNAP Benefits

  • Importance of SNAP:
  • Discussion of critical SNAP benefits being cut off and the negative impact on millions of Americans.
  • MAGA Mike's refusal to reopen the House until the government is fully operational was framed as an unwillingness to negotiate with Democrats.
  • Political Maneuvering:
  • MAGA Mike implies that Democrats are politically motivated in their criticisms and are not genuinely interested in resolving the ongoing issues related to SNAP and other benefits.

Trump's Influence and Actions

  • Trump's Anger and Partying:
  • MAGA Mike claims that Trump is frustrated by the situation while simultaneously participating in extravagant events.
  • Nuclear Testing:
  • A significant moment in the episode is MAGA Mike’s acknowledgment of Trump's call to resume nuclear weapons testing, which he frames as a necessary show of strength.

Criticism of Democrats

  • Blame Game:
  • MAGA Mike accuses Democrats of abandoning their responsibilities and blames them for the current impasse regarding government operations and SNAP benefits.
  • The episode critiques this narrative, pointing out the hypocrisy in blaming Democrats while Republicans control the government.

Closing Remarks

  • Ben Meiselas concludes by highlighting the absurdity of the Republican leadership's actions, particularly their focus on parties and fundraising while neglecting pressing issues facing the American public.

Key Takeaways

  • Disconnect from Reality: The MAGA Republican leadership is portrayed as out of touch with the struggles of ordinary Americans.
  • Political Strategy: The episode emphasizes the political tactics employed by MAGA Mike and Republicans, including using public assistance as leverage in budget negotiations.
  • Call to Action: Ben encourages listeners to be vigilant about the political landscape and to engage in supporting pro-democracy initiatives.

Additional Information

  • Merchandise and Support:
  • Listeners are encouraged to check out the MidasTouch store for pro-democracy merchandise.
  • Subscription Promotion:
  • The episode includes a promotion for a liver health supplement, linking personal health to broader themes of well-being in society.

Links

  • [MeidasTouch Website](https://www.meidastouch.com/)
  • [Midas Merchandise](https://store.midastouch.com/)
  • Subscribe to all MeidasTouch Network Podcasts for more political analysis and commentary.

Written by AI. May contain mistakes. Listen to the episode to check what was said.

Hear the part that matters, and keep it.Open this episode in VO. Double tap your headphones to save a moment as you listen.
Get VO free

Transcript

Automatic transcript. May contain errors.

0:00The chair ladies before the house of communication.

0:05The Speaker's Rooms, Washington, D.C., October 31, 2025. I hereby designate the period from Monday, November 3, 2025 through Sunday, November 9, 2025 as a district work period under Clause 13 of Rule 1. Signed sincerely, Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives. And just like that, MAGA Mike ran away from the House of Representatives with all the MAGA Republican Congress members. You can't make this up. You heard for yourself. They gaveled out until November 9th, 2025. And then what are they going to do when they show back up on November 10th? MAGA Mike's going to have them gavel out again for another two to three weeks, I suspect through Christmas.

0:52They want to shut down the House of Representatives forever. So what's MAGA Mike, the MAGA Republicans, and Donald Trump doing? We know they're vacationing, but what specifically are they doing on vacation? Well, at Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans threw a Great Gatsby Halloween themed party. And the theme of the party was called A Little Party Never Killed Nobody. That's the MAGA Republican Party with their billionaire friends. They're calling it A Little Party Never Killed Nobody at Mar-a-Lago. Of course, it's a song for the soundtrack to the 2013 film, The Great Gatsby. And this was a roaring 20s themed party.

1:38What happened at the end of the 20s? What happened at the end of the roaring 20s? Was it the Great Depression? You can't make this stuff up, folks. And so while MAGA Mike adjourned, got out of Congress, fled with the MAGA Republicans to their great Gatsby themed, a little potty never killed nobody while Americans are suffering. MAGA Mike made his rounds earlier in the day on state regime media known as Fox and others. And he was presented with some polling like, hey, Mega Mike, we're a little worried here on state regime media. Americans are blaming Republicans by wide margins. What do you think about that?

2:16Mega Mike here played this clip. So the Washington Post ABC poll says that by a 45, 33 percent margin, they blame Republicans more than they do Democrats for the shutdown. It was 4730. So what's your what's your response to that. Well, I'm not buying that poll because there's a lot of others who say, including a CNN poll that became pretty famous a couple of days ago, saying that the Republicans are winning and we're winning over independents and even Democrats who understand the reality of this whole situation. So look, it's very clear where the blame lies. The Democrats admit themselves that they are the ones shutting the government down and they're having a hard time justifying that.

2:57So I do think the public pressure is building, you have a real pain that's going to be felt by many Americans, millions of Americans every day that this goes forward. And if we get past November 1st, it's a very serious situation for a lot of people. Oh, you don't believe that, you don't believe those numbers? Maybe you want to have your Republicans hold some town halls in their districts and maybe we can see how the people really feel about them. Then MAGA Mike Mike says, no, no, no, no chance we bring the House back into session until he says the government gets reopened. He goes, we're not even going to speak to Democrats.

3:33Well, the whole reason it's shut down is because you're depriving 20 million Americans of the Affordable Care Act subsidy extensions and you're going to kick them off of health care. So you don't want to talk about that, Maga Mike. Here, play this clip. What circumstances has you bring this bring the House back? What are you looking for before you do that? Brian, we are anxious to get the House back to regular legislative session, but we have to get the lights turned back on. Chuck Schumer and the Democrats in the Senate have got to reopen the government. Again, it's the most fundamental responsibility of Congress is to have the government operate and work for the people.

4:07And that's the number one priority right now. And we cannot deviate from that. That is the goal. Not until it opens. Not until it opens. That's exactly right. Yes. And Maga Mike dismisses Democrats criticizing Trump's lawless strikes, his war crimes on Venezuela boats because Maga Mike's a godly man. And as a godly man, you know you have to kill individuals just right on sight. Just kill them. Just drop bombs on them. That's what Jesus would want you to do. Right, Maga Mike? Here, play this clip. They're upset, Mr. Speaker, because they say there's no legal basis. There's no evidence to prove what the president is saying.

4:41What's your response. To the shock of no one, House Democrats are not satisfied with the briefing from the Trump administration. I mean, give me a break. If they came out and said they were satisfied, they would be pilloried by their own supporters. Again, they're motivated out of fear. And as you said, Ainsley, Trump derangement syndrome. Look, I've been to a briefing with the Secretary of State himself, the Gang of Eight, and we heard what was going on there. I'm not going to say the classified parts, but I will tell you, we have exquisite intelligence on exactly what we're doing, who is being targeted.

5:09They're bringing massive amounts of deadly narcotics into the country. Fentanyl was a leading cause of death for Americans age 18 to 49 during the Biden years. We have a president now who is protecting the American people, and they ought to be applauding that instead of criticizing it. Then MAGA Mike just basically admits that the reason why the MAGA Republicans and Trump were refusing to allow SNAP payments to make its way out to people or to just do a standalone snap bill is because they view it as a leverage point. They view it as a way to own the libs, he says. Here, play this clip. The reality is that this has been a stalemate for 30 days.

5:49And it's not just Democrats. You also have one of the most conservative Republican senators, Josh Hawley, who says, at least please move money around to feed people. Why not consider that? Because if you deviate from the goal of reopening the entire government chuck schumer and the radicals over there will continue to play games with people's paychecks their livelihoods and and if you do just part of this it will reduce the pressure for them to do all of it to do their basic job and that is reopen the government this is very real and very serious and they can end it today they can do it right now that all they have to do is we just need five more democrats in the senate to help us reach the 60 vote threshold we don't have enough republicans to to do the right thing on our own we need them to do the right thing.

6:32But you see, the Democrats had to file lawsuits to make a federal court force the Trump regime and MAGA Mike and the Republicans, and particularly the Department of Agriculture, to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, as they're legally obligated to do. But MAGA Mike was claiming earlier that the lawsuits, which two federal courts found that those lawsuits were meritorious and that Trump was violating the law right before those judges ruled against Trump and Maga Mike and the Department of Agriculture. Maga Mike said, why did the Democrats even file these lawsuits? Everybody's saying it's frivolous.

7:09Here, play this clip. I'll just add to that. The Democrats are lying about that. And I think they know that some of the ones who are out saying it are actually attorneys. They can read the black letter law themselves. They've even filed a lawsuit you saw to try to do it. Why? Because they wanted a talking point. They know that's a frivolous piece of litigation. They They know what they're going to lose, but they also know it'll take many weeks or months to have that ultimately determined by a court because of the way the justice system works. So they're using it as a talking point to try to claim.

7:39They know, I believe they know for a fact that what they filed in the court is false. You know, they're lawmakers. They're supposed to know how the law works. And so the whole thing is just shameful, shameful. And they're using the people as pawns in this game. that underlying fund that the secretary just addressed was unfunded by the Democrats themselves when they voted against the CR. You know, it's wild. We talk all the time about heart health, gut health, brain health, but almost never about the most underrated organ in your body, your liver. It's doing over 500 functions every single day, filtering unwanted elements, supporting digestion, helping with energy.

8:16And we usually don't think about it until something is wrong. So what if we actually supported it before problems started? That's where Dose for your liver comes in. Dose for your liver is a clinically backed liver health supplement. This isn't just another capsule or powder. Dose is a liquid supplement. You take it as a daily two-ounce shot, and it tastes like fresh-squeezed orange juice. Dose cleanses the liver of unwanted stressors that are slowing your liver down and promotes daily liver function so your liver can do its job. Zero sugar, zero junk, zero calories. Your liver is your body's filter.

8:48It processes everything you consume and performs over 500 daily functions, energy production, digestion, fat metabolism, vitamin storage. And when it's overworked, you feel it. And when you drink Dose daily, you're going to reduce sluggishness, ditch those midday crashes, support your metabolism, and even aid your digestion. You can trust Dose. It's got real results with two double-blind placebo-controlled studies showing its positive impact on liver enzyme levels. Ready to give your deliver the support it deserves, head to dosdaily.co slash Midas or enter Midas to get 35 % off your first subscription.

9:24Hey, your body does so much for you. Let's do something for it. That's D-O-S-E-D-A-I-L-Y dot C-O slash Midas, M-E-I-D-A-S for 35 % off your first month's subscription. You see the thing with those Democratic attorney generals, as well as the group Democracy Forward that brought this lawsuit, they could have actually just simply used the legal opinion that was on the Department of Agriculture website before you removed it and before Donald Trump's Department of Agriculture removed it because they wanted to starve people to death. The federal judges were like, why is the Trump regime starving people?

10:02You have a contingency fund for this purpose. Go feed the people. What the hell are you doing while you're at your great Gatsby party. And they were not frivolous, Maga Mike. You lost the lawsuit, you idiot. And then Maga Mike over here says, but I want everybody to know Donald Trump's so angry. He's so angry. He's doing a great Gatsby party. Here play this clip. The president's been very busy. He was in Asia doing all these trade agreements. I've been a little busy, as you know. We haven't spoken since he returned. I sent him a text earlier this morning. I saw that as well. What you're seeing is an expression of the president's anger at the situation.

10:35He is as angry as I am and the American people are about this madness. And he just desperately wants the government to be reopened so that all these these resources can flow to the people who need it so much. Look, I'll just say this in general. As I've said many times about the filibuster, it's not my call. I don't have a say in this. It's a Senate chamber issue. We don't have that in the House. More mega Mike here. Let's play this clip. We did that in the one big, beautiful bill and the working families tax cut with Medicaid. We went into that and we eliminated the fraud, waste, and abuse. We got able-bodied young men without dependents off the program.

11:08They were never intended to be there. They're sitting around on their couches playing video games. Yes, that's an actual study, and they're siphoning the resources away from elderly people, disabled people, and young women who desperately need it, and so the funds were being depleted. We shouldn't go for that, and illegal aliens were never intended to be on any of these programs. They're for U.S. citizens only, law-abiding citizens. This is the team. The Republicans will fix that and save those programs for the country, and the Democrats will continue to abuse it. Then Maga Mike says over here that it's the Democrats who have skipped town.

11:46The Democrats have abandoned their post. I mean, Maga Mike, you are the biggest liar. You may be a bigger liar than Donald Trump. You and him both seem to just love to lie. It's like you get off on lying. I showed the clip at the beginning. Everybody knows that you're refusing to open the House of Representatives. So y 'all can like, I don't know, Donald Trump can renovate the bathrooms in the Lincoln bedroom. And he can, you know, talk about the expensive rugs that he's bringing in and golden ballrooms and great Gatsby parties. But here's Maga Mike saying, where are the Democrats? Where are the, I don't know, Maga Mike, when you shut down the House of Representatives, you think people are so stupid?

12:23Here, play this clip. The limits have been reached here. And what are the Democrats doing today? Where are the Democrats? Are they in the Senate today? No, they're out campaigning. While critical snap benefits run dry, the Democrats have skipped town. They've abandoned their post in the Senate. And the reason that's so important and noteworthy for the American people is the Senate is the only place where this can end. The last hope of reopening the government before millions of Americans go hungry. They've abandoned their post. More from Mag and Mike here who says that the real problem we've got here are people sitting on their couches playing video games.

12:59Huh? Here, play this clip. This is a stark contrast between the two parties, the two major parties in this country. We talk about the split screen in here very often. On this issue, with regard to reducing fraud, waste and abuse in government, we're, look, America is the greatest nation in the history of the world. We're the most powerful, most successful, most free, most benevolent nation that's ever been. And part of our benevolence, part of the spirit of America is that we do have these safety net programs. We support that. We have an extraordinary cabinet like Brooke Rollins here, Secretary Rollins, who is handling and administrating the SNAP program is a good example of that.

13:32Medicaid is a good example. Why were they designed and why are they so important and why do we all support those ideas? Because sometimes people really can't take care of themselves. You know, you have the elderly to disabled, young pregnant women, for example, who are single and they're down on their luck and they need some help. snap and and and medicaid and these other programs were intended to be a temporary safety net to help people to get back on their feet but they have been abused abused and there are some big government advocates like the marxists like the socialists who want the government to take over everything and supply everything for everybody but let's guess what if the government can give you everything it can take it away as well and your freedom is sacrificed socialism don't get me started has been a great scourge on humanity.

14:16Then Maga Mike says, but what's so incredible while all of this is going on, Democrats want to blame us. Here, play this clip. Democrats are now, now this is the incredible part. They're now trying to somehow blame Republicans for cutting off snap when Republicans, remember, are the ones who have voted 14 times for the snap benefits to flow. It's the Democrats who voted every single time to turn that off. The same Democrats who've been perfectly fine with defunding Snap and WIC for over a month now are suddenly claiming to be outraged that Republicans and President Trump can't just wave some magic wand and fix the mess that they themselves have created.

14:58If they're suddenly waking up to the pain their reckless decision is causing, then there's one simple way to fix it. They can come back in here and vote to reopen the government. But we don't think they're going to do that. I mean, maybe because you control all branches of government and you're refusing to open the government? I don't know. How about that? Then Maga Mike blames Congresswoman Grijalva, the congresswoman elect from Arizona's 7th congressional district, who he's refusing to swear in. She goes, it's her fault and she's a victim of the Democrats. A victim of the Democrats, Maga Mike?

15:32I mean, again, Maga Mike's like sociopath, like serial killer sociopathic mindset, right? Like he's a crazy, like he's like a, A wacko man. Here, play this clip. Rep Grijalva, Rep-Elect Grijalva is also a victim of the Democrats' political games. As soon as we return to a regular legislative session, we will do that. I'm following the Pelosi precedent, as I've explained on CNN many times. With similar circumstances, I can name you the members of Congress who were elected in special elections, and she waited, like for example, when two were elected during an August recess, she waited till Congress came back.

16:04You're blaming Grijalva and Democrats for not swearing in Grijalva, when you're the one not swearing her in, because you're hiding the Epstein files. I mean, aren't these, I mean, am I wrong? Like these, like you get it, right? Like these people are like despicable. Then MAGA Mike defends Trump restarting nuclear testing. We're gonna start launching nuclear bombs apparently and do underground nuclear testing. That's a, sounds like a safe move here to play this clip. I also wanna quickly talk about something that the president said, pretty remarkable actually, that he said. He said that he instructed the Pentagon to begin testing nuclear weapons again for the first time in more than 30 years.

16:44It hasn't happened since 1992. Have you been briefed about this? Are you okay with this move? I haven't spoken to the president in about 48 hours, so I did not know he was going to say that. But I think it is an important thing for him to have said. Why? Because we have demonstrated, even in recent days, that the only way to maintain peace is to show strength. It's peace through strength. That's one of our principles that we try to advance here every day. We learned that during the Cold War. We know it's certainly true now. America is the last great superpower in the world. We do not have a peer-to-peer adversary.

17:19China is trying to become that. But in this dynamic that we have now on the world stage, America has to show strength. And I think it is an obvious and logical thing to ensure that our weapon systems work as they're designed. And that right there is what these MAGA Republicans are doing. Great Gatsby party. A little potty never hurt nobody. Yeah, as Americans are starving right now, as Americans are psychologically tortured, living paycheck to paycheck right now, as you're ripping away healthcare from people, depriving them of education, people can't afford their freaking rent right now. Donald Trump promised he would make everything affordable on day one.

17:57You promised Doge dividend checks. You promised tariff rebates. Donald Trump's talked about bringing in$22 trillion, which is all a lie. And as the American people suffer on this Halloween weekend, you say to them, a little party never hurt nobody? Sick humans, these Republicans, sick. Hit subscribe, let's get to six million subscribers. New Midas merch. Head to store.midastouch.com today and get yourself the best pro-democracy gear and show your support. That's store.midastouch.com.

18:54Nice!

From the publisher

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Republican Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson running off the House Floor as he cracks in public and is summoned by Donald Trump in Florida.

Dose: Save 30% on your first month of subscription by going to https://dosedaily.co/MEIDAS or entering MEIDAS at checkout.

Visit https://meidasplus.com for more!

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

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

More from The MeidasTouch Podcast

All 2,222 episodes
MAGA Mike Runs Off of House Floor as He Finally CracksThe MeidasTouch Podcast · 22 min
Listen in VO