Congress DOES Need a Raise: Here's Why | Guest: Bob Vander Plaats | 5/18/26

Steve Deace Show

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Politics, Religion & Spirituality, News, News Commentary

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🗓️ 18 May 2026

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Steve reacts to a newly resurfaced clip of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) defending the idea that members of Congress are underpaid; Steve agrees with the speaker, but not in the way you might think. Bob Vander Plaats from the Family Leader joins the program to talk about the Rededicate 250 event from the past weekend. In Hour Two, Steve fields listener questions for Ask Deace Anything. TODAY'S SPONSORS: BIRCH GOLD: Text STEVE to 989898 JASE MEDICAL: https://jasemedical.com/ and enter code “DEACE” at checkout for a discount on your order TECOVAS: https://www.tecovas.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=audio&utm_campaign=steve& and save 10% when you sign up for email and texts MIRACLE MADE SHEETS: https://try.miraclebrand.co/sheets/ksp-v15?utm_source=Podcast_deace&utm_medium=Podcasting&utm_campaign=deace&color=stone Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.3	were away brought to you by the rarest of events in modern politics over the weekend in Louisiana.
0:32.6	Senator Bill Cassidy is out, not only losing his weekend GOP Senate primary, but finishing in third place.
0:38.9	It's the first time in nearly 15 years a sitting GOP senator,
0:42.2	has lost his primary in a non-special election, truly the rarest of events in modern Republican politics.
0:48.2	Cassidy was one of seven Republican senators to vote in favor of convicting President Trump five years ago in his second impeachment
0:54.9	trial.
0:55.9	Former Congressman Jason Schafeitz pressed Cassidy on that point over the weekend.
1:00.1	Knowing what you know now about the farce that was put forward to the American people and
1:05.6	the Congress, knowing what you know now, would you still vote to actually convict Donald Trump of the charges that he was put up for?
1:16.5	Reporters always love to ask that question. I'm a doctor. You give me all the information I can. I make a decision, I move on.
1:23.2	I don't keep on going back. Oh, what happened five years ago. I'm thinking about what's going to happen five years now.
1:28.7	You just talked about this stuff you've done for the last five years.
1:33.3	You just touted everything you've done for the last five years.
1:36.0	Why can't you answer that question?
1:38.1	Did you or did you not?
1:40.0	Hey, Jason, if I can finish.
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