🚨 GOP SHUTS DOWN Congress as IT ALL HITS…

Republicans are now shutting down the. House of Representatives early, as we. predicted. They are now going into. recess. Magamike Johnson says the reason. he's shutting down the House of. Representatives has nothing to do with. the fact that a war powers resolution. was just passed, rebuking Donald Trump's. catastrophic war in Iran. It has nothing. to do with the fact that Thomas Massie. is pushing forward the Epstein. Transparency Act 2 and doing it as a. discharge petition magic. No, it has. nothing to do with the fact that. Republican Thomas Massie put forward uh.

a articles of impeachment yesterday. No, it has nothing to do with that. It's. just this Congress has been so. productive, Maggamike Johnson says that. we got to go back and we're so excited. to tell our constituents how great we. did here. Listen to what he has to say. Play this clip. We're going to modify. the the uh House schedule by a day. Uh. and let me explain to you why the House. has done its work. Um, you've seen the. statistics. We've been talking about it. for the last few days. Um, this this. house has been the second most. productive in terms of legislation in.

the history of the institution since. 1789. We passed over 900 pieces of. legislation. Uh, right now about 700 of. those bills are sitting in the Senate. awaiting action. We'll pass over 70. bills this week alone, including the. rape protection act and and uh Russian. sanctions bill. We have CRAAS. We have. anti-fraud measures. really important. meaningful legislation, but the House. has done so much of that for the last 19. 20 months or so. Uh and and a lot of it.

is just awaiting action in the Senate. So, uh it's time for our members to go. home to their districts and make their. case to the American people to go and. explain all the great things we've done. You've seen the the record. You've seen. what we've delivered. We we gave them. this. >> And finally, Megan Mike Johnson says, "We are so thrilled to go back to our. congressional districts. This is just. what we're really excited to do. There's. so much great stories about like how. amazing America is doing right now. So. that's what we're going to say here. Play this clip. >> An extraordinary record of achievement.

And so I'm excited for my Republican. colleagues to go home and talk to the. American people work in their districts. and explain to them not only serving. their constituents, but explaining to. them all the great things we've done for. them and all the things we're going to. do in the days ahead. So that's the. modification of the schedule. We just. sent out a whip whip notice uh changing. it by a day. By the way, while he's. doing that, you have JD Vance, who's. sadly our vice president. He was out. there on these like right-wing tech bro, cryptob bro podcast or whatever this is. all in. Um, and he's like, "Okay, my.

message to the voters is, please, please. give me another chance. Please give me. another chance." This is for real. How. pathetic is this? Here, play this clip. >> Immigration, we've pursued H-1B reform. that prioritizes American workers over. foreign nationals. There's a lot of good. that's been done, but there's a lot of. work left to do. Don't give power to the. people who cause the problems that we're. fixing. Give us another chance or give. us another couple of years to continue. to work on the amazing things that we've. been doing for the past 2 years. And.

>> while all of this is going on, we. learned earlier today that the Federal. Reserve was raising interest rates by 25. basis points to 3.75 to 4% as the range. with one other rate hike likely this. year, perhaps even two as inflation. continues to surge. Donald Trump brought. in Kevin Worsh to be the chairman of the. Federal Reserve. After threatening the. prior chairman of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, with criminal prosecution. for not lowering interest rates, Donald.

Trump brought in an interest rate hawk. who raised interest rates. Great job, Donald. This is what Kevin Walsh said. moments ago. Let's play this clip. Yet, for more than 5 years, inflation has. been running above target. So, our. predominant focus is on the price. stability side of our mandate. The plain. fact is that inflation is too high and. has been for too long. This summer's inflation readings do not. tell me that underlying trends have.

meaningfully improved. Based on the most. recent CPI and PPI data, the 12-month. change in total PCE prices likely was. around 3.6% 6% in August. Core PCE and. CPI prices running at about 3.2 and 2.4%. respectively. Too many categories are still posting. increases above 3%. On both a six and. 12-month basis. Now we are learning that.

there were actually other Republican. Congress members who were getting ready. to sign the discharge petition for the. Epstein transparency act numero 2 like. MAGA Republican Congress member Ralph. Norman he signed. So there was 217 votes. for Epstein Transparency Act 2. So of. course MAGA Mike's going to shut down. Congress one day before they would. likely get all of the signatures. Watch. what Ralph Norman has to say. Play this. clip. Congressman, you were the 217th.

vote on the uh EP the second Epstein. transparency discharge petition. Why was. it important for you to sign that? >> I'm tired of the Epstein files. being delayed, delayed, delayed, and uh. it should have gone through committee. I. didn't sign it before because with the. discharge petition, as y'all know, it. avoids all the committees, but I'm not. so sure at this point what needs to be. known. It needs to come out. So, I had. no problem signing that. And u I think. we'll get the last there's one more. Republican who needs to go. >> Does Congress know?

>> Now, if you're wondering, Ben, what's. Epstein Transparency Act 2? Well, the. first Epstein Transparency Act didn't. have in it a provision that said the. survivors are entitled to bring their. own private cause of action. It was. basically implied in it. But the Trump. regime's DOJ took the position that. survivors or anybody else don't have. standing. The only people who have. standing to enforce the Epstein. Transparency Act is Trump and Trump's. DOJ. And they're not going to enforce it. because they're lying and saying, "We've. released all of the files where we know.

there's at least 5 to 20 million files, perhaps even more, that are still being. concealed." So, the point of this next. discharge petition was going to allow. the survivors to expressly have the. ability to sue Todd Blanch. But of. course, Maggamike and Donald Trump want. to continue to cover up child sex. trafficking while they cause our diesel. prices to surge to record highs, while. they cause gas prices to surge to record. highs. Oh, we tried to catch up with. MAGA Republican Congresswoman Spars in. the halls of Congress. And here's what.

she had to say here. Play this clip. >> Congresswoman, real quick, Donald Trump. has said that we're entering a golden. age or that we're in a golden age. Do. you agree? Nothing. >> Oh, I guess she didn't want to talk to. us. Okay. Very interesting. What about I. I I do appreciate this though. Republican Congress member Thomas. Massie, he was spilling the tea knowing. that this would be the last time he'd be. able to speak on the House floor. Of. course, he lost his position because the.

Trump regime and Magamike and all the. Republicans attacked him because he. wanted to help survivors of sex. trafficking and sex assault victims. And. that was a bridge too far for MAGA. Republicans. You can speak out in favor. of survivors and in favor of. transparency around Epstein. Donald. Trump says that's going to hurt him and. his friends. So they got rid of MAGA. They got rid of Massie. The Maggas got. rid of Massie. And here's what Massie. had to say. He goes, "Didn't three weeks. ago MAGA Mike Johnson said that I'm. stupid for saying that we were going to.

shut down the House early? Here he is. shutting down the house early. Here, play this clip." Roughly three weeks. ago, the speaker of the house said, "Let. me tell you how stupid Thomas Massiey's. comment is.". Then an article said that Johnson says. Republicans are here to work and will. remain in Washington throughout. September according to the House. calendar. He goes on to say, "That is a. nonsensical statement by someone who is. not participating as a full member of.

the Congress, and it's really sad that. he doesn't.". Well, I'm here today to let you know. that I'm a full participating member of. the House of Representatives. In fact, when other people want to go home, I'm. here to work. I'm here to get justice. for the Epstein victims, the survivors. I am here. to get the price of food and fuel down.

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are we whining about? We're whining. about elections are rigged. We We. control all the branches. What are you. talking about? What's rigged here? You're whining that you can't pass. certain laws. Like, you control the. branches. What are you talking about? Watch what he says. Play this clip. We're in the majority. Why are we Why. are we whining about the Save Act? I. voted for the Save Act two or three. times, as many times as you want to put. it on the floor. Senate's not going to. pass it. But we won the elections. Why. are we saying the elections were stolen. if we won them all? We have a.

conservative majority in the Supreme. Court. We have a Republican in the White. House. We have a Republican majority. here. a Republican majority in the. Senate were complaining that the. elections were stolen and we are calling. off Congress, calling off Congress and. we're in the majority. I would implore my Republican colleagues. to take that up with our leadership, but. I would implore all of us to take it up. with the leadership. Why are we going to.

be denied a debate on whether this. should be an impeachment or not? He then. says also that MAGA and uh Congress is. complicit in the genocide in Palestine. Here, play this clip. But I've drawn attention to that. I've. drawn attention to a war in the Middle. East where 75,000 people have been. killed. 50,000 civilians, girls, boys. that just want to just want to live. their life. Um I think it's a genocide. I call it a.

genocide. But I've also called attention. to it and I've worked across the aisle. on war power. >> More from Thomas Massie over here who. says, "And now you're trying to act like. you're helping our ranchers by bringing. in mystery meat from foreign countries. that don't go through the process that. our ranchers deal with here. And you're. undercutting our ranchers." Watch what. he says. Play this clip. >> What am I doing now to right now? That. was in 2014. Have you heard about this. beef product, ground beef product that's.

going to come from a foreign country? at. 75% of market price. How do you get. something at 75% of market price? Well, I tell you what, it ain't great a prime. if it's 75% of market price. Somebody. else didn't want to buy it. And that's what they're talking about. Bring it 300,000. metric tons. They tell you in tons so. you don't realize that's 600 million. pounds. That's a billion. That's two. billion quarter pounders, folks.

That's how much they're going to bring. here to this country. Is that going to. help farmers? No, it's not going to help. farmers. It was never intended to help. farmers. It's not even going to help. consumers because what it's going to do. is going to run more farmers out of. business in this country. And when we. run out of the 300 metric boatloads or. whatever it is of ground beef product. that we won't have our own farmers here. that won't survive through these. manipulations of the. >> So, I guess you can see why Magamike. wanted to shut down the house, right? And he did. He shut it down. Before he.

did it, Massie also said, "Let me. explain to you how Congress rigs. committees. Let's play it." But the day. I got here and realized that this game. was rigged, I said, "I'm not playing this game. I am. going to tell people what is going on up. here. I'm going to tell people how they. sell committee seats.". Yes. It's actually kind of a misnomer. I. shouldn't tell you the committee seats. are for sale. They're for rent. If they were for sale, maybe I could. collect enough equity and get on to Ways.

and Means, but I don't want to pay the. rent on Ways and Means. That's what they. tell you when you get here. Don't get on. this AA committee. By the way, why is. the Veterans Committee a C committee? I. never Well, I know why they call it a C. committee up here. Because the veterans. don't have money falling out of their. pockets here in Washington DC when they. come to visit. They're asking for better. health care. They're asking for the people who are in. the military to be treated right. So.

that's the way it is. People get up. here, the game's rigged. I decided not. to play the game. >> And then he says, you know, it's. fascinating to me also. We're running. against socialism in the Republican. party, but we're like the most. socialists there are. Here, play this. clip. >> I believe what I say. And so when I go. out there and talk to reporters, they. ask me questions that nobody else will. answer. Sir, where's the five? Why don't. you do the $5,000 before the election? By the way, isn't that interesting? We. are the Republicans are running against.

socialism. in November. And what are we promising. if we win? Socialism. Everybody's equal. We're going to take. from the people that have more and give. to the people who have less. Actually, we're going to give everybody money. Time is expired. >> And I would say that I am a fully. participating member in spite of what. the speaker said. This is just a few of. the things that I've done since I've. been in time.

>> Thank you and God bless. I yield back. >> Then state regime media tries to bring. on a guy who will spin the rising. interest rates and the horrible economy. and the markets crashing. White House. senior deputy press secretary. He goes. on and he's like, "We all know the main. reason that prices are really bad right. now." and aren't record highs. It's. Zillinsk's fault. It's Ukraine's fault. Watch what he says. Play this clip. And. >> it's going to raise mortgage rates for. everyday Americans. It's going to punish. businesses who are trying to expand and. grow. And again, none of that gets at.

the core of the issue here, which are um. energy prices. >> Well, let me follow up on that because. you were talking about energy prices. And Kevin Walsh did say that this came. as a result of uncertainty that remains. elevated owing in part to geopolitical. developments. And we've been watching. gas prices. We'll put it up on the. screen here. Uh the current average uh. for regular is at 437 a gallon right. now. Diesel I believe is pretty up there. too around six bucks a gallon. Kush. there is the thought that diesel prices.

especially energy prices do drive up. inflation. Are you disputing that? Well, the thing here is that uh again. energy prices, you mentioned diesel for. instance, and that really has to do with. what's going on between Russia and. Ukraine. As the president has noted, Ukraine has attacked Russia's ability to. to refine diesel and Russia has. accordingly put on an export ban on on. diesel. That's driven up diesel prices. proportionally higher than energy price. than than oil and gas prices. And so the. point here is that uh raising interest.

rates does not change oil prices, does. not affect energy prices. All we're. doing right now is making it more. expensive to buy a home, more expensive. for businesses to grow and to to add. employees and to and to to manufacture. and invest here in the United States. And none of this gets at the root of the. problem here, which are oil prices. The. president has been very focused on. energy abundance. The United States is. the largest oil and gas exporter and. producer in the world because of this. president. He's worked with our allies, whether it be getting the UK to drill in. the South Sea. We'll be working with our. partners in Venezuela to increase global. supply. uh you met with refiners here at.

the White House a couple weeks ago to. get more refining capabilities in the. United States and so this has been an. ongoing effort by the by the president. by the administration and higher. interest rates really have nothing to do. with it will not really change this the. calculus whatsoever and finally we had a. reporter asking the new chairman of the. Federal Reserve Kevin Walsh so I know. you're saying that you think that you. can get inflation under control short. term but based on everything that Donald. Trump has done the earliest we'll get. inflation back to 2% right now is 2029 N.

that's if everything now reverses course. from what is happening. So how do you. justify that war? Play this clip. >> is because uh today you say today's. policy action will support a timelier. return to the committee's 2% target. And. yet in the summary of economic. projections the median pushes the 2%. target achievement out to 2029 another. two years. And I'm wondering how you can. square those two things. Um, one easy. way to square that, Mike, is those. aren't my forecasts. Um, those are the.

forecasts of my 18 colleagues, and I. tried to represent them dutifully to. you. Um, my business is to not give forward. guidance, but my commitment in June was. to reaffirm to the American people, to. anyone listening, that we will deliver. price stability. My commitment in July. was to say we want to buy a little bit. of time. We want to evaluate what's. happening across a range of dimensions. And what I said in Jackson Hole in.

August is we're committed to a. discipline, not to a decision. Today's. action uh starts to show we're serious. about this and we will deliver on the. price stability objective. And as the. statement said, we'll do it on a on a. timelier basis. That's our decision. And. uh uh uh when we continue our. discussions over the course of the next. several weeks and months, we'll have. more to say about it, but I'm. illprepared to prejudge those future.

actions. >> Yeah, he doesn't justify it as all. So, that's where we are right now. Let me. know what you think. Hit subscribe. Let's get to 7 million subscribers. Thanks everybody for watching. Before. you go, our book WTF America is. available for pre-order now. It's the. story of how we got here and how we. fight our way back. To pre-order, scan. the QR code or click the link in the. description. Let's do this. [music].