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Chapter 1: How are Democratic leaders fighting back against Trump?
Democratic leaders are finally pushing back aggressively. They seem to be getting their footing now. We're seeing Democrats also go into areas that are like plus five or plus 10 Republican districts that have voted for Trump before. And they're speaking to people who are They're pissed off because their Medicaid's being taken away.
They're seeing veterans get fired and having their services taken away. They're seeing the cruelty with which Elon Musk and Trump and Doge are gutting the federal government, are patrolling. propping up the billionaire oligarchs, let me show you some Democrat leaders who are standing up and getting standing ovations doing so as well.
Chapter 2: Who is Tom Suozzi and why is he significant?
Talking about Democrats going on Fox, Democrats going into Trump districts. Take a look at this. Democratic Congress member Tom Suozzi over the weekend got a huge standing ovation in in a Trump plus five congressional district at Hofstra University in Hempstead when he was talking about Trump's despicable behavior in the Oval Office with Zelensky. Let's play this clip.
Listen, everybody's freaking out. Everybody's like, I'm Mr. Let's work together, let's try and find common ground. What happened in the White House yesterday, I was so pissed off. I wanted you to get that out of your
Next, I want to show you Democratic Congress member Garcia, who goes on Fox, calls out Trump on Fox in enemy territory. Here, watch this.
Chapter 3: How are Democrats addressing Trump's actions on Fox News?
Very shameful display for all that to happen in the Oval Office, in front of the world and all of our allies who we need to stop Russia. And I think what honestly is most disgraceful is that throughout that conversation, that the president could not be clear. that Putin is a danger to Europe, to Ukraine, and to the United States.
Putin is an authoritarian dictator, and we need to call it like it is, and to embarrass Zelensky, who is taking Putin on right now, to belittle him, an ally, and our efforts in Ukraine.
Now take a look at the interview I did with Senator Schiff. This was a powerful moment. Let's play it.
Chapter 4: What are the implications of Trump's foreign policy?
Well, to the people of America, I want to just say this is not who we are. This is not who we are. We don't bully an ally. We don't take the side of a dictator. We don't ignore the long and important issues. role that we have played in defending democracy, that is not who we are. We're just not what we saw displayed by the President of the United States today.
And I think we all have a role to play right now in the defense, not just of Ukraine, but of what the country stands for, of our values. I would say to our allies around the world, what they witness to might be Donald Trump, but it is not America. And we'll have to get through this period. We'll have to struggle through this period. We'll have to be more reliant.
When I say we, the freedom-loving people of the world are going to have to be more reliant on other leaders in the world because we cannot rely on this president. And it's a terrible way to feel about a president of the United States, but the shameful display we had today is so antithetical to everything that our country has stood for, and I hope it is never repeated.
Here's Governor Josh Shapiro.
Let's play this clip. When Donald Trump took the oath of office, he took the oath of office to be president of the United States and be the leader of the free world, as presidents have been for many generations, stretching back even before Ronald Reagan and the changes that came there.
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Chapter 5: Why is America's national security at risk under Trump?
He went from being the leader of the free world to now, in just one month, wanting to be a leader of a single hemisphere, and leaving China and Russia in charge of the other hemispheres. That is deeply, deeply dangerous for America's national security interests. It is deeply troubling to see a president retreat in the face of Vladimir Putin and President Xi
We need a president who's going to stand up for America's interests, who wants to be the leader of the free world. He has demonstrated nothing but weakness when it comes to national security over the course of his first month in office. Ben, we need to talk about this more. America's national security is at risk as a result of these decisions the president has made.
Next up, you have Senator Chris Murphy, who's been doing, I think, a good job pushing back against the Trump regime. Let's play it.
What's your reaction to what you just heard from the president's national security advisor? Do you think there's hope of salvaging this relationship with Ukraine?
So it is absolutely shameful what is happening right now. The White House has become an arm of the Kremlin. Every single day, you hear from the National Security Advisor, from the President of the United States, from his entire national security team, Kremlin talking points. For the last week, the White House has been pretending as if Ukraine started this war.
That's essentially saying that Poland invaded Germany at the beginning of World War II. There are still facts in this world. And the fact is this. Vladimir Putin is a brutal dictator. Russia started this war. And the entire pretext for that meeting yesterday was an attempt to rewrite history in order to sign a deal with Putin that hands Putin Ukraine. That is disastrous for U.S. national security.
That means that China will be on the march. Putin may not stop. America may be at war with a nuclear power. And for what? For what? It appears as if America is trying to align itself with dictators, that Donald Trump wants us to have our closest relationships with despots all around the world, because that makes it easier for him
to transition America into a kleptocratic oligarchy where Elon Musk and Donald Trump rule and steal from the American people. If we were allied with democracies, that would be harder.
But if the United States' closest partner is Russia, then it makes it a lot easier for Donald Trump, Elon, and their billionaire pals to steal from the American people, to steal our data, to steal our Medicare, to steal our Medicaid in order to enrich themselves.
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Chapter 7: What criticisms does Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett have about Trump?
And unfortunately, he decided that he wanted to talk about his clothes. Now, maybe this is because Trump never wanted to go serve his country. And right now, the only service that he's giving to us is driving our country apart. But I'm sorry, when you're at war, you're not worried about your outfit. That is what we call a privilege, number one. Number two, to say, oh, what can you afford?
Well, if he was walking around in the fanciest suits, I'm sure that they would accuse him of taking our dollars and spending it on his wardrobe and being more concerned about that. Listen, this is a no-win situation when you're walking in with someone who has decided that he is going to align himself with a dictating thug.
Here's Congresswoman Crockett again.
And when we decided that we wanted to subpoena him to come in, him being Elon, you know who didn't even want to debate it? The Republicans.
Not only did they shut it down, but they wouldn't allow us to engage in debate because they really don't have an explanation for why we would have an entire subcommittee that is supposed to sit atop this organization or whatever it is because it's not really an organization. And they don't want to bring in the guy that is the face of it.
Can I ask you, is it also a little bit because they're afraid to go up against Elon Musk and Donald Trump?
Well, I don't know if they're afraid. I just think they're wusses. I mean, you know, I don't really know what it is. But right now, one of the things that the former governor just said, he talked about people basically giving up their rights and giving up their duties. I've said that they've castrated their constitutional duties.
you've got republicans that will only move or as we used to say jump whenever donald trump says jump or elon says jumping is usually how high right like that's what they're doing they are not listening to their constituents
Now, can we just contrast for a moment what you're seeing there with which MAGA Republican Congress member should we do? Let's do a clip of Ronnie Jackson, MAGA Republican Congress member from Amarillo, Texas. Here's what he has to say about Zelensky. Here, let's play it.
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