MAGA Mike gets WORST NEWS on FIRST DAY BACK

MAGA Mike Johnson, the MAGA Republican. Speaker of the House, is panicking as. his majority is getting even smaller. Uh, California GOP representative Doug. Lalfa passed away at the age 65. He was. representing the Northern California uh. district and he chaired the Western. Caucus. So, the House is now going to be. 218 to 213. As Jake Sherman writes, it's. a two vote margin, a one vote margin if. you factor in the fact that Thomas. Massie, Republican from K Kentucky,

mostly votes against House Republican uh. leadership. Um at the same time that's. taking place, I mean, just look at this. math right here. Um for the whole month. of February, Republicans will only have. a one vote majority. In March, if they. fill Marjgerie Taylor Green's seat, Johnson will have a two vote majority. in April when Dems fill Mikey Cheryl's. seat. It goes back to a one vote. majority. Also, there's another. Republican who's in the hospital and. who's injured right now. So, that makes.

the math even more difficult for Magic. While all of this is taking place, you. had Donald Trump giving a speech at the. Kennedy Center uh where Donald Trump. said, "I wish you could all explain to. me what the hell is going on in the mind. of the public because Donald Trump says, "We have the right policy, but nobody. seems to like what we are doing." Just. play that clip of Trump. Just play it. >> But they say that when you win the. presidency, you lose the midterm. So, you're all brilliant people. Most of you. are in this business longer than me.

That makes me smarter than you because. look where I am, right? No, it doesn't. But I wish you could uh explain to me. what the hell's going on with the mind. of the public because we have a we have. the right policy. They don't. They have. horrible policy. They do stick together. They're violent. They're vicious, you. know, they're vicious people. >> That was supposed to be, I guess, Donald. Trump briefing Congress, or he only. briefed the Republican party at the. Kennedy Center on the invasion of. Venezuela, which only 33% of Americans.

support. Also, Donald Trump delivered. his message by all these serious. problems by by dancing in front of the. Republicans at the Kennedy Center. Here, play that. [music]. Okay, let's bring in George Conway. George Conway is running for New York's. 12th Congressional. I had to stop the. clip right there. Conway Conway is. running for New York's 12th. congressional uh district. You all know. George Conway and he's uh putting his. name into that uh primary race right. there in New York heading into the. midterms. It's great to see you, George,

and we would always interview you for. all your other commentary about what's. going on in our country, but now you've. decided to run for New York's uh 12th. congressional district. I want to talk. about your decision to run on New York's. 12th, but let's just start off by just. talking about here we are, you know, right now approaching 2026. Donald Trump. invades Venezuela. Like what's your. state of the union right now about what. this Trump regime is doing as we. approach 2020 as we head into 2026? >> Well, he's a criminal doing criminal.

things like he always does. And you. know, we're at a c we're at a. crossroads. We're at a crisis. He's. threatened democracy. He's threatened. the rule of law. He's he's he's. threatening constitutional government. And you know, none of this is none of. this is surprising to all of us who've. been following along. And what this is. what we talked about last year and the. year before what would happen. And he's. doing exactly that because he is, you. know, he's a mal he's a malignant. narcissist. He only believes in himself.

He doesn't care about other people. He. has no no morals, no no capacity to tell. the truth, no honor, no decency, no. compassion, no empathy, no remorse. And. everything he's doing is for himself. He. has we have a government that's being. run like a mob operation. It's for the. boss, by the boss of the boss. And. that's why Donald,

that's why people don't like this. because they are starting. A lot of. people who probably should have figured. it out sooner have figured out that. you're just about you, Donald. And that. everything you do is focused on you. the. Trump Kennedy Center, the armrests at. the at the Trump Kennedy Center, the 747. he's getting for from Qatar, the you. know, everything is about him. Everything is about making life better. for him and drawing attention to him and.

seeking his seeking revenge to people. for people who don't pay him homage. And. meanwhile, what what do the people get? higher prices, no ACA subsidies, it's because he. doesn't he doesn't give a [ __ ] about. them. And you know, he's the guy who. lied his way back into office talking. about inflation and now says, you know, affordability is a hoax. It's. all the same thing. He's he's this is. about the fight we're in right now is.

about returning government to what it's. supposed to be doing, which is helping. people, not helping private interests, not helping Donald Trump burnish his ego. and take over the oil in Venezuela, take. over Greenland that he's talking about, this is all insane. Um, if he really. believes in America, if you believe in. America first, you've got to get rid of. him. I mean, it's like what we said, what we had in the Lincoln Project, the. big ads in 2020 was America versus.

Trump. And Trump doesn't care about. America. He only cares about Trump. And. that's where we are today. >> George, to be fair, Donald Trump did say. he wants subsidies just for the oil. companies in Venezuela. It could be. about a hundred billion dollars that. taxpayers are going to pay for, but not. the Affordable Care Act subsidies. because. >> not when it come matters, when people's. lives and their health matter. It's it's. it's about making money for his friends. who who then can pay money to pro, you.

know, pay money to build his great. ballroom. Um, this monstrosity where. he'll hold his unlawful and. unconstitutional. uh third inaugural. Yeah. Yeah. That's. Yeah, that's Donald. That that's our. Donald. >> Well, take a look at this, too, because. you mentioned, you know, plastering his. name on everything while screwing over. the American people. Um, so one of the. things that he's put his face all over. is those you're American the beautiful. passes. And so lots of people have been. putting stickers over his faces because.

they just want to go to the park. They're not trying to have their. propaganda, you know, have propaganda. passes. So, the Department of the. Interior now is passing a rule that if. you alter the image in any way by. putting a sticker over his face. It's. now void if altered and you will either. have to pay a penalty fee or you're not. allowed in the national parks if you. don't show Donald Trump's face on your. card. I mean, you just think about what. his priorities are while the American. people are suffering. And I know this is.

a small vignette and in the swing of. things with the horrible things that. he's doing, you know, it's like why. [ __ ] but it just to me is symbolic of. of what a maniac he is, >> right? This the government is all about. him. It's all about him. Everything is. about him. Not about the people he. promised to help or claim that he was. helping. It's not about the constitution. that he swore to uphold. It's not about. the laws that he swore to uphold. It's. all about him, his glorification, his. empowerment, his feeling good about.

himself. Take the tariffs for example, which are raising costs for Americans in. my district and all around the country. The tariffs, you know, they're not about. [clears throat] economics. They're not. about rebuilding industry in the United. States. It's about everybody's come to. come to Donald Trump and say, "Mr. Trump, we you are so amazing. We need. you. We need to work out a deal with. you." and we're going to give you this. prize. Please drop our tariffs. You. know, it's all about power. It's all.

about ego. It's all about himself. And. it's not, you know, and and it's gotten. to the point, it's gotten so extreme, it's gotten so ridiculous that I think. people are starting to make the. connection between, you know, the his failure to adhere to his. constitutional duties and and and their. personal lives. George, why did you make. the decision to run in New York's 12th. congressional district? Now, I mean, you. have a successful legal career, you. know, you you you're.

advocating very publicly and having an. an important role in um in in the. dialogue there. What made you though. decide, you know what, I want to become. a member of Congress now go through a. primary and it's a crowded primary. field. um you know and it's and it's a. different type of you know grind that. you have what made you make that call. that now you want to do that. >> because I felt I wasn't doing enough um. and you know I've done a lot I've been.

writing opeds I've been going on TV I've. been banging the drums I did the Lincoln. project I did a a pack in 2024 trying to. point out Trump's mental illness I gave. the maximum amount humanly possible to. the Democrats [laughter]. um and camel Kamla Harris in in in 2024. And it just isn't enough. And and it's. sort of unfair too to be saying to to. Democratic officers, you need to do. more. You need to do more. It's sort of. like, you know, it's easy to lob stuff.

in from the sidelines here. And so, you. know, I'm putting it all on the line. And I don't want to make a career out of. this. This is like I'm 62 years old. I. I'm a retired lawyer. I spent 30 years. practicing law just a few blocks away. from here in this district, New York 12. [sighs and gasps]. And um I don't need this as you as you. basically are pointing out to me. Um I'm. only going to I'm not going to make a. career out of this. I can't make a.

career out of this. I want to get in and. I want to get out. I kind of want to be. like the the special, you know, a. special team, special forces to. basically do two things. One is we need. to hold this guy accountable. We need to. hold him and his cronies and his corrupt. administration accountable through. investigation, which is a lot of. lawyering as you know, and impeachment. Absolutely. You know, impeachment. And. um the second thing we have to do is we. have to pass laws to make sure that we.

never get in these dire straits again. And we have to, you know, it basically I. can I'm going to call it a second. American reconstruction. We have to pass. laws protecting the independence and the. integrity of the Justice Department. We. need to pass a law pursuant to uh. section four of the 25th amendment to. make sure that the cabinet um actually. that we don't have the cabinet a cabinet. of licks um sick fants um pretending. that a president is psychologically and. physically fit to conduct the affairs of.

state when you can watch him on. television and realize he's completely. off his off his rocker. There's so many. things we need to do and it's lawyering. It's fundamentally lawyering like you. and I, you know, know how to do. And. it's aggressive lawyering and it's got. to be lawyering by people who know who. aren't afraid of calling Trump what he. is and not afraid of going toe-to-toe. with him. And you know, I I I just feel. like if I don't do this, I will not have. done enough. Is there some there's some.

discussion there, George, right, about. people saying, well, do you do you do. the impeachment of Trump right away if. the Democrats take control? And then. there are some people who say, well, you. know, do you even go if you go through. an impeachment and the Republicans still. control the Senate? You know, but you. know what you're saying though very. clearly is one of the reasons you want. to run is your legal background gives. you a unique experience to lead. impeachment efforts against Donald. Trump, which is what I think Democratic. voters want to see and lead a lot of.

other legal accountability. uh drives against Donald Trump that. otherwise may not happen if someone. without your legal bonafidees is elected. in Congress. I want to write all that. down because I want to repeat that. That's 100% exactly right. And I want to. say it's not, you know, this isn't a. question of tactics and politics. Oh, should we do A, B, and C first and set. impeachment impeachment aside because. it's just not politically.

Congress has a constitutional, legal, and moral obligation [clears throat]. to impeach. people who commit high crimes and. misdeme misdemeanors in the executive. branch who are criminals. The h the the US the US Congress under. the Republicans has have completely. forsaken they have completely forsaken. their obligations to the Constitution. This man is violating his oath in myriad. ways each and every day day. Impeachment.

is not an option. It is mandatory. It is required. It is. morally, constitutionally and legally. obligated. And that's my position about. that. Now that to be sure, there are. going to be other things that you want. to do in Congress. But the truth of the. matter is if you care whatever your. issue is on as a policy matter whether. it be economic, foreign policy, whatever, nothing good can happen or very little.

is good that can happen until we get job. one done, which is restoring the. government to putting it in restoring. constitutional government with people in. charge of the executive branch who. actually take their constitutional oaths. seriously. And. >> George, where can people find out more. about the campaign if they want to learn. more about the other issues? >> Funny, funny you should ask. I was about. to mention it. george george george. george george george george george. george george conway for congress.com.

Very easy. George george george george. george george george george george. george george george conway for. congress. And um we have a lot of info. on there and and there's links to to. give and we'll be putting out a lot of. content over the next few few few weeks. and months and I look forward I hope. everybody out there um joins the team. >> George Conway, thanks for joining us. >> Thank you. >> Everybody hit subscribe. Let's get to 6. million subscribers. >> Want to stay plugged in? Become a. subscriber to our [music] Substack at. midasplus.com. You'll get daily recaps.

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