Fox News Collapse on Live TV as Trump Awful Plan Goes Sideways

Summary

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The MeidasTouch Podcast

Episode: "Fox News Collapse on Live TV as Trump Awful Plan Goes Sideways"

Date: October 8, 2025
Hosts: Ben Meiselas, Brett Meiselas, Jordy Meiselas
Network: MeidasTouch Network

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Overview

This episode dives into the disarray at Fox News, especially in the wake of a government shutdown, and exposes the desperate narratives and propaganda tactics used by Fox News personalities defending Donald Trump and Republican policies. The Meiselas brothers, leveraging their signature mix of sharp analysis and hilarious banter, dissect the "Fox News collapse," highlighting the absurdity, contradictions, and projection present in recent Fox segments. The episode focuses on Fox's attempts to shift blame for the shutdown, attack Democrats, distract with culture-war issues, and lionize controversial figures like Stephen Miller—all while their narrative unravels on live TV.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Fox News' Floundering Response to the Government Shutdown

• Fox’s “Blame Obama & Biden” Narrative
  • Fox has been attempting to deflect blame for the government shutdown from Republicans and Trump onto Democrats, with guests like Sen. Ron Johnson making extreme claims:

    “It should be obvious to every American that it’s not the Republicans that are a threat to our democracy. It’s President Obama, it’s President Biden...” — Ron Johnson (01:44)

• Distraction Tactics
  • Instead of addressing the real cause or solutions for the shutdown, Fox segments veered into unrelated “culture war” issues—e.g., marijuana legalization, census conspiracies—trying to whip up fear or outrage rather than inform.

2. Absurdist Segments & Off-topic Rants on Fox

• Marijuana as a Crisis
  • Sean Duffy bizarrely claimed the “real issue” is marijuana legalization, painting it as an existential threat while barely addressing the shutdown:

    “At a time when culture is pushing and celebrating the use of marijuana, we’re not talking about the risks... To legalize it is dangerous.” — Sean Duffy (02:57)

• 2020 Census Conspiracies
  • Sen. Tommy Tuberville implied the census—and by extension the 2020 election—was “rigged,” despite the census taking place under Trump:

    “It was all game plan. The Democrats were letting illegals come in for a different count. They obviously had a census going. It was all rigged.” — Tommy Tuberville (03:59)

3. The Stephen Miller Segment: Fox’s “High Value Male” Fantasies

• Jesse Watters’ Odd Praise
  • Watters launched into a fawning, awkward soliloquy about Stephen Miller’s supposed “high value” as a man:

    “Miller is a high value man because he has power and influence, because he has vision... He speaks with confidence and flair and he’s unafraid of anything... and they have younger wives with beautiful children.” — Jesse Watters (05:41)

  • Ron Filipkowski and the hosts found this “pretty creepy” (07:04) and out-of-touch.
• Attacks on AOC
  • Following AOC’s Instagram post mocking Miller, Fox forced Miller to listen and respond live, leading to more mudslinging:

    “He looks like he is angry about the fact that he’s 4'10". And he looks like he is so mad… that he’s taking that anger out at any other population possible.” — AOC, as played by Laura Ingraham (07:48) “We knew that her brain didn’t work. Now we know their eyes don’t work… What a train wreck.” — Jesse Watters (08:27)

  • Watters doubled down in a later segment, with a crass, misogynistic claim:

    “I think AOC wants to sleep with Miller. It is so obvious, and I'm sorry, you can’t have him.” — Jesse Watters (09:36)

4. Projection and Playing the Victim

• Attacking Democratic Billionaires
  • Fox accused billionaires like J.B. Pritzker and Gavin Newsom of “throwing around reckless rhetoric” and “demonizing” law enforcement (11:56), ignoring similar behaviors by certain Republican figures.
• Kristi Noem’s Outrage Playbook
  • Noem claimed Sen. Padilla “attacked” her (13:01), playing the victim, when in reality, footage showed the opposite.
  • She also branded Portland politicians “a bunch of pansies” (13:39), escalating the insults and cosplay-like tough talk.

5. Immigration and Racial Profiling Denials

• DHS Denials of Racial Profiling
  • Tricia McLaughlin (DHS) denied racial profiling occurred:

    “Race has nothing to do with it. And for him [Gov. Pritzker] to do that upon all these attacks… is just despicable.” — Tricia McLaughlin (15:21)

  • The hosts noted this contradicted actual DOJ arguments and Supreme Court rulings.

6. Shutdown Blame Game & Health Care

• Republicans Try to Shift Responsibility
  • Sen. John Thune insisted Democrats must accept the GOP's demands “or else”:

    “It’s… open up the government and, or, or else. I mean, I think that's really the choice that's in front of them right now.” — John Thune (17:08)

  • Hosts debunked this ultimatum approach, noting bipartisan requirements in governance.
• Medicare Fraud Reminder
  • The podcast highlighted Sen. Rick Scott’s history in the largest Medicare fraud in U.S. history and his blame-shifting about Obamacare costs (18:42).
• Democrats on Fox: Sen. Kelly Calls Out Trump
  • Senator Kelly pushed Fox to recognize the shutdown disproportionately hurts rural Trump voters, demanding real negotiation (19:30).

7. Fox Personalities’ Frustration and Misplaced Outrage

• Sean Duffy & Gavin Newsom Over Flight Delays
  • Duffy wrongly blamed Democrats for shutdown-related disruptions at Burbank Airport:

    “Every Republican has voted to keep the government open… The reason they’re shutting it down today is because illegals aren’t getting health benefits…” — Sean Duffy (21:17)

  • Hosts pointed out that Republicans control the government and orchestrated the shutdown.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Fox’s Strategy:

  “Everything they do is projection.” — Ron Filipkowski (11:32)

• The “High Value Male” Rant:

  “Men who are high value men like Stephen Miller take risks. They’re brave... and have younger wives with beautiful children. I think I just gave him like a dating recommendation.” — Jesse Watters (06:38)

• Speaking Truth to Power:

  “The American people are fed up and disgusted with your crap. With the fascism, with mass ICE agents disappearing people... Fascism on the streets of New York.” — Ron Filipkowski (15:58)

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Important Segment Timestamps

• 01:43–02:57: Fox hosts try to shift blame for government shutdown via guests like Ron Johnson and Sean Duffy.
• 03:35–04:41: Census conspiracy discussion with Tommy Tuberville.
• 05:41–07:09: Jesse Watters' Stephen Miller monologue.
• 07:48–08:57: AOC’s mocking of Stephen Miller and Fox’s live response.
• 09:36–10:01: Jesse Watters’ misogynistic remark about AOC and Miller.
• 11:53–12:12: Fox attacks on Democratic billionaires.
• 13:01–14:38: Kristi Noem’s victim narrative and mocking of Portland politicians.
• 15:10–15:58: DHS spokesperson defends ICE, denies racial profiling.
• 17:08–17:29: Sen. Thune’s “open up or else” shutdown ultimatum.
• 18:42–19:13: Sen. Rick Scott’s Medicare fraud history and Obamacare blame.
• 19:30–20:18: Sen. Kelly challenges Fox narrative, highlights harm to Trump’s own voting base.
• 21:05–21:53: Burbank Airport delays and the blame game between Sean Duffy and Gavin Newsom.

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Tone & Style

The MeidasTouch brothers keep their wit sharp and tone incredulous throughout, mocking Fox’s melodrama and hypocrisy while emphasizing the real damage of distraction, projection, and deceitful right-wing propaganda. Their mission remains clear: defending democracy, debunking Fox-fueled misinformation, and rallying listeners to stay informed and resist media manipulation.

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Summary prepared for those wanting an informed, entertaining look into Fox News’ public unraveling and the broader rightwing meltdown during the government shutdown scandal of October 2025.

Transcript

[Ron Filipkowski]

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[Dana]

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[Dana]

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[Guest/Caller]

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[Jesse Waters]

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[Dana]

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[Sean Duffy]

Quite honestly, by now, it should be.

[Ron Filipkowski]

Obvious to every American that it's not the Republicans that are a threat to our democracy. It's. It's President Obama, it's President Biden, it's the radical leftists that have served and support them. This is outrageous. Then they bring on Sean Duffy, the Transportation secretary, and he goes, the real issue we have to deal with right now, it's marijuana. We cannot be legalizing marijuana. This is a major problem right now. This is again what they're talking about on Fox. Even the hosts are like, what are we doing here? Why do we got. Why do we have Sean Duffy on your play this clip.

[Sean Duffy]

Here's the, here's the problem with alcohol I can look at Brian, I can smell Brian, if he's been drinking in the car. There's telltale signs. And then I can give Breathalyzer, right? And then I can take a blood test later. It's hard with marijuana. We don't have the systems in place to tell if you're smoking marijuana before you got in the car. So the systems aren't there. At a time when culture is pushing and celebrating the use of marijuana, we're not talking about the risks. We lose 40. We lose 42,000 people on the roads every year, but way too many.

[Jesse Waters]

So do you think that we should legalize it?

[Ron Filipkowski]

That's where the President's thinking about changing.

[Jesse Waters]

Its ranking, its schedule.

[Ron Filipkowski]

I think it would be a huge mistake.

[Sean Duffy]

Listen, he's getting a lot of pressure to do it. I understand he's getting pressure. Listen, I've got nine kids. I see what these drugs do. I'm not a supporter of legalizing. And again, I was a prosecutor. We didn't send people to prison for a quarter ounce bag or eighth ounce bag of marijuana. They got a city citation. They're not going to prison for this. But to legalize it and to say it's okay for our kids and our young people to smoke it and it's good for them and they get behind cars, it's, it's dangerous. And listen, it's taking lives.

[Laura Ingraham]

Something else really addictive.

[Sean Duffy]

And by the way, it's not the 1960s marijuana. This is way more dangerous stuff. And then they're lacing it with other materials that are incredibly dangerous.

[Ron Filipkowski]

And then they bring on Tommy Tuberville, who starts attacking the 2020 census. Yeah, the 2020 census that was done under Donald Trump. And they're like, this was the fraudulent census. Trump was the president in 2020. These people are so deranged and unhinged. Here, play this clip.

[Jesse Waters]

What do you know about the 2020 U.S. census?

[Guest/Caller]

Well, it's all game plan, Will. The Democrats were letting illegals come in for a different count. They obviously had a census going. It was all rigged. The 2020 election basically was rigged. You just go back, look at all the numbers, look at the job numbers that the Biden administration pushed out there. We put four or five hundred people in the last quarter into jobs, which was totally wrong. They lie about everything. They stretch everything. If we don't get this corrected, this country is not going to make it. It's going to be torn apart. But it's all about numbers when it comes to the census. And President Trump said he's going to redo the census, which, God help us, there's no telling what it'll end up being.

[Ron Filipkowski]

By the way, other stories from Fox during the day spied on lawmakers question mark with former President Biden and Jack Smith. Or how about this one? GOP senators press Pam Bondi on DOJ weaponization against the gop. As Aaron Rupar says in a totally alternate reality land on Fox today, the DOJ is somehow being weaponized by the ghost of Joe Biden and the real victims today are the Republicans. This is what they're trying to sell the people. So then you have Jesse Waters, one of the chief propagandists on state regime media and he goes on this weird monologue about how Stephen Miller is a high value male and he takes risks and he's like this great male, high value as Mike Nellis says.

[Guest/Caller]

Who?

[Ron Filipkowski]

Who is this for? Like what? Maybe it's for Stephen Miller. Here, play this clip.

[Jesse Waters]

He is a policy savant. I mean this guy is confident. He battles CNN with grace and with classic and he provides wise counsel to the President of the United States. This is what AOC doesn't get about men. Miller is a high value man because he has power and influence, because he has vision and he's on a mission to save this republic and protect Western civilization. He speaks with confidence and flair and he's unafraid of anything. Now AOC may have someone that's taller like Gavin, or someone has more distinguished characteristics like Adam Schiff, the senator who talks like this, or someone with more wealth like Soros the Younger. But those men are not brave men. Those men did not protect the country when the country needed it. We had tests throughout the last couple years, tests on crime, tests during COVID and tests with immigration. And all of the men that AOC seems to value, they all failed the test and they failed it miserably. Men who are high value men like Stephen Miller take risks. They're brave, they're unafraid, they're confident and they're on a mission and they have younger wives with beautiful children. I think I just gave him like a dating recommendation.

[Ron Filipkowski]

I don't know man, that was pretty creepy.

[Jesse Waters]

I love Stephen Miller.

[Ron Filipkowski]

And one of the reasons that state regime media propagandist Jesse Waters was doing that segment was the night before you had Laura Ingraham bring on Stephen Miller and made Stephen Miller respond on air live to AOC calling him a clown and a 4 foot 10 clown who is a utter loser. And AOC is like, I cannot believe that they aired this and made him listen to what I was saying about him live. I'm literally crying right now. Here, play this clip.

[Laura Ingraham]

Even AOC is. You're her favorite target, apparently on Instagram. Check this out.

[Dana]

He looks like he is angry about the fact that he's 410. And he looks like he is so mad that he is 410 that he's taking that anger out at any other population possible. Like, laugh at them. Laugh at them.

[Laura Ingraham]

Like, laugh at them. Laugh at them. I wish I had a hoodie on. I mean, are we trying to play sorority sister as this elected official?

[Ron Filipkowski]

I don't know.

[Laura Ingraham]

I was at a sorority over the weekend over in Texas. I felt like I was back at the sorority house, except they had more sense. Stephen, quick response.

[Jesse Waters]

Well, we knew. We knew that her brain didn't work. Now we know their eyes don't work. So the. I mean, she's just. She is a mess, right? What a train wreck. What a train wreck.

[Laura Ingraham]

I think you should just get a hoodie. You should just wear a hoodie from now on and respond to her in a hoodie.

[Guest/Caller]

Hoodie.

[Laura Ingraham]

To hoodie Stevens. Thank you so much. Yeah, go ahead.

[Jesse Waters]

I think the important point is that, is that every time she's on tv, Republican approval ratings go up, Democrat approval ratings go down. That lady is a walking nightmare.

[Laura Ingraham]

And you're. And you're. You're about. I know you for 20 years. You're about five, 11, about five, 10. So four times, or what? You can say. All right, Stephen, thank you very much.

[Ron Filipkowski]

So then state regime media propagandist Jesse Waters says the real issue here, he claims, is that AOC wants to sleep with Stephen Miller. Just so misogynistic and disgusting. That's what they're doing. AOC wants to sleep with the grotesque creature. What are you even saying? How dare you even talk about AOC like that? So weird. So gross. Here, play this clip.

[Dana]

Do you think that MAGA men are insulted by aoc?

[Jesse Waters]

No, I think AOC wants to sleep with Miller. It is so obvious, and I'm sorry, you can't have them. Miller is the best. I know him well socially. And the man is not overcompensating. Dana, I know when people are overcompensating. I know people at this table who are overcompensating. That person is me.

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Had Laura Ingraham say, you know what the big problem right now is? And she was saying this with Ted Cruz on air. The big problem, it's these billionaires inheriting their wealth and throwing around reckless rhetoric. Yeah, like J.B. pritzker and Gavin Newsom. That's what, that's what they say. It's. Everything they do is projection. Here, play this clip.

[Laura Ingraham]

This from a man who was one of the early favorites.

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[Jesse Waters]

I look, he's a billionaire with inherited wealth. He throws around rhetoric like it doesn't matter at all. He's not the only one. Gavin Newsom is doing the same thing. Akeem Jeffries is doing the same thing. They demonize ice relentlessly.

[Ron Filipkowski]

And as Edward Isaac Dovery says, Ted Cruz on one of the people who has become a leading political opponent for Trump on what he says makes that person not credible. Then you had Kristi Noem going on with Jesse Waters and she's got to play the victim. And so she goes, senator Padilla, the California senator who got attacked and thrown to the ground by DHS and ICE agents when he was attending a press conference being held by Kristi Noem. She goes, senator Padilla attacked me. Christine Ohm says, I was attacked by Senator Padilla. These people are sick. These make up things. He attacked me. He didn't attack you. You sent your goons to attack him. They always play the victim here. Play this clip. Have it on video.

[Kristi Noem]

Yeah, he absolutely did storm at me. Yes, I know. He absolutely did storm at me. In fact, he hit the ground. And because of how he attacked me that day. So it's hard to deny the video evidence.

[Ron Filipkowski]

And here's Kristi Noem saying, you know the problem with Portland, it's a bunch of pansies. I mean, like, the cosplay here is so ridiculous. It looks like, like, like some bad 1980s, like, movie of like the smokers at the bump. You know what I mean? At the high school.

[Guest/Caller]

Yeah.

[Ron Filipkowski]

You see, man, there are a bunch of pansies here. A bunch of pansies.

[Sean Duffy]

What?

[Ron Filipkowski]

Play this clip.

[Kristi Noem]

And that is what is shocking to me about these leftist politicians. Just how they ignore the people who elected them, jeopardize their safety, and continue to disrespect our law enforcement officers. So one of the things I've been dealing with all day here in is a bunch of pansies that are elected into political office who won't make a decision to keep their citizens safe.

[Ron Filipkowski]

And again, she's cosplaying right before our eyes. And I like this. Jesse Waters then made Kristi Noem listen to Governor Pritzker call her a little girl playing dress up. And Waters made her respond to. What do you make of JB Pritzker calling you a little girl wearing. Playing dress up? Here, play this clip.

[Jesse Waters]

All right, Secretary, you just heard the governor call you a little girl playing dress up. What do you say to that?

[Kristi Noem]

He keeps throwing out insults. I wish he would just offend the people that he's responsible for. And that is what is shocking to me about these leftist politicians. Just how they ignore the people who elected them, jeopardize their safety, and continue to disrespect our law enforcement officers.

[Ron Filipkowski]

She is a little girl playing dress up, a dangerous one. Like the, like the little girl playing dress up at, you know, at Universal Hollywood Nights of Horror in that horror movie. You know, the one who does, like the, like the, like the dance thing anyway.

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[Ron Filipkowski]

I'm not sure the reference I'm even making, then you have Department of Homeland security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin and she goes, it's utterly disgusting for Democrats and for Governor J.B. pritzker and others to smear us and say we're racially profiling. ICE is not racially profiling. Here, play this clip.

[Sean Duffy]

It is totally divisive to suggest that.

[Guest/Caller]

Just going up black and brown people.

[Ron Filipkowski]

Introduces a ridiculous racial element into this. That is outrageous. What the, this governor saying.

[Dana]

It's blood boiling. It is a disgusting smear to say there's racial profiling going on. Our ice. Law enforcement are targeting criminals and they're targeting those who are in this country illegally. Race has nothing to do with it. And for him to do that upon all these attacks on our law enforcement is just despicable. We will continue, though, to surge resources to protect the public in Chicago since J.B. pritzker refuses to do it. And might I add the fact that J.B. pritzker refuses to walk his own streets. Secretary Noem was just down there two days ago. She saw the rampant violence, the rampant crime, and JB Pritzker needs to step up and actually do his job.

[Ron Filipkowski]

Trisha, hate to break this to you, but I think you know this, which is that the Department of Justice literally argued that they should be allowed to racially profile based on skin color and the location and where people work. And the Supreme Court said, yeah, you could racially profile now in the United States of America. That was the argument that was made. The right wing Supreme Court blessed it and said, you can do it. But you still, you still don't own up to what you're doing. Why? Because the American people hate it. Because the American people are fed up and disgusted with your crap. With the fascism with mass ICE agents disappearing people, with masked ICE agents walking around city streets with weapons of war being pointed indiscriminately. Maybe that's why you don't want to own what it is that you're doing. Fascism on the streets of New York. Then you have Maria Barto Romo. She brings in Senator Thune, the leader of the Republicans in the Senate. And Senator Thune's like, here's the deal. The Democrats are either just gonna have to sign on to our continuing resolution or they're, they're gonna do it the easy way or the hard way. Basically, that's the only choice for them. Here, play this clip.

[Sean Duffy]

But there are reasonable Democrats out there who are having conversations with reason Republicans, and I'm hopeful those are going to yield some results. I Mean, at the end of the day, all these things that they want to do and that we're talking about, we're happy to have a conversation about, but that can't happen with the government shut down. So it's, it's, you know, open up the government and, or, or else. I mean, I think that's really the choice that's in front of them right now.

[Ron Filipkowski]

No, the way we do government in the United States of America, Senator Thune, is the parties are supposed to work together when you need the votes of the other parties and when the other party here is specifically advocating something that actually is more pressing for red states than blue states, but frankly impacts all Americans in an existential way, no matter where you are. Health care, extending Affordable Care act, subsidies, protecting people's Medicaid. Okay, maybe that's something that you should address with people may, maybe that's the way government works, that you should be talking to the other side and come up with a deal so that Americans don't know die. Speaking of, this is Rick Scott, maga, Republican senator from Florida. Before becoming a politician, he was involved in the largest Medicare fraud in the United States history. Multiple criminal cases, civil cases. He invoked the Fifth Amendment, oh, hundreds of times over 75 times. His, he evoked his Fifth Amendment. He left that company with a golden parachute and that company admitted that it was involved in or was involved in the, one of the largest Medicare frauds in history. It's how this fraudster made his money. Here. Play this clip.

[Jesse Waters]

Is the Wall Street Journal right that Republicans are starting to get worried that if this all goes haywire and people's health insurance costs go up at the end of the year, Republicans could wind up being blamed? No, health care costs are going up.

[Ron Filipkowski]

Whatever we do on these subsidies, health care costs are going up. Health care costs are going up because of Obamacare.

[Guest/Caller]

Right.

[Ron Filipkowski]

The question is going to be, are.

[Jesse Waters]

We going to subsidize everybody's health care?

[Laura Ingraham]

We, I mean, right now we are.

[Ron Filipkowski]

We're going to make sure Republicans are going to make sure we have a good health care safety net. This doesn't change at all about the people that are on Obamacare. But got to give a hat tip to Democratic Senator Kelly from Arizona. He was on Fox yesterday and here's what he had to say. Play this clip.

[Guest/Caller]

The majority leader in the Senate, John Thune, talks about, well, we'll have conversations. We need more than conversations. We need a real negotiation. The president met with the four leaders of Congress about a week ago on Monday, and it didn't even seem the feedback we got. It didn't even seem that he understood what these premium tax credits were. So the first step here is the president has to understand what's going on. And when you look around the country and you see who this affects the most, it's folks in rural areas. He won rural parts of this country in almost every state. So this affects his voters and it should never be about that. I mean, I get that, but I think we both know that, you know, this president pays a close attention to his base. This is going to impact them significantly.

[Ron Filipkowski]

And that did not make Donald Trump happy, that VOX appearance. And then you had Sean Duffy as he was whining about marijuana and legalizing marijuana here. He basically tries to blame the Democrats for all of these shortages that are happening at the US Airports when we all know that it was Donald Trump and people like you, Duffy, and the MAGA Republicans that are causing the shutdown. Y' all control all branches of government. You refuse to protect people's healthcare. It's on you, Duffy. As California Governor Gavin Newsom writes, no air traffic controllers for six hours at Burbank Airport yesterday. Massive delays, flights canceled. But Sean has time to do Fox and Friends and complain about how a governor hurt his feelings. Here, play this clip.

[Jesse Waters]

Newsom says this to you.

[Ron Filipkowski]

Thanks.

[Jesse Waters]

Donald Trump. Burbank Airport has zero air traffic controllers from 415 to 10pm today because of your government shutdown. I know you guys like to spar.

[Ron Filipkowski]

Do you have an answer?

[Sean Duffy]

This guy's unbelievable. The bottom line is every Republican has voted to keep the government open. Actually, in the Senate, it was a bipartisan vote. It was Democrats that voted to shut down the government. And Gavin Newsom wants to blame Donald Trump, who had a clean cr. They're fighting over potential money going into Obamacare and health care subsidies that happen at the end of this year.

[Guest/Caller]

Right.

[Sean Duffy]

The reason they're shutting it down today is because illegals aren't getting health benefits today because of what Donald Trump did in the big beautiful bill. So again, they're saying we care about what's going to happen at the end of the year, but they're shutting it down right now because they want illegals to get health care.

[Ron Filipkowski]

There you have it, folks. Let me know what you think. Fox state regime, media collapsing on air. Keep me posted. Hit subscribe. Let's get to 6 million. Want to stay plugged in? Become a subscriber to our [e-mail] you'll get daily recaps from Ron Filipkowski ad.

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