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MAGA Republican leaders are absolutely. losing it on Capitol Hill right now. Moments ago, MAGA Mike Johnson held a. press conference where he described the. biggest threat to the United States of. America right now. Get this. He said, "Mayor Mumdani and all the mini Mumdanis. out there." And then he said, "For all. of you journalists out there, these mini. Mumdanis are coming for you.". Really? At the same time that Donald. Trump is out there literally going after.

journalists, purging the government. This is what destroying our economy? The. mini Mumdanis? Here, watch what he says. Let's play this clip. >> Everybody needs to understand these. crazy little mini Mumdanis who are. popping up all around the country. They. are a They are a danger to you and your. family. This is not a game. If they. promise you free stuff, there is far more beneath those promises. that even some of these people do not. understand themselves. And so we are here as the Republican. Party to stand on the founding.

principles of the greatest nation in the. history of the world. It is our duty to do that. And we're. doing it on behalf of all of you, even. the journalists who don't agree with our. our our policies all the time. You. better agree on these principles cuz. this is what keeps you free. By the way, it's what keeps the press free, okay? This is essential for your well-being. and your family. This is not a game. This is not our fathers' Democrat Party. This is not We're not arguing over. marginal tax rates anymore. We're. arguing over whether or not freedom is. going to survive. And And that's why we're so serious.

about this. Look, I'm a happy warrior, man. I like to get up and have fun, but. this is not a fun time. We're in a war. We're in a philosophical war to save the. greatest nation in the history of the. world. And we take it very seriously. >> Then you have MAGA Mike Johnson. responding to a question about the ICE. agents who have been murdering people in. the United States now for very long. period of time, and especially what's. happened recently in Texas and in Maine. and of course Magamite Johnson goes, yeah, I don't I haven't heard anything.

about it. I've just been I've been. working 22 hours a day. So I just don't. know anything about anything. I know. you'll make fun of me for it, but I. haven't really looked into that. Here, play this clip. >> The ICE agents who killed the person in. Maine yesterday were reportedly not. using body worn cameras. And that's. despite DHS officials coming to Congress. and repeatedly saying over the last few. months that they want to expand body. cameras. So does there need to be. accountability on DHS from Congress. here? >> Uh [snorts] I don't know anything about.

this event. Okay, I was a little busy. yesterday. So I'm going to reserve. judgment. I know that um this there was. a a tragic shooting and I'm not going to. comment on it cuz I don't know. And you. guys can mock me for not knowing that. I. worked about 22 hours in last uh few. days and I did not get the briefing on. that yet. I will this morning. Yes. >> Thank you, Mr. Speaker. >> Why haven't you looked into that? Why. wouldn't in those 22 hours of work, what. were you talking about there, Magamite. Johnson at all? Then Magamite goes, uh. look, here's what here's what the focus. is on. We need to give hundreds of.

billions of $350 billion. more right now to the military because. we are fighting communism on our shores. So give us hundreds of billions dollars. so we can fight those communists here in. the United States. This is a horrifying. press conference from a flailing uh. political party, whatever the hell they. are. Here, play this. >> Um but there's some ideas, a real vision. on how to improve that even further, to. bolster that. You've heard the president.

talk about how he wants to effectively. double uh the funding for national. defense. Look, we live in dangerous. times. We're fighting communism on our. own shores and we're fighting evil. terrorists and and tyrants around the. world. Um and and we have to be able to. protect our national security. So this. is not the place to get into the details. of that. We we're. >> Then Magamite goes and uh said he's he's. he's asked um, so, you know, Maga Mike, do you think that there should be some. sort of, I don't know, congressional.

work, approval, authorization regarding. Donald Trump launching the war against. Iran again? What's been going on now for. about 5 months, and you said it was only. going to take a few days. And then Maga. Mike is out there, and he goes, you. know, look, the big problem that we have. here is that whenever Iran enters into. the deal, they then, as Donald Trump. says, Donald Trump's the truth-teller. according to Maga Mike. Donald Trump. never lies, never lies. And it's the. Iranians, he said, who always lie to. everybody's face. They always lie to. Donald Trump. And that's why we're back.

here. And so, I don't we haven't looked. into that yet. I've been so busy doing. whatever the hell else I'm doing. Here, play this clip. >> Last question, guys. On Iran and the. Strait of Hormuz, the president says. that the MOU is done, hostilities are. back on, and says the 60-day the 60-day. clock is just reset. Is it time to. consider an AUMF vote? And when it comes. to the toll that the US is reportedly. going to be charging, is that really. proper? I mean, the past administration. has said there should not be a charge, and now 20%. >> I'm going to let the White House answer.

to that. We're still awaiting for the. details on the the toll idea. I was with. the president for about 3 hours. yesterday. We talked about it very. briefly, because we had a lot of other. things on the agenda. Um, I think there we're awaiting for the. details and we'll determine that. With. regard to the Strait of Hormuz, there is. a memorandum of understanding, uh, but. Iran seems to have no, uh, interest. whatsoever in in maintaining any of. those provisions. And when they are. firing on commercial vessels in the. Strait of Hormuz, it's a danger to all. freedom-loving people around the world. and the economies of almost every nation. on the planet. And so, the response from.

uh, America is appropriate. What do you. do with these people? Listen, they're. not good faith actors. They cannot be. trusted. The people that are in these. negotiation rooms, as the president said. himself yesterday, they will say one. thing and literally walk out the door. and do the opposite. So, it's it's a. very um sticky situation there. When. you're trying to have a negotiation with. someone who you know is lying to you to. >> Then Maga Mike says, "Look, as we look. ahead to the midterms, this question is.

will we maintain our constitutional. republic because our entire country has. been threatened by Democrats.". Like literally, as you've shredded the. Constitution, destroyed the economy, got. us into never-ending wars. This is what. you're This is the theme, communism. This This is their boogeyman heading. into the midterms in order to further. entrench their authoritarian power. Here, play this clip. >> Right now, domestically, we are arguing,

we are debating, we are fighting. The. election will be over whether we're. going to maintain our freedom in a. constitutional republic, the greatest. experiment in self-governance in the. history of the world, the. longest-surviving constitution on the. planet, the the nation that everybody. wants to emulate, and everybody wants to. come here. We have to seal our borders so they. won't flood over them. We're the only. nation in the world that has that. distinction. We're the last great. superpower. We are the greatest nation. in history of the world. We are fighting. right now in Congress. over whether we're going to maintain our. status as a constitutional republic or.

we're going to trade that in, dismantle. the foundations, and go down this dark. road of death to communism. That is the That is the the question on. the ballot this fall. Now, they. >> And then you have Lisa McClain, one of. the top Maga Republicans, which like. just get out of the country. Get out of. the If you criticize Donald Trump, then. get the hell out of here. And see, this These are all these people. are. Here, play this clip. >> These are all people who hate our. country. and everything that our country stands.

for. But you know what? I have great news for. them. The beauty about living in. America, the beauty about freedom, is. they are actually free to leave. So, if. you hate this country so much, there's. flights leaving every day. I welcome you. to get on one of those flights and leave. the country that you despise so much. Because as Republicans, we love this. country. >> Now, with all of that going on, I want. to bring on.

Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul, a a. real leader right now. She had a major. announcement earlier today. I just want. to show you what like Democratic. leadership looks like in a state like. New York, where it's very stable, normal, predictable. leadership. But, you know, she's working. with New York City Mayor Mamdani in a. great way in order to deliver things for. the people of New York. Let's bring in. New York Governor Kathy Hochul. Now, I want to bring in New York. Governor Kathy Hochul, who made a major.

announcement earlier in the morning. But, Governor, before I get there, I. just want to talk about the economic. chaos that Donald Trump has unleashed on. New York and states across this great. nation. It just seems so erratic. Wakes. up one day, war. Wakes up next day, they. want to make a deal. And and the the. chaos here is, I think, you know, really. harming us. I mean, especially when, you. know, people, markets, everyone just. wants stability. And and it's just it's.

just chaos every day. >> Well, then, you hit right on it. I think. generations from now will define the. Trump administration in one word, and. that'll be chaos. And. the collateral damage is all Americans. who are now having to pay even more. again. for gasoline at the pump, which was. already high, although it was coming. down under President Biden. And then, now it's up again. The cost of. groceries, so much of it driven by what. has happened with the tariffs and the.

cost of fertilizer and aluminum and all. the other costs that go into creating. the products and the foods that we. consume every day. And I look at a. district like you know that we should. analyze this one district in New York, the north northernmost part in New York. We have it most of it's on the border of. Canada. And I would say that in a very. Republican Elise Stefanik district, Republicans have had it. They're These. are the farmers who said the ICE raids. are taking my labor force. These people. did nothing wrong. The tariffs are.

making it more expensive for me to trade. with Canada who now feels very hostile. toward us because of the hostilities. toward them are our best friends, our. best trading partner. And then you have the assault on. hospitals, the rural hospitals that. probably are not going to make it many. of them, which is going to leave people. without the health care they deserve as. well as the Medicaid cuts. So, even just. it's not just happening in the cities, it is happening in the heartland of. America. And that is what Republicans.

are probably terrified of is that. they're walking into an election in a. few months where not just Democrats are. just. going to march to the polls to try and. save our democracy. Everyday Republicans and independents. are saying, "We can't take it anymore.". So, this is what we're feeling right. now. I feel for families, the cost of. utility bills and gasoline and. everything else, but we're doing what we. can in New York. I have a very strong. cost of living. you know, pro-housing agenda, drive down.

the cost of auto insurance, you know, a. hundred a billion dollars for utility. rebates for families, child care, universal child care. We're. doing everything we can, but sure would. be great if we had partners in. Washington who weren't working against. us. >> Right. And if you didn't have ICE, Border Patrol like invading cities. And. and here we've seen some of the money. start to be injected back to ICE and. Border Patrol. And as lots of people. expected, they're at it again. Terror I.

mean and they they've always been at it. Um, but there certainly now seems to be. this continued escalation, if you will. There have been two, you know, uh, killings that have taken place with very. similar circumstances. Um, and, you know, now we're learning, okay, ICE has been instructed. immediately cease most vehicle stops, again, whatever that means, uh, most, uh, during immigration enforcement. because now they say, "We we need to do. a little bit more training, you know,

afterwards." I don't maybe you start. with. the training. Maybe you start with. actually doing the job it was, I guess, supposed to be, you know, and not doing. this and and and that's why so many. people just want ICE gone. I get it. >> Well, they sure do. And I'm from. Buffalo. Don't forget the individual, the uh, the refugee who was left out in. the bitter cold, abandoned at a coffee. shop that was closed in February in. Buffalo, and he literally froze to death. wandering around for 5 days. So, so.

there are a lot of deaths at their. hands, uh, but also, finally, after, you know, the two murders this week in Renee Good, people in their vehicles, they maybe. they're going to change the policy. I. kind of say that's a little too late. But why are you there in the first. place? And also, is it just unsafe for people. in this country to even be in in their. vehicles anymore that you could get. gunned down by by rogue ICE agents? So, this is going to be another [snorts]. impact that is felt at the polls because.

people have had enough. They're just. saying, "We surrender. No more. Stop.". You promised to get rid of the worst of. the worst, the baddest of the bad. We. kept hearing that from the president. over and over and over, and that's why a. lot of people voted for him. They. believed that's what the case was, and. that has not been the situation at all. They're going after people, you know, I. have a teenager from, you know, who's. about to graduate from high school with. honors. I I have families that are being. separated. I have people who run a pizza. company for 25 years, all being taken.

away by ICE because they're trying to. hit Stephen Miller's quotas. And. I just the president's got to just say, "Stop. This is hurting you politically.". I've said that to them before. Said it's. also just such an overreach as people. who are not trained and qualified. There. was a time when ICE had standards. And years ago when people were I I. talked to some ICE agents. I literally. talked to some ICE agents when I was. trying to. uh free an elected official who was. arrested by ICE. I was trying to help. some people in uh in federal court in.

New York City. And I talked to the some. of them. It's a lot of them enlisted. after 9/11. They thought they're doing. what they can to protect our borders. But look how this has been transformed. into this this army of people who have. not had the training. Many of them. enlisted because of the bonuses they. were given to leave their current jobs. and become ICE agents. And the. collateral damage I said are the America. Americans and people call this place. home because no one is safe anymore in. our streets. >> You know, what's interesting cuz, you.

know, the way corporate news always. frames things is kind of the. gamesmanship of politics, especially as. we get close to elections, and who's up. and who's down, and da da da. And Ben, what do you think about this side and. that side and this and that? And I go, "Look, I think if you listen to people, just truly listen to what people are. saying, they're shouting it. They're letting. people know what they feel about ICE. They're letting people know what they. feel about affordability. They're. letting people know what they feel about. never-ending wars. And they're letting.

people know what they feel about data. centers. And you go around and you speak. to people one of and say, "What What. What concerns you right now?" And. inevitably, what they will talk about is. this unregulated proliferation of data. centers, them moving into their. communities, the environmental impact, the job impact, the community. destructions that people have seen, the. pollution, the noise, all of it. And and. you made a very important announcement. earlier in the morning about that. Talk.

to us about that announcement, why you. did it, and what this means going. forward. >> You know, Ben, you're a spot on. As. someone who does listen to the people in. my state, I'm out in small towns, I'm in. the cities, I walk the streets of New. York, I'm up in diners, I'm from Long. Island up to Buffalo. I I'm grounded in. the knowledge that I can only do my job. in an effective way if I'm listening to. the people and what they want. And they. have had it with these data centers. coming in and encroaching in their. communities, as you said. There's a lot.

of lot of pressure, and a lot of small. communities that don't really know how. to negotiate, so they're not getting the. best deal. And you know, the drain on. the energy, which is already already so. strained in our state. I'm working hard. to find new energy sources, all the. above. I have to build more capacity for. existing businesses and everyday New. Yorkers whose utility bills are off the. charts. And to have these big companies. come in, you know, one company at 50. megawatts, that's the equivalent of.

powering 50,000 homes, at just one. company. So, I had to step back and say, "We need to pause here. We are the first. in the nation to have a statewide. moratorium on the issuance of permits to. allow these projects to go forward." And. what this is going to do is allow us to. have a list for local communities. If. you want them to come to your community, that is a community's choice. But what we need to do is here's a whole. list of things you should be asking for. And I'm also demanding that you come.

here, you have to provide your own. power, or pay a premium into our grid. You're not going to make rate payers pay. more. You're also going to contribute to. a larger. grid resiliency fund that I'm starting. up with the proceeds, because I need to. reinforce our entire grid and expand it. Also, you should not be getting tax. breaks. New Yorkers pay enough. They don't think their hard-earned tax. payer dollars should be given to you you. should be. you should be able to avoid paying these.

taxes yourself while the rest of us are. paying our full freight. So, I've come. up with this strategy. I've also got a year to work on it. We're going to get the right answer. I. said New York State. you know, we like being first, but in. this case, I'll be first the first state. to get it right. And that's why this is. so important to me to say what our. values are, who we're fighting for, and your success. in New York if someone comes to New. York, we want you to be successful, but. others have to be successful as well.

You're not going to you know, build your. future while. jeopardizing and sacrificing the future. of others in a community, especially. again these smaller communities where. they seem to be praying on the locals. and just kind of forcing their way in. the door. It is very intimidating, and I. been a local official in a small town, and I know what that's like, and so I'm. going to be there to help them stand up. >> You know, what I loved about America and. love about America is that states were. once laboratories of democracy, of. innovation, of moving things forward,

but too frequently recently we've seen. states become laboratories of autocracy, where they've been experimenting how to. take away rights from people, how to you. know, engage in some of the most kind of. heinous Project 2025 agenda and. experiment there. And so, what I've. appreciated watching what you're doing. in New York, what Mayor Mumdani's doing. in New York City, watching you both work. together and innovate together, and and. make deals, and actually do things is.

showing the model to the rest of the. country about what can be accomplished. And so, before we go, maybe speak to. that before we go. >> You know, people are just so fed up with. government. And I've long believed that. government shouldn't be on your back, it. should be on your side. And when you. have leaders of a state and a city who. actually put aside the egos and can work. together collaboratively, which is sort. of a rarity here in New York State. There's always this incredible tension. between the governor and the mayor and. it never goes well.

And the constituents feel like why. you're fighting each other, why aren't. you fighting for me? So, I've made it. all work out and I have work to support. the mayor to make sure that he is. successful in achieving our common. goals, which is affordability, child. care, bringing down utility costs, building more housing, and I'm aligned. with him on just hearing and. appreciating all the stress that people. are under and what we can do in. government about it. So, it is a model. I don't I think you were just tired with. fighting. There's this exhaustion that.

emanates from Washington. You just as. you mentioned at the outset of the show, you know, whether it's the wars, the. terrorists, the fighting, the you know, building, tearing down things in. Washington, and building more things in. Washington that no one wants or wants to. spend their money on. It's just unrelenting. And so, I want. New Yorkers to know in our state with. the mom governor, things are calm, we're okay, we're going to get through. this, and I am actually energized by all.

the young people who did turn out to. vote in our most recent elections and. again last fall. I've been waiting for a. long time for young people to to stand. up and really participate and now they. are. And what I want to do is harness. that energy that we see in districts, particularly in New York City, and take. it elsewhere in the state as I'm trying. really hard to continue my coordinated. campaign and help Democrats win in. tough, tough purple areas and there's. many of them in New York. If I can bring. that energy, that focus that we saw win. elections and primaries recently in New.

York City to the whole state, that's a. powerful force to be reckoned with and. that would make Republicans very. nervous. >> New York Governor Kathy Hochul, thanks. for joining us. >> Thanks again, Ben. >> Everybody hit subscribe. Let's get to 7. million subscribers. >> Want to stay plugged in? Become a. subscriber to our Substack and. midasplus.com. You'll get [music] daily. recaps from Ron Filipkowski, ad-free. episodes of our podcast, and more. exclusive content only available at. midasplus.com.