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The cracks are showing, MAGA Mike. Can you handle the pressure? It looks like Donald Trump's big, beautiful bill is turning into a big, awful disaster, and you're the one holding the bag as this is all blowing up.
And some of the MAGA Republican senators are saying under no circumstance are they going to agree to this awful, awful bill that increases the deficit by trillions of dollars and guts Medicaid. So here MAGA Mike Johnson held a press conference earlier in the day. And he was asked a lot of questions, by the way, including Donald Trump accepting bribes from Qatar.
You can see MAGA Mike's stress as he goes, I've been a little busy dealing with reconciliation. So I don't know. What are we talking about here with this with this Qatar jet? What are we talking about here? Play this clip.
If the president were to accept an airplane from the Qatari government, should Congress have approval over that kind of thing?
Look, I've been a little busy on reconciliations. I'm not following all the twists and turns of the Qatar jet. I've certainly heard about it. My understanding is it's not a personal gift to the president. It's a gift to the United States and other nations give us gifts all the time. But I'm going to leave it to the administration. They know much more about the details of that.
OK, I'm just it's not my lane. Yes, sir.
Although MAGA Mike did seem to express some sympathy for members of Congress who engage in insider stock trading. Let's play this clip.
Well, look, the salary of Congress has been frozen since 2009. When you adjust for inflation, a member of Congress today is making 31 percent less than they made in that year. It goes down every year. And over time, if you stay on this trajectory, you're going to have less qualified people who are willing to make the extreme sacrifice to run for Congress.
I mean, it's just people just make a reasonable decision as a family. on whether or not they can come and move to Washington, have a residence here, residence at home, and do all the things that are required. So the counterargument is, and I have some sympathy, look, at least let them engage in some stock trading so that they can continue to take care of their family.
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