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<v Speaker 1>Democrats are melting down over a report that House Minority

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<v Speaker 1>Leader Hakeem Jeffries met with President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner,

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<v Speaker 1>to discuss potential areas of common ground with the White House.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you see places where Democrats could work with this

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<v Speaker 2>White House and find some common ground on some policy issues, Senator?

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<v Speaker 3>I wish I could say yes. This has been a

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<v Speaker 3>lawless Trump administration. They've been out of control.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you support the fact that Leader Jeffries met with

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<v Speaker 2>Jared Kushner?

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<v Speaker 3>Look, I'm in favor of people meeting with whoever they

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<v Speaker 3>want you to discuss ideas. But it's one thing to

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<v Speaker 3>have a meeting. It's another thing to see something real

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<v Speaker 3>come out of that.

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<v Speaker 1>And the far left is even more outraged. They're slamming

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<v Speaker 1>Jeffries for betraying the party. The freakout that happened after

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<v Speaker 1>this meeting occurred, I thought, was notable. You know, it's

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<v Speaker 1>not unlike the president to meet with just about anybody

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<v Speaker 1>and talk to just about anybody, talk with anyone about anything.

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<v Speaker 1>So it didn't shock me that they met, but the

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<v Speaker 1>reaction on the far left was interesting.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, if Democrats do win the House, to govern the country,

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<v Speaker 4>they are going to have to speak publicly. with the

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<v Speaker 4>White House. They're going to have to speak with maybe

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<v Speaker 4>Senate Republicans. If they win the Senate, it's a different argument,

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<v Speaker 4>different conversation. But this is what adults do when they

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<v Speaker 4>have to govern. Now, there is plenty of heated rhetoric.

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<v Speaker 4>We're in the middle of a midterm campaign. And maybe

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<v Speaker 4>some of the rhetoric we're seeing right now, this is

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<v Speaker 4>simply to fire up the base But for too long

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<v Speaker 4>in Washington, and this has been a problem with both parties,

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<v Speaker 4>it's a waiting game of getting control of the House,

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<v Speaker 4>the White House and the Senate. And if you don't

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<v Speaker 4>have that, then you think your job is to simply

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<v Speaker 4>just resist and, you know, gum up the works.

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<v Speaker 1>But no.

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<v Speaker 4>You need to govern the country. You have to pass

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<v Speaker 4>appropriations bills. You have to pass these things every year

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<v Speaker 4>that are required are the basic requirements of Congress. So,

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<v Speaker 4>the fact that Jeffries is meeting with the son-in-law of

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<v Speaker 4>the president, who is obviously one of his most trusted

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<v Speaker 4>aides— he' s around the world— negotiating deals all over.

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<v Speaker 1>Dealing with the Iranians.

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<v Speaker 4>Dealing with the Iranians, for God's sakes. I mean, this is,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, you would think that the line of communication

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<v Speaker 4>is open. So maybe he committed a political sin, but

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<v Speaker 4>this is like, these are the things like you kind

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<v Speaker 4>of have to do when you govern a country.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>And Tommy, there are folks in MAGA who become very

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<v Speaker 1>upset when Republicans have worked with Democrats in the past too.

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<v Speaker 1>So should they have met? What do you think?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, President Trump met with Mamdani, right? This is not

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<v Speaker 2>a new thing. You can still meet and talk with people.

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<v Speaker 2>I would also say it's pretty rich for Van Hollen

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<v Speaker 2>to talk about meeting with somebody when I think he

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<v Speaker 2>was having some margaritas with Kilmar Abrego Garcia outside of Seacott.

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<v Speaker 2>So for him to say don't meet with somebody coming

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<v Speaker 2>from Van Hollen is really something. I'd just like to

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<v Speaker 2>point that out. Listen, I think that it's just anything

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<v Speaker 2>that these DSA people do. and these people that are

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<v Speaker 2>obviously ferocious in their pursuit of their socialist candidates and

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<v Speaker 2>their socialist rule, they're going to be upset with anybody

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<v Speaker 2>that's establishment. They've decided that Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer

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<v Speaker 2>are establishment. I happen to think that most Democrats are

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<v Speaker 2>socialists slash communists. I don't think that there's actually that

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<v Speaker 2>much daylight between a Hakeem Jeffries and an Abdul El-Sayed.

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<v Speaker 2>I really don't. But for these people who are wanting

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<v Speaker 2>to push their socialist candidates and they want to get

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<v Speaker 2>these victories— They're going to be upset with any time

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<v Speaker 2>somebody from the administration meets with someone with a D

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<v Speaker 2>behind their name, and they're going to use it to

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<v Speaker 2>fuel social media outrage. Nothing new.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, Joey, some saw this meeting as an acknowledgment

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<v Speaker 1>by the White House that Republicans are not going to

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<v Speaker 1>retake the House in November.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, so they've met twice, actually. They met a while

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<v Speaker 5>ago as well. So they had an established relationship of

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<v Speaker 5>some sort. A couple things here. Off the very top,

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<v Speaker 5>Jared Kushner, Jewish, all the things going on in Israel,

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<v Speaker 5>that's going to set the entire far left afire to

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<v Speaker 5>begin with through their anti-Semitism and their overall, this like

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<v Speaker 5>of Israel in general. So that's going to set some

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<v Speaker 5>things on fire. The New York Times had five sources

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<v Speaker 5>supposedly read in on this. That tells me that they

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<v Speaker 5>wanted people to know. Like somebody, they wanted to leak

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<v Speaker 5>this for some reason. I don't know if they're sending...

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<v Speaker 5>A signal to the far left, hey, get in line,

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<v Speaker 5>or if they're sending, or if Republicans leaked it to

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<v Speaker 5>send a signal, I'm not really sure. But I will

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<v Speaker 5>say this. I don't think for a second this meeting

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<v Speaker 5>means that Hakeem Jeffries is looking to work with the

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<v Speaker 5>White House on anything. This is a race to the bottom.

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<v Speaker 5>If Democrats take the House and they have a thin majority,

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<v Speaker 5>just like Kevin McCarthy did, then those socialists that are

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<v Speaker 5>getting in there, the far left that are getting in there,

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<v Speaker 5>could be the disruptors that Hakeem Jeffries is going to

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<v Speaker 5>need Republicans to do things like pass a budget. And

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<v Speaker 5>maybe they're trying to negotiate how many impeachments they'll do

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<v Speaker 5>to still pass the budget. But that's where we are

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<v Speaker 5>with this. We're not, you know, they said they were

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<v Speaker 5>talking about housing and immigration and high-cost living. All that

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<v Speaker 5>goes out the window. If Democrats take the House, especially, well,

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<v Speaker 5>if they take the House especially, it's going to be

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<v Speaker 5>impeachment and a fiery flame throwing and a race to

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<v Speaker 5>the bottom. That's just what we'll have.