1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,000 Speaker 1: Look, it's really fair to say that Trump's polling numbers 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:05,120 they're not great heading into the midterms. 3 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:05,440 Speaker 2: Is here. 4 00:00:05,639 --> 00:00:08,720 Speaker 1: In fact, they're really kind of terrible. But the only thing, 5 00:00:09,119 --> 00:00:12,320 the one thing that could actually make it worse, is 6 00:00:12,359 --> 00:00:16,480 a Maga civil war. And almost daily we see Trump 7 00:00:16,559 --> 00:00:21,600 post tons of statements on truth social endorsing various different 8 00:00:21,679 --> 00:00:24,960 MAGA candidates across the country. I mean, for God's sakes, 9 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:31,559 yesterday he even started posting graphics showing how candidates improve 10 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:36,679 once they of course become endorsed by him. And despite 11 00:00:36,719 --> 00:00:40,119 the positive narrative that he spins on social media, let 12 00:00:40,119 --> 00:00:44,679 me be crystal clear, all right, his cabinet, they realize 13 00:00:44,719 --> 00:00:48,520 the danger that they are in. In fact, last night 14 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:52,079 it was reported that there was an all hands meeting 15 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:56,880 to actually discuss the upcoming midterms. Let me show you 16 00:00:57,399 --> 00:01:00,280 in it. It turns around and it says top Trump 17 00:01:00,359 --> 00:01:04,640 political advisors Tony Fabrizio, Chris la Sevida, and Tim Sailor 18 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:08,840 and Richard Walters also in attendance. Fabrizio did a polling 19 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:13,120 presentation and this, of course is from Alex Eisenstadt per 20 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:17,680 source familiar White House Chief of staff Suzi wils and 21 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:21,439 Deputy Chief of Staff James Blair are at Capitol Hill 22 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:24,439 Club for a meeting with most of the White House 23 00:01:24,519 --> 00:01:30,959 Cabinet to discuss DAMDA DA DAM YEP mid term strategy. 24 00:01:31,719 --> 00:01:35,000 It further goes on to say, in all hands meeting 25 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:38,799 tonight on Capitol Hill, Trump's political team is encouraging his 26 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:43,959 cabinet to visit competitive twenty twenty six midterm districts and 27 00:01:44,159 --> 00:01:49,319 highlight affordability issues and administration's work on prescription drug prices 28 00:01:49,519 --> 00:01:54,560 ahead of midterms. People familiar say, now, let's also understand 29 00:01:55,560 --> 00:02:00,319 those are not winning issues for the Republican Party right now. Now, 30 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:04,519 you know, just yesterday I myself got my prescription medication 31 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:09,319 filled and guess what it was as expensive as it 32 00:02:09,439 --> 00:02:13,599 was one month ago, three months ago, nine months ago, 33 00:02:14,039 --> 00:02:18,080 and a year ago. That's possibly not the right issue 34 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:21,240 to be talking about. Now. Look, while we don't know 35 00:02:21,319 --> 00:02:24,800 what's happening behind closed doors, he does seem to have 36 00:02:24,919 --> 00:02:28,000 confidence in his candidates. Let me show you what he 37 00:02:28,159 --> 00:02:33,759 said on Air Force one regarding the race specifically in Georgia. 38 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:37,080 Play the clip. Tell us about your trip to Rope, 39 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:40,479 George on Thursday, Your trip to Marjorie Taylor greens Old District. 40 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:42,719 Speaker 2: Well, we have a lot of people that want to 41 00:02:42,759 --> 00:02:48,120 take Marjorie Trader Green's place, and many many candidates, and 42 00:02:48,199 --> 00:02:50,680 I have to choose one, and they say, whoever I 43 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:53,039 endorse is going to win. But we have a lot 44 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:54,840 of good candidates want to take our place. 45 00:02:55,400 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, let me be very clear about this one. That's 46 00:03:00,319 --> 00:03:03,120 actually not true. You may have a lot of candidates, 47 00:03:03,159 --> 00:03:06,280 but not necessarily who you endorse is going to be 48 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:10,879 the winner. I actually think Marjorie Taylor Green remains incredibly 49 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:16,599 popular even in that Rome, Georgia location. Now, one thing 50 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:19,879 we also know is that Marjorie Taylor Green, well she's 51 00:03:19,879 --> 00:03:22,159 certainly been a target of Trump's now for the past 52 00:03:22,199 --> 00:03:28,400 few months. But just wait till you hear what she's saying. Now, 53 00:03:29,159 --> 00:03:31,680 Welcome back to The Michael Cone Show on our continued 54 00:03:31,759 --> 00:03:34,439 journey to a million subscribers. Want to come to a 55 00:03:34,479 --> 00:03:37,960 place that has facts, no spin, knowing nuendo, to simply 56 00:03:38,039 --> 00:03:40,919 facts right here, And on top of that, if you 57 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:43,639 want to listen to my Political Beatdown and my Maya 58 00:03:43,719 --> 00:03:48,560 Kulpa podcasts, right the shows are currently now available right 59 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:51,560 here on my YouTube channel, at The Michael Cone Show 60 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:55,879 or wherever you listen to podcasts. Let's get back to girl. 61 00:03:56,000 --> 00:04:01,800 Marjorie Trader Green. Marjorie Taylor Green has become obviously a 62 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:05,439 truly outspoken critic of Trump. I never thought in my lifetime, 63 00:04:05,479 --> 00:04:07,479 I was going to see this, to be very honest 64 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:10,800 with you, I mean, this is I don't know, deja 65 00:04:10,919 --> 00:04:14,960 vu in some respect. She's become a completely outspoken critic 66 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:19,639 of Trump, and yesterday she unloaded upon him and his 67 00:04:19,759 --> 00:04:24,800 administration as well. After hearing about the all hands meeting. 68 00:04:25,839 --> 00:04:28,160 Buckle up for this one. Let me show you what 69 00:04:28,199 --> 00:04:30,920 it was said in it. It turns around and it 70 00:04:30,959 --> 00:04:34,360 says the White House and Republicans a meeting trying to 71 00:04:34,439 --> 00:04:38,040 figure out messaging going into midterms and State of the 72 00:04:38,199 --> 00:04:41,920 Union next week. If you had put America first from 73 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:45,759 the start instead of your rich donor class and foreign policy, 74 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:50,240 you wouldn't have to strategize on how to guess light Americans. 75 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:53,639 If you had not called the Epstein files a hoax 76 00:04:53,759 --> 00:04:57,959 and treated the Epstein survivors rape and trafficking victims like 77 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:00,800 they didn't exist, and if you you would release all 78 00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:03,800 the files and put your rich, powerful friends in prison, 79 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:09,279 then Americans might actually listen to your messaging. Since you 80 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:12,360 all are on these struggle bus I'll give you an 81 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:15,439 America First tip that you all don't know about and 82 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:19,839 are continuing to ignore, especially since the President is coming 83 00:05:19,879 --> 00:05:25,199 to my former district on Thursday. Approximately seventy five thousand 84 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:28,839 households in my former district had their health insurance double 85 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:32,319 or more on January first of this year because the 86 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:38,079 ACA tax credits expired and Republicans have absolutely failed to 87 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:42,199 fix our health insurance system that was destroyed by Obamacare. 88 00:05:42,959 --> 00:05:47,560 Seventy five thousand households equals hundreds of thousands of people 89 00:05:47,839 --> 00:05:52,160 in Northwest Georgia whose health insurance double literally last month. 90 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:56,439 Many dropped their policies and no longer have health insurance. 91 00:05:56,800 --> 00:06:00,240 And that's on top of everyone else who complain things 92 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:04,639 daily about the absurdly high cost of health insurance. It 93 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:08,800 affects everyone except the billionaires running the White House and 94 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:13,040 Administration and Congress, whom all had a very nice, affordable 95 00:06:13,079 --> 00:06:17,639 government health insurance plans. And no Trump RX doesn't fix this, 96 00:06:18,079 --> 00:06:22,279 So that's not your messaging answer. Further, she goes on 97 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:26,240 to say, and yet another, I'm talking about younger, healthier 98 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:29,519 people and families not on meds. Who can't afford to 99 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:33,600 pay fifteen hundred to more than two thousand dollars per 100 00:06:33,639 --> 00:06:37,160 month just for their monthly health insurance premiums. That's not 101 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:42,199 including seven to ten thousand dollars for a deductible before 102 00:06:42,199 --> 00:06:47,240 the ridiculously expensive health insurance policy kicks in. A truth 103 00:06:47,319 --> 00:06:52,680 social post or Trump video isn't fixing this time. Speaker 104 00:06:52,759 --> 00:06:55,839 Johnson claimed he had the Republican plan during the eight 105 00:06:55,879 --> 00:06:59,680 week shutdown in the fall, then carried on and has 106 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:04,680 done nothing, proving he lied once again. And don't go 107 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:08,399 on Fox News crying about the filibuster. Everyone knows it's 108 00:07:08,439 --> 00:07:13,120 a stupid self imposed rule that is absolute bullshit. To 109 00:07:13,199 --> 00:07:16,639 send it only upholds the filibuster to keep the uniparty 110 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:20,519 in power and to protect the big powerful industries who 111 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:25,680 paid the lobbyists and fill everyone's campaign coffers. Messaging won't 112 00:07:25,759 --> 00:07:31,040 fix this. Delivering America first results for regular Americans is 113 00:07:31,079 --> 00:07:34,920 your only chance, and going into another foreign war like 114 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:40,079 the Iran makes it all worse. Only people, mostly boomers, 115 00:07:40,319 --> 00:07:44,879 spoon feeding Fox News propaganda will cheer that on and 116 00:07:44,959 --> 00:07:48,720 release all the Epstein falls and stop protecting Petos. You 117 00:07:48,879 --> 00:07:53,759 ruined everything by covering up for them and stop the bullying, harassment, 118 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:58,399 name calling. It's immature, childish and turning so many people away. 119 00:07:59,279 --> 00:08:02,439 Real leaders don't act this way, and it's a horrible 120 00:08:02,519 --> 00:08:06,720 example set on the world stage. This isn't the behavior 121 00:08:06,759 --> 00:08:10,160 we want to teach our children. America would be better 122 00:08:10,199 --> 00:08:12,759 off if our government just did its job and was 123 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:17,519 seen as not heard. Everyone is sick of politics contaminating 124 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:21,759 and ruining everything. Life needs to be enjoyed without political 125 00:08:21,839 --> 00:08:27,319 domination and fighting. It's exhausting. And finally she says this, 126 00:08:28,079 --> 00:08:30,959 there is one thing I know about GA fourteen. That's 127 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:34,480 the district. These people will elect their representative on their 128 00:08:34,519 --> 00:08:37,759 own and most of them hate the government anyways, because 129 00:08:37,799 --> 00:08:41,279 the government has caused most of their problems with decades 130 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:46,519 of pitiful America last selfish decisions. And you call me 131 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:49,879 all the petty names you want. I don't worship a man. 132 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:52,279 I'm not in a cult, and I refuse to fight 133 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:56,559 for a team that refuses to win. Jesus is my savior, 134 00:08:56,759 --> 00:08:59,159 and I know that he has already finished it, and 135 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:02,600 I'm so good with that. And all of this garbage 136 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:06,919 and it's fake anyways. Bottom line, deliver real results for 137 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:12,799 the regular American people, because respect it's earned, not given. Now, 138 00:09:12,879 --> 00:09:16,039 let me be crystal clear about something. That's an obviously 139 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:22,279 extremely long statement by Marjorie Taylor Green. And while that 140 00:09:22,639 --> 00:09:27,000 was obviously an intense rebuke of the Trump administration, that 141 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:31,679 isn't the only infighting that's happening. Oh hell no, you see. 142 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:34,840 Marjorie Taylor Green then responded to the clip that I 143 00:09:34,879 --> 00:09:38,360 showed you earlier of Trump calling her a trader. Let 144 00:09:38,399 --> 00:09:40,799 me show you what she says about this as well. 145 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:46,200 In it, former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor said, him calling me 146 00:09:46,639 --> 00:09:49,320 that has become a badge of honor because I'm not 147 00:09:49,519 --> 00:09:52,720 in his cult. I refuse to bow to his demands 148 00:09:52,759 --> 00:09:55,960 to cover up the Epstein files to protect his friends, 149 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:59,279 and I stopped fighting the hardest for a team that 150 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:05,600 intention refuses to win. Now here's the big problem. You're 151 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:09,840 not just fighting one person, Marge. You're fighting an entire 152 00:10:10,519 --> 00:10:16,480 social media ecosystem of individuals that will go to the 153 00:10:16,799 --> 00:10:22,039 nth degree to protect him, to fight for him, to 154 00:10:22,399 --> 00:10:26,759 win for him. One such person, Laura Lumer Well, she 155 00:10:26,919 --> 00:10:29,600 also then decided to chime in. Let me show you 156 00:10:29,639 --> 00:10:32,519 what she said in it. She turns around and says, 157 00:10:33,159 --> 00:10:36,879 as I said before, expect to see Marjorie Trader Green 158 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:41,159 do nothing but attack President Trump all throughout twenty twenty six. 159 00:10:41,559 --> 00:10:45,759 She wants the GOP to lose the midterms. Let me 160 00:10:45,799 --> 00:10:51,080 be crystal clear that one post from Laura Lumer got 161 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:58,279 probably a million a million views. Again, as an ecosystem 162 00:10:58,639 --> 00:11:05,480 inside that that GOP bass they dominate. When you start 163 00:11:05,519 --> 00:11:08,840 to see things like on television, Oh, you know that 164 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:13,799 thirty eight percent of the country say agree with something 165 00:11:14,159 --> 00:11:18,799 that sixty two percent of America find unfavorable. That thirty 166 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:22,600 eight percent is right there on what you saw in 167 00:11:22,639 --> 00:11:28,159 that Laura Lumor post and others. Now, Marjorie Taylor Green's 168 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:31,519 had enough of Laura Lumer and decided that she was 169 00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:34,960 going to do what Marjorie Taylor Green does best, attack 170 00:11:35,039 --> 00:11:37,960 her back. Let me show you what. She then responded, 171 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:41,039 I have to admit I was wrong when I warned 172 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:44,440 Trump and his senior staff to stay away from Laura Lumer. 173 00:11:45,039 --> 00:11:50,799 Her divisiveness, loyalty tests, temper tantrums, Israel First agenda, and 174 00:11:50,879 --> 00:11:55,440 her manufactured bullshit she calls lumored have all been great 175 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:58,600 for the party and the president. Laura is a two 176 00:11:58,639 --> 00:12:04,000 time congressional candidate loser who has been seriously underestimated. Please 177 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:08,080 make her chair of the RNC. Wait, that's not enough, 178 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:11,519 make her White House chief of staff. How dare President 179 00:12:11,519 --> 00:12:15,759 Trump not reward his most loyal worshiper, literally the self 180 00:12:15,799 --> 00:12:20,440 appointed high priestess of Maga orm IgA or whatever this 181 00:12:20,519 --> 00:12:24,159 thing has mutated into. I can't believe they haven't even 182 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:27,440 given Laura the most simple and basic of all things, 183 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:32,720 white House press credentials. This is an outrage. So clearly, 184 00:12:32,759 --> 00:12:35,440 what do we see. We turn around and we see 185 00:12:35,799 --> 00:12:39,159 here comes the digs, Here comes the digs. And what 186 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:41,080 are they going to do? As I said at the 187 00:12:41,159 --> 00:12:46,000 beginning of this episode, not just fracture this MAGA movement 188 00:12:46,879 --> 00:12:50,440 to smash it to pieces. Now, let me be clear 189 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:54,840 about something. Marjorie Taylor Green's deviation from MAGA it started 190 00:12:55,399 --> 00:12:59,600 literally because of the DOJ's mishandling of the Epstein files. 191 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:02,759 Her every day in front of the camera, in front 192 00:13:02,799 --> 00:13:07,039 of the Capitol, steps with survivors, with victims, with lawyers, 193 00:13:07,039 --> 00:13:12,200 with everybody. I want to circle back to how I 194 00:13:12,279 --> 00:13:18,840 started this video. The polls revealing that Trump's failures are 195 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:25,440 actually multiplying. They're even probably greater today than they were yesterday. 196 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:28,080 Let me show you what it says. In it, it 197 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:32,759 says from November third, twenty twenty four to February second 198 00:13:32,840 --> 00:13:37,519 of twenty twenty six, Trump's approval rating amongst women swung 199 00:13:37,679 --> 00:13:43,519 net minus nineteen percent. Women the ages eighteen through twenty 200 00:13:43,679 --> 00:13:46,559 nine who care a great deal about how the Epstein 201 00:13:46,639 --> 00:13:51,440 file situation was handled, displayed the largest net swing at 202 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:56,279 negative thirty eight point two percent. It's worse today too, 203 00:13:57,080 --> 00:14:03,720 Stay tuned. That's not that's not just negative, that's catastrophic. 204 00:14:04,799 --> 00:14:07,440 And finally, I do want to end on one last 205 00:14:07,639 --> 00:14:10,600 I don't know, let's just call it snarky post from 206 00:14:10,639 --> 00:14:15,240 Marjorie Taylor Green calling MAGA brainwashed. We show you what 207 00:14:15,279 --> 00:14:19,799 it says, and then they intentionally post Q nods and 208 00:14:19,919 --> 00:14:23,519 laugh about how MAGA eats it up. Wake up, you've 209 00:14:23,559 --> 00:14:26,919 been brainwashed. That, of course, is in response to I 210 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:29,559 keep hearing people say how tone def Trump is to 211 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:32,360 the whole Epstein issue and that he doesn't seem to 212 00:14:32,399 --> 00:14:36,279 grasp the anger of his base. Let me be clear 213 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:40,840 about something. Marjorie Taylor Green is not somebody who I 214 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:47,600 thought would be as damaging to this Trump administration to 215 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:52,799 the midterm elections as she has become Marjorie Taylor Green, 216 00:14:52,919 --> 00:14:55,639 if she continues to do this, and I'm all for it, 217 00:14:55,679 --> 00:14:59,000 by the way, maybe Crystal Clear, let the civil in fight. 218 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:01,080 And we have enough civil in fighting in the Democratic 219 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:05,039 Party too. It's not that there's nobody doing it. Oh, 220 00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:09,960 it happens too, even right here, right on these social 221 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:14,480 media ecosystems. There's in fighting everywhere. But Marjorie Taylor Green, 222 00:15:14,879 --> 00:15:20,360 she's packing a real punch because she's attaching herself to 223 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:24,919 the mishandling of the Epstein file and that it's not 224 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:28,039 going unnoticed, and that is going to be the reason 225 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:31,720 the midterms, the House and most probably now the Senate 226 00:15:32,159 --> 00:15:37,559 turned Democrat. And as always, thanks for listening. Hey everyone, 227 00:15:37,759 --> 00:15:40,039 First of all, thanks for watching. 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