MAGA Mike Shuts Down House for 2 Weeks as GOP Revolts

Summary

The MeidasTouch Podcast

Episode: MAGA Mike Shuts Down House for 2 Weeks as GOP Revolts
Date: July 1, 2026
Hosts: Ben, Brett & Jordy Meiselas

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Episode Overview

This episode focuses on the turmoil engulfing the House of Representatives after Speaker “MAGA Mike” Johnson loses control of his Republican conference, resulting in the House being shut down for at least two weeks. The brothers analyze GOP infighting, stalled legislative priorities, Republican representatives’ evasiveness on key issues (especially affordability and immigration), and the broader implications for upcoming midterms. Through real-time reporting and interviews on Capitol Hill, they highlight the political dysfunction and disconnect between GOP lawmakers and American families.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. GOP Infighting and House Shutdown

• MAGA Mike Johnson loses a crucial vote, prompting a two-week House recess as Republicans fail to pass procedural rules.
• The hosts emphasize the unprecedented paralysis:
  “MAGA Mike Johnson has indeed lost control of the House of Representatives and he has lost control over his own party…” (01:34)

Notable Roll Call

Republicans including Luna, Miller, Harris, Burchett, Burleson, Roy, Fine, Crane, Spart, Self, Turner, Massie, Boebert, and Scalise vote against leadership.

MAGA Mike’s Spin

• When pressed about losing control, Johnson denies it:

  "No sir. No sir. We have full control of the conference. This is the same thing we've been doing the whole time." (03:10, MAGA Mike Johnson)

2. Trump’s Agenda & Derailed Legislation

• Trump publicly demands ending birthright citizenship despite the Supreme Court upholding it; Johnson claims he’s too busy to have read the opinion yet.

  “It certainly is time for us to do everything that’s possible…I haven’t even had a chance to read it yet.” (04:56, MAGA Mike Johnson)

• Bipartisan bills on housing and immigration are sunk at Trump’s instruction so the GOP can campaign on these unsolved crises.

3. Absenteeism and Lack of Transparency

• Rep. Tom Keane’s mysterious months-long absence is belatedly explained as depression—a serious matter, but the lack of disclosure raises concerns.

  “He has a long service individually and in his family of noble public service to the people of New Jersey. I think his constituents understand that.” (05:29, MAGA Mike Johnson)

• Multiple GOP reps dodge questions on their legislative inactivity or abruptly leave interviews:

  "What are House Republicans doing this week on affordability?" — "Nothing." (08:01, Pablo Manriquez & GOP Members)

4. Affordability: Evasion and Out-of-Touch Responses

• Repeated questioning about what Republicans are doing for affordability is met with evasion or silence.
• Rep. Troy Nels’s infamous offhand response typifies detachment from everyday struggles:

  “I’m going to get me a couple of big lobster tails. I’m going to get me some nice ribeyes... Maybe the 60% of America don’t work as I do either. I mean, I don’t know.” (11:22–13:01, Troy Nels)

• When asked to grade Trump on affordability:

  "I give Donald Trump an A, an A+...we’ve got the greatest president of my lifetime in the White House." (14:35, Troy Nels)

Extreme Immigration Take

• Nels advocates a ten-year “bed sheet over the Statue of Liberty” moratorium on immigration:

  "We got to put a big bed sheet over the Statue of Liberty. 10 years, 10 year moratorium on immigration... Instead of having a torch, maybe needs a stop sign." (13:21–14:00)

5. Interviews with Democrats and Contrasts

• Rep. Becca Balint (D) condemns the GOP’s inability to govern:

  "It's absurd. They wanted all the power and they don't know what to do with it. They can't seem to get a rule passed on the floor. It's. It's an embarrassment, honestly, just an embarrassment." (15:59, Rep. Balint)

• Balint also slams Trump’s failed attempt to politicize the nation’s 250th anniversary:

  "If you did not make it a hyper partisan event...but no, he had to poison it…"(16:28, Rep. Balint)

6. Partisan Blame-Shifting & Gaslighting

• Sen. J.D. Vance (R) claims Democrats refuse bipartisan solutions, contradicting obvious facts:

  "I would love it if Democrats were willing…to work with us on lowering housing prices, on lowering gas prices…That's not what they're talking about." (18:21, J.D. Vance)

• Hosts clarify: recent bipartisan bills were blocked by GOP or Trump for electoral advantage.

7. Alternative Realities and Denial

• Steve Scalise (R) paints a rosy economic picture despite broad hardship:

  "This is a country that's actually experiencing a golden age again. And gas prices are down 50 cents…Affordability is back again and Democrats are upset about that…" (19:56, Steve Scalise)

• Johnson dodges accountability for Trump tanking a bipartisan housing bill:

  “The President certainly understands the importance of affordable housing…as he's noted yesterday, he knows as much about housing as anybody…” (20:48, MAGA Mike Johnson)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• MAGA Mike Johnson’s Denial:
  "No sir. No sir. We have full control of the conference. This is the same thing we've been doing the whole time." (03:10)
• Congressional Evasiveness:
  "What are House Republicans doing this week on affordability?" — "Nothing." (08:01)
• Troy Nels on July 4th & Affordability:
  “Maybe the 60% of America don’t work as I do either.” (13:01)
• Statue of Liberty Moratorium Proposal:
  “We got to put a bed sheet, a big bed sheet over the Statue of Liberty. 10 years, 10 year moratorium on immigration.” (13:21)
• Democratic Perspective:
  "It's absurd. They wanted all the power and they don't know what to do with it." (15:59, Rep. Balint)
• GOP Gaslighting:
  "This is a country that's actually experiencing a golden age again..." (19:56, Steve Scalise)
• MAGA Mike on Trump & Housing Bill:
  "The President has a lot going on...he knows as much about housing as anybody." (20:48)

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Timeline & Timestamps

• 00:30–01:29: (Commercials skipped)
• 01:29–03:49: MAGA Mike Johnson’s defense and denial of losing control
• 03:49–05:23: Birthright citizenship and party priorities
• 05:23–07:04: Tom Keane’s absence and non-disclosure controversy
• 07:04–08:41: GOP members evade or brush off affordability questions (“Nothing”)
• 10:45–14:55: Troy Nels’s privilege and extreme immigration stance
• 15:16–16:28: Rep. Balint critiques GOP dysfunction and Trump’s partisan 250th event
• 16:57–18:58: J.D. Vance gaslights on bipartisanship; hosts debunk
• 18:58–20:28: GOP touts “golden age"; Johnson’s reaction to Supreme Court ruling
• 20:28–21:54: Johnson rationalizes Trump blocking housing bill

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Tone & Language

The Meiselas brothers maintain their signature irreverent, critical, and comedic tone—mixing serious political critique with biting satire and pointed mockery, especially towards Republican leadership.

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Conclusion

This episode captures House Republicans in disarray, adrift on legislative priorities, and disconnected from the material realities facing most Americans. With interviews, real-time reactions, and sharp commentary, the MeidasTouch crew highlight a GOP more concerned with optics and partisanship than governing—a message delivered with humor and exasperation for a country in need of real solutions.

Transcript

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[Interviewer Pablo Manriquez]

Have you lost control of the conference?

[MAGA Mike Johnson]

No sir. No sir. We have full control of the conference. This is the same thing we've been doing.

[Midas Touch Network Host]

MAGA Mike Johnson has indeed lost control of the House of Representatives and he has lost control over his own party that just revolted against him. And MAGA Mike Johnson just shut down the House of Representatives until at least July 13th. So at least a two week shutdown right now because the MAGA Republicans refused to pass a rule which would allow pieces of legislation and other matters before the House of Representatives to come to the floor. So MAGA Mike Johnson just decided, all right, we're going to shut down the House of Representatives. Once again you had MAGA Republican Congress members like Luna, Miller, Harris, Burchett, Burleson, Roy Fine, Crane, Spart, Self, Turner, you had Thomas, Massie, Boebert and Scalise all vote against the rule. And so now the House of Representatives is indeed shut down. Now Manu Raju is asking Maga Mike Johnson about just having zero control over the House heading into the midterms as the Maga Republicans in generic ballots are trailing democrats somewhere between 10 and 20 points. Watch a Maga Mike Johnson says to Manu Raju, play this clip for us

[MAGA Mike Johnson]

to stop our very important progress forward from House Republicans because some Senate Democrats are refusing to do their job. That's where we are. That's the reality of it. This is life with a small margin, small majority, and we'll work through it as well.

[Interviewer Pablo Manriquez]

You're going to come back and try to do this.

[MAGA Mike Johnson]

We're going to do it again.

[Interviewer Pablo Manriquez]

Have you lost. Have you lost control of the conference?

[MAGA Mike Johnson]

No, sir. No, sir. We have full control of the conference. This is the same thing we've been doing the whole time. We have the smallest margin in U.S. history. We're nearing an election. People get very emotional about things and sometimes they make irrational decisions. So I don't. I don't hold grudges against anybody. I just got to get all the team members back working in the same direction. Same song, different verse, same job.

[Interviewer Pablo Manriquez]

Has the President been leaning on these guys too? Has the president.

[MAGA Mike Johnson]

The president's not involved?

[Interviewer Pablo Manriquez]

No, he's not involved. Does he need to get involved?

[MAGA Mike Johnson]

I suspect he's going to be very frustrated by this.

[Interviewer Pablo Manriquez]

Are these. Are these members making it harder for you to keep the majority?

[MAGA Mike Johnson]

No, we're going to win the majority and I'll have a bigger margin and won't have these problems. What do you have to say then?

[Midas Touch Network Host]

Before Maga Mike Johnson was running away there for Manu Raju earlier in the day, before he had to officially shut down the House, Manu Raju was asking Maga Mike, so Donald Trump now wants you to pass legislation to ban birthright citizenship after the Supreme Court's ruling which upheld birthright citizenship of the United States Constitution. So, Maga Mike, is that gonna be your priority right now? As Donald Trump refuses to sign the housing affordability bill, which was a bipartisan bill, now you're gonna be shutting down the House of Represent. Your priority was to push a voter suppression bill, and now is it going to be to pass legislation to try to ban birthright citizenship even though the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality under the fourteenth Amendment and birthright citizenship? Watch Maga Mike Johnson play this clip.

[Interviewer Pablo Manriquez]

The President posted that it's time for Congress to move to end birthright citizenship and that a constitutional amendment is not necessary. Do you agree with him and will this be your top priority?

[MAGA Mike Johnson]

It certainly is time for us to do everything that's possible. I don't know what that is. The opinion just came out. I've been so busy Today, I haven't even had a chance to read it yet.

[Interviewer Pablo Manriquez]

Is this a focus that you want? Is this focus you want to have in the midterms to focus to end birthright citizenship?

[MAGA Mike Johnson]

Look, I think it's clearly an issue that merits the attention of Congress. I don't know what the remedy is, how to define it or the timeline. It would be premature for me to project that. But I will tell you that it's a big concern with the American people because it's been abused. So.

[Interviewer Pablo Manriquez]

And Tom Kaine, can he run for reelection, given the way he handled this and didn't disclose this to his voters?

[MAGA Mike Johnson]

If someone, let me just say this about Tom Kaine, if someone is going to suggest that he is ineligible to be reelected by a big margin just because he has had to deal with an illness that, as he noted, almost 50 million Americans dealt with at some time in their life, I think that's a really unfair question. I think he addressed it appropriately on the floor. I told him, I sent him a note as soon as he walked out the floor and said, we're in your corner and we're behind you 100%. He has a long service individually and in his family of noble public service to the people of New Jersey. I think his constituents understand that. I think they're going to send a message and send him back and let him continue doing the great work that he's done all these years for his constituents.

[Interviewer Pablo Manriquez]

Should he have disclosed it earlier?

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[Midas Touch Network Host]

And all MAGA Republicans seem to just be running away from either Manu Raju or from the Midas Touch Network reporters on Capitol Hill. You had MAGA Republican Congress member Tom Keene who showed up after not being in the House of Representatives since about March without explanation. And then yesterday he said the reason that he hasn't been working is because of depression, he says, and so he didn't show up because of depression, which, by the way, it's a serious, serious matter. But he's been not disclosing that since March raises a lot of red flags. And here he is, MAGA Republican running away from Manu Raju, asking him, why wouldn't you just tell people earlier if it was depression like back in March? And do you think your constituents should have confidence in you? Here, play this clip.

[Interviewer Pablo Manriquez]

Why don't you just address what happened off the bat when you first were diagnosed with this condition? Is there a reason for not saying

[MAGA Republican Congress Members]

right away,

[Interviewer Pablo Manriquez]

are you running for re election? Can you run for re election? Did your constituents deserve to know earlier?

[Midas Touch Network Host]

And then we had all these MAGA Republicans just peace and out running away. They're on vacation for another two weeks now as the House of Representatives is shut down. MAGA Republican Congress member Grothman ran away from the Midas Touch Network's Pablo Manriquez. Play this clip, Congressman, real quick.

[Interviewer Pablo Manriquez]

What are House Republicans doing this week on affordability?

[MAGA Republican Congress Members]

Nothing.

[Midas Touch Network Host]

MAGA Republican Congress member Gail ran away from the Midas Touch network. We were just asking him basic questions. The question was this. It wasn't a trick question. What are House Republicans doing this week on affordability? What are you doing on affordability? They run away from us. Play this clip, Congressman, real quick.

[Interviewer Pablo Manriquez]

What are House Republicans doing this week for affordability?

[Midas Touch Network Host]

Hey, MAGA Republican Congressmember Hearn, what are you doing on affordability? Play this clip, Congressman, real quick.

[Interviewer Pablo Manriquez]

What are House Republicans doing this week on affordability?

[MAGA Republican Congress Members]

Nothing.

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[Midas Touch Network Host]

Now I guess at least MAGA Republican Congress member Troy Nel stopped to speak with the Midas Touch Network's Pablo Manriquez when the House was officially shut down. As he was leaving to go back home to Texas, he was asked by Pablo Manriguez of the Midas Touch Network the same question we asked the other people. How do House Republicans make the case that you're fighting for affordability when you go back to your district? Here's what MAGA Republican Congress member Troy Nels had to say. Play this clip real quick.

[Interviewer Pablo Manriquez]

How do House Republicans make the case that you're fighting for affordability when you go back to your districts?

[MAGA Republican Congress Members]

Affordability, we talk about, well, affordability. I'm going to go there tomorrow. I'm going to well over the fourth. I'm going to give me a couple of big lobster tales. I'm going to get me some nice ribeyes. I'm going to sit in my backyard with my family, my neighbors and we're going to be enjoying the 4th, celebrating 250 years, the birthday. We're going to be celebrating the greatest president, my lifetime, Donald J. Trump. Maybe watch some fireworks. Won't be up here. It's going to be too hot, right? And I'm in bed at 11 o'. Clock. I heard the fireworks. Ain't going off to 11 o' clock Eastern on the 4th of July. I probably have to sleep through that much. But listen, everybody understands you're going to see a little increase in energy prices because of Iran. I mean, come on, people aren't stupid. You realize that when you have a conflict Iran. But I think in the end this short term increase in some of the costs of energy, you know, gasoline and stuff, is temporary. But President Trump has made it very clear to these companies don't be gouging no price gouging. I mean energy, what oil was at 69 bucks the other day, 72 today. The price has got to come down, take advantage damage of the American people. To me it's almost criminal. So we got to do that. We have to do that, and I think that, that the, the overall goal and objective is to make sure Iran never has nuclear weapons. So I'm okay with the, with the, with the increase in fuel because you knew it was going to happen with obviously with oil and the straight and everything. But it's a temporary, it's a temporary issue. You think 60% of Americans who are living paycheck to paycheck can afford lobster tails and ribeyes and all of that? Maybe not, maybe the, maybe the 60% of America don't work as I do either. I mean, I don't know.

[Midas Touch Network Host]

And then MAGA Republican Congressmember Troy Nels wasn't done there yet. He said what we really need to do in this country is he said we need to put a big bed sheet over the Statue of Liberty and we need a 10 year moratorium. Put a big sheet over the head of the Statue of Liberty. Here, play this clip.

[MAGA Republican Congress Members]

The fact of the matter is this, is that if the American people are truly, truly going to enjoy the fourth of July, right? You have to love our country, number one. You have to love our country. There's a lot of people. There's a lot of people. There's a lot of people. Can I tell you something? This is what we got to do. We got to put a bed sheet, a big bed sheet over the Statue of Liberty. 10 years, 10 year moratorium on immigration. No more. We have to get this under control. The amount of people that are in this country, we don't even know who they are. The tens of millions that came through in the previous administration, we don't know who they are. The people over here on visas. You know, you signed a little deal that says I come over here for five years and then I'm going to believe they're overstaying their visas. The packing that is. We got to have a 10 year moratorium on immigration. So we got to have a freeze. Put a bed sheet over the Statue of Liberty. Why instead of having a bed sheet? Because she's going to go to sleep for a while. She got to go to sleep for a while because we're not letting anybody in anymore. Some people think of bench. We got it with the. I'm not saying it's dead. What I'm trying to say is, is that instead of having a torch, maybe needs a stop sign. Maybe we need a little bit of a stop sign.

[Interviewer Pablo Manriquez]

Well, so I guess if it was a report card, what would, what grade

[MAGA Republican Congress Members]

would you give Donald Trump on affordability and affordability and a. With everything he's dealing with. He's dealing a lot with the previous administration too, and all the stupid things that they did. So, no, I give Donald Trump an A and A plus. I'm celebrating the fourth of July. And the America should appreciate the fact we've got the greatest president of my lifetime in the White House, Donald Trump.

[Midas Touch Network Host]

Okay, what about MAGA Republican Elzie? Hey, MAGA Republican Congress member Elzie, what are you going to do for affordability? And then he's like, you're going to have to ask the people who are in charge.

[Ryan Reynolds]

It's you.

[Midas Touch Network Host]

You guys control every branch of government. MAGA Republicans, you control every branch of government. Here, play this clip.

[Interviewer Pablo Manriquez]

Mr. Elsey, how do House Republicans make

[Midas Touch Network Host]

the case for affordability?

[Interviewer Pablo Manriquez]

When you go home to your districts now,

[MAGA Mike Johnson]

you'll have to ask the people

[Midas Touch Network Host]

who made this happen, and I'm not one of them.

[Interviewer Pablo Manriquez]

Oh, you have a trifecta. House, Senate and White House.

[Midas Touch Network Host]

So then we spoke with Democratic Congresswoman Ballant and we asked her, what'd you just make of what, what the hell just happened? You have all these MAGA Republican Congress members just running out, shutting down the House, shutting down the people's House. What do you make of it? Here, play this clip.

[Interviewer Pablo Manriquez]

What do you make of Republican speaker of the House Mike Johnson deciding to cut and run yet again before the week is over?

[Democratic Congresswoman]

Okay, I have my, I have my team total up the number of days that he has sent us home early since I've been in Congress. And it's up. It was up to 74 days, but now I gotta add a few more days. It's absurd. They wanted all the power and they don't know what to do with it. They can't seem to get a rule passed on the floor. It's. It's an embarrassment, honestly, just an embarrassment.

[MAGA Republican Congress Members]

Speaking of embarrassments, what do you make about no one showing up to this

[Interviewer Pablo Manriquez]

250th anniversary party that Trump has been

[MAGA Republican Congress Members]

throwing on the Mall?

[Democratic Congresswoman]

So look, it could have been the most amazing celebration. Amazing. If you did not make it a hyper partisan event. If you had just continued with the folks who had been working on America 250 to make it something that all Americans could come together around. But no, he had to poison it, which is what he does over and over and over again. Just like the reflecting pool.

[MAGA Republican Congress Members]

Thank you. Have a great.

[Midas Touch Network Host]

And then bring in J.D. vance, Mr. Gaslighter himself. And J.D. vance is like, okay, you know what I really wish? What wish I wish we could do. But the Democrats, these, these Democrats they're not going to let this ever happen. I would love to see Democrats and Republicans working together on something like housing, on something like housing affordability. Really? I mean, this is what I mean. I mean, these MAGAs, these J.D. vance's, these vile creatures, they treat people like they're so dumb. The Democrats and the Republicans came together this week bipartisan housing affordability bill that Donald Trump refused to sign that literally took place, but Donald Trump said it's a big yawn. Why would I support a housing affordability bill the same way under actually former President Biden's term? The Democrats worked with Republicans under Biden to come up with a bipartisan immigration bill. And Donald Trump ordered all the MAGA Republicans kill that immigration bill. If we solve the problem with compassion, with dignity and with strong borders, all combined, then it could hurt us in the elections. The MAGA said, so we gotta kill the immigration bill so we can run on the problem. We gotta run on pain and fear. That's literally what happened here. But listen to what JD Van said. Play this clip.

[J.D. Vance]

More momentum in that direction from the Democrat Party. Frankly, Laura, I would love it if Democrats were willing, you know, not that they are going to agree with Republicans all the time, but if they were willing to work with us on lowering housing prices, on lowering gas prices, on actually making the lives of American citizens better, you know, we could have some real bipartisan compromise. That's not what they're talking about. They're talking about abolishing the police and letting criminals rule our cities. And that is a fundamental transformation in the Democrat Party. It's very bad for our country, it's bad for Democrats, and it just drives home why we have to keep these people from getting close to power.

[Midas Touch Network Host]

But as the MAGA Republicans were leaving and they shut down the House, Steve Scalise, who's basically one of the top MAGA Republicans in the House, other than MAGA Mike, he's basically the top of leadership. He goes, folks, we may be leaving, we may be going home, but we're in a golden age. So everybody's happy and all of our constituents are rich. Gas Prices are down 50 cents. Everybody's doing amazing. Here's what he has to say. Play this clip on the other side. This is a country that's actually experiencing a golden age again. And gas prices are down 50 cents from where they were just a few weeks ago and continuing to go down. Affordability is back again and Democrats are upset about that because they wanted it as a talking point for November. And this is the Moment where MAGA Mike learned that the Supreme Court found that birthright citizenship is found in the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. And watch what he. Watch what he goes.

[MAGA Republican Congress Members]

He goes.

[Midas Touch Network Host]

Well, I, I guess that's a strict textualist and originalist approach. This is what he says. Play this clip.

[MAGA Republican Congress Members]

Jurisdiction of the United States are citizens at birth under the 14th Amendment citizenship clause. What's your reaction to that? Well, this is real time.

[MAGA Mike Johnson]

I need to read the opinion. Okay, but obviously that's, I mean, you could say that's a textualist, originalist view. However, I, I do think that this has been grossly abused in recent years. Okay.

[Midas Touch Network Host]

And finally, here's MAGA Mike when he was asked like, so why didn't Donald Trump sign the housing bill? And MAGA Mike's like, you know, he's very busy. He's got a lot going on. Busy guy. I'm gonna have to explain it to him. Very complicated stuff here. Oh, that's what, that's what you're going with. You're playing this clip is the President

[MAGA Mike Johnson]

has a lot going on. And I think it's safe to say he's not read through every line of that piece of legislation. It's a lot to it and a lot of great things. And he and I have spoken about it quite a bit. He understands all the dynamics here, what he was saying and legislation. But what he was saying is in comparison to ensuring election integrity, which is, which is now represented by the Save America act, nothing is as important because you cannot maintain a constitutional republic unless you have free and fair elections. A government of, by and for the people is ultimately and foundationally dependent upon that. That's what the President is saying. We all agree with that. By the way, sue, do the American people. Now that's not to say that there are not also incredibly important issues and the cost of living and affordability is among them. It's top of mind. I've spent, spent six hours in the Oval Office in the, just in the last few days, I think four hours on Thursday, over two hours yesterday. We talked about all this in great length. The President certainly understands the importance of affordable housing. As he's noted yesterday, he knows as much about housing as anybody because that in many respects was part of his portfolio.

[Midas Touch Network Host]

That was, folks, what was going on in the House of Representatives as MAGA Mike Johnson shuts down the House again. Two weeks it's closed. They don't do work. They're pathetic. Truly the worst. And they're all going home. And Troy Nels will have his lobster or whatever the hell he's doing. These people truly hate you. These magas truly hate you. I don't mean. I mean just being blunt. They hate you, they hate America, they hate this country. They hate your happiness. They hate your family.

[Ryan Reynolds]

They hate.

[Midas Touch Network Host]

They're haters. They're losers and they're haters.

[MAGA Mike Johnson]

Just.

[Midas Touch Network Host]

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