Congressman Brendan Boyle
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Trump is now doing permanent damage to the transatlantic alliance to the point where I was talking to a good friend of mine who's a member of the German Bundestag. And he said, you know, moving forward, we just have to assume the United States is either a neutral or aligned with Russia. as they move forward and determine kind of their foreign policy and their decisions.
So this is not just humiliating, but incredibly dangerous moving forward.
So this is not just humiliating, but incredibly dangerous moving forward.
So this is not just humiliating, but incredibly dangerous moving forward.
Listen, I hear you. And I remember when the honor and pleasure of joining you the first time, we kind of talked about My frustration, which I know you share that sometimes Democrats don't fight back as hard as we should. I shared with you my theory and coming from Philly, it's probably not a surprise.
Listen, I hear you. And I remember when the honor and pleasure of joining you the first time, we kind of talked about My frustration, which I know you share that sometimes Democrats don't fight back as hard as we should. I shared with you my theory and coming from Philly, it's probably not a surprise.
Listen, I hear you. And I remember when the honor and pleasure of joining you the first time, we kind of talked about My frustration, which I know you share that sometimes Democrats don't fight back as hard as we should. I shared with you my theory and coming from Philly, it's probably not a surprise.
I think that if you're hit, you get back up and you hit the other person 10 times harder and you do it immediately. You respond to everything. That's always been my philosophy when it comes to campaigning. One thing I'll say about the State of the Union tonight, though, why I think it would be a mistake if all of us decided not to show up.
I think that if you're hit, you get back up and you hit the other person 10 times harder and you do it immediately. You respond to everything. That's always been my philosophy when it comes to campaigning. One thing I'll say about the State of the Union tonight, though, why I think it would be a mistake if all of us decided not to show up.
I think that if you're hit, you get back up and you hit the other person 10 times harder and you do it immediately. You respond to everything. That's always been my philosophy when it comes to campaigning. One thing I'll say about the State of the Union tonight, though, why I think it would be a mistake if all of us decided not to show up.
What Speaker Johnson would simply do is fill the seats with sycophantic Republican staffers, which he has the ability to do any empty seat. gets filled by staffers at the direction of the speaker, including former Republican members.
What Speaker Johnson would simply do is fill the seats with sycophantic Republican staffers, which he has the ability to do any empty seat. gets filled by staffers at the direction of the speaker, including former Republican members.
What Speaker Johnson would simply do is fill the seats with sycophantic Republican staffers, which he has the ability to do any empty seat. gets filled by staffers at the direction of the speaker, including former Republican members.
So then the State of the Union that would be covered and that 50 million people would watch would be Trump speaking to a chamber that's entirely cheering and whooping and supporting him. So I don't think that's the visual that we really want. Now, a lot of Democratic members are, we are bringing actually people who have been screwed over by the Doge bags.
So then the State of the Union that would be covered and that 50 million people would watch would be Trump speaking to a chamber that's entirely cheering and whooping and supporting him. So I don't think that's the visual that we really want. Now, a lot of Democratic members are, we are bringing actually people who have been screwed over by the Doge bags.
So then the State of the Union that would be covered and that 50 million people would watch would be Trump speaking to a chamber that's entirely cheering and whooping and supporting him. So I don't think that's the visual that we really want. Now, a lot of Democratic members are, we are bringing actually people who have been screwed over by the Doge bags.
So that actually is going to be happening and we're going to be highlighting them. I will say this though, I believe we as Democrats have to use every point of leverage. And that begins literally next week. We're facing a government shutdown in approximately 10 days. Republicans want our votes. I don't know why for me or any Democratic member, we could possibly vote
So that actually is going to be happening and we're going to be highlighting them. I will say this though, I believe we as Democrats have to use every point of leverage. And that begins literally next week. We're facing a government shutdown in approximately 10 days. Republicans want our votes. I don't know why for me or any Democratic member, we could possibly vote
So that actually is going to be happening and we're going to be highlighting them. I will say this though, I believe we as Democrats have to use every point of leverage. And that begins literally next week. We're facing a government shutdown in approximately 10 days. Republicans want our votes. I don't know why for me or any Democratic member, we could possibly vote
for what they call a continuing resolution, while right now Elon Musk is showing up just randomly at different agencies they want to shut down, even though by law they can't do that. By law, we already have appropriated funding for those agencies like USAID or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, et cetera, et cetera.