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The Parnas Perspective

Breaking: Republicans Cancel Votes to Avoid Embarrassment as Trump Becomes Lame Duck

The Parnas Perspective

MeidasTouch Network

News, News Commentary, Daily News

5.021.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Aaron Parnas reports on the ongoing revolt against the Trump Administration's policies.

Transcript

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0:00.0

House Republicans canceled votes over war powers resolutions that would have stopped Trump's war in Iran because they didn't want the president to face embarrassment.

0:10.6

Senate Republicans revolted, leading to the Senate being sent home until June over the $1.8 billion dollar weaponization fund.

0:19.3

We're getting to the point where the president is entering lame duck status.

0:22.5

We knew it would happen.

0:24.7

We didn't know it would happen this soon.

0:27.2

There is no question, no denying.

0:29.5

The president of the United States has an iron grip over the Republican Party as it relates

0:34.5

to elections.

0:35.5

If he endorses against you, you're likely to lose. We've seen it

0:39.7

in Indiana. We've seen it in Kentucky, in Louisiana, but those inside Congress, the Republican

0:46.4

nominees already, Trump isn't going to endorse a Democrat over a Republican. And so he has no

0:52.8

power over them. And we're seeing it play out in real

0:56.3

time. At the same time, we're learning more about why the President of the United States needed

1:02.1

that audit settlement. See, Donald Trump owed, or potentially owed, more than $100 million

1:08.9

to the IRS if audits of him and his companies continued,

1:13.7

no longer given the new settlement. And it comes as the Trump administration sought to seize voting

1:20.4

machines across the country in an effort to federalize elections. I have all the latest, like,

1:26.6

comment, share, get the word out, and if you

1:28.8

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1:34.4

today. Last night, if you haven't watched, Stephen Colbert's last show. That is what happens

1:40.6

when media censorship takes over media censorship censorship canceled Colbert's show.

1:45.8

And now more than ever, independent media is important to ensure that the truth gets out.

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