The MeidasTouch Podcast
This Vulnerable GOP District Just Got Blown Wide Open (Mike Sacks Interview)
14 Apr 2025
MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on recent devastating moments for vulnerable Congressman Mike Lawler (R-NY) and interviews Democrat Mike Sacks, who recently announced he is taking on Lawler in the battle for New York’s 17th congressional district. Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Coalition of the Sane: https://meidasnews.com/tag/coalition-of-the-sane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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A MAGA Republican Congress member from New York just revealed the entire game plan in a stunning admission on MSNBC. He said that Social Security cuts, maybe, maybe happens, probably needs to happen. Listen to MAGA Republican Congress member Mike Lawler in his own words, saying it's not realistic to rule out cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Play this clip.
Basically, defense spending, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, that's about 90 percent of it right there. You can't cut from the rest of the budget to balance things.
This this this has been the whole challenge, right? Because we're blocking off roughly 87, 90 percent of federal spending and saying we can't touch that. Can't touch it. So we're arguing over roughly 13 percent of federal spending, you know, in terms of trying to find savings. And it's just not realistic.
So the issue long term that we all have to grapple with, Republicans and Democrats, and we have to get serious about is how to tackle our national debt. Most of our debt is accrued by mandatory spending. There are savings to be had in the Defense Department. No question about it. There are savings to be had across every agency and department in the federal government.
You know, the last time I checked, Donald Trump is proposing a $1 trillion spending bill for the military because he likes the number trillion. And also the last time I checked, MAGA Republican Congressmember Mike Lawler, who you saw there, wants to give $4.5 trillion, yeah, that word trillion again, tax cuts for the billionaires. And there was that town hall on CNN.
It was a very odd moment where this MAGA Republican Congress member Lawler continued to try to interrupt the Democratic Congresswoman Hayes from Connecticut as she was trying to make a point. And I guess he just didn't like the truth. So he kept on, it was just very odd and honestly kind of creepy. Here, play this clip.
If he has found all of this waste, fraud, and abuse, we don't want that either. But what we're talking about is burning down the house instead of taking... I'm still talking, please. What we're talking about is burning down the house instead of taking out the garbage. There is waste in the federal government. All of us would like to see that go so that we can help the people.
Mr. Lawler, can you please let me finish my... Can you let me finish my conversation? And I'm going to finish.
It reminded me of that debate with Hillary Clinton and Trump, where Trump was like kind of creepily looking over her and then interrupting her. One more thing I want to share with you about Lawler, who, by the way, once kind of claimed he was like a centrist. But I think he's revealed his true colors. This is from the Democratic majority pack right here, House majority forward.
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