Political Commentator (4:52)

You know, I think Governor Newsom described it aptly. I mean, as you say, trapped wild animal. I think Newsom referred to Trump as an invasive species who is literally destroying the country, you know, and the world day by day. It does seem that he thought by now, I mean, if we want to talk about hope out of this, I think he thought by now that through the intimidation, the fear, control of corporate media, that Americans would be suppressed and would be obedient and behave the way you see your Republican colleagues do, that all of our brains would be MAGA mush. But the fact that these no kings protests keep growing, that he's becoming even more and more unpopular, if that's even possible, historically unpopular. So he runs to Asia while ripping away people's healthcare, ripping away people's snap and then sending the ICE Gestapo. And frankly, there's no, I don't really see a distinction between those people in military fatigues and the military. There is personal military force invading cities right now, regardless of what they're the National Guard, Greg Bevino, Bavino out there throwing gas canisters. It seems like he's lashing out because he thought that everybody would just be obeying at this point.

Congressman Jimmy Gomez (6:08)

Yeah, no, that's not for. Right. And there is some hope because we see that people speaking up, speaking up. We still need more and more people to do that and we Also need people who that are going to not only step in front of people, but also to be able to tell their stories, to share and not to leave. I've talked to undocumented immigrants. I talk to people who are citizens and residents who think about leaving this country. And we need people of who believe in our ideals to stay and fight, to stay and push back against this guy because if not, that's when we lose, that's when he wins. So. Right. You're absolutely correct. People are stepping up. But the CBP ICE are dangerous. And most of the money that Trump pushed through in the one big beautiful bill, that $175 billion still hasn't met its way through the system. So his national police force that he's trying to create is only a fraction of the size that it could become in the years to come unless we do something about it.

Political Commentator (7:18)

Talk to us about where we are now as a country. Government shutdown. I don't see a path of it being reopened. Democrats want to negotiate, talk, protect people's health care. Maga Republicans don't even want to talk yet alone. Negotiate. MAGA Mike sent his House members home. Go on vacation. Don't swear in at elite degree halva. Trump made a comment the other day that based on his big beautiful bill, which I call a disastrous bill, he says he's got what he wants and he doesn't need government anymore. So to me, I don't think he wants it. And I think. MAGA Mike, I don't, I just, I don't see where this ends other than in what, two days people start getting the letters saying that premiums will be going up $22,000 a year and people get kicked off of SNAP and then we're in like a catastrophic environment. And where does this go, Congressman?

Congressman Jimmy Gomez (8:15)

Yeah, well, first, Donald Trump and the Republicans have consistently reinforced what their priorities are. One, it's the billionaire establishment that has taken root in D.C. it was tax cuts, them and the largest corporations in the country, and to hell with everybody else. And that's what you see when it comes to the fact that people's health care costs are going to skyrocket next month or already skyrocketing. They're not going to be able to afford health insurance. That means people are going to either decide to have health care or not. And if they do have it, they're going to be paying a lot of money. And if they don't have it, they're going to wait till they go to the emergency room if they get sick or injured. And then when you see Donald Trump saying, oh, and the Republicans. Oh, the Democrats don't care about people snap. Well, I want to put this for the record. We're not the party that has been hostile to food assistance for working families. In the spring, they canceled £94 million. £94 million of food that was supposed to go to food banks. In their one big beautiful bill, or the one big billionaire bill that they passed, they cut SNAP benefits. They now they're trying to not use emergency funding that exists to help fill the gap of SNAP benefits when there's a government shutdown or emergency, the reserve funds to keep it going. Well, now they're saying they can't use it. So this party doesn't care about working people, and they don't care if government continues to function because they got what they wanted in July with the one big beautiful bill.

Political Commentator (9:52)

And I think it's such an important point because the magas lie about everything. But in the enabling statute in the law that provides for snap in the appropriations, it literally says there is a contingency fund of 3 trillion dol. $3 billion. 3 trillion. 3. But only Trump there. $3 billion a year. And there's additional monies left over from last year's contingency. So you add it up, it's probably somewhere between 5 and 6 billion dollars used precisely for this purpose. The United States Department of Agriculture had on their website that it could be used for this purpose. The first Trump administration said it could be used for this purpose. All the OMB guidance always said it could be used for this purpose. And now they've changed that to say, nope, we're not going to give it to people to literally starve people to death. They think starving people to death is a winning issue for them. It's everything, though, Congressman. And I don't mean to ramble it. But also that's what Trump said about comprehensive immigration reform. When there was an attempt to do a bipartisan bill to deal with this responsibly and not deal with the issues, he said, kill the responsible bill. Because a winning issue for him is to watch Americans suffer. When do we snap out of it, though? Like, when do people go, this guy's an effing Bernie Madoff on steroids. Con artists defrauding me. And why, you know, do people go, but he says he loves me. He says he cares. Like, when do people go, no, he doesn't effing hates you.

Congressman Jimmy Gomez (11:23)

No, that's one thing that I said. When is it going to be enough? When Are people going to wake up? And people are slowly waking up to the fact that he doesn't give a shit about them. Every single day I see some former Red Hatter MAGA person that says, you know, I was down with Donald Trump, but not anymore either because of the Epstein files that he says don't exist anymore. And he said he was going to be the most transparent president in history and he was going to drain the swamp. Well, he know they see, oh, he is the swamp. He is the swamp. Or when it comes to the fact that the cattle ranchers or farmers are getting screwed over by his tariff policies and getting sold out for a $40 billion bailout for Argentina, but they're getting screwed. Go down the list and, and these working people are starting to slowly wake up. Slowly wake up. But the way we kind of do that, this what I've been arguing to Democrats. We can't stay within our bubbles. It's Great. We had 7 million people on the streets. Perfect. Now I want you to go into the red districts and the red areas. To your family who still believe in this con artist, go and have these conversations, tell them the facts, tell them over and over and over again. Because when you tell them the facts and then the reality on the ground meet up, that's when they start coming to our side. And that's where I think we need to go. We got to go into the David Valada districts, we got to go into the districts, the Republican held districts across the country to, to shed light and facts and the truth of what's going on. Because they're getting their information not from the podcasts that we listen to or watch or their newspapers or the cable shows. It is, it is. They're watching their stuff. So we got to break through. We got to go into their districts and have those conversations. That's how we, we win them over.

Political Commentator (13:12)

Let's do it. Congressman Jimmy Gomez, appreciate you as always.

Congressman Jimmy Gomez (13:15)

No, I appreciate you as well.

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