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The MeidasTouch Podcast

MAGA Mike gets Worst News on First Day Back

The MeidasTouch Podcast

MeidasTouch Network

News, Politics

4.956.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on MAGA Mike’s return to DC as Congress is back in session and he has learned his majority is almost completely slipping away and Meiselas speaks with George Conway who is running as the Democratic candidate for New York’s 12th Congressional District.  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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Maga Mike Johnson, the MAGA Republican Speaker of the House is panicking as his majority is getting even smaller.

0:07.4

California GOP representative Doug LaMalfa passed away at the age 65.

0:13.8

He was representing the Northern California District and he chaired the Western Caucus.

0:19.4

So the House is now going to be 218 to 213, as Jake

0:22.9

Sherman writes. It's a two vote margin, a one vote margin if you factor in the fact that

0:28.4

Thomas Massey, Republican from Kentucky, mostly votes against House Republican leadership.

0:36.6

At the same time, that's taking place. I mean, just look at this math

0:39.8

right here. For the whole month of February, Republicans will only have a one vote majority. In March,

0:45.7

if they fill Marjorie Taylor Green's seat, Johnson will have a two-vote majority. In April,

0:51.1

when Dems fill Mikey Sherrill's seat, it goes back to a one vote majority. Also,

0:55.9

there's another Republican who's in the hospital and who's injured right now. So that makes

1:00.7

the math even more difficult for Maga. Michael, all of this is taking place. You had Donald Trump

1:05.8

giving a speech at the Kennedy Center where Donald Trump said, I wish you could all explain to me what the hell's

1:11.7

going on in the mind of the public because Donald Trump says, we have the right policy,

1:16.7

but nobody seems to like what we are doing. Just play that clip of Trump. But they say that when

1:22.4

you win the presidency, you lose the midterm. So you're all brilliant people. Most of you are in this business

1:28.6

longer than me. That makes me smarter than you. Because look where I am, right? No, it doesn't.

1:35.4

But I wish you could explain to me what the hell's going on with the mind of the public

1:41.1

because we have the right policy. right policy they don't have horrible policy

1:45.9

they do stick together they're violent they're vicious you know they're vicious people that was

1:51.0

supposed to be i guess donald trump briefing congress or he only briefed the republican party at the

1:55.6

Kennedy center on the invasion of venezuela which only 33 percent of american support also

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