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Ben (Host/Interviewer)
Library Syn MAGA Mike Johnson, the Republican speaker of the House and all MAGA Republicans are panicking after a shock poll which may be the most disastrous poll yet leading into the midterms for MAGA Republicans. What this latest CNN poll has found is basically that everybody hates both parties. It's pretty much at a quarter of Americans say they hate both parties, but amongst that cohort of what's called the double haters and people who hate politics in general, prefer Democrats by 31 points. So people who don't like politics, people who you know otherwise are just like, just get me away from all of this. I just am done with this crap. They want to vote for Democrats though by 31 in order to do essentially regime change here in the United States. G. Elliot Morris writes, this might be the largest party lead I've ever seen among these so called double hate haters cohort. A new CNN poll finds about 1/4 of the public holds a negative view of both parties, so called double haters. Voters in that group, however, prefer the Democrats in the upcoming midterms by 31 points. You know, some what MAGA Republicans are trying to do heading into the midterms is their usual scare tactics. You know, they've got people like MAGA Republican Scott Perry who just went on TV and he's like, you know, the immigrants, they're gonna slit your throats. They SL throats and they, they kill you. And the Democrats support the, the, the throat slitting, killing people and it's like, just stop it. We know, we stop with the fear mongering. Okay? You know, Donald Trump's latest $1.5 trillion military budget proposes $152 million to rebuild Alcatraz. Donald Trump's on video and audio saying that we don't have enough money to help people in America for Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and for other critical functions that we must spend all war and a $1.5 trillion war budget right now. Anyway, here's what Scott Perry has to say. Play this clip.
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Bandwidth. You know, people that have been arrested multiple times and stay in the country, they slit the throats of young women on trains. They stab elder or mid, you know, midterm, not midterm, but middle aged women in Virginia at a train station, they shoot people, a young lady in college in the back of the head. That's who Democrats are willing to stand with. That's gonna be the choice that Americans have to make when they go to
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Ben (Host/Interviewer)
the then MAGA Republican Congressmember Barry Moore took his turn this morning on a state regime media which calls itself Newsmax. And Barry Moore was like, you know what, Guess what, everybody? Here's what we're gonna run on. Now that Pam Bondi is no longer Attorney General, we in the House Oversight Committee, MAGA Republicans with we're going to try to avoid Bondi being subpoenaed so that she doesn't still have to talk about the Epstein files. And we could just cover that up the way Todd Blanch has said, you know what, we're done talking about the Epstein files from here on out. Here. Play this clip.
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Tim Grimel (Congressional Candidate)
Congressman. Now next question for many people is will Pam Bondi be forced to sit for a subpoena with House Oversight Committee over the Epstein files on April 14? I believe. What are you hearing from some of your colleagues on that?
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Do you think that will stand and
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Tim Grimel (Congressional Candidate)
they will still drag her before that, that depos?
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TaxAct Advertiser
You know, probably not. I mean Jamie Comer is going to make that call. Obviously he's chairman of the committee. But I don't, I don't know that that's beneficial now that she's not the Attorney general. And again, that's Jamie's call and we'll see what they decide to go with. And there may be some information that we need as we're investigating Epstein. And like I Said, I think the weaponization of the doj, the FBI, the CIA, those agencies, what they've done to the Justice Department. And I mentioned this to Merrick Garland, the hearing. They have undermined the trust of the American people in the FBI, the CIA, all those agencies. So we'll see if Jamie wants to bring it out, Epstein or the doj, maybe we can get some information. But I think that'll be up to the Chairman and see what he wants to do.
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Tim Grimel (Congressional Candidate)
Yeah.
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Ben (Host/Interviewer)
Then you had maga, Republican Congress member Chip Roy, he went on State Regime Media, which calls itself Fox this morning. And Chip Roy says, you know what I'm looking for in a new Attorney General? Somebody who goes after the people who harassed the January 6th. There's we need somebody pro insurrectionist, pro overthrowing governments when the election doesn't go your way. That's what I'm looking for in a new Attorney General. I mean, he just goes and outright says it. Here, play this clip right here.
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Chip Roy (MAGA Republican Congressman)
We've got to deal with things like antifa. The president rightly declared them a terrorist organization. We want to see people who are affiliated with these Marxist networks funding antifa, creating all sorts of danger for the American people. We want them held accountable. We want the people who are harassing J6ers held accountable. We want to know the truth on Arctic Frost. My records were targeted under Arctic Frost. Jack Smith. We want to see heads roll. We want to see John Brennan, who the Judiciary Committee referred to the Department of Justice, held accountable. And Jim Comey. These are all things that we think need to happen. The next Attorney General needs to be very aggressive and I hope the President will pick somebody who will do that. And I've been working with Todd Blanche and I look forward to working with him in the interim.
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Ben (Host/Interviewer)
You know, it's just interesting too, seeing the right wing so called podcast bros, you know, all the people who wrap their arms around Donald Trump as they now look at the disastrous wars in the Middle east, as they look at Donald Trump wreaking havoc here on the United States and destroying lives and ICE and Border Patrol Gestapo terrorizing and torturing people Here, just take a look at two of the bigger podcast bros. By the way, the Midas Touch network gets significantly more downloads and views now than both Joe Rogan and Theo Vaughn. But here's Rogan and Theo Vaughn talking about how I'm so confused, man, about everything that's going on, man. I'm so confused, man. It's so, so confusing. Here, play, play this clip. What do you think is going to happen. You think we're going to be okay?
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Tim Grimel (Congressional Candidate)
I hope so.
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Of course. I don't know.
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Ben (Host/Interviewer)
Do you think about it?
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TaxAct Advertiser
I'm confused. I can't believe we went to this war. When we started bombing Iran, I was like, this can't be true.
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Ben (Host/Interviewer)
And what about Lebanon?
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TaxAct Advertiser
Now I know Israel's invaded Lebanon. Yeah, yeah.
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Ben (Host/Interviewer)
And it's like, just stop, like, what do you need?
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TaxAct Advertiser
Well, they're trying to, supposedly they're trying to stop the terrorists.
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Ben (Host/Interviewer)
That's crazy though, if you're the terrorist,
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Tim Grimel (Congressional Candidate)
you know what I'm saying? Like, if you want to stop them,
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Ben (Host/Interviewer)
stand in front of the fucking mirror
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Tim Grimel (Congressional Candidate)
and start there, you know?
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Ben (Host/Interviewer)
I want to bring on somebody by the name of Tim Grimel. He's running for Congress right now in the, in Michigan, a critical seat as well. Let's bring him in as well to kind of talk about all of this. Let's bring in my interview with Tim Grimel. Now. I want to bring in Tim Grimel, former mayor of Pontiac, Michigan, former Democratic state House leader in Michigan, now running for the 10th congressional district. There's an open seat there, MAGA Republican John James running for governor. The area for the 10th congressional district is Oakland. Nearby areas, parts of Oakland and other nearby areas which will, which we'll talk about. When I led into this segment, I showed a bunch of video clips of these MAGA Republican Congress members who are doing their usual tricks, Tim. I mean, they are doing the fear mongering, you know, the immigrants are going to kill you. And that's why we need, you know, MAGA Republicans to protect you. This is a very big race. It's a race that very well and could and should flip blue right here. And lots of people are focusing it almost as like a bellwether for what's going to happen in the rest of the country. You're the, you're, you're running for this seat. Talk, talk to us about how important this is. Then we'll get into your background as well. But talk about how important is this race.
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Tim Grimel (Congressional Candidate)
Yeah, this really is ground zero for our efforts to get back to a Democratic majority in the US House. And obvious I don't need to tell you, Ben or your viewers how important it is for us to get back to a Democratic majority in the US House. That is the most immediate, most important way that we can restore checks and balances on this presidency. And the 10th district here in Michigan is probably the best opportunity in Michigan to flip a Republican seat and certainly one of the top five or 10 opportunities in the entire country. So it's a real must win district if we're going to get back to a majority in the US House and restore checks and balances on the insanity that we're seeing from the Trump administration.
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Ben (Host/Interviewer)
You know what's so fascinating about the 10th and you tell us a little bit about the counties and the cities. I've been to the area before, you know, and I know the area to be very reasonable, moderate, like let's make deals and figure out what's in the best interest. And actually not in any way any type of like MAGA extremist. Like that's just not the makeup of the, of the area. And so I just find it fascinating as I do interviews, you know, with you running for the 10th, but I've done interviews with other people, you know, running in nearby congressional districts as well, others that occupy areas of Oakland and other things. It's that like, you know, you have these kind of Trump sycophants who have done things that are really harmful to the district that are really extreme in these areas. And it just, it never felt like a fit. And I understand that once somebody gets into Congress, you know, they often are able to kind of have this incumbency advantage. It's an open seat right now, I should mention, based on John James running for, for governor. But it's always a weird thing to have like an ultra MAGA in a district, like just surprising to me.
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Tim Grimel (Congressional Candidate)
Well, it is. You know, the, the, the average person in the 10th district is, is a normal person. They're, there are people who are concerned about their family, about their communities. They're not an extremist. They're not really a MAGA. True. Believe my friends, my neighbors here in the 10th district, they really just want what every American wants, a better life for them and their families. They want to see their communities function and thrive. And so the, the fact that they've been represented by somebody who's been just gone along with literally everything that President Trump has done, no matter how detrimental it's been to local communities here in the 10th district is, is really disappointing to a lot of people here in the 10th because they just want some common representation, people who are fighting for them, for normal, hard working Americans. And they haven't unfortunately gotten that over the course of the past four years.
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Ben (Host/Interviewer)
So Tim, you've held lots of different positions, you know, whether you were a mayor doing kind of the day to day, you know, you know, governance hands on of a city like Pontiac. Similarly, you've led, you know, the Michigan State Dems in the House and you've, you know, rose up the ranks there. You've seen it all. To talk to us a little bit about your background though, particularly and the issues that you would be fighting for if you were elected.
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Tim Grimel (Congressional Candidate)
Yeah, you know, I was born here in the 10th district, grew up here, graduated from high school here, and when I graduated from University of Michigan Law School, came back home to the 10th district and ultimately ran for and was elected to the local school board here, became a union side labor lawyer and then ultimately became the state House Democratic leader in the Michigan legislature where I successfully fought to expand health care here in the state by expanding Medicaid coverage to provide health insurance to 700,000 uninsured Michiganders. I successfully fought to increase Michigan's minimum wage and for the first time in state history, index it to inflation and really have dedicated my whole adult life to standing up for hard working Americans fighting for a stronger middle class. And you know, we've seen increasingly in recent decades that the rich in this country have gotten richer and richer while everybody else has been falling further and further behind. And I've dedicated my adult life to trying to be part of the solution and try to actually make sure that we're bringing the American dream within reach of everyday people again.
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Ben (Host/Interviewer)
You know, Donald Trump said In the past 24 hours or so, we don't have enough money to deal with Medicaid, Medicare or really any social programs or Social Security. That's not what we should be doing as a federal government. I mean, I wish I was being hyperbolic here, Tim, but he said he word for word said that. And then he went on to say, what we really only have money for, kid, everybody not they all saw these clips is war. And Donald Trump is putting forward Now a budget $1.5 trillion, mostly focused on military spending, more endless wars. And the American people are like, you've ripped away our health care. You are now causing inflation to surge again. We're struggling to get jobs. Your trade war against the world has crushed us. And you've seen that firsthand in Michigan, especially with some of the things Trump's done in attacking Canada and especially them and our other allies. And people are like, what did you just say? And sometimes I just think, I'm like, what the hell did he just even say? And how is this even talked about through any normal political prism? I remember growing up, and I'm sure you do too, where Dan Quell spelled potato wrong and it was like, dude, you're done. There's no more political career for you. I mean, he's up there saying, we don't care about you. We're just going to war. And that's where the money's going. And look, he's deeply unpopular. Like, he's 33% approval, but, like, still, it's like, all right, what the hell is even going on, Tim?
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Tim Grimel (Congressional Candidate)
Yeah, I mean, unfortunately, and it's sad, Ben, but you're not being hyperbolic. I mean, I saw the same clip you saw that so many Americans have seen. And we have a president of the White House who is profoundly out of touch with the needs and concerns of regular Americans. And you hit on a couple of things. You mentioned the tariffs, of course, and those have been incredibly punishing to regular people, to hardworking Americans. You know, the cost of living was already high when Trump entered office, and his tariffs have just made that situation all the more worse. We see incredibly high energy costs. We see skyrocketing health insurance premiums because of Trump's health care policies. We see housing costs continue to go up and up and up. And grocery store prices are still incredibly high. I mean, I. We often make chili in my household, and I was out watching the gas prices, of course, at $4 a gallon here locally, while I was driving to the grocery store. And then at the grocery store, I was buying meat for our chili. And hamburger costs $7 a pound now. And so if you're an everyday person who meanwhile, is seeing their. Their wages stagnate and the cost of everything is going up and up and up, the tariffs are hitting folks incredibly hard. It's a tax on consumers, and it's driving inflation even higher. And then meanwhile, it's disrupting supply chains, especially here in this district where we have a lot of auto plants that rely on part across the border from Canada. And the tariffs on Canada, of all places, are disrupting those supply chains. Idling plants, resulting in layoffs, resulting in people losing income, while they're also simultaneously driving the cost of goods that people rely on day in and day out ever higher. And we need to get back to a rational tariff policy. You know, it's one thing to impose tariffs on bad actors in the world, but imposing them on places like Canada and Western Europe, places with good labor standards, good environmental standards, makes no sense at all and is just punishing regular Americans. The other thing you hit on, of course, and that Trump was speaking about recently, is the fact that, that because of military expenditures, he doesn't think the federal government can afford to do anything to help regular people with health care with child care. And it's outrageous. I mean, obviously Iran, and Iran's government in particular has been a horribly malevolent force to its own people, to people in the entire Middle east region, and they can never be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon. But people in the 10th district and all across this country have no interest in yet another endless war. And Trump has no strategy. Obviously. He has said in his own words that because of the focus on military expenditures, the federal government can't afford to help everyday people with their basic needs. I was talking with a woman the other day who's not sure she can continue working because she can't afford child care. Meanwhile, we have people losing their health insurance because of Trump's health care policies. This is completely unacceptable. The people in the 10th district and Americans in general want a federal government that prioritizes their families, their day to day needs, making sure that we can actually bring the American dream back within reach of regular folks. And unfortunately, this administration is so out of touch that they are prioritizing other things over the needs of American people and everyday folks. And that's unacceptable. And the whole reason I got into politics is to fight for middle class families, fight for working families. I have delivered results in the past in my state legislative role. I've delivered results as a union side labor lawyer who has gone toe to toe against billionaires and successfully fought and won for working people. And we have a president who's out of control and we need to get back to a majority in the U.S. house. But we need to elect fighters who not only have a proven track record of fighting for everyday people, but of winning those battles and delivering results so that we can get back to building a strong middle class in this country.
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Ben (Host/Interviewer)
Tim, where could people learn more about you and your campaign?
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Tim Grimel (Congressional Candidate)
Well, the easiest place is Tim grimel.com you can see how my name's spelled on the signs behind me, but it's T I M Grimel G R e I m e-l dot com. We're also of course on Facebook, on X, on Instagram and so we encourage people to check out, Follow us, learn more about the campaign. But this campaign is really about a movement to restore the American dream for everyday people and get back to building a strong middle class in this country.
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Ben (Host/Interviewer)
Tim Grimel running for Michigan's 10th congressional district. Open seat MAGA Republican John James departing that to run for governor. Great to see you Tim.
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Tim Grimel (Congressional Candidate)
Thanks for having me Ben. Appreciate it.
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Ben (Host/Interviewer)
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