MAGA Mike Runs Away at Presser as Trump Shutdown Backfires

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🗓️ 6 October 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Republican Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson having a meltdown this morning during a press conference as he is folding under the pressure of the Trump shutdown as Americans blame Trump and Republicans for the shutdown and the theft of their healthcare. Keep American farming going by signing up at https://MoinkBox.com/MEIDASTOUCH RIGHT NOW and listeners of this show get FREE Hot Rolls in your first box 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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0:33.0	This has been an absolutely disastrous morning for Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans.
0:38.4	You saw there, Maga Mike Johnson, the MAGA Republican Speaker of the House, scurrying off after a disaster press conference that he held in the Capitol building.
0:49.9	Democratic leader, Hakeem Jeffries, once again challenged Maga Mike Johnson to debate all of these
0:56.5	issues regarding the government shutdown in public, transparently before the press so that the
1:02.4	American people can see what's happening. Maga Mike Johnson rejected it and said that he and Donald
1:08.8	Trump and all of the Republicans believe doing anything in
1:12.5	public is sheer theatrics.
1:14.9	And we don't want to engage in theatrics.
1:17.5	We are done speaking with Democrats.
1:19.7	We are done having any further negotiations.
1:22.9	That's coming from Maga Mike Johnson and Donald Trump today in response to Democrats saying,
1:28.0	let's just do this negotiation in public. We've always been willing to do that.
1:31.5	We need to protect the American people's health care. Let's go back to this disastrous press
1:36.0	conference this morning. Maga Mike Johnson was sent out there, obviously, by Donald Trump,
1:41.0	who still is really refusing to hold the press conference and talk publicly
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