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The Hartmann Report

Can Biden Take On Trump & the MAGA Movement’s Threat to America?

The Hartmann Report

Thom Hartmann

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4.38 Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Can we rescue our nation from the treasonous Republicans, who are trying to shut down our government to help Putin while they continue to bow and scrape to The Rapist Who Would Be King?- Interview: Executive Director-Social Security Works Alex Lawson. Topic: Is the closed-door GOP commission a “Death Panel” for Social Security? Also Farewell to Diane Feinstein...may you rest in peace. The architect of the Texas abortion ban is trying to get his hands on thousands of patient records!Are on the verge of an imminent shutdown over "nothing?" Chief justice urged to make Alito and Thomas step aside in megadonor cases. Trump's NY fraud trial starts next week and it's not going to go well for him.

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This is the Tom Harbin program.

0:49.5

Well, that's it. We're headed for a shutdown, a 198 to 232 vote, 232 against 198

0:57.2

for all the Democrats voted to say no to the congressman from Florida's bill,

1:05.0

representative Byron Donald's, his bill that would have gutted social service programs that

1:10.5

would have established a commission to chop social security and Medicare.

1:15.8

Every single Republican except 21 voted for this, but 21, I'm voted no.

1:21.3

And it wasn't because they don't want to gut social security and Medicare, they very much do.

1:25.1

It wasn't because they want to cut food stamps by 30% because they do.

1:28.7

It wasn't because they want to cut, you know, aid to women and infant children because they do.

1:34.0

It was because they want to humiliate Kevin McCarthy, but most importantly, Donald Trump said he

1:40.3

wants the government shut down. And these are people who when Donald Trump says jump, they say,

1:45.7

may we kiss your butt, sir? I mean, that's exactly what's going on.

1:50.2

And they don't even say how high. They jump all the way to ask kissing.

1:56.7

Excuse me. And so, you know, now the Senate has sent over a bill that got 77 votes.

2:05.3

It got all the Democrats and what would that be? 27 Republicans to vote for it.

2:13.5

And Kevin McCarthy could bring that bill to the House, to the floor,

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