Fox News Attacks MeidasTouch

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What triggered the Fox News attack on MeidasTouch?

Ben Meiselas 0:00
state regime media which calls itself fox news launched an attack on the midas touch network this week on various segments on state regime media they would attack the midas touch network as such they would say you know these new democratic candidates who have been winning their primaries talking about affordability and free health care and stopping these data centers from popping up everywhere and actually fighting for the people and workers they're just going to be on the midas touch network and they're not actually going to be able to implement their policies they'll just appear with ben that's what they were saying well I hope they continue to show up on the Midas Touch Network. We champion fighters for the people, fighters for the workers, fighters for universal health care, fighters is who we champion here at the Midas Touch Network.
Ben Meiselas 0:51
But I believe they, just like Mayor Mamdani of New York City, are going to make massive contributions. beneficial change. Look what Mamdani was able to do already, getting the rent stabilization board to freeze rent hikes for a two-year period already. Let me show you what state regime media did during this last segment where they brought in a guest and they were doing this all week who was like, yeah, you know, these candidates, the AOCs, and all the people like her, they're just gonna show up on the Midas Touch network. Here, watch for yourself. Play this clip.
Rich Lamelleau 1:27
So you can't dismiss the Tea Party as though it was not influential. I'm not. I'm saying they're very influential. But there were 60 of them, not 10.

How do Democratic candidates relate to MeidasTouch's mission?

Rich Lamelleau 1:35
These 10, all the energy. And by the way, this is just a start. We're not even counting the Graham Platners of the world and the others, the James Tallaricos. We have a long way to go.
Michael LaRosa 1:43
We have a long way to go. But look, here's the thing. When AOC came to office, the squad learned the hard way. Congress is about numbers. It's about math. And Nancy Pelosi had to say, little girl, you don't have the numbers. We do. They will be marginalized. You will see them on MSNBC and Midas Touch. And that's about it because they won't be doing deals. They won't be involved in legislating.
Rich Lamelleau 2:04
I think the only numbers they care about is the number.
Ben Meiselas 2:06
And then they showed this clip of AOC where she's like, let's talk about what voters in general are looking for. And this was part of their attack on us as though what AOC said is like controversial. Here, play this clip right here.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 2:23
Voters in general are looking for a change, and they're seeing that progress is not happening in the ways that meets the challenges that they're facing. And so you're going to see, I think, people voting for new leadership. There was so much fear around that when I was elected, and none of it bore out to be true.
Ben Meiselas 2:47
And then Jesse Waters, you know, said, it's not socialism, guys.

What examples of successful Democratic leadership are highlighted?

Ben Meiselas 2:52
It's communism. And all of these people out there and the type of people who go on the Midas Touch Network, you know, who they were alluding to, they're coming after you. They're coming after you. So we need to crush them. They want to hurt us. So we need to crush them. Watch what Jesse Waters says. Let's play this clip.
Jesse Waters 3:09
You're coming for us. You're coming for our money. You're coming for our people. You're coming for our way of life. It's not socialism, guys. This is communism. You can't reason with these guys. You have to crush them. And we will, because we're not gonna let our greatest city get destroyed. We're not gonna let our civilization get destroyed. These people are gonna steal from us. These people wanna hurt us.
Ben Meiselas 3:39
I want to show you more of what state regime media is saying, but this is what the MAGA Republicans are going with. This is the talking points that they've got from Trump and MAGA Mike Johnson. Trump gave a whole speech where he was like, we're facing the biggest threat. It's these communists that you see in New York City. It's these communists who want rent stabilized and they want free health care. and they wanna end the genocide in Gaza. These are the biggest threats to us right now. That was Trump's speech right there.

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