Senator Rosen

You know, I can just tell you that my colleagues, they need to grow a spine behind the scenes. They say one thing and then you're right. They're scared to damn death about what's going to happen to them. So they're protecting themselves and they're protecting Trump and his billionaire buddies. And so we think about Elon Musk, an unelected billionaire, him and his teeny bopper tech bros.

You know, I can just tell you that my colleagues, they need to grow a spine behind the scenes. They say one thing and then you're right. They're scared to damn death about what's going to happen to them. So they're protecting themselves and they're protecting Trump and his billionaire buddies. And so we think about Elon Musk, an unelected billionaire, him and his teeny bopper tech bros.

They're up in everybody's business. What the hell are they doing at Social Security getting access to everyone's Social Security number? What the hell are they doing in the tax department, Treasury Bureau, getting everyone's tax returns? What are they doing in our VA where they have slashed thousands of jobs, doctors, nurses, those counselors who answer the veteran suicide hotline?

They're up in everybody's business. What the hell are they doing at Social Security getting access to everyone's Social Security number? What the hell are they doing in the tax department, Treasury Bureau, getting everyone's tax returns? What are they doing in our VA where they have slashed thousands of jobs, doctors, nurses, those counselors who answer the veteran suicide hotline?

How is this helping anyone? They're up in Medicare, Medicaid. They're saying they're going to come after your Social Security, come after your Medicaid. I've had people calling my office. What's going to happen to my $35 insulin? Am I going to get my veterans benefits? Elon Musk, they fired all the watchdogs. He's in everybody's business.

How is this helping anyone? They're up in Medicare, Medicaid. They're saying they're going to come after your Social Security, come after your Medicaid. I've had people calling my office. What's going to happen to my $35 insulin? Am I going to get my veterans benefits? Elon Musk, they fired all the watchdogs. He's in everybody's business.

We don't know what the hell he's doing there, but we need to demand that he gets the hell out. Nobody elected him and nobody trusts him.

We don't know what the hell he's doing there, but we need to demand that he gets the hell out. Nobody elected him and nobody trusts him.

Well, I can tell you that as far as Senator Rubio, now Secretary Rubio, I don't think you'd know the Senator Rubio from the Secretary Rubio. That's 180 degree difference. And again, he had a little bit bait and switch. He's supposed to advise the president. Well, he's not the Secretary of State. Donald Trump is and Elon Musk is. And you're right.

Well, I can tell you that as far as Senator Rubio, now Secretary Rubio, I don't think you'd know the Senator Rubio from the Secretary Rubio. That's 180 degree difference. And again, he had a little bit bait and switch. He's supposed to advise the president. Well, he's not the Secretary of State. Donald Trump is and Elon Musk is. And you're right.

They're listening and touting the Kremlin talking points. They're saying that Vladimir Zelensky started the war when we know Putin started the war. Putin can started it and he can stop it. So all of this.

They're listening and touting the Kremlin talking points. They're saying that Vladimir Zelensky started the war when we know Putin started the war. Putin can started it and he can stop it. So all of this.

Thank you for having me. Let me tell you. Well, I love the name of your podcast. I've had enough. Frankly, my daughter would say I always start that with it's enough. I've had it. So there you go. And that's how we feel around here, because to your point, the Republicans are scared. When will they grow is fine. When will they stand up for democracy? When will they protect the American public?

Thank you for having me. Let me tell you. Well, I love the name of your podcast. I've had enough. Frankly, my daughter would say I always start that with it's enough. I've had it. So there you go. And that's how we feel around here, because to your point, the Republicans are scared. When will they grow is fine. When will they stand up for democracy? When will they protect the American public?

backpedaling on everything is absolutely um horrendous and it's so disappointing knowing who senator rubio was before and you can see it in his words and his actions and his legislation and his resolutions he is not that same person he got taken advantage of what's he going to do about it will he stand up he knows better

backpedaling on everything is absolutely um horrendous and it's so disappointing knowing who senator rubio was before and you can see it in his words and his actions and his legislation and his resolutions he is not that same person he got taken advantage of what's he going to do about it will he stand up he knows better

Well, it looks like Donald Trump that there isn't a dictator that they don't want to cozy up to. So he's trying to upend a world order that we created after World War Two, which has kept us safe and secure here in the homeland. And we don't have to because we're helping Ukraine push back Putin. We don't have to send our own servicemen and women into harm.

Well, it looks like Donald Trump that there isn't a dictator that they don't want to cozy up to. So he's trying to upend a world order that we created after World War Two, which has kept us safe and secure here in the homeland. And we don't have to because we're helping Ukraine push back Putin. We don't have to send our own servicemen and women into harm.

Ukraine is holding the line for Eastern Europe. And also, I would say, if you give Putin an inch, he's going to take a mile. We know what he wants. And then you'll see China. What do they want? They want Taiwan. What does North Korea want? South Korea. The list goes on. What does Iran want? We know the answer to these questions. And we can't give in to bullies.

Ukraine is holding the line for Eastern Europe. And also, I would say, if you give Putin an inch, he's going to take a mile. We know what he wants. And then you'll see China. What do they want? They want Taiwan. What does North Korea want? South Korea. The list goes on. What does Iran want? We know the answer to these questions. And we can't give in to bullies.

And when we have a president and administration who is talking, talking up bullies, talking points like Vladimir Putin and cozying up to bullies and dictators, that says that is upside down. And we have to figure out everything we can do so that we can use our diplomacy, Democratic allies around the world to keep all of us safe. We need to push back on this. And it is

And when we have a president and administration who is talking, talking up bullies, talking points like Vladimir Putin and cozying up to bullies and dictators, that says that is upside down. And we have to figure out everything we can do so that we can use our diplomacy, Democratic allies around the world to keep all of us safe. We need to push back on this. And it is

It's unthinkable that we have a president who's cozying up to bullies around the world who want nothing more than to just take over their neighbor. You give them an inch, they're going to take a mile, trust me, and it's going to hurt all of us.

It's unthinkable that we have a president who's cozying up to bullies around the world who want nothing more than to just take over their neighbor. You give them an inch, they're going to take a mile, trust me, and it's going to hurt all of us.

He's a total nut. Everybody talks behind his back. And I think Donald knows that. And if he doesn't, he should, well, maybe he's bugging the gym. I don't know. But everybody talks behind his back, all the Republicans.

He's a total nut. Everybody talks behind his back. And I think Donald knows that. And if he doesn't, he should, well, maybe he's bugging the gym. I don't know. But everybody talks behind his back, all the Republicans.

March 14th. We're funded through March 14th. Actually, tonight you're going to see us at what we call a Voterama here in the Senate. We'll be voting on the Senate budget proposal. That should start about dinnertime tonight.

March 14th. We're funded through March 14th. Actually, tonight you're going to see us at what we call a Voterama here in the Senate. We'll be voting on the Senate budget proposal. That should start about dinnertime tonight.

And this is where I'm going to ask your listeners to do something with me and for all of us. I want them to flood the zone the way Trump likes to flood the zone.

And this is where I'm going to ask your listeners to do something with me and for all of us. I want them to flood the zone the way Trump likes to flood the zone.

We're fighting to protect real people. They're fighting to protect well themselves and the billionaires.

We're fighting to protect real people. They're fighting to protect well themselves and the billionaires.

every Republican mayor, governor, congressman and senator, you need whether they're yours or not, you need to be sure that you are flooding their inboxes and their and their phone lines every single day, telling them that you won't take it and how it's hurting you and your communities, how they promise to lower the price of eggs. Last time I checked, I was at the grocery store two weeks ago.

every Republican mayor, governor, congressman and senator, you need whether they're yours or not, you need to be sure that you are flooding their inboxes and their and their phone lines every single day, telling them that you won't take it and how it's hurting you and your communities, how they promise to lower the price of eggs. Last time I checked, I was at the grocery store two weeks ago.

Eggs were over 15 bucks a dozen in one of my local grocery stores. Unacceptable. And so the budget proposal, the House is going to do one, the Senate is going to do one. They don't look alike, but they're coming after your Medicare. Lutnick, I think, said today, the new secretary of commerce, we're coming after your Social Security. They're coming after veterans benefits.

Eggs were over 15 bucks a dozen in one of my local grocery stores. Unacceptable. And so the budget proposal, the House is going to do one, the Senate is going to do one. They don't look alike, but they're coming after your Medicare. Lutnick, I think, said today, the new secretary of commerce, we're coming after your Social Security. They're coming after veterans benefits.

They're going to take away that $35 insulin. So what's involved is they're doing all of this.

They're going to take away that $35 insulin. So what's involved is they're doing all of this.

all of it for one reason, to cut trillions of dollars to the government to give Elon Musk and his billionaire bros a tax cut, the last thing they need is any more money in their pocket, let's be clear, instead of everyday working people who need these services, who need the tax breaks, who need to have the investment in their communities.

all of it for one reason, to cut trillions of dollars to the government to give Elon Musk and his billionaire bros a tax cut, the last thing they need is any more money in their pocket, let's be clear, instead of everyday working people who need these services, who need the tax breaks, who need to have the investment in their communities.

And so I hope that my Republican colleagues at some point, if you don't stand for something, You stand for nothing. And if you can't stand up for the Constitution, if you can't stand for the Constitution, then why the hell are you here?

And so I hope that my Republican colleagues at some point, if you don't stand for something, You stand for nothing. And if you can't stand up for the Constitution, if you can't stand for the Constitution, then why the hell are you here?

That's right. Well, it's depressing. It's disappointing. It's, um, I can't say what they're afraid of, but they're afraid of it. Whatever that is, they're gonna have to speak for themselves. But one thing is that they've lost their way and they've lost their own self-respect, I have to think at this point, or if they haven't lost it by now, they should have, or they're about to.

That's right. Well, it's depressing. It's disappointing. It's, um, I can't say what they're afraid of, but they're afraid of it. Whatever that is, they're gonna have to speak for themselves. But one thing is that they've lost their way and they've lost their own self-respect, I have to think at this point, or if they haven't lost it by now, they should have, or they're about to.

And I wanna put it in this perspective. Let's take Donald Trump out of this and let's put in Barack Obama or Joe Biden. And imagine if Joe Biden would have put Elon Musk in to do this. What do you think the Republicans would be doing? Imagine that President Obama had put in Elon Musk or some other tech bros and with all these great nicknames like big balls. They don't 25 years old.

And I wanna put it in this perspective. Let's take Donald Trump out of this and let's put in Barack Obama or Joe Biden. And imagine if Joe Biden would have put Elon Musk in to do this. What do you think the Republicans would be doing? Imagine that President Obama had put in Elon Musk or some other tech bros and with all these great nicknames like big balls. They don't 25 years old.

They don't belong in our Veterans Administration, cutting out doctors and nurses that give veterans care every day. Come on now. So what would they say? Just let's take out Trump. change the equation, put in Joe Biden, put in Barack Obama, they'd lose their damn minds. They know it's wrong. How far will they give up their own self-respect? I guess that remains to be seen. Are we going to be okay?

They don't belong in our Veterans Administration, cutting out doctors and nurses that give veterans care every day. Come on now. So what would they say? Just let's take out Trump. change the equation, put in Joe Biden, put in Barack Obama, they'd lose their damn minds. They know it's wrong. How far will they give up their own self-respect? I guess that remains to be seen. Are we going to be okay?

Well, this is where I'm gonna give everyone a call to action. Now it's true, we don't have the White House and we don't have the House or the Senate, but what we do have is we have our voices. We do have a certain amount of power. And when we stand together, I think that's an immovable force, it's unstoppable.

Well, this is where I'm gonna give everyone a call to action. Now it's true, we don't have the White House and we don't have the House or the Senate, but what we do have is we have our voices. We do have a certain amount of power. And when we stand together, I think that's an immovable force, it's unstoppable.

So when I say flood the zone, when I say to call people, let them know how you're thinking, how you're feeling and be relentless. Because if we're silent, then they don't think that anybody's worried or that it's upsetting anyone. So we have to double down on letting every Republican elected official, whether they're your local elected, your governor or here in the federal government.

So when I say flood the zone, when I say to call people, let them know how you're thinking, how you're feeling and be relentless. Because if we're silent, then they don't think that anybody's worried or that it's upsetting anyone. So we have to double down on letting every Republican elected official, whether they're your local elected, your governor or here in the federal government.

We must be relentless letting them know we're here. We're not going anywhere. And tell them the harm it's doing to you. I tell you, my my mother in law had Alzheimer's at the end of her life. My mother died of cancer. RFK Junior, he stopped in medical research. Come on.

We must be relentless letting them know we're here. We're not going anywhere. And tell them the harm it's doing to you. I tell you, my my mother in law had Alzheimer's at the end of her life. My mother died of cancer. RFK Junior, he stopped in medical research. Come on.

I don't want people to go through what I went through watching my mother in law on the Alzheimer's spectrum, watching my mother pass away from cancer. I have friends with Parkinson's and just like everyone else. We all know someone you're stopping medical research. Now I'm of a certain age. We all got was right before the vaccines. When I was a kid, people got mumps and measles and all of that.

I don't want people to go through what I went through watching my mother in law on the Alzheimer's spectrum, watching my mother pass away from cancer. I have friends with Parkinson's and just like everyone else. We all know someone you're stopping medical research. Now I'm of a certain age. We all got was right before the vaccines. When I was a kid, people got mumps and measles and all of that.

Let me tell you, that's gone now. Now we have measles outbreaks. People will die because of these ridiculous things that RFK Junior is doing. And so we must be relentless using our voices, using the power of the people and our democracy pushing forward. Because if we're silent, they think they've won. And this is how we move forward. We're gonna sign on to litigation.

Let me tell you, that's gone now. Now we have measles outbreaks. People will die because of these ridiculous things that RFK Junior is doing. And so we must be relentless using our voices, using the power of the people and our democracy pushing forward. Because if we're silent, they think they've won. And this is how we move forward. We're gonna sign on to litigation.

Our lawyers are gonna work it through the courts the best that they can. We're gonna use our voices. We're gonna try to find any way through legislation that we can stop them. We will have some tools to do that soon enough. Thank you so much, Senator Rosen.

Our lawyers are gonna work it through the courts the best that they can. We're gonna use our voices. We're gonna try to find any way through legislation that we can stop them. We will have some tools to do that soon enough. Thank you so much, Senator Rosen.

I'm going to. Thank you. I really appreciate both of you and hope to come on again.

I'm going to. Thank you. I really appreciate both of you and hope to come on again.

Thanks.

Thanks.

You know, I can just tell you that my colleagues, they need to grow a spine behind the scenes. They say one thing and then you're right. They're scared to damn death about what's going to happen to them. So they're protecting themselves and they're protecting Trump and his billionaire buddies. And so we think about Elon Musk, an unelected billionaire, him and his teeny bopper tech bros.

They're up in everybody's business. What the hell are they doing at Social Security getting access to everyone's Social Security number? What the hell are they doing in the tax department, Treasury Bureau, getting everyone's tax returns? What are they doing in our VA where they have slashed thousands of jobs, doctors, nurses, those counselors who answer the veteran suicide hotline?

How is this helping anyone? They're up in Medicare, Medicaid. They're saying they're going to come after your Social Security, come after your Medicaid. I've had people calling my office. What's going to happen to my $35 insulin? Am I going to get my veterans benefits? Elon Musk, they fired all the watchdogs. He's in everybody's business.

We don't know what the hell he's doing there, but we need to demand that he gets the hell out. Nobody elected him and nobody trusts him.

Well, I can tell you that as far as Senator Rubio, now Secretary Rubio, I don't think you'd know the Senator Rubio from the Secretary Rubio. That's 180 degree difference. And again, he had a little bit bait and switch. He's supposed to advise the president. Well, he's not the Secretary of State. Donald Trump is and Elon Musk is. And you're right.

They're listening and touting the Kremlin talking points. They're saying that Vladimir Zelensky started the war when we know Putin started the war. Putin can started it and he can stop it. So all of this.

Thank you for having me. Let me tell you. Well, I love the name of your podcast. I've had enough. Frankly, my daughter would say I always start that with it's enough. I've had it. So there you go. And that's how we feel around here, because to your point, the Republicans are scared. When will they grow is fine. When will they stand up for democracy? When will they protect the American public?

backpedaling on everything is absolutely um horrendous and it's so disappointing knowing who senator rubio was before and you can see it in his words and his actions and his legislation and his resolutions he is not that same person he got taken advantage of what's he going to do about it will he stand up he knows better

Well, it looks like Donald Trump that there isn't a dictator that they don't want to cozy up to. So he's trying to upend a world order that we created after World War Two, which has kept us safe and secure here in the homeland. And we don't have to because we're helping Ukraine push back Putin. We don't have to send our own servicemen and women into harm.

Ukraine is holding the line for Eastern Europe. And also, I would say, if you give Putin an inch, he's going to take a mile. We know what he wants. And then you'll see China. What do they want? They want Taiwan. What does North Korea want? South Korea. The list goes on. What does Iran want? We know the answer to these questions. And we can't give in to bullies.

And when we have a president and administration who is talking, talking up bullies, talking points like Vladimir Putin and cozying up to bullies and dictators, that says that is upside down. And we have to figure out everything we can do so that we can use our diplomacy, Democratic allies around the world to keep all of us safe. We need to push back on this. And it is

It's unthinkable that we have a president who's cozying up to bullies around the world who want nothing more than to just take over their neighbor. You give them an inch, they're going to take a mile, trust me, and it's going to hurt all of us.

He's a total nut. Everybody talks behind his back. And I think Donald knows that. And if he doesn't, he should, well, maybe he's bugging the gym. I don't know. But everybody talks behind his back, all the Republicans.

March 14th. We're funded through March 14th. Actually, tonight you're going to see us at what we call a Voterama here in the Senate. We'll be voting on the Senate budget proposal. That should start about dinnertime tonight.

And this is where I'm going to ask your listeners to do something with me and for all of us. I want them to flood the zone the way Trump likes to flood the zone.

We're fighting to protect real people. They're fighting to protect well themselves and the billionaires.

every Republican mayor, governor, congressman and senator, you need whether they're yours or not, you need to be sure that you are flooding their inboxes and their and their phone lines every single day, telling them that you won't take it and how it's hurting you and your communities, how they promise to lower the price of eggs. Last time I checked, I was at the grocery store two weeks ago.

Eggs were over 15 bucks a dozen in one of my local grocery stores. Unacceptable. And so the budget proposal, the House is going to do one, the Senate is going to do one. They don't look alike, but they're coming after your Medicare. Lutnick, I think, said today, the new secretary of commerce, we're coming after your Social Security. They're coming after veterans benefits.

They're going to take away that $35 insulin. So what's involved is they're doing all of this.

all of it for one reason, to cut trillions of dollars to the government to give Elon Musk and his billionaire bros a tax cut, the last thing they need is any more money in their pocket, let's be clear, instead of everyday working people who need these services, who need the tax breaks, who need to have the investment in their communities.

And so I hope that my Republican colleagues at some point, if you don't stand for something, You stand for nothing. And if you can't stand up for the Constitution, if you can't stand for the Constitution, then why the hell are you here?

That's right. Well, it's depressing. It's disappointing. It's, um, I can't say what they're afraid of, but they're afraid of it. Whatever that is, they're gonna have to speak for themselves. But one thing is that they've lost their way and they've lost their own self-respect, I have to think at this point, or if they haven't lost it by now, they should have, or they're about to.

And I wanna put it in this perspective. Let's take Donald Trump out of this and let's put in Barack Obama or Joe Biden. And imagine if Joe Biden would have put Elon Musk in to do this. What do you think the Republicans would be doing? Imagine that President Obama had put in Elon Musk or some other tech bros and with all these great nicknames like big balls. They don't 25 years old.

They don't belong in our Veterans Administration, cutting out doctors and nurses that give veterans care every day. Come on now. So what would they say? Just let's take out Trump. change the equation, put in Joe Biden, put in Barack Obama, they'd lose their damn minds. They know it's wrong. How far will they give up their own self-respect? I guess that remains to be seen. Are we going to be okay?

Well, this is where I'm gonna give everyone a call to action. Now it's true, we don't have the White House and we don't have the House or the Senate, but what we do have is we have our voices. We do have a certain amount of power. And when we stand together, I think that's an immovable force, it's unstoppable.

So when I say flood the zone, when I say to call people, let them know how you're thinking, how you're feeling and be relentless. Because if we're silent, then they don't think that anybody's worried or that it's upsetting anyone. So we have to double down on letting every Republican elected official, whether they're your local elected, your governor or here in the federal government.

We must be relentless letting them know we're here. We're not going anywhere. And tell them the harm it's doing to you. I tell you, my my mother in law had Alzheimer's at the end of her life. My mother died of cancer. RFK Junior, he stopped in medical research. Come on.

I don't want people to go through what I went through watching my mother in law on the Alzheimer's spectrum, watching my mother pass away from cancer. I have friends with Parkinson's and just like everyone else. We all know someone you're stopping medical research. Now I'm of a certain age. We all got was right before the vaccines. When I was a kid, people got mumps and measles and all of that.

Let me tell you, that's gone now. Now we have measles outbreaks. People will die because of these ridiculous things that RFK Junior is doing. And so we must be relentless using our voices, using the power of the people and our democracy pushing forward. Because if we're silent, they think they've won. And this is how we move forward. We're gonna sign on to litigation.

Our lawyers are gonna work it through the courts the best that they can. We're gonna use our voices. We're gonna try to find any way through legislation that we can stop them. We will have some tools to do that soon enough. Thank you so much, Senator Rosen.

I'm going to. Thank you. I really appreciate both of you and hope to come on again.

Thanks.