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Trump Faces a Red-State Reckoning

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump losing his MAGA base as Red States are finally turning against him as he sinks to new lows in the polls. Select Quote: Save more than 50% on term...

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Oh, Donald Donald Trump is getting a rude awakening in red states heading int...

It seems like Donald Trump is going to cost the maga republicans, not just the house of representatives, but the Senate and most of the key Senate races, including in some of those. One thought of as ruby red seats, Democrats are surging ahead and we're talking about places like Ohio. We're talking about places like Texas, maga, awfully worried in Iowa, maga, awfully worried in Alaska.

Maga is a panicking right now when Donald Trump just continues the never-ending war in Iran.

Donald Trump continues to say it's a great thing that we're all paying so much more money for gas.

'Cause that's what Patriots do. Donald Trump says, "Yeah, pay more money for gas."

That's a Donald Trump also says, "Data centers and everyone's backyard. You want that liquid gold? Open up your backyard to Donald Trump's all the guard friends." And they'll get you that liquid gold right in your backyard or the form of data centers.

I'm not sure why I'm doing that accent. Maybe it's a red state video.

I don't know. Let me show you the latest polling right here. Patriot and talked about how Trump's approval right now in some of these red states is so bad. I mean, we're talking. It says, "Bad overall to the net unfavorables nationwide."

As when Nixon resigned even worse right now, I think it'd be a good idea of Donald Trump resign here. Let's play this clip.

It's just this. What put Donald Trump in the White House? What put him in the White House? What put him in the White House was that they thought he could help voters thought he could help them with their costs of living. But look at this. The impact of Republican policies on your costs of living. Just 24 percent. 24 percent of Americans say, "Help."

Look at this hurt number. It's 55 percent on the issue that got Donald Trump a second term in the White House, a second presidency.

Folks, you gotta be picking up your phone if you're a Republican in Congress and calling Donald Trump up and saying, "Help me. Help me. Please, Ron. Help me. Help me. Please." Because you can't win. It's very tough to win with this type of environment. On the number one issue being inflation, and 51 percent of the American public think that your party has an act hurt, your costs are living. That is very, very bad news. You see right here, Democrats surging at in some of these states. I don't love talking about prediction markets, but Democrats in the prediction markets are saying the prediction markets are going to win there.

When you look at more models like the split ticket and those guys are data geeks like me, they've got Democrats also surging ahead in all of these Senate races also. So when you take a look though at what's going on in these red states, not just in the Senate races, but some of the big state races like you take a look at the an Iowa. Iowa state fair, like let me show you typical mega behavior right here. So you have the turning point that was Charlie Kirk's group,

I think they're still around turning points, whatever. And they're like Iowa leader is this guy Brett Galsazowski. And he and his turning point group of like six people are like first day at the Iowa state fair.

And we've already heckled the DSA line candidate for governor Rob San, I mean saying that Rob San is DSA line is kind of wild dude even hid in the bathroom. So the state police could show up to escort him out. Sorry to cut your visit short Rob TP action. This is how we do it at turning points is this is what they're saying. Let me just show you what they're doing in Iowa here play this clip. Really, that's that's the mature behavior. Can I show you how Rob San though the Democratic candidate for governor responded?

He said, ah, I don't know what they're doing or how these kids think they're effective. I felt bad for all the people around us who were just trying to enjoy the Iowa state fair. And having their experience disrupted. So that's all I have to say about it. And he said, uh, his message to his own supporters don't behave like the kids from turning points USA, but that didn't stop them in Iowa. They also decided that they were going to attack Arizona Senator Mark Kelly who was there supporting Josh Turrick.

The Democratic candidate for Senate right there, who's running against mega extremists Ashley Hinton. Here's what went down when the turning point in these kids is so such losers when they're like boom more Kelly. Oh, I mean, boom, Mark, I'm going to park on like do what all you boo in me milling. But you're weird. There's like six kids with signs. It's really, really quite embarrassing. You're playing this clip.

Let me just share with you Rob San, just a brief portion of like what he was ...

They are not utopia. They have problems. Now, some of the problems are different because the parties are different. But many of them are actually the same because when two few people have too much power for too long bad things happen. You finish this phrase power corrupts an absolute power. And we can say in Iowa takes ten years. Because where are we right now? Over the last three years averaging 48th for personal income growth. But what are we at the top four in growth when I was growing up into core our education system was among the best in the country. And we are now in the bottom half and losing to Nebraska.

It's funny, but it's also really not funny. I hate losing to Nebraska. We have a corruption crisis, a crisis of high costs and a crisis of cancer. But in the capital building in the mind, they're running around saying, hey guys, we got a real problem. The state auditor, he won't quit doing his job. We got to figure out how we can stop him. I'm had enough. This is a simple concept. I think most islands are familiar with it. You can put something in a place and it does okay for a little while. But if it's there for too long, it gets unbalanced. You got to take it out and put something else in.

I just described crop rotation and that works for politicians. The same way it does for corn and beans. Ladies and gentlemen, time to rotate the crops in the capital building.

Texas for a moment. It's going to have lean Texas right here. A massive crowd for James Tolerico out there. And by the way, you see Tolerico's new ad against Paxton Paxton is falling and falling hard in the polls. Texas are loving Tolerico. Let me share with you this new ad drop by Tolerico about how fort this is a true story 14 years ago. Ken Paxton soul stole someone's $1,000 pen and now Ken Paxton's pen victim is endorsing James Tolerico. This story dude was also making what a million dollars a year on a sell tower above a hospital. He was on the board of the hospital. He was making a million dollars on the sell tower.

Isn't it office? That was going on here. You're playing this clip of his ad. This is Ken Paxton and this is Ken Paxton stealing someone's $1,000 pen. Here's what happened. The incident happened at the Colin County courthouse. The same courthouse for Paxton would later be in diet at front investment fraud. Paxton walked up to the trays next to the metal detectors and rummaged through them and came across someone else's expensive Mont Blanc pen. He decided to take it for himself. The pen belonged to Joe Joplin, a local attorney who accidentally left behind. He was a special gift from his wife. When Joe realized it was missing, he contacted porthouse security. This is the footage they pulled. Ken Paxton on camera stealing this man's pen.

After the police got involved, Joe got his pen back. He could have pressed charges, but he decided against it. Because Joe's a nice guy.

He never takes someone else's pen. But he also hasn't forgotten who took his.

Hi, I'm Joe Joplin and I endorse stealing his salary for the United States. Vote for James Tallerigo. He wants to take a pen. Dude how good is that? And by the way, the Tallerigo team do merch drop, get your video, not Ken Paxton's pen today. Going back right here for Harry entered for a second, listen to this bombshell right here.

Of just how bad Donald Trump's approval rating is right now.

Worst than Nixon when Nixon resigned here play this clip.

Well, it's all about Donald Trump, baby. It's all about Donald Trump. Look at Trump's net approval rating across these Senate battleground states. And these are states. Democrats have to win at least a few of them for a control. Look at them. They're red. They're red across the political map. A state like Texas that Donald Trump won by double digits. He's way down underwater in the Rio Grande Valley at minus nine points.

Oh, hi. Oh, another state he won by double digits. Ten points underwater. Iowa, the great field of dreams. Well, it's a field of nightmares right now for Donald Trump. He's 10 points underwater. North Carolina, the tario state 14 points underwater. And Maine, where of course Susan Collins is running in Democrats have let's say had some issues. But even there. Look at that. Donald Trump is 21 points underwater.

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All right. Back to Taloreco here for a moment, powerful moment in Taloreco speech.

Where he calls out Donald Trump and Ken Paxton's plan to put data centers and everyone's back here.

I'm not being hyperbolic. I mean, go listen to what their speech is worth. And in Texas, you all know this better than anybody that Governor Abbott, who, by the way, is neck and neck with Hina Hosa, who's running against him. He knows Hosa on the show, but Abbott instituted a law that said that data centers don't have to pay any taxes on electricity. So, and the whole thing is they suck up people's electricity.

It's one of the biggest problems with it. Come on, data centers, come on in and look Trump and Paxton. And Abbott, all these people have said they want data centers and everybody's back here. You want to be rich. You want to be rich. Just put a data center in your back or trust me. Trust me. I alone can tell you. I mean, so pathetic.

Listen to what Taloreco said play this clip. We can start by cracking down on these data centers across the state that are tapping up our utility bills and using up all our water. I know that Abbolene has been the epicenter of this data center fight. And I want you to know that in the U.S. Senate you will have an ally in me in the halls of power. We just found out that Ken Paxton, the most corrupt politician in Texas,

we just found out that Ken Paxton has taken nearly half a million dollars from data center companies. That explains why as Attorney General Ken Paxton ignored our neighbors in Hood County after they asked him to help them temporarily block the construction of a data center in their community. Texans cannot afford a senator who's bought by big data centers. Ken Paxton's corruption. Ken Paxton is not working for us. He's working for his mega donors. In the Senate, I will fight to stop data centers from being built in our communities if they cannot meet the most basic demands of those communities.

And here was a major moment when Taloreco is at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church. You see this moment?

This is a likable guy. You just a likable guy. That's to me. I want to find whether you're religious or not religious. I just want you to be a good person. I want you to be empathetic. I want you to be nice. I want you to care about people if you're running for government and you're running to be in the position of a public servant. I want you to do just that. I want you to serve the public. I want service to lead the way. Not whatever this Trump mega grift is where they just steal and they take from us and they cover up child sex trafficking rings. They're covering up child sex.

I mean, I got to continue to scream that from the rooftop. But these people are come. Trump was abstained for another cover up child sex trafficking rings crazy here play this clip. I'm running for the Senate day. Somebody likes Mr. Taloreco. I see we're glad you're here sir. We welcome you to Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church. It is a professed born again believer and I thank God for his love for Jesus Christ.

His love for God's people. Yeah, I can always tell who's a real church person when the helm was being sung.

He knew the words and he could sing all of it. I saw you. I was watching at my eyes on you because if you didn't know that song, I wouldn't go believe none of that stuff about going to church. You. You'd say for being here. We appreciate. Then we had Jack Katchorella over at mightestouched this weekend show on Sunday.

He caught up with Al Sajad.

Obviously you have ruffled some feathers with the worst person on the planet that is Donald Trump a man who has no real connection to his family.

But decided to go after years. Obviously you responded. What was the first thing you felt in that moment when Donald Trump decided he was going to go after wife and such a disgusting way?

Come at us bro. My wife is more strength than he has ever had. So come at us.

I think today he's going to turn me into the main character of the midterms which I'm totally cool with because my whole argument about microadges is he's always been an NPC.

He's a soft part of it. The question is who inserts themselves in his and then controls his mouth and Donald Trump can't help himself.

And of course the line of the week goes to Senate or Asaf. Natalie, Natalie, Donald, Donald just wants to run away with Natalie.

Natalie, Harb Donald Trump's human printers what they call her and Asafs. Like we know that you just want to go away with Natalie Harp and do whatever with Natalie Harp, but the American people actually need leadership right now. You're playing this clip. And while the sailors on the Lincoln fight his war, while he fruitlessly drains our munitions and oil reserves, the president sleeps through his meetings.

He gulfs and trade stocks. So he doesn't want to do the job. He wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie on their apparently defenseless flying palace gifted by the Amir of Qatar.

And then back to Harry ended over here. Let's play it. Well, it's all about Donald Trump baby. It's all about Donald Trump. Look at Trump's net approval rating across the Senate battleground states. And these are states Democrats have to win at least a few of them for a control. Look at them. They're red. They're red across the political map. A state like Texas that Donald Trump won by double digits. He's way down under water in the Rio Grande Valley at minus nine points. Oh, hi. Oh, another state he won by double digits 10 points underwater.

I or the great field of dreams. Well, it's a field of nightmares right now for Donald Trump. He's 10 points underwater North Carolina the target state 14 points underwater in Maine, where of course, Susan Collins is running in Democrats have let's say had some issues. But even there look at that Donald Trump is 21 points underwater. There you have a folks. Let me know what you think hit subscribe.

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