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Chapter 1: Why is MAGA Mike Johnson criticized in this episode?
You sure you wanted this job, MAGA Mike Johnson? Not sure you can handle this job, MAGA Mike Johnson. Not as easy as you thought it was going to be, or is this exactly what you wanted? Just to be Donald Trump's lapdog, making a fool of yourself each and every day, watching as the world sees how weak and pathetic you are, watching as you cause disaster and havoc on this country.
So MAGA Mike held a press conference earlier in the day. And he was asked about Trump's liberation day and Trump's tariffs, which are going to cause further destruction on our economy, which he has already wrecked. And here's what MAGA Mike Johnson had to say. Let's play it. The president should move forward tomorrow with tariffs.
So he's made very clear that he's doing this in the executive branch under his executive authority, and it doesn't involve Congress in that way. Look, you have to trust the president's instincts on the economy, okay? Why? This isn't blind faith. Remember what he accomplished in the first administration.
Before COVID, we had the greatest economy in the history of the world, not the U.S., the whole world. Every demographic was doing better. Because we cut taxes, we cut regulations, and we made a better economic environment for everybody to succeed. And he is going about that same plan to bring that about. And tariffs is a component of that. And we'll see how it all develops.
look, this isn't us. We're not Congress. It's the executive branch. Trust. Trust the guy. I'm just going to make up things that actually didn't happen during his first term. And I'm going to say that it was the greatest when it was literally the worst. And other than Herbert Hoover, Donald Trump being Herbert Hoover, the only president to actually lose jobs. But I was going to say it was great.
And then let's forget about all the bankruptcies. Let's forget about everything that Donald Trump's ever bankrupted. And then let's forget about inject yourself. Just let's pretend it's not. By the way, I don't even know if these are called press conferences anymore. They're more like humiliation rituals.
Like every other day he goes up like, what was it, last week or two weeks ago, he had to explain why Donald Trump was just speaking like directly with Putin and spreading all of this propaganda from Putin. Like here's what he said a few weeks ago. Let's play it.
Everybody in the world wants an end to this war. We need to restore peace there. President Trump is fiercely committed to that. Now, he operates in a certain way. He is a great dealmaker, as everyone will have to acknowledge, whether they like it or not. He wrote the book, The Art of the Deal, right?
And I think of this, I liken this to my former law practice, where we would be engaged sometimes in arbitration or mediation between two Parties that were at war, metaphorically. And when you begin an arbitration proceeding, you don't bring both parties into the meeting for that first table set because they're at odds, right? That wouldn't be productive.
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Chapter 2: What are Trump's tariffs and their potential impact?
Thank you for just even listening. And thank you for fighting. I think it begins with listening, understanding that people are suffering right now and then going out. What do you make of the Democrats who are fighting? How do you describe kind of what we're seeing now in the evolution of, I think, a real resistance, a strong opposition, a defined opposition to Trump?
No, I think that's absolutely right. Look, I've been saying from day one that we've got to match the energy on the ground. We've got to fight like hell. We cannot continue to allow Republicans to just steamroll over us. And, you know, we've always been this party of respectability and, you know, and doing the right thing and making sure that we're bipartisan. That's over.
And people on the ground have no interest in us holding hands with Republicans as they steamroll over our priorities and our rights. They want us to fight. And I think you're seeing a lot of Democrats now taking that fight directly to Republicans, directly to Elon Musk. I mean, as you know, I'm being... criminally investigated for calling Elon Musk a dick for crying out loud.
I mean, this is insanity what they were trying to do to weaponize the Justice Department, going after folks like AOC and Jasmine Crockett and others for just speaking truth and for taking on Elon Musk. And so I'm really happy to see Kim Jeffries, our leader, Democrats out there just pounding the pavement. And you're going to see a lot more of us in these Republican districts.
Like I've told others out in the Palm Springs area, in the desert area, in Riverside County, Ken Calvert is next. And I look forward to going to his district here in the next couple of weeks.
I love it. Anything else, any other messages you want to let the American people know right now? Of course, we're in uncertain times. We're heading into more uncertain times. Every day with Trump, it's chaos and destruction. Any last things you want to say before we go?
Just to continue to stay engaged, stay loud, demand more of us, demand more of these Republicans. We only need three of these Republicans to stop the massive tax giveaway that Donald Trump is trying to put in place with Elon Musk. And so just stay engaged. I know it's frustrating. I'm frustrated too. I get mad and pissed as well, but we got to keep fighting like hell.
And so thanks for everything that you guys are doing and let's stay engaged.
Congressman Robert Garcia, thanks for joining us. Thank you. Everybody hit subscribe. Let's get to 5 million subscribers. Thanks for watching.
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