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Transcript:
What happened on Tuesday night in this country was a political earthquake for MAGA, and Republicans are still trying to figure out how to pick their jaws up off the floor while arguing it was no big deal.
We’re gonna delve more deeply into that, because Democrats flipped some of the reddest districts in the country, Mississippi, Virginia, a Pennsylvania county that went for Trump last year swung 24 points blue. So we’re going to look at that.
And it is not just a blip. It is voters saying we’re done with the chaos.
And speaking of chaos, Trump’s government shutdown is now breaking the aviation system five weeks in. The FAA is delaying flights nationwide. Airport airspace closures are looming. Air traffic controllers are working second jobs because they’re not getting paid, and Trump keeps flying on Air Force One while the rest of the country sits in airport purgatory.
And then we’ve got the economy, where job cuts just hit their highest levels in 22 years. Trump and Lutnick keep bragging about everything’s great, but over 150,000 layoffs last month, and it gets even worse, as Trump is slurring through speeches, mixing up South Africa and South America, leaning on the lectern just to stay upright, and even insulting his own supporters, saying they don’t seem to realize how good everything is.
Meanwhile, MAGA Mike Johnson lets the truth slip: if they lose next November, “we will try to end the Trump administration.” Yeah, that’s the point.
Plus, the Fox News host melts down over women voting correctly.
All of that on today’s show. We’re still donating first payments for many new website memberships or Substack subscriptions to Feeding America. We have now funded over 80,000 meals thanks to your support.
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