Trump Stunned as Dems Finally Go on Offense in DC

the House and Senate on a vacation for two weeks. Democrats have returned with a vengeance. And the mightest touch network was there on the steps of the Capitol Hill to document it all. Scott McFarlane, who leads the mightest touch networks, Washington, DC bureau, along with Pablo Monriquez. They were there documenting everything that was going down, Democratic Congresswoman Ansari talked about how it's important to note that a lot of former Trump supporters now are

out there recognizing Donald Trump's cognitive decline. And thus it is critical that the Democrats

and Republicans join them to establish a commission on the ability and fitness, cognitively and physically for Donald Trump to serve. Here's Congresswoman Ansari, let's play it. Getting any feedback at all, negative or positive, Republicans, or political districts at all.

“I think we're getting a lot of positive feedback. I have been in, you know, very impressed, actually,”

to see non-elected, but Republicans, people like Tucker Carlson, former Congressman Marjorie Taylor Greene, people like Nick Quintas, Alex Jones, people I never thought I would ever agree with on anything, recognize that Donald Trump is so mentally unstable. And he clearly is in a state of cognitive decline. And I'm grateful that Representative Raskin is leaving the charge on this 25th amendment bill that has started an investigation into his cognitive decline, because he is unfit.

And he is a national security threat to the United States. Trying to make his statement with this, I suspect no members of the committee think this is going to be acted upon. He's a messaging tool in your mind. It is important that right now they do not act like anything that has happening is normal. And to that end, we cannot use the excuse of, oh, this isn't going to pass. Or this isn't going to go anywhere. It's not politically, you know, viable as a reason to not put forward a response

that is equivalent to the crime, or what the actions of the President are. So I feel very strongly about that. I think if we were to operate like everything's normal and we have a functioning congress and, you know, people will just do the right thing. Then we should all just go home because that's not the case at all. And so I believe that do we differently and speaking and acting just to lie with what we believe would broadly. And then we got in touch with

Democratic Congress member, Jamie Raskin, the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, who's leading the initiative to hold that committee to determine Donald Trump's

mental and physical fitness to serve. Here's what Congress member Raskin told us.

Let's play this clip.

“Oh, yes, it is. What do you have to make a bag?”

Uh, I think that that is outrageous. The Department of Justice is acting like in-house counsel to the proud boys and other consumers. So I think that is a scandalous turn of events. Um, it's, it's in some sense. We're even in a part it, you know, Trump didn't part in these people for seditious conspiracy because the charges against them are so sweeping and extreme. I mean, these were the people who were acting as the ring leaders of the entire

violent attack on the capital and the peaceful transfer of power and Trump even though he was partying 16 hundred other rioters in insurrectionists wisely decided not to do that and did not include them in the part and he commuted their sentences. Uh, but now this goes even further than a part in because it vacates the convictions entirely. What a statement is that making. It nullifies the prosecutions. It's an attempt to completely whitewash history.

It's really keeping a whole new meaning to the word whitewash. Back to Congresswoman on sorry for a moment here talking about the articles of impeachment that she immediately and instantly filed on the house floor as soon as the house opened back up and Maga allowed the vacation to finally come to an end. Maga, Mike, letting the vacation come to an end play this clip. Thank you so much, Maga.

Thank you, any of the time I was going on already, Ron. Like, er, any, uh, sort of obviously the this, this was become very confusing, very quickly with a lot of people saying a lot of different things. What's your take on how long it's going to last? Like how long are you, are you going to be stuck

“in this, this hard work for a policy situation? I think every single week that look”

actually, we're forcing more power and resolution so that we take the power back, it's our hands, we just move Republicans on the record as often as possible, but whether or not they support a war

that was costing Americans $2 billion a day, a war where the United States committed war crimes.

important because Pete Hexaf did not follow his oath to the US Constitution. He violated his duty.

“He committed a war crime in Iran with the attack on a school that killed over 160 children.”

So not only do we need to end this war, but we need to hold accountable and prosecute anyone in the US administration who may have committed war crimes during this process. And what receptionist here in the impeachment resolution is against Pete Hexaf. That's so far from your colleagues here in the house. We very quickly have got over 10 democratic co-sponsors, you know, the thing with Pete Hexaf is that this is not the first time

he has done something impeachable. This goes back to the signal date scandal. This goes back to the double top strikes on the boats in the Caribbean. He has been committing crimes and violating his oath. And so I have no doubt if this absolute clown, this former Fox News, not even a real anchor, continues in this position, there will be more. And we will get more support. I urge my colleagues to join me. He is a national security risk to the United States of America and to the world.

“Thank you so much. I think you got democratic Congress member, Pocan, talking about the”

trillions and trillions of dollars that Donald Trump is now asking in terms of the

military defense industrial complex. How we're now up another 500 million. He wants $1.5 trillion.

And what that's doing to our debt and how it is increasing our deficit significantly, play this clip. What do you think of the prospect of the company of our bond money in the hundreds of billions of dollars? Well, it's for blaster. It's on a few levels. I formed the Pentagon spending reduction caucus. We were trying to protect get at about 685 billion a year and we're now up to a trillion a year and just a matter of a half a dozen years. And now they're proposing to add another

500 billion dollars to that in they failed eight audits in a row. This is a war choice. This is costing us between $0.2 billion dollars my day. I could be going to child care and I just don't think there's an appetite to just fund a war that there was no item in threat to the United States. And this is Donald Trump's word choice. Kind of feedback. You get constituents about this. Did he ask you about this? Oh yeah, absolutely. The biggest thing is they tell me how much they're

paying to fill their tank on a regular basis because that's something they know and they're driving by those signs every day when they see gas prices go up. So, you know, that may be the most direct correlator they have to but also the concern, you know, that was kind of on the hinge social media posts, you know, saying you're going to end a civilization or all of the rest of the stuff he said. Yeah, a lot of people are just, you know, nervous that Donald Trump may not be the most stable

present. It's the war powers vote going to pass eventually. Would I keep hearing Republican say is they're giving him 90 days and that's another 30 days about from now. I don't think you just give extra time if they're not doing it right. And they're clearly not doing this.

We then caught up with Democratic Congresswoman Del Benet. Here's what she had to say. Let's play it.

Thank you. You think the messaging on tax pay was going to resonate with sub-wide. Folks across the country are struggling on busy prices, rise on across the street because of actions for Republicans have taken. And they're big ugly though. Was it focused on working families? Families are struggling. So, the fact that they have to do press conferences and try to tell people that this is helping them when they know that's like families know that's not true.

Kind of says it off. Do you have your, would you encourage the candidates to run against the tax policies to mention them at all? Well, I think what can I talk about are all the policies that have been raising costs? Any benefits that they saw, you know, even the benefits that might have seen from a tax bill were wiped out by tariffs and slashing health care. So, people's

“costs are skyrocketing and that's what they're feeling across the country. Food, housing, health care,”

health care, energy costs, all going up directly because of actions taken by the situation. It's going to a possible potential candidate for Virginia. People see how many do you want to see in Virginia yet? Well, you don't want to wait for Tuesday. How important is Tuesday for your audience? Well, I think it's important across the board that we are standing up to Republicans who are trying to break the system. Let's be here if they thought they were winning.

They wouldn't be out trying to change seats in Texas, which is where they started when Donald Trump said, "Give me five seats." This wasn't about the people of Texas asking for change. In fact, they hate this. It was Donald Trump trying to find seats because, you know, people have retired of the broken promises. They're hired of the struggles. They're hired of Trump and Republicans in Congress. They want leaders who are going to stand up for them. And

we're going to stand up across the country to make sure that they can't make the system.

We caught up with Maggie Republican Congresswoman Lauren Bobert, here's what she had to say.

Let's play this clip. How important is it for people who want to come forward with credible sexual misconduct allegations here in Congress to have sort of jobs lined up and stuff like that. It seems like some of these people who got who are used there as well. Well, you're able to find jobs quickly. That's been a change as opposed to previous Congresses where people really have their careers destroyed by producing the right thing. I would say come out. I mean, we will

be here for you to protect you. Come to my office. If you have something, if your boss is

“mistreating you, someone else in the office, tell somebody. If you want to remain anonymous,”

remain anonymous. You know, let one of us loud mouths get it out there for you. Happy to issue receipts on behalf of anyone. I don't know what's going to come out. You know, like everybody's like, oh my gosh, TMZ's here. Like, what are we going to do? And I'm like, I don't know, what are you hiding from? Like, so they don't know how their credentials get. They're not down here. But anyhow, it's, I don't know, if you have something to hide, sorry, I want it out.

And I hope that people come forward. I'm glad that Eric Smallwell's staff were able to find work. But also, I mean, terrible. It's crazy on the hill anyway. It seems like, you know, one meeting in the Dunkin Donuts and somebody's ready to switch offices and have better jobs. But Democrat or Republican, they can count on your office to have their back and live. Democrats or Republican, you know, if it's, even if it's another staffer, a chief of staff,

someone a senior staffer. If you have something, if you've been wronged, like, absolutely, my door is open. And I will listen. And if, if, if,

“a remedy is, is requested, that's what you'll get. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.”

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. And you had

Magga Republic in Congress member Nells. Here's what he told us about Donald Trump mocking the

Pope and pretending to be Jesus. Let's play it. He reacted to Donald Trump comments on the Pope over weekend. I probably say the Pope needs to keep his business into leading his flock. So to speak, leading the church, and probably stay out of the political arena. He doesn't need to be getting involved in the political arena. Go lead your church, but stay out of the politics. Right. We didn't elect, we didn't elect the Pope to be the president or be anything else.

So just keep his nose in the church's business and stay out of the political arena. What if you see this role is sort of leading his flock away? Let's focus on just behavior to whatever thing else. Just focus on your flock and Donald Trump is our president. It's not the Pope. I didn't elect the Pope to be president.

We also caught up with Magga Republic in Congress. Man, he men is. Here's what he said

about Donald Trump pretending to be Jesus and attacking the Pope relentlessly every single day. Let's play it. What do you make up by Trump's attacks on the Pope over the weekend? Have a difference with any difference of opinion? Yeah. Okay. You're for the whole free for Trump. For the Pope for spiritual things, and for the president for political things. Big person. Back to Congress, woman on Sari here. Here's what she had to say. Let's play it.

Congresswoman, how important is it for there to be opportunities for staffers who come together or who come forward with credible allegations so that they don't get run out of talent so they can, you know, do their jobs available to them for doing the right thing? Well, my gosh, it is so important that staffers here on Capitol Hill have really any workplace dynamic across the United States have the ability to come together to record any

allegations of assault or abuse or harassment and be able to fuel safe and protected. I think there's long been a culture, especially in politics, you know, feeling worried about political retaliation. I think when you look at lawmakers, especially as a staffer or a very young staffer, there's an intern. For example, there is a massive power in balance and there could be a lot of fear.

“And so I think this has been, you know, an important reckoning moment in our country.”

I am so relieved to see former congressman Eric Swallwell and Tony Gonzalez gone. And I think what they did was outrageous, but I also think it was an important moment for accountability. And I'm so in awe of the bravery of the women we spoke of. I can only imagine how much bravery that took. And then Scott McFarlane from the Midest Touch Network was able to catch up with Magga Republic and Senator Cynthia Lumis from Wyoming, and even she acknowledged that, you know,

what? With this difficult, difficult economic climate we're in right now. Lots of people in her state. They're a suffering. They're a suffering. Here play this clip. My state and others, we had record distributions in my county in Wyoming, of Meals on Wheels, records, which is an indication that more and more people are turning for food to subsidized food opportunities.

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