MAGA Mike Shuts Down House after Trump Cover Up Fails

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3:00Ben Meiselas:MAGA Mike Johnson, the Republican Speaker of the House, has abandoned Washington, D.C. yet again. He has thrown the House of Representatives into recess. He shut down all work this week. And now we could be heading towards another government shutdown. Also, since the cold-blooded murder of Alex Jeffrey Preddy, Magamike Johnson has not made any comment. He's fled Washington, D.C., and it's critical that the House of Representatives be in session because in the Senate right now, there is no way, as of right now, the Department of Homeland Security is getting any additional funding for ICE or Border Patrol after the cold-blooded murder of Alex Preddy.

3:53Ben Meiselas:The Democrats have made it clear finally, and we've been talking about this over and over again at the Midas Touch Network, that we believe it is disqualifying if you are a Democrat and voting to in any way give more money to ICE. ICE and Border Patrol should be abolished and they should be prosecuted. But finally, Democratic leader in the Senate, Chuck Schumer, as well as lots of the other Democrats who were on the fence, came out this weekend after the murder of Freddie. And they said they will not agree to what's being called a minibus package, this$1.2 trillion appropriations package, which slips in this additional funding for ICE and Border Patrol.

4:37Ben Meiselas:in addition to this broader package that includes defense funding and all this other funding. They try to package it together, these MAGA Republicans do, in order to kind of put pressure. Oh, what? You're not going to help defense spending? And then we're going to go and campaign against you for not doing defense spending. And Democrats are like, no way are we funding ICE and Border Patrol after what just went down. And here's the thing. if there is any edits or adjustments to the appropriations package which passed at the end of last week in the House. So the House voted in favor. There were seven Democrats.

5:14Ben Meiselas:I'm sure you know it's a complete betrayal by these seven Democrats in the House. But the House Republicans with those seven Democrats voted to push forward the appropriations package, this$1.2 trillion package, which also includes this additional funding for Border Patrol and ICE. Then it gets sent to the Senate. But MAGA Mike just said, you know what? We're not showing back up this week. The House is out. So as you may know from how a bill becomes a law, although I'm not sure they teach this in school anymore because our civic education has been utterly destroyed, the bill has to be identical in the House and the Senate.

5:54Ben Meiselas:So if there's any edits or alterations in the Senate, this bill does not become a law. It gets sent back to the House. And Maga Mike Johnson, he's disappeared. He's shut down the House of Representatives. So there's no way to even get a, figure out this reconciliation or figure out how to make the legislation look the same because Maga Mike decided to take another vacation. And Maga Mike has decided to go absolutely silent and say nothing as a result to this cold-blooded murder. His last post, Megamike, was this post from 48 hours ago. Kelly and I enjoyed hosting our dear friend, Mrs. Erica Kirk, yesterday at the Capitol.

6:38Ben Meiselas:What an inspiration she has been. So many countless millions of people around the world because her faith and courage. So you do that 48 hours ago, then leave Washington, D.C., shut down the house, send it into vacation, and make no comment about the murder of Alex Preddy? Take a look. A lot of Republicans are now even speaking up. You have Senator Lisa Murkowski. She posted the following. The tragedy and chaos the country is witnessing in Minneapolis is shocking. The killing of Alex Preddy, a U.S. citizen by ICE agents, should raise serious questions within the administration about the adequacy of immigration enforcement training and the instruction officers are given on carrying out their mission, lawfully carrying a firearm does not justify federal agents killing an American, especially as video footage appears to show after the victim had been disarmed.

7:31Ben Meiselas:A comprehensive independent investigation of the shooting must be conducted in order to rebuild trust and congressional committees need to hold hearings and do their oversight work. ICE agents do not have carte blanche in carrying out their duties. But MAGA Mike took a vacation the same way MAGA Mike took a vacation and shut down the House, which then shut down the government back in the summer when he wanted to avoid a vote to release the Epstein files. I mean, aren't these people just the worst, these MAGA Republicans? You have MAGA Republican Congress member Michael Baumgartner from Washington say the following, I'm disturbed what I've seen from the video from Minnesota.

8:09Ben Meiselas:It's critically important that the American people in Congress be given a better understanding of how immigration is being enforced and handled, including the methods federal law enforcement officers are using to prioritize, identify, and arrest suspected targets, the training they are receiving, the implementation of body cameras, the threats they face in conducting operations. That's a MAGA Republican right there. You have Republican Senator Bill Cassidy saying, the events in Minneapolis are incredibly disturbing. The credibility of ICE and DHS are at stake. There must be a full joint federal and state investigation.

8:42Ben Meiselas:We can trust the American people with the truth. Republican Senator Tom Tillis from North Carolina writes, there must be a thorough and impartial investigation into the Minneapolis shooting, which is the basic standard that law enforcement and the American people expect following any officer involved shooting for this specific incident that requires cooperation and transparency between federal, state, and local law enforcement. Any administration official who rushes to judgment and tries to shut down an investigation before it begins are doing an incredible disservice to the nation and to Trump's legacy.

9:18Ben Meiselas:What's the legacy? The legacy of fascism, terrorism, destroying the American economy, destroying America's alliances, ripping apart people's dreams, tearing to shreds the United States Constitution. And we know that the Department of Homeland Security, run by Kristi Noem, is preventing even the FBI from being involved in the investigation. And they've blocked state and local officials who the state and local officials had to file a federal lawsuit trying to preserve the evidence, although they believe the evidence by Department of Homeland Security has been destroyed. There's currently an injunction order demanding that the Department of Homeland Security preserve all of the relevant evidence.

10:03Ben Meiselas:But, you know, that's what's going on in the Department of Homeland Security. Also on the Hill, you had a House Republican who chose to remain anonymous, telling Politico, many of us wonder if the administration has any clue as to how much this will hurt us legislatively and electorally this year. Setting aside legislative and electorally, Can we just talk about the fact that there's state-sponsored terrorism, a Gestapo, a paramilitary killing people? Maybe you should care that you're the don't tread on me crowd, that this regime is treading on everybody, taking away people's First Amendment rights, Second Amendment rights, Fourth Amendment rights from unreasonable search and seizures.

10:42Ben Meiselas:And they're executing Americans in the street. They're throwing people into concentration camps. Also, you have Republican chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, Representative of Gabarino formally requesting testimony from ICE, Border Patrol, and other related entities in the Department of Homeland Security. But Maga Mike has put the house in recess and he's sent everybody home. You want to take a look at what's going on even on state regime media? I mean, you have Maria Bartiroma pissed. When you have Maria Bartiroma pissed, you've lost the plot. When she's regime media. Watch her here with James Comer.

11:22Ben Meiselas:And Maria Bartiroma is saying, I watched that video. What the hell is even happening here? Watch this. Another individual is dead at the hands of Border Patrol. Let's be clear. We do not know if there was any pushback from this individual who was armed. We do not have evidence that he He was waving a gun, doing anything to threaten border patrol. He had his phone and he was shooting. He was viewing and recording the incident. That's what he was doing, recording the incident. This episode of the Midas Touch podcast is brought to you by Graza. Everyone knows I love food and what's been taking my meals to the next level lately is Graza.

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13:49Ben Meiselas:And here's Maria Bartiromo with Cash Patel. Play this clip. But how was he threatening Border Patrol? You've collected the evidence, you said, right? You have the handgun in your possession? that's right and how was he using that handgun in terms of threatening border patrol what was the threat he had his camera right he was filming it that's something that i let the dhs and the prosecutors because they are the ones investigating that case i don't want to stylize that evidence but i trust the men and women on the ground who are trained professionals to only use it when it's absolutely necessary and i trust secretary noem's leadership now i guess this is mega republican congress member james comer trying to give Donald Trump an off-ramp here to get out of Minneapolis and get out of St.

14:34Ben Meiselas:Paul, get out of Minnesota proper in general. Comer's like, well, I would just tell Donald Trump, you've got all these white liberals, these white liberals going into Minnesota and these white liberals. And maybe it's just best that you pull these ICE Gestapo out and let the people see how much they miss you, Donald, because all these white liberals watch how pathetic Comer is. But he's trying to hint to Donald Trump, get out of there. What the hell are you doing right now? Here play this clip. And they've got all these white liberals coming in, trying to run over ice, trying to, you know, spray them and do everything to disrupt.

15:12And if I were President Trump, I would almost think about, OK, if the mayor and the governor are going to put our ICE officials in harm's way and there's a chance of losing more, you know, innocent lives or whatever, then maybe go to another city and let the people of Minneapolis decide, do we want to continue to have all of these illegals? Are we going to allow our governor, attorney general and mayor to get away with this? And I think the people of Minnesota would rebel against their leadership.

15:42Ben Meiselas:And you know, MAGA Republicans are absolutely losing it when they've heard Treasury Secretary Scott Besant over the weekend basically say the Second Amendment doesn't exist, right? Scott Besant's like, who would show up to a protest with a handgun? I don't know, someone who has a lawful permit for concealed carrying, and under the Second Amendment, you're allowed to do that? Alex Pretti wasn't brandishing his weapon. He wasn't pointing it at officers. Watch Donald Trump's Treasury secretary say the Second Amendment doesn't exist. Here, play this clip. I am sorry that this gentleman is dead, but he did bring a nine millimeter semi-automatic weapon with two cartridges to what was supposed to be a peaceful protest.

16:29I think that there are a lot of paid agitators who are genning things up, and the governor has not done a good job of tamping this down. Yeah. I mean, as you know, he was an ICU nurse, worked for the Veterans Administration, and there's no evidence that he brandished the gun whatsoever. In fact, it appears that he was disarmed before he was. But he brought a gun. Have you ever gone to a protest, Jonathan? I mean, we do have a Second Amendment in this country that... Jonathan, have you ever gone to a protest? I mean... Have you gone to a protest? I mean, I've... No, actually, as a reporter covering it.

16:59Okay, I've been to a protest. Guess what? I didn't bring a gun. I brought a billboard. Okay.

17:04Ben Meiselas:Secretary Besson, thank you. And then you had Kristi Noem when she was asked about all of this. Kristi Noem was asked, you know, did he brandish a gun? And and here's what Kristi Noem had to say. Here, play this clip. Thank you so much for doing this and would welcome also any other guidance from Chief Scott. Did the 37 year old who had a license to carry, did he brandish a gun? And at what point did law enforcement retrieve the gun and also the magazines from him? Can you offer clarity on this individual showed up to impede a law enforcement operation and assaulted our officers? They responded according to their training and took action to defend the officer's life and those of the public around him.

17:50And I don't know of any peaceful protester that shows up with a gun and ammunition rather than a sign. This is a violent riot when you have someone showing up with weapons and are using them to assault law enforcement officers.

18:05Ben Meiselas:Really, she said, I don't know of any peaceful protesters that show up with the gun. It's just interesting to take a look at what Kristi Noem said back on April 25th, 2013, when she was a member of Congress. Play this clip. Because I wanted to talk about how the Constitution guarantees us the individual's right to keep and bear arms. And that's why I strongly support the Second Amendment. This right isn't abstract to me. It's part of my family's heritage and it's my state's culture. I'm a gun owner, a member of the Congressional Sportsman's Caucus. I'll continue to fight and defend this right for the people of South Dakota and for our way of life.

18:40You know, the Second Amendment has been described in many different ways over the years, but some of those are such as it is there to support our natural rights of self-defense. It's there for resistance of oppression. It even was described as a civic duty to act in concert to defense in the defense of the state. These are all reasons that we need to make sure that we're continuously talking about the benefits of this right. What it means to mothers and fathers who are protecting their families and what it means to us growing up in a country where people sacrificed, bled and died to protect the rights that we have.

19:13Ben Meiselas:Or why don't we even look at Kristi Noem's 2023 NRA speech. Play this clip. And a White House that is so hell-bent on grabbing power and control of your life, they will do anything and stop at absolutely nothing to take it away. They will even take away your last tool of defense. The Second Amendment is about deterrence. It's about ensuring the government respects the rights and the liberty of citizens. A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of a people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

19:54Ben Meiselas:Well, I think a lot of Americans are feeling like this. This is Scotty K Fitness on TikTok. He's got a huge TikTok following. Watch his response to all of that. Play this clip. I am now seeing reports that it's even possible that they disarmed him by taking his weapon out of his holster that was at his six o 'clock and then they mag dumped the fucking guy. So if you are legally carrying a firearm and they take that off of your person and then utilize that as a justification to put rounds in your fucking back while you're laying face down on the pavement, then it was never about following the law.

20:25The Second Amendment doesn't matter anymore and you're fucked. So where's all the don't tread on me two way gun toting, boot licking fucktards? Or is it just when it's not on your fucking side? So I'm done playing the middle ground. I'm done making first aid videos that just might help that can be seen by both sides. So fuck it. Fuck Trump. Fuck ICE. We are not mad enough.

20:48Ben Meiselas:And now I got to give a shout out to Democratic Congress member Kassar. You've seen him many times here on the Midas Dutch Network. And here he talks about what needs to be the Democrats' non-negotiables when it comes to providing any additional funding for the DHS appropriations minibus package. Here, play this clip. What I think we've all seen is that folks watching at home's voices have been heard. Until just recently, it seemed like that ICE funding bill was going to make it through the Senate. But thankfully, Senate Democrats are saying, no, we cannot leave ICE and Trump's mass deportation machine in place.

21:28And so now we need to ask our senators before they send the bill back to the House, in my view, for at least five non-negotiables. First, pull ICE and CBP out of Minneapolis. No more of this in Minneapolis or other American cities. Two, the masks need to come off. Three, no more arresting and deporting U.S. citizens. Four, a full and thorough investigation of the killing of Ms. Good and Mr. Pretty. And number five, we've got to end these indiscriminate arrest quotas and warrantless arrests and searches. This is the kind of things that all Americans should be able to agree on and all senators should insist on in this bill.

22:07Ben Meiselas:So the status right now is Senate is in session. Magamite goes on vacation, shuts down the House. So we'll see what the Senate does this week. Pay attention there. But if the Senate makes any alterations to the minibus, as it's called, the appropriations package that was passed in the House, it has to go back to the House. The House is shut down right now. So it seems like you're heading towards a shutdown. Now, even if the Senate tries to extract or remove from its bill the Department of Homeland Security funding to try to get all the other funding through, it still has to go back to the House.

22:45Ben Meiselas:And MAGA Mike has shut it down. I mean, just how pathetic is it? Do your job. Just show up to the House. And now the American people are going to have to deal with another shutdown. This whole MAGA Republican apparatus is just so utterly pathetic. Do you see why Donald Trump's businesses have gone bankrupt so frequently? I think you see it right here. Anyway. Thanks for watching. Please hit subscribe. You may think you're subscribed to this YouTube channel, but you may not actually be subscribed. Turn your notifications on. Just double check that you're subscribed. Thanks for watching and have a good one.

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