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He summoned Lauren Boebert to the Oval Office where he surrounded her with Pam Bondi, Cash Patel, J.D. vance and others. And they started screaming at her, how dare you sign this. We're going to screw you over if you dare allow this discharge petition to ripen. Take your name off Boebert right now or else. The same way they were harassing and intimidating the other Republican women who signed on, like Marjorie Taylor Greene. And from what we're hearing as well, Dancy Mace was getting it behind the scenes as well. And she's put out statements saying that she's thinking about our resigning. Lauren Boebert actually held her ground. She kept her name on the discharge petition, which was something that we should all applaud, not her overall conduct. So what is Donald Trump doing against her now? Trump's retaliating against her and also against the governor as well, because the governor refuses to pardon a January 6th insurrectionist named Tina Peters. But here's what Donald Trump's doing. He's saying, I'm going to screw over the people from Colorado and make them drink a water that is dangerous and toxic and could seriously harm them. And I'm going to make sure your water bills in Colorado go up. Screw you Colorado is what Donald Trump says. So Trump used his first veto to block a bill that would bring clean drinking water to rural Colorado, a bill sponsored by Lauren Boebert and passed unanimously by both the House and the Senate. This is retaliation for Boebert supporting the release of the Epstein files and Colorado refusing to free a convicted felon currently in state prison for election tampering. Yet again, Donald Trump is engaged in criminal behavior, impeachable behavior, treasonous behavior. He wants to kill the people of Colorado. Now let me tell you about this act that Lauren Boebert introduced and that Donald Trump just vetoed. Here's how she described it. Today I introduced the finish the AVC act to complete the Arkansas Valley Conduit Project. Southeast Coloradans have been waiting for decades for the completion of the Arkansas Valley Conduit. The Finish the ABC act will help local governments finally finish this major project. Rural families and businesses need access to clean, sustainable water they can depend on every day. It's time we get the ABC done for Colorado and I look forward to working with Senator Bennett and another senator there to get this bill through both chambers of Congress. And she did succeed in getting it through, but Donald Trump vetoed it. Now here's what Lauren Bobert just put out this message. So Trump decided to veto a completely non controversial bipartisan bill that passed both the House and the Senate unanimously, Boebert writes. Why? Because Nothing says America first like denying clean drinking water to 50,000 people in Southeast Colorado, many of whom enthusiastically voted for him in all three elections. I must have missed the rally where he stood in Colorado and promised to personally derail critical water infrastructure projects. My bad. I thought the campaign was about lowering costs and cutting red tape, but hey, if this administration wants to make its legacy blocking projects that deliver water to rural Americans, that's on them. I'm going to continue fighting for Colorado and standing up for our rural communities, our farmers, and every family that deserves safe, reliable drinking water without decades more delay. And I sincerely hope this veto has nothing to do with political retaliation for calling out corruption and demanding accountability. Americans deserve leadership that puts people over Politics. This is not the last Southeast Colorado will hear from me on this critical infrastructure project. Now Donald Trump and the White House are bragging about screwing over the people of Colorado and screwing over Lauren Boebert and the governor there. Here is the official veto proclamation by Donald Trump. Here's what he writes to the House of Representatives. Enough is enough. My administration is committed to preventing American taxpayers from funding expensive and unreliable policies. Ending the massive cost of taxpayer handouts and restoring fiscal sanity is vital to economic growth and the fiscal health of the nation. For these reasons, I cannot support the finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act. Therefore, it is my duty to return HR 131 to the house of Representatives without my approval. So veto. Now here is Lauren Boebert before she put her name on the discharge petition where she says, of course we need these files released here. Play this clip.
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The only thing anybody wants to see is the list. We want to see the list, period. I don't care what names are on it. I want to see what names are on it and what.
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And a reminder, this is how it was reported when, when Donald Trump called in all his top officials at the DOJ to try to shake down Boebert in order to tell Boebert that you better remove your name from the discharge petition or else. Here's how it was reported on cnn. Let's play this clip right here.
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What one source tells me is that this meeting was planning to include some key figures from the Justice Department, the FBI Director Cash Patel, the Attorney General Pam Bondi, the Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, and then one of those Republicans of transparency, Republican Representative Lauren Boebert of Colorado. So what might happen at this meeting if Boebert could be swayed in a different direction on wanting transparency here, that is all something that is going to be at issue and that the White House is clearly concerned about having discussions about it. On top of that, Dana, another thing to remember here is that the Justice Department has tried many different ways to distract from releasing the full Justice Department files. They tried to get grand jury records out there. Blanche talked to Ghislaine Maxwell, a co conspirator in Florida. When Ghislaine spoke to Todd Blanche, she told him that Trump himself never acted inappropriately and she never saw any anything untoward in any way toward underage girls. Dana. Yeah, but she also said he was never at the house. And in the email, Epstein said he was at the house. So this is going to be a very interesting meeting. The fact that Lauren Boebert is going to be There is especially fascinating now.
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When Caroline Levitt, the chief propagandist at the White House, was asked about all of this and the fact that there was this shakedown taking place of Boebert. Here's what Caroline Levitt said. She's like, doesn't this show transparency that we are openly telling you we're doing a shakedown of Boebert and threatening and harassing her? Here, play this clip.
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Reagan and transparency. Caroline, why are White House officials then meeting with Representative Boebert in an effort to try and get her to not sign this petition calling for the release of the files? Doesn't it show transparency that members of the Trump administration are willing to brief members of Congress whenever they please? Doesn't that show our level of transparency? Doesn't that show the level of transparency when we are willing to sit down with members of Congress and address their concerns? That is, that's a defining factor of transparency. Having discussions, having discussions with members of Congress about various issues. And I'm not going to detail conversations that took place in the situation room, in the press briefing room.
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Radium, uranium and other naturally occurring elements are found in the surface and groundwater in southeastern Colorado. And the water quality is problematic year round because of its salinity, selenium sulfate hardness and magnese levels. The Bureau of Reclamation has found these contamination levels are so severe that local communities could see the costs of their drinking water triple without this legislation to finish. The ABC act will ease the burden of inflation. Costs that have caused the original $640 million estimate of construction in 2019 to rise to more than $1.3 billion.
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Here she is talking about again on that same House floor speech. Let's play this clip. The generality is recognized.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thank you, Mr. Chairman, for your support on this bill. I rise to speak in favor of my bill, HR131, finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit act to help complete construction of a critical infrastructure project that will provide tens of thousands of southeast Colorado residents with access to to clean water. Southeast Coloradans have waited decades for the completion of the Arkansas Valley Conduit. And while we have made a lot of progress in the recent years and the first two segments of the project are under construction, we still have a long way to go. This bipartisan and bicameral legislation will help the Bureau of Reclamation and local governments finally complete this major water project. Rural communities in southeastern Colorado need and deserve access to clean, reliable, and affordable water that they can utilize on a daily basis. Once completed, the Arkansas Valley conduit will provide 7,500 acre feet of water per year to as many as 50,000 Coloradans across 40 different communities in Pueblo, Otero, Bent, Kiowa, Prowers and Baca counties.
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Now, here's what Democratic Senator Michael Bennett had to say. Trump just vetoed my Arkansas Valley Conduit bill passed unanimously to deliver clean, affordable water to southeast Colorado. This isn't governing. It's a revenge tour. It's unacceptable. I'll keep fighting to get rural Colorado the clean water they deserve. Now, lots of people are asking, can this bill somehow get back to life? Can you put this funding in an omnibus bill? And Kyle Clark says, perhaps you can put it in an omnibus bill. But a lot of the other magazine may be thinking, oh, we can't get Donald Trump mad and we don't want to do that, so just screw over Colorado. Now. Um, it should also be noted that this comes at the same time that Donald Trump now refers to Marjorie Taylor Green as a trader and says, well, things that are green turn brown because they rot. And he describes her as rotten. And, you know, she gave that interview with the New York Times that we reported on where she went scorched earth on Trump for covering up the Epstein files. And Trump said to her, when he was yelling at her and screaming at her for supporting the release of the Epstein files, Trump said, you're going to hurt my friends if this gets released. I can't have my friends get hurt. Referring to the other predators that Donald Trump wants to protect as part of this child sex trafficking ring. So, folks, in summation, Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans are covering up a child sex trafficking ring. Any of the Republicans, no matter how MAGA they are, who supported the release of files to expose the child sex trafficking ring, they are now viewed as subversive persons and they are being exiled from MAGA because they, they do the bare minimum in wanting to release the names of people in the files of a child sex trafficking ring. And now Donald Trump is trying to kill the people of Colorado because he wants to cover up a child sex trafficking ring. That right here is the corrupt, criminal, treasonous, traitorous, disgusting, despicable, vile, evil Trump regime. And I come to that opinion at the end based on the evidence presented here too. Let me know what you think. Hit subscribe. Let's get to 6 million SUBSCRIB and thank you so much for watching. Love this video. Support independent media and unlock exclusive content, ad free videos and custom emojis by becoming a paid member of our YouTube channel today. You can also gift memberships to others. Let's keep growing together. Limu Emu and Doug Here we have the Limu Emu in its natural habitat helping people customize their car insurance and save hundreds with Liberty Mutual. Fascinating. It's accompanied by his natural ally, Doug Limu is that guy with the binoculars watching us. Cut the camera, they see us. Only pay for what you need@libertymutual.com Liberty Liberty Liberty Liberty Savings Ferry unwritten by Liberty Mutual Insurance Company affiliates excludes Massachusetts.
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Episode Title: Trump Tries to Kill Boebert’s Career Over Epstein Files
Date: December 31, 2025
Hosts: Ben, Brett, and Jordy Meiselas
Network: MeidasTouch Network
In this episode, the Meiselas brothers dive deep into a rapidly-developing political story where Donald Trump is retaliating against Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, allegedly due to her support for the public release of the Epstein files. The episode is anchored around two central threads: Trump’s political retribution—which includes vetoing Boebert’s bipartisan rural water bill—and the intra-GOP tensions flaring up as a result. The brothers combine legal analysis, political commentary, and their signature brotherly banter to break down the broader implications for American democracy and the MAGA movement.
| Timestamp | Segment Description | |-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------| | 01:10 | Trump pressures Boebert after Epstein petition | | 02:06 | Trump's veto of Boebert's water bill (beginning of retaliation)| | 04:05 | Boebert’s public statement on Trump & water bill | | 05:12 | Trump's veto message: “restoring fiscal sanity” | | 06:46 | Boebert’s position on releasing the Epstein list | | 07:14 | CNN report on Trump’s pressure campaign | | 08:51 | White House spox Caroline Levitt on “transparency” | | 10:25 | Ro Khanna & Thomas Massie commend Boebert’s defiance | | 11:36 | Reporter Kyle Clark on Boebert’s impact | | 12:49 | Boebert on Colorado water crisis, need for clean water bill | | 13:43 | Boebert on House floor: impact of water project | | 15:03 | Sen. Michael Bennett on Trump's veto | | 16:20 | Summation: Trump’s retribution, cover-up, and MAGA divisions |
The episode offers a scathing critique of Trump’s vengeful use of presidential power to punish even loyalists who cross him, juxtaposed with an unusual moment of bipartisan commendation for Lauren Boebert’s stand on transparency regarding the Epstein files. The brothers frame the situation as a cautionary tale of how vindictive politics can endanger ordinary Americans by leveraging essential services—like water—just to settle political scores. Their tone is direct, passionate, and unapologetically pro-democracy, amplifying the urgency of accountability in American politics.