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we'll discuss maga diaries. my surreal inside the right and how i got out, which came in 2024 from one signal publishers. our final author, patrick ruffini, is a leading republic and pollster and expert on political and demography. he co-founded echelon inside sites, which is one of the highest ranks private, highest ranked private polling firms in the nation. ruffini has written for the new york times, the washington post, 538 the atlantic politico and time and has been on media outlets from npr to fox news and entertainment. patrick began his career working for george w bush's 2004 reelection campaign. patrick examines how the republic party has been transformed by the make america great movement. in the book we will discuss today the party of the people inside the multiracial populist coalition remaking the gop came out in 2023 from simon and schuster schuster. so let's start out by having frank, tina and patrick talk about their books and the ways they can help us understand our times and the upcoming electi
we'll discuss maga diaries. my surreal inside the right and how i got out, which came in 2024 from one signal publishers. our final author, patrick ruffini, is a leading republic and pollster and expert on political and demography. he co-founded echelon inside sites, which is one of the highest ranks private, highest ranked private polling firms in the nation. ruffini has written for the new york times, the washington post, 538 the atlantic politico and time and has been on media outlets from...
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puck calls her their maga expert an insider. previously tina has served as a white house reporter for politico, a staff reporter for vanity fair. and before that, she was a journalist for a number of right wing publications like the daily caller, where she her start in journalism and in her earlier was mentored by tucker carlson. so it's it's okay. she's survived. wow. all right. she is a graduate of claremont college and her book, the maga diaries chronicles her personal experiences within the right wing movement and media media enterprises. we welcome tina is the author maga diaries. my surreal inside the right wing and how i got out out. is that except for getting out or right. we'll get to that. we'll get that. so our third panelist this morning is stephen vladeck who is the charles allen wright chair in federal courts at the university of texas law school, a nationally that i know. that's okay. okay. texas longhorn. well, this is going to take long time. so he's nationally recognized expert on federal courts, constitutional
puck calls her their maga expert an insider. previously tina has served as a white house reporter for politico, a staff reporter for vanity fair. and before that, she was a journalist for a number of right wing publications like the daily caller, where she her start in journalism and in her earlier was mentored by tucker carlson. so it's it's okay. she's survived. wow. all right. she is a graduate of claremont college and her book, the maga diaries chronicles her personal experiences within the...
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majority leader rejoiced they would produce maga right plaintiff's to get a right judge. how insulting is that. these are life tenured judges nominated by a president and confirmed by the united states senate. a judge that's taken an outto upholdit the laws to reach a predetermined result. well, i know that's politics but not the way laws are support to be. interpreted or applied by the courts. thank goodness we have an independent judiciary in the country. making us unique in the world amongon democracies. politicians get caught up with their desires. well, majority with the chairman choked the leaders position and noted that changes the way cases are assign he said will help restore the public truth in our straights and democracy. what's undermining the public's trust in our court system and undermineds our democracy are the baseless attacks on judges. assuming they are republican judges or democratic judges or maga right judges, whatever that means. they were appointed by president trump. also a confirmed by the united states senate. the irony of calling a mag ga judge
majority leader rejoiced they would produce maga right plaintiff's to get a right judge. how insulting is that. these are life tenured judges nominated by a president and confirmed by the united states senate. a judge that's taken an outto upholdit the laws to reach a predetermined result. well, i know that's politics but not the way laws are support to be. interpreted or applied by the courts. thank goodness we have an independent judiciary in the country. making us unique in the world amongon...
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instead of providing a solution to the border, donald trump and his maga radicals want to exploit the border for political gain. and today, with this trial, maga radicals want to likewise exploit our constitution and try to gain an edge on the campaign trail. it is beneath the dignity of the senate to entertain this makely partisan exercise one that both conservative and liberal legal scholars agree fails to meet the high standard demanded by impeachment. so i will say it again. impeachment should never, never be used to settle policy disagreements -- that would set a disastrous precedent for the congress and could throw our system of checks and balances into endless cycles of c chaos. now on senate business. the senate might be stuck addressing theck houses bogus impeachment charges but that doesn't erase the fact we have a lot of work to do. in the congress and the upcoming days -- before april 19th, the senate must come it an agreement on fisa reauthorization. last night, i filed culture on motion to m proceed to the house passed fisa bill and that vote is to set to take place tomo
instead of providing a solution to the border, donald trump and his maga radicals want to exploit the border for political gain. and today, with this trial, maga radicals want to likewise exploit our constitution and try to gain an edge on the campaign trail. it is beneath the dignity of the senate to entertain this makely partisan exercise one that both conservative and liberal legal scholars agree fails to meet the high standard demanded by impeachment. so i will say it again. impeachment...
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and you always hear about maga men doesn't listen to women, bossy women, strong women. well, he's listening to marjorie taylor greene and when she says jump, he asks how high. he needs to grow a spine. it's not a good look because he's marjorie taylor greene's tool. he needs to pass the ukraine aid, but he won't do it because marjorie won't let him because she's a disciple of trump and putin. >> diane is in ann arbor, michigan. finishing off just about a half hour, and when it comes to the speaker's performance, at house at 8:00. we'll change gears and invite you to participate in open forum, you can participate by commenting on the speaker's job, or matters in politics, and republicans 202-748-8001. democrats, 202-748-8000 and independents 202-748-8002. you can comment on the speak,er, if you wish, and go ahead and call in and we'll take those momentarily. it was the japanese prime minister addressing a joint session of congress, a joint-- technically a meeting of congress yesterday on matters of importance between the united states and japan and one of the things he t
and you always hear about maga men doesn't listen to women, bossy women, strong women. well, he's listening to marjorie taylor greene and when she says jump, he asks how high. he needs to grow a spine. it's not a good look because he's marjorie taylor greene's tool. he needs to pass the ukraine aid, but he won't do it because marjorie won't let him because she's a disciple of trump and putin. >> diane is in ann arbor, michigan. finishing off just about a half hour, and when it comes to...
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and in fact, when you hear the rhetoric around the maga movement that it's not too far off, you still hear this, right? it's our religion. those kind of words used. and what they mean is white evangelical protestant religion. that's really who we're talking about where you set the groundwork for a scary landscape. so let's go right into the landscape the talk now by the trump administration is the establishment of a christian government as opposed to a constant fusion of government. will each of you give a glimpse as to what a christian government might look like in the us. probably. i think a similar so so is interesting that that robert just ended off there by talking our religion, which is in fact a phrase that trump himself has been using in recent months at some of his campaign rallies, in the context of saying that maybe when he's president again, we won't let anyone immigrate to this country unless they are a christian. they are part of our religion. now, donald trump, he of the famous two corinthians and, the having having boasted of never needing to ask god's forgiveness and
and in fact, when you hear the rhetoric around the maga movement that it's not too far off, you still hear this, right? it's our religion. those kind of words used. and what they mean is white evangelical protestant religion. that's really who we're talking about where you set the groundwork for a scary landscape. so let's go right into the landscape the talk now by the trump administration is the establishment of a christian government as opposed to a constant fusion of government. will each...
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meanwhile my predecessor in the maga republicans want to cross aboard tariffs on all imports from all countries that could badly hurt american consumers. it is estimate costs the american family an average of $1500 year if they succeed in doing that. trump simply does not get it. for years i have heard many of my republicans even democratic friends say china is on the rise in america is falling behind. you may have noticeded last two years i've been the only one disagreeing with that. i've always believe we've got it all wrong. america is rising with the best economy which wet do. wosince i have come to office gp is up, trade deficit with china is down the lowestwe level in or a decade were standing up against chinese government on economic practice in industrial capacity.ap where the strongest economy in the world. in addition, by the way try to hit scott -- i always say to my colleagues wouldn't meet other world leaders i say would you trade places with china? would you trade places they have got a population more people in retirement than working. ii am looking for competition fair
meanwhile my predecessor in the maga republicans want to cross aboard tariffs on all imports from all countries that could badly hurt american consumers. it is estimate costs the american family an average of $1500 year if they succeed in doing that. trump simply does not get it. for years i have heard many of my republicans even democratic friends say china is on the rise in america is falling behind. you may have noticeded last two years i've been the only one disagreeing with that. i've...
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, maga folks just i can follow that chain and, not like push back. and i'm just like, all right, take me to crazytown. let's go. all right, so we're going have to leave it with that is the last comment. thank you, tina. so i want to thank i want to thank our authors today for their i'll remind you, the book sales. they were the authors signing will be at the sale signing area and also martin luther king jr who said we live together as brothers or sisters or we perish as fools. thank you veryall right. our three panelists, john value, the author of fire a true story from hotter world. he's a serial joined us. a serial writer of bestsellers and gatherer of awards, fire weather is a finalist or short list finalist winner of most of all, the awards it it is it can be submitted receive it set an astonishing success and not least has shown an uncanny to the point a preternatural sense of timing coinciding the largest fire season in canada's history and one that managed to smoke in major cities and centers of the literary public. i'm only a smidgen jealous,
, maga folks just i can follow that chain and, not like push back. and i'm just like, all right, take me to crazytown. let's go. all right, so we're going have to leave it with that is the last comment. thank you, tina. so i want to thank i want to thank our authors today for their i'll remind you, the book sales. they were the authors signing will be at the sale signing area and also martin luther king jr who said we live together as brothers or sisters or we perish as fools. thank you veryall...
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i wonder if he can change his messaging because without that support, i don't think maga is enough to win a national election. host: are you saying the president's pollster knew the outcome before the election was called? guest: i think he could read the tea leaves which is different from knowing with certainty the election result is working against trump. what is important with the exit poll is headed by the loss of support. it is such a dramatic consistent loss of support nationwide which i don't think his pollster could determine at that point in time. i was able to determine looking -- determine it looking at data in 2023. i think the reason polls miss this, with others in 2016, pulling talks to likely voters but in 2016 trump won that election because of unlikely voters. in 2020, what trump's pollster identified is one in six of the voters of the 30,000 he spoke with were first-time voters and coming to the polls to vote against president trump. host: in des moines, democratic:. caller. caller: thank you for calling out the crook. the creek is still here, but the worst part is go
i wonder if he can change his messaging because without that support, i don't think maga is enough to win a national election. host: are you saying the president's pollster knew the outcome before the election was called? guest: i think he could read the tea leaves which is different from knowing with certainty the election result is working against trump. what is important with the exit poll is headed by the loss of support. it is such a dramatic consistent loss of support nationwide which i...
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maga state legislator in the house, senate. a year ago with the shooting, people opened their eyes. you can look at statistics but it opened eyes and with that all sorts of things happened. a gun owning republican conservative governor looked at the state legislature and said, we have to act, we have to do something, we have to figure this out. he did not know much about guns on the data but he said we have to act so he said to the general assembly, i ask you to come together and address firearm injury protection. our assembly itself, tennessee is a republican extreme, the further you can move to the extreme, that is who ends up in power. so how do you connect them? the governors said combat, they said we are not doing it. so the governor after they left said you are coming back and called a special session and said you will address public safety and they said, how can the governor do this? this conservative governor? they came back. how much did they get done, probably not much. not what we would like to see with universal background checks and bigger things coming out but some lit
maga state legislator in the house, senate. a year ago with the shooting, people opened their eyes. you can look at statistics but it opened eyes and with that all sorts of things happened. a gun owning republican conservative governor looked at the state legislature and said, we have to act, we have to do something, we have to figure this out. he did not know much about guns on the data but he said we have to act so he said to the general assembly, i ask you to come together and address...
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and i think if we can just get through this period and if trump can just be beaten, then i think maga will begin to fragment. there's no obvious successor, trump and my mainstream republicans can come out of their foxholes and we can get not the kind of bipartisanship we under eisenhower, but a little bit of bipartisanship of the kind that we under obama and move the country back to something a little bit more normal and also start doing something to allow ordinary people to have a shot at realizing american dream again. and it's hope and opportunity that now i would not have picked joe biden to be the amici ory of this vision. god knows i would have picked somebody who's 49 years old and who doesn't occasionally mix up the names of leaders, but i think in terms of senescence and incipient dementia, i you put head to bed with head to. head with biden in a debate, trump comes across as more demented. huh? clinically so. so i think we can just get through this. we have a shot at restoring something that's both more normal and, more hopeful. and let me just one other issue. i don't know
and i think if we can just get through this period and if trump can just be beaten, then i think maga will begin to fragment. there's no obvious successor, trump and my mainstream republicans can come out of their foxholes and we can get not the kind of bipartisanship we under eisenhower, but a little bit of bipartisanship of the kind that we under obama and move the country back to something a little bit more normal and also start doing something to allow ordinary people to have a shot at...
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but many, many americans many of whom vote maga feel like these changes are posing existential threat, losing one's dominant status is a big deal. many trump voters, not all of them. many trump voters feel like the country that they grew up in is being taken away from them. and that generates a that's not just disagreeing with health care policy. that's not just disagreeing with the war in ukraine. that's that's a that's a perception existential threat. and that is many republican voters feeling your country, the country you grew up in is being taken away from you, radicalize you. there's poll done sponsored by the american enterprise institute. i think it was about years ago that found. that 56% of republicans agreed with the statement that the american way of life is disappearing so fast that we may have to use force to. stop it. that's a reaction. that's a radicalization, the face of a perceived existential threat. and again, there are lots of causes about what's going on. it's not just the this country's transition to multiracial democracy, but the the really important. ultimately
but many, many americans many of whom vote maga feel like these changes are posing existential threat, losing one's dominant status is a big deal. many trump voters, not all of them. many trump voters feel like the country that they grew up in is being taken away from them. and that generates a that's not just disagreeing with health care policy. that's not just disagreeing with the war in ukraine. that's that's a that's a perception existential threat. and that is many republican voters...
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to at and he said that he was radical by the internet and he walking around brooklyn wearing, a red maga cap and a big white fur coat. and this is pretty unusual in brooklyn, not a lot of trump there. but he was running with this kind of, you know, far right radical crowd. trump supporters. and he went to republican national convention. in 2016 to support trump. and he met peter thiel there. and peter thiel became the first investor in what would become ai. he gave him $200,000 and they started building this big database of faces. they attracted kind of other. but it was all, you know, venture capitalist and mostly mostly right leaning, actually didn't have a lot of success to raise money in silicon valley, though the investors there, they would always give out the app as kind, you know, sample like a candy sample. and you to use it if you're thinking about investing them and investors loved it they would use it on dates they would use it to identify attractive that they saw in bars. they would use it at conferences like if they ran into somebody whose face they should. one one billionai
to at and he said that he was radical by the internet and he walking around brooklyn wearing, a red maga cap and a big white fur coat. and this is pretty unusual in brooklyn, not a lot of trump there. but he was running with this kind of, you know, far right radical crowd. trump supporters. and he went to republican national convention. in 2016 to support trump. and he met peter thiel there. and peter thiel became the first investor in what would become ai. he gave him $200,000 and they started...
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and that is a general view that he and some of the maga right hold and frankly some i would say center right republicans hold and of course center left democrats hold as well that they don't want the defense industrial complex, let's say to be the reason for why we're doing something and administration has could make a stronger against that if they wanted to but not they're letting that argument hold so. yes you're right, paul. like the supplemental is stuck and it sounds like maybe speaker johnson will do a sort of a ukraine or israel thing separate. who knows? but the one like maybe the ace in the hole administration thought they they could use and they don't see it that way. but i would argue that was one of their main things they could argue they left it for too late. the it's already sort of been defined around them. so now even the middle class argument, which is supposed to be what built their whole thing around scranton. right, pro-union, pro-labor, all this stuff, it's falling on deaf ears. and because i think they just made it too late. so so before we before we end it, did y
and that is a general view that he and some of the maga right hold and frankly some i would say center right republicans hold and of course center left democrats hold as well that they don't want the defense industrial complex, let's say to be the reason for why we're doing something and administration has could make a stronger against that if they wanted to but not they're letting that argument hold so. yes you're right, paul. like the supplemental is stuck and it sounds like maybe speaker...
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immigrants, with the washington establishment that they felt disdain them and directed them at us men in red maga hat shook their fists and to stare us down. i'll always remember one grandmotherly grandmother looking woman in colorado who in toward the reporter's pen pointing, shouting, you're disgusting. did any of you experience that? i mean, i know there are some journalists here, and it's. i mean, i'm just going to say it's terrifying. i know that being a journalist, a lot of times know you think you're bulletproof and ten feet tall. but we are not. and terrifying. it is terrifying. you know, and i always say it's fair game to criticize the press every pretty much, every politician of both parties does. it trump did it in a different way, in a way that was more targeted, more vitriolic and as i said, it was something that his audiences seemed to crave in a in a way that felt a little a lot different, frankly. and there was the t-shirt, rope tree journalist some assembly required. yeah. you all seen that? now, that was nice. now, i was at a rally and i think it's in the book in wisconsin right
immigrants, with the washington establishment that they felt disdain them and directed them at us men in red maga hat shook their fists and to stare us down. i'll always remember one grandmotherly grandmother looking woman in colorado who in toward the reporter's pen pointing, shouting, you're disgusting. did any of you experience that? i mean, i know there are some journalists here, and it's. i mean, i'm just going to say it's terrifying. i know that being a journalist, a lot of times know you...
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himself whether or not he will do the right thing for ukraine and for america, or if he will allow maga republicans and the putin wing of the republican party to hand vladimir putin the victory he se seeks. history, speernl, is -- speaker johnson, is watching. history is looking right over your shoulder. do the right thing. on senate debt, this week, president biden announced a new executive action to relieve the burden of student debt for another 30 million americans. 30 million americans. a little less than one out of ten of our population. when you count their families and spouses, it's even more. the president's new student debt plan is great news for everyone, particularly for borrowers in communities of color who are disproportionately impacted by the student debt crisis. for too long, far too long, the burden of student debt has held borrowers of color back from reaching the middle class and beyond. president biden's plan will deliver much-needed relief for these borrowers and many more, and giver them all the chance of -- give them all the chance of achieving the american dream.
himself whether or not he will do the right thing for ukraine and for america, or if he will allow maga republicans and the putin wing of the republican party to hand vladimir putin the victory he se seeks. history, speernl, is -- speaker johnson, is watching. history is looking right over your shoulder. do the right thing. on senate debt, this week, president biden announced a new executive action to relieve the burden of student debt for another 30 million americans. 30 million americans. a...
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because it's time for them to stop following the maga extremists off a cliff. and it's time for all of us to make sure that our allies get the aid that they need. i mean, this is, this is a moment of urgency. this is a time for us to act. and it may even be too late. i hope it's not but i hope we will act and hope we will act decisively and quickly. with that, mr. chairman, i yield back. >> the chair thanks a gentleman for his remarks. without objection in a prepared statement that all witnesses and will be included in the record. i would like to welcome our first panel, no strain to this committee, chairman tonko homeland, former chairman of the rules committee. mr. cole, were grateful to have you back. ranking member rosa delauro also from the committee on appropriations, chairman mica call and ranking member beats from the committee on foreign affairs. chairman called, begin. welcome back to the committee. i can't tell you how badly we miss you. [laughing] but you are now recognized and i welcome your testimony. >> thank you very much mr. johnson. i know you
because it's time for them to stop following the maga extremists off a cliff. and it's time for all of us to make sure that our allies get the aid that they need. i mean, this is, this is a moment of urgency. this is a time for us to act. and it may even be too late. i hope it's not but i hope we will act and hope we will act decisively and quickly. with that, mr. chairman, i yield back. >> the chair thanks a gentleman for his remarks. without objection in a prepared statement that all...
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unfortunately, our republican colleagues continue to oppose student loan relief and have backed the maga decision to cancel debt for millions of americans and democrats will make sure the american people won't forget it. on the ryan corbin resolution. it has sadly been over 600 days, since ryan corbin, a new york native has been unjustly detained by the taliban. he was taken without cause, without explanation or semblance of process. later this afternoon, i will meet with the corbin family to talk about our efforts to bring ryan home. his wife anna and three children have been so brave through this tragic situation and i am in constant awe of their strength and resolve. today i'm introducing a resolution alongside leader mcconnell calling for ryan's immediate and unconditional release. i urge the senate to pass this resolution before ryan's birthday, which is april 13. i have worked closely with the korbett family to make sure that ryan's safe return remains a top priority. we have made progress last september when he was designated as wrongly detained by the state department, giving his
unfortunately, our republican colleagues continue to oppose student loan relief and have backed the maga decision to cancel debt for millions of americans and democrats will make sure the american people won't forget it. on the ryan corbin resolution. it has sadly been over 600 days, since ryan corbin, a new york native has been unjustly detained by the taliban. he was taken without cause, without explanation or semblance of process. later this afternoon, i will meet with the corbin family to...