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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Boy a little busy in Washington, DC, as one of
our congresswomen has decided to call it a day. And
then you got Mondani and Trump making out like schoolboy crushes.
I mean, unreal. Here, John Decker O Whiteose Correspondent joining us. Now, John,
let's start with Marjorie Taylor Green hanging it up.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Yeah, that was a surprise. I think it was a
surprise for me. I don't know about you, JT. I
didn't see that one coming, resigning from Congress effective January
the fifth, But that's what she announced on social media
on Friday night. Obviously, the criticism by President Trump was
a little bit too much for her, the idea that
he was not going to endorse her and would endorse
(00:36):
a primary opponent, which would make a run for the
Republican nomination in her district that much more difficult. So
that means that there's one less Republican in the House
of Representatives come January the fifth, which makes it that
much more difficult to pass legislation. If you're House Speaker
Mike Johnson, he can only afford to lose two Republicans
(00:58):
on any party line vote in the House. After Marjorie
Taylor Green officially leaves Congress.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
Yeah, kind of stop me in my tracks. I'm like, well, well,
wait a minute, midterms aren't till okay, this in the midterm.
She's flat out quintin, that's it on my out. So
do they have a special election to replace her quickly
so that vacancy is not going to be there, or
do they have to wait until the midterms.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
No, they don't have to wait until the midterms, but
that will be called by the governor of Georgia, who
will decide on a date in which to have a
race just to finish up her term, and then in
the midterm elections in November, that person will have to
whoever wins will have to run again, so they'll be
(01:39):
serving for less than a year as a US congress
person and then run for their seat once again in
November of twenty twenty six. So a little too close
for comfort. It's already a narrow majority that Republicans have
in the House of Representatives, and that narrow majority will
become even smaller come early January.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
You know, to be honest with you, John, you've seen
it before. Donald Trump, you know, has love affairs with
a number of people. Elon Musk, for instance, and then
all of a sudden kapoom, it blows up and they
were in screaming, hating each other. And Marjorie Taylor Green
was certainly a lightning rod in Congress, lover or hater.
She was outspoken about what she wanted to get done,
and her and Trump were on board for a while,
(02:20):
and then all of a sudden kaboom, you know, because
she had some opinions that were not online, you know,
in line with him and on board with his policy.
So I e. The Epstein situation. So yeah, it's a
shame it had to come to the I resign in January.
That was awful quick. So we shall see, all right,
Mandonnie and Trump swimmingly well, appears that the meeting went
(02:40):
pretty decent according to these two.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
Well that's right, you know. That is of course, until
Mondamie's sworn in as New York City's next mayor. That
will be on January the first, and we'll see, you know,
if all those niceties go away, you know, we'll see
how he governs. If he governs, you know, against what
you know President Trump has called for on issues like immigration,
then I think that all that nice talk goes away,
(03:03):
and you know, it goes back to being a communist mayor.
But if he, you know, for some reason, decides to
govern as a pragmatist, then he'll be on Donald Trump's
good side. It's as simple as that, JT.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
You know some of the policies, I mean, who doesn't
want more affordable housing, Who doesn't want lower rates when
it comes to transportation in the largest city of America.
But I think the number one issue's got to be
you got to clean up the crime and make it
safe again. There's a lot of people that won't go
into that city right now because of the potential of
you know, getting whipped up upon. And plus his position
is you know, pro Palestinian versus Jewish people. Jewish people
(03:39):
are nervous about this businesses are nervous of taxes going up.
And now he's saying, wow, I'm not going to do that.
And you know he's kind of waffling a little bit
on his initial you know, campaign promises. So we shall
see John Decker, Thank you, buddy, I appreciate you. Don't
forget to download the iHeartRadio up and look for the
White House briefing room with John Decker always set that
preset so you've always got it. Once again, it's the
White House Briefing Room John Decker, updated every day,
Boy a little busy in Washington, DC, as one of
our congresswomen has decided to call it a day. And
then you got Mondani and Trump making out like schoolboy crushes.
I mean, unreal. Here, John Decker O Whiteose Correspondent joining us. Now, John,
let's start with Marjorie Taylor Green hanging it up.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Yeah, that was a surprise. I think it was a
surprise for me. I don't know about you, JT. I
didn't see that one coming, resigning from Congress effective January
the fifth, But that's what she announced on social media
on Friday night. Obviously, the criticism by President Trump was
a little bit too much for her, the idea that
he was not going to endorse her and would endorse
(00:36):
a primary opponent, which would make a run for the
Republican nomination in her district that much more difficult. So
that means that there's one less Republican in the House
of Representatives come January the fifth, which makes it that
much more difficult to pass legislation. If you're House Speaker
Mike Johnson, he can only afford to lose two Republicans
(00:58):
on any party line vote in the House. After Marjorie
Taylor Green officially leaves Congress.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
Yeah, kind of stop me in my tracks. I'm like, well, well,
wait a minute, midterms aren't till okay, this in the midterm.
She's flat out quintin, that's it on my out. So
do they have a special election to replace her quickly
so that vacancy is not going to be there, or
do they have to wait until the midterms.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
No, they don't have to wait until the midterms, but
that will be called by the governor of Georgia, who
will decide on a date in which to have a
race just to finish up her term, and then in
the midterm elections in November, that person will have to
whoever wins will have to run again, so they'll be
(01:39):
serving for less than a year as a US congress
person and then run for their seat once again in
November of twenty twenty six. So a little too close
for comfort. It's already a narrow majority that Republicans have
in the House of Representatives, and that narrow majority will
become even smaller come early January.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
You know, to be honest with you, John, you've seen
it before. Donald Trump, you know, has love affairs with
a number of people. Elon Musk, for instance, and then
all of a sudden kapoom, it blows up and they
were in screaming, hating each other. And Marjorie Taylor Green
was certainly a lightning rod in Congress, lover or hater.
She was outspoken about what she wanted to get done,
and her and Trump were on board for a while,
(02:20):
and then all of a sudden kaboom, you know, because
she had some opinions that were not online, you know,
in line with him and on board with his policy.
So I e. The Epstein situation. So yeah, it's a
shame it had to come to the I resign in January.
That was awful quick. So we shall see, all right,
Mandonnie and Trump swimmingly well, appears that the meeting went
(02:40):
pretty decent according to these two.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
Well that's right, you know. That is of course, until
Mondamie's sworn in as New York City's next mayor. That
will be on January the first, and we'll see, you know,
if all those niceties go away, you know, we'll see
how he governs. If he governs, you know, against what
you know President Trump has called for on issues like immigration,
then I think that all that nice talk goes away,
(03:03):
and you know, it goes back to being a communist mayor.
But if he, you know, for some reason, decides to
govern as a pragmatist, then he'll be on Donald Trump's
good side. It's as simple as that, JT.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
You know some of the policies, I mean, who doesn't
want more affordable housing, Who doesn't want lower rates when
it comes to transportation in the largest city of America.
But I think the number one issue's got to be
you got to clean up the crime and make it
safe again. There's a lot of people that won't go
into that city right now because of the potential of
you know, getting whipped up upon. And plus his position
is you know, pro Palestinian versus Jewish people. Jewish people
(03:39):
are nervous about this businesses are nervous of taxes going up.
And now he's saying, wow, I'm not going to do that.
And you know he's kind of waffling a little bit
on his initial you know, campaign promises. So we shall
see John Decker, Thank you, buddy, I appreciate you. Don't
forget to download the iHeartRadio up and look for the
White House briefing room with John Decker always set that
preset so you've always got it. Once again, it's the
White House Briefing Room John Decker, updated every day,
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