October 5, 2025 • 34 mins
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Main Themes (WATCH Stalemate to Last at Least Three Days)
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Blame Assignment: the government shutdown is caused by Democrats, specifically Chuck Schumer, to avoid pressure from progressive figures like AOC.
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Media Criticism: Mainstream media portrays shutdowns emotionally (e.g., TSA officers, families struggling) to support Democrats’ narrative.
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Lawmakers & Paychecks: Criticizes Democratic lawmakers who refuse to withhold their pay during the shutdown while ordinary federal workers face delays.
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Healthcare for Illegal Immigrants: Argues Democrats shut down the government over demands to fund healthcare for undocumented immigrants, citing state-level programs (Rhode Island, New York).
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Public Opinion: References polls showing most Americans (including Democrats and independents) oppose a shutdown over such demands.
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Contradictions Among Democrats: Notes conflicting statements from different Democratic representatives and senators—some denying responsibility, others admitting to supporting a shutdown.
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Republican Framing: Republicans upport a “clean” continuing resolution to keep government open, while Democrats are inserting expensive demands ($1.5 trillion, healthcare for illegals, social programs).
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Key Individuals Mentioned
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Democrats: Chuck Schumer, AOC, Ruben Gallego, Hakeem Jeffries, Jasmine Crockett, Peter Aguilar, Jeanne Shaheen, Kamala Harris, Raphael Warnock, Jon Ossoff.
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Polls & Data Used
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New York Times poll cited: 65% of Americans against shutdowns tied to Democrats’ demands.
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Breakdown by party: Republicans (92% opposed), Independents (59% opposed), Democrats (43% opposed).
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
If you watch the media right now, I think they
think we're all in the feedile position and we don't
know what to do because there's a government shut down. Meanwhile,
I'm like, this is awesome, Like let's start firing some people.
Let's get rid of some bureaucrats, let's save some money.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Now.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
Of course, somebody's gonna freak out that I said that
and take it out of context. They're gonna be that
Ben Ferguson wants people to lose their jobs only if
you suck at your job, Like if you're a partisan
hack in the government and you suck at your job
and we haven't been able to fire you before, like,
let's do it right now. I'm in favor of doging
it up, as they say, in a very very very
big way. But if you look at the media right now,
(00:37):
they're going out there to find little susane, little timmy
who are crying tonight because they were coming to the
US capital.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
And it's shut down.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
Now.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
Of course they're gonna try to blame that shutdown on
Donald Trump and conservatives. We all know this is a
Schumer shutdown. That is what this is. And if you
just want to know how bad the Democrats are they
don't want, like like Syria, people in our government to
get paid during the government shutdown, But damn it, they're
going to get paid. Some lawmakers are actually saying they
(01:10):
are going to send a letter many of them have
to withhold their paychecks during the shutdown. But other lawmakers
are like, no, I ain't doing that. Quote I'm not
wealthy and I have three kids. I would basically be
missing mortgage payments, rent payments, child support. That is what
Senator Rubin Galago had to say, the Democrat from Arizona
(01:33):
to NBC News. So it's not feasible, it's not gonna happen.
So like, yeah, I'll make sure because we're playing politics
at the American Party that other people that maybe have
three kids or have a mortgage payment or rent payment
or child support, they'll go without a paycheck. But I'm
a senator, dammit, and I'm a Democratic center and it's
(01:54):
not feasible for me. It's not going to happen. Well,
where is the same compassion, Senator, for all the average
government workers. Remember, they don't give a crap about you. Now,
there are other members of Congress that have sent the
letters because that's how it works to say don't pay me.
And also, let's style down the crazy for a second.
(02:17):
Everybody is going to get their pay It's just.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Going to be delayed.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
It depends on how long Chuck Schumer wants to delay
people getting paid, right or is this And by the way,
I put the tweet out there so you guys can
see it. My good buddy Steve Guess put this tweet out.
I retweeted a moment ago, so you can follow it.
You can send out there, go online at Ben Ferguson
show on X and you can see all of these
(02:41):
lawmakers and just their scumbaggery one oh one, like oh I.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
Can't miss a paycheck. I just can't do it.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
But let me go back to why this is actually
even happening right now. This is the part that all
of you need to understand, which is like, why is
this a thing?
Speaker 2 (02:57):
All right?
Speaker 1 (02:57):
Well, let's just start with the basics. Chuck Schumer is
terrified of AOC primary ing him. That is why Chuck
Schumer has shut down the government because if he didn't
shut down the government, he's afraid he's gonna lose his
leadership position and he will be primary. Senator Ted Kruz,
who is one of those in the Senate dealing with this.
(03:18):
Here's what he had to say on his show Verdict
with Ted Cruz podcast.
Speaker 4 (03:22):
Listen and Chuck Schumer nearly lost his job because Schumer
allowed the government to be funded several months ago. The
left wing rose up against him. And you want to
understand why we have a shutdown. It's one thing. Schumer
is looking over his left shoulder and he sees aoc
running up behind him, and he is terrified he's gonna
(03:45):
lose his job. So listen, Schumer knows this is not
gonna work. He knows this is failures.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
Just pure cover your als politics one oh one by Schumer.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
And there it is. That's what it is.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
It is cover you'r aas one oh one. That is
why you have these Schumer shut down and that's why
Democrats are like, dude, I got to take my paycheck.
I got too many babies. Defeat they got mortgage and
rent payments. Now the government workers that make less than
the United States senator, screw them, right. I also just
had to bring this up, and I'm not trying to
be mean, but I'm gonna just I'm just gonna just
(04:20):
kind of state the obvious here. If you are a
United States senator and you can't miss a single paycheck,
do we really want you running the country? I mean, senators,
what is the in fact, I'm gonna ask what the
I'm gonna ask? This is what I love technology, Hey, Siri,
what does a United States senator make per year?
Speaker 2 (04:42):
Wait for it, one hundred.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
And seventy four thousand dollars annually? All right, So we
got this guy who's a senator saying, quote, I'm not wealthy,
and I have three kids, and I would basically be
missing mortgage payments, rent payments, child support. So it's not feasible,
not gonna happen, but I will happily shut down the
government be a part of the shut down with Chuck
Schumer because he's afraid of AOC and screw the other
(05:04):
workers who are in the situation. And somehow he wants
me to be sorry for him making one hundred and
seventy four thousand dollars a year. If you are a
United States center and you can't miss one paycheck, do
I really want you? If you're teetering, you're living I mean,
what what Scott? I mean, what the Senator Ruben Gallaga
(05:24):
was saying, is I can't afford to miss a paycheck.
I am living paycheck to paycheck.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
Dude.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
That is messed up on so many different levels because
you're in charge of the United States government, but you're
living paycheck to paycheck. I thought we were supposed to
send our best and our brightest to do this job.
If I'm making one hundred and seventy four thousand dollars
a year, I assure you I Am not gonna be
a scenario where I can't miss a payment, like my
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whole life is screwed in one month, like one hundred
and seventy four thousand dollars. You should have some emergency
funds to quote the great Dave Ramsey, right, you should
have a couple months. And also, let's be clear, if
you're a Democrat and you know that Democrats love shutting
down the government, right.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
Like, like I'm.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
Being serious, Okay, If you are a Democrat and you
know it's coming, then why didn't you plan ahead for this?
Speaker 5 (06:23):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Wait, because you don't give a crap about the people
you're hurting. You don't give a crap about the workers
that are actually living paycheck to paycheck, like you don't care.
It is all about you, full stop, plain and simple,
Which brings me back to the Democrats in general. This
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is the same party, by the way, that has been obsessed,
right like completely obsessed with this idea that we should never,
under any circumstances shut down the government because that's just
wrong and evil. We have mind tallage after montage after
montage of Democrats who are saying it.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
I'm gonna play that for you in a minute. But
here's the other thing.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
Listen to Hikeem Jeffries on the House side, he was
asked about cashing their checks while the troops are going
unpaid during the Democratic shutdown. So you're you're halfway around
the world, you're protecting, defending this country. You're not getting paid,
But damn it, the people wearing suits in DC are.
Speaker 6 (07:23):
So this is a whole and still case.
Speaker 7 (07:28):
Shutdown in sense advice SEMO high members now is a duptum.
Speaker 8 (07:34):
Yeah, that's a question that every individual member is going
to have to make on their own, as has always
been the case in the past.
Speaker 9 (07:40):
Uh.
Speaker 8 (07:41):
First of all, Uh, that question is not even a
ripe one because we're anticipating that this shutdown issue will
be resolved.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
I love this right. Well, I'm not gonna answer that question.
I'm not. I'm not.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
I'm not gonna I'm not that's something. I'm just I'm
not gonna answer that question. Okay, So we have Democrats
that are holding America hostage. Democratic represented Maxing Dexter, who
voted to shut down the government said this about Democrats today.
Speaker 3 (08:17):
I'll just say it again. We did not shut down
the government. The Republicans right.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
By the way, yes you did.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
You literally voted to shut down the government. Democratic represent
A Maxing Dexter went on NewsNation and just lied to
the American people. I'll play it for you again. She
voted literally to shut down the government.
Speaker 10 (08:36):
I'll just say it again.
Speaker 3 (08:37):
We did not shut down the government. The Republicans have
not been at the table bringing us into the negotiations.
They need sixty votes in the Senate. So there is
no debate here on who's responsibility.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
On who's responsible for shutting down the government. Okay, let's
go to the record. Did you vote to shut down
the government? Represent a Maxie Dexter, Yes, So, then why
did you say that Democrats did not shut down the government.
Then you acknowledge the Senate needs sixty votes to pass
a federal funding bill, which Democrats voted against. It's how
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we didn't get the sixty votes. Republicans weren't voting against it.
I think there was one Ram Paul who always votes
against SID at least he's a principal guy. And Democratic
California Representative Peter Aguilar, he went in front of the
media earlier today and here's what he said, again lying,
he believes that you the American people are in favor
of the shutdown.
Speaker 8 (09:33):
The American people are focused on this. They support our
efforts to protect their health care funding. The American people.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Hold on a second. The American
people are in favor of this. They support the Democratic shutdown.
What poll are you reading is at the bottom of
a picture of beer? Is it next to some illegal
drugs or fetnyl? I mean old?
Speaker 2 (10:00):
Are you in? Oh wait, hold on a second.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
Let me go to the New York Times real quick,
because what he just said was the American people are
in favor of this, all right. New York Times seeing
a poll views on whether the Democrats should or should
not shut down the government if their demands are not met.
All respondents, sixty five percent said should not. Only twenty
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seven percent of the psychos out there said should. Even
among Democrats, forty three percent of Democrats said they should
not shut down the government. Forty seven percent of Democrats
they should. Of independence, fifty nine percent said they should
not shut down the government. Only thirty two percent said
they should. And then let's go to the Republicans. Ninety
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two percent of Republicans said we should not shut down
the government, only five percent said we should. So let
me go back to the liar here, Democratic representive Peter
Agolar lying to you the American people.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
Yet again.
Speaker 11 (11:00):
The American people are are focused on this.
Speaker 12 (11:03):
They support our efforts to protect their health care funding.
Speaker 1 (11:08):
That's a lie, by the way, you guys aren't supporting
our health care fundings.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
You know what was in their demand.
Speaker 1 (11:13):
Their demand was, yes, we're going to shut down the
government for illegal immigrants. Democrats blocked the Republicans clean meaning
no add ons continuing resolution that would have kept the
government open at the same exact burn rate of money
as it was yesterday. Instead, Democrats demanded one point five
trillion for their radical agenda that the American people voted
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down in the last presidential election that also includes government
funding for illegal immigrants health care. Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett said, quote,
the government's officially shut down. Make no mistake. Republicans control
the House, sent in the White House. This is their shutdown.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
That's a lot.
Speaker 1 (11:54):
You have to have sixty votes in the Senate. There's
not sixty Republicans in the Senate.
Speaker 2 (11:58):
You're a liar.
Speaker 1 (11:59):
They had every tool to the government choose chaos instead,
the American people are the ones paying the price. Jasmine,
you are a liar. You're a scumbag liar. She knows,
maybe she doesn't. She might actually be this dumb. So
let's just give her a quick history lesson. The Senate
requires sixty votes to pass the funding bill. Maybe Congresswoman
Jasmine Crockett is too stupid and spending too much time
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on TikTok and doesn't.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
Know that, but now she does.
Speaker 1 (12:23):
So here's what's even more interesting, by the way, about
Democrats and just they're lying. So you've got some Democrats
out there like, well, the Republicans chose to do this,
and then there's others that say, well, well, the American
support the Democratic shut down. So that's another spin So
there's actually three kind of stories here. And then there's
this other story Jasmine Crockett saying the Republicans are the
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ones that did this, she's an idiot. And then you've
got this weird Democrat who actually is at the airport
putting up a video admitting as a congressman, the Democrats
chose to shut down the government. So my question the
Democrats is like, can you guys at least get your
story right, Like can you don't text each other and
be like, hey, we're all going to go with this.
Speaker 6 (13:07):
Returning back to Detroit this morning after the Republicans failed
to show up in the US House, we got to
make sure Americans have the healthcare that they need. And
if that means you got to chuck this government down,
so be it.
Speaker 1 (13:24):
Yeah, so I mean we got to just shut down.
There it means if we got to shut down the government,
so be it. So there's there's a weird congressman, Democratic
New Hampshire Senator Shahean. Here's what she had to say
about the government and the shutdown, and listen to who
she's blaming. So like, none of their stories even match
within their own party.
Speaker 12 (13:43):
The reality is the Republicans control all three branches of government.
They control the White House, they control both Houses of Congress,
and many would say they control the Supreme Court. So
I think ultimately people will question why given that they
have not been able to avoid a shutdown.
Speaker 2 (14:03):
It takes sixty votes.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
That means Republicans are the ones that have to have
Democrats that agree to a cr and then ultimately defunding
the government. You idiot White House Press secretary saying this
today about the government shut down, Listen carefully.
Speaker 9 (14:21):
Democrats in Congress have officially shut down the United States government.
House Republicans passed a nonpartisan, clean piece of legislation to
extend current government funding until November twenty first, but nearly
every single Democrat senator voted against this bill. To be clear,
this was the exact same bill that Democrats approved six
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short months ago in March, just adjusted for inflation.
Speaker 3 (14:48):
This is the same kind.
Speaker 9 (14:49):
Of clean funding bill that Democrats passed thirteen separate times
when they held the Jordy during Joe Biden's administration. So
the American people woke up this morning and ask the
obvious question, why is the government shut down right now?
The answer is pure partisan politics. Being played by the
Democrat Party. The Democrats shut down the government because President
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Trump and the Republicans will not force American taxpayers to
pay for free health care for illegal aliens. America is
thirty seven trillion dollars in debt. We cannot afford to
provide taxpayer funded free healthcare to illegals who broke the
law to enter our country.
Speaker 2 (15:29):
Oh, isn't that interesting? Wow?
Speaker 1 (15:32):
So Republicans are not going to force the American tax
payers to pay for free health care for illegal aliens
because we're thirty seven trade in debt and we can't
afford to pay for that free health care for illegals
who broke this country.
Speaker 2 (15:46):
Period.
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in its entirety what the White House Press Secretary Kroen
Levit said about the Democratic Democrats shutting down the government.
Speaker 2 (18:17):
Where there are Democrats on.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
Record elect officials who said that they were shutting down
the government voted to shut down the government, and then
they want to act like, oh, we didn't actually do that,
like I'm sorry, I'm calling bs.
Speaker 2 (18:27):
Keep listening.
Speaker 9 (18:28):
So the American people woke up this morning and asked
the obvious question, why is the government shut down right now?
The answer is pure partisan politics being played by the
Democrat Party. The Democrats shut down the government because President
Trump and the Republicans will not force American taxpayers to
pay for free health care for illegal aliens America is
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thirty seven trillion dollars in debt. We cannot afford to
provide taxpayer funded, free healthcare to illegals who broke the
law to enter our country. To put the US all
into perspective, the Democrats refused to keep the government open
over healthcare to illegal aliens and now now have jeopardized
critical health care programs for American citizens. Instead, the Women,
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Infants and Children Program, community health center funding, Medicare, treatment options,
and other health programs are now all at risk because
of the Democrats rejecting the clean cr The most vulnerable
in our country are being punished because the Democrats want
to prioritize illegals over American citizens. And if Democrats actually
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cared about health care, they would applaud the actions taken
by President Trump. Just yesterday in the Oval Office, he
took a bold and massively popular action to improve our
health care system. He announced the first agreement with a
major pharmaceutical company, Pfizer, to lower drug costs for Americans.
This is a historical achievement long sought by past Democrat
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presidents that only President Trump was able to get done.
Speaker 1 (20:00):
So you listen to that, and again she's right about
all of it. Now, what is the media saying about this? Well,
let me take you to Atlanta, CBS News Atlanta. They
want you to cry and feel sorry for the TSA
officers who are just living paycheck to paycheck.
Speaker 2 (20:18):
Listen carefully.
Speaker 5 (20:19):
Most TSA officers live paycheck to paycheck. The issue comes
in is when I don't receive a paycheck, how am
I supposed to get to work? Where am I going
to get the gas to put in my car to
come to work? Or how do I feed my family?
Or how do I buy diapers.
Speaker 9 (20:35):
Aaron Barker is a TSA officer and the president of
AFGE Local five five four, the union that represents TSA officers.
Speaker 5 (20:43):
He says that the shutdown lasts longer than.
Speaker 4 (20:45):
A few days, travelers will fill the.
Speaker 5 (20:47):
Impact without having a paycheck as one of the problems
will arise most TSA.
Speaker 1 (20:54):
I mean, you gotta laugh because they do this ad
like somehow to make it seem like I call it
an ad. It's not news. It's an ad for the
Democratic Party. Democratic senators assif An Warnock voted for this,
go look at their votes. So, if you're a TSA
officer in Atlanta at the airport there. You should be angry, Okay,
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like you should be furious, Chuck Schumer five hours ago.
It is not radical to say Americans don't deserve to
see their premiums double because of Republicans. By the way,
it's also not radical to say Americans shouldn't pay for
medicaid for illegal immigrants. Local News, again Georgia. Two of
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the senators there, Ossif and Warnock, both of them voted
to shut down the government.
Speaker 2 (21:48):
Here's what a Georgia veteran said to the local news.
Speaker 9 (21:51):
Alonzo Sermons is now a veteran, but he remembers the
fear of being a service member during shutdowns.
Speaker 7 (21:57):
It's really a tough time. It's always last minute, which
is the challenge. And not only that, it's impacting not
only just average people, but my fellow veterans who work
out on base. They're impacted by it. And we're so
close to the holidays, and we're talking about people's livelihoods,
they're revenue.
Speaker 9 (22:12):
Alonzo Sermons is now a veteran.
Speaker 1 (22:15):
I mean, I'm sorry, Like this is a Georgia veteran
describing the consequences, and not one but two of the
sentators in Georgia Warnock and Ausif both voted for this shutdown,
which the other Democrats like Gooland second, we didn't shut
on the government.
Speaker 2 (22:28):
Yes you did, Yes you did.
Speaker 1 (22:32):
Let me also tell you what different states are doing
so you understand how bad it is. All right, you
should find out what's happening in your state where you
are right now, because Rhode Island's medicaid program proudly states
online that undocumented residents are eligible. Yeah, go to the
Rhode Island Medicaid Programs website and it says health insurance
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for your family. Then it says medically it helps you
get affordable health care when you need it. You can
enroll any time, but don't wait. Make sure you and
your family stay healthy year round. So who may be eligible?
They have with a big question mark on their website.
Here's what it says, children and teens up to nineteen.
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All children are eligible under cover, all kids, regardless of
immigration status. Okay, So that would be illegal immigrants, including
children who are undocumented and DACA recipients. So any illegal
immigrant just come on down in Rhode Island and we're
happy to cover your health care before that. Okay, So
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they put this who's eligible their number one question, they
answered Rhode Island is illegal immigrants. Then number two they
put families and children, then pregnant women, then older adults,
and then people with disabilities. So if you want to
know where you are in the pecking order and woke,
Rhode Island, illegal immigrants are their top priority based on
how they're listing those that are eligible. Then it's his
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youth aging out of foster care, then US citizens and
certain lawfully resident president immigrants. So if you're a US citizen,
you're like the last one on the list in Rhode Island,
But the first group they want to talk to is
illegal immigrants. So healthcare for legal immigrants is the new
immigrants are eating cats and dogs in Springfield, is what
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Sheldon white House said. Senator white House saying, the Republican
playbook is simple, makeup, baseless lies, repeated every chance you get,
hope and pray that everyone blames Democrats. That's why I'm
telling you exactly what is on the website in Rhode Island.
Senator white House, you're a lying scomeback New health insurance
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options for undocumented immigrants over sixty five New York State
of Health. There's a website the Senator from New York
shut down the government because the far left wants Americans
to pay for medicaid for illegals. And here's what it
says on their website. Quote starting January one, twenty twenty four,
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there's a new option for health insurance available for undocumented
immigrants that would be illegal immigrants over age sixty five.
It's on their website, folks, it is on their website.
The senator from New York. Here's the video he put
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out about Washington, d C. And the shutdown and listen
to his lies.
Speaker 13 (25:39):
Hey, everybody, I'm still down here in Washington, d C.
The Senate just had a vote which failed, which means
a shutdown at twelve o'clock tonight.
Speaker 6 (25:46):
Is very very likely.
Speaker 13 (25:47):
And this is going to be very painful for a
lot of people and very difficult. This whole idea of
my way or the highway that the Republicans have been
pushing is not the way to go. We've got to
negotiate to try and keep the government open or get
a reopened, I should say. Number two, we've got to
try and do something to keep the health insurance cost
of people down there about the skyrocket because of the
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expiration of these premium text credits. It's going to be very,
very painful and very shocking for a lot of people
all over the country. It's going to affect your health
insurance premiums because more people that get kicked off of
their insurance because they can't afford it makes everybody else's
health insurance more expensive. And the President and the White
House have got to stop these unilateral cuts of this
chaos they're trying to promote and this idea that they're
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looking forward to a shutdown because they can do a
lot of more cuts that they wouldn't be able to
do otherwise. I'm very concerned about that. I did a
post about that earlier today. So please everybody stay in touch,
keep track of what's going on, follow what's going on.
Let's work together to solve problems that face the people
in the United States of America.
Speaker 1 (26:48):
This guy just put this video out is the guy
who just should have said, hey, I just left the
Senate floor. I voted to shut down the government, and
I voted to shut down the government because I was
angry that we weren't giving illegal immigrants healthcare. The Schumer
shut down is a disaster. There's actually absolutely no point
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in the government being shut down right now. Now, they
shut down the government because of their demands. What were
the Democrats demands? They wanted to add one point five
trillion dollars to the national debt just to fund the
government for three months. By the way, that's insane, it's
(27:35):
not sustainable. And it was for every port barrel crazy
project like transition surgeries being covered and illegal immigrants getting healthcare.
And they wanted you to spend one point five trillion
of your tax dollars in a ninety day period to
keep the government open. Government shut down, by the way,
is pure political theater.
Speaker 2 (27:57):
We know this.
Speaker 1 (27:59):
We know what the media every single time. We know
what the media does, and they don't tell you the
full story and they lie to you. And there was
no real negotiations here. This was clearly pre planned. And
even the Democrats can't decide did they do it did
they not do it? Because many Democrats are now furious.
(28:19):
Were the Indian Indian born representative for admitting that they
shut down the government. I played it earlier, I'll play
it again because it's important. I don't think he realized
what a dumba was being. But he told the truth.
Speaker 6 (28:34):
Returning back to Detroit this morning after the Republicans failed
to show up in the US House. We got to
make sure Americans have the healthcare that they need. And
if that means you got to chuck this government down,
so be it.
Speaker 1 (28:51):
I mean, it's amazing. So they're telling you they did it.
Now they're saying that they didn't do it. And now
they're trying to say that it's some not their fault,
that they were being insane, trying to relitigate what the
American people just voted on.
Speaker 2 (29:08):
What did the American people vote on?
Speaker 1 (29:10):
They voted on Donald Trump cutting the spinning of government
number one. They voted to stop allowing for open borders.
They voted to stop the insanity with illegal immigrants being
treated better than American citizens. And only forty seven percent
of even Democrats support a shutdown over their party's demands.
(29:32):
So why did Schumer do it? It was one reason.
It was one reason only. They decided to shut it
down because Chuck Schumer was afraid of the Marxist communists
and socialists in his party, and AOC is someone he
is terrified of, absolutely terrified to be around, because he's
(29:58):
afraid that she's going to primary, so he's had to
show I can be crazy, interrational and insane too. Jade
Vance at the White House saying this.
Speaker 2 (30:11):
That's a lot, Matt Boyle.
Speaker 11 (30:14):
President, There's two key Democrat lives I would like you
to get you on to see if you can address.
The first is is that you're seeing a number of
top Democrat leaders from Kamala Harris and Chuck Schumer to
the King Jeffries, claim that it is a Republican shutdown
caused by Trump. The second days is that they're out
there now claiming that they don't want to give healthget
to illegal aliens. Can you address both of those last
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from the Democrat Party.
Speaker 10 (30:38):
Yeah, So on the point that I say Republican shutdown, look,
it's obviously a Democratic shut down. Just look at the
vote totals in the House, look at the vote totals
in the Senate, and look at the President of the
United States own action and conduct throughout this crisis. Nearly
every single House Republican voted to open the government, Matt.
Nearly every single Senate Republican voted to open the government
last night, and even to their credit, a few moderate
(31:01):
Democrats voted to open the government. That's not a Republican
shut down. When nearly every single Senate Democrat votes to
shut it down and every Republican voted to open it up,
it's just obviously not true. Now, you can disagree about
a number of things, but you can't disagree about the
obvious fact that Republicans voted to open the government. The
President stands ready to sign that opening of the government.
(31:21):
We just need a few more Democrats to join us
in that effort to open the government. Your final question
about illegal alien benefits, Look, the text is very clear
and I even saw I think it was George Stefanopvoulis
and an interview with Mike Johnson did a fact check
that was totally rooted in baseless claims. It was basically
Democrat propaganda. If you look at the legislative text that
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they gave us, they tried to turn on two separate
provisions that would give health care benefits to illegal aliens.
Number one, if you're an American citizens, you've been to
a hospital in the last few years, you probably noticed
that wait times are especially large, and very often somebody
who's there in the emergency room waiting is an illegal alien,
and very often a person who can't even speak English.
Why do those people get health care benefits at hospitals
(32:06):
paid for by American citizens. The answer is a decision
made by the Biden administration that the Trump administration, working
with Congressional Republicans, undid we turned off that money spigot
to health care funding for illegal aliens. The Democrats, in
their legislative texts, want to turn it back on. That's
one thing. The second thing, Matt is we all know
that there are various ways in which the Biden administration
(32:30):
waved away illegal immigration status. They gave paroleees, they gave
asylum claims to people who were really claiming asylum, and
when they waived the magic want of amnesty, giving millions
of people legal status even though they were in the
country illegally, they also gave those people access to health
care benefits. So what the Democrats are engaging in is
(32:50):
a slide of hand. They're saying, no, no, no, those weren't
illegal aliens who were getting health care benefits, even though everybody,
excuse me, knows they were in the country illegally. It's
a lie told by the Democrats that they're not trying
to give health care benefits to illegal aliens. It's a
lie that is obviously untrue if you just look at
the text that they gave us, and all you have
to do is understand that this is about who benefits.
(33:14):
We think the American people's government ought to benefit American citizens.
The Democrats are willing to shut it down to benefit
of legal aliens. The contrast couldn't be more clear.
Speaker 13 (33:22):
There.
Speaker 1 (33:22):
It is the Vice President of United States of America
preaching truth on this government shut down. He is totally
correcting what he said there, one thousand percent accurate. And
so the Democrats they're now in a bad spot. The
American people are against this. How a lot of the
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people in the Democratic Party are against it. Independents are
overwhelmingly against it. When you've lost forty plus percent of
your own party before you shut it down, I go
back the numbers New York Times poll, sixty five percent
of Americans say don't shut down the government. Only twenty
(34:06):
seven percent say yes. Forty three percent of Democrats say
don't shut it down, fifty nine percent of independence and
ninety two percent of Republicans say don't shut it down.
This is what being held hostage looks like. The Democratic
Party doesn't care about Americans. They care about illegal immigrants.
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If you watch the media right now, I think they
think we're all in the feedile position and we don't
know what to do because there's a government shut down. Meanwhile,
I'm like, this is awesome, Like let's start firing some people.
Let's get rid of some bureaucrats, let's save some money.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Now.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
Of course, somebody's gonna freak out that I said that
and take it out of context. They're gonna be that
Ben Ferguson wants people to lose their jobs only if
you suck at your job, Like if you're a partisan
hack in the government and you suck at your job
and we haven't been able to fire you before, like,
let's do it right now. I'm in favor of doging
it up, as they say, in a very very very
big way. But if you look at the media right now,
(00:37):
they're going out there to find little susane, little timmy
who are crying tonight because they were coming to the
US capital.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
And it's shut down.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
Now.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
Of course they're gonna try to blame that shutdown on
Donald Trump and conservatives. We all know this is a
Schumer shutdown. That is what this is. And if you
just want to know how bad the Democrats are they
don't want, like like Syria, people in our government to
get paid during the government shutdown, But damn it, they're
going to get paid. Some lawmakers are actually saying they
(01:10):
are going to send a letter many of them have
to withhold their paychecks during the shutdown. But other lawmakers
are like, no, I ain't doing that. Quote I'm not
wealthy and I have three kids. I would basically be
missing mortgage payments, rent payments, child support. That is what
Senator Rubin Galago had to say, the Democrat from Arizona
(01:33):
to NBC News. So it's not feasible, it's not gonna happen.
So like, yeah, I'll make sure because we're playing politics
at the American Party that other people that maybe have
three kids or have a mortgage payment or rent payment
or child support, they'll go without a paycheck. But I'm
a senator, dammit, and I'm a Democratic center and it's
(01:54):
not feasible for me. It's not going to happen. Well,
where is the same compassion, Senator, for all the average
government workers. Remember, they don't give a crap about you. Now,
there are other members of Congress that have sent the
letters because that's how it works to say don't pay me.
And also, let's style down the crazy for a second.
(02:17):
Everybody is going to get their pay It's just.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Going to be delayed.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
It depends on how long Chuck Schumer wants to delay
people getting paid, right or is this And by the way,
I put the tweet out there so you guys can
see it. My good buddy Steve Guess put this tweet out.
I retweeted a moment ago, so you can follow it.
You can send out there, go online at Ben Ferguson
show on X and you can see all of these
(02:41):
lawmakers and just their scumbaggery one oh one, like oh I.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
Can't miss a paycheck. I just can't do it.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
But let me go back to why this is actually
even happening right now. This is the part that all
of you need to understand, which is like, why is
this a thing?
Speaker 2 (02:57):
All right?
Speaker 1 (02:57):
Well, let's just start with the basics. Chuck Schumer is
terrified of AOC primary ing him. That is why Chuck
Schumer has shut down the government because if he didn't
shut down the government, he's afraid he's gonna lose his
leadership position and he will be primary. Senator Ted Kruz,
who is one of those in the Senate dealing with this.
(03:18):
Here's what he had to say on his show Verdict
with Ted Cruz podcast.
Speaker 4 (03:22):
Listen and Chuck Schumer nearly lost his job because Schumer
allowed the government to be funded several months ago. The
left wing rose up against him. And you want to
understand why we have a shutdown. It's one thing. Schumer
is looking over his left shoulder and he sees aoc
running up behind him, and he is terrified he's gonna
(03:45):
lose his job. So listen, Schumer knows this is not
gonna work. He knows this is failures.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
Just pure cover your als politics one oh one by Schumer.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
And there it is. That's what it is.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
It is cover you'r aas one oh one. That is
why you have these Schumer shut down and that's why
Democrats are like, dude, I got to take my paycheck.
I got too many babies. Defeat they got mortgage and
rent payments. Now the government workers that make less than
the United States senator, screw them, right. I also just
had to bring this up, and I'm not trying to
be mean, but I'm gonna just I'm just gonna just
(04:20):
kind of state the obvious here. If you are a
United States senator and you can't miss a single paycheck,
do we really want you running the country? I mean, senators,
what is the in fact, I'm gonna ask what the
I'm gonna ask? This is what I love technology, Hey, Siri,
what does a United States senator make per year?
Speaker 2 (04:42):
Wait for it, one hundred.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
And seventy four thousand dollars annually? All right, So we
got this guy who's a senator saying, quote, I'm not wealthy,
and I have three kids, and I would basically be
missing mortgage payments, rent payments, child support. So it's not feasible,
not gonna happen, but I will happily shut down the
government be a part of the shut down with Chuck
Schumer because he's afraid of AOC and screw the other
(05:04):
workers who are in the situation. And somehow he wants
me to be sorry for him making one hundred and
seventy four thousand dollars a year. If you are a
United States center and you can't miss one paycheck, do
I really want you? If you're teetering, you're living I mean,
what what Scott? I mean, what the Senator Ruben Gallaga
(05:24):
was saying, is I can't afford to miss a paycheck.
I am living paycheck to paycheck.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
Dude.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
That is messed up on so many different levels because
you're in charge of the United States government, but you're
living paycheck to paycheck. I thought we were supposed to
send our best and our brightest to do this job.
If I'm making one hundred and seventy four thousand dollars
a year, I assure you I Am not gonna be
a scenario where I can't miss a payment, like my
(05:52):
whole life is screwed in one month, like one hundred
and seventy four thousand dollars. You should have some emergency
funds to quote the great Dave Ramsey, right, you should
have a couple months. And also, let's be clear, if
you're a Democrat and you know that Democrats love shutting
down the government, right.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
Like, like I'm.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
Being serious, Okay, If you are a Democrat and you
know it's coming, then why didn't you plan ahead for this?
Speaker 5 (06:23):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Wait, because you don't give a crap about the people
you're hurting. You don't give a crap about the workers
that are actually living paycheck to paycheck, like you don't care.
It is all about you, full stop, plain and simple,
Which brings me back to the Democrats in general. This
(06:47):
is the same party, by the way, that has been obsessed,
right like completely obsessed with this idea that we should never,
under any circumstances shut down the government because that's just
wrong and evil. We have mind tallage after montage after
montage of Democrats who are saying it.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
I'm gonna play that for you in a minute. But
here's the other thing.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
Listen to Hikeem Jeffries on the House side, he was
asked about cashing their checks while the troops are going
unpaid during the Democratic shutdown. So you're you're halfway around
the world, you're protecting, defending this country. You're not getting paid,
But damn it, the people wearing suits in DC are.
Speaker 6 (07:23):
So this is a whole and still case.
Speaker 7 (07:28):
Shutdown in sense advice SEMO high members now is a duptum.
Speaker 8 (07:34):
Yeah, that's a question that every individual member is going
to have to make on their own, as has always
been the case in the past.
Speaker 9 (07:40):
Uh.
Speaker 8 (07:41):
First of all, Uh, that question is not even a
ripe one because we're anticipating that this shutdown issue will
be resolved.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
I love this right. Well, I'm not gonna answer that question.
I'm not. I'm not.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
I'm not gonna I'm not that's something. I'm just I'm
not gonna answer that question. Okay, So we have Democrats
that are holding America hostage. Democratic represented Maxing Dexter, who
voted to shut down the government said this about Democrats today.
Speaker 3 (08:17):
I'll just say it again. We did not shut down
the government. The Republicans right.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
By the way, yes you did.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
You literally voted to shut down the government. Democratic represent
A Maxing Dexter went on NewsNation and just lied to
the American people. I'll play it for you again. She
voted literally to shut down the government.
Speaker 10 (08:36):
I'll just say it again.
Speaker 3 (08:37):
We did not shut down the government. The Republicans have
not been at the table bringing us into the negotiations.
They need sixty votes in the Senate. So there is
no debate here on who's responsibility.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
On who's responsible for shutting down the government. Okay, let's
go to the record. Did you vote to shut down
the government? Represent a Maxie Dexter, Yes, So, then why
did you say that Democrats did not shut down the government.
Then you acknowledge the Senate needs sixty votes to pass
a federal funding bill, which Democrats voted against. It's how
(09:12):
we didn't get the sixty votes. Republicans weren't voting against it.
I think there was one Ram Paul who always votes
against SID at least he's a principal guy. And Democratic
California Representative Peter Aguilar, he went in front of the
media earlier today and here's what he said, again lying,
he believes that you the American people are in favor
of the shutdown.
Speaker 8 (09:33):
The American people are focused on this. They support our
efforts to protect their health care funding. The American people.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Hold on a second. The American
people are in favor of this. They support the Democratic shutdown.
What poll are you reading is at the bottom of
a picture of beer? Is it next to some illegal
drugs or fetnyl? I mean old?
Speaker 2 (10:00):
Are you in? Oh wait, hold on a second.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
Let me go to the New York Times real quick,
because what he just said was the American people are
in favor of this, all right. New York Times seeing
a poll views on whether the Democrats should or should
not shut down the government if their demands are not met.
All respondents, sixty five percent said should not. Only twenty
(10:24):
seven percent of the psychos out there said should. Even
among Democrats, forty three percent of Democrats said they should
not shut down the government. Forty seven percent of Democrats
they should. Of independence, fifty nine percent said they should
not shut down the government. Only thirty two percent said
they should. And then let's go to the Republicans. Ninety
(10:45):
two percent of Republicans said we should not shut down
the government, only five percent said we should. So let
me go back to the liar here, Democratic representive Peter
Agolar lying to you the American people.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
Yet again.
Speaker 11 (11:00):
The American people are are focused on this.
Speaker 12 (11:03):
They support our efforts to protect their health care funding.
Speaker 1 (11:08):
That's a lie, by the way, you guys aren't supporting
our health care fundings.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
You know what was in their demand.
Speaker 1 (11:13):
Their demand was, yes, we're going to shut down the
government for illegal immigrants. Democrats blocked the Republicans clean meaning
no add ons continuing resolution that would have kept the
government open at the same exact burn rate of money
as it was yesterday. Instead, Democrats demanded one point five
trillion for their radical agenda that the American people voted
(11:36):
down in the last presidential election that also includes government
funding for illegal immigrants health care. Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett said, quote,
the government's officially shut down. Make no mistake. Republicans control
the House, sent in the White House. This is their shutdown.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
That's a lot.
Speaker 1 (11:54):
You have to have sixty votes in the Senate. There's
not sixty Republicans in the Senate.
Speaker 2 (11:58):
You're a liar.
Speaker 1 (11:59):
They had every tool to the government choose chaos instead,
the American people are the ones paying the price. Jasmine,
you are a liar. You're a scumbag liar. She knows,
maybe she doesn't. She might actually be this dumb. So
let's just give her a quick history lesson. The Senate
requires sixty votes to pass the funding bill. Maybe Congresswoman
Jasmine Crockett is too stupid and spending too much time
(12:19):
on TikTok and doesn't.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
Know that, but now she does.
Speaker 1 (12:23):
So here's what's even more interesting, by the way, about
Democrats and just they're lying. So you've got some Democrats
out there like, well, the Republicans chose to do this,
and then there's others that say, well, well, the American
support the Democratic shut down. So that's another spin So
there's actually three kind of stories here. And then there's
this other story Jasmine Crockett saying the Republicans are the
(12:47):
ones that did this, she's an idiot. And then you've
got this weird Democrat who actually is at the airport
putting up a video admitting as a congressman, the Democrats
chose to shut down the government. So my question the
Democrats is like, can you guys at least get your
story right, Like can you don't text each other and
be like, hey, we're all going to go with this.
Speaker 6 (13:07):
Returning back to Detroit this morning after the Republicans failed
to show up in the US House, we got to
make sure Americans have the healthcare that they need. And
if that means you got to chuck this government down,
so be it.
Speaker 1 (13:24):
Yeah, so I mean we got to just shut down.
There it means if we got to shut down the government,
so be it. So there's there's a weird congressman, Democratic
New Hampshire Senator Shahean. Here's what she had to say
about the government and the shutdown, and listen to who
she's blaming. So like, none of their stories even match
within their own party.
Speaker 12 (13:43):
The reality is the Republicans control all three branches of government.
They control the White House, they control both Houses of Congress,
and many would say they control the Supreme Court. So
I think ultimately people will question why given that they
have not been able to avoid a shutdown.
Speaker 2 (14:03):
It takes sixty votes.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
That means Republicans are the ones that have to have
Democrats that agree to a cr and then ultimately defunding
the government. You idiot White House Press secretary saying this
today about the government shut down, Listen carefully.
Speaker 9 (14:21):
Democrats in Congress have officially shut down the United States government.
House Republicans passed a nonpartisan, clean piece of legislation to
extend current government funding until November twenty first, but nearly
every single Democrat senator voted against this bill. To be clear,
this was the exact same bill that Democrats approved six
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short months ago in March, just adjusted for inflation.
Speaker 3 (14:48):
This is the same kind.
Speaker 9 (14:49):
Of clean funding bill that Democrats passed thirteen separate times
when they held the Jordy during Joe Biden's administration. So
the American people woke up this morning and ask the
obvious question, why is the government shut down right now?
The answer is pure partisan politics. Being played by the
Democrat Party. The Democrats shut down the government because President
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Trump and the Republicans will not force American taxpayers to
pay for free health care for illegal aliens. America is
thirty seven trillion dollars in debt. We cannot afford to
provide taxpayer funded free healthcare to illegals who broke the
law to enter our country.
Speaker 2 (15:29):
Oh, isn't that interesting? Wow?
Speaker 1 (15:32):
So Republicans are not going to force the American tax
payers to pay for free health care for illegal aliens
because we're thirty seven trade in debt and we can't
afford to pay for that free health care for illegals
who broke this country.
Speaker 2 (15:46):
Period.
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Levit said about the Democratic Democrats shutting down the government.
Speaker 2 (18:17):
Where there are Democrats on.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
Record elect officials who said that they were shutting down
the government voted to shut down the government, and then
they want to act like, oh, we didn't actually do that,
like I'm sorry, I'm calling bs.
Speaker 2 (18:27):
Keep listening.
Speaker 9 (18:28):
So the American people woke up this morning and asked
the obvious question, why is the government shut down right now?
The answer is pure partisan politics being played by the
Democrat Party. The Democrats shut down the government because President
Trump and the Republicans will not force American taxpayers to
pay for free health care for illegal aliens America is
(18:50):
thirty seven trillion dollars in debt. We cannot afford to
provide taxpayer funded, free healthcare to illegals who broke the
law to enter our country. To put the US all
into perspective, the Democrats refused to keep the government open
over healthcare to illegal aliens and now now have jeopardized
critical health care programs for American citizens. Instead, the Women,
(19:12):
Infants and Children Program, community health center funding, Medicare, treatment options,
and other health programs are now all at risk because
of the Democrats rejecting the clean cr The most vulnerable
in our country are being punished because the Democrats want
to prioritize illegals over American citizens. And if Democrats actually
(19:32):
cared about health care, they would applaud the actions taken
by President Trump. Just yesterday in the Oval Office, he
took a bold and massively popular action to improve our
health care system. He announced the first agreement with a
major pharmaceutical company, Pfizer, to lower drug costs for Americans.
This is a historical achievement long sought by past Democrat
(19:55):
presidents that only President Trump was able to get done.
Speaker 1 (20:00):
So you listen to that, and again she's right about
all of it. Now, what is the media saying about this? Well,
let me take you to Atlanta, CBS News Atlanta. They
want you to cry and feel sorry for the TSA
officers who are just living paycheck to paycheck.
Speaker 2 (20:18):
Listen carefully.
Speaker 5 (20:19):
Most TSA officers live paycheck to paycheck. The issue comes
in is when I don't receive a paycheck, how am
I supposed to get to work? Where am I going
to get the gas to put in my car to
come to work? Or how do I feed my family?
Or how do I buy diapers.
Speaker 9 (20:35):
Aaron Barker is a TSA officer and the president of
AFGE Local five five four, the union that represents TSA officers.
Speaker 5 (20:43):
He says that the shutdown lasts longer than.
Speaker 4 (20:45):
A few days, travelers will fill the.
Speaker 5 (20:47):
Impact without having a paycheck as one of the problems
will arise most TSA.
Speaker 1 (20:54):
I mean, you gotta laugh because they do this ad
like somehow to make it seem like I call it
an ad. It's not news. It's an ad for the
Democratic Party. Democratic senators assif An Warnock voted for this,
go look at their votes. So, if you're a TSA
officer in Atlanta at the airport there. You should be angry, Okay,
(21:18):
like you should be furious, Chuck Schumer five hours ago.
It is not radical to say Americans don't deserve to
see their premiums double because of Republicans. By the way,
it's also not radical to say Americans shouldn't pay for
medicaid for illegal immigrants. Local News, again Georgia. Two of
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the senators there, Ossif and Warnock, both of them voted
to shut down the government.
Speaker 2 (21:48):
Here's what a Georgia veteran said to the local news.
Speaker 9 (21:51):
Alonzo Sermons is now a veteran, but he remembers the
fear of being a service member during shutdowns.
Speaker 7 (21:57):
It's really a tough time. It's always last minute, which
is the challenge. And not only that, it's impacting not
only just average people, but my fellow veterans who work
out on base. They're impacted by it. And we're so
close to the holidays, and we're talking about people's livelihoods,
they're revenue.
Speaker 9 (22:12):
Alonzo Sermons is now a veteran.
Speaker 1 (22:15):
I mean, I'm sorry, Like this is a Georgia veteran
describing the consequences, and not one but two of the
sentators in Georgia Warnock and Ausif both voted for this shutdown,
which the other Democrats like Gooland second, we didn't shut
on the government.
Speaker 2 (22:28):
Yes you did, Yes you did.
Speaker 1 (22:32):
Let me also tell you what different states are doing
so you understand how bad it is. All right, you
should find out what's happening in your state where you
are right now, because Rhode Island's medicaid program proudly states
online that undocumented residents are eligible. Yeah, go to the
Rhode Island Medicaid Programs website and it says health insurance
(22:57):
for your family. Then it says medically it helps you
get affordable health care when you need it. You can
enroll any time, but don't wait. Make sure you and
your family stay healthy year round. So who may be eligible?
They have with a big question mark on their website.
Here's what it says, children and teens up to nineteen.
(23:19):
All children are eligible under cover, all kids, regardless of
immigration status. Okay, So that would be illegal immigrants, including
children who are undocumented and DACA recipients. So any illegal
immigrant just come on down in Rhode Island and we're
happy to cover your health care before that. Okay, So
(23:43):
they put this who's eligible their number one question, they
answered Rhode Island is illegal immigrants. Then number two they
put families and children, then pregnant women, then older adults,
and then people with disabilities. So if you want to
know where you are in the pecking order and woke,
Rhode Island, illegal immigrants are their top priority based on
how they're listing those that are eligible. Then it's his
(24:06):
youth aging out of foster care, then US citizens and
certain lawfully resident president immigrants. So if you're a US citizen,
you're like the last one on the list in Rhode Island,
But the first group they want to talk to is
illegal immigrants. So healthcare for legal immigrants is the new
immigrants are eating cats and dogs in Springfield, is what
(24:27):
Sheldon white House said. Senator white House saying, the Republican
playbook is simple, makeup, baseless lies, repeated every chance you get,
hope and pray that everyone blames Democrats. That's why I'm
telling you exactly what is on the website in Rhode Island.
Senator white House, you're a lying scomeback New health insurance
(24:50):
options for undocumented immigrants over sixty five New York State
of Health. There's a website the Senator from New York
shut down the government because the far left wants Americans
to pay for medicaid for illegals. And here's what it
says on their website. Quote starting January one, twenty twenty four,
(25:12):
there's a new option for health insurance available for undocumented
immigrants that would be illegal immigrants over age sixty five.
It's on their website, folks, it is on their website.
The senator from New York. Here's the video he put
(25:33):
out about Washington, d C. And the shutdown and listen
to his lies.
Speaker 13 (25:39):
Hey, everybody, I'm still down here in Washington, d C.
The Senate just had a vote which failed, which means
a shutdown at twelve o'clock tonight.
Speaker 6 (25:46):
Is very very likely.
Speaker 13 (25:47):
And this is going to be very painful for a
lot of people and very difficult. This whole idea of
my way or the highway that the Republicans have been
pushing is not the way to go. We've got to
negotiate to try and keep the government open or get
a reopened, I should say. Number two, we've got to
try and do something to keep the health insurance cost
of people down there about the skyrocket because of the
(26:07):
expiration of these premium text credits. It's going to be very,
very painful and very shocking for a lot of people
all over the country. It's going to affect your health
insurance premiums because more people that get kicked off of
their insurance because they can't afford it makes everybody else's
health insurance more expensive. And the President and the White
House have got to stop these unilateral cuts of this
chaos they're trying to promote and this idea that they're
(26:29):
looking forward to a shutdown because they can do a
lot of more cuts that they wouldn't be able to
do otherwise. I'm very concerned about that. I did a
post about that earlier today. So please everybody stay in touch,
keep track of what's going on, follow what's going on.
Let's work together to solve problems that face the people
in the United States of America.
Speaker 1 (26:48):
This guy just put this video out is the guy
who just should have said, hey, I just left the
Senate floor. I voted to shut down the government, and
I voted to shut down the government because I was
angry that we weren't giving illegal immigrants healthcare. The Schumer
shut down is a disaster. There's actually absolutely no point
(27:13):
in the government being shut down right now. Now, they
shut down the government because of their demands. What were
the Democrats demands? They wanted to add one point five
trillion dollars to the national debt just to fund the
government for three months. By the way, that's insane, it's
(27:35):
not sustainable. And it was for every port barrel crazy
project like transition surgeries being covered and illegal immigrants getting healthcare.
And they wanted you to spend one point five trillion
of your tax dollars in a ninety day period to
keep the government open. Government shut down, by the way,
is pure political theater.
Speaker 2 (27:57):
We know this.
Speaker 1 (27:59):
We know what the media every single time. We know
what the media does, and they don't tell you the
full story and they lie to you. And there was
no real negotiations here. This was clearly pre planned. And
even the Democrats can't decide did they do it did
they not do it? Because many Democrats are now furious.
(28:19):
Were the Indian Indian born representative for admitting that they
shut down the government. I played it earlier, I'll play
it again because it's important. I don't think he realized
what a dumba was being. But he told the truth.
Speaker 6 (28:34):
Returning back to Detroit this morning after the Republicans failed
to show up in the US House. We got to
make sure Americans have the healthcare that they need. And
if that means you got to chuck this government down,
so be it.
Speaker 1 (28:51):
I mean, it's amazing. So they're telling you they did it.
Now they're saying that they didn't do it. And now
they're trying to say that it's some not their fault,
that they were being insane, trying to relitigate what the
American people just voted on.
Speaker 2 (29:08):
What did the American people vote on?
Speaker 1 (29:10):
They voted on Donald Trump cutting the spinning of government
number one. They voted to stop allowing for open borders.
They voted to stop the insanity with illegal immigrants being
treated better than American citizens. And only forty seven percent
of even Democrats support a shutdown over their party's demands.
(29:32):
So why did Schumer do it? It was one reason.
It was one reason only. They decided to shut it
down because Chuck Schumer was afraid of the Marxist communists
and socialists in his party, and AOC is someone he
is terrified of, absolutely terrified to be around, because he's
(29:58):
afraid that she's going to primary, so he's had to
show I can be crazy, interrational and insane too. Jade
Vance at the White House saying this.
Speaker 2 (30:11):
That's a lot, Matt Boyle.
Speaker 11 (30:14):
President, There's two key Democrat lives I would like you
to get you on to see if you can address.
The first is is that you're seeing a number of
top Democrat leaders from Kamala Harris and Chuck Schumer to
the King Jeffries, claim that it is a Republican shutdown
caused by Trump. The second days is that they're out
there now claiming that they don't want to give healthget
to illegal aliens. Can you address both of those last
(30:37):
from the Democrat Party.
Speaker 10 (30:38):
Yeah, So on the point that I say Republican shutdown, look,
it's obviously a Democratic shut down. Just look at the
vote totals in the House, look at the vote totals
in the Senate, and look at the President of the
United States own action and conduct throughout this crisis. Nearly
every single House Republican voted to open the government, Matt.
Nearly every single Senate Republican voted to open the government
last night, and even to their credit, a few moderate
(31:01):
Democrats voted to open the government. That's not a Republican
shut down. When nearly every single Senate Democrat votes to
shut it down and every Republican voted to open it up,
it's just obviously not true. Now, you can disagree about
a number of things, but you can't disagree about the
obvious fact that Republicans voted to open the government. The
President stands ready to sign that opening of the government.
(31:21):
We just need a few more Democrats to join us
in that effort to open the government. Your final question
about illegal alien benefits, Look, the text is very clear
and I even saw I think it was George Stefanopvoulis
and an interview with Mike Johnson did a fact check
that was totally rooted in baseless claims. It was basically
Democrat propaganda. If you look at the legislative text that
(31:42):
they gave us, they tried to turn on two separate
provisions that would give health care benefits to illegal aliens.
Number one, if you're an American citizens, you've been to
a hospital in the last few years, you probably noticed
that wait times are especially large, and very often somebody
who's there in the emergency room waiting is an illegal alien,
and very often a person who can't even speak English.
Why do those people get health care benefits at hospitals
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paid for by American citizens. The answer is a decision
made by the Biden administration that the Trump administration, working
with Congressional Republicans, undid we turned off that money spigot
to health care funding for illegal aliens. The Democrats, in
their legislative texts, want to turn it back on. That's
one thing. The second thing, Matt is we all know
that there are various ways in which the Biden administration
(32:30):
waved away illegal immigration status. They gave paroleees, they gave
asylum claims to people who were really claiming asylum, and
when they waived the magic want of amnesty, giving millions
of people legal status even though they were in the
country illegally, they also gave those people access to health
care benefits. So what the Democrats are engaging in is
(32:50):
a slide of hand. They're saying, no, no, no, those weren't
illegal aliens who were getting health care benefits, even though everybody,
excuse me, knows they were in the country illegally. It's
a lie told by the Democrats that they're not trying
to give health care benefits to illegal aliens. It's a
lie that is obviously untrue if you just look at
the text that they gave us, and all you have
to do is understand that this is about who benefits.
(33:14):
We think the American people's government ought to benefit American citizens.
The Democrats are willing to shut it down to benefit
of legal aliens. The contrast couldn't be more clear.
Speaker 13 (33:22):
There.
Speaker 1 (33:22):
It is the Vice President of United States of America
preaching truth on this government shut down. He is totally
correcting what he said there, one thousand percent accurate. And
so the Democrats they're now in a bad spot. The
American people are against this. How a lot of the
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people in the Democratic Party are against it. Independents are
overwhelmingly against it. When you've lost forty plus percent of
your own party before you shut it down, I go
back the numbers New York Times poll, sixty five percent
of Americans say don't shut down the government. Only twenty
(34:06):
seven percent say yes. Forty three percent of Democrats say
don't shut it down, fifty nine percent of independence and
ninety two percent of Republicans say don't shut it down.
This is what being held hostage looks like. The Democratic
Party doesn't care about Americans. They care about illegal immigrants.
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