congress. there is a lot on the line for anybody who cares about expanding health care, protecting reproductive freedom, or other items on the biden agenda. it is something we are just not talking about enough and friday at the white house president biden warned republicans could undermine his achievements if they return to power. folks. you know republicans in congress will do if they regain power. they re telling us. they re being straight up about it. they re gonna increase prescription drug prices. they re gonna raise drug prices. they re gonna cut social security and medicare. they will pass massive tax cuts for the wealthy. make them permanent. but they re not now, the individual tax cuts. they will threaten the very foundations of the american economy. if we don t meet their demands. there s a. think that is not conjecture. you have to just take the presidents word for it. this week, an interview with punchbowl news, house minority leader, kevin mccarthy, laid out his vision
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i got all night. designed in part to delay the vote. but also to solidify his standing as the next potential speaker and also drawing a little isn t that correct from the white house. kevin mccarthy, he said a lot of words. a lot of words. i just want to emphasize that, over the course of 8 1/2 hours. and, wolf, while democrats may have dismissed kevin mccarthy s remarks, at least one person, one critical person in the republican party seemed to like them. president trump saying that mccarthy s remarks were a great job. the passage of the house came on the same day that president bud enwent to walter reed to get his annual physical. the first physical the president got at least that we ve seen since 2019. the white house physician releasing the six page summary of the physical. there are a number of different elements. the president remains a healthy, vigorous 78-year-old male who is fit to successfully execute the duties of the office. worth noting there was history involved wit
and speaking whatever comes to his wasting away mind is going to be a constant distraction for republicans and it s only going to help democrats retain control of power. i mean, look, you re an adviser to the democratic congressional committee so, of course, you re not going to say that they are going to lose the mid terms, but history suggests that the incumbent governing body loses in the mid terms. go back to george w. bush for a party that went against that. you re right, trump being a potential speaker would hurt as much as help republicans. i mean, democrats would just need to mock up some fake image of a speaker trump sitting behind president biden during the state of the union address. that would help democratic turnout in a mid-term, wouldn t it? that ad almost writes itself, but, i mean, more to your question if if somehow republicans were to get the majority, are they crazy enough to make donald trump their speaker? well, of course they are. i mean, we have seen. yes
examine reforms they are promises to consider the ideas of backbenches, or left right coalitions closely, that would mean about 10 minutes. what do you say? i disagree with the assessment. i appreciate that criticism. but if we don t do anything, era of one person control, last minute deals, four people making fundamental decisions to what policy gets to floor, that is a step in the right directed, and by having agreement from speaker to potential speaker of nancy pelosi agree, that is huge. it is historical we were able to achieve it. repeat, people like the idea of you coming together, josh, i have seen a lot of commentary, some nasty, this all about empowering from the left, the g.o.p. and your kind of a stooge