Leader Jeffries Discusses Fighting Back against Trump Shutdown

The MeidasTouch Podcast

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4.9 • 56.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Republican Congress Members feeling the heat from their home districts as MAGA Mike refuses to let them even show up in Washington DC in order to keep the Trump shutdown going and Meiselas speak with Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries about the steps he’s taking to fight back against the Trump shutdown and fight back against Trump’s effort to rig the midterm elections. Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Coalition of the Sane: https://meidasnews.com/tag/coalition-of-the-sane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:43.3	There was apparently chaos during a private call of MAGA Republican House members,
0:51.3	as a growing list of MAGA Republicans are completely pissed off that they are no
0:57.2	longer being able to show up in the House. They don't like Maga Mike strategy. Their constituents
1:02.9	are getting incredibly angry at them. And they think that Maga Mike strategy has been awful. We heard
1:08.8	Dan Crenshaw was yelling at people. Why are you telling us not to show back up in D.C.? This seems to be a terrible strategy. Meanwhile, you had Maga Mike this morning holding one of these disastrous press conferences where he brought in more MAGA Republican Congress members who were pretending, I guess, that they're doing work when the American
1:29.1	people know that the Magas Republicans are taking vacations. You've got Tom Emmer right here
1:34.8	saying, why are Democrats wasting their time talking about the ballroom? Why are they doing that?
1:40.3	Here, play this clip. Instead of complaining about a new White House ballroom, how about you
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