Trump PANICS as Biden OUTMANEUVERS Him

Summary

The MeidasTouch Podcast Summary

Episode: Trump PANICS as Biden OUTMANEUVERS Him
Release Date: November 21, 2024
Host: MeidasTouch Network (Ben, Brett, and Jordy Meiselas)

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Overview

In this episode of The MeidasTouch Podcast, the Meiselas brothers delve into the escalating political tensions surrounding President Biden's strategic confirmation of federal judges and former President Trump's reaction to these developments. The discussion highlights the broader implications for the U.S. judiciary system and the ongoing battle between Democratic and Republican senators over judicial appointments.

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Key Topics Discussed

1. Biden’s Judicial Confirmations

   • Strategic Moves: President Biden has been actively confirming a significant number of federal judges, leveraging the Democratic control of the Senate. As of the episode’s release, approximately 216-218 federal judges have been confirmed under the Biden administration.
   • Senate Leadership: Democratic leaders, including Senator Chuck Schumer and Senator Dick Durbin, have been pivotal in pushing these confirmations forward, ensuring a steady flow of pro-democracy judges into federal and appellate courts.
   • Impact on Judiciary: A notable one-fourth of all appeals court judges are Biden appointees, which is crucial for shaping future legal decisions and maintaining democratic integrity within the judiciary.

2. Trump’s Response and GOP Reaction

   • Public Statements: Former President Trump expressed frustration, accusing Democrats of attempting to "stack the courts with radical left judges." He urged Republican senators to "hold the line" and prevent further confirmations before the upcoming inauguration.
   • Senator Reactions: Trump criticized Republican senators like Ron DeSantis for prioritizing propaganda events over blocking judicial appointments. DeSantis, in turn, blamed absent senators for allowing left-leaning judges to secure lifetime appointments.
   • Internal Conflict: Figures like Grace Chung, associated with Steve Bannon, directed harsh criticism toward Republican senators who failed to attend crucial votes, labeling them as ineffective. This internal dissent highlights fractures within the GOP on handling judicial confirmations.

3. Senate Dynamics and Confirmation Process

   • Procedural Battles: Republican senators employed delay tactics, such as forcing procedural votes and extending sessions into the night, to hinder the confirmation process. Despite these efforts, Democratic leadership remained steadfast in advancing judicial appointments.
   • Chuck Schumer’s Determination: Senator Schumer voiced unwavering commitment to confirming judges, exemplifying the Democrats' determination to secure their judicial agenda despite Republican obstruction. (Timestamp: 06:34)

4. Public and Media Reactions

   • Social Media Outcry: Republican supporters expressed intense frustration online, criticizing senators for undermining their party’s judicial priorities and enabling Biden's appointments.
   • Right-Wing Influencers: Figures like Mike Davis from the Steve Bannon Show amplified the GOP's discontent, emphasizing the need for senators to actively participate in the confirmation process to prevent Biden from surpassing Trump’s judicial appointments.

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Notable Quotes

• Ben Miceli (00:56): "Look, the Democrats still control the Senate and President Biden is currently outmaneuvering Donald Trump by having the Senate Judiciary Committee confirm federal judges who President Biden appointed, ensuring that we have pro-democracy federal judges in the federal courts and the appellate courts throughout the country."

• Chuck Schumer (06:14): "Everyone should be prepared for another late night on Wednesday to vote on nominations and get as many judges done as possible."

• Chuck Schumer (06:34): "Now. This week, it's no secret the Senate is moving forward on confirming more of President Biden's judicial nominees. Yesterday, we confirmed Judge Embry Kidd to serve as a lifetime appointment as a circuit judge to the 11th Circuit. Last night, I filed cloture on another nine nominees to serve as district judges across the country."

• Mike Davis (11:39): "President Trump appointed like 234 Article 3 judges in his first term. And I think Biden is up to 216 Article 3 judges. And if Elizabeth Warren and these left-wing radicals get their way, Biden is going to surpass President Trump's first term. And this is going to make an impact on these crucial courts."

• Mike Davis (12:04): "Senate Republicans need to show up to work and grind the Senate to a halt like Senate Democrats did to us. ... Your job as a senator is to show up and vote. That's all you're required to do."

Insights and Analysis

• Democratic Strategy: Biden's administration, supported by Senate Democrats, is methodically filling the judiciary with judges who align with pro-democracy values. This strategic maneuver ensures long-term influence over critical legal decisions, reinforcing democratic principles within the judicial system.

• Republican Challenges: The GOP faces internal challenges and external pressures as key senators prioritize political allegiance over legislative responsibilities. The absence of Republican senators from critical votes has emboldened Democrats to advance their judicial agenda unimpeded.

• Long-Term Implications: The extensive confirmation of Biden-appointed judges has significant implications for the future of U.S. law, potentially shaping rulings on key issues such as civil rights, voting rights, and consumer protection for years to come. The contention between the two parties highlights the deepening partisan divide within the Senate.

• Public Perception: The episode underscores a growing frustration among Republican supporters, who perceive the Democratic actions as a strategic takeover of the judiciary. This sentiment may influence future elections and the overall political landscape as voters respond to the Senate's handling of judicial confirmations.

Conclusions

The MeidasTouch Podcast effectively captures the intense political maneuvering surrounding President Biden's judicial appointments and former President Trump's attempts to counteract these moves. The episode highlights the strategic efforts by Democrats to secure a pro-democracy judiciary and the corresponding frustrations and challenges faced by Republicans. As the battle over federal judges continues, the podcast emphasizes the critical role these appointments play in shaping the nation's legal framework and the broader struggle for political power within the Senate.

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Transcript

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[Ben Miceli]

Look, the Democrats still control the Senate and President Biden is currently outmaneuvering Donald Trump by having the Senate Judiciary Committee confirm federal judges who President Biden appointed, ensuring that we have pro democracy federal judges in the federal courts and the appellate courts throughout the country. So as Donald Trump was spending his day with Elon Musk and Republican senators watching the SpaceX take off so they could do propaganda events, that's when Biden activated Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer and Democratic Senator Dick Durbin and they started appointing judge after judge. Donald Trump then got wind of what was going on. There's been a total, by the way, from the beginning of the Biden administration to now of about 216, 218 or so federal judges who have now been confirmed. About a fourth of, I think all appeals courts have Biden appointed judges on it, which is critical. Donald Trump started freaking out. Here's what Trump posted. He goes the Democrats are trying to stack the courts with radical left judges on their way out the door. Republican senators need to show up and hold the line. No more judges confirmed before Inauguration Day. Well, sorry Donald, that's just not the way it works. Also, the Republican Senators have been spending time with you doing propaganda events. Like three Republican Senators were hanging out with Trump and Musk in Texas yesterday. Instead of trying to block Biden, Schumer Durbin getting these Judges confirmed. Ron DeSantis wrote the following. This leftist judge would have been voted down and the seat on the important 11th Circuit would have been filled by Donald Trump next year had Republicans showed up to the Senate and not been, I guess, at the Trump propaganda events. Now the leftist judge will have a lifetime appointment and the people of Florida, Alabama and Georgia will suffer the consequences of this. Now you have someone by the name of Grace Chung who is one of Steve Bannon's lieutenants, said the following. She attacked J.D. vance and Marco Rubio and said, you guys better show up and do your frickin job. J.D. vance, Vance, Marco Rubio and the rest of you Senate Republicans that didn't bother to even show up. To which J.D. vance, Vice President elect, pains me to say that, but that's the reality. Then responds to Steve Bannon's war room cfo, Grace Chung and he says to her, you are a mouth breathing imbecile is what JD Van says to Grace Chung. He says, grace Chung, you're a mouth breathing imbecile who attacks those of us in the fight rather than making yourself useful. If I had shown up to the vote in question, the nominee would have succeeded 49 to 46 rather than 49 to 45. If every Republican had showed up, Fetterman would have come in and the Democrats still would have gotten their nominee across. When this 11th Circuit vote happened, I was meeting with President Trump to interview multiple positions for our government, including our F, including for FBI. He goes, then you have Mike Lee, who calls himself based Mike Lee. So, so bizarre. Senator. He goes, trump is right. Senate Republicans need to do everything we can to stop the confirmation of horrible Biden appointed judges. Now Republicans in the comments were freaking out. Comments like this, you Republican F words in the Senate. You keep letting Kamala and Biden get radical leftist judges appointed. You can kiss your jobs goodbye. Stop the bs. But he curses. Um, and then you have Cernovich, another right wing influencer goes Senate Republicans are letting far left wing judges be confirmed by Schumer even though they could stop it. Mike Johnson is doing what he does best, refusing to take a firm stance on significant issues. Welcome to the party. I mean, by the way, Mike Johnson's in the House. They don't have a function of confirming judges. But you know, that's just, just a little bit of civics right there. So one of the things that Chuck Schumer is doing though, he's going all night. He's going all night and then he is making sure that these judges go get confirmed. The Republicans who are showing up in the Senate, they're trying to use whatever delay tactics. They are forcing procedural votes that go all into the night. But Chuck Schumer's like, I'm here. I'm gonna get all these people confirmed. Here is what Chuck Schumer said about the momentum of confirming these judges. This is what he said last night. Play this clip.

[Chuck Schumer]

Everyone should be prepared for another late night on Wednesday to vote on nominations and get as many judges done as possible.

[Ben Miceli]

And here Senator Chuck Schumer talks about Democrats moving these judicial appointees forward and confirming them and making sure that they get confirmed. Here. Play this clip.

[Chuck Schumer]

Now. This week, it's no secret the Senate is moving forward on confirming more of President Biden's judicial nominees. Yesterday, we confirmed Judge Embry Kidd to serve as a lifetime appointment as a circuit judge to the 11th Circuit. Last night, I filed cloture on another nine nominees to serve as district judges across the country.

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[Ben Miceli]

Chuck Schumer posted the following I'm proud of the judges we've confirmed. We've had we have more judges from consumer protection, civil rights, voting rights backgrounds. We've confirmed more women and people of color. All are highly qualified and their broad experience and expertise is an additional asset to the bench. From five days ago that number was 215 and it is going up, up, up. By the way, here is a shot of Chuck Schumer going, you know, basically into the early hours hours of the morning. You see Chuck Schumer, how tired he is filing a cloture motion on several judicial nominations. Republicans are forcing him to basically go until the early hours of the morning, but he is not stopping. And if they want to, Senate Democrats could be staying in session on Fridays and weekends to try to confirm all of these judges one by one. And you know, Democrats are not stopping right now. I guess Donald Trump didn't plan for this. Senator Patty Murray Great state of Washington says regardless of what President Elect Trump wants, Senate Democrats hold the majority until next Congress. It is part of our job to confirm qualified judges and we will confirm many more Biden Harris judges before Inauguration Day. She also says I was on the Senate floor until almost midnight last night voting to confirm Biden's judicial nominees. We'll keep doing this until the clock runs out to confirm as many qualified judges as we can and deliver for the people who elected us to stand up for their values. And as the number of confirmed judges continued to skyrocket, you had the Senate Judiciary Committee led by Senator Dick Durbin continued to post that count right there. As our editor in chief Ron Philip Kowski writes, the following Republican senators missed the vote today as another Biden judge was confirmed. Vance, Rubio, Cruz, Kramer, Hagerty and Braun. Three of them were with Trump and Musk watching the Space X launch back in September 2024, Senator Chuck Schumer explained. And now 1/4 of all of the circuit court judges, the that's the Court of Appeals in the US have been confirmed by this Senate under the Biden administration. That is a big number, folks now you can see that mag is just totally losing it right here. Here is on the Steve Bannon Show, Mike Davis, who's one of the people who's, you know, really at the top of the MAGA kind of legal hierarchy. Many people thought he would be Attorney General. He calls himself the Viceroy of maga. Here he is on Bannon just kind of losing it over all of these judicial appointees by President Biden being confirmed by the Senate. Here, play this clip.

[Mike Davis]

President Trump appointed like 234 Article 3 judges in his first term. And I think Biden is up to 216 Article 3 judges. And if Elizabeth Warren and these left wing radicals get their way, Biden is going to surpass President Trump's first term. And this is going to be, this is going to make an impact on these crucial courts.

[Ben Miceli]

Huge impact.

[Mike Davis]

How do you stop this? How do you stop this? It means Senate Republicans need to show up to work and grind the Senate to a halt like Senate Democrats did to us. I had to fight this for the first two years of the Trump presidency. The first time I had to fight constant obstruction. I had to break every piece in the China when I led Justice Gorsuch's outside confirmation effort as his former law clerk and that I was the chief counsel for nominations on the Senate Judiciary Committee where I helped President Trump confirm a record number of judges. And the game in the Senate is to show up to work. That's their job. Your job as a senator is to show up and vote. That's all you're required to do. So these Senate Republicans, if they would just show up and vote, we can stop these radical judges. They have kept the most radical judges until the very end here because they couldn't get them confirmed during the normal time. So they're using this lame duck session after the American people voted to put President Trump and Senate Republicans in their pick judges, Republicans need to get their asses to work and vote.

[Ben Miceli]

And I think it's worth noting as well as we conclude this video as Donald Trump and Magus freak out of Biden outmaneuvers them. Biden's still going through the process, right? Like these judges are going through a confirmation process. They went through the process envisioned by the Constitution. This is not like Biden's doing some sort of like end run around the Constitution. The Democrats control the Senate and they are ensuring that these judges get confirmed. And I think these judges will be on the front line of protecting democracy in the years to come. So I think it is critical that we all give President Biden. A major thanks for out maneuvering here while Trump's at the ufc, fights, Space X Things, eating Big Macs, whatever he's doing, this is what President Biden is doing. Always had his head down, always working hard. Thanks for watching. Hit subscribe let's get to 4 million. Thanks for watching. Love this video. Make sure you stay up to date on the latest breaking news and all things Midas by signing up to the Midas touch [e-mail] newsletter.