Political Analyst (5:47)

Well, I, I don't think Johnson likes you now. Next time you guys see each other walking through the calls of Congress I like, he's going to probably kick you in the leg.

Political Commentator (5:55)

He is a good man, he's a friend. He's been a long friend for a long time. Great person. He's lost control of this process and he's, this is, I don't know how he can remain in power. We need Elon or Vivek as Speaker.

Political Analyst (6:09)

He's a friend and you just threw him overboard. Man, politics is tough. Senator Link.

Political Commentator (6:14)

Well, it is, especially when you try to jam an entire country with a 1500 page bill that nobody's read and you try to trick them and bully them into doing. Some of us take that personally. Jesse.

Political Analyst (6:25)

Yeah, no, I don't like it either. I think it's terrible and we gotta stop doing it and it's gotta stop now.

Political Commentator (6:30)

All right, you got other MAGA Republican senators weighing in as well. Here you got MAGA Republican Josh Hawley saying, I think we need to have a serious look at who's leading Congress. Play this clip.

Josh Hawley (6:42)

Why would you saddle Donald Trump with this terrible spending bill before he even gets into office? And Sean, the worst part is it dumps it right back at his lap. In March, in March, under this bill, they'd shut the government down again, have to do this all over again, have to raise the debt ceiling again the same year. It's ridiculous. It's a horrible plan. I can't believe that Republican leadership ever cooked it up. Clearly they didn't talk to Trump about it. And I tell you what, we need to have a serious look at who's leading this Congress because if this is the best they can do, I mean, it's just, it's total incompetence. This is a disaster.

Political Commentator (7:17)

By the way, MAGA Mike Johnson looks just so utterly weak. So after their own bill got killed, this Frankenstein thing that Elon Musk and Donald Trump entrusted With MAGA Mike to push through in Congress on Thursday night, right? That failed. Um, 38 Republicans defected and joined with Democrats to vote against. And Democrats, like, we ain't helping bail you out this time. We bailed you out all those other times before. But MAGA Mike Johnson's like, this is just. This is Washington, everybody. This is how it's done. Here. Play this clip.

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MAGA Mike Johnson (7:56)

This is Washington. This is how the lawmaking is done. It's a long process. Sometimes it takes a while to reach consensus. But we're going to do the right thing here tonight. The American.

Political Commentator (8:06)

Here's another clip of MAGA Mike Johnson as well. Here, let me show you this.

MAGA Mike Johnson (8:11)

We know what we are to do. We're determined to do that. And even though this vote would push the debt limit to 2027, it in no way reflects any lack of enthusiasm on our part to get about those serious cuts for the American people. We have to have fiscal responsibility as a core principle of our party. So that's what the House Republicans are committed to, every single one of them. We will get together and do that work. And it begins in early January.

Political Commentator (8:38)

Be clear. MAGA Mike Johnson, that's not how it's. MAGA Mike Johnson never really had leadership positions before he was given the speakership. I mean, he's looked at right now as just one of the weakes people. And he's unable to bring the caucus together. Here is Democratic Congress member Hakeem Jeffries, the leader of the Democrats. And here he's saying it's a. He goes, this is laughable. You know what? MAGA Mike and Elon Musk are trying to push through is fricking laughable. Watch Hakeem Jeffries right here talk about them. The Musk Johnson proposal is not serious. It's laughable. Extreme MAGA Republicans are driving us to a government shutdown. And by the way, they have people in their own caucus. I mean, here's MAGA Republican Chip Roy on the House floor calling out MAGA Mike Johnson and others here. Play this clip.

Chip Roy (9:36)

Fact of the matter is $330 billion. Congratulations. You've added to the debt since you were given the majority again on November 5th. It's embarrassing. It's shameful. Yes, I think this bill is better than it was yesterday on certain respects. But to take this bill, to take this bill yesterday and congratulate yourself because it's shorter in pages, but increases the debt by $5 trillion is asinine. And that's precisely what Republicans are doing. I'M absolutely sickened by a party that campaigns on fiscal responsibility and has the temerity to go forward to the American people and say you think this is fiscally responsible. It is absolutely ridiculous.

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Political Commentator (11:58)

Now last week MAGA Mike Johnson was asked if he thought that he would remain the speaker and he said he had no worries. Here, play this clip Are you worried at all about your January January 3rd election as Speaker?

MAGA Mike Johnson (12:11)

I'm not. Look, we have a unified conference. I've talked with every single individual at great length and all of us collectively are ready to take, using our football metaphor, to take this proverbial football and run it right back up the field. And to do that, you've got to have cohesion in your team and you've got to have all that predetermined and it is. So I think we'll have a smooth transition, a smooth election to speaker, because we don't have any time to waste to that point.

Political Commentator (12:35)

But things have changed now. Here's a question, though. I'll do a whole other video on this for the weekend. You need a Speaker of the House to gavel in on January, January 6, to certify the results of the election. So what if they don't have a Speaker on January 6 to certify the results of the election? Think about it. This is MAGA chaos for you, folks. This is on the Republicans. This is on Elon Musk and Donald Trump right here. The billionaires, the oligarchy. They think we're stupid. They think you're stupid. They think that, oh, we're gonna blame this one on the Democrat. No, you're not gonna blame this on the Democrats. There was a deal to fund the government, by the way, y'all are in charge of the House of Representatives. Maybe you should have passed a freaking budget. That sounds novel. Instead of doing these continuing resolutions every few months and actually do your jobs. How about that? But y'all are in charge of the House of Representatives. You know, blaming this on the Democrats. Put your team together, put your coalition together and vote. See what you can do. Lead. Be a real party. Democrats ain't bailing you folks out anymore. Maga, Mike, I hope you enjoyed your job. I'm not really sure that my audience enjoyed that singing at the beginning, but here's what it is. See you later, Mega Mike. Bye. Bye. I don't think you're gonna last as the speaker anymore. Anyway, thanks for watching. Did you watch my interview with President Biden? Have you seen it yet? If you haven't, it's on our YouTube channel. Just watch it.

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