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Transcript:
Well, Republicans are in some serious trouble, and I believe that they know it.
We had this election in deep-red Tennessee, and it is sending shock waves through the Republican Party, because this is a district that Donald Trump won by 22 points just 13 months ago, and now the Republican has won by single digits. So that is potentially suggesting a 2026 collapse.
Now, meanwhile, Republicans are trying to explain it away, and Donald Trump fell asleep three or even four times in the middle of his own cabinet meeting, eyes closed, head falling, sort of jerking awake like he’s on a long flight and shouldn’t have taken the Ambien or something like that.
And that’s not even the weirdest part of the week so far.
We are getting more information than ever about Donald Trump’s MRI, but the information is only raising more questions, as Trump is now seen covering the makeup on his hands with bandages, We’re going further and further deep in terms of layers of covering.
And meanwhile, a Fox News doctor is furious that anyone even has the audacity to ask about this and saying he’s completely and totally fine.
Meanwhile, cabinet members are lining up to suck up to Donald Trump, even one thanking him for preventing hurricanes this hurricane season and also bragging about taking food off of people’s tables.
Now, because it is also 2025 they let me on CNN to talk about what’s going on with Trump, and I talked about him falling asleep. I don’t think they like that. I’ll play the clip for you.
And meanwhile, instead of saying to themselves, hey, maybe we should revisit our policy ideas in order to set ourselves up to win in 2026, Republicans are just working on making it harder to vote. That’s how you know they know they don’t exactly have a winning strategy.
It’s a mess, it’s embarrassing, and we’re going to break it all down.
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