MAGA Mike Shuts Down House after Trump Cover Up Fails
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Why did MAGA Mike Johnson shut down the House of Representatives?
MAGA Mike Johnson, the Republican Speaker of the House, has abandoned Washington DC yet again. He has thrown the House of Representatives into recess. He shut down all work this week, and now we could be heading towards another government shutdown. Also, since the cold blooded murder of Alex Jeffrey Pretty, MAGA Mike Johnson has not made any comment. He's fled Washington, D.C., and it's critical that the House of Representatives be in session because in the Senate right now, there is no way, as of right now, the Department of Homeland Security is getting any additional funding for ICE or Border Patrol after the cold-blooded murder of Alex Preddy. The Democrats have made it clear forever. Finally, and we've been talking about this over and over again at the Midas Touch Network, that we believe it is disqualifying if you are a Democrat and voting to in any way give more money to ICE.
ICE and Border Patrol should be abolished and they should be prosecuted. But finally, Democratic leader in the Senate, Chuck Schumer, as well as lots of the other Democrats who were on the fence, came out this weekend after the murder of Pretty. And they said they will not agree to what's being called a minibus package, this $1.2 trillion appropriations package, which slips in this additional funding for ICE and Border Patrol, in addition to this broader package that includes defense funding and all this other funding. They try to package it together, these MAGA Republicans do, in order to kind of put pressure. Oh, what?
What implications does Trump's cover-up have for government funding?
You're not going to help defense spending? And then we're going to go and campaign against you for not doing defense spending. And Democrats are like, no way are we funding ICE and Border Patrol after what just went down. And here's the thing. If there is any edits or adjustments to the appropriations package which passed at the end of last week in the House— So the House voted in favor. There were seven Democrats. I'm sure you know it's a complete betrayal by these seven Democrats in the House. But the House Republicans, with those seven Democrats, voted to push forward the appropriations package, this $1.2 trillion package, which also includes this additional funding for Border Patrol and ICE. Then it gets sent to the Senate.
But Maga Mike just said, you know what? We're not showing back up this week. The House is out. So as you may know from how a bill becomes a law, although I'm not sure they teach this in school anymore because our civic education has been utterly destroyed, the bill has to be identical in the House and the Senate. So if there's any edits or alterations in the Senate, this bill does not become a law. It gets sent back to the House. and Maga Mike Johnson, he's disappeared. He's shut down the House of Representatives. So there's no way to even get a, figure out this reconciliation or figure out how to make the legislation look the same because Maga Mike decided to take another vacation and Maga Mike has decided to go absolutely silent and say nothing as a result to this cold-blooded murder.
His last post, Maga Mike, was this post from 48 hours ago. Kelly and I enjoyed hosting our dear friend, Mrs. Erica Kirk, yesterday at the Capitol. What an inspiration she has been. So many countless millions of people around the world because her faith and courage. So you do that 48 hours ago, then leave Washington, D.C., shut down the house, send it into vacation, and make no comment about the murder of Alex Preddy? Take a look, a lot of Republicans are now even speaking up. You have Senator Lisa Murkowski. She posted the following, the tragedy and chaos the country is witnessing in Minneapolis is shocking. The killing of Alex Preddy, a US citizen by ICE agents, should raise serious questions within the administration about the adequacy of immigration enforcement training.
and the instruction officers are given on carrying out their mission, lawfully carrying a firearm does not justify federal agents killing an American, especially as video footage appears to show after the victim had been disarmed.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
Why did MAGA Mike Johnson shut down the House of Representatives?
0:00–1:49
2
What implications does Trump's cover-up have for government funding?
1:49–8:01
3
What was the reaction of Senate Democrats to the proposed funding for ICE?
8:01–14:01
4
How does the recent murder of Alex Preddy impact immigration enforcement discussions?
14:01–17:14
5
What are the consequences of MAGA Mike's absence during critical legislative sessions?
17:14–20:32
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