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The Republicans have been saying lots of things. Just yesterday, their leader said he wants to own Gaza? The US will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it too. We'll own it. On Monday, the Secretary of State said an entire federal agency was insubordinate.
USAID in particular, they refuse to tell us anything. We won't tell you what the money's going to, where the money's for, who has it. Over the weekend, Vice President Elon Musk, the richest man on Earth, tweeted about the same agency that, you know, gives money to the poorest people on Earth?
We spent the weekend feeding USAID into the wood chipper. Could gone to some great parties. Did that instead. But what have the Democrats been saying? People are aroused. I haven't seen people so aroused in a very, very long time.
Huh. That's a weird way to put it, Senator. We're going to ask what exactly is the Democrats' strategy to push back on Republicans on Today Explained.
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Sean Ramos, firm halftime host at Today, explained Sahil Kapoor, senior national politics reporter at NBC News. Sahil's been following Democrats as they try to figure out how to respond to Republicans having all the power and doing all the things.
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