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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.
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.
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.
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.
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