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Team Trump Dominates Democrats + ANOTHER Platner Scandal

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Ruthless Podcast

News, Politics

4.75.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2026

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

Marco Rubio and Scott Bessent put Democrats on defense during Capitol Hill hearings, new allegations rock Democrat Senate candidate Graham Platner, and Rep. Brandon Gill joins the fellas to expose massive government fraud. Plus, California election chaos, media meltdowns, and the Question of the Day: What's the Democrats' biggest weakness? #RuthlessPodcast #Politics #MarcoRubio #BrandonGill #congress 00:05:18 Trump Cabinet Officials Dominate Congressional Hearings 00:07:26 Marco Rubio Shuts Down Questions About the 2020 Election 00:16:01 Rubio Destroys Claims He Skipped Pakistan Negotiations 00:18:51 Scott Bessent Admits He Threatened to Kick Bill Pulte’s Ass 00:22:20 Democrats Rally Behind Embattled Senate Candidate Graham Platner 00:26:39 Senate Democrats Brace for More Platner Scandals 00:28:16 Democrats Struggle to Defend Graham Platner 00:35:38 New York Times Drops Explosive Report on Graham Platner 00:50:00 Sacramento Bee Accidentally Endorses Katie Porter After Election Day 00:57:57 King of the Hill: Bill Kristol vs. Adam Kinzinger 01:07:26 Rep. Brandon Gill Exposes Massive Medicaid Fraud Network 01:24:28 Brandon Gill Breaks Down the High-Stakes Texas Senate Race Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Mr. Secretary, it seems like you have an issue admitting facts.

0:03.1

You can't say that the president lost the 2020 election, just like you won't admit President Trump is losing this reckless war of choice, and just like you couldn't admit that the shoes the president bought you were too big. We're talking about shoes. Are you guys kidding me? I mean, is this the Foreign Affairs Committee or is this like a circus? What is this? She's hoping to get some quip in that could get

0:22.1

clipped, maybe go viral because they think that's all that matters. Unfortunately, he just

0:27.6

destroyed her. It's all for the gram. And it's all for these brain dead people. As someone who's

0:32.7

supposed to represent your constituents and concerns, and you now have the opportunity to speak

0:36.7

to America's

0:37.5

chief diplomat. And you're talking about shoes. Yeah. Get out of that office. Go find another job.

0:45.8

Breaking news. Everything we were just talking about, about Graham Platner, there is a brand new story

0:51.4

from the New York Times. In extensive conversations over the past two months, three other women who had been romantically involved with Mr. Platner offered a far more complicated assessment describing volatile and toxic relationships that were unsettling and at times emotionally retching. Okay, it goes on.

1:14.3

Let me just tell you, in at least one case, even physically threatening.

1:21.4

Fox News recently reported that the 340B federal health care program designed to provide

1:26.6

discounted drugs to low-income patients at

1:29.1

hospitals is facing, quote, allegations of widespread health care fraud and abuse. According to reports,

1:35.5

the program has morphed into a windfall for hospitals and outpatient clinics, leaving behind those

1:40.8

who can least afford it. A federal judge recently blocked a state law that sought to

1:45.7

exploit the 340B program to transfer hundreds of millions of dollars from drug makers to

1:52.0

hospitals and pharmacies, noting that the program is, quote, being abused to provide a windfall for

1:58.2

hospitals. The Wall Street Journal editorial board weighed in,

2:01.8

calling abuse of 340B grifted its worst and a scam on taxpayers. According to reporting from

2:09.5

Fox News, the 340B program cost taxpayers billions, noting that the 340B program, quote,

2:15.8

raises the cost of other major health programs like Medicare and Medicaid,

2:19.7

which lost a combined $20 billion last year due to lost rebates in this program.

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