Interviewer (7:45)

The Epstein measure passes the House. Will it get a vote in the Senate?

Senator Barrasso (7:50)

It'll come to the Senate. We'll take a look at it. If it passes the House, we'll see what it says. And we all want accountability and transparency. But to me, this is not about truth. It's not about justice. This is about an attempt by the Democrats to make President Trump a lame duck president. And I'm not going to aid and abet them in their efforts.

Interviewer (8:10)

But you don't commit to a vote, Senator. You don't commit to holding a vote. If the Epstein measure passes in the House just very quickly, we're almost out of time.

Senator Barrasso (8:18)

Well, what I've said and what Senate Leader Thune has said is we'll look at it. We'll look at what's come over. I don't even know that it's going to pass the House. The Senate will make a decision. We'll have a discussion about it and make a decision from there.

Political Commentator (8:32)

Let me just read for you what Donald Trump's post is, so you can just read it for yourself. Regarding the release of the Epstein files, he goes, as I said on Friday night aboard Air Force One to the fake news media. House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files because we have nothing to hide. And it's time to move on from this Democrat hoax perpetrated by radical left lunatics in order to deflect from the great success of the Republican Party, including our recent victory on the Democrat shutdown. The Department of Justice has already turned over tens of thousands of pages to the public, unquote. Epstein and, quote, are looking at various Democrat operatives, Bill Clinton, Reid, Hoffman, Hoffman, Larry Summers, et cetera, and their relationship to Epstein. And the House Oversight Committee can have whatever they are legally entitled to. I don't care. And that's all in caps. All I do care about is that Republicans get back on point. Do you see the language that he used right there where he said, I've ordered the investigation into Democrat operatives? They can have what they are legally entitled to. That to me means they're not going to turn over everything. But let's pay attention to what's going to be happening this week. When Donald Trump was heading onto Air Force One from Florida on that where he was hiding over the weekend on the taxpayer dime, he said he didn't want to talk about the Epstein files when he was asked. Play this clip.

Interviewer (10:04)

Representative Matthew says he's concerned that the Epstein probe you are calling for could be a smoke screen to launch or release some more files. Is that the case?

Donald Trump (10:13)

Well, I don't want to talk about it because fake news like you, you're a terrible reporter. And fake news like you, they just keep bringing that up to deflect from the tremendous success of the Trump administration. So a guy like Massey, his poll numbers are showing he's at 6% approval rating right now, and we call him Rand Paul Jr. Because he never, he never votes for the Republican Party. So they're using Jeffrey Epstein as a deflection from the tremendous success that we're having as a party.

Political Commentator (10:45)

He then yelled at a Bloomberg reporter, will you let me finish? Will you let me finish what I'm saying here? Play this clip.

Donald Trump (10:54)

Will you let me finish my thing? You are the worst. You're with Bloomberg, right? You are the. I don't know why they even have you.

Political Commentator (11:02)

And then he had Todd Blanche, his deputy attorney general and former criminal defense lawyer, says what we're really committed on here in the Trump administration is we're focused on finding anybody out there who was involved and we're going to hold them accountable. You mean Donald. I mean, you mean, you mean the guy you work for. You mean your old client and I guess your current client. You mean the guy who was found guilty on 34 felony counts in the case where you were his criminal attorney. Here's what Todd Blanche says here, play this clip anyway.

Senator Barrasso (11:33)

And so we're going to continue to find out if there's anybody responsible, anybody that hasn't been held accountable, and if they're out there, we'll find them. Yeah, I think most Americans would say the fact it has been going on for more than a decade and it seems like nobody, nobody's left to prosecute or bring charges against you can't seem to find evidence is what's concerning to people. And more transparency, the better. So thank you.

Political Commentator (11:53)

And then Donald Trump continues on the deranged and just completely offensive. Everything he says is offensive in the range. But statements that this Thanksgiving prices are 25% cheaper and that Walmart has said that it's 25% cheaper. We've gone over this a hundred times, right? The new Walmart Thanksgiving list includes 14 items this year, whereas in 2024 under former President Biden, it included 21 items. Most of this year's items on the Walmart list of 14 vs 21 are the generic value Walmart brand as opposed to last year were more of the name brands. And we all just know when we leave our home that it's not cheaper. Like we, we, we know that things are not cheaper. We know that Thanksgiving this year is not 25% cheaper. But he just thinks we're all, we're stupid. He thinks that. Yes, of course, Donald, you were the guy saying, release the Epstein files. Okay? You've been telling everybody not to. This whole thing has been you covering it up every step of the way. Now you go, I told them to do it like we're not dumb. We know that Thanksgiving prices are not 25% cheaper. Now, we know all the prices are higher. But here he is saying that the prices are cheaper right? Now play this clip again.

Donald Trump (13:09)

I go to Walmart and other companies and in every case it's about 25% that a meal at Thanksgiving Meal and Surroundings are 25% lower than it was under the Biden administration. That's a big fact. And that comes from Walmart and others that do that.

Political Commentator (13:30)

And one of the videos we made at the Midas Touch Network that I want to share with you because we did a video on this earlier in the day yesterday where Treasury Secretary Scott Besant was on state regime media yesterday, known as Fox, and he was saying that the trade deal with China is not even complete yet. Because Maria Bartiroma was saying, I've heard that China is not sending over rare earth elements. They're still claiming these export controls. If there are companies that have any relationship with the US Military, didn't Donald claim that they were going to just allow all of the rare earth elements to be released? By the way, under Biden, the rare earth elements were released. There was no export controls under Biden. There was 27 million metric tons of soil beans being exported by American farmers. Now, this year, there was zero. And China said, maybe we'll take 12 million metric tons. But the thing is, China's got so much soybeans now from Brazil and Argentina. By the way, America bailed out Argentina for $40 billion while screwing over American farmers and ripping away healthcare from Americans. I mean, $40 billion could protect the Affordable Care act for the remainder of the year. But anyway, we gave it to Argentina. Then they sold their soy beans to China to undercut us. But China has all these soybeans, so they don't need our soybeans right now anyway. So there is no deal. And Treasury Secretary Scott Bessen's like, well, well, there is no deal yet. We hope to have a deal by Thanksgiving. It's like y' all kept on pretending there was a deal in May. Then you said there was a deal in June. Then you said there was a deal in September. Then there was another deal like you keep making up every two months that there's a deal. There's no. With China. Okay, and now you're saying the deal's coming in Thanksgiving, just like your fake healthcare plan during the first termino. Give me two more weeks. It's coming in two more weeks. Here, watch this video. They think you're stupid is what we call it. Here, play this clip right here.

Donald Trump (15:30)

We've made a deal with China. We've made a deal with probably four or five different countries. We were. We have a deal now. Every year we'll renegotiate the deal. I'll be going to China in April, and he'll be coming here sometime after that.

Political Commentator (15:49)

Is China holding back rare earth magnets.

Interviewer (15:52)

From companies tied to the US Military right now?

Senator Barrasso (15:55)

Yeah, Maria, I think that Wall Street Journal reporting is not very accurate. We haven't even finished the agreement, which we hope to have done by Thanksgiving.

Political Commentator (16:05)

And speaking of they think you're stupid. This is the propaganda coming out of the Department of Homeland Security, right? They literally create this like bizarre, awful propaganda where they're like, we want to be very clear, we never do pepper spray into vehicles. And then they show a video of themselves pepper spraying into a vehicle. Like it's not even good propaganda. As Aaron Reichland Melnick says. Here, play this clip of this bizarre video from dhs. Let's play it.

Interviewer (16:36)

Hi, I'm Lauren Biss, Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, and I'm here to set the record straight on a few fake news stories from this week. First, we have another disgusting pepper spray hoax. Guys. ICE does not border spring children. Here are the facts. During an operation, riders began throwing objects at agents and blocking the road. This did not occur in a Sam's Club Park Border patrol display crowd control measures and safely cleared the area. When rioters impede law enforcement operations, they are putting others in danger. These journalists should stop smearing ICE law enforcement and start covering the facts.

Political Commentator (17:19)

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