1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,480 Speaker 1: So as we get closer to Tonight's State of the 2 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:06,360 Union speech, one one would think that the GOP would 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:10,560 actually be working together to show a unified force for 4 00:00:10,599 --> 00:00:15,000 their president. Now, of course that's not the case, all right. 5 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:19,519 You have many GOP lawmakers who make their distrust of 6 00:00:19,559 --> 00:00:24,079 their party not just known but well known. Of course, 7 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:27,839 you also have people like James Comer saying that he 8 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:33,479 supports the president on whatever he wants to do whatever, 9 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:35,200 play the clip. 10 00:00:35,399 --> 00:00:37,600 Speaker 2: But look, I support the president. We're going to do, 11 00:00:38,119 --> 00:00:40,439 you know, in my congressional office in Kentucky, I'm going 12 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:44,200 to do whatever the president wants to move his agenda forward. 13 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:47,119 And I know Mike Johnson and c Scalish are trying 14 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:49,600 very hard to get the votes. And I think the 15 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:52,520 President's going to address this tariff situation to not in 16 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:55,840 his speech along with many other issues like health carecil. 17 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:58,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, I hope he does too, but I hope it's 18 00:00:58,119 --> 00:01:03,000 one that unifies the country, that doesn't turn around and 19 00:01:03,039 --> 00:01:06,480 speak to only half of the country, or at least 20 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:09,239 half of that room. In fact, I was watching and 21 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:13,280 I saw Laura Lumer actually posted that she hopes tonight 22 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:17,920 Trump will actually disown Tucker Carlson during the State of 23 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:20,799 the Union address. Let me show you what she wrote 24 00:01:21,079 --> 00:01:24,519 in it. Laura writes, the State of the Union tomorrow 25 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:28,359 is a great opportunity for President Trump to denounce Tucker 26 00:01:28,439 --> 00:01:32,680 Carlson and banish him from MAGA. Trump could turn around 27 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:35,879 and look Vice President j d Vance and Speaker Johnson 28 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:40,560 in the eyes on national television and say jew hate 29 00:01:40,719 --> 00:01:45,560 is brainrot. Tucker Calson is a vicious anti Semite and 30 00:01:45,599 --> 00:01:50,159 will never be allowed in the White House again. Remember something, 31 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:56,519 Tucker Calson was upfront and center during the campaign and 32 00:01:56,640 --> 00:02:00,239 part of even the beginning of this year. Now, while 33 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:05,120 this infighting isn't anything new, the level of drama, wow, 34 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:09,960 that certainly changed. Just wait till you hear what Representative 35 00:02:10,039 --> 00:02:13,879 Tony Gonzales did. So welcome back to The Michael Cohen Show. 36 00:02:14,039 --> 00:02:16,759 On our way to a million subscribers. So do me 37 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:20,280 a favor. Let's get there, help me to get there. Subscribe, 38 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:24,199 watch comment. I want the comments and share with family, friends, 39 00:02:24,199 --> 00:02:28,520 and everybody, because this stupidity, all of this nonsense, for 40 00:02:28,599 --> 00:02:32,479 our sake, for our children's sake, for future generation's sake, 41 00:02:32,879 --> 00:02:35,960 it's got to stop. And again, on a programming. Note, 42 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:38,039 I do want to remind you that Maya Kulpa and 43 00:02:38,199 --> 00:02:41,639 Political Beatdown are no longer shown on Midas Touch Network, 44 00:02:41,759 --> 00:02:44,599 but those shows are not going anywhere, and they are 45 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:48,520 available on my own YouTube channel, the Michael Cohen Show 46 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:51,439 right where you turn around and you see this as 47 00:02:51,479 --> 00:02:55,319 well as anywhere that you get your podcasts. So look, 48 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:58,800 reporting came out yesterday and this is the craziest thing. 49 00:02:59,039 --> 00:03:05,560 That's a cop Texas Representative Tony Gonzalez pressured a staff 50 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:10,520 member to send him explicit photos of herself and it 51 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:14,319 is creating, oh, to say the least, a lot of backlash. 52 00:03:14,759 --> 00:03:17,680 Let me show you what the reporting says. In it, 53 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:23,280 it states Texas representative is pressured to resign over messages 54 00:03:23,319 --> 00:03:27,879 to staff member. Democrats and Republicans urged Tony Gonzalez to 55 00:03:28,039 --> 00:03:31,919 step down after allegations that he had sent inappropriate text 56 00:03:32,039 --> 00:03:35,840 to a staff member and had a sexual relationship with her. 57 00:03:36,639 --> 00:03:39,400 It further goes on to say Representative Tony Gonzalez, a 58 00:03:39,439 --> 00:03:43,639 Republican from a Texas border district, faced growing pressure to 59 00:03:43,719 --> 00:03:47,560 resign on Monday amid allegations that he had coerced a 60 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:53,120 sexual relationship with a staff member who later killed herself. 61 00:03:54,159 --> 00:03:58,000 Mister Gonzalez sent sexual text to the staff member Regina 62 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:02,240 Santos Avies and appeared to pressure her into a relationship, 63 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:06,479 according to Bobby Barrera, a lawyer for Miss santos Aviles' husband. 64 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:10,000 Mister Barrera said in an interview that he had reviewed 65 00:04:10,199 --> 00:04:13,800 the text messages. The article further goes on to say 66 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:17,560 in the messages, mister Barrera said he saw Miss santos 67 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:21,319 Avilis telling the congressman over text message that she didn't 68 00:04:21,319 --> 00:04:25,399 think this is appropriate. And yet despite that, mister Gonzales 69 00:04:25,439 --> 00:04:29,360 continued to coerce her to make requests of sexual nature, 70 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:34,639 mister Barrera said. And finally, members of the Texas congressional 71 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:38,680 delegation also began coming out against mister Gonzalez on Monday, 72 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:43,240 including Brandon Gill and Chip Roy, who's running for Texas 73 00:04:43,319 --> 00:04:48,639 Attorney General. We need conservative warriors in Congress representing the 74 00:04:48,759 --> 00:04:52,399 values of Texans, mister Roy said Monday, and social media 75 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:58,000 backing mister Gonzalez's opponent. America deserves better, mister Gil said. 76 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:01,959 Tony should drop out of the race. Now, mind you, 77 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:05,279 if in fact that that was a Democrat. The swirl 78 00:05:05,399 --> 00:05:08,720 the uproar would have been immediate. It would have been 79 00:05:08,759 --> 00:05:11,560 even more hard hitting. Not only did he have an 80 00:05:11,639 --> 00:05:16,560 inappropriate relationship with his staff member. As a direct result, 81 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:21,319 she took her life. Now many GOP reps are pushing 82 00:05:21,399 --> 00:05:26,279 back Representative Nancy Mace. She filed a resolution last night 83 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:28,480 to the Ethics Committee. 84 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:33,319 Speaker 3: Play that clip, Good morning everyone, just watching this whole 85 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:37,079 Tony Gonzales thing play out, Corey millsk thing play out, 86 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:41,519 the Elanomar thing play out, the Stacy Plasket thing play out, 87 00:05:41,959 --> 00:05:45,480 all the things. The reason, then, no one has ever 88 00:05:45,519 --> 00:05:49,720 held accountable here in Congress for their transgressions is because 89 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:54,920 both sides protect the other. They want power other than 90 00:05:54,959 --> 00:05:58,439 the people, and so nothing happens. You case, actually harassed 91 00:05:58,439 --> 00:06:02,040 your employees on the hill, and there is immutiately no 92 00:06:02,199 --> 00:06:06,959 accountada late, no responsibility, no transparency. And this stuff was 93 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:09,720 on all the time. And in fact, I filed a 94 00:06:09,759 --> 00:06:15,240 resolution last night that would exposed sexual harasspect by numbers 95 00:06:15,279 --> 00:06:19,120 of Congress here off being. The only question is do 96 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:22,519 I file it as a privilege motion to expose all 97 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:24,000 of it and all of them? 98 00:06:24,439 --> 00:06:29,759 Speaker 1: Yeah? I mean true, except it will probably make Nancy 99 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:34,040 Mace the most Now targeted person, because, as I write, 100 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:37,120 even in my sub stec of today, state of the Disunion, 101 00:06:37,879 --> 00:06:41,000 this entire thing, it's supposed to be a moment of 102 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:44,600 national reflection. And I never agree with Nancy Mays on 103 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:48,639 practically anything, though I totally agree with her. It's supposed 104 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:55,040 to be a shared civic ritual. Instead, as she appropriately says, 105 00:06:55,319 --> 00:07:00,360 it's become just nothing other than literally a battlefield. And 106 00:07:00,439 --> 00:07:03,680 until leaders on both sides are willing to risk angering 107 00:07:03,759 --> 00:07:07,759 their party, angering their base, in order to actually speak 108 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:12,120 to one another, to be right, to be fair, this cycle, 109 00:07:12,759 --> 00:07:18,160 this cycle will continue. Lauren Bobert actually told Representative Gonzales 110 00:07:18,319 --> 00:07:20,519 to resign as well. Let me show you what she 111 00:07:20,639 --> 00:07:26,040 wrote in it. She writes, the texts also indicate Gonzales, 112 00:07:26,079 --> 00:07:29,920 so what explicit photos from his former staffer, which she 113 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:33,360 pushed back on. She turns around and she goes two, 114 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:38,560 Representative Tony Gonzalez resign. Now I'll go in one step further. 115 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:43,240 Representative Anna Paulina Luna. She also spoke out by posting 116 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:46,279 let me show you what she said in it. She wrote, 117 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:51,120 the entire Texas delegation, as well as every single other 118 00:07:51,199 --> 00:07:55,079 member of Congress, should be condemning a sitting member of 119 00:07:55,199 --> 00:08:01,160 Congress asking for explicit photos of their staff as a woman. 120 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:05,240 This is really disgusting to see, not to mention, it 121 00:08:05,319 --> 00:08:09,439 brings dishonor on the House of Representatives. I'm so sick 122 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:13,360 of people not calling this crap out again. Like I've 123 00:08:13,399 --> 00:08:16,079 said before, this is not the only case of this 124 00:08:16,199 --> 00:08:21,399 crap up here, Representative Tony Gonzalez, Shame on you. Shame 125 00:08:21,439 --> 00:08:24,759 on you, because even further than that, they should right 126 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:27,720 now have an action to censure him. They should be 127 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:31,199 removing him. By the way, Congress can actually vote to 128 00:08:31,279 --> 00:08:35,919 remove another member. This is so out of control, especially 129 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:40,360 especially in light of everything that's going on right now 130 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:43,879 with the Epstein Files. I mean, have you not thought, 131 00:08:43,919 --> 00:08:47,320 I guarantee, as I'm talking about Tony Gonzalez, each and 132 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:49,960 every one of you were thinking to themselves, wait, wait, 133 00:08:50,559 --> 00:08:53,919 and this is the same sort of cover up, nonsense, 134 00:08:55,120 --> 00:09:00,159 just abuse of women that we saw, for example, in 135 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:03,799 the Epstein Files, except now it's not children, now it's 136 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:08,039 even adults. Seriously, at what point in time do we 137 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:12,399 turn around and we say to power, enough is enough 138 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:16,559 and finally speak a mag of Mike Johnson, Well, he 139 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:20,080 was asked if he will call unrepresentative Gonzales to resign 140 00:09:21,039 --> 00:09:23,799 play the clip, why why should why. 141 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:29,000 Speaker 3: Should Tony Gonzales resign given these very serious accusations. 142 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:32,200 Speaker 4: There are serious accusations, and it must be taken seriously. 143 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:33,720 And I've told him he's got to address that with 144 00:09:33,759 --> 00:09:36,600 his constituents and uh and and he's in the process 145 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:39,200 of doing that, is my understanding. There's an investigation in 146 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:41,320 the state of Texas on these matters and has been 147 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:45,720 going for some time, and the Office of Congressional Conduct 148 00:09:46,159 --> 00:09:48,360 has also It's been reported they've been looking at it. 149 00:09:48,399 --> 00:09:50,799 And although that was news to me, but I think, 150 00:09:51,159 --> 00:09:53,679 as in every case like this, you have to allow 151 00:09:54,039 --> 00:09:56,399 the investigations to play out and all the facts to 152 00:09:56,399 --> 00:09:59,759 come out. You know, I've been intellectually consistent about this. 153 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,120 You're talking about Republicans or Democrats. You have to let 154 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:05,960 the system play out. If someone you know, I was against, 155 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:09,039 for example, the expulsion of George Santos a while back 156 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:12,799 because he had been accused of crime and indicted but 157 00:10:12,919 --> 00:10:17,879 not found guilty. If if the accusation of something is 158 00:10:17,919 --> 00:10:20,639 going to be the litmus test for someone being able 159 00:10:20,639 --> 00:10:23,039 to continue to serve in the House, you'll have a 160 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:25,120 lot of people would have to resign or be removed 161 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:27,200 or expelled from Congress. So I think you've got to 162 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:29,639 allow this to play out. I think it is very serious. 163 00:10:29,679 --> 00:10:33,600 The allegations are clearly very serious, and Antoni Ganzelz will 164 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:34,559 address it. I think he will. 165 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:35,759 Speaker 3: He deserve to win reelection. 166 00:10:35,799 --> 00:10:38,559 Speaker 4: Do deservee later, guys, all right. 167 00:10:38,519 --> 00:10:41,279 Speaker 1: Let's put a pouse on Maga Mike Johnson for a second. 168 00:10:42,159 --> 00:10:45,840 It's one thing to be accused of something. I'm with him. 169 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:52,039 I totally agree. Accusal does not mean guilt. However, there 170 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:57,639 is something called documentary evidence, and that that's his text 171 00:10:57,679 --> 00:11:01,279 messages as well as the text message to miss Avius. 172 00:11:02,279 --> 00:11:04,840 Let me be crystal clear, there is no getting around this. 173 00:11:04,919 --> 00:11:07,840 There is no This is just a matter of time. 174 00:11:08,039 --> 00:11:10,240 So if that's your point, is that you know you 175 00:11:10,399 --> 00:11:12,360 need it for a vote or something, and that you're 176 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:14,279 going to keep him there so that he could vote 177 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:18,799 along's party lines, sure, then just say so. But don't 178 00:11:18,799 --> 00:11:22,120 turn around and say that this is just an accusation. 179 00:11:22,279 --> 00:11:26,039 This is not an accusation. There are text messages back 180 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:30,480 and forth. This is a staffer, mind you inappropriate. We 181 00:11:30,519 --> 00:11:34,080 saw what happened years and years ago with Bill Clinton, 182 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:38,519 with a staffer who is being pressured by a member 183 00:11:38,639 --> 00:11:42,519 of Congress, by her boss, and things got so rough 184 00:11:42,559 --> 00:11:47,399 for her she took her own life. This is how 185 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:51,320 I describe it, for example, in my substack, State of 186 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:57,639 the Disunion. This is poison of governance. And here's the 187 00:11:57,639 --> 00:12:01,080 worst part. We are drifting right now as a country 188 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:05,879 towards this permanent stalemate where you have people like Maga 189 00:12:05,879 --> 00:12:10,519 Mike Johnson, even in light of something like this, stand 190 00:12:10,559 --> 00:12:15,759 the party line instead of holding strong to principles and values, 191 00:12:15,919 --> 00:12:19,120 not of the Republican Party, not of the Democratic Party, 192 00:12:19,279 --> 00:12:23,399 not of the Independent Party, but of Americans. We should 193 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:27,919 never allow something like this to ever take place. And 194 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:31,559 no member of Congress should be afforded, nobody should be 195 00:12:31,559 --> 00:12:37,080 afforded a single second of holding off from accountability under 196 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:41,799 circumstance like this. And that's why we're existing right now 197 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:47,480 in this state of disunion. And as always, thanks for listening. 198 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:50,440 Hey everyone, First of all, thanks for watching. I mean 199 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:54,320 we're going to be posting daily episodes with reactions and 200 00:12:54,399 --> 00:12:58,120 talking about politics. We'll be talking about everything in fact, 201 00:12:58,320 --> 00:13:02,080 so please liken somebscribe join us on this journey