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Host/Commentator
Audible gasps, shock and horror across Capitol Hill and across the United States of America at this very moment as Donald Trump has announced that he is nominating Matt Gaetz to be the next Attorney General of the United States and Tulsi Gabbard to be the next Director of National Intelligence. I'm not making this up, folks. This is not a prank. This is real life. But as Democratic Congress member Jared Moscow had said, this is what the people voted for. This is what MAGA wanted. This is what happens when corporate media, both sides, it. Let me repeat that one more time. Matt Gaetz formally nominated by Donald Trump to be the next Attorney General of the United States and Tulsi Gabbard nominated to be the next Director of National Intelligence of the United States. As Ann Grayer of CNN reports, House GOP members were meeting behind closed doors when they heard the news that Trump named Matt Gaetz to be his Attorney General. There was an audible gasp from the members in the room the moment they found out, according to sources who were in the room. Let's take a look at some more information there. Melanie Zanona, who was there as well, says early reaction from GOP members on Trump selecting Matt Gaetz for Attorney General. Representative Don Bacon says, I've got no good comment. That's a Republican. Meanwhile, Representative Garrett Graves, a Kevin McCarthy ally, literally ran away from me and Annie Gray are of CNN when we tried to ask him about Gates, ran away grabbing other members by the shoulders to use him as a body shield to block us. Josh Bren Shahan, reporter for Punchbowl News, says Senator Chuck Grassley was so exasperated by the Gates questions that he stopped talking to reporters and he stood there stone faced for about 30 seconds. Andrew Desiderio says that his float his phone has been blowing up with Senate Republican aides aghast at Trump's nomination of Matt Gates to be the next Attorney General of the United States. Some quite confidently saying there's no way that their bosses, that these senators, even the Republican senators, will vote to confirm him. We will see. Recall Don Trump wants to push through his nominations through a process called recess confirmations where he doesn't even want the Senate to hold hearings. He wants to rule like a dictator. We reported earlier in the day that Republican Senator John Thune became the majority leader. He's more of a moderate Republican. We're ultimately going to have to see what he does. Ron Philip Kowski writes. So did the normies who voted for Trump because they think Biden made Bacon more expensive even though he didn't Realize that Matt Gates would be attorney general, a Putin propagandist, and Tulsi Gabbard would be the director of National Intelligence. And a Fox host would be secretary of Defense. Can't forget about that. Donald Trump named like a random Fox News host to be the secretary of defense. I have a feeling this won't be the last time that we say we try to warn you. Ron Philip Kowski also writes, shouldn't the attorney general be someone who has actually practiced law at some point? Well, no. Matt Gates post things like this before the election. Matt Gates wrote the core plot of the Barbie movie was distracting men so they wouldn't vote. Don't make the Barbie movie come true. Matt Gates also said during the midterms that women who were upset about Roe being overturned were fat and ugly. And that's why they were concerned to begin with, he says, because they're fat and ugly. Here, play this clip.
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Reporter
Is it safe to say that based off of your comments, you're suggesting that these women at these abortion rallies are ugly and overweight?
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Host/Commentator
Yes.
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Political Analyst
What do you say to people who.
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Reporter
Think that those comments are offensive?
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Host/Commentator
Be offended by the way others on Capitol Hill like Mark Wayne Mullen, a senator from Oklahoma, had previously said that Matt Gaetz would brag about how he would crush erectile dysfunction medication and chase him with energy drinks so he could go all night. Play this clip.
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Mark Wayne Mullen
You got to think about this guy. This is a guy that didn't have that the media didn't give a time of day to after he was accused of sleeping with an underage girl. And there's a reason why no one in the conference came and defended him because we had all seen the videos he was showing on the House floor that all of us had walked away of the girls that he had slep. He'd brag about how he would crush ed medicine and chase it with an energy drink so he could go all night. This is obviously before you got married. And so when that accusation came out, no one defended him and then no one on the media would give him a time of the day. All of a sudden he found fame because he opposed the speaker of the House back in November. And he's always stayed there and he's not, he was never going to leave until he got this last moment of fame by saying by going after a motion to vacate.
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Kevin McCarthy
It's important to know Congressman Gates has never been charged with any sex trafficking crime. And he gave this statement to CNN in response. I don't think Mark Wayne Mullen and I have said 20 words to each other on the House floor. This is a lie from someone who doesn't know me and who is coping with the death of the political career of his friend Kevin. Thoughts and prayers.
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Host/Commentator
Former speaker of the house Kevin McCarthy said at the Republican National Convention that Matt Gaetz looked unhinged. People have concerns about him, and that he hopes that the young women who Matt Gaetz was with will get the justice they deserve. Play this clip. You would get booed off the stage.
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Tulsi Gabbard
That's the biggest challenge we have. He said you would get booed off the stage. What's your response to him? Well, you know, he looks very unhinged. I mean, a lot of people have concerns about him, and I'm not sure if he was on something, but I do hope he gets the help that he needs. But more importantly, I hope the young women get the justice they deserve when it comes to him. I mean, you're referring to the House Ethics Committee investig. That is ongoing. Yeah. With. With his partner in jail because they paid underage women for sex and drugs. Yeah, that's what I'm referring to. So he has denied all of that. I'm wondering, doesn't he deserve the presumption of innocence here? Well, people are in jail. The women have confirmed it. He came to me. If I started still wanted to be Speaker, I could have done something illegal and stopped the Ethics Committee investigation that started four years before he told you to stop the other. That's what the. That's what the whole motion to vacate was about. He wanted me to engage and thought somehow I started this investigation. It started long before I was ever speaker. And as you know, as Congress, I don't get involved in ethics. It's an equal number. They could investigate me. It has to be its own arm and branch. And so he wanted to leverage me to try to do that. And if I didn't, he wanted to do a motion to vacate. And he's denied that, of course, that he urged you to stop the investigation. No, I had other members come to me. He came to me. I had other people who were on drug companies that he talked to. Yeah, yeah. So, no, there's no denying it.
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Host/Commentator
Here's Matt GAETZ. Here's Kevin McCarthy again talking about Matt Gaetz.
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Byron Donalds
Play this clip because you were ousted because you tried to work with Democrats to keep the country from defaulting and to make what, spending cuts you could.
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Tulsi Gabbard
No, that's what the press writes. That's not why I was.
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Byron Donalds
Well, okay, so you were gonna Say it's all because of Matt Gates. What exactly did he do as far as a House ethics investigation?
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Tulsi Gabbard
I don't want to get all this, but Matt came to me. Matt has an E and if you watch ABC News, apparently I'm not a liar. It's true about he has a challenge with a minor and paying her money. It was asked put into place in ethics more than before I ever became speaker. He wanted me to stop the ethics challenge. I wouldn't. So he got some other people who didn't vote for me, eight people and partnered with all the Democrats to remove me.
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Byron Donalds
Well, he calls you a liar. He denies having sex with a minor.
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Tulsi Gabbard
So does he deny what Mark Wayne says he said about. Does he deny the testimony that the Ethics Committee has been given about what was said? Does he deny he came up to me to try to influence me? Does he deny he told other people, even from your same network to call me about it? I don't know if all these people are liars. I don't believe that to be true. I know what transpired. Even if you look at Byron Donaldson's latest quote this week.
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Byron Donalds
Byron Donaldson. Yeah, Lord of the Flies.
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Tulsi Gabbard
Yeah, that Matt Gaetz. What Matt Gaetz did has broken the Republican majority. He's now created Lord of the Flies. Ask anybody inside our conference, they actually know it.
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Host/Commentator
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Reporter
Play this clip not making any predictions, but I think they've got their eye on somebody who's currently in the Democratic primary and are grooming her to be the third party candidate. She's a favorite of the Russians. They have a bunch of sites and bots and other ways of supporting her so far.
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Kevin McCarthy
Now, when asked if Clinton was referring to Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, Democrat of Hawaii, Clinton's spokesman said, quote, if the nesting doll fits. He added, quote, if the Russian propaganda machine, both their state media and their bot and troll operations, is backing a candidate aligned with their interests. That is just a reality. It is not speculation.
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Host/Commentator
The Vote Vets group came out with the following statement. Putin putting Tulsi Gabbard in charge of our intelligence which keeps Americans safe here and abroad, is dangerous and reckless. In Gabber, Trump has complete and total loyalists who will use and wield our intelligence to Trump's benefit, not to protect America and our Constitution. In combination with many of Trump's other appointments and nominations, we see a picture coming together of an administration made up of unqualified marginal zealots who will constantly be trying to please their dear leader rather than fulfill their oath to put the Constitution and the safety of the American people above the President's ego. Many warned that Trump would dispense all guardrails in a second term. So every whim of his would be carried out without question. We are now seeing exactly what that looks like. Let's also show you this clip here of Alyssa Farah on the View talking about Tulsi Gabbard would be Vladimir Putin's dream ticket with Donald Trump. Well, Donald Trump just picked Putin's dream here. Play this clip.
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Political Analyst
So the thing to remember about Trump is first and foremost he's running for president to stay out of jail. That's what this comes down to. He wants to win. And I'm a little bit stunned that he said most of these folks are on the short list. Now, Donald Trump, Tulsi Gabbard would literally be Vladimir Putin's dream ticket. That does not you would lose. Every normie Republican like myself who wants to stand by NATO wants Ukraine to defeat Russia. That's bizarre to me. But some of the others were extremely weak as well. Vivek Ramaswamy, one of the most single off putting individuals I've ever seen on national television.
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Host/Commentator
He's less popular. Byron.
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Political Analyst
Donald like stole money from his investors. The one theme I saw here was a lot of people who have a lot of rage with probably the exception of Tim Scott. And to me, Tim Scott is what does he add unclear to me. Well, he loves Donald Trump.
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Host/Commentator
Now finally, let me just show you this moment right here. This is when Pete Buttigieg called out Tulsi Gabbard during the Democratic primary debate. Way back. Play this clip.
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Reporter
I want to get back to Pete Buttigieg and his comment about experience. Pete, you'll agree that the service that we both have provided to our country as veterans by itself does not qualify us to serve as commander in chief. I think the most recent example of your inexperience in national security and foreign policy came from your recent careless statement about how you as president would be willing to send our troops to Mexico to fight the cartels. As commander in chief, leader of our armed forces, I bring extensive experience serving for seven years in Congress on the Foreign Affairs Committee, on the Armed Services Committee, on the Homeland Security Committee, meeting with leaders of countries around the world, working with military commanders of different commands, dealing with high level national security briefings, understanding what's necessary, the preparation that I've gotten to walk in on day one to serve as commander in chief. Congresswoman, thank you, Mr. Mayor. I'll allow you to respond.
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Pete Buttigieg
I know that it's par for the course in Washington to take remarks out of context, but that is outlandish even by the standards of today's politics.
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Reporter
Are you saying that you didn't say that.
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Pete Buttigieg
I was talking about U.S. mexico cooperation. We've been doing security cooperation with Mexico for years with law enforcement cooperation and a military relationship that could continue to be developed with training relationships. For example, do you seriously think anybody on this stage is proposing invading Mexico?
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Reporter
That's not what I'm talking about.
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Pete Buttigieg
I'm talking about building up. I'm talking about building up alliances. And if your question is about experience, let's also talk about judgment. One of the foreign leaders you mentioned meeting was Bashar al Assad. I have, in my experience, such as it is, whether you think it counts or not, since it wasn't accumulated in Washington enough judgment that I would not have sat down with a murderous dictator like that.
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Host/Commentator
Well, there you have it, folks. Donald Trump officially nominating Matt Gaetz now and Tulsi Gabbard. MATT gaetz, Attorney General TULSI Gabbard, Director OF National Intelligence horrifying stuff. Shocking D.C. shocking the nation, frankly, shocking the world. Can tell you how many calls I've gotten from people overseas saying, what the heck is happening to the United States of America? We'll keep you posted with more updates here. Hit subscribe. Let's get to 4 million subscribers. It is more important than ever now that this community continues to grow. And let's keep growing while they let us have YouTube, while they let us on the air. Because the way this is going, who knows, who knows? But we're going to fight back every day until they shut this thing down. Let's keep going, folks. 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 newsletter at midastouch.
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Kevin McCarthy
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