🚨 MAJOR Altercations BREAK OUT in Capitol as GOP STUNT BACKFIRES

🚨 MAJOR Altercations BREAK OUT in Capitol as GOP STUNT BACKFIRES

So, two major altercations just broke out in the Capitol building as MAGA Republicans are getting so desperate. They’re trying to pull these public stunts of like getting in the faces of Democratic lawmakers and the Democratic lawmakers are not taking it and they’re fighting back. We have it caught on camera, folks. So, the first altercation involved MAGA Republican Congress member Mike Lawler from New York. He brought the press with him and he was going to confront Democratic leader Hakee Jeff to Jeffy’s face. But leader Jeff was ready. Jeff comes out of his office, gets into Lawler’s face, and just utterly exposes Lawler and shows how weak and pathetic Lawler and these MAGA Republicans are. Lawler’s like, “Can you sign this?” And Jeff is like, “You are there just to support the billionaires. You’re ripping away people’s healthcare. People are going to die in your district. This was a powerful moment. I think this was Hakee Jeff moment. Watch for yourself. I’m going to play you this shorter clip of what went down first. Let’s play it. You’re not going to talk. You’re not going to talk to me. You’re not going to talk to me and talk over me because you don’t want to hear what I have to say. So, why don’t you just keep your mouth shut because you showed up. You showed up. You showed up and so you voted for this one big ugly bill. This you can extend it right now. permanent extension of massive tax breaks for your billionaire. So 90% of Americans so they can get a permanent extension 90% of Americans working. Then the other altercation involved Magam Mike Johnson trying to interrupt uh a press briefing that was being conducted by the Arizona senators, Senator Ggo and Senator Kelly, who were calling for Adelita Grihalva, the representative elect, the congresswoman elect from Arizona’s seventh congressional district to be sworn in. And then you’ll see Magga Mike just like shows up. It’s like, I’m here everybody. I’m here. Maybe you just got to open up the government. No, it’s the Trump and Republican government shutdown. And I loved how Senator Ggo and Senator Kelly also got in MAGA Mike’s face and said, “This is about your cover up of the Epstein files. This is strength. This is how it’s done.” Here, play this clip. Miss Grahala, Repa, has not yet had a scheduled date because she was elected after the House was out of session. So, I’m anxious to administer the oath to her. As soon as you guys, you don’t want to be on district. How much? It’s totally absurd. You guys are experts in red herrings and moving along. Has nothing to do with Epstein. The House Oversight Committee, the House Oversight Committee is working on the Epstein files right now, releasing 34,000 pages and more on the way. Let me finish. Let me finish. The House Oversight Committee Excuses. This is an excuse why she doesn’t sign on for that. Now, let me show you the longer interaction of what went down when you had Mike Lawler, the MAGA Republican Congress member from New York, uh, try to approach Leader Jeff in this publicity stunt. Leader Jeff walks out of the office drawing, gets right up in Lawler’s face, looks at him and says, “You realize how pathetic you are? How pathetic you come in here and you’re saying lies? Watch this powerful moment right here. Let’s play this clip. We sign right now. Let me ask you a question. Did you get Did you get permission from your boss? Why don’t we sign on right now? Did your boss Donald Trump easily did your boss Donald Trump? Yes, he is. No, he’s not. By the way, let me ask you a question. Let me ask you a question. Let me ask you a question. For years, you always you’re making a show of this to make yourself easing yourself right now. You’re chasing clout. You’re an embarrassment. Sign on to the Let me ask you a question. You have four Democrats on here. Let me ask you a question. Let me ask you a question. It’s a It’s a question. You voted for the one big thing I most correct. I voted for a tax cut bill that gave the largest tax cut to Americans in history, including, by the way, the average New Yorker getting a $4,000 tax cut. Are you against that? You’re embarrassing yourself. You want to cut the standard deduction in the largest cut to Medicaid in American history. You voted for that. Fraud and abuse. By the way, Tom Dapoli, the Democrat controller of New York. Let me ask you a question. Pointed out that $1.2 billion if you’re going to listen. You’re not going to you’re not going to talk you’re not going to talk to me. You’re not going to talk to me and talk over me because you don’t want to hear what I have to say. So why don’t you just keep your mouth shut because you showed up. You showed up. You showed up and so you voted for this one big ugly bill. You can extend it right now. A permanent extension of massive tax breaks for your billionaire donor. Then Democrats went out and held I thought a great press conference in contrast to what Magamike and the Republicans today their talking point is. Do you all know that uh young pregnant women they get uh to reimburse the hospitals less than uh these like migrants do less than I mean it was just such a bizarre press conference that Republicans had. This was the Democratic press conference though on point on the side of the American people. Watch what goes down. As Democratic leader Jeffrey says, “Our position is clear. The Affordable Care Act subsidies need to be extended permanently. We should help all Americans have health care the way Donald Trump is helping subsidize the lifestyles of his rich and shameless friends.” Here, play this clip. Our position that has been articulated in a bill that was introduced by Senator Patty Murray and Congresswoman Rosa Deluro is a permanent extension of the Affordable Care Act tax credits to match the permanent extension that Republicans on their own saw fit to do for the wealthy, the well-off, and the well-connected as part of the Republican continuing effort to subsidize the lifestyles of the rich and shameless. More from Hakee Jeff right here saying this is the second time it’s been shut down under Donald Trump. He’s nowhere to be found. He’s out there golfing. Here, play this clip. If we’re going to get a resolution here, we need presidential leadership. That’s what Donald Trump himself said 12 years ago in 2013. If a shutdown happens, the buck stops with the president. This is now the second time that the government has been shut down under Donald Trump and he’s in the presidential witness protection program. He’s nowhere to be found. He’s got time to be on the golf course, but apparently doesn’t have time to sit down with Democrats in the House and the Senate to reopen the government. Then we have Democratic Congress member McGovern. Here’s what he said. Let’s play it. I don’t know if anyone else wanted to add. Yeah. You know, Republicans love to advocate for more work requirements for poor people, people on SNAP, people on Medicaid. Well, I got an idea. Let’s let’s let’s have a work requirement for Republicans to show up uh to Congress and do your goddamn job. I mean, millions of people are about to lose their healthcare. This is a serious crisis we’re in, and we can avoid it. We can avoid people losing their healthcare, and we can keep the government open. They need to show up. Back to Democratic leader Jeff saying, you know, Republicans are obviously trying to cover up the Epstein files right now. They know that Adalita Grihalva, Congresswoman elect from Arizona’s seventh congressional district, would be the 218 signature on the discharge petition. Here, play this clip. Will you call Speaker Johnson and implore him to swear in Adelita Gra? We have made clear privately and publicly that representative Adalita Grahava should be sworn in immediately without delay. Mike Johnson swore in two Republican members of Congress immediately after their April 1st special elections were concluded during a pro-former session when no one else was even around. And that was done by Republicans because they wanted to jam their one big ugly bill down the throats of the American people so they could rip away health care, steal food from children, and enact massive tax breaks for their billionaire donors. Republicans acted with great urgency to swear in two right-wing members of Congress to do in the American people in order to reward the wealthy, the welloff, and well-connected. But now at this moment, Representative Elect Adalita Graava, who won by much wider margins than those two Republican members, there is no dispute or controversy relative to her election. And so many of us are asking the question, why the delay, Mike? What’s the delay with respect to representative elect Grava? Does it have anything to do with Republicans continuing effort to hide the Epstein files from the American people? Inquiring minds want to know. You know what I love about fall? The smell of coffee that fills the kitchen before the day even starts. Whether it’s that first warm mug in the morning or an afternoon iced coffee. Because let’s face it, for me, it’s always iced coffee season. The best parts of fall all have one thing in common. They’re better with coffee. With Trade, you could explore roasts that fit your taste from rich and bold to smooth and nutty and use them to make all your favorite fall coffee recipes at home. 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Democratic leader Jeff over here saying these extremists, these mega republican extremists, they ain’t even showing up for work. Let’s play it. That’s right. Um, Leader Jeff, what do you make of Speaker Johnson canceling House sessions this week? And when will you call for the when will when do you think you’ll call for the House to return? House Democrats were here last week. House Democrats are here this week. House Democrats will be here next week. House Republicans are on vacation right now. That’s extraordinary. They canled votes last week. House Republicans have canceled votes this week. We haven’t been in session since September 19th. And on that day, Republicans got out of town before sundown, never to be seen again as we approached the government shutdown and are now in day eight of the Trump Republican shutdown. And these extremists don’t even want to show up to work when they’re requiring hardworking federal employees to show up to work without pay because of the Republican shutdown. And so we’ve repeatedly made clear we will sit down as Democrats anytime, any place, anywhere with anyone our Republican colleagues either here in the Congress or go back to the Oval Office to reopen the government to enter into a spending agreement that actually makes life better for the American people and that addresses the Republican healthcare crisis. Then you have Congress member Ted Lou. Here he goes. Having served on active duty in the US military, it is insane not to pay our troops. Some of them are in high-risisk missions. And you want them thinking about whether they’re going to get paid, whether they can care for their family. You don’t want them focused on that. You want them focused on our national security. And this is going to affect our national security. House Democrats are here. Republicans are on vacation. They need to come back and work. And we need to pay our troops. Here we have Congressman Aguular. Let’s play it. Take for example Iowa’s first congressional district represented by Congresswoman Maretta Miller Meeks. Uh this, by the way, is the same member who said she’ll hold town halls when Hell Freeze is over. Um just this week, a 60-year-old couple earning $82,000 a year will see their annual premiums rise by 200%. $13,000 a year or and here we have the Democratic whip, Congresswoman Clark. Let’s play it. And as I looked in my district as premium notices are coming out, a couple in Massachusetts that makes $88,000 a year is looking at having their premium doubled. If we go to Speaker Johnson’s hometown of Benton, Louisiana, that same couple making 88,000 will see a tripling of their premium, three times. That could be around $23,000 a year for that couple to pay. People can’t afford that. 60% of families in this country cannot meet the basics. cannot afford the basics for their family and these sort of um dramatic jumps in premiums are what is going to pull them under. So, here we are and we implore the Republican party, go talk to your neighbors and hear their anxieties about what’s happening to their healthcare, what’s happening in your shutdown you’re imposing on them, and get on a plane and come back to Washington and get to work in reopening this government and protecting health care and the American worker. And what’s Magga Mike been doing? Oh, talking about how he doesn’t like Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl and how Lee Greenwood should be the halftime show. Oh, Magga Mike, you definitely know what the American people are thinking about Magga Mike here. Play this clip. Any reaction to Bad Bunny being chosen as the Super Bowl halftime. I didn’t even know who Bad Bunny was, but it sounds like a terrible decision uh in my view from what I’m hearing. What’s that? How come? Well, it sounds like uh he’s not someone who who appeals to a broader audience. And I think, you know, there’s so many eyes on the Super Bowl. A lot of young impressionable children. And I think in my view, you would have Lee Greenwood, a role models doing that, not not somebody like this. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And what are the American people thinking? Our friend Don Lemon interviewed uh Americans on the street to see how they feel about this shutdown. Play this clip. Who’s more responsible for the government shutdown, Democrats or Republicans? Republicans. Republicans. Republicans, definitely. Yeah. Republicans. Why is that? They have the power. Republicans. Why so? They control the House, the Senate, and the White House. Who else would be responsible? I I would assume the Republicans. Republicans. I think it’s the Republicans. One party isn’t in control of all three branches of government, and I I don’t think that there’s really any reasonable way to spin this is the Democrat’s fault. I would say Republics. Republicans are good for one thing, themselves. I mean, with everything that’s going on and everything that Trump does, I think we can. And while this shutdown’s taking place, folks, just know that $20 billion of your taxpayer money has now bailed out Donald Trump’s MAGA puppet in Argentina, Javier Malo of and he held he took that money and he threw a rock show to celebrate his new book called uh it’s a new book construction of the miracle taking our taxpayer money, pyro technics everywhere, fireworks show in Argentina with our taxpayer dollars as Donald Trump does not want to extend Affordable Care Act tax subsidies and rip away healthcare. How utterly despicable is that? Hit subscribe. Let’s get to 6 million subscribers. Thanks for watching. Love this video. 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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on two major altercations breaking out in the Capitol Building as Republicans grow more desperate now that their shutdown lies are failing and as they attempted to confront Democrats in front of the press which did not go as they planned.

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