Trump Gets Blindsided as Senate GOP Turns Against Him on Vote

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4.9 • 56.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Senate Republicans voting against Donald Trump’s tariff plan and Meiselas reports on how Republicans are increasingly getting upset at the optics of Republicans vacationing during the shutdown and Trump and the GOP ripping away people’s healthcare and SNAP benefits. Schedule your free inspection and get up to 30% off your entire purchase at https://leaffilter.com/MEIDAS 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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0:59.8	On this vote, the Azer 52 and then A's are 48, and the joint resolution is passed.
1:06.4	That right there was the moment where Donald Trump got blindsided by the Senate, which the MAGA Republicans
1:13.7	control, and they voted against his tariffs against Brazil. Those tariffs are crushing American
1:22.3	companies. I think more significantly American consumers. We all see the price of coffee skyrocketing, the price of beef skyrocketing, the price of other critical commodities that we get from Brazil skyrocketing.
1:37.7	And in the Senate, you had a number of MAGA Republican senators who try to pretend that they're moderate joining forces with
1:46.0	Democrats to send a powerful message against Donald Trump saying that we do not support
1:52.6	these tariffs. Now, it's important to note that in the House of Representatives, MAGA Mike
1:58.5	Johnson has ordered that the MAGA Republicans don't even show up
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