Trump Witness Quickly Collapses Under Cross Exam at Hearing!!

director from the Office of Management and Budget and the author of Project 2025, Russ Vote

“after Vote had dodged any congressional hearing since the beginning of Donald Trump's term.”

He finally came to testify and he arrived and he was prepared to just spew his maga talking points and say, Donald Trump is the king of affordability, look how great the American people

have it, prices are going down, things are amazing. Well, that's his script, but fortunately,

the Democrats took him off that script and started doing some incredible cross-examination, really exposing what a despicable human being he is and making him look quite pathetic during his testimony. So first, I want to show you the talking points that he was trying to spew just for a quick moment. So you see how he started off in a boom, Democrats came in hard. So he says, you know, look what we've seen is an explosion of affordability. The author and architect

a project 2025's, hang right now, as Americans can't afford anything, groceries, gas, rent, people are struggling inflation is surging and here is what the maga architecture project 2025

said play this clip. This particular budget committee has not, they have been successful,

in conjunction with the president of the United States. I hope that continues. We're in the midst of passing and we pass the extension of the president's tax cuts, many of those were aimed at working class individuals. They're now going through their first season of seeing what changes that will

“make on their bottom line and I think that's going to lead to an explosion in a affordability”

for the American people. And then Democratic Congresswoman Ballon went in and she was saying, look, it seems pretty obvious to me that your entire strategy here is to take revenge on Ballou states and anyone who doesn't vote for Donald Trump, you're using your position as the director of the office and management and budget to punish them and to try to inflict pain,

watch as he tries to squirm and she doesn't let him here play this clip. They did $7.6 billion

in clean energy grants based on whether the recipient lived in a blue state. Yes or no. I don't recall what that judge said, but we have not made the determinations based on the fact in fact, Mr. vote on January 12th, 2026, U.S. Judge Amique Mehta said, quote, defendants, meaning you, Mr. vote freely admit that they made grant determination decisions. Primarily, if not exclusively based on whether the awardee resided in a state who citizens voted

for President Trump in 2024, Mr. vote, yes or no. Federal judges said, OMB's freeze of $10 billion in child care and family assistance funding, quote, appear designed to punish communities that the administration agreed with. Yes or no. Was that something that federal judges said

“about you and your leadership? I think the judges' characterization is getting at the degree to which”

we are focused on states that we think are mismanaged. Okay. That is not in fact the case. In fact, U.S. District Judge Trina Thompson found the administration broke the law and froze funds as a politically motivated move disguised as fraud prevention. So your characterization actually is false. Other courts have said that withholding Congressional proof funding is, quote, "vindictive and unlawful," courts have found that freezing funds create, quote, "irreparable harm"

against the American people. And the GAO, the government, Accountability Office, the Watchdog Agency that investigates how federal agency spent taxpayer dollars has reported that you broke the law multiple times and they have said that you have refused to set spend money that was dedicated for Americans. The Constitution gives Congress the power to spend money and not the president. Mr. Vote, your actions clearly show that you want to cut federal funds

from anyone who didn't vote for Donald Trump. Are you trying to get revenge on states that did not vote for your boss? No, of course not. What's interesting about the question is that Joe Biden with hell-- Oh, for gunna sakes, can we please bring it back to my question? It was a gastronomy question. Are you trying to get revenge against blue states because they did not support the president? That in fact you did do that. That in fact you are being vindictive. In fact,

you are punishing because of political persuasions. It's not members of Congress who suffer

taking the power from us. It's that it's their money. It's their power. Of the people by the people

“and for the people, the house is closest to the people. So when you do an and run around Congress,”

you're taking Americans power. Next I'll show you Democratic Senator Merkel who says, why don't you tell us how expensive this war in Iran has been? Do you know the figures? Do you know how much money the United tell us? That's your role. You are literally the director of the Office of Management and Budget. How expensive is the war? The American people demand to know and guess what? Russ vote frozen. Did not even know how to answer the war? I don't know. I can't

tell you how much it is. You're a play this clip. Would I be in the ballpark to say we've already

spent at least $50 billion? I wouldn't want to make a characterization of that at this point.

Okay. I would say as the the most knowledgeable person in the executive branch on the budget, I would expect you to have pretty good numbers on that. So I'm a little disappointed in that answer.

“Next up, Democratic Senator Murray. Here's what she had to say. Play this clip.”

You and President Trump are asking for $450 billion in new defense spending. To be clear, that is the largest increase since World War II, and that does not include money that you reportedly plan to request for the war in Iran. What is the total dollar amount requested for defense spending in FY27, including annual appropriations and reconciliation funds? 1.5 trillion Senator of combination between the appropriations and the mandatory. We are trying to increase the amount

that you would fund through the appropriations, but we don't want the full increase to have to be borne in the appropriations process. So one and a half trillion dollars. What is the total dollar amount

requested for non-defense spending? $660 billion. Okay. And what is the overall cut to non-defense

programs that you're -- 10% -- $70 billion. 70 billion. We look at that as about $81 billion frankly. So let me just say this, Dr. Vote, you count yourself at a spending hawk. And here you are arguing for a gobb smacking one and a half trillion dollar defense budget. I read that you disagreed with the President on that one and a half trillion dollar request, warning him that it would explode the deficit. Did you warn the President or administration officials that spending this spent on defense would

explode the deficit? Senator, I fully support this budget. 1.5 trillion, right? These are the people who refer to themselves as "I'm a fiscal hawk." Wow, I'm a hawk, right? The hawk. I'm a deficit hawk. No, you're not. You're a bunch of Bernie made off frauds on steroids. It's what you are. 1.5 trillion dollars to the military. A 40% increase year over year and like a 90% increase from three years ago, what the hell is even going on here? Longjewity is all the rage these days. But with so many supplements

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mitis so they know that I sent you. Next up, you have Democratic Congress, a member Coleman. Take a look at what went down. What would you say right now to the mothers of the kids who died because of our your dismantling of U.S. age? Harvest study says they're more

“than 100,000 of them. Can you give me a quick response to what you've said to those mothers?”

Just don't talk to me about this petty. Talk to me about how you what you would say to the mothers of the children who died. Congressman with great respect, I would just contest that the extent to which institutions that benefit from federal

in fact ended. Well, it's going there. I did not want to say I'd be spending last year to the

tune about $8 billion. There was far more that we could have done, Congressman.

Then you have Democratic Senator Kane going in with some great cross-examlets play it. There's been some discussion about the bill that the DHS funding bill that the Senate passed unanimously now twice. The votes are there. The House to pass it. The leadership will not take it up. You were before the House yesterday. Did you encourage the House to finally pass the DHS bill? We want the bill passed. Our mind or actions yesterday were to remind

“one side of the aisle. We want the bill passed. Did you say that during the hearing?”

Yes. Well, you said a lot of things during the hearing. If it was a priority in response to Democratic politics, is that we're saying that we were responsible for the election. Hold on. Our shutdown. You had the opportunity to tell the House yesterday to pass a bill that you say you support. That 100% of the Senate supports, and you didn't bring it up. And that's faster. You have the opportunity to set DHS without a month's shutdown.

Congresswoman Jaya Paul did a great job at this hearing play this clip. Do you know, Mr. Vote, how many of the largest corporations in America paid absolutely nothing in federal income tax in 2025? Not off the top of my head, but our view is that the tax policy. Let me just tell you, let me just tell you, Mr. Vote, reclaiming my time.

“Let me just tell you the number of corporations, large corporations,”

that paid absolutely zero in federal tax, was 88 at least that we know of,

including Tesla, which paid zero on almost $5.7 billion of income, as well as Coinbase,

City Group, CVS Health, and Palantir. Now, the Democrat ranking member, meaning the Democrats leader of the budget committee who will become the chair of the Democrats, take control of the house. Congress member Boyle, you've seen them on the Midest Touch Network a few times. Take a listen to his cross-examination play this clip. Said that single piece of legislation adds more to our deficit and debt than any other piece

of legislation passed by Congress in American history. In addition to the over $4 trillion, it adds for a national debt, it eliminates healthcare coverage for more than 15 million Americans, according to the CBO, the Kaiser Family Foundation says is actually more than 17 million Americans,

“who will lose their healthcare. Are they really all according to you? Really?”

You're going to sit here with a straight face and say, they're all illegal. They're all defrauding the system. That's actually your position? Yes, with regard to the people that have lost that. That's laughable. I'm sorry. I'll give you a chance to respond. A number of issues with regard to your comments there. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Well, we claim you my time. I just want to be clear. I'm a citing we acknowledge the CBO figure. That's where I'm

getting to 15 million from and the Kaiser Family Foundation says 17 million. You're saying

none of them are legitimately on this, even though we had one of them actually testified before us. It didn't say all of them are illegal. I said, there's also the benefit of people returning to the workforce because they're able-bodied individuals or they should not have been on the system regardless because of the inability to address fraud in the aftermath of the pandemic. So they're all either illegal or defrauding the system. Well, we certainly, that's certainly not a provocative

statement that we have fraud all over the country. Is it? I'm sorry. Why are I mentioned there are fraud and also it's a private and public sector areas? But the idea that 15 million Americans are about to lose their health care. The single biggest loss of health care in American history mind you, not even during the Great Depression. Do 15 million Americans lose your health card coverage? The idea that all of those people who are about to lose their health care

are defrauding the system or our illegal immigrants that are not supported by any facts, what's so every and now are now working and getting the benefit of a job with employer sponsored health care coverage. Look, these assessments by CBO and others are often very static. But I mean, it's right of center groups as well. Well, we claim my time. I only have a few minutes. So, excuse me. But it's not just CBO. I mean, right of center groups, left of center

groups, non-partisan groups, you're saying they're all wrong. I'm saying that the budget community typically relies on static thinking, static scoring, current law-based lines. And so you don't get an accurate picture of the extent to which the reforms that are being made are going to have a dynamic impact with better programs, more health care files and 50 billion. Well, let me

So, that is what they're claiming that 15 million people, whatever they're all committing fraud. That's why they had to take away Medicare, Medicaid, and social security from 15 million people because everyone's a fraudster says the fraud, criminal, war, criminal regime Donald Trump, a literal

“felon, a literal fraud is the guy's gonna look well. I think that anybody on Medicare and Medicaid”

is committing fraud. These are such sick human beings, more from Congress or in balance. Let's play it. Now, it's a wasteful government spending. Particularly the $350 billion set aside for this, yes, war of choice against Iran included in this president's budget. His budget asks for a shocking surge

in Pentagon spending up to $1.5 trillion. We have never in the history of this country seen

spending like this paid for by splashing, splashing healthcare education and housing. Donald Trump has said, as my colleagues have said earlier, we're fighting wars here. We can't take care of daycare. Mr. Vote, yes or no, it's $350 billion for the war in Iran, lowering costs for Americans. Those Americans who ask us in every single town hall, why they can't afford to live in this country, is the war lowering costs for Americans? It is certainly not defunding child care. We fully

“fund child care in this country. Is it lowering costs for the American people? But doesn't that get”

at the premise of your question? You can find money for illegal wars in Iran. You can find money for all the pet projects of this administration, and yet we can't find money to alleviate the costs of food and housing and gas on the home front. But according to you, the child care fully funded head start. Mr. Vote, Mr. Vote, with the money that is set aside in this

budget, the additional funding for the war in Iran, $350 billion. We could fund the ACA tax credits

for 10 years for a decade. And I can tell you why my interest was on it. How is it that we can continue to spend money on foreign wars and yet we cannot find a solution to the fact that people can't afford healthcare. And again, in closing, I just want to say again, we're not so angry because you're taking our power. We're angry because you're taking the people's power. I yield that. The general lady's time was expired if the gentleman wants to resist. I would just say this

president has been a person who has campaigned in lead for peace and against endless wars. So, is it, is it gentlemen, is that, is that we're all right out here now? And I'm giving our witness to the time that I respond to your question. And then president, you'll five minutes to Mr. Asda. So, finished the response uninterrupted and then let's go to Mr. President has also been equally clean. And he is not going to allow a nuclear Iran. He is not going to allow them to have

nuclear weapons. He is not going to allow them to have missiles and a navy that impacts our national security. And so he is doing what is necessary to keep us safe while at the same trying to pursue diplomacy so that we can get out of wars and lower those most costs over time. This was a great line of questioning right here about NIH. Let's play it under your direction, Mr. vote at the National Institutes of Health. Last year, grants for Alzheimer's and aging

research were cut almost 50 percent. Mental health 47 percent. New grants for cancer

research 23 percent. And as I read the budget that you're representing today, the Trump regime's response is that medical research has not yet been cut sufficiently. It doesn't your budget propose another 12 percent cut at the National Institutes of Health. Most of what you said is on true. NIH was not cut at all last year. We proposed a series of reforms to lower the cost. We continue although not as much to what we're claiming my question to you is, don't you propose to cut

the National Institutes of Health by another 12 percent. We propose to have a cut to the National Institute of Health. Thank you, sir. We're claiming my toes after specific fours of the Rams. Yes, sir. Thank you. Reclimbing my time. I know it's about your certainty Institute. Reclimbing my time, Mr. Chairman, if the gentleman, if the gentleman will please yield, he can fill a buster when he's in the Senate. I mean, what we do know as far as

“the truth is that there were fewer grants or new cases last year at NIH than at any time in the last”

30 years. Is it your feeling and proposing further cuts at NIH that there are just not enough worthwhile projects out there or that we cannot afford to invest more in doing something about Alzheimer's, cancer, Parkinson's, HIV, other great concerns. There are many worthy health investments out there. I think post-COVID for an institution that contributed to the pandemic itself with the funding

COVID pandemic. The kinds of things very generous. The kinds of things that we're trying to do with

“the National Institute of Health, indirect cost rates. We don't think when Bill Gates gives 10%”

or parkings in the ministry. Reclimbing my time and building. That's a good. Reclimbing my time after giving last year, fewer grants at any time in the last 30 years, you were proposing further cuts there. Of course, the cuts are not only to medical research, but is it correct that in your budget, you would cut the National Science Foundation, which is in the past provided grants that help on artificial intelligence, on laser eye surgery, on MRI technology, among others that you propose to

cut it by 55%. We have a sizable cut to National Science Foundation. Over half of the funding.

It will not impact our investments on artificial intelligence. Well, that's good to know, because you may

be the only person along with President Trump who believe that a reading from the director of a consortium of research universities, he says your budget cuts are the equivalent of working

“in a company that feels like it's on the verge of bankruptcy. Another one says slow scientific”

progress, threatening the nation's position in the world economy. More from Senator Kane, let's play it over here. And it's actually a question. One step back in question, I was interested in the revenues in the budget that you've sent over. One revenue in particular interested me was tariffs, what you're assuming for tariffs. You can see that the numbers on tariffs were sort of bumping around

less than a hundred billion a year, a hundred billion in 2022, a hundred and ninety five billion

in 2025, when the tariffs started to kick in an IEPA, tariffs have been determined to be illegal by the Supreme Court. The IEPA tariffs next week, you're starting to refund $166 billion dollars of tariffs. So I was interested to see what your tariff projection was going to be. And actually, what I see is far from going down as your refunding illegal tariffs, you're predicting dramatic increases in tariffs. What is President Trump going to tax next? Senator, what you're looking

at is your debate, we had a 10-year assumptions for the IEPA tariffs. And those should be shaded in a different way. Obviously, the Supreme Court changed our strategy on that and we were going through a process to replace those, but we do not believe that the tariffs will be less than right. So if you're going through the process, tariffs are attacks. I'd like to introduce Mr. Chair to documents from the New York Federal Reserve, 90% of the cost of the tariffs last

year fell in American consumers and businesses. And another from the tax foundation, the average in 2025 was a $1,000 per American tax household, like an introduce. So you're going

“through a process that decide, what are you going to tax next? Who are you going to tax next?”

To reach these astronomical tariff numbers. We don't think there are attacks on the American people. They have not raised prices. 90% of the cost is falling. Tax foundation. Yeah. Paper that doesn't support tariffs? Who are you going to impose the tariffs on next? Look, tariffs are imposed on the foreign importers. Right. We've seen that. Okay. So what are the industry sectors are you going to hobble? Do you know that hobbling?

It's ensuring that we have American consumers. You don't know. You don't know. You don't yet know who the next tariffs are going to hit. You're just projecting all this money. Our governments were countries. Senator have been out there for ever since Liberation Day. Hit. Liberation Day. Yeah. That's the one that you did right before tax day that took a thousand bucks out of American families' pockets. When we go to the next one, more from Congress member,

Coleman, let's play it. I was just trying to figure out work that I find in need of large enough to burst the bubble that you guys have been. Because you're not living in reality. And you're creating an narrative. And just because you say it, you think it's true. And so I've sat up here and I've listened to a whole bunch of explanations that I don't in any way shape a form of relate to reality. I had a couple of questions to ask you, Sarah. I'm going to start with one that's going to give

you a moment to speak. And then we'll ask you a series of yes and those. And when I say yes and those, I want yes and those. What would you say right now to the mothers of the kids who died because of our your dismantling of U.S. aid? Harvard's study says they're more than a hundred and a thousand of them. Can you give me a quick response to what you've said to those mothers? Just don't talk to me about the study. Talk to me about how you what you would say to the mothers of the children who died.

Congressman with great respect, I would just contest the extent to which institutions that benefit

in fact ended. Well, it's going there. I did not want to say this last year to the tune about eight

“billion dollars. There was far more that we could have done, Congressman. Becoming my time.”

If a mother came before you who told you that her child died because she didn't have access to healthcare or a medicine that usually would be available because of the kindness of the United States of America that you and this administration have eliminated. Would you have anything of empathy, compassion, and humanity to say to her? Would you say to her? I am sorry that was a mistake.

I always have empathy for individuals including those that get improper and false information from

the media that pumps this false and ignorant information out to the Americans. Here I am

“so sorry to hearing false, fraud, and abuse. From any of my colleagues and even from you,”

because if we wanted to eliminate abuse and fraud, we eliminated the president of the United States on the office right now and arrested the sick of fans in his administration that are allowing him to do so many illegal things. And more from Congress member, Jaya Paul right here. Let's play this clip. Now, let me turn to the consumer financial protection bureau since you're also the acting director there. This was an agency that was established to protect consumers from financial

predation, deception, fraud, and abuse from the biggest banks, biggest corporations. And the CFBB has stepped in and really done that work under the last administration. CFPB put real money back

in consumers' pockets, returned over $21 billion to consumers who were cheated or scammed by

big banks giant corporations. It ordered Wells Fargo to pay over $2 billion in Bank of America to pay $727 million to consumers who were armed, but you have a mission to eliminate the CFBB. Why are you protecting big corporations instead of consumers? Mr. Vote? I'm not CFBB caused $350 billion of added costs on consumers. Mr. Vote, you are asking to reduce the CFPB's workforce to just one third of its 2025 level, which means that the department that oversees the banks and other

financial companies that hold trillions of dollars in mortgage, auto, credit card and student loan debt would drop from 500 employees to just 77. And the enforcement department would only have 50

“workers. What do you have to say to the millions of service members, veterans, older adults, and”

students that are seeing costs rise and now because of your unprecedented rollback of consumer protection stuff, have nobody at the agency that is actually policing those big corporations. General ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen. So tell me what you think in the comments below, but I thought good cross-examination right there

exposed him $1.5 trillion and just the way he says it. So Cavalry really, that money could be spent on health care, making housing more affordable, making education more affordable, making people's lives better, but we're going to spend the money instead buying missiles to blow up elementary schools so that Donald Trump can engage in more war crimes, hell no. And the American people are fed up with this disgusting, despicable regime that

frankly, they're not public servants, they hate this country. Anyway, tell me what you think.

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