Rep. Zoe Lofgren Discusses Trump’s Disaster Policies and Shutdown

The MeidasTouch Podcast

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🗓️ 29 October 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Republicans struggling to figure out how to message the disastrous government shutdown as Trump effectively throws them to the wolves while he’s on his Asia trip and Meiselas interviews Democratic Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren who has been a Congresswoman since 1995 and offers her unique perspective about Trump’s disastrous shutdown. 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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0:49.5	They've ordered most of their members to go on vacation and not show up on Capitol Hill.
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0:58.1	They do this morning press conference, and each day it's kind of more bizarre and dangerous
1:03.2	than the last one.
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1:13.0	programs like Head Start and other programs that they're the ones ripping away with this
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