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The MeidasTouch Podcast

Rebecca Cooke on Fighting to Defeat MAGA Congressman in WI

30 Aug 2025

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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

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45.61 - 72.745 Ben Meiselas

Wisconsin voters are absolutely pissed at Donald Trump and all of the MAGA sycophants in Congress, especially in Wisconsin's third congressional district, where you have this MAGA Republican Congress member, Derek Van Orden, who appears to be more focused on throwing rager parties in his congressional office than actually helping the people. It seems he actually wants to betray the people in his district. This is a real photo right here per a source.

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Chapter 2: What issues are Wisconsin voters facing with Congressman Derrick Van Orden?

72.745 - 93.367 Ben Meiselas

here's a photo from late july of this like beer keg party in van orden's office they were partying loudly and yelling at the teenage senate pages it's interesting that that's where he wants to spend his time versus actually holding in person town halls he does these like fake virtual town halls where they

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93.367 - 110.36 Ben Meiselas

come up with the questions in advance, but people want to know what the hell is really going on, because he betrayed and threw the people of Wisconsin under the bus, and it should be noted, unfortunately, Wisconsin went for Trump in 2024. Take a listen to these Wisconsin voters, how they feel. Let's play it.

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We aren't going to forget these cuts because you hid them after the midterm elections. We're going to make sure everyone in Wisconsin knows that you betrayed us for out-of-state billionaires.

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125.429 - 146.641 Ben Meiselas

The voters are right there. One of the things that these MAGA Republicans did in getting rid of rural healthcare, healthcare in general, gutting all these programs, is they tried to, they did it right after the midterm so they can try to go back and claim that they're actually helping the people. But the people are not stupid. They know what's going on here. And it's just so interesting because Derek Van Orden,

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Chapter 3: How has Derrick Van Orden's behavior impacted his constituents?

146.641 - 158.723 Ben Meiselas

had previously said in I think one of these virtual fake town halls of his, it's a bright line for me, I will never vote for a budget bill that has Medicaid cuts, especially rural Medicaid cuts. Here, watch what he says.

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159.061 - 185.909 Derrick Van Orden

Just because we live in rural areas doesn't mean that high quality healthcare should be readily accessible to us. I have very, very few hard lines when it comes to these issues that we talk about regularly. One of them is this, that I've been crystal clear with the leadership in the House here. If during this budget reconciliation process they're going to try to cut rural healthcare, I am not on board.

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187.124 - 197.941 Derrick Van Orden

I will not be on board with a package that if anybody is trying to cut any type of rural healthcare, it's just not going to happen on my walk.

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198.38 - 227.962 Ben Meiselas

It did happen on your watch and you actually promoted it. You also promoted getting rid of women from our armed forces. You said, well, I'll talk about that in a second, but you also wanted cuts to the VA. You said to Doug Collins, the VA secretary, when are we going to cut the VA? Here, play this clip. Here's what happened. Mr. Secretary, I had my crack graphics team draw this up so I can explain to some people what's going on. Here it is right there. That's the whole VA.

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227.962 - 256.598 Derrick Van Orden

This is the problem with the VA. This is the increase in bureaucrats. These are the doctors. It's almost a flat line. And then we have an increase with the veterans because of the PAC Act. So when we are going to cut the VA, and I hope you do, sir, this is where you need to make the cut, right there in this line, right there, sir. Mr. Secretary, if you cut this, then this... Okay, and then he doesn't want women in the armed forces. Here, play this clip.

259.062 - 286.923 Derrick Van Orden

As far as standards, the standard is the minimum. That is the minimum level of performance that someone will reach or they're not qualified for the job. The NFL does not have a standard for females. If you're a lady and you want to join the NFL, go try out for the team. How many women play in the NFL? Anybody? The answer is zero. Why is there an NBA and a WNBA? Why? Because they acknowledge biology.

288.188 - 303.865 Derrick Van Orden

So we can have as many whiz-bang, high-tech things available, but at the end of the day, to win a war, you need someone to go in a room and beat someone to death with their hands. Finally, he calls Donald Trump God. Let's play it.

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My last question for you before we run out of time, because I know you're busy and you're doing other things. With regard to getting all of the identified corruption, all of the identified elements from Doge, they've given you guys a lot to work with. Getting that stuff out of our budget, how close are we? We are closer than you would think. And we've been working very, very diligently. What we need to do is codify these things, because...

334.139 - 363.94 Ben Meiselas

Ja toivottavasti meillä ei ole republikaanista, joka seuraa Trumpia. Ja kaikki nämä hallitukset ovat hyvin helppoisia vastaanottaa. Ja sitten jopa yleensä kongressiallinen jäsen Wisconsinissa, joka ei pidä tämän Van Ordenin tyyppiä. Ja tässä on demokraattinen puolustusjohtaja Mark Pocan. Hän on semmoinen tyyppi, joka pääsee yleensä kaikkiin. Katsotaan hänen interaktiotaan Van Ordenin kanssa. Katsotaan, miten sinulla ei ole niitä turvallisuutta. Se on todellinen ongelma.

Chapter 4: What are Rebecca Cooke's main campaign focuses against Van Orden?

478.606 - 484.428 Rebecca Cooke

heidän tekemisensä, jotka ovat niin erilaisia meidän arvojamme täällä alueella.

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484.63 - 510.955 Ben Meiselas

Hän ei välttämättä pysy yksityiskohtaisissa kaupungeissa. Hän tekee virtuaalisia kaupungeita, joissa he valitsevat kysymyksiä eteenpäin. Kuten esitin alussa, hän välttämättä puuttuu siitä, millaisia asioita hänellä on, vaikka niissä yksityiskohtaisissa asioissa. Olet pysynyt kaupungeissa viime aikoina Bernie Sandersin kanssa. Olet ollut kaupungin kaupungissa. Mitä kuulet kaupungin osallistujilta nyt? Mitä heidän huomioitaan? Mitä kuulet yksityiskohtaisesti?

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511.293 - 526.936 Rebecca Cooke

Olemme puhuneet kaupungin kaupungin keskustelua koko keskustelun koko keskustelun koko keskustelun koko keskustelun koko keskustelun koko keskustelun koko keskustelun koko keskustelun

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526.936 - 551.236 Rebecca Cooke

to ask people what's really keeping them up at night. And I've been hearing from a lot of folks their concerns around healthcare, just what access looks like and affordability. We've already had two major hospitals close in this district in the last couple of years in my hometown in Eau Claire. So the repercussions from this bill are going to continue to be really great in a region that is already reeling from cuts to healthcare.

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551.236 - 568.28 Rebecca Cooke

noin 30 000 ihmisiä on saavutettavaa mediciiniin. Jos mietitään Van Ordena, josta hän on saanut 11 000 vottia. Luulen, että noin 30 000 ihmisiä on saavutettavaa, kun vuosi 2026 jatkuu.

568.499 - 585.847 Ben Meiselas

Joten sinä menit vastaan hänestä viimeisenä valinnassa. Se oli todella kova. Trumpi meni voimassa. Van Orden meni voimassa. Kun sinä olet täällä nyt, kuuletko taitoa muuttumaan? Olemme käsitteleet viimeisen päivän aikana,

585.847 - 608.999 Ben Meiselas

In Iowa, in a ruby-red district, the Senate District 1 flipping a 20-point swing. Democrats are overperforming now 10 to 15 points in the special election. So do you think the tide is shifting? Absolutely. I mean, I think that you can just see it in the way that people have been active since the last election. I mean, folks are protesting in our communities like,

609.32 - 625.537 Rebecca Cooke

jopa kerran viikossa, koko kaupungin kohdalla, ja näyttämään suuresti. Ja he tekevät sitä yhdessä, että he pysyvät arvokkaita vanhemmistaan, he pysyvät varmistamassa, että heidän lapsensa saa mennä sokeripaikalle, he löytävät lisää aikaa, jotta he voivat todella harjoittaa ääniä.

625.537 - 655.135 Rebecca Cooke

I certainly think that we're going to see the tides turn when it comes to 2026. But it's also important, I think, for us to have a vision of not just why the other side is bad, why all of these cuts, why these things are hurting folks, but what are the opportunities that exist, I think, for us to be able to build back our big tent. I spend a lot of time going to rural communities that I think have often been overlooked by the Democratic Party.

Chapter 5: How is healthcare access affecting voters in Wisconsin's third district?

713.742 - 737.148 Rebecca Cooke

A couple of things. I was the 2024 nominee in this district last cycle. We outperformed every Democrat on the ticket, including Harris by 9,000 votes and Senator Tammy Baldwin by 5,000 votes. It's because we were talking about the things that we knew were keeping people up at night. We were focused on talking about the economy. We were talking about securing the border and not running away from that topic or issue.

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737.148 - 760.52 Rebecca Cooke

Ja mielestäni se oli iso ero. Olemme edelleen puhumassa vähentämisestä. Se on se, mitä minusta kuulee kaikkein ihmisten kanssa. He ovat kiinnostuneita siitä, miten he tekevät heidän tuotantonsa, miten he tekevät tuotantonsa, miten he tekevät tuotantonsa, miten he tekevät tuotantonsa, miten he tekevät tuotantonsa, miten he tekevät tuotantonsa, miten he tekevät tuotantonsa, miten he tekevät tuotantonsa, miten he tekevät tuotantonsa, miten he tekevät tuotantonsa, miten he tekevät tuotantonsa, miten he tekevät tuotantonsa, miten he tekevät tuotantonsa, miten he tekevät tuotantonsa, miten

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760.52 - 779.032 Rebecca Cooke

One of the things that I'm campaigning heavily on that also coincides with Senator Sanders is expanding Medicare to cover vision, dental and hearing, the things that deteriorate as folks age. My parents are retired farmers and they take a once a year trip down to Mexico. That's their vacation. But while they're there,

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779.369 - 801.442 Rebecca Cooke

He tekevät heidän tuntemuksensa, koska se on parempi tehdä siellä kuin se on meidän olemassa. Puhun paljon siitä, miten me otamme esiin isoäitöä. Isäni oli diagnoostunut prostiittikanseroon kun olin edellisessä kongressissa. Kun hän meni ensimmäisen kerran Walgreensiin, se oli 1,8 miljoonaa rahaa yhdellä drugilla yhdellä kuukaudella.

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801.442 - 820.763 Rebecca Cooke

thirteen hundred dollars for another one month supply of another drug. So he ended up getting his drugs through Mark Cuban's Cost Plus. But that's just, I mean, just too damn expensive. And then you've got people in Congress that are in bed with all these corporate special interests. And that's why I've taken the North Corporate PAC pledge. So I think, you know, lowering costs,

821.05 - 850.936 Rebecca Cooke

Protecting our agricultural heritage, combating corruption. Those are some of the things that I'm running on because I know that that's what I'm hearing from people. I take my cues from the folks that I'm meeting out on the campaign trail, at town halls, at gatherings in our communities. And it's not the polls that are going to tell me that. In fact, I think our polls are wrong a lot. I mean, you look at what 2024 looked like and people were not deeply connected with what

851.155 - 864.638 Rebecca Cooke

regular folks were worried about what regular people were going through. And I think that that's why my campaign has been successful in the past and like the kind of campaign that we're running is very authentic and really trying to meet people's needs.

865.837 - 889.107 Rebecca Cooke

Mikäli ihmiset pystyisivät tutustumaan kampanjan ja jokaisella loppupäätöksessä, jota haluaisi saada lähes 6 miljoonaa tilaisuutta? Voit katsoa meidän kampanjan Cook4Wisconsin.com. Linkissä on seuraava linkki, johon haluaisin saada sinun rahoitustasi, mutta myös Facebookista, Instagramista, Twitteristä tai mitä tahansa, jos haluat kertoa sen.

889.107 - 912.682 Rebecca Cooke

I think the last thing I'd like to say is that I think we need more working class voices to represent us in Congress that have lived failed policy and are going to fight like hell to build back the middle class. And I'm your candidate in that respect. Thanks for joining us. Rebecca could come back, keep us posted on the campaign, and we'd love to have you back as a guest. Great. Thank you so much. Appreciate it.

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